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Ricin at least according to preliminary tests. there will be more tests sent to roger wicker, the republican of mississippi. now theyre looking at all sorts of other letters that may have been sent as well, suspicious letters. lets go to brianna keilar, our white house correspondent for an update first of all on the letter sent to the president. what can you tell us? the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, brianna. >> the fbi is now in charge of this investigation, wolf. and they are say...

Preliminary test. the envelope addressed to, again, the white house, was quarantined and is part of now a coordinated investigation headed up by the fbi. this statement notes that operations here at the white house were in no way impacted. it never reached any area that touches the president in any way. the statement also adds that filters at a second government mail screening facility -- filters, also tested positive for ricin this morning on a preliminary basis. now, ive been previously told t...

Is tested. and i would underscore that the mail is screened, the mail sent here is screened and that these tests are undertaken at remote sites to mitigate the risk both to those recipients and to the general population. the fbi has the lead for determining whether a suspicious powder is a dangerous substance such as ricin. and those take place at a credited facility. and they take a certain amount of time as the fbi has indicated. these procedures are in place, the procedures are effective in o...

Presidents national security advisor jake sullivan. as you know, tomorrow morning the president will travel to boston to speak at an interfaith service dedicated to those gravely wounded or killed in mondays bombing. i have a scheduling update for you on that. the first lady will be joining the president on the trip to boston. with that i will take your questions. >> obviously the public is already pretty nervous given the situation in boston. has the fbi told the white house about anything whet...

Shouldnt have gotten and it shouldnt have happened because thats not the protocol. the protocol is anything thats sealed needs to start at the offsite facility. so thats why a hazmat team has been here. thats why that particular as you can see down the hall right there, that hallway is closed off and we cant go down there. as you see im standing here, so theyre not that concerned about the safety of others around this building. separately you just heard a little about a spokesman from the capito...

With ricin. first one went to senator roger wicker. that as we speak is being tested as a lab in ft. detrick, maryland. i was told by the chief law enforcement official here in the senate yesterday that he felt confident that it was actually ricin, but of course theyre still doing other tests. separately of course weve been reporting as we heard from the white house press secretary similar kind of letter was addressed to the president. and it went to an offsite facility where the white house get...

Tell our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, what youre learning. >> well, cnn has learned, wolf, that an envelope that was addressed and sent to a senate office was intercepted and tested positive for ricin poison. and ive learned that from congressional and law enforcement sources, myself and mike brooks, who actually got the first tip on this story. now, we dont know which senate office this was original hi sent to. but we do understand that this envelope was tested posit...