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November of 2001 when an american airlines plane bus crashed in queens and killed everybody on board as well as on the ground. since then, yes, we've had regional plane crashes which are tragic but we have not had a major plane crash in this country involving loss of life since november 2001 and we are hopeful this will also be a crash without any loss of life. >> tom, thank you, sir. do stand by. we are starting to hear from folks who were on board that plane, we're told. there was a tweet from the "chicago sun times" in part, i just crash landed at sfo. most everyone seems fine. i'm okay. th...

Now, we have seen events in the past, craig, ice ricin is made tr castor beans and someone will just take dried beans and grind them up and put them in a letter. now, that will test positive for ricin even though there's no ricin there. i guess it would be like the difference between poppies and opium. they're related, but it's not the same thing. so you won't know whether it's ricin until later today i'm told is the earliest the test results would come in. that's thing one. thing two is that federal inv investigators believe they know who sent these letters. they say it's someone who has sent...

Congresswoman carolyn mccarthy, whose husband was killed and son severely injured during the 1993 long island rail road mass shooting, had this to say. >> i came here to congress to reduce gun violence. and i said, i want to make sure that we go full forward. we have to do something about it. >> joining me now, the brain trust. msnbc contributor for "the nation," ari melber, political editor of thegrio.com, perry bacon jr. and michelle franzen is also in newtown, standing by for us as well. we'll check in with you in just a few moments, michelle. do stand by. let's talk about political will in...

>> clint, do stand by for us. i want to come back to you and recap for the viewers just joining us. a short time ago we learned the gunman's name. ryan lanza, 24 years old, we're told. law enforcement confirming a short time ago the gunman's mother is a teacher at sandy hook elementary school. that is the school where it went down. that's the school you are looking at right now. we're also told that the gunman's mother was found dead at the school. justice correspondent pete williams standing by for us now. pete, a parent was found shot at home, am i understand to the accounts not correct? >> ...

Adviser john brennan. he is updated throughout day. he also made phone calls to fbi director mueller as well as the governor of connecticut malloy to offer his sympathy, to offer his come docondolences. jay carney was asked about reigniting the efforts of stiffer gun controls law. he said today is not the day to talk about policy. it is a day to focus on the victims and those obviously suffering so much in connecticut. so again, we expect president obama to arrive here in the brady press briefing room and address and respond to and react to the tragic event that is have unfolded in connecticut...