a preliminary hearing for 45-year-old paul curtis was abruptly canceled with no explanation. eased on bond. curtis and his legal team have maintained his innocence from the start. >> at this point the evidence is lacking. it is not there. any time you have information over the internet or facebook you have millions of people that can access that and that's what they have. there's just no evidence. >> a law enforcement source tells cnn they are looking into whether someone tried to implicate curtis in the suspicious letters. curtis is known around his community in core instininth ass impersonator. >> he entertained at a party my wife and i helped give for a young couple that was getting married. it was quite entertaining. >> so at this point everything is on hold. his attorneys who plan to hold a press conference as you point out in the next hour say the charges have not been dropped. the case has not been dismissed but they feel better about their case today than they did yesterday. wolf? >> what a mystery unfolding. we'll have live coverage of that news conference. these rici

charges against one-time suspect paul kevin curtis, those charges have now been dropped. u.s. attorney handling this case now says new information has come to light. cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that

. >> paul kevin curtis is once again a free man. curtis was arrested last week accused of sending letters poisoned with ricin to president obama, a u.s. senator, and a county judge. on tuesday, the justice department dropped the charges against him, saying quote, the investigation has revealed new information. >> when you have been charged with something and you just never heard of it, ricin or whatever. i said i don't eat rice. >> curtis' release comes as the fbi released the home. to search for evidence that could link him to the letters. after searching curtis' house, an fbi agent testified in court, investigators could not find ricin or any other evidence tieing curtis to the letters. curtis, says the fbi clearly got the wrong man. and he says he just wants to get back to his life. >> find out what normal is again. >> curtis' defense attorney says his man being investigated by the fbi knows curtis and holds a grudge against him. >> anything bad that happened in his life, he has somehow managed to believe that he is responsible f

legislators -- paul kevin curtis. authorities have turned their attention to a second man connected to curtis. >> to russia now where the trial of russian activists alexei nevalny resume. he is one of the president's most vocal critics. >> if convicted, he could face 10 years in prison and be barred from public office. the trial resumed last week after nevalny's lawyers asked for more time to study the documents. >> local prosecutors dismissed, and the charges two years ago, but moscow ordered them to reopen the case. >> security was tight at the train station ahead of the trial. russian opposition leader aleksei nevalny arrived on the night train. he is accused of embezzling some 400,000 euros worth of timber when he was an adviser to the regional government. >> i am sure that my innocence will be proved here, even if the court does not formally acknowledge it. it will be clear for everyone attending the trial. >> the media have been closely following the proceedings. so have opposition activists. many of whom came f

this after paul kevin curtis spent a week behind bars. he's now been released, all charges dropped after authorities failed to find any evidence at all of ricin at his home. and here's what he said after he left jail. >> i respect president obama. i love my country and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. >> reporter: there's also been a concern at another mail facility here at bowli ing air force bas. no suspicious packages but an alarm went off indicating ricin. nothing has been found. they're still doing off-site tests. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> take a listen to this. it's the sound of a bulletproof white board. and it's on its way to one minnesota school. now, the high school in cold spring is no stranger to school violence. a decade ago a student shot and killed two classmates. now the school is the first in the state to get bulletproof white boards. teachers and students can write on them just like normal, but they're also made with some of the lightest body armor in the world. and they c

the arrest comes after charges were dropped against another man, paul curtis. the two know each other and he faces life in prison if convicted. >> president obama will nominate charlotte, north carolina mayor, as the new transportation secretary. if confirmed by the senate, he replaces outgoing secretary ray lahood, the first black nominee among the new cabinet members appointed for the second term. the president faced criticism this year for lack of diversity among his nominees. >> the tennessee firearms association is thumbing its nose at white house gun control efforts by giving away an ar15 semi-automatic rifle fell called "in your face insensitive" after the newtown school shooting with 10,000 vying for the prize. this month, the senate voted down a proposal for expanded background checks that was supported by 90 percent of members. >> coming up, heavy reading could come to your mailbox. the controversial project that could fill up the box with thousands of bay area voters. >> if you are flying this memorial day holiday you will like the latest prediction

his name is paul curtis. he has been known to local law enforcement, for what we don't know. and he would sometimes work as an elvis impersonator. the letters that contained a white powder said, quote, no one wanted to listen to me before. what does that mean? so far, nobody is saying. preliminary tests say the white powder is the poison radio ricin. >>> the president didn't mince words today. he called it a shameful day for washington. >> there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. it came down to politics. the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections and so they caved to the pressure. and they started looking for an excuse, any excuse for vote no. >> the measure had 54 yes votes but it needed 60 to beat a republican filibuster. five democrats also opposed the plan. both california senators voted in favor. >>> coming up, we'll continue our coverage of the latest on that huge explosion in texas that leveled entire blocks and the danger may not be over yet. >>> boys accused of sexually assaulting a bay area clas

paul curtis is charged with threatening the president, a senator, and judge. his ex-wife says he is bipolar. he has written extensively online to expose a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market. >> for the past 13-14 years he has had a campaign to bring awareness to donor -- or gap and tissue donor issues. >> curtis wrote quote no one wanted to listen to me before maybe i have your attention now. he is due in court this afternoon. >>> time is 4:45. we have new information about a raceway accident in marysville that claimed the life of a 14- year-old boy from santa rosa. authorities say the coroners office will soon be ruling the march 16th crash that killed marcus johnson and 16-year-old darrell wondergem accidental. authorities say an investigation of the car did not turn up any evidence of malfunction or problem with the steering wheel but say it's possible the steering wheel may have come loose. >>> the little league board is looking for ways to increase safety after shots were fired at a t-ball time game. two men were arguing in the parkin

charged have been dropped against a mississippi man paul curtis, and last night they searched the home of another man. no charges have been filed and dutschke has not been arrested. both men say they had nothing do with the letters or the deadly poison. >> when you've been charged with something you've never heard of in ricin or whatever -- i thought they said rice. i said i don't even eat rice. >> curtis said he would never threaten officials. curtis and dutschke know each other and attorneys say dutschke framed curtis. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" hackers target the "associated press" and apple sales fly. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you anne-marie. hackers attacked the "associated press's" twitter account. the tweets falsely reported explosions in the white house and that president obama had been injured. the news sent the dow plunging 143 points, but it quickly recovered when the a.p. corrected that report. the syrian electronic army claimed responsibility. the fbi is investigating. >>> the market ended on a positiv

they originally arrested dutschke's online nemesis, kevin paul curtis, who's an elvis impersonator. the charges against curtis were dropped last tuesday. now, the charges and penalties are huge here. if found guilty, dutschke faces life imprisonment and $250,000 fine. >>> also want to talk about the gun debate. pro-gun control advocates are pushing to take the fight for universal background checks directly to voters. today, a new campaign kicks off in washington state looking to raise millions of dollars to put the issue up for a popular vote. proponents of expanding background checks hope the success of the initiative will encourage ballot measures in other states in the country. meanwhile, on the federal level, it appears the defeat of a similar bill earlier this month didn't discourage its co-author, senator joe manchin, who says he's not willing to give up on the fight. >> i want to make it clear. you are going to bring this bill back to the senate floor and you think it's going to be different? >> i truly believe that if we have time to sell the bill and people will read the bi

. >> a suspect identified as paul kevin curtis was arrested at his home in corinth, mississippi.he fbi says he is the man who tried to send two allegedly poisoned letters to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. curtis is a colorful character describing himself on his facebook page as a karate enthusiast and elvis impersonator but now the stage is a jail house and mr. curtis is facing serious charges. >> elvis impersonator? yeah. there was sort of a side show aspect to the arrest in this case in mississippi last week which i think helped it drop out of the news. the man who was arrested had this amazing online profile as an entertainer that involved being a country singer as you heard there an elvis impersonator, karate, respect the dragon stuff. also the line that was reportedly printed in those ricin letters, the line i am k.c. and i approve this message is a line this individual used in online postings before. specifically in online postings that sometimes seemed a little nutty or a little paranoid. so the combination of details we had made it seem like however

after authorities broke last week a authorities quickly arrested paul kevin curtis. somebody who sometimes worked as elvis impersonator. we showed you the tape. they cleared him yesterday saying he may have been framed. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom with where the story goes from here. trace? >> and you have to remember, megyn, that all these ricin letters reportedly were signed i am kc and i approve this message. of course, kevin curtis, the elvis impersonator that you mentioned was the first person arrested in this case and now all the charges against kevin curtis have now been dropped. though they may reinstate them, they say, if they get some more evidence. now they are focused on another man, his name is everett dusky. last night for the second time they searched his home in a week. they spent more than eight hours in the home in the woods surrounding the home. he says he is isn't. he doesn't know much more he can take on this thing but dusky and kevin curtis have had this ongoing feud for years over comments that dusky apparently made years ag

. >> federal agents say, they have arrested 45-year-old paul kevin curtis of mississippi. the deadly substance. known as ry-sin. both letters were intercepted at screening facilities.and both were post-marked memphis tennessee - april 8th. the white house says, staffers followed a careful drill in handling the letters.and no one was injured. >> jacqueline: it was a new warmer day today. '70s but along the coast we saw cooler conditions with upper 50s and 60s. tonight, clear skies and mild. again, that warming trend will continue for the weekend. the satellite and radar showing clear skies. high-pressure is driving this storm to this north of us. it will stay sunny and warm. temperatures of the door to more will be 40's for the most part. 40's and san francisco. 43 in pleasanton. we are going to warm up rather quickly. 77 degrees in palo alto. '70s and san jose. 70's also for the east bay. and upper 70's for the inland valleys. '70s and danville, livermore, the 60s along the immediate coast. with the sea breezes and 70's in san francisco and for the north brae. a look at yo

the court appearance for james everett dusky comes one week after the charges were dropped on paul curtis. it could be a long running feud between the two men. her client may have been framed his attorney says. >> four airmen were victims on a plane that crashed in afghanistan. >> pentagon officials say the crash is not related to taliban violence. local officials say bad weather is to claim. they are investigating now. >>> president obama will nominate his new transportation secretary in just a few hours. democratic charlotte mayor andy fox. he is facing criticism for lack of diversity. if confirmed fox will replace ray lahood who held that position since 2009. >> it is a royal anniversary today. prince william and princess kate celebrating two years of marriage. the two tied the knot at west snirn abby in more than 54 nations more than 2 billion people watched them say their i do's. >> hard to believe it has been two years. >> today marks two weeks since the deadly bombing in boston. this morning the focus intensifies on the suspect's mother and what role she might have played in develo

he also does buddy holly johnny cash and prince in person ations now paul kevin curtis has made his intentions of four letters very clear he believes he uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market he also claims that the f.b.i. and various parties within the government are trying to ruin his reputation and are using drones to spy on him and yet another strange twist it turns out that senator worker actually confirmed today he actually hired mr curtis to do impersonations at a party that he and his wife were hosting just a few years back an additional letter was sent to miss mississippi judge earlier this week the letters the letters tested positive for a poisonous substance known as rice in now that is a substance that's actually derived from castor oil castor plants that's the same. plant that's actually used to make castor oil there is no known antidote to rice in and it is extremely deadly when it is and hailed the letter did not actually reach the hands of the president or the senator mr curtis is big diagnosed with has been diagnosed in the past with bipolar disord

paul kevin curtis was released today after a hearing was canceled.sissippi also is accused of sending the deadly toxin to these state offices that were being investigated. the question is, what does this release mean, why did it happen? joe johns is live with us now with the latest. joe, how do we make sense of this? >> i tell you what, it is quite hard to make sense of it right now, chris. as you said, paul kevin curtis, charged with sending ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials released suddenly from custody on tuesday. this information comes to us from the united states marshal service in mississippi. the marshal service did not know and could not provide information on the circumstances of the release. only that curtis was no longer in federal custody and this comes just hours after curtis' detention and the preliminary hearing into his case was canceled. this was in the third day of testimony and now there is a press conference involving federal prosecutors and the defendants, defense lawyers. that's scheduled for later toda

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but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that he maybe was framed by someone who's holding a grudge. i want you to listen to what he said about the time he spent in jail after those allegations were made.

paul kevin curtis has been released from custody. the question is, why? be a news conference at 6:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it live in the situation room with wolf blitzer. but, first, to crime and justice correspondent joe johns. he's tracking this case. so, joe, we have been talking about this today, it is unusual in a case like this when you see momentum shift this way. any further information into why he was released or what the conditions are of that release? >> chris, we have gotten a lot of radio silence from the authorities. the justice department in washington so far has no comment. all they're saying, stating the obvious, that the investigation into this curious case is continuing. paul kevin curtis charged with sending ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials, was released suddenly from custody on tuesday. the united states marshal's office in mississippi is saying that. marshal's office did not know the circumstances of this release. and only that curtis was no longer in federal custody and that this comes after curtis' de

whatever this paul kevin curtis is his name, whatever he is saying about this guy is absolutely accurate. if we know anything about conspiracy theorists, when they say someone is out to get him, they are right. this guy, lock him up. >> everybody is guilty of thinking this guy was guilty. it is because of the elvis impersonation. the fact is we know when people describe people who are guilty they are normal. you know what i mean? >> i was busy creating the fan pages on facebook to worry myself with kevin curtis and what he might have been doing with ricin. how do you get ricin? it is so easy to trace. i say that now in hindsight, but the anthrax back to the person who had access to it and was sending it through the postal service, but how do you get ricin? >> have i no idea. >> i can't believe you are kevin curtis experts. i just read this story and thought this is too hard. he is either insane or there is way too many details here. >> but he is innocent. that's the key, right? >> when i saw this story i thought, too long, didn't read. next. >> he even wrote down the fartherring -- farti

detectives arrested paul curtis in a department near the tennessee state line. the letter was intercepted today. yesterday the letterer was intercepted. in both cases the nobody was hurt. >>> six votes short. the senate failed to pass a compromise bill that would have expanded background checks. many gun control advocates were hopeful since the bill did not control the controversial ban. president obama clearly angered called today's defeat a shameful day in washington. >> most of these senators could not offer any good reason why we would want to make it harder for criminals to buy a gun. it came down to politics. >> the president voiced his disappointment surrounded by victims of gun violence including former congress woman gabrielle giffords and the families of the newtown massacre. all of them say they will try again. >>> new evidence that the u.s. army knew that a former soldier was a dangerous man. and yet the army allowed jeremy goulet to resign rather than prosecute him. investigators found probable cause to prosecute him for rapes in 2006. his commander

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authorities arrested paul kevin curtis last week and dropped the charges.eaking news in mississippi. continue to update you on the story as we learn new information. >>> a u.s. counterterrorism official tells nbc news that the cia put the mother on the list in the fall of 2011, the same time they were looking into her older son, tamerlan. yesterday, investigators searched a landfill in new bedford, massachusetts, for a laptop computer and other items belonging to the younger suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. new bedford, eight miles from the campus of the university of massachusetts dartmouth, where the suspect was a student. he was moved to a federal prison hospital early yesterday. 30 victims remain in the hospital. one of them remains in critical condition. and for the first time, one of the bombing victims is sharing minutes credible story, jeff bauman, came face to face with tamerlan before the bombs went off. he lost both his legs but still able to give authorities description of the suspect. this is what he told a boston radio station. >> well, i was with

the 45-year-old paul curtis is cooperating with authorities. the f.b.i. says both letters were signed by "kc" and contained ricin. >> the wife of an ex-judge has confessed to her role in the death of prosecutors in texas and accused her husband of being the triggerman and is held on $10 million bail and charged in connection with the shooting death of the d.a. and his wife and assistant prosecutor. eric williams has not been charged. >> millions of homeowners struggling with foreclosure are receiving checks to settle a $3.6 billion lawsuit against major banks. however, after all of their struggles, many of the checks bounced. 4.4 million homeowners will receive refunds. a settlement was reached with 13 companies last year. the checks just started going out to homeowners but now many say their banks would not cash them. federal regulators did not identify the problem but they said it has been fixed now and folks can cash the checks. so far, 50,000 homeowners have received payments ranging from $300 to $125,000 each. >> paying close attention to the forecas

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released today kevin paul curtis has been released. he might have been framed.'t this fascinating? >> over the weekend agents searched his home and car and ex-wife's house. they found no trace of ricin or anything used to make it. computers were seized. investigators found no data pertaining to the poison. cenk: bowing air force base got a letter with ricin today, so obviously it couldn't have been curtis who sent it, because he was until today under supervision. it's fascinating. we don't know who has done this. it gives you insight about how you shouldn't prejudge things. fascinating turn of events there. when we talk about things that are interesting, boy have we got interesting news on boston, as well. let me go to a story from investigative correspondent brian ross on what might have motivated the brothers into the bombing in boston. >> as to inspiration authorities say stoke car said they were following preachings of an american born jihadist. >> it appears to the older brother was particularly influenced. >> despite his family ties and trips to checney. >

. >> this as we learn of an ongoing feud previously arrested paul curtis who was taken into custody by the feds earlier in the. the charges of placing the threats in the mail were dropped. dutschke -- the letters addressed to senator wicker and president obama were retrieved and flagged in off site mail facility. heather back to you. >> a lot of twists and turns in that case, thank you. >> turning to the latest from boston. investigators are pushing forward and following dozens of leads and following key threw clues about the people dead and injured. federal agents sifted through the land fill of the dartmouth campus. that is where the surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev a student. the mother of the suspect, federal officials say she added to a federal terrorist data base 18 months before the attack. she defends herself and her children saying all of it is lies. rick is live in boston. rick, victims are being honored in a number of events in the city, right? >> they are, heather, this city is bouncing back and moving forward and honoring the victims and living the motto, boston strong.

. >> as we learn of an ongoing feud between him and previously arrested paul curtis. he was taken in earlier in the investigation. later the charges which involve placing threats in the mail were dropped. his name first surfaced in federal court when his attorney suggested that her client may have been framed. as you remember, the letters was addressed were retrieved and flagged at off-site mail facilities before ever reaching their intended victims. >> heather: thank you. >> gregg: as investigators continue to push ahead in the boston bombings case trying to piece together dozens of details in the united states and abroad, we are now hearing from the chopper crew that played a vital role in capturing the 19-year-old suspect. they say they used a infrared camera to spot the suspect who was hiding underneath a tarp in a dry dock boat. take a listen. >> spent a lot of time chasing different leads that possibly could materialize. that was, people saying they saw a subject that matched the description. basically in the middle of the boat he was looking up with his hands l

the fbi identified the suspect as 45-year-old paul kevin curtis of corinth, mississippi. the white house says no one there was ever in changer. >> i would underscore that the mail is screened, and these tests are undertaken at remote sites to mitigate the repeat of recipients. >>> a visibly angry president obama is calling this a shameful day after most senate republicans and a handful of democrats combined to vote down key measures intended to tighten federal gun control laws. >> the amendment is not agreed to. >> in rapid succession, the senate blocked measures that would have expanded background checks for gun purchase. president obama met with the victims of the newtown school shooting victims. he denounced senators who he said caved to political pressure. >> families that know unspeakable grief summon the petition to fight there local leaders not to honor the memory of their children, but to protect the lives of all of our children. >> a few minutes ago, a minority in the united states senate decided it wasn't worth it. they blocked common sense reforms even while th

his first on-camera interview, paul curtis says he never even heard of ricin.ou to both of you for being here. can you both hear me well? >> yes, sir. >> yes, chris. >> you're good? all right. so let's begin with a big question here. great. as far as we know right now, is there any connection between you and what was done with these ricin letters? any at all? >> none whatsoever, sir. your understanding, are investigators completely free of your client as someone implicated in this situation they have not given clear word. what is your understanding? >> we are, in fact, i suspect with someone this morning involved in the investigation with the prosecutors and actually had made arrangements, i haven't even had a chance to speak with kevin about it yet that we are actually ready to assist them in as far as what we know what kevin knows, if there's anything that might help them, but i do believe that they have absolutely, even though they may not have publicly said that, that they'd realize what we have known all along is that kevin was absolutely in no way connect

but he went onto say that his impression is that since then this man, paul kevin curtis, mental stated that is pretty clear in the letters -- the text of the letters that went along with what appears to be the poison ricin. it certainly looks like he has some issues mentally, there's no question about it. so we're going to see what happens in mississippi, but he should be charged according to the justice department as we speak down there. >> couple things, dana, one, they can always add charges, right? the reason i ask is if they do test positive for ricin and it is a deadly substance, couldn't they add charges that are more serious in nature? >> that's exactly right. the labs -- the formal lab work as far as we know has not come back to say definitively that it was in fact ricin. so that's exactly what the plan is. the plan is that once this goes before a grand jury, if they do in fact find out for sure that it was ricin that he put into these envelopes, then they will add those charges at that time. >> dana bash, thank you very much.

charges have been dropped against paul curtis. he was taken into custody for sending letters laced with poison to the president, and a u.s. senator. he was released from jail today. a court order says the ongoing investigation revealed new information. curtis' attorney says he's innocent and may have been framed. meantime, the fbi has returned to another man's house which they previously searched in connection with this case. >>> the fbi's now investigating a 12-word line that stunned the twitter world and the stock market. someone hacked into the twitter account of the associated press and sent a fake tweet with real consequences. it read, "two explosions at the white house and barack obama is injured." you see it there. but immediately, the a.p. sent out another tweet saying it had been hacked. however, the false information was retweeted thousands of times within minutes. the ripple effect was felt on wall street. we're going to show you a chart of the dow for the day. right in the middle of your screen, you see that dramatic d

this guy, you see this guy, paul curtis?was, mississippi, an elvis impersonator, who was falsely accused of sending the poison ricin to president obama. well, he was on cnn yesterday defending himself and setting the record straight. take a look. >> i took my phone, my wallet, which i still haven't got my phone back. i haven't been able to call anybody. and i never saw them enter my house. they started taping it off. and they started interrogating all of my neighbors. >> jimmy: yeah, pretty serious stuff. let's see what else he has to say. ♪ on one hand, i count the reasons i should stay with you and hold you close to me ♪ ♪ all night long [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what?! when he saw the video, obama was like, you know what, arrest him anyway. i mean -- there's something fishy about this. get him out of there. earlier tonight, right across the street from us, at radio city music hall, was the first round of the nfl draft. >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: now -- [ applause ] -- it's big time over there. >> steve: scouts there and the pl

his name is paul kevin curtis. he said in that hearing he had been framed and he mentioned dutschke as a possible suspect. then on tuesday another twist. curtis was released. all the charges against him were dropped and the attention at that point seem ed to turn to dutschke. now we have turn throughout the course of the week federal agents investigating this case. we have seen agents here at dutschke's house. we have also seen them searching at a former marshal arts studio. we don't know what they found at this point or if that's relative, but we know they were searching on location. now during the week, we have been in contact with his attorney. she said her client has nothing to do with the ricin letters. today in the morning when we reached out to her again to get reaction, she told us a brief statement. she said it was her understanding that authorities have confirmed that dutschke has been arrested and they have no comment at this time. carol? >> it's just hard to believe because aren't authorities alleging h

the attorney claims that paul curtis was chained to a chair and interrogated for several hours after his arrest. >>> and in new jersey, governor chris christie is unveiling his own gun control plan. it would ban one type of semi-automatic rifle and expands mental health programs. also included in the proposal, ids for future gun owners and restrictions on violent video games. >>> and finally, boeing's troubled 787 dreamliner is again cleared for takeoff. the faa says flights can resume after federal authorities approved a fix for the problem batteries on that plane. the planes could be flying again within a week. dan and bianna, back to you. >> thank you so much. time now for the weather. guess what? we gave ginger the weekend off. >> unacceptable. >> i didn't think that was allowed. we welcome our friend, erika martine. filling in from our affiliate in new haven, connecticut. good morning, erika. >> good morning. we're going to start with the national forecast. flooding concerns across the upper midwest, including indiana, illinois, and michigan. we do have some video shot here. jus

the suspect is identified as paul kenneth curtis. for more we go live to washington d.c. the very latest with mike. >> sean, good evening. fbi announced an arrest in this case this evening. today at approximately 5:00 p.m. special time special agents arrested paul kevin curtis, the individual believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the u.s. postal inspection service which contained a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin. the letters were addressed to president obama, senator rodger wicker and a judge in that state. they are likely sent from a writer who is a frequent writer to federal officials. two letters were quite similar. both letters determined to be similar based on targets, post marks and et cetera. both are postmarked out of memphis, tennessee on april 8, 2013. both letters signed, quote, i am k. c. and i approve this message." at the white house here is jay carney's take. >> there was a letter. the off-site facility feeted a suspicious substance and a test was undertaken. the fbi has the lead this

they were in the third day of the preliminary hearings for 45-year-old paul curtis when suddenly theno reason given. and then a short time later curtis was released on bond. prosecutors were not saying what was behind all of this. it was clear though, at that time, that this case was unraveling. all along from the beginning, curtis, his attorneys, his legal team was saying ha he was innocent. they felt that he was framed. that there's a lot of information out there in social media. whether it's facebook or o other places where they could have gotten his writings and made it appear that he was behind the letters sent to the president and the senator. and today shortly after the announcement was made that the charges would be dismissed, the case would be dropped, then cur tis came out and spoke to the media. >> i respect president obama. i love my country and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal. >> and no

announced hours after paul curtis was released from custody. his lawyer says he was framed.found no he have dense of rice in in his home, and now elvis impersonator is speaking publicly. >> i respect president obama. i love my country and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. my mother has suffered, as well as my children. i would like to get back to normal. >> so far no new arrests. so did the fbi jump the gun in arresting curtis or were they prudent to move fast even though now the charges are dropped? go to gretawire.com. we are back with karl rove. karl, the sequestration, you fly a lot, i fly a lot. a lot of people across the country fly a lot. what's going to happen? >> well, this is not because of the sequestration cuts. let's look at the numbers. the faa budget is about $12.75 billion. they have to cut roughly just under 5%, around $600 million as a result of the sequestration. now what they have decide today do is to do it by taking ten percent of the workforce of the

another man, paul curtis had been arrested earlier but charges were dropped last week.curtis an elvis impersonator claims he was framed following a long standing feud. >>> in bangladesh four people were pulled alive today from the rubble of a catastrophic building collapse. the nine-story building housing garment factories fell to the ground on wednesday. more than 370 people are confirmed dead. some reports put the number of missing at more than 600. the owner of the building had gone into hiding but was arrested today by police. >>> italy's mt. etna is putting on quite a show this weekend. this is how the latest eruption of europe's most active volcano looked to residents in nearby city of sicily. red lava fountains bursting into the skies. lots of black smoke. mt. etna has erupted multiple times this year. >>> it was a big weekend at the box office. a very big weekend here and overseas. "iron man 3" opened strong internationally. while back at home michael bey action dark comedy "pain and gain" edged past tom cruise's "oblivion" earning $20 million at the box office

the man who has been arrested is a man named paul kenneth curtis. joining me is washington post reporter ed o'keefe. what can you tell me about the arrest investigation in d.c.? >> we know an arrest was made today. and the fact that this happened so quickly, we seem to get a sense yesterday they were moving in on someone because senators who were briefed on this yesterday afternoon were told that the suspect they believed had done this was someone who had written to government officials in the past. having tracked suspicious mail cases for a few years, i can tell you there are several different people out there that the u.s. postal investigation, the fbi and the police track on a basis. they can track the handwriting, the style of writing and the materials sent. in this case they were able to move quickly and find this guy, paul kenneth curtis, who lived in this mississippi area. >> we talked to the people down there and they tell us he's an elvis impersonator. his facebook page says he's a self-proclaimed mensa expert. he has a beef with washington

an exclusive interview with paul kevin curtis, the man accused of sending ricin to the president ander officials and cleared. >>> and former president george w. bush and first lady laura at the bush presidential library. >> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. have a great day! . . >>> a car slams right into a south bay home. we'll let you know what officers say led up to this crash. >>> plus, two bay area daycare owners accused of child abuse. what officers said they did leaving babies with health problems. >> is. >> let's take you live from san francisco, a look at the embarcadero getting very close to the weekend, thursday, april 25th. this is "today in the bay." >>> it is right now, 4:30. >> on laura garcia cannon. want to check that morning commute. it is early. let's check in with

last week charges were dropped against the first suspect in the case, an elvis impersonator named paul curtis. he said he'd been framed and pointed to dutschke as a suspect. not long after agents searched the martial arts studio dutschke used to run as well as his home in tupelo. in this youtube video dutschke talked about the investigation. >> i met with the fbi. i consented to a search, sign a piece of paper saying go ahead and search the house. i don't have anything at all to do with this. >> reporter: an attorney representing the 41-year-old on a separate case says the martial arts studio closed after dutschke was charged with child molestation earlier this year. dutschke has pleaded not guilty to those charges. dutschke is expected to be in federal court tomorrow morning. we are hoping to learn more about the arrest and also about what it was that led authorities to him. poppy. >> alina, thank you. well, after a string of alleged terror plots with ties to radical islam, there is an increasing focus in this country on how to stop potential terrorists from ever becoming radicalized. we're

in mississippi, a federal judge released kevin paul curtis after the fbi dropped all charges against him with those letters. >> i respect president obama. i love my country. and would never do anything to pose a threat to him or any other u.s. official. this past week has been a nightmare for myself and my family. >> investigators say the fbi found no evidence in a ricin in a search of his home. so as he was being released, the fbi was searching the tupelo home of a man name jay edward duski, an acquaintance of curtis. he says he is innocent. in moments, it began to look like a blooper reel. >> what are you plans right now? your immediate plans? >> find my dog moo cow. >> moo cow got away. >> she got loose when homeland security swarmed in on me when i went to check my mail. i haven't heard anything. i just really worried about her. i bought a fish a week before -- >> got moo cow. >> my brother's found moo cow. >> moo cow is fine. >> we're not making this up, folks. then there's the added fact that curtis happens to be an elvis impersonator who once performed at a party wicker was gi

earlier in the week, prosecutors dropped charges against another man, paul kevin curtis.s believes he was framed, and identified dutschke as a potential culprit. f-b-i agents searched dutschke's home and former martial arts studio, though it's not clear what they found. when asked this week if he'd ever handled ricin before, dutschke told reporters. >>"no. i wouldn't recognize ricin if i saw it." ennis carlock lives in dutschke's neighborhood, and >>"right now, i'm just glad he's off- out of our neighborhood and i hope they keep him off." the toxic letters read in part: >>"to see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." each letter had a memphis, tennessee, postmark and no return address. i'm cristina mutchler reporting. if dutschke is convicted, he could face life in prison. he is expected to appear at a u.s. district court in tomorrow. coming up on kron 4 news weekend. the boston marathon bombings and fertilizer plan explosion in texas happened just days apart. we'll hear from a man who survived both tragedies. live look outside. gol

paul curtis says he is overwhelmed very happy to be free investigators investigators had be the sometimesim to of sending lace poise and letters to the president and others those charges were dropped today. he states that he should not have been arrested in the first place. >> i do believe that they realize that we have known all along that there was no absolute no way had send those letters. >> catherine: edward-keyed reportedly has been feuding with curtis he is not a suspect at least at this point. it has been al week as it has been a weak sense of fertilizer plant has exploded injuring looking at the damage the explosion left a huge crater.about 10 ft. deep. investigators are only reassuring but natural glass natural gas did not unite that fire. more rain and illinois. to public parks have been closed. people began warned to stay away from flooded areas. >> jacqueline: a lot cooler thanks to the fault. text take out take a look at our temperatures it is only 59 in about 067 in santa rosa 74 our inland valleys. if we look ahead tonight and tomorrow the fault will be a big story tonight