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Oct 24, 2018
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Suspicious packages sent to Clintons, Obamas, Time Warner Center and other high profile figures
A day after a suspected explosive device arrived at the home of left wing billionaire George Soros, suspicious packages were found addressed to the homes of the Clintons and Obamas, and at CNN’s New York newsroom in Time Warner Center.
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24:  Police, FBI and other emergency workers gather outside the Time Warner Center after an explosive device was found this morning on October 24, 2018 in New York City. CNN's office at the center was evacuated after a package arrived that was similar to suspicious packages found near the homes of Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Obamas and billionaire philanthropist George Soros.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Police, FBI and other emergency workers gather outside the Time Warner Center after an explosive device was found this morning on October 24, 2018 in New York City.
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A day after a suspected explosive device arrived at the home of left wing billionaire George Soros, suspicious packages were found addressed to the homes of the Clintons and Obamas, and at CNN’s New York newsroom in Time Warner Center.

A day after a suspected explosive device arrived at the home of left wing billionaire George Soros, suspicious packages were found addressed to the homes of the Clintons and Obamas, and at CNN’s New York newsroom in Time Warner Center.

New York authorities are planning a news briefing shortly.

Guests:

Cleve Wootson, reporter for the Washington Post who is covering the story; he tweets

William Braniff, director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland. He previously served as the Director of Practitioner Education and an Instructor at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

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