and right now we want to hand off to jake tapper and erin burnett, they're going to pick up coverage of all the breaking stories we have for you today. erin, jake. >> all right. thanks, chris. appreciate it. we've got two big headlines as you all know we're watching the boston bombing and the explosion at a texas fertilizer plant. i'm erin burnett here in boston. >> and i'm also here in boston, i'm jake tapper. we have reporters across the country who are covering these two stories here in boston of course the terrorist attacks and then of course the explosion in texas. all they could do was watch and then duck for cover. this is that incredible moment yesterday when a major fire turned into almost complete devastation for a small town near waco, texas. it's a chemical plant. it makes fertilizer. and it's surrounded by homes and schools. the fire is still right now burning. more than 60 homes were either leveled or badly damaged. and emergency crews are still searching for a few first responders who are missing. a few minutes ago we heard from the governor of texas, rick perry. >> to

i'm jake tapper live in boston.hough only accused of the boston terrorist attacks at this point are probably the most hated men in the nation. but only one of them, dzhokhar tsarnaev, is alive to answer for the alleged crimes and in this country everyone is entitled to a defense, even the seemingly indefensible. when dzhokhar tsarnaev has his day in court he'll be defended by some of the best lawyers in the business. only two weeks after he and his brother allegedly set off the bombs that took three lives and severely maimed so many others, the court has appointed the defense team with rosters that read like a worst of the worst list. meet miriam conrad one of the country's best respected public defenders. a graduate of harvard law school conrad has defended notorious clients for more than two decades. this isn't even her first terrorism case. she assisted in the defense of richard reid the so-called shoe bomber who tried to blow up a passenger train in 2001 with explosives packed in his sneakers. reid was sentenced

many thanks to you, jake tapper, there in boston. just -- he was clarifying there. one suspect apprehended in watertown. we are getting word there is an fbi presence on the scene there in watertown. that is potentially significant as jake pointed out. let's go to our drew griffin again. is he there in boston. closer to the actual scene there at m.i.t. campus. drew, what information have you been able to gather while we were away from you? >> reporter: i just wanted to piggyback on what jake tapper said. immediately as he was just saying that fbi was present, an fbi officer -- or i should exactly what i saw. an person wearing an fbi jacket came out of a personal car, got stuff out of his trunk, walked toward the crime scene, which is about five blocks away. that's the first time i laid eyes on any fbi presence. that's one person. that's not to tell you there's not more down there. i was at the scene. i didn't see any at the exact scene. they kept moving us back, moving us back. now i have just seen one fbi -- one person with an fbi jacket. i will update you if i see a

i'm jake tapper.ive from boston just blocks from the site of the deadly terrorist attack during the city celebrated marathon. at this hour we know the names of two of the three victims who were killed in the bombings. the second victim has been identified as 29-year-old krystle campbell. earlier we learned 8-year-old martin richard also died in the attack. "the boston globe" reports that martin's mom and sister also suffered grievous injuries and are still in the hospital along with most of the 183 people who were injured in the explosion. some of them are still fighting for their lives at this hour. meanwhile, a senior u.s. official tells our barbara starr at the pentagon that no foreign connection or link to al qaeda had been found in this attack, at least not yet. they have not named any suspect yet, the federal government, and no one has claimed responsibility. but the man hunt is on one assumes one of the most intense in our country's history. the news of the attack sent a shock wave through wall

i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead" live from boston, massachusetts one block over from the scene of the deadly terrorist attack here. it's been the biggest question since the moment the bombs went off. who could have done this? within the last few hours, conflicting reports began rolling in, some claiming that a suspect had been arrested. we now know from the fbi and a number of other sources that is not the case. an official briefed on the investigation tells cnn investigators have visually spotted a potential suspect on video from the scene but we're told authorities do not know who the person is. there is no positive i.d. we expect more details at a briefing from law enforcement in an hour and will bring that live. we've learned the identity of the third victim killed in the attack, lindsay liu. the school confirmed her identity earlier this afternoon. 8-year-old martin richard and 29-year-old krystle campbell were also killed in the horrible bombings. 178 people were injured and at least 100 have

jake tapper joins us and what are law enforcement officials telling you?fficial says in the preliminary interviews with sfwl dzhokhar tsavraev, he is providing details, not so much talking, but by nodding and writing things down. he says there were no foreign terrorist groups involved with the attacks. they were radicalized on line. by watching videos online and getting instructions and information online. and in addition according to dzhokhar, the older brother, tamerlan, the driving force behind the attacks this is what dzhokhar is saying to investigators. investigators know they have to check everything out. not taking his word as gospel. they want to make sure that what he's saying is true, but this is what he is saying, according to government officials that we have spoken with, the brothers have seen to have been self-starter, self-radicalized individuals. seem to have been radicalized in the united states, and the motivating thought seems to be jihadist thought, the idea there is political and religious motivation, that islam is under attack, and th

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." we now know the suspected mas r er mind of the boston terrorist attacks was on two separate terrorist data bases lawmakers demanding to know why red flakes did not fly sooner. >>> also how the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado saved lives in boston. the unexpected connection between the two tragedies. >>> and they were, quote, twisted, perverted, cowardly knock off jihadis. those were the vice president's words today describing the accused boston bombers. did he reveal too much by speaking from the gut? >>> a final good-bye to a fallen officer. the final life claimed in a rampage of terror. once again we're coming to you live from boston where a memorial for m.i.t. police officer sean collier wrapped up earlier not far from us here on the campus in cambridge. collier was gunned down in his patrol car thursday night police say by the brothers suspected of bombing the boston marathon. police came by the bus load today to pay their last respects and vice president joe biden spok

reporter jake tapper has written content about one of the dead lose battles in the war in afghanistan, and iraq war veteran benjamin busch and brian castner talk about the combat experiences. this is an hour. >> first up is jake tapper who's a senior white house correspondent for abc news. 2003 he joined abc in 2003 and has reported extensively on war from both here in the u.s. and the middle east. of "the outpost: an untold story of american valor" is his third book. epeni it's an eye-opening account of one of america's most deadliest battles in afghanistan, so please welcome jake tapper. [applause] benjamin bush, actor, photographer, director, and a marine corp. offers who served two combat tours in iraq "dust to dust" weaves together his childhood, marine training, and deployment in the worst of the war in iraq. please become benjamin bush. [applause] brian served three tours of duty in the middle east, two as the commander of an an explosive di poe sal unit in iraq. when he returned them to his wife and family, he struggled with an unshakable feeling of fear and survivor's guilt,

alongside jake tapper.k to the special coverage here, but first, let's get a check of other news on thursday morning. including a fire that has finally died down after explosions rocked the two fuel barges on alabama's mobile river. tremendous flames earlier this morning. fire apparently ignited after a buildup of natural gas vapors. three people optized right now, listed in critical condition. six explosions heard up to 20 miles away. >>> the worst of the midwest floods may be over for some people. mississippi river levels have peaked above st. louis. and major flooding on the illinois river in peoria, expected to last through the weekend. >>> and clues, investigators are looking into who sent the ricin laced letters to president obama, senator wicken and a county judge. a mipssissippi man's home and martial arts studio has been searched. charges dropped against mother man who was initially suspected of sending the letters. >>> after four years behind bars in an italian prison. amanda knox is ready to tell

"believe with jake tapper" starts right now chblg. >>> it was a back breakup. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." south carolina's governor clears a major hurdle in his political comeback four years after he took a mysterious vacation. as of last night he's the republican nominee for his old congressional seat. can he beat stephen colbert's sister of all people? breaking news, north korea green lights a nuclear strike as they -- the defense shields. >>> and fewer than three dozen agents tasked with chasing down 20,000 dangerous people with guns, and that's just in california alone. how do you enforce the laws already on the books with those odds? >>> the national lead from the appalachian trail to the comeback trail. mark sanford is now the republican nominee for an open congressional seat in south carolina. the same state he ran as governor where he developed a reputation for fiscal conservatism, though he figured understood the cloud of an extramarital affair. he may have found a measure of forgiveness from voters in his victory last night with his former mistress, now fianc

i'm jake tapper. we're coming to you live from copley square in boston where thousands have been drawn to a growing memorial of the victims of the boston marathon terror attack. cnn learned from a law enforcement official that investigators are up to their elbows now in a land fill about an hour south of here, near dzhokhar tsarnaev's former dorm room. they're looking for his laptop. a source also says that investigators believe each brother had a remote controlled detonate, but those have not yet been found. at least part of that information came from dzhokhar tsarnaev, before he was mirandized, but he has since clammed up, according to our source. meanwhile, victims and family members no longer have to tolerate being in the same hospital as the surviving boston bombing suspect. authorities transferred him to a prison hospital about 40 miles away on the grounds of a decommissioned army base. he had been at beth israel deaconess since his capture, recovering in the same hospital as several of the peop

brooke baldwin and jake tapper pick up our coverage from boston right now. >>> i'm jake tapper alongside brooke copley square for live coverage of the investigation and the fallout from the boston marathon terrorist attacks. >>> we're standing by now for new developments concerning the boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. so meantime, we heard from the president. he spoke this morning, held a news conference. and he warned that lone wolves like the tsarnaev brothers, that they are the new threat. >> one of the dangers that we now face are self-radicalized individuals who are already here in the united states. in some cases may not be part of any kind of network, but because of whatever warped, twisted ideas they may have may decide to carry out an jessica yellin joins us now. she's our chief white house correspondent. and jessica, in the back and forth with the president today, heard you press the president on some of the criticism he's been getting mostly concerning intelligence sharing before the attack here in boston, just boylston. if you would, walk me through that exchange. >

i want to get to jake tapper live in boston. what have you you learned? >> reporter: according to a u.s. government official, talking to me, the investigators have been working very hard trying to get information from dzhokhar tsarnaev. what he has been able to tell them in these preliminary investigations indicates that, according to him, according to him, all of this information needs to be checked out and followed up by investigators, but according to him, the brothers were not in contact with any foreign terrorist group. they did this on their own. there was a big on-line component to how they were self radicalized. they watched videos on-line. they downloaded information on-line. they did not have e-mail communication, but they were very much self radicalized, self starters on-line. in addition, dzhokhar is saying the older brother, tamerlan, was the driving force in their action. that they were motivated by traditional jihad motivations. which is to say there is a religion and political component to why they did what they did in this twisted world v

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jake tapper reporting there, bringing us all the information he can at this point. we do appreciate it. jake and drew griffin as well. at this point, at least we can report right across the globe one suspect has been apprehended in watertown. we understand he had to remove all his clothing. the fear, perhaps, of any explosives on his body, any guns, any ammunition of any sort. he was taken into custody. we understand at this point that the police are still active. this is not come to an end by any means. it continues into the night. it is 2:09 in the morning eastern time at this point. all right, i want to go back to juliette who is, as i said, she is living in cambridge. she has been in the neighborhood there where all this activity is taking place and also a national security expert. juliette, again, you know, it's difficult with all of the pieces we have. we're trying to draw them together, make some sense of this. it's very difficult. there's no official confirmation of any of this at all, but with your background and all your experience in national security, tel

jake tapper will join me here in just a moment. but after a week spent in the same hospital as many of the victims he's accused of wounding here, dzhokhar tsarnaev is in a new hospital today. this time he's behind bars. so all this happened under the cloak of darkness, overnight. he was moved from where i am in boston to this federal prison camp who holds detainees who need medical care. he will not be getting a visit from his parents anymore soon. we know his mother is wanted in the united states on shoplifting charges and his father, anzor tsarnaev has abandoned his plans to come to the u.s. to help with the investigation and to bury his eldest son tamerlan. we have learned an ambulance was called in for him last night and his trip is now delayed indefinitely. also today, there is a new push to piece together the final minutes of sean collier's life. m.i.t. is posting this on his website, asking for any information on last week's killing of the campus police officer. cnn has also just learned investigators are searching another l

i am jake tapper. i am in boston, covering the capture of the suspect in the boston attack and the investigation into it. boston celebrates the capture of the last suspect in the marathon bombings and the town is trying to recover. they're playing at fenway park, boston red sox after postponing friday's game. but the investigation continues. now that the surviving suspect is in custody at a boston area hospital, however, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev did not give up without a fight. [ gunfire ] he and police exchanged gunfire as tsarnaev held police at bay in a watertown, massachusetts backyard. here is a cbs news photograph. he used a boat to shield himself in the final standoff. police say he was wounded, covered with blood. he was rushed to the hospital where he is now under guard. earlier we got the inside story on how the capture went down. wolf blitzer talked with the police chief of watertown in a revealing conversation. let's take a brief listen. >> we had a couple thousand police officers on s

we heard from jake tapper.gators are now communicating with dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the boston marathon bombing attack and learning from him, at least initially, he says that they were radicalized by watching videos online. no direct communication with any outside terrorist groups, but they learned their islamic, deeply held religious beliefs, radicalized by watching videos. >> it raises some interesting puzzles. and it sort of makes sense at another level. there seemed to be an attack that combined levels of confidence with gross incompetence. the fact that they have found the younger brothers acoat and hat that he wore on the day of the bomb iing back in his colle dorm room. that he went back to his college with the clothes he wore to the attack. that seems pret time incompetent. on the other hand, these bombs went off. so there's some level of competence here. there are thousands of videos out there watched by millions of people and the number of them who simply because of watching a vi

catch "lead" with jake tapper weekdays at 4:00 right here on cnn. >>> more requested mad men" talk.nfers with the star who plays one of the newest breakout characters. >>> a 7-year-old boy balloting brain cancer got to play on the field with his favorite football team. jack hoffman suited up with the university of nebraska. for a scrimmage game yesterday. he's met some of the players before and he won their hearts so they called him out on the field for a play. you have to see what happens next. >> he's got blockers out in front. listen to this crowd. as jack hoffman, the young man that as i mentioned has really been adopted by this football team has scored a touchdown. >> oh, my goodness. that's too, too sweet! >> both teams rushing to the end zone lifting him up on their shoulders! a nebraska told us the omaha world herald that the team came up with the play 30 seconds before it actually happened. he said he's pretty fast for a little guy like that. >>> a big decision in the michael jackson wrongful death trial. i'll tell you what the judge said and we'll look at which side may ha

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, happening as we speak, a deadly tornado outbreak in the southeast. homes smashed to splinters. at least one person dead and the danger is far from over. >>> in other national news, the argument about whether or not to start the argument is over. senate democrats joined by a chunk of republicans blocked the filibuster on gun control today and now the real debate begins. in just moments we'll be joined by west virginia democratic senator joe manchin here in the studio. he'll talk about his bipartisan plan for background checks that has gun groups up in arms. >>> the world lead. north korea pulls the equivalent of a pump fake with a missile raising it to a firing position then tucking it right back into the launcher. if it's our attention they want, they've got it. >>> good afternoon. the national lead, breaking news. a killer storm system is raking across the southeast at this hour. already it has left at least one person dead in mississippi and many more are in harm'

i want to begin with jake tapper in boston. what have you learned about what dzhokhar is telling investigators? i know there's been preliminary interviews and you've been getting the nuts and bolts and details about how they have been communicating and what he said. >> reporter: that's right, erin. u.s. government official has relayed to me some of the news from dzhokhar tsarnaev in his discussions with investigators. we learned last night that he was talking about how there were no foreign terrorist organize sgra zagss involved, that his brother was the driving force and jihad in nature considering themselves to be under attack as muslims and trying to fight back. that is what dzhokhar has been telling investigators. so i don't want to -- i want to make sure everyone understands, this is what he is saying. in addition, we found out some more details. one of them that is the wars in iraq and afghanistan are part of the motivating factors, part of this jihadist mind set, believing themselves to be under attack. in addition, erin

>>> welcome back to "the lead" jake tapper live in boston.ives were lost and lives changed forever here but the city is slowly inching back to normal today as business owners, some who witnessed unthinkable horrors, came back to boyleston street to reclaim their shops and clean the streets. joining me now is dan donahue managing director of the hotel valenis which has served as a sort of command post for investigators at the crime scene. describe what's been going on there. obviously you haven't had normal guests in the last week but a different kind of t. had batche. about an hour ago we opened our doors. the first time for our 113-year-old hotel that we didn't have any guests on monday night. surreal. >> when is the hotel going to be up and running or it now? >> right now. as of 3:00 today. >> we've heard about the emotional toll, the physical toll. not to be crass, how much did it cost you to have the hotel closed or did the special guests take care of the money you would have lost? >> t is yet to be determined. we decided, we are a family

source police source somebody said apparently we got him and jake tapper. took that to mean we've got it we have him in hand we've captured him and there's so much pressure to keep up with the speed of twitter the speed of the internet the old things that the press used to do where there would be a bunch of. overweight why don't men sitting around the table going i don't. have to start. that conversation is not happening the way we once used to have that happen as we're paying a price for we're getting a lot of bad information very quickly it's not even happening and our you know among young diverse groups that are running and participate in the media now obviously in large part because this new dynamic is there any fundamental difference in your mind between the national coverage i mean you live in boston your professor boston university you're right there on the ground back you you were you went through the bombing area right after it happened and any fundamental difference qualitatively obviously quantitatively but. between the local coverage from boston

i'm jake tapper.ide of the abortion debate you're on, the accusations out of a shocking philadelphia trial will make your jaw drop. it is a story that many in the media are staying away from. in other world news, they're taught to hate the u.s. while still losing baby teeth, the lead goes inside a school training the next generation of jihadis. where u.s. drone strikes may only bolster the desire to kill americans. >>> and the national lead, sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite, with this home remedy. scientists think they found a way to get rid of the little blood suckers and doesn't involve spraying your covers down with a nasty pesticide. >>> one of our very leads today, a world lead, part two, of our look at a decade of drone strikes in pakistan, the relationship was a critical partner in the fight against terrorism. yesterday, we broke the news that former pakistani president pervez musharraf told cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson that pakistan secretly signed off on u.

i'm jake tapper. of the politics lead. they toured havana last week.arting to feel the heat? lawmakers are slamming jay-z and beyonce for their vacation to cuba and demanding to know who pulled the strings for the power couple. the bigger issue, does it still make sense to have a ban on travel to cuba? >>> the buried lead. a reporter facing jail time for protecting her sources. why is this being ignored? >>> and the pop culture lead. the days of three martini lunches and ash trays in the office are back. everyone is talking about the return of "mad men." the cast takes us behind the scenes after last night's. >>> what better way to say i love you than violating the embargo with cuba? jay-z and beyonce spent their fifth wedding an vniversary in havana. they are facing backlash. not the power couple nor the white house are answering the question what type of trouble could they be in? i'm going to bring in our special correspondent on the jay-z/beyonce beat, erin mcpike. what's the deal with this bustup? >> there are a couple of republicans in congress fr

with me from boston is cnn's jake tapper. he's the anchor of "the lead with jake tapper" and chief washington correspondent. jake, a big development today. some real hard evidence in form of these pictures and video. i believe we have quite late breaking information ourselves at cnn. tell me about that. >> reporter: that's right. a source tells law enforcement source tells susan candiotti that according to the video surveillance, the two suspects stayed at the scene of the crime. they stayed and watched the crowd, they made sure the bombs went off, and then they walked away casually. this is one of the things that may have been of interest to law enforcement when they figured out who in fact they were looking for, is the behavior of these individuals as they walked away from the crowd. the law enforcement source also says that there is another video of one of the suspects leaving his bag at the scene, but that video has not been released, and this source says that's because they feared what might happen to that suspect if any

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." sarin gas has the power to wipe out thousands in a single day. now u.s. intelligence claims it may have been used on a small scale in syria. has the red line drawn by president obama been crossed? a second target. new york's mayor says the surviving boston terrorist suspect is spilling details about plans to kill more people in the heart of manhattan. >>> this hour president obama will be con soelg a small texas town devastated by a massive explosion. we'll bring you his remarks, live. >>> before we bring you the latest here in boston we have developing news on the war in syria. has the game changing moment for the u.s. arrived? defense secretary chuck hagel was in abu dhabi during a trip to the middle east and decided to break some news to reporters. >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria. specifically, the chemical agent sarin. the president has made clear the use o

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." our top lead, for decades he helped us separate the must see from the must miss. now in the last few moments we've learned that film critic roger ebert has died at the age of 70. >>> the world lead, north korea is speeding up the chess game and could put a weapon in the air soon. now while u.s. owe ffficiaoffic they'll dial down their own fighting words we wonder how real is the danger? the national lead it could become a new status symbol for status updates. facebook wants you checking facebook on a phone screen designed by facebook. >>> we begin with our world lead at this hour. all eyes are on the east coast of north korea where u.s. officials believe the communist nation may be preparing to launch a missile. the target? who knows? it could be a test to show force. the most alarming part according to a senior administration official i spoke with this afternoon is not necessarily the provocative behavior. north korea has been conducting nuclear tests and talking tough since kim jong

i'm jake tapper. the world lead. pacific power prepares to experience the lure and legacy of camelot. how a high-profile post abroad could help caroline kennedy ease her way to the forefront of american politics. >>> the politics lead. the same-sex marriage debate gives the republican party just what it did not need -- more infighting. social conservatives draw a line in the sand. could this set the stage for a midterm battle for the ages? >>> and the pop culture lead. an american superhero now made in china for china. iron man 3 gets a far east remix as hollywood butters up to its global audience. >>> the politics lead. there's a deal. or there isn't a deal. the gang of 8 reportedly has a draft for the immigration reform bill, but one important political power player in the group is saying not so fast. senator marco rubio's office released a statement easter morning saying reports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed on a legislative proposal are premature. so why is rubio hitting the brakes? here

we're making it. >>> i'm jake tapper here with erin burnett in boston.ing to go now to kaufman county, texas, where there's a news conference about the murders of the texas prosecutors and the wife of one of those prosecutors. let's listen in. >> my name's kirby indy, i'm the chief of the texas rangers. colonel steve mccaul sends his rejects. he's tied up with the tragedy in west at this time, but he asked that i convey the message that law enforcement and the state of texas takes all the threats serious against its citizens. the murder of a public official such as a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer is an assault against all citizens of this state, because it's an attack against the rule of law. and, therefore, society as a whole. from the very onset, everyone involved in this criminal investigation has been acutely aware of the vital importance of determining the identity of those responsible for this heinous act. we at the texas department of public safety, the divisions involved in this investigation, cid division, as well as texas ra

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead an nra task force lays out ideas to put a good guy with a gun in every school. ill xae mayor emmanuel how that is going to apply in chicago which buries hundreds of people from gun violence every year. >>> also in national news, cheating on standardized tests but not by students -- by the school officials responsible for administering them. now they're getting the ultimate detention in a jail cell. >>> and the money lead. if there was a traffic sign that represented the auto industry a few years ago it would be rough road ahead. did it take a little italian car maker to help turn chrysler turn the corner? >>> the national lead. it is an idea that could lead to kinderrten teachers carrying glocks, principals spending extracurricular time at target ranges. today a task force commission by the nra unveiled a report to make schools safer. the most controversial idea would put more guns in our nation's schools. the task force backed off the notion of putting armed volunte

"the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> breaking news this afternoon. at least 14 people wounded not in a mass shooting but a mass stabbing. i'm jake tapper and this is the lead. the national lead. a texas college on lockdown at this hour. an attacker stabbing away seemingly at random at this fragile moment in the gun debate. could this have an impact? >>> the world lead north korea could fire a missile without warning according to the white house. what is the u.s. prepared to do? we'll ask the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >>> and the money lead. they'll teach classes about him some day in business schools. as an example of what not to do. the ceo of j.c. penney is out after taking the department store chain from bad to worse. >>> the national lead at this hour, the sigh fair campus of lone star college near houston is sealed off after police say a student went building to building stabbing people seemingly at random. at least 14 people are wounded. four victims had to be flown to the hospital and two are said to be in critical conditio

i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." words of solace for the victims, survivors, first responders. president obama joined by the first lady con soelg the city of boston in its darkest hour. >>> in texas entire blocks leveled, part of a small town reduced to smoldering rubble and a devastating chemical explosion. as many as 15 dead, more than 160 hurt, several still missing, and no one is sure exactly what caused it. >>> finding comfort in our national pastime. boston's beloved red sox wrapping up a stint on the road tonight and getting ready to return for their first home game since the attack. the intense sports rivalry between boston and other cities giving way to a spirit of solidarity. good afternoon. we're coming to you live from boston where president obama and the first lady have been visiting victims of the terrorist attack here. earlier they attended an interfaith service called "heal our city" at the cathedral of the holy cross one of the city's revered churches. the president offered prayer and condolences to

jake tapper and brian todd in boston. and we have new virginia of tamerlan tsarnaev's wife. nick peyton walsh is in dagestan and london. dan rivers with an "out front" investigation on how terror groups are using social media to recruit new members. this magazine only available on line. first i want to go to jason carroll, outside federal medical center in devens. where dzhokhar tsarnaev was transferred early, 3:00 a.m. 30 miles northwest of the hospital where he had been held. jason, what do you know about his condition right now? >> reporter: well, what i can tell you is this -- his condition has improved. i think you remember on monday when he wasold about the charges that he was facing at his bedside, he was able to nod. when asked if he could afford an attorney, he said no. his condition has stabilized much more since then. he's able to sit up, able to communicate more than he was on monday. his condition has stabilized so much that u.s. marshals were able to handcuff him, bring him here to this facility where he went through an intake screening process. that happened v

i'm jake tapper. >> i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with us here.e get back to the rapidly unfolding events here today in boston, want to take you to canada, where we're learning a little bit more about a planned terror attack that has been foiled by authorities. for more on this, to paula newton on the phone in ottawa. and, paula, we understand there have been some arrests. what are you learning? >> well, i am learning that the police will brief us within half an hour, brooke, and one rcn police source telling us this was a plot, that was to target transport links in canada. would not say exactly what the nature of that was. and they say they had this plot, that people involved in this plot under surveillance for some time, they decided to make the arrest. brooke, we should point out that as of now there are no links to the boston marathon bombings. and no links to an earlier plot we learned of in algeria earlier this year where two canadians were also implicated. right now, this seems to be a plot that rcnp here in canada are uncovering. they'll g

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jake tapper has his story. >> cars were stopped right in front here.s from here. >> reporter: the 26-year-old had the prez sense of mind to start taking pictures with his iphone. he walked us through what he experienced that night. >> as soon as i saw it was gunfire, i ran immediately up the stairs to my bedroom on the third floor. i got my camera right up against the windows and the glass, continuing to take photos of the shooters. >> reporter: describe what we're seeing here. >> this was one of the first pictures i took. it was the two shooters that were taking cover behind the black suv and still engaging in gunfire and shooting down towards the watertown officers. >> that's the dwregreen sedans e they had pipe bombs and explosives? >> yes. >> reporter: they were both firing? >> yeah. >> reporter: what's going through your mind when you're taking these pictures. >> not officially. i wasn't thinking marathon. when they started usie ining explosives, that's when i knew it was something much for significant. >> were you worried for your life? >> at tha

i'm jake tapper live in boston.tening manhunts in our nation's history ended last night in a hail of flash bangs, bullets and laser scopes. in someone's backyard in watertown, just about eight miles that way. when police finally tracked down the terror suspect in a boat that wasn't in the water. a short time ago, police released these brand new thermal images showing the body outline of the suspect cowering inside the boat. tom foreman is in the studio to recreate the moments when we all held our breath. >> these stunning images really have a testament to the tenacity and technology that authorities brought to bear here. remember, all day long, they had been closing in on watertown trying to set up a core done around it, trying to limit the ability of this young man to get out.done around it, trying to limit the ability of this young man to get out. around 7 ouk, a man walks in his backyard and he see as torn tarp on his boat, some blood on that, looks inside, see as body, calls the police and suddenly thousands of

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so jake tapper, who i know we're going to be talking to later, his reporting says that it is very unusual for russian authorities to contact u.s. authorities. so why don't we take those contacts more seriously? >> these are people who devoted their lives to counter terrorism. they have to prior advertise. >> i so agree with you, amy. we have been living in a hyper-security environment since 1911. we have so much security. everything we do as private citizens is practically surveyed. going through the airport, where ever you want to go, not to follow up on this. the day after this bombing, anderson, we all got on the internet, we all checked youtube, facebook, we all saw all of this incriminating evidence. but they didn't carry on -- >> john miller, formerly with the fbi, was saying there's a 90 day window and if they don't find stuff, they have to legally shut down the investigation. >> if the russians told tm and they have reasons to believe that there was somebody who was radicalizes, the russians, who everyone might think and i think there's a lot of blame passing right now between the

i'm jake tapper here in boston. this is a special edition of cnn newsroom covering the capture of the suspect in the boston terrorist attacks and the investigation. it's what we've all wanted to know since that horrible moment monday afternoon. police now say it looks as if the two bombing suspects acted alone. the investigation is still in high gear, but today people in boston can start trying to get past this terrible event. with four people dead and 200 injur injured, it it will not be easy to do so. [ gunfire ] >> a hail of bullets as the las suspect held off police in a watertown, massachusetts, backyard as seen here in this cbs news photo. he used a boat to shield himself in the final standoff. when authorities captured him, they found him wounded drenched in blood. the police chief spoke with wolf blitzer about how it all went down. >> we had a couple thousand police officers on scene. the turnout was just incredible. the support that we got from the state and from the region. so we had the tactical people to

allowed to have funz, and really fighting a losing battle battle. >> jake, such an interesting issue, jake tappergun trafficking prevention act. you saw jake's report. a serious issue. everyone agrees we should enforce the gun laws on the books, but as you saw in jake's report. it's really, really difficulty. in los angeles, people they knew had guns illegally, and it took forever for law enforcement officials to get a hold of them. >> yeah, there are a lot of people who are disobeying the law. when i think about something like sandy hook, where 20 beautiful children, our children, were murdered, i think the time is worth it. we've got to get a hold of this situation. and congress cannot be afraid to take a vote on these difficult issues. we cannot allow sandy hook to happen. we cannot allow what's happening in baltimore and other cities. where young people literally being spotted every day with these guns, we have the aurora situation in colorado without doing something. and what i'm afraid of right now is that we will have a lot of motion, commotion, emotion, but no results. and hopefully we'll

you can see the entire interview today 4:00 eastern with jake tapper.ton bombing manhunt kicked into overdrive because of one neighborhood man checking on his boat. that's how the boat looks now where the terror suspect tried to hide from police who were intensely searching house to house. how he was discovered is an amazing story and different than the version you've probably heard. it's not quite the way it went down. the boat's owner talked to our boston affiliate wcbb. >> this boat is -- >> reporter: the slipaway was in dave henneberry's backyard like it always is. did you see anything unusual about the boat? >> well, i put pads between the shrink wrap, the belly strap. i put roller pads, all rollers in there. and it stops the chafing. and two of those had fallen down to the ground. >> reporter: at the time he didn't think twice about it. and when word came to resume normal activity. so at that point in time what do you decide to do? >> go out. get some air. you know. i said i'm just going to put the pads back. >> reporter: they were bugging him so

but that's not exactly what our chief washington correspondent, jake tapper, found during a recent warame exercise. >> hey, wolf, it could be bombs away any minute now in north korea, with the latest intel indicating multiple missile launches may be planned. defense secretary chuck hagel said kim jong-un is coming close to a dangerous line. so are we prepared? that's not exactly what we found during a recent war game exercise. imagine this, the north korean regime is toppled, either because the u.s. or south korea take it out, or because of a coup. and the sufficient now has secure troops to secure the country's stockpiles to make sure they don't fall into the wrong hands. it's a frightening scenario played out at the u.s. army war college, one that did not end all that well. the military set the scene for their war game in the fictitious land of north brownland. >> it was a family regime, nuclear weapons, lost control of nuclear weapons, the population was considered to be essentially brainwashed. >> reporter: a writer for defense news was present as the military officials debated the

. >> our own jake tapper shows how to sell a movie to the world sometimes you've got to make a little reporter: "ironman 3," hollywood's superhero based on the marvel comic book. >> what are you going to do? >> reporter: malibu mansions. >> go. >> reporter: air force one. it's as american as it gets. but this blockbuster is tweaking its tone to appeal to chinese audien audiences, too. making a second version just for them. china is now the world second largest movie mark behind the us, passing japan last year. with nearly $3 billion in box office revenue. and hollywood is taking notice. relying on experts for guidance. >> i encourage filmmakers here in hollywood and the rest of the united states to think about china and to really go after it. it's such a big, growing market that if all you did was make movies for the chinese audience you could do very well in the next few years. >> reporter: according to marvel the chinese version of "ironman 3" will include new footage feeti featuring one of the china's top actresses. the process of tayloring for international crowds can be daunting.

brooke baldwin and jake tapper pick up our coverage from boston right now. >>> i'm jake tapper alongsidefor live coverage of the investigation and the fallout from the boston marathon terrorist attacks. >>> we're standing by now for new developments concerning the boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev. so meantime, we heard from the president. he spoke this morning, held a news conference. and he warned that lone wolves like the tsarnaev brothers, that they are the new

. >> he interviewed -- jake tapper interviewed him today. we're going to hear what he said to jake tapper. >> i think the political opponents want to make any event define your life. what i think we find, whether it's you, me or anyone out there, we'll have events where we wish we could have done things differently or handled them better. ultimately, they refine our lives, make us a much better person. maybe walk out into the arena of politics more humble than we were before. >> if you're a philandererer, this is the guy. he's going to get his old job back, probably. he has the woman he cheated with with him there. he asked his ex-wife to run his campaign. it's like nothing ever happened. >> let me say why he may not be dead. there's a scandal continuum in this country. we're so used to hearing about movie stars who leave their children with the maid. adultery, almost 50% of the people do in this country. it's wrong, but somehow we may be a little more desensitized too. except it's south carolina. >> you're wrong on two points. mark sanford