scary morning, at least five suspicious packages picked up, addressed to different politicians and to cnn. obviously, the intent was to scare. none went off. no one hurt. but a message was certainly sent as the investigation continues, so does our consideration of how to make this better. jake tapper picks up our coverage now. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our national lead. the fbi and other law enforcement agencies are trying to figure out who sent at least six suspicious packages to a number of high-profile targets, including former president bill and hillary clinton in chappaqua, new york. former president barack and michelle obama in washington, d.c., former obama attorney general, eric holder, though it was sent to the wrong address, so it was sent back to the return address, which was oddly democratic congresswoman, debbie wasserman schultz in sunrise,
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Goals. we don t know that yet. now, president clinton back in 1998 signed a presidential decision directive 62 that gives the fbi purview. that doesn t mean the fbi is the first responder. we saw the brave emergency units from the nypd. the fbi will come in and work with them. this will be a collaboration, not a one-wave street. how about a deal do you think this is? big. why? because of the fact that our country is so absolutely divided. if those devices need to be controlled detonation, they ll do that. if not, they ve got software now on small tablets that the bomb texts can take a picture and see
Finally investigate hillary clinton, we ll just have [ cheers and applause ] man. don t worry, i don t like him either, okay? good old maxine. low iq individual. reporter: and the president is routinely accusing his rivals of sparking violence. the choice in november could not be more clear. democrats produce mobs. republicans produce jobs. right? reporter: after briefings by federal authorities, the president did not echo the words of new york city mayor, bill de blasio, who said that package bombs were a clear act of terrorism. the mayor urging the president and all officials to cool their heated rhetoric. all public officials of all partisan affiliations, don t encourage violence. don t encourage hatred.
Ma made it to their home. another bomb mailed to former president bill and hillary clinton s home, also intercepted by the secret service. a bomb send to former attorney general eric holder had the wrong address and was returned to debbie wasserman schultz s office in florida, because that was on the return label on the package. most recently, a suspicious package returned to trump critic congresswoman, maxine waters, was discovered at a congressional sorting facility in maryland. and on monday, wealthy democratic donor, george soros, also received a bomb. a law enforcement official tells cnn the initial examination of all the devices shows them to be constructed similarly. at least one of the devices appeared to contain projectiles, including shards of glass. the devices are rudimentary, but functional. now, there is no doubt that one person or persons are responsible for these. in part, because of the return addresses.
Service, because they were doing the mail screening. so we don t know if a courier brought it, if it was routine mail. but while the investigation was going on here, hillary clinton in florida gave public remarks at a political rally about the events of the day. it is a troubling time, isn t it? and it s a time of deep divisions. and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together. reporter: now, details of this device have not become public at all. but billionaire george soros, who lives relatively close to here in bedford, new york, on monday at 3:45, a package was put in his mailbox. he, we understand, was not home, but someone was. they called authorities, and here s what we know about that. it was a small device. it was in a padded envelope.