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Democrats the targets of the bombs, which the fbi says were real. we're covering the breaking news this hour with our correspondents, analysts and specialists. they're all standing by. first, let's get the very latest on the breaking news. our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, is joining us. jim, we're learning a lot more about this suspect. >> no question, wolf. quite a day. extremely fast-moving events. it started with two more bombs sent to senator cory booker, then to former dni, jim clapper, addressed to cnn in new york. those packages intercepted, thankfully, and more t...

Addressed to major democratic donor, tom steyer. and authorities are concerned that more suspicious packages could be in the mail. >> today's arrest doesn't mean we're all out of the woods. there may be other packages in transpo transit now. >> reporter: earlier in the day, police had discovered three other similar suspicious packages. addressed to democratic senators, cory booker and kamala harris, as well as former director of national intelligence and cnn contributor, james clapper. that package addressed to cnn's new york office. there have been questions throughout the week about the seri...

You know what? for all that came out in that testimony and all that back and forth, clarence thomas was higher in polls afterwards than he was before. asha, ross, appreciate you doing this. we'll be talking about this again. thank you. >> good to be here. let's turn now to north korea. president trump is giving himself a big pat on the back today, saying kim jong-un has returned to his promise to get rid of the nuclear complex there and close a missile site. but that promise comes with conditions. don't they always? i'm going to ask jim clapper is if this is really a breakthrough. he just ha...

President aside -- that any president makes, what prevents that attorney, that u.s. attorney from saying, i want to subpoena the president and find out why he fired the under secretary -- >> you have to pass legal muster. and show that -- >> what does legal muster mean under your theory? >> legal sufficiency -- >> by the way, who are you showing that legal sufficiency to? it's not a court proceeding. who are you showing the legal sufficiency to? here's the problem. >> the same guy that you put in, that the president asked to guide him and give him suggestions about comey who is rosenstein. >> ...

President started the saber rattling and making those kinds of threats. be clear about that. let's bring in jim clapper, former director of national intelligence. he happens to be in seoul, south korea tonight. good to have you, sir. i don't even need an expert like you to make such an obvious point about what the president just said. but his sanguine take on where things stand, do you share it? >> well, i think there's certainly room for some optimism here, and a couple comments i'd make first having been here in seoul the last couple days and watched the wall to wall coverage of the summit. ...