2013. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today. i m savannah guthrie. i m matt lauer. we re starting with a story talked about all across the country. the poisonous letters sent to new york s mayor and advocates of gun control. we have fresh information. jonathan, good morning to you. a letter to the mayor was stopped ahead of time, but the letter to the lobbyist did reach him and he opened it, but he has not falling ill. the letter obviously referred to our anti-gun efforts. new york mayor michael bloomberg confirmed one ricin letter was sent to him, but it was intercepted by an alert mail room worker at this manhattan office building where mail to city hall is screened. but in washington, gun control activist mark glaze got his letter at his private office. officials say both ricin letters threaten the mayor, warning no one is going to take away gun rights. the d.c. police report says the letter had a whitish-orange substance on the note and was opened as glaz