0 berger is saying. it s an investigation and international, and we re really good at this. the fbi is very good working with our other agencies. there are persons of interest in the united states. we re looking at phone calls before and after the bombing. this type of investigation. let s go to boston. nbc s michelle franzen. a good sunday to you, my friend. new information about the suspects and their mother. reporter: yeah, again we re learning more, alex, more overseas and also here at home. as you heard earlier, u.s. officials tell nbc news that they are focussing on leads here at home and also overseas. authorities have been operating under the theory that the suspects acted alone, but at the same time saying they are not ruling anything out. investigators say they are still looking into all possibilities in the boston bombing case, including tracking possible leads on the two bombing suspects here at home and overseas. authorities confirm the brothers mother was placed on
comes to play in the 2014 mid terms, but the way in which the districts are drawn, where is it an issue? maybe a few of the republicans and a few suburban soccer moms, but other than that we re kellie ayotte is not i mean, she works in cahoots with lindsey graham and john mccain. you re talking about more moderate republicans, maybe they will face blowback for not having gone maybe the way of sort of the moral choice. the problem is, even if you succeed in congress with some kind of legislation, you still will not get enough to do much about gun violence, as important as background checks are, that is not going to significantly bring down the level of gun violence in this country. the fight lives another day. thanks to luke russert and bob. i ll see you back here tomorrow. andrea mitchell reports is next.
0 alert right now with the news this hour that a letter addressed to president obama contained a suspicious substance. the letter was intercepted as a screening facility and initial tests show it could contain the deadly poison ricin. 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
they did. in fact the republican bill to keep the cuts in place, but give the president the authority to allocate them failed miserably, picking up just 38 votes, 9 republicans voted against it. a fascinating coalition of new guys in the tea party caucus, and defense hawks like kellie ayotte, lindsey graham, and marco rubio, dean heller and susan collins also against this thing. it picked up two democratic votes from max baucus and mark warner, both up for reelection. three endangered red state democrats voted against it, and it got zero republican votes,
final journey for the opening ceremony. we ll go to london for the latest in five minutes. the hillis out with its list of the most beautiful politicos. of the statesmen and tea party michele bachmann. jim himes and kellie ayotte and representative bobby scott. not a cock inman but a former model the house administration committee s matt england. ok! who gets occasional constipation,