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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, im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news in our national lead. The fbi and other Law Enforcement agencies are trying to ...

Wake of the boston marathon bombing. in the wake of this ricin attack. in the wake of mass shootings. the important thing is always to try and bring the country together. to explain to the country, this is what we are doing to keep you safe. this is what we know, importantly, this is what we dont know. but very importantly, the job of the president in a crisis like this, in a situation like this, is to try and bring the country together, to appeal to the better angels of our nature. and that is ...

>> so then say the president shouldnt have said it. so then say the president shouldnt have said it. thats how you get the new decorum. >> chris -- chris, heres what the president should do. the president should commend the congressman for reporting his agenda which is what -- >> why would you commend a person who did something like that? why would you ever talk about him again? >> it wasnt the president who body slammed anybody. >> i know, but hes the one celebrating it, and you cant somehow ph...

>> i just -- i just condemned booker in a way that youve never condemned anyone. let alone trump. >> look, what about the potential ricin attack on susan collins last week with the envelope mailed to her. what happened at the supreme court. >> its all wrong. its all bad. >> maxine waters. it is bad, but -- >> but your man -- our president is always at the head of the hate parade. and you know it. but you wont call him out and why would he ever stop? >> chris, we didnt have the same level of outr...

These types of people, people inclined to terrorism. the fbi never even got to examining him. >> congressman, youre a muslim. this concerns you on civil libertarian grounds and other areas. >> well, im an american, and im concerned about national safety, public safety, just like everyone is. but i think its ineffective law enforcement to go after a particular community. i think what we need to do is look at behavior and follow those leads where they would lead. so, like if tamerlan tsarnaev is e...

But once you start saying were going to dragnet or surveil a community, what you do is you ignore dangerous threats that are not in that community, and you go after people who dont have anything to do with it. and so let me just finish up with this one point. and so this ricin attack, for example, thats an act of terrorism. that doesnt come out of the muslim community. we dont have enough law enforcement resources to just go after one community and, remember, we went after a community in world w...

Complain after the fact, we had the power long before knowing what would come down with sequestration as to who we would cast our voted for. we had the power then to pick up our phones to text and contacted our representative, of course we do now. this is after the fact. this is -- it amuses me we talk about this cut but nobody was complaining about my friend and husband having to go on furlough and get go go less pay while work is piling up. this affects not only the american people. this direc...

Ventlation system of a large building it could have devastating effects. so these risks are out there. whether this is connected with the boss ton marathon bombing or not. obviously at this point we dont know one way or the other. jon: one of the concerns obviously always has been some foreign state, a bad actor might conspire, you know, to do that kind of thing in our country. it is a question well get into if you can stick with us over the course of the break, mr. ambassador in a moment. more ...

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The fbi never even got to examining him. >> congressman, youre a muslim. this concerns you on civil libertarian grounds and other areas. >> well, im an american, and im concerned about national safety, public safety, just like everyone is. but i think its ineffective law enforcement to go after a particular community. i think what we need to do is look at behavior and follow those leads where they would lead. so, like if tamerlan tsarnaev is evidencing dangerous behavior, by all means, go after ...