then to newton heart break hill and then to boylston street in downtown boston. some of the wheelchairs go first, then elite men and elite women and then the bulk of the people will leave in four large waves. it will take a couple hours to get them all moving. there is increased police presence. you see it here in hopkinton and downtown, cops walking around all over the place, lots of bomb sniffing dogs. the goal is to make sure this is nothing but a race that everybody enjoys. >> mark, thank you. we should note that last night at fenway park the red sox honored victims and survivors with a pregame ceremony. dozens of marathon runners and first responders were also there. they got to watch a great game because the red sox came back from a five-run deficit, beating the orioles 6-5. and we're going to have much more from boston in our next half hour including one family that's making its way back after a terrible year. but right now let's go back to gayle and charlie in new york. >> all right, norah, thank you. we'll see you a little bit later on. there are new que

. >> reporter: thousands gathered in downtown boston today. some to run in the annual 5 k. others to walk. everyone here like this city moving forward. >> this community has come back strong. we are moving forward and looking ahead. >> reporter: looking ahead to this year's marathon after the tragedy last year when three people were killed and hundreds injured in a terror attack near the finish line. a place that this year will mark so much more than the physical struggle of running 26.2 miles. >> the last turn and you can see the finish line will be overwhelming. i will be so happy. >> reporter: joy shared by survivors during the one mile walk in their honor today. >> think of this day what it can be, should be, will be for all of you. >> reporter: what it is for many, the latest step, push or pedal in their race for recovery. jay gray nbc news, boston. >>> coming up next at 5:00 there are new security measures because of the heart bleed bug. we'll show you that. shedding new light on the clinton white house. the role the first lady played. >>> closed captioning provided b

it starts in the suburbs and goes all the way in to downtown boston. did want to point out exactly where this memorial is takes place. the convention center is literally steps away. you are talking about 1.5 blocks from where the second bomb went off. so really the locations of where a lot of these tributes are happening is right along the boylston street, which is the finish line. >> you went back to boston ahead of today's ceremonies, and what you saw was a reminder that in the days after weeks after the bombing there was an outpouring of support from the people of boston, and specifically you went to one location. >> absolutely. anywhere along the finish line, certainly towards the end there, you can see makeshift memorials popping up. people laying down flowers, teddy bears candles, and it soon came to pass that there was one area where they were just building up so many different things. red sox t-shirts, baseball caps, and even running shoes that were starting to be placed down to honor the people that were lost and who were injured. we're talkin

. >> reporter: for blocks in downtown boston, a ring of steel barricades cordons off where tomorrow's race will end. 3,500 cops will protect the marathon course, double last year's police presence. spectators have been told to bring no backpacks, ruch sacks, strollers or costumes. david gould is running his first boston marathon. >> i think it's a lot safer but there's still a bigger risk than last year because, you know, they knew it happened once, it could happen again. >> reporter: that is the worry here, a copycat attack. the potential target zone extended more than 26 miles through eight cities and towns >> somebody said it may be the safest place in america tomorrow. >> reporter: massachusetts governor duval patrick appeared on "face the nation" this morning. >> we practiced different scenarios so i think we're very, very well prepared. >> reporter: last year's twin explosions near the finish line pressure cooker bombs detonated 13 second as part, rattled the city. three people were killed. more than 260 injured. noreen beiro was crossing the finish line as the second explosion

. >> reporter: for blocks in downtown boston, a ring of steel barricades stops where tomorrow's racel end. 3500 cops will protect the marathon course. double last year's presence. spectators told to bring no backpacks, strollers or costumes. david gauld is running his first pwopb oft marathon. >> i think it is safer but a bigger risk than last year. if it happened once it can happen again. >> reporter: that is the worry here. a copycat attack. the potential target zone extends 26 miles through 8 cities and towns. >> somebody said it may be the safety place in america tomorrow. >> reporter: massachusetts governor, patrick, appeared on "face the nation". >> we practiced scenarios, i think we are well prepared. >> reporter: last year's twin explosions near the finish line, pressure cooker bombs, detonated 13 seconds a part, rattled the city. three people were killed, more than 260 injured. marin was crossing the finish line when the second explosion went off. she was uninjured. >> the first one was startling and the second one was ominous? >> yes. >> reporter: the 56-year-old from san f

. >> what is the economic climate in downtown boston like? have businesses fully recovered from the shock of that day? >> i think they have. today, they are going to do well. there's life on boylston street. the 118th boston marathon is a success. the determination of everyone in the race is just incredible. that is part of the strength of our city. i want to thank people around the united states and around the world that came to our assistance. thank you for your love and support for our city in boston. >> for however successful this year's marathon has been, it has been changed forever. there was a massive security presence today. >> it was changed in some senses, and it was not changed. we are not giving our marathon up to anybody that wants to change it. today's marathon, between the runners and people watching, this marathon is stronger than any other we have had in this city or country. >> what have citizens been telling you today? reactiontherir been to take back the city and stare down people who would do them harm? >> they are excited

jeff is near downtown boston. >> reporter: good morning. police found two unattended bags last night. one had camera equipment inside. the other a pressure cooker but no explosives inside just confetti. police blew up the pair of back packs around 9:00 last night, about two hours after they were first discovered. the suspect is 25-year-old kavon edson, seen earlier in the evening wearing a black veil walking erratically, shouting "boston strong." >> boston strong! >> with the marathon coming we are taking this serious. our officers have been trained in looking for any kind of suspicious activity and when it is brought to their attention, they act upon it. >> reporter: that came just hours after the city came together to mark the one-year anniversary of the attacks. >> today we remember. >> reporter: a tribute began with pictures of the four that died. many more were injured, including patrick downs. >> we will always remember our guardian angels. i am so proud to be a bostonian because i am so proud to be connected to all of you. >> america

at the finish line, downtown boston spectacular. 52, sunshine, winds out of the south. 60 by 4:00. 63 degrees. you cannot ask for a better day. rest of the country, we've got some strong storms going to be firing up. we're going to look at these in detail in the next half-hour. another system bringing rain into the pacific northwest. high surf advisory from the gulf coast. wet weather making its way into the gulf coast. gorgeous weather up and down the eastern seaboard. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. those are the rules. ok who wants sweet rolls? i do! me too! are those king's hawaiian rolls? thanks, carol! people go pupule for the sweet, fluffy deliciousness of king's hawaiian. find us in the deli or in-store bakery. is levy using our clippers? >> and that's your latest weather. >> terrible allergy season right now, because this one is complaining a lot. >> i have a hanky for my runny eyes, a hanky for my runny nose. >> you need a bubble. >> we need surgical masks. >> i'm not contagious. >> dylan is here for carson in the orange room. a lo

will participate in a tribute ceremony for the victims and survivors at a convention center in downtown bostonnd they along with hundreds of others will march to the finish line for a moment of silence and it should be an incredible moment. >> i know you'll be there. >> yes. >> boston strong. thanks, dan. >>> we turn to that rescue in a utah canyon where a father and his two young sons were stranded for three days surviving with a single granola bar and precious little water. the father is speaking out this morning, and abc's john muller has his story. >> reporter: this morning a dramatic story of survival jason knight thought he might never live to tell. >> anything could have happened. >> reporter: jason knight and his two sons, 8 and 11, rescued saturday after a nearly four-day ordeal stranded in utah's sandthrax canyon with barely any food or water. he planned to take them to a far less dangerous canyon when he took a wrong turn. >> it was supposed to be a three-hour tour. i made a wrong turn. everything out there looks the same. >> reporter: he then formed a plan telling his boys to stay

who will win the race are on the course right now making the mad dash toward boylston street in downtown bostonyear like none other. 36,000 runners will be on the course. security like we have never seen before. unprecedented. some 3,500 security personnel, cameras, dogs, really much more intense than ever seen for obvious reasons following what happened here last year. but today, very much a celebration. and i'm joined here in hopkinton by two of the 36,000 participants in the boston marathon. brian hurr and mary murphy. brian, you have run 24 boston marathons. today's your 25th and starting in five minutes. mary, you have run several marathons yourself. great to have you here. brian, let me start with you because it's such an interesting story. you were on the course last year. you didn't finish the race last year because of what happened. >> yeah. that's right. i got to 25.5 and shut us down right there. it was about 20 minutes of concern and chaos until we figured out what to do next. >> why does that make today so important to you? >> i have been doing this for a long time an i run for a c

we were in the middle of downtown boston. she said i'm ready to do this.ell. when she got out of the hospital and she saw these massive scars, she was ashamed. she is ready to show her scars and embrace them. the finish line in that whole area is a place of special significance for all of them. and that will never change. you can see it in their eyes. you can hear it in the inflections in their voice about talking about this space. there are images of them at their most vulnerable moments, near death. we have now given them photographs where it is their message and they took that line back. and through that process, i hope that, you know, when they're he having bad days, they don't look at where they were on april 15 of 2013, they look at where they were when they came back to reclaim that finish line. >> truly powerful stuff. >> by the way -- >> oh, yeah, a lot more to that. if you want to see more, go to dearworld.me. there it is right on your screen. >> the guy who made this, he gained national attention doing something for new orleans. called dearnewor

>> reporter: i'm about 26 miles from downtown boston. population about 15,000. start this race here, so much anticipation. 1 million people watching the race. that's more than ever before, and the officials here who have been planning security for a year, they say they are ready. >> reporter: the security here unprecedented. >> we'll have plenty of assets. and if need be, they'll be rolling in very quickly. >> reporter: more than 3500 police officers uniformed and undercover patrolling the streets. 100 or more security cameras are in place to watch the huge crowds. the eyes of the whole world on boston for the 118th marathon. organizers expecting a record turnout with about 1 million spectators lining the 26.2 mile course. they'll be cheering on 36,000 runners. that's 9,000 more than last year. many looking for their opportunity to finally cross that finish line. >> it's very emotional. i was right on boylston street when the second bomb went off. it means a lot to come back and hopefully cross the finish line this year. >> reporter: others runners injured in th

this is really beautiful, boston downtown brought to you by wcvb.ratures in the low 40s. more than 35,000 runners are resting their legs right now hoping for nice weather for the race. i have some good news as far as the weather conditions. it'll be sunny. winds will be out of the southwest, so you will have a light breeze, a light tail wind, which is pretty nice, but the temperatures will be warming. at 10:00 when the elite men, the first wave kick off, temperatures in the low 50s. very nice, 51. by noon when all the runners are on the course, 55 degrees. my only concern is what happens into the afternoon. it won't be oppressive heat like two years ago but temperatures will be rising into the low to mid-60s so this is a little bit warm for the runners who aren't acclimated to the heat so my advice, i'm a runner too, drink lots of water, maybe back off your pace a little bit but perfect weather for the spectators. taking a look across the midwest it will be warm today. temperatures in the 70s from pittsburgh to minneapolis but then dropping down int

for now, that trial is expected to be held here in downtown boston. in the meantime, dzhokhar tsarnaev is being held in a federal medical prison outside the city limits, held without bail, carson. >> all right, ron mott in boston this morning, thank you. >>> easter is in four days, but you would not know it to step outside. an unusual cold snap has it feeling more like christmas, actually, from louisiana all the way to maine, and some cities are even dealing with, dylan, that four-letter word, snow. >> it's not my fault, i swear. i had nothing to do with it. but even in new york, we saw the snow coming down. even on the plaza, we saw a good amount of snow. enough to coat certain things, not so much the ground, but a lot of cars were covered with the snow this morning. and just to see it fall from the sky, it just hurts considering how warm it was just a couple of days ago when we were close to 80 degrees. but yep, there it is. and that's typical april for you. you get these periods where it's just cold enough to produce a little bit of snow, and we've

downtown, but the guadalupe highway 85 and 101 looks great. remember 1069 florida. >> thanks so much. >>> time now 4:48, former boston champion ruben hurricane carter died. carter was a middleweight boxer who won a world title fight in 1964, but the better known for the turn his life took after he was wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in 1966. his imprisonment and long bat toll free him were immortalized in the bob dylan song hurricane. there was also a 1999 film of the same name starring denzel washington. >> this is unreal. this is make believe, this is what i sat in the cell 20 years hoping upon hop it would finally happen. this is a dream come true. i've never had a dream in life that has not been realized. never yet, and that typically shows that whatever we are limited on earth to produce by our own imagination. there's nothing that we can't do. >> carter was recently battling prostate cancer, he was 76. >>> starting off a big week on wall street with a few companies reporting the earnings of the week, and your favorite hot dogs might be on the recall list just before the big barbecue season opens up. jill wagner has today's money watch

boston marathon. >>> new research has linked specific ingredients to migraines. >>> a few showers continue across the east bay and here downtown san jose. we are tracking a little wet weather. we will talk about this storm and when it clears out and when another storm arrives for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >>> california is one step closer to a major change in how military military sexual assaults are investigated. the problems with rape and retaliation have been exposed in a series of nbc bay area investigations. chief investigative reporter has details on a move in sacramento to help victims of sexual trauma. tony? >> reporter: the issue centers on fair and proper investigations following alleged sexual assaults in the military. during our reporting, we have heard stories from members of the california national guard, accusations of breakdowns in the investigative process and retaliation. >> they tried to hide everything that's happened to me. i don't know who else to do. >> jessica brown spent more than a decade serving in the california national sglard all the while i was telling him that, telling him to stop,

downtown san francisco only 60 degrees. >>> coming up on "cbs evening news," norah o'donnell back from boston is in new york again and joins a little preview. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, frank and juliette. ahead we're going to take you inside the wheel well of a 767 because we all want to know how could someone survive a five- hour flight from san jose airport at 35,000 feet with almost no oxygen? we'll investigate. plus a closer look at claims companies like google and apple worked together to keep employees from making more money. and then democratic u.s. senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts is right here in studio 57. how the senator wants america to reinvest in the middle class. and what she sees as her political future. the news is back in the morning. so we'll see you right at 7:00. >> look forward to it. thank you so much. see you then. >>> okay. well, some big announcements from los gatos-based netflix coming out. >> that's right. here's kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks with that story and more from the business world. good morning, jason. >> reporter: good morning. netfli

downtown area. solvan draws tourists from all over the world. >>> 7 fiesta bowl. one year after the bostonathon bombings experts say little has been done to prevent future attacks from home grown terrorists. the ap reports that funds to help prepare for a possible attack may be cut. congress also failed to pass legislation to address intelligence failures that may have led to the attack. the analysis comes after russia said it warned the u.s. of the accused bombers several months before that attack. >>> organizers of this year's boston marathon have run into a different kind of security problem. knowing exactly who is running the race. the runners are supposed to meet a qualifying time or raise thousands of dollars for an approved charity. but anyone who did not finish last year's race because of the bombing are also being allowed to run this year. well, some racing bibs are showing up for sale online with price tags that top $1,000. >> it doesn't necessarily seem wrong. it depends on the way you go about it. and for why you are going to run it. >> now, that man says some of last year's ra

boston has a new rallying cry -- we run together. but before the race, the anniversary coming up this tuesday, the city will mark it with a tribute ceremony at the convention center downtown. after which hundreds of people including the survivors, will march to the finish line for a moment of silence. at 2:49 the exact time the first bomb went off. george, i will be there. and talking to you on an abc news special report. >> dan, thanks very much. >>> let's get more on this from massachusetts governor deval patrick, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> as dan just said, the commemoration is tuesday. the marathon next week, are you confident both will be secure? >> i think we have made every possible provision, the planning has been very, very thorough. the teams are well-coordinated. in fact, george, we had a tabletop exercise, a full day a couple of weeks ago, there were 450 people in the room from every federal, state, loyal loyal leadership. we'll be very prepared. i think we've struck an appropriate balance for having more law enforcement present and ensuring it continues to be a family outing and a civic ritual. >> what's the biggest threat? >> you worry abo

downtown is thriving. another 130 miles of city we're huge, we're the size of boston, new york, and san francisco all togethera period of time but we're getting at it right now. >> have you seen -- everybody wants to talk about ambulance response times. are those showing improvement? >> they are. fire response times, police response times, year over year crime rates are going down. i'm not going to say everything is perfect. all metropolitan centers and everything has problems. we're focusing on the simple things. if you pick up the phone and call we want the police to get in a reasonable period of time. one of the things i'm excited about our new garbage contract. never thought i would be excited about garbage in my life. we have an outsourcing for solid waste collection and recycling program city wide. we will clean up the city too. >> there have been controversial aspects of the bond negotiations, not creating -- not handling all pensioners alike, for instance, the retirees, the general employees, not getting as much as the firefighters and the police and there are others. how do you respond to this co con

downtown new york being built. others include the destruction in japan after the 2011 earthquake, as well as the construction of the world cup stadiums in brazil. >> embarrassing moment for in boston. pitch michael pineda was ejected from the game because he had pine tar on his shades. this is the thing. >> just so obvious. >> i was going to point that out. it is so dumb, because it's not hard to tell that it was there. >> for those of us that don't follow baseball, pine tar gives them a better grip on the ball. >> it's just a no-no. >> speaking of baseball, reuters reporting on the death of the oldest former major league baseball player, living in cuba, he dialed at age 102 in havana. they have great health care down there. he was two days short of his birthday and apparently smoked cigars to the end. >> he played for the senators, but people loved him in cuba. he refused to play for another team other than cuba after their situation with fidel castro. >> we're going to tell you how a cashew gets from a tree to your local market. >> the debate that divides america, unites the critics, a reason to watch al jazeera america the standout television event borderland, is gritty honesty