griff, what can you tell me about the now widow, katheryn russ snell. >> hi, greta. tonight we know that katheryn russ sell talking to the authorities, but we don't know what she's telling them and authorities have a lot of questions for her. we know this for sure, and that is that katie, or katheryn has gone through a dramatic transformation in the last three years. in 2010 she dropped out of college, married tamerlan, gave birth to their daughter and converted to islam. a devout muslim wearing the traditional headdress. she didn't have relationships with many, but one neighbor's apartment backs up directly to the tsarnaev house said there was at times quite a temper in katie russell and she could be heard yelling at her husband. >> the only time i would really hear them was during the summer when our sindows were open and i would hear shrieking from a female voice at times. >> how would you characterize the kind of fights you heard? >> she was extremely hard and she seemed really mad. it would go on for a while at all hours of the night. maybe a handful of times. a

did katheryn russell tsarnaev have any clue about the bomb plot? wpri tv reports live in north kingston, rhode island with the latest. what can you tell me about his wife, and where is she? >> well, at this point it looks like she's actually here in north kings town at her family home right now. there's really not much i can tell you about katheryn except what her lawyer is telling us right now and what neighbors are telling us. neighbors have been is what is leading the whole investigation to finding out who katheryn is. we know she went to high school in rhode island. she's a rhode island native. she's been living here her whole life. the last few months or maybe the last year, all the neighbors are saying she's changed a little bit. in high school her friends say that she was outgoing, she was in the art club, wanted to be in the peace corps. then one neighbor said the last year she hasn't seen her too much. she converted to islam and hasn't been seen as much in the neighborhood and has been a lot more quiet. that's pretty much what we know of h

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katheryn, thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> neal joins us by phone. he was running today. kneel, where were you when the explosion happened and tell me what you saw. >> hi, greta. thanks for having me on tonight, appreciate it. obviously first my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved today. we are a close running family. there were 27,000 people running today. those of us who are crazy enough to run these distance events, not all 27,000, we know, but certainly we all get to know each other over a period of time. we do know some folks that were hurt and we pray for them this evening. with that said, yeah, i was finishing the race. i had finished. within the shoot area where you get your drinks and some nutrition post race. i had just gotten offer the phone with my daughter, who i'm here with my family. they travel around with me for these events. and we were talking and she had mentioned she was going back to the lobby of the fairmont hotel which is here in copley, as well. i had turned around to get one of these blankets they put on you to keep you warm, and i w

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katheryn qualified from boston from her first marathon she had ever run. when they have a goal, they will find t they are a strong family and they will work together to get through this, and i'm hoping what we do as a community helps them through that, as well. >> this is the latest of several fundraisers to help the hern family. many shops and restaurants have already donated a percentage of their sales to help the family. the fundraiser starts at 9:45 at the upper track at alhambra high school. the event officially starts at 10:40. that's when the biggest group of runners started running in the boston marathon. they will also do a moment of silence at 2:50 when the bombs went off f you can't make it, if you would like to support the hern family, you can find more information on our website, abc7news.com, and look under "see it on tv." kira klapper, abc7 news. >> nice to see aaron doing so well. thank you, kira. a manhunt continues in the sierra foothills east of stockton for a man who broke into a home and stabbed a 9-year-old girl. she died of her injur

katheryn, thank you. >> thank you, greta. >> neal joins us by phone. he was running today. kneel, where were you when the explosion happened and tell me what you saw. >> hi, greta. thanks for having me on tonight, appreciate it. obviously first my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved today. we are a close running family. there were 27,000 people running today. those of us who are crazy enough to run these distance events, not all 27,000, we know, but certainly we all get to know each other over a period of time. we do know some folks that were hurt and we pray for them this evening. with that said, yeah, i was finishing the race. i had finished. within the shoot area where you get your drinks and some nutrition post race. i had just gotten offer the phone with my daughter, who i'm here with my family. they travel around with me for these events. and we were talking and she had mentioned she was going back to the lobby of the fairmont hotel which is here in copley, as well. i had turned around to get one of these blankets they put on you to keep you warm, and i w

the agents were there to collect a dna sample from katheryn russell tsarnaev.covered from a bomb component. congressman beater king joins

the agents were there to collect a dna sample from katheryn russell tsarnaev. the sample will be analyzed along with the dna sample recovered from a bomb component. congressman beater king joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. how are you? >> your thoughts tonight? we are all suspicious with the female dna on a bomb component. your thoughts about it? >> obviously we start off with the possibility it has nothing to do with the case at all, it could have been a salesperson or some other person who happened to touch it along the way. but obviously the fbi is focusing on the widow and the fact that they took dna samples from her parents home and the fact this is a very intelligent woman. this isn't just someone who was along for the ride who was totally, you know, had nothing to say. she was a very intelligent woman, she was a college student. she came from a very well-to-do family. obviously when she converted she knew what she was doing because it caused a consternation within her family. she has a mind of her own. it's hard for -- certainly from the outs

katheryn? >> thanks. the information we have is that the nctc, this is a group created after 9/11 to monitor and assess threats against the united states, will be briefing members of congress tomorrow morning. first it will be the house intelligence committee and then we anticipate the senate intelligence committee in the afternoon. as you know late today the chair of that committee, democrat dianne feinstein has come out and called it an act of terrorism in boston. this is fluent at this point. i was told by a source familiar with the investigation that they believe between two and five unexploded devices have been discovered in connection to what happened to boston earlier today and that's pretty consistent also with what the "wall street journal" is reporting earlier this evening. we 130 to congressman mike mccall, who has been briefed on the investigation, and he said he was getting initial reporting that shrapnel had been identified in the devices, and in this case specifically ball bearings. this is