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A small clock, a battery, some wiring, and what is known as energetic material. these are not hoax devices. >> that is fbi director christopher wray talking more about those components that were inside those package bombs, thankfully none of which detonated. now, those packages are giving investigators crucial clues as they work to really figure out more about the suspect and about his motives. joining me now is nbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, let's just start right there. were those devices actually created to explode in were they intended to go off? >> that seems to be what th...

Twice. that's exactly what i thought of when i he heard rush limbaugh. it's like if there's one eyewitness to the document, if there's one eyewitness, they're going to say you know what? not enough evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. if there is a videotape, it was doctored. the if there's no dna, we demand dna. if there is dna, the police planted it. people are believing this nonsense. i don't blame defense attorneys for saying it in court, but when it so saturates our public psyche and we begin to believe, notwithstanding all of the evidence, fingerprints, dna, he's announcing hi...

Way for him to, you know, basically comfort the american people during this time of an attack, and we had two attacks this week with the bomber in florida, and he was criticized for his response to that where he was thinking more in terms of, you know, the political implications for him and the republican party, which he thought he was going to lose politically because this bomber was attacking democrats and not actually about the country's best interests, and i think, you know, if those people that the bomber attacked were republicans, like, you know, top republicans he would be on the phone ...

Certain threat. and whatever that narrative is, it is somehow putting them in a position where they feel that violence is somehow justified in defense of some ideal. and there is no question that heated political rhetoric contributes to that. >> and this comes at the end of a hell of a week. you alluded to the package bombs and now we have this. there is a moment in that media availability where the public safety director nodded to you will at law enforceme will -- to you will all the law enforcement agencies that participated. and it brought to mind what we saw yesterday. you had jeff session...

Much. i thought i would do that. we feel very strongly again. congratulations to all law enforcement. we have the best in the world and they just showed it. thank you very much. >> the president of the united states speaking at the white house to a group of young black leaders brought in for a summit today. their enthusiasm for the president because they are invited into the white house for a political event. taking time at the top to deliver an update on the arrest and the suspect in the mailing of the package bombs or alleged bombs around the country. the president applauding and not said an...