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and into a containment van and ultimately taken care of. but we re left with a lot of questions as we close the show this morning. that does it for us for now. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. we begin with that very breaking news. two more packages found this morning. one addressed to senator cory booker and another to former director of national intelligence james clapper. nbc s investigative reporter tom winters joins me now via phone. tom we re up to 12 potentially suspicious packages. walk us through this. shortly after 8:00 a.m. this morning, we first got word the package that was addressed to cory booker but was found at a mail facility in south florida, at that time, we understood it, the package was addressed to booker in camden, new jersey. the package obviously does not appear to have ever made its way there. they were able to get subsequently, about the same time, a mail sorting facility in new york city. that s certainly kind of the we were e ....
doesn t have a mailing address of somebody you know because of those false alarms inhibit law enforcement s ability to actually focus their resources, is actually reach out and find information that will help you make more informed decisions. michael, tom, thank you so much. i m signing off right now. and i hand off to hallie jackson who picks up our breaking news coverage right now. we are sticking with that story. for the third day this week, we are leading with breaking news, two more suspicious packages within the last hour or so now discovered, one addressed to are cory booker. and the other to james clapper. we are on both scenes live. this makes now the 11th and 12th packages discovered this week targeting democrats and other critics of president trump. the president getting constant updates on what is developing this morning. according to his press secretary. we will see him at the white house within the next hour and 45 minutes. and here on this show, we ll speak ....
when there s a joint statement from chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, that s not a joint statement. how long do you think you ll have to wait for that? a long time. we have had obviously a very busy day. nonstop breaking news. it s 11:00 a.m. out west. 2:00 on the east. we re continuing to follow all of these new developments including the 13th device found in california. the department of justice will hold a press conference where we hope to learn more details about this suspect. the man under arrest is from florida just to recap here. he s identified as 56-year-old cesar sayoc junior. dna did play a role in his arrest. fbi seized this white van covered in pictures of president trump and images of the presidential seal. here is president trump a short time ago from a previously scheduled white house event. i am pleased to inform you that law enforcement has apprehended the suspect and taken him into custody. these terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our ....
something that he drives or in connection to this, the one live on the screen right now, and we will continue to get some more information as to what he is charged with. we should be hopefully getting that in the next hour or so. all right. our justice correspondent pete william s williams is also reporting that dna evidence played a role in his arrest. i am going to step aside and andrea mitchell reports starts now. thank you, craig. i m andrea mitchell in washington, and breaking news with the 12 packages containing explosive devices. and we are told that florida resident cesar sayoc jr. has been arrested in a string of mailed bombs. we will have a press conference at 2:30 with more details. and to today, we are told that cory booker, and james clapper, those men joining the growing list of public figures critical of president trump, and that list is two former presidents, and democratic officials, and democratic law officials and a leading democratic donor. and now, joi ....