library. >> we heard a from the governor just a few minutes ago and they are trying to determine the source of the blast, exactly what happened. no one knows those details yet. bring yountinue to local reports here as they weren't, but right now, we're going to rejoin nbc and their coverage. of a have since learned third explosive device that has been blown up in place and disposed of in the city of boston. day in the biggest boston, the boston marathon -- this is videotape from the immediate aftermath. this is on the "boston globe" website. this is just coming in.

and then thel view second explosion to the left. i am being told the photographer of the video is on the phone with us. can you hear me? >> yes. >> you are using a digital camera, just doing your job at the finish? >> i was at the finish line getting the late runners coming across, right up on the finish line. things were just going along and then we heard a loud explosion about 15 yards from where i was and smoke billowed straight up into the air and at me and the other photographers went over there. we were trying to get a grip on the team and a second explosion

went off in the next corner. there was just carnage. the blast blew out and people had a number of cuts and bruises. a man lost part of his leg. all of the folks had to get called into action. the police, fire, everyone was scrambling. it was a chaotic scene and the injuries were nothing short of horrific. >> i keep returning to the image of the older man with the red or orange shirt who stands out so much because he was among the runners, the first to go down in the overhead view. such a tragic thing.

he was so close to finishing the race and as we have been pointing out all day, for non- marathon runners, this is the achievement of a lifetime for 70 people. >> and i can't imagine what was happening further up the course because we have a thousand runners still to cross the line. that's really the bulk of the of runners, so they had to be corralled off before it was turned quickly into a crime scene. we are currently in lockdown at the hotel at the marathon media center. we cannot move. watching around the country, i've been trying to figure out how to describe -- it's almost like new year's eve in town square. people being packed into the bars and people in hotels.

here sinceeen living '85. at 11:00,x played last year when temperatures were up in the of the '80s. people had the day off. there andeople out unfortunately they have turned a beautiful day into a terrific day. >> we have been talking to the thisho struck what is now sought after web of video. just call money going about taking pictures of the runners when all hell broke loose in the boston public library.

the chief of police is in london, watching and listening to all of this. what more can you add it as you make your way to the london bureau? the location was probably 25 to 60 yards from the finish line. the bombing seems to have occurred based on the timing you have identified one hour to two hours after the lead runner would have come across the finish line. the bombing occurred at the time of the actual first runner. there would have been a lot more people in that area, but after two hours or so, the crowd has dissipated. i'm very familiar with that corner. there's a bank on that corner and i have worked at marathon as

a police officer, sergeant, lt. and police commissioner. for me, as you might appreciate, it is terrific. i had relatives running in that event and it is a shock for sure. thatd has been described the side as opposed to the asset -- more a public more public access, it is hard to navigate on this day every year, but more of a possibility of some movement along that stretch. >> that area, looking at it would have been a restricted area with bleachers on one side of the street. contains the press

stand that goes across the street. that would normally be a restricted area and not open to the general public. as i mentioned, two hours before the race came to the end, it would have been more crowded than at the time of the end of the event. the location of the bombing was probably intended for maximum visibility of the media. that is literally it 25 to 50 yards where cameras from all over the world record the end of that race. >> what do you think is the level of security, if someone wanted to bring a parcel like that, i've heard more than one person say it was in a trash receptacle. based on what you know, would there be dogs as they came onto the block? boston policee

commissioner will be speaking to the security procedures. normal proceres would be as you saw, a very sizable police presence along the route. some ofe specificity, the things they won't talk about, that portion of the event would have been one of the most highly secured locations of the event. it's within 50 yards of the finish line. it will be interesting to hear that a device was apparently planted -- apparently planted in that location. >> i'm guessing we will have several different surveillance camera angles of this parcel and wasumably that human that

there. >> there is -- and very familiar with that area. and they're all the time when i go to boston. there will undoubtedly be surveillance cameras. camerase of the news may have picked up additional news cameras. the police will be seeking to get any video whatsoever that might pertain to that location. >> thank you. information tong us. pete williams, our justice correspondent continues to make calls. what do you have? >> i was struck by what the police commissioner said about urging people to stay home. the fact that there seems to be at least as far as his information goes, to separate incidents in boston, one at the

marathon at one of the jfk library. we have seen a number of local communities raise their alert level at putting people on the street. i'm assured by a couple of officials i have talked to that this is not happening because of some additional information, something going on that we don't know about. the department of homeland's security says they have not put out any kind of advisory urging anybody to be on a higher level of alert. what we are seeing around here is other cities taking precaution, is entirely driven internally. can see what "they happening. somebody may be trying to do it somewhere else. there are unconfirmed reports we are still trying to nail down and all sorts of conflicting

information about whether there is or is not -- is or is not an arrest year. is with the police commissioner has said. additional security is simply based on local police commissioners and making this decision on their own. >> it is bad enough to listen to the governors say stay home and avoid crowds. wonder is what led me to if there is something larger at play here. talk to iseople i the reason they're saying that in boston is they are not confident they have their arms around exactly what happened here. a different instances in different places of town, that raises the level of concern.

until they can get a picture of what happened here, until they can reassure themselves they have nailed this down and know that there are to end to the victims here, that's why they're saying that. >> we keep going by these photos. they go by s on reference. we have pictures from the jfk library, those who visited know it has a beautiful spot out of the water. of president's boat is part the display. you can see the boston fire unit outside but this next picture out of thelack smoke entrance and this is the subject of differing reports and much speculation. the police chief himself said we

had a third explosion at the kennedy library. all afternoon during our coverage, we were aware of what was called an electrical fire in an equipment room out there. so we are going on this explosion notion based on the word of the police commissioner city of boston, that that is one way, the new wing of the jfk library. i want to bring in david abel. he was among the witnesses we have lined up to talk to us on the phone. you are with the boston globe. where were you when this happened and what did you see? >> i was standing on the finish line taking a video of runners coming in when the first blast occurred about 10 feet from where i was standing. smoke andume of white

then a few moments later, there was a second blast. once i and other people who were there realized what was going on, we saw what was is essentially a pile of bodies. the worst things i have ever seen as a journalist. , lot of blood, shattered glass the image of a woman clearly not breathing with her eyes open, staring straight at. beenl of us who have overseas in war zones, these injuries are going to be consistent with the urban explosions we have seen in baghdad and certainly this methodology, and an initial explosion and a secondary is

familiar to all of those who have fought wars oversee. it is unbelievable. >> it is definitely frightening. were stunned by the explosions and not sure what was happening. withten is the case explosions, we thought it was a firework, perhaps a celebratory gun salute for the finishing runners. the contrast is jarring because you had this moment with a celebration of runners just making it across the finish of the marathon and suddenly everything changed. >> you are not the first person to say, and it is completely understandable call like a starting cannon in a sailboat race, that your initial

thinking, terrorism at the finish line of the boston marathon, for goodness sake, that it was a planned outburst of some sort. anas soon as i heard explosion, we knew it immediately when we saw the second plane hit it towers of the world trade center, we knew this was premeditated and a terrorist attack. >> that exact same thing occurred to me. when one thing happens, could be a gas line, it could be a natural occurrence in the big city, when the second one happens 20 seconds later, it is a good bit likely that this is an attack. what is thank you. the sorry for what you have been through. thank you. >> we are going to cut away for

just a few minutes. we will be going back in just a couple of minutes. >> and a number of cities across the nation, including new york city, are beefing up their security. we have been connecting with local and state officials in the baltimore region to see if there is a thing like that going on here. looking forviously the next big event happening in that area -- that would be the orioles game. the team is starting a nine- game home stand tomorrow. the director of security right now is in discussions with homeland security with major league baseball and the baltimore city police. they can't tell us all right now, but what they could tell us is that there will be increased security at the ballpark to our night. they are not in a position to say exactly what that would be

because they're waiting to find out what exactly happened in the city of boston. with this new season, they kicked off an enhanced security program and want to point out includes a whole new surveillance package. we spoke to a spokesperson from the department who said police command staff is meeting to discuss this incident and they confirm there will be an increased visibility of uniformed police officers throughout the city and say they're looking at a calendar of upcoming events to look at certain events happening around town to decide where and when they should deploy more officers and resources. back to boston for a moment. among the official registered runners, there are 448 from maryland. 59 of those registered runners

columbia, --9 from if you have been able to connect with a young one registered for the race or who traveled to boston to cheer somebody on, keep in mind the timing of what happened here. the video from the first explosion shows it happened that -- it happened right in the middle of the back of the pack. for our markets where most of the non-elite runners aim to finish. it could be the rudder you are cheering on has not crossed the finish line or got diverted. however, what is complicating he's efforts to find people is a people we have heard from say they're having a hard time getting out of downtown. we just got confirmed from the

boston police department that they have shut down all cell phone service for fear that someone may try to remotely detonate and other explosives. however, we found sites online where people are connecting -- one is the american red cross. if you are trying to reconnect with someone in boston, you can look for their web page. google has launched a google person finder in awell. back to you. >> i heard the police commissioner's a city hall set up a phone number where people concerned about relatives who may have been running in the event and cannot locate them or find them on the streets of boston, are you familiar with that number? the mayor's hot line 617-635,rmation --

4500. the police commissioner said they're looking for tips. something andg at walking away from it. taking video at the finish line, that is something they are looking for. there are several hundred maryland runners in there. live into the baltimore running store on falls road. they did indeed have a group of writers and they have been touch with them there. what is the latest? >> we are told all of the runners with this group are ok. standing to my left is amy, the track and field coach at loyola university. i understand one of your athletes was at the finish line watching her father run. can you tell me what she told you? >> one of the first things i

did after seeing what happened was send her a text message asking if she was safe. andresponded that she was her dad was with her and they were trying to leave boston. she said that she saw the explosion and thus his smoke and everyone was running and fleeing at it was chaotic. made it out and they are safe. >> we are glad they are safe. . u are also part of the team can you tell us what you have learned about the team and what th're doing? the caboose, the last one

calling -- coming and called right away. i asked how he was doing and he said he blew up in his race and i asked if he knew about the bomb that he said yes. he did not know anything about it at the time but i could hear the sirens and he thought there must be a fire hat and they were able to figure out what was going on. we knew he was the last one in with the group and was four blocks or more away from the finish line. other folksd with and twitter was a headache way for us to see where they were, to see who they were with. we used that here as well. all of the baltimore people, it was a good way for us to communicate quickly. >> as someone heavily involved in the running community, what

do you think about the events today? >> running is everyone's support. all you need is a pair of shoes. when it hits that, i don't know what to think. when you can't go out for a run and these people have, for some of them, got into the pinnacle of their running careers. it should be a day of celebration. you are about to suffer more than anyone ever does that you have earned that right. that's not what we meant by it. ofshould be a celebration what you have accomplished athletically. >> thank you for joining us. we are so happy that everyone is doing ok. we hope that is also true for

the rest of the hundreds of merrill lenders up there in boston. twitter, we're getting the latest report -- 100 people are being treated for an injury, six and critical condition and to people are dead. >> this is still a developing story because there's conflicting information as to whether these explosions were bombs, natural gas explosions, not sure what happened on one of the buildings. >> i think it has been ruled out that it was a natural gas explosion. we have someone on the phone the right now. can you hear us? >> hello? >> i'm here. >> can you tell us what you saw and where you are from? ami lived in columbia and i here and boston.

just a couple of minutes after i finished the marathon, we heard a loud boom here. it almost sounded like a cannon. from where we were, all we could see was smoke. at that point, we were about two blocks away from where the explosion happened. group goingave a there? they were all finished well before me. i was the last in the group. at that time, when we heard the noise, we did not know what it we, but in a minute or two, were able to check on each able to get lots of text messages but i cannot send

anything out. >> he said you finished the race. describe what the general thing was -- did people try to migrate back to see what was happening or did everyone try to clear out of the area? >> we couldn't really see what it was. what was that noise? we're all trying to figure out what the noise was. it sounded like a cannon and it was right at the for our point. i thought it was weird to set off a canon at the for our point. about 10 seconds later, my mom called me on the phone and said where are you. guys going to try to get of boston? >> our flight he goes out tomorrow. my sister is at the airport, but we're getting mixed messages about whether flights are going in or out. >> i know they have grounded

flights going into boston. i'm not sure if you are going to be able to get out. >> thank you very much. we are glad everyone in your group is safe. >> thank you. >> we're going to continue our coverage on a local land, but right now, we're sending it back to nbc. had us some sort of advanced warning or threat had come in. mentioned the mayor of boston earlier -- you perhaps heard governor patrick say he started his day by visiting the boston mayor and his hospital room. but there turned out to be no keeping the mayor down. even though he was in hospital being treated for a broken leg, even though he has had so many health challenges just since this past winter, including a

diagnosis of diabetes and some heart trouble, he has decided not to run for reelection. he is, however, the longest serving mayor in the modern history of boston and the number one booster of that city. he will apparently bring this to you live what happens -- he is heading toward the microphone to give his own press briefing and generally say to the people of boston that we will get through this. the universal sports, another arm of this company, the universal sports coverage that was up there in a production trailer not far from the finish line. he heard the first concussion and saw the second and right now, in that city, with the subway shutdown and so many streets for such a wide area being shut down, the governor's

morning to stay home, they must have no other choice. >> that's true. that area where the marathon was running has been evacuated for quite a wide radius. hotel,ere we are at our there's a large crowd of people in the lobby because they have no place else to go right now. a lot of family members are concerned because at the time this happened, there was another two hours for the runners to complete the course. all lot of runners were still on the course when the explosions happened. so their family members don't really know where their family is because there is very sparse cellphone connections and a lot of the runners were not carrying a cell phone.

other odd part is people are being told to avoid crowds. on this day in boston, if you are outside the perimeter area, you've got a race stretched through the city that stops in place and somehow, they will figure out a system of finishers. you have a 26,000 just runners and then there must be to person poor -- to person per runners support staff average. it must be absolute gridlock in parts of the city. >> especially with the family members here. i have been speaking to people from australia and france and russia have come to run the marathon because running the boston marathon is such an achievement for many runners. it's the only marathon you have

to qualify for. those 27,000 people running in this event train very hard and diligently just to qualify for the marathon. a lot of times they do bring their family and friends here to be able to watch them do it. >> how long do you think the lock down -- if you are in a hotel or an an apartment in the prohibited zone, you are going to be there for a while. do you think people might be able to move around? people with flight reservations may be at least some trouble. there's no road map for this. >> it's a very difficult question to answer. blast, wey after the

were evacuated to the fairmont hotel. by the time we got over there, they were not allowing anybody else in or out. because of the large mass of people inside. that's what we turned to our own hotel. a very wide circle around the explosion area. decided the coverage is what? twoour after the elite -- hours now after the leak, a top tier finishers of the race, for people not familiar with the race, we keep hearing these were charity runners at this point, around the for our mark, what does that mean? >> it's most likely that these were qualified runners, not the charity runners.

because there are 27,000 people, they released them in waves. that way the start area is not congested. if everybody left at the same time, it would be a hard situation for the runners to go through. if they took off at 10:00 eastern, the runners behind them sometimes take over an hour or more to get up to the start line to start their own race. >> thank you. dean walker. he has been very helpful to us. he did not anticipate needing to do this today. he was simply in boston as part of the universal sports coverage of the boston marathon. we keep looking at this video of the emergency entrance at boston general. silver blankets we have become familiar with over the

years being used to keep people warm as they were transported. the boston fire, police department, all ships reporting to work. we have treated 100 people at a hospital so far. the last death toll we had was 3. injuredcial number of has not agreed with the number of treated, so we're going loosely on that. it is the boston globe reporting 100 treated so far. 5:36 p.m.. an american tragedy and a great american tradition. the boston marathon.

this is the view as taken from the camera platform high above the finish line. in one explosion and then between 15 and 20 seconds later, and we will time out with more specificity, a second explosion a distance away. presumed all possibilities you can see the globe."from the "boston this is perhaps an underground it would have -- been a little bit too much of a coincidence for this to happen at the finish line of the boston marathon. injured hasdead and been steadily climbing. the next briefing will be at

7:00 and we will be hearing from the mayor who has left his hospital room where he was being treated for complications of from a broken leg. williams, our justice correspondent, has been working his sources in washington since the first aboard arrived of these tool concussions. >> it seems clear that authorities are still looking at packages they find along the street of the marathon route. if they cannot resolve them immediately by looking at them, they are destroying them. we only know for certain at this point of two explosive devices. havewo that went off that been causing the injuries and a

possible third one at the jfk library -- if that turns out it was not an explosive device, authorities are looking at and destroying several others. it's not clear they are destroying them because they know they are explosive devices or simply because they don't want to take the chance, they don't want to screw around with it. if there is any doubt, they're going to blow up. we only know of to so far. youe are many rumors, as could understand, one is that the cell phone service had been cut down because of the thought that these -- these fears are concerns that the devices might have been set off remotely by cellphone, which is a common technique around the world. but we have not found any government officials to confirm this and we know that some

cellular calls are getting through and it could simply be a matter of the system being overloaded. >> it's not giving away the nation's secrets -- the technology exists, it was developed at the start of the war in iraq that can go ahead of a vehicle and detonate by sending a pulse output and attempt to detonate explosions that may be along a parade route like this one. >> yes. and this has also been written about, devices that are used when a high-profile people are traveling around that can follow shutles and temporarily the service down and a small area. i have not heard of the government either local or federal asking the phone company to shut down all service in an area because they are being used

by first responders. they have their own radio systems and communication systems, but they use the cell phone a lot. that would be a consequential decision to do that. >> this conflicting report about the jfk library a good distance away, they did have a fire. does not appear based on the available information to be an explosion, certainly not associated or tied with the kinds of explosions we have seen today. >> as we are talking, at&t has just issued a statement saying customers may be experiencing issues with their service because of congestion. they recommended the use text messaging for emergencies.

the temporary wifi for the boston marathon will remain in place for some time. this seems to be the opposite of the suggestion they were turning things off. >> we just offered a map there for the folks offering a basic outline. you see the presidential library at the left hand corner -- >> we are continuing the live tv coverage on the explosive situation at the boston marathon today. so far, three reported dead. we have been trying to get a handle on it. >> right now, we're going to go to our reporter who is live at the corban sports entertainment in howard county. i know there was a group of runners from howard county that had gone to the marathon. has anyone heard from them? >> i will turn right here to the president of korean sports enterprises.

there was a group, the howard county strikers. the problem we were discussing is that it's hard to get in touch with people right now. have you heard from any of the folks up there. >> i have. our lead runner coordinator is there in the press room right now. they put the lock down on her, so she cannot communicate to us other than the immediately what happened. and unfortunately, there has been no further contact. >> we just heard through nbc news that text is the best way to get through to people. >> i'm sure there are a baltimore area people -- our event is a qualifier for the boston marathon and it is the holy grail of all of the marathon that there's so much excitement and enthusiasm for that event and our heart goes out to those guys. we are very familiar with them

and have a great relationship with the director. he's the best in the business and he has been an important part of the baltimore marathon because he is a transparent and helps us with our planning and the thing is how we have done to make ours successful. your company created the baltimore marathon and manages the baltimore marathon. the first baltimore marathon was run one month after 9/11. an event like this must bring back painful memories. >> it does. that first year was touch and go. was it even going to happen? the police commissioner and department of emergency manager is very strong, and a credit to governor o'malley. he put a lot of these steps in place to make baltimore one of the safest places in america to

do an event. we start and finish in the shadows of two major league stadiums. what that means is television cameras everywhere, which is really great for us. the police commissioners have been unbelievable. a time of cops out there, over 400 at each event. >> thank you for joining us. information,our cell phone service has not been shut off as some people had been saying. horizon and at&t say that it is up, it is just being overused. i see the verizon spokesperson says service is not down but they are adding capacity to the area. >> apparently, he might have better luck trying to send a text message. formering us now is the chief of police to have some

experience of large crowds gathering and the security issues that go with them. >> there will be ramifications for of this throughout the country, especially on the east coast. police in the baltimore area have stepped up their diligence a little bit. as a former law enforcement chief, what is going on in the baltimore area as a result of what we're watching? >> i expect the maryland court nation analysis center with is a feeling -- is fielding phone calls and pushing information out to major law enforcement agencies. the joint terrorism task force is also pushing information out to the local agencies. they are not relying on what they're seeing on tv. they're getting off the ground information and feeding information to all the locals. i assume they're doing conference calls every half- hour.

also, the major local agencies have representatives that sit in on the watch center. >> what does this suggest to you? >> initially, it's just some kind of home grown type terrorism, just from what we have seen occur up from across the world. this is something law enforcement -- i would not say training for, but something they know is a possibility. i commend the authorities in boston. their action was swift and decisive. his immediately began securing the area. all local law enforcement goes through what to do when you are

on the scene of an explosion. you are aware of secondary devices, but you cannot let that impact what you have to do. these officers ran directly into the scene without regard for their own safety. >> every time we hear a casualty number, it gets higher. to climb.learly going the individuals i have talked to have a long task ahead of them. but the investigative phase has already begun. first, you have the obvious need to render aid, but the investigation is part is being done. >> at the orioles began a nine game home stand. what should fans expect? see a are going to

significant increase in the presence and our sporting events until there is a definitive answer as to what happened here. they should be taking it and they will. >> we really thank you for coming in. >> thank you. marylandeaking of the court nation and analysis center. i have the number that there -- . is 855-492-tips >> we're going to continue our team coverage with nbc live in boston. >> a lot of people run with a buddy. they know other people in the race. there will be an inevitable search for information. people's starting numbers and

punishing numbers, wanting to know if everybody made it out ok. >> it there was a lot of crying where we were, people trying to find loved ones. my best friend was two minutes behind me and i luckily found him about half an hour later. he was turning the corner as the second explosion was happening. wasn't even imagine -- it just a state of panic for a while. if you know these streets at all, seeing them with yellow tape, it's just one of the great walking cities in this country. you have newbury street right nearby. you -- this is a terrific beautiful urban area and on this day of all days -- >> it's hard to believe. we had great weather today for a

marathon. people in hundreds of their area of the finish line. the reason boston is unique id you get people on either side of you cheering you on. this is devastating. >> thank you very much for being with us. theratulations on finishing marathon, which is an achievement people will quickly forget about despite all it represents today because of what this they will now stand for and the history of this great race. our guest joins us from knbc tv but joins us from boston. >> i'm no longer in the hotel.

150 feet from where the two bombs exploded. i'm here to see my best friends run at the race and we were waiting for her. explosionthis massive occurred and we felt that and 10 seconds later, it went off and everyone in the restaurant panic. there were people running and screaming and nobody knew what was going on. was terrifying. we moved into the back of the restaurant. was trying to find loved ones and a short while later, they told us to turn off because they could perhaps detonates another bomb. thing andccess to any

no one could get in. at which point, they came back a short time later and i have been out of my hotel since the bomb exploded. >> does it feel like a lock down? i heard the governor say stay where you are but also avoid crowds. there is no way to move traditionally on this day traditionally in boston without being in the thick of a crowd. >> the streets were flooded with people. about one hour ago, it remained that way and that's when the governor and police commissioner issued the command for everyone to clear the roadways and get out of the street. the police are telling everyone the same because they don't want anybody congregating. it's actually quiet right now.

there are a lot of police personnel and there are about 20 lined up on the street. i asked the gentleman inside why they're there and he said they purposes. for triage lininge is one silver and that's the number of medical professionals who are at the finish line. , tost a thousand of them treat blisters or exhaustion or dehydration. sadly, some of them are probably going to end up being hit by shrapnel. ambulances and so transport happened faster than possible.

we have to cling to what every good news we have. >> there were volunteer nurses at the end of the finish line. i spoke in with them about what they experienced. they said it was methodical and organized and one of the women i spoke with said one of the deceased was an elderly woman and the injuries that were suffered were life altering -- of limbs lost. -- [no audio] all public safety officials, the governor and i have spoken to the president of the added

states about half an hour ago. my condolences to the families involved in this explosion. is the mayor's hot line if you need information over the next 24-48 hours. let me just say this -- we're going to work together on this and the boston police and state police, fbi, all agencies will work together to make sure we come to a finality of what happened and the governor has been very helpful. thank you for coming out today. we all send our condolences to the victims and their families. we are asking everybody to stay

out of the perimeter of the explosion, about a 15-block area. justrime scene right now, stay out of the areas. as most people make their way home, people visiting the cities, the commissioner has for everyone's peace of mind. [inaudible]ng so that people who are trying to because themembers race was cut short will be in a and haveshortly

assistance to help people find their loved one. all theteful for federal, state, local law enforcement officials cooperating so well. we are all in investigation mode right now. >> let me clarify one statement. the device that the incendiary -- agee of -- at jfk was an incendiary device. right now, there are two explosions that occurred. the information we got about 50 minutes before the prior fat -- and for the prior press conference could be premature. we're asking people to be called and go to their homes and work

closely with us. the area around the blast site will be closed for 24 hours and maybe more than that. >> is there any security footage? >> we are looking at all of that right now. >> [inaudible] >> there's no specific intelligence. we have increased our posture around an event like this and all the things that happen where the event, there was no specific intelligence. [inaudible] >> it too early to get into any

specifics. these were powerful devices. >> and the suspects? >> those reports are not true. there are no suspects in custody. we're questioning many people but there is no one in custody. we're still compiling information. >> there are fatalities. i will not get into details. people that have expired as a result. [inaudible] >> police have been dispatched as part of the protocol to the security area and make sure we can get every witness' statement we can possibly get. there