it's 7:30 a.m. on the east coast. welcome back. i am poppy harlow. i am joining you live from boston. i want to bring you up-to-date on five stories we are also following from here in boston this morning. number one, investigators looking into the boston bombing. they are searching a landfill about 40 miles away from where i am standing hope to find a laptop computer used by bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. it could have very important information about the attack and sources say police were tipped off to the landfill by dzhokhar himself and others.

and then taking a closer look at a piece of an airplane believed to be part of one of those that crashed into the world trade center. a piece of landing gear was found in a small space between two buildings near ground zero. >> the third story, governor rick perry of texas asking for an apology from a california newspaper that published an editorial cartoon appearing to link perry's push to less regulation to the recent fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people and injured many others. it's a image of perry bragging that business is booming and it's with a picture of an explosion. perry responded saying, quote, i won't stand for somebody mocking the tragic deaths of my fellow texans and our fellow americans. for their part, at this point,

the pap is standing by the cartoon and it was a disregard for perry's disregard for safety and not an attempt for disregarding any victims. and the online discount site acknowledged a security breach saying their names and passwords may have been affected and the credit card information of the customers was not affected. number five, one-time tabloid fixture, manti te'o, got drafted. >> with the 38th selection in the 2013 nfl draft, the san diego chargers proudly select, manti te'o, linebacker, notre dame. >> this coming in the weeks since that bizarre story broke that his online girlfriend never actually existed, that it was a major hoax that was played on him. and the notre dame linebacker

was picked sixth last night in the second round of the nfl draft. and despite all of that the chargers liked him so much they traded up several picks just to get him. back here in boston there are still 30 victims from the marathon bombing that remain in the hospital, and one of them remains in critical condition. things got pretty emotional at the garden last night when the boston celtics played their first home game since the bombing. before the game they honored the victims and they paid tribute to them and of course to the first responders. you see some of them walking there on to the court. very emotional and meaningful night to the city and for the country. and dzhokhar tsarnaev, the suspected bomber is waking up a prison hospital ward in deven, massachusetts. and authorities say he was able to sit up and able to write, so it looks like his condition is

improving. he is less forthcoming with information since being read his miranda rights. investigators are learning more about the social media presence of dzhokhar tsarnaev, including a now deleted instagram account. the profile is no longer active but sources tell cnn the user, it's apparently his name on instagram, it may have belonged to tsarnaev. >> we can go back in time thanks to the google web cache. and here is data from that, and we can see there are the same six comments today, and here are a list of users that like the photo, and there have been new ones as well, but there is one that liked it on april 10th, and it's not -- you can see it's not on the concern the version.

>> of course any information that they may be able to get from that is critical for authorities. one security analysts told cnn for the investigation, the deleted accounts are the most significant. could a bomb-sniffing dog presented the boston marathon attacks or could a machine? new technology is pitting highly trained k-9s against man-made detecters. >> technology is coming that experts hope will keep everybody safe. from the boston marathon to u.s. troops on patrol in afghanistan, in the life and death challenge to detect bombs. it's a debate over dog versus machine in the search for the best solutions. oak ridge national laboratory is focusing on technology. this bunch of boxes and computer

screens is actually a prototype for detecting explosives. >> so what the sensor does is combine an infarad detector. >> simply put, a target shoots out and advanced computers analyze the colors and within seconds detect explosives. this has two critical advantages. the laser finds small amount of explosives nearly a football field away and it can be put on a truck, moving and scanning a crowd like the marathon. >> and you need a device to look at a large area, and so it's a difficult question to answer, but i would say the technology could do it. >> scientists say a dog's nose is the best detector, but pentagon officer says, even her bomb-sniffing partner has limits. >> some dogs can search a long

time and some dogs don't search as long, and they get fatigued like people do. >> and dogs have to get close-up to their target. >> if it's a large event like the marathon, you have to have numerous teams and just do a grid and get through it. >> at auburn university, dogs are trained to sniff for sraeupers. and randi kaye asked if that could have helped in boston. >> do you think if you could have had a vapor dog there in boston -- >> had one of our dogs been placed on that corner with the two guys walking there with the back packs, i think they would have alerted on them. >> the oak ridge team says its advantage, in boston it could have identified the precise explosives in seconds. >> if i am on a bomb squad, i want to know now if this is a dangerous package right now, and not have to blow it up or put my life at trip.

>> that is one of the many ideas to detect bombs containing small amounts of explosives, and right now they will use anything they can, dogs and technology, in the deadly challenge. poppy? >> very interesting, barbara starr joining us this morning. thank you. a break for air travelers as congress steps in to try and stop major delays at the nation's airports. what you need to know straight ahead.

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it has been a frustrating week for travelers. you know it if you have been on a plane, and i have felt it, the furloughs that caused delays across the country. and congress listened quickly to all the grumble. lawmakers passed a bill to allow the air traffic controllers and the furloughs. i think the first question for anybody flying, does this mean we are done with the delays immediately? >> no. no. you have to understand with the airlines things stack up and as they stack up it takes several days to unwind. we are looking at several days to get back to normal for the traveling public. at least 72 hours.

>> at least 72 hours. i know i sat on the runway on wednesday night for four hours and the captain of my plane said you can write a letter to your congressman or woman, and so in terms of how bad things were, give us a sense across the board? >> i have sources at newark airport that were screaming about the problems. you had a website that went up, dontgroundamerica.com. and so it was a real headache for passengers and it got to a point where they were thinking about abandoning the passenger bill of rights which fines airlines if they leave people on the ground like you for more than three hours. >> well, you know, jay carney and the white house coming out, and they are going to sign the legislation saying that this is a temporary fix, this is a band-aid fix, right? >> i own a business and when i run a business i have to make divisions on how i allocate the

sources, and the government should be doing the same thing and they should be looking at what the budgets are and how they are going to allocate the resources and not create a crippling affect. we are talking about the 2010 levels, and there were fewer flights in the air today than 2010, the faa can operate and keep us traveling and the challenge is we basically have a political football which is the travel industry, and not only is the travel industry suffering, the economy as well as the travelers, and that's the challenge, we have to get the politics out of it and use common sense. >> in terms of costs, of course, employing all of these people, and there's a significant cost that comes with it, and their role is critical to safety and to efficiency. is there any idea about whether or not the cost is going to get passed down to us, to the people that buy the tickets and take these flights? are we going to have to pay more as a result, or is it a purely

government issue? >> it's a great question. if we look at government budgets, they are way up overall. they are dramatically increased over the past five years. if you look at the ticket price that you pay, 20% of the cost of the ticket price today goes to things like the faa. you are already paying as a traveler for that service, and the fact that they can't deliver on it, in spite of having bud budgets going up year over year and looking at 2010 versus 2013, and we are at the same level and some will say we are up this year versus last year and that's why i say it's more politics than reality. if you are going to run a business and have a 4% overall cut, you are going to find ways to cut that 4% without damaging the core business, and the core for the faa is to keep flights on time and get you their safety, and that's priority number one. if that's not the number one thing you can focus on, maybe i am missing something. >> quickly, though, do you think

that we are going to be paying more to add to the increasing budget, we are going to pay more and more surcharges added on to our tickets? >> no, and heres why. i don't think the public will stand for more taxes and more fees and more things to operate when they understand that budgets have gone up dramatically. i think that we are getting to that point where people are going to be pushing back, because at the end of the day you have to ask yourself what are you getting for all the extra fees? we just want to arrive safely and on time. >> thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. for some of the victims of the boston bombings, we know that life is never going to be the same, for many of them, actually. especially for heather abbott that had to make the choice of keeping a mangled foot or have part of her leg amputated. she talks about that life-changing division next.

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well the bomting survivor credited with helping the fbi identify the boston bombing suspect is now speaking out. his name is jeff bauman, an amazing guy, he had both legs amputated after the explosion. this photo has become famous. he's being runned to emergency help by that man, carlos in the cowboy hat and others and he spoke to the "dennis & callahan" morning show on weei in boston

about why tsarnaev looked so suspicious to him. listen. >> i was with my girlfriend's roommates and we were having a great time, you know, we were watching the runners, everyone was having a great time. and just that one guy, you know, he didn't look like he was having a good time, so he was right next to me at that point, and he had a bag and he had his glasses. he had kind of like a leather-like sweatshirt type of deal, and you know, it was warm out. he was just an odd guy, he just struck me as odd and that's what i remember of him, and then -- next thing you know, i hear fireworks and i'm on the ground. >> so you actually looked this person in the eyes? he had sunglasses on but you made eye contact with this guy? >> yep. >> and immediately you knew there was something wrong. >> yeah, exactly. like he just didn't seem right.

you know, like you know how you size somebody up and i just looked at him, i was like what's this guy's problem? >> reporter: you can see bauman in this photograph. he got to know some of the other bombing victims and on tuesday he gave a birthday gift to sidney corcoran who turned 18 and gave it to her while they were both still recovering in the hospital. people around the world are donating money to help survivors like bauman, a fund set up in his name, it has more than half a million dollars so far but totals for all boston donations stopped $26 million, most of that money has gone to the one fund boston set up by the mayor and governor of massachusetts. families and victims can start claiming some of that money at some point next week. survivors will be able to use that money to help cover medical costs, those high, high expenses, things like prosthetics for amputees. heather abbott had to make the

very difficult decision to have part of her leg amputated after the second bomb mangled her left foot or to try to live with a mangled foot. she spoke about the moment the bomb went off and also how she's doing. ♪ >> i was out with a bunch of my friends from the newport waferia, we take the train from providence to boston and watch the red sox game and go over to the bar, it's been a tradition for us. we were standing outside waiting to get in, the bouncer was checking people's i.d.'s and i was the last of the three of us in line and as we were standing there -- a loud noise went off

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hi, everyone. good saturday morning to you. i'm meteorologist alexandra steele. here's a look at how the weather is shaping up. if you are in tennessee it is a slog of a go this morning. lot of the south, mid south, southeast, tennessee bearing the brunt of the rain today and tomorrow, one to three inches specially. the northeast a beautiful weekend, temperatures in the 60s, we'll see a dry saturday and sunday. washington gets a little wet on sunday in the mid-atlantic. here's a look at where the rain will be. the front becomes more or less stationary so here in the south from jackson, mississippi, to atlanta to charlotte stays

ensconced with clouds and showers all weekend long and all eyes what's happening in the upper midwest with the flooding but incredibly warm temperatures ex-s a exacerbating the flooding with 60 and 70-degree temperatures. >> all right, alexandra, thank you very much. we appreciate it. much more ahead on "cnn saturday morning" which starts right now. good morning and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the boston bombing. i am poppy harlow coming to you live from boston this saturday morning, it is 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 out west. thank you for starting your day with us. >> i just sort of want to let those people know that it's not over. it's not, you know, your life isn't done. >> reporter: for some of