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Say ricin is so deadly just a little grain of salt if inhaled or swallowed can kill you. the new york city mayor michael bloomberg says that will not stop him in his efforts in dealing with gun rights. the letters according to the american mail carriers union, they say they were mailed ten days og and may 20th from schreveport, louisiana. they are addressed to mayor bloomberg, one opened in new york city, the other opened in washington. of the one in washington addressed to the group mayor again...

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>> the fbi and nypd have launched an investigation into a pair of letters that tested positive for the poison ricin. one of sent to new york michael bloomberg, the other to the director of his gun control group. nbcs tracie potts joins us live from washington now with more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: what we know this morning, mara s that those letters were intercepted before anyone was hurt, and that earlier tests confirm they did con train traces of the deadly poison ricin...

Good evening, everyone, im aaron burnett. "outfront" tonight, make or break on guns in america. the presidents last best chance on gun control late today, just 50 miles from the site of the newtown shooting, president obama stood surrounded by families victims and said he is fighting for them. >> connecticut, this is not about me. this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence. its about them and all the...

Not all. >> what president essentially did was, he had like essentially a 13-minute guilt trip telling people, dont forget the kids. shame on us. he said, repeatedly. what is interesting, shame on us for what? >> well have more on the so-called 13-minute guilt trip from mark glaze and collin goddard next on "now." my dentist said it was gonna help transform my mouth. [ male announcer ] go pro. for a clean thats up to four times better, try these crest pro-health products together. [ sara ] ive b...

Like for it to be? >> were having a national conversation on this issue of the kind we havent had in a generation. it took the brady bill folks seven years to i think its goi much less time to pass these reforms. and the truth is when 90% of the american people want something like a comprehensive background check system that would solve a lot of these problems, they generally get it. and if they dont, they generally make themselves heard about that at the ballot box. >> mark, you mentioned the 9...

That there are calls from the deep south running more in favor of pro quote-unquote gun control. its just a different moment in the country. >> mark glaze, director of mayors against illegal guns, mark, thank you. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> once again, folks, we continue to keep our eyes on the east room of the white house. president obama expected at any moment, you can see the folks who are waiting there in the east room. once we start to see some people on the risers behind ...

Sports men. >> how insensitive can you be to be giving robocalls in the homes of people who have lost loved ones. i hope its a contrast to this kind of insensitivity. >> i think so. but if i could have one more message, it would be what hadiya said when she came to washington to be at some events with us and also to sit with the first lady during the state of the union. we were at a press conference and a member of the press asked her what message she had for members of congress and looked out a...

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It looks like it had momentum in the senate. >> im like mayor nutter in philadelphia, get the guns off the streets, too. mark glaze, thank you. im going to be saying by the end of the show, i think ill mention it five times. by the way, its 202-224-3121. call your senate right now. make some noise. up next, another whopper about president obama from none other than michele bachmann is back and she dodges a report. look at her there, trying to ask questions about bachmann, thats next. in the si...