you had staff people who were exposed to it, and it was tom's office and pat leahy's office and we ended up meeting together, republicans and democrats in the dining room in the capitol talking about the threat and what that meant, and how to deal with it, and everything. there was, you know, a guarantee you there was no partisanship, and we were trying to figure out what to do with the situation. the other one that is a little lighter and one of my favorite ones is that i called tom after christmas after the house voted for impeachment and i was sick to my stomach of what we might have to go through and i did nont how not know how to do it, because it had not been done. i said, we have a problem. we have to figure out what to do with this. and we asked joe lieberman and slade gordon to get together to try to plan a way to get together with this. and they came up with a magnificent plan which my conference immediately stabbed in the throat and threw out the window, the and hi had to immediately start over. i didn't know what to do. so we decided to meet in the old senate chamber and begi

similar letters were also received at the offices of senators patrick leahy, pat toomey and lamar alexander this week, several congressional members received the threatening packages. the fbi says they contain a powdery substance that has proved to be harmless so far. >>> in alabama, a bombshell in a trial of a man accused of murdering his wife. on their honeymoon. gabe watson was abruptly acquitted by the judge saying prosecutors did not show enough evidence that watson drowned his wife for her insurance money. her policy was worth $33,000. he was accused of killing his wife of 11 days while scuba diving on the great barrier reef in 2003. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the five things the airlines do not want you to know. can't wait to see that. i'm betty nguyen. you're watching the "cbs morning news." you're watching the "cbs morning news."et betty nguyen. you're watching the "cbs morning news."t betty nguyen. you're watching the "cbs morning news." betty nguyen. you're watching the "cbs morning news."betty nguyen. you're watching the "cbs morning news." are made with sweet cherries

we've learned the democratic senator pat leahy is one of the lawmakers that was targeted.d as a recipient. >> didn't meet all the requirements to graduate high school, perhaps? not a problem! if you go to school in new york city. yes, a new audit found 60 schools let 300 students graduate that didn't make the grade. others lacked mandatory physical education or science lab courses. some also got the wrong type of diplomas. the city's department of education says it's making a dozen policy changes because of the findings. don't rush! >> great. meanwhile, you've heard of power naps but these air traffic controllers got caught in a fox news investigation taking naps in the tower. pictures show tower employees not only sleeping but also texting and reading while they were supposed to be scanning the skies. an anonymous source handed over the footage, all said to be guys who work at west chester county airport in new york state. the f.a.a. tried to explain the footage saying the control tower has been doubling as a break room. because the tower's elevator is broken. ok. but in

leahy. that office was evacuated. two staffers were screened as a precaution. >>> similar letters with a suspicious light substance were discovered at the philadelphia office of senator pat and the hartford connecticut office of senator joe lieberman. both arrived today. in both cases the buildings were evacuated. so far it does not appear any of the substances were dangerous. >>> doctors in california say they've successfully used the drug viagra to treat children with a deadly disorder. researchers at the lucille packard children's hospital used viagra to treat an infant girl who had severe malformation growths around her heart. researchers believe the lesions sh runk after viagra opened up blood vessels that allowed fluid out. they say the growths were virtually gone after about a year. there were similar results on three other patients all under the age of 4. and doctors report few side effects. clinical trials are under way now to see if it will work on other children. >>> coming up at 11:00 tonight there is a new sneaker about to be introduced. we'll tell you what's being done to make sure crowds don't get out of control when that new shoe hits the market tomorrow.