now for an early look at some of the stories throughout the day here on nbc. 39-year-old christopher lee carlson arrested friday in his home is due to be arraigned today. charged with sending threatening letters with a white, powdery substance to members of congress and the news media. the powder tested negative. funeral services will be held in new york for the american-born workhorse for end land sunday times who was killed in syria last month when rocket fired by government forces struck the house she was staying in. and happy birthday to james taylor who turned 64 today. all day long, you can set off the very latest developments. and tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with nbc nightly news. and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning. dr. oz. will be live in the studio to talk about a new diet plan. and you may not have heard of one direction, but chances are your between daughter has. the english boy band being called beatle mania 2.0. and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather sports and more. i'm lynn barry. your first stop for today on

christopher lee carlson was arrested at his home. he sent letters containing threats and a nontoxic white powder to congressional offices, including that of maryland senator barbara mccullski. >>> today, three caucuses will take place for the republican presidential race. kansas, u.s. virgin islands and northern mariana islands vote today. they are all trying to get last-minute votes before tuesday's primaries in alabama and mississippi. >>> redskins look to make a blockbuster trade to nab the second pick in the draft. they had to give up three first round picks and a second rounder. they are expected to use that pick to take quarterback robert griffin iii. >>> the state of virginia is expected to begin their defense monday in a lawsuit filed by parents of two students killed in the virginia tech mass shooting. nearly five years later, the university's president says he does not believe he made a mistake that take. president charles steiger said "i tried my best" when he took the stand and defended his actions during the deadliest ma

on friday, police arrested christopher lee carlson in portland. suspected of sending letters with white powder to lawmakers and members of the mead extra. the powder was determined nontoxic. barbara mikulski was one of those on this receive the letters. >>> those letters were not the ones that arrived in the district last week. federal investigators are hoping that they can find a suspect after two more letters were discovered saturday. authorities shut down the blt steak restaurant on i street yesterday. a restaurant employee opened a letter that had an unknown white powder inside that turned out to be harmless. the other letter was not opened, and the restaurants reopened shortly after that. >>> the catholic priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral has been suspended. the archdiocese of washington placed father marcell guarnizo on leave for intimidating behavior toward parish staff and others. he serves in gaithersburg. the archdiocese says the suspension not related to the communion incident last month. barbara johnson s

capital police announced they had arrested 39- year-old christopher lee carlson for allegedly sending00 envelopes containing white powder to members of congress and media organizations. >> they told me to stay inside and next thing i hear is bang, bang, bang. and boom. >> carlson is described in court documents as being from the portland, vancouver, washington area. all the letters were postmarked in portland. none of them contain any toxic substances. the letters said there is a 10% chance that you have just been exposed to a lethal pathogen. >> charged with sending letters and threatening to use a biological weapon. >> john boehner as the victim. the second count names barbra as the victim. at this point, it's not clear if carlson has been linked to the white powder scares in the district that have targeted two elementary schools, the epa, and several businesses this past week. in washington, armando trull, 9news now. >> rick santorum is mi victory in kansas. the republican republican hopeful picked up some 33 delegates in saturday's gop caucuses. today's caucuses were held in kansa

that suspect is 39-year-old christopher lee carlson and the fbi arrested him at his home in portland, oregon. he is accused of sending threatening letters to house speaker, john boehner. investigators believe he is also behind 100 other letters sent to dozens of members of congress and the grand jury indicted him on charges on mailing a threatening communication and threatening to use a biological weapon. back here in d.c. yet another letter showed up at a d.c. school today. it was sent to the school at 4th and i southwest. well, the same school got another letter yesterday. tests shown that both letters were not hazardous. today's letter now makes seven delivered in the last three days to various places in washington, d.c. >>> arlington county police are searching for a gunman still out there somewhere tonight. police say the suspect shot another man just before 8:00 and happened in the 4200 block of 2nd road north. a hispanic male was approached by a gunman. the suspect fired two or three shots. the victim was hit twice. police are canvassing the neighborhood looking for him. >> the

police arrested 39-year-old christopher lee carlson at a home in the portland vancouver area. the letters arrived at the offices of several senators and representatives over the last couple of months. they all contained a nontoxic white substance. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants this week. >>> two teachers got into a fight in a montgomery county school today. as jane reports, it happened in front of the kids. >> reporter: it was late morning when the fistfight broke out. officials say it happened in the gym between two male phys ed teachers. the students were shocked. >> sounds like the teachers were being kids this time. >> reporter: in a letter to parents the principal described the incident as an altercation but a student said the teachers went at it rolling back and forth on the gym floor and at least one had abrasions on his face after it was over. what's your reaction to teachers fighting in front of kids? >> it's definitely concerning. i'd like to find out what's going on and what happened. >> reporter: a school sp

police arrested christopher lee carlson. a grand jury indicted him on threatening a member of congress and threatening to use a biological weapon. over the past month, several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mcski was one of the recipients. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants last week. >>> 50 degrees now. i believe we have at least partly cloudy skies, right? >> that's right. >> yeah. and by the way, you didn't get up an hour early. the clock we have not set ahead yet. the body clock -- >> hasn't caught up. >> the body clock is at 3:31 in the morning. but our actual time now, daylight time is at 4:31. good morning. right now around the region, we've got the moon up in the sky. took this picture about an hour or so ago. and the moon in the southern sky is in a mostly clear to partly cloudy sky around the region. we have temperatures that are mild. after yesterday, low 60s after a frosty, co

christopher lee carlson appeared in federal court in tacoma, washington, yesterday. u.s. marshals are expected to move him to portland. over the past month, several lawmakers and member of the media received letters that contained a white powder that turned out to be harmless. maryland senator barbara mikulski was one of the lawmakers who received a letter threatening to use a biological weapon. police arrested carlson on friday. >>> well, penn state's board of trustees has said that a failure of leadership led them to fire hall of fame football coach joe paterno. in a report released yesterday, the board said that paterno could have done more when he learned about an alleged case of sex abuse involving a former assistant football coach. a lawyer for the paterno family questioned the timing of this report. paterno died of lung cancer in january. former assistant coach jerry sandusky is awaiting trial. he's charged with abusing ten boys over a 15-year span. >>> d.c. police are stepping up their efforts to stop an increase of street robberies throughout the district. police

. >> 39-year-old christopher lee carlson was mailing the letters to speaker of the house john boehner and maryland senator barbara mikulski. her letter had language leading mikulski to believe she had been exposed to a lethal pathogen. >> the indictment begins from an investigation of nearly 100 envelopes mailed to congress members and the news media containing a suspicious powder inside. the powder was harmless. >> the letters received across the country the last few days containing white powder have been postmarked from texas. this indictment deals with letters postmarked from portland, oregon. >>> a baby found dead in the drunk of a car. tonight questions about how the child died and who, if anyone, is responsible. fox 5's bath parker is in the news -- beth parker is in the newsroom with the latest. >> it's difficult to hear, but we're told the child's body was so decomposed it could take months to complete the autopsy and get back all the test results. investigators and prosecutors will need that information to determine if this could be a murder or something else. the toys outsid

police arrested christopher lee carlson on friday in the pacific northwest. over the past month, several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mikulski was one of the recipients. the letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. cools and restaurants last week. -- d.c. schools and restaurants last week. authorities are hoping that no more letters after two more were discovered saturday. authorities shut down the blt steak restaurant on i street on saturday. a restaurant employee opened the letter that had an unknown white powder inside that turned out to be harmless. the other letter was not opened. the fbi is trying to figure out whether these letters are connected to others received in the district over the past year. >>> tragic and shocking. those are the words president obama used to describe the actions of an american soldier who allegedly shot more than a dozen people in afghanistan. afghan officials say 16 civilians were killed including nine children. the soldie

. >>> christopher lee carlson appeared in federal court in tacoma, washington, yesterday. u.s.re expected to move him to portland after he mailed letters with a suspicious white powder. several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained the pouder that turned out to be harmless. senator barbara mikulski was one of the recipients of the letters. >>> investigators are trying to figure out the cause of a fire that destroyed a playground in philadelphia -- if n a philadelphia suburb. camera video at st. alphonsis school captured the fire as it engulfed the area. three eyewitnesses reported seeing three people on the playground before the fire. the school says it will rebuild and rededicate the playground in memory of a teacher. >>> a utility company has agreed to pay $70 million to compensate for an explosion that killed eight people. take a look at this dramatic video of the fire. the gas pipeline blast destroyed 38 homes south of san francisco back in 2010. pacific gas and electric and the city of san bruno announced the settlement. the money will be -- th

on friday police arrested christopher lee carlson in portland, oregon. over the past month several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained a white powder that turned out to be harmless. maryland senator barbara mccullsky was one of the lawmakers who received such a letter. >>> those letters are not connected with the ones that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants last week. federal investigators are hoping they can find a suspect after two more were discovered on saturday. authorities shut down the blt steak restaurant on i street on saturday. a restaurant employee there opened a letter that had an unknown white powder inside that turned out to be harmless. the other letter was not opened and that restaurant was re-opened shortly afterwards. >>> now to a developing story out of afghanistan. leaders in that country are outraged at an american soldier who they say murdered 16 civilians. president obama has already apologized for the murders but as nbc's tracie potts explains, this latest incident damages already-strained relat

police arrested christopher lee carlson friday in the pacific northwest. over the past month, several lawmakers received threatening letters that had a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mikulski was one of those recipients. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants this week. >>> both mitt romney and rick santorum gained momentum ahead of two crucial primaries on tuesday. yesterday, santorum won kansas's caucuses, capturing at least 2069 state's 40 delegates. romney took home some smaller victories, winning the u.s. bettterritories as well as wyoms caucus, which voted last week. santorum is currently third in polling in alabama, behind romney and newt gingrich. he is also third in mississippi with gingrich holding a slight lead over romney before tuesday's caucuses. santorum and romney's victories, though, do little to the delegate standings. look for yourself. romney has a commanding lead, 377 delegates for him, more than the other three candidates combined. santorum has 146 delegates. gingrich a

. >>> christopher lee carlson is now charged with sending threatening letters and including false and misleading information in politics. a grand jury added several counts to an indictment accusing him of mailing about 100 envelopes laced with white powder to members of congress. it was not toxic. carlson is due in court on thursday. >>> new this morning, president obama is calling on congress to pass the buffett rule. that's the legislation that would raise taxes on americans making more than $1million a year. he made the call in his weekly online video address. >> so every member of congress will go okay record, and if they vote to keep giving tax break to people like me, our country can't ard to, they have to explain to you where that money comes from. >> republicans have called the buffett rule class warfare, and argue the country should not raise taxes on anyone during the economic recovery. also from the white house, president obama has determined there is enough oil on the world market to move ahead with new sanctions against iran. those sanctions call on countries around the w

police arrested 39-year-old christopher lee carlson at his home in the portland vancouver area. the letters containing threats and a northern-toxic white powder arrived at the offices of several members of congress over the past month. maryland senator was one of those recipients. those letter are not connected with the ones that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants this week. >>> we've got some major work going on on metro this weekend. there is work on four of the system's five lines and it could keep you from getting to some popular d.c. attractions. both the woodley park and cleveland park metro stations on the red line are closed. that means you won't be able to access the national zoo by me o metro. free shuttle buses are running between the dupont circle to get you around the closures. just like last weekend, trains will also be sharing a track on the blue, orange, and yellow lines. all work should be finished by your monday morning commute. now, you will have one less hour to ride metro tonight into the morning. the system is usually open until 3:00 a.m. on friday and

they arrested christopher lee carlson friday. the powder was tested and found not to contain toxic substances. police say they have solid leads on a suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing in a courthouse in washington, about 90 miles southwest of seattle. it happened yesterday p. a judge shafrd knife wound and a sheriff's deputy was shot with her own gone when she confronted the attacker. both were treated and released. >>> toyota has a major recall, recalling 7,000 vehicles. it includes, tacoma trucks for possible steering wheel problems. also 2009 camry sedan, and venza suvs from 2009 to 2011. both of those models have problem was stop lamp switches. this recall led to millions of vehicles in 2009 and 2010. >>> dominique strauss-kahn triggered an angry prophet test when he showed up for a cambridge university. strauss-kahn was charged with sexually assaulting a new york city hotel maid last year but those charges were later dropped. >>> and in california, a big rolling stone will soon be ready to start gathering moss. the

police arrested christopher lee carlson friday in the pacific northwest. over the past month, several lawmakers received threatening letters that had a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mikulski was one of the recipients. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools strauntrestaurants over past week. >>> now to "decision 2012" where the already tough gop race is heating up. the candidates turning their attention to tuesday with two crucial contests in alabama and mississippi. rick santorum captured kansas, crushing the other three candidates and winning at least 20 of the state's 40 delegates. mitt romney took home some smaller victories, winning the u.s. territories as well as wyoming's caucus, which actually voted last week. romney didn't have any events planned for yesterday, and santorum took the opportunity to position himself as the only true conservative. >> it's no surprise to me that all the washington insiders and all the big money in new york is behind governor romney. they want just something a little le