boston police identified the bombing suspect as 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev and dzhokar tsarnaev brothers living in cambridge, massachusetts. tamerlan tsarnaev is the person identified killed by police. but dzhokar tsarnaev remains at large. hundreds of law enforcement officers go door-to-door in watertown looking for dzhokar tsarnaev. residents are asked to stay inside. 6:00 p.m. the lock down is lifted. soon after watertown resident

it showed dzhokar tsarnaev and his brother walking on to boylston street.own. dzhokar tsarnaev will face the death penalty if convicted of the bombing that killed three people and wounded 260 others. he's charged with the murder of an m.i.t. campus police officer. ron mott joins us live now from the federal court house that is not far from the marathon finish line where the two bombs exploded. ron, let's talk about some of the security around that area right now. >> a lot of security. good morning, i'm looking a the u.s. coast guard here. they have armed guards floating up-and-down the harbor here protecting the

the police grabbed tamerlan, but dzhokar tsarnaev stole the s.u.v. it is reported he drove over his brother. tamerlan tsarnaev died. police were told to stay home and only answer the door to a policeman. law enforcement found dzhokar tsarnaev in this winterized boat. dzhokar was arrested. authorities found a note that said the bombings were revenge for u.s. actions in iraq and afghanistan. we muslims are one body. you hurt one of us, you hurt us all. >> tsarnaev has pled not guilty to all charges. judy clark is his attorney and has saved other high profile clients from the death penalty. we expect tsarnaev to be in court today. he is entitled to be there throughout the jury selection process. defense attorneys like showing their clients with a suit and haircut. it helps. >> coming up, we'll talk to a former federal prosecutor joining us live to talk about whether or not tsarnaev can get a fair trial in boston. >> prosecutors are asking for life in prison in a sentencing today in new york city. the muslim cleric was convicted in may on federal terroris

authorities announce they have dzhokar tsarnaev cornered. w enforcement agents capture tsarnaev and transported to a local hospital in serious condition. >> so there you havefve the chronology. let me bring in our cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin. you have been looking into the family. you were there in watertown when police had the younger tsarnaev cornered in that boat. the key question did this widow, all right, then wife what did she know in the lead up before those pressure cooker bombs went off in boston? >> that has been the question brooke because when you see the tiny apartment that she was living in with her husband, tamerlan and realized the fbi believes at least partially these bombs were created on her kitchen table how could she not know. she's been very cooperative according to attorneys with the fbi all along. they have never said she was a suspect in any of this. she threw her attorney has said she was shocked when she found out that her husband and brother-in-law were involved with this. and as far as we k

prosecutors say dzhokar tsarnaev and his brother detonatedded two pressure cooker bombs in the boston explosions killed three people, injured some 260s. tamerlan tsarnaev died in a shootout with police. dzhokar tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 charges. if convicted he could face the death penalty. the judge said the court called more than 1200 people for jury selection. former prosecutor, dan shore joins us now. what about his attorneys' idea he can't gate fair trial anywhere in massachusetts. >> the standard motion you expect them to make. but it's not going to win there are high profile trials everywhere around the done tray that involve people accused of heinous crimes and they get fair trials. it's harder to pick a jury, takes time, but you will find enough jurors and alternates who say they will be impartial and only base their decision on the evidence. >> if they're picking 1200 people from which to choose a jury of 12, i suppose alternates in a case this big they're looking at a 100 to one ratio. >> it's difficult. a lot of people will be emotionally involved. at jury sele

that's the case against dzhokar tsarnaev. as you mentioned, the boston marathon bombing took place about two miles to the west here on boylston street. what the defense argued here even up until last week was that they don't believe they can get a fair trial here in boston was of the extensive media coverage of this case. a lot of folks are saying it's probably a better jurisdiction for the defense. being in the commonwealth here it's not necessarily a pro death penalty state. it's a death penalty case here. what the court is looking for over the next two, two and a half weeks is find 18 people they believe can be impartial. those who are not opposed to the death penalty but the court doesn't want to see anyone who believes if he's convicted he automatically should faith the death penalty. the process will take time to find the 18 people. >> per our pete williams the jury selection phase could take around two weeks and the trial could last around four months. back to your point regarding the death penalty and it's being sough

as jury selection begins in the trial of bombing suspect dzhokar tsarnaev. he's pleaded not guilty to the attack that killed three and injured 260 during the 2013 boston marathon bombing and to the murder of m.i.t. police officer sean collier after the attack. more than a thousand jurors have been summoned. boston's mayor understands it's a necessary part of the healing here but insists like the attack, what happens in the courtroom will not define his city. >> people just, you know people just feel that they know what happened on that day and i think a lot of people already say let's move it beyond so the families can have peace. >> peace and justice. and so many hope to find in a federal courtroom just two miles from the site of the deadly blasts. as jury selection begins later today, they'll show up the potential jurors in groups of 250 or more to fill out a initial basic questionnaire. they'll continue to weed the group down to eventually the 12 jurors and six alternates. that's going it take weeks. the trial itself could last more than four months. >> d

. >> jury selection is underway in the trial of dzhokar tsarnaev. the process should take three weeks and the jury selected from a pool of 1200 people. tsarnaev was in court monday as the first 400 potential jurors were brought in to answer questions. >> the man accused of ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers before going on the run for weeks has finally been ordered to face trial. eric frein was in court monday and prosecutors presented exhibits and 10 witnesses all before the judge let the case move forward. >> it's the start of answers to questions for the public, the victims, and their families. >> prosecutors showed surveillance video of the attack on the barracks. it left one trooper dead and another seriously injured. a date for trial has not been set. >> a new year, lots of changes in washington, the changing of the guard taking place in congress this morning. today for the first time since 2006, republicans will ever control of both house and senate. >> they are looking at major initiatives jorums have a hefty to-do list taking control

dzhokar tsarnaev faces 30 federal charges in the 2013 bombings.irst group of 200 potential jurors was brought into court for the first phase of jury selection much reporter chris. we is in boston with the story. >> reporter: new sketches from inside a boston federal courthouse show the long lines of potential jurors arriving on the first day of jury selection in the trial of dzhokar tsarnaev. over the next three days, these men and women will fill out questionnaires and then a select few will return for direct questioning. all to narrow the estimated 1200 candidates down to 12 jurors and six alternates. czar my yev is accused of teaming with his brother to detonate two bombs at the finish line of the boston marathon killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. he also faces charges for the death of an m.i.t. police officer. his brother was killed after a shootout with police. a plea deal to avoid the death penalty was opposed by the justice department. the trial could take several months. when it begins, defense attorneys are expected t

dzhokar tsarnaev faces 30 federal charges in the 2013 bombings.potential jurors was brought into court for the first phase of jury selection much reporter chris. we is in boston with the story. >> reporter: new sketches from inside a boston federal courthouse show the long lines of potential jurors arriving on the first day of jury selection in the trial of dzhokar tsarnaev. over the next three days, these men and women will fill out questionnaires and then a select few will return for direct questioning. all to narrow the estimated 1200 candidates down to 12 jurors and six alternates. czar my yev is accused of teaming with his brother to detonate two bombs at the finish line of the boston marathon killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. he also faces charges for the death of an m.i.t. police officer. his brother was killed after a shootout with police. a plea deal to avoid the death penalty was opposed by the justice department. the trial could take several months. when it begins, defense attorneys are expected to characterize cza

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dzhokar tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted in the 2013 boston bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260. he could face the death penalty if convicted. the defense has suggested it has plans to show tsarnaev was under the psychological control of his older brother tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout with police. >>> it's a major down day so far on wall street. >> it's part of a stock market plunge around the world federal by falling oil prices and falling economies. >> reporter: not the way we start to start off 2015. a couple of key reasons for today's plunge in the stock market. the dow lower by more than 300 points right now. first off, oil prices falling below $50 for the first time in five and a half years. this is continuing to show a barometer of the global economy not being as strong as we had like to see as falling oil demand in places like europe and asia are weighing on prices. opec keeps up production much to the consternation of those outside of saudi arabia. europe is weighing on investors as well as the potential exit from the eurozone b

>> in just two hours, jury selection begins in the trial of suspected boston marathon bomber dzhokar tsarnaevthe legal battle and how it's being handled. >> weather problems still causing problems for crews trying to find victims and black boxes from airasia flight 8501. what may have actually taken down the plane in a new theory. >> some of

one last motion to delay the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokar tsarnaev has failed. a federal appeals court denied the request today made by tsarnaev's lawyers to move the trial out of state. jury selection will begin monday in boston. president obama returns from his holiday vacation tomorrow. he's going back to work with a very different set of priorities than the republicans who take control of both houses of congress on tuesday. chip reid is with the president in hawaii. >> reporter: after a two-week vacation that included nine rounds of golf and joining his daughters for hawaiian shave ice, president obama plans to hit the ground running next week. speaking in michigan, arizona and tennessee the president will propose new policies on home oenship college education and jobs. white house deputy press secretary eric schultz. >> the big goal for the next few weeks is to make sure the economic progress we've seen over the past few years is enjoyed by as many americans as possible. >> reporter: the state of the union preview tour is an effort to get ahead of the new r

a federal judge today denied a defense request to postpone the trial of dzhokar tsarnaev the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombing which killed three people and wouldn'ted hundreds. jury selection begins on monday. tonight, mario cuomo is being remembered. the former three-term governor of new york died yesterday just hours after his son, andrew, began his second term as governor of new york. cuomo became a reveered figure in democratic politics in the 1980s, especially after one speech in san francisco. here's jim axelrod. >> a shining city is perhaps all the presidencies from the portico of the white house. >> reporter: it was the summer of 1984 and mario cuomo's job at the democratic convention was to make the case against ronald reagan. >> mr. president, you ought to know that this nation is more a tale of two cities than it is just a shining city on a hill. >> reporter: that night cuomo became his party's loudest voice and liberalism's sharpest defender. >> the republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the

. >> pam: dzhokar tsarnaev's attorneys filed the motion today. >> pam: they argue, potential jurors may draw parallels between the two brothers in those attacks. and tsarnaev and his brother. possilby creating prejudice. >> pam: tsarnaev is accused of killing three people and wounding 260 others. in a bombing at the 2013 boston marathon. >> pam: the judge has not yet responded to the request. >> pam: prosecutors say, an ohio man tried to murder house speaker john boehner last fall. according to police. michael >> pam: hoyt. planned to either poison boehner's drink, or shoot him. >> pam: hoyt called police in october. confessing that he threatened to kill boehner, because the lawmaker was mean to him at the country club where he had worked. >> pam: he was indicted last week on criminal charges. >> pam: the pleasanton unified school district's decision to end the current school year. in may. and start the 2015- 2016 school year 3-weeks earlier in august has angered some parents and students. >> pam: today a protest was held outside of valley view elementary school. they say they want the

filling out questionnaires, and that is how this will go for two more days wednesday afternoon dzhokar tsarnaevseated with his attorneys in front of the pool of jurors when they're brought in. 12 jurors in all six alternates selected from the large group of people. the 1200. judge gave the first group of potential juror instructions shortly after 9:00. similar instructions given later in the afternoon saying, you don't need a special education to serve on a jury. you've need a commitment to justice. today two grouped of jurors speaking with -- listening to the judge's instructions, and being asked to fill us the questionnaires, the lawyers on each side throughout the week will have a chance to look at these questionnaires as the proceedings go forward throughout the month. harris? >> i understand there's a lot of scrutiny and there would be in a case like this on the potential jurors. >> reporter: absolutely. you talked about the concerns of the defense. one other thing that will be looked at closely is the fact this is a death penalty case. the judge making it clear this is different from othe

associated press reports the justice department is now pushing for the death penalty should dzhokar tsarnaev be convicted. opening statements are set for a week from today in the case against the 21 year old defendant. only three federal inmates including timothy mcveigh have been put to death since 2001. >>> well people living in one west african country, mali, are breathing a sigh of relief. the health minister announced an end to the ebola outbreak. no new cases have been reported over the past 42 days, that the period required for the world health organization to declare an official outbreak being over. >>> meanwhile pope francis we love you. that was the cry from hundreds of children in the philippines as the pope boarded a plane headed back to the vatican. pope francis visited the philippines during a week long trip and drew what phillipine officials believe was a record crowd of 6 million faithful during his visit manilla. >>> icy roads are blamed for a string of deadly crashes on some of philadelphia's most heavily traveled highway. at least one person was killed and 30 others hurt i

marathon bombing moving back into the national spotlight today with jury selection under way to dzhokar tsarnaev200 people from the greater boston area have been summoned and from among that pool 12 jurors and six alternates will be selected. tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges. if all goes as planned opening statements will begin three weeks from today. for a trial that could last for about four months. if convicted tsarnaev could face the death penalty in the second phase of this whole proceedings. tsarnaev's attorney tried to reach a plea deal with prosecutors as the justice department refused to budge on the death penalty. the so-called pressure cooker bombs killed three people wounded some 264. i mean who could forget that day. a police officer then with m.i.t. also allegedly shot and killed tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan the older brother who was killed following that police hunt. so thank you both for coming on and evan let me turn to you. so two phases right, determining whether guilty or not. if convicted you go on to the sentencing the penalty phase. these attorney

>>mark:lawyers for dzhokar tsarnaev.t terror attacks in france. they argued, potential jurors may draw parallels between the two brothers in those attacks. and tsarnaev and his brother. possibly >>mark:tsarnaev is accused of killing three people and wounding 260 others. in a bombing at the 2013 boston marathon. this morning.a judge denied that request. >>darya: waiting for hours about what new head coach and the raiders could come today will tell you who appeared about to be the coach. the processors have reached a settlement with the city of oakland will tell you why the city is going to pay them. >>george: there is no relief anywhere to be found on public transit or on the freeway as the continue to track the number of hot spots first bar to the powell street station is close to the person was struck and killed at that station and the 8:00 hour this morning limited service in and out of san francisco and systemwide delays. if >>george: do not think about getting onto bars tried to get sfo or open this morning out of sa

dzhokar tsarnaev the surviving brother of the pair accused in the attack of the boston marathon wentection got under way. what's the reaction in boston >> the reaction is that you know, our system has moved forward. this is what we have to do we went through a terrible tragedy here and we have to go through a process to hold people accountable. and make sure that their rights are respected. that's what will play out in boston. it's an emotional time for the city and we will get through it. and, you know, boston will be strong again. >> all right. dan, thank you very much for joining us this morning. other news to get to. a lot of it political. disgraced former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is set to be sentenced today after being convicted for corruption. mcdonnell stead fastly denied allegation that he and his wife received more than $56,000 in loans and gifts while in the governor's mansion. the legal team paintled his wife as petty and unstable and he was out of the loop when it came to the extent of her relationship with ceo of star scientific. mcdonnell faces more than a decad