Hey everyone, it's Mary. I'm recording this around 12 noon Eastern time. And right now, we're all

just waiting because about an hour ago, the Department of Justice announced they'd made an arrest

in that case of those mail bombs addressed to prominent Democrats. Two more explosives were found

just this morning. They were addressed to former director of national intelligence,

James Clapper, and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. That makes 12 bombs total. None of them has exploded. No one's been hurt.

So earlier this morning, Mike Peska and I, you know him from over the gist.

We went into a studio to talk about who really bears responsibility here and whether harsh words can actually lead to violent acts.

The DOJ is set to tell us more about today's arrest in a couple of hours, but we can't

really know how much they'll be able to say.

So while we wait for news, I wanted to share this conversation because it really made me think.

We're playing it pretty much unedited.

I'm Mary Harris. This is what next. Here goes.

Okay, Mike Peska.

Yes, hi.

We sit like right across from each other.

But we've never met until now.

You're a liar.

This is not true.

Okay, so I wanted to talk to you because at the time of this recording, there have been 12 bomb scares.

When we say bomb scares, we mean things that look like bombs found in the mail addressed to people.

I think the authorities are calling them bombs, even though they are also saying that some of them were, would never have been functional. So I think we could call them bombs.

So all anyone can really talk about is what's happening with these bombs. Yes. But at the same time,

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