part of the story from anaheim. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. as you might imagine, disneyland and the mistaking this very seriously. we have to mention. this happened in toon town. where some of the young every ki younger kids hang out with their families. parent were pretty scared when they had to be evacuated from toon town because of the blast. disneyland s toon town turned into a ghost town after an improvised explosive device went off on tuesday. it was loud. we ducked up. higher than the ground to see what was going on. reporter: crowds evacuated as bomb squad responded. no one was hurt, but they discovered evidence of a small explosion. when our officers arrived, they found remnants of a water bottle. indicative of a try ice type explosion. 22-year-old christian barnes, a veining cast member at disneyland, being held on a
so he ll get some tough questions before the senate for sure. we certainly know those confirmation proceedings, all of those ties are very closely scrutinized, especially when you re talking about the business ties with the hedge fund industry, private industry and the like. on this day when the president is prepare fog tom nate a new director of fbi, two apparent cases of domestic terrorism or at least violence in this country are capturing the bureau s attention. letters containing threats against new york no, mayor michael bloomberg testing positive for the deadly poison ricin. and this, disneyland employee in kusz to difficult for alleged li setting off a dry ice bomb in toontown. i m going to start with pamela brown tacking the latest developments in the ricin case. good morning, john and christine. the fbi now working to determine who sent new york city mayor michael bloomberg two letters laced with trace amounts of ricin. new york city deputy police commissioner paul brown
on $1 million bail in connection with that blast. police arrested 22-year-old christian barnes, charging him with possessing an explosive device. they believe he s responsible for a dry ice blast that sent guests running for the exits. cnn s sara sidner now with more. reporter: disneyland s toontown turned into a ghost town after an improvised explosive device went off in a trash can on tuesday. it was loud. it startled us, you know. we kind of ducked and looked up, and i looked a little higher than the ground to see what was going on. reporter: crowds evacuated as the bomb squad responded. not the kind of scene visitors ever expected to encounter. police say no one was hurt, but they did discover evidence of a small explosion. when our officers arrived, they found the remnants of a water bottle, which is kind of indicative of a dry ice type explosion. reporter: that s right, this stuff, dry ice, often used for special effects. it turns out, exploding dry ice bombs is a popul
42 last night. this year s contest is tougher than ever because not only do kids need to spell, but they need to know the meanings, that. then the vocab came along and i thought this is going to be harder. it overwhelmed me a little bit. it definitely made things a little harder. kids that are like 10,000 times smarter than i am russ heat wave, americans from coast to coast bracing for brutal severe weather today. new developments in the explosion at toontown. an american grandmother speaks out for the first time. her emotional words from jail. what do you hear it. so heartbreaking. i m john berman. i m christine romans.
no comment so far this morning to the latest lawsuit filed over the tax agency targeting tea party group. american center for law and justice filed a suit on behalf of 25 tea party and other groups that it says had their constitutional rights violated. the suit names attorney general eric holder, jack lew and several irs officials. two other lawsuits were filed last week. new information in that explosion at disneyland s toontown. a disney land employee being held on a million dollars bail in connection with the blast. police arrested 22-year-old christian barnes charging him with possessing an explosive device. they believe he s responsible for a dry ice blast. cnn is following these developments. reporter: disneyland s toontown turned into a ghost town after an i m pro voiced explosive device went off in a trash can on tuesday. it was loud. it startled us. duktd and looked up and i looked higher than the ground.