>> thanks so much, nic.kes in pakistan leave a lot of questions for the obama administration. is this the best strategy to reduce threats against the united states? let's get some answers from tommy vetore up until last month the national security spokesman for the obama administration and now is setting up a political communications firm with former obama speechwriter tom favreau. it seems from nic's report that drone strikes are in some instances creating terrorists. is it possible the strategy is creating more terrorists than they're killing? >> i think it is a fact any time you do a military operation whether with a drone or any other means you're going to potentially sow frustration with the population. you might turn some people against the united states and i think the error is if drones and kinetic operations are all you're doing then you're not doing counterterrorism correctly. it has to be coupled with diplomatic work, assistance like the work the usaid and other state department employees do. >> t

we have nic robertson on the phone. nic is inside that news conference.what can you tell us about what the parents are saying? >> it has been at moments very emoti emotional. questions have been going back and forth between russian and english. what we have heard from in particular zubeidat, tamerlan and dzhokhar's mother, is that she is considering relinquishing her u.s. citizenship. she says that she would like tamerlan to be brought back to this region, to dagestan, to be buried. she said she's not sure that that's possible. she said at the moment somebody is working on that but if it doesn't happen, then this is in the hands of god. and she also says that at the moment dzhokhar is in hospital. she says he is unable to eat solid food, that he is being fed by a tube. she says her lawyers -- his lawyers have told her that. she's in regular contact with his lawyers. she also says that he, dzhokhar, has not been formally questioned yet. this she says is according to dzhokhar's lawyers and she said she is talking to regularly. she maintains, as we have hear

nic robertson with us in dagestan this morning. thanks so much to you, nic. as we're talking about the suspects, we want to keep the focus as much as we can about the victims, and we have an image to share with you that really defines the phrase boston strong. it is an amazing picture. look at the cover of "boston" magazine. that is just beautiful. those are running shoes forming a heart with the message "we will finish the race." those words, of course, spoken by president obama at that memorial one week ago. every single pair of shoes in this image was worn by someone who ran the boston marathon the day of the attack. and again, the slogan "we will finish the race" just one of the many important mottos for this city, which, zoraida, is so boston strong. >> it's really great to watch everybody come together. and also, as you watch all the victims that are returning to the site, have you seen any of them there, john? >> we've seen so many people walk by this site and i've had a chance to talk to a lot of the victims, some who want to go by the site, some who

our own nic robertson is there as well. nic, you're monitoring the situation.context for these conversations? >> well, we know -- the mother went in, the father was supposed to go in last night. both of them went into the russian headquarters. this is a building, a five-story building in the center -- >> all right. we're going to come back to nic. obviously he's having some issues over there. the point of that story will be to find out what the u.s. delegation is thinking they can get out of the family to try and move things forward. as we know there's been a lot of curiosity about what family members may have known about what's being explained as a radical change in the older of the two suspects. we'll get back to nic when we can. right now we'll go to break. when we come back a close-up look at the unbelievable destruction in a massive crater left behind in west, texas. you'll remember that fertilizer plant explosion, the concerns about deadly gas. we're going to go live to texas next and find out what the situation is. stay with us. ♪ [ female announcer ] no

and they go on a nics list. and all of a sudden that takes away their second amendment right to own a gun. and it says that be in that lives in that house -- so it could be a spouse, it could be a child, it could be an adult child, for that fact -- also cannot own a firearm because the -- the -- the ruling says there can't be a firearm in th the -- in the -- in the residence. clearly, an appropriate determination if a veteran or any other american is found to be a harm to themselves or has a -- a mental disability, that we would all agree should disqualify them from gun ownership. now, let me say for the purposes of my colleagues and for the american people, this is not the standard that we currently apply at the veterans administration. we look at a veteran who's served his country and we say, you can't balance your checkbook so we're going to assign a fiduciary to you to balance your checkbook. you can't own a firearm. think about this. the fiduciary may be the spouse and all of a sudden that name goes to the

nic on the scene for us in southern russia. trying to find out whether had tie to muslim jihadists in russia certainly a major part of this criminal investigation. let's bring in the former fbi assistant director, our cnn analyst tom fuentes. tom, you've got this raid overnight russia targeting this jihadist group, tamerlan tsarnaev posting a video by the group's former leader on a social media site. walk us through how this part of the investigation is unfolding. if you will, take us behind the scenes? >> wolf, i think the behind the scenes is that the russians have never stopped looking at the cell that abu dijan was in charge of. so this is a group going back several years they're doing surveillance on, probably have extensive coverage to even include the mosque where they go, other safehouses if they can identify them. they're intercepting tamerlan's mother and we don't exactly still know why or for how long or how many other conversations she had. is she making calls internally within russia to other members of this organi

good morning, nic. >> good morning, john.y when you get somebody who's gone away to a place like dagestan, as we've seen with other terror attackers, where they've gone to get training in pakistan, for example, it's when they come back, that's when they begin to activate their plans. now, there's no hard evidence yet that tamerlan tsarnaev did hear, that he did make connections, but if there was anywhere where it was going to be relatively straight forward for him to be able to meet with people who regularly made bombs, dagestan is the place. this is an active fight going on between rebels and the government here, and he was attending had reputation for being a hard-line mosque under surveillance by government officials because of the hard-line reputation they had and they would believe that if with somebody, that. but no hard evidence so far that this was absolutely the sort of region where you could get the bombmaking training and experience and know-how that a lot of people suspect he may have received. john? >> nic robert

nic robertson, cnn, islambad, pakistan. >> that doubled the risk musharraf took when he returned lastonth after years of self imposed exile. also shedding light on drone strikes, new book by mark mazzetti of "the new york times." in the way of the knife. the war fought by cia and special forces. he is here with me now. excellent book. thanks very much for coming in. how much of a risk do you think musharraf takes by acknowledging he was in at least on some of the cia drone strikes in pakistan? >> yeah, it's amazing, not only a physical risk but a political risk because he wants to be president and as nic said, drone strikes are still wildly unpopular. for him to say there were secret arrangements was quite surprising to me. there's been so many denials from the pakistani government about the role they have played. to their -- in their defense, the cia in 2008, the last months of the bush administration took this war unilateral, said we're no longer going to consult you in advance of each drone strike. >> do you know how many alleged terrorists, suspected terrorists, militants were kil

what happened, nic?er: one of the interesting things was to hear the mother describe the relationship between the two sons. a lot of speculation that tamerlan really had a huge amount of influence over the younger brother dzhokhar. when you hear their mother speaking, it really fills in a lot of those blanks. very close. very loved each other. when dzhokhar used to come on friday night home, tamerlan used to like hug and kiss him. hold him like -- because he was a big, big boy, you know, tamerlan. he would have him like this and hold him, my dzhokhar, and he would kiss him like this. he would never, like, think that kissing brother is a shame. he kissed him. >> nic, do the parents still maintain their children are innocent? >> reporter: they really do. and when you listen, when the mother was asked, okay, how can you say that? you've seen the images of them. you've seen the video of him placing what appears to be the bomb on the site. all these things she says, no. he was taken out of a car. i remember s

nic robertson in islamabad, we'll have more from nic tomorrow. >>> last september when asked about thefiliate wxix president obama said this. >> our goal has been to focus on al qaeda, to focus narrowly on those who would pose an imminent threat to the united states of america. >> you got that? a narrow focus on al qaeda and those who pose an imminent threat to the u.s. based on serious, not speculative intelligence is what the administration says. it turns out it does not seem to be true. copies of top-secret u.s. intelligence reports reviewed by jonathan land, a national security reporter, indicated drone strikes in pakistan over a four-year period did not meet that standard. often instead targeting extremists with no affiliation with al qaeda, posing no threat to the u.s. and of course there are many reports from pakistan of innocent civilians being killed. tomorrow on "the lead" we will have part two of our special report on drones in pakistan. nic robertson will explore whether these killings not only of terrorists but also women and children are creating a new generation of radic

and then, nic robber ton is going to travel to dagestan where tamerlan spent six months doing what? and new details on katherine russell. finally, here in new york, deb feyerick on tam ran's connection to a bizarre, unsolved triple murder case. i want to begin with jake tapper in boston. what have you learned about what dzhokhar is telling investigators? i know there's been preliminary interviews and you've been getting the nuts and bolts and details about how they have been communicating and what he said. >> reporter: that's right, erin. u.s. government official has relayed to me some of the news from dzhokhar tsarnaev in his discussions with investigators. we learned last night that he was talking about how there were no foreign terrorist organize sgra zagss involved, that his brother was the driving force and jihad in nature considering themselves to be under attack as muslims and trying to fight back. that is what dzhokhar has been telling investigators. so i don't want to -- i want to make sure everyone understands, this is what he is saying. in addition, we found out some more

nic robertson is in dagestan with an "outfront" investigation. >> reporter: in dagestan's capital lastr, a female suicide bomber known here as a black widow detonated a bomb at a police checkpoint. minutes later, another blast. the following day reveals the full horror. the black widow's brother, driving a car bomb blew this fire truck apart. callous timing killing the emergency service workers just as they arrived to put out the flames. a brutal conflict spilling over from neighboring chechnya playing out as tamerlan tsarnaev visited his parents here last year. this is the same checkpoint. we can't stop here. back then the attack struck fear into the security services and according to local journalists for awhile police were too afraid to patrol. russell, a defense lawyer tells me russian authorities are handling the female bombers all wrong. >> it's not criminal problem. it's social problem. >> reporter: it is a problem that has been around over a decade involving wives of rebels killed by government forces. when a woman's husband is dead she has no rights. she can't have a lover or

nic is live with us this morning in dagestan. good morning, nic. >> good morning, john. the first indication we had that something wasn't right was the stated plans of the family that the father would travel yesterday and arrive in the united states today came late last night. the wife saying that he had to get an ambulance for her husband, that he was ill, sick, and now it's information today that they left dagestan, that they are elsewhere in russia, and that her husband plans to travel to the united states has been delayed indefinitely. that does seem to be a result of his health condition, specifically we don't know precisely what is wrong with him, but we have heard for a number of days that perhaps he wasn't doing very well. we heard the mother yesterday, the relationship between her two sons tamerlan and dzhokhar, of course that a point of interest for investigators, how much influence does tamerlan have over dzhokhar. this is how she described their relationship. >> very close. very close. very love each other. very love each other. when dzhokhar used to come on

nic robertson, cnn, dagestan. >> nic is joining us now.e in dagestan where you are, interviewing both parents who live there. what do we know about this question-and-answer session? >> wolf, we know very little about it. the security around the fsb headquarters is tight. the very fact you're not allowed to film it kind of gives a strong indication on the ground that they want to keep the information going on inside close at hand. we do know that on tuesday evening, the mother was interviewed alone, the father was supposed to be interviewed. he was ill. they were both interviewed through today inside the building. you know, we should expect there also should be something of a two-way street. obviously the parents will be interested in tamerlan's funeral, the arrangements for that, could they go, should they go, what are perhaps the legal implications if they go to the united states, a move off of russian soil, if you will. but the actual details of what the fbi asked them, we don't know. but it's also likely the fbi will want to talk as wel

care and in this case they asked the question their primary care doctor is writing all these atypical nic comics we have millions of people that are being prescribed psychiatric medications sometimes appropriate use but a large part of that population is being prescribed psychiatric medication where it may not be warranted or indicated. but it's and to me. is is trash to get rid of. but it's also a treasure. worth fighting for. and a trap with no way out. to least be told language such. as programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks books the v.o.i.p. interviews intriguing story for you yes. it's been trying all te arabic to find out more visit arabic don't all teach dog called. cut. indeed. international airport in the very heart of moscow. i think how the v.a. system is set up right now you don't have to be going to therapy to get the drugs prescribe you the medication if you want therapy they filmed the entire session which is extremely uncomfortable and they have a set program for p.t.s.d. that just simply doesn't work there's really n

we're going to nic test it to see if it is positive or not. we have it for all different types.could get them for heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana. if it's positive it's going to turn a bright yellow. it's not turning any color. that means it's negative. it's not heroin. >> number one is information gathering. we read mail. we talk to the inmates. we talk to staff, listen to phone calls. they talk about the telephone and the mail. they'll schedule a date in which they come in to visit. we wait for them. when we come in, we serve them the search warrant. >> most of the time it's females bringing in the drugs to the inmates. my partner and myself perform the unclothed body search. we usually uncover the drugs. when we get it it's usually like this, in a balloon, packaged up. in bed inles. sometimes they're large, sometimes there are small ones. they may mix it up in a package of peanut m & ms. it looks like he's eating peanut m & ms but he's really swallowing dope. >> it gets bigger every year. it shows we've been doing a really good job over here. >> most of the drugs getting i

care and in this case they asked the question their primary care doctor is writing all these atypical nic comics we have millions of people that are being prescribed psychiatric medications sometimes appropriate use but a large part of that population is being prescribed psychiatric medication where it may not be warranted or indicated. but it's and to me. i mean so to know your city in europe i'm the host of the twenty four g. in winter the pick a. song she. sang. a . song she. sang the song the way a. dog days of. the fry days it. takes to come out of the. sun city it's so true. of the. wealthy british scientists on. the front of the. markets why not. come to find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. international airport in the very heart of moscow. i think how the v.a. system is set up right now you don't have to be going to therapy to get the drugs prescribed the medication if you want therapy they film the entire session which is extremely uncomfortable and

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nic robertson, cnn, islamabad, pakistan. >>> back to our top story now where the speculation that north korea may fire test missiles this coming wednesday. this warning from south korea comes as china's patience with north korea appears to be wearing thin. want to go now to cnn's kyung following the story for us. what can you tell us about the speculation korea may launch a missile this week? >> reporter: well, according to the presidential office here in south korea, it's a strong suspicion. they are targeting on that date, wednesday april 10th. they do believe that that is the highest possibility of a potential missile test launch from north korea and does appear, don, this entire region is in full preparation mode. take a look at this video. this is video that we captured at the u.s. osan air base. what you are looking at are u.s. patriot missile batteries. you can see that they are pointed up at the sky. these are land-to-air intercepter missiles and these patriot missile batteries, they usually are down on the ground, but they are up in plain, full view, and this according to the l

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clear if their paths ever but some in russia worry the boston bombings will hurt their here's cnn's nic> aspiring hopefuls slug it out. training. tomorrow, well, just look at the photographs on the wall in this dagestan gym. the boxers there are cool this 16-year-ol tells me. i'd like to spar with them. find out who is better. learn from them. for centuries young men in russia's troubled caucasus have tested themselves this way. alleged boston bomber tamerlan tsarnaev excelled at this sport too, but the worry is here his legacy is not going to be boxing but bombing. and that can reflect badly on them and the region. 18-year-old, a regional champion, competes at international level and fears the tsarnaev's trip to the region last year may hurt them. i'd like dagestan not to be associated with what happens, he says. we go to competitions. and now we might face problems. their coach worries about america's reaction. what happened in boston was horrible, he says. but you can't make a judgment on a nation based on two people's actions. these kids all want to be in competition. i don't want a

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up to help with the search and to tow away the car kendall jack here along with 19-year-old friend nic also. >> they are really outgoing. they can get along with anyone. they are very fitness oriented. it's not really a shocker that they would be hiking. >> they started hiking on sunday in cleveland national forest. and called for help later in the day from one of their dying cell phones. it sparked an intense search effort. >> we have some cave rescue dwellers. geo technical rescues. trackers. >> jon: it was another hiker who discovered her last night. even then a member of of the helicopter rescue crew described over the phone how difficult it was to find him. >> i literally was 10 yards away from him and they couldn't hear me. voices weren't going through the woods. >> the crew air lifted him to the hospital. described him as disoriented after several days without food or water. >> he didn't know where his friend was. he said he last saw her two days ago. he says she wasn't injured but he had no idea how he even got separated from her. so he was pretty weak. >> jon: we got update on

our nic robertson is live this morning in dagestan. nic, what do we know about this man?here might that contact with tamerlan tsarnaev have occurred? >> well he was certainly in the region at the same time as tamerlan tsarnaev. he was here about 2010, according to his family, and he died in a shoot-out with six other rebels here with security forces in july last year. and that was his death came just two days after tsarnaev left this area, went back to the united states. so there is, you know, the possibility you can hear, possible sort of cause and effect there. now both men shared the fact that their families had moved them to north america. tamerlan to the united states, plotnikov had moved to canada with his parents. both of them were now following this sort of radical branch of islam. the question is, did they share anything else more than that on the ground here? and that's something -- that is what the investigators are focusing on. there is another connection here, a potential connection with a possible recruiter, according to some local news articles here. a half

nic robertson, joining us live in dagestan. thank you. >>> taking a closer look at this. it's a piece of an airplane found in a small space between two buildings right near ground zero. new york police commissioner explained the significance. >> as you get closer on the part you can see a serial number and you see the word boeing before that serial number. you can't say with certainty what that part is, but the assumption is it's part of the landing gear from one of the 9/11 aircraft. >> the five-foot long piece of metal was found behind an islamic community center, and the part will be examined by the ntsb. >>> we will get back to boston after the break. ahead the latest on the investigation, and of course honoring the victims honored in this memorial, and some talk that more arrests could be coming. l als look inside the minds of the suspected terrorists and try to find out what police and federal agents are doing right now interrogating them to try to keep ahead. that's next. the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can h

you can look online, you can google it, it's called the next generation incident command system or nics. it's a command and control web-based tool that we're looking with mit lincoln labs and dss and i would foresee when we stand up our wing operation center at miramar that the marine corps liaison and the navy liaison and if need be the guard liaison would have access to that tool. the next generation command system is a fantastic web-based command and control technology that we expect to use in the future. with that, thank you. >> thanks. colonel yeager. >> i just want to say you can't underestimate the risk presented by these environments we fly in and really the relationships that we build with cal fire and the training prepares us to mitigate that risk. as rear admiral riveras said, bad things tend it happen at night. they also happen on the weekend and i think we have a 3-day week jepld here but i assure you we are ready to respond. >> from personal experience in 2007, i started training for fire fighting in 2006 but in 2007 was my first actual

started to complain last august from a swale in his neck and severe in and tossing his voice and there nic and nothing is being done to him actually us sent to one of the clinics and he was surprised that us and up to me to assist in his stead o. for someone a specialist. to see is getting nothing has been done to him not a single treatment bill and he said that they as if it is and all of that is for the doctor to announce it cute or he and the prisoner but only to give him pinned pillows i think that my father's case give us a message to the self-conscious of all the palestinians be goes it to us demi gelati over who is who has to be all supposed to be very human the doctor was the doctor was an excellent if the doctor was in israel. the palestinian be shunts like this then with whom are we making peace. and still ahead for you u.k. iraq war veterans come out with shocking accounts of a secret torture account in baghdad we investigate what one told the facility and how the ministry of defense is a reaction to the revelations. and also they saw murtha's growing use of drones is sparking p

but nic robertson, let's start with the news conference. what did they say? >> jake, it was about a 45-minute press conference. a lot of journalists, questions being fired in english and russian from all sides, a jumble of economi of questions. at times they seem confused. at times emotional, at times direct and strident in what they were saying. tamerlan's mother in particular, saying they wouldn't be allowed to see dzhokhar in the hospital in the united states. getting very emotional about that at a point. saying she was speaking to dzhokhar's lawyers and saying right now, he is being fed only by a feeding tube. can't take solid food and she also said and this is contrary to what we understand. she said so far he hasn't had any official questioning. but the emotion, her emotion, coming out, saying she might denounce her u.s. or renounce her u.s. citizenship. this seems to be a parent here, who is caught in confusion, they don't really understand what's happening or the set of denial what's happened. coming up with all sorts of theories that they never actua

we notify 150,000 veterans, we notify 150,000 veterans that might be on the nics system and don't even know they're on it and give them that 30-day reprieve -- repeal period. we do that in this bill. so if -- if you want to really honor a veteran, if you want to thank them for their services and make sure they're treated with the utmost respect, this bill does that. if you're a criminal, if you have been deemed to be mentally incompetent through a court, you're probably not going to like the bill. i'm the first to tell you that, i'm sorry, you're not going to like it. but i'm not going to make any excuses because i don't think you want guns for the right reason anyway, so i hope i can keep them from you. that's what i would say, i hope i can keep them from you. i hope you can't go down with our al qaeda person over here who's an american turned as a terrorist and go with him and buy a gun, i just hope you can't do it at a gun show. i hope you can't get on the internet so they don't know who you are, what you look like or what your intentions are and buy a gun. i'd like to maybe find ou

. >> some exclusive details, joining us there, nic, always appreciated. >>> we're going to take a closer look at what we can expect from the legal case against the boston bomber. stay tuned for more coverage here on cnn. 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 travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. and with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? love your passat! um. listen, gary. i bought the last one. nice try. says right here you can get one for $199 a month. you can't believe the lame-stream media, gary. they're all gone. maybe i'll get one. [ male announcer ] now everyone's going to want one. y

where is the aclu by the way nic pg and choosing. picking and choosing. just saying. >> they're busy saying that the terrorists have to be protected in boston. >> exactly. >> bill: i will let you handle this gosnell thing the abortion doctor in philadelphia on trial for murder. you were there. right, in the courtroom? >> yes, i have been in the courtroom. i have been following the case very closely. i was able to sit 8 feet behind this monster, this doctor, i have seen all the evidence. it indicates, photographs, the testimony from the medical examiner today and i think relatively stunning move. the judge threw out three of the eight charges against dr. kermit gosnell. >> bill: why? >> the defense argument from mr. mcmahon was that there was insufficient evidence to prove viability that these babies were born alive. and he tied in the testimony. >> bill: how many more charges are against him? >> they still have five charges. >> bill: five? >> four babies that were born alive. eyewitness testimony. heard the babies crying, everything. and one woman that di

and we have jake tapper with the latest on the investigation and nic robertson with what the suspects' mother is saying. jake, bring me up to speed on the latest news. >> reporter: well, piers we told you yesterday that he was cooperating with investigators. we talked about there was a motivation. that the brothers thought islam was being attacked and needed to defend it. a u.s. government official told me today that one of the reasons in the justification, in the motivation, according to investigators is that dzhokhar said the wars in iraq and afghanistan were part of why they carried out this senseless act. so this is just what he is telling investigators. it is to be taken with something of a grain of salt and no one obviously is just automatically believing him, but that's one of the reasons. we also found out a little bit more about the self radicalization that we talked about yesterday, piers. that the idea that the brothers, according to dzhokhar, became aware over the internet. he said it is likely that the sermons of cleric anwar al-zawahiri were part of this. >> and what wil

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. >> nic robertson, i appreciate you reporting. juliet kayyem, thank you very much. we are learning more about the suspect's family members. we are going to play you a conversation their mother had with kate walsh. she is still there. and tamerlan's wife katherine has given a brand new statement on the bond. we'll tell you what she is say. and later the unsolved murder of one of tamerlan's friends and two others in the boston area in 2011. is it possible he could have been involved in those murders? we'll tell you what we know right now. using stereoscopic cameras. ♪ and even stop itself if it has to. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine. but why you would want it... is not. the 2014 e-class. it doesn't just see the future. it is the future. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our pol

cabby offered for the scene nic route to get passengers to destinations the iconic trees that auburnniversity school spirit came down as a result of a football rivalry taken way too far. for decades the oaks at tumors corner has been a gathering place for students there who roll them with toilet paper after big football wins. following alabama's loss to auburn in 2010, appear alabama fan poisoned the trees, later calling into a radio show to brag about what he did. despite the best efforts of arborists, the trees did not survive. the man who admitted to killing the trees is currently in jail. there are plans to plant new trees at tumors corner,we'. and finally a message of gratitude to the journalists of the "boston globe" who worked tirelessly around the clock last week to keep the country informed about the marathon attacks, yesterday dozens of pizzas arrived in the globe's newsroom. courtesy of the chicago tribune. the message said, quote. we can only imagine what an exhausting and heart breaking week it's been for you and your city. but do know your newsroom's colleagues here in

cnn international correspondent nic robertson in dagestan. >>> nick, what i cannot figure out about this six-month trip tis guy had to russia, this is a guy who has a newborn baby. he leaves for six months without his wife. i don't know how many married couples get to do that. he doesn't have much money. he doesn't have a job and he's able to spend six months over there. what period of time do we know about? and what period of time do we not know about in that six-month window? >> it's very hard to nail it down precisely. there have been accounts that he's helping his father renovate an apartment in the city here. that's what kept him busy a lot of time. his aunt said he spent two days in chechnya. neighbors and people that run local stores say that they've seen him around, that they saw him around, that he was there for some of the time. but trying to nail down the specifics of did he leave town? did he take a bus ride? did he take a plane ride somewhere? those details just unavailable or perhaps didn't happen so far. and the family are just not saying more than these generalities. they

not only a physical but a political risk because he wants to be president and as nic said they are --ildly unpopular. for him to say there were these secret arrangements was quite surprising to me. there's been so many denials over the years of the pakistani government about the role they have played. now to their -- in their defense, the cia in 2008, the last months of the bush administration, basically took this war unilateral and they said we're no longer going to consult you in advance of each drone strike. >> i know you have some estimates. how many alleged terrorists, suspected terrorists, militants, were killed by the united states in these drone strikes? >> the estimates are varied. there are estimates of around 3,000 total people killed in pakistan in the tribal areas. how many were militants, how many were civilians, it's hard to really differentiate at this point. it is certainly true that they have had an effect on killing off senior al qaeda leaders in the tribal areas. but what we've also seen, some further reporting this week about the bar has been lowered and they're n