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Abigail span brger. why is everyone watching this one? >> we know the epicenter of republican vulnerability are the white-collar suburbs outside of the south. brat will measure how far the blast radius extends. comstock is one thing. democrats have to win that race. they expect to win that race. and it will be a big surprise if they don't. brat is something else. brat, like brian fitzpatrick in philadelphia, are republicans who are in a stronger position but are subject to the same current that we are seeing. and that current is the pullback from, and it's ordinarily republican leaning suburbs...

Everybody else's alarms went off. all the screening processes were increased. i think the secret service, the u.s. marshals and all the protective details just increased their surveillance of packages looking for these. and of course that went out in concentric circles across the country and many are were entwe intercepted. >> and how dangerous is this kind of pipe bomb? >> i think the fact that the pipe bombs were actually made of plastic pvc pipe reduces the amount of pressure that can build up behind them and therefore the blast radius will be minimized and i think the fact is that he added...

What are the next steps here as i'm looking at them repositioning this vehicle and that containment device into the building? >> so kate, the first step wherever officers arrive on the scene is do that initial assessment to identify what it is they're dealing with. obviously we've heard some of the reporting about what this device, what it appears to contain and the size. again, these bomb squad experts, you know, will arrive. they'll do that initial assessment. the goal is to determine what is the potential blast radius here of any potential device. are we dealing with a large explosive that ...

That. the complication, of course, is the russia investigation right now is out there. it's not done. and bob mueller reports to rod rosenstein. so rod rosenstein is a very important person to the president right now, and by all outward appearances, at least, they seem to be doing better together. so, yes, i think the president would see this as grounds to fire him. will he do it? i don't know. i think the odds are probably with it, that he would fire him. but it's just hard to say. >> let's check in with laura jarrett, over at the justice department for us right now. what are they saying over...

In the process? >> with a molotov cocktail or co2 cartridge, these are not high explosive devices although when you are about pipe bombs and other things they are. but those are the only two things i heard confirmed, those are not hikes was of devices, you can readily get the information for them, the person in front of them or holding them with a blast radius or opportunity to do a lot of damage like a bomb would. they would not have a flag radius of 10 or 20 feet. pipe bombs are usually stuffed with black powder and you light them on fire, set them aside and they eventually blow up because t...