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Bloomberg had to say. >> the letter was, obviously, referred to our anti-gun efforts, but there's 12,000 people that are going to get killed this year with guns and 19,000 that are going to commit suicide with guns and we're not going to walk away from those efforts. >> now, police say the two letters appear to be written by the same person and sent to shreveport, louisiana, the third letter sent to the president came from the same postmark. they were intercepted at off-site sorting facilities, but the head of the gun control group said he's fine but can't comment. the mayor's office says the ...

Dreamliners. a two-day hearing kicking off today as the national transportation safety board takes a closer look at one fire in particular just days after the faa approved boeing's plan to get its fleet back in the air. dan springer is live in seattle. dan? >> reporter: yeah, jon. the faa approved the battery fix even as the company answers tough questions about the fire back in january that led to the dreamliner fleet getting grounded. the plane's lithium ion battery sured a short which led to the failure of all eight cells. boeing's new plan includes a redesigned battery that has more insula...

They are including a redesigned battery with better insulation between the cells and a better steel containment box that engineers say won't allow for any air to fuel a fire. they've redesigned the charge erp sore the battery doesn't have to work as hard. the faa has given approval to that fix and boeing says it could have its planes back in the air with the airlines flying customers again by the end of next week. back to you, martha. martha: that's been quite a story. dan, thank you. bill: from capitol hill the tempers are flaring today. have a look at this right here. >> i say that particula...

79 days. they've tried a giant containment box, top kill, top hat. they've been planning all week to hook up a third tanker to siphon off more oil. but choppy seas is stopping that from happening as well. the only real hope of a long-term solution relies on drilling relief wells and killing it. as a neuro surgeon, it's annoying when someone says it isn't brain surgery, but it's close. tom foreman is here with the details. tom? >> thanks, sanjay. drilling down. look at this as we dive down here and contemplate what we're talking about. you're going through all of this, all in the hopes of hitti...

>> reporter: unashamed, yet anxious about his future. could you grow up with ocho and maybe this would be your bomb-sniffing dog in iraq? >> i don't know. it's not my job yet. >> reporter: is that your goal? >> you know, if my aspirations pan out, let's see, i hope so. >> reporter: kyra phillips, cnn, san antonio. >> by the way, "larry king live" is going to start in just a couple of minutes. but up next, tonight's punch lines. can you get enough of jon stewart these days? he says he has had it up to here with the oil spill, or is it here? >> maybe the smaller dome is a miniature, more high-te...