>> brian: no. >> brian: oh, you have ho!man should be able to also catch the ball. >> steve: she didn't see it coming. >> brian: right. if you're the man, you shouldn't run for cover. it's okay if you miss the ball. >> steve: we'll give you the details as we have them. >> brian: all right, cutie pie? i'm talking to the people. >> gretchen: did you just call me cutie pie? >> brian: i called america cutie pie. >> gretchen: remember what happened that other time when i had to get up and go? >> brian: oh, yeah. you stormed off and everyone understood the sarcasm so well. >> brian, you're fired. >> steve: so sad when that happens. >> gretchen: okay. let's do your headlines now. new developments in the murder of colorado's prison chief. police looking for two members of a white supremacist prison gang. check out this guy here. this is thomas glee. then you have james lore, armed and dangerous. it's believed they're heading to nevada or texas. they are believed to be with evan ebel. >>> shot in cold blood in broad daylight a west v

brian? >> brian: yeah.til one week before. we expected to buy that? >> well that, is what abc is hearing from actual sources within the investigation. also hearing that they didn't have any foreign help or any resources from overseas, from any rogue individuals from overseas. now, authorities are going to look into all this. they're not just going to believe everything they're told. but there is a tremendous amount of evidence that they're gathering. they have computer evidence and also looking into that trip, as you recall, that the older brother made to russia last year. guys, back to you. >> steve: all right. we thank you very much, molly line outside the hospital in boston. let's bring in laura ingraham, she's live in our bureau in d.c what do you think of this? before he was mirandaized, apparently he told the high value interrogation unit it was just me and my brother. we didn't have any help. we looked it up on the internet, and by the way, my brother was the brains behind the operation. >> well, loo

famous quote by brian kilmeade. >> brian: right. >> gretchen: it those do with -- >> brian: we have tobody on destiny's child. how many were there? three? >> steve: a couple days ago the story was the way you got in -- you can't just go to cuba. >> brian: we would have been there already. >> steve: you need an okay from treasury department, you have to get a license. jay-z spilled the beans. he says that he got the okay from the administration, in from the white house. we'll play jay-z, then jay carney. watch this. you be the judge. >> i guess nothing rhymes with "treasury." because treasury offers and gives licenses for travel. as you know. and the white house has nothing to do with it. >> so are you saying that he did not, the president did not have a conversation with jay-z? >> i'm saying that the white house and the president on down had nothing to do with anybody's travel to cuba. >> gretchen: who do you believe right now? brian's famous quote. "if i want to find out the truth behind the story, i do what i always do. look at the rap lyrics." the truth finally -- >> also, didn't yo

brian? >> brian: all right.ter for investigative reporting, thousands of veterans are waiting an average of 279 days for their benefits. some of them suffering from life-threatening illnesses along the way. joining us right now is john davis, director, elective programs for the fleet reserve association and retired u.s. marine corps reserve and retired army national guard. lieutenant davis, welcome. >> thank you. >> brian: is this situation getting worse? >> it is getting worse. let me just say what the goal is, is to have a disability claim adjudicated and finished within 125 days and have 98% accuracy and as of january 2012, they had about 800,000 claims and 60% of those were over 125 days. then just this last february, there are over 900,000 claims and 70% of those are 125 days or older. so they're moving in the wrong direction. >> brian: so we have more guys and more women coming home that are going to need these benefits. what seems to be the problem? by nature, our military are people that get things done.

>> good morning, brian.re community of norton shores. social media really helping to get out her face. that is 25-year-old jessica. her family has been out all weekend long making sure people know what she looks like. they were posting flyers around on the utility poles, as well as windows. one man even offering a up $500 of his own money. there were no security cameras at this gas station, but from talking to people, they coo know that it is -- do know that it is a chrysler town and country silver mini van, a man stockier in biological. they think maybe she did know him because she is a store clerk and possibly had contact with. that's the latest, urging anyone to come forward with information. live here in norton shores, fox 17 news. >> brian: hopefully get more today because time certainly matters. thanks. >> steve: foggy there. it is a -- we had a wicked weather weekend all over the place. look at this. >> there's got to be like three feet of water in the parking lot! >> steve: check out this raging flas

>>brian: where are you from? >> south jersey. >>brian: m.j.contact on his first three pitches. south jersey's finest. you know him as m.j. >> chuck, tell us about the bat he's aougs. >> that is our louisville slugger attack, one of our hottest seller bats. these men playing a travel team in jersey, playing 60 to 80 games a year. >>brian: m.j., good job. what's your name? >> daniel. >>brian: what team you play for? >> i live in louisville. >>brian: he can make his own bat. when you say composite bat, what is it made out of? >> a misnomer. >>brian: time for chase to step in. how old are you? >> 11. >>brian: where are you from? >> south jersey. >>brian: what team do you play on? [inaudible] >>brian: go get' em. >>gretchen: he's a lefty. let's get the final guy in there. >>brian: what's your name? >> blaze. >>brian: where are you from? >> south jersey. >>brian: very nice. your website? >> www.slug.com. >>brian: thanks for bringing this down and bringing your great baseball players down. >> thanks for having us. >>steve: straight ahead, made in ame

brian, you can drive one of those. >> brian: you're right. answer your questions. "fox & friends" hour two for monday starts right now. ♪ . >> steve: doing your taxes at arby's. a big give away. plus you could win $500,000 in free money later on today. we'll tell you how when we go outside and face some of the delicious fried potatoes. >> gretchen: i have never seen a curly fry i couldn't tell fitted guy. what do you call those guys? >> brian: i wouldn't be surprised if he goes down to times square and tries to cash it. i hear elmo is making a killing out there. >> steve: something is missing, though. where is ketchup guy? >> gretchen: or the roast beef guy? >> brian: donald trump is in the on dark circle. it will be fresh to see him. >> steve: he had great personal news as well. we're going to share that with you and so much more on this monday. >> gretchen: first, your headlines. hugo chavez's chosen heir winning a razor thin presidential election but not without opposition. the opponent demand ago recount. his opponent says if he was illeg

brian? york has ended almost as quickly as it started. one season after he went to the jets, the popular quarterback out of a job, released. not a shock. the fact that he's fallen so quick is somewhat a shock. his career some what? jeopardy right now in the nfl. nobody knows what it takes to be in the nfl more than phil simms. great to see you. your son on the jets, quarterbacked with the jets. not a surprise tebow gets cut? >> i don't ask him for the information. he's not one of those guys who gives it up freely. i'm not surprised they let him go. i think after last year, what we saw, basically the media circus that surrounded him and kind of engulfed their football team. they need to clean it up. we know they drafted gino smith. >>brian: they had no plan. they had no idea what to do with him and they did him an injustice in acquiring him. they could have let him go to jacksonville where they actually wanted him to play. they had no interest in him playing. >> i think they had a plan but we

brian? >> brian: thank you very much.nic figures and now you can see inside their minds as thousands of their original letters go up for auction. before they hit the auction block, we have five of them here, or six here with us who brought them and won't let me touch them. joe is the owner of profiles in history. hey. >> how are you? >> brian: so you have some letters. there is a whole bunch. not just what we seehave thomasn near the end of his life, a letter right here? >> this is written two years before he died. what's amazing, he's basically expounding his wisdom about the country and saying the future generations, take care of america. it's fragile. he's expounding what we should have done probably and that's what people collect. people are looking for content, advice about our future. >> brian: so this would go for how much? >> between 50 and $75,000. >> brian: it's in an auction format? >> absolutely. people can bid competitively on-line. >> brian: steve, stay out of this. this is from thomas edison. this is his pa

>> brian, you're fired. >> brian: thank you very much. had tons of fights with boys. >> mostly jimmy and i fought and brian broke it up. >> brian: right. to be honest, it's true. we did not have a lot of -- jealousry or anything like that. that's me the little guy. my head has shrunk since that picture, by the way. i had surgery. [ laughter ] >> my ears are less pointy. >> i'm in the middle not because i'm second, but because those two would be fighting. [ laughter ] >> steve: was brian the peace maker? >> brian was the peace maker. >> he was. he wanted everything to be okay and everyone to be happy. >> steve: you know what? i have personally observed, he is like that to this day. >> brian: i do. right. when i'm not drunk. >> gretchen: oh, my! >> steve: it's before noon, we're good. >> gretchen: now the drinking story. do you have anything to add, brothers? >> not on that. [ laughter ] >> brian: something in the green room. for christmas, we used to try to do a different theme. one year we thought we'd rent tuxes. that picture stuck with

brian? >> brian: it's far from president obama's best shot.hite house. to pour salt in the wound a group of kids bet him he wouldn't make one of the foulrn. the kids were cheering that he missed. but the president did get a consolation hug. he even looks good when he misses. had a rough day, but took the shot. we saw him hit over in kuwait, that shot around half court, so he can live off that for a while. >> steve: the stats regarding the easter egg hunt, not great. but he keeps on trying. >> gretchen: oh! i couldn't play in a lot of games of horse recently. it's always better to play pig than horse. you get to get out a little quicker, before you get -- or you get to win. >> steve: we've got an extreme weather alert for you on this tuesday. wild weather caught on camera in texas yesterday. >> 287. a couple of freak funnels. >> steve: tornado chasers were right in the midst of the super cells in northwest texas. the daring crew spotted twisters and hail storms. national weather service confirms at least one tornado touched down in briscoe coun

>>brian: i need to calm down. >>gretchen: oh my god. >>brian: hyperventilating? don't breathe into that bag? those home remedies might be false. i did nothing to help myself. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ born in the u.s.a. >>steve: looking at the george w. bush presidential library officially handed over to the national archives yesterday and is going to be dedicated later today. you'll see it here on fox live. >>gretchen: that was a pretty cool light shoefplt that's going to be andy card, josh bolton and dana perino. all three worked with the bush administration. i think dana sat down with the former president and will bring part of that interview. >>brian: since the president decided i'm leaving office and i'm not saying anything. his approval rate has gone from 37% to 47%. some say it is higher. >>steve: the current president is tied with george bush's approval rating some say. >>brian: he's going to be there. >>steve: presidents current and past all there under the texas sun. a great day in dallas. >>gretchen: let's get to your headlines. while you were slee

>>brian: why?>gretchen: if i say that's a horrible thing for the president to say, men will say you're too oversensitive. if i say it's okay to call a woman beautiful, other women will say i can't believe you didn't stand up for women's rights. as a woman it is hard to have this discussion but i'm being completely honest in saying i wish we wouldn't be so completely p.c. on this issue because it's true. she's attractive. so what? >>brian: do women get insulted when they're attractive and people -- and men point it out? it just so happens he's a man who happens to be president and married. >>steve: let's see how the progressive feminists react to this because they did support the president in large measure going forward. meanwhile -- >>brian: mitt romney, he might get the women's vote. >>steve: can you imagine mitt romney -- the attorney general of california, good lookin'. meanwhile while the president was talking about the hot attorney general, the first lady of the united states was doing an affi

>>brian: brian, you're fired.wanted to do it. >> you have to let me go because i'm going to pass out right now! >>steve: maria molina in the after the show show yesterday. >>brian: one of the most lethal men on the planet and he didn't look like he was struggling. >>steve: now you can protect yourself on the streets of new york city. >> i have new moves. my favorite clip was mike tobin. so professional, doing the kiss block. >>brian: you can't teach that. >> we want to take a look at the weather across the country. we have very good news for most of you, especially across sections of the midwest into the northeast. take a look at these high temperatures today. feeling like spring. if you live in minneapolis, 70 degrees. new york city starting off on the cool side but by this afternoon you're expecting a high of 65 degrees. there are a couple of areas seeing rainfall this morning. parts of missouri, parts of kansas. as we head into later on this afternoon, there is a slight chance some of you across oklahoma and te

>> brian: yes. the noise he does make there. >> steve: by the way, we're going to go outside and start chewing on the sub at 7:30 eastern time. so if you are hungry, stop on by after 7:30 we want one more shot and then be our guest. put our giant sub to the test. >> gretchen: let's do some headlines. he wanted his cable turned back on, so he held four firefighters hostage, then paid for his actions with his life. the man called 911 faking a heart attack. five firefighters responded to his home in georgia. when they arrived, he took them hostage. he let one go only to move the truck. the swat team outside made a split second decision when it looked like the firefighters were about to be killed. >> gretchen: they stormed the home, exchanging fire with the suspect, killing him. the firefighters suffered minor injuries. the gunman a was having financial problems and his power cable and phone had been turned off. >>> in two hours, the american parents accused of kidnapping their other than children and s

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brian?d.'s as we found in iraq and afghanistan, it is a losing game. if you can figure out who the enemy is and what kind of operations they're running, what kind of operatives they are recruiting, how they are doing that, that is a far more effective way of a couple of examples, the f.b.i., we're hearing about how they investigated or at least talked to one of these brothers, i'm not sure that they were asking the right sorts of questions because the f.b.i. has over the past decade been told they're not allowed to look for jihad. their files have been purged of information about how even to understand jihad. they're now told they need to consult with folks like muslim brothers as to who are the proper people to do training. these are the sorts of things that leave us vulnerable, i believe, to not just this sort of attack but to far worse. i think that's what needs to be corrected first and then you can worry about the sort of counter i.e.d. problem. >>brian: people tried to tell us hassan w

i don't know what it is about brian, but all of us old ladies want to feed brian. [music] >> hi, my name is fred lein. i'm most proud of driving a ramp taxi since the beginning of the program in 1994. [music] >> fred, you are the absolute best! thank you fred for providing transportation for me and opening up my social life, and taking care of medical appointments, taking care of my mother [music] >> hi, my name is ann bailey and i've driven for luxor for almost five years now. i drove for desoto cab for 10 years prior to that. i drove in 1976 for the old, old yellow cab. this is frances mecchi and i've been driving her for about 11 or 12 years to her alzheimer's day program, which we call the memory club. every day when we drive through the presidio she'll say, "oh goody, you're taking me through the enchanted forest." [music] >> my name amr a.mahmoud. i am like 49 years old. i have been driving cab more than 13 year in general. then i drove a ramp more than 3 years. this is my fourth now. i have been enjoying doing the job. i like every moment of it. >> thank you

>> brian: dr.rian: no. don't you dare accuse me of that. no, but as you know, i was asked to host the armed forces foundation dinner. about 1,000 people, congressional leaders, people in the defense department, contractors and 200 men and women who serve and their families come down, all to support the men and women and their troops. as the troops come home, they're going to need help. ninety-five cents of every dollar raised goes back to the cause. so it's fun to go do that. i meet a lot of people that come back through our doors. current and form guests. it's been kind of cool. armed forces foundation.org if you want to help out. >> steve: it's a fantastic events and brian, hats off to you for helping them ought routh for so many years. >> brian: it's been a lot of fun. but i miss you guys. can we take a wide shot of the size of the area they've given me? do you know, i tend to be a little messy and disorganized. look at the size of this desk. even i look like i'm neat. why does wallis and bret b

>>brian: 18 minutes after the hour. steve? >>steve: thanks, brian. this morning doctors are working to treat more than 144 people injured in yesterday's bombing. most of them hit with shrapnel, ball bearings, b-b's. today investigators need to figure out what kind of bomb could have caused that explosion. we have a former commanding officer in the nypd bomb squad. he joins us live. good morning toufplt >> good -- good morning to you. >>steve: we're going to put up some of the videos we have. tell us what you can by looking at pictures of the explosion. we've got a number of them. here is right at the finish line. >> of course a person -- the first thing you see is the color of smoke, the plume of smoke, the direction it is going. all you can tell from that is something exploded. initially there were reports of a propane gas tank to accidental. when the second one went off, maybe figured out maybe this wasn't an accident. >>steve: the smoke is white. what does that mean? >> anybody in the explosives field will be able to tell you that certain explosiv

brian? >>brian: do you know who i am? reese witherspoon tries to pull the celebrity card when she and her husband get pulled over for drunk driving. apparently they did and it didn't stop them from doing the next step that you might be surprised about. that's my desperate attempt to save the word "tease" in the tease. "fox & friends" starts now. >>steve: welcome to studio e on this very busy monday morning. it's hard to believe it was just one week ago today it all happened in boston. late today they're going to have a moment of silence, at 2:50. >>gretchen: brand-new developments that have happened over the weekend regarding that suspect who is still alive. unconfirmed reports this morning that the 19-year-old is awake and responding to questions in writing. previously officials maintained that tsarnaev was in no condition to be interrogated. >>brian: abc says he is writing answers to authorities that he can not speak because of a gunshot wound to the throat. molly line live at beth israel hospital with the latest. how h

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>>brian: we have a picture. and a mississippi man arrested for sending poison-laced letters to the president of the united states and other lawmakers on capitol hill. all of these stories right now. >>gretchen: first that fox news alert from texas. terror as a massive blast rips through a fertilizer plant near waco, texas. the horrifying moment caught on cell phone video. >> are you okay? >> i can't hear. get out of here. please get out of here. >> oh my god! >>gretchen: the fire explosion leveling dozens of homes and businesses within an eight to ten-block radius. here's what we know so far this morning. police believe 5 to 15 people may be dead. three to five volunteer fire fighters are missing. more than 160 others have been hurt. >>brian: after the fire comes an explosion. almost within two hours of the fire. and people instinctively go there. it's a small town. many people doing dual duty as volunteer fire fighters and residents or whatever their occupation is. the town is just 2,600 people, but the risk of

brian, what can you tell us? >> brian are you here? >> i'm here. just getting set up with the state police. they are expected to give us an update. as you said, the highest priority right now, find suspect number two. he is the one identified by the fbi yesterday as one of the bombers. and now he was seen as part of the stickup at the 7-eleven in cambridge and there are photographs there from the surveillance cameras and they are certain, according to the state police, that he is the same person who the fbi was looking for. it was quite a scene here as they race down the streets of this quiet town late at night on thursday and through the morning here. with one police officer dead and another one in very critical condition from the shootouts with these two individuals. it's clear that they were exactly as the fbi put it, armed and very, very dangerous. and that danger continues at th point and, linsey have been describinghe conditions. if you are driving, don't stop to pick up anybody. >> you told us earlier about an anecdote of an a a bc police pr

bill hemmer, it's brian. essentially at 10:20 this whole thing starts with the suspects reportedly, you know, go to a 7-eleven, an m.i.t. officer is shot, minutes later a carjacking takes place. they drive around for a half-hour. whether he was let go or not, the owner of that vehicle somehow gets free. police track the car and engage the suspects. that's when griff jenkins comes into play because he alone with other officers, somehow he got in the middle of the convoy going about 100 miles an hour right there and his camera was able to roll and see the shootout that took place. just dramatic action overnight. don't you agree? >> yeah. indeed it is. we don't know the identity of this person who was on the ground and later handcuffed and taken away. maybe there is significance to the story, maybe not. i can't really answer that at the moment. this is what griff was shooting last night around midnight. there is breaking news with molly in watertown, massachusetts. molly, what do you have now? >> bill, we've see

cnbc's brian schactman joining us with that story. brian?> good evening, brian sullivan. >> thank you, brian schactman. >> thank you very much, brian sullivan. >> it's a b.s. fest. >> i'm trying to minimize that. you're doing just fine on your own. listen, let's get to some news. the fed could be cutting back on its bond-buying program this summer if the economy continues to improve. that according to san francisco fed president john williams. the fed of course currently buying $85 billion in treasuries and mortgage-backed securities each and every month. and now to that bp story that brian talked about. it's known for its slogan "beyond petroleum." it's now going back to just petroleum and getting out of the wind business. the company reportedly selling shares in 16 operating wind farms and nine states. assets worth as much as $3.1 million. those not making money. the top entertainment story, it's official. nbc's "tonight show" will soon be moving back to new york city. cnbc's julia boorstin has more. julia? >> thanks, brian. after 22 years

>> brian: they want to give it to adam lanza. if i sell my car to my brother, i have to sign my title over. why is it such a big deal? i don't see a person to person -- you might think you know your neighbor. so i sell your gun for an extra hundred dollars. if he has dark side and open up, i would like know you have it registered. >> bob: that is good point. can explain it. >> somebody is with a dark side is not going to stop. i'm letting for the states decide work for them in the locality. >> it hits the floor, it gets loaded up with amendment. dianne feinstein has issues and harry reid has issues. then what do we end up with? we don't end up with the original bill. >> bob: there was no original bill out of committee. it was one of those bills that goes from committee out. >> dana: if it were to get to the floor, any amendment or things that were added to it is only going to weaken the bills in the eyes. left in my opinion. i don't think they can make it stronger behind closed doors. >> andrea: but they'll add pork barrel spendi

brian? >> we can see looking at tape of the finish line the digital seems to say this was the 4:09, four hour, nine minute finishing mark. if you are crossing the finish line at that point in this race you have done very well. to finish at all you have done very well. but people thought, and you can't blame them, that this was some kind of cannon, a planned thing. i had one eyewitness describe it in terms of world trade. that once the second building was hit that day we knew it was something different. well once the secondary explosion went off, they knew it was not an accident of the construction of the city like a gas main. >> reporter: certainly when you're at a marathon, especially in boston where they haven't had issues like they have had in new york, nobody was expecting something like this to happen. initially nobody thought -- they weren't sure if it was even an accident, a gas main break. people didn't know what was going on. when the second explosion happened 15 seconds later peopl

lisa bloom, brian silver, stick with us. ed lavandera, our thanks to you. terrific reporting on this story. >>> now to phoenix and the jodi arias murder trial. another juror is off the case. and check this out. see that look on jodi arias' face? what do you think? that's from friday. do you think she looks worried? the jury's questions to her domestic violence expert may say a lot about what they're thinking and perhaps not good for jodi arias. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. nor

pete, good evening. >> brian, good evening. still so many questions, but one has been answered, how many explosive devices were left at the scene. that answer is two. and officials describe them as crudely made but effectively used. and as of tonight, no suspects, no idea who did it or why. >> reporter: investigators have begun the process of recovering tiny pieces of the bombs to learn how they were made. they say it appears the devices were assembled inside pressure cooker pots similar to this one packed with bbs, ball bearings and nails to magnify the injury. as these homeland security bulletins note, pressure cookers have been used for decades in terror bombings. instructions for making them appear on the internet including just last month in an al qaeda magazine "inspire." investigators say the explosive in boston was most likely smokeless powder, gunpowder like this, available at sporting goods store, not something more powerful like dynamite. and they believe the bombs were carried to the scene in dark nylon bags and set

this is nbc "nightly news" with brian williams. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> that is what it looked like at ground level. the finish line at the boston marathon. it was after the first, the top tier of finishers. it was at the four hour, nine minute mark, exactly 2:50 this afternoon when first one explosion and then a secondary explosion went off. people couldn't imagine what the first one was, but with the second they knew, they suspected it was some sort of attack. it appears tonight we are coming on the air yet again in this post 9/11 era with word of an apparent terrorist attack within our shores. a terrible day in boston on what is a holiday in that city. it is patriots day. they mark the lexington and concord battles. the red sox play baseball and they run the boston marathon. tonight the death toll stands at two. over 100 injured. we want to go to jonathan hall who reports from whgh tv. we have been watching their live coverage and airing it to a national audience. jonathan, you are at brig ham women's h

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tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. and the attack on boston very much on the minds of people here as well as at sporting events across the country. but there is also a determination not to bow to terrorists. on this day after, many americans felt on edge like they haven't in years. suspicious packages brought boston's logan and new york's laguardia airports to a crawl today. both were later deemed safe. in washington, a heavy police presence in the subways. pedestrian traffic in front of the white house shut down. capitol police checked every trash can for explosives. while at the emancipation day parade, both unease -- >> i was kind of concerned as to who's here, you know, why they're here, if anything's going to happen. are we safe? >> reporter: -- and defiance. >> i came down. i'm not going to be afraid. this is my home. >> reporter: across the country, police departments were showing the badge today. the tsa also stuffing up passenger screenings. meanwhile, event organizers began revisiting security plans for big u

i am brian shactman. >> and i'm kate kelly. futures right now are looking -- >> a little on the on negative side. >> yeah. >> on this easter monday, all the major european markets, the ftse in london, the cac in france and ibex are closed, right, brian sfp. >> that's right. there are a few asian markets that were up and running today. li sixuan is covering it all for us from singapore. sixuan. >> thank you, brian. first, let's get a look at china's factory activity. new data shows manufacturing is extend expanding, but at a slow pace. official pmi wish monitors mostly large state-owned firms at 50.9, missing market expectations. meantime, the hsbc readings which mainly tracks smaller companies readings came in at 51.6, roughly in line with the flash reading. take a look at the market reaction today. shanghai composite eased a modest 0.1% thus a year-to-date low. but the property counter was the outto date performer. in gentleman panch, the boj tankan survey showed improvement among manufacturers. there are big expectations at t

i'm brian williams.hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. >>> good evening everyone, i'm in for raj mathai. >> we'll have more on the first lady's visit with the local victim on the attack. >>> and we begin with the investigation, free time off for the selective employees in the district attorney's office. our investigative unit first broke the story this month. santa clara district attorney jeff rosen giving time off to the staff, to make up for the 5% bonus cut. >> we have just learned county council has issued its opinion on the legality of the district attorney giving free time off. it is a confidential document delivered to the board of supervisors. the sources close to the county's investigation says it does not look good for the da. one problem is how it could open up for others in a big way. others call it the me-too clause. >> reporter: letter after letter. >> there is a lot of animosity towards mr. rosen right now. >> reporter: different unions, same concerns. >> we had an understand

i want to go to brian todd. brian, what are you hearing? >> anderson, we are on a rooftop, i can't say where it is. we have a visual on the boat. [ inaudible ] too far away to hear. we do have a visual -- >> brian todd, i don't know if -- we can't hear you, brian. i don't know if you're on the move. let's go to elizabeth cohen. elizabeth, what are you hearing and seeing? >> i'm not sure exactly what just happened, but the police here erupted in applause. the police car came out and took a left and headed down the street. someone yelled out is that him and the police officer said yes. that's all i know. that's all i can tell you from here. i don't know if it means there was a definite round of applause from police as the car drove away. as the police car drove away. >> did you see anybody, the obvious question, did you see anybody in the back of that police car? >> you know, impossible to see. it was totally dark. it was impossible to see. >> what is the situation now? >> the situation now is that everyone, fire truck or ambulance, went in d

how many brians can we cram into one show? brian, you're down in texas.now? >> one thing on the "opportunity usa" trip is to talk about opportunities that they are finding in their hometown. on the ground knowledge. soliz lockwood is with us, and scott, they're both houston natives, liz, you and i were chatting before the show, you pick investments all over the world, but you find plenty of investing opportunities right here. >> lots of investment opportunities. we're a very diverse city. we have a diverse client base, lots of diverse economic sectors. houston is a great place. >> i know oar -- but as you and i talked about, this is not just an oil and gas city. >> yes, lots of non-oil and gas. >> what types of sectors? >> in the health care sector, the real estate sector. we're very diverse. we consider ourselves a 24-hour city now. we have good private equity. all sorts of access. >> scott, you're also a native, so give us log knowledge. in our viewers in new york or california are watching this, how would you tell them to take advantage? >> at the end

good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. at 5:00 the fbi handed over boylston street and the crime scene to the city of boston, officially clearing the way for its re-opening. this seven days after those explosions that rocked this city. 2:50 monday afternoon, at exactly the moment a week ago that terror struck boston, the city came to a standstill. a moment of silence to reflect and remember all they have been through and all they have lost. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: in medford, the bells tolled as the first funeral was held. hundreds of family and friends, including local police and fire officials came to remember 29-year-old krystle campbell. >> the fact that someone from my community was touched by this event, it's touched everybody. there is nobody around here that it hasn't touched. >> reporter: on boylston street the spontaneous memorial, still growing, was moved as volunteers arranged flowers and signs in anticipation of the street's re-opening. when the fbi turned what had been the crime scene back to the city o

brian? >> andrea mitchell in washington. andrea, thanks. >>> we're back in a moment with a big apology from an airline ceo after a big nightmare day for travellers. >>> the united kingdom said good-bye to margaret thatcher today. the funeral at st. paul's cathedral attended by the queen, dignitaries from 170 countries around the world, and all four of maggie thatcher's successors including the current prime minister, david cameron. thatcher's 19-year-old american-born granddaughter amanda gave a reading from the bible. thousands of londoners lined the route to show respect and some protested amid heavy security. margaret thatcher, the so-called iron lady, died last week at 87. we have posted a full report on the day in london by kier simmons on our website tonight. >>> the assassinations of two prominent public officials have been in the news. for a time they had investigators baffled. they left the entire state of texas on edge. tonight we can report police say the wife of a former texas justice of the peace has confessed s

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brian? >> stephanie gosk in lower manhattan. stephanie, thanks. >>> turning now to boston and the latest on the investigation into the marathon bombings. there is new information on exactly how the bombs were made and a gripping new account of the night it all ended from the man who was carjacked by these two accused bombers. also a big piece of evidence was moved today. our nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff reports. >> reporter: dzhokhar tsarnaev is now being held at fort devins, a special medical prison outside boston. u.s. marshalls moved him overnight after a week at beth israel hospital. more details of his hospital bed hearing on monday. tsarnaev, bandaged and unable to speak, but the judge ruled he was alert and mentally competent. when told he could face the death penalty he showed no emotion, a source tells nbc news. today federal agents searched this new bedford landfill looking for tsarnaev's laptop and fireworks receipts and the boat where he hid out the night of his capture was hauled awa

chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the white house believes this is their last best chance to do something meaningful to reform america's gun laws. the president used this speech in west hartford to make a powerful plea to washington. on a mission to rekindle the emotional spark that connected newtown with america in december, the president renewed his plea for gun control. >> this is not about politics. this is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence. >> reporter: mr. obama invoked the suffering of the families of the newtown victims. >> and newtown, we want you to know that we are here with you. we will not walk away from the promises we have made. we are as determined as ever to do what must be done. >> reporter: many of the families made their own emotional pleas sunday night on "60 minutes." >> every time, you know, it's somebody else's school, somebody else's town, somebody else's community. until one day -- you wake up and it's not. >> reporter: dav