>> well, here in this town they still refer to her as katy russell, not katy russell tsarnaev though we have seen different things in different statements. we have seen the attorney's statements simply refer to her as katy, wolf. >> do we know of if in fact she's already started answering fbi questions? >> well, wolf, what we have known for the past week is that the fbi has been very interested in her. her attorneys have said that they are simply cooperating with the fbi, buthey would never say whether or not katy russell had met yet with the fbi. we know that katy russell has been to her attorney's office several times for about 90-minute meetings. she was there on friday for a meeting friday afternoon with her attorney. she was back in her attorney's office on sunday morning for about a 90-minute meeting. so they've been preparing for this. the other thing we can tell you is that federal agents have been stationed outside the russell household all week. we've seen a number of federal agents in the area around the russell household and stationed right outside this house. so this seem

reporter: well brooke about 12:30 today there were six fbi officials sitting in two cars outside katie russell's house. and just a russell's attorney two of them pulled up parked in katie russell's driveway and went inside her house. two minutes late five of those six fbi officials went inside katie russell's houseleft. so fbi officials have been inside katie russell's parent's house for the last hour and 20 minutes. now, of course we don't know yet what isg some investigating and perhaps talking to katie russell, trying to get more information from her. but it has been a while now. and what i can tell you, brooke also is that fbi officials have been stationed outside katie russell's house for the past week or so and they have been here around the clock. there are also fbi officials who have stationed in neighboring areas, sort of just waiting in case something happens and we saw an incident this weekend where we saw katie russell's mother leaving the house, and fbi officials from to see stop her. so, brooke there has been a lot of action here today and in the past week or so even. >> let me jus

>> well, basically, they're saying that katie russell came from a great family. eryone likes her sister. they thought katie was very well liked, dependable, hard-working. talked to her younger sisters today and this is what she had to say about that. >> honestly, such a surprise. i -- when i heard the news. i didn't believe it at first. just because it's, you know, especially in north kingstown. especially not the russells, never. they're such a wonderful family. i couldn't believe it. and i doubt that she knew anything about it. >> and, erin, that's what we're getting from a lot of people in north kingstown today. they're very surprised by this whole thing. a lot of members of the community don't like the big presence and focus on this right now. >> all right, erin mcpike, thank you very much. next, tamerlan tsarnaev was on government assistance. does that shock you? it shocked us. apparently, that's true. what changed and how could it have affected his lifestyle before the alleged bombings? >>> and who is misha? family members say the brothers were influenced by

we know katy russell was working so much.of her friends from high school and she said she was very surprised to have learned a few years ago that she dropped out of college and became a muslim and got married and has a child. she was very much a member of this community. this friend says she wishes this community here in rhode island would rally around katy. she's not seeing much of that right now. >> there are so many questions that still remain. how could a guy who doesn't a job leave his wife and infant child, go to russsia for six months? >>> we have much more of the boston coverage. in the investigation of these ricin laced letters, the man that police took in custody last week, he is now free. they got the wrong guy. we'll go live in mississippi for the latest. this is my family. this is joe. hi joe! hi there! earn a ton of extra hhonors points with the daily grand promotion and feel the hamptonality. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have kn

katie russell is here inside her attorney's office. we know her attorneys have been tied up inside that office since about 9:00 this morning. and the other thing, wolf, is there are a number 0 of unmarked law enforcement vehicles swarming and monitoring the area as they have been doing at the russells' home for the past week or so in north kingstown, rhode island. the other thing, wolf, is that one of those investigators, or federal officials, rather, inside the russell home yesterday entered the attorney's office here 90 minutes ago. >> we'll stay in close touch with you, as well. erin mcpike working this part of the story. more on the boston terror investigation, more on president's news conference this morning. >>> other news we're following, called a temptress and a she-devil. now amnda knox speaking out, telling her story. spokesman rtising i have to look my best on camera. whether i'm telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah... ...or letting

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and her family and what katie russell might have known.arnaev and dzhokhar tsarnaev in their small apartment in cambridge. >> any indication at all she wants to claim her husband's body? >> reporter: so far, not yet. and the other thing we should point out, wolf katie russell's attorneys have said almost nothing. obviously, they were driving her to their office earlier today. we to them. they have had nothing to say. the entire family a chance to ask katie russell's mother how they are doing and she said the best we can. otherwise, we have heard very little from the russell family in the last week. >> we might be hearing some more relatively soon. let's see. thanks erin mcpike, in rhode island. >>> there's other parts of the story in rhode island as well. we're told that authorities have found and questioned the mysterious man previously known only as misha. he's been accused by some relatives of brain washing tamerlan tsarnaev. we're looking into new claims about misha's identity and influence on the suspects and their family. brian todd

catherine russel, known as katie, has been in seclusion since her husband was killed.activity where she has been ever since her husband was killed. erin, what happened there? >> hey, there, erin. today, there is a stepped up security presence. we saw about half a dozen security vehicles by midday. every time one of kati russel's family members left the house, one of those security vehicles would trail them as they were coming and going. the other thing that i can tell you, as far as we know, the past three days, katie russel and her young daughter have not left this house holt, erin. . >> all right, erin mcpike. thank you very much. we know that she'll be very helpful to investigators. >>> if tamerlan tsarnaev was practicing a radical form of islam, why didn't anyone recognize that he was planning deadly violence. his family says they began to notice a change in his behavior back in the 2009. our david mattingingly is investigating that part of the story. >> worshipping under the roof of this neighborhood mosque, the tsarnaev brothers arouse no suspicions they were pla

very smart and very talented. >> that's the katie russell amus remembers. high school art teacher says she talked a lot about earning her college degree. >> are you surprised how her life has turned out so far? >> i was surprised to find out she had dropped out. i hadn't seen any indication of her particularly interested in my religion. >> she was raised christian. she moved to boston for college, met tamerlan and dropped out. authorities say she converted to islam and was a muslim who wore the head scarf. >> now you are joining me from north kingstown, rhode island. her attorney says she's doing everything she can to cooperate. as she sat down and had interviews with the fbi? >> at this point we don't think so. and if she has, then her attorneys are certainly not saying it publicly. they keep telling us that they are talking to authorities on her behalf, but they still haven't confirmed that she herself is ready to sit down directly and talk to investigators one-on-one, anderson. >> so for them saying she is doing everything she can, that is lawyer speak i

a statement from tamerlan's wife katie russell, what she is saying and what we've learned about her today and whether or not she's really cooperating and sitting down with the fbi to answer their questions. that's still to come. >>> breaking news tonight. a federal official tells cnn that the suspects brought pressure cookers from macys. they've yet to uncover any hard evidence of accomplices or other extremists overseas. casting doubt on that is the older suspect's trip last summer for six months including some radicalism. there's a lot in that time line of what he did for six months. there's also interest, a year earlier, that russians showed interest in his activities. >> tamerlan tsarnaev first hit the fbi's radar in 2011 when the russian government told the agency they should check him out. >> they sent a letter to the fbi and other agencies and said we think this guy has become radical. you need to watch him. >> was based on information that he was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the united states f

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we're learning more about tamerlan tsarnaev's wife, katie russell. more information about her, she said through her attorney that she had no idea what her husband was planning. her attorney says she's cooperating with law enforcement as much as she can. is she actually talking to law enforcement? people who know katie are speak out. what are you hearing in north kingstown, in rhode island there? >> well, anderson, we talked to a number of people who knew katie, who know the russell family today, many of them have told me she was very likeable, well liked when she was in school. a good student. i spoke to her boss at the doughnut shop where she works when she was in high school down the road. she was very dependable, very good with the money and like a daughter to him. i spoke with one of her co-workers at the time. robin aldridge, she doesn't think katie's getting a fair shake from the media and some of the people in this town. here's what she had to say a little earlier today. >> what are people saying? >> that she doesn't have a mind of her own. an

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. >> you saw them, today, remove something very specific from katie russel's home? >> yes, erin, we saw fbi going in with evidence-gathering equipment. that included a black case that one of these investigators was hugging against her chest when she came out. there was also a clear, plastic sillen dar that looked like a two-liter soda bottle. but this clear plastic bag that looked like dna samples. dna samples was very clearly written on that bag, erin. >> obviously, everyone is going to be asking a lot of questions about what the significance of that could be in light of our reporting on the dna and the bomb. we know that katie russel left the home with investigators -- or the same time as investigators. she's now returned back. do you know where they went? >> they went to her attorney's office where she was meeting with federal investigators for about 90 minutes there, as well. >> there are still federal agents stationed outside the house. >> female dna on at least one of the bombs, the breaking news tonight, and that's what authorities are saying as they continue

. >> reporter: that's the katie russell amos remembers. high school art teacher says she talked a lot about earning her college degree. are you surprised how her life's turned out so far? >> i was surprised to find out she had dropped out, and i hadn't seen any indication of a particular interest in a lot of religion. >> reporter: russell was raised christian in suburban providence. she moved to boston for college, met tamerlan, and dropped out. attorneys say she converted to islam and was an observant muslim who wore the hajab, or head scarf. sources say katie russell didn't speak russian and didn't always understand everything that was being said around the apartment. her attorneys have been speaking with federal investigators on her behalf, but they won't say whether she has spoken to authorities and investigators directly. chris lawrence, cnn, north kingstown, rhode island. >> our thanks to chris. so russell's attorneys say that she and her family are struggling to come to terms with the boston marathon bombings and the events that led

all they said to us is they are very interested in getting even more information out of katie russell. >> absolutely. everything they can find out about tamerlan tsarnaev and his younger brother, dzhokhar. thank you very, very much, erin. appreciate it. >>> nearly 12 years after the collapse of the world trade center, police in new york think they may have found a piece of the landing gear from one of the crashed planes. it was found wedged between two buildings. it has a boeing identification number on it. and officials are tracing that i.d. to see if it did, indeed, come from one of the hijacked planes. officials are also looking at how it could have got there and why it is only being discovered now. alina cho is in new york. good morning. how exactly was this found? >> reporter: it is incredible, poppy, good morning. incredible on so many different levels. here's what happened. basically on wednesday morning, there were surveyors here at the building behind me, looking to do some construction work, they discovered what they described as a mechanical part. the proper authorities wer

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 guess. she has now returned back. do you know where they went? >> reporter: they went to her attorney's office where she was meeting with federal investigators for about 90 minutes there as well. they have since come back to the house,

. >> our firm is representing katie russell, as you all know.e've been asked, she's asked us to make a short statement to you. as you know, from news reports, katie married her husband in june of 2010. since then, she's been living in cambridge, raising her child, working long hours, caring for people in their homes who are unable to care for themselves. katie dpru up here in rhode island and has always remained close to her parents and sisters, as well as to her extended family. she is fortunate enough to have the support of her loving family, and as they, too, struggle to come to terms with these events and the deep sorrow we all feel following the events of last week. meanwhile, she is doing everything she can to assist in the ongoing investigation. >> the injuries and loss of life to people who came to celebrate a race and a holiday has caused profound distress and sorrow to katie and her family. the reports of ininvolvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. as a mother, a sister, a daughter, a wife, ka

as a home aide, so tamerlan would stay home and take care of their young toddler daughter while katie russellt out and worked for most of the week. anderson? >> interesting. chris lawrence, i appreciate the reporting. >>> now, toronto, canada where late details of a terrorist plot that authorities in canada say they have foiled. they say it involved an al qaeda supported attack against a passenger train traveling between canada and the united states. paul, this plot has got a lot of interesting elements. it was directed, supported allegedly by al qaeda in iran. have we seen that before? >> not seen that at all before, especially lately since basically al qaeda and iran have had a rift considering the situation in syria. it is very strange to see that here. iran for its part doesn't want to be associated with this and don't support it. it was pretty clear they say guided and supported by al qaeda in iran. as you said, lots of different elements. the key one being they were under surveillance for months. authorities went to pains to underscore there was no connection to the boston bombing, ther

now, on friday, i tried to ask katie russell how she was doing and if she could tell us what was going on and she of course didn't answer my questions. she just looked more than anything overwhelmed, anderson. >> nick, what do you know about this raid that took place this weekend in a village in dagestan by russian special forces? we haven't heard too much about it here, but is there any kind of link between that raid and the boston bombing? >> reporter: we will break this down a little. what happened early sunday morning was russian special forces laying siege to a house in a village in dagestan, killing a man who is part of a group formally headed by a man killed in december also by russian special forces but importantly, a video of him was linked to by tamerlan tsarnaev on his youtube page. so we don't know if these men ever met but interestingly, while this investigation continues stateside, russian special forces have just killed, taken out, another member of the abu dujan militant group. the fbi and russia has been exchanging information through channels recently. >> i appreciate

we have not seen katie russell since yesterday.day and tuesday when she was having meetings with her attorneys but otherwise when any of the family members have left they've usually been trailed by a security vehicle. we've seen lots of security vehicles stationed outside the house this week. when the families want to get outside there's one child here, they want to get outside and play they go to the backyard, staying largely out of site and the only time we've seen katie she's had to leave for meetings with her attorneys, poppy. >> and in terms of what we've heard, we've heard nothing from her. we've gotten that one statement from her attorneys a few days ago saying she knew nothing about this, she was not involved at all, emphasizing she really worked around the clock and wasn't even home that often and now that we know she's meeting with her attorneys do we have any further indication from sources on what they're discussing, how they're cooperating with authorities? >> reporter: poppy, not at all. as you can imagine her attorne

. >> that's the katie russel he remembers.rt teacher says she talked a lot about earning her college degree. >> are you surprised how her life has turned out so far? >> i was surprised. and i hadn't seen any indication of a particular address. >> she moved to boston for college, met tamerlan and dropped out. attorneys say she converted to islam. >> thanks very much to chris lawrence who has been doing the legwork on reporting on tamerlan's wife. shlgts well, according to government officials, the brothers became self radicalized jihadists by their own accord. steve hassen has been counseling people for more than three decades as the director of the freedom of mind research center. thank you so much. everything we've heard seems to indicate that this was a relatively short period of time. it happened very quickly, even rekrently, the younger brother out partying, having fun with his friends. and all of the supden, becomes a jihadist. >> i don't think that the older brother was recruited just from the internet. the latest inform

. >> reporter: we saw katie russell when she finally left her house and escorted by her attorney to their office behind me where they met for about 90 minutes. when she arrived i did get a chance to ask her, how are you doing and what is happen stphg she did not answer any of that, of course, and she looked a little beweilderebewildered. she left and we did not see her leave. >> authorities have certainly been questioning her and want as much information as they can get. thank you. >>> to russia now and crackdown on suspected islamic extremist. russian forces raided a place of worship and detained 30 people. the site had been srevisited bee by suspected radicals, and some from chechnya. and the arrests are not said to be linked to the bombing. >>> and look at this. it's a piece of landing gear. officials believe it's from one of the planes that crashed into the world trade center. it was found in a small space near the islamic community center. we will have more on that discovery a little later this morning. >>> 90 minutes of terror with the boston bombing suspect. the chinese national th

where they went was katie russell's office in downtown providence.e 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 younger sisters, her parents still livef the community have a lot of reall family and ao about katie. she doesn't herself remain wellommunity be away six time we've tried to talk to the fbigw about her basically said she has attorneys so she's not talking. and a lot of peopl this co say much either jake. >> erin mcpike, thank you. coming up we'll let youof a suspected terrorist. new tsarnaev and his uncle says he was brain-washed by a man who known a his brain, just brain-washed him completely. >> now misha is finally speakin

. >> reporter: that is the katie russell her high school art teacher remembers. he says she talked a lot about earning her college degree. are you surprised how her life has turned out so far? >> i was surprised to find out she had dropped out. i hadn't seen any indication of a particular interest in a lot of religion. >> reporter: russell was raised christian in suburban providence. she moved to boston for college, met tamerlan, and dropped out. attorneys say she converted to islam and was an observant muslim who wore the head scarf. sources close to the family say katie russell didn't speak russian so she didn't always understand what was being spoken around the house. the attorneys say she was out of that apartment for long stretches of time because she could be working sometimes six to seven days a week, sometimes up to 70 hours. wolf? >> chris lawrence in rhode island for us, thanks very much. >>> authorities meanwhile are now taking a fresh look at the slaying of one of tamerlan tsarnaev's best friends, unsolved since september, 2011. three people were kill

. >> reporter: we only have seen katie russell twice in the past week. on tuesday and on friday, she left her house with her attorneys. on friday, her attorneys met with her in their office for about 90 minutes. when she arrived at her attorney's office, i did try to ask her how she was doing if she could tell us what was happening. she, of course, did not answer and her attorneys ushered her inside. when i got a chance to look at her, she looked bewildered, overwhelmed at what was going on. here at the house, we have seen security vehicles stationed outside this house, all week long. they leave, trailing one of her family members or several of her family members every time they leave, all we know from the fbi is that they remain very interested in speaking with her. we don't yet know if they have had a chance to question katie russell, but they sure would like to. as far as we know, the investigation continues, poppy. >> erin mcpike for us this morning in rhode island. erin, thank you. >>> next, the surprising and disturbing find in a tight space betwee

he had a family with katy russell whose parents live in a house behind me.s old, wolf. >> and you caught up with a friend of that russell family in rhode island, where you are. what more are we learning about katherine russell? >> well, actually, wolf, i've talked to a number of people who know the russell family today. and we're hearing the same thing from every one of them, really, that the russell family is a very good family, that katy russell and her younger sister, anna, very artistic, very nice girls. they were very well liked in high school. many of them are very surprised to hear this news, wolf. they think they're just not very -- they're not happy about the attention that this community's getting for this issue, wolf. >> erin on the scene for us in rhode island. thank you. >>> coming up, a disturbing twist in the case. we're watching what's going on as new information that the suspects may have been heading to new york city. what they planned to do there might surprise you. [ female announcer ] what makes you walk a little taller? it begins with y

tamerlan's widow, katie russell is in shock. her attorney said she had no idea about her husband's involvement and is cooperating with authorities. >> the injuries and loss of life to people who came to celebrate a race and a holiday has caused profound distress and sorrow to katie and her family. >> as for the suspect's mother, she continues to insist on her son's innocence from russia. u.s. investigators are in dagestan today to interview her. >> what happened is a terrible thing. but i know that my kids have nothing to do with it. i know it. i am mother. >> u.s. officials admit losing track of tamerlan after he went to dagestan last year. homeland security secretary janet napolitano answered questions about that during an immigration hearing on capitol hill today. >> this is a very active, ongoing investigation. all threads are being pulled. >> meantime, two more funeral services today. one for the youngest victim, 8-year-old martin richard, another for m.i.t. police officer, sean collier. a total of four people killed last w

what i can tell you is that as questions have begun to mount about katie russell and what she might haave known about tamerlan's activities, she would not talk to us. she simply said she was busy and couldn't answer any questions and she's been a little more helpful and told us that she's at least uncooperative with the fbi up to this point. right now they're really not talking. erin? >> erin, thank you very much. obviously, a lot of answers they want from her as she was living in the very small apartment with tamerlan and his brother, dzhokhar, as they were building pipe bombs and other bombs in that apartment. if tamerlan tsarnaev was practicing a radical form of islam, the big question is, why didn't anyone recognize that he was going in the wrong direction and planning deadly violence? his family says they began to notice a change in his behavior in 2009. but what about the people he prayed with? because he went regularly to mosque in cambridge, massachusetts. >> reporter: worshipping under the roof of this mosque, the tsarnaev brothers aroused no suspicions they were planning dead

telling us that they are talking to the investigators on her behalf but they won't confirm whether katy russellhem directly, one on one. that said, she wants to get to the bottom of this and has nothing to hide. >> she is doing everything she can to assist in the ongoing investigation. >> the injuries and loss of life to people who came to celebrate a race and a holiday has caused p profound distress and sorrow to katy and her family. the reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all. >> reporter: so much of a shock that the attorneys say she last saw her husband on thursday when she left for work and that the husband was home with their young daughter. that was, of course, before the fbi released those videos and pictures that set off this manhunt, erin. >> chris, before the video came out but after the act happened. she was living in a very cramped apartment in cambridge. the pictures we've been shown appear to be cluttered. they had explosives, all this stuff going on. how is it possible she lived there and did not know that something was amis

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. and then it would simmer down. i really remember her shrieking and yelling. >> and it was angry? >> angry. she was very angry. >> and there is news of another woman, that is the suspect's mother. she, who remains in russia tonight, was arrested last june in 2012 for shoplifting almost $2,000 of clothes from a lord & taylor. there's an outstanding warrant for her arrest. and we learned tonight in an exclusive piece, written by a young woman who wrote something for foxnews.com, about trips that she took to the tsarnaev home for facial. she was into beauty treatments and a spa set up in the house. she wrote

she wore the head scarf but said tamerlan hadn't been working full time so katie russell was basicallyorking up to seven days a week, 70-hours a week and then tamerlan was the one who was staying home to look after the young daughter while she was working. erin? >> thank you very much, chris. two of the bombing suspects sisters live in new jersey and also being investigated by the fbi. i spent some time there today and met with the man of the town where they live, west, new york, who was with them on friday when they found out that their brother, dzhokhar tsarnaev had been captured. >> i was actually there and it was surreal feeling. i was crying. you can see, as a physician it was terrible. the wailing. they were both hugging each other. >> the two sisters. >> the two sisters were hugging each other. the baby was in their arms and it was surreal. it with was depressing, terrible feeling. >> what did they say? were they totally shocked? >> they were shocked. they were shocked and just crying. they were mentioning god. this is incredible. they were just feeling terrible about the whole

katie russell has not actually lived in this town in about six years. of course, she's been staying with her parents. now, we have spoken to a lot of people in the community that did know her when she was in high school. she at the time was not very religious. they say she was from a great family, she was a great student, but when she went off to college in 2007, that's when she met tamerlan, sometime after she was a freshman at suffolk university. they apparently met at a nightclub and sometime along the way, she converted to islam and they married in 2010, and i have talked to a couple members of this community who said they have noticed a change in her, but of course, she hasn't been here all that much, piers. >> right. erin, thank you very much indeed. >>> with me now is congressman adam schiff, member of the house select committee on intelligence. welcome back to you. what do we make of all these new developments? seems like every day on this case, new twists and turns. but just from where i'm looking at it, more and more focus back to dagestan, ba

massachusetts medical examiner's office is preparing to release the remains of tamerlan tsarnaev and katie russellshe wishes those remains were released to the family. to that end, just about two hours ago, i was again outside her attorney's office in downtown providence and i ran into uncle ruslan, the uncle of tamerlan and dzhokhar. he called his nephews quote, losers. when i tried to speak to him, he said he was not really in the mood to speak. he wish ed that we would respec his feelings, erin. >> all right, erin, thank you very much. reporting from rhode island and interesting there. there are so many questions. now, it's been well, it's been weeks. another meeting with her attorneys, russell has remained mostly out of sight, but is said to be cooperating. i want to bring in mark garrigos. originally law enforcement officials said they had several major questions about this case and one was how is it possible for the wife which lived in this small apartment, to not have any idea that her husband was experimenting with bombs and explosives lying around the apartme apartment. that was a big que

i spoke to katie russell's attorney on the phone a little bit ago, she's still not saying anything. being very quiet on behalf of her client. what i can tell you this morning, the media presence at the house was great. it has diminished now. >> you had a chance to speak to some people who knew katie. what did they tell you? >> she came from a great family. everyone liked her. katie was very well liked, dependable hardworking, talked to one of her sister's younger friends. >> it was such a surprise. i -- when i heard the news, i -- i didn't believe it at first, because it -- you know, especially in north kingstown, a small town. no, not the russ sells, never, they're such a wonderful family, that ien cot believe it. and i doubt that she knew anything about it. >> that's what we're getting from a lot of people in north kingstown today. they're surprised by this whole thing. a lot of members of the community don't like the presence and focus on this right now. >> thank you very much. reporting from rhode island tonight. >>> and next, tamerlan tsarnaev had been on government assistance.