celebrate easter? susan roy e-mailed this picture of her dog, scout. and patrick sent this photo yesterday. >> tune in tomorrow. we will see how anna did at the boston marathon. bill: thank you, fox news alert. the city of boston runs yet again today after two bombs tour a year ago on marathon monday. 36,000 runners at the starting line. it has never been that big before. there are more police. there are more people. and there are a lot more rules a year later. at least a million spectators are expected through eight different towns and cities over a 26-mile route. we say good morning to you at home and at work or on your mobile device. i'm bill hemmer, live from the boston common, for a special edition of "america's newsroom" on this easter monday. martha, good morning to you as well.

martha: good morning to you in boston, bill. and i'm martha maccallum. live here in new york city. so today's race is the second largest in boston's history. yesterday, look at these scenes as hundreds marathoners in their sneakers lined up at a local church to receive the annual blessing of the athletes. remembering victims from last year's terror attack. bill: a lost police too. martha, we'll go throughout the security measures the city has taken. they have planned now for seven solid months to make sure that today stays safe. these right here, these backpacks, absolutely forbidden. if you have one, it will be eliminated, or to be checked throughout the entire route. for runners, fannie packs are allowed. it has been reduced to this size this year to make sure things stay okay. molly line live from the emergency management command center in framing ham, massachusetts. molly, begin with you.

the security this year more than doubles last year's on multiple front. how will they keep boston safe today? >> reporter: massachusetts emergency management officials says an unprecedented amount of planning has gone through this and unprecedented amount of law enforcement is here today. we're in an underground bunker. there are more than 260 people from different sorts of agencies, state, federal resources being amassed. this place is really the hub of the security operations. the place where mutual aid decision was be made in the event of an emergency. out on the course there are 3500 to 4,000 different law enforcement officers. hundreds will be in plain clothes and between seven and 800 of them receive specialized training for this event to detect suspicious behaviors and manage certain threats, possibly seen, i.e. dids or other explosives along the course. massachusetts national guard on hand and national guard folks

from 20 different states are on hand as well. there will be hundreds of cameras along the course and four eyes in the sky from state police helicopters. bill? bill: what about tactical resources. what are we allowed to report on that? >> reporter: there has been a lost effort put into speed in this case. there are a lost k-9 units, at least 90 different teams of k-9s to respond within moments to anywhere along the racecourse and some other tactical resources being staged along the 26.2 miles. we had a chance to talk with the nema director kurt schwartz. take a listen. >> we have a tactical resources to deal with any threat or hazard situation that comes up. and does that include s.w.a.t. teams? it does. and it include all of the homeland security resources we have and all the capabilities. they're staged in every

likelihood. nobody will ever see them and we won't use then. >> reporter: this is also the place where the local officials on hand here today, the state and federal officials will be able to interface with washington, with homeland security and with the fbi and all the resources being put in to keep security at this race safe, bill. bill: it will be a new system that will be tested today a lot. thank you, molly. many runners who were here last year, they are back this year and amazing turnout as well, including dr. natalie ttavus. when the bombs went off, sprinted to finish line, jumping police barriers and ultimately helping to save lives. she took me on a tour she took a year ago. she told me running again this year with her father will bring everything full circle. >> for me, closure, of what happened last year, still 26.2 miles away. so i think for me, finishing the

race this year and probably for my father as well, we'll be able to close that chapter of our lives and start the chapter moving forward. bill: coming up later this hour the rest of my interview with dr. stavsa. what is driving her and some others. martha, when the bombs went off, there were 5600 runners still on the course. they were offer ad bib to run again this year. of the 5600, 5,000 said yes. they're all back here again today. we'll see wheelchairs go off in eight minutes. elite women go off in 25. boston will be running again this year. we'll see how it goes, martha. martha: that is truly a remarkable number, bill, we'll be back to you in boston. here in new york, vice president joe biden is traveling in the ukraine, it is a show of support for the government of kiev. it comes after a truce for the

easterter holiday was shattered at a check point set up by pro-russian gunmen killing at least three people. leland vittert from donetsk, ukraine. what are people saying on the ground about the vice president's visit today? >> reporter: what is interesting, martha, how much this splits across the old east-west divide. pro-separatists don't really care. they think the vice president is visiting kiev and visiting the illegitimate government. that is about the nicest thing they have to say about the government in kiev. the vice president touched down today. he has meetings with government officials tomorrow. this shows how much of a cold war standoff this crisis has become that the west is very much with kiev. the east is very much with moscow in terms of how this breaks down across this country. as we have traveled around eastern rue crain there are all sorts of signs.

say know to nato. down with the usa. when separatists find out we're american news organization and american citizens they are very decidedly unfriendly of the as you look at this, folks realize the fate is much more in the hands of the united states and moscow than it is of their own making. martha? martha: i think everyone has been trying to sort out the players in all of this. so talk to us pro-russian separatists as they're called. who are they really? >> reporter: well, that is kind of the interesting part as you talk to these folks. a lot of them identify themselves as russian. they are russian-speaking. at love them here in the eastern part of ukraine. in pact president putin of russia said he will make it easier for pro-russian, russian-speaking citizens of ex-soviet states to become citizens of russia. they say they are willing to fight and die to become part of russia and their own state. evidence by the check point shootout that you talked about

earlier. three dead, yesterday. we don't know who fired first there, but certainly underscores what the issues are on the ground. martha: it absolutely does. leland, thank you very much. we'll check back with you later. here at home, this fox news alert as new details are emerging on the deadly ferry sinking that happened in south korea. investigators now revealed the captain initially told passengers who were mostly teenagers on a high school trip, that they needed to stay in their rooms. they say that he waited more than half an hour to issue an evacuation order. you can just feel the emotion of these families. it is palpable. south korea's president calling the president's -- captain's actions unforgivable and murderous. the captain and five crewmembers are in police custody. so far 64 bodies were recovered from the water. more than 200 other president still unaccounted for. bill: stunning surge in gas

prices across the country. national average is 3.$67. a month ago it was $3.52. that is nothing compared to someplaces in california. gas prices in the golden state have gone up every day for the past month, reaching an average of $4.22 a gallon. stuart varney, host of "varney & company" on the fox business network. stuart, good morning to you on this easter monday. it smells that time of year. what is going on? >> it smells like $4 gasoline as a national afterrage is a distinct possibility this summer. you pointed out a surge in gasoline prices. the price of gas regular has gone up almost over single day for the last month and we don't see that very often. we reached 3.67 as the national average now, only 33 cents a way from the $4 level. at $4, that's where economists say we pick up our attention.

it really starts to hurt. it is within reach for this summer, bill. bill: think about consumers. think about trucking prices all over the country. what's the drag on the economy when this happens, stuart? >> you think about what's happening right now. a surge in gasoline prices. we all see it, we all feel it. a surge in food prices going on at exactly the same time. we see i will, we feel it. and a surge in the cost of health care. we see it, we feel it. the stuff we spend our money on, we know is getting more expensive. that is a drag on the overall economy because it crimps the purchasing power of america's middle class. it's a negative impact on the economy, bill. bill: stuart, thank you. see you at 11:00 a.m. okay, on fox business. >> sure. bill: appreciate it. stuart varney in new york. a lot to get to this morning not only in boston as our special coverage continues but elsewhere. how do you secure a 26-mile marathon route? the police commissioner from

boston is my next guest live. also, martha? martha: plus a car plowing into a packed church on easter sunday. the terrifying sales from the people inside. bill: a teenage stowaway found inside the wheel of an airplane. after a five-hour flight. why he is lucky to be alive today. >> i would imagine flying at 35,000 feet would be very cold, not pressurized or temperature-controlled. so it would be a miracle to, you know to survive. ♪

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martha: awful story here. a car slammed into a packed florida church last night. it happened during their annual easter concert. witnesses say the car barreled through the church's wall and several rows of the pews. >> we putting people were under the car. so we have to, do what we have to do. >> i heard some people were

underneath the car. >> yeah. a lady was like 78 years old. she is okay. we talked to her. i think she is doing fine. >> i heard people actually had to lift the car? >> yeah we have to lift the car. martha: unbelievable. at least 21 people were injured. driver said something went wrong with the car's brakes. they are treating it at this point as an accident. bill: back here live in boston. moments after the explosions a year ago, many people here wondered whether or not the runners would be back. almost immediately, police, people were writing into the race commissioner and people connected with the boston marathon to make sure they had a chance to run again this year. that was where the whole idea about boston strong began and the roots for that, well that theme, they continue today, starting in a matter of moments. 9 police commissioner is with me now, william evans, who has been working tirelessly on this.

sir, good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: seven months in planning, it has been exhaustive. how do you file. >> we feel good. we have a good plan. i have all confidence today will go off without any issues. we have no intelligence out there, any threats to this race. it's a great day. the weather is great. we have got 36,000 runners starting in hopkinton. i think the marathon will come back the way it always best marathon in the world. bill: the governor is talking about making sure it remains a family-friendly fun event. >> right. bill: how do you do that? >> we, again, you know, you bring in a lot of tactical assets but you hide them the best you can. you don't want people coming to the race and being intimidated by, you know, officers out there with rifles or with their tactical gear on. so, there's a fine balance. you want to secure the race but you don't want people to feel

walking to the barrier line and watching the race, you don't want to scare them off. this is always been a great day in the city. we've run this 116 times without incident. and you know, it is patriot's day in the city. it is usually a fun day, a family day. that is the way we want to keep it. bill: you doubled the number of police officers. you have at least, what, 500 plain clothes officers at the finish line, at the starting. >> right. bill: what was your chief concern trying to manage this today? >> our biggest concern, last year at the race we were more less concerned about someone interfering with the runners. we never thought someone would try to put a bomb down in the city. this year we have a lot more officers working in the crowd, hyped the barriers. making sure nothing is out of the ordinary. we're looking for the public's help too. that if they see something, say something out of the ordinary. you know, i have all the confidence in the men and women of our department, to make sure

this race will go off. it is probably the most secure place to be today in the world. bill: many suggested that too. >> you know, it will be a great day. bill: you know what is the level of threat assessment that you've received? have there been anything that you would say specifically that's come to your attention. >> nothing at all. every day we've been dealing with the fbi, the state police, all our partners have been work, for the last month, looking for any type of, you know, intelligence out there, any type of chatter. and we have none for today. bill: it was, as you well know, 2:48 in the afternoon. that was six or seven hours after the first runners were on the race. >> right. bill: on the racetrack. i imagine you can not relax until 7:00 tonight? >> i agree. we have four waves going on because this race has increased to 36,000. so the last runner doesn't leave hopkinton until 11:25. we anticipate the last runner coming in upwards of 6:30 tonight. it will be a long day but the

men and women of this department will be out there, a the finish line making sure it's secure as can possibly be, and i think it i will was great day. the weather couldn't be better for runners. bill: that is true. i like your tie too. it says, "boston strong," to our viewers at home. >> i like to wear it to remember the victims. we styles forget the terrible tragedy and what they will have to go through day in, day out long after this marathon is gone. i think the city pulled together and we'll never forget victims of april 15th. bill: we'll never forget them. thanks so much for your time, sir. keep it safe and see you at 7:00 tonight. >> thank you very much. bill: from boston, i want to get back to martha in new york. martha: thank you, bill. there is severe weather hitting the southwest today, coming up dramatic video of the mess left behind after a tornado touched down in texas, we'll show you that. a 16-year-old taken away on a stretcher after hitching a

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bill: a tornado in texas. it is that time of year, people. touching down near the small town of childress. no reports of any damage or injuries but twister was on the ground for a very long time. good thing it did not hit near a heavily populated area. storms and hail also moving through the area. we will keep you updated on the radar throughout the morning. martha: 16-year-old boy is lucky to be alive today after

officials say that he hitched a ride five 1/2 hours on a flight from san jose, california, to hawaii, hiding in the plane's wheel well. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles. so, william, it's very, very cold at 38,000 feet, not to mention how he was breathing up there. >> reporter: 50 degrees below zero. think of mt. everest, heavy coats, oxygen tanks that is 30,000 feet. you're right, in addition to hypothermia and frostbite he should have died of asphyxiation. of 150 stowaway attempts, more than 80% die. those that make it, on shorter flights, lower altitudes. officials say this 16-year-old was unconscious most of the flight. he remembers almost nothing and is lucky to be alive. >> i would imagine flying at 35,000 feet it would be very cold, not pressurized or temperature controlled, so it would be a miracle to, you know,

to survive. >> reporter: when the flight landed in maui, witnesses safe the boy jumped down from the wheel well, began wandering around the tarmac. was picked up by security, no i.d. quite a story to tell, martha. martha: unbelievable. what is his story? how did he get on board at that plane? >> reporter: so much for it. sa lines. he took the easy rout and jumped the fence at san jose, airport. the teenager from near by santa clara and climbing up on hawaii air on sunday morning this happened in broad daylight. you're wondering what was he doing on board? there was a family argument and he ran away. the hospital says that he has been medically screened. he's fine. he is now in custody of child protective services. he will not be charged with a crime, martha. some speculate that there is some heat from the avionics that kept him alive. four years ago, a 16-year-old,

he died, but body temperature of one guy who survived was 79 degrees. that is five degrees, below what temperature you should be dead. this kid is walking miracle. martha: unbelievable story. he gets another chance. thank you very much, william la jeunesse. bill: seldom, if ever does it end that way, right, martha? wow. turning from runners into immediate first-responders. i will tell you about a doctor and her own father who jumped over barricades last year to save lives. you will hear from her in a matter of moments. >> look forward to that. democrats denying charges of a political ploy after the white house once again delays the decision on the keystone pipeline until guess when? right around after the midterm elections. we'll talk about that. karl rove is coming up on that one and this. book any flight or hotel

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she sympathy has nothing to do in her opinion with this delay. here she is. >> i want to make sure the right decision is arrived at. the president makes that decision carefully and doesn't factor politics into thinks decision which i don't think he is. martha: there you have it. karl rove is a former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to president george h.w. bush and fox news contributor. karl, good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. martha: what was your reaction over the weekend? i saw pour into my phone over the weekend as it crossed wires, another delay. what did you think? >> well, debbie wasserman-schultz, chairman of the democratic national committee, that is the kind of inane thing party chairman have to say sometimes defending their presidents. of course it was about politics. it is all about politics. the president is concerned about the enthusiasm of democratic voters going into the 2014 midterm elections. he doesn't want to do anything that will depress that turnout. if you look at the recent pew

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look at quotes from some senators in some tough spots when it comes to re-election in november. mary landrieu says the decision is irresponsible and unnecessary and unacceptable. we also have a quote from senator begich of alaska. obviously these two senators closely involved with this decision. i'm frankly appalled by the continued foot-dragging of this administration. this process has gone on long enough. why wouldn't the white house want to do something to help out two people in the tough election situation? >> i think is a stupid move politically by the president. this is reviewed by the state department. it has been reviewed bit environmental agencies. this thing is a worthwhile thing to do. there is no carbon, you know, carbon increase in our carbon emissions as a result of building this pipeline. if the oil doesn't come to the united states and get used in an efficient way it will be sent ultimately to china and be used in less efficient way. so the president would be smart to have this happen so people like mary landrieu and mark

begich could claim credit for pushing administration to do so. this is not how these people are thinking. the president has this unusual thing going on. his former secretary of interior ken salazar says, build the pipeline. his former white house chief of staff says build the pipeline. a whole range of obama administration officials who had something to do with this have come out and said the pipeline should be built. it will be secure way to get 700,000 barrels of oil a day from the canada and north dakota for refineries on the north coast. that is 700,000 barrels of oil we'll not importing from the middle east. we'll spend $7.7 billion because of the president's delays if he grants this after the election, between 2013 and 2015. there will be $7.7 billion in payments for oil to the middle east that we wouldn't have had to pay had we had this pipeline built. martha: i mean you've got the environmental issues, and as you say, it has been given approval

by a number of agencies. and then you've got the energy independence issue which may turn out to be something that will be leveraged by republicans in this debate. so we'll see. we have got to go. karl, thank you so much. great to have you here as always. >> thank you. bill: back live in boston. two minutes ago the elite women are now on the course here in boston and security as you know, is the big concern for the next seven, eight, nine hours, as the city gears up for marathon monday which is today. former new york police commissioner ray kelly, who knows a lot about security when it comes to keeping millions and millions safe. he has got one big concern about this year's race. listen. >> obviously some sort of copycat event, something that looks similar to what we saw last year. again you can not totally rule out an event happening away from the marathon. and i believe that the

massachusetts authorities and boston police have put that into the equation. you need resources to respond to locations away from the marathon if something untoward happens. bill: until it's done, they will not rest easy. how do you secure 26 miles? with 38,000 runners and up to a million spectators? bill gavin, former assistant director of the fbi. he was with us about a week solid around this time last year. nice to see you again in person. >> my pleasure, bill. bill: there are p.a. systems set up throughout the route just in case there is an emergency. the runners will be notified right away. there are video monitors that have been established. how now does all this come together do you think. >> it comes together at one universal spot where everybody is monitoring everything there is to monitor. from the cameras through the deployment of the police department. i think what is very important here, is the presence of the police.

there are two times as many uniformed officers as here last year. that makes a real difference in perception. the other side of the coin is, they have been trained extremely well. they have had seven, eight months of training. so when you are with these police officers, they are friendly yet you get that feeling of being protected by them. bill: you would admit too, i mean to keep everything safe is an impossibility? there are soft targets up and down this course. >> absolutely true, bill. you do the very best that you can do. you have local municipal police departments, you have the boston police department, you have the federal agencies, you have the state agencies. everybody is doing the best they can. as an example i went to the park, set a cup of coffee down to make a phone call, a police officer came over said, can i help you. he was friendly bit. did the right thing. bill: you remarked there are garbage cans still set up. in a lot of places they would take the cans away. >> certainly would.

bill: why did they not do that here? >> i suspect they have police officers close to the cans and they have clear plastic bags in them. all the people allowed adjacent to the racecourse are mandated to have packs that are transparent so they can see into the packs and see what is in them. no backpacks will be permitted, no strollers, nothing more than a liter of liquid. it is very, very tight. bill: in that sense have they gone too far in the other way? >> i don't think so. i think that people appreciate, you look at the atmosphere in boston and way people address this whole situation. they're very, understanding of what has to be done in order to prevent some horrible tragedy as occurred last year. bill: i hope we can do it. >> i'm sure that we can. >> i know you do as well. bill, great to see you. we'll be in touch throughout the day. >> my pleasure, bill. bill: bill gavin. boston is his home. we appreciate you being with us today. >> thank you. bill: back in a moment, martha.

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♪ martha: tragic ordeal of reuben "hurricane" carter, inspiring that unforgettable song by bob dylan. sad news on that to report. carter, the legendary boxer became a symbol of racial injusttries died yesterday morning in toronto, after a long battle with prostate cancer. he had a promising career in the ring, before being wrongly convicted for three murders in

1967. he went on to spend 19 years behind bars before that conviction was overturned after years of appeals. reuben "hurricane" carter, dead at the age of 76. bill: back here live in boston. there are runners on the course this is the day that boston has awaited for, to get their own, what they call, revenge, from a year ago. there were so many heroes that emerged in aftermath of last year's bombing, many of them runners who stopped to help the wounded. that is what dr. natalie stavas did. she had to run down an alley to get past police barricades. taking that risk ultimately saved lives. she retraced her story and her steps with me just about a week ago. dr. natalie stavas is a pediatrician who was several hundred yards from finishing her 10th boston marathon. that is when the race stopped in front of her. >> i was with my father and we were running and we heard the

explosion. i thought they were fireworks. my dad thought it was thunder. what we heard, like permeating through the crowd and the chaos was bombs explosions, someone said sniper. it was mass chaos, utter confusion. and, one thing was very clear, that people were injured at the finish line. bill: her marathon was over. but as a doctor she continued to run. >> i couldn't get up to boylston because of the police and the spectators and the chaos. so i look a left on public alley, 443. bill: so this is the alley, and the race is happening just the next street over? >> right, just the next street over is boylston street. bill: you're almost down with the race and you hear this explosion and you run toward it. >> i did. i ran towards it. but honestly, i did not know

what i was running towards. and how, how coy know, how could i fathom something so evil? [sirens] bill: what she found were people gravely wounded. >> the first one that i saw was a young woman on the ground. lots of people were gathered around her. actually started cpi on her, trying to save her life. and, we found, i found out later that she tragically passed away. bill: but you're not trained, although you're a doctor, you're not trained in triage? you're not trained for this? >> there is something inside you though, maybe it is instinct, maybe it's because i am a physician, maybe it was because i was a nurse before i was a physician and i have worked with the sick and the injured. whatever it was, it kicked in and i just knew i had to try to do something. bill: do you ever think it could

happen again? >> i do think it could happen again but i think that the importance realization that most of boston and most of the world is trying to come to, we can't live in fear, because living in fear just paralyzes us. if we lived in fear we would never run again. bill: do you think that day changed you? if you do, how did it change you? >> that day completely changed my view for me what it means to be a physician. it changed my perception and even my outlook what i want to do with my life. i am along a completely different path now than before the marathon. bill: today she is running her 11th boston marathon, with her father next to her just like last year. >> to me closure with what happened last year is still

26.2 miles away. i think for me finishing the race this year and probably for my father as well, we'll be able to close that chapter of our lives and, start the chapter moving forward after the boston 2014. bill: she's about an hour and 15 minutes away from being back on the course, again with her father joe and i asked her, martha, i said how often do you think about the tsarnaev brothers. the two men lived on the river here in boston. she said i don't even know how to say their names. i only think about the victims. that sentiment is very true throughout the city of boston, martha. martha: incredible story. right now she is thinking about the finish line. we hope she and her father cross it and they have a great, great day out there. thanks, bill. more from boston in a moment. coming up, sticker shock at the butcher. have you noticed this? why beef prices are skyrocketing to some of their highest levels

in years? back again to boston and two brothers, two terrible injuries from the terrorist attack at the marathon. how they recovered together, and refused to give in. >> when i was on fire, so i started putting myself out. i backed myself away from the barricade and started checking myself to see if anything was missing. then i immediately tried finding him. c'mon, you want heartburn?

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bill: country music singer kevin sharp has died. sharp found fame with the release of a debut album, measure of a man, spawning several top five hits. he is known for his work with the make a wish foundation after surviving a rather public battle with bone cancer when he was still in high school. his family saying he passed away last night from complications

from various stomach surgeries and digestive issues. he was only 43 years old. ♪ martha: what a love for steak, right? paying for it is taking a bigger bite out of your grocery bill because beef prices have been skyrocketing. gas price, beef prices both going up lately. americans are getting ready for the outdoor grilling season of the garrett tenney is live in chicago. so what is going on, garrett? >> reporter: martha, a good steak hasn't cost this much since ronald reagan was president. we're feeling it everywhere from restaurants and grocery stores to our own homes. now that include here at the famous billy goat tavern in chicago. at this restaurant they buy more than 8,000-pound of meat a year for the restaurants like things

like steak for breakfast. this extreme weather the last few years, including droughts, it made raising cattle much more expensive. there are not as many hoofs out there. our nation's cattle herds have not been since this low since 1951. there were half as many mouths to feed. the price of ground beef is up 11%. round steak has set record highs each of the past four months. pork is not the cheap alternative like it normally would be. it is up more than 12% from a year ago, martha. martha: how long are the higher prices going to last do they think? >> reporter: calves take at least a couple years until they reach point until they go to slaughter. we'll see prices at least until then. for the most part, restaurants and grocery stores have been trying to absorb the increased costs and not pass prices along to customers. as the prices are reaching record levels, they're starting to have to do a little bit of

that. now customers are trying to figure out how to handle the price increases. >> generally i don't eat as much as i used to as far as meat goes. >> it will affect the budget. we'll probably have to eat a little less meat and get into more soups. >> i try to buy the leanest thing i can get for my money so you don't have any waste as well as cut back a little bit and eat more vegetables. >> reporter: but as it turns out, vegetable prices are up as well. so grocery bills overall over the next couple of years are going to be a little bit higher. but the good news is, they say it is not going to last forever, martha. martha: garrett, thank you very much. >> reporter: certainly. bill: 36,000 on the course today, martha. it has never been this big before. in about an hour 15 minutes ago, boston stopped for a moment of silence to remember and recognize the victims here on patriot's day.

[moment of silence] >> thank you. bill: now we are five minutes away from the first of four massive waves of runners that will take off 26 miles from here and end up on boylston street behind me mere on the boston common. in a moment how important it is for this town to get to tomorrow. in the next hour, boston strong and a city determined to run again. today is their day and their chance as our coverage continues, martha. martha: great, great city and we wish them well and great coverage. we'll be back to bill in a little bit. also the tensions continuing to rise in ukraine. one "new york times" columnist slamming president obama's foreign policy record saying he is just not tough enough. brit hume joins us with his reaction and what it means for the country. >> to answer my question, how

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an easter truth shattered as gun shots rang out in ukraine. the vice president is there. brand new hour of "america's newsroom" and i am martha maccallum. >> and i will bill hemmer here in boston. it is the first running since the deadly attack that left three dead and 260 injured. what a day it was and what a day

they have waited for. r r reslute and ready. they are waiting for this day to get their atheir even -- revenge. the last runner crosses at 7 p.m. and they hope to keep them safe. they will not rest until the race is over. >> such a beautiful day. we wish them well. pro-russian separatisseparatist to hold buildings and the standoff is becoming another test of president obama's

strength in public policy. this has david brooks calls him out saying he as a quote manhood problem with foreign policy. >> let's face it, obama does have a, i will say it crudely, a manhood problem in the middle east. i think a lot of the wrap is unfair but this might not be. >> brett hume is here. what do you think of this? >> good thing he works for the new york times instead of ours where he would be under indictment for incorrect speech if he said that on our network. he said it is probably undeserved and talking about n

perceptions of the president held by allies in the middle east. he was saying the president shrunk from forces like in syria where he backed off. and now he is engaging them as partners and trying to disarm them. >> the red line in syria and the question is coming down to assad and putin. how much is this hurting him and his reputation? >> the united states has

practiced diplomacy backed by threat. the intention is to make sure the threats are used so we don't use force. but there are times you have to go ahead and do what you threat threatened to do. and the president hasn't done that so that means leaders will test him to see how far they can push things in a direction the president doesn't approve of before he does something important or meaningful. >> you pointed out that brooks writes for the new york times. the president has gotten a lot of internal dissension on this at this point. a lot of democrats and journalist who have covered presidents and you have covered presidents for 35 years. how does he stack up in this in terms of his ability to stand up

to these people as you look back at the former presidency. he is in a tough situation. >> they are also tough. if you look at any crisis that america feels its interests are engage and you look at the public opinion, you will almost never find the public favoring military force and military assets to an appear -- ally. to people in this country don't want to get involved. that is what we saw when bush was confronted with kuwait. a royal rich desert smaller than

saudi arabia in the middle east home to a rich royal family. he came out immediately and said this will not stand. and i thought to myself what does he think he is going to do? no public favor to liberate kuwait but the president went ahead and led lie action, example and his words and by the time we joined the public was behind him. this is the challenge presidents face when dealing with this dangerous world. this president's idea is wars must in and winding down afghanistan and iraq and backed away from military force in syria. and he is announcing to the world that military force isn't an option in dealing with ukraine. so there we have. >> we streniously got us out of wars.

that has been one of the biggest mantra's of his presidency so it makes it difficult it for people abroad to think he will go to that length to protect borders. the number of road closures is too many to list. security has been amped up and that is to be expected given the first race since the bombings a year ago. 36,000 athletes, 9,000 more than every before and a million spectators to hit the streets, eight different towns and cities marking the route to central boston. officials are taking it serious after the bombings that killed three and wounded 360 others. the city is placing more than a hundred cameras around the marathon route and there is a pa

system that has been established and they can use that if there is trouble to notify runners immediately along the course. the massachusetts governor had this: >> some people say it maybe the safest place tomorrow. but we have tried to enhance security and preserve the family day. >> reporter: and the boston herald manner for web integration is here. we spent a lot of time together last year. how are you? for the city it has been a grind to get to this day. in what sense? >> it has been tough. the survivors are struggling with the operation and proststetics and trying to get through today. today is the day. it is bigger than big.

but we need to get through today and get on with our lives. >> in that sense you need to get to tuesday to complete the circle of recovery. >> everyone is on edge. everyone is in their spots, ready to go. i will be happy when today is over. >> what is the sense you get from the community about how important this day has been? the buildup has been tremendous. >> there is no day bigger than this. i cannot remember a bigger day. your heart is in your throat. you want today to be over. so people are hurt, getting back on their feet, people are gone and we are missing the people who were killed. boston needs to move on. but today has to happen to show the world this race will happen, this will go on and we will get

to tomorrow. >> there were 5, 600 runners on the course when the bombs went out at 2:48 and the city extended the race to those runners. to a marathon runners, boston is like the holy grail. it is tough to get a bid any where. but they allowed 5600 runners the opportunity to come back. and 5,000 took up that invitation. what does that tell you? >> a lot are raising money for charities and they are coming back to help more. you cannot knock boston off their feet. that is what is going through their mind. >> joe, good luck. hang out a moment if you can. the race is underway.

we know that. there is a series of four different waves, martha. we should see the elite women crossing at 11:45. there was a woman from boston, massachusetts who thinks she has a good shot of finishing number one. she was 4th last year. >> we look forward to them crossing the finish line. boston is running very strong today as we visit a sports shop which is now a symbol of healing >> a massive drone strike taken out dozens of al qaeda targets in the country of yemen.

>> and ms. america taking the side of a high school student who wassuspended after asking her to the senior prom.

it is 10:14 in the morning. waiting a security briefing on the boston bombing. this is the 118th running and it is the oldest, most traditional marathon you will find in the world. this year has special meaning as well. live in boston throughout the day on fox and "america's newsroom". big story this morning. widespread drone strikes killing

more than 40 suspected al qaeda militants in yemen. the strikes targeted training camps in that area coming after a week we showed you this video we have not seen the likes of since the bin laden days. it showed a top leader pledging to bring war about the westerns. michael mccaul is the chairman of the house committee and he is here. good to have you with us >> good morning. >> what do you make of the strikes? what do you know about them? >> if accurate, they are very significant. as you saw in the video, one of the most braising outcomings of al qaeda since bin laden. we had a hundred people coming out to announce they want to

attack the west. the al qaeda on that pleeninsul is the the biggest threat. they design the bombs that are undetected on planes. they pose the biggest threat to western europe and the united states. i think the strikes are significant in taking out that threat. i think the question is whether these were recruits they hit or whether we got more high value targets like the leader of the group who is the number two in al qaeda or also the bomb maker. >> those who individuals clearly high, high value target and many americans are getting used to who that individual is and whether or not he is emerging as

a new bin laden. do you give the administration props because there was talk saying the strikes are scaling back but quick reaction to the video. >> the drone strikes have been ramped up since the video came out and with respect to the narrative of al qaeda on the heels and the war is over that is not the facts. and that is not reality. we need deal with threats against the united states in a realistic way so i applaud the strikes on these militants who could go out to the united states and carry out attacks in boston. this was the same group that we believe inspired the boston bombers to build their bombs.

>> and the underwear bomber and others were inspired by him. how concerned are you about domestic terrorism inspired by this group? >> very much so. they just came out with an inspire magazine in english and this group in yemen is the one building the bombs so they can get on airplanes without being detected. they are dealing with rebel forces in syria and russia. when you ask counter terrorist thoughts they say this is the biggest threat and all of these are intertwined together. >> we know the boston bombing brothers was a big viewer of

these websites and traveled to dag stan and how concerned had you as we look back on the anniversary of the running of the marathon since then? >> i think we have done a better job. my committee came out with report and recommendation and inspector general came out with a report faulting the investigation saying it could have been done better when the fbi had the bomber under their sites. but i think the greatest mistake was when he travelled overseas it was flagged but nothing was done. that was the biggest problem. and looking back the inspector general said that should have warranted further investigation and his supervisors said had they know about that that would have changed everything.

moscow said it would have been a huge event that changed thing. we need to do a better job collecting the data after 9/11. with respect to today, we are seeing tremendous cooperation at the state and federal level. i think it has been ramped up. so i am optimistic we will have a safe, successful event we can all cheer boston on to victory. >> everything is so important about connecting the dots especially at a local level. thanks for joining us. back to bill in boston. >> there are thousands of first responders running in this race today. they had to write essays and submit the essay before given a

bib to run. that is the story of triumph over terror. and also this story. two brothers who lost legs in the bombings reflect on that tragic day and what this past year has been like and what it means to them today. you will hear from them together in a matter of minutes. >> it was the start of a great day. everybody was having fun and then all hell broke loose.

>> ms. america is defending a student who is suspended for having the guts to ask her to the prom. here was the proposal fm the student:

>> would you go to prom with me? >> apparently the school had warned the student not to do this but he went ahead and did this. ms. america hopes the school will reconsider his suspension. >> i did ask them to rethink this. i have to say this wasn't my first prom invitation. >> the student did apologize. but now he is dateless. this was the scene where the bomb exploded last year and now

this store is a symbol of boston strong. the owner of the store talked to us. one year ago, marathon sports was ground zero. the site of the first explucks a plosion and now it is first stop. >> everything time we sell one of the shirts it is a shout out to the survivors and the regular people coming in to help support marathon sports and give you a pat on the back is tremendous. >> the store contributes 26.2% of proceeds to boston's run fund. >> running this year you are out there 2-3 hour run and a lot of time on our hand so it is things

you think about. there is a different reason people are running this year. and this shirt says it: boston running is fun. >> late last night as the sun went down, there were hundreds of people at the finish line taking pictures and marking the moment as only they can and remember from a year ago what they could not. we mentioned the boston one fund and they have raised $60 million in just that organization. it really goes to the spirit of this town. they don't want to be knocked back and stay that way. and today is there day for a comeback. >> all right. thank you, bill. so something up in politics a moment away, jeb bush says he is going to decide if he is running by the end of the year and analyst say the florida governor has a real shot and issues that

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>> it is easter monday and look at the beautiful seen at the white house where 30,000 people joining the fist family for the 136th event. this year's theme is hop to the healthy and swing into the shape. that is what those kids are doing swinging into shape. this was started in 1878. the president is expected to speak later this hour. they could not have asked for a better day. >> phenomenal weather all up and down the east coast and a perfect day for the marathons. a little on the chilly side which is where you want it for running 26 miles. jp and paul nordan are telling their story and reflecting on

the last year. >> it was the stort start of a great day. everybody was having fun then all hell broke loose. the first explosion went off and no one knew what it was. there were people that said that was a bomb others thought it was fireworks or a canyon for people. i knew there was no point at that point. we decided what are we going to do. a friend of ours was like we have to get into the street and that is the best plan and then boom! i was like what the well was th that. i tried to get up and this leg was gone and i could not get up. i didn't know right away. i felt pain and saw my leg was gone and i was like oh, man.

this pant leg was blown open and i was on fire. i started putting myself out. backed away and checked to see if something was missing and tried to tried him und. i saw regular people helping me. the woman took her scarf off and restaurant is throw things. i am on the sidewalk worried about myself and there is going to be another one, i would think. but people stayed to help. i don't know what i would have done in their situation. i would like to think i would do what they did. but two bombs went off and they ran towards it. not away from it. >> i think i got knocked unconscious and saw my leg was

off. a guy ran over and the only thing i felt was my lower back burning. i called my mom and told her we were hurt but i didn't want her too worry so didn't say too much. >> the brothers were rushed to different hospitals both loosing a leg and fighting for their lives >> i would ask my mom how is paul doing? can i call him? my brother would be like he is surgery or can't right now. and i found out later on that he was in a coma and getting sick and going septic and my mother

didn't want to tell me that. i am glad she did it the way she did because i probably would have tried to go see him. i had a ton of surgeries and a lot of setbacks. but looking back it doesn't seem as tough. it is hard to say this has been the best year and hardest year of our life. some of my proudest moments in my life now were watching him do stuff like we never gave up. >> one year later they have had time to reflect and written a book together "twice as strong" >> we were average dudes going to work and i thought an average life wasn't enough. but now i think an average life is great.

>> knowing tomorrow i will be able to do more today is the way i want to everything. everything going forward is going to be positive. >> the victims of the bombings have become famous in some ways. they are trying to usher them to the next phase of their life and with regard to that phase today is so critical. and running the marathon and keeping it safe in order to keep the recycle and renewal you have to get to tuesday before boston moves on. there has been so much anticipation for today's race and event and making sure they get through it together like the brothers have. >> when you think two brothers tried to take so much away from that city and tried to hurt as many people as they did and these two brothers are calling this the worst but somehow the

best year of their lives as they work through it together. it is an incredible story. thanks for bringing it to us. >> how about the situation plaguing home owners? a massive sinkhole threatening two homes in orlando florida. a one family reported a small depression, they thought it was fixed but the hole is growing and they are worried it could give way and swallow both of the houses. their are dunking sand and cement mixture to try to stop the hole from getting bigger. and -- >> these republicans are myered in a civil war where the tea party has won. they are nominateing the most extreme candidates.

selection is going to be competitive but we have to return the voters out. that is the bottom line >> what do you think about that? >> debby schulte is here. and a couple miried for 70 years who couldn't live apart. a loving husband follows his wife to the afterlife. schultz

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they are risen above. and the victims and the family remind of usf of the easter message: life is stronger than death and we will not let this evil destroy us. live goes on and probably stronger than before. >> the archbishop of new york city celebrating mass and calling for prayers for boston and the victims of tragedies around the world. the dnc chair congresswoman is claiming the outcome of the m midterms elections will have nothing to do obama. here she is? >> is the issue on the president in the fall?

>> no. these elections, particularly the senate elections, are referendums on the candidates running. they have to talk about the issues important to their voters. >> ed rollins, chief of deputy of staff to ronald reagan and managed the election campaign and joe trippi is a campaign manager for howard dean. is she right, joe? >> both things are true. the president's approval rating has an impact on the races but in the end the candidates do matter. we have seen that in the last two senate cycles where republicans had obama on the ballot and disappointment with obamacare and with sharon angle in nevada, a candidate who

proclaimed she wasn't a witch, the personality has something to do with it. >> no doubt the democrats are hoping there is going to be flawed candidates out there and the hope and dreams of republicans will be dashed at the ballot box. >> most of the flawed candidates are on the democratic side. the chairman is trying to spin this and motivate the people. at the end of the day, this president is a drawback on the democratic party and obamacare is an overarching problem. the tea party is a factor in the sense of a positive way of getting voters out to vote and that is key. at the end of the day, you have to ask democrats who are growing to lose and you have to ask people like joe if the president has helped or hendered and my

sense is he is not going to help >> voter intensity. speak to how fired up each side is because that is what it often comes down to. >> that is exactly right. the anger or resentiment side are more likey to turn out. that is why whoever the president with regard to party is usually a drag by the second term in the mid-term. and obama's approval ratings, unless they go up, will be a drag on the democrats. but we saw that in 2010 where the republicans took the house or gains in the house. but didn't get anywhere in the senate the way they could have because of the nominees. >> do you think they are in better shape this time in terms of choices?

>> the establishment and party is doing a better job at playing the primaries that help them so they maybe better off. we don't know. >> let's talk about jeb bush. he is getting the front runner treatment. a piece in the new york times claiming there are things in his corporate world. he said he want today make money. he was governor for many years and did that. is that held against him? >> every candidate will be scrutinized out there rticularl candidate where there is 8-10 candidates. every dollar you made in the private sector. jeb bush has the ability to put together on organization and fundraising ability unlike anybody else in the race and my sense is he is a credible candidate. there is no front runner but he is as close as anything else.

>> is he the one democrats are more concerned about? >> he is one of the ones i am most concerned about. i was at george walker bush's anniversary of this presidency and saw the interview with jeb bush and i went in there going not another bush and went in saying this guy is going to be a problem if he can survive the primary. he is going to get scrutinized for his governorship and the way he made money. if he is in a general election against hilary clinton there is enough scrutiny how they made money to go around. >> anything in the story concern you? >> only the firm that he joined went bankrupt and the owners

went to jail. i think that may come back to haunt him. >> when you are giving advice it depends on the advice you were giving. >> joe and ed, a pleasure to talk to you both. >> good to be with you. >> about 11 minutes away from the next wave of runners who head out on their 26.2 miles and 11 minutes from "happening now" and jenna lee as a preview. >> we will continue your terrific coverage from boston and follow the marathon with live reports. and echoes of the cold war as we get a better idea of the policy. questions surface whether it is the race policy. and they are taking down plane seat sizes and two interesting

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morning. they were married 70 years and both were inseparable and together again. >> what a life. you have heard boston strong and what does that mean? here is a perfect example from a group of people near the finish long thwho suffered a great dea. >> two simple words for an entire city: boston strong. this town wouldn't bow to terrorism. the t-shirts, hats and signs the words were everywhere even with the red sox stadium. making the team's world series win more triumph when they

needed it more. the head quarters is at the finish line. they sold these shirts for $26.02 and sold 15,000 and all of the proceeds between the victims. they raised $400,000 in four hours. it is just another march, you know, for the community and how they came together and pulled together for this day means to so many in boston. >> great, great city and great coverage. we wish them well and thoughts and prayers are with the family who were lost in the attack. incredible and basic people and stories -- brave -- that came out of it. russia is blaming the latest violence on the government saying washington should take responsibility for the leader in

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bill: it's a whole new world today in boston as they run this race yet again for the first time since the bombings. so many things are different frankly. they have doubled the number of police officers, now at 35 to 3600, of which 500 are plain clothes and they're drifting in and out of the spectator route for 26.2 miles. they have a p.a. system set up in case there is trouble that they can alert runners immediately at that point. there is video monitors. at least 50, many of them set up along the start-finish line and to make sure things are good and safe yet again 24 year. it is patriot's day throughout the state of massachusetts. that's a state holiday. the boston red sox, one minute from now, will start their game at fenway park just down the road here, hosting the baltimore orioles. it is a day of great pride here in boston but we're still 3 hours and 48 minutes away from

when the bombings occurred. let's keep it safe throughout the day. we'll be here to cover that. martha, back to you in new york. see you tomorrow. martha: thanks, billing. that will be a tough moment but a great day in boston today. "happening now" starts right now. jenna: bold moves bit gop in deep blue territory with republican candidates looking to win senate seats long-held by democrats. hope you're off to a great week so far. i'm jenna lee. >> welcome, jenna. i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. trying to push for a win in the strong hold of oregon pushing monica wehby. they haven't vote ad statewide republican lawmaker in more than a decade. in west virginia, gnat at