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Word for word, at least the two letters that we have seen. we dont know for sure about the letter to the president. we believe that the wording is also the same or pretty close to it. the one that were talking about and weve obtained is a copy of a letter sent to mark glaze. hes the director of mayor bloombergs group called mayors against illegal guns. that letter reads like this. "you will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. anyone who wants to come to my house will get shot i...

Tornadoes were also reported further north in missouri and other parts of the midwest. homes were reduced to rubble outside st. louis. thankfully, no reports of anyone killed there. new information on the threatening letters sent to president obama, new york mayor michael bloomberg and a gun control group. test results are in and they confirm that the letters did in fact contain the poison ricin. cnns national correspondent susan candiotti joins me now in new york. susan, youve actually obtain...

According to a police report. mark glaze sent a message to friends saying hes fine and cant comment. the mayors letter was opened last friday, on site tests prove negative. it was not sent to the national lab until wednesday when ricin tests came back positive. >> the first person who transported the material to the police lab, he said that he had some symptoms with his eyes watering. >> deb, was there a delay from the time the first letter was discovered to when it was actually sent to the main...

So clearly the joint terrorism task force is taking this extremely seriously, anderson. >> obviously, ricin can be deadly if its inhaled or ingested. one of the targets, the director of mayors against illegal guns, which is bloombergs group, i understand he personally opened the letter. how is he doing? >> thats exactly right. mark glaze is good, hes not commenting on what happened because its under investigation, but he went into work on sunday, decided to take his mail outdoors, was opening hi...

According to a police report. mark glaze sent a message to friends saying hes fine and cant comment. the mayors letter was opened last friday, on site tests prove negative. it was not sent to the national lab until wednesday when ricin tests came back positive. >> the first person who transported the material to the police lab, he said that he had some symptoms with his eyes watering. >> deb, was there a delay from the time the first letter was discovered to when it was actually sent to the main...

Screens mail bound for new york citys city hall. a third was sent to mark glaze. here in washington he runs bloombergs advocacy group mayors against illegal guns. all three letters share a shreveport, louisiana postmark and were mailed nearly two weeks ago. nbcs justice correspondent pete williams joins me now with the latest. pete, what do we know about this individual who law enforcement officials are questioning? se directly tied to this matter? >> i think its going to be a long time before t...

Letters who were sent from shreveport, louisiana, according to the american postal workers union and contained threats on the mayor and mentioned the debate of gun law in which bloomberg is an outspoken critic. bloomberg had this to say last night. lets take a listen. >> there was a letter who threatened us. let me tell you, i have confidence in the nypd and the fbi and their procedures. >> do you feel threatened? >> one of the letters was received at new york citys government mail facility and ...

Be trying to identify by age but maybe a region where that person may have grown up, and obtained their language skills. >> as for their intended targets, mark glaze opened his letter right here next to his office in washington on sunday. now, a police report says he opened it, saw the threatening message, then dropped the letter onto a bench and called police. dplaz didnt want to go on camera with us, but so far he does not feel the effects of ricin poisoning. an expert is with me now. amy, if ...

Handle suspicious mail. however, the head of the gun control group personally opened the letter addressed to him according to a police report. mark glaze sent a message to friends saying hes fine and cant comment. the mayors letter was opened last friday, on site tests prove negative. it was not sent to the national lab until wednesday when ricin tests came back positive. >> the first person who transported the material to the police lab, he said that he had some symptoms with his eyes watering....

Facility yesterday. and that all three letters continue to be tested. all the preliminary tests appear to show positive hit for ricin. >> now in terms of the letter that did get through, because it went to mark glazes consulting firm. was anyone injured, you know what is the status of that? did someone open this letter? >> he did. he apparently went for a walk. as explained to us, as is he received the letter, it was monday when he obtained it and went for a walk outside. and what was a beautifu...