and anna kooiman has the details from our new york city news room, anna. >> kelly, authorities are kicking the search into high gear for whoever who has been sending powder filled threatening letters since 1997, offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the culprit. and the fbi has released two pictures of sections of the letters, believing someone in the public will recognize the handwriting. the letters generally start with, "the paper you are now holding has been thoroughly saturated with anthrax spores and you will soon die" they make reference to aids, abortion rights, and 9/11 theories and oppression of muslim and says the writer is pulling pranks and seems to have no clear agenda or cause. >> a person has an unusual sense of humor, may laugh at jokes or things that other people don't think are funny. there may be a joke that other people think is funny and this person will take offense to that joke, unnecessarily. >> well, according to the fbi, ten of the letters went to a high school, a college, a business and a congresswoman's office in the syracuse area and the other 1

anna kooiman with the details here in new york city. what do we know? >> after staying at a camp ground in the yosemite national park, two people are dead and two others have contracted a virus. health officials saying that brings the total number of infections to six. hanta virus is carried in the fecs e, urine and is a vie la of deer mice and other rodents. the centers for disease control warning 10,000 people who stayed between june 10 and august 24 could be at risk of developing hanta virus. infectious disease specialists say hanta virus has a six week incubation period and a mortality rate of 36%. more than a third of the people who get the disease will die. >> shortness of breath and cough which progresses to respiratory failure. we have to put the patients on mechanical ventilation, on machines to support their breathing. >> park officials closed them on talks saying the design made it easy for mice to nest between the walls. two epidemiologists are currently working in the park to figure out why the rodent population is larger this year and tryi

anna kooiman with more. >> more than 500,000 post 9-11 service members suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. many aren't getting the relief they need. but there is a new hope in a little known treatment called sgb. ptsd a is often debilitating, often lead to go depression and substance abuse. sgb is an anesthetic injection. commonly used in labor epidurals. that takes about 15 minutes to administer in the neck. relief from symptoms often happens within 30 minutes. 65 patients have 25 states, including vietnam vet raleigh showens. >> if i hadn't had it done, i was at the ends of my rope, i was ready to commit suicide. the procedure is so simple and the results are so great. >> sgb is not backed by the department of veterans affairs for treating ptsd. but chicago doctor says it works in 70% of patients showing at least a 50% improvement in symptoms. >> the wonderful thing about this approach is it's a departure from the usual same old thing, mitigation. it hasn't been very effective, as you know. many times it works in 30 minutes. it works very rapidly. >> and the most marked improve

about some in the islamic faith, concerns are it could spark violence in the united states and anna kooimanlooking into it, and giving us a first look at the ad. >> we certainly are and the controversial ads are going up in ten subway stations in and around new york city and read, in any war, any war between the civilized man and the savage, support civilized man. support israel, defeat jihad and muslim activists believe it's hate speech and believe innocent muslims in america are going to be targeted. >> this will give more harm regardless which-- >> the ones behind the ad say they were timing before the controversies around the world. an outspoken blogger, she is he' been in the headline before. headed a campaign two years ago to block the construction of an islamic center near the site of ground zero and she says she's not against all muslims, just extremism. >> the fascination of ambassador stevens was savagery, any war on the innocent civilian is savagery, there's tens of thousands rockets going from gaza into southern israel targeting schools and homes. the bus being blown up in bulga

anna kooiman live in our new york news remain with hour. >> the f.b.i.'s profile of the person sending powder filled threatens letters over the last 15 years points a syracuse area man who is at least 35 years old. they believe the suspect has had significant contact with the mental health system and may have difficulty functioning independently. the f.b.i. has released two pictures of sections of the letters believe someone will recognize this handwriting. they generally start with, the paper you are now holding has been thoroughly saturated with thorax and you will soon die. they are referencing topics ranging from things like aids to abortion rights, to 9-11 conspiracy theories and the oppression of muslim. >> it may seem bizarre, somewhat unusual. they may be very disjointed thoughts, but to this person, they can be very real. they can be so extreme they may even be delusional. >> according to the f.b.i., ten of the letters went to a high school, college, business, and a congresswoman's office in the syracuse area. the other 11 went to military and po

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that's what i'm trying to say. >> all right. >> brian: anna kooiman beat me in her home up to. this is a blast. back inside. >> gretchen: brian, the only thing i remember from that whole thing right there is just what you said, just a few seconds ago. >> brian: that we're 1-1 lifetime against each other. >> steve: come on, you got to give her some points. she did it in a dress and high heels. next time do you it in the same outfit. >> brian: not anymore. >> gretchen: how much do you trust the president on the economy? how about mitt romney? frank luntz here next with what the voters are saying. that's coming up. >> steve: let's first check in with martha mccallum who is a couple blocks away from where we are. what happens in 11 minutes? >> i don't know, but that was pretty fun over there. that's good place to be. good morning, everybody from charlotte. a big day defense center. bill clinton will take the stage tonight. why he says the invite really did surprise him. we'll talk about that. brit hume is here this morning as is karl rove with some new polls and some movement in th

meantime, anna kooiman is live in new york city with more from here. >> as you were mentioning severether popping up along the east coast from the carolinas to new england as a strong cold front continues pushing eastward. much of the northeast is under a tornado watch until later tonight, including new york city and the surrounding areas where a tornado touched down this morning in brooklyn and queens. the video you're about to see here is from breezy point in queens where firefighters have responded to reports of trees down, awnings and shingles being ripped off houses and some power outages. the general manager of the breezy point surf club tells the associated press that the storm ripped up cabanas and picked up industrial sized metal trash bins. the national weather service just minutes ago officially saying a tornado touched down with winds up to 70 miles per hour. the storms are part of the system that raced across the midwest yesterday, producing more than 350 reports of severe weather and leaving four dead, including a child in oklahoma. tornadoes are a rarity in new york cit

anna kooiman joins us with these details. hi, anna. >> thousands of visitors at a camp ground in yosemite national park received a alarming e-mails warning anyone with flu-like symptoms or respiratory problems to seek emergency medical attention. total number of infections is six. the centers for disease control warning that 10,000 campers who stayed between june 10 and august 24 could be at risk. hanta virus is carried in the feces and urine and saliva of deer mice and other rodent. it has a six week incubation period. it starts with a shortness of breath and cough and progresses to respiratory failure. >> hanta virus has mortality rate of 38%. a third of the people with it will die. >> they closed the so-called luxury cabins on tuesday, saying the double log design made it easy for mice to nest between the walls. a report warned park officials that rodent inspection efforts should be increased after a visitor fell ill. the state says that while officials in yosemite park did take steps, there are limitations. two epidemiolog

anna kooiman has more. >> authorities are kicking their search into high gear for whoever has been sendingetters since 1990. they're now offer -- 1997. they're offering a reward. they reloosed two sections of the letter, believing someone in the public will recognize this handwriting. the letters generally start with the paper you are now holding has been thoroughly saturated with anthrax. and you will soon indictment they make reference to aids, abortion rights, 9-11 conspiracy theories, and the oppression of muslim. investigators say the writer is pull pranks examine seems to have no clear agenda or cause. >> the person has an unusual sense of humor, may laugh at jokes or things that other people don't think are funny. there may be a joke that other people think are funny and this person would take offense to that joke unnecessarily. >> according to the f.b.i., ten of the letters went to a high school or college, business and a congresswoman's office, all in the syracuse area. they went to military examine police associations, nonprofit groups, government officials, private businesses an

our own anna kooiman got to drive them. she has more, take a look.oit editor of motor trend magazine, and good morning to you. >> good morning, anna. >> thanks for being with us, in your october issue, the cop car shootout and we have all three of them behind us. what are we looking at here. >> all three cop cars, the last 15 years or so, ford crown victoria has been the reigning cop car king, reliable and easy to fix you, but it's an antique. >> i was going to say, it's time to go rnths time to . >> time to go. ford put out this based on the taurus and a versus based on the explorer. and this v-8, all wheel drive and 365 horsepower. >> okay, this actually has the sport utility type of car. >> sport utility. >> utilized where. >> in places where the police need to carry a lot of equipment. especially in places like new york or los angeles, just about-- >> post 9/11. >> post 9/11, the world needs extra equipment, tactical units, that sort of thing. >> the next car, the chevrolet caprice. >> and anna, this is a chevy caprice, this is-- this car is only