director christopher wray they're not sure at this moment how many bombs are out there. we heard from the police commissioner james o'neill, with this arrest in florida new yorkers should feel safe, there won't be any more going out in the mail. at this time they're asking people to be vigilant, to still continue to report any packages that have any thing and report anything suspicious in naturement. >>> continuing coverage, breaking news in the bay area, a suspicious package found in burlingame at a u.s. postal office. it was addressed to tom steyer, a vocal critic of the trump administration policies, a billionaire and critic, they removed the package and place it had into a bomb resistant box. >> they headed to sfo and it's at the airport in a secure location and away from the public. we'll bring you any updates as you can say, junior, it's a conservative. he sent a dozen packages to democrats and nationwide. >>> allie rasmus has more on what was released. >> 56-year-old cesar sayoc has been charged with five federal crimes, they are making threats to a forearm presid

while the president put bomb in quotation marks tonight, f-b-i director christopher wray made clear theof the threat.christopher wray: "these are not hoax devices." at the justice department, forceful words from officials, reflecting the assassination attempt of the obamas, clintons and other democratic officials and critics of trump, but the president--he was airing his grievances in the middle of the night on twitter.at three-14 a-m, writing ..."funny how lowly rated cnn, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of bombs and ridiculously comparing this to september 11th and the oklahoma city bombing."while trump never shies away from calling out hillary clinton, barack obama, joe biden and others by name--president trump:"lyin', crooked hillary. he is a terrible, terrible president. with biden you go like this and he goes down." and he routinely attacks c-n-n. president trump:"you watch the clinton news network, cnn. it's a joke."he mentioned none of the targets by name today. president trump:"packages and devices that have been mailed to high-profil

you mentioned before christopher wray, the head of the fbi, said that these 13 bombs -- they were not a hoax, right? so this wasle real deal, full stop. this should quell any sort of -- politically insenary environment. that should put that to a halt. yes? >> here's what struck me about that press conference, brook, was the presence of deputy wray. they didn't necessarily have to have the attorney general and the fbi director along with the other officials do this press conference. they did it for a reason. and i think -- >> that's a great point. >> first they did it to show that this really was the number one priority for federal law enforcement and working with their state and local partners since this event has unfolded. and so they demonstrated that they were personally attuned to what's going on and this was the highest priority for law enforcement. but i think they also really showed america what apolitical law enforcement looks like. and so here you had a republican attorney general, a republican nominated and confirmed fbi director and they were leading the case of a violent a

he did not mince any words, christopher wray, the fbi director. ieds, improvised explosive devices, not a hoax. stand by, jim. i also want to bring in our crime and justice reporter, shimon prokupecz, and cnn law enforcement analyst, campbell. and our justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, what do we know about this guy's record? he's got a criminal record and he's been charged in the past with several crimes. >> right, exactly. he's been arrested at least nine times, most of those in florida, dating back 20 years in florida there, wolf. and one of his charges is bomb-related charge. i think it whe was threatening bomb a utility there in florida. so there was some history. and let me tell you. that was a key part of this. that was a huge part of why the fbi was able to solve this very quickly. because, as jim pointed out, there was a couple of pieces of -- two of these ieds. one that was being mailed to maxine waters, the congresswoman. and another one that was being mailed to barack obama, the former president, had his dna. so they were able to

the last few minutes, we had this lengthy statement released by fbi director christopher wray.the public for any tips or assistance to identified the individual or individuals who are behind these package devices. noticed there could be more in the pipeline. he's not ruling that out. he puts flesh on the bone about the suspicious packages, much of it dovetails to your show. christopher wray noted about the devices, they show this excessive postage, the yellow manilla envelopes with bubble wraps and they have the same returned a dress. it's a misspelling of theesswom wasserman-schultz. he also confirms the devices, suspicious packages, were sent to george soros. that was the first flag that we had on this on monday. former secretary of state hillary clinton, former president barack obama, former cia director john brennan, the cnn package that you see there and former attorney general eric holder. there was some confusion earlier today over the holder package, that there may have been two suspicious devices in florida and from the fbi director's release, it was not delivered. it

director christopher wray: >> they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an i.e.d. that had been sent to we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. >> reporter: according to a newly filed complaint, investigators say packages sent to billionaire george soros, president barack obama, former c.i.a. director, john brennan, and congresswoman maxine waters, included their photos with red "x"s through them. >> though we're still analyzing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. >> reporter: the arrest comes after law enforcement in florida, new york, and california intercepted four additional packages today. democratic new jersey senator cory booker; former director of national intelligence, james clapper; democratic senator kamala harris; and billionaire donor tom steyer became the latest targets. at the white house, president trump praised the arrests. >> these terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country. >> reporter: at least 13 mail bomb packages were sent. the first device was delivered on monday to th

the director of the fbi is christopher wray. he gave more details about the investigation.we're still analysing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. don't you focus for a moment on the amazing work of our folks at the fbi lab. based on their initial analysis, they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been set to congresswoman maxine waters. we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. there is also a possible dna connection between samples collected from pieces of two different iuds, mailed in separate envelopes and a simple previously collected from cesar sayoc and connected to an earlier arrests down in florida —— two different ied use. christopher wray. anthony roman has four decades worth of experience in counter—terror strategy. he gave his view on how the suspect was found. once they determined where the postal distribution centre was, it was only a matter of time, a very short period of time, before we believed he would be apprehended. only a certain number of local postal facilities w

christopher wray fbi director said has that these were not hoax devices. does that mean if they find out more about these devices that they could increase the charges? >> right. that is a great question. they are trying to determine still whether he intended to construct viable devices that would explode at any path along the postal chain or the delivery point. there is a cell phone on them that can often be used as a timer as it that method of detonation. if they were to find that he tried to do that but failed because he lacked the expertise, this could then be an aggravating factor in any future prosecution. >> we are going to take it around the table -- >> catherine, good to see you. we heard a lot of dna evidence. there appeared to be the -- there was talk in your reporting about may be saliva. i do not know if that's from the back of the envelope. what do we know about the evidence? >> the evidence i think his two fold. there was a tremendous wealth of evidence because the bombs did not explode. secondly, and more importantly from the fbi director th

significant that christopher wray kept referring to these packages, bombs, as i.e.d.s, 13 sent in total. and listening to the attorney general, jeff sessions, calling this utterly unacceptable and referring to as political violence. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the breaking news. authorities charging 56-year-old cesar sayoc of florida with five federal crimes in connection to the 13 explosive packages discovered this week. law enforcement tracked him down from a fingerprint and dna found on the packages. the director of the fbi, christopher wray, confirming those i.e.d.s were real, they were not a hoax. among the charges, threats against former presidents, the criminal charging document accusing sayoc transporting a an explosive, knowingly and willfully threatened to kill and inflict bodily harm. he threatened to blow up a utility company, saying it would be worse than 9/11. the van had disparaging images president trump's perceived enemies, including a "cnn sucks" sticker on the side of th

you just heard fbi director christopher wray say it was a fingerprint. and in florida when you're booked and in most states when you're booked, you have to submit fingerprints. i actually have, if we want to be able to see it right now, the fingerprints that belong to the person that's arrested today. 24 this is from a misdemeanor case, but they would have been in law enforcement r0rds. in addition to that, since he was convicted of charges, his dna would have been put into the florida department of law enforcement's dna database. and according to the criminal complaint, that was also helpful. that's also what the fbi director said. here you had actual physical evidence that drew them directly to this person that you're looking at onscreen right now. in addition to that, they were able to look at his social media postings. >> they're unbelievable. >> the misspellings -- well, we could talk about that for the next three shows. but the social media postings had one particular bit of evidence in there that i think helped them. his misspellings of certain pe

dianne feinstein putting out a statement sunday afternoon demanding the white house counsel and christopher wray give the directive the white house is giving to the fbi. the parameters of the fbi probe into judge kavanaugh in the accusations he acted inappropriately at a party in the summer of 1982. feinstein saying the stakes are too high. she is essentially responding to the reporting of cnn and others that the white house is guiding the parameters of the investigation tightly narrowing its scope. democrats were not happy about that news. including amy klobuchar who grilled brett kavanaugh on thursday. she spoke with jake tapper on sunday morning. >> the white house decides who to nominate and that person is submitted to a background check. i never heard the white house either under this president or other presidents saying you cannot interview this person or look at this time pefrd. you can only look -- period. you can only look at these people from this side of the street. >> reporter: she says the white house does not want to micro manage the fbi. although she admitted she did not know whet

director christopher wray the day after the investigation began to require a copy of the written directive sent by the white house to the f.b.i. she got no response. the following day many other members of the committee also wrote to mr. mcgahn and director wray about the supplemental investigation. in addition to repeating the ranking member's request for an explanation of the scope of the investigation, we also asked that it be comprehensive. we wanted all serious allegations against the nominee to be investigated. and of course we would expect in a comprehensive investigation that all appropriate witnesses be questioned. we asked that the f.b.i. perform all logical steps related to these allegations, including of course interviewing other individuals who might have relevant information and gathering evidence related to the truthfulness of statements made in relation to these allegations. we got no response. just yesterday i joined a letter with many of my committee colleagues asking chairman grassley to prevent public mischaracterization or selected leaks of the results of the f.b.i.'s

christopher wray/director, federal bureau of investigation: "we can confirm that 13 ied's were sent to various individuals across the country. these are not hoax devices."sources say investigators used his cell phone to track him after d.n.a. evidence was found on some of the packages. in addition...christopher wray/director, federal bureau of investigation: "they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters."one of the reasons authorities arrested him in a public place was because an address associated with him in florida might pose a danger to officers if there were explosives present. officials say he was living with his parents but they had kicked him out.and so was living out of this van which authorities took into custody after he was arrested.the van covered in political decals... images of the president and vice president... and one saying "cnn sucks."ánats of "cnn sucks" chantáa frequent chant at the president's rallies.sayoc attended one of those rallies in melbourne, florida in 2017 and held a si

if it was just trump, people would have sniggered, but this is christopher wray, the fbi director, ands said china is the most long—term counterintelligence threat that the us faces, and it is the intelligence chiefs briefing congress. this is less to do with trump, he is just highlighting the fact, and to some extent it is leading people to think we will ignore it, and he is also talking about how they are trying to influence the mid—term elections, andi influence the mid—term elections, and i don't doubt it. they have been stealing intellectual property... well, we don't know, first off, china have said they haven't, and do you really think china is interested in the us mid—term elections? because you don't think the us president has anything to do with trade policy, and is hurting them? of course they want him out of office, and the easiest way to do it is target constituencies. thanks to electronic warfare you can do that. there is ample evidence the russians we re there is ample evidence the russians were doing it, the chinese are very good at tech and it makes absolute sense for

attorney general saying the suspect appears to be 'partisan"- investigation continues tonight christopher wray, fbi director: "we have arrested cesar sayoc in connection with this investigation." 56-year-old cesar sayoc is facing up to 48 years in prison..charged with at least five federal crimes..jeff sessions, u.s. attorney general: "this may change or expand as the investigation proceeds."investigators say it was a fingerprint found on one of packages addressed to congresswoman maxine waters fbi director: "there is also a possible dna connection between samples collected from pieces of two different ieds mailed in separate envelopes and a sample previously collected from sayoc in connection with an earlier arrest down in florida."then investigators tailed sayoc..tracking him on his cell phone..before making their arrest outside of an auto zone..waiting until he was in a public place to arrest him..thereby avoiding the danger of confronting him at an address associated with him.sayoc's past has been unraveling since his arrest.. revealing a dark history of at least nine arrests..including th

: fbi director christopher wray says the fbi has been preparing for election day for two years. y says the bureau's foreign influence task force is constantly monitoring and tracking foreign hackers. christopher wrayfbi director take cg @ 0:33-0:40we are talking about counter intelligence, cyber, criminal and even counter terrorism to root out and respond to foreign influence operations. anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:41- 0:53wray says it's an all hands on deck operation. he says the fbi is working with the department of homeland security to make sure all 50 states are fully prepared and equipped with the safest voting technology.kirstjen nielsenhomeland security secretarytake cg @ 0:53-1:05 our network security sensors will cover 90 percent of registered voters and on election day we will be out in full force in hosting a virtual nationwide situation room to assist our partners anna wiernicki: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen says she believes america's election system is the safest its ever been. nielsen says americans should be confident their

. >> reporter: christopher wray issued a statement today asking for the public's help saying no piece of information is too small and wondering if there may be more packages out there. in a matter of hours, multiple suspicious packages identified across four jurisdictions, targeting high-profile democrats. a former cia director, and the new york offices of a national cable network. >> if there is a fire alarm here. >> we will find out what the latest is here and we will be right back. >> reporter: it was discovered in the cnn mailroom with extensive postage and packaging, all red flags, along with a potentially dangerous substance. >> responding officers identified a device that appeared to be a live explosive device. additionally it was an envelope containing white power tell mike a powder that was discovered as part of that original packaging. and, hillary clinton addressed to their chappaqua, new york residence. >> after that they were notified by the secret service that they had received a nearly identical package in washington addressed to the obama's. at that point, we began to

we are told by fbi director christopher wray that they had powder and shrapnel and the glass and otherapnel inside these bombs, using pvc pipe, simply made, can even see the garbage on the internet, sadly. how is it none of them exploded? just lucky? he didn't know what he was doing? d may be designed not to explode? >> sean, did you see the guy? did you see has van? i don't think this was an eod expert. this is somebody that says something in a magazine or wanted to create something that looks heinous, if you will come at the bottom line is, i know ed guys that work for me and look at this m stuff, and they burst out into laughter and said it is never going to happen. the bottom line is, it was in the device itself. there may be material that could be explosive, which is what the fbi director may be talking about. keep in mind, sean, for charging instruments in doj, by u.s. attorney, they want to make sure that the elements are there for a crime for them to charge this guy. it's going to be a while before they make a determination exactly what they consisted of, their ability to get m

we hear of it from christopher wray, the fbi director himself, who said just yesterday, during a news conference in washington, d.c., we're not out of the woods yet. while authorities do have a suspect in custody, there are still questions about packages that went from cnn center in new york, for example, all the way to california, delaware, florida, washington, d.c. could there be something else in the system? that is one of the big focuses of the investigation this morning, victor. >> so joe, we know that he has a court appearance on monday in miami. what do we expect to come from that? and what do we know what happens from this point on? >> reporter: in the federal court system, it's usually pretty simple. he has an attorney, and the attorney simply sbeenters a ple. the question then is what happens next. whether this individual wants to admit to his crimes, and move on, on that track, or whether there is a desire, if you will, to fight it out. so we do know sayoc is expected to appear in court here in florida, to answer for these initial charges that have been field by the federal

. >> dan, we all want to give a shout out and thank you to law enforcement, christopher wray driving that point home. the last thing he said is that president trump is and should be proud of fbi and law enforcement. that was a drop the mic moment. we appreciate it. how to they get this so quickly? how did they get it together so fast? >> well, first of all, the bombs that were sent out had a treasure trove of clues and information on them. the fact they didn't explode, that provided investigators with a lot of different evidence to go on. secondly and probably just as importantly, all of the law enforcement agencies now work together quite well. it hasn't always been that way. there used to be a lot of turf wars and people claim credit for things and cutting out other organizations. that's not the case today. so now you have the fbi, the secret service, the atf, postal service, all the federal agencies working together in harmony along with state and local. really for that reason, as mink as anything, this came to the conclusion as quickly as it did. >> fbi director wray talking abou

. >> 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 the fbi is saying when the fbi director says they were not hoax devices. they clearly didn't, thankfully, work, but at this point the supposition of investigators is that's not intentional. the bombmaker fortunately didn't do it right. but they believe based on the construction of the devices, the fact that they were wired up in a way that should have worked but didn't work, they believe they were not hoax devices. >> is this all, pete, really hinging on one crucial clue? because we learned there was one fingerprint on the maxine waters package that tracked down the suspect. was there more than that to

they are going to take their direction from christopher wray likely in this case given the level thisng on. and they've been given a deadline. the question, anderson, is when they come back on friday with the number of interviews they've done, if they cut them off at that point, those interviews on recorded on 302s. these are testimonial documents. they'll put down what these interviews say. and if there are loose ends, that it is going to be clear to anyone who reads them. it's going to be clear there are additional leads, additional witnesses that were not pursued. so i think then it just becomes a political question on, you know, how the senate wants to move forward if it's very clear that the investigation is not complete. >> kirsten, and michael made the point before the break about, i mean, look, we're talking about throwing ice at somebody at a bar 30 plus years ago. they should be focused on his record, his history, you know, as a judge. there's other republicans who say this is clearly now people are trying to move the goal posts, that what started out as one thing, they were

and christopher wray had his narrow mandate. go to timmy's house to see if it conformed, they didn't go to safeway to see if her temperatustimony was corrob. without knowing what the scope of their authority is, we cannot go as far as maureen is wanting us to go, i think. >> stay with us. i have to take another quick break as we await the republican leaders and their news conference set to begin any moment. stay with cnn. if you're turning 65, you're probably learning about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part b medicare costs, which means you may have to pay for the rest. that's where medicare supplement insurance comes in: to help pay for some of what medicare doesn't. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by united healthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to request yours. so what makes an aarp medicare supplement plan unique? well, these ar

what were the orders that the white house dictated the parameters to christopher wray and also does the fbi agents who did this, do they believe that they were limited or that they did a full investigation? >> fbi agents were asked to do a background check, that's different than -- and it is different than an investigation, and i think -- i do think, for the public's consumption, we've conflated this. >> i've been thinking a lot about the future of the court, and as you have those photos of the protesters, i'm wondering what chief justice john roberts is sitting, thinking sitting in his chambers. and he's thinking, this is not good for my -- >> and he's an institutionalist. >> i would argue we have three heads of the three branches of government. let's let the speaker of the house be the head of the legislative for now. there are people who are -- they don't like the head of the executive there's a majority that doesn't like the head of the led legislative. roberts was the guy that put the institution above his own politics. >> this is making it a lot harder for him to do that. and this

attorney general saying the suspect appears to be 'partisan"- investigation continues tonight christopher wrayve arrested cesar sayoc in connection with this investigation." 56-year-old cesar sayoc is facing up to 48 years in prison..charged with at least five federal

today the fbi director christopher wray was taking a lot of questions from some of those democrats. some on the senate judiciary committee and who opposed now justice kavanaugh. they were pressing the fbi director on whether or not you or others at the white house tied his hands with regards the supplemental investigation. what do you say? >> president trump: what did he say? i was working on the hurricane and other things. >> shannon: he said there were some things he couldn't divulge and they were carried out by standard procedure. a lot of folks wondering if you would release the fbi scope letter. >> president trump: i would do whatever they senate wanted. the senate was so well run by senator grassley. whatever they would like to do is okay with me. if they want to release, it's okay. if they don't want to, i can understand it also. again, it was going to be their vote and elect them do whatever they wanted to do. that included the investigation itself. what they wanted and if they wanted something, they wanted me to let them know or they could have directly left the fbi know as

christopher wray, complaining think client hasn't been interviewed yet? >> reporter: right. capitol hill waited on bated breath for results of the fbi investigation. news indeed as of right now, christine blasey ford's team says they have not been contacted by the fbi in the supplemental investigation taking place. they wrote this in a letter directly to fbi director wris wray and the general counsel saying they've sent multiple e-mails and calls and letters to cooperate with their investigation, but no communication from the fbi yet. they write it is inconceivable the fbi can conduct a thorough investigation without talking to her. they request a call with the fbi for more information, but, again, up here on capitol hill, everyone is certainly bracing for the results of this investigation, which in large part holds the fate of brett kavanaugh's hand and certainly this element of the investigation, the fact christine blasey ford has not yet been contacted is making democratic senators up here, they want earlier this week a group of nearly all democratic members wrote request

i was struck by what christopher wray said. these were not hoax devices. it played out, those saying they might be, questions about what they were and weren't. how important is that statement from the fbi director? >> well, i think to reassure the public it's important, and also to indicate the seriousness of the case. now, frankly, legally, it doesn't matter. because if they were intended to be bombs, you know, whether they worked or not, is still, it's still the same. i think the reason they're saying that they're not hoax devices is, it appears to be experts who have analyzed the ones they've looked at in detail so far, that whoever built them intended them to go off, and they can look at all of the circuitry, it was there. there was materiel inside the bombs to act at shrapnel. ask yourself, for example, if these were intended just to scare, why put something inside the bombs that you can't see? so that's an important factor. now, there were flaws, thank heavens, in the way they were designed. we're not going obviously say what those are because we don

i would say the same goes for christopher wray. right about perjuring himself is seen as giving testimony under oath. in front of these congressional committees. these house committees. because if he says one thing and if he says -- it's one thing to have a conversation with the president and allay his fears by saying "i was just being sarcastic, i would never do anything like that paid that's way too serious. i love you, man." >> harris: and you are on air force one, you can't jump out. >> kennedy: but if he's under oath over those committees and saying that he was just kidding -- the problem is james baker, the attorney for the fbi who had conversations with both lisa page and andrew mccabe who were there in that meeting, and they both said -- and they have documented -- this is another thing these congressional minis want, they want those documents. that say the tone and the verbiage that rosenstein used when he was talking about wiretapping the president and invoking the 25th amendment with members of his cabinet. >> harris: fa

fbi director christopher wray said it was evidence in the lab that led them to sayoc. >> they uncover ad latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters. we have confirmed this from time to time is that of cesar sayoc. reporter: further dna evidence came off a package to president obama. sayoc has been charged with connection with 13 known devices as it stands. the another one 14th possible device sent to kamala harris and tom steyer, a democratic supporter or donor. sayoc was taken in custody in plantation, florida. he was at an auto parts store there. president trump talked about the investigation. he said it was utmost priority to the justice department. >> political violence is antithetical to our vigorous system to self-government. reporter: the van the man drove was plastered with president trump stickers and picture of hillary clinton in the cross-hairs of a rifle. attorney general jeff sessions says there is no place for this kind of violence. melissa: absolutely. thank you for that. economy is still growing. thi

while the president put bomb in quotation marks, tonight fbi director christopher wray made clear theeverity of the threat. >> these are not hoax devices. >> reporter: at the justice department, forceful words from officials reflecting the assassination attempt of the obamas, clintons and others. the president was airing his grievances in the middle of the night on twitter at 3:14 a.m. writing, funny how lowly-rated cnn criticize me at will, even blaming me for the spate of bombs. while trump never shies away from calling out hillary clinton, barack obama and others by name -- >> lying, crooked, he is a terrible president. with biden you go like this, whew, and he goes down. >> reporter: he routinely attacks cnn. >> you watch the clinton news network, cnn, it is a joke. >> reporter: he mentioned none of the targets by name today. >> on the packages and devices that have been made to high-profile figures throughout our country and a media organization -- >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions who is often publicly belittled by the president said the suspect's partisan leanings app

director christopher wray said his agents are investigating about 1,000 homegrown terror threats in all states. >> now those cover the waterfront of the full range of extremist ideologies from right to left and everything in between. >> reporter: rosenfeld made his first court appearance in federal government in new york earlier today. the f.b.i. says it does not believe he's part of any larger terrorist organization. if he's convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. jeff. >> glor: all right, paula, thank you very much. ryming up here on the "cbs evening news," new video of the hit squad that was allegedly sent to kill a "washington post" contributor. tor. one is anything but typical. that's why we designed capital one cafes. you can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. and one of america's best savings rates. to top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. this isn't a typical bank. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? in the beginning. fresh but that plug...quickly faded. luckily, there's new febreze plug. it cleans away odors and f

tom winter i'm going to ask you because i was struck, christopher wray did not say when the president was informed about this. but when jeff sessions was asked and i guess he could have given the answer he doesn't have the information or didn't want to talk about it, he did say this appears to be the work of a partisan. >> right. so i think one of the things when you look -- obviously they were onto this person's social media. these days a person's social media account provides such a trove of evidence. >> and he happened to be driving a van that was also a bit of an ad. >> yes, the van definitely helped. so when you combine the social media, combined the spelling, that is very fascinating because that was one of the reasons in one of the ways they were able to find the unabomber because of some of peculiarities in the words he used, in some of the type of language he used. and here you have a modern day example of what was done in the unabomber investigation. to this particular person the advantage here is this person had been convicted in the state of florida of a felony. and there

at a senate hearing this morning, fbi director christopher wray said his agents are investigating about a thousand home grown terror threats in all 50 states. >> those cover the waterfront of the full range of extreme est ideologies from right to left and everything in between. >> reporter: rosenfeld made his first court appearance in federal court in new york today. the fbi says it does not believe he is part of any larger terrorist organization. if he is convicted he faces up to 20 years in prison. jeff? videof the >>> the operator of the limousine company involved in last weekend's deadly crash in upstate new york was arrested today and charged with criminally negligent homicide. 20 people were killed including the driver who did not have the proper license to operate that limo. the driver's widow talked to cbs news. >>> did he ever complain about the vehicle s? >> oh, yeah, he did. he did complain. >> what did he say? >> you know, there were a few times where he told me -- like i overheard him say, i'm not going to drive this like this. you need to give me another car registered. >>

fbi director christopher wray said about a month ago that we didn't detect anything like the level of involvement in 2016. the fact was that the outcome was then exactly the same by all the evidence we have, and if there were evidence to the contrary, we would have heard of it by now. what the evidence did create was animosity in the united states, and particularly made it almost impossible for two years for the united states and russia to make progress diplomatically. >> bolton followed that with the administration's newest line on foreign efforts to influence our elections. >> if you want to talk about a really massive influence effort on the american political system, i would suggest you read vice president pence's speech on china's efforts. looking at everything china was doing, a very, very senior u.s. intelligence official said it makes russia look like the junior varsity. >> the vice president's argument which he made earlier this month went something like this. >> as a senior career member of our intelligence community told me just this week, what the russians are doing pales

grassley claimed to jeff sessions and christopher wray, some tried to knowingly mislead the committeeit stifles our ability to work on: in a brief interview today with fox, avanati lashed out at grassley saying this is political. he added this at a news conference in new york. >> we welcome the investigation requested by senator grassley who obviously has no idea what he has done. he has now opened a pandera's box. my client and i are looking forward to a full and complete investigation. >> some of the left are turning on avanati and his dream of running for president. "vanity fair" mocked the lawyer for suffering two setbacks. he was evicted from his offices for not paying rent. racking up debt and evading responsibility when the bill came due. tweets from planned parenthood today: laura. >> laura: joining us a former federal prosecutor. you called this substantial. >> it reads like a prosecution memo laying out a case against swetnick. senator grassley lays out the case where she submitted an affidavit and said brett kavanaugh spiked punch and targeted young women and participating

this is what the fbi directer christopher wray had to say, terrorist groups could export experiences weponized unmanned outside of conflict zones, what i really we wanted to get to which we didn't have there he said that they would be using the given retail availability, their lack of verified identification requirements to procure and their general ease of use, so you expect that he's correct in all of this, that that is the reason these will be used more frequently? >> yeah, i mean, first, we have been detecting terrorist use of drones in iraq, for example, in ramadi, in mosul originally they were for surveillance purposes, they could take video of suicide bomb attacks and post them and hezbollah has been using, drones born women proviced to target venezuelan president maduro when given a speech. the technology has migrated out of war zones along with people who have left growing threats to the rest of the world and have become available for use and it is a challenge, i think, tactically the way that we get out of this is to disrupt the energy in the drones so you disrupt deviation

. >> homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen and fbi weretary christopher wray on capitol hill this week for a hearing on national security. they were questioned about domestic and international security, cyber aviation, and the fbi investigation into sexual assault allegations against brett kavanaugh. >> may this hearing come to order. i know that none of your jobs is easy, but they are incredibly important, so i want to thank your timenk you for and your testimony today. i look forward to your oral testimony and your answers to our questions. i want to start off by also thinking the audience for being here. as we talk about the serious threats facing our nationi

this from fbi director christopher wray and dhs secretary, nielson.ican election integrity and infrastructure. >> our enemies do not respect borders and not constrained by. >> i geography. >> oh, my. they have not figured out what to do about meddling in 2016 election. but better than obama, at least they are trying, trump administration doing something about it. the obama administration obama administratiodidnothing. except set up it appears pruch fopresident trump for a witch hunt. >> eric holder is echoing hillary clinton's idea that the era of dems engages in a -- is at an end, new video showing corrupt former attorney general calling for violent against lent republicans. >> time for us as democrats to be as tough as they are, as dedicated as they are, committed as they are, misch wil michellen they go low, we go high. no. when they go low, we kick them, that is what the new democratic party is about. >> it is. all it does is further democrat how radical dems have become more radical, and serves as a reminder if they were to win back power in midt

top democrat dianne feinstein sent a letter tohite house counsel don mcgahn and christopher wray. the president's team claims the white house is not interfering. >> the white house i not micromanaging this process. he senate is dictating the terms. >> reporter: on "60 minutes" jeff flake, a crucial swing vote, and chris coons, trey awaiting the report. >> if judge kavanaugh has lied toee the commi nam natiominatio over? >> oh, yes. i would think so. >> reporter: president trump is tweeting that the democrats find the time and skocope is not enough. don jr. weighed in, that kavanaugh's accusers should not believed >> the people that are the victims of these things, when it is soio oly political, it diminishes the real claims. >> there's been so much talk, including kellyanne conway saying she herself had been a victim of sexual assault in the past. >> reporter: this was unexpected. it was a deeply personal disclosure from kellyanne conway. while she did, conway said that the judge should not bear the weight of the #metoo movement. he said she had experienced it firsthand. >> i feel

: fbi director christopher wray says the fbi has been preparing for election day for two years. nstantly monitoring and tracking foreign hackers. christopher wrayfbi director take cg @ 0:33-0:40we are talking about counter intelligence, cyber, criminal and even counter terrorism to root out and respond to foreign influence operations. anna wiernicki (stand up) @annaewiernickitake cg @ 0:41- 0:53wray says it's an all hands on deck operation. he says the fbi is working with the department of homeland security to make sure all 50 states are fully prepared and equipped with the safest voting technology.kirstjen nielsenhomeland security secretarytake cg @ 0:53-1:05 our network security sensors will cover 90 percent of registered voters and on election day we will be out in full force in hosting a virtual nationwide situation room to assist our partners anna wiernicki: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen says she believes america's election system is the safest its ever been. nielsen says americans should be confident their votes are protected..and will count...on november 6th

i read a report from christopher wray, specifically point to communications and electronic equipment.t's a legitimate threat. >> i've been writing about some of this. i wrote a piece for fox news in august about the internet of things. 90% of internet devices, the smart home devices that we put in our houses, 90% of them are made in china. and i would love to have the conversation about what's in that hardware but more importantly about 20% of the internet devices that are plug into a platform that's controlled by a chinese company to you. we need to have a exfertion. and that data is being stored in china. so i think we need to have this conversation. the left is losing their mind over russia, russia, russia. that's silly. the world's second largest economy, china, that's the real threat. they want to display the united states as the world center of the world's economy. charles: and they want to do it through technology. that's the center piece of china. and i think the bloomberg piece goes on to say so far there's no evidence that consumer data has been captured but nonetheless, i t

that's why rand paul went after christopher wray today. >> it's not just about the senate. it's about the congress. there are people in little rock that are federally investigating the clintons and the obama administration. so there is a reason they have been there for almost a year investigating. the trouble is the attorney general, what is he doing? in the meantime rod is basically the acting attorney general. kennedy: there are so many conflicts of interest there. >> just on the fisa. this is the man who signed the warrant that we all snow led to exculpatory information. this man is a constant interest by the mere fact that the day before he appointed robert mueller. he escorted his friend to the white house to interview as fbi director. he wanted the job back. he failed and completely went down in flames. and the next day his buddy makes him the investigator of the president where he failed the job interview? kennedy: talk about the wolves watching the hen house. "why we fight." you say know your opponent. you say the democrats are guilty of willful ignorance. >> the de

director christopher wray, so they called rod rosenstein.ving the motto on rosenstein's desk, "rod rosenstein: everyone's second choice." ( laughter ) how'd that call go? "hey rod, i know you're busy running the russia investigation and getting fired for running the russia investigation. but do you have time to run a new investigation to get fired for?" ( laughter ) but here's the thing, the trump administration approved an investigation so narrowly focused that the f.b.i. was authorized to interview just four people. wow, that's hardly an investigation. four people is hardly a book club. ( laughter ) but this afternoon, the white house reversed course, and told the f.b.i. to interview anyone necessary for kavanaugh inquiry. keeper( cheers and applause ) as long the review is finished by the end of the week. (trump accent) "i want the full focus and scope of the f.b.i. to get to the bottom of these allegations. no matter what, as long as you can wrap them up by this friday, because brett and i are going to see 'venom'!" ( laughter ) so now t

director christopher wray issued a statement asking for the public's help saying, no piece of information is too small and warning that more packages may be out there. direct arrays that each package used the long manila envelope with bubble wrap, six forever stamps with the same return address using the wrong spelling for congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz as well as computer printed address labels. such printers can identify codes into the actual print and can link the packages and in some cases trace the printer. as you mentioned, the first package to drew or souris arrived on monday followed by former secretary of state hillary clinton. former democrat barack obama and john brennan, and a former attorney general eric holder. the secret service confirmed its routine mail screening intercepted both of the packages and they are working directly tonight with the fbi, atf and postal inspectors as part of the j.t. tf, the joint terrorist task force. the first public comment after the bomb scare, he told his audience in texas that president trump was to blame for the political climate. >