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York city. it's interesting that the secret service is saying this morning that the packages were actually identified during routine mail screening. so i think at this point we don't know exactly how close to the residences the packages got. it was late last night the secret service is saying that a single package was addressed to our former first lady hillary clinton. then it was early this morning that mail screeners discovered a package to former president obama. they were intercepted at that point. neither person had received the packages at all. they were never at risk, but there is, as s...

Service, because they were doing the mail screening. so we don't know if a courier brought it, if it was routine mail. but while the investigation was going on here, hillary clinton in florida gave public remarks at a political rally about the events of the day. >> it is a troubling time, isn't it? and it's a time of deep divisions. and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together. >> reporter: now, details of this device have not become public at all. but billionaire george soros, who lives relatively close to here in bedford, new york, on monday at 3:45, a package was put in...

Suspicious package was found and when authorities responded to this area. jake? >> rosa flores in sunrise, florida, outside the office of congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. thanks so much. let's go to jean casarez outside hillary clinton's house in chappaqua, new york. president clinton was home today when this went down, and hillary, of course, we >> reporter: that is exactly right. you know, it was late last night, and it was here in the c area. and they were doing a routine mail screening, and they found this package. the secret service is telling cnn they immediately believed it was a...

About this explosive packages sent to two former presidents and other public officials? >> well, the first thing that comes to mind is the systematic methodology that the secret service deploys to direct former presidents, counter presidents and all work in this instance. mail screening, it's a critical part of the protective paradigm that's built around all of our protectees. in this instance, the device, both multiple devices were found seen and render safe protocols were deployed in chappaqua and washington, d.c. the secret service did a great job following all protocols. what's been refere...

Hearing us here, they're connected now? >> a minute later, cnn anchors pop poppy harlow and jim sciutto were evacuating headquartering along with hundreds of employees, and tourists and new yorkers touring the building. >> we're going to find out what the latest is here. >> we'll be right back. >> reporter: about two hours later, the new york police department removed the bomb from the building in a specialized truck. another bomb was addressed to former president barack obama's home in d.c., the secret service found it during a routine mail screening before it was sent to the house. and anoth...