Emergency service personnel with a bomb sniffing dog work outside the building that houses New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office after a report of a suspicious package, Wednesday

Suspicious Packages and Other News

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 25, 2018

PBS Newshour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor talks about the national political news of the day, including how the Trump administration is reacting to explosive devices sent to Democratic political figures, critics of the president, and CNN.

.@Yamiche: The people receiving the suspicious packages "read like a list of people that are the enemies of the president, who he's pointedly criticized."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) October 25, 2018

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