it appears to be connected to similar envelopes delivered to the pentagon on monday. the envelope addressed to the president was not received at the white house and did not enter the building. all mail received at the pentagon screening facility monday is now under quarantine. a spokesman says it poses no threat to pentagon personnel. be prepared to receive a presidential alert on your cell phone today. the government is conducting its first test of a new system designed to push an emergency message to nearly all cell phones in the u.s. the alert will be sent starting at 2:18 eastern time this afternoon. it will look and sound like other emergency notifications such as amber and severe weather alerts. one more detail, you cannot opt out. you could turn your phone off. the test was originally scheduled for mid-september but was postponed because fema was responding to hurricane florence. a rising star in the democratic party is ending his campaign for kansas city mayor to seek treatment for post traumatic stress disorder. jason kander served as an army intelligence officer in afghanistan.