lisa monaco used to work for him as well. it's a telling picture because these are the federal pictures at the heart of the federal response briefing the president. you see the president looking toward the back of the room. toward the back of the room are the screens the secure video conference screens. and on the screen you're likely to have john brennan his former counterstorm advisocounterterrod perhaps other elements of the community that are videoed into the meeting. in essence, the president's getting a breafg. you see there he's probably asking some very good questions. and as john miller mentioned earlier, he doesn't want to just know about what's happening on the ground. you could probably watch cbs to get that but he wants to understand what links and information the federal government is gathering to understand more about these actors, whether or not they're connected to a broader network, what the federal government is doing to one tai contain this d. question for the whitehouse coming up no doubt for owe firm- of

>> well, lisa monaco i think will be the focus.n the first picture released from the white house yesterday, dagen, along with the new chief of staff there. now, the president has people that he knows and trusts very closely over at c.i.a. bren nan went to the c.i.a. and at f.b.i. you have director mueller who has had an extension of his stay. he's got to have known people in place. monaco is really a different one. mc donough is known to him as well. the challenge here, i think, is making sure there's cooperation between the agencies. if you'll recall more than 10 years ago now back to 9/11, there was even difficulty with some of the communications equipment and then sharing of information. that does not seem to be the issue. even in term of the boston police this morning, you're not hearing that they're having any trouble with the feds. everybody seems to be on the same page. dagen: one more thing. how does this impact the legislative agenda that is in front of congress right now? in particular, the immigration bill that is being

lisa monaco now in this role, john brennan's at the cia. of the counterterrorism advisor for the white house. >> they're the funnel through which a lot of the information goes to the president. they're gathering information from all sources. >> cia, internationally -- >> all of it flows through that person. this is the president's right hand person on all of these national security matters -- terrorism. so she's funneling this information to the president. he's counting on her to gather all of this, synthesize it and keep him up to date. i'm sure she had a sleepless night last night as investigators were poring through not just what they were finding but tapes, as mike leiter was talking about. it is a needle in a haystack kind of a situation. >> all of this of course disrupts the politics of what was going on today. today we expected both guns and immigration to be the -- so on one hand that stuff still goes on. on the other hand, the president's focus no doubt is going to be on this. at least -- >> one thing about the presidency, chuck, i

. >> esta foto lo muestra hablando con el y por janet napolitano , lisa monaco lo acompaña. >> he ordenado sucedió. >> el presidente de la cámara de represwentantes ordeno un minuto de silencio por las víctimas. >> presidente ordeno que las banderas ondeen a media asta en el capitolio , agradecióa todos los socorristas que han repondido de manera heroica en esta ciudado. >> se encontraba cerca de l ameta cuando ocurrió la explosión tuvimos la oportunidadde hablar con ella. >> estaba a punto de cruzar la línea y de no haber sido porque vneia retrasada hubiera estado ahí en el momento de la explosión. >> sono como un cañon y no caimos en cuenta que es lo que estaba sucediendo , no pensamo sque que sucederia esto en un evento tan positivo como este. >> las autoridades nos comenzaron a detener y nos tuvimos que alir del sitio donde estabamos y cerraron todas la calles , me demore una hora y media en volver al hotel donde estaba , uno recuerda los momentos tan dolorosos del 911 y se dijo que era un ataque terrorista , el impresiónante testimonio. >> se proclamo a maduro como presidente electo a

his homeland security adviser and counter terrorism adviser lisa monaco. tony blank and white house counsel kathy rum her, elisa master-mona master-monaco. ben rhodes, and the vice president's national security adviser jay sullivan. >>> as you know, tomorrow morning the president will travel to boston to speak as an interfaith service dedicated to those gravely wounded or killed in monday's bombing. i have a scheduling update for you on that. the first lady will be joining the president on the trip to boston. with that, i'll take your questions. >> reporter: already the public is already nervous in the situation in boston. has the fbi told the white house anything about whether the letters received are related to the boston -- >> i would point you to the statement that the fbi put out. it is my understanding that they have not made that connection, but i would refer you to that. >> reporter: do you know if they're not making that connection or ruled it out? >> i would refer you to the fbi. >> reporter: so there's nothing you can tell to the public to reassu

minutos despues de ocurridas las explosiones en boston, primero por su asesora de seguridad nacional lisa monaco mas tarde por el director del fbi robert mueller y la secretaria de seguridad nacional janet napolitano. el mandatario dio instruccion es al fiscal general eric holder para dedicara todos los recursos del departamento de justicia y del gobierno federal para proteger al pueblo, aumentar la seguridad en todo los estados unidos y a investigar lo sucedido. presidente obama llegaremos al fondo de este asunto. descubriremos quien y por que hizo esto. cualquier individuo responsable, cualquier grupo responsable sentira todo el peso de la justicia. pero aunque el presidente se cuido de usar la palabra terrorismo, la casa blanca indico mas tarde que lo ocurrido en boston sera considerado un acto terrorista. el presidente tambien se comunico telefonicamente con el gobernador de massachusetts deval patrick y el alcalde de boston tom menino para expresarles su preocupacion y ofrecer toda la asistencia del gobierno federal. al igual que en otras ciudades, en washington se han extremado las medidas

what you have is president obama, his new adviser on terrorism is lisa monaco. she has been at the department of justice as the chief prosecutor in the division that handles the lone wolf, domestic, and international terrorism al qaeda cases. she has a great depth in this. before that she was chief of staff to f.b.i. director robert mueller. so she also has an intimate understanding of how the f.b.i. operates in a major incident. on the flip side she's replacing john brennan, who is now director at the c.i.a. and he will be part of the machinery that reaches out for clues, if there are any, overseas. so you couldn't have a team that has worked together more closely between the f.b.i. director, deputy national security adviser for terrorism, the c.i.a. director. none of this is going to be new to them. >> pelley: as we await the president in the briefing room, let's bring you up to date on what we know, a little before 3:00, 2:50, two bombs went off amid the crowd, cheering the runners of the boston marathon, on boylston street, right there by the finish line, on

the "washington post" is reporting that lisa monaco, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser istop of the president's short list to replace long-time director robert mueller. she's only one of many women who could make headlines. joining me now bloomberg view margaret carlson and washington bureau chief, elizabeth bloomler. hillary clinton coming back from a little time to clean the closets, whatever she's been doing. get some rest. and she's been off since she left the state department now we're going to see her twice this week and in coming weeks on paid speeches. first, vital voices so near to her heart. this is the event tuesday night and joe biden will also be there i'm told. >> he's making noises, possibly. >> about 2016. she's going to appear at tina brown's event on friday in new york. this is a high profile relaunch of the former secretary of state. >> we had a great story by jim rootenberg on sunday, he did a lot ever reporting, a lot of push-back saying this is way early. but there is the friends of hillary political action committee. she is launching into paid public

lisa monaco currently is president obama's counterterrorism adviser. "the washington post" says she's next in line after robert mueller steps down after 12 years on the job. >>> new york cardinal timothy dolan says the catholic church should be more welcoming to gay people. he tells abc the catholic church loves gays and lesbians despite its opposition to same-sex marriage. >> we've got to do better to see that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people. and i admit, we haven't been too good at that. >>> on the resort island nation of mauritius off the southeast coast of africa, massive flooding has killed at least ten. many of the victims were swept away by fast-rising waters. look at that. more than six inches of rain fell in less than one hour and more is expected. >>> and a purse snatcher in australia runs head first into a glass window, and it's all caught on tape. the man allegedly stole a purse from a 50-year-old woman at a mall in perth. security cameras show the culprit running and crashing into the glass, knocking him f

yesterday, getting regular updates and i believe we have a photo of the president speaking with lisa monacos his assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism and she gave him this update after that second suspect was captured last night. in speaking to reporters last night the president continued to offer some of the words of comfort we've been hearing from him all week to the city of boston and to victims, but he also talked about next steps. let's listen to what he had to say there. >> i've instructed the fbi and the department of homeland security and our intelligence community to continue to deploy all the necessary resources to support the investigation, to collect intelligence, and to protect our citizens. we will determine what happened. we will investigate any associations that these terrorists may have had, and will continue to do whatever we have to do to keep our people safe. >> reporter: the president began to raise many of the questions we've all been asking how these two young men who pretty much grew up here and studied here came to carry out this alleged attack, whet

lisa monaco is updating him continuously throughout the day and in the evening and the night on these matters, but i wouldn't characterize his view of the investigation because that would then characterize the investigati investigation. [ inaudible question ] >> it will be one of resolve. it will be one of the commonality that we feel with people visiting boston and those for the marathon and endured this horrific event and demonstrated their bravery in its immediate aftermath. i mean, i would obviously ask you to wait until you hear his remarks, but as you heard him say yesterday from this podium the way that the people of boston and the city of boston responded, it reminds us and the world of just who we are as a people. >> how did he react to the briefings about the letters that were addressed to him? >> the president was briefed on these matters. i don't have a way to characterize his reaction. obviously he understands and we all understand that there are procedures in place as the fbi has said. there's a process in place that ensures that materials that are suspicious or substanc

lisa monaco serves as president obama's counterterrorism adviser.e washington post" says she's next in line for the job. director robert mueller stepping down in september after 12 years on the job. >>> new york cardinal timothy dolan says the catholic church should be more welcoming to gay people. he tells abc the catholic church loves gays and lesbians despite opposition to same-sex marriage. >> we need to do better to be sure that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people. i admit we haven't been too good on that. >>> and to the island off the southeast coast of africa, massive flooding there. it has killed at least ten people in the catholic city. many of the victims were swept away by fast rising waters. more than six inches of rain fell in less than an hour and more unfortunately is expected. >>> to the world of wall street now. cnbc's jackie deangelis joins us. good morning to you. >> good morning, betty. the markets are looking to continue their winning ways. this is as we kick off the second quarter. the dow is comin

lisa monaco is reportedly under consideration. she became president obama's top counterterrorism advisor. robert mueller will step down on the 24th after 12 years on the job. >>> now to easter and hundreds of millions of christians who celebrated the holiday. the first family walked from the white house to nearby st. john's church. today the president will host celebrities like minnesota vikings adrian peterson and nascar driver, danica patrick. even robby novak who plays kid president will be on hand. the family of high day yeah pendleton, the teenage girl shot and killed will also be in attendance. sunday, eyes were focused on pope francis and his first easter sunday mass. >> narrator: they came by the thousands. a quarter of a million welcomed pope francis as he delivered his first easter mass. the faithful lining st. peter's square to hear a message calling for peace. he appealed for peace between israelis and palestinians, for refugees pleaing syria and what could be the next big conflict for reconciliation between north and

director could be a woman lisa monaco had a senior post at the justice department before becoming president obama's top counterterrorism adviser if nominated monaco could be the first woman to head the f.b.i. . and i don't know about their merit garland he is the chief judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit and another name that may be more controversial new bride he was the deputy attorney general in the bush administration he is also the man that prosecuted former cia official john kiriakou and internet entrepreneur cam dot com. they're both cases we've focused on here at our t.v. so we want to take a close look at the possible candidates record to discuss i'm joined by r.t. producer adrienne it was sarah and our two web producer andrew. is going to be here so let's start off with monaco those that believe in protecting whistle blowers may be weary of her why is that adriano i mean it's very interesting because back in two thousand and eleven just a couple years ago it seems that when she was in a round of senate confirmation hearings for her current post as the head of t

director could be a woman lisa monaco had a senior post at the justice department before becoming president obama's top counterterrorism adviser if nominated monaco could be the first woman to head the f.b.i. . another thing about their merit garland he is the chief judge for the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. d.c. circuit and another name that may be more controversial neal macbride he was the deputy attorney general in the bush administration he is also the man that prosecuted former cia official john kiriakou and internet entrepreneur cam dot com and these are both cases we've focused on here at r.t. so we want to take a close look at the possible candidates record to discuss i was joined earlier by our t.v. producer adriano cerro and our producer and you're blake we started by looking at least on monaco and her record when it comes to government whistle blowers. really interesting that you bring this up was. primarily because back in two thousand and eleven when she was going through a round of senate confirmation hearings to hold the post that she currently holds now and she is the

overnight, president obama was briefed by top white house counterterrorism official lisa monaco, abouthe criminal investigation and the ongoing federal response. later today, the president will meet with monaco and robert muller quite likely mr. obama will address the bombings later today. although i must emphasize nothing official on the president's schedule. >> we should anticipate that as we get more information, our teams will provide you briefings. we're still on the investigation stage at this point, but i want to reiterate, we will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable. >> in a couple of hours, the president will receive the presidential daily briefing, the global summary of all intelligence and the president wants to know charlie what was learned overnight and what threats if any might be linked back to the boston bombings. >> major, the president did not call it an act of terrorism, many people are. the reason for the white house holding back or the president specifically holding back? >> those closest to the president say the president didn't want to invoke

obama en su oficina cuando era informado sobre lo que estaba ocurriendo en boston y tambiÉn por lisa mÓnacopara no alterar o asustar a los niÑos de primaria con que estaba hablando, asÍ que estÁ foto que estan viendo usted es tomada por la casa blanca distribuida de este momento en que seguramente pasarÁ a la historia y recientemente la foto de cuando cayÓ muerto osama bin laden, otra foto bastante importante que recordamos que estÁ muy fresca en la memoria en el momento en que se toma la decisiÓn de entrar con todo el operativo a la casa en donde se encontraba bin laden, fotos que quedan para la historia en estos momentos importantes desafortunadamente no muy buenos pero importantes y determinantes en la historia de un paÍs como los estados unidos, hagamos un poquito recopilados sobre lo que pasÓ. algunas personas estÁn llegando quizÁs se enteran en este momento estÁn prendiendo de la televisiÓn y para enterarse de lo que estÁ ocurriendo aproximadamente a las 2:50 de la tarde, ocurren 2 explosiones, nos llegan imÁgenes nuevas que estÁn viendo imagenes inÉditas desde de otro punto cerca en

the white house counter terrorism adviser lisa monaco and other key officials. speaking on the boston attacks, for the second time in 24 hours, the president said the american people refuse to be terrorized. >> you want to know who we are? what america is? we respond to evil. that's it. selflessly, compassionately, unafraid. >> 24 hours after avoiding the use of the term terrorism, the president shifted his language about the attack that change that was driven by the information flow. >> given what we know about what took place, the fbi is investigating as terrorism. any time a bomb is used to harm civilians, little an act of terror. what we don't know is who carried out the attack or why and whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic,or was the act an individual? clearly we are at the beginning of the investigation. >> who is most trick striking is how little investigators seem to know. the administration and lawmakers and dianne feinstein and the top republican committee spoke yesterday after they received a closed doo

. >> lisa monaco's new chief terror adviser on these terror incidents replacing john brennan.nk the white house was a bit bemused yesterday when so many, when a few other of our competing news outlets were going off in a direction that they weren't getting at all. i mean what pete williams was report something what the white house was reports that the white house was getting. >> watching all that, i think there is a concern, i think that may be why they delayed the release of the photos. i know they want the help of the public. they didn't do it because of the way the media has been overreacting. >> it is certainly a fluid situation. we'll be bringing you all of the updates as they come. that's all for now, thank you to chuck and robert. i'll see you back here at noon eastern, "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. (screams) i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travele

his national security advisor, lisa monaco, attorney general eric holder. you can see the back of vice president biden's head to the right of this picture. white house deputy press secretary josh ernest telling one of our fox news colleagues this morning the president is not trying to micromanage the situation up there. which is one reason why we haven't heard more from the white house today. meantime the dragnet for the younger brother. dzhokhar tsarnaev, continues in watertown. officials tell our colleague, catherine herridge at fox news that investigators are combing through all of the digital communication between the two brothers and anything we've seen online, to try to find any ties to radical islam or any terrorist groups. in the meantime it turns out that the brothers have an uncle who lives here in the washington area, in the maryland suburbs. reporters call caught up with him this morning and he told the younger brother who is now on the run to give up. >> i say, dzhokar, if you're alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness from the victims,

the "washington post" says that president obama's top counterterrorism adviser, lisa monaco, is toppingst. monaco oversaw the national security division at the justice department before joining the white house. >>> so, hillary clinton back in the news because she will be hitting the speaking circuit this month, delivering her hadder first paid remarks since she stepped down as secretary of state. mrs. clinton tops democratic party and national surveys as a folks presidential contender come 2016, though she has not yet announced any formal decision. she is also one of the 125 women to make "newsweek's" latest women of impact issue. and joining me now to talk more about this is "newsweek" and daily beast editorial director, justine rosenthal. justine, great to have you here. obviously, this is a wonderful issue, inspiring issue for a lot of and he will it is tied to the fourth annual women in the world summit, "newsweek" and daily beast host later this week on thursday and friday, but a lot of big names are already attending. the 125 women though, as i was going through this, it was inter

some of his tice including lisa monaco who briefed him on the latest on the investigation just moments before he took off earlier today. >> peter alexander. thank you very much. i also want to bring in two membership, michael ross whose city council office is near where the bombs went off and mr. walker. you just heard peter alexander describe the president's tone as defiant. what was the mood like at the memorial service today among the people there? >> well, it was needed. you know, my city council district includes the business district and it's where the attacked occurred, and we needed our president to come here and encourage us. the resiliency that he talked about that people responded to visibly in the room by getting to their feet on multiple occasions, he's alive and well in our city and in the back bay. neighbors are helping neighbors, businesses are helping neighbors. we have one business owner who owns a cub cake story said it didn't seem right to stay close u birthday it didn't seem right to charge people. she opened her doors and gave out cupcakes. the clothing store that

the chief of staff, dennis mcdonough, his homeland security adviser and counterterrorism adviser lisa monaco, deputy national security david blink and kathy rumbler, deputy chief of staff alyssa monaco, ben rhodes, and the vice president's national security adviser jake sullivan. as you know, tomorrow morning the president will travel to boston to speak at an interfaith service dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in monday's bombing. i have a scheduling update for you on that. the first lady will be joining the president on the trip to boston. with that, i will take your questions. >> obviously, the public is already pretty nervous given the situation in boston. has the fbi told the white house anything about whether the letters that have been received are related to the boston incident? >> i would point you to the statement that the fbi put out. it is my understanding they have not made that connection. i would refer you to the fbi for that. >> do you know if they're not making that connection or they ruled out that -- >> i would refer you to the fbi. >> so there's nothing

he is on the phone with the fbi director while his new homeland security adviser lisa monaco is watching and his relatively new chief of staff dennis mcduff on in the foreground with him. we are told they talked to him about the response to the incident there in boston and coordination between state and local officials. as you know, a task force is being sent up to coordinate efforts among federal, state and local officials. that's part of the response that the federal government has under taken after 9/11. the president, again, expressed his it sympathies first to the mayor of boston and the governor of the state, patrick duvall, and has also -- i'm sorry, duvall patrick, and has also offered them any assistance that they might possibly need from the federal government. i'd add outside the white house the area there is completely on lockdown, fully secure with police tape barring any tourists from the area right in front of the white house. they say necessary security precautions always taken by the secret service after an incident like this. and, finally, wolf, no word whether the pres

lisa monaco is the president's new homeland security vofer. let's remember there is a whole new national security team here at the second term defense secretary hagel. secretary of state kerry. john brennan was the homeland security advisor. now the cia director. they are all being tested tonight. not just over this investigation the white house could be a target. that is why don't we have pictures as well of yellow tape that was put earlier around the perimeter of the white house to expand the perimeter beyond that normal fence that's out there to make sure tours and others don't get any closer to the white house. they just sort of made a larger perimeter of whyer circumference as you can see. there are uniformed secret service officers who have been out there. i looked over and they are still out there several hours after these explosions going off in boston. just as precautionary measures but they are on higher guard. >> precautionary measures here in new york city as well. is it your sense that this this night is just beginning there. >> y

attorney general holder, secretary napolitano and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser lisa monaco on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victims, their families and the city of boston. we know that twoook theives of others, including an 8-year-old boy. this was a heinous and cowardly act, and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why, whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a ma neve owe left individual. that's what we don't yet know, and clearly we're at the beginning of our investigation. it will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will find whoever harmed our citizens. and we will

very likely what's going to happen later this morning is he'll be briefed not only by lisa monaco but also likely by his attorney general, eric holder, and the director of the fbi, robert muller, because the fbi is taking the lead on that. this is what we have been seeing in recent days since the bombings on monday. but he was kept up-to-date and briefed overnight as this quickly developing situation continues to unfold. >> this situation unfolding right before our very eyes, brianna. it is interesting, president obama was here yesterday for that memorial for that prayer service right then rallying the spirits of the people of boston. and he really did a terrific job in that. right now a completely different feeling in this area because people are waking up right now to the news that they probably live in a crime scene or at least in an area right now that is being searched and very much under watch. >> juliette and i were talking earlier that the astounding news that these two individuals, suspect number one and suspect two, suspect number one dead and suspect two with police in hot

president obama was notified by his new homeland security adviser lisa monaco and other members of senior white house staff when he was in the oval office earlier today. monaco as you know took the place of his now-departed homeland security adviser who has now left for the cia. monaco new on the job, the president has spoken with the mayor of boston, tom anino, and massachusetts governor duvall patrick and offered them all the resources that they may need from the federal government. in a statement we're also told that he expressed his concern for those who were injured and made clear, again, that his administration is ready to provide needed support as they respond to this incident. jake, the president does have one event later this afternoon so we are scheduled to see him on camera. h will be officially induct the new diplomats into the foreign service corps. so we'll look to see if the president makes s any kind of statement about the events in boston, and we'll bring that to you when it happens. i would imagine it would be hard for him to avoid commenting on this at this stage. jake?

received a separate briefing from his new white house counterterrorism homeland security advisor, lisa monacoand other members of the senior staff that occurred in the oval office. after that the president called mayor menino of boston and the governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts, deval patrick offering his condolences for the victim and offering his full support of the federal government an all of its ways to deal with the situation both immediately and medium and long-term. >> major, thank you very much. >> if are you just joining us i would like to recap what we know at this point there were two explosions. near the finish line of the boston marathon p about 10 minutes of after 2:00. that's the first one, smoke clearing after the explosion. and then just about 10 more seconds will you see the second explosion as the camera pans to the left. it's down the block, about a block away. and there it is, the boston police are telling us that they have confirmed two people have been killed. at least 23 have been injured. you can see some of the photographs that are coming it into the news

according to the official the president received a briefing from homeland security advisor lisa monaco and other members of the senior white house staff in the oval office. the president called boston mayor tom menino and massachusetts governor duval patrick to express his concern for those injured and make clear his administration is ready to provide needed support as they respond to the incident. that a same from a white house official we got a few minutes ago. now as far as the white house compound itself, the secret service put it into kind of a lockdown. the secret service has cleared the plaza in front of the north lawn here and put up yellow security tape all around the perimeter, keeping tourists over into the lafayette park side of the company pound. and we're also told washington, d.c. police like police in other cities around the country have, are on heightened alert. have not, discussed exactly what that means but, according to one d.c. police spokesman, day police who were supposed to go home after their shift, will be patrolling the local subway system, the metro system h

his homeland security adviser and counterterrorism adviser lisa m monaco.uty national security adviser tony blink and white house counsel. deputy chief of staff, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. and the president's national security adviser jake sul a van. tomorrow morning the president will travel to boston to speak at an interfaith service dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in monday's bombing. i have an scheduling update for you on that the first lady will be joining the president on the trip to boston. with that i will take your questions. julie. >> obviously the public is already pretty nervous giving the situation in boston. has the fbi told the white house anything about whether the letters that have been received are related to the boston incident? >> i would point you to the statement that the fbi put out, it is my understanding that they have not made that connection, but i would refer you to the fbi for that. >> do you know, if they are not making that connection or ruled out that connection. >> i would refer tout f

attorney general holder, secretary napolitano, and lisa monaco on the attacks in boston.all law enforcement resources. obviously, our first thought this is morning are with the victims. their families. and the city of boston. we know that two explosions gravely wounded dozens of americans and took the lives of others, including an 8-year-old boy. this was a heinous and cowardly act. and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why. whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a a malevolent individual. we don't know. we're at the beginning of our investigation. it will take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice. we also know this. the american people refuse to be terrorized. because what the world saw ye

secretary napolitano and my counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, lee cau monaco on the -- lisa monacoresources to protect our citizens, investigate and respond to this it. our first thoughts to this morning -- this morning are to the victims, their families and the sitzy of boston -- city of boston. we know that two bombs gravely wounded americans and took the lives of others, including an 8- year-old boy. that was a heinous and cowardly act. given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it's an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out the attack or why. whether it was planned and executed by a tris tick -- terror terror organization or an individual. we don't know. we're at the beginning of the investigation. we'll take time to follow every lead and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice. we also know this -- the american people refuse to be terrorized because what the wor

homeland security adviser lisa monaco also briefed the president. >> how did they plan and carry out these attacks and did they receive help? >> reporter: the comments cap an extraordinary day which saw the boston area go into lockdown mode hours after the president had visited for a thursday interfaith prayer vigil. >> in this moment of grief we join you in saying, boston, you're my home. >> reporter: the president received regular updates from top advisers on friday including a morning briefing with his entire national security team in the situation room and one in the afternoon which included calls to boston mayor tom menino. the president stayed out of public view until it was clear boston's unthinkable ordeal was finally over. >> as president, i'm confident that we have the courage and the resilience and the spirit to overcome these challenges. and to go forward. as one nation under god, indifficult adviindi indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >>> on a saturday morning, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back on a saturday morning. the bombing in boston and capture of t

president obama was briefed overnight by his homeland security adviser lisa monaco.fing him again this morning, along with fbi director robert mueller. as well his attorney general eric holder. we've learned that president obama is going to this memorial service in boston, an interfaith memorial service to remember those victims of the -- of the bombing. those who were killed. those who were seriously injured. this will be at the cathedral of the holy cross tomorrow. it's going to be an emotional event. we've already sort of gotten a sense of maybe some of the, i guess stories that he may touch on. he was talking yesterday about how some folks who had run the marathon, even after going through that grueling race, went to hospitals to donate blood for people who were suffering, who were gravely injured, in the wake of the bombings. these are some of the certainly some of the tones, and some of the themes that he will be triking tomorrow, chris. >> our thanks to brianna keilar at the white house this morning. again, we have some new information from cnn analyst fran to

yes, president obama was briefed overnight by his homeland security adviser, lisa monaco.his morning, along with attorney general holder, and fbi director robert mueller. we have learned that he's coming to boston tomorrow. he will speak during that interfaith memorial service at the cathedral of the holy cross in boston. what is, of course, going to be an emotional event, as he strikes that consoler in chief tone that we've seen him, unfortunately, do on so many occasions where we've seen tragedy. we sue a little bit of this yesterday. he was talking about people who ran the marathon, and even after finishing such a grueling race, they went on to donate blood in the wake of those bombings. we, of course, as well are looking to the president when it comes to where this investigation that is being led by the fbi is going. and he has warned that this is something that may not be resolved quickly. >> and clearly we're at the beginning of our investigation. it will take time to follow every lead, and determine what happened. but we will find out. we will find whoever harmed ou

those briefings were by his assistant for homeland security lisa monaco, briefing him through the weeknow, he's been kept current as this went on. today or overnight, certainly raised the stakes and the president now is getting a personal briefing from the head of the fbi, and the -- the attorney general. he doesn't have any public schedule today, we were not scheduled to see him, but we'll be waiting to see if as events develop, the president will have anything to say. charlie. >> bill plante, thank you. back to washington. or go to washington for bob orr. >> charlie, bear with me. we're just getting this together. there is more evidence that the search may have to expand. we've been working on this a while. and the connecticut state police, the connecticut state police have put out a bulletin, circulated through the government, which says the suspect that we're looking for, the fbi is looking for, may be in a vehicle, may have left the area. this suspect here, d sfwlnch hokhar tsavraev, a fugitive wanted in the bombings in boston. may be in a vehicle. we're not sure about sharing his

that, we know president obama has been briefed on a regular basis by homeland security adviser, lisa monacorector bob mueller, what happens as he gets these updates, he pulls his cabinet together and they will, one, give them a common view of what the situation is, what the risks are, what they know and what they don't know what are the key questions they are trying to get answered right now? the president will give clear direction to cabinet members how they can support bob muller and the department of homeland security in aiding state and local officials and helping to reach out to international allies who have information. it really isn't means for the president to show leadership in his cabinet. give direction and make sure that every one of the cabinet members understands what the roles and responsibilities are to assist the united states in solving the investigation. >> we alwaysee commander in chi consoler in chief. what is appropriate for the president to say on days like this, and what things he should stay away from. >> the cabinet meeting is to make sure there is one message. cab

briefed overnight as this situation developed by his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser lisa monaco. the white house is in very close contact with the fbi, as well. while the white house is monitoring the situation right now, don't expect president obama or the white house is really be interjected into this at this point. obviously this is very much an evolving situation. a fast-moving situation. we're not really expecting to hear anything of substance from the white house, i would say, until this sort of comes to a conclusion. again, president obama up to date overnight, and this morning on what's going on there in boston. in newtown. he will continue to monitor the events there. >> all right, thank you very much, brianna keilar at the white house for us this morning. again, president obama just here yesterday lifting the spirits of boston as part of that memorial service. very different morning as the manhunt for one of the suspects is very much under way. >> to bring you up to speed, there is a manhunt under way for one of the two suspects in the boston marathon terrorist attack.

the vice president, fbi director muller, his new -- the president's new homeland security adviser lisa monaco, attorney general holder, and other officials in his national security and security team. we're told here that a lot of the meeting talked about coordination between federal and local law enforcement and homeland security experts. you know, coordination of big theme after the 9/11 attacks that there was a lack of coordination then. and so i think probably a reason we're hearing an emphasis on how much the white house says there is focus on it today. now, here's what the president had to say when he came out to speak to the public just after that briefing earlier today about what they think could motivate this attack. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack, or why, and whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or d

you know that he's been briefed overnight, over the last night, by his homeland security advisor, lisa monaco, being kept up to date on this evolving situation. this is the case all week that he's been briefed and frequently in the morning with his f.b.i. director and his attorney general. this is obviously an expanded group. we're still waiting to see exactly how the white house administration is going to be responding to this. right now, the f.b.i. is very much in control of things. right now, i think we're not going to see any substantive reaction to what's going on until it comes to more of a conclusion and the dust settles in what's really this currently evolving, very quick situation. >> thank you. >> we're going to reset here, in case you're joining us right now, there's been a massive turn in the investigation here in boston. i'm chris quomo joined by erin burnett here. this is what we know. a remarkable series of developments in the search for the terrorists behind the boston marathon bombings. right now, a massive man hunt is under way for this suspect. he's a 19-year-old man and au