as well. crazy stuff, and it is hot here, indra. oh, yeah. downright hot. in here, too. thanks, indra, appreciate it. two letters containing threats against new york city mayor michael bloomberg have tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. one was addressed to the mayor, opened at a new york city mail center, and several police officers who came in contact are reportedly being treated now as a precaution. the other letter was opened by mark glaze in washington. he is the director of mayors against illegal guns, an organization founded and financed by michael bloomberg. the letter was obviously referred to our antigun efforts, but there s 12,000 people who are going to get killed this year with guns and 19,000 are going to commit suicide with guns, and we re not going to walk away from those efforts. both letters were postmarked from shreveport, louisiana, according to the american postal workers union. the fbi now investigating. new information this morning in th
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warm humid air and you bank it up against all that cool and dry air just west of us. and that s what s bringing the severe weather threat. that s what s going on. we have the low in the rockies. still talking about the jet stream allowing the rotation in the storms. today, we re going to see more of the storms. as far as where the bull s-eye is, a little tilt here, looking at them stretching from missouri down through texas today. a good 15 million of you seeing the threat for storms. keep in mind all the heavy rain in the midwest we re going to continue to add rain so the flooding is also a major concern. thanks so much. a twoing story here in new york. two letters containing threats against mayor michael bloomberg testing positive for ricin. one was opened at a new york city no, nail center. a reportedly being treated in area hospitals as a precaution. the other letter was opened by mark glaze in washington. he s the director of mayors against illegal guns.