everyone, i'm john berman live in boston.eet right behind me is open again for the first time since the marathon bombing ten days ago. it was a crime scene. now this morning for the first time open for business. our "starting point" this morning is new information about why the accused boston bombing suspect attacked the city, and whether or not they had any outside help. this morning, u.s. delegation heading to dagestan to gather more information. and this morning we're getting the first pictures of the actual bombing site as the city worked all night to repair the sidewalk there. plus he's the hero who discovered suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev hiding in his boat. for the first time the boat owner describes

i'm john berman live in boston. want to bring you some updates on the boston marathon bombing investigation. the fbi is working with russian security officials to piece together suspected boston bomber tamerlan tsarnaev's movements in 2011. investigators believe the tsarnaev brothers were self-radicalized on the internet but still they're looking into the possibility that other people in russia or perhaps the u.s. may have been influences or even accomplices. among the people they're looking into, the mother and tamerlan's wife, who converted to islam when she married him in 2010. the bombing suspect's father postponed his trip to the u.s. he told russian media he's in the hospital because of a blood pressure spike. we just got news a few minutes ago that russian special forces have raided a group with possible links to tamerlan tsarnaev. we'll bring you much more on that later. let's go back to new york for some of the other news. >>> a developing and disturbing story. it's a desperate search for the person who sta

shannon travis for us in washington. >>> john berman is standing by. , we were talking about boston, patriots day and the famous boss stone yans and now you have them reacting. >> reporter: patriots day is the celebration. the battle in lexington and concord. that's why they call it patriots day. it's more than that. it's boston day. marathon monday. the red sox play early. families flock to the city for that day. if you know someone from boston, they were either here or they know someone who was here. there are no degrees of separation from this disaster right now. there are stories big and small. "the boston globe" is reporting about a mother whose two sons each lost a leg in the blast because they were both here watching a friend that they have. those are the stories that people are telling that i'm hearing from my friends and family right now. as you said, there are a number of celebrities who call boston home. they've been reacting to the tragedy as well. let's listen. >> boston is my hometown. that's where i grew up. it's where my family lives. i

busy day weatherwise. >> let's head back to boston now, where john berman is standing by. ht. thank you so much, christine. so much new. new developments in what authorities are calling a possible break into the investigation. into the boston marathon terror attacks. focus right now this morning is on two men, caught on surveillance cameras right near the finish line. pictures from cameras at a lord & taylor department store roof near the site of the second blast and also from a local television station. in these images, one of the men is reportedly seen carrying a black backpack. remember, three people killed in the blasts of the 178 injured, 66 still in the hospital. 13 still in critical condition. later this morning, the public will get a chance to gather, to pray, to grieve together. at an interfaith prayer service in boston. cathedral at the holy cross. president obama and the first lady traveling to boston later this morning. attend the memorial service, which will honor the victims of the bombings in boston. other dignitaries there. former governor mitt romney, micha

i'm john berman live in boston.memorial site here in copley square, really near the finish line of the boston marathon. this memorial is such a beautiful place. we've seen runners coming by this morning to check it out, which is such a nice sight to see also. there are four crosses there for the four people who died in the bombings and then the subsequent shooting of officer sean collier one week ago. there are new developments to tell you about this morning in the investigation. it seems that boston was not the only site for the tsarnaev brothers. they had planned more attacks. their next reported target, new york's times square. packed nearly 24 hours a day with residents, tourists from around the world. we all know times square. also new this morning, the "boston globe's" reporting that anti-terror intelligence units in massachusetts were never informed that the fbi had investigated tamerlan tsarnaev's activities in 2011. and on a different front, another apparent security gap, a u.s. official says a counterterro

i'm john berman live in boston. >> i'm zoraida sambolin in new york city. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east, i know you have a lot going on, john. >> that's right. we begin with new developments unfolding right here in the boston marathon bombing investigation. the surviving suspect, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev could be criminally charged today. waiting to find out what, if anything, he might be communicating to law enforcement officials. and there are new questions about whether the fbi dropped the ball after being warned by the russians in 2011 about cz tsarnaev's older brother, tamer ly tamerlan. nick paton walsh is in dagestan, and we have joe johns in washington, but we began with pamela brown with the latest on the investigation. >>> after a week of terror, chaos and heartache, the city of boston is still recovering. there are signs that life is starting to return back to normal here. there is a sense of relief after the arrest of the suspect, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. now the focus is on what charges he will face and when. >> reporter: one week after two deadly bomb

i'm john berman in boston. we'll have live coverage from here coming up in a few minutes. >> and i'm in new york. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with breaking news overnight. two fuel barges burning at this hour. they're docked in alabama. the fires are simply too hot and too dangerous for firefighters to battle there. the barges are loaded with gasoline. they exploded. take a look at that. this was last night. officials say there were six explosions. they were heard up to 20 miles away. the shipping channel where the barges are docked are closed right now and leaves three people hospitalized. we do not know what condition they're in. fire officials believe everyone has been accounted for. the barges are burning from where the chip will ed carnival cruise ship is docked. we're going to continue to follow this developing story for you. let's head back to boston. john berman is standing by there. >> thanks. important new developments to tell you about in the boston marathon bombing case. right now the tsarn

." >> i'm john berman, live in boston. it is tuesday, april 23rd. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we have big developments overnight in the boston bombing investigation. the suspect is communicating and the city he and his brother are charged with terrorizing is prepared to take back its street today. this is the latest. dzhokhar tsarnaev said that his brother was behind the terror attack, no groups were involved and the motivation of the bombing was to defend islam. all of these claims must now be verified by investigators. one other piece of news overnight. residents, and people who work on boyleston street, which is the crime scene. residents and people who work there, will be allowed back today. we'll start our coverage with miguel marquez at the medical center where the suspect remains being treated. good morning. miguel. >> reporter: good morning. he is being treated. there's little change in his condition overnight and investigators occasionally speak with him. dzhokhar tsarnaev was read his rights, has a lawyer and will be tried as any other citizen, not as an enemy combat

good morning, everybody, chris como, john berman.al edition of "early start" part of cnn's continuing coverage here. >> 6:00 a.m. in the east. >> all right. investigators are tracking down some 2,000 leads this morning. this investigation going on right behind us. we're just a block away from the crime scene right here. they're also poring over chilling photos. these photos just released overnight. over the remnants of one of the detonated devices. these pictures show wires, they show a battery, they show bits of what appears to be a circuit board. these photos coming from the news agency reuters. they say they came from a government official who did not want to be identified but he turned over the photos, along with images of that mangled pressure cooker. now in one photo you can see what appears to be a cluster of bbs. in the photo they're likely melted together by the heat of the blast. but we heard from doctors yesterday saying they were seeing bbs and nails in the victims they were treating. fbi officials also saying the second

i'm john berman. the names and faces of the victims in the boston bombings are starting to come to light, including this one. this little boy. martin richard, killed in the attack while he was returning from giving his father a hug at the finish line. he there was to hug his father. his mother there also, she was hurt. his sister was there also, she lost her leg. an awful sight. police search an apartment in rever rere encr revere, massachusetts. i'm on commonwealth avenue, two blocks from where the bombings took place. live team coverage of the investigation into the twin bombings, really unfolding all around us as the investigation continues. really shifts into hyper high gear. overnight, federal, state, local agencies turned to an apartment in massachusetts upside down, searching for clues. about five miles from here. they left with bags of evidence, but no word on any arrests. other news, three people killed in the terror attacks. 144 people wounded and as we told you, one of the youngest victims

i'm john berman. the names and faces of the victims in the boston bombings are starting to come to light, including this one. martin richard, killed in the attack while he was returning there was to hugis father.t his mother there soheas hurt. his sister was there also, she st her leg. an awful sight. police search anrtment in rever ve, sshutt i' o commonwealth avenue, two place.from where the bombings veigion into the twin e bombings, really unfolding all around uss the invtiti ally shifts int her high gear. overnight, federal, state, local agencies tne t a apartment in massachusetts upside down, searching for clues. about five miles from he. they left with bags of evidence, t no word on any rests. otr news, threeeoeild in theerr attacks. ldyone othoues ded and as we victims identified as 8-year-old martin richard, according to the boston globe, that is the boy's sister, lost her leg. his mother ffered a brain injury. just one of the families suerghi morning. the community o dorchester where they are

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

. >> i got my red sox hat back on, and i'm going back to john berman at the ballpark. how many times do i have to put on the hat today? >> all day, it warms my heart. that voiceover before the game gave me chills. there were so many moments that gave so many of us chills. there was a moment of silence, there was the entire crowd singing the national anthem in unison. there were victims of the marathon bombings on the field, there were first responders on the field. they showed images on the scoreboard of the marathon itself, and people simply applauded and there were tears in the crowd. it was very moving. the team themselves are wearing special shirts. instead of home whites that say red sox on them, today they say boston on the front. players are going to sign the shirts and they will be auctioned off after the game, money given to the one fund, the fund for victims and families. the team has rallied around the city in so many ways. and the city and state, red sox nation is responding. fans flooded to the ballpark today, really wanted to be part of this moment, part

john berman, who is a boston red sox fan, joins me live at the ballpark. john, i will say that i have no problem rooting against the kansas city royals. so i'm with you in spirit today. >> jake, i think everyone is with us in spirit today. i think everyone is a red sox fan today. behind me in fenway park at this moment, a special pregame ceremony happening right now. they just played hall lieu ya and put images up on the screen. it was incredibly moving. they are paying tribute right now to the first responders and law enforcement officials here in the city. in some ways, the red sox sort of bookend this incredible week that's happened here in boston. the red sox played on patriots day last monday. the game let out, the team left, fans streamed out of here and shortly after that is when the bombings happened at the finish line of the marathon. the red sox left and went on a road trip. they haven't played a home game since the attacks and they had to cancel last night out of security concerns, but they are playing today and fans have been streaming in here b

john berman is live for us this morning in boston with that story. good morning, john. >> thanks. i'm just a block and a half away from where the bombs went off and that area is still shut down as investigators pore through that crime scene. there have been significant developments in that investigation of the boston marathon attack. investigators pinpointing two men they spotted in pictures near the finish line. they are calling the men possible suspects. now, those pictures have been distributed to federal and state agencies. our susan candiotti is all over this story. she joins us with the latest. good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, john. and right off the start here we want to tell you that any video you see now while i'm talking or any still images are not the ones that i'm about to tell you more about. again, we have this from a federal law enforcement official who tells us of this high interest in two people the official describing as possible suspects. trying to locate these people because of where they were near the finish line before the blast of the boston m

i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman. now it's about 30 minutes past the hour. >>> new developments to tell you about this morning in the boston marathon bombings. the investigation does continue. the crime scene is one block behind us. chilling new photos shows the remains of one of the detonated devices. they show wires, they seem to show a battery and bits of what appears to be a circuit board. the news agency reuters says a government official who did not want to be identified shared these photos overnight. we're looking at them for the first time. along with the images of a mangled pressure cooker. in one photo you can see what appears to ab cluster of bbs, likely fused together by the blast. the fbi saying the second bomb was also in some type of metal container. >> also boston area hospitals have released some of the initial 183 people injured. at least 100 are out of these different hospitals in the boston area. we are also learning more about the third person who was killed monday. a chinese graduate student stud

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.s friday, april 5th. friday, it's 30 minutes past the hour. >>> big story this morning, missiles on the move. new developments out of north korea. south korea's news agency reports two missiles are being hidden on north korea's east coast. a u.s. official tells cnn the missile and launch components were transferred over the last few days and they are consistent with a missile that has a range of 2,500 miles that could pose a threat to south korea, japan and u.s. bases in guam. cnn's jim clancy is live in seoul, south carolina. good morning, jim. reports that north korea moved a second med range missile to its east coast. what sort of message does this send to the world? how much of this message is aimed at internal politics and not sabre rattling on the outside? >> you know, it is really meant to poke a finger in the eye of washington and seoul. these joint military maneuvers are the focal point of all of this. these always perturb north korea. this is something the u.s. and south kore

i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman. happy patriots day. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> let's begin with a little news from the homeland. we have the northern plains pounded. we saw some of the pictures by snow. where are we, like almost in may now and here you have this snow, lots of it. combined with low visibility, high winds creating a recipe for disaster on this minnesota hi highway. the dakotas saw up to a foot and a half of snow yesterday and, folks, it is not over yet, another winterlike blast taking aim at denver. how much snow is expected there? let's go to bonnie schneider live in the weather center. say it isn't so. >> i'm sure that's what they're saying in denver. where is our spring. denver, you're on your way to seeing the snowiest april ever but it's not just snowing in colorado. we have snow right now in northern minnesota across the northern plains and then where it's a little warmer, seeing very heavy thunderstorms that are keeping across milwaukee and into green bay at this hour. so it's a stormy and

. >> i'm john berman. it is friday, april 12th, it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. happening right now, secretary of state, john kerry, touching down overnight in seoul trying to diffuse the missile crisis on the korean peninsula just hours after the dramatic and unexpected revelation that some u.s. intelligence sources believe that north korea has the technology to make a nuclear weapon and put it on a missile. with so much at stake, kerry will make three stops, beijing and tokyo are up next. and the secretary of state is expected to lean very hard on china to help rein in the north. here's kyung lah. >> reporter: secretary kerry is in seoul, it's a trip built as a getting-to-know-you trip. he's getting to work quickly because there's a lot on his plate, a whirlwind 18-hour tour in south korea. he's already met with top u.s. commanders in the region, he's already met with the president of south korea and is now on his way to meet with the foreign minister. he has a two-part mission here. first, it will be to reassure south korea that the united states will protect t

i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman.d the state of the republican party. first, the today's top stories. >> an arizona hotel fire that left 29 people dead in 1970, he's expected to be released today. new evidence suggests 58-year-old louis taylor may have been wrongful convicted and the fire may not have even been intentionally set. he's expected to plead no contest to murder in an agreement that sets aside his original conviction and gives him credit for time served. >>> jack pardee led the chicago bears to their first playoff berth in 14 years, started as a legendary high school linebacker in texas. his coaching began with the rams and redskins between 1957 and 1972. monday his family announced his death from cancer at age 76. >>> a brain research initiative will fund new treatments, preventions, and cures for alzheimer's, epilepsy, traumatic brain injuries and other disorders. >>> the number of u.s. kids diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder up 50% over the last decade, despite experts asking if doct

. >> good morning, everyone i'm john berman live in boston. >> and i'm christine romans. cnn's special coverage of the boston marathon bombing continues now. >> there's been jubilation and relief over the arrest of the suspect and maybe a little giddiness left over from last night. [ cheers and applause ] >> look at that, boston erupts in celebration after police capture 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. is he in the hospital this morning. it shows the bloodied teen in a boat where he'd likely been hiding for hours. he was wounded friday morning in a shoot-out with police that killed his brother and he may have been hit in last night's shoot-out. tsarnaev refused to surrender until the last volley of gunfire. >> we have movement in the boat. he just sat up. he is moving, he's flailing about. >> the suspect now hospitalized at boston's beth israel deaconess. pam, what do you know about his condition right now? >> reporter: the last chats authorities are telling us he is still in serious condition. we don't know the extent of his injuries or where his injuries are. when he was

." >> i'm john berman in boston. again this morning, it is 4 a.m. in the east. >> and we are going to begin this morning with breaking news. it's developing overnight in texas. a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small town of west texas, 20 miles from waco. the moment of impact captured on video. reports say 10 to 15 home and buildings were demolished and crews are trying to rescue residents at this hour. dozens more homes are heavily damaged. that blast shattered windows ten miles away. the town's mayor telling cnn just what it felt like. >> i just have never seen an explosion like that. a ball of fire and it looked like a nuclear bomb went off. big old mushroom cloud. >> so, police officials are reluctant to say how many people have died. >> at this point we don't know a number that have been killed. i will confirm there have been fatalities. i think we will see those fatalities increase as we get toward the morning. numerous injuries have been removed from the scene to the hospital. we've taken them into city limits, waco, providenc

i'm john berman. welcome back to cnn's team coverage of the aftermath of the bombings here in boston at the end of the boston marathon. let's bring you up to speed on all that's p haing right now because there are a number of developments. the city of boston, goes without saying, in shock this morning, struggling to bounce back from these deadly twin bombings during the running of the boston marathon, right at the finish line. 4 hours 9 minutes into the race. we just got an update from federal, state and local official. here's what the suffolk county district attorney had to say. let's listen. >> what happened yesterday in boston was an act of cowardice. while there will be an opportunity in the future at the conclusion of this investigation to officially define this act, make no mistake an act of cowardice and of this severity cannot be justified or explained. it can only be answered. >> reporter: let's talk about the facts that are really coming in every few minutes. here's what we know right now. s

. >> and i'm john berman. zoraida is off this week. as christine said, it is tuesday, april 2nd, 5:00 a.m. in the east, and we start with major news overnight. >>> an aggressive move in the nuclear standoff with north korea. while you were sleeping, north korea announcing plans to restart a nuclear power plant that had been idle for six years. the yongbyon nuclear complex is said to contain the uranium enrichment facility and a nuclear reactor. it was moth balled in 2007 as part of an agreement with the united states and four other countries. meantime, pyongyang has a propaganda video playing on state tv. here here here's. >> reporter: the message is clear, north korean soldiers firing on a paper target with the words usa on the helmet, a live fire drill that aired on state tv vowed to show its enemies in the united states and south korea that it was ready to fight, showing off the military skill with weaponry. and the nation's top athletes running through typical drills with ease. the hermit kingdom releasing this video just days afte

. >> and i'm john berman. zoraida is off today. >>> we're going to start with this video that has the university facing tough, tough questions this morning. it shows rutgers head basketball coach mike rice physically and mentally abusing players at practice. you can see rice grabbing, shoving, even kicking players. he hurls basketballs at their heads, and you can hear him shouting obscenities, including gay slurs. athletes and fans across the country have just been dumbfounded by these images. rutgers officials first saw the video last december. what did they do about it? did they fire the coach? no. the athletic director suspended the coach for three games -- three games. a punish that has fueled some outrage this morning. cnn's pamela brown is following these really shocking developments. >> shocking is right. the university became aware of this video back in december, but it was released to the public yesterday causing shock and outrage over rice's homophobic rants and physical abuse toward his players. now

. >> and i'm john berman. empanada day. >> he's already had five. >> could be a rough one. >>> news overnight. the end of a kidnapping drama that turned into a man hunt and ended under the shadow of the cold war. the parents accused of an ducting their two young sons and sailing off to cuba are back on u.s. soil and placed under arrest. it was cuba that turned the hakken family over. florida authorities sent a plane to havana to bring them back to tampa overnight. victor blackwell is live in tampa this morning. good morning, victor. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. the headline is chase and cole hakken are safe at home with their grandparents. their parents, joshua and sharon hakken are in jail. we have video of their arrival overnight in hillsborough county on that plane that was sent to cuba to retrieve them. here's how it all went down. this is from the fbi and the hillsborough county sheriff's office. it was the state department that received information that the hakken family had arrived in c

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, april 1st. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we're going to start in texas where at this moment there is an intense manhunt under way. the search for some person or some people targeting public officials for assassination. the latest victim, kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland. he and his wife gunned down in their home southeast of dallas. this is the same county where less than two months ago, assistant district attorney was killed as he walked to work. officials have not yet publicly linked the two killings. but this morning there is tightened security at the courthouse and that community clearly on edge. our george howell is there live from kauffman, texas, with this developing story. what's the latest? >> john, good morning. no new leads in this mysterious murder case. investigators are not any closer to narrowing down a suspect in this case. but we are, john, hearing from several public officials here and they say this, they believe that these two men worked very closely together on different cases and they beli

i'm john berman. >> i'm brook baldwin. of exbloegs plosion is c. that specifically is what north korea is saying this morning as it is threatening to use nuclear weapons against the united states. coming up next, we'll talk to one of the few americans with really an inside review of this communist country. former governor bill richardson. >>> is the carnival cruise ship "triumph" cursed? the same ship that stranded people for days just had another accident. this time it may be deadly. >>> hours after this disturbing video went public. we showed it to you all yesterday morning. we now know mike rice, fired. could the athletic director at the school be next? we will talk to a former rutgers player. >>> and it's official, again. jay leno is leaving "the tonight show" again. >> you guys probably heard the news. i'm going to be taking over for "the tonight show" next february. >> congratulate jimmy fallon. he is a hell of a guy. >> i

john berman with me this morning has more from cambridge. >> m.i.t. police are saying police have investigated a suspicious package in the area of 500 memorial drive that presents no danger to the m.i.t. community. that's an update on something we told you a little while ago. there was concern about this package. let me tell you why there's concern about packages on the roads in the boston/cambridge/watertown area. during this police chase, the police believe the suspects threw explosives at them through the windows. now, it is just some of the information police are sifting through right now. it may turn out to be different after they are following these suspects. >> clearly suspect number two in the white hat, clearly there's concerned he's wired with explosives. because we saw an individual who police later let go free. we saw the police force him to take off all his clothes. we saw him detained by police and he was later allowed to put his clothes back on and walk away. but that's how worried they are that the individuals are wired with explosives

i'm john berman. this is a special edition of cnn sunday morning. we are live in boston nearly one week after the boston marathon bombings that frankly stunned this city and lent to that manhunt with the whole world watching. >> yesterday i just came many and i was talking to folks in the area. they said what's really shocking is to see what's still behind us. one week after and typically after the boston marathon, their city goes back to normal. >> we are standing one block away from the crime scene. from the finish line of the boston marathon where the twin bombings happened again. last monday the investigation into why it happened still very much going on. one brother dead, the other in a hospital right now. our susan candiotti is covering every angle of the investigation. susan? >> hi, john. when you think back of how quickly things have come together, one thing that comes to mind is this. how modern technology really helped investigators at every step along the way during the manhunt. we had the

i'm john berman. >> i'm brooke baldwin.st in the brazen shooting of a west virginia sheriff known for his tough stance on drugs. police in mingo county, west virginia, 37-year-old maynard parked his car close to sheriff's walter crum's suv yesterday and shot him twice in the head while he was heating lunch. >> susan candiotti is live in west virginia right now. what's the latest, susan? >> john, well, certainly this is stunning to everyone b who lives in this community. who would have expected it? and what led to this? all we know is this. cnn has learned that the suspect, after he was caught, said something to investigators, now they're not revealing what that is yet, but possibly it could be a part of the motive, what led to all of this. the suspect is 37-year-old old. his name is maynard and lives withis father. his father told our cnn affiliate that his son suffered from mental problems but we don't know how he got his hands on what police say is a .40 caliber glock, a handgun. when we walked up to the sheriff as he was

john berman in copley square.out the harrowing ordeal about the last person to spend time with the boston bombing suspects. we only know him by his american nickname, he's called danny. 26-year-old chinese entrepreneur who spent 90 minutes fearing for his life after the suspects allegedly carjacked his mercedes suv. a reporter from "the boston globe" interviewed danny, spent some time with danny, the carjacking victim. really the only person. >> what stuck out to me, danny really has probably of all of the millions of people in greater boston, the perfect combination of innocence, poise and calm. if it would have been any one of us, a little different twist here or there, danny wouldn't have survived and the brothers would have gotten to new york. really an incredible story. danny is an amazing guy. >> 90 minutes he spent in the car with one or both of the brothers at different times. how did he manage to escape? back to the beginning. first, it starts with danny stopping his car to send a text message. question i

everyone, i'm john berman live in boston this morning. a closer look at the wife of an accused boston marathon bomber, after dna belonging to a woman is found on one of the bombs. and for the first time we're hearing the voice of the surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev on a home video. >> look at me. no, give me a kiss. >> cnn is covering this story from massachusetts all the way to russia. we're doing it like no other network can. then, an athlete in a major american sports league comes out as gay. nba player jason collins making history. and over the next two hours we're going to speak with wade davis, the former nfl player who came out last year, the president and coo of the golden state warriors and jason collins' high school coach greg hilliard. plus trading jabs at a debate for a south carolina congressional seat. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> she went there. elizabeth colbert-busch comes

. >> i'm john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. what a night. what a night it has been. a massive dramatic police operation unfolding just outside of boston this morning. they are going door-to-door looking for a man who fits the description of boston marathon bombing suspect number two. that is the man seen wearing the white cap in the photos you have been looking at. listen. >> what we are looking for right now is a suspect consistent with the description of suspect number two, the white-capped individual who was involved in monday's bombing of the boston marathon. >> they have also revealed that suspect number one is dead. you may know him as the man wearing the black hat in the photos. this is a warning, people near watertown, massachusetts, eight miles outside of boston, are told to stay inside. do not answer the door unless the people at the door can clearly identify themselves as law enforcement officials. this mayhem unfolded overnight starting with a shooting on the campus of the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. that's one mile from where we a

john berman takes us through a tick tock of what we know what happened and when.ke a look. >> reporter: a picture perfect monday in april, patriots day, day of the 117th boston marathon. the elite women races are take off from hopkinton on the 26.2 mile course on their way to boston's back bay. almost 2 1/2 hours later, the first elite runners start crossing the finish line, wave after wave of runners, thousands of them follow. then, about 2:50 in the afternoon, it happens. an explosion near the finish line. 12 seconds later, another explosion, about a block up a crowded boylston street. >> they were banged up. severe lacerations. amput amputees, a lot of shrapnel, pretty big explosions. there was a lot of blood everywhere. >> reporter: emergency teams and law enforcement scramble. >> to this team now please. >> reporter: the investigation begins. two hours late, boston's police commissioner goes before the cameras. >> at 2:50 p.m., today, there were simultaneous explosions that occurred along the route of the boston marathon near the finish line the. >> reporter:

. >> i'm john berman. it's thursday, april 11th.es, two powerful tornadoes and tens of thousands of people still in the dark this morning. take a look at this. the first tornado hit around 8:00 p.m. in hazelwood, missouri, just outside st. louis. this was the scene after the twister tore through town. it ripped the roofs right off of a lot of houses. two dozen homes suffered major damage. missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency there. >>> in arkansas, a powerful twister shredded a path 30 miles wide through 3 towns in van buren county, about 75 miles north of little rock. 33 homes there, a church and a business, were damaged. several vehicles overturned along highway 65. at least three people hurt. we want to go straight, to samantha moore. she's live in the weather center. what's the latest? >> it's moved out of missouri and stretching all the way from south texas in where they've seen thousands of lightning strikes overnight, stretching on up into the tennessee valley, the ohio valley. and cold air with wintry weathe

i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it's monday, april 8th. >> we start with breaking news, a frantic search for two small children buried when a dirt wall collapsed. it's now turned into a recovery effort. it started sunday afternoon, rescuers have been working around the clock digging by hand but they now fear the worst. a 6-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were playing in a hole being dugout for the basement of a new home when the dirt wall gave way. after hours of digging this morning, rescuers say what had been a rescue effort is now a recovery effort. they dug down 20 feet with no sign of the children so far. we will bring you the latest as we learn more. >> a developing story, a murdered american diplomat coming home from afghanistan today. most of us never heard of anne sm smedinghof before this weekend, barbara starr is live from the pentagon with the latest developments for us. good morning to you, barbara. >> good morning. everyone says this is a young woman who was doing exactly what she wanted to do, serv

i'm john berman live in boston. >> i'm chris cuomo here with john.rning here that the bombing, reminiscent of what's being made in iraq, we're learning that people on the ground here yesterday with experience at war wound up putting those skills to the test right there, saving lives in the hospital. doctors treating it the same way as if it were a war zone. how do you help these people stay alive going forward? our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us right now. elizabeth, what can you tell us -- excuse the noise -- what can you tell us about the types of treatments specific to these injuries, the fights that are going on right now? >> chris, last night you and i spoke with nurses who were there on the scene. they were at the tent near the finish line when they heard the explosion, they ran out. they said glass and blood were everywhere. they saw many people who had lost limbs. let's take a listen to what they had to deal with. >> i treated both a double amputee, i treated a young child and i also treated a young woman in cardia

i am john berman in boston. this morning, elation and relief. an emotional night. 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev in a hospital under heavy guard. this image shows him bloody on a boat in a backyard in watertown. he was captured last night after a dramatic gunfight with police. it was this tweet that confirmed what residents had been hoping for since monday's bombing that read, suspect in custody. and the fbi added the word "captured" to its wanted poster. and just because the suspect is in custody it does not mean this drama is order. authorities have decided how to handle him right now. for more we are joined by the expert in international security and a research associate. you live in watertown and you have been going through this for the last few days. what has that been like? >> surreal, you know. yesterday i wake up to the sounds of helicopters over my house. i look out from my front porch and i can see police officers who closed off streets. i try to make it to my television studio, in watertown, and so driving there and negotiating with po

. >> and i'm john berman. up first we have new developments along the korean peninsula.ning that south korea has to come up with a plan to evacuate foreigners should the two countries go to war. north korea's ironically named asia pacific peace committee says this morning if there is to be war we do not wish to see foreigners in south korea to be harmed. jim clancy, live in seoul, south korea this morning. jim, what do you make of these new warnings? is this an escalation? or is this just more rhetoric? and what's the response been so far? >> well, you know, it's branching out. look, clear message. and it was crafted to be chilling and ominous. and it was directed straight at, well, me. telling me, as an expatriate working here in seoul that i should consider getting out of dodge or looking for a place to run and hide. but the reaction has not been what north korea would have liked to have seen. let me just give you a coat from the u.s. embassy. it says, we inform our citizens that despite the current political tensions with north korea, there's no specific information t

i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin.u with us this morning. >> of course we are live in boston to catch you up on the latest on the boston marathon bombing investigation and perhaps the only person who knows the motive for this attack is sedated with a tube running down his throat this morning. dzhokhar tsarnaev, he's under heavy guard right now at a boston hospital. officials say the 19-year-old will face federal terrorism charges and possibly state murder charges. >> investigators now also think he and his older brother acted alone. and the fbi says its agents interviewed that brother back in 2011 but didn't find any ties to terrorism at the time. even so the contact reportedly was enough to deny tamerlan tsarnaev american citizenship. for one muslim american his first thought after the bombings was "please, god, don't let the bomber be muslim." now we know that they are. >> remember, the fbi says there is no clear motive for the bombings. and there's no connection as now as far as we know to any jihadist group, althou

i'm john berman live in boston. and i'm zoraida sambol. special coverage of the boston marathon bombings continues. >> let's get to latest on these bombings. perhaps the only person who knows the motive for the attack is sedated with a tube running down his throat. d dzhokhar tsarnaev is under heavy guard this morning in a boston hospital. the 19-year-old suspect will face federal terrorism charges and possibly murder charges in massachusetts. we have also learned more about the shootout early friday in watertown that led the other suspect, his older brother, dead. the police chief told cnn that officers found handguns, a rifle and at least six bombs including one made from a pressure cooker at the scene. he also said that during the gun battle, the surviving suspect drove a stolen car toward officers and ended up dragging his own brother down the street. investigators now also saying the evidence suggests the brothers acted alone. meanwhile, at least 57 bombing victims are still in the hospital. two of them in critical condition. >> in ju

i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambol. nice to have you with us this morning. >> let's get right up to speed on the boston bombings. the only person who knows the motive for the attack is sedated now. dzhokhar tsarnaev under heavy guard this morning at a boston hospital. officials say the 19-year-old suspect will face federal terrorism charges, possibly murder charges here in massachusetts. meanwhile, at least 57 bombing victims are still in the hospital. two of them in critical condition. we now also know at least six bombs, six were found at the scene of the shootout early friday and left the other suspect dead. during that battle, officials say the surviving suspect drove a stolen car toward officers and ended up dragging his own brother down the street. >> brian todd joins us now with a final recap of moments that brought down dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> reporter: as he was cornered, dzhokhar tsarnaev, police say, engaged them with gunfire. it it went on for several minutes and police lobbed in flash-bangs to stun him. in th

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i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman.ou were sleeping, two young boys abducted by their parents, taken to cuba, they are now home. we have the details. >>> a student goes on a stabbing spree, injuring 14 people. was this a sick fantasy turned horrible reality? >>> a break through on background checks for people who want to buy guns. what goes into the checks? chris cuomo puts them to the test when he goes to bough a gun. part of a day long coverage of guns under fire. >>> an intelligence report says north korea could launch a missile at any moment. live in seoul. the implications of that, wednesday, april 10th. "starting point" begins right now. >> our starting point, new this morning, parents accused of kidnapping their young sons and sailing to cuba, back on u.s. soil and under arrest. josh and sharyn hakken were spotted at a marina by a cnn reporter, cuba turned the family over to the u.s. and they were flown back overnight. victor blackwell live in tampa, florida, where the boys have been reunited with their grandpare

. >> i'm john berman.t days after her husband was shot and killed rosie clum takes over as mingo county west virginia's sheriff. she choked up after she was sworn in just blocks from where her husband was murdered. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, sheriff. >> her husband, eugene crum, was shot twice and killed wednesday as he sat in his cruiser in a parking lot. the man suspected of killing him, 37-year-old tennis melvin maynard was wounded in a shoot-out with a sheriff's deputy and is in the hospital. susan candiotti is in williamson, west virginia, with the latest. bring us up to speed. >> hi, christine and john. in the small, historic coal mining town, shattered by the murder of their beloved sheriff, eugene crum, who did so much in only 93 days, they said, to battle prescription drug abuse, a large turnout for the swearing-in of his widow as interim sheriff. now she was too devastated to talk, but her daughter did, remembering her father. >> the pain that we are experiencing is