Ed Lavandera Reports From West Palm Beach, Florida
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Investigators are moving closer to identifying the strain of anthrax bacteria discovered in a Florida office building. CNN's Ed Lavandera is standing by now with the very latest from West Palm Beach, Florida -- Ed.</s>ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Judy, we're awaiting a press briefing here just outside of the emergency command center in Palm Beach County. And it's not exactly clear as to how much information will be revealed about the results from the lab tests that have been conducted here over the last several days. But we do anticipate a few updates here and within the hour, we presume. Throughout the day, HAZMAT and investigative health crews have been working inside the American Media Incorporated building, as they have for the last couple of days. We were seeing taking out orange bags filled we're not sure with what, and taking them away in hazardous materials vehicles. That has gone on throughout the day. And as we've mentioned, the investigation here is being led out by the FBI, and on many different levels. There are cases and tests being done on all of the employees and people who visited the building in recent weeks. But there is also a much broader investigation, just trying to find out exactly where this anthrax has come from. And that is the million-dollar question at this point. But also, one of the other things that health officials here have been trying to stress is trying to calm the nerves of people who live in this area, and even on a national level, the Centers for Disease Control is also trying to calm down fears as well.</s>JEFFREY KOPLAN, CDC DIRECTOR: One episode in one building in a community is a serious one. It's had tragic consequences for at least one individual. But people need to keep in mind that this is -- remains one, at the moment, isolated episode.</s>LAVANDERA: Memorial services are being held this afternoon for Robert Stevens. He was the gentleman who died last week of the anthrax disease. And we're also told that Ernesto Blanco is in a Miami-area hospital. His family tells us that he is in stable condition and is expected to survive. Again, we're a waiting a briefing here in Palm Beach County, trying to get some more information on the lab tests that have been done. There have been almost 800 employees who have gone -- undergone nasal swabs and some blood tests in some cases, and perhaps that is part of the information that we're about to hear here in a little while. Judy, back to you.</s>WOODRUFF: All right, Ed Lavandera, and once that news conference gets under way, we're going to try to go back to where you are. Thanks very much.