the suspect is somebody who according to mccaskill, quo, writes a lot of letters.phasized something we reported on earlier, this should be underscored, that this was caught at a screening facility. it did not come to the u.s. capitol. the reason for that is because the process changed dramatically after anthrax was sent back in 2001 to two offices in the u.s. senate. so now they're done offsite. and it was at that offsite facility that this letter was test, tested positive for ricin three times. just to update our viewers, as we speak, that letter is at yet another facility in maryland, getting another test just to be sure that it is this fact the poison ricin. >> and just to be precise, dana, one letter discovered so far, only one letter sent to senator roger wicker. did you say that we have a statement from senator wicker's office? >> we do not have a statement from senator wicker's office yet, but what happened was, because all senators happened to be attending a briefing on developments in boston, they were in the presence of the fbi director, the homeland secu

missouri democrat claire mccaskill. and georgia republican saxby chambliss. we'll get the latest from boston from cbs investigators john miller and bob orr, and analysis on all that and more from peggy noonan of the "wall street journal." harvard university's david gergen. cbs this morning cohost norah o'donnell. foreign correspondent clarissa ward, just back from sirpia. and political director john dickerson. plus the highlights will of last night's correspondents' dinner. it's all next on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. south carolina republican lindsey graham is in cottonwood, arizona, this morning. and, senator, thanks for coming. i want to start with the-- some of these details, more details now coming out on the russian bombers and their family. it now turns out not only was one of them on a u.s. terror watch list, but also his mother as well. what do you make of this? and where are we on all of this? >> well, i don't know if his moth

>> north carolina's kay hagan heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly >> hillary clinton senator claire mccaskillom carper one of the last remaining democrats silent on same sex marriage has just endorsed it putting it up on his face book page >> jon: they interpreted carper's facebook page because of the sign of supporter. he was supporting pause button awareness. he flipped it. also an important issue. it may seem like all the democrats are rushing to get on the side of gay marriage with a break neck pace of passengers disembarking [bleep] encrusted cruise ship. whenever a democrat talks about a change of heart they tend to put it on a more epic time scale >> with respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, my feelings about this are constantly evolving >> tim johnson says he backs same sex marriage >> mark warner of virginia who says his views have evolved >> jon: they're referring to charles darwin's theory of gay evolution. it's what led ultimately to darwin's ground-breaking evolution of gay marriage acceptance chart. that's illegal. god hates you. god h

senator mccaskill saying in this case the system worked. and we'll have more on this larry, as the story continues to unfold. >> many thanks, hampton pearson from washington, d.c. with us tonight is nbc news terrorism expert and former director of the national counterterrorism center, that being michael lighter. also with us, the former director of terrorism studies at the u.s. military academy, associate professor james forest of u-mass lowell. and with me as co host, heather higgins, president and ceo of independent women's voice. mr. michael lighter, let me go back to the characteristics of the bomb, pressure cooker, kitchen timing device. ball bearings, bee-bees, nails, shrapnel. does this have the markings of a taliban attack, a pakistani, afghanistan attack, or am i mistaken? >> well, it is a very similar bomb structure that was used in times square in 2010. but i actually don't think that's the right thing to conclude right now. that's not the standard sort of explosives that the taliban has used in the past. and the pakistani taliba

reporter: investigators are giving few details about the case but wicker's colleague, senator claire mccaskill, says police have a suspect. she told reporters, quote, the person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members. but as far as the connection to the boston bombing, authorities say no. >> i would point to the statement by the fbi as you said that they have made that said they have no indication of a connection between the two. >> reporter: this is not the first ricin scare on capitol hill. in 2004, a letter sent to senate majority leader bill frist made it to the capital and senate office buildings were shut down for days. you may be wondering what is ricin? it is a poison found naturally in castor beans and in high doses it can be fatal if ingested or inhaled. lab tests on these letters are expected to take 24 to 48 hours. in the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> is any of this affecting normal business at the capital today? >> reporter: there is a heavy police presence at the capital did you they are still doing tours. it's unclear right now whether or not senators will rec

senator claire mccaskill says they are reading letters that are written to senators. ricin is poisonous. there is no suspected link between the letter and boston bombings. but, michael, if this is ricin, what happens next in that kind of an investigation? >> well, i'm going to take a step back. i think we have to be very hesitant to say it is ricin. field tests quite routinely come back positive and ultimate scientific tests do not. so we don't know if it is. if it turns out to be ricin, whether there is any connection whatsoever to boston, that will take some time to develop. >> generally speaking, it's a separate investigation. they find ricin in a letter. what do they do? >> they're going to take. that it's going to be, again, investigated by the fbi. they will do testing in the laboratory today. they'll have results from that to understand if it is actually toxic. and then they'll work with the u.s. postal police to figure out where this came from and who might have sent it. >> do you think we will get a lot of copycat things coming through? >> we will. afteren ev

as for the possible suspect, senator mccaskill says the letter came from someone who often writes to>>> former south carolina governor sanford is accused of trespassing. according to court documents. sanford's ex-wife jenny says she caught him going out of the back door of her home in february using his cell phone as a flashlight. their divorce settlement says neither may enter the other's home without permission. a court hearing set for next month. it is two days after sanford's special congressional election. >>> all right, american airlines getting back on track this morning after grounding every single one of its flights in the country. a computer failure in its reservation system forcing american to cancel nearly 750 flights yesterday afternoon. thousands of passengers stranded across the country. some forced to wait for hours. >> there is nothing you can do. you have to stand in line and hope you can get on your flight. >> positive aspect. everybody is being pleasant. not so great aspect is we have no idea when we will get home. >> the computer system slowly started working lat

missouri senator claire mccaskill says it's believed to be a person known to write often to different members of congress. >>> it's 4:35 now. let's check in once again with lawrence, find out how our week is going. i guess we got nice weather. >> the winds keeping the temperatures up now, fairly mild beginning in many parts of the bay area where we are seeing gusts over 20 miles per hour. out over the bay nice and clear. some of those temperatures already up into the 50s. 57 in oakland. 57 in san francisco. a cool 45 in santa rosa. fairly calm there. and 49 in san jose. high pressure now building in overhead. going to see less in the way of wind today. it will still be breezy in spots. warmer weather on the way for today. looks like to round out the week in fact this afternoon going to be beautiful in many spots. some mid- to upper 60s into the afternoon yesterday. this afternoon, up into the 70s. about 72 in san jose. 72 in concord. and 71 in livermore. going to see some even warmer even hot weather coming up in a few days. we'll talk about that in a moment. we'll check in with, hi,

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according to missouri senator claire mccaskill, investigators have identified a suspect who may have sent a suspicious letter to one of her colleagues. that letter was addressed to mississippi senator roger wicker. preliminary tests show the presence of the potentially lethal poison ricin. more extensive testing on that letter is now under way. >>> travel nightmare for thousands of travelers after a computer glitch forced american airlines to ground its entire fleet. even though the problem has been fixed, more cancellations expected today. the latest from abc's preeti arla. >> reporter: american airlines hopes to get its flights off the ground today but still won't be running at full speed. the airline said it fixed a problem with its computer network that left tens of thousands stranded yesterday. still, there is a backlog after the airline grounded all of its planes. >> we're waiting to see what is happening. they say they'll make reservations for us in a hotel or get on a flight today, but we don't know. >> reporter: from dallas to chicago to miami, planes sat on the tarmac, and

senator claire mccaskill says there's no evidence that tamerlan and his brother were part of a larger organization. >> it appears at this point based on the evidence that it's just the two of them. >> reporter: some on capitol hill believe their mother played a role in turning them against america. >> i believe she is a person of interest if not a suspect. believe if she comes into the united states, she'll be detained for questioning, so i think there is a connection there. >> reporter: the father of the suspects was planning a trip to the u.s. but now says it is postponed because of poor health. ines ferre for cbs news, new york. >>> now to the flooding in the upper midwest. it's nothing new along the red river in fargo, north dakota, and this year is no different. more rain is expected and the river is still raising. the national weather service says it's expected to crest in fargo at about 19 feet above flood stage early wednesday. terrell brown reports. >> reporter: the city of fargo has built a wall of sandbags along jim lapine's home. more than 130 bracing for floodwaters. >> i

. >> senator mccaskill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank secretary hagel and general dempsey for responding to concerns that we have expressed senator jill brand had a hearing on this and many of us have been working on this issue for a number of year at is making sure that the military is doing everything it can to catch the perpetrators of sexual assault and make sure the system is respecting the victim and not arbitrary or capricious. i know it's unusual for the joint chief to come together with a recommendation to change the ucmj and the secretary of defense to endorse and embrace it in such a quick fashion as this occurred. i just want you to know how grateful all of us are working on the issue. we will continue to work with you as we codify some of the changes. hopefully in the this year. i appreciate you mentioning it in yu statement. i look forward to working working with both of yo t make sure we do everything we can to occurred and the fact surroundt the act and take the focus off the victim, and what she did or di

within less than a week, missouri senator claire mccaskill came out in support of same-sex marriage. the next day, so did jay rockefeller, mark warner, mark begich. the next day was the prop 8 before the supreme court. then senator hester came out in favor of same-sex marriage. then they heard doma case, and kay hagan's turn. the next one, bob casey from pennsylvania, then senator tom carper, bill nelson from florida. two more, one from north dakota, joe donnelly of indiana. then tim johnson of south dakota toppled. that's 12 u.s. senators in three weeks evolving in rapid succession. that doesn't mean it is all of them. there are a few holdouts among senate democrats, by a few, i mean three. mary landrieu, mark pryor, and joe manchin. and being among those three is an awkward place to be. >> i have very personal views about same-sex marriage. i believe people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry. i am a lot like other people said my views evolved. my state has a strong constitutional amendment against gay marriage and i think i have to honor that. >> personally,

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a separation package for staffers who lost their jobs after the congressman was beaten by claire mccaskillouri senate race in november. >>> it was sabotage. that's the claim from a friend of ashley judd who says kentucky politics had both democrats and republicans working against her possible run for the senate. miller spoke last night on erin burnett's "out front." >> some of them wanted another candidate, secretary of state alison grimes, and for good reasons they wanted her, they thought she would be a stronger candidate, but others sought to either profit from her, working on her campaigns or would love to have a friend in the u.s. senate. and then kind of ironically, on the other side, you had people who weren't friends of secretary grimes who wanted to push her into the senate race so that she would be running for governor or lieutenant governor back home, because she might be a rival of one of their preferred candidates. >> miller claims others circulated lies about statements reportedly made by judd as well as president clinton's involvement in t race. >>> former south carolina gov

claire mccaskill is going to do some of the same. some critics want all of congress to take a cut. many furloughs does it save? >> standard pay for congress members is $174,000. if they cut their pay 20%. that would save 1300 employees from having to take a furlough, a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands hit by the sequester. if they give a 20% of their net worth? on average, members are millionaires. their combined net worth half a billion dollars. still, paling in compareson to the $800,00 workers. >> that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." thomas roberts is up next. >>> is north korea on a suicide mission against the south and the u.s.? the response to the war rhetoric. the u.s. moving a defense ship into the area. states like connecticut and maryland are not waiting for washington. why have 14 states loosened laws post newtown? we'll go all in with chris hayes on the controversial keystone oil pipeline. is the president leaning toward the option to let it be built? chris joins us to talk about that. much more coming your way in minutes. to master the quiet sne. [ sne

then came senators mccaskill, rockefeller, tester, hagan, casey, carper, kirk, bill nelson, heitkamp, donnelly and today tim johnson. three have not backed it. louisiana's mary landrieu, arkansas' mark pryor and senator manchin. why does it seem to happen day after day after day? is it a big plus for democrats? >> it's a big plus for democrats. republicans have explaining to do because it's the party of limited government. it's the party of get government out of our life and it's also, in this case, the party of hypocrisy. because they seem to be -- >> that's what you would say if you're a democrat. yeah. go ahead. >> does your party have a problem -- the hill has plenty of gay staffers, gay republicans. there are a lot of gay republicans around. how do they stand in this position? the active people? >> i think the most interesting thing that's happened when rob portman made his decision to come out in favor of gay marriage, all these democrats immediately said, i'm with rob portman. >> what do you think that was about? >> they were worried about their constituencies back home. i thin

investigators are not confirming any suspects at this point but missouri senator claire mccaskill sayselieved to be a person known to write often to members of congress. >>> it is 6:20. coming up, barry zito puts his 14 innings scoreless streak on the line last night. >> yeah. not so good there. plus, high-tech sabotage. why millions of bay area homes were told to conserve electricity. >> we count down to opening day of the new bay bridge. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, defending champion los anges kings. >>> the sharks improved their stanley cup chances against last night hosting the kings. >> the score was tied at 2 after overtime. then in the shootout, it was san jose's raffi torrez with the game winner. 3-2 they won. the home stand continues tomorrow night against minnesota. >> did you watch that? >> starting to sound like a sports person. >>> the giants won 16 straight games in which barry zito started and he hadn't given up a run so far this season and that's over. it came to an end in milwaukee. biggest hit off zito a grand slam off bettencourt. giants came back but lost 10-8 to mil

investigators are not confirming suspects but missouri senator claire mccaskill says it's believed to be a person who writes often to members of congress. >>> 5:05. lawrence has great weather news. >> i do. if you like the sunshine and the warmer weather, less wind. that's been the big bugaboo. >> and we do. >> we do. >> we want less wind. still breezy in spots. but the winds are mentioning the atmosphere and keeping the temperatures up so not as cold outside. right now we have mostly clear skies out over the bay looking good. the temperatures now kind of bouncing around a bit because we have windy spots. 57 degrees in san francisco. 57 in oakland. and a cool 47 in santa rosa. high pressure though building in overhead. that's going to warm up the temperatures nicely around the bay area. yesterday we topped out not too badly in the upper 60s in some spots inland but today we'll head into the 70s in some spots. even some mid-60s into san francisco. much warmer weather is on the way. we'll talk about that coming up. liza battalones has traffic. >> we are going back to the live pictures o

senator claire mccaskill says the person believed to be responsible sends a lot of letters to a lot ofthere's no immediate connection between the letter and the bombings in boston. >>> bipartisan effort to expand backgrou background checks on gun sales. backing of 10 republicans to get the 60 total votes needed to end a gop filibuster, boosting background checks online and at gun shows and also would tighten laws against gun trafficking. >>> meantime california democrats taking their first step toward moving a package of gun-controlled bills through the state senate. a ban on sale of any semi automatic rifle that uses detachable ammunition magazines. activists on both sides of the issue say the plan goes beyond bans in other states. >>> speaking of bans, california's ban on gay conversion therapy for minors is now up for debate in federal court this morning. the ninth sector court of appeals, hearing arguments on whether the law is constitutional. now the law prohibits parents from sending their homosexual children to what's being called reparative therapy. supporters of the ban say it

center claire mccaskill from missouri pose that question to homeland secur secretary janet napotano.nce at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston, other than the choice of weapons? >> well, in terms of intent for death and destruction and injury, no. methodology, yes. we don't know the motivation certainly behind boston. we don't know whether was domestic, international -- >> or if it was identical to the motivation in sandy hook. >> we just don't know the answer. i think it is impossible for me to sit at the tadayblto and say they are identical, except in the effect of impact. >> as i look at the evidence that is available, you have destruction and violence and slaughter of innocents, and neither case do we note motive. the irony is, we are so quick to call boston terror, why are we not calling the man with a high-capacity assault weapon and a high-capacity magazine, why are we not calling him a terrorist? >> i don't know the answer to that question. host: bill braniff, do you have a response to that exchange? guest: the definition of terrorism is an often

. >> mccaskill says people can simply check out a phone from the unemployment office or shelter and witho much abuse, she is now concerned about a new wrinkle. >> sec wants to expand its program knoll broad band. that's a very bad idea, i think. >> she says such a waste of money makes taxpayers think the government just isn't paying attention. and she says the current program is so far out of control we should scrap it and start over, not expand it bret? >> bret: all right, jim. thank you. the treasury department says the internal revenue service the irs overpaid up to $13.6 billion in tax credits designed for low income families last year. the report finds the irs in violation of requirements that it set and meet payment reduction targets that it set and meet payment reduction targets. still ahead, emotions come to the surface over boston and immigration reform. first after a week of domestic turmoil, the president turns his focus to international turmoil. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent

missouri democrat claire mccaskill. and georgia republican saxby chambliss. we'll get the latest

missouri senator claire mccaskill said police have a suspect in mind, but she offered no details. enix, arizona and saginaw, michigan, investigators examined two more letters sent to local offices of senators jeff flake and carl levin. for now, though, the f.b.i. said there is no evidence of a connection between the letters and the boston bombings. for more on how the investigation is being viewed on capitol hill, we are joined by todd zwillick. he's washington correspondent for "the takeaway" on public radio international and wnyc. todd, what's the latest you're long-range from authorities? >> well, not much beyond what you just described in the piece, hari. i will say it is an odd day on capitol hill, between questions coming from the boston bombing, suspicious packages, letters being delivered we hand to offices including senator shelby's, a ricin letter towards the white house, and one to the capitol mail handling facility out of washington, d.c. it has everybody on edge, and in fact, people in the normal sort of conversations and normal execution to the news around here haven

in a seemingly unrelated homeland security hearing today, senator claire mccaskill raised an incrediblying question. >> based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston other than the choice of weapon? >> the answer, which homeland security secretary janet napolitano conceded is no. underlying the arguments used by opponents of gun safety issues is the implied position that 30,000 people are going to die each year by guns and that's the way it has to be. it's the price of freedom. and it is absolutely true that some number of horrible events is, in fact, the price of freedom. you cannot have total security without the country becoming a police state. we expose ourselves to risk by getting out of the house in the morning, getting in a car, going into a public space, through there is a bizarre and perverse mismatch in our political culture about what risks are acceptable and what are not, depending on what the implement of violence is or what the origin of the perpetrator is. so, today, the manchin/toomey background check amendment, the gun bill,

$50,000 to run a week of television in the entire state and i can tell you that if you ask clara mccaskill right now, today that much money would get you about two days of television in st. louis. so harriet went to the unions, she went to the political caucuses, she went to the party and they all had the same answer, no. women can't win. and they let her run out of money and they let her lose by just 26,000 votes, less than 2%. so a group of women decided we're never going to let this happen again and they came together to build a network to finance women democratic candidates and that group of women became emily's list. they helped a woman become the first woman to win a democratic seat in her own rights and we haven't stopped since. our impact is growing but we still have so far to go. in the united states ranks 77th in the world in the percentage of women in elected office, 77%. even iraq and afghanistan have a greater percentage of women in office than the united states. and today in 2013, our congress is less than 20% women. it's clear we have work to do. and no one is going to do it

that we were told starting yesterday by senators coming out of a briefing including senator clair mccaskill of missouri that law enforcement officials had at least a sense of who they might be looking at, somebody who had been harassing senator wicker from mississippi before. the other thing they are saying in this new fbi statement is that they want to be sure that they know exactly how many letters have actually gone out. it's unclear they say it's murky how many letters were sent by this individual. we know of two. were there more? we don't know. with regard to the letter the other thing we've learned from law enforcement officials is the substance of it. of course, the reason why this is so controversial and questionable is because of the potential for a deadly substance ricin. in terms of the writing on the letter i want you to look at what apparently these letters said, both of them, to senator wicker and the president. to see a wrong and not expose it is to become a silent partner to its continuance. then it went on to say i am kc and i approve this message. even though they didn't h

and, by the away, we recently published the fact that senator mccaskill, a u.s. senator, went for a knee replacement operation. and beforehand she called three hospitals to find out how much it would cost, and she said she couldn't find out. she said i'm a u.s. senator, and i couldn't find out how much it would cost. and for those of you who read the time malignant zien -- magazine article. i think what the impact of that is we're seeing more and more members of the public who are urging and wanting information on price. in fact, democrats and republicans have introduced legislation in congress calling for price transparency and health care. at any rate, back to this charge in california. the median charge buzz $33,000. compare that the incoming capita of california of $42,000. an enormous sum of money. and i wet a 65-year-old medicare beneficiary from kentucky. he went into the hospital for one night for a procedure which he did not name, but i would suspect the -- and he was floored by the hospital charges which were $244,000 for one night if hospital which is

those senators including mark warner, mark begich, kay hagan claire mccaskill richard blumenthal from rockefeller. one more, bob casey from pennsylvania. very significant because casey is no flaming liberal. i like him. but he's a pro-life democrat from pennsylvania. not exactly the most liberal of states. but he has said again he has evolved on the issue like president obama did. like hillary clinton has done. from being for civil unions only to full-fledged marriage equality in support of same-sex marriage. bob casey making that announcement yesterday. and if you're keeping score and we are that means there are eight democrats left. only one republican senator by the way and we talked about him rob portman from ohio because he admits, because his son came out to him as a gay man he started to rethink this issue and has seen the light. no other republican has done but there are all but eight senators, democratic senators now support same-sex marriage and i want you to know who they are so you can give them a little tap maybe a little pressure. joe manchin, west virginia, still on the

senator mccaskill. .> thank you, mr. chairman i want to commend the rapid response of so many first responders and law enforcement in boston. it was clearly benefited by investments we have made in the federal government and investments we have embraced on this committee. nine -- committee. kudos for that. i'm a former prosecutor. i have got a question that is -- i cannot keep it from coming out. based on the evidence at this point, is there any difference between sandy hook and boston other than the choice of weapon? , from a -- in terms of intent or death and instruction and injury, no. methodology, yes. we do not know the motivation behind boston. we do not know whether it was domestic or international. >> or if it was identical to the motivation and sandy hook. >> we do not know the answer to the question. it is impossible for me to sit at the table today and say that they are identical except in affect and impact. >> as i look at the evidence available, you have massive destruction and violence and slaughter of inno

. >> any information -- >> senator claire mccaskill says authorities have a suspect in mind and that whose name is on this letter, senator roger wicker from mississippi, says this matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the united states capitol police and f.b.i i want to thank our law enforcement officials for their hard work and diligence in keeping those of us who work in the capitol complex safe. remember back in 2004, some risin was found on a letter opening machine and then senate majority leader bill fritz' office, there were no injuries then. but also no letter was ever found, so no arrest was made. this time around, the postal service says they are focusing on the safety of their employees, their customers and the mail, but right now, no mail going to u.s. senate buildings until further notice. back to you. >> brian: thanks. everyone is so critical of government, that's fine. but after anthrax, we made adjustments and it's fine now. straight ahead, the bombs we saw in boston used to be limited to places like afghanistan, pakistan. with instructions on the internet, is

claire mccaskill said there might be a suspect, but they're not quite yet ready to put anybody in custodyas. it was post stamped from memphis, tennessee, which has you know is not too bfar from te border of the state of mississippi. >> dana bash. thanks so much. coming up, people in need in boston, other people filling those needs by opening their homes, wallets, cooking meals, and doing a million random acts. [ female announcer ] you walk into your laundry room and it just hits you! that nasty odor coming from your washer. say farewell to the smell with tide washing machine cleaner. it goes straight to the source of the stink to lift odor-causing residues off your washer's drum. tide washing machine cleaner. [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from tracking the bus. ♪ to tracking field conditions. ♪ wireless is limitless. yeah, i'm looking to save, but i'm not sure which policy is right for me. you should try our coverage checker. it helps you see if you have too much coverage or not enough, making it easier to get w

the criticism mainly came from republicans until missouri senator clare mccaskill got an offer in the mail for lifeline phone, now she wants to greatly cut back the program. the sec has vowed to crack down on fraud, hopefully saving americans tens or hundreds of millions of dollars a year and the house energy and exercise committee will hold hearings and that may decide the fate of the program once and for all. >> megyn: thank you. the thinking at one cable network that declares your children are not really your own. the host who made that statement now doubling down in her own words, on that claim. we'll show you the latest twist. controversy over calls to free the lawyer for one of the world's most infamous terror suspects. we'll look at whether this new york attorney should get a get out of jail early card. she's serving jail, as i mentioned, for helping the blind sheik behind the 1993 bombing of the world trade center. she goes and helps him while he's in jail and passes messages to other terrorists that she gets convicted of and now she wants to get out of jail based on mercy. th

mccaskill, aye. >> mr. nelson of florida. aye. >> mr. schumer. mr. isaacson. mr. thune. bond. mr.>> no. >> they were five votes shy. >> today, the senate voted against the dream act. it would have offered a path to citizenship to some illegal immigrants. >> that's right. we just watched this key vote for the dream act. it just failed. >> illegal immigrant college students hoping to become legal students. >> it's legislation that would have allowed millions of illegal immigrants getting away with staying here in the united states legally. we the people, i believe the phrase was, no way, jose. >> experts calculate that giving citizenship to people like jose will add $329 billion to our economy in additional taxes and spending. >> i don't have as much enthusiasm as i did before. you can dream all you want, but you're still here. >> it was taught to us at an early age, play by the rules, do everything right, and you'll be okay. >> decisions, decisions. >> it would be great if it worked like this. where even if you have a bad spin, you can laugh with your family. but if you don't have

missouri senator claire mccaskill explained this morning some of the complications with regard to determining>> what we don't know is we don't have a conclusive chain of evidence at this point as to where the weapon -- where the order came from. was this a rogue guy that decided do this, or was this truly a decision by the government in syria to implement the use. >> there are new calls from lawmakers today for quick action, quick u.s. action. among them, he told cbs the united states should not wait any longer to act. >> the world is watching. we've got 70,000 dead people in that part of the world as a result of bashar al assad. we as america have never let anything like that happen before. we've taken action before. >>> p.j. crowley is with us. do you believe they've done enough to stop this crisis from escalating. >> i think we understand this is tragedy and everyone wants to do something about it but the question is what can we do that will have an immediate impact on the ground. i think a red line has been crossed with these increasingly credible reports of the use of sarin gas within sy

democratic senator, claire mccaskill, says authorities think that a man who sends a lot of letters to lawmakers may have sent this but we don't know the person's identity. fbi said initial testing was inconsistent. they have a accredited lab to confirm the presence of ricin. we should have the results 24 to 48 hours. ricin can be deadly and there is no antidote. house sergeant of arms sent out a note to house offices on the hill. we need to remain attentive handling mail and recognizing suspicious items and knowing what immediate actions to employ if faced with suspicious mail in the office. but a spokes man for the minority leader in senate, mitch mcconnell, says in this case it appears the protective measures worked, because, heather, the letter only made it to this building, 15 minutes, 20 minutes outside of washington in maryland t did not make its way to the u.s. capitol complex which is what the system is designed to do. heather: i'm sure a lot of postal workers are concerned because it had to make its way from memphis, tennessee, to there. that distance. >> reporter: right. hea