i certainly am still in shock and trying to figure out what this all means and what happened. just incredibly shocking and hard to figure out. >> well damon wrote about the importance of the race in a boston globe article just weeks before the attack. this is cnn breaking news. >> hello everyone, i'm don lemon. this is the top of the hour. i'm getting some new information here it's just coming across the wire and i want to read it. pit's according to cnn sources. it says a u.s. official with knowledge after the investigation said russia intercepted a the accused boston bombers and someone who may have bun one of her son es discussing jihad, again, russia intercepted a

communication in 2007 between the mother of the accused brotton marathon bombers and one who may have been one of her sons discussing jihad. the source described the conversation as vague. they turned it over to the fbi in the last few days. the source was not aware for a reason of the delay and did not offer an opinion of whether it would have given the fbi enough reason to justify a closer look at tamerlan tsarnaev. there's a little more information here but i want to get to our tom fun tes who has information on this and suz zan candiotti. let's go to tom. tom, what does this tell you of an intercept of a conversation here. where does this take this conversation now? well it just was received in the last couple of days that they intercepted the conversation. the shame is that, you know, in 2007 when the first letter came from the russians, the

investigation was conducted at that time, they did not provide the underlying basis for why they believed tamerlan or the younger son was being radicalized. so there was no way to know were they picking up rumors on the street or was there some for definite information. that doesn't come out until this week when they finally say guess what, we had a wiretap. now the fbi going through phone records an internet records would have seen that tamerlan is talking to him mother. so you wouldn't normally expect that the mother and the son are going to be talking jihad and all of that. so no information about that was furnished to the fbi back at the time the investigation was run. and then when the fbi says we're going to have to close this, we've done everything we can do, please give us more information, they asked twice for more information. the russians don't provide it. the letter that goes to the cia later is the identical letter as

the fbi. so there's no new information or new threat. it's just they decided to simultaneously send them out and they came through different tracks. so the cia didn't have anything to do with this. but no one knew this until this week. >> tom, stand by. to get this on, again it is coming in. the person who got this is suzanne candiotti who is breaking the story. suz susan we are clurntly -- in 2007 after russia expressed kshs but this is certainly something new here, whole new level. >> reporter: it is. because as tom was ex-plapg as well, this is information that the fbi said it did not have back in 2007. now, would it have made a difference back then? it may very well have. again these conversations were vague but at least the fbi said at the time it didn't have much to chew on. now, remember, the fbi did

interview tamerlan and did interview the mother and did, as a matter of fact, enter at least they names into a federal database. but this could have made a difference. no one is saying that it definitely would have, but it certainly seems to provide more information or would have given them more information than they had before. at this point we may never know. there's also no reason at this time for why the russians only now are providing this information to the fbi. but, perhaps in time we'll learn more about the timing of thiss as well. certainly russia and the united states have been cooperating since this happened, offering cooperation, the russiasians ha for whatever they can do to held. the investigation. and we know the fbi has been in russia asking questions of the parents of tamerlan and jo hard as well. >> susan candiotti getting that

information. i'm going to talk to you why you're in devens massachusetts. you're at the prison facility now. one question to tom. rush chan interintercepted the communication with the mother. in the simplest terms, what does this mean for the investigation? duds it mean anything? it appears that the family was on some sort of watch list, especially the older brother. the mother had been questioned. she had some charges against her in massachusetts. so now they intercepted her possibly talk talking to her son about jihad. is this incriminating for the younger brother who is now at the facility where susan is. >> we're not sure which brother had the conversation with the mother. but i think the key point here is that the russians are wiretapping the mother. why is that? so that would have been helpful to know if they have a reason to believe she is involved in jihad, maybe she is helping her

son get radicalized. we're looking for outsiders of outside of the family because she's been saying in an interview what an angel her boy is. now we find out the russians two years ago were wiretapping her. second of all it tells you if they have so much coverage on her at the time, why don't they pick up when the son comes back to russia. they would have heard them discussing, you would think, hey mom, i'm coming to visit, he dad i'm coming to visit. we adopt hear about that either. there's a lot of information that's not told to the fbi at a time when it would have really hill. ed a lot to know it. now we're hearing it this week and that's great. but it's telling you something different about this mother and what the russians thought of the mother, to be wiretapping her. >> okay and the fbi did interview the mother in 2007 into the investigation of tamerlan but the case was closed. >> the fbi didn't know they were wiretapping her. they interviewed her as a matter

of interviewing everyone in the family and classmates. it would have been helpful for the russians so say we are very suspicious of this mother. they normally wouldn't disclose every wiretap they're doing. thaw they certain hi don't cast any light on their mother. >> okay. tom in the previous conversation in the last hour, does this then reinforce what everyone has been saying here? you said there's been sharing of information by everyone. i was questioning you about where is the one agency where the buck stops? would it have been -- does this sort of reinforce what critics of the administration and of the handling of this bring the fbi, what they're saying about it, that hey, listen, somewhere someone dropped the ball clearly and we're not sure and agent sitcy it. most fingers are being pointed a @fbi. does this solidify what they're

saying. >> i don't exactly understand how that logic occurs, but it does, i guess. you know, we're in a situation where the fbi conducts its own investigation here, gets as much as it can get, says it comes up negative, relays that the the russians twice, please give us more, we haven't found anything. in meantime they're wire tapping the mother and we don't know it. when you say people aren't talking to each other, there's going to be -- that's a given. in this situation and in these multinational terrorists or organized crime or drug traffic investigations, they're very reliant on each of the countries trying to give you as much information as you need to go on as so that's the question here. you know, what's done in the u.s. and what's done the fbi does an members of customs and state departments and others that belong on that issue.

that's one issue. but it's a complete separate issue when they're investigating in the dark and don't know the underlying reason why they're nervous gath. >> in the newer rar of the internet, ge hads over the internet, then what is the solution. this is a new world between countries. even countries that may not be allies may have to work together when it comes to terrorism. is there a solution? >> in a way it depend on what revel level of priorcy you want to have, you want to surrender. what you're asking is if he has discussions with his mother that he supports jihad or he thinks it's e great when other people commit jihad or however that goes with him, that's one thing. but what you're saying is why doesn't the fbi know what he's thinking. and all they can examine here is what people say about him, what they know him to do, his behavior, you know the investigation of his phone calls

and his internet which if it's just to his mother and father, that normally isn't going to elevate suspicion. you don't expect the mother to be a ring leader of this. you know deck case ago in the u.s. we had marv barker leading her somes into crime. but typically you don't see the mother doing that. so the phone calls back and forth to the mother they would is have seen but would not have known the content. apparently the russians did not know the content. that's when the problem comes in. how do you know -- when you say somebody is increasingly starting to become radicalized you're trying to figure out what he's thinking. >> i want to get back to susan candiotti now getting us the latest information. russian intercepted 2007 communication with the bomber's mother discussing jihad. we spoke to you about what this means but there are other things we want to talk to you about.

the suspect? this the prison facility behind you, the prison hospital, gunshot wound to his head, neck, legs and hand. he apparently is not cooperating with authorities as much as he had been before being mirandized and also they're looking for a laptop. let's start with his level of cooperation then we'll talk about the search for a laptop. how is he doing? is he cooperating at all? >> reporter: as of now we're not getting any updates on his medical condition only confirming that he remains at this medical facility. how long he will be here, we don't know. in terms of whether he's cooperating or whether he's talking to investigators or whether he's meeting with his lawyer, we also don't know the apss to nose specific questions, only from our official, one of my sources telling us that he certainly did provide a lot of information to invest garts before he was read his rights as

had to be done when he was first charged. then he elected to have a lawyer present and not give me substantive information. and adding this, don, to what tom was saying earlier, some law enforcement officials have said that back in 2007 when they were looking at him and interviewing him and interviewing him family and friends an his mother, for example, beyond that, beyond having more specific information to go on, given the way that u.s. laws are currently set up, it would have been, according to some sources, impossible to apply for and get a wiretap based on the current laws as they stand. perhaps that is something else to consider and certainly others on capitol hill may disagree with that. but in terms of trying to find going and searching the landfill today or rather over the last

two days, we know that they wrapped up that search this day after searching for two days. whether they found a laptop that belonged to one of the two suspects is unclear. they're not saying. but if they can get their hand on that, obviously that could provide a lot of good investigative leads as well, don. >> susan candiotti with the breaking news. susan, thank you for your reporting. we'll be getting back to you. new information on the ricin case. the fbi has a new man, a new suspect and agents are working to talk to him. we'll be back with more information on that right after this break.

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and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com >> fbi has a new main suspect as investigators look to see who mailed these letters. dutschke facing a federal charge using a biological agent as a weapon, we're talking about ricin, mailed to the white house and the smart and judge. prosecutors dropped charges to another man two days ago. i'm going to talk to him in about half a minute here. first i want you to listen about the arrest of dutschke >> reporter: we don't know why the fbi went looking for him. what we do know is that dutschke's name came up in a hearing for the initial suspect of this case, that man is paul

kevin curtis. he told -- he said in that hearing on monday that he had been framed and he mentioned dutschke as a possible suspect. aday after that hearing all of the charges that had been filed against curtis were dismissed. curt curtis's name was cleared. he was released from jail. >> and the man alina is talking about, kevin curtis is on the phone with me right now. kevin, thank you so much for joining us. you're a free man. your name is clear right now. you're the one who pointed the fbi to james everett dutschke. why? do you think he mailed ricin to the white house? >> you know, i can't really say for a fact that he mailed it because obviously i haven't been following him and haven't had any correspondence in about a year and a half with him. i had a city -- i went to a city prosecutor in tupelo a couple of years ago and said this man is

stalling me online, she's made threats she's going bash my brains out, he's trashing my music all over the information highway. he went to far as to call people in festivals from here if to alabama that i was scheduled to perform for to tell them i was a criminal and a terrible person and should not be hired. sure enough, they dropped me from the roster. it was an ongoing, started out cyber kind of, he would stalling my every move. i set tracker on my smi spais page about five years ago and it told me he was coming to my page three to four dozen times a day. that was the first evidence i had to proof that this man was troolging and stalking my every move. >> why do you think dutschke framed you? >> well, i wasn't the one that

initially made that statement. i believe maybe it could have been the attorneys, staff that made the statement in court. all i was asking was who out there could you name one or two people that have a venn debt that that would be strong enough to mail letters with a poisonous substance that could cause bodily harm to the president of the united states, a senator and a judge. it just so happened, well, you know, i was linked with the senator because several years ago i sent a house resolution bill that i typed up -- >> kevin, if you can just answer the question. why do you think he would frame you? >> he hates me. why does he hate you. >> he doesn't like me. he's -- this guy has slandered me from here to north carolina. i've had a hundred people call me, e-mail me and ask me why

does he hate you. i can't answer that question because i don't know. >> you don't know why he hates you. >> i don't have a clue. >> what's the history of your relationship. how do you know him? >> he went to work for my brother, my older brother in the insurance business and then he asked to be put into my e wife's unit so she was his manager. and the first question he asked her at a luncheon date was what was it like being married to kevin curtis. that was before i received any e-mail or met him in person. >> you thought for some reason he was -- >> i only met in person on occasion. >> for some reason you believe he became obsessed with you, you don't know why. >> i have no clue. i hope that we find out why when this comes to a head. >> okay. very interesting and it certainly will because they're investigating. thanks for joining us here on cnn. >> thank you so much. >> breaking news into cnn. we're going to get to it after

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breaking news here in cnn is that we have just learned that russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2007 in which one of the boston bombing suspects may have vaguely discussed jihad with his mother. boston is onlyne side of the bombing investigation. the other is area -- is oversees, excuse me in russia to dock stan and chechnya . their parents still there. this is a part of the world no stranger to violence. i want to go to jim. he is a security adviser.

the roots of extremism have been planted that as you listen to the new information between the conversation between the mother an the one of the sons mpl i think it's certainly plausible. we are still facing the situation where the information is vague. in the press release it says the information is vague. when the clues that were passed on to the fbi, the first round, they are said to be vague. it's hard to know. but you put your finger on a possibility. this has been one of the most violent areas of the world because after the fall of the soviet union there were two ugly civil wars between russia and the break away of the caucasus. culminating in the kaush lties. the viciousness of it would be unknown to americans, even americans who have served overseas. lots of bitterness, lots of

anger and lots of violence. can we draw a direct connection between that violence and this particular circumstance in that remains to be seen. we're looking back at something and we're seeing pieces and we see how they might fit together. but if you were back then looking forward it wouldn't immediately be clear this was all part of the same puzzle. >> let's talk a little bit more about the news we're hearing that the mother being wire tapped by russia. is wire tapping there the norm and does this new information tell us -- what does it tell us about the threat? i think it says a couple of things. first of all, wire tapping is widely used. russian is an aauthoritarian state. they were in the middle of a civil war. they were under direct military threat in a break away state and that he used every thing available to them. going forward and even though things have calmed down since

the mid 19s, i'm sure that chechnya and rib ls of the caucasus are at the top of the list. i would say that's a widespread technique to be used. smarz the russian cooperation with the u.s. and in general, in over the past couple of years, the u.s. russian relationship has been rocky. coins dentally on april 15, the day of the attack, president obama and president of russian decided to patch up their relationship. yes, the russians were sharing information but we weren't getting a lot, it was vague, the relationship was a poor one. that thaz turned a kornder coins dentally on the day of the bombing. i expect we're going to see much more communication from the russians. i don't expect hay lot of attacks from check chan rebels to come and attack the united states. we've never seen it before an the chechens are first an

foremost focused on russia as their target not the u.s. but there's a lipg there when and we're going to have to follow the link until i runs dry. >> because of the internet age, everything happens so quickly now. you can become a jihad and you can become radicalized online. russia and the u.s. typically have a frosty relationship, now they're sharing information, keep your friends close open your enemies closer. what does that relationship look like going forward. >> i think it's from the top down without the executives say make this happen, then the suspicious and the riflry between the u.s. and russians imit would be it for at the. that tluld wo fare of revealing sources an method. if the executives purr shoe what they started on april 14th they,

force them to cooperate. >> we appreciate your information. the big question is how is the administration going to respond in are they responding? we are checking with your folks at the white house to see if that is happening. that's after the break.

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breaks news on the boston bombing suspect. a u.s. official says russia had a wiretap that intercepted a communication between the boston bombing suspect's mother discussing jihad be someone who may have been one of ore sons. russians turned over the intercept of the conversation which the official described as vague just within the last few days. i want you to look at that banner. it says one team. these are the boys from the dorchester massachusetts baseball league with 8 years matter tin played. he was killed in the bombings. today was opening day for the little leagues. they put on this parade. the fbi has a man in custody today they believe he's involved in the mailing of poison, poison filled letters to the president and other officials. james dutschke is charged with possessing and using the biological toxin ricin.

he was arrested today after the fbi searched his home. the nation's airports will be back to normal tomorrow. that's a promise which is calling off the fur loi program which slowed the airplanes to a crawl this week. more than 3,000 delays were happening this week. >> part of a plane to hit the world trade center may be wedged between two buildings just blocks from the ground zero. it's wedged between a site and a planned community center and another building. they're looking into all of the possibilities to determine whether the part was intentionally placed between the two buildings. the boston bombings suspects's parents are staying in russia at least for now. earlier the father had agreed to fly to the u.s. and cooperate with investigators. the mother is also staying in russia. she's wanted on felony charges of shoplifting and destruction

of property in massachusetts. that's where the parents lived until last year. more now on our breaks news. i want to go to white house correspondent, brianna keilar. he's at the white house correspondent dinner at the hilton where officials are already reacts to the breaking now on cnn. whatry they saying, if anything? >> reporter: that's right. the white house correspondent center is a light event where there are a lot of celebrities but there are a lot of news makers as well. we were table to talk to jeff holder about the breaks news that russia intercepted communication involving the bomber's mother, the alleged boston bomber's mother talking about islamic, discussing jihad according to a u.s. official. we talked to him about that and the legal process going on right now involving the surviving alleged boston bomber. here's what he said.

are you familiar with the report that russian thorlths buyer tapped one of the bombing suspects said saying he was speaking to his mother in 2007. >> that's an ongoing matter. i don't comment on that. >> can you comment on the suspect being mirandized ap whether that was appropriate. >> the laws that we have, we -- everything was done appropriately. >> reporter: now again, cnn is reporting at this moment, according to a u.s. official this that this was the interception of a conversation involving, on one end, the leged bomber's mother back in 2007. we are not saying we do not know who that conversation was with. but according to a u.s. official, she was discussing jihad with whoever she was talking to. the question right now is the aftermath of these bombingings

was were some red flags perhaps missed by u.s. officials that could have tipped them off to the fact that the tsarnaev brothers were a threat. at this point a suchlt s. official said it's not clear if this intercepted communication would have perhaps forced authorities to take a closer look at tamerlan tsarnaev or dzhokhar tsarnaev. don. >> it's interesting that the attorney general said he would not comment on this intercepted conversation, but then he talks about the miranda, them reading him his miranda. both of them are part of an ongoing invest. he commented on one but would thont the other >> reporter: i think it the commenting on the mirandizing, it's controversial and i think he's trying to explain that and stand by the administration's decision. >> the white house correspondent

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breaking news here on cnn on the bombing, boston bombing suspects. a u.s. official says russia had a wiretap that intercepted a communication between the suspect's mort discussing gjiha who may have been one of her sons back in 2007. the russians turned over the communication in the last two days. two friends of 0 bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev are being detained for immigration violationings nay went to college with dzhokhar tsarnaev. they partly the two friends did

not attend classes often enough to keep their visa status current. the friends appeared in a photo can dzhokhar taken in new york city's time square last year. the two men had nothing to do with the boston attack. authorities want to talk to the friends more about the suspect's movements before the attack. we'll update you on that. >> more than a dozen victims lost limbs in the boston bombings. we talked to a man who nose a lot about what's ahead for them. >> i just sort of want to let those people know that it's not, it's not over. you know, your life isn't done. >> his own recovery from tragedy, an inspiring story, next. what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?!

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three people died when the bombs ek ploeded near the boston marathon finish line and more than 260 others were injured. now each of those vur vooifrs are just beginning what may be a long road to recovery. popcy harlow is in boston. she says they're getting help from people who have been there. >> reporter: hi there wob don. of the victims from the boston bombing we know that at least 13 have suffered the lost of at least one limb from that horrific attack. and no one can understand what it is like to go through that if they have not experienced it themselves. so this week we met kareem. he is an incredibly inspiring

man who lost both of his legs. he talked to us about the challenge but also about the hope that lies ahead. >> kareem's daily workout is about so much more than getting fit. it's about becoming himself again. this was muji two years ago. the former safe fi for the university of new hampshire wild cats learning to walk again after a tragic car crash that took his legs and nearly killed him. when you heard about the bombing and you realized that people had lost limbs from it, what did you think. >> it just really brought me back to a bad place. but i just sort of want to let those people know that it's not, it's not over. you know, your life isn't done. >> it doesn't have to break you. >> no, no. it doesn't have to break you at all. >> reporter: he know what is the

more than one dozen amputee bombing victims face. i wonder what the biggest fear has ever been for you since you've gone through this. >> to be honest, my biggest fear is not being myself again. >> the man who got muji up ap walking again is the same that will do it for a lot of the boston amputees. he's do it here at spauldings brand-new rehabilitation hospital which is just openingn >> they have been in intensive care unit, some have been on high dose medications. so sometimes the processing of the invitation begins once they become to rehabilitation. >> it's not about rabble tath their body or teaching home walk it's just as much about rabble tath their mind and emotionally where they stand, isn't it. >> losing a limb is akin to

losing a loved one. we look at a amputation as a transforming of events. it clearly shapes them as an individual but it doesn't define them. so, you know, you're defined by what you have, not by what you've lost. >> reporter: muji will be right alongside of him working with other amputees helping the boston vims fight back. >> i want to walk in and let them know that their life is not over. you might even feel like you're not happy that you survived because i went through those same sort of feelings >> reporter: but this makes it different for these victims. >> to know somebody purposely did that and you lost what you lost, that's not something i had to do deal with. >> reporter: but he believes. >> if you stay with a positive mine set and you're willing to work for it, i'm living proof

you can get where you want to be. >> reporter: muji told me a year ago it took him 57 minutes to walk a mile. today he is four times faster. so he's seeing a little bit of improvement day by day by day. luckily while also coins dentally just this weekend the spaulding rehabilitation center has opened its door tos to the new facility that we showed you and that is where almost all of the amputee victims from this bombing are going to go for rehabilitation. we certainly wish them all of the best and they'll have the doctors and the state of the art facility to go through rabbitation. >> thank you, poppy. mat damon is an actor. many know him for his connection to boston. back home he talked about the recent attacks on his city. you'll hear from him as a matter of fact next.

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we are a little more than an hour away from the party that mixes politics and pop culture like nothing else. as a matter of fact, let's get you there live. the white house correspondents' dinner. it is at the washington hilton. and there you see the folks are all filing in now. it's a fancy dress ball, really. you know, the presidential press corps has been hosting the event since 1920. it's become the white-tie opportunity for celebs with a cau cau cause. here's cnn's nischelle turner. >> reporter: swoon-worthy, glamorous, and often unexpected. >> jane. >> reporter: the celebrity turnout at the annual white house correspondents' dinner is always interesting. >> i love the kind of chance encounters. i love that you don't know who you're going to run into. >> reporter: and you never know what headlines will happen when washington pundits and politicians mix it up with hollywood heavyweights. so what brings the stars out

each year? >> a lot of talented people together. a lot of people concerned about the direction of the country. >> i want to basically meet anyone who's for marriage equality, and i want to talk to them and give them a hug and thank them for their hard work. >> reporter: some celebrities show up with a cause and hollywood public relations strategist howard bragman says that's smart. >> if you have a cause, something you're passionate about, you have a chance to speak to really a bunch of different media than you've typically been speaking to p. >> reporter: but prepare to work the rope line. >> you've got a lot of congressman's spouses who want to take their picture with you. it's a lot of glad-handing. it calls for a lot of patience, a lot of pasted-on smiles. it's almost like you're running for office. >> reporter: while some celebrities party with a purpose, others are there for levity and laughter. >> remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious.

>> reporter: and many stars say they simply can't pass up an opportunity to dine with the president. >> not too many people can. so any opportunity i can i definitely jump on it. >> mm. kimmel was hilarious last year. nischelle turner joins me live from outside the washington hilton where the dinner's happening. >> hello. >> nischelle, did everybody leave you? what's going on? >> yeah, well, basically, the red carpet line is pretty much over, don, because you just showed some live pictures from inside. everyone's making their way inside for the correspondents' dinner so it can begin. but you know what? this has been a really interesting red carpet. i was a first-timer here tonight as well, and lots of celebrities were first-timers, and they were very excited to meet the politicians. it's almost like that thing you always hear about, athletes and rock stars. all of the athletes want to be rock stars, all the rock stars want to be athletes. well, it's the same way here tonight. all of the celebrities want to be politicians and the politicians want to be celebrities. it's going to be a fun night. can't wait to -- >> you're a newbie.

we have been covering this dinner, at least i have, this team, for five years -- >> i'm a new kid at cnn. i'm a new kid at cnn. >> you know what? it's great. every year they say don, why aren't you at the white house correspondents' dinner? and it's exactly what howard bragman talked about in your story. it's a little too much glad-handing for me. i'd rather sit here, talk about, it laugh at the jokes, anchor the coverage. but obviously, it would be fun to be there. you saw sharon stone earlier. you had psy. who else have you seen? >> well, there's been a lot of people here. you're right. sharon stone and psy were both here. rebel wilson, matthew perry, sofia investigatvergara, julie nokes from "modern family." also some big-time names. attorney general eric holden, connie britten from "nashville," claire danes and her his hugh d'arcy. michael j. fox, i just spoke with him, and i tell you how much you adore that man and his

fight. he's still fighting the good fight. >> i love him. michael p. keaton. alex p. keaton. thank you. don't go away because we'll be back later. conan o'brien headlining tonight's event. and you can watch his speech, the president's speech, and much, much more right here on cnn. live coverage begins at 9:00 eastern. ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your family's future? we'll help you get there.

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a u.s. official says russia had a wiretap that intercepted a communication between the boston

bombing suspect's mother discussing jihad with someone who may have been one of her sons. this happened in 2011. the russians turned over their intercept of the conversation which the official described as vague just within the last few days. one of boston's favorite sons talked about the marathon bombings while visiting harvard university this week. matt damon. he received the school's annual award for excellence in the arts. during the ceremony the actor reflected on the attacks, and he says he was shocked when he found out he went to the same high school the younger tsarnaev brother attended. he says everyone is now wondering what happened. >> it's just really -- i think we're all still in shock. i certainly am still in shock and trying to figure out what this all means and what happened. it's just incredibly shocking and hard to figure out. well, damon wrote about the importance of the race in a

"boston globe" article just weeks before the attacks. i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. live coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner begins one hour from now here on cnn. you're looking at live pictures now from the hilton in washington. in the meantime, anderson cooper's special report "boston terror: behind the bombings" terror: behind the bombings" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com > here > her in boston, two bombs, two brothers, accused of turning the marathon into carnage. now we follow the terror from the boston suburbs to a war-torn part of russia, investigating who the suspects were, how the deadly plan took place, and crucially, what turned a pair of striving immigrants into alleged killers. drew griffin begins our special report, "boston terror: behind the bombings."