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history tv, authors william oldfield and victoria bruce discuss the story of frank oldfield, a united states postal inspector who helped build a case against an early 20th century organized crime group called the black hand. this italian-american group would intimidate and extort money from small immigrant businesses. this talk is a little over an hour. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to midtown scholar bookstore. my name is catherine lawrence. i am the owner of the scholar and very pleased to welcome you here this evening to harrisburg, and especially delighted to have this

i have concerns about the united states postal service bowing out of communities who have been willingto work with them. should you be confirmed, will you look at this issue and work to ensure that the postal service is doing everything in its power to work with communities and stakeholders to keep post office is in several locations whenever possible? pick -- >> yes, senator, i am familiar with that issue but not this particular example. the commission has a number of vehicles we are considering for appeals of post office closings. that is one vehicle. we also have vehicles we are looking at the issue more broadly. if confirmed, that will be a high priority of mine. i do think there are things the postal service can do to make their lives easier in the long run as well as serve the stakeholders better. >> that would be terrific. thank you. the other thing i will mention is there was a very good discussion with senator langford about the stop act. i would also ask, i am a cosponsor of that act. if fentanyl is coming into our country and killing way too many people, having said that, th

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. >>> the united states is preparing to pull out of a united states postal treaty.y say flat rates for international post able. president trump argues the globing shipping treaty benefits nse of busesses in the u.s. for instance, it's cheaper to ship packages from beijing to new york than san francisco to the east coast. >>> twitter is releasing data from accounts back to 2016 when it first learned foreign operators were usingl media to try and influence u.s. elections. the social media site is releasing the actual tweets, images and video for more than 4,600 accounts for information operation. there are over 10 million tweets. most affiliated with the russia-linked internet research agency. >>> and the national highway traffic safety operation has opened an investigation into ford pickup trucks. the issue is the power tailgate that can open unexpectedly. they have five complaints about the problem. the models being invested are the f-250 and f-350 super duty trucks. from the 2017 model year. anne-marie. >> thank you so much, diane. >> all right. thank you. >>> ill

i have concerns of united states postal service bowing out of communities more than willing to look at them. will you look at the issue in portsmouth and work to ensure that the postal service is doing everything in its power to work with community stakeholders to keep post offices in central locations whenever possible? >> yes, senator. i'm familiar in this issue. not this particular example but the commission has a number of vehicles for considering appeals of specific post office closings, and that's one vehicle. but then we have vehicles for looking at the issue more broadly. if confirmed, that will certainly be a high priority of mine. and i think there are things the postal service that can do that can make their lives easier in the long run as well as serve their stakeholders better. >> that would be terrific. thank you. >> the other thing i'm mention there was a good discussion just now with senator langford about the stop act. and i would also ask you if confirmed i'm a cosponsor of that act. fept fept -- fentanyl coming into our country is a big problem. there are costs that

identification, i'm just amazed once again as i was during the unabomber, the ability of the united states postal inspection service, they do a fantastic job, and this program of postal awareness on packages was comprehensively installed within u.s. postal service back during the you know bomb -- unabomber. it has come up with several packages. >> let me ask you what else might be going on, the analysis taking place, what are they doing in terms of trying to analyze this man's political views, going through social media postings, we are understanding and led to believe that he is a strong supporter of president trump, how does all of that now play into this investigation?>> i'm sure that they're doing that if he has social media postings, twitter accounts, facebook accounts, if he has writing on the computers and so forth, i'm sure that is going on, but more importantly, i think they're looking through the forensics, trying to determine whether or not anyone else might've been involved, whether he did this alone. putting together a timeline with regard to his activities, and searching his cell ph

history tv, authors william oldfield and victoria bruce discuss the story of frank oldfield, a united states postal inspector who helped build a case against an early 20th century organized crime group called the black hand. this italian-american group would intimidate and extort money from small immigrant businesses. this talk is a little over an hour. catherine: good evening, everyone. welcome to midtown scholar bookstore. my name is catherine lawrence. i am the owner of the scholar and very pleased to welcome you here this evening to harrisburg, and especially delighted to have this illustrious panel join us tonight. scott lamar, journalist victoria bruce, and archivist william oldfield. they will be discussing their captivating new book of true crime history, "inspector oldfield and the black hand society." also a very special welcome and thank you to c-span's american history tv and all t

that's where united states postal service. commemorating the end of world war i. a local group is also hosting special exhibits on the history of the first world war open to the public. fleet week is in full swing in san francisco. we mentioned that a moment ago. it's over the "uss manchester." it's a navy combat ship and commissioned in may. you can tour this and others if you like. there's a parade of ships on friday morning. fleet week always such a great time. >> unusual rescue caught on video right outside a truckie firehouse. >> we'll show >>> i'm a.m. i daetz coming up at 6:00. in-depth on the salesforce transit center that could dictate when it might reopen. also -- >> i ended up spending at least ten hours or more on the phone. >> patients up to a -- 7 on your side had to get involved in this woman's disea-- >>> thanks, we'll see you then i. >>> forlgt goldilocks. this is truckie firefighters and the three bears. >> the loud crash of a tipped over garbage bin woke up a fire protection crew. at daybreak, they found and an agitated mama bear. >> one firefig

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was actually delivered by a messenger service not by the united states postal service and the spelling of the name john brennan was actually wrong however to your questions and just quickly there is no way that anybody and anything can unify this country and its political divide in divisiveness as we experience experience in just two weeks before this crib there's a critical midterm elections all right we're. in washington and james ryan will the story for us in new york to both of you gentlemen thank you. prince mohammed bin selman has described the killing of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi as quote a heinous crime and after coming under intense international pressure riyadh has acknowledged that show you was killed inside the country's is stamboul consulate two weeks ago but the royal family denies that the crown prince was involved in any way. it was supposed to attract investors to the kingdom instead the crown prince was forced to say he denounced the murder of writer and journalist. the crime was really painful to all saudis. and i believe it is painful to every human in th

that allows substances like fentanyl to be shipped into our country in the mail, using the united states postal service. that's what traffickers are doing and they are sending these drugs in the mail to our country from china and from other places. under current law, the u.s. postal service doesn't require advanced electronic data for packages entering the country. that makes it easier on the traffickers and harder for our law enforcement officers to locate packages that contain illicit drugs. our commonsense legislation requires that these shipments provide this kind of data to make it easier for our customs agents to detect packages containing synthetic drugs and stop them from being shipped to communities across the country. the way i look at it is this, if target, hometown company in minnesota, can find a pair of shoes in hawaii from a simple skew number, i would think we would be able to stop traffickers, criminals from sending in incredibly dangerous drugs that literally can kill people with just basically a size of a pinch of salt that we would be able to stop them from bringing them int

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he previously worked for the united states postal service office of the inspector general. i would also encourage you to introduce your family and thank them for their attendance and their willingness to sacrifice time with you in your important position. michael: good morning. thank you for inviting me to testify regarding my nomination. unfortunately, my family was unable to be here. my spouse has some really important prior commitments overseas, and my mother was unable to make it physically. they are very excited about this nomination. worke been fortunate to with this committee in earlier positions, and i am honored by the opportunity to do so again. i have built solid relationships with members of your staff and impressed i their dedication. i understand the importance of providing accurate and timely information to congress. this ensures better oversight and public policy. this will be a high priority for me. i have several years of experience working in postal reform and oversight. i am familiar with many key issues and organizations in the field. i believe my under

what -- how you see today, as you sit here as a nominee, your thoughts on privatizing the united states postal service? >> the administration has not put out a detailed proposal yet, as you know, i think it's important that if i am confirmed, i keep an open mind on potential solutions to the postal services problems. i would in general have some concerns about privatization. i think that in order to make -- i think there's a very difficult balance in preserving universal service to all american communities. while making the investment opportunity attractive enough for investors. and i have not -- to this -- and it's a harder thing to do, i think, in the american context because of the size. of our country. and the vastness of it, i would have some concerns about how to achieve that balance and whether that's possible. so far i have not seen anything that details exactly how to achieve that balance. >> well, that's -- you really struck the right cord, i was hoping that -- achieving that balance is going to be the real key if it's even possible to do that. so with that, i'm -- i didn't even need

. >> spokesperson fortunate united states postal service says it was found this morning. after a letter carrier had already left on dale lie route. 25 employees were still inside and had to be evacuated. all workers had previously been told to be on the lookout. >> they were given the dimensions. what to look for. anything that sticks out and makes it look suspicious. >> the facility processes smaller packages between five and 25 pounds in weight. mail from all over the world. as well as out going packages from the bay area. democratic congresswoman spear represents california 14th congressional district. which is where the facility is located. >> imagine if one of the bombs had gone off. imagine how much turmoil it would have created in the country. how unsafe people would have felt. we're very lucky the fbi is as good as it is. >> multiple agencies were on scene investigating this afternoon. including the atf. inspectors office and police. the ups also applying work of their own. >> carriers that deliver the mail. are mail processing people that touch the mail. they are

over the past week more than a dozen suspicious packages have been sent through the united states postal service to a media outlet, a hollywood actor and at least seven high ranking current and former political leaders in the democratic party. this is utterly unacceptable. political violence or the threat of violence is antithet cal to our vigorous system of self-government. violence is antithetical to our system of self government. it is a threat to that respect for law and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings with which they do not agree. this is our central system for our government, you advakt focar your believes enthusiastically but we peacefully comply for the results. focusing their great talents and expertise on neutralizing this threat, they have moved swiftly and professionally using extraordinary technical expertise to apprehend the one alleged responsible. this is a demonstration of the skill, capability and determination of our american law enforcement, the best in the world. to participate in this announcement that a suspect is in t

over the past week, more than a dozen suspicious packages have been sent through the united states postaldia outlet, a hollywood actor and at least seven high-ranking, current and former political leaders in the democratic party. this isutterly unacceptable. political violence is antithetical to our vigorous system of self-government. it is a threat to that respect for law and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings with which they do not agree. this is the central feature of our system of government. you advocate for your beliefs enthusiastically, but we peaceably and lawfully comply with the results. please know that from the beginning this investigative team has made this matter a top priority, focusing their great talent and expertise on neutralizing this threat. they have moved swiftly and professionally, using extraordinary technical expertise to apprehend the one alleged responsible. this is a demonstration of the skill, capability and determination of our american law enforcement, the best in the world. so i am pleased to participate in this

my name is gary barca, deputy chief of the united states postal inspection service.many of mike collis, i do thank all of our federal partners are disbanded in this nationwide investigation, the fbi, the atf, secret service, the nypd and the many state and local enforcement agencies. this is the way law enforcement is supposed to work. this was a collaborative effort am as well co—ordinate with each agency bringing a special expertise to the table. but i would also like to recognise the many postal employees who we think of as our eyes and ears. we appreciate the diligence and awareness and in fact it was a postal employee this morning who alerted us to one of the suspicious parcels. we in the postal inspection service have a great deal of expertise in responding to an investigating suspicious mail. postal inspectors are trained to respond and investigate dangerous items in the mail. these dangerous male investigation specialists are highly proficient in their use of state—of—the—art equipment. fortunately in this case know the devices detonated and there were no inj

the clerk: s. 3532, a bill to authorize the united states postal service to provide certain nonpostal property, products, and services on behalf of state, local, and tribal governments. mr. portman: mr. president, in order to place the bill on the calendar under provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. portman: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until

my name is gary barksdale, deputy chief, united states postal inspection service. first off, like many of my colleagu colleagues, i'd like to thank all of our federal partners, fbi, atf, secret service, new york police department and many local law enforcement agencies that provided valuable assistance. this was a massive investigation, a collaborative effort and was well coordinated with each agency bringing their special expertise to the table. but i would also like to recognize the many postal employees who we think of as our eyes and ears. we appreciate the diligence and awareness. in fact, it was a postal employees this morning that alerted to us one of these suspicious parcels. we have a great deal of expertise in responding to and v investigating suspicious mail. these dangerous mail investigation specialists are highly proficient in the use state-of-the-art equipment. our postal inspectors will remain di remain diligent. we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of the mail, our postal employees, our customers and the a

over the past week, more than a dozen suspicious packages have been sent through the united states postal a media outlet, a hollywood actor, and at least seven high ranking current and former political leaders in the democratic party. this is utterly unacceptable. political violence or the threat of violence is apathetical to our government. it is a threat to that respect for law and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings, with which they do not agree. this is the central feature of our system of government. you advocate for your beliefs enthusiastically, but we peaceably and lawfully comply with the results. please know that from the beginning, this investigative team has made this matter a top priority focusing their great talents and expertise on neutralizing this threat. they have moved swiftly and professionally, using extraordinary technical expertise to apprehend the one alleged responsible. this is a demonstration of the skill, capability and determination of our american law enforcement, the best in the world. a suspect is in custody of the

. >> over the past week more than a dozen suspicious packages have been spent through the united states postal service to a media outlet, a hollywood actor, and at least seven high-ranking current and former political leaders in the democratic party this is utterly unacceptable. political violence or the threat of violence is antithetical to our vigorous system of self-government. it is threat to that respect for law and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings with which they do not agree. this is the central feature of our system of government. we peacefully and lawfully comply with the results. please know that from the beginning this investigative team has made this matter a top priority focusing their great talents and expertise on neutralizing this threat. they moved swiftly and professionally using extraordinary expertise to arrest the one alleged to be responsible. this is demonstration of the skill, capability and determination of our american law enforcement, the best in the world. so i am pleased to participate in this announcement that a suspec

the united states postal service, if you think about commercial shipping companies such as federal express and ups, they all have highly sophisticated ways of track being packages that transit their system. if you look at the unabomber and the anthrax attacks of 9/11, the postal inspector came to local authorities and said we need to beef up ways to track packages and you see a more sophisticated level. when it comes to delivery, the couriers -- >> but what's your read on that, that this was even sent via courier? >> in any investigation, you want to cast a net but investigators have to determine how wide to do so. the u.s. postal services, if they're shipping packages, it could be the whole country, the whole world. when you start getting into couriers, investigators hone in on that location. it shows a level of sophistication that the person want just relying on one method of shipping to deliver the devices. >> by the way, in new york we courier and messenger things all the time. >> the level of sophistication i think we're underestimating here. that's one thing law enforcement has stres

the united states postal service not far from the scene. but you see the fire trucks there can be calling out hazmat trues as well because they don't know what's leaking from the truck. we don't nope where it was headed at the time. you can see the officials out there now. we are keeping ou eyes on what's going on. and if there are any developments we will tell you them this midday. >>> and the opening bell there at the new york stock exchange right now. the dow is actually up -- actually hitting a record high today as it rallied for a second day, boosted by the gains in intel and optimism around global trade. >> it will be interesting to see how tesla does as wamz is getting a clue about whether they keep with you production demands. they say they produced about 5 a now model threes in the last quarter. matching forecasts. shares of tesla are down right now. but over the week the soek fined the ceo forcing him to step down as chairman. this after tweets were -- where musk announced plans to try to take tesla private. >>> mazda aims to make

over the past week, more than a dozen suspicious packages have been sent through the united states postal service to a media outlet, a hollywood actor and at least seven high-ranking current and former political leaders in the democratic party. this is utterly unacceptable. political violence or the threat of violence is antithetical to our vigorous system of self government. it is a threat to that respect for law and process that allows our people to accept legislation, elections, court rulings, with which they do not agree. this is the central feature of our system of government. you advocate for your beliefs enthusiastically, but we peaceably and lawfully comply with the results. please know that from the beginning, this investigative team has made this matter a top priority, focusing their great talents and expertise on neutralizing this threat. they have moved swiftly and professionally, using extraordinary technical expertise to apprehend the one alleged responsible. this is a demonstration of the skill, capability and determination of our american law enforcement. the best in the w

we really have to take our hats off to law enforcement, the united states postal service, secret servicehe heightened -- connell: i have to jump on you, stuart. here is the president on the south lawn moments ago. let's listen. >> i want to compliment law enforcement for having done an incredible job, fbi, secret service, so many. they just got together and did a fantastic job, like finding a needle in a haystack. so i want to congratulate them, as you know, i think everybody wants to congratulate them but they did a fantastic job. i'm going to north carolina right now. it is raining. if you don't mind i will step out of the rain, but i really, we're very proud of law enforcement. [shouting questions] >> i did not -- i heard he was a person that preferred me over others but i did not see that. >> does that bother you at all, sir? >> no, not at all. not at all. no. that is, there is no blame. there is no anything. if you look at what happened to steve scalise, that was from a supporter of a different party. look what happened to, these incidents they were supporters of others. no, i'm rea

my name is gary barksdale, deputy chief, united states postal inspection service. first of all, i would like to thank all of our federal partners who participated in this nationwide investigation, fbi, atf, secret service, new york police department and the many state and local law enforcement agents who provided valuable assistance. truly, i can say this is the way law enforcement is supposed to work. this was a massive investigation and a collaborative effort, well coordinated with each agency bringing special expertise to the table. i would also like to recognize the many postal employees who we think of as our eyes and ears. we appreciate the diligence and awareness, in fact, it was a postal employee this morning that alerted us to one of these suspicious parcels. we have a great deal of expertise in responding to and investigating suspicious mail. postal inspectors are trained to respond and investigate dangerous items in the mail. these dangerous mail investigation specialists are highly proficient in the use of their equipment. fortunately in this case, none

on one hand, the united states postal service being used as a method of delivery.ves me greater comfort knowing it is going through the postal service because since the anthrax attacks of 2001, the unabomber, the postal service has become so experienced and the capabilities plussed up that they can track packages as they transit across the united states with great ease. the courier is more interesting because, again, you lose some of the capabilities but you have witnesses. police officers and law enforcement will no doubt be trying to identify the couriers, identify the companies to interview them, to gather information about who tasks them to make delivery. >> jonathan what is the fbi, the secret service, other law enforcement agencies, what are they doing now to try to identify the would be bomber or bombers? >> well, listen, law enforcement right now, they're looking at all of the evidence to date. there is also something else that is really important. none of the devices have gone off to the intended target. thankfully. however, we don't know with the notoriet

>> right, well the united states postal inspection service is key in these devices that are sent throughail. we work closely with them as fbi and atf. they will be trying to decide that. there's the comprehensive investigation into the already recovered devices. the two that the secret service intercepted for the clintons and obamas are intact packages. that's a boon to investigators. it's tiny fragments. when you get a bomb that's not exploded, you can check that. even a fake address. and you get a postal stamp. what post office was mailed at. sometimes with a camera. the inspection service can go back and see who mailed the package. sometimes you can wrap those up pretty quick. others they are dropped at a rural spot without a camera. the bomber might have gone to great pains to cover his tracks. i have had both of those. i have had bombs detonate in the mail stream and ups and fedex. bombs can come from any carrier. whether this turns out to be real or not, everybody needs to pay attention. >> when you talk about this, we are also learning from cnn employees who are twooeting about th

great new york police department, secret service, and some unsung heroes and hero wins in the united states postal>> sources tell cnn that when the suspect was arrested, he told investigators that the pipe bombs wouldn't have hurt anyone, and that he didn't want to hurt anyone. do you buy it? what does it tell you about his motives? >> well, as one of the potential recipients, let me tell you, it is not a fun thing to turn on the television and see a pipe bomb, whether it's functional or not, addressed to you. so i have taken a cue from director wray's press conference, that these devices were not hoaxes and that they could have been activated. >> you said you weren't surprised when a package intended for you was discovered this morning. was that just because your colleague, former cia director, john brennan, had been sent one? what was the reason? >> that was principally the reason. i figured that if john got one, i wouldn't be far behind. >> in light of these packages, we know federal agencies are now reviewing the security protocols involving former cabinet level and other high-profile official

decade, it baffles me to think people still try to do this, try to send packages through the united states postal services and other delivery services. it's so sophisticated. i have no question this person will be wrapped up in short order. the question is will there be additional devices that law enforcement uncovers as this progresses. >> josh, thank you so much for the perspective on this. sta understand it and appreciate it. we do know the authorities are giving it their full attention. even if they were crude and didn't go off, thank god they're taking it seriously because they want to catch more if they have that opportunity. senator, good fortune. what brings you to the city? >> i was here for a cnn function a few days ago and i just happened to be close to columbus circle. >> what's your reaction to what happened? >> awful. obviously there's a pattern when there's this many this close. i hope law enforcement can track it down quickly. this is terrible. >> we dealt with this not too long ago in austin, an individual somewhat depraved. here with the targets there's concern it more political

history tv, authors william oldfield and victoria bruce discuss the story of frank oldfield, a united states postal inspector who helped build a case against an early 20th century organized crime group called the black hand. this italian-american group would intimidate and extort money from small immigrant businesses. this talk is a little over an hour. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to midtown scholar bookstore. my name is catherine lawrence. i am the owner of the scholar and very pleased to welcome you here this evening to harrisburg, and especially delighted to have this illustrious panel join us tonight. scott mark, journalist victoria bruce, and archivist william oldfield. they will be discussing their captivating new book of true crime history, inspector oldfield and the black hand society. also a very special welcome and thank you to c-span's american history tv and all those watching across the country. before we begin, i would like to make a brief announcement for our audience and viewers. we are excited at the midtown scholar soon to be hosting the 2018 harrisburg book festival this f

cell phone here and the work -- i keep saying this, through the postal services, through the united states postal service, through the postal inspects, i think we'll learn some of that was key in trying to track this and trying to identify this suspect who is now under arrest. we're learning a little bit more about the suspect. >> let me go to evan really quick. i think he's got that for us. evan, what have you got? >> kate, we know a little bit more about this man who has now been taken into custody in connection with these mail bombs. the suspected mail bombs. he has an aventura, florida, address, just south of miami. he's in his 50s, and he does have some new york ties. he has some criminal history. this is all stuff that law enforcement has been digging into since they sort of identified him and tried to figure out who he was overnight. but now we know. we're not saying his name, but we do know that this aventura, florida, address. he was arrested, as you saw in the pictures, arrested, taken into custody at this business. i believe it's an auto parts store in plantation, florida, which is jus

my name is gary barksdale, deputy chief of the united states postal inspection service. i'd like to thank many of our partners who participated in this investigation with fbi, atf secret service, new york police department, and many local and state law enforcement agencies who provided valuable asestitance. truly i can say this is the way law enforcement is supposed to work. this was a massive investigation and was well coordinated with each agency bringing special expertise to the table. but i would also like to recognize the many postal employees who we think of as our eyes and ears. we appreciate the diligence and awareness. in fact, it was a postal employee this morning that alerted us to one of these suspicious parcels. we in the postal inspection service have a great deal of expertise in responding to and investigating suspicious mail. postal inspectors are trained to write, respond and investigate dangerous items in the mail. these dangerous mail investigation specialists are highly proficient in the use of state-of-the-art equipment. fortunately in this case none

little more information down on these suspicious packages that apparently were found by the united states postal secret service is saying. the packages apparently intended for hillary clinton and barack obama intercepted by secret service personnel in washington, d.c. they were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and handled as such. the people did not receive the packages nor at risk of receiving them. all new information apparently one was found late last night october 23. another found earlier this morning on october 24. so the clintons, they make their home north of new york city in chappaqua, new york. we'll find out what we get on that. >> sandra: we're leaning on new castle police, the department that covers chappaqua about a hour north of here. they say that they've been assisting the f.b.i. and secret service in this matter. in what they're calling an investigation of a suspicious package. this all happened early today. they are reporting it was found early this morning at the clinton's home in chappaqua and they have officials

believe all of the packages, all of the suspicious packages that were sent went through the united states postalo that's the first thing. the second thing is they are really focused on the state of florida. this is coming through the reuters news writer. the focus is on florida. the congresswoman been a return address on either most or possibly all of these packages. doj joins us. charles marino does as well. what do you make of that? there's a lot of clues left behind whoever's behind it and maybe it's one of those clues. >> certainly. the jay tts is going to take advantage of the ample supply of evidence here, you know, of these 10 devices so i'm sure the alcohol tobacco and firearms are going to look at that and draw clues together very quickly. also when i put that in itself a bad time here now. we know what these packages look like. now let's make sure the very near term that there is no more packages that get through and risk getting to their destinations and those that take advantage to make sure the american public is staying vigilant. and if there's anything suspicious that they take ac

that because you know there are three hundred thirty plus million americans living in the united states so the postal service is reflective of that sort of large scale population the distribution is enormous so there could still be packages that investigators are aware out in the system and so they are continuing to be vigilant about that even as many of these packages turned out to be very useful clues and you touched on the fact that this suspect has a previous criminal history that certainly could have been one of the tools used by investigators because there would have been fingerprints on record with the f.b.i. that they would have access to and the other thing that's important to note in all of this and i was talking to a source of mine with the alcohol tobacco and firearms who has experience in the knowledge of bomb making and training. this is a crudely made bomb particularly one done by an amateur has a lot of markings on it the wires have serial numbers that can be traced in the modern banking system all of these transactions are easily traced back so unless this person was sophisticated an

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police in the united states have searched a postal sorting office near miami as they try to identifype bombs to prominent critics of donald trump. officials say they believed some of the packages originated in florida. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. gary, what is the latest on the investigation? they have been searching that facility in south florida just outside miami since yesterday and they think one of the packages might have come through there, perhaps the one that was returned with their aquatic fungus woman florida when it was felt to be delivered —— to a democratic congresswoman. we are delivered —— to a democratic congresswoman. we are getting more detail about some of the devices which law enforcement say were not viable, some were more so than others and they are not sure if that was an indication of incompetence on the part of the bomber or whether they were deliberately hoaxing of people into some sort of future potential attack. some of them, we are told, had pieces of shrapnel embedded in the device, shattered glass so pretty nasty devices no matte

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acts were threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america in the aftermath of these postal bombs being sent we've seen a wave of u.s. officials and public voices calling for unity in the united states and pointing to how much division exists in us society and joe biden the former vice president of united states for example said this country has to come together this division this hatred this ugliness has to end now there's been a recent poll that was published pointing to how divided americans actually are when it comes to the issues and the presidency of the united states now according to a poll that was published by the associated press and the norks center for public affairs research eight in ten americans consider the country to be quote greatly divide it meanwhile thirty nine percent of americans say that those divisions are going to get deeper the poll went on to show how americans who consider themselves to be republicans americans who consider themselves to be democrats have huge gaps in public opinion when it comes to issues like climate change income inequality an

the united states postal service take as snapshot of all packages that are delivered.to law enforcement this tells where the entry point for the package was when it was delivered to the target. the third leg to the stool is the actual target. now, we want to look for the commonality factor. we have to keep in mind we have had packages that were delivered to -- attempted to be delivered to presidents obama, president clinton, maxine waters, et cetera. a lot of these people in the past have received a lot of threats; however, the commonality factor for all 8 people is what we're going to look at. so, those are the three legs to the stool that we're going to look towards in connection with conducting the investigation. steve: right. >> law enforcement is also going to revert back to the teachable mommy's in what happened in march this year in connection with the austin bombings. the 2,011 - 2,001 excuse me, the 2001 anthrax scares that happened with anthrax packages mailed out. and most importantly the ted kaczynski unabomber. they will triangulate those three components

that goes to the united states announcing it's going to withdraw from a global postal union that they said the administration said was giving china too much of an advantage in terms of sending cheap packages into the united states, particularly for online retail and also they said for opioids and drugs. the united states signaling its willing to put out of the global postal union in an effort to stem some of that incoming trade from china, the idea here is that that benefitted chinese exporters and hurt american exporters who were trying to send packages to china they are willing to do some things in relation to china but not willing to go as far as to officially name them a currency manipulators. >> tim waste the significance of this. >> i think the significance is if you label china a currency manipulator you better look in the mirror is my view. a lot of asia on the list. you can make an argument that there are currencies trading with what the federal reserve is doing. we are talking currencies and i'm talking about the fed. but the reality is the fed has flooded the world with so