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What we're hearing today that went to the office of senator tom daschle, and reporters like us we run to the scene and we find out later that the letter was laced with anthrax. because of that many, many staffers on capitol hill, even senators had to take the antibiotic as did i. we all remember something similar happened at the offices of nbc in new york and elsewhere. turned out at the end of the day we found out much later that it was not a related incident to 9/11. but we didn't know that then. and we don't know now even though we are hearing -- we saw from the fbi statement that jessica w...

Press secretary at the white house, jay carney, he's supposed to go into that briefing room fairly soon and brief all of us on what we know, what we don't know, a suspicious letter addressed to the president of the united states. a very similar letter that at least in one of the preliminary tests proved to be positive for ricin sent to republican senator roger wicker of mississippi that was discovered earlier this week. and now at an offsite letter -- similar letter addressed to the president of the united states. we're anxious to see if there's any connection. we don't know if there is any co...

Parts of the complex, but there is a heightened state of alert. senator levin is telling us about what happened in a michigan office, not here at the capitol. at we've been discussing, all mail to the senate is on hold here to the capitol. as we pointed out it's always screened off-site. that's been a precaution for the last ten years plus. the news, karl levin said his office received something suspicious, and all of this is unfolding in what has been a very hectic, chaotic day on capitol hill. >> nbc news kelly o'donnell, thank you for the update. . pikal, you know we were talking about t...

Went to senator wicker. and what some senators coming t told our congressional producers is the following. first of all, senator mccaskill has said that her understanding coming out of this briefing is there might even be a suspect in custody. the suspect is somebody who according to mccaskill, quo, writes a lot of letters. she also emphasized something we reported on earlier, this should be underscored, that this was caught at a screening facility. it did not come to the u.s. capitol. the reason for that is because the process changed dramatically after anthrax was sent back in 2001 to two of...

On. >> i think they just kind of crazy. kind of the prison life is probably getting to them. >> not only are the conditions much more stark than in the other cell houses, the inmates don't get out for the normal yard, dining room, visiting hours or any other privileges. what they get is one hour of yard and one shower a week. that's it. this is what the next six months hold for maurice. >> this is the penitentiary. the real deal. >> in addition to the problem prisoners like maurice, the segregation unit also houses inmates with psychiatric problems. stateville doesn't have a psych ward, so unt...