it appears that the investigation is focusing on katherine russell.w of tamerlan tsaranev. we saw fbi agents enter the home she was staying in in rhode island. they carried out two black equipment case and clear plastic bags marked dna samples. authorities want to see if russell's dna matches the dna that was found on the bomb we referenced. if it does match, very important to note here, it doesn't necessarily implicate her. her attorney said she had no involvement in the attack and has been fully cooperative. here's what the attorney said, we want to state what we stated before. katie continues to assist in the investigation in any way that she can. john? >> one of the intriguing figures, mysterious in this whole investigation, has been this misha character, who some relatives of the tsaranevs says is the man who radicalized tamerlan and maybe dzhokhar, as well. what have you learned about him? >> reporter: we've learned a lot, recently. agents have been interviewing him. he is the man who tamerlan's relatives blame for influencing him. now, we're he

katherine russell cut ties with all of her friends after that.ews says none of their old friends attended the wedding. the federal authorities are still waiting to talk to her and the questions are mounting. what did she know? and did she see any signs? let's bring in anna, wnyc reporter who spoke with katherine russell's roommate at suffolk university. anna, thank you, first of all, for coming on the show. >> of course. thank you for having me. >> how did the roommate describe tamerlan? >> she described him as kind of -- she didn't have a good feeling around him. she met him along with her freshman roommate. they were the group of russians. they would go out and buy things for them. and then katherine russell started dating tamerlan and at some point the woman i talked to just started to feel like maybe this isn't a guy i want to hang around. she described him as very charismatic but also controlling. he seemed to have multiple faces. she had a bad feeling. >> it seems like tamerlan had quite a power over russell. and i'm reading where it says t

katherine russell is the widow of the older brother. investigators want to find out what she may know. tell us what did you find out about this woman. >> just in the last five minutes, katherine russell returned home to her house after a meeting with her lawyer. she went for a meeting. we know he has been speaking with some of those investigators on her behalf. perhaps we are getting closer to the point she may address some of their concerns directly. as they look at the fact that s she shared that cramped apartment with tamerlan tsarn v tsarnaev. she is devastated by this. the investigators want to know exactly what she may have known as they try to piece together what happened and try to determine when and where he may have assembled some of those bombs. that's the reason they want to talk to her. her attorney still tells us she had no idea any of this was going on. anderson. >> i mean, obviously it is understandable why they would want to be asking her questions. if she's living in a small apartment with her husband and the younger b

fbi agents searched this home belonging to the family of katherine russell. the widow of boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev, who she married three years ago. agents carried out two block equipment cases and clear plastic bags marked dna samples. sources say the fbi took these samples to see if they match up with female dna discovered on the pressure cooker devices used in the boston marathon bombings. russell, who has denied any involvement in the attacks, has been staying in this north kingstown, rhode island, home, ever since her husband's death during a police shootout. nearby in this apartment, the fbi has interviewed mikhail allakhverdov, the mysterious man known as misha, identified by the suspect's relatives as a key influence in radicalizing tamerlan. the attorney for misha's family says they're cooperating. >> today they have answered all the questions that have been asked of them by the authorities. they're fully cooperating. and that's it. there's really nothing more to say. >> reporter: misha denies any wrongdoing and says he hasn't spoken t

fbi investigators spent 90 minutes inside the family home of tamerlan tsarnaev's widow, katherine russell. she was at the residence when investigators arrived. and erinn investigators arrived. female dna has been found on one of the bombs. you found them today remove something very specific from katie russell's home. >> reporter: well yes, erin. we saw these fbi investigators go in with evidence-gathering equipment. that included a these investigators was hugging against her chest when she came out. another that was a big, black briefcase or looked like a big black briefcase, sort of hard shell sort of equipment case and a clear plastic cylinder that looked like a two-liter soda bottle. the most interesting thing was this clear plastic bag marked dnamples, which looked like kits and scissors in it but dna samples was clearly written on that bag, erin. >> people will be asking questions about what the significance of that will be in light of the reporting on the dna, on the bomb. we know also, erin that katie russell left the home with investigators, or at the same time as investigators, i

tamerlan tsarnaev was married to katherine russell tsarnaev met cammer lan while they were both in college him in 2010 and at some point she converted to islam. rae ferring to the bombing, she said she knew nothing about it at any time. there is no word on when or if she will be speaking with investigators. investigators are looking into a bizarre link tamerlan may have been involved in a triple murder that shocked a city next to watertown where the manhunt and lock down centered. three men in their 20s and 30s were discovered with their throats slit marijuana scattered over their bodies and thousands of dollars of tash left behind. h tamerlan was friends with one of the victims in the case. this murder occurred on december 11th, 2011, 10 years after the september 11th attacks. patti ann? >> molly line live for us in boston, thank you. >>> time for your 5@5:30. those are the top five stories making news at this hour. in a few hours two men accused in a disturbing terror plot will be arraigned in toronto. canadian authorities say that the two men planned to build up -- blow up a bridge when

important focus today, tamerlan tsarnaev's widow, katherine russell.ome in rhode island and appeared to walk. erin mcpike is on the s in rhode island. what's the very latest erin? >> reporter: wolf she is back here inside this house. her mother brought her back from she was inside the office this afternoon for about 90 minutes. there were federal officials with them but earlier today, wolf when federal officials left the russell house, there were about five of them and they carried out a couple things including black interesting thing of all was a clear plastic bag marked dna samples, wolf. >> do we know anything else that's g on there, as far as any statements she's made to the fbi? i know she's lawyered up, she's got lawyers galore.wolf all we know so far from the fbi is they obviously, are confirming they were investigating her today as part of t investigation, but won't comment on specific aspects of the case. they have been very interested in her since the very beginning and federal stationed outside the russell household for the past week. we've

we have not heard from her but we're getting a more complete picture of katherine russell. >>> president obama now weighing in on the case, and is defending the job that the fbi has done, both before and after the attacks, and foxy knoxy, her memoir comes out today. what aman do knox has to say. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." help shep at 3:00 in new york city, new look at the witness dove the older suspect in the boston marathon terror attack. her name is katherine russell and these are photoses from her arrest in 2007 when police say she stole $67worth of clothing. she was 18 at the time. it happened, this arrest -- i should say it appears this arrest happens before she new tamerlan tsarnaev. they met at a nightclub sometime around 2009 and married soon after. until now we had not large much about the witness to who has largely stayed out of the spotlight since the boston bombings. yesterday the fbi confirm it searched the home where she was staying in rhode island. and last night a source confirmed investigators found female dna on the boston m

remember katherine russell whose home was searched by the fbi yesterday is the next of kin. so many more questions. hopefully we will learn more today. >> thank you so much david lee miller life for using. >> it's time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. maria is in the center tracking the severe weather in our country. >>> that's right. we are talking about a system we are tracking. it is exiting the rockies. ahead of the system we have a lot of moisture. that is producing areas of rainfall across minnesota and north dakota and east of sections of the great lakes. you need the um drel la-- umbrellas as you head out the door. that this is sever weather with wind gusts and we could potentially be seeing a cool down and even snow. this particular model produces more than 6 inches more than a foot for some of you as well across sections of minnesota northern wisconsin down into parts of iowa. significant forecasts as well as sections of colorado and wyoming. we are heading into the month of may and we are talking about possibility of significant snow out here

household during the entire year of 2012 until november of that year. >> katherine russell, though, correct me if i'm wrong, her family back in rhode island prominent, well-to-do family, is that right. >> >> reporter: that's right. her father is a surgeon. we were in their neighborhood yesterday. my colleague, erin mcpike covering the situation with the family. you can tell by going into the neighborhood they're not poorly off at well. fairly wealthy people. still we have information from the state officials now na last year, for much of last year until five months ago, wolf, you can assume when she was at least living part time in that apartment in cambridge, that see that was receiving public assistance, getting some food stamp assistance and also some assistance for people with dependent children. tamerlan tsarnaev, at least indirectly as a member of the household, getting it it, too. >> brian, thanks very much. bri will have more on the story in "the situation room" later today. >>> the latest lead in the investigation, how a canadian boxer turned jihadist may have influ

he says katherine russell is devastated by what happened.he feels horrible for the victims of the boston marathon bombing, and she's also dealing with the loss of her husband, and the father of her child. john? >> chris, what are you learning about her personally and the life that she was leading with tamerlan? >> she grew up here in a suburb of providence, rhode island. there all accounts a very good student. she went off to college in boston, and that's where she met tamerlan. she was raised christian but she converted to islam after she married tamerlan in 2010. they had a daughter. and from all accounts, she is a devout muslim. she wears the hijab, the traditional head scarf. and again, investigators now want to know from them living together in that cramped little apartment what she may have seen or heard about what happened. >> all right, chris lawrence standing by for us in north kingston, rhode island. a key part of the future of this investigation. thanks so much, chris. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev was charged really in an extraordinary w

first of all, we know that the fbi spent about 90 minutes in the home of katherine russell, the widow of tamerlan tsarnaev. they were interviewing her and i'm sure erin will have more on that. in addition, law enforcement officials and other sources say that one of the things that law enforcement is looking into right now is female dna that was found on one of the trace elements from the bomb. they caution this doesn't necessarily mean anything. it could just mean that a specific female came in contact with ingredients later used to make the bomb, but of course, one of the things they're checking out is whether or not this dna matches katherine russell, tamerlan tsarnaev's widow, or even the daughter. again, they caution this does not necessarily mean anything, but they are looking at this because this dna is that of a female. in addition, we know that the mother wants to see dzhokhar. she wants to come to the united states, even though there is risk, of course, that there might be some recriminations from that shoplifting arrest that she basically tried to skirt, so she wants to come

any sighting of katherine russell or her family members yet. >> reporter: we have not seen katherine russell yet this morning. we saw her mother three times. she left with a family friend who has been coming by all week delivering dinner to the family. so her mother left. what i can tell you is we have seen a lot of the russell family's dog this week, but the only two times we have seen katie russell were tuesday morning and friday afternoon when she left with her attorneys to have some meetings, poppy. >> so you -- i know you've been talking to neighbors there as well. this is her family home. she hasn't lived there i think for six years. but what are her neighbors saying about katherine. what do they know about her at this point? >> reporter: people say a lot of great things about the family. they're gushing about what a good family the russell family is. people are saying very little about katie other than she was very well liked, very smart, very dependable when she was in high school. but it has been hard to get a lot from many members of the community because the high school has

the people they're looking into or investigating right now, the mother and tamerlan's wife, katherine russellerted to islam when she married tamerlan in 2010. the bombing suspect's father has postponed his trip to the united states. he told russian state media he is in the hospital because his blood pressure spiked. it's been two weeks since the boston terror attack and more than two dozen people are still in the hospital right now. those people, of course, recovering from their wounds here. there's new developments inside the prison hospital where bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is being held. he's in a tiny cell about 40 miles west of boston. pamela brown is live there with the latest on the investigation. good morning, pamela. >> good morning to you, john. dzhokhar tsarnaev arrived here early friday morning. and we have learned from a prison official he is now talking and interacting with medical staff. he is currently living in a 10x10 foot cell, tucked away in a restricted area here at this facility, reserved only for high-risk inmates. he's being observed through video surveillance 24

he told me that katherine russell is distraught, she's crying a lot. feels horrible about what's happened to the victims of the boston marathon bombing and he said at the same time, she's also dealing with the fact that she has lost her husband and the father of her young daughter. so a lot of emotions obviously for this young woman. anderson? >> do we know how she met tamerlan tsarnaev and how her life changed after that? because there had been a report that years ago, he had had a girlfriend who he had allegedly slapped, she had dialed 911. that is not the woman he ended up marrying, correct? >> reporter: yeah, we don't think so. i took a look at that court report and saw that allegation, that domestic violence allegation, but the victim's information is all blacked out on the court document. i can tell you that basically, she was in college when they met. they got married back in 2010. they have a young daughter who is only about 2 1/2 years old. basically, katherine, the attorney says friends knew her as katie. she basically was raised as a christi

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katherine russell. i want to go liveike who's on the scene in rhode island.n how long were the investigators with the family and6g do we know specifically what they were looking for? they were in this home behind me for about 90 can tell you is a couple of them were black equipment cases, and one of them had a clear plastic bag that was marked "dna samples samples." also when they left some of these federal agents and investigators got into cars and katie russe her attorney got into the attor and they all left in long caravan. where they went was katie russell's office in downtown providence. jake they left at 2:15 and the have is that they are still inside the attorney's off i can a there's still at least one federal agent stationed ouoátside this house right now. >> erin no one knew tamerlan li everyone from the tsarnaevs' parents and aunts and uncles have been talking to the press, she has remained is there any specific stated idea why that is? >> reporter: jake, what i can tell you from being in kingstown, it's a very small town family and she has two you

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her name is katherine russell, she is now 24 years old. he married tamerian tsarnaev at the age of 21. they have a three-year-old daughter. she grew up in rhode island. she was known as katie the oldest of three daughters. her father is emergency room doctor. her dream was to attend college and join the peace corps. when she met tamerian tsarnaev, she dropped out of college. she was totally transformed by tamerian tsarnaev or as one of her friends said, brainwashed by her super religious husband. even after he assaulted her a few years ago. they are focusing exactly what she knew about her husband's movements including that extend trip that katherine talked about to russia. rather run russell staying with the parents in rhode island. the family issued a statement in the aftermath of the patriot's day horror we know we really never knew tamerian tsarnaev. our hearts are sickened by the horrors he inflicted. neighbors say the katherine doesn't visit the parents very often. >> i haven't seen the daughter in a long time. it's probably been a y

chris lawrence has been talking to katherine russell's lawyer.ris, what are you learning about this young woman? >> anderson, basically her attorneys said that the first time she heard of all what had happened was by watching the news and that she had no idea at any time of what was going on with her husband. he says basically since those events she's been distraught, she's been crying a lot, that the family is basically in his words a mess. he says basically that right now she understands why federal investigators want to speak with her. they're trying to determine how much she may have known, but he is saying she didn't know anything about what was going on. anderson. >> people in the family's rhode island neighborhood i know have been saying that katherine russell started to change a lot kind of under this guy's influence, changed the way she dressed, the way she acted. what are you hearing about that? >> yeah. a little bit of context. we spoke with the attorney about this. he says, look, she goes by katy, that's what her close friends have ca

can to assist with the investigation but it appears agents have only been able to speak to katherine russell'se has more from the russell home in rhode island. >> reporter: tamerlan tsarnaev's widow hustled out of her parents' rhode island home tuesday. investigators want her help as they piece together the alleged boston bomber's plan. >> the reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. >> reporter: her attorney says katherine russell lived with tamerlan in a cramped cambridge apartment. as authorities try to determine when and where he may have assembled the bombs, investigators want to find out what, if anything, she knows. >> she is doing everything she can to assist in the ongoing investigation. >> reporter: russell's attorneys say she didn't know anything. they say she last saw tamerlan before she went to work thursday, before the fbi released this video. they say she worked as a home health aid while tamerlan stayed home with the couple's young daughter. >> very outgoing. very friendly. very smart. and very talented. >> reporter: that's

katherine russell married tamerlan tsarnaev in june of 2010. he susan candiotti joins me live. the curiosity is whether they're serious about katherine russell given the fact there is such potential for this dna evidence to really mean nothing at it. >> that's right. we're one step at a time. now that they know there's female dna on the pressure cooker the next step is does it match the widow, does it match the store clerk that sold it to them? does it match anyone at all? what does that mean? it doesn't necessarily mean -- in the widow's dna was the match up, she helped putting the bomb together. that is why the fbi has been spending so much time talking with the widow simply to find out what she knows about a broad range of issues. we know even today we saw federal agents over at her lawyer's office. we believe she may be there too. >> thank you for getting that inside information and also susan just mentioned if the female's dna that was reportedly found on the bomb fragment, if that's a match to tamerlan tsarnaev's wife, so what? i put that information to the forensic scien

in fact, we have now learned that katherine russell saw her husband tamerlan on thursday.e she went to work, as a home health care aide. she left him at home, watching their young toddler daughter, and didn't realize he was even a suspect until she saw the pictures plastered on the news that night. so, wolf, investigators still looking to talk to katherine russell. >>> any indication when you think the formal q & a process if you will, the questions and abcs might begin? >> reporter: the attorney says basically they are still working that out. he has been taking regular meetings with her. federal agents have been to the house several times over the last past couple of days. he says she is basically devastated, she's horrified by what happened to the victims of the boston bombing, and he said she's also dealing with the fact that she has lost her husband and the father of their young daughter. >> her parents, the other day, issued a statement totally disassociating themselves from their now-deceased son-in-law, saying something to the effect he was a monster they never knew

and new details on katherine russell. finally, here in new york, deb feyerick on tam ran's connection to a bizarre, unsolved triple murder case. 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

katherine russell she was the one that was getting the welfare benefits. they were in her name. when she started making more money, the welfare stopped. they have confirmed that the brothers and parents were receiving welfare while the boys were growing up. the governor is vowing to make sure the state followed the rules when it gave the tsarnaev family assistance but the governor will not release more information citing privacy laws. he is now saying this. listen. >> based on releasing the information. >> are you talking about the benefits information? i'm trying to get a sense of that story myself and the completeness of it. anything that can be released will. >> reporter: he goes on to say, he is as curious as the rest of us. the younger brother did get a scholarship and money from the university of massachusetts. he always had cash on hand for food. some friends say he sold marijuana on the side to get some more cash. still no one has confirmed if the brothers were getting cellphones paid for by the government. in other words, is it possible that they used cellphones paid fo

her name is katherine russell. she converted to islam and married tamerlan living in the family home with her daughter, their daughter, while working 80-hour weeks as a home health aide. she had a tough job. katy zezma is a reporter for the associated press covering this story of katherine tsarnaev. this is a fascinating story of a woman who's a real worker. i mean, what a tough job taking care of people at home. bathing them, perhaps an older person they're taking care of. brutal in terms of the commitment of effort and emotions. is it feasible, in your reporting, that she just didn't know what her husband was up to? >> well, it's unclear. she's been asked -- the federal authorities have asked to interview her. katherine's lawyer said today she's doing everything she can to assist the federal authorities, but he will not confirm or deny whether or not she's actually spoken with them. >> yeah. what do we know about her? we know she's -- there she is. she's a convert to islam. fair enough. legal enough. fine enough.

his widow, katherine russell tsarnaev did not talk to authorities when they visited the home where he was staying. he didn't act differently, they said, after the bombing. >>> hundreds of people gathered at the boston finish line to pay their respects to those killed and injured. the governor of massachusetts is asking people across the nation to observe a moment of silence at the time that first bomb went off. the one-minute silent tribute scheduled for 2:50 eastern, will be followed by the ringing of the bells in boston and elsewhere. >>> oakland police investigating a mugging and shooting in the upscale rockford neighborhood. on saturday night, a couple was walking on manichlt la avenue wh tried to rob them at gunpoint. the man took off without the couple's belongings. dan cobb lives two blocks from the scene. the message here, no neighborhood is immune. >> what people want and have the right to have are more police on the streets. they have to know, when crime happens, it is going to be investigated. >> the victim is expected to make a full recovery. the gunman is still on the run

to confirm a possible motive, investigators want to interview tamerlan's wife, katherine russell. today, her attorneys issued a statement saying she is doing everything she can to assist in the on going investigation. adding, the reports of her husband's involvement in the attack came as an absolute shock to the family. >> key remaining questions for investigators involve the bombs. where did the brothers build them. did they set off practice explosions and how did they pay for the materials and do all of that under the radar? kpix5. >> the mother of the brothers says there is no way that her sons were involved in this. in an interview with britain's channel 4 news, tsarnaev claimed her sons were set up. >> what happened is a terrible thing, but i know my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am their mother. you know, i know my kids. i know my kids. my kids would never get involved into anything like that. >> the russian government flagged the elder tsarnaev as a possible islamist radical back in 2011. the fbi questioned him, but found nothing out of the ordinary. >>> w

katherine russell is not a suspect and has not been charged in the plot. but fbi agents met with russell at her parents' rhode island home to collect a dna sample. investigators will compare that against the dna found on the bomb remnants to determine if she ever came in contact with the device. russell's family has issued a statement saying they were shocked by the attack. investigators want to question russell to find out if she had any knowledge of her husband's plans. the fbi is also taking a fresh look at tamerlan tsarnaev's six-month trip to russia and dagestan in 2012 to determine if he received training from known terrorists. of particular interest a russian born canadian militant. like tsarnaev, he was a boxer and both men were in dagestan last summer. he was killed there in a shootout between muslim radicals and police in july 2012, just days before tsarnaev returned to the united states. so far investigators do not know if the two men ever met. surviving bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev may have answers but he's not talked to investigators sinc

her name is katherine russell, and she was spotted yesterday leaving her family's home in rhode island. you see her there in the head scarf and the woman next to her is her attorney. and i want to go to erin pike. you were the one that saw her yesterday and you have been there for days and you tried to talk to her. did she say anything to you? >> reporter: poppy, she didn't. i tried to ask her how she was doing and what was happening, and no, she did not say anything. her largest ushered her inside. she looked very overwhelmed when we did try to talk to her, poppy. >> in terms of where she was headed, we know from what we have heard she has been cooperating and talking to authorities and obviously incredibly upset about everything that has happened and she understands the importance of talking to authorities. do we have any sense of where she was going, what she was going to do? >> reporter: well, yesterday she went to her attorney's office and met with her attorney for about 90 minutes. we don't know for sure whether or not she herself has spoken to authorities. all her lawyers have i

the fbi wants to question katherine russell and her attorney. a meeting is being arranged. so far, she says she had no idea about her husband's deadly plot. and investigators are looking at whether tamerlan was involved in the brutal murder of three young men in 2011. one of whom was his roommate. the three young men were found with their throats slashed. >>> authorities in canada have foiled a plot to unleash terror on hundreds of unsuspecting train passengers. two men under arrest for planning the attack were allegedly getting direction and guidance from al qaeda in iran. abc's pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: the deadly plot to derail a busy passenger train, en route from new york to toronto, murdering hundreds. >> had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured. >> reporter: the target, an amtrak passenger line that partners with canada's rail. thousands of people use the route from new york's penn station to toronto every year. sources tell abc news, the plan involved planting bombs to blow up tracks and d

police say katherine russell stole $67 worth of clothing from a rhode island old navy. the charge was dismissed after she completed community service and gave $200 to a victim's fund. >>> and now, to that breaking news. a fiery scene in the port of mobile, alabama, overnight. two barges erupted in flames after a series of explosions. the barges were being prepared for loading with raw gasoline. three people were critically injured. nearby shipyards were evacuated, including crew onboard the carnival "triumph." that's the same cruise ship that was set adrift by an engine room fire in february. it was in mobile for repairs, with hundreds of workers onboard. as for the barge fire, officials say it's just too dangerous to battle it. so, they plan to let the flames burn themselves out. >>> also burning overnight, an enormous mulch pile in maryland, dwarfing the fire trucks called to the scene. more than 100 firefighters arrived to tackle the flames. shifting winds and a lack of water were making it a challenge. because the fire is in a remote area, few buildings are threaten

in the years following, he quit school, wed a woman named katherine russell, and became a father.s statement, our daughter has lost her husband today, the father of her child. we cannot begin to comprehend how this horrible tragedy occurred. in the aftermath of the patriots day horror, we know that we never really knew tamerlan tsarnaev. his uncle also in shock. >> he decided to take lifes of innocent people, hurt innocent people. i may believe he's pabeen full evil. he turned to be evil. there is -- even if there is speculation that there was some political views, no, there were no political views. i say there were no political based on what i know about him. and i know about that family. >> tamerlan and dzhokhar's russian father tells cnn he will fly to the u.s. in response to his younger son's capture. >> are you going to america? >> yes. >> and despite his astonishment, family is still family. and it seems the 19-year-old who police say did the unthinkable will still get help from his uncle. >> first i'll try to help by seeking forgiveness from those who he put in suffer. and

the associated press reports tamerlan leave bes hind a child with katherine russell of rhode island. her family released a statement tonight saying they realize now they never knew him. why in the world would the brothers bomb a marathon and kill a cop? it's still not clear. we looked on social media for clues and found a tweet from dzhokhar, the younger brother on the night before the marathon he tweeted, quote, "ain't no love in the heart of the city. stay safe, people. ". >> court records show the older brother was charged with domestic violence against his wife, but that case was dismissed after trial. her friends are telling cbs news he recently convinced his wife to convert to islam. now, friends of both brothers are convinced the older brother, the serious one, has been talking to the younger one, described as the klass clown, into this week's murder. >> that's where the investigation thooz go now. why did they do it. >> yeah. you know, they've got to check all these links. were there more links than what we know sglou yeah. and are there more people involved. >> big question.

he said katherine russell is distraught over what happened.she did not know anything about what her husband was doing, and says basically that right now her concern is with their 3-year-old daughter, who she now is trying to raise as a widow. jake? >> chris, national public radio last week found three roommates of kate russell, of katherine russell, who lived with her in college, and said that they never liked tamerlan, that once he came into their lives around 2008 or 2009 he started becoming belligerent, violent. >> brainwashing words. >> brainwashing, said that when she married him, she basically cut off all contact with all of her friends. this, first of all, would undermine the argument that he wasn't really radicalized until 2011, if he's violent and doing that brainwashing in 2008, 2009, but more to the point, what does the family say about her state of mind even before these attacks? >> basically, jake, she's known to her close friends as katie, katie russell. she's young. she just graduated high school in, like, 2007. they were marrie

. >> reporter: fbi agents today also continued to press the katherine russell, the widow of the elder brother tamerlan, about her knowledge of her husband's activities. agents left her house carrying evidence bags, and she was seen leaving with her attorneys, who have said she did not know about the bomb plot. and the investigative threads continue to stretch into russia. at the same time tamerlan traveled there last year, two key young leaders of a violent islamic group were killed by russian forces. one of them was a canadian, william plotnikov, who, like tamerlan, had been a professional boxer before evolving into a radical jihadist. tamerlan left russia two days after the canadian was killed, and the fbi wants to know if he helped recruit and train tamerlan while he was there. >> if you want to learn how to build a bomb, chechnya is one of the best places to learn how to >> it. as the net widens, people briefed on the case say the fbi has almost a dozen individuals, both in russia, and here in the u.s., who it currently considers persons of interest. late today, officials told pie

appearance on the monday edition of vanity that were offensive even by her standards are in a colder katherine russell the widow of boston marathon bombing suspect camera lens is sorry to have to go to prison for wearing a high she. said i don't care if she knew about this she ought to be in prison for wearing a huge job this immigration policy of of you know assimilating immigrants into our culture isn't really working no they're assimilating oss into they are a culture she got a clue to react to me to well i don't know the answer to that but i what your point is well taken and i think it's safe to say when the shock shown hannity whatever you're saying is just your very. last night prior to an initial court appearance from his hospital bed boston bombing suspect dzhokhar. was finally read his miranda rights after already having provided possibly self incriminating information to federal officials the situation in the decision not to initially read him his miranda rights when he was arrested highlights the fact that we as a nation are once again on the edge of national is stereo today some are still

appearance on the monday edition of vanity that were offensive even by her standards are in a colder katherine russell the widow of boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan is sorry to have to go to prison for wearing a high she. said i don't care if she knew about this she ought to be in prison for wearing a huge job this immigration policy of of you know also assimilating immigrants into our culture isn't really working no they're assimilating oss into they are a culture she got a clue to react to me too well i don't know the answer to that but i i what your point is well taken i think it's safe to say when the shock shown hannity whatever you're saying is just your very. last night prior to an initial court appearance from his hospital bed boston bombing suspect dzhokhar sarnia was finally read his miranda rights after already having provided possibly self incriminating information to federal officials the situation in the decision not to initially read him or his miranda rights when he was arrested highlights the fact that we as a nation are once again on the edge of national is stereo today some