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It would seem to be, because they have been engaged in a political conversation. once again, harris, it seems to me, everyone should take a breath and say, this is insane for us to not be able to have these discussions and these arguments without it leading to violence. >> harris: i would say this, because we dont have all the facts. even if this were not about the political conversation that anybody were trying to have, it has us having a different type of political conversation and those devic...

Prominent individuals. they all had the return address of debbie wasserman schultz. brian: misspelled. ainsley: lives down in florida. each had a small battery 6 inches long packed with glass and powder, made from pvc pipes, covered with black tape and the labels look the same. all of them had six forever stamps. steve: exactly. on the front page of the "new york times," the fourth paragraph it says none of the devices harmed anybody. and that really is 8 mail bombs. none of them went off. ainsl...

Figures. the nypd bomb squad surrounded his offices. the target recipients have shifted from political figures to outspoken critics of president trump. >> this [bleep] idiot is the president. the guy is a [bleep] fool. come on. our government today with the prompting of our baby in chief has [bleep] chief i call him. >> four of the ten total mail bombs have been found and the hunt is now on for a terrorist. authorities are on high alert saying they dont know how long this will last. none of the ...

Vice president joe biden and one to actor and fiercest trump critic robert de niro, that means ten. the investigation into who is sending the packages continues to expand tonight. as does the finger-pointing of allegations that the president, different politicians, even the media arent citing violence. correspondent jackie hendrick against the coverage from new york. good evening, jackie. >> good evening, bret. assurance that no resources are being spared to find the people responsible for the m...

It could be someone testing the mail system, testing his mail bombs. waiting to deliver somewhere else or it could be a hate group dedicated to taking out prominent democrats. but why didnt those bombs go off? thats the question. >> well, if i were working on a job to find out who the next people to get bombed were, i would be looking at democrats and media people right now. almost immediately after the news broke, th the #makeamericagreatagainbomber was trending on twitter. it was boosted in pa...

This. as you look at kind of putting together a profile, what else would you think of? >> well, first i think its really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. its very attractive to make certain assumptions. and theyre obvious assumptions. someone might say this is clearly some guy whos a right-winger, mentally unstable, motivated by hatred, perhaps stoked by rhetoric from the white house. but we have to understand that this could ...

By the president of the united states himself. >> that is in fact the difference. jim, lets talk about these devices. the information were getting is they were real. they could actually have exploded. what about what we know about this is going to help us figure out who and why? >> youve got to look at the make-up of the bomb. you look at the bomb carefully to see if you can zurn who the bomber is. you talked about a timer, its been reported the bomb has a timer. timers arent normally used in ma...

And because of the uncertainty of the powder, the anthrax threat or concern, thats why the wide-scale evacuations were conducted. >> frank, the commissioner reminds me that most bombers turn out to be lone wolves, male, have whatever gets in their head that they need to do this. as you look at kind of putting together a profile, what else would you think of? >> well, first i think its really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. it...

The information were getting is they were real. they could actually have exploded. what about what we know about this is going to help us figure out who and why? >> youve got to look at the make-up of the bomb. you look at the bomb carefully to see if you can zurn who the bomber is. you talked about a timer, its been reported the bomb has a timer. timers arent normally used in mail bombs. a digital timer here is most likely a safe arms switch. its used by the bomber so he can carry the package, ...

Would you think of? >> well, first i think its really important to emphasize that the investigators on this case are going to have to keep a very open mind. its very attractive to make certain assumptions. and theyre obvious assumptions. someone might say this is clearly some guy whos a right-winger, mentally unstable, motivated by hatred, perhaps stoked by rhetoric from the white house. but we have to understand that this could even be a group. it could be a domestic organization. it could be a...