coverage begins live in boston with abc's marci gonzalez. good morning, marci.et started on this one, marci. tell us about the investigation as it unfold this morning. what are some of the lead the investigators are following? >> good morninglx%á% john, dian. as you said investigators believe it was two small home made bombs that killed three people including an 8-year-old boy. and injured more than 140 others. ñ heightened here boston. as investigators still have not named a suspect. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the first explosion went off near the finish line of the boston marathon four hours into the race. >> something just blew up. second later, another explosion nearby. >> i literally saw the garbage barrel explode. i saw the flash, the fire, the smoke. >> reporter: complete chaos followed. blood covered t#0 injured people everywhere. those who could, ran for cover. >> this cowardly act will not be taken in stride. we will turn every rock over to find the people who are response bum for this. >> reporter: police and emergency crews scrambled to attend to the

. >> abc's marci gonzalez is there this morning. marci, good morning.s from investigators? >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. we're told that investigators are questioning a person of interest. boston police will only say that they are talking to several people. but abc news has learned that among those people being talked to is a 20-year-old man who is being treated in a hospital here for injuries. but again no confirmation on if this is the person of interest that we're hearing about. and this person, we're told, is not considered a suspect at this point. we expect to learn more when the fbi holds a press briefing later this morning. >> marci, let's talk about security. this was a day off, a holiday, patriots' day, in massachusetts. tomorrow, though, back to school, back to work. what kind of -- today, actually. of course. what kind of added security can we expect? >> reporter: well, boston public schools are actually off for the week for spring break, so that is good news at this point. but for those going to work, they can expect a lot of ro

i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> day two for you, marci.day this week and slept for six straight hours. that's a trick i haven't been able to pull off in a month. >> you took baby cat naps. >> i take look four 90-minute naps over the course of 24 hours or whatever. >> you don't look tired. tell me your secret. >> coffee. lots of it. >> lots of it. >>> all right. let's get to it. president obama returning to the white house after an emotional trip to connecticut. with him on board air force one, 12 families from lost loved ones in the newtown shooting that have come to washington to meet with new lawmakers to get new gun control measures. >> reporter: the president spoke at the university of hartford, just 50 miles from newtown, connecticut. a reference he made over and over again in his speech. before an enthusiastic crowd, president obama evoked the dark days following the newtown massacre, framing gun control not as a legal issue, but a moral obligation. >> newtown, we want you to know, we are here with you. we will not walk away from the

john, marci. masses ongoing. watching a cold arctic air mass move its way eastward running eastward into humid air across the deep south. temperatures still in the 70s. 80s, 90s, triple digits. portions of texas. temperatures in the teens in and across colorado. you see 39 in lubbock, 77, dallas, the cold front, will march its way eastward sparking strong to severe thunderstorms. to the north and west of the storm. still seeing heavy snowfall. icy mix in between. soaking rain for cities like chicago, detroit. flooding a concern as rain will continue thursday into friday. again, storms will continue to bring the threat, large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes. john, marci back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> for the rest of your wednesday forecast, a warm along the east coast. expect showers later f there will be scattered showers. showers from seattle to we'll have snow in the cascades and northern rockies. >> 80s for much of the east coast. r 70 36 in fargo. 40s in the nation's midsection. >>> for t

our coverage begins in boston with abc's marci gonzalez. good morning, marci. >> good morning. no suspect and still no answers in what the president calls an act of terror and so many others this morning are simply calling heartbreaking. just outside of boston american flags are dimly illuminated by candlelight. the spirit and resilience of this city and our nation shines so brightly at this vigil for 8-year-old victim martin richard. >> everybody knows him. everybody loves him. it's just unthinkable. >> reporter: in medford, massachusetts, the unthinkable is leaving this mother unable to hold back tears, remembering her 29d-year-old daughter, krystle campbell also killed in the blast. >> i could not ask for a better daughter. i cannot believe this is happening. >> reporter: it is the questions reverberating through boston. how and why would someone put two bombs along the race route designed and placed to kill. abc news obtained this photo of a backpack, the fbi believes one of the bombs was hidden in. investigators believe one of the ieds was built using a pressure cooker pac

child psychiatrist stephanie marci is with me now.tor, kids in america have seen awful things this week. how do you start talking to them to help them from being traumatized from it at all? >> thank you for having me today, governor. i think the most important thing to keep in mind is that what children, anybody really wants to know, is am i safe? and parents need to do the best they can to convey to their children that they are safe, they're doing the best to protect them, even when they see horrible images happening to children their age. one of the first things to keep in mind, parents need to provide developmentally appropriate information to their children. we don't want to necessarily change this type of event with a 4, 5, 6-year-old, especially if there's a strong likelihood they won't hear about it in school or other places. for older children, there's an ability to integrate what they're seeing and hearing into a more real lake rainfall of what their risk is, better equipped to deal with the information they're seeing and hea

good morning, jim. >> good morning, john, marci., storms staying strong across central and southern georgia into the florida panhandle here. damaging wind gusts, hail, tornadoes could spin up along this line. please, heed all warnings out there through the morning. more storms expected on through our friday. the main threat for severe storms, eastern north carolina, southeastern virginia. the masters ongoing in augusta, georgia. good news, storms look like they move out by the afternoon. perhaps the morning round could be an issue. by the afternoon we dry out. gorgeous weekend on tap. keeping snow in place across northern new england. our low moves its way north and eastward. couple spots including, central, northern maine. 3 to 6 inches of snow expected. john, marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you. here is the rest of your friday forecast. drying out for much of the midwest. snow showers from the dakotas through minnesota and michigan. mountain snow in the northern rockies. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 50s from seattle to s

marci. >> abc's devin dwyer reporting from washington. devin, thank you. >>> there are new developments in the tense standoff involving north korea. japan has moved missile intercepters now into place in anticipation of a nuclear test by the north. two of the patriot missiles have been set up at the defense ministry in central tokyo as well as two other defense bases just outside the city. japan has never shot down a north korean missile and would do so only if it were a direct threat. also this morning, north korea warning tourists and foreigners in south korea to device evacuation plans. >>> secretary of state john kerry is on his third trip to israel in the last two months and will urge them to a new peace process involving reviving parts of a plan embraced by arab leaders a defense secretary chuck hagel is also scheduled to visit the region within days. >>> queen elizabeth has authorized a ceremonial funeral for former prime minister margaret thatcher next week. flags are at half-staff at buckingham palace, parliament and 10 downing s

and abc's marci gonzalez is just back from the event. supercharged, right? >> reporter: caffeinated. >> i feel the caffeine wafting off of her. >> reporter: pleasant. bianna and dan, these baristas are much more than the people who misspell your name on your morning latte order. they are experts, competing in what they say is an intense science and art form. it has the competitive feel of a spectator sport. but here, victory tastes so much sweeter. baristas from small companies and cafes coast-to-coast, have come to boston to battle for the title of u.s. barista champion. >> it's a huge deal. in this community, the champion is regarded as almost like a cult figure. >> reporter: the piping hot national competition gives each of the 47 pros have 15 minutes to brew and woo the judges, who are closely scrutinizing their

i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. is there something wrong with me that i'm more geeked out about the masters video than the victoria's secret? am i getting old? >> i don't want to say old. >>> south korea is bracing for a battle with the north. >> they've deployed warships and a radar in preparation. >> reporter: at least one of north korea's musodan missiles has been spotted on the eastern korean coast, being fueled and ready to launch. it is powerful enough to travel more than 2,000 miles, putting u.s. bases in okinawa and guam within its reach. and they've had several missile tests before, but they have never tested the musodan. with something relatively untested like this, a concern is, even with if the target is intended to be the sea, if it fails, it could hit a town. that's the horror story because it's possible.

. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> did you catch any of the ncaa game? >> i caught a couple minutes of it. >> i caught the last five minutes in my office before being at work. >> the best part. >> it was the best part. at that point louisville had sort of blown it out already. great game. congratulations to them right. >> absolutely. we begin this half hour with what was an exciting end, as john said, to a dramatic ncaa tournament. the louisville cardinals went into it as the overall number one seed. and after a fierce fight in every round, they came out on top with a victory over the michigan wolverines. >> the high scorer was luke hancock, he helped louisville turn around a 12-point deficit. injured guard, kevin ware, remember him? he provided the inspiration. he got to cut down the net. >> it is not about me. i have never been that type of guy. you know? these guys came out and played a great michigan team. these are my brothers, you know, they got the job done.

marci sighing over there.new york city mayor's office position. telling "the new york times" magazine that he has paid $100,000 for polling to test the waters. >> to test the waters. i don't know. seems like that's one of the things, public opinion is out there. a lot of people think that he should just -- back off. >> that picture that we saw. how many times are we going to see that? you really have to have thick skin to dive back into those waters knowing that you're going to see that 24/7. >> this was a big national story. here in new york city it was huge. he was very beloved by his constituents. a lot of people saw him as being a potential front-runner in the race for mayor. >> no brainer. right. exactly right. >> now after this. i don't know. >> experts said his career is finished. i guess, if he does dive back in the waters we'll find out one way or he o >> exac f pt raerda >> progress being made on a a long fight is stiad. abc's brandi hitt joins us with more. good morning, brai. >> reporter: good morn

john, diana. >> marci, thank you.stigation into tamerlan's past, fbi agents want to question his widow. catherine russell said she had no idea her husband was plotting to bomb the marathon. russell is now a single parent to the 3-year-old daughter she had with tamerlan. her attorney says she didn't know her husband was a bombing suspect until she saw it on television. >> we are learning more about russell's husband and growing dissatisfaction with mainstream religion. three months before the marathon bombings, tamerlan tsarnaev, visited a cambridge mosque and shouted out after the speaker compared the prophet muhammad with martin luther king jr. in his first interview, he tells abc news how the congregation reacted. >> they just straight up shouted at him that, you need to leave, you know, so he stepped out of the sermon. after the sermon and prayers were done, some of the leaders of the center sat down with him and said, listen, you have a clear choice. either you're silent from now on during the sermons or you're no

john and marci, back to you. >> sam champion will have the latest on those twisters as daylight reveals the full extent of the damage. >>> now to the latest on the korean peninsula. they're moving some might in preparation for a missile launch from the north. >> and the pentagon has a hi high-tech radar in place. here are new details with abc's devin dwyer who is in washington. good morning, devin. >> reporter: this morning u.s. officials believe a north korean missile launch is imminent. the pentagon says this high-tech floating radar is now up and running joining a flotilla of naval destroyers off the korean coast for early detection. >> we have to assume the worst case. that's why we're postured as we are today. >> reporter: all eyes on the musudan pointed at the sky. it's never been tested but could reach u.s. bases in okinawa or guam more than 2,000 miles away. there are fears this could fall on south korea or japan which positioned patriot missiles around tokyo. >> one of the concerns that the u.s. has right now is that the south korea will get too aggressive on any pro-tension re

john, marci. tracking a cold front through the early morning hours. look at the temperatures across the south central portions of the country. temperatures in colorado in the teens earlier on tuesday evening while in southern texas, triple digits. when you take two air masses, air is being forced violently upward and that's why we're seeing all this adverse weather. so snow to the north and west. the apparent low, tracking eastward. that continues. strong to severe thunderstorms will continue through the early morning hours. right on through our wednesday. that threat continues to filter its way eastward across the miss miss river. storms bringing large hail, wind gusts, tornados, see the snowfall here too. many spots around a foot by the time the snow end. john, marci. back to you. >> got to feel bad for the folks that is some rough stuff. >> especially because of how great we have it here. >> listen, we paid our dues in the northeast. finally have nice weather. spring cleaning. did plenty of tha

where's marcy? went shopping for some shoes for the wedding and yada yada yada i'll see her in 6 to 8 months. hey, kramer, over here. i'd just as soon not sit next to you. kramer. [organ plays] oh, look. there's mickey and his parents. elaine: oh nice-looking family. jerry: very handsome. how ya doing? hey, kramer. oh, mickey. excuse me. i can't take this. hi, mr. abbott. that's dr. abbott d.d.s. tim whatley was one of my students and if this wasn't my son's wedding day i'd knock your teeth out you anti-dentite bastard. what was that all about? oh, i said something about dentists and it got blown all out of proportion. hey, what do you call a doctor who fails out of med school? what? a dentist. that's a good one. yeah. dentists. yeah who needs 'em? not to mention the blacks and the jews. captioning made possible by columbia tristar domestic television get fresh with chili's $20 dinner for two. try our new house-baked taco pizza topped with four cheeses seasoned ground beef and freshly made pico de g

. >> good morning, john and marci. tracking strong storms once again here. this time as the front continues to push its way towards the coast, we're watching eastern north carolina, southeastern virginia including the richmond area bringing the threat of large hail and damaging wind gusts, perhaps an isolated tornado, as well. this while we're still dealing with wintry weather as this low moves eastward. snow threatening northern new england. some spots 3 to 6 inches including northern maine here as we head through the afternoon into the overnight hours. john and marci, back to you. >> all right, jim, thanks. >>> our extreme weather team is out in force this morning. they will have the very latest on this wicked weather on "good morning america" reporting from the heart of the storm zone. >>> breaking news overnight in arizona. they found a bomb addressed to joe arpaio. it was found the a post office in flagstaff far from the sheriff's office in phoenix. arpaio is well known for his tough policies against prisoners and received numerous threats during his 20

abc's marci gonzalez is covering all of it.rning, marci. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. more than three months after the massacre in newtown, lawmakers, advocates and victims' families are pushing to protect children in very different ways. the gun control debate intensifying as the senate prepares to take on the issue. word that president obama will travel to connecticut monday to put pressure on lawmakers. >> we are going to continue to press forward. it's very important. >> reporter: this as speculation grows that more gun control proposals could be in jeopardy in congress because of the lobbying efforts of firearms advocates. among the proponents the nra which outlined proposal on school safety that include training and arming at least one staff member at each public school nationwide. an idea supported by mark matiolli whose son james was among the victims of the newtown massacre. >> this is recommendations for solutions real solutions that will make our kids safer. that's what we need. >> reporter: a different

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: the gun control debate intensifies as the senate prepares to take on the issue. word that president obama will travel to connecticut on monday to put pressure on lawmakers. >> we are going to continue to press forward. >> reporter: this as speculation grows that more gun control proposals could be in jeopardy in congress because of the lobbying efforts of firearms advocates. among those proponents, the nra which outlined its proposal on school safety that includes training and arming at least one staff member at each public school nationwide, an idea supported by mark matiolli, whose son james was among the victims of the newtown massacre. >> this is recommendations for solutions, real solutions that will make our kids safer, and that's what we need. >> reporter: a different kind of push from others who lost loved ones at sandy hook elementary school, as connecticut lawmakers announce their plan to approve some of the nation's strictest gun laws. families of 11 of the 26 victims spoke out that the proposal doesn't go far enough. and today presi

john, marci. back to you. >> jim, thank you. this might be the first time i actually feel here in the northeast we are getting a good deal. it's been so rough. >> weather was gorgeous yesterday. >> yep. >> loved it. >>> the louisville cardinals are the ncaa champions. as they had done before on the road to the final four, they came back from behind, overcoming a 12-point deficit in the first half. luke hancock scored 22 of the team's points off the bench and was named mvp. >> the guardian angel, kevin ware watching from the side lines. when it was over they lowered the basket so he could take part in the ritual cutting of the net. you know when he went down the other day, the whole country gasped, you sort of had the feeling this guy is going to be that intangible that sparks greatness. they were on their way anyway, but i think it did. >> what a motivation for them. wanting to win it for him. that's great. >> what a team. a lot of parties going on in louisville right now. just must be so much fun to be there. >> check it out. >

live in boston, marcy gonzales, abc news. now back to you. >> thank you, marcy. an odd twist in thursday's shooting death of an m.i.t. officer, the event that set off the manhunt. the 16-year-old sean collier as an officer with a baby. recently began volunteering at the boxes gym with suspect number one, tamerlan tsarnaev, trained several years ago. the owner of the gym said it's unlikely the two ever crossed paths. one of those injured in the attack is an 11-year-old martinez boy and there is promising news about him this morning. yesterday aaron hern ate his first solid meal since being injured. he was struck in his leg and arm by shrapnel near the finish line as he waited for his mother to cost. we have a story about several community fundraisers this weekend for aaron and his family. you can find it on our website at "see it on tv." >> there was relief the second suspect was captured alive. they also described a quiet and eerie city they left behind. we have their stories from sfo. >> passengers arriving at sfo had just come from a boston they had never seen

marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> time now to check today's forecast.o be good news for those in the flood prone areas. almost an entire country will see a major warming trend that will speed up snow melt in north dakota and minnesota. expect strong storms, dallas, oklahoma city, little rock. heavy wind and hail in some spots. >> the temperatures mostly 60s and 70s, in fact, these are the first 60s this year around minneapolis and fargo. >>> britain's prince harry warming up for the next month's trip to the u.s. some interesting events in england as well. >> there he was yesterday, diapering a baby doll with one hand and holding a dumbbell with the other. quite a challenge. let's hope william and his pregnant sister-in-law kate were watching. >> later on, harry stepped in as co-anchor with a young female broadcasting student. reading the story off the teleprompter like we do right now. leading into the weather report right there. >> oh. >> kind of cool. would you mind harry filling in here for "world news now"? >> don't think i would mind that. seems li

i'm john muller. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez.bout the threats from north korea. >> the u.n. is urging the government not to undertake another test. the u.s. is beefing up defenses in the region. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says that the u.s. can no longer take a gamble that north korea will not engage in military action. we have team in seoul. we'll have more later on on "good morning america." >>> now in the possible breakthrough on capitol hill and efforts to restrict gun ownership. it would be a major boost to president obama who travels to connecticut later today. devin dwyer joins us. from washington with the very latest. >> reporter: new gun control measures seemed inevitable immediately after the shootings at sandy hook. advocates are fighting to regain momentum. nearly four months at newtown, a decisive week in the fight over new gun control. the u.s. not is set to begin debate on steps to prevent another tragedy. today, president obama returns to connecticut to remind lawmakers why they need to act. those 2

abc7 news is planning a special report at 11:48 our time for the moment of silence that marcy talked about and we are streaming it live on website website.com. for instant updates follow us on twit other at abc7 news. >> happening now in the east bay, oakland police are on the scene of a homicide investigation. the crime tape can be seen here and police cars on 90th in east oakland. a plan was discovered on the sidewalk shortly after 8:00 this morning. he died at the seen. police have not released any information yet on the suspect. in the south bay, pg&e cap add gas leak that forced evacuations at a mall in san jose. at 10:20 the mall opened when the file fires allowed everyone back inside. the leak was reported shortly after 8:00 a.m. on the north side of the mall two hours before the mall was scheduled to open. >> did you roll down the windows when you were driving in? 72 degrees at 9:30! >> we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and talk how high the temperatures are going. >> they will not stop there. that is a cooler spot. here is the reason why we are going to see near re

let's go to boston with the latest of abcrhbñ 2 news, marcy gonzalez standing by. >> reporter: investigatingbelieves it was two homemade bombs that killed an 8 year old boy and injured more than 100 people. investigators still do not have a suspect. >> just for the explosion ran near the finish line of the boston marathon four hours in the race. seconds later another explosion nearby. >> i saw the garbage explode and i saw the flash and the fire and i say the smoke and ran inside. >> chaos followed. and debris and blood covered the street with injured people everywhere. those who could ran for cover. >> this cowardly act will not be taken and we will turn every rock over so find the people responsible for this. >> police and emergency crews scrambled to attend to the wounded and many transported in wheelchairs and on trechers. >> i saw one guy with legs gone at the knees and people hurt on the side of the head. >> they're going to find out who is responsible for this. >> it's an investigation that has the potential terrorist investigation. >> the marathon is one of the premere races in count

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john, marci, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> what you're about to see is a side by side comparison and a pretty stunning one at that. on the left, show you is -- sebastian, born on monday. on the right is a normal sized baby. >> they were born at the same hospital in colombia. sebastian, 11 pounds at birth, 21 inches long. he was delivered by caesarean probably because he is so big. >> presumably mom was grateful for that. >> she says sebastian was a normal size all the way through her pregnancy up until the end. great news, of course, everyone is healthy. very happy to be welcoming him into the world. >> mom and dad say they're thrilled with his arrival. they say they're taking turns cuddling with the new son. congratulations. a cutie pie. a big one. >> the mom was relieved. that could have been painful. >> yeah. >> critics call the $3 million exotic car, the ugliest thing on wheels. see for yourselves. >> and he's the attorney to the stars when a hollywood celebrity is in legal trouble. meet the lawyer who is so often called in to help. you're watching "world news now." >> announ

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. >> was obama one where they said -- >> yeah lorne and marcy kline were like -- my answer is always yes. >> generally game for that sort of stuff. >> it's a sketch show. a variety sketch show. why would i ever want to be like no? [laughter]. it's like i don't care. give it a try. >> is the idea of you being associated with certain of these characters over and over, people walk up to you in the street sand say do prince. >> yeah. >> you don't mind that, i imagine it gets tiresome. >> no, no. >> how can you be so even tempered about it. >> because when i was growing up, i was really into tv and music, beatles, devo, the clash, if i saw somewhat famous i would freak out. i saw stewart copeland once. it's nothing but nice, it's like making art, people recognize you for your art. people i have to say are very nice, i don't know what the deal is, but -- but people seem to be very sort of nice and polite. do you mind if i say something to you, they do and then that's it. it's nothing but niceness, it's great. >> it's very refreshing to hear somebody as famous and celebrity react as kindly,

abc's marci gonzalez following the investigation in boston.ning, john, diana. the suspect is still here in the hospital, cooperating with investigators. his condition upgraded to fair. as this resilient city makes its own progress toward healing. for the first time since tragedy took over boylston street, some residents and business owners were allowed to return. a step towards some level of normalcy near the site of last monday's deadly boston marathon bombings. >> as normal as we can get right now. still going to be a little eerie i feel like on the streets. >> reporter: the surviving suspect 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev telling the fbi he and his now deceased brother tamerlan were motivated by religion and have no ties to terrorist groups. explaining they plotted the attack on their own using the internet. the fbi is trying to learn who tamerlan met with during his trip to russia last year as federal officials now say they were aware of his travels. >> the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. >> reporter: the fbi is hoping

good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana.spoke at that memorial calling the suspects, "perverted, knock-off jihadists" and saying "the spirit this city has shown is exactly what the brothers feared most." >> we are grieving, but we are not bending. we will not yield to fear. >> reporter: a veil of resilience from the vice president as thousands honored the life of m.i.t. officer sean collier at this memorial service. a message echoed along each block of boylston street, more than a week after the marathon bombings that claimed three lives and wounded more than 250, the scene of the attack is open and thriving once again. >> it shows that the unique and fierce spirit of this community and how together this has done exactly the opposite of what people might think. >> reporter: we are getting a new look at the suspects. dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev photographed in a fierce gun battle with watertown police thursday night. here tamerlan is shown in his 2009 booking photo after being charged with domestic abuse. his body remains

and in his last couple be $1,000 loan to the home of marcy and john goldman before leaving thursday afternoon>> families of the people killed in a shooting rampage at and small oakland university last year are remembering their lost loved ones on the one-year anniversary of the massacre. seven people were killed in the shooting at oikos university on april 2nd of last year with the parties and one goh open fire. investigators say goh and former polps oikos student had planned the shooting after becoming anger with school officials over to wish a dispute. he has pleaded not guilty to the killings. oioos will host to memorial concert, one in oakland next saturday and second in el dorado hills on april 13th remember the victims. >> a man slams his car into a san jose wal-mart. and in the tax customers with a pipe. this happened on sunday. four people were hurt in the mail, including one bit more made to the hospital with serious injuries. here is the man who police say it is to blame. his 31 year-old hammid zaid of seaside. he has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest,

. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> welcome back to the show. >> thank you very much. i missed you guys. >> we missed you. diana taking a week off. you will be with us all week. >> i will be. >> excited. ready to rock 'n' roll. >> very excited ready to go. we want to begin with sad news this half-hour. the death of a young american diplomat. anne smedinghoff's body is expected to be returned to dover air force base in delaware. >> her parents are mourning the loss of her daughter and recalling her love of the country. here's nick schifrin. >> reporter: 25-year-old anne smedinghoff in the word of her parents a beautiful soul. she was brave, generous, she knew the risks but volunteer to go to kabul. she was a press officer and highlighted stories of afghans who overcame the odds. ♪ afghan musicians playing in carnegie hall in new york. two boys who had never acted and appeared in an american movie were nominated for an oscar. her father sent me these photos. she didn't only want to go to kabul she wanted to travel throughout the country. >> just one of the many people wh

let's get right to marcy from kark, the nbc affiliate in little rock. >> sounded like literally a freightr: terrifying moments wednesday for residents in arkansas where storms ripped through the town destroying homes and ripping vehicles. frederick brown says he was headed north on highway 65 when the storm hit. toppling his truck on its side. >> you couldn't see nothing. and all of a sudden, i just start spinning out of control for a long time. >> brown says he crawled to safety near the parking lot of a local church. the same place where others took cover from the storm u

marcy gonzalez, abc news, boston. >>> a key piece of evidence a bay area company says it came from them. investigators released pictures of the bombs that went off and fremont company tenergy saw one of their batteries and immediately called the fbi. abc 7 news reporter sergio has that part of the story. >> pieces of the bit and pieces of components used in the boston bombing. when employees notice one of their singed batteries in the pictures they called authoritys. >> we contacted both the boston police department and the fbi. >> reporter: benjamin mull is a vice president. he says this type of battery is usually used to power remote control toys but you not more powerful than anything you might buy off the supermarket shelf. >> i don't think there was anything particularly unique to the battery or cell that would make it more attract eastbound for that type of use. i think any -- a double a or triple-a type of battery could have been used if it was rechargeable. >> reporter: however, the battery is specially designed to fit into compact remote control cars or trucks so only ordered o

i'm going to give you a pass on this one marcy. 'cause it is a new, what, freaking day.ly i would want to strangle this trick. but it was that obama hope sticker that convinced me to barack the choke, and let that bitch go. [ laughter and applause ] that's my time, thank you guys for listening. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: retta everybody! the season finale of "parks and recreation" airs this thursday, may 2nd, at 9:30 p.m. on nbc. follow retta on twitter @unforettable. my thanks to rebel wilson, anthony bourdain, gary busey, retta once again! [ cheers and applause ] and the greatest band in late night, the roots standing over there! [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for carson daly. thanks for watching, have a great night and i hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

we go to marcy gonzalez. what a pleasure to have you with us, thank you so much. >> thank you john. as you were saying, they have absolutely not made an arrest but we're told they're making significant progress in the investigation. we're told by sources that this could be the suspect that they have been looking for, a man seen talking on his cell phone carrying a black bag across thinks chest possibly leaving that bag. this comes hours after painstakingly going frame by frame through 2,000 images in the crowd around the finish line, the local abc station here in boston is reporting reporting that the surveillance video came outside of a lord and taylor department store close to the finish line, but again no arrests no suspect named, and that is the latest right now. we're waiting for an update from the fbi. they're supposed to hold a news briefing this evening. they've since canceled that, and they have given us no idea when we could get our next official updates. >> john: the l.a. times reported two possible suspects had been identified is that still being discussed or is that ref

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