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Never reached them. white house spokesman jay carney has emphasized this in the past, when other threatening letters were sent to the president. >> 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. >> reporter: the fbi is now testing the letters sent to president obama. meanwhile, the new york city police department says that preliminary testing on the bloomberg letter came back positive for ricin, a potenti potentially deadly poison made from caster beans. the third letter was opened ...

Not much, just a tiny bit if it's purified. that's the hitch. caster beans contain ricin and dozens of other products. when caster beans are produced -- or i should say processed to make caster oil, there are a lot of waste products and by products, ricin being one. in order to have a successful, quote, weaponized mix of ricin one has to have a little knowledge, not just crushing them. >> shepard: and tell me what you're thinking is but it sounds like we're dealing with yahoos who are mad and sending letters. >> i don't know if i would use those -- >> shepard: that's what it sounds like. >> is...

It's sort of an orangish, pink color and oily. and a source says that, for example, if you crush the caster beans, the things that ricin comes from, what you would get is traces of ricin along with the beans, the material from the beans. therefore, it looks like it wasn't as lethal because it wasn't actually weaponized. it was just contained in the plant from which it comes. >> deb, thanks so much for the latest on that breaking news. stay with us. we'll be right back. be or your? [ female announcer ] now there's new neutrogena® naturals acne cleanser. acne medicine from the wintergreen leaf ...

Example, if you crush the caster beans, the things that ricin comes from, what you would get is traces of ricin along with the beans, the material from the beans. therefore, it looks like it wasn't as lethal because it wasn't actually weaponized. it was just contained in the plant from which it comes. >> deb, thanks so much for the latest on that breaking news. stay with us. we'll be right back. the great outdoors, and a great deal. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. lets you connect up to 25 devices on one easy ...

Federal judge, another to fair child air force base and one that's not been recovered, sent to a cia facility. i asked officials how they would know about the cia letter if it hadn't been retired and they pointed to interviews and other evidence and said, quote, because we may know how many caster beans the man had in his house. >> shepard: doctor leonard cole is with us. it's sounding like this isn't weaponized. it's not as if it's been weaponized. it sounds like someone crashed caster beans and dumped them in an envelope. >> that's possibly what it is. when you say weaponized and whatever th...