CNN Headline News - 2001-10-22 (morning)
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[0:02] expect back to situation. We've been
[0:04] trailing uh the mail through the capital
[0:06] complex now for quite some time. And the
[0:08] trail may lead backwards to another
[0:11] facility. Any mail addressed to the US
[0:13] capital originates from a central
[0:15] Washington DC post office, Brentwood. DC
[0:18] officials say a man who works there is
[0:20] in the hospital.
[0:22] This is the first person that has been
[0:24] reported to us whose clinical picture
[0:28] also makes us concerned. And I think
[0:30] that's what a lot of you have heard is
[0:32] that this person's clinical picture
[0:35] makes us suspicious. The news of more
[0:38] contamination on Capitol Hill fraying
[0:40] the nerves of already jittery staffers
[0:43] still receiving their own test results.
[0:45] So far, the number of people exposed
[0:47] remains at 28. Congress determined to
[0:50] get back to work. Environmental surveys
[0:53] will continue just as a precaution. One
[0:56] senior Republican aid says the goal to
[0:58] make sure everything is clean and ready
[1:00] for business when House members intend
[1:02] to get back to work on Tuesday. Kate
[1:05] Snow, CNN Capitol
[1:07] Hill. Meanwhile, a letter found in the
[1:10] mail room of the New York Post has
[1:12] tested positive for anthrax. The FBI
[1:14] says the letter has the same Trenton,
[1:16] New Jersey postmark as the tainted
[1:19] letters that were sent to Senator Tom
[1:20] Dashel and NBC News anchor Tom Broka.
[1:24] The FBI has seized some mail collection
[1:26] boxes in an effort to find out where the
[1:28] letter came from. A Post employee tested
[1:31] positive for the skin form of the
[1:33] anthrax last week. In West Trenton, New
[1:36] Jersey, authorities are continuing their
[1:38] anthra