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. >>> i'm chris cuomo here in boston. continuing our coverage of the attacks at the boston marathon. sometimes there are moments that become meaningful in situations like there is. certainly, the one we're about to show you is something you've seen and is so instructive of the symbolism of this event. the explosion goes off, old man seems to get hit by blast that knocks him off of his feet. it became a moment not because bill iffrig, 78, fell down but because of what happened when he got up and what he decided to do and what he decided to say. he spoke to our piers morgan. take a listen. >> well, i was just approaching the last straightaway to the finish line and i had a good day and i'm feeling really good and i got down within about 15 feet of the finishing apron and this tremendous explosion, sound like a bomb, went off right next to me and shockwaves hit my whole body and my legs just started jittering around. i knew i was going down. and i ended up down on the blacktop and i didn't feel any severe pain but as i rolle

there are few issues more politically toxic than gun control, as governor cuomo has had to learn and as colorado's governor, john hickenlooper will likely learn soon. a poll found 32% of the folks in colorado, 32%, believe that the new laws that have been signed into law, just recently, two days ago, will reduce crime and make that state safer. 65%, 65% of coloradans say it will not. you know, i know that the politicians, hickenlooper, in the state legislature, these are fairly bright guys and apparently are so smart they are smarter than the people they represent. i'm guessing they'll learn quite differently. and, polls nationwide show that most of america views the political games being played in washington and just a handful of states as raw, pure nonsense. coming up, billionaire mayor michael bloomberg using the big pile of cash of his, to push gun control and make it part of the national conversation. eric pratt of the gun owners of america and, paul helmsy, are here to debate the there's a reason no one says "easy like monday morning." sundays are the warrior's day to unplug an

i'm chris cuomo with john berman.hon. a pressure cooker lid found on a roof near the boston marathon finish line. we'll talk to our analyst about what it could mean in the investigation. >> brand new images that came to us overnight as well. giving a different view. one we have not seen, of the aftermath of the marathon bombings. we'll take a look, right after the break. >>> and new information about the 18 victims. some who have been taken home. that's good news. and we're going to have presser information. we'll go live to one of the hospitals and find out what's happening to those still being treated. >> you're watching a special edition of "starting point" live from boston. more information straight ahead. stay with us. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of he

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couldn't you say the same thing about andrew cuomo? he's been one of the few popular governors. >> i think you could. >> what's your principle as a republican? you are middle class. >> i agree. >> republicans don't like that. >> i agree with you and barbara bush. if he has talent, then they should run. and if they don't, then people will kick him out. >> the question isn't whether he's qualified to be president. he was a reasonably good governor in florida. the question is whether the american people will tolerate another bush. >> that's what i think the mother is talking about. i think she was on the nail saying, look, every election has a number of candidates. they pick themselves. and then we choose among those guys who pick themselves. in the case of hillary, herself. then we say which one of you who thinks you should be president, we will pick. we don't pick them. we don't go looking for them. so they come forward. but there's another personality, the times, the feeling of the times. what we want. after carter we wanted strength.

i'm wolf blitzer in boston. >> i'm chris cuomo. >> chris cuomo is here. we're watching this nonstop. it's a very, very tense moment right now. >> and very fluid. lots of agencies involved. we've been seeing police activity. can't get too far ahead of ourselves, just know it is active and ongoing. the search for suspects certainly -- suddenly became a police chase and manhunt thursday evening. that's when there was a call that went out that an m.i.t. security officer had been shot, his name is now sean collier, 26 years old. we don't know whether or not he confronted these suspects after they had robbed a 7-eleven or they simply came upon him, but either way shots fired. he was killed. once police were on the scene, they developed an understanding that these were their suspects, became a very intense car chase. there were improvised explosive devices, grenades, thrown out the window. eventually one of the suspects exited the vehicle, was shot and killed allegedly run over by his own brother while he was trying to escape. >> we say allegedly because a lot o

chris cuomo shows us what it is like to go through a federal background check. it is a process. tough it up. >>> and the newest member of the cnn family, world renowned chef, anthony bourdain, joins us with a preview of his brand new show. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." north korea's warning war could break out at any moment. now there may be new reason to fear that kim jong-un's threat of a nuclear attack are more serious than the world thought before. let's go to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, does the u.s. still think north korea is going to test the missile? >> reporter: they think it is a matter of time at this point, although obviously they would prefer he not conduct that test. they have seen north korea move two missiles to the east coast, they have seen him raise the launcher and then lower it, but they're not sure if that means kim may be backing off his threat or if they're just testing out before firing. key thing to look for, tomorrow night, sunday night o

i'm chris cuomo. news stories now in addition to the developments in the investigations here of what happened at the marathon. first, we're going to go to allisison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the headline is the stock market tanks and recovers on the basis of a tweet. i know it sounds absurd, alison, but have we learned anything to think otherwise or is this still about what happened with the ap's twitter account. tell us about it. >> that's really what that tremendous drop was all about, the fake tweet, because ap, associated press' twitter account was hacked. we had a certainly several minutes of dramatic activity here on wall street. it is amazing how one fake tweet from a reputable news organization can send the markets into a tizzy. this happened about a little over an hour ago. and within seconds suddenly the dow plunged over 130 points, right into the red. and there is a lot of confusion here on the floor. you heard some floor traders talking about this tweet that said that there has

i'm john berman. >> i'm chris cuomo.lowing developing stories here in boston, but mostly in texas this morning. the tiny town of west right now, rescue workers are going door to door looking for people who may be trapped in their homes after a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant. first there was a fire, then a blast so powerful it registered as 2.1 magnitude seismic event. like an event quake. >> look at the pictures. simply amazing. police right now say as many as 15 people may have died but those numbers could grow. very preliminary right now. they do know at this point more than 160 people have been treated this morning in area hospitals. that small texas town is only 20 mile from waco. right now it is the scene of utter devastation. >> there are homes leveled. there are businesses leveled. he says it looks like when the blast occurred that the concussion and the pressure impact, if that's the correct wording, literally destroyed homes in and around that plant. >> half this town had to be evacuated because of the

chris cuomo watching all of this. just outside the cathedral of the holy cross, where the interfaith memorial service will take place, chris. >> all right, thanks, wolf. people lined up since 4:00 in the morning. the name of the service is called healing our city. clear gee from all over boston. political dignitaries here, archbishop sean cardinal o'malley will be here, and the guest of honor, president obama and the first lady. the life of the dead is put into the hearts of the living. this allows people to come together, share in their grief. i'm joined by jessica yellin and john king. this is a message that will have big importance for people here. >> it will here, chris and around the nation. the president is well aware of that. i suspect he has given a lot of speeches at events, sad events, especially in the wake of recent gun deaths, mass shootings, tucson and more recently in sandy hook. this speech i think will take a very different tone. today it will not be solely about sadness, but about american resilient.

i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm john berman. we are live in boston this morning. new pictures of the explosive devices used in the boston marathon bombings. we have learned the attacker or the attackers made one of the bombs in a

should he be doing more of the cuomo style of campaigning on this? >> well, what cuomo did was he put together a very, even a stricter gun control approach, but he was able to get republican votes because he took some very bold stands on disclosing information about people with mental illness, and the other thing that the president should have done here is he should have very substantially proposed a way in which you do background checks that are accurate. a lot of the background checks that we do are inaccurate. having said that, i would vote for it. but i can't tell you it would have a major impact on crime, at least not the way in which the president is presenting it. >> the thing that really got my goat this weekend was the suggestion that a number of republicans are preparing to filibuster any of these gun control votes. john mccain took exception to this. listen to what john mccain said first. >> i don't understand it, the purpose of the united states senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand -- >> so you would e

if hilary runs i don't think andrew cuomo is running or joe biden is running.k about amy klobuchar, janet napolitano. on the republican side we havasu santa martinez, nikki haley. it seems to me we went through a phase where it's a novelty. hillary clinton where there's attention on gender. how far are we from the point where it's a ho-hum. >> certainly on the republican side we are getting much closer. republican women, i can speak from personal experience in the house republican conference get respect as they should. we are embraced as colleagues. now, of course that's in the context of all of us working together as legislators. the bigger issue as we all know is culturally, you know, where are our constituents. where are the -- where is the nation and where are the states where republicansing might have the strongest proportion of the vote in terms of supporting women and i do feel certainly as a republican woman from the northeast that thanks to the tremendous work that was done biogen rations before me including margaret chase smith, i think that there is

how about the cuomos? do we still like political dynasties? some people like political dynasties. >>> plus, congress steps in to help the faa avoid more furloughs for air traffic controllers. furloughs brought in by the sequester that have led to flight delays across the country. so let's get it straight. it's all right to kick kids out of head start or turn away cancer patients which is going on right now, but when rich people who can afford to fly get inconvenienced, time to act. this is "hardball." where hollywood descends on washington for the biggest party of the year tomorrow. the white house correspondents' dinner. actress sharon stone will be sitting in david ignatius' seat in a few moments. and the sideshow tonight. this is "hardball." yes, the place for politics. ] s isn't about where you've been. ♪ it's about where you're going. the new ram 1500. best-in-class 25 mpg. ♪ north american truck of the year. ♪ the truck of texas. better residual value than ford and chevy. it's the fastest-growing truck brand in america. guts. glory. ram.

chris cuomo is in boston. we'll be going back to him in a few moments.ame out this afternoon, or early evening, around 6:10 eastern and came out and talked to the country. he was briefed on the bombings in boston this afternoon and got a full briefing on what had happened. the president then met with his national security adviser and spoke on the phone with the director of the fbi. his homeland security adviser and chief of staff were also there. he also spoke with janet napolitano. the president vowed that those responsible will be found and held accountable. >>> we still do not know who did this or why. and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. make no mistake, we'll get to the bottom of this and we'll find out who did this. we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. today is a holiday in massachusetts. patriots day. it's a day that celebrates the free and fiercely independent spirit that this great american city of boston has reflected from th

here with john berman, i'm chris cuomo. we're looking at the headlines. >> want to show the headline right now. this is the front page of the boston globe. you can see it right here. it says marathon terror. and just the awful pictures of the blood on the sidewalks. and again, what's so interesting about this is that the headline in the globe today, every other day for 117 years no doubt would have been the winner of the boston marathon. instead what we're seeing right now is the tragedy that unfolded on these streets right here behind us. >> the challenge, of course, is or the injured to make it through their difficulties, for families to repair. for the investigation that is as wide-ranging as we've seen in one of these events. find out who did this and why. >> one of the youngest victims in this horrible attack has now been identified. the boston globe says it is a young man, martin richard, 8 years old from dorchester, massachusetts. >> picture just kills you, because he's a beautiful little kid. this is first communion

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what happens to andrew cuomo to joe biden and bigger names who runs against her?e are two new yorkers who are thinking of running for president, andrew cuomo and the united states senator. when you run you have to raise money. the two best states to raise money is new york and california. if milk runs, take could you cue mow and jill brand and joe biden is a sitting vice president. he has profile. that would be two behemouths. >> michael: thank you, i'm glad i got you to talk about it. that was a victory. senators who have not endorsed gay marriage, the ones we were talking about the train has all but left the station. that story and more when we come back after the break. real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> michael: welcome back inside "the war room." i'm michael shure. look at these issues. this is from then and now. imagine how stupid you're going to look in 40 years. it's been around for a couple of years, but it wen

charles: boone, i have to -- i want to jump in, it sounds like you are being diplomatic, andrew cuomo, kick the can down the road on the shale. governor of a state with massive unemployment. because of political pressure and environmentalists, kicked the can down the road, i'm not sure that ipo wil politicians gt it. >> if cuomo thinks he is better off kicking the can down the road, know this the gas has been there 300 million years, it not going any place, but it will happen. new york is not big enough to be a factor in overall gas supply in u.s., ther they are a nonfac. cannot make a easy decision. but the same with keystone pipeline, my god, you need to take that, you are going to go down as dumbest crowd in history, if you turn down the keystone pipeline, that oil is going to go to china, i can tell you that, a lot of people think that canada is one of the states in america. it is not. it is say sovereign country, they will go the direction where they can make the most money out of it, which is what they should do. they -- >> having said that, boone, if they approve keystone, do y

i'm chris cuomo here in new york.15 minutes the president will come to the briefing room and take reporters questions. we will bring it to you live as soon as it begins. >>> we want to give you a new development to the boston bombing investigation. federal agents have new interest in this man a canadian boxer turned jihadist who may have had ties to the boston suspects. russian troops killed this man last year about the same time the older marathon bomber was visiting nearby. the fbi is taking a closer look at the suspects widow. among the items taken from her home were dna samples. they're looking to compare those samples to female dna found on one fragments of the bombs. i want to turn now to carol costello. she's up in boston and has the latest on donated money to help boston victims. >> reporter: there's a lot of generous people in this country. i'm here at the memorial site for the victims of marathon bombings. many of you have sent money to help those affected by the bombings. it has raised more than $27 million

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john berman angith chris cuomo, we know now. we know more than 140 people hurt in this boston matn bombing. nyit the kind of injuries we have most seen in war zones, chris. >> sote. sotiseoecce the media of overdrama advertisitov situation. reot showing the photos. when we srt treating those first responders as heroes, it's because they are. people were dismembered, almost bled out. over 140 people injured, three people lost their lives. hopefully the number sta at three. it could have been much, much worse. take our wordorit. you ctxaere the urgency. ni micorspde alt whyesterday. elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, you hear what we're talking about. well, people are just injured. they must be okay. no, not at all, right? what is the severity. what is needed to make sure these people can leavehe hospital. >> chri t severity as you said. u can't stay enough about how bad these injuries were, and what heroes these first reonrswe. son the hospital right now, about 1 ople, 17 ofhe critically injured. amputations have been very,

see how chris cuomo buys a gun himself. she's a high-profile victim of gun violence, gabrielle giffords and her husband talk about what their life is like right now. i'm wolf blitzer, this is the situation room special report, guns under fire. >>> it's being hailed as a break through a bipartisan compromise that could possibly lead to expanded background checks on gun purchases. but after the slaughter of 20 first graders and six educators it spurred a drive to crack down on gun violence. we're devoting this hour to the gun control battle and we begin with our chief congressional correspondent, dana bash who has the very latest. >> reporter: you're right. after the sandy hook shooting there was a lot of talk of assault weapons ban, limiting high capacity magazines. that would be limiting lawful gun owners ability to buy guns and that kind of thing is very difficult to pass through congress. that's why supporters of this new compromise to expand background checks hope that this has a chance, especially if you don't call it g

then in 2012, andrew cuomo's not on the ballot. the only statewide races with were the presidential race, in which obama beat his opponent by 27 points. one of the biggest margins of any state in the country. the other statewide race, november 2012, was the senate seat held by kirsten gillibrand. beat her challenger by a 45-point margin. the political picture in new york state was overwhelmingly democratic. just solidly blue in terms of the 2012 election, but new york is a big state. a largely rural state and a more idea logical state that it sometimes gets credit for. one of the manifestations of new york's unheralded diversity is that even though the state is so blue it looked cold, when it comes to voting for state ledge islators, it's not like that. the senate has only been in democratic control three times since world war two. but on election night november 2012, where president obama beat mitt romney by a 27-point margin under the leadership of a democratic government with the highest approval ratings of any state in the coun

one line, infinite possibilities. >>> i'm chris cuomo live here in boston with brand new details on theanfield in boston. what are you hearing? >> so, chris, i've spoken with three people who work here, and i've been able to find out some information about this situation that this suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is in right now. the way they have organized this very massive complex is they have shut down an entire icu on an upper floor. i'm not going to name which floor it is. i'm not going to name it out of security concerns, they have shut down an entire icu to house this person. the security presence is significant to say the very least. there is at least about half dozen federal marshals on location as well as some of the security forces themselves. i can also tell you this. that one of the people who works here who has had a direct view and has been able to experience in the same room what this suspect is like says he doesn't look good. he cannot talk. he said that based on some of the conversations that he's hearing in these very, very secure areas that it is -- he believes he may be wr

i'm kris cuomo.ant to check some other major stories. >>> security increased this morning at schools at northern california community after an 8-year-old girl was stabbed to death in her home. he was discovered by her brother who is not a suspect. >>> an la jury will hear opening statements in the michael jackson wrongful death lawsuit. they have accused aeg live of hiring and supervising the doctor convicted of killing him. >>> major flooding. fargo, north dakota. warm temperatures have accelerated the pace of snow melt. the red river expected to crest wednesday. >>> those are some headlines. coming up next, we will have a live report from boylston street makeshift memorial. we will give you the latest on the investigation as our special coverage of the boston marathon bombing continues. and do you know your... blood type? a or b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall we? jimmy h

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i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm john berman.re here in boston where we're covering the aftermath of the bombing at the boston marathon. so much news going on around the country. >> today will be an important day here in boston because the president is coming with the first lady to have interfaith service. part of the healing as the investigation continues. but on this morning, the breaking news that has the most urgency is, of course, what's going on in texas. we've been following it since it started last night. but this morning, still ongoing. >> search and rescue operation under way in this small town. it is named west, west, texas. it's about 18 miles away from waco, texas. there was this massive explosion at this fertilizer plant last night. so strong it registered as a 2.1 magnitude. authorities say homes leveled, businesses leveled. right now police estimate between 5 and 15 people have died but they may totally clear that these estimates are preliminary. they could grow. they simply have no idea. they won't have an idea u

chris cuomo, he walks us through it. >> i'm looking for home protection shotgun. >> okay. i'm going to bring you down to our shotgun section. >> seems simple. but there's more to it than you might think. every purchase from a licensed dealer requires a federal background check. >> are you under indictment? no, have you been convicted of any felony? no. 27 personal questions including criminal and mental health history, all requiring government confirmation. add potential state and city laws, thousands across the country, and it could feel like an obstacle course. >> there's a background check for the rifle. if you live in the city there's the rifle shotgun card. if you have a pistol -- >> reporter: but this pails in comparison to the pain the nation felt on december 14th in newtown, connecticut. the most vulnerable victimized. cnn's latest poll shows people want it to stop. calls to do something resulting in demandspanded background checks despite the fact they wouldn't have stopped the newtown shooter. >> we know that background checks can work, but the problem is loophol

amateurism too on a level in a town and a state that has people like michael bloomberg and andrew cuomoians. this was low level petty crime. >> no one accused people arrested this week of being the best and brightest of new york politics. far from it as a matter of fact. this is what you get. frankly among other things the problem -- it's interesting that you mention michael bloomberg and andrew cuomo. he's mayor rrried to a celebrit has a ton of money. base salary of state legislator in new york is $79,500 and it's a part-time job. there are some who say that pretty much opens the door to people always desperately looking for more money and it breeds corruption. >> so this whole thing and i know that this is a complicated scheme. some of this has to do with some of these democrats and the state legislature trying to help republicans keep control in the legislature and it seeps into republican politics in new york city. this gentleman, mr. smith, had no chance of becoming a republican nominee. there are two more serious candidates for republican mayor. >> liberal black democrats, life-l

i guess cuomo in new york. andrew wants to be president. the bushes of course. then of course the clintons. active dynasty. hillary if he runs in 2016, somebody pointed out on our production team, chelsea clinton will be able to answer, what did your presidents do? they were both president. hillary is a democratic front-runner for 2016. everybody knows that. jeb bush is certainly a republican contender. is the country ready for a clinton versus bush campaign? should we be looking for as barbara bush said other people out there? i'd say. this is a democracy after all. steve mcmahon is a democratic strategist. are you a lower case democrat or uppercase democrat who likes dynasties? because i think hillary's got a special case because we've never had a woman president. that's the wind at her back. and it should be her. >> she's not a dynasty candidate. she is a candidate who's earned it in her own right. she happened to have perhaps gotten a little bit of boost -- >> am bass tbassador to great b or france? >> i'll take either. >> what are you bidding for? >> how ab

in new york state where i served on the cuomo commission, we saw from some superintendents in rochesterroe county, they told us in the first four weeks over 20,000 pretests were being given to kids to 4,000 kids in that district. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll have you on again to talk more about education reform. >> thanks. good luck with the gig. >> thank you so much. >>> from atlanta to new york city where in the race to replace mayor bloomberg comes a case prosecutors are calling an unadvertising smorgasboard of graft and greed and reads like a sleazy dime store mofl from yester year. a democratic state senator who wanted to be the next mayor but good luck now figured his best chance was to run as a republican so he allegedly bribed gop county leaders to back him with money he got from a real estate tycoon. too bad the guy bank rolling him was actually an undercover fbi agent. for today's installment of explain this to me we turn to erl lewis. who is this guy? >> malcolm smith used to be the top democrat in the new york state senate so had a lot of power in 2009. his colleag

chris cuomo, erin burnett, wolf blitzer, we've been monitoring the situation here.uthorities have been pursuing a suspect, a second suspect. the first one killed in a gunfire in a massive manhunt earlier this morning. now the second suspect on the run. there's been a lot of activity at a certain area in watertown. had a russian translater trying to get brought in closing the circle on this suspect is what the investigators are telling us. we heard from the uncle of the second suspect and he said this has nothing to do with the family, that they must have been radicalized here and recently. he had spoken to his nephews some three months ago, there was no evidence of this. so knowing that is the most recent information, we'll bring in peter bergman, peter, give us some context on this. >> well, i think investigators will be looking obviously at these guys' e-mail and internet activity. we talked about major nadal hasan who killed soldiers at ft. hood in 2009. we described him as a home-grown militarized radical. that's not completely accurate. he was in touch with one

nothing bad happens in the campaign -- >> what she is doing is freezing out anyone else, o'malley, cuomo in new york. i think she does not have to do any of that. mcauliffer is the campaign in virginia is the surrogate. if you want to begin on the ground floor of hillary, you join the mcauliffe campaign and give your money now. >> thank you. see you next week. >>> from washington, the "the mclaughlin group," the american original. for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. "the mclaughlin group" is brought to you by siemens. across the country, we're we're building them to last. siemens, answers. one. mutual assured provocation. >> the bottom line is very simply that what kim jong-un has been choosing to do is provocative, it is dangerous, reckless, and the united states will not accept the dprk as a nuclear state. >> north korea detonated a small nuclear bomb seven weeks ago. this has escalated the ongoing cycle of provocation by north korea and counter-provocation by the u.s. and the u.n. march 7th, u.n. security council votes unanimously to sanction pee i

erin burnett, chris cuomo, juliette kayyem.of a texas district attorney and his wife. the wife of a former justice of the peace is in custody now, charged with capital murder. police shared details of the arrest a short time ago. take a listen. >> kim lene williams has been arrested and charged with the offense of capital murder for her part in the deaths of mr. and mrs. mclelland and mr. hasse. she's been held in the kaufman county jail on a $10 million bond. >> so a big bond in this case, shows us how serious it is. i want to bring in cnn's martin savidge in texas. what led to this arrest? >> reporter: chris, a number of things that led to this arrest, primarily events that happened over the weekend, search warrants that focused on this woman's husband. eric williams. he's a former justice of the peace in this county here. he was pushed out of office, actually, forced out as a result of the fact that he was convicted of theft from office. and here is the key element to know in that. the man who prosecuted that case, the chief

nothing bad happens in the campaign -- >> what she is doing is freezing out anyone else, o'malley, cuomo in new york. i think she does not have to do any of that. mcauliffer is the campaign in virginia is the surrogate. if you want to begin on the ground floor of hillary, you join the mcauliffe campaign and give your money now. >> thank you. see you next week.

chris cuomo joins us now. you mentioned the fear of the national gun registry. 2-3 people say if the government ever had a list of gun owners, they would use that list to take away guns from people. the nra agrees. >> there is only two reasons to have a federal list of gun owners, to tax them or take them. the only reason. and anyone who says that president obama says you are an absolutist. >> and many gun control advocates say that's ridiculous. why are people, how are people making the leap between background checks and taking away guns? >> there is an old expression, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean people are coming after you. some principalities have made some guns illegal. what is the difference between taking them and forcing you to get them up? this is a political football. when it becomes emotions and politics, things get distorted. checking all sales would be helpful in knowing who has weapons, of course that is something we should put in place if done right. that winds up becoming sophisti

chris cuomo puts them to the test when he goes to bough a gun. a day long coverage of guns under fire. >>> an intelligence report says north korea could launch a missile at any moment. live in seoul. the implications of that, wednesday, april 10th. "starting point" begins right now. >> our starting point, new this morning, parents accused of kidnapping their young sons and sailing to cuba, back on u.s. soil and under arrest. josh and sharyn hakken were spotted at a marina by a cnn reporter, cuba turned the family over to the u.s. and they were flown back overnight. victor blackwell live in tampa, florida, where the boys have been reunited with their grandparents. >> reporter: they are 2 and 4-year-old chase and cole headac hakken. their parents, josh and sharyn hakken are in jail. flown back by florida authorities and fbi authorities after flying to havana to retrieve them. on the plane, the parents separated from the boys. the boys immediately after arriving in hillsboro county, handed over to their grandparents who were very grateful for the pr

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good morning to all cnn viewe , viewers,iam chris cuomo in boston. we welcome all of you in the u.s. and around the world. can you see what i am holding in front of me? this is "the boston herald." the picture always tells 1,000 words. people here to celebrate, people here for patriots day, a cultural fascination that brings families together from here and 100 different countries turned into chaos, two different explosions. two different bombs. today, the struggles, they continue. the story notary for the over 150 people who were injured, the three people and their families who lost their lives in the hospital right now, people continuing their battle for their lives. many still seriously and critically injured. we'll give you the latest on them and their stories are developing. also, here is what we know at this hour about the investigation. of course, two tracks going on. among those who lost their lives. one picture stayed with us this morning. an 8-year-old boy. his name, "the boston globe" says, martin richard. you are looking at him there. a pi