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If this is a one-off, the bomb squad shows up, they want to render something safe. once it turns out this looks like it is perhaps several bombs involved, now you try to piece things together, five devices in tact, transported back to the fbi lab in quantico, where that additional analysis will be under way, they have very good scientists and specialists there who go through, did much more than an x-ray, get in, surgery, and figure out what the makeup of is of the devices. >> what are the first ...

Can kill you, overpressure, fragmentation. if its a pvc pipe, theyre packed with nails and nuts and bolts, and third, what happens when the bomb explodes, it causes a fire that burns a person thats handling it or causes a fire and people die from asphyxiation. >> we have the kbom, and then we have the man or the men and women who did it? >> thats the first question, the fbi, the secret service, postal service and others are going to form a task force and theyre going to start hunting down the in...

Just happen to decide to do this a couple of days ago. this was someone that seems to be very knowledgeable to a certain extent about politics and knows the people he doesnt like. his dislike of hes people might have been manifested on social media prior this to this and that becomes important or he may have subject a letter to someone talking about one of these people and how he disliked their politics. if you look at the forensics, you have got someone that because of the planning that went in...

>> i think it was you who tweeted earlier today, envelopes, packages, ieds are a treasure trove of forensics. what else can investigators determine from the packaging that was sent at the device. >> the amount of forensics are unbelievable. you look at chase evidence, how wires are crimped and cut, that traditional signature like you will see with all bomb makers. the other aspect here i heard nobody talk about is, theres no doubt in my mind coming from the protective intelligence field that thi...

For several days and so a lot of the trail is cold and you have to go back and try and reinvent it and put it back together and make it hot again. we talk a lot about forensics and the crime scene. but what is important is to get back to the origin of this bomb as well as to connect the debris from the crime scene and try to identify the bomber. >> shannon: what about the components, even what was put together, tracing those back, looking at the computer labels, computer printed labels that were...

Now, harris. >> harris: we have seen what some of that can do with that congressional baseball game and steve scalise, congressman. fortunately, none of these devices have exploded to hurt anybody. you heard the call from the president of the united states at a rally, for us to be civil with one another and to reach out together. jonathan, thank you very much. for more information on how officials are conducting their investigation into all of this, regardless of anything that anybody might say ...

Set. . >> harris: i appreciate you making that last point as well. i keep hearing about it and a multiple list, even as a local level. >> nair there are a lot of list but they try to keep that close at home. >> harris: i dont know if you heard katherine harris but her talk with representative mccall said they were focusing on certain sections of the united states. we dont know where they are. how does that happen so quickly? i understand they have postmarks. there wasnt really all that much on t...

Led to these activities in the strongest possible terms and are determined to make sure that we get to the bottom of it and justice is done. >> dana: theres not a lot law enforcement can say now as theyre trying to track things down. we do have new information that its possible the investigators are zeroing in on florida and new york and the possibility that one of the packages may have been mailed from florida. your thoughts on that? >> couple things. obviously, thats still a pretty broad net. ...

My hunch is they had the potential to go off. they indicate anything, im theorizing here, if they indicate anything, probably the work of the first time bomber, someone who set about to make these bombs to give a message, probably the first time this individual has done that. the fbi will be up to confirm that forensically. as far as the motive or that type of thing, in these cases it is important, the fact our forensics in the crime scene, it is not long ago if you remember after 9/11 and the a...

Debbie wasserman schultzs name and address in florida as well as computer printed address labels. tells fox that such printers can embed identification codes into the actual print, and that can link to the packages and in some cases, it can even trace back to the printer. so a lot of forensics to work with on the investigative side, bill. >> bill: thank you, catherine. it we are going to lean on you a lot yet again. >> sandra: back to new york now. the package sent to dr. robert de niro recovere...