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President obama. we are now hearing that from "the wall street journal" which is owned by the parent company of this network. we are also hearing that a second letter sent to another u.s. senator is also being tested for ricin poisoning at this mail facility. that is the mail facility where the letters were intercepted and where the irradiation and other tests are done on the incoming mail to make them essentially inert. so we have at least one letter sent to a senator. a second letter sent to another as yet unnamed senator and a third letter sent to the president which we are told tested posi...

Horrified and anthrax letters shut down the hart office building. system worked in this case because it was stopped in its tracks at mail facility in maryland. the authorities figured out what it was. it did not get to the capital and did not affect employees on capitol hill. >> greta: ricin as i understand it is more potent than anthrax? >> yes. very disturbing stuff. there was a scare with ricin in 2004. something addressed to the united states senator, it came from a guy in mississippi who is apparently a frequent letter writer. they could tell from the tone of the letter. dropped the lette...

It doesn't cause mass casualties, which is what their playbook always calls for. but there is great concern here on capitol hill for the safety of the members. the good news is that the mail site is off-site from the capitol, and the good news is the process worked after 9/11, they were able to apprehend this toxic substance coming through and it didn't make it to capitol hill. jon: congressman michael mccaul of texas is the chairman of the house homeland security committee. congressman, we thank you for your expertise today on this very important topic. >> thanks for having me. jon: we are aw...

Horrified and anthrax letters shut down the hart office building. system worked in this case because it was stopped in its tracks at mail facility in maryland. the authorities figured out what it was. it did not get to the capital and did not affect employees on capitol hill. >> greta: ricin as i understand it is more potent than anthrax? >> yes. very disturbing stuff. there was a scare with ricin in 2004. something addressed to the united states senator, it came from a guy in mississippi who is apparently a frequent letter writer. they could tell from the tone of the letter. dropped the lette...

Two men in white suits looking at forensics on the scene. the debris is still out on the ground. we'll get more on that investigation but we want to talk washington. >> yes, there is breaking news out of washington, just in to us, brianna keilar reporting it us there was a suspicious letter addressed to president obama picked up at a mail facility outside of the white house. this letter we're told wears similarity to another letter addressed to senator roger wicker. ricin is an extremely deadly poiseen. when inge-- poison. when ingested, just a little