STEVE SCHMIDT IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AS "THE 11th HOUR" GETS
BUSY HERE TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, IT BROUGHT FURTHER
PROOF THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER BET
AGAINST THE FEDS.
A FLORIDA MAN SUSPECTED OF
MAILING BOMBS TO HIGH-PROFILED
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING THE HOMES OF
TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS’ HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED.
ARRESTED. 56-YEAR-OLD CESAR SAYOC WAS
CHARGED WITH FIVE FEDERAL COUNTS
INCLUDING OF MAILING OF
EXPLOSIVES AND THREATS AGAINST
FORMER PRESIDENT.
FORMER PRESIDENT. HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE WILL
BE ON MONDAY.
HE FACES UP TO 48 YEARS IN
PRISON IF CONVICTED ON ALL
COUNTS.
COUNTS. THE BREAK IN THE CASE CAME
THANKFULLY AFTER A FINGERPRINT
WAS LIFTED OFF THE OUTSIDE OF
ONE OF THE PACKAGES.
ONE OF THE BOMBS WAS MAILED TO
MAXINE WATERS, DNA EVIDENCE WAS
FURTHER FOUND ON SOME OF THE
DEVICES.
DEVICES. THIS MORNING THE FBI SEIZE THIS
WHITE VAN OWNED BY CESAR SAYOC
THAT WAS COVERED WITH PRO-TRUMP
STICKERS.
STICKERS. IT WAS WELL-KNOWN AND INSTANTLY
RECOGNIZED VEHICLE OF THE LOCAL
AREA WHERE HE LIVES.
ANTICNN PROPAGANDA AND TARGETS
AND CROSS HAIRS AIMED AT BARACK
OBAMA AND MICHAEL MOORE AND
OTHERS.
OTHERS. OTHER OWN KERI SANDERS REPORTED
EARLIER TONIGHT OF THE SUSPECT
VERY ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE
PAINTS A PICTURE OF A TRUMP’S
SUPPORTER.
SUPPORTER. >> HIS TWITTER FEED SHOWING HIM
GOING TO TRUMP RALLIES AND
CHEERING THE PRESIDENT ON IN THE
SELFIE VIDEO AND ANOTHER
RECORDED AS THE PRESIDENT SPOKE.
ONLINE CESAR SAYOC WOULD GO TO
MANY DEMOCRATS RECEIVING DEVICES
SAYING GEORGE SORRELLS, YOU WILL
VANISH AND ATTACKING WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ.
SCHULTZ. >> CESAR SAYOC WAS ARRESTED IN
2002 FOR THREATEN TO THROW A
BOMB.
BOMB. A FORMER CONVICTION WAS NOT
MADE.
MADE. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR THEFT IN
1992 AND 2014.
EARLIER TONIGHT, AN ATTORNEY FOR
SAYOC’S FAMILY TOLD CNN THAT HIS
FORMER CLIENT WAS VERY SICK.
>> I INTERACTED WITH CESAR AND
IF I WOULD SAY APPLE, HE WOULD
SAY CARD BOARD.
HE DID NOT REACT LIKE A NORMAL
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. HE WAS NOT WORKING ON ALL
CYLINDERS.
CYLINDERS. THIS IS A SAD RESULT OF SOMEONE
WHO’S REALLY SICK AND DID NOT
GET A HELP AND BECAME A LOANER
AND FOUND A CAUSE THAT ADOPTED
THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE.
HE NEVER SEEM SOPHISTICATED
ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING LIKE HE’S
ACCUSED OF.
ACCUSED OF. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISE TO FIND
OUT THERE WERE OTHERS WHO HELPED
PRIDE OR ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO
THIS OR THAT THE BOMBS IN FACT
WERE SO CRUDELY MADE THAT THEY
COULD NEVER COULD HAVE WORKED.
>> WE LEARNED FOUR ADDITIONAL
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE FOUND,
THEY WERE MAILED TO CORY BOOKER
AND KAMALA HARRIS AND JAMES
CLAPPER AND TRUMP CRITIC AND
IMPEACHMENT ADVOCATE TOM STILE.
THIS
THIS -- STEYER.
-- STEYER. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISED
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE ARREST
AND CALLED FOR UNITY RIGHT
BEFORE HE WENT AFTER THE MEDIA.
>> THE MEDIA’S UNFAIR COVERAGE
AND NEGATIVE ATTACKS, YOU KNOW
THAT, ONLY SERVES TO DRIVE
PEOPLE APART AND TO UNDERMINE
HEALTHY DEBATES.
HEALTHY DEBATES. WE HAVE SEEN BY THE MEDIAN
HOURS -- OF ONE INDIVIDUAL
SCORING POLITICAL POINTS AGAINST
ME AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
YET A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER
TRIED TO MURDER CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS AND SEVERELY WOUNDED
A GREAT MAN NAMED STEVE SCALISE
AND OTHERS.
AND OTHERS. WE DID NOT USE THAT HEINOUS
ATTEMPT OF MASS MURDERS FOR
POLITICAL GAINS BECAUSE THAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN WRONG.
>> LATER IN THE BROADCAST WE’LL
HAVE MORE ON THIS SUDDEN
INJECTION OF BERNIE SANDERS’
NAME INTO THIS EVENT.
BEFORE LEAVING FOR NORTH
CAROLINA WHILE STILL AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
ASKED IF HE WOULD SEEN THE
SUSPECT’S VAN AND IF HE REACHED
OUT TO ANYONE TARGETED WITH
THESE DEVICES.
THESE DEVICES. >> I DID NOT SEE MY FACE ON THE
VAN.
VAN. I DON’T KNOW -- I HEARD HE WAS A
PERSON PREFERRED ME OVER OTHERS
BUT I DID NOT SEE THAT.
>> IF THEY WANTED ME TO BUT I
THINK WE’LL PASS.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
EARLY THIS MORNING TECHNICALLY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 3:14
A.M. EAST COAST TIME, THE
PRESIDENT TURNED TO TWITTER AND
SAID "FUNNY HOW LOWLY RATED CNN
AND OTHERS CAN CRITICIZE ME AT
WILL EVEN BLAMING ME FOR THE
CURRENT SPATE OF BOMBS AND
COMPARING THIS TO SEPTEMBER 11th
AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING.
WHEN I CRITICIZE THEM THEY GO
WILD AND SCREAM.
IT IS JUST NOT PRESIDENTIAL."
LATER IN THE MORNING THE
PRESIDENT ADDED THIS QUOTE.
"REPUBLICANS ARE DOING SO WELL
IN EARLY VOTING AT THE POLLS AND
NOW THIS BOMB, HE SETS OFF
BOMBS."
BOMBS." NEWS NOT TALKING POLITICS.
VERY UNFORTUNATE, WHAT’S GOING
ON?
ON? REPUBLICANS GO OUT AND VOTE.
THIS AFTERNOON OFFICIALS
INCLUDING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND FBI DIRECTOR BRIEFED THE
MEDIA ON TODAY’S ARREST.
AT ONE POINT THE FBI DIRECTOR
ADDED THAT THE PIPE BOMBS ARE
NOT A HOAX.
>> EACH DEVICE CONSISTED OF
ROUGHLY SIX INCHES OF PVC PIPES,
A SMALL CLOCK, BATTERY AND SOME
WIRING AND WHAT IS KNOWN AS
ENERGETIC MATERIAL WHICH IS
POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES IN
MATERIALS THAT GIVES OFF HEAT
AND ENERGY THROUGH A REACTION OF
HEAT SHOCK OR FRICTION.
THOUGH WE ARE STILL ANALYZING
THE DEVICES IN OUR LABORATORY.
THESE ARE NOT HOAX DEVICES.
>> WITH THAT LET’S BRING IN OUR
LEAD OFF PANEL ON A FRIDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT. WHILE THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME TO
TALK ABOUT THE POLITICS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. FIRST LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS
INVESTIGATION AND THIS LIGHTNING
FAST ARREST.
FAST ARREST. JIM KAVANAUGH IS BACK WITH US,
RETIRED SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
OF THE ATF.
MALCOLM NAANS IS BACK WITH US.
35 YEARS ON THE JOB WORKING ON
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE AND A
FORMER ASSISTANT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
WELL, JIM, ANY TIME YOU HAVE
BEEN ON I LISTEN CAREFULLY AND
YOU TAUGHT ME OVER THE YEARS
THAT EVERY CRIMINAL EVENTUALLY
MAKES A MISTAKE.
WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THIS
CRIMINAL MADE APARTICIPANTLYPARE
THAN ONE.
THAN ONE. HE LEFT US WITH SO MUCH TO GO
ON.
ON. THEY HAD OVER A DOZEN PIECES OF
HARDWARE SPREAD OUT IN THE LAB
TO GO OVER WITH A FINE TOOTH
COMB, CORRECT?
COMB, CORRECT? >> LAST RIGHTTHAT’S RIGHT BRIAN.
LOOKING AT THAT VAN I MEAN -- I
AM REMINDED OF CHURCHILL’S
QUOTE, FANATIC IS A GUY THAT
WON’T STOP.
WON’T STOP. HE’S A FANATIC OF THIS TOPIC AND
HE WANTED TO GO AFTER HIS
TARGETS.
TARGETS. YES, A TREASURE-TROVE OF
EVIDENCE AND A LOT OF
FINGERPRINTS.
FINGERPRINTS. IT WAS A FINGERPRINT THAT REALLY
BROKE THE CASE AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO GET A LIFT OFF AND READ
THROUGH THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND
GOT A HIT ON HIS ARREST AND DNA
OFF A COUPLE OF IED PARTS INSIDE
THE ENVELOPE AND CHECKED WITH
THE FLORIDA STATE AGENTS GOT A
GOOD MATCH AND IT IS NOT A
TOTAL, IT IS A PRETTY CLOSE
MATCH OF UNDER TWO PARTS.
THAT’S IN THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF
AFFIDAVIT AND SOME OF THE MISS
SPELL
SPELL ED SPELLINGS AND HE LIVES THEIR
THE CENTER.
THE CENTER. THEY HAD A GOOD CRIMINAL
COMPLAINTS AND ADDITIONAL
CHARGES.
CHARGES. THEY’RE GOING TO FLUSH IT OUT.
THERE IS GOING TO BE PLENTY OF
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. THE QUESTION IS DID HE HAVE ANY
HELP?
HELP? WAS ANYBODY ELSE WITH HIM?
DNA INSIDE THE BOMBS, IED PARTS,
HE’S INTEGRAL TO IT BUT WAS HE
TOTALLY ALONE?
TOTALLY ALONE? >> MICHAELALCOLM NAANS, WE ARE
CELEBRATING GOOD NEWS TONIGHT OF
A LIGHTNING FAST ARREST.
WHAT WORRIES YOU FURTHER BEYOND
THIS CASE?
THIS CASE? >> FIRST FOR THIS SUSPECT, YOU
REALLY GOT TO REEVALUATE YOUR
LIFE CHOICES.
LIFE CHOICES. WHEN YOU WAKE UP WITH THE RESCUE
TEAM SURROUNDING YOU AND
BRINGING YOU IN AS A TERRORIST.
THAT’S WHAT WEHE IS.
AS JIM SAID OF THE KEY PART OF
THIS INVESTIGATION, DID HE ACT
ALONE?
ALONE? DID HE ASSEMBLE ALL OF THESE
DEVICES?
DEVICES? WAS HE APART OF A TEAM THAT
ASSEMBLE THESE DEVICES?
MOST WORRISOME FOR ME WAS WHERE
WAS THE BOMB FACTORY AND IS
THERE AN ENTIRE PILE OF THEM
LEFT UNMAILED AND WERE OTHER
DEVICES MAILED AND NOW INSIDE
THE MAIL STREAM, STILL ENROUNTTE
TO TARGETS AND WAITING TO BE
FOUND.
FOUND. THIS TERRORIST CAMPAIGN IS NOT
OVER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE
IMAGINATION UNTIL WE GET THOSE
THINGS ANSWERED.
THINGS ANSWERED. >> ARIANA, I WANT TO PLAY FOR
YOU AN INTERVIEW THAT TOOK PLACE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THIS IS THE SUSPECT’S FORMER
BOSS, A RESTAURANT’S MANAGER.
A BRIEF PART OF THE CONVERSATION
SHE HAD ON LIVE TV THAT OPENS
THE WHOLE DOOR OF THE KIND OF
MIND WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IT HERE.
IT HERE. WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE. >> HE DEFINITELY BEATS TO THE
BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM.
HE WAS ANTI-GAY AND ANTI-BLACK
AND ANTI-GEEJEWISH.
AND ANTI-GEEJEWISH. I REALLY WAS SHOCKED WHEN I
FOUND OUT IT WAS HIM.
I REALLY COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
AS FAR AS AN EMPLOYEE-HE WAS ON
TIME AND HE WAS CORDIAL AND
ARTICULATE AND I NEVER HAD ANY
PROBLEMS WITH HIM.
MY CUSTOMERS LIKED HIM.
IT WAS JUST HIS POLITICAL VIEWS
THAT SCARED ME.
>> WAS HE VIOLENT?
>> NOT AT ALL.
NO, THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE AT
ALL.
ALL. HE MADE IT A POINT.
HE KNEW THAT I AM A PROUD
LESBIAN AND HE MADE IT A POINT
TO TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW GOD HAD
MADE A MISTAKE WITH ME AND THAT
I SHOULD BURN IN HELL.
>> HE WOULD JUST SAY THAT TO
YOU, STRAIGHT TO YOUR FACE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO COUNSELOR, IF I APPOINTED
YOU PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE AND
I THINK YOU WOULD PUT HER ON THE
STAND AND MAKE SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENT TO DRIVE THAT VAN
RIGHT INTO THE COURTROOM AND GET
THE JURY ALL OF THEM TO GO OUT
ON THE FIELD TRIP AND SEE IT IN
THE PARKING LOT, WHAT ELSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT VAN IS A PLAY BOOK FOR THE
CRIMES THAT SAYOC WAS ATTEMPTING
TO COMMIT AND DID COMMIT.
ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE IS
SOMETHING THAT PROSECUTORS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE POURING OVER
AND LOOKING AT TO GET INSIDE THE
MIND OF CESAR SAYOC.
WHAT WAS MOTIVATING AND ANIMATED
HIM BEHIND THESE CRIMES.
IF WE LOOK AT THE COMPLAINT
WHICH WAS THE CHARGING DOCUMENT
THAT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK FILED, YOU WILL NOTICE
THAT REMARKICALLY OFWHAT’S PRESE
IS ABOUT HIS MOTE VAGTSIVATIONS
ARE ADVERTISED RIGHT ON HIS VAN
AND TWITTER ACCOUNT AND CLEARLY
IN HIS STATEMENTS TO HIS FORMER
BOSS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT KNOW
HIM.
HIM. BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE
CHARGED.
CHARGED. THERE ARE CRIMES THAT WOULD
INCREASE HIS MAXIMUM PENALTIES
TO LIFE I AMMPRISONMENT OR MORE
YEARS HE HAS LEFT ALIVE.
HE COULD BE CHARGED POTENTIALLY
DOWN THE ROAD WITH ATTEMPTED
MURDER AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS IN
RETALIATION OF THE PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR DUTIES OR ATTEMPTED
MURDER AGAINST THE FORMER U.S.
OFFICIAL OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF A
FORMER U.S. OFFICIAL.
AGAIN TO INTIMIDATE OR RETALIATE
AGAINST THEM FOR THEIR POLITICAL
IDEOLOGIES
IDEOLOGIES IDEOLOGIES.
IDEOLOGIES. THIS IS THE CLEAR DEFINITION OF
DOMESTIC TERRORISM, WHEN SOMEONE