packages have been delivered of the recipients i should say have been either critics of trump like mr de niro or democratic have you ways like the obama of the clintons and liberal donors like george soros so there is a pattern here that the people who have been on the receiving end or the intended recipients of these packages are stern critics of the president what's being said about suspects. in terms of an investigation there is a nationwide manhunt now underway there have been no injuries a luckily despite the volatile packages that have been deployed but authorities are getting the sense that whatever put this together whether it was one person or group their intent has been to maim and kill and that's based on the way that devices were built and package containing shards of glass one of them for example and the devices will now be examined for genetic material that could be anything from what you can follow to hair pieces and this could all potentially give clues and hints to authorities after who was behind this in terms of the packaging themselves there are similarities the female on

you wanted to punch him in the face so there have been comments like that that have been made by mr de niro and the other intended recipients include democratic heavyweights like the clintons and the obama and so this would suggest that the people or the person who is behind all of this is targeting people that trump has squared off with sort of say not only democratic officials but also press organizations such as c.n.n. . had a son of reporting from new york or a city thank you abbi for you continued coverage. of the european union has awarded its top human rights prize to a ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in russia since twenty fifteen all expense off was jailed for conspiring to commit acts of terrorism charges he denies russia has described the decision to give him the award as absolutely politicized own legs and so one of the most vocal critics of russia's involvement in ukraine and it's an extension of his native crimea the ukrainian filmmaker has been awarded the prize for freedom of thought. the forty two year old was on hunger strike until just recently refusing food for one hundre

suspicious packages may be out there, a second package was discovered, sent to actor robert de niro intended for mr niro in the tribeca neighborhood. that is where we find fox news correspondent bryan llenas. reporter: connell i'm standing in front of the tribeca film center, co-founded by robert de niro and standing next to the tribeca cafe co-owned by mr. de niro. nypd got a call from personnel here at the center, suspicious package addressed to mr. de niro. the nypd arrived. they. h x-rayed the package. they found some sort of a package inside. they moved the package inside after containment vehicle that looks like a cement truck and moved the package to the rodman's neck. where the cnn package from yesterday was also sent for further examination. sources say that obviously den near hoe has been outspoken critic of the president. this package looked eye didn't call to the nine others sent to prominent democratic officials the last few days. new york mayor bill de blasio, he spoke about this just moments ago. >> this is clearly an effort to terrorize people politically, to choose people for polit

mr. de niro has slighted the president. and so we open up the scope and universe of potential targets today to anyone who is speaking openly about the president. >> all right, clint, give us an idea that the profile of this would-be bomber, given what we know so far, what do you think? >> well, you know, number one, we have at least nine bombs, or what appears to be a bomb, that have been in the system. but realize, you know, some of us can go back, you know, to the 1940s and '50s, a time of george mctesky, the so-called mad bomb they're terrorized new york over a long period. he sent 33 -- or he planted 33 bombs. 22 of which exploded. here we have nine devices. none of which have detonated or exploded. that brings me to my question. we always consider motive. we want to know why someone is doing this. is this particular individual or are these individuals, are they trying to send a message or are they trying to commit murder? if they're trying to commit murder, they're doing -- >> clint, i need to interrupt you. i have to

mr. de niro said. thank god for the law enforcement, for postal employees, for the fbi agents that are investigating this crime. it would be nice if there was that same level of commentary coming from the white house. supporting law enforcement. calling this out as a heinous act. trying to show support and bring americans together. i mean, in a much smaller way, when i was governor, we had a sniper incident that terrorized the greater washington area. i knew my job was try to keep people calm and also try to bring folks together. we've not seen that from this white house. >> why doesn't the hill come together? i saw a joint statement from chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. it would have more of an impact if that statement came from mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, chuck schumer or nancy pelosi. that's a coming together. >> stephanie, i agree. the fact we are -- people across the country are campaigning makes it more difficult but that's not a good enough reason that all responsible leaders from both political

mr. bide especially's home state. the the suspicious package sent to robert de niro. new york police responded to a building in the tribeca neighborhood, the tribeca film center and tribeca grill or associated with mr. de niro, an outspoken critic of president trump. the bomb truck took that away. two pipe bombs were found last night addressed to maxine waters. and devices were sent to the clintons, obamas, former attorney general eric holder, and the new york studios of cnn. the president calling for unity, before blaming the media, which he often attacks. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility. >> we will not let terrorism win. not today, not ever. >> now, one of the devices deck examined at an fbi lab in virginia. >> all right, cornell, we will continue to follow this. thank you. in the east bay, customers left stunned after a landmark seafood restaurant shut its doors with no explanation. >> abc 7 news was there as people showed up for dinner last night. they had been in business 128 years with nothing more than

de niro obviously a long time critic of president trump. it may not be surprising that he and his production company would also be targeted. mr. de niro released a short statement saying the building was evacuated. the building is open. everyone is safe. this is not what free speech should look like. some nervous moments here this morning. nypd on it right around 5:00 a.m. within a couple of hours, they had it in a containment truck. they moved it up to the bronx. now they are looking into it to see if there are any signs. >> similarities, a lot of similarities there. we will analyze all of this in a minute. evan is back with us to talk about other devices that were found. >> at this point they now have what they believe to be eight devices. this is a serial bomber. the fbi is doing everything it can to try to not only look at all these different devices. they are trying to get them all to the lab no quantico. they identified some kind of material, perhaps a sulfur material, that could come from fireworks, for instance. so they don't know yesterday exactly who is making this, what the constructive is, whether it matches a recip

de niro. what's the latest down there, miguel? >> yeah, they found it in the mail room here at tribeca film productions in tribeca. not entirely surprising, i suppose, that mr. de niro would be a target of one of these devices as he's been a frequent critic of and sharp critic of president trump. the package itself looks very much like others that we have seen, the six forever postage stamps on it. no postmark like the one sent to cnn, so it's not clear it went through the postal service at all. maybe it was hand delivered to this location. a quick acting security guard saw it, based on the pictures that had been out there. law enforcement officials says the x-ray, the initial x-ray of the package also looks like the devices they have seen. nypd seemingly getting pretty darn good at this because they were able to get down here around 5:00 in the morning, and get it into that specialized truck and move it up to their facility in the bronx where they can now investigate and figure out if there are signatures that match and if there is any evidence on that package or on that device that might lead them to whoever is doing this. the tribeca film productions and

mr. de niro was one of the victims. one of his great lines is it doesn't take much strength to pull the trigger but it's hard to go to work every day. you know this is a bomber that's spent a whole lot of time making these devices. it didn't take much strength either to mike all these bombs. he probably should have been going to work every day instead of doing this. now he's caught. malcolm makes great point. i'm like malcolm now. there could be a few more of these. pictures on his van of michael moore. people like that need to be real cautious. it's almost what's next. this has taken over the news for a week. there's a will the of bombers i didn't catch and clint and his team didn't catch. i saw the bombs mthey made and it's really scary. it's not this level of stuff. there's people that have capabilities and can be really awful. we really ought to pay attention to this stuff. bombs can be left, placed. they don't have to be mailed. they can be left on your front stoop. we could see something else. that's something we

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 that we're up to ten packages, look, i think investigators are breathing a little easier today. so far, nothing new today. a lot of the packages that we're now reporting on, a lot of the bombs are things that were sent or delivered yesterday or in days previously. so nothing new so far today that i know of or that authorities are speaking about. right now, everything that we all know about or things we have been talking about are things sent in the last few days. even the thing with robert de niro breaking this morning had been received yesterday. and really, the big thing is clues

mr. de niro, would not have found that device, he saw the picture on tv and said, that's something that looksr. it shows that balance of what do you divulge, keep close to the vest. >> they also wouldn't say, you know, there had been some reports that maybe one of the devices originated in florida, they wouldn't confirm any of the above. interesting we were talking before, you were reporting on that at least the device from here time warner center was -- is en route to quantico. it sou it sounds like they detonated one device but the rest in tact on the way to virginia. >> the soros device, they shot that, detonated it. that makes sense. if this is a one-off, the bomb squad shows up, they want to render something safe. once it turns out this looks like it is perhaps several bombs involved, now you try to piece things together, five devices in tact, transported back to the fbi lab in quantico, where that additional analysis will be under way, they have very good scientists and specialists there who go through, did much more than an x-ray, get in, surgery, and figure out what the makeup of is o

mr. de niro's mail office, the nypd office that recognized, you know, all the press photos from yesterdayctly. josh campbell, all of the devices have been sent to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. why? >> so in these types of instances you want a unified command that would be doing the analysis. don't want different laboratories spread out looking at this, the same people, they'll be able to identify patterns, be able to use the expertise of the fbi is known for at quantico, they have the terrorist explosive device which is this world renowned repository of intelligence and expertise that processes devices again in order to investigate and gather clues. we have been told in talking to some sources that the first device went to soros, shot on site by the bomb squad. once it appeared this was turning into several devices, they wanted to keep as many as they could in tact in order to gather evidence, we're told five of those were transported down to quantico and are about to undergo analysis. >> the fbi described these as potentially destructive devices, potentially destructive. none have g

this after mr de niro criticised the president at an awards ceremony back injune.ident trump on the former cia directorjohn brennan, who was sent a package care of cnn. he says thatjohn brennan... and this is how the president described the democrat, maxine waters on monday. a vote for a democrat this november is able to surrender congress to nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, the great maxine waters. that's a beauty. maxine waters! you get that one? you get that? she's going to be in charge of your finances stop. in charge of your finances good one? you get that? she's going to be in charge of your finances good old maxine. low iq individual! that was president trump speaking at a rally. two days later, california democratic congresswoman maxine waters received two suspicous packages. i have to stress. it is important to note that the white house has strongly condemned these attacks. look. there is a big difference between comments made and actions taken. the president is certainly not responsible for sending suspicious packages to someone no more than bernie sanders wa

mr. biden's home state is. let's give you a closer look at the suspicious package sent to actor robert de niro. new york police responded to a building in the tribeca neighborhood. the tribeca film center and tribeca grill on greenwich are associated with de niro, outspoken critic of president trump. a bomb truck took that package away. that comes as two pipe bombs were discovered in los angeles last night addressed to democratic congresswoman maxine waters. on weapons, explosive devices were sent to the clintons, obamas, former attorney general eric holder, and the new york studios of cnn. >> it appears that an individual or individuals sent out multiple similar packages. >> we will not let terrorism win. not today, not ever. >> reporter: now, luckily, none of the devices detonated. they are being examined right now at an fbi lab in virginia. live in studio, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you, cornell. a team of 20 atf agents will comb through piles of charred construction material searching for evidence that could lead to a cause for this huge fire the a west oakland residential constr

the most recent targets former vice president joe biden and actor robert de niro, both of whom have suggested they'd like to punch mrtrump. the president has also said some pretty severe things about them. so it is now 10 suspected bombs now sent to eight people. officials caution there may be more packages in the mail. none of the packages has exploded, and no one has been hurt thus far. cbs news has learned one focus of the investigation is florida. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news investigators are zeroing in on postal facilities in south florida, where they believe at at this sorting facility in opalaka you can see police officers are blocking the entrance, miami-dade police officers are inside. we have been told they've been asked to assist by the f.b.i. in conducting a sweep of this facility, but, so far, have not found anything suspicious. we're also told investigators are looking at surveillance video from other facilities. one law enforcement source told cbs news earlier today, "all arrows pointing to florida." the florida office address of congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz was li

mr. trump called for civility and unity. back to you.>> thank you. >>> the packages addressed to robert de niro was read earlier in the wkend at his new york city restaurant. n employee realized it was similar to the package sent to . democr here's more on that story. >> reporter: ibeca, theypd bomb squad, descends on robert de niro'sproperty, and this is what they found. envelope.ow same six stamps. same typed label and same explosivedevice found inside. a frightening find for those wha the neighborhood home. >> i only live a few blocks away. so that was interesting to wake up and hear there's something hereo >> reporter:ne was inside de niro's property. but the hotel right next door was evacuated out of an ab ncundaf owas riding over the city. comesy watch everyone who is that goes. >> reporter: the nypd bomb squad handled the device. it was stored in a device like the one to make sure if i went off, no one would be in danger. they are considered to be the st in the world. on an average day, they respond to 50 to 60 packages. last year alone, theyed respo to 18,560 suspicious packages in the city. right now investigators are using s

mr. biden. meanwhile.. in new york city.. another package.. looking nearly identical.. was confiscated by police at actor robert de niro )s restauant.. in manhattan. an employee there called police after he saw pictures of other envelopes.. and realized he had seen that same envelope at work. no one was hurt.. in either case. postal officials are comparing pictures of the known packages.. to anything else that may be in the system. now.. not every package was mailed. several were stamped.. but hand delivered. so far.. what appear to be bombs have been sent to former president obama former vice president biden hillary clinton former cia director john brenan former attorney general eric holder two.. to congresswoman maxine waters and george soros. here )s attorney general jeff sessions. no suspicious packages have >> we should learn some more then. >> and some of the packages have been similar, so if they stand out, out, we should get a chance to seeno them. >> let's hope 6:30 this morning. you can download the nbc by the wayy >> all counts my a accused. >> with a young man attempted to defend himself in court, chris? >> hi, there, lau

de niro's restaurant and now former vice president joe biden. listen to what white house press secretary sarah sanders said after democrats blamed mr. trump.ween comments made and actions taken. the president is certainly not responsible for sending suspicious packages to someone no more than bernie sanders was responsible for supporter of his shooting up a republican baseball field practice last year. stuart: come in lisa booth. position news contributor. our guest this morning here in new york. welcome to the show. >> hi, stuart, how are you? stuart: i was appalled, quite frankly, mr. trump went out there and called for unity and democrats promptly say you're to blame, and it is getting worse. i'm appalled at this? >> heightened rhetoric all around. a point of frustration for a lot of people on the right, we've seen a series of violence towards republicans with steve scalise being on receiving end of bullets. we've seen recently, the other week, two republicans in minnesota who were attacked, yet we have seen essentially zero condemnation from the left or the media? there is a point of frustration. i think we should do as a country unive