but collier's stepfather was.asked for prayers not only for his son, but for those officers who today protect our communities. >> every day they go out and try to keep us safe from the people that are determined to do evil in the world. and, you know, we should appreciate all that they do for us. >> brooke baldwin, cnn, boston. >> an outpouring and love for officer sean collier. you want to help those effected by the boston bombings, visit impactyourworld on cnn.com. ♪ [ female announcer ] birdhouse plans. nacho pans. glass on floors. daily chores. for the little mishaps you feel use neosporin to help you heal. it kills germs so you heal four days faster. neosporin. use with band-aid brand bandages. si have to look my best on camera. whether i'm telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah... ...or letting them know they can reach geico 24/7 using the latest technology. go on, slather it all over. don't hold back, go on it's these

and 27-year-old sean collier the m.i.t. police officer allegedly gunned down by the suspects in the desperate hours after they were identified. >>> we're also remembering today the wounded. 20 victims of the terrorist attacks in boston are still in the hospital out of the 264 who were initially injured. one of them is jared cloury. he and his friends heard the first blast in boston and were trying to jump the barricade into the street to get to safety when the second explosion went off right at their feet. >> i stopped for just a second to tell the young lady here, jackie, who is my friend's girlfriend, jackie, get your butt in the street and, boom. and i just remember feeling engulfed like -- and i got thrown out into the street and just like the movies all of the sound got taken away and, you something inside me said, get up, jarrod, get up. you're okay. get up. so i stood up and i was pretty lucid and i remember trying to count my fingers and feel my feet and i'm standing and thinking about these kind of things that i've

sean collier achieved his childhood dream when he became a cop.n army of officers attended his funeral today. we learned why collier was executed as he sat in his patrol car. more about that in just a moment. but first bob orr has information about a shopping trip one of the suspects took to buy explosives. >> reporter: on february 6, ten weeks before the marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev walked into the sea brook new hampshire fireworks store and bought two lock-and-load mortars kits. each kit cost about $200 and contained 24 pyrotechnic shells. investigators now are trying to determine if the brothers used the black powder from those fireworks as the explosive in the pressure cooker bomb. tsarnaev's name was recorded in the store's computer system at the time of the sale. megan kerns was the clerk. >> i do remember first him having the accent and then him asking for the biggest stuff. i showed him one other product. he definitely stressed he wanted the biggest, loudest stuff. >> reporter: new pictures surfaced today of the early friday mornin

collier was born to be a police officer. >> and friends say collier love ed to go camping and hiking.lly recalled how he brought ear plugs for his entire cabin so people could block out his snoring. now they are trying to keep his memory alive. >> it's heartbreaking. i really can't express -- the entire m.i.t. community in words. >> what is the message? is there a message that you would like to send? what this city has gone through is complete hell, complete horror. is there any message you'd like out there for people that you think sean might like out there, officer collier? >> the only thing i can think of is i wrote this earlier. it was that we should all stay together, we should all stand together, laugh together, and remember together, just stay together because that's what the city is about. that's what our service is built on. this is what our whole community is built on is staying together. and i think sean is what he would want from us, is all to continue on. >> remembering sean collier, the fourth fatality in these terrorist attacks. more than 35,000 people running in london

sean collier's body was delivered by motorcade to wilmington, massachusetts. tonight, new information about tsarnaev, straight from the hospital where he is in serious condition. if this bombing suspect has anything to say, lit have to wait. officials are saying that the 19-year-old college student has injuries to his throat and for now cannot talk. he was finally surrounded and taken down in a neighborhood in watertown, just outside of boston. but he did not go quietly. brian todd has details for you. >> reporter: as he was cornered, he engaged police with gunfire. it went on for several minutes and police lobbed in flash bang percussions to stun him. in the end, authorities showed their determination to catch the suspect live. listen to officers negotiate with him as he's holed up inside a boat. >> reporter: we snaked through alleys and back lots to get to within a couple hundred yards of the boat. there was a word of reassurance during negotiations. and an appeal to someone they knew was in pain. as we shot this exclusive video, police rushed us, saying we

in his 15 months on campus, friends say collier touched the community.he poignant memorial featured two performances by singer james taylor and the service itself is something that collier's family said he would have loved. >> people have asked me if sean were here what would he think? are you kidding me? he would love this. you have sirens, flashing lights, formations, people saluting, bagpipes, taps, the american flag. he would have loved it. >> among those in attendance vice president joe biden who seemingly could not contain his anger. he called the accused terrorists quote, two twisted perverted cowardly knockoff jihadists. unquote. >>> to iraq where bloodshed has led to 100 deaths in the past two days. a crack down in a protest a northern town triggered tuesday's unrest. clashes have been contained to remote areas it's only a matter of time before sectarian tensions merge with the syrian civil war across the border. >>> is it a double standard by congress? politico reports leaders of both parties are in talks to exempt lawmakers and their aides fro

officials say for no obvious reason the brothers shot and killed sean collier for no reason. the vigil is set to be in his honor in his hometown of wilmington. poppy harlow is there. it is a sad story. you spoke to some of the people who were close to him, his close friends. >> i did. it was an amazing scene that unfolded behind us this evening. it was the vigil for that gunned down police officer sean collier, and we were there when the motorcade left boston medical center and brought out here to at least 500 people from the community and fellow police officers, and et cetera coming to honor this 26-year-old hero that we are told by so many people all he wanted to do was to be a police officer. he did realize that dream. tonight, we heard from his brother, andrew, and also the stepfather, and his boss, the police chief at m.i.t. and many people talking about their best memory of this man. and after the vigil, we had a chance to speak one-on-one with a man who knows collier very well, an m.i.t. police chief john difava and he discussed how much this young man meant to m.i.t.

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officer sean collier. >> he would love this. sirens, flashing lights, formations, people saluting. he was born to be a police officer. he lived out his dreams. >> reporter: collier was only 27 when he crossed paths with the accused marathon bombers. >> we have suffered. we are grieving. >> reporter: today vice president biden couldn't seem to contain his anger. >> whether it's al qaeda central out of the fattah or two twisted, perverted, cowardly knock-off jihadis here in boston, why do they do what they do? if the purpose of terrorism is to instill fear, you saw none of it here in boston. >> reporter: though answers today -- ♪ shower the people you love with love ♪ >> reporter: -- but some comfort from james taylor. ♪ show them the way that you feel ♪ ♪ things are going to be much better ♪ ♪ if we only will >> reporter: and the m.i.t. symphony choir. in only 15 short months on m.i.t.'s campus, sean collier found a place in its heart. >> we know we'll see him again and he'll have that big grin and a hug for all of us. officer sean collier, we love you. [ applause ] >> reporter: kat

will hold a public memorial for officer sean collier tomorrow.is expected to attend. we're also learning more about the moment surrounding officer collier's death indicating he may never have known what hit him. our own deborah feyerick has been digging into this for us. this is really one of the empty holes in this mystery. what happened that night. what have you been learning? >> originally some investigators thought that perhaps the officer had seen the two bombing suspects and so they panicked once they saw him but it appears officer sean collier never saw his killers. a source of direct knowledge of this investigation says the m.i.t. officer who was shot to death by the two alleged bombers thursday night did not radio into dispatch nor did he alert dispatch he was responding to two men who were fitting the description. the officer didn't even have time to activate his emergency alert before being shot five times as he said saturday in his patrol car. the source is telling us it took police nearly 13 minutes to actually get to the downed offi

why did they kill officer collier? >> it is hard to say.oes to part of the investigation that is impossible for me to talk about. for some reason they activated themselves, started to kill again, and they were heavily armed, so i think people have to draw their own conclusions at this point in time as to why they did that. >> and the violence wasn't over yet. midnight when police responding to cambridge, there was a carjacking not far away. >> too many things in close proximity for this to be coincidences. >> it was the bombing suspects and they took their carjacking victim on a terrifying ride. he later told investigators that one of the carjackers pointed a gun at him and said did you hear about the boston explosion? and i did that. the suspects also demanded cash, and drove the victim to three different atms. here is a surveillance photo of dzhokhar at one of them. the next stop, and what appeared to be an improvised flight was this gas station. >> they pulled into a gas station to refuel, his car was about out of gas, he saw his chance

officer collier is a hero. >> there he is officer collier as he told you earlier worked for the mit campusolice department 26 years old allegedly gunned down by the bombing suspect as he sat in his cruiser while responding at a robbery. kreg boss well outside fenway park and boston's mayor no doubt wants to get his city back to normal. he says he had a way to do it. what is it? >> good evening. there's a number of things he wants to do as quickly as possible. one is getting boil ton street open again. there is a 6 block area in a is shut down that is still a crime scene. they talked about a 5 part plan in order to get that portion to get all of it reopened. they have to do bio hazard testing and environmental testing. they have to go through and do some structural testing make sure all of the structures are safe there. they will have to remove debris there. remember there's still blast debris and people who left all of their items there. they have to flush the hydrants through. step 4 will be re-entry among the businesses to get their businesses reopened and of course will be the reopening

officer sean collier, krystle campbell, lingzi lu, and little martin richard.eet and she and her colleagues were back at work for the first time today but all came with flowers to pay their respects. >> in the aftermath i think it feels good that everyone -- we all came to work today and hugged each other which we normally wouldn't do, you know. everyone just feels closer now i think. >> fields of flowers piled up. american flags flooded in the spring breeze. abandoned running shoes hung from the fence. red sox caps lined the bricks. baseballs for little league's fallen martin richard. martin, this season is for you. this is where krystle campbell, the 29-year-old, was killed. that's where she worked at the summer shack. symbols of mourning. a rubber ducky policeman for officer collier. a symbol presumably left to honor lingzi lu. thousands of bostonians and others were drawn here today. hundreds left handwritten messages to the victims and to the city. amy faulk wrote, may their memories be a blessing. what brought you here today? >> i'm a photographer as my h

officer collier is a hero. >> harris: there he is, officer collier. told you earlier, worked for the mit campus police department, 26 years old, allegedly gunned down by the bombing suspects as he sat in his cruiser while responding to a robbery at a nearby 7-eleven. craig boswell outside fenway park for us in boston. craig, boston's mayor no doubt wants to get his city back to normal. he says he has a way to do it. what is it? >> right. good evening to you, harris. there's a number of things that he wants to do, and certainly wants to do them as quickly as possible. one is getting boylston street fully open again. there's still a six-block area still shut down, still a crime scene. they talked about a five-part plan in order to get that portion -- to get all of that reopened. number one, they'll have to do biohazard testing there, environmental testing. they'll have to go through and do structural testing, making sure structures are safe. they'll have to remove debris, blast debris, people that left items there. they'll have to flush the hydrants thr

collier touched the community. the poignant memorial featured james taylor.he service is something his family says he would have loved. >> people asked me if sean was here, what would he think? are you kidding me? he would love this. sirens, flashing lights, formations, people saluting, bagpipes, "taps" the american flag. he would have loved it. >> among those in attendance, vice president joe biden who couldn't stop his anger. he called it two cowardly knock-off jihads. >>> a crackdown by government forces at a protest site triggered tuesday's unrest. clashes have been contained to remote areas, some fear it's a matter of time before they merge with the syrian civil war across the border. >>> now, to what could be deemed a double standard by congress. leaders of both parties are in talks to exempt lawmakers and they aids from obama care. the article says negotiations have been going on for months and involve reid and boehner. a boehner spokesperson tells politico the objective is to spare all americans from the legislation. the law kicks in next year. >>> fr

we are collier strong. we are boston strong. but the true source of our strength and our resilience is our spirit. we will miss you, sean. but, we will not forgot you. >> lawmakers pushing for immigration reform aren't just dealing with questions of citizenship, they are pressed to prove new legislation won't put the country at greater risk for a repeat of what happened in boston. marco rubio says while the terror attack may make the bill more difficult, it should not derail the process. >>> listen, if boston exposes flaws in our system, immigration or otherwise, we should address that and address it in the bill. of course, we are open to those sorts of things. why have a tragedy happen in boston, which is horrible but we need to learn from it. why not apply those lessons in this bill or another bill. >> the presidential candidate weighed in on how the u.s. deals with those who come here to study. >> senator, very quickly, some are getting leery of all the muslim students in america. others have spoken of slowing down the number

an hour from now a memorial service will be held for shawn collier. family and friends had a private service yesterday. he was ambushed in his patrol car while on campus. thousands of m.i.t. faculty and students formed a human chain and paused for a moment of silence to for officer collier. he was born to be a police officer. in the next hour we'll take you live to the memorial to hear from students and to hear from members on campus. >>> the older brother's wife has promised to cooperate in the investigation. she hasn't said down with the fbi or spoken with them directly. we'll hear from one of high school classmates. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once

of, sean collier in his cruiser.nfirmed they do have surveillance videotape showing the suspects approaching the cruiser from behind, but other evidence, including possible witnesses, well, that may be scarce. so here to talk about it is heather hanson good, to see you. the feds were the first to file charges, charms which carry the death penalty. so, if he is convicted and sentenced to death, what becomes of any potential state charges? >> i think they'll pursue the state charges. in memory, and in respect for officer collier, there's the carjacking charge, the officer donohue whoa -- who was also injured. they should pursue those charges. a fair thing to too. >> you never know what can happen on appeal, a conviction can be overturned or a sentence reversed so proceed with state charges. >> that's right. he is up for the death penalty but masts doesn't have the death penalty, and so if you get more and more concurrent charges, it could add to a longer sentence. >> no double-jeopardy concerns here. >> no. this is eve

the chief said collier was born to have a police officer. the mba just released this photo of collier. before he get to that photo, look at these pictures. we're watching the hearse go by, 26-year-old police officer killed. and there is that picture of the officer along m.bta officer richard don huh. he was seriously injured later in a shotout. the two graduated from the police academy together. next how law enforcement got their man, the tracking of the surveillance, the military steps that went into capturing the marathon bombing suspects. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your family's future? we'll help you get there. ...and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. >>> we're going to get some expert analysis on several aspects of the capture of the suspected bosto

sean collier was just 27 years old.performed his song "somehow we a "shower the people" at the memorial. we'll listen to that as we show some of the sights of a city living up to the slogan, "boston strong." ♪ shower the people you love ♪ show them the way that you feel ♪ ♪ shower the people you love with love ♪ ♪ show them the way that you feel ♪ ♪ shower the people you love with love show them the way that you feel ♪ ♪ shower the people you love with love show them the way that you fe feel ♪ ♪ somehow we are the people you love with love show them the way that you feel ♪ ♪ i know things are going to be much better if we only will ♪ >> things are going to be much better. and they already are. that does it for this edition of "360." we'll be back one hour from now. another live edition of "360" from boston. piers morgan is up next after this short break. and makes things better. in that spirit, verizon is proud to announce the powerful answers award. 10 million dollars in prizes for the best ideas. ideas so big, they ha

called the collier medal. who reflected on what happened. >> i really value and revere the sacrifice that he made for this community. it really brings to mind how wonderful it is there are people who do value the m.i.t. community and the boston community to such an extent that they can put their lives on the line for it. >> reporter: that medal, the collier medal, will be given to a student every year for someone who displays the same dedication of values as sean collier did. >> eric, thank you very much. today the area around the attack site opened to the public. traffic resumed along boston's boylston street right where the bombs went off near the finish line. it's far from business as usual. shops are boarded up, windows blown out. a handful of roses sits at the first bomb site where crews repaired the broken concrete and people continue to wander by and pay respects today. one of our producers said everybody wants to be on boylston street today. >>> both parents of the two bombing suspects plan to travel t

and police officer sean collier, 26, murdered allegedly by the suspects. at m.i.t. a tribute where collier died on campus. >> i see a young man with incredible potential. i think the sky was the limit with him, and i think that in the future we would have heard a lot from him. m.i.t. is a real special place, and it is the real deal, and they deserve the reputation they have is deserved beyond deserved. but this is a whole other side that i'm starting to see. >> reporter: more than 50 people wounded in the blast remain hospitalized, including a 7-year-old girl in critical condition, and transit officer richard donahue, ironically a close friend of officer collier, gravely wounded during the chase for the two suspects. >> he works for the transit, and i'll always tell him you're never going to see any action because you're on the subway. but, you know, there he is jumping into the midst of a gunfight in watertown and making transit very proud. >> reporter: at the university of massachusetts, where suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev was enrolled, campus reopened with stunned st

police officer, sean collier. vice president joe biden will be in boston today to speak at a memorial service for collier. john and diana? >> now, devin, we know that the medical examiner has cleared tamerlan's body for recovery by the family. do we know who's going to claim it and where he's going to be buried? >> reporter: the father said an uncle of the brothers who lives in the united states could possibly be claimed today. no word on where it might be buried. in an interview with abc news in russia, the mother say she and her husband plan to come to the united states. no date has been set. one interesting complication possibly for her, there's an outstanding warrant for her arrest in the united states. she is accused of stealing $1,600 in clothing from a massachusetts department store. diana and january john? >> devin dwyer in washington. thank you. >>> for the first time, we're hearing from david henneberry where dzhokhar was found. he considers himself an accidental hero. ed harding has the exclusive interv

a solemn salute in boston for murdered m-i-t police officer sean collier. people joined many of boston's finest last night for funeral services for the 26-year-old. police say he was gunned down by the suspected bombing suspects while sitting in his patrol car.. collier grew up about 20 miles north of boston in wilmington, massachusetts. in january 2012, he joined the m-i-t police force with its nearly 60 officers. people also held a candlelight vigil last night in his hometown, remembering officer collier and all the victims. >> thousands of runners are lacing up their shoes. to take part in the annual 'presido 10' run. it's just about to begin. kron 4's mike pelton is live at chrissy field. >> reporter: >> there is going to be a 10 mi. run. and the 5 k run. many of them will start here, go to golden gate, and end up at chrisy field. they are expecting 3500 runners. they are running for boston and all of the victim's they are had a bit of fear but there has been private security hired in the wake of the reach of recent events. given at the terrorist attack

many in the crowd wore badges that said, collier strong. also a performance by james taylor who played with the boston symphony orchestra. ♪ >> nothing will fill the void left by sean collier's death and his friends and families lives. his brother said today was the right tribute. >> are you kidding me? he would have loved this. the sirens, flashing lights, formations, people saluting, bagpipes, taps, the american flag, he would have loved it. >> he would have loved it, we'll be right back. hwelcome back.. nice to see you again! hey! i almost didn't recognize you without the suit. well, this is my weekend suit. weekend getaways just got better. well, enjoy your round! alright, thanks! save a ton on our best available rate when you book early and feel the hamptonality. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for

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remembering police officer sean collier. ♪ >> thousands turned out at the massachusetts institute ofday to honor the memory of the 27-year-old campus police officer who was known to love his job and was driven to help others. investigators say sean collier was killed thursday night by the suspended marathon bomberses as he was sitting in his control car. his younger brother remembered sean as somebody who loved country music and someone born to be a police officer. vice president biden was there and called collier a remarkable son, a remarkable brother and tried to console the family. >> the moment will come when that thing that triggers the memory of sean that moment, when there is a song or season or holiday or passing a little league field or whatever it is. you'll know it's going to be okay. when the first instinct is you get a smile to your lips before you get a tear to your eyes. >> hundreds of police officers gathered to remember their fallen brother, and many in the crowd wore badges that said collier strong in honor of him. the memorial also included a performance from bosto

they are still suspects in that kay as well. >> where was sean collier? >> he was beside a m.i.t.g monitoring traffic when this incident took place and was there when he was approached and attacked. >> was there anything that led to that attack? did he do anything? >> he was sitting in his police cruiser at the time. it appears the suspects approached from the rear of the cruiser and fired four to five shots into the cruiser. >> do you know what weapons were used? >> no. >> they were suspicious that maybe he could be a threat to him them and. >> we have no idea at this point in time. we're hopeful to get some answers. >> another police officer was injured in the course of that exchange as well. another transit authority? >> that was later in watertown when they were able to corner the suspects and the mbta officer received his wounds there. >> tell us about sean collier the 26-year-old m.i.t. police officer. >> he has been on the force 14 to 15 months plaqui. he was very much involved with the m.i.t. community and the homeless shelter in cambridge. he was committed to the communit

is now creating the collier medal. the university says it will be awarded each year to the student who demonstrates the values and dedication as exhibited by officer sean collier. bret. >> eric shawn live in boston. eric, thank you. we told you at the top of the program about thursday's dedication of the george w. bush presidential center. make sure to tune in tomorrow night to see my sitdown interview with former president and mrs. bush. we talk about the boston bombings, his legacy and the future of the republican party as well. we'll have extensive coverage of the ceremonies tomorrow. all four living formal presidents and president obama will be on hand. of course libraries and museums are all about legacies. legacies evolve over time. tonight bret hume look at how americans view the bush presidency and how that may be changing. >> hi, bret. it's too soon to say that the opening of the george w. bush library coincides with his rehabilitation in the ice of the public, but there are increasing signs that day is coming

the collier family who grieved the lost of their son and brother shawn. he was just 26-year-old and as his family has said he died bravely in the line of duty doing what he committed his life to doing, serving and protecting others. so we are grateful to him. obviously, tonight there are among unanswered questions. how did they plan to carry out the attacks and did they receive any help? the wounded, some of whom now have to learn how to stand and walk and live again deserve answers. so i have instructed the fi and the department of the homeland security to continue to deploy all the necessary resources to support the -- to protect our citizens. we'll determine what happened and we'll investigate any association that these terrorists have had and we'll continue to do whatever we have to do to keep our people safe. one thing we do know that whatever hate full agenda drove these men to heinous act cannot prevail. they failed because the people d to be intimidated. we refused to be terrorized. wt waiver from the character, and the compassion and the values t

we are collier strong. we are boston strong.true source of our strength and our resilience is our spirit. our recognition that we are united. we are connected. we are one. and when we serve each other, we give of ourselves, we grow in strength. >> democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts speaking today at the memorial service for m.i.t. police officer sean collier, who was killed in cambridge, mass, last week. senator warren joins us now for the interview. senator, thank you very much for being here. we're happy to have you with us. >> thank you. it's good to be here with you. >> more than $23 million has been donated to the one fund so far in just about a week. can you describe the kind of support that's been pouring into boston and what you think it's going to practically mean? >> it's been a tough ten days for boston, for people in boston, but there has been a real outpouring from around the country, around the world, of prayers, of thoughts, of good wishes, and now people have got a very tangible way to be able t

police officer sean collier.naev who was in another car -- there are two cars at one point in time. he would ultimately join his brother with the victim. quote, kwopt i don't want to die. i have a lot of dreams that haven't come true yet. the men drove through brighton. danny recounted one chilling exchange. "don't look at me tamerlan shouts at one point. do you remember my face? no, no, i don't. ". let me be clear, when we play this for you danny doesn't go on camera. the story is told by this reporter from wmur. here he was. >> they asked me where i'm from. i told them i'm chinese. they said they won't hurt me. i was thinking, i think they will kill me later. the victim told us his car was running out of gas so the men needed to fill up president of his daring escape, quote, i thought it was a very good chance for me to run so i made a judgment. i used my left hand to unbuckle my belt. i jumped out of the car and ran away across the street. the victim says he can't stop recording that moment. i was running. i w

. >>> and a memorial was held for sean collier. the tsarnaev brothers killed collier. probably in an attempt to get his gun. sean collier was 27 years old. >>> a threat to safety. >> we are very concerned. >> what leaders in this bay area county want to do that could put the entire community at risk. >> at 10:30,. >> there's a pot club here, another one around the corner we counted five within a mile of each other. officials are saying how many does one city need. >> temperatures dropped more than 15-degrees today. how much cooler it'll get tomorrow. >>> back in january the contra costa county has shut down a fire station. and now the city is considering closing another station. >> reporter: all signs are counting to this fire house as the next one to be shut down. it is station 87 here in pittsburg and all of this is coming right as we're entering fire season. green grass turning brown and some neighbors around here getting particularly concerned. >> we are very concerned, that is where we get our service. >> reporter: the contra costa fire district is very big. >> it

but collier's stepfather was.nly for his son, but for those officers who today protect our community. >> every day they go out and try to keep us safe from the people that are determined to do evil in the world. and, you know, we should appreciate all that they do for us. >> reporter: brooke baldwin, cnn, boston. >>> and right now, i'm chris cuomo here with brooke baldwin live in boston as part of cnn's special coverage of the boston bombing. a very moving piece and what we have been hearing here is that while we saw the worst of what people can do, sean collier, as a victim, represented the best in us. >> brings out the best in tragedies like these. i talked to a 41 year veteran with the boston fire department, i spent my day in cambridge and to hear stories anecdotally about him, how he would help everyone on campus, so badly wanted to be a police officer, was in police training school with another officer who was wounded, stories like these that are coming out and it is so important for every time we mention th

officer collier was laid to rest over the weekend. as i said he was just 26 years old.oston is slowly taking steps to return to some semblance of normal, eight days after two bombs tore through the finish line of that marathon. business owners and residents of boilstown street are returning to the area. escorted in over several hours today. site is closed to the public. jason carroll, you've been talking to business owners. what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, it's a long road ahead for them and they're saying a lot of things about it. they're checking in at a convention center around the block from where i am now. behind me here, you can see, anderson, it looks empty on the street but it's not what happens happening outside. it's what's happening inside the businesses as business owners and residents are being allowed back into today on a walk-through basis. it's happening on a staggered schedule, starting at 10:00 a.m., one block per hour over a six-hour period. at this hour we've got streets of dartmouth and clariton opened, 1:00 p.m. berkeley and so on unti

investigators say the massachusetts institute of technology officer, sean collier, was shot multiple times as he sat in his vehicle last thursday. tomorrow, vice president joe biden is expected to attend a memorial service for collier at the m.i.t. campus. >>> authorities have released more photos of the ing suspects. they were take -- of the bomb becoming suspects -- boston marathon suspects. you can see them in the crowd, watching the finish line. there's no sign of tension. at times they appear come and relaxed. moments later, the bombs went off. >>> the surviving suspect remains under armed guard in the hospital. the fbi says dzhokhar tsarnaev is still having difficulty speaking. but yesterday he was able to give a one-word answer, no, when asked if he would afford a lawyer. a judge was brought to his hospital bed to outline the charges that could bring the death penalty. the tampa bay says he's now claiming the old brother was the -- the fbi says he's now claiming the old brother was the driving force. >>> the mother of the sons want to visit the u.s. to visit her badly injured

where more than 14,000 gathered just a few yards from the spot investigators say officer sean collier was ambushed and killed by the bombing suspects. >> officer sean collier we love you. >> vice president biden told the crowd, the purpose of terrorism is to instill fear. you saw none of it here in boston. boston, you sent a powerful message to the world. >> reporter: one that continues to echo in the week of the attack. now, city officials say the recovery work here will continue for quite some time, but they also believe it's just as important that life continue in this area as well. that is the latest live here in boston. i'm jay gray, nbc bay area news. >> still a lot of healing. >>> back here at home fires crews in san francisco rescued people in a borngs apartment build. the fired start the on belay yo streets in pacific heights neighborhood. they were able to get the sister in his 90s and the brother and the two dogs out safely. the fire started somewhere in the top floor of the attic. no word yet on a cause. >>> we have an nbc bay area follow up. 15 families have, driven out o

sean collier the m.i.t. allegedly assassinated wil laid to rest today in a private funeral service. "cbs tmoins" senior correspondent john miller says it aparcollier was killed for his gun. >> the operating theory now in the investigation is that they were short one gun and they wanted to get a gun for the younger brother and the fastest efficient way to do it is a surprise attack on a cop. >> reporter: vice president joe biden is heading to boston tomorrow to attend a public memorial service for collier. randall pinkston, cbs news, boston. >> tsarnaev faces federal charges of using weapons of mass destruction, to harm people and damage property. state prosecutors are expected to charge him with the murder of that m.i.t. campus officer, as well. >>> meanwhile the bay to breakers race is helping victims of the boston marathon. they are donating $5 to the one fund boston for every person that registers in the next 48 hours ending this time on thursday. more than 30,000 people are expected to descend upon the streets of san francisco for the 12k race. bay to breakers is sunday, may 19.

one simply says sean collier, you will feather live in our hearts. >> shepard: eric, thank you.omebody hacks the twitter constant the "associated press" today and sent out a false message that president obama was injured in an explosion at the white house. that did not happen. the message was completely untrue. there will no explosions at the white house and nothing is wrong with the president. but wall street noticed the false tweet and look at what happened. see that spike there? that's not a spike. that's a stalagtite there? the dow just dropped hundred points. the reaction to fake news. the dow takes more than 150-points in just a couple of minutes. the good news for your 401k, the ap quickly denied in the false tweet and stocks jumped back on strong earnings report and were up 145 on the session today. >> the two men accused in the terrorist plot to blow up a train bridge faced a judge in conditioned. our first look at the suspects since canadian officials announced the arrests. they say the suspects got support from al qaeda group or member office an al qaeda group in rain

. >> reporter: friends say 27- year-old mit officer sean collier was seven when he vowed to grow up tot job. authorities believe that the bombing suspects, dzhokhar tsarnaev and tamerlan tsarnaev, killed him during a man hunt for them. >> if it's two twisted perverted cowardly people here in boston, why do ókfyñthey do they do? >> reporter: the suspect's former brother-in-law says that he believes that tamerlan tsarnaev may have been influenced by a friend in cambridge. >> i'm not sure if he inspired or taught him to be y0t2í but he surely did have influence. >> reporter: the fbi questioned tamerlan tsarnaev at rush's request in 2011, but not after dzhokhar tsarnaev returned from a 2012 trip from russia. >> he didn't stay where went where he went and he came back with a willingness to kill people. >> reporter: the surviving suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev says that wars in iraq and afghanistan motivated the bombings. >> we are collier strong. we are boston strong. >> reporter: words of support at the memorial service echoed on boylston street, the site of the bombing, now reopen to the gwff

police officer sean collier. him in a moment, but these two suspects lived in cambridge, and you're the police commissioner there. have you been over to their apartment, have you seen what was inside? >> i have not been to the actual address. i've been near there, but haven't been in at all. >> i guess the fbi is going in there, going through it all. >> yes. >> what can you tell us about the weapons that they had? they didn't have a license to own a weapon, did they? >> no, neither one of them had a license. the younger brother, by virtue of his age, wouldn't be eligible of getting a license. >> you have to be 21. >> in cambridge. >> he was 19. older one, no record. what kind of weapons did they have? >> i have no idea, it's still part of the investigation. >> they had no authority to buy weapons or have weapons, no licenses, so somehow they've got them. who's investigating that part of the story? >> there's two investigations going on, as you can imagine what took place on april 15th is a federal investigation,

police officers escorted the casket of sean collier, the m.i.t. officer shot and killed last week allegedly by the bombing suspects. savannah guthrie spoke to his five siblings on the "today" show. >> ever since a very young age, this is what he's wanted to do, and he did it. he worked his tail off, and he really has made us all very proud of him. >> reporter: boston university remembered chinese graduate student lu lingzi last night. a cousin translated her father's words. >> last night, your home town lit you an everlasting candle, lighting up your path to heaven, so that you won't lose your way any more. there will be no bombs or terrorist attacks in its path. ♪ sweet caroline >> reporter: through individual donations and events like this race in west hartford, connecticut, the one fund boston is raising money for those most affected by the bombing. >> i'm honored to support. >> reporter: the total $20 million and growing. the proceeds to be distributed by ken feinberg who oversaw victims funds for 9/11 and the bp oil spill. >> the number one g

collier and 8-year-old martin richard were both laid to rest yesterday. one fund boston, the foundation set up by mayor tom menino and deval patrick raised $20 million in just one week. >>> federal authorities are now questioning a different person of interest after abruptly dropping charges against the man, did they originally believed sent letters containing the poison ricin to president obama and two other public officials. paul kevin curtis, a part-time elvis impersonatoimpersonator, arrested last wednesday spoke to reporters shortly after his release. >> the last seven days, staring at four gray walls, not really knowing what's happening, not having a clue why i'm there. when you've been charged with something, you just never heard of it, ricin or whatever, i thought they said rice. i said i don't even eat rice. >> yesterday authorities searched the home of another man who is considered an online rival of mr. curtis. he denies having anything to do with the ricin letters. >>> stock markets on edge, temporarily knocked off its axis on tuesday by a sin

and an mit officer, sean collier, the fourth person to die.fatally shot while in his car on thursday night. charismatic, just one of the ways people are describing the tsarnaev brothers. >> i think for the sake of everybody out here, the sake of the families, and everybody affected by the tragedy, we need questions answered. he is the one to do it. he is. he has incredible insight and this being because i feel like -- i don't want to make assumptions, but i feel like he was the follower in the situation, and he came out alive because he was scared. that's my assumption. i am not speaking for everybody. we needed him to come alive because we needed answers. >> a follower, suspected killer and terrorists. tell me about his older brother, how you knew him? >> i knew him as a high school friend. his sister, bella, was friends with my wife. and he was protective of little sister and he would always be around. we got together and we hit it off and had lunch and would chitchat, and after high school we would see each other, and he would catch me up w

the white house says the vice-president will attend collier's memorial later this week. and as a handful of runners quietly finished the race - to raise money for charity - the vice-chairman of psychiatry at boston university's school of medicine said the victims here go way beyond those with physical injuries. ".the entire region." and the entire community of mass of boston mass. the entire region. one of the young victims of the terror attack -- aaron hern of martinez -- got a visit from some of his of stories... as you can see by this photo. first baseman brandon moss, left fielder josh reddick and first base coach to aaron at boston children's hospital. the a's are in boston to play a three-game series against the red sox. and all of them say they got more from their visit with young aaron hern than he when moss was asked about his visit with aaron, he said -- quote -- if any kid can be prepared for going forward from this, he is. the 11 year old boy from martinez is recovering from boston marathon bombings. i'm vicki iliviakis, kron 4 news. >> pam: surveillance came

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collier did not respond to any sort of calls. usually you have people keeping track of where police officers are. that's when they found him and he was shot. the two alleged bombers left that scene heading east and then we are told they hijacked. they carjacked that individual and circled back around in the direction of where this officer was shot. they were making their way, step by step, slowly to watertown. and that is the big question, why? why were they headed there and what were they hoping to find? that's where all the activity was going on on friday. all of that right now under investigation. it does appear that this officer didn't even know that they were there. anderson. >> appreciate the update. you'll remember there was that carjacking before the bomb suspects shot it out with police in watertown. we're still trying to piece together all of this night. the victim said two men were suspects of the bombings. they forced him to withdraw money from an atm. the gas station manager is talking about it. >> in after maybe 30