just a little while ago, i spoke at length with boston's police commissioner edward davis, and i asked him about the report that the captured suspects may have tried to kill himself. listen. there are reports that he is injured in the throat, cannot speak, and there are also reports that he may have tried to take his own life and thus the injuries to his throat. what do you know about that? >> this is a very complex investigation, and it's hard to say exactly how he received that injury. there was certainly a shootout in watertown. there were explosives thrown, so that's being looked into right now. hard to say exactly how it occurred. >> from the evidence that you have gathered at the scene, we've seen a number of reports, and even from police saying that there were explosives being thrown out of the car. even on the scene when i was in watertown the other day, they said that he had long rifles, that the media should be safe. how much ammunition and what other weapons did he have on him when you got him at the scene? >> the teams that are picking up evidence there have collected over

. >> boston police commissioner edward davis. make sure you stay right there because in a few minutes, more of my conversation with the commissioner. he'll take us step by step through that fateful night. the senseless killing of a police officer, the chase, the manhunt, and finally the arrest of dzhokhar tsarnaev. lots to talk about today about the way fbi firsthand ld the case of tamerlan tsarnaev and as we have reported, fbi agents interviewed tsarnaev back in 2011 at the request of the russian government. the russians believed he was a follower of radical islam. he was also interviewed but no action was taken and there was also no fbi follow-up after he took an extended trip to russia last year. today on cnn's "state of the union" senator lindsey graham said there were plenty of clues that tsarnaev had been radicalized. >> the ball was dropped in one of two ways. the fbi missed a lot of things, is one potential answer. or our laws do not allow the fbi to follow-up in a sound, solid way. there was a lot to be learned from this

with bob schieffer, we'll have more coverage of the boston bombing probe with deval patrick, and edward davis on cbs5 at 8:30 this morning after the newscast. >>> to texas where hundreds of weary people who were evacuated because of the dead deadly fertilizer explosion, a line of cars inched their way to the blast radius yesterday after investigators determined there were no chemical leaks or airborne hazards in areas damaged by the explosion. that blast in the town of west left 14 dead. more than 200 injured. and about 80 homes were damaged. most didn't know what they would find. >>> i was glad my house wasn't, you know, destroyed. i feel sorry for the people who lost everything. i mean, my hearts go out to the people who lost everything. >>> authorities are now enforcing a 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew. investigators say they still need to pin down the explosions origin and cause. >>> closer to home, a big loss. >> that's right. a big loss for oakland's crime fighting efforts. alameda county is ending the police partnership with the city. 11 teams of alameda sheriff's deputies have been wor

. >> reporter: edward davis is the boston police commissioner. >> people should be calm but they should understand this is an ongoing event and they should understand we need all the information that we can get available to us. >> reporter: police are not describing the nature of the bomb or giving any specifics at this point, scott, or whether shrapnel was involved. >> pelley: terrell, thank you very much. boston police told us they believe there were at least yhree bombs, two that exploded, one they discovered unexploded and defused. john miller, former assistant director of the f.b.i., is our senior correspondent. you have been talking to your law enforcement source all afternoon. john, what do you know? >> reporter: well, there is an individual who is in custody. now, i want to proceed very carefully from here on out. these custody, which means he's not free to go. he's not under arrest. he's not charged. le is a saudi national who was near the scene of the blast. when the blast happened, he began to run. now, in context, a lot of people ilgan to run. a civilian, who thought that nd

. >> reporter: edward davis is the boston police commissioner. >> people should be calm but they should understand that this is an ongoing event and they should understand that we need all the information that we can get available to us. >> pelley: terrell brown's report from boston tonight. there were more than 100 people still in the hospital, some of them as young as two, three, nine years old. some of those people are in critical condition. john miller has been talking with his sources in law enforcement all afternoon long and, john, what can you tell us? >> well, one of those hundred people in the hospital is somebody they're interested in. this was an individual who witnesses just before the blast saw and thought was acting suspiciously and after the blast ran away. although we have to say if context a lot of people ran away. he was chased down and tackled, handed over to boston police and this is someone they are talking to now. he's suffering from burns. >> pelley: john, there's been conflicting reports about whether an unexploded bomb was discovered and defused by the police. w

to the a.p., associated press, two additional devices were found although police commissioner edward davis said no other additional devices had been found but there had been a third explosion at the john f. kennedy library in boston. at least 68 patients including children have been admitted to hospitals in the area. and we have heard from eyewitnesses and others on the scene that some of these injuries very serious. talk of severed limbs, severe burns including children. dozens of shrapnel-type wounds. and as we said the fire at the john f. kennedy library is being investigated as related but officials can't confirm they are related. you see right there the map of the area this occurred. right near the finish line of the boston marathon separated the john f. kennedy library is closer to the river there in boston. we want to go back to that moment and show you that video. police have been calling for all video to be sent in right now of the explosions. there was the first explosion right near the finish line of the boston marathon. and as you listen for it a few seconds later an explosion

. >> what we do know from commissioner edward davis is two explosions, the third explosion at the john f. kennedy library, they're not saying whether that was related or who or what might have been behind that. but they're also taking now security precautions in washington, d.c. and across the country in the wake of these explosions. >> yes, washington, d.c., philadelphia, you just heard the new york city mayor bloomberg is ordering the police department to step up security at major transit locations. any particular event which is involving large numbers of people in the next 24 hours in major cities is likely to get increased security. >> okay, pierre, thanks very much. i want to go to david now another eyewitness who was there when the explosions took place a little before 3:00 this afternoon. david, thank you for joining us. what did you see? >> not too much actually. i just saw the smoke and heard the explosions pretty much is what i saw. >> how far away were you? >> well, i had just crossed the finish line of the marathon and maybe about two or three minutes after i had crossed a

now we go to cnn's edward davis. >> he exchanged gunfire with the police this afternoon. >> there was an exchange back and forth of gunfire this afternoon in the boat location, is that correct? >> that's correct. that's what i've been told. the boston police department, the massachusetts state police, and fbi agents surrounded the boat. there was an exchange of gunfire and eventually they came in. he was able to remove the suspect without further injury. >> just some of the details of what was a very dramatic day in boston. let's go live to brook baldwin. hey, brooke. >> driving here to this live location where we have been c p camped out for the better part of air week here in copley square, it's been celebration in the stleets, driving here, given everything that happened in the last couple of hours, jubilation. i think this is the first night ever since send people here in boston will finally be able to sleep. we'll talk you through what went down. i spent my day in cambridge and learned more about this 19-year-old suspect who is now not too far from me in a boston hospital. talked

boston police commissioner, edward davis, says that the fire at the john f.dy library, which is about four miles away, more than an hour after the two explosions does not appear -- i repeat at this hour, does not appear to be related to those deadly explosions. indeed, the commissioner says the fire may have been caused by an insidary device but they're not related and the boston globe is reporting one of the deaths is an 8-year-old boy. the globe also reporting more than 120 others were injured in those explosions now. that is the latest count of the injured. 120 or more, two persons killed in the explosions. police say it's far too early to get into any specifics about the nature of the explosive devices that were used whether shrapnel was involved or the characteristic of any of the bombs. joining us is congressman, member of the house armed services committee and a number of others and we appreciate you being with us, congressman. i want to talk to you obviously about what is happening around the world and first and foremost, focus on what has occurred to

boston police commissioner, edward davis, says that the fire at the john f.dy libry, which is about four mles away, more than an hour after the two explosions does not appear -- i repeat at this hour, does not appear to be related to those deadly explosions. indeed, the commissioner says the fire may have been caused by an insidary device but they're not related and the boston globe is reporting one of the deaths is an 8-year-old boy. the globe also reporting more than 120 others were injured in those explosions now. that is the latest cou of the injured. 120 ormore, two persons killed in the explosions. police say it's far too early to get into any specifics about the nature of the explosive devices that were used whether shrapnel was involved or the characteristic of any of the bombs. joining us is congressman, member of the house armed services committee and a number of others and we appreciate you being with us, congressman. i want to talk to you obviously about what is happening around the world and first and foremost, focus on what has occurred today in

and anderson cooper got all the details from boston's police commissioner, edward davis. >> he was severely injured, and most likely the shoot-out that occurred last night, there was an exchange of gunfire with police this afternoon. >> so there was an exchange of back and forth of gunfire this afternoon in the boat location, is that correct? >> that's correct. that's what i have been told. the boston police officers and the massachusetts state police and federal agents surrounded the boat, and there was an exchange of gunfire, and they were able to remove the suspect from the boat. >> president obama spoke to reporters shortly after dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. he wanted to find out why the brothers carried out the bombing plot and whether anybody else may have been involved. >> one thing we do know is that whatever hateful agenda drove these men to such heinous acts will not and cannot prevail, whatever they thought they could achieve they failed, and they failed because the people of boston refused to be intimidated, and because americans we refused to be terrorized and they failed be

. >> the boston police commissioner, edward davis, said that this is the most complex crime scene that asked to process. it was 15 blocks in size. it's been now cut down to 12 blocks. it starts just behind where lester and i are sitting this morning on boylston street, going up to about five blocks to where the finish line was yesterday. the mayor of boston, thomas menino, said "we grieve for our friends and for our neighbors." he made special note of the 8-year-old boy who was killed in these bomb blasts, from dorchester. he also said we know who our

boston police commissioner, edward davis, says that the fire at the john f.dy library, which is about four miles away, more than an hour after the two explosions does not appear -- i repeat at this hour, does not appear to be related to those deadly explosions. indeed, the commissioner says the fire may have been caused by an insidary device but they're not related and the boston globe is reporting one of the deaths is an 8-year-old boy. the globe also reporting more than 120 others were injured in those explosions now. that is the latest count of the injured. 120 or more, two persons killed in the explosions. police say it's far too early to get into any specifics about the nature of the explosive devices that were used whether shrapnel was involved or the characteristic of any of the bombs. joining us is congressman, member of the house armed services committee and a number of others and we appreciate you being with us, congressman. i want to talk to you obviously about what is happening around the world and first and foremost, focus on what has occurred to

. >> reporter: edward davis is the boston police commissioner. >> people should be calm. but they should understand that this is an ongoing event. they should understand that we need all the inf7ation that we can get available to us. >> charlie: coverage from the cbs evening news with scott pele earlier this evening. we turn now to north korea and a conversation with michele flournoy a former senior defense department official about where the crisis in north korea stands. >> my worry is on the north korean side you have kim jung-un who is a very young inexperienced leader, the question is will he know when to stop? his father, hi grandfather knew up to... how to walk up to the line but stop short of war. the question is will he know how to do this or will he miscalculate because if he goes up the escalation ladder because of the geography, because of the tens of thousands of artillery aimed at seoul, the first hour of a full-out conflict would be very deadly for both sides. you would be very quickly into a full-scale war. that's the real concern. it's miscalculation. >> c

and we'll get the latest from massachusetts governor deval patrick, boston police commissioner edward davies, our correspondents covering the story, john miller and bob orr, plus the chairman of the hois homeland security security committee, mike mccaul. and we'll get analysis from former new york mayor rudy giuliani, and former homeland security secretary tom ridge. but that was not the only story this week. there was also the senate's failure to strengthen gun control laws. >> all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for washington. >> schieffer: we'll hear this morning from the newtown victims' families. >> my mom was not scared in the halls of sandy hook. they should not be scared to cast a vote to protect millions of people. >> schieffer: it was a week of lows and highs. ♪ sweet caroline ♪ >> schieffer: and we'll cover it all because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and gps're gbility are argoodmorning, and h boston police commissioner ed davis. i know you told reporters earlier this

. >> what we do know from commissioner edward davis s is o explosions, the third explosion at the john f. kennedy library, they're not saying whether that was related or who or what might have been behind that. but they're also taking now security precautions in washington, d.c. and across the country in the wake of these explosions. >> yes, washington, d.c., philadelphia, you just heard the new york city mayor bloomberg is ordering the police department to step up security at major transit locations. any particular event which is involving large numbers of people in the next 24 hours in major cities is likely to get increased security. >> okay, pierre, thanks very much. i want to go to david now another eyewitness who was there when the explosions took place a little before 3:00 this afternoon. david, thank you for joining us. what did you see? >> not too much actually. i just saw the smoke and heard the explosions pretty much is what i saw. >> how far away were you? >> well, i had just crossed the finish line of the marathon and maybe about two or three minutes after i had crossed a

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. >> all right, that was chief edward davis there, giving us just a little bit of information there.re going to try to go back and see what we missed there. again, talk about, it sounds like he was talking about the latest on the suspect and also a little bit more on the investigation as well. but, again, we're going to pull some of that and get the new information to you in just a few moments. meanwhile, the front page of the "boston globe" today, essentially said it all right there, edging toward normal with healing still to do. bostonians have been going through a lot this past week, with massachusetts governor, deval patrick, vows they will recover. take a listen. >> let me just say that i think the boston police, it's a lot of total security out there, but when you have crowds coming back and forth and hundreds of thousands of people out there, millions of people out there, how do they check everybody's bag? how do they check -- so we have many cameras, one of the things that helped in this investigation were the many cameras we had in copley square area of the marathon. >> that

. : during the press briefing today, boston fwlooeings commissioner, edward davis says he believes the circulating nurse expect who was killed and probably the other suspect as well is indeed a terrorist and that they were in fact, and i quote, they believe this man to this man to be here to kill people. whether he is part of a terrorist group or not, stand by, wait until this person is captured and we will get more. i knew you follow the scanner. talking to again, ron -- i'm sorry agrella. sorry, ron. editor of boston.com. there were reports we heard earlier, too, monitoring all of this, that it seemed that there was a lot of police activity focused on one building. what can you tell us about that? do they think they know where this guy might be holed up? >> i can't say for sure. i know that they have gone to several today. they are looking at both residents and buildings within the area. although that's a relatively small geeographic area, it is highly -- it's depositionly populated. >> cambridge, i know pretty well well. it's the home of harvard and a lot of major institutions. ther

edward davis, commissioner of the boston police department, joins us now. commissioner, nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> you've got a suspect in the hospital in critical, but stable, condition. unable to speak, but answering preliminary questions in writing. based on those early answers, are you 100% confident there is no future or further threat to boston in terms of accomplices or unexploded devices? >> this is very early in the investigation. we're satisfied that the two main actors, the people that were committing the damage out there, have been either captured or killed. there's still an open question as to exactly what happened in this investigation and there are enormous investigative resources being poured into that right now. we can't say with 100% certainty that -- anything actually at this point. >> do you know if this suspect has in any way given any indication of what the motive was for these attacks? >> no. it would be impossible for me to discuss anything about the suspect or the investigation. that's very sensitive an

. >> the boston police commissioner, edward davis, said that this is the most complex crime scene thato 12 blocks. it starts just behind where lester and i are sitting this morning on boylston street, going up to about five blocks to where the finish line was yesterday. the mayor of boston, thomas menino, said "we grieve for our friends and for our neighbors." he made special note of the 8-year-old boy who was killed in these bomb blasts, from dorchester. he also said we know who our heroes are, and all of the people who have spoken this morning have praised the response of first responders, from emergency personnel, and from the volunteers who were working at the marathon, who dropped what they were doing and rushed to aid those who had been injured in these blasts. >> as they've been trying to reduce the crime scene they've had to identify piles of leftover belongings and that's why there was confusion as to maybe other devices. they did disrupt as they put, looked at some things that could have been devices were not. we know there were two explosive devices and again, no further thr

included massachusetts governor deval patrick, boston mayor thomas menino and police commissioner edward davishis is about 20 minutes. >> we are so grateful to be here right now. to bring justice and a closure to this case. we are so grateful to bring justice and closure to this case. to those families that lost loved ones or suffered injuries they have to live with the rest of their lives, for a police officer, a number of starting a career at m.i.t. and police officer who almost lost his life, and from neighborhoods that lived in fear for an entire day, we are eternally grateful for the outcome here tonight. we have a suspect in custody. i want to thank all of the partners who worked tirelessly over the last four days, including the fbi, the transit police, our brothers with the boston police department, the u.s. attorneys office, and the support from our governor over the last four days. we are exhausted. but we have a victory here tonight. let's not forget those people along the way. thanks very much. >> on behalf of crystal, martin, lacie, on behalf of the m.i.t. officer who was lost last