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President obama. we are now hearing that from "the wall street journal" which is owned by the parent company of this network. we are also hearing that a second letter sent to another u.s. senator is also being tested for ricin poisoning at this mail facility. that is the mail facility where the letters were intercepted and where the irradiation and other tests are done on the incoming mail to make them essentially inert. so we have at least one letter sent to a senator. a second letter sent to a...

Horrified and anthrax letters shut down the hart office building. system worked in this case because it was stopped in its tracks at mail facility in maryland. the authorities figured out what it was. it did not get to the capital and did not affect employees on capitol hill. >> greta: ricin as i understand it is more potent than anthrax? >> yes. very disturbing stuff. there was a scare with ricin in 2004. something addressed to the united states senator, it came from a guy in mississippi who is...

It doesnt cause mass casualties, which is what their playbook always calls for. but there is great concern here on capitol hill for the safety of the members. the good news is that the mail site is off-site from the capitol, and the good news is the process worked after 9/11, they were able to apprehend this toxic substance coming through and it didnt make it to capitol hill. jon: congressman michael mccaul of texas is the chairman of the house homeland security committee. congressman, we thank ...

Horrified and anthrax letters shut down the hart office building. system worked in this case because it was stopped in its tracks at mail facility in maryland. the authorities figured out what it was. it did not get to the capital and did not affect employees on capitol hill. >> greta: ricin as i understand it is more potent than anthrax? >> yes. very disturbing stuff. there was a scare with ricin in 2004. something addressed to the united states senator, it came from a guy in mississippi who is...

Two men in white suits looking at forensics on the scene. the debris is still out on the ground. well get more on that investigation but we want to talk washington. >> yes, there is breaking news out of washington, just in to us, brianna keilar reporting it us there was a suspicious letter addressed to president obama picked up at a mail facility outside of the white house. this letter were told wears similarity to another letter addressed to senator roger wicker. ricin is an extremely deadly po...

Maim and kill. >> reporter: theres no doubt about it. when you hear the descriptions its just another way youll be traveling at the speed of hertz. from some of the trauma doctors. i talked to one of the heads of the trauma department at mass general today, it is absolutely senators and their staffs astonishing, nails and bbs being are remaining on edge today as more suspicious letters have embedded in little children. been discovered at a capitol as you probably know, initially hill mail faci...

>> joining me now, the woman who broke this story, kelly odonnell and kelly, i understand youve got more breaking news on this as well. >> craig, there is so much happening here, ive got a couple of things i want to tell you, first, on guns, we were first to report that kelly ayotte, republican of new hampshire, will be making it very difficult for those who are supporting manchin toomey to get that passed, but just seconds ago, we had a loud speaker announcement here at the russell senate offic...

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Senator roger wicker tests positive for the potentially fatal substance ricin. peter doocy is live outside the senate mail facility in hyattsville, maryland where the letter was intercepted. what is the latest, peter? report report jon, the latest, and this is brand new, there are two letters. one was sent to u.s. senator roger wicker and the other was sent to president barack obama. they both can takened powdery substances. were learning this from an fbi operations bulletin that went out we exc...

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