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So clearly the joint terrorism task force is taking this extremely seriously, anderson. >> obviously, ricin can be deadly if it's inhaled or ingested. one of the targets, the director of mayors against illegal guns, which is bloomberg's group, i understand he personally opened the letter. how is he doing? >> that's exactly right. mark glaze is good, he's not commenting on what happened because it's under investigation, but he went into work on sunday, decided to take his mail outdoors, was opening his stack there, and when he opened this one between the warning and clearly the substance that h...

Have offsite facilities now. mail to the capitol does not go to the capitol complex. it first goes offsite for this very reason. the other precaution they are taking, they are going to close those postal facilities while they investigate this. >> it is a pretty deadly poison, not as deadly as anthrax. i'll come to that in a moment. is there any connection between this and what happened in boston? or has that already been ruled out? >> at this point, law enforcement officials, senate officials are saying they do not think there is a connection and they're emphasizing that. but is just coinciden...

Viewers who might be tuning in just now what exactly we know about this suspicious letter addressed to the president? >> reporter: this letter, wolf, went to an offsite mail facility. as you see on capitol hill, the white house does the same thing when it comes to mail. you send a letter to the president, it doesn't go obviously directly to the white house for precaution. it goes to an offsite mail facility at an undisclosed location where it is screened, scientifically tested to make sure it is safe so that it can come here to the white house. according to the secret service, because this is ...

Minutes of fame for this whole event. >> at some point we assume fbi and local law enforcement, boston police, will have a briefing here, a news conference. and we'll get some more information on what's going on. in the meantime we're working our sources to update you on the criminal investigation into the terrorist bombings that occurred here in boston on monday. we're watching what's happening here in boston, also in washington, d.c. right now a suspicious letter initially tested positive with the poison ricin addressed to the president of the united states coming a day after a similarly sus...

First of all, here in boston our own john king is reporting now quoting a law enforcement source in boston saying that there has been substantial progress -- a direct quote "substantial progress in the criminal investigation into who may have been responsible for the bombings." the terrorist bombings on monday at the end of the boston marathon that killed three people and injured nearly 200 others. john king will be joining us momentarily. he's getting more information. substantial progress he's reporting in this criminal investigation. meanwhile, in washington, d.c., very, very nervous folks ...