director wray: i'm not going to get into the discussion. i received a nice congratulatory phone call before heading over here & his remarks he made up of white house. i think he, like every american should be proud of the , unbelievable work that was done not just by the fbi, but by all of our law enforcement partners across multiple states. i think commissioner o'neill said it well. the partnerships that exist in the law-enforcement profession right now in this country are extraordinary, better than they've ever been. and exactly what the doctor has ordered. >> thank you so much. moderator: our campaign 2018 coverage continues for a debate the between sherrod brown and congressman jim renacci. moderator: good evening to you. thank you for joining us tonight. we are in the beautiful auditorium on the campus of miami university in oxford. wlwt and miami are bringing you the third and final debate between incumbent

director wray: i'm not going to get into the discussion. i received a nice congratulatory phone call before heading over here, and so i think he like every american is and should be proud of the unbelievable work that was done not just by the fbi, but by all of our law enforcement partners across multiple states. i think commissioner o'neill to the wasaid it well. in partnerships that exist this country arts are nearing, or better than it ever has been, and exactly what the doctor has ordered. >> thank you so much. >> [indiscernible] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> debriefing wrapping up at the justice department. we will let you know more later today. president obama on the campaign trail. he is in wisconsin this afternoon campaigning for tammy democratic also a governor candidates. we will have that rally at 3:45 eastern on the span. -- c-span. >> with midterms elections just

wray: i would say this. it is important to understand that, unlike most investigations like the sort you and i and senator jones have all been familiar with, traditional criminal investigations, national security investigations, a background investigation is very different and that is done. as. harris: if we can be succinct as possible, i would appreciate it. situation, was your direction limited in scope or were you given full discretion to investigate whatever your agency thought was appropriate to figure out what happened? mr. wray: i think i would say that our investigation here, our supplemental update to the previous background investigation, was limited in scope and that that is consistent with the standard process for such investigations going back quite a long ways. did you receive this directive in writing? head -- therer has been lots of communication the fbindard between security division and the white house's office, and i would expect that there would be written communications, but i can't spea

wray, when did your folks isolate the fingerprint? >> so each of the devices was being brought through what are chald to called total containment to our lab. the first two that we received were the devices sent to former president obama and the d.c. package sent to congresswoman waters. so the analysis began on that i think yesterday, and we were starting to receive information over the course of the last 24, 36 hours. >> reporter: so it was found yesterday? >> i don't have the exact time but that's the ballpark. >> reporter: i have a question for direct wray and attorney general sessions. can you describe your reaction when you got weird there was a latent fingerprint that might lead you to a suspect and also -- >> what was the second part? >> why the devices did not explode. >> my reaction to hearing that we had a possible match just validated my unbelievable faith and confidence in the men and women of law enforcement and in particular of the fbi lab. there's a reason why the fbi's lab is known as one of the very best in the world

director wray said that. and once they had that match from there therapy obviously able to identify this individual and from there start to make their moves and start to conduct surveillance. we had some indications at 9:00 this morning they were moving a significant amount of surveillance into this area of florida and had been for some time. obviously at that point within an hour or two we have an arrest. a few other things i want to touch on. director wray confirming some key information. up to 13 devices, that includes the device sent to senator harris in california. we know that there's an additional person who a package was intercepted that may bring it to 14, and that's not clear and he didn't say it in the press conference. there was a pvc pipe used to contain a potential explosive. he's being careful here not detailing the exact explosive. that it had a small clock and it had a battery. and we know there were certain things, and i'm not going to describe all of them here because i don't want to tell p

severity of the threat.christopher wray: "these are not hoax devices."stice 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-profile figures throughout our country and a media organization." (pam) 70- p

no one can dispute chris wray.e is an appointee of president trump working for the attorney general. we had a real threat here. there's a lot of negativity in this country, wolf. step back, friday night, pop a bottle of champagne, the system worked. nypd put out the images, people knew about this stuff. we got dna, we got fingerprints, we found the mail sorting facility partly by postal inspectors and the takedown was smooth. you got to love it. it worked. >> david chelan, this suspect made it clear he was a huge supporter of president trump. i want you to watch how the president responded to that. listen to this. >> i did not. i did not see my face on the van. i don't know -- i heard he was a person that preferred me over others, but i did not see that. not at all, no t th, that -- th no blame, anything. if you look at what happened to steve scalise, it was from a supporter of a different party. you look at what happened numerous of these incidents that were supporters of others. >> why can't he reflect on the fac

wray, when did you or folks isolate the fingerprints? >> so each of the devices was being brought through what are called total containment vehicles to our lab. they were coming in serial. we received some of them. the first two were the devices that were sent to former president obama and the d.c. package that was sent to congresswoman waters. so the analysis began on that i think yesterday. we were starting to receive information over the course of the last 24-36 hours. >> question for director wray and attorney general sessions. can you describe your reaction when you got a latent fingerprint that would lead to a suspect? could you give us a reason why the devices didn't explode? >> the second part? >> why the devices didn't explode. >> the first part, my reaction to hearing that we had a possible match, just validated my unbelievable faith and confidence in the men and women of law enforcement, in particular the fbi lab. there's a reason why the fbi lab is known as one of the very best in the world and the folks that work there are e

wray has been an active member. rod rosenstein has been an active member.m not saying that wray and rosenstein would throw the investigation at all. they are men of great integrity. but they agree with the mission of putting men like brett kavanaugh on high courts, that has to affect the way they look at their supervision of the fbi in this matter. host: "the wall street journal" editorial talking about the itderalist society, saying " is the gold standard for legal talent that believes in the original meaning of the constitution." guest: their version of the original meaning of the constitution, yes. host: let's go to the republican line. susan, hello. caller: hello. just wanted to say thank you to c-span and the rebel -- and the ability for republicans, democrats, an independents to come on and talk about this issue. have respect for mr. cunningham, and anybody who will come out and talk about this in less than what i will call a very crazy manner. but i want to point out some facts. one, judge kavanaugh came onto the hill for his hearing, and the democra

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

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

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 previous work. we urged him to, quote, call for a full senate briefing by the f.b.i. so that all senators hear the same information and have the same opportunity to question the f.b.i. before an

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

reporter: question for director wray and attorney general sessions. can you describe your reaction to the fact there might be latent fingerprints to lead the a suspect? and also [ inaudible ]? >> what was the second part of the question? [ inaudible question ] >> in the first part, my reaction to hearing we have a possible match just validated my unbelievable faith and confidence in the men and women of law enforcement, and in particular of the fbi lab. there's a reason why the fbi lab is known as one of the very best in the world and the folks who work there are extraordinary. once i knew that they had a print, i was pretty confident we would be able to find the right person. as far as the devices themselves, it's important to say as is in the complaint that even if the devices, and we are still trying to determine whether or not they were functional, as they say, so we are doing all kinds of analysis on that to make a definitive determination, but they did contain energetic material which, if subbjected to the rigt combination of heat or shot or fri

wray/fbi director: "these are not hoax devices.id contain energetic material which if or friction could be dangerous to the public."complaint show s of the bombs included photographs of the targets with a red 'x" across their face.another key piece of evidence in the investigation ...this white van, seized during the arrest.authorities say sayoc was living in it after being kicked out of his parent's house. it's plastered with pro-trump images...and one "cnn sucks" sticker...a popular crowd chant at trump rallies.-nats- sayoc was even captured on video at one trump event last year holding a cnn sucks sign. ...and his social media accounts are filled with memes attacking the same targets the bombs were addressed to.friday night, president trump still denying his fiery rhetoric may have influenced the would-be bomber...insisting he has toned down his language...and again attacking the media. pres. donald trump (no font necessary): "i think i could really tone it up. because as you know, the extremely unfair to me and the republican p

>> i would echo director wray's description of china. they are -- they're bringing everything they have to bear. they're playing a long game trying to influence us in every way possible. we do see them very active in the cyber space. we take that intel from the intel community and then we appropriately share it with the private sector to make sure they're up to speed on the tactics threat indicators that might apply. >> director wray, how are the airports doing in working with you? you have a voluntary cooperation with the airports to check for insider threats. how are airports working with the fbi? are they actively engaging with the fbi? are you seeing the vast majority of airports saying we don't want to do that? obviously taz are aggressive on trying to be a work for insider threats but there are other employees there. are the majority of the airports cooperating or not? >> i would say in general the airports have been good partners with us. we work closely with the various dhs agencies in dealing with airport security, but i would s

director wray. one truly emerging threat i don't believe that we're grappling with, is threat of use of video editing practices enhanced by artificial intelligence to -- im%in impersn and video edits have economisted for -- existed for years, they are more pro sis. the result is that old adage of camera never lies, may no longer be true. use of -- for national security purposes would be a nightmare, imagine deep fakes used to look like secretary of defense would no longer back an ally. this false rhetoric could trigger mass protested or instability in regions from country, who fall for the radio, can you share with us how the fbi is seeking to adapt to emergency of low-cost deep fakes, what steps you take to prevent deep fakes from being used turn -- undermine u.s. national security. >> you are right, this is a topic of great concern. we have a number of our science and technology folks on this issue. there is probably more that can be discussed in a different setting than this one, but it does illu

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

the need to be eunequivocal at this point. >> and i found wray's remarks were remarkable. he did a terrific job of explaining what the bureau is doing and the way the case is proceeding. but he went to great lengths to praise again and again the professionalism and commitment of his own people. and while any good leader will do that, i found it extraordinary that he felt the need to do that. the fact that the fbi has ben under such constant assault as an institution of our government has certainly created a situation in which the fbi has ben undermined m been undermined. so we need to count on the fact that the fbi is what it is, the very best law enforcement that i've worked with or seen in my experience and so you shouldn't have to go on tv to say that the way director wray did yesterday. but these are the times we live in. >> nick, thank you very much much. and you see there the president in indianapolis getting off of air force one, making his way to the future farmers of america conference taking place in that city. he is exhibis expected to speak this afternoon. and

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

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

director wray is between a rock and a hard place.was a damned if you do, damned if you don't moment today for the director. and the public needs to understand that and needs to demand change in the process. >> so david jolly, this is why we hear democrats say if we take control of the house we're going to subpoena the paper trail, we're going to learn all of this. why can't all of it be made public? and in your view, congressman, what could the director have said today, within the constraints, that would have made it a little better? >> listen, i think the director acknowledged that he was doing what he could do within his jurisdiction under the instructions provided to him by the white house. we saw in real time when the press would ask the senate, did you put parameters on it, they said you'd have to ask the white house. they'd ask the white house. the white house would say you have to ask the senate. this all goes back to that moment where coons and flake left the room, they came back into the hearing. there was confusion. even am

and now director wray, who has done an incredible job leading this effort over the last few days, he will give us the details of today's important arrest. chris? >> as the attorney general has confirmed, we have arrested cesar sayoc in connection with this investigation. as our investigation is still ongoing, i may not be able to answer questions about his background or about his motive. what i can say is that this was a nationwide investigation of enormous scope. our investigation ranged from new york to delaware to maryland to the district of columbia to florida to california. and as it always does, the fbi responded with every resource we've got, including our joint terrorism task forces, our counterterrorism division and our world renown experts at the fbi lab in quantico. but, and i really can't underscore this enough. we did not act alone. as you can see from the agencies and departments represented up here today. a threat of this scope and of this magnitude requires all of us working shoulder to shoulder. and today's arrest is a testament to the strength of our partnerships an

director wray? >> absolutely. we've had a number of significant cyber investigations that have resulted in charges involving china, involving russia, involving iran, involving north korea even. we just i think a few weeks ago indicted a guy who was part of a north korean front company that come on behalf of a north korean government, was responsible for the wannacry ransomware attack the sony pictures intrusion and the bank of bangladesh, tens of millions of dollar heist. so it's all four of our adversaries are active in this space. >> this is the new hybrid warfare. let me ask a question to all three of you but primarily perhaps to you, secretary nielsen. we have an issue now with privacy concerns online. a lot of social media companies have a lot of information from the people we represent. unwittingly people give up their private information to these social media companies. we talked about the concern in the financial sector, the concern in the energy sector, the healthcare sector from cyber attacks. we don't o

director wray took to the same podium and said this was not a hoax. that was hours after the president put "bomb" in quotations. why did the president put "bombs" in quotation? >> we had a tweet from lou dobbs from fox business network yesterday suggesting this was a fake. >> fake bhoombs. lou dobbs tweeted fake bombs. >> candace owens tweeted yesterday as well that she believed it was a democratic hoax. she was at the white house today at that event the president spoke at this afternoon. his own son favorited tweets that suggested it was a hoax. >> can we put up the president's tweet where the board bombs is in quotes? >> this has been an evolution for the president. we have seen this before where he can stick to a script. he did the other day, suggesting this was a crisis and that the person needs to be brought to justice. >> that was wednesday. >> we saw him go off-script a little bit that night at the rally. he still was measured for him but while doing so kind of winked at the crowd and said look how good i'm being. >> why did we give him credit

wray / fbi director: based on their initial analysis, they uncovered a latent fingerprint fromf the envelopes containing an ied. there is also a possible dna connection between samples collected from pieces of two different ieds.>( robin )sayoc will appear in federal court in miami again on friday for a pre-trial detention hearing and a status conference to discuss moving sayoc to new york, where the case will ultimately be prosecuted.he faces up to 48 years in prison. ( robin )thousands of migrants are walking miles and miles every day... heading toward the u.s.- mexico border in hopes of seeking asylum here. meanwhile the pentagon announced it is sending 52- hundred more troops to the border to stop that group of central americans from entering the united states. kron 4's michelle kingston has (mk)sot"the government that is there doesn't belong to us" central american migrants have dozens of reasons as to why they are fleeing their own countries in hopes of finding a new life in the united states.traveling thousands of miles by foot -- with little water and food -- with child