this is a young man named jeff bowman. jeff bowman is 27 years ago old.day jeff traveled down to boston so he could watch his girlfriend erin run in the boston marathon. a little before 3:00 p.m., jeff made his way to the finish line on boylston street to watch erin finish the race and then, of course, all hell broke loose. jeff bowman was right there. the bomb had been essentially placed right at his feet. just moments after the explosion, an a.p. photographer captured an image of jeff that's really graphic but turned out to be one of the most iconic images of that day, we have blurred the image a bit, but suffice to say, the image clearly shows jeff lost both of his legs in the blast. after being rushed to the hospital to undergo emergency surgery to save his life, jeff had a request when he finally woke up still under sedation from all the medication from the surgery. this is what his brother told bloomberg news, he woke up under so much drugs, he asked for a paper and pen and he wrote bag, saw the guy, looked right at me. from his hospital bed, first

bowman's home was searched. officers found a gun in his 3-year-old child's bedroom. he's been booked in the san mateo jail. >>> we set a few record high temperatures, temperatures in the 80s and 90s. closer to the coast line, we hit 77 degrees in san francisco, 65 for dale city, but away from the coast line, it was 90 for inland valley, 90s in sunny valley, 95 in napaa all registering new high temperatures. the big concern going forward will be the wind. wind pick up tomorrow that plus the hot temperatures equaling high fire danger for tomorrow and wednesday. >> we'll continue the warming trend through the rest of the week. i'll tell you more coming up. >>> the hot windy weather has officials concerned. >> contra costa, alameda, and san mateo. there have been grasp fires pop grass fires popping up. that will be in effect from 6 p.m. tuesday through 6 p.m. on wednesday. >>> beta breakers, it is now just 20 days away. new security measures in the wake of the boston marathon bombings. here's more with the changes >> reporter: with the beta breakers just weeks away, orga

and immediately tending to this man, jeff bowman, who had both legs blown off.rredondo leaves bowman as he's loaded into an ambulance. >> i was carrying this flag and i just -- my instinct was to go help him and see what i can do. just pray for the angels. >> it's still only minutes after the blasts. photographer john tlumacki finds other people just like carlos arredondo aiding the wounded and snaps a series of unforgettable images, this one of a man applying tourniquets to a woman's leg. and another, this teenager lying on the ground, giving help to total strangers. >> tlumacki doesn't know it but the two victims in the photo he takes are mother and daughter, sell left and sydney corcoran and the man helping sell left is kevin. they're waiting for their sister to cross the finish line. >> i have a vivid memory of seeing my daughter and my friends being blown back, falling backwards. my daughter's arms outstretched like this and falling backwards. and nobody was standing up anymore in front of me. so for a couple of seconds, i just looked left and right and the

. >> joshua bowman, thank you very much. a specialist in biological sciences from the university of aberdeen. an explosion in the capital of the czech republic has injured up to 40 people. a gas leak is being blamed for causing the explosion near the national theater in central prague. some people are feared to still be buried under the rubble of the building. to a syrian sailors have died .fter two cargo ships collided it happened more than 100 kilometers southwest of the plot bunnies peninsula. seven sailors were rescued while the crew on board the other vessel were not hurt. ofhas been named the slum shame where thousands of people live in desperate conditions just outside of spain's capital madrid. we traveled to the illegal settlement and found that residents are facing an uncertain future. >> if you follow the refuse trucks out of madrid, just before the incinerators, you will find one of europe's biggest shantytowns. gypsies, illegal immigrants, and those down on their luck, 12,000 people live on this 16 kilometers st

they range in undercover meeting to buy assault weapons from suspect steve bowman.met them at his home in foster city. they he offered to sell them an ak-47 rifle and a thousand rounds of ammo among other things. the man's home was searched. officers found a gun in his three year-old child's bedroom. more weapons are found another home. bowman has been booked into san mateo county jail. >> police are looking for car that may be connected to the attempted kidnapping of a young child and the east bay. they're looking for the driver of a 1990 maroon or burgundy ford explorer. they also released a suspect scats. they say this man grabbed a toddler in pittsburg then dropped her when the child's mother began to yell. the suspect is described as a white man aged 30 to 35, 10 complection about 190 lbs.. please add extra patrols and the area and are interviewing registered sex offenders in the area. a live look at it looks to be a clear cooler start today. medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure medicine called? one time i

they later confiscated more weapons and found a loaded handgun in the bedroom of bowman's three year old child. >> george zimmermann accused of killing a florida teenager was back in court today. >> is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing? >> after consultation with my counsel, yes, your honor. >> has anybody threatened you? >> nope. >> zimmermann claims he shot trayvon martin in self defense. his lawyer says he prefers a jury, not a judge address criminal liability. the trial is set to begin june 10th. >>> the civil trial between michael jackson's family is in second day. the first witness was a paramedic who attempted to revive the singer. the singer's mother and other relatives are suing aeg live for $40 billion. they claim aeg was negligent in hiring dr. conrad murray. but aeg says they never hired him. >> check out this video. the man turns the tables on attacker and all caught on camera. the victim was walking on the street when a gun man approached him. the guy grabs the shotgun and chases him down the street. when he turned to get his gun back, the man sma

and in this iconic photo, holding a tourniquet and helping to save the life of jeff bowman who had both blown off. so you saved his life probably? >> i don't know about that. i don't know. i think myself and other people who really respond, that was the whole purpose, how to help all these people in need at the time. >> reporter: carlos was at the race to cheer on runners, honoring his son alexander, killed by a sniper in iraq in 2004. he was handing out american flags at the finish line. >> this was the flag that i was holding and i drop it for a moment in the ground. and i pick it up and this is how this flag ended up being covered all with blood from the victims. you know? >> reporter: so many heroes, so many lives were saved. dr. george chief of trauma surgery at massachusetts general has barely slept in two days. >> most important injury was lower extremities. completely blown lower extremity off, feet and legs and calf -- >> just blown off? >> completely blown off. patients came here barely alive, having really lost a lot of blood. and it was the rapidity and efficiency of the sys

that man jeff bowman jr. survived but remains in the hospital. doctors had to amputate both legs because of bone damage. his family said he was there cheering on his girlfriend. >>> another iconic image an elderly woman staggering before falling on his back in the middle of the street. the 78-year-old runner from washington state was feet from the finish line when the first explosion knocked him to the ground. >> shock waves hit my whole body and my legs started jittering around. i knew i was going down. i ended up down on the black top. i didn't feel any severe pain but as i rolled over i seen a scratch on my leg. but nothing too bad. i laid there momentarily. >> a race official helped him up and finished second in his age group. >>> as for the bombs they have 30 forensic experts working around the clock at the two blast sites. from the streets all the way up to the rooftops. they are collecting anything that could be part of the explosives. some of it minuscule pieces of baa degree and pus. they're looking for a hair from the bomb maker that ma

. >> bob bowman is president and ceo of what many call ml bam. forbes says it's worth $6 billion. much of the value has to do with mlb at-bat. the most successful app in the world. downloaded 7 million times last year. >> it's growing at better than 20% a year and i think the revenues will continue to grow at a double digit rate because of the demand for the products and the increase in the uses in the way people can use their products. >> along with mlb.tv, users can watch out of market games in any place, on any device. they edit and public 25,000 video clips a day during the season. >> it's as reliable as rain. we want sunny days here for sure. but what we know is you turn it on, it will work. >> reliability and mobility is part of the reason baseball dominates mobile, but it's also volume. 30 teams and 162 games each. >> baseball is ideally suited for the digital media. we play 162 times a year, you never know who's going to win. you're watch happy to watch the or the seventh inning. >> for "nightly business report," brian shactman, new york. >> nothing like going to a real ga

fifty two long range bowman's gregory in it she's on the advisory board of the korea policy institute he believes there are hidden motives behind washington's moves the united states have hundreds bases throughout the military throughout the world. if north korea collapses united states stablished military bases right on the border with china and then circumvent of that nation. also there are third consider mineral resource deposits and north korea which would be used for exploitation by u.s. corporations and the united states. has never tolerated a country that won't criticize economy of the service of a foreign corporation they want to know that about north korea knows that if their approach diplomatically is going to go it's yours but if it's right or only respond in a firm so you were kind of a feedback loop where your bottom restraints come and cut off on or go or stations were never at north korea and nothing since since the last several years obama is following a policy of what he called strategic patience which is enough to act a slow strangulation of north korea through sanct

that the assessments for paper going to be very similar to the warmest it's a currently held for bowman sports allowance of the work capability assessment we've heard of so many cases of abuses of people being treated badly medicals and people not being listened to and in so many cases where people have lost benefits as a consequence of one of these assessments they've appealed and the pill has been over to tribunal last month brain damaged amputee mark evans who can't walk or talk was classified as fit for work after one such assessment the story isn't the worst the government's own figures show that one thousand three hundred people died after being told they should go back to work right off healthcare and now they're preparing to assess d.l.a. claimants a recent survey found one in five doctors say disabled patients have committed or attempted to commit suicide as a result of undergoing for fear of undergoing the assessments capability they aren't reading about mobile somedays i think. yes i am worthwhile human being and i you know. subsistence level benefits that keep me alive. now

steve bowman taken into custody at his home in foster city charged with selling officers an ak 47 assault rifle and a thompson style assault weapon. the task force says it found a dozen weapons after serving search warrants in foster city and another residence in san francisco. he remains free tonight on bail. >> new at 6:00 a san francisco academy faced closure this weekend may be safe for another school year. san francisco flex academy sent out a letter telling parents would it have to close because of an issue with the lease, we're told there may be a last minute deal to keep the school open another career year there, is a meeting with parents hope to share good news. >> foim thyme for spring cleaning. the annual pot hole blitz has begun. crews started today in north oakland on claremont avenue between clfton and hudson streets. they're going focus on a different area each week ask will take nearly two months because the city has 800 miles of streets to maintain. crews expect to fill 3,000 pot holes this year. >> if you're planning a trip to muir beach you better go sooner than later,

steve bowman taken into custody at his home in foster city charged with selling officers an ak 47 assault rifle and a thompson style assault weapon. the task force says it found a dozen weapons after serving search warrants in foster city and another residence in san francisco. he remains free tonight on bail. >> new at 6:00 a san francisco academy faced closure this weekend may be safe for another school year. san francisco flex academy sent out a letter telling parents would it have to close because of an issue with the lease, we're told there may be a last minute deal to keep the school open another career year there, is a meeting with parents hope to share good news. >> foim thyme for spring cleaning. the annual pot hole blitz has begun. crews started today in north oakland on claremont avenue between cliffton and hudson streets. they're going focus on a different area each week ask will take nearly two months because the city has 800 miles of streets to maintain. crews expect to fill 3,000 pot holes this year. >> if you're planning a trip to muir beach you better go sooner than later

today, jeff bowman, we got some news about him. you know he's one of the people who first identified one of the suspects. i also speak to heather abbott, who had the difficult choice of whether to try to live with a mangled foot or to have her foot amputated. we'll tell you what she chose and how she's doing right now. >>> we begin with susan candiotti, who has late details on the investigation. susan, what do you know? what led investigators first to this landfill? >> well, this information is coming to us from a u.s. law enforcement official who is very close to the boston investigation and someone with whom i've been talking with throughout. this source tells us that the leads to search the landfill for that laptop computer came not only from the suspect himself, the young man who is now hospitalized, but others who, according to this official, may have had knowledge of its whereabouts or may even have played a role in ditching it, getting rid of it, after the bombing. now, the source says there is also evidence that leads inves

this touching photo, that's jeff bowman in the red sox shirt handing a gift to sidney corkran.l. have a wonderful night everyone. see you on the "young turks." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> welcome to "the young turks." we have bill o'reilly we'll have a little fun with him. and coming up in just a little bit, jesus in for paul ryan, newt gringrich ends up being a cyberstalker asking for nudie pictures who used to dress up as an elephant. and then in a lot of trouble because of her gun vote and conspiracy theories on the boston

another bowman was set for an evaluation like her annual contract and they wrote very nasty comments and said we will put this in your assessment and terminate the contract unless you write i have nothing to do with this case very openly and this went on when we invoked new york. our resident was not going to do that. so we reached out and said we are following the press because now you can not go outside the system with the united nations. but i remember headed by a of man and two women doing everything according to the process the senior management was holding hands like the old boys' club and this man was spinning his fist on the table and saying to me you tell me what did you do to make can feel he could do that? i said what year m.i.t. in? what were you wearing, what did you say to him? and to me so full of praises of the man who was obviously with the tie-breaking performance of the report that they finally gave it was about this man and the report said in his very competent and is upset he actually reach out to women and men both for sympathy and the sympathy is when he would

officers say they arranged a meeting last week and bought two assault weapons from 40-year-old steve bowmanonfiscated more weapons and say they found a loaded handgun. >> well, let's brighten things up, shall we? 6:36. we can't talk about the weekend but the whole week is fabulous. >> today is going to be the one day of concern. winds gusting around the bay area. temperatures cooling down. sea breeze kicking in and patchy fog developing. otherwise, mostly clear out over the bay. and looking good from our cam. even that beginning to shake a little bit. more of those winds as we head toward the afternoon. beautiful shot, the sun coming up. clouds passing on through as a weak system slides just east. temperatures moving into the 50s. 57 there. 54 in livermore and 53 in san francisco. by the afternoon, not quite as hot as yesterday. but still on the warm side. 80s and 9 #0z by yesterday afternoon. today cooler. you'll see about 73 in san francisco. 87 in concord. 85 in livermore. the winds will be the big story. right now check out the roads with elizabeth. >> take you out towards the bay bridg

tom bowman out of great britain, mystery man dressed as batman demonstrating the same skills as batman handed over a suspect wanted for burglary in brooklyn. there's closed circuit television footage of him. over weight, like the batman from the old tv show wearing -- i don't think the costume fits. >> the utility belt isn't going to do it. >> he was bringing a 27-year-old man to the police station. the suspect was arrested and charged with handling stolen goods and fraud-related offenses but batman over there in great britain was able to bring him down zoo batman had a big ol' beer gut. >> absolutely. >> imus: instead of the morning program, looks like steve bartleman. >> you want to be robin? [ laughter ] >> i asked lou why -- you said how much possible money could mcthmcmcelroy get for switching clubs and he said $100 million. >> it hasn't helped. he hasn't won anything. >> i heard jack nicklaus say he used to play with three different sets depending where he played. one set where he played at the british open, another sethe played someplace else. he said it was a minor adjustment.

i want to thank lieutenant colonel kathleen turner and bowman for the generous invitation to sit down for this interview. i certainly learned a lot. >> eric: absolutely fascinating. you know, they say it's a new sign of tough economic times as more and more job candidates are settling for lower pay. how you can ask for more money and still get the job. >> we talked about the push for gun control restriction, facing an uphill battle. president obama saying, i am talking about the future of controversial legislation. >> police in nevada make arrests in the murder of a state official. >> this one's pretty shocking when you have... something like this where you have a believed endangered or something seriously violently happened to a resident here in town and you end up with four people in custody, that's pretty unusual. >> eric: time for a quick check of the headlines. rick warren says his son mathew has taken his own life will according to a statement released by the church, the 27-year-old struggled with mental illness and deep depression. the gruesome death of the nevada chief insuran

. >> bowman was the first to give the authorities a description of the suspects, despite his hock lines. and the younger brother, where he was found hiding in a boat, the boat was towed yesterday to a secure location. >>> there will be a donation to a portion of the sales from a pizza place to a family in martinez. you will find details on both events on our website under "see it on tv." >>> a piece of the pair plane believed to be used in the 9/11 attacks in new york city has been found three blocks from ground zero. they found part of ad landing gear from a boeing plane jammed between two buildings. they aren't ruling out it was placed there by someone. but it is being treated as a crime scene for now. >>> this morning a red wood city man is still on the run after escapes, handcuffed, from a san mateo sheriff's car. the 21-year-old man was arrested tuesday night, accused of assaulting his girlfriend. while investigating he somehow got out of the car and ran away. because he told family members he would not go back to jail, authorities consider him dangerous. valencia may be driving a

. >> bowman was the first to give the authorities a description of the suspects, despite his horrific lines. and the younger brother, where he was found hiding in a boat, the boat was towed yesterday to a secure location. >> volunteers are hosting two fundraisers this weekend for the 11-year-old aaron hern who was hurt in the bombings. today the pizzeria will donate a share of it's sales to the family. and there will be other fun run. you will find details on both events on our website under "see it on tv." >>> a piece of an airplane believed to be used in the 9/11 attacks in new york city has been found three blocks from ground zero. they found part of the landing gear from a boeing plane jammed between two buildings. they aren't ruling out it was placed there by someone. but it is being treated as a crime scene for now. >>> this morning a redwood city man is still on the run after escapes, handcuffed, from a san mateo sheriff's car. the 21-year-old man was arrested thursday night, accused of assaulting his girlfriend. while investigating he somehow got out of the car and ran away. b

it was this extremely graphic picture that sent shock waves across the world. 27-year-old jeff bowman had been waiting for his girlfriend to cross the finish line and minutes later he was being wheeled away from the explosion site. his legs severed below the knee. carlos arrendondo holding his artery as he ran alongside him to slow the bleeding. in shock, his eyes haunted by what he just experienced and what he saw, just moments before the bomb went off. he came face to face with the man who would nearly take his life. >> i was with my girlfriend's roommates, and having a great time. we were watching the runners. everyone was having a great time. and just that one guy, you know, he didn't look like he was having a good time. so he was right next to me, you know, at that point, and he had a bag and he had his glasses, he had, like, kind of like a leather like sweatshirt type of deal. and it is warm out. he's just an odd guy. just struck me odd. and that's what i remember of him. and then next thing you know, i hear fireworks and i'm on the ground, you know? actually when carlos picked

. >> deputy mendoza and her partner deputy bowman conduct cell searches on both selame and her neighbor to see if they're hiding anything inside. if there is a rip in the mattress, we would further investigate, but there's no rip. >> we'll take all the paper bags, especially the ones that are folded. they seem to hide things in the seams. so it's better to just take them. >> selame denies putting the drug in the bag and says she was just trying to share some of her leftover lunch. >> i give her the bag. i put two milks and four pieces of bread, and two jolly ranchers. i took that chance, and i passed it through, and they caught me. i thought, okay. they're going to go in the garbage. everything's going to be good. we're both going to get a write-up. i even raised my hand, and i said, i'll take the write-up, it was my fault, but now there's a seroquel situation? okay. i don't know. >> okay. so just minimal contraband was found. there's no more narcotics, so we're just going to take care of the paperwork and reclassify those two suspects. step on out. >> selame and the other inmate involv

jeff bowman came face to face with one of the suspects. tamerlan tsarnaev, right before those bombs went off. he lost both legs but he was still able to give authorities a description of the suspicious man. >> i was still conscious when i was being transported from the blast site to the hospital. and the whole time i, when i was in the hospital, i was giving descriptions of the guy. the first guy, the guy with the hat and the glasses, the aviators and the 5:00 shadow. >> tamerlan. suspect number one, right in >> yeah, suspect number one. i was just real adamant about it. >> just extraordinary. let's go to boston and nbc's michelle franzen, who is standing by for us. michelle, good morning to you. what more is jeff bauman revealing about that day? >> well, we've learned a lot in the last few days about what jeff bauman had told authorities, and how he had seen, on his tv screen in that hospital room, alex, the suspects, once fbi released those photos. and he's mentioning that he -- he really made eye contact with this person. that the suspe

. >> jeff bowman says he is recovering well and going to occupational and physical training. he also says he cannot hear very well. but he is looking forward to getting his strength back. our best wishes to him. coming up he pulls over to make a call and comes face to face with tamerlan tsarnaev. now the carjacking victim is telling every detail of his ordeal including their conversations about girls, iphones, and his split second decision to make a break for it. plus, what kind of road lies ahead for the bombing victims? one marine who lost both of his legs in afghanistan knows exactly what they're going through and he is trying to help. he'll join me next. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call

today, jeff bowman, we got some news about him. you know he's one of the people who first identified one of the suspects. i also speak to heather abbott, who had the difficult choice of whether to try to live with a mangled foot or to have her foot amputated. we'll tell you what she chose and how she's doing right now. >>> we begin with susan candiotti, who has late details on the investigation. susan, what do you know? what led investigators first to this landfill? >> well, this information is coming to us from a u.s. law enforcement official who is very close to the boston investigation and someone with whom i've been talking with throughout. this source tells us that the leads to search the landfill for that laptop computer came not only from the suspect himself, the young man who is now hospitalized, but others who, according to this official, may have had knowledge of its whereabouts or may even have played a role in ditching it, getting rid of it, after the bombing. now, the source says there is also evidence that leads inves

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jeffrey bowman. incredible. all right.a week of hell, boston breathes a sigh of relief and crew ninth together. here is a crowd at fenway singing "sweet caroline" at the red sox game today. >> are you ready? ♪ sweet caroline ♪ good times never seemed to good ♪ a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> emotional moment shared by fans at the bruins-penguins hockey game, that is right part of a pregame video showed, powerful images from this week. eric, let me ask awe specific question. [ laughter ] why is it when we go to things like this, sporting events indicate whether things are good or bad? >> sports are patriotic people. the red sox, the bruins, in f

hospitalized including man who helped identify tsarnaev's older brother tamerlan. 27-year-old jeff bowmanwho lost both legs in a bombing told a boston area radio station he briefly made eye contact with tamerlan just before the draft. >> he just didn't seem right, you know? you know how you size somebody up and i go what's this guy's problem. >>> as boston moved forward the celtics took time during the playoff game to remember the victims with a video tribute and to honor those who responded to the bombing including officers doctors, and nurses. they've also come what's become a new boston tradition. the crowd sang the "national anthem" am okay/* accapella. the bostononefund is now nearing $26 million. anthony? >> elaine quijano in boston. thanks, elaine. >>> we're joining now by senior asus tan and former fbi director john miller. good morning, john zbhood morning, margaret. >> what have we heard from them? >> we've heard everything from them. what i mean is they've been a little bit all over the map, particularly the mother who at one instance said you know i lost one son to america and

. >> reporter: now, one other thing i want to point out to you, jeff bowman, the guy who lost both legs, there was a picture tweeted out of him at the hospital sending a birthday to another victim, it is absolutely amazing. eight -- ten days on, life is moving on for these folks. that doesn't make you feel a little better today, your heart is made of stone. john? >> miguel, so many acts of kindness, so many acts of courage. look at that picture, amazing. miguel marquez for us on the streets of boston. >>> we also are learning about what may be a critical piece of the puzzle. a militant in dagestan ran a bomb making training camp for foreign visitors. russian special forces-day-old abu dujan in december. they had a video of abu dujan on his youtube channel but we don't know if they ever met face to face during tamerlan's visit. good morning, nick. >> john, i should point out a few hours ago with spoke to the mother of tamerlan tsarnaev in a fairly length think interview. two things standing out from that. she said the fbi approached in 2011 and was going to put him on surveillance. she a

it was closed for a few days after the attack and mark bowman created pats day funds for other businessesh for your time. >> thanks for having me on. >> shannon: i know that your shop was caught in essentially an area a that was a crime scene and investigation for awhile. how did you bounce back and how are you hoping that others will join you in helping. >> i mean i think as a small business in the area we definitely wanted to do something to help out. so we instead of just trying to send a donation of our own we created what we call pats day fund.org to create a vehicle and structured program where we could all kind of donate together. band together and donate. and we are happy to have raised over $2,500 which is much more than we could have contributed alone even considering the fact that we were closed down for so long. >> shannon: fantastic. and how do you hope to use the funds? for victims? for helping the city to rebuild? what are the things that you hope you will be able to accomplish? >> absolutely. i mean i think anything we can do to help is certainly our goal is give given con

it's become one of the most gruesome images of the boston massacre the bombing victim jeff bowman beingcene of the attacks missing much of both legs. he is also called a hero for helping authorities identify suspect number one and is speaking out for the first time in a radio interview with weei's denison callahan morning show. >> i was with my girlfriend's roommates and having a great time, you know? we were watching the runners. everyone was having a great time. and just that one guy, you know, he didn't look like he was having a good time. he was right next to me at that point and he had a bag and he had his glasses. he had like a kind of like a leather sweatshirt type of deal and, you know, it was warm out. he wasdd guy. just struck me odd. and that's what i remember of him. and then the next thing you know, fireworks and i'm on the ground. >> so you actually looked this person in the eyes. you have sunglasses on but you made eye contact with him? >> yep. >> and immediately you knew there was something wrong. >> yeah. yeah. exactly. like he just didn't seem right. you know? so, you

i got one hand hailing jeff bowman, this story is incredible. of his legs blown off of at the knee. he saw a man in a black jacket look at him and drop a bag at his feet. two and a half minutes later the bag detonated, and first responders rushed him to the hospital. he gave descriptions to the fbi and helped them isolate the suspects from hours -- >> that's amazing. and as much as civil libertarians are concerned about all of the cameras everywhere in this case -- >> it helped them identify them quickly. >> stephanie: yes. charlie pierce rejoi us not from boston as nobody can get to boston at the moment. logan airport is shut down and they are describing it, charlie as a massive manhunt, because they think they have the other brother holed up in a house. they are not sure. there was another possible suspect that has not been claimed yet. >> yeah. my understanding is they have moved away from the neighborhood now and it is expanding to more towns. again, we're in the period where nobody knows nothing, but unfortunately doesn't help anybody in ca

jeff bowman used a new wheelchair to visit fellow victims.or her 18th birthday. meantime, sydney's mom was left a double amputee after the blast. she got a special visit from a wounded marine. >> right now, i'm telling you, with all my heart, you are going to be more independent than you ever were. >> i'm glad you're here. i can't believe it's the same thing. >> brian: he lost both of his legs to a road side bomb in afghanistan and was trying to let her know what her next few weeks and the rest of her life would be like. >> gretchen: she's holding the hand of her daughter who was also injured in the attack. shrapnel wounds to her legs. >> gretchen: the other headlines. brand-new report says the same lawmakers who passed obamacare are try to go get an exemption for a key part of it. the issue is whether or not the government should subsidize their health insurance premiums. if not, lawmakers in both parties fear staffers, especially low paid aides, could be hit with thousands of dollars in new health care cost, prompting them to look for work