significant. they have taken the time to put up some metal barriers, at least on the block of 58th street there. so again, they re not letting down the alarm entirely, but we re forced back a little less far than we had been until a few minutes ago. we re told the mayor, mayor de blasio of new york, has been fully briefed on the latest developments. the white house has been briefed. law enforcement in new york is dealing with a major situation. let s not forget, suspicious packages were also intercepted, addressed to the obama residence here in washington, the clinton residence in chappaqua, new york, and earlier there was a suspicious package sent to george soros residence outside of new york city as well. so there s a whole series of incidents, suspicious packages. there was also one addressed to the white house but intercepted here at joint base bolling here in washington, d.c.
care of cnn, or were there any differences that you could tell? no, jake, from what i ve been told, from what i saw, but also what i ve been told by members of local pd, nypd, and fbi throughout the day, is that all these bombs look exactly the same. the bomb is about 6 to 8 inches in length. it has a cap on both sides. it has a switch, it has a power source. they have black powder and explosive material, so by luck, they didn t go off, but these could have been mechanical explosions. in other words, these bombs could also go off because of friction or heat or shock, so very, very lucky that they didn t go off anywhere. i was also told, and i know there s a lot of different opinions on this one so far, but i ve been told that the soros package was, in fact, mailed, and so they are also now interviewing, of course, postal
election. is someone trying to stoke the fires here in the run-up to the election. we don t know all of these things, and certainly investigators want to try to solve this as soon as possible. all right, evan perez, thanks so much. outfront, art roderick, former assistant director for investigations for the u.s. marshals, pamela brown, bob bayer, and bernard carric, former new york city police commissioner, commissioner during the september 11th terror attacks. i need to give a precursor, pre-warning here that we re expecting a press conference from john brennan, the former cia director to whom the package, the bomb that was sent to cnn in new york was addressed. we re expecting him to speak any moment now live and when that comes i m going to rudely interrupt you. but art, let me start by just asking you, we re learning new details tonight. what is it telling you about who the perpetrator or perpetrators might be. well, as we move through the day and we start looking at these di
threat. reporter: that s right, from florida. she was there for a political rally. we re outside the home tonight, the home is dark except for a lone porch light. law enforcement say it s positioned in front of the property. they are behind me here, but it was the secret service that was sfru instrumental in chappaqua. they were routinely screening the mail. they found a package that they immediately believed this could be an explosive device. they removed it and began a criminal investigation, bringing in federal authorities, state authorities, local authorities, and they were not alone, because from there, it was a domino effect to other devices that were explosive in nature. while this investigation was going on, hillary clinton was in florida at that political rally and she talked about the events. but it is a troubling time, isn t it? and it s a time of deep
somebody would have to be in the area to do that. i agree with tom. it s tough right now until they ve had a chance to disassemble these bomb components to make the linkage. the only thing that they could possibly have to surmise james, sorry to jump in. let s go back to shimon, who has some important breaking news on this front. another development. shimon, what are you learning? that s right, poppy. this comes from law enforcement officials from our cnn s evan perez, who says that another pipe bomb or possibly a suspicious package, explosive device addressed to the white house was intercepted at a white house mail screening area. we re told by officials that device, that suspicious package is similar to the ones that were sent to soros home and similar to the ones sent to the homes of clinton and obviously barack obama. now, we re told by this official that the device appears to be rudimentary but functional and that also more concerning here even is that the white house