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>> the fbi is taking a closer look at two pieces of mail that came to the pentagon that tested positive for ricin. >> they are trying to determine what they are dealing with. these two envelopes came in a postal service mail back apparently yesterday and initial testing and screening at the pentagon mail screening facility indicated that they tested positive for ricin. what we want to say is this screening facility is outside the pentagon and the two pieces of mail never entered the building. the 20,000 people never at any risk. one was addressed to james mattis who is traveling in europe this...

The letter did contain the very same substance as two letters and sent to the pentagon yesterday and those letters tested positive for ricin. as you noted, the first letters were addressed to defense secretary james madison admiral john richardson. he is the chief of naval operations. they were intercepted in a male screening facility in the pentagon compound by the end envelopes did not enter their main pentagon building. tonight that mail facility remains under quarantine and there is still no word yet if all three letters are connected but they are being examined by fbi forensic teams. if y...

A substance sent to the white house to confirm whether it is really cyanide. one previous round of tests came back positive for the poison. it was at a screening facility where white house mail is monitored. it was not inside the white house itself. the sender is known to the secret service and criminal charges depend whether the material is hazardous. they said he was down in the polls but a surprise in the israeli elections. despite the polls it appears benjamin netanyahu stays in office. his conservative party won more seats in the parliament than its more liberal challenger. thanks to la...

>> oh, yeah. let's do it. absolutely. finally. >> let's get to it. >> let's go. >> not friday quite yet. we begin with the promising lead in the case of the poison letters. >> fbi agents are questioning someone they consider a person of interest from new boston, texas, the man's wife called authorities after she noticed something strange in her refrigerator. the latest ricin laced letter was addressed to president obama. with more, here is our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: the secret service says the third suspected ricin letter was intercepted at a screening facil...

It's what investigators are calling the dark side of the gun control debate. a letter addressed to president obama threatening advocates of gun control was intercepted thursday at a washington, d.c. screening center. it's not clear if that letter contained ricin but officials say it's similar to ricin laced letters sent to mayor bloomberg intercepted at a new york screening facility. another was sent to bloomberg's gun control group. investigators say all three were postmarked from shreveport, louisiana, and mailed on may 20th. in an unrelated case, the fbi said thursday a letter containing ri...