parallels are weird. they seem to have been involved in some sort of online feud, the two of them. they both claim to be members of mensa, both claim to be esteemed martial artists. is there a reason to believe these guys would do anything together? not from anything that i have seen. it appears their relationship was nothing but contentious. this is such a strange story i can hardly believe it. we re left with this very serious bottom line which is these weren t just threats about ricin. there really was deadly poison sent to the white house to a u.s. senator and to a mississippi judge. just in terms of your reporting on this have you had any indication that any physical evidence has been found whatsoever in any of the investigations so far to the actual production of ricin, castor beans found anywhere, anything that has turned up in terms of traces of this poison? i haven t heard anything today. i know they were still searching as of late this afternoon and i
parallels are weird. they seem to have been involved in some sort of online feud, the two of them. they both claim to be members of mensa, both claim to be esteemed martial artists. is there a reason to believe these guys would do anything together? not from anything that i have seen. it appears their relationship was nothing but contentious. this is such a strange story i can hardly believe it. we re left with this very serious bottom line which is these weren t just threats about ricin. there really was deadly poison sent to the white house to a u.s. senator and to a mississippi judge. just in terms of your reporting on this have you had any indication that any physical evidence has been found whatsoever in any of the investigations so far to the actual production of ricin, castor beans found anywhere, anything that has turned up in terms of traces of this poison? i haven t heard anything today.
evidence has been found whatsoever in any of the investigations so far to the actual production of ricin, castor beans found anywhere, anything that has turned up in terms of traces of this poison? i haven t heard anything today. i know they were still searching as of late this afternoon and i haven t heard of anything they ve turned over if they ve released that yet or anything. i do know there was there were some situations in mr. dutchke s past that did make it appear he may have had a problem with the judge in mississippi that got the letter. all right. thank you for your time in helping us sort this out tonight. this is something i thought we were over and done with. appreciate you helping us figure it out. thank you. no problem. thank you. all right. today on wall street we found the intersection between twitter and crashing the economy. a case study in unexpected vulnerability straight ahead. i have low testosterone. there, i said it.
you talk about the elvis impersonator and you can see a bit of that in the side burn and tone of voice. you see him profess his devotion to the country and wouldn t do this but his own attorney acknowledged some of what were in the letters sent to the president, mississippi senator roger wicker and a local mississippi judge did reflect some of the comments that he had been known to make publicly. so we are in a position now where we don t know exactly what the next step is. the testing that s been done on these letters does indicate a substance toxic known as ricin which is formed from castor beans was present but who did it? that s a real question. it s a who done it that has unusual characters and a serious set of circumstances when you talk about making threats to the president, to u.s. senator and a federal judge. so what we thought was perhaps something that had been resolved quickly is now taking an interesting turn into the unknown. thomas? nbc s kelly o donnell reporting. gre
refering to alleged trafficking in body parts. a couple questions remain unclear this morning. that is, when would a letter-writing campaign allegely become potentially deadly with inclusion of ricin in those letters and patti ann, where would he have gotten his hands on that ricin? he will probably appear in federal court here in oxford, mississippi this afternoon. patti ann: that is quite a big leap to take from writing e-mails and lersz to something potentially deadly. what exactly is going on at his house right now, john? reporter: the fbi is still investigating his case as you imagine. they have the area around his house in corinth, mississippi, all blocked off. they re treating it as potential pie owe hazard as they look for more evidence and the possible source of that ricin. it is fairly easy to make low-grade ricin by grinding up castor beans. according to the fbi this was fairly rudimentary form of ricin. it was not weaponized form but could be potentially deadly as people