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Poison arriving by mail on capitol hill. what do you, as a member of the homeland security committee, what do you say to the american people right now? >> look, i think we cant afford to go back to the pre 9/11 mentality. we have to be vigilant. the threat is still very real. if anything the boston bomb incident teaches us is that there is still a great threat to this country that i get briefed on every day. and we cant afford to go back to the pre 9/11 mentality. i think americans are safe by a...

Thats what were being told. tell us, you know, about ricin and what we know about it. >> well, its a very deadly -- substance. i believe it was used in the japanese subway attacks. and it killed about seven people on contact. its really bad stuff. once you start getting things in the mail we are getting to a second level of complexity. assuming its connected and it could be. then its less likely to be a lone wolf. it could be if its related something much larger. the other part about the mail at...

Said that this was a coordinated preplanned multiple explosive device event and that is a terrorist attack no matter how you consider it. i mean we have no idea who is responsible. it could be a disgruntled worker. it could be an anarchist. it could be a person inspired by foreign elements. we dont know. if it is someone domestic with a personal issue or issue against the government, in your view, is that still terrorism? >> first of all, im not interested in what he calls is, thats not the big ...

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They and credit cards are concerned about trends in the economy. americans paying on time turn around. shep? >> shepard: rich edson in d.c. thanks. 10 years since deadly anthrax attacks terrorized the nation in the wake of the attacks of 9/11. now, there are brand new doubts about whether the guy the fbi blamed is the right guy at all. plus, prosecutors in the state of florida say a 12-year-old boy murdered his little brother. is 12 too young a person who charge as an adult? in the face of a mur...

He died just the next day. october 15th, then senate majority leader tom daschle reports anthrax found in his office. october 23rd, two postal workers in washington, d.c. die after anthrax poisoning. october 31st, a hospital worker in new york city becomes the fourth victim. november 21st, a 94-year-old woman in connecticut becomes the fifth victim in the anthrax attacks. years later, in july 2008, bruce ivans, a government scientists suspected in the attacks commits suicide. so how much have we...

Vacation last week, right? >> jon: vacation is over, bill. bill: welcome backings we missed you. jon: good to be back in the saddle, thank you bill. some big stories were covering, "happening now", new trouble from pakistan for our troops serving across the border from afghanistan. also, a threat from iran, directed at the united states. well talk about that. plus, 100 u.s. troops headed to central africa. is that a good idea? and ten years after the anthrax attacks on the u.s., are we saf...

Wouldnt sign up for it. actually, the chief actuary of medicare had warned the program would have to enroll 230 million people to be workable. that is more than the entire american workforce. so this was destin todco laps under its own weight, even though some democrats argue it should be preserve anyway and say the president promise to do it. jenna? jenna: i have a00 much this is not the last we hear of this story, jim. >> reporter: im afraid not. jenna: all right. well continue to follow it. j...

Know. bill: were trying to go through the evidence and its scant at the moment. but theres been a witness that came forward -- is that story valid, has it checked out, phil? >> >> reporter: taco stein, the lead prosecutor for aruba, told me friday over the phone thats absolutely not true, there is no witness that has come forward that saw them fighting in their rental car, so what we do know is that on august 2nd, the last place they were seen and scraptured -- captured on surveillance videotape...

was he hiding in plain sight? and could it happen again? >> this is something that could be taken out of a lab, put in an envelope, dropped in a mailbox, and people would die. >> robert stevens the first to die. >> natural cause or my husbands death certificate said homicide. >> originally from england, the 70s, stevens and his wife moved to florida. he worked for america media incorporated, a tabloid publisher. >> no one could say they didnt like him. its full of life, he loved everyb...