CNN's NYC bureau evacuated because of 'suspicious device' following Clinton, Obama bomb scares
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CNN said it evacuated its New York City bureau Wednesday morning, citing a report of a suspicious device. The cable network’s anchors, including Jim Sciutto, delivered their reports from the street outside Time Warner Center in Manhattan (see the clip embedded in the tweet above).
The evacuation follows earlier news of potential explosive devices addressed to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, which were detected and intercepted by the U.S. Secret Service. A criminal investigation into the incidents is in progress.
“The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said in an emailed statement Wednesday in regard to the Obama and Clinton interceptions. “The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them.”
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