NBC News Special Report - 2001-10-17

Name: NBC News Special Report - 2001-10-17
Uploaded: 2025-06-10
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[0:02] It's just the same old thing. I need

[0:04] adventure.

[0:06] Excitement. I'm suffocating.

[0:13] This is an NBC News special report. Here

[0:17] is John Seanthol.

[0:19] Good day everyone. There have been

[0:21] several developments today on the

[0:22] anthrax story. First of all, the US

[0:24] House of Representatives is closing

[0:26] offices today until Tuesday to allow a

[0:30] complete sweep for traces of anthrax.

[0:33] And 29 staffers for Senator Tom Dashel's

[0:36] office have tested positive for exposure

[0:40] to anthrax. That is exposure to the

[0:42] bacteria, but not tested positive for

[0:45] the disease. And then we get this

[0:47] information from the governor of New

[0:49] York today. Governor George Pitakei

[0:51] announcing that his offices in Manhattan

[0:54] um a room used by his security detail

[0:58] has come back tested positive for traces

[1:01] of anthrax. You're now looking at

[1:02] Senator Tom Dashel who's approaching the

[1:04] microphone. the Senate majority leader,

[1:07] his office received the suspicious

[1:09] package on Monday and now the 29

[1:12] staffers from his office testing

[1:15] positive for exposure to anthrax. He

[1:18] along with Senate Minority Leader Trent

[1:21] Lot, we are expecting to hear from

[1:23] Senator Dashel right now. Let's listen.

[1:30] We got to go.

[1:41] We wanted to give you another update on

[1:44] our circumstances here at the capital.

[1:48] I have uh had some opportunities to meet

[1:51] with my staff this morning and uh I just

[1:55] want to report that that uh in our

[1:58] office, room 509 of the heart senate

[2:01] office building uh 31 people now have

[2:04] had positive nasal swabs. Um not all of

[2:09] those are members of my staff. There

[2:12] were some Capitol police involved