pipe bomb attack at a truck attack in downtown manhattan.lso other incididents, times square bombing back in 2010. brent: stefan, what we do know tonight is everyone targeted by these mail bombs,, t they were demomoats. and we are less than two weeks away from midterm elections in the united states. i mean, all of this coming together, and we say -- see the president saying we have to unify now. based on what you see, is that going to happen? stefan: i don't think so. and i don't think that anybody else has any indications that this event here or any other event, god forbid there is a worse event than this here today, would serve the purpose to unify the country within two weeks before the critical and crucial midterm elections. i want to add one thing, the investigators, fbi and secret service and aft, etc., were all under the umbrella of the joint terrorism task force. they are looking at the envelopes looking for dna residue, etc. interestingly enough, the pipe bomb which was sent to cnn was delivered by messengers, not by the u.s. postal

>> we're in downtown manhattan right now. local law enforcement is the primary place of enforcement of laws and the protection of citizens against lawbreakers. it requires resources from the city of new york and the state of new york. >> so -- but you remind me, since we're in manhattan, that one of the mayors, who is a republican now, and a national figure, in the national eye, somebody i used to work for, rudy giuliani... >> right. >> ...had the most success eliminating gun violence by also eliminating guns. >> he took guns from people who should not have them. remember th-- here's the problem, right? the broad-brush ideas of many in the so-called gun-control but i call disarmament movement is, the only way to deal with this is, let's take everybody's guns that shouldn't have them. >> which is not a reasonable starting place in a country that has a second amendment... >> right. >> ...in my view and in th view of many, many people. >> i would think most of us. >> but many people, i think, would say, by framing it as the "dis

and there were two attacks there with a pipe bomb attack and there was a truck attacked in downtown manhattan right at the back there been other incidents including the flies which is at times square bombing back in two thousand and ten ok in step on what we do know is that everyone targeted by these mail bombs they were democrats and we do know that we're less than two weeks away from midterm elections in the united states i mean all of this coming together and we've got the president saying the country has to unify now and based on what you've seen is that going to happen. you know i don't think so and i don't think that anybody else sees any indications that this event here or any other event and god forbid there is any worse event than this here today would serve this purpose to unify this country within two weeks before those critical and crucial midterm elections when and just quickly one thing to the investigation doesn't mr gaiters the f.b.i. and secret service and. we're all under the umbrella of the joint terrorism task force they go no into those forensics as james indicated this t

cafeterias that were internal and not open to the public, what kind of impact they were having in downtown manhattan on the lower east side and other places where they were located. and how they were impacting surrounding businesses and how they were beginning to change the culture of those businesses. i know you are familiar with james jacobs and eyes on the street and what that means. that's the perspective i approach this conversation with. i know we are talking about real businesses and real people but just take a step back for a moment. when you think about the shape the mid market was in, the mid market tax break there was a conversation about attracting businesses through incentives. and i think that, again, putting my planner hat and reflecting back, i think from my perspective, it's had a mostly positive impact on the environment. created a phenomenal amount of jobs. some will argue it has had negative impacts on environment pressure on housing market and other impacts but when we are thinking about that particular area, and that particular incentive, if i were to look back i would say we a

. >> reporter: overnight a trump critic robert deniro at his downtown manhattan film offices tribeca productions. >> the device was removed successfully. thank god, there were no injuries. the really quick witted work of a security guard there at a facility in tribeca is to thank for the fact that nothing happened and no harm was done to anyone. >> reporter: the package sent to deniro similar to the one sent to john brennan and cnn. six forever stamps, no postmark the bombs sent to cnn ultimately delivered by courier. the return address, the florida congressional office of democrat debbie wasserman schultz. the device is now in the hands of forensic experts who will look for the bomb maker or makers signature on the packaging and the devices themselves. >> a low iq individual, maxine waters. >> reporter: two devices sent to critic maxine waters. one intercepted at a mail sorting facility outside d.c. the other at a post office facility in los angeles. similar packages sent to president obama and hillary clinton were intercepted before reaching their homes. the package to billionaire

almost a carbon copy except for the address being to robert de niro here at his business in downtown manhattan. and police were very quick on it. around 5:00 a.m., they got here. they put it in that specialized vehicle. they got it up to their facility in the bronx where they can now go through it and try to figure out what signatures there are, try to match it to others to see if there's any dna, fingerprints, or other evidence that might lead them to understand who is doing this. meanwhile, jane rosenthal and robert de niro put out a statement saying that the building was evacuated, that everyone is safe. it's back open now. but this is not what free speech should look like. obviously, mr. de niro is a frequent and fierce critic of the president, and something that has caught a lot of attention among the president's supporters. kate. >> absolutely. miguel, thank you so much. >>> now from lower manhattan to back where we are right now. cnn crime and justice reporter shimon porcupez. your reporting is amazing. what are you hearing about the investigation into all of this this morn sng. >> now

had arrived or been addressed to robert de niro at his production office and restaurant in downtown manhattan. none of the devices have exploded. the fbi confirms the three packages looked like the others discovered yesterday. that makes ten devices sent to a total now of eight people. joining me now is nbc justice correspondent pete williams in washington. nbc news's garrett haake is in new castle, delaware, and nbc's ron allen is outside robert de niro's restaurant in the tribeca neighborhood of new york city. pete, let's start with you. what can you tell us about these new devices and the florida connection? >> the three devices found today, the two that were sent to biden, they had a pretty good idea that at least one device was sent to biden because they thought the postal service had gotten an image of it or a postal worker thought they saw it. this is the one that was found yesterday at cnn. they did find the two for biden. one in wilmington, one in new castle, both in delaware, at postal facilities. so there's that handled. secondly, the de niro one that was actually delivered probabl

overnight, another package discovered addressed to actor and trump critic, robert de niro, at his downtown manhattan film offices tribeca productions. >> the device was removed successfully. thank god there were no injuries. the really quick witted work of a security guard there at that facility in tribeca is to thanks for the fact that nothing happened and no harm was done to anyone. >> reporter: the package sent to de niro similar to the one addressed to former cia director john brennan and sent to cnn. six u.s. flag forever stamps, but no postmark. the bomb sent to cnn ultimately delivered by courier, the return address, the florida congressional office of democrat debbie wasserman schultz, the device is now in the hands of forensics experts who will look for the bombmaker or makers, signatures on the packaging and devices themselves. >> the low iq individual, maxine waters. >> reporter: two sent to congresswoman maxine waters, one intercepted at a congressional mail sorting facility outside of d.c., the other at a post office facility in los angeles. similar packages sent to president obama and

down to being the key to any investigation right now, especially in a city like new york city, downtown manhattan area, there's cameras on every single intersection, security cameras set up on different businesses around that area so they're going through each one of those and i'm sure already at this point in time, we see that a manhunt, so-called manhunt is going on in new york and that's probably the jttf out there trying to either -- >> the joint terrorism task force. >> out there looking for this individual that delivered the package to try to figure out who gave him the package to deliver to time warner center. >> so, and bob, let me bring back the question from earlier. these bombs did not explode. that could be sloppy bomb making, it could be intentional. what do you think about all that? >> i agree with art. they probably weren't meant to go off. the worst kind of bomb you can send in the mail is a pipe bomb. they're easily discoverable. people pick them up. hand addressed and the rest of it. it makes no sense. i mean, there are designs for letter bombs which are much more effective and

continual reports of the new york police department in downtown manhattan and further pipe bomb's discoveredingramucci the door of 1600 pennsylvania. what is important is the president group up on third base, rounding to home, and scaramucci groep somewhere rocketing out of first base. scaramucci on the blue-collar president. you have to be kidding me? this guy is so far from a blue-collar president. why is he a blue-collar president? >> it is more about the people i grew up with an less about the president of the united states. you are thinking of the golden toilet seat and his apartment on fifth avenue looks like louis the 14th smoked crystal meth. what i'm thinking about are the kids i grew up with and my cousins out on or survey that love the president. i did a lot of research on him and his father and try to explain the neighborhood i grew the people who didn't go to college who are working hourly jobs love the president. you in the white house right now because his tax bill has failed. the fed is the public, including your blue-collar audience figuring out the plutocracy. what does he

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he's a downtown construction manhattan. >> can you call somebody horseface and another woman miss piggy? >> i don't agree with it. it's not me saying it. >> it's difficult to say he represents me as president on these slots, but he doesn't represent me on these slots. i don't think you can have it both ways. >> it is feeding into the divisiveness and tearing our country apart for the president to put out sexist tweets. it's unacceptable behavior and it's dwarsing. i don't think he has made or country safer. >> we have chosen one guy to stand for who we are as the united states. we are a united group of people and we need to stand behind this? it should be the apex of morals and the person that stands for us. my children would be in time out if they called people those names. why do we allow this from the president? it's appalling. >> thanks to the ladies talking tonica cabrera. we are off and the florida governor's debate moderated by jake tapper starts here at 8:00 eastern time. we'll be right back. ♪ it is such a good time to kiss ♪ ♪ it is such a good time to dance ♪ ♪ it is such a g

he's a downtown city manhattan. >> can you have it both ways? call someone horseface. miss piggy another one a dog? >> i don't agree with me but it's not me saying it. >> it's difficult to say he represents me as president on these slots, but he doesn't represent me as president on these slots. and i just don't think you can have it both ways. >> it is feeding into the divisiveness in this country. >> yes. >> it is tearing our country apart when we have a president that is putting out these sexist tweets. i think it's unacceptable behavior. it's embarrassing and i don't actually think he's made our country safer. >> we've chosen one guy, one guy to stand for who we are as the united states. as you mention, we are a united group of people. and we need to stand behind this. it should be the apex of morals and the person that stands for us. and my children would be in time-out if they called people those names. so why do we allow this from the president? >> it's appalling. >> all right. let's move to this story where you don't see this every day while you are driving down

a at the tribeca film center hee in tribeca new york and downtown manhattan, security personnel noticed an image or -- i'm sorry, a package that looked similar to the ones that were sent out yesterday and the days prior. called the nypd, showed up, ask for that particular package, and it decided that it was deemed necessary to put it into the side of a containment vehicle. delivered many of these package packages. see where we are further after after that appeared in terms of the similarity's, we are talking about what catherine herridge was just talking about. have yellow manila envelope, excessive poster stamps, the american flag. and apparently also, this package was found not only in the tribeca film center, it is cofounded by robert de niro. also next to the tribeca girl, which is also coowned by robert janeiro. the package was addressed to robert janeiro, and of course he is a very vocal critic of donald trump. the other packages were sent to other prominent democrats. >> sandra: we are waiting for more details to come out in the coming minutes and hours. still on a high state of

working for the saudi embassy reported spending $270,000 on food and lodging at the downtown hotel in washington. and manhattan's central park west, told investors he had good news. after two down years, revenue for the first quarter had gone up, according to a letter obtained by the "washington post." one reason, a last-minute visit to new york by the crown prince of saudi arabia. >> the post and jonathan o'connell, they did a nice job parsing -- there are two separate sets of issues here. there is donald trump going broke in the early 1990s. and he sells two of his prized asset, his yacht and a landmark hotel, the plaza hotel to sheikh ala ka lead. and one of the investors. trump had to sell it. it wasn't a special relationship. the banks needed to unload those assets. bin tala was one of the sheikhs who the crown prince put in a brief imprisonment at the ritz carlton in riyadh recently. you have to wonder, in that long trajectory, what was on donald trump's mind. the second set of issues that come up are the more recent financial relationships. they bought an entire floor of trump world. the trump world plaza

downtown washington. the general manager at trump's hotel in manhattan's central park west said after two down years, revenue had gone up. one reason, general manager prince sanders wrote, a last-minute visit by the crown prince of saudi arabia. >> you know, the post and david and o'connell did a nice job parsing. there's two separate sets of issues. there's donald trump going broke in the early 1990s, and he sells two of his prized assets. his yacht and a landmark hotel, the plaza hotel, to one of the wealthiest saudi investors. trump had to sell it. the banks needed to unload those assets. bin telal is one of the sheikhs who the crown prince put in a brief imprisonment. you have to wonder if that long trajectory what was on donald trump's mind. the second set of issues are the more recent financial relationships. they bought an entire floor of trump world, of the trump world plaza for their mission of the united nations. more recently they've been patronizing the hotels and all of this reflects back on the issue that dogs the administration. are they making good public policy or doing things that pad their

side of manhattan joined three other buildings in the neighborhood in taking down the president's brassy five letter name. >>> you're up to date. that's the news update this hour back downtown carl >> thank you very much, sue herera >>> session lows here. dow down 239, s&p down almost 26 points as we have narrowed losses substantially from the open we'll keep an e teyonhis. back in a moment >>> let's bring in eamon javers as markets react tomnuchin headlines. >> reporter: what's striking about the secretary's statement is what's not in it. you see the tweet saying just met with the president and secretary pompeo and we have decided i will not be participating in the future investment initiative summit in saudi arabia so he is not going so much attention was focused on whether he would or would not go what's not in the statement here is any indication of why he is not going, right the secretary of the treasury not issuing a message to the saudis or explanation for the reason he is not going when of course the entire world knows it is because the saudis are under suspicion for possible murder of jamal khashoggi, "the washington post" columnist. the question is is the administ