dana, roger wicker's office gets a letter like this. and now there are indications maybe other letters. and there's someone walking around the hart senate office building with a backpack delivering suspicious letters. what's going on? >> well, that's right. i guess maybe just to sort of because there's so much going on maybe we should clarify and separate the issues for our viewers. let's start with what you were just talking about, what we first reported yesterday on the letters that appear to be laced with ricin. first one went to senator roger wicker. that as we speak is being tested as a lab in ft. detrick, maryland. i was told by the chief law enforcement official here in the senate yesterday that he felt confident that it was actually ricin, but of course they're still doing other tests. separately of course we've been reporting as we heard from the white house press secretary similar kind of letter was addressed to the president. and it went to an offsite facility where the white house gets its mail. so there's testing also being

for instance, there's a senator roger wicker? there's only 100 of these folks and i never heard that name before. roger wicker does not sound plausible as a senator. sounds more like a patio furniture store. next thing you're telling me there's a congresswoman jennifer convertible. so, the point is we don't really know that much about this ricin situation, but in boston 48 hours after the horrific tragedy there has been a major breakthrough in the reporting of all the other things we don't know. >> investigators have identified a suspect. >> i was told by law enforcement official that this was a dark-skinned male. >> suspect has been arrested in the boston bombings. >> the suspect was a dark-skinned male. >> getting some conflicting reports about an arrest. >> there is no arrest. we knew we were close. apparently no suspect at hand or one arrested. they might be close or they... well, they might have arrested. >> right now we don't have any reports. >> we don't know who is saying what to whom. >> we don't know. a dark-skinned mal

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 drop can kill you. we'll bring you any details as they happen, and we're awaiting a press conference. now that briefing carries, i think -- >> it is a tenuous time right now. we're worried about safety, worried about your loved up withes. we have a report on the security challenges and nightmares we're all facing. >> reporter: when it comes to security at big events, despite the number of people attending, each event is a different nightmare. >> the super bowl or soccer, you have the majority of the crowd confined in a spot of some sport. places like dodger stadium easier. more thorough bag checks, more police presence. but in public venues, mass crowds not separated with walls, security headaches multiply. london is recessing their security for their mary on this. also in arizona for the pat tillman run. >> it's not a secure environment, we can't put fences around it, can't put an officer every two

capitol's off site mail facility in washington it was sent to roger wicker from mississippi's office. as they are coming. in this testing was at pa libertily sent-out letter was then sent to a lab we are just confirming in fact it was -- it was ricin. talking to me in my ear now on another breaking development. and that is that we have the new pictures with bill hemmer and this is a picture believed to be something they are looking at as a possible explosive device or at least the suspect explosive device that may have been one of the areas of explosion in the boston bombing. there on the spot shadow that bag, that area right there may have been a trash can. you can see that bag right there. they are looking closely at that apparently we're being told by authorities that is what we are getting from 7 news and authorities on the ground. that's whdh. two breaking stories now. that's the boston development. and, again, the ricin development is back here in washington, an envelope sent to senator roger wicker's office confirmed positive the poisonous ricin. we'll follow both of these. we'

senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that

capitol's off site mail facility in washington it was sent to roger wicker from mississippi's office. as they are coming. in this testing was at pa libertily sent-out letter was then sent to a lab we are just confirming in fact it was -- it was ricin. talking to me in my ear now on another breaking development. and that is that we have the new pictures with bill hemmer and this is a picture believed to be something they are looking at as a possible explosive device or at least the suspect explosive device that may have been one of the areas of explosion in the boston bombing. there on the spot shadow that bag, that area right there may have been a trash can. you can see that bag right there. they are looking closely at that apparently we're being told by authorities that is what we are getting from 7 news and authorities on the ground. that's whdh. two breaking stories now. that's the boston development. and, again, the ricin development is back here in washington, an envelope sent to senator roger wicker's office confirmed positive the poisonous ricin. we'll follow both of these. we'

fox news has learned that a letter addressed to senator roger wicker, republican of mississippi, has tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. now, this poisoned letter tested of sight before it went to the capitol, attorneys were apparently -- lawmakers were apparently never in any real danger. mr.ish officials in including fbi director and homeland security secretary have briefed senators behind closed doors tonight. and that letter -- this is just about where we are right now with what we know. a letter tested positive for poison that was sent to senator roger wicker, republican of mississippi. details, as we learn more we will be bringing it to you. stay with us. we're coming right back with the very latest. ♪73 lou: three dead, more than 170 wounded. nation grieving. and these three are playing a blame game. we introduce you to them in tonight's "chalk talk." terrorism in boston, more threats from p'yongyang, general jackie and joins us in just moments. ♪ at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time del

when i saw it, i was like roger wicker, that seems weird to me. when i heard the n.r.a. angle and don't get me wrong, the n.r.a. has nothing to do with this, it's gun control legislation. if that's the correct theory, it could have been anybody mad about that. >> one thing we should say obviously anyone who sends poison to a united states senator is on some level a crazy person, so once you're crazy you've opened it up to any number of possibilities. >> the net widens once you've stipulated somebody is crazy could be crazy on any level for any reason. if it's a political statement or statement of any kind that's supposed to correspond with another statement with this loose n.r.a. tie, if you want to buy into that, but in any case, there's no specificity at all about this bombing. this is just an act of terrorism that appears random, nobody is taking credit for it. thus far, there are no clues. if it's intended to be a statement of some kind, the statement is. cenk: lost on us. >> exactly a blur. cenk: that's interesting because now everybody is speculating. again, i don'

those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our coverage this hour now with mike emanuel who is live on capitol hill and there is a lot we can report now that we could not several hours ago. what do we have now. >> that's right, bill. we can tell you the man's name is kenneth curtis, he is from tupelo, mississippi. the arrest made we understand this evening unclear whether charges will be filed tonight or tomorrow and where they will be filed you better believe federal law enforcement and prosecutorial people talking about exactly how to proceed from this point. we know that these letters addressed to president obama and senator roger

those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our coverage this hour now with mike emanuel who is live on

then, roger wicker takes your question about the budget, gun- control, and the situation on the korean peninsula.

senator roger wicker of mississippi. another u.s. senator also the target of a suspected letter although it has not been confirmed that second senate letter contained ricin. continuing our discussion with former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton. ambassador bolton, there have been concerns over the years, you know, that some of these states that don't necessarily see eye-to-eye with the united states, countries like iran and or north korea, might try some of these relatively crude methods to sow the seeds of disruption in this country to cause chaos and panic. do you see any indications this kind of thing is happening in this case? >> i don't think we have any evidence of that here but for many, many years, biological and chemical warfare has been called the poor man's nuclear weapon. it's not nearly as expensive to put together these programs. there are more states that have chemical or biological weapons perhaps than have nuclear programs. of course the risk is the perfect storm, putting one of these weapons of mass destruct

you are on with senator roger wicker. i like to know how the republicans feel extra security at airports and points of entry is are going to be paid for without raising taxes. guest: that is not an area where i have been proposing cuts in the budget. the court says provide for the common defense. the pentagonuded in the last decade or so. not save money in terms of national security. i went on national television last summer giving the saturday response to the president's address and talked about sequestration and the impact on our national security budgets. our position has been when it comes to sequestration those harmful cuts should be avoided in the first place. when sequestration did go into ago wea few weeks offered to the president take the top level of appropriation money and move it around if you need to. but the president said "don't .ut this monkey on my back we all need to be responsible for the sequestration cuts." i was disappointed at the president for not saying, "ok, since we have to make the budget ats a

a letter sent to roger wicker did test positive. how serious should we take this? what are the odds of a false positive? i'd like to get a little context before we start ringing the alarm bell. >> let's understand what the results come from. all mail to the u.s. capitol is sent to an off sight facility where it's tested for all kinds of things. the envelope was found, pulled out of the mail supply and a field test was done. it was also positive, but these tests i must say, are oftentimes wrong. we've had field tests on mail at the capitol that have tested positive for ricin. i remember one at a mail sorting machine that testing positive and it was paper dust from the mail machine. they take the material, they send it to a lab where it's cultured and then they'll see if there is actually ricin and if there is, then it's a pretty serious matter. there's no, no one is suggesting anything connection between this an boston. obviously, the mail would have had to have been sent before the boston thing. and the other thing is sending a letter to a member of congress is a v

to the president is very similar to the one that was sent to senator roger wicker as well. i want to bring in pete williams, our justice correspondent standing by for us in d.c. pete, again, for folks who are just joining us, i think once again it's probably a good idea to stress the fact that there is at this point according to officials no connection between these letters and what happened in boston. is that correct? >> right. what you have here is letters that were sent they believe by the same person. they believe they know who it was, a person in mississippi sent the letters to a senator and to the white house. both of them were intercepted at the off-site mail facilities that are now routinely used to process all incoming mail in washington to government facilities. this has been going on since after the anthrax mail attacks of a decade ago. initially they tested positive for a poison known as ricin, but field tests are frequently wrong. they're intended to be set at a very low threshold to signal what things you want to set aside for further testing. so the materials

senator roger wicker, the other to president obama, each containing the same writing, the same cryptic phrase each tainted with ricin. both being tested in the army's bio warfare research lab at ft. diedrich in maryland. joe johns joining us and dana bash joining us, as well. dana, you've been talking to your sources, getting more information on how all this went down. what have you learned? >> i've learned from a law enforcement official here that they have been actually tracking the man who was arrested for some time, because he had been sending letters to senator wicker, this is not the first time. it had been going on for a while. so i'm told they gave the information that they had -- that they collected. they collected a record on this individual to the fbi, and the fbi was able then to go down to tupelo, mississippi to make this arrest of this individual today. and, again, this is -- this man was arrested in the case of sending what they still believe to be at least initial positive tests of ricin, letters to senator roger wicker of mississippi and also we learned today president

thank you for being with us, senator roger wicker. i believe his new budget wants to cut social security by over 100 billion, 200 billion, do you think he is sincere about those entitlement cuts, that he gets it? >> i don't want to question the president sincerity. i disagree with president obama so fundamentally on so many issues across the board involving domestic and foreign-policy but i think it is always helpful to be able to sit down and talk with the people in the government and see if there are some things we can agree on. i think his budget is a real problem particularly since it increases the size of government 56% over the next 10 years. dennis: for the president has to priorities among many. soak the rich with more taxes and demand those entitlement programs spending more than they are taking in. what is the biggest priority for him? >> he wants to get to it, not much interested in taking a kind of savings in the entitlement program unless we agree to higher taxes. we may be at an impasse there. the tax rates went up autom

the fbi says it's very lard to a letter sent yesterday to senator roger wicker of mississippi. which also tested positive for ricin. a third suspicious package may have arrived at the office of alabama senator richard shelby. investigators do not currently believe there is a connection to the bombing in boston. meanwhile, law enforcement officials in massachusetts are combing through more than 2,000 tips, looking through photos like this one, shall shows a bag sitting by a mailbox before the explosion. it is unclear at this point whether or not the bag has any relevance, but appears to be near the center of the explosion. president obama will be in boston tomorrow to attend a memorial service for the victims. for the loved once of those killed and maimed in the explosion, there is only confusion and many unanswered questions. joining me today here in new york city, nbc news capitol hill correspondent luke russert, and misterrorism expert michael leiter, and bob herbert, a distinguished senior fellow at dimos. >>> let's go to kristin welker for more. >> reporter: alex, good afte

wicker of mississippi yesterday now today another uncle of laced with the poison was found a draft of the president himself and to talk more about this with me i was joined earlier by r.t. producer. r.t. correspondent kerry and boring i asked for the latest information on the situation . well marit a lot to talk about a lot of activity today on capitol hill the white house has confirmed today that a letter containing a suspicious substance in this case. was indeed mailed to the president just yesterday as you have just mentioned the f.b.i. reports of another envelope that was delivered to a member of capitol hill a member of congress are on capitol hill in this case it was republican senator roger wicker from mississippi those concerns continued on today at the senate in the evacuation of both the russell and hart office buildings today so i mean from. another letter scare so it seems has been already cleared people have come back to their offices however things still remain on high alert certainly so you know when i think of rice and i think of rat poison can you explain to us exactl

senator roger wicker is our guest, republican of mississippi. we want to talk about a range of things. let's talk about what we saw out of the sunday talk shows yesterday. senator rubio blanketed the airwaves. he gave his support to this gang of eight plan. what do you make of it? >> he set a record yesterday, seven sunday talk shows. for marcoo say this rubio, he is showing some leadership. he is in a unique position to do as a freshman, a cuban- american, representing the hispanic community. my hat is off to him for trying to solve a problem we would all like to solve. it does not kick in until the border is secure. that is 100% situational awareness of what is going on on the border. 90% enforcement. the situation right now is we have 50% enforcement. that just amounts to a porous border. one of the definitions of sovereignty is that the nation should be able to protect its border. that is something that conservatives like me have been saying for a long time. let's first enforce the border. according to summaries of the law -- i have not read

>> reporter: sources are telling us that a letter addressed to mississippi senator roger wicker tested positive for the poison ricin at at senate field office in maryland. the tests are notoriously unreliable the source said, and the letter is being tested a second time for a more definitive result. the package was intercepted and never reached the capital complex. officials are saying security is being stepped up. ricin is derived from castor beans and can be lethal if ingested or inhaled. in 2004, a letter containing ricin shut down offices for two days. and in 2003, the secret service revealed president bush received a letter containing a vial of ricin. and again, i want to point out, we have no idea if this is connected at all in any way to what happened in boston. and also, you do not have a post mark on that letter yet, so we don't know when it was sent. >> exactly. we don't know where it came from, or when it was mailed, but officials are saying right now, no connection to boston. no connection to boston that is known of. >> thank you, pierre. i know you will continue to work th

wicker and a local judge. now he is a free man. let's start with the senate majority leader reid there's been another incident. >> ent know a whole lot. the story is moving in number of different directions at the same time, if there is another letter, not a surprise. if it's connected with the original three letters, during an initial appearance for kevin crore tis, u.s. concerns were saying there may be a fourth letter out there. apparently, according to senator harry reid was at bolling air force base, just south of washington, dc. here's what the senator said. >> we have had another incident today, i'm told, at bolling air for barracks they sim nuns. so -- same substance. >> her is what is going on with kevin curtis who was brought up on charges on thursday of threatening the life of the president. he is out on bond now. his attorneys are saying the fbi made a huge move stake here for claiming their client is 1,000 percent instant and may have been framed. this would fit the narrative of a conversation i h

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that letter was intercepted before it reached roger wicker of mississippi. we also know where the letter might have come from. we don't know, shannon, correct me if i'm wrong, we don't know who sent that letter. >> you're exactly right. we have a clue about where it might have come from. it was postmarked memphis, tennessee, but there was no return address. that's the information from the senate sergeant at arms terrance gainer in an e-mail to senators and aides. experts performed more tests today to determine if without a doubt the substance on the letter was ricin. a maryland laboratory confirmed the presence of ricin, but the fbi said feel tests can be unreliable but only a full analysis can determine if the poison was present. the fbi says those tests generally take 24 to 48 hours. those tests will happen at an army research lab in maryland. of course coming just a day after the terror attack in boston, it's reasonable to wonder if this potentially poisonous letter is linked to boston. the chairman of the house homeland security committee said at this po

this after senator roger wicker of mississippi was targeted just last night. the deadly contents above letters was detected before being delivered to the white house and the capital. a sweeping defeat for gun-control advocates today. the senate voted against that to -- compromised amendment and would have extended background checks, against the assault weapons ban and against an amendment to ban high-capacity magazines. president obama appearing with former congresswoman--foot -- debbie giffords, the town victim's family members at the white house describing this as a shameful day for washington. blasting both the national rifle association and the senate. >> the gun lobby and its allies will fully lied about the bill. they claim that it would create some sort of big brother gun registry. even though the bill did the opposite. this legislation in fact outlawed any registry, plain and simple, right there in the text. that didn't matter. and unfortunately this pattern of spreading untruths about this legislation serve the purpose because those lies upset and int

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wicker, the senator. the ricin letters had the same thing, so everyone immediately thought it was him. he might have been been framed. you always hear every defendant i'm framed, i didn't do it. turns out well in this case, maybe. let me turn to the boston bombings too. speaking of influences, as brian ross said in that at-bats story apparently tamerlan had a couple of influences. one was a convert to islam named misha. he used to go to info wars, alex jones is going bliss system on that now a false flag on top of a false flag. is it relatives who influenced him? what's your take on it? >> they should be looking into lieu influenced tamerlan. more than likely we'll find that he may have had overseas influences. he spent six months in 2012 in russia and came back and created at least three functioning explosive devices. from what we understand, he learned from an on line magazine an al-qaeda linked publication, but how many people know how to put together an eye kia piece of furniture from the directions,

senator roger wicker testing positive for ricin. letter never made it to capitol hill or lawmaker's office. the letter was intercepted as an off-site testing facility in maryland of them learned about the poisonous letter about the boston marathon bombing. at this point there is no word of a suspect or motive. we are told there is nothing to indicate the letter that was addressed to senator wicker is connected to the deadly bombings in boston. stay with fox news for more information on this developing story out of washington tonight. o'reilly factor will be joining us after the break. do not go away. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is a stunning work of technology. ♪ this is the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and the first-ever es hybrid. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecti

he sent the letters to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. they were intercepted at a mail processing facility after tests indicated the presence of the deadly poison. the letters are undergoing additional testing. >> north korea threatening "sledgehammer blows" to the u.s. and south korea unless a list of demands are met. it will only sit down to talk if u.n. sanctions lifted. and the u.s. must stop military drills in south korea and apologize. south korea calls the demands preposterous. back to you, john, in boston. >> thank you, christine that is all for "starting point." stay with cnn for continuing coverage of all today's events, fertilizer plant explosion in west texas, of course. the latest from there, and stay with us for special live coverage of the interfaith prayer service in boston. that begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. "newsroom" continues with special coverage right now. omer? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with our rear brakes,

roger wicker. preliminary tests positive for the poison, ricin. cbs news reports that the letter was intercepted by the capitol police and never made it to wicker's office. the letter has been handed over to baltimore fish, which is testing it for ricin. no injuries are reported. wjz and cbs news will continue to update you with more information. >>> a meningitis scare in los angeles has many residents concerned. teresa garcia reports for wjz. one community is trying to stop the disease from spreading. >> west hollywood restaurant owner, marco capany, is worried about the health of his workers. >> most of my front staff is coming down to get this job. >> reporter: employees are heading a few doors down to a local farm assess that started offering free meningitis vaccines. >> on three, one, two, three. >> reporter: the west hollywood community is on edge, after a gay 33-year-old lawyer died last week. >> several ever my customers are -- were good friends and at his bedside when he passed. >> reporter: health officials are investigating to see if th

senator roger wickers obtained poison and a lecher. senator wicker and his staff did not come into contact with the poison. officials do not believe this incident is related to the boston bombings. >> more 70 degree in marines even reaching the '80s by the weekend. we had a when the advisory earlier 22 mi. per hour and 25 mi. per hour. still bringing the spot degusted to high- pressure, and lands will continue as we lee into the weekend. 35 degrees and napa upper 30's for pleasanton and livermore 44 for center cisco. temperatures will be in all 70 and paula auto for east bay low seventies as well. 67 and sent to cisco and hayward just along the coast those temperatures are barely below 60 spot. an additional five degrees by thursday and by the weekend low 80s. you can catch the latest news, forecast and traffic conditions whenever it's convenient - on our 24/7 bay area news channel. you can watch live on kron4.com or on comcast channel 193. >> joe montana's younger son hopes to make it. >> pam: please and federal agents say the bomb us

senator, roger wicker, the white house, the president's, and the mississippi justice official. this is new. we did not know about this letter. the fbi goes on to say the individual was arrested at his residence following an investigation. neil: thank you very much. we have a republican congressman who chairs the homeland security committee and the cyber security subcommittee. what are we to make of all of this? what does it mean if you will excuse my ignorance, at least in the two letters we have known about to the senator and the president's that they had low-grade ricin and that it had not been weapon nice to. it was still dangerous but not as dangerous. >> i think it means that the system worked, which was that that which was put in place to identify materials before they get delivered to the president or to members of congress, this, of course, in the aftermath of the anthrax issue we have some time before. it's probably somebody -- and he has now been identified and arrested. in a, an angry constituent and acting out, acting out in a criminal way, but also in the case to s

senator roger wicker. that test came back positive for risin poison and we don't know a whole lot at this point about the letter. we know that it was postmarked memphis, tennessee. had no return address. but otherwise, did not look suspicious. the f.b.i. is saying that initial testing was inconsistent. so an accredited lab is working to confirm the presence of risin and those results should be in within 24 to 48 hours. in the meantime, we know risin can be deadly and we know there is no antidote. so senators were briefed on the latest details last night. >> not just members concerned, it rarely gets to a member before it gets to a lot of staff. that's a big concern obviously for all of us. we're very anxious to get more details. >> democratic senator claire mccaskill from missouri says investigators suspect a man who sends a lot of letters to lawmakers may be behind this. the law maker whose name is on this particular suspicious envelope says this matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the united st

all of this in light of the letter that was sent to roger wicker, testing positive. that letter never reach the center, but it got as close as the maryland postal distribution notified and all of this. as he should be. the big deal, how some men security chairman of texas. chairman, very good to have you. what do you know about this or least what you can share? every time you have an incident like this i am sure you are aware, people worry. do i have a letter coming like that? of the letters out there? any connections that there? what you say? >> the good news is, the system put in place after 9/11, the anthrax scare actually worked and intercepted it before it could ever make its way to the senator's office. the evidence or information i have is that this is probably totally unrelated to the boston bombings. it's a very targeted, almost assassin like drug. it is not to inflict mass casualty. that is typically the demo of the terrorist. ne: i talked to him. certainly very controversial and pulp -- polarizing figures in the u.s. senate. he does not fit that image. to

dos cartas enviadas por correo, una al presidente obama y otra al senador de mississippi roger wicker, tendrian ricina, una sustancia toxica cuyo polvo blanco es mortal en el momento de inhalarse y llegar hasta el torrente sanguineo.... ambas detectadas por el departamento de seguridad, decian en ingles " ver algo erroneo y no decirlo te convierte en complice" las cartas eran firmadas con las inicales kc. los agentes federales tienen ya bajo arresto a keneth curtis de mississippi, acusado del envio de las cartas. aumentando la tension en el pais, las autoridades de prhoenix evacuaron hoy las oficinas del senador flakes al encontrar un paquete sospechoso... la presion fue tan fuerte que la policia del congreso debio evacuar hoy algunos edificios del senado por diferentes paquetes sospechosos recibidos en el correo... en san jose por ejemplo, con las banderas a media asta, la alcaldia aumenta su protocolo sde seguridad listo para ejecutar. entrevista norerto duenas que dependiendo la situacion de alerta que hay en el pais nosotros podemos implementarla rapidamente mientras tanto, ningun

. >> u-s senator roger wicker is targeted with a letter that tested positive with a potentially deadly poison. an envelope. tested positive for ricin. was addressed to the miss intercepted at an off- site screening center on capitol hill senator wicker and his staff is okay. he has been given a protective detail. ricin is a highly toxic substance. an amount the size of the head of a pin -- can kill an adult. >> more now on the boston marathon bombings. three people were killed. and nearly 200 were injured in the attack. doctors treating the victims say, they are growing increasingly optimistic that all of the injuried will survive. one of the three people killed has been identified as a chinese national and grad student at boston university. the other two are a 29 year old woman. and an eight year old boy. heart=rending images of pain and suffering from boston globe photographers. but this one may be even more painful. a schoolroom picture of eight year old martin richard, holding a sign saying "no more hurting people." martin was standing next to his father watching runners crossing t

roger wicker. the investigation turned to another man in mississippi he. james everett dutschke, he's a one-time republican candidate for state office. he reportedly had an email feud and long running one with the former suspect, the man whom authorities released yesterday. at the same time the fbi and law enforcement agencies searched the new guy's home and took items with them. he claims he didn't send those letters. >> my family knows i don't have anything to do with this. the people that actually know me know i don't have anything to do with this. quite frankly the people that don't know that this is just crazy. >> shepard: james everett dutschke, his attorney tells fox news agents are searching his tae kwon do studio but still no arrest. with us, david katz from the fbi academy and special agent with the dea and founder of global security group. this is all very weird. first you have this elvis impersonator who is mentally off, according to the family, who is in this feud with this guy, who used to be a republican candidate in mississippi and i don't

roger wicker voted to break the filibuster even though he has an a plus rating and it goes on like senator tom coburn of oklahoma and jeff flake of arizona. republican state lawmakers answered the mass shooting in tucson in his state by calling for loser gun laws. bob corker of tennessee says he will not vote for anything that compromises gun rights but neither will he stand in the way of debate. more than 20 a rated nra senators voted against this filibuster. the overall vote, 68-31. so, yeah, the nra is still beating its chest saying it will score the votes on the final bill. everybody's a ratings are going to be in danger as if that is the most important thing in the world and maybe some people think that is the most important thing in the world. it is not the only truth here not. not the only truth or consequence to a vote ike this on an issue like this in a country changed like we have been with the decision-makers talking to the people most affected by it. the senate needed 60 votes to break the filibuster. they got 68 votes and broke the filibuster at a trot. gun reform moved for wa

is such a performer that senator roger wicker, recipient of one of the letters, hired him a decade ago to entertain at a party that he and his wife were hosting. of his performance, wicker said he was, quote, quite entertaining. after a week of investigation, the fbi said it could find no evident that k.c. was actually behind the plot. yesterday he was released from jail and charges were dropped. in a press conference that day, re reflected on his time in jail and insisted on his innocence. >> the last seven days, staring at four gray walls like green green grass of home tune, not really knowing what's happening, not having a clue why i'm there, when you've been charged with something you just you've never heard of ricin or whatever. i thought they said ride, i said i don't even eat rice. >> tepid away the fbi did indeed have the wrong man, a man he thought he was accused of sending rice or something like rice to president obama. curtis also took time to answer a few questions. >> reporter: what are your immediate plans? >> find my dog moo-cow. she got loose when homeland security swar