cnn central starts right now. strong words and the most direct condemnation yet of civilian deaths coming from america s top diplomats. secretary of state antony blinken saying, quote, too many palestinians have been killed in the israel-hamas war. and election officials on alert this morning after a string of suspicious letters were mailed to election officers across the country, some containing fentanyl. one georgia election official calling it domestic terrorism. we are now days out from yet another government shutdown. right now congress has no plans and no clear path to avoid it. i m kate bolduan. john and sara are off. this is cnn central. secretary of state blinken coming out with his strongest comments really yet in urging israel to do more to protect civilians in gazaa. israel has agreed to small windows, pauses each day for civilians to get out of the combat zone in northern gaza. just ending minutes ago. blinken making sure the administration doesn t think th
ricin-laced letters to president obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg. it looks like her alleged act is up. this texas woman has just been formally charged in this ricin case. the very crime she accused her husband of. we spoke with her husband. he said he had no idea that anything was under raps there in their home at the time. if convicted, she phase up to ten years in prison. and we re back with the george zimmerman trial in moments. before we do any major projects on our home. we do a ton of research on angie s list. at angie s list, you ll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. with angie s list, i save time, money, and i avoid frustration. you ll find great companies and great angie s list discounts. you want to be sure the money you re about to spend is money well spent. before you have any work done on your home. go to angie s list. go to angie s list. find out why more than two million members count on angie s list. a
called investigators, had told them she had found some suspicious substances in her house, and that she had called authorities and told them about this. and that s when investigators descended on this at this house in the northeast corner of texas. and started a full throttle investigation there at the house. they descended on this neighborhood intensely last week and now we re hearing that charges in there had been suspicion that they were looking at the husband in this case, because that s the way it was originally reported, our sources saying it was the woman who had called out and said, you know, perhaps my husband had been involved in this. but now sources are telling us that it is, indeed, the woman, shannon richardson who is now facing charges in connection with this ricin letter investigation. let me ask you this, because we see on the screen, actress arrested in texas ricin case. who is she? reporter: well, it is interesting, we have been doing a little digging on that
are the fbi in the belief that it s all the same person? reporter: well, there are two separate cases, actually, both involving ricin letters. the one in which they re searching for a fifth letter, that is a ricin case that originates out of spokane, washington, and last week authorities arrested a man by the name of matthew ryan buquet. it s believed he sent five letters, including one to the cia, and that s the letter they re searching for now. this latest case that we re talking about, the one that s been in the news today, the one where letters were sent to new york city s mayor michael bloomberg and the president also, in that case, we are being told by a source who is involved in the investigation that they are questioning an individual. what we don t know is whether that individual is connected to sending the envelopes or whether it s somebody who knows something about who may have sent the envelopes. so right now, that is breaking, that is developing right now in terms of som
i don t really know how to say monkey in german. anyway, i got to be honest, i don t hope that woman gets her monkey back. i really don t think people should have monkeys as pets. i don t think it s right. even though i would like to have a monkey as a pet. it s just not appropriate. anyway, we ll be watching for a verdict. until then, we ll always have the memories of the cold day in the ikea parking lot and one stylish little monkey. little darwin. that does it for us. see you again at 10:00 p.m. eastern, another edition of 360. piers morgan live starts now. this is piers morgan live. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight, breaking news. live from tornado alley, we ve got more exclusive video of a large twister forming right now in oklahoma. just stop anywhere right here. it s coming straight at us. look at this shot, dude. look at that mesocyclone. got to get my camera. a spectacular wildfire north of los angeles. more of that late