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>> all right, nick paton walsh. putting the pieces together in dagestan this morning.ou. in our next half hour, did the fbi miss some major signs in this investigation? we're going to get perspective from terrorism analyst peter brookes. also dzhokhar tsarnaev was spotted all over his college campus in the days after the bombings. cnn's chris lawrence will join us with what his classmates atom mass dartmouth have to say right now. zoraida? >> meantime into the crater. we are live next in the town of west, texas, where investigators hope a search inside the site of that explosion at a fertilizer plant will provide some clues as to what happened there. when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) designed for your most precious cargo. (girl) what? (announcer) the all-new subaru forester. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. welcnew york state, where cutting taxes fo

nick paton walsh has the story. the story seems to be focusing on what tamerlan tsarnaev got up to when he was in russia. what happened in dagestan. did he go to chechnya, is that relevant, or was this all centered, perhaps around some radical extremists he met when he was in dagestan? >> reporter: you're right, piers. we don't actually know tamerlan tsarnaev met with radical extremists. we know from his youtube channel, he posted a link to a video of a now dead dagestani extremist called abu dujan, the local almost islamist mafia warlord to a degree, a group of militants who today i spoke to police about. they showed me video of them in the words training with weapons, dressed in camouflage, learning how to make explosives through videos. one photograph of how you would construct a mobile phone-based detonator for a bomb. the police chief also said to us this particular militant group had foreigners working with it who came here to learn. he said it included arabs and turks, to quote him directly there. and i said,

the mother just telling nick paton walsh that she plans to travel to the united states no matter whate's able to see her surviving son. nick spoke to the father, as well. his health nick says is taking a bad turn. overnight, russian special forces raided a militant group with possible links to tamerlan tsarnaev taking out this man purportedly a key member of that militant group. this comes as the fbi and russian security officials try to piece together tamerlan's movements during his six month visit to russia. they want to know if others may have influenced or helped the tsarnaev brothers, that includes their mother as well as tamerlan's wife catherine russell who converted to islam when she married tamerlan in 2010. as for weather thether the bomb help, shall appear convinced they did. listen. >> i think given the level of so he missity indication of the device, the fact the pressure cooker is a signature device goes back to pakistan, afghanistan, the way they handled the devices leads me to believe that there was a trainer. >> did they have help in dagestan? nic robertson is followi

nick paton walsh is with us. cnn's poppy harlow is in watertown to walk us through the 24 hours leading up to the arrest and pamela brown is outside the hospital where the teen suspect is under heavy guard this morning. >> let's beginning now. cnn is the first to speak with the suspect's father after his arrest. he lives in the russia republic of dagestan. nick paton walsh is there and can tell us more. >> reporter: behind me is the apartment where the father lives. we saw him approach here. the third time he went passed us. got out of his car and went into the apartment. we approached his car to ask a couple of questions. this here is what he has to say. cnn. i'm with cnn. i'm so sorry, sir. we just wanted to hear your story is all. this is a difficult time for you. during this exchange it makes it clear he does not believe his sons were ever involved in any of the attacks in boston. i asked him are you going to the united states and he said yes, absolutely. wouldn't answer the question as to when. struggled and

we were just talking to nick paton walsh,dagestan.just spoke with the mother of the two young boys, the mother and father actually gave a news conference. pretty mobile news conference at that. here is a clip of what this mother had to say. >> somebody told that misha was, and they were close friends, and so they think that misha made him become more -- more -- somebody told them that misha was the one who was influenced on him. >> and you met misha? >> of course i met misha. >> reporter: describe misha. >> very nice. nothing wrong. very intelligent. very like -- nothing to talk about. >> i want to ask about his trips, particularly interested in the time he came to dagestan. >> about what? tamerlan? a lot of questions about tamerlan and his trips. >> two trips, one in 2011, and one in 2012? >> no. only 2012. >> only 2012. >> um-hum. >> reporter: and that was six months in which he was with -- >> yeah. >> and are you going to america? >> i think so. i think so. >> reporter: you want to? >> yeah, because i really want to -- i really wan

nick paton walsh broke this story. he joins us now. nick, what are you hearing?porter: i just spoke to their representative, a human rights activist, she was clear with me saying that to her understanding, it will be the father alone traveling, and he will travel half tomorrow, which i took to mean not through thursday, but at some point during friday. we're now into the early morning hours of thursday morning, anderson. i don't know if the change has any reflection at all of how the mother feels returning to the united states. but certainly the father has always said to me that he wants to return to perhaps be involved in the burial, and provide assistance to dzhokhar who when i last spoke to him, maintains his complete innocence. >> nick, do we know if this had anything to do with the mother could face charges, that she skipped out on charges of shoplifting and never showed up, and so there is basically still a warrant out for her arrest? >> reporter: that wasn't made clear to me by the representative. but that's entirely possible, and does fit with a lot of th

mass where the suspect went to school and nick paton-walsh. before we get to susan, we want to show you incredible video from the night dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. these are thermal images. you can see dzhokhar is the dark images there. those are amazing pictures. then you'll see what appears to be a dark blast. >> that is what one of the flash bangs used to startle the suspect, that's just moments before the teenager was actually taken into custody and into the hospital after suffering massive blood loss after a shootout with police. susan candiotti is going to join us live now. what do you know about his condition, susan? >> good morning, zoraida, because of those injuries to his throat investigators are unable to speak with him at the present time because he can't talk. but they'd like to because they have so many questions to find out. they figure he has a lot of secrets to tell them. even if suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev wanted to cooperate with the fbi, he couldn't. sources tell cnn because of injuries to his throat, the 19-year-old susp

anderson. >> yeah, nick paton walsh in russia, appreciate it. told you at the top of the hour dzhokhar tsarnaev is now in prison. we'll tell you new details about what the prison is equipped to do to treat his injuries. we'll be right back. with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. [ female announcer ] from more efficient payments. ♪ to more efficient pick-ups. ♪ wireless is limitless. ♪ from tracking the bus. ♪ to tracking field conditions. ♪ wireless is limitless. >>> 90 minutes of terror, that's what a boston man says he went through after being carjacked by the bombing suspects. he gave his account exclusively here the other day. the 26-year-old chinese entrepreneur who wants to be identified only by his american nickname, danny, detailed his experience as i said exclusively to "boston globe." the reporter describes one critical moment of the ride. he says and i quote "they stopped

nick paton walsh cnn makhachkala >> boston's pain is being felt all over the world. today runners participated in a marathon in bethlehem, israel. and no doubt boston is on many of their minds. there were runners from all over the world. some were even at the marathon in boston. number of runners are participating to show their support for all those who were lost or injured in the deadly bombings. >> "i wanted to show the people in the us that we care about what's going on. it doesn't matter if a child dies from here or the u-s or even israel. children are our children. so i put on this shirt here in memory of martin. so i hope his family knows we care" >> yesterday london held a marathon where many participants ran in honor of the victims from the boston marathon bombings. meanwhile the marathon held in hamburg germany today paused for a moment to remember the victims of the boston bombings. many of the runners wore green and yellow wristbands that said "run for boston marathon 2013." before the race kicked off there was a moment of silence. >> relief teams flew in

cnn's nick paton walsh has more. the connection to this dead suspect, what we saw the video, a deadly raid in dagestan and perhaps a separate raid at a mosque in moscow. looking at there are pictures of the early morning raid yesterday, sunday morning, which killed a militant. he was part of a militant group headed by a man called abu dujan killed in december also. how does that relate to the boston bombings? there was a video linked to tamerlan's youtube channel. the man killed in that raid you just saw of the group. in fact, the brother of the successor -- the leader of the group+ when abu dujan died so there is clearly something happening on the ground in russia, chasing down members of abu dujan's group. we just don't know if that is specifically because any of them met tamerlan tsarnaev but it is an interesting coincidence that that raid happened. the fbi andfsb continue to exchange information, brooke. >> all right, tapper here in boston. do we know if the u.s. specifically had anything to do with this raid an

i would have cried out myself. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> nick paton walsh, cnn. >>> tensions japan and china are flaring up again. >>> and the shocking rape of a five-year-old girl reignites protests in india. for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. tell your doctor if you have a history of heart or blood vessel problems, or if you develop new or

. >> nick paton walsh is in dagestan with us. before i bring him in, i want to show a little bit of that interview. >> do you believe what he was told? >> they're being accused because they were muslims. nothing else. >> reporter: do you think they'll get a fair trial? >> i don't know. >> nick paton walsh joins me now. you also had a lengthy phone conversation with her. do how recently she lived with her sons? she says she knows them well, but do we know how often she was actually living in the home? >> reporter: i believe they were together in the united states for a period of six months. quite a bit of overlapping, but mostly what i heard in that phone call a deeply distraught woman that finally realized that it was her son that had been killed. she still believes he has nothing to do with the boston bombing. she thinks it is some conspiracy to try to frame him. angry in many ways. said to me she is so distraught, she doesn't care if her younger son is killed. she wants to join both her sons in heaven. very emotion conversation

for more on how the group may be linked to the boston terror suspect, let's bring in cnn's nick paton walsh on the scene for us in moscow. nick, what's the possible connection that authorities are investigating? >> well, the raid you've just been seeing pictures of took place very early yesterday morning in a village in dagestan. it killed a man with relevance part of a militant group headed now deceased. how does that tie to tamerlan tsarnaev? well, a video was linked to his youtube page. so tamerlan tsarnaev clearly had an interest or knew of abu jian. the other men remaining in his militant group are being tracked down by russian forces. we don't know if tamerlan tsarnaev ever met him or the man killed in the raid yesterday, but it is interesting as this continuing channel of information between russian services and fbi continues a man linked to the group that tamerlan tsarnaev links to off his social media has been killed in a special forces raid, wolf. >> i know you've been in contact, nick, with the parents of the bombing suspects once again even within the past few hours. what have y

i would have shouted myself. >> reporter: nick paton walsh, cnn. >> it's another catastrophe that's been attacks hoer s here boston, an enormous explosion in texas at a plant that obliterated a small town. the crater was left at the scene of the blast, the explosion killed 14 people, 10 of them first responders, including 5 of the town's 33 volunteer firefighters. we learned today that the president and first lady will attend a memorial service for them on thursday along with firefighters from across the country who did not know the victims but are bonded by their heroics. martin savidge is live for us in the town of west, texas. authorities just held a press conference. what's the latest, martin? >> reporter: jake, they're still focused on the crater which you mentioned. today there was some sophisticated equipment 3d measuring they were using to gauge how wide it is, how deep it is. all of that critical evidence that could tell them more about what exploded. more importantly, they want to know why it exploded. they're focusing not so much on the blast but the fire that preceded it. the

our own nick paton walsh has the story. >> it's a great story.heck it out. >> reporter: her dream so simple, what she endured for it so traumatic. malala yousufzai shot in the head by the taliban for promoting girls schooling but now recuperating and elegant again thursday got her wish. >> today, i'm going to announce the happiest moment of my life. and that is the first -- malala fund in my mother's name we are going to educate 40 girls. and i want all of you to support malala fund and let us turn the education of 40 girls into 40 million girls. >> reporter: she never saw the glare of new york's red carpets, but angelina jolie now contributing to her fund. >> they shot her point-blank in the head and made her stronger. she is powerful. but she is also a sweet, creative, loving little girl who wants to help others. >> reporter: the larger battle lies ahead. malala after extensive reconstructive surgery goes to school now in birmingham where it's safer. her ordeal shining a light on the pakistani taliban's extraordinary prejudice but also her indi

let's get to nick paton walsh now, he joins us by phone from dagestan. so nick, what do you know about this video? i just spoke with the police commissioner here in boston. he says this is a major development to him and it is going to be used in the investigation. >> what we know -- a youtube channel which tamerlan tsarnaev put up, had a link to and had a section called terrorists and had had a link to this man. the link was taken down but we have found the video that appeared to link to. he was a militant from azerbaijan. the better known name here is del gato. what's killed back in december with a very violent firefight in an apartment block not far from where i'm standing. we've seen video you that. intense firefight in which an armored personnel carrier was used to finish it off. he was the head after group of kind of militants here. what we don't know is did tamerlan and him ever meet. we have no confirmation of that at all. what we are asking of course now is why did tamerlan post a video of this man on his youtube channel. of course we should point

nick paton walsh had a long conversation with the suspects' mother.'s got a theory about the bombings of which i should point out she offers no proof for, there's no factual basis for what she says. she's, obviously, distraught, but she also has theories about her sons have been implicated. take a look. >> tamerlan was close friends with him, so they think that misha made him to become more -- more deeply religious, you know. that's why somebody told them that misha was the one who influenced on him. >> reporter: you met misha? >> of course i met misha. >> reporter: describe to me, what kind of guy? >> very nice, nothing wrong. very intelligent. very, like, nothing to talk about. >> reporter: okay, okay. what else did they ask you about his trips here? were they particularly interested in the time he came to dagestan? >> about who, tamerlan? well, all questions were about tamerlan. >> reporter: and his trip here, two trips? two trips, right, one in 2011 and one in 2012? >> no, only 2012. >> reporter: only 2012, okay. that was six months in which he wa

>> all right, nick paton walsh reporting from dagestan thank you so much. >>> we have pamela brown now at beth iz resrael deaconess hospi. pamela? >> reporter: john, we have learned from a doj source on background that even though charges have not been filed yet that they may be coming very soon, even while the suspect is still recovering here at beth israel deaconess. federal prosecutors have been here since last night working on the possible charges and that he will face terrorism charges according to a doj sources. now once those charges are brought forward he will be arraigned from their preliminary hearing will be set and he will be indicted on grand jury. also facing federal charges, right now he's in federal kus i can custody and will face federal charges and could face state charges of murder but from there a deal should be worked out between federal authorities and state authorities. again so far no charges have been filed but we're hearing from sources that those charges will be brought soon. >> what kind of differences in penalties are there for the state and federal charges

but we're covering this story around the world tonight with nick paton walsh in dagestan. jake, i want to start with you. a day of increasing revelation, really, about a collective board dropping by the cia. >> reporter: that's right. cnn learned not only the fsb, the russian equivalent -- the successor to the kgb, not only did the russian fsb reach out to the fbi in 2011 and ask them to keep an eye on tamerlan tsarnaev and look into who he was, and whether he was an extremist, but the cia also heard from the fsb. and there are also all of these questions now about different watch lists that tamerlan tsarnaev was put on. and how come the system pinged for the department of homeland security when he went over to russia to chechnya. but it didn't ping when he came back. a lot of questions from congress for the intelligence agencies. you know, piers, taxpayers pay hundreds of billions of dollars for a very expensive and thorough national security apparatus in this country. but i think we're seeing that still has a lot of kinks that need to be worked out. piers. >> right, and

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. >> all right, nick paton walsh, let's explore that aspect of the story. suspects came from a volatile region of russia, they have ethnic routes in chechnya in southern russia. in the caucasus region. as russia clamped down with sometimes brutal force, what began as a separatist movement became a radical movement. horrific attack on a russian school left more than 300 people, many children, dead. joining me from washington, d.c., christopher swift from georgetown university, an expert on chechnya, and constitutional lawyer. christopher, the brothers came from a volatile region. did ethnic ties necessarily influence their alleged actions? >> you know, it is too early to say, jake. these young men would have been in the region, you know, at a very early point in their lives. i think it is much more likely based on the facts that are developing right now that we're seeing a radicalization process that began in the united states when they were in their late teens and early to mid-20s. that's usually the profile for people who self radicalize, especially throug

>> all right, nick paton walsh for us this morning in dagestan. really putting the pieces of the puzzle together out there. our appreciation, nick. joining us now from philadelphia is congressman patrick meehan. patrick meehan is on the homeland security committee, a pennsylvania republican. he's been getting briefed about the investigation here. congressman meehan thank you so much for being with us. you've heard us report today so far, and of course over the last several days, that the russian intelligence agency did ask the fbi to look into tamerlan tsarnaev way back in 2011. the fbi looked into him. they didn't find anything alarming, they say. they asked the russians for more information. that information never came. did the fbi, as so many people are asking this morning, did the fbi drop the ball here? >> yeah. that's certainly the question of the hour. and it's going to be one that's going to be pursued, i think, aggressively by members of congress. what we have is a circumstance, as you said, where the russians are reaching out to us, but

she told this to our nick paton walsh. listen. >> i don't know how to describe it, you know. you know mother. you have a mother, right, so just because you are not mother, you won't understand it. i am mother. loving mother. of two kids. i don't know. it's really crazy. i can't even describe it. i don't know. i have no strength. i have nothing. i have like -- i have no sleep. i am just like dead, like a dead person. how can i describe it? >> again the mother of the tsarnaev brothers there saying to our nick paton walsh that she believes that this was staged to set up her sons, that they wouldn't do this. sources say russia raised concerns to the united states about tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother twice in 2011. u.s. authorities added both the mother and the son to a database at the national counterterrorism center, according to an intelligence official. we have been standing in front of this growing and beautiful makeshift memorial for the boston victims. we're going to give you a closer look at all the different ways that people are paying tribute, that comes up next. what

nick paton walsh is joining us from southern russia, he's in dagestan. nick, you spoke with the suspect's aunt. what did she say? >> reporter: a number of interesting things. firstly, that when he came back last year to dagestan, tamerlan tsarnaev, the older brother, he went tries to chechnya to visit relatives. but she was struck by how he had embraced devoutly the islamic faith. here's what she had to say. is there a connection between this gun fight and one of the boston bombers? the youtube page suggests there might be. he put up a link to a video he put up a link to a video and it was removed, but cnn has now found it and it shows this man. it's an islamist militant. russian special forces hit his hideout last december to kill as many as six militants inside. the grisly aftermath showing heavy weapons, but also the heavy hand used to kill them. four months later, the marks remain of the tit for tat violence fueling militancy across the region. neighbors told us the young man who once lived here seamed peaceful, ordinary, but in the dust lies a questi

nick paton walsh joining us live from moscow. nick, explain who this guy william plotnikov was and the possible links, possible links, to tamerlan tsarnaev. >> reporter: well, investigators are looking to see if there's link because of the sheer parallel between william plotnikov, a north american canadian box somewhere tam tsarnaev, also born in former soviet union, moving to north america, and a keen boxer as well. they were both, it seems, in dagestan at the same time. most importantly, the key link seems to be that tamerlan tsarnaev left russia just a couple of days after the death of william plotnikov in an ambush by russian special forces. as you say, there's no key evidence suggesting there was a link or contact between them. the parallels are just there. and they're glaring. that's why investigators are looking at it, wolf. >> as you know, the russians alerted the u.s. about tamerlan tsarnaev back, what, 2011. earlier today president obama asked about how well the russians are cooperating in the bombing investigation. in h

they spoke to cnn's nick paton walsh.m earlier on today. they were quite clear, the father very brief in conversation saying simply i am sick very sick. then the mother able to elaborate more saying he was, indeed very ill, having issues with blood pressure appears to be shaking, some serious issues there. of course these are affecting their travel fans. their father had originally attended to travel to the united states. of course with his health that is now put on hold indefinitely. the mother very clear in her eyes she would travel to the united states regardless of the risk against her, for outstanding allegations of shoplifting or even as the investigation begins suggesting she might be wanted for further questioning, she would go to the united states if she was promised she could see her son dzhokhar. >> a raid over the weekend, here's the questi direct link or even indirect link to the boston bombing? >> reporter: this is a complicated one, but it's worth following through. there was a raid in dagestan early sunday

nick paton walsh is live in dagestan with the latest. good morning, nick. >> good morning.ad this press conference which i believe is still ongoing.she said she received gs from her lawyer and if she goes to the united states she won't be arrested on these outstanding charges to deal with shoplifting. that's odd to me because i spoke to her earlier on and she did suggest she was concerned about that. maybe she's trying to force the issue. she goes on to saying, according to my colleague, they showed a pictures of dead body of tamerlan. i did not look. i could not believe it was my son. she said, she mentioned that she herself feels accuse of being a terrorist and goes on to say, they already told us they will not let us see dzhokhar. now, that is also interesting because during the conversation i had with her she wasn't sure if that was possible or not. so it seems like a more emotional plea here trying to seem like the wrong party and perhaps push u.s. authorities into a more sympathetic reception on her arrival. >> nick paton walsh for us. we have nic robertson on the pho

. >> i'm nick paton walsh. many ex-patriots were watching with horror, this is a city with a deep empathy for that violence, having been struck in its center months ago by a similar type of blast. of course this is a region where violence is a daily regularity. a rocket hit by dozens of blasts and dead on monday alone. many concerned at any possible claim of responsibility for the boston attack and the repercussions that could have across the region. >> reporter: i'm fred pleitgen in berlin, germany. of course the bombings are a topic in this country as well. the german government has come out with a statement condemning the attacks and the german foreign minister hopes the investigation will lead to those behind it. a famous german marathon runner posted on her twitter account after finishing the race, why must innocent people bleed? >> to find out how you can help the victims of the boston tragedy, go to cnn.com/impact. a lot of people want to know what can you do? >> a great website. all sorts of places to h

cnn's nick paton walsh is live in moscow with details for us on this development. ernight, nick. >> absolutely. the early hours of sunday morning that this raid you're seeing, remarkably violent it appears, was aimed at trying to kill the man. let me wind back a little bit and explain to you why he's significant in the tsarnaev case. he is part of a militant group led by a man called abu dujen, a video of him was by tamerlan tsarnaev on his youtube channel. we don't know if the two men met but it's interesting that this man went. he links the video of him. a member of that militant group, his brother is reported, became the leader of that militant group once abu dujen was killed and i can show you some pictures of him killed in the early morning special forces raid in the forest with the abu dujen militant group. we don't know if the man you've just seen or abu dujen ever met tamerlan tsarnaev. the link is from his youtube page. we do know while they're handing information to the american counterparts at the fbi there are ongoing special forces raids just as early a

nick paton walsh caught up with the suspect's father and dug up new information about their past. >>t's hard to link boston's terror with a street so ordinary where the alleged bomber's father lives in the spotlight even to the the point he drives past his own home and let neighbors echo his disbelief. >> translator: i deny think his kids could have done that. it's not true. >> translator: this means he's a terrorist. that's what it's like now. i don't believe any of this. >> reporter: he did stop outside his home briefly, though. >> we don't really have a chance to hear properly all you have to say about the terrible circumstances you're in. >> my kids never did anything -- that's it. >> reporter: sir, your sons didn't do this? >> never, ever. >> are you going to america? >> yes, i will go. >> when will you leave? you will forgive me, sir. i know it's a difficult time, i'm just trying to do my job. what was the last time you spoke to them? >> sunday morning. that's it. >> have you been in touch with special services here? i understand, i understand. >> reporter: officially he denies

nick paton walsh is live.happened and what connection can be made to where i am here in boston? >> reporter: first of all, what happened, early yesterday morning a special forces raid took out a man. he is part of a militant group that was headed by abu dujana. he was killed in december. a video of abu dujana was linked to by tamerlan tsarnaev on his youtube channel. we don't know if the two men ever met, but we know tamerlan was interested in him. we don't know if today's raid is in any way connected with ongoing investigations or is purely a coincidence. >> nick, you've had a chance to speak to the participants again. are they forthcoming or clamming up? >> the father said i'm sick, i'm sick. the mother said look, he really is ill. he's not going anywhere like the united states at all until he gets better. she importantly said that at any point she's given a suggestion she will meet her son dzhokhar, she will go to the united states. a family clearly traumatized by the main goal is getting the father healthy

i understand. >> we're going to go to dagestan live and talk to nick paton walsh later. he caught up with the father of these two suspects. also i'll speak live within the next few minutes the police chief of watertown here outside of boston just hours after a nightmare unfolded in his town's backyard. you're going to hear specifically how it all went down. this is cnn's special live coverage from boston. a simple question:went out e how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it

. >> cnn's nick paton walsh spoke with their mother on the phone and then briefly in the street.e a look. >> my sons were innocent. i love them. i want the whole world to hear about it. i love them. and i will love them. and i want to go -- i mean, i want to join them. if they're going to kill me today, i will be happy. happy. okay? okay. and i will say allah. >> they killed them just because they were muslim. nothing else. >> we're also learning more tonight about the wife of tamerlan. her name is catherine russel. she goes by katie and her attorney says she knew nothing about what her husband was allegedly planning. chris lawrence has more on exactly what we've learned about her. >> tamerlan's widow ran out of her home. investigators want her help as they piece together the alleged boston bomber's plan. >> there were reports that came as an absolute shock to them all. >> as authorities try to determine when and where he may have assembled the bombs, investigators want to find out what, if anything, she knows. >> she is doing everything she can to assist in the on going investig

cnn's nick paton walsh is in southern russia. >> reporter: is there a connection between this gun fightts and police in dagestan and one of the boston bombers? the youtube page of tamerlan tsarnaev suggests there might be. he put up a link to a video titthat was removed, but cnn has now found it. it shows this man. ab due due giuliani is the name used by an islamist militant. russian special forces hit the hideout last december, an armored car brought in to kill as many as six militants inside, including doll caught auf, the grisly photos afterward ashowing the heavy hand used to kill them. four months later, the marks remain of the pit for at that time violence fueling militants across this region. neighbors told us the young man who once lived here seemed peaceful, ordinary, but in the dust lies a question -- why did tsarnaev's youtube page linked to the rants of the militant who died here? in a town where tsarnaev's father lived and tamerlan visited last year. you can see how intense the violence must have been against this apartment could be the clearest link yet between one of the

nick paton walsh. makhachkala, southern russia. >> all right, nick, thank you very much. worshippers filled new england's largest roman catholic church this morning reflecting on the violence in boston that began nearly a week ago. ♪ members of law enforcement took part in the service at the cathedral of the holy cross. four large photos of the people killed were prominently displayed behind four lit candles. cardinal o'malley shared a message of healing saying in the midst of the darkness of this tragedy we turn to the light of jesus christ. ♪ let peace begin with me ♪ let this be the moment now ♪ with every step i take let this be my solemn vow ♪ >> elsewhere, a group of christian, vush and muslim leaders gathered near the marathon finish line. in a show of support the area remained a barricaded crime scene. dzhokhar tsarnaev faced federal or state charges or a combination of both. we're going to talk about it next, and the boston marathon bombing drawing comparisons to the oklahoma city bombings back in 1995. we're going to talk to the attorney for timothy mcveigh and

she spoke to reporters including our nick paton walsh in the russi russian republic of dagestan. understand this. what exactly is her point? what's her -- what's the mom saying? >> reporter: complicated night for her in many ways. i spoke to her in late evening. she was pretty much sure this was a case of mistaken identity and it was not tamerlan tsarnaev, her eldest son, who the fbi shot dead. as evening draw on she saw pictures online, social media and recognizes the dead body, deeply traumatic for her, of course, struggling to absorb the enormity of the charges levelled against both of her sons. but at the end of the day she does not believe they were guilty of this. she believes some conspiracy is at play here, part of that she says is dzhokhar's inability to speak in hospital, they dekneed him right to speak to make it impossible for him to put truth out there about what really happened. she is speaking to russian authorities today at some point and was also very angry at any suggestion of extremist links between her sons and particularly here in dagestan. >> especially a bit

she spoke at length and more calmly one-on-one with our nick paton walsh.ay your sons murdered three people and injured a hundred and deliberately planted bombs in a civilian area and detonated them and then went on the run shooting people. you've seen the pictures. there are people in boston who want to know why and they believe they did this, they believe that. >> you know, i saw very, very interesting video last night that was something like a really big play that is like paint instead of blood. like if there's made up something. >> do you really believe that? i know it's tough to believe what the american officials are saying. >> that's what i want to know. because everybody's talking about it. that this is a show. that's what i want to know. that's what i want to understand. >> should point out obviously there's absolutely no evidence, no factual basis for her comment the idea that it was painted and not blood. that service all a show. that's the mother of the two boston bombing suspects dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev. stay with us. you'll see a much l

nick paton walsh is there.dug up some incredible clues who may have influenced tamerlan tsarnaev last year. >> reporter: this is abu dujan in a video that one of the bombers, tamerlan tsarnaev posted on his youtube channel. russian forces killed him last december in dagestan. dagestani police have revealed to cnn this small-time militant ran training camps for bomb-making that foreigners came to. police gave us images of his group training in the woods. this one explains how to mix and prepare homemade explosives almost anywhere. and the group's pictures suggest they learned to use a mobile phone as a debtonater. >> translator: we do not have audio or visual confirmation, but we have information confirming that he met with foreigners. there are dagestanis who come here to meet in their historical mother land whose roots are here. >> reporter: could that have included americans? >> translator: it's entirely possible. but i know there were arabs and turks among them. but whether there were americans, i don't know

>> all right, nick paton walsh in dagestan for us this morning. speaking to the mother of the suspect. nick, our thanks to you. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev may have conveyed that there was no foreign terrorist groups that were involved in these attacks but there are certainly lingering questions like somehow do the brothers get their guns? how did they get the explosive supplies? barbara starr joins us from washington right now with that angle. what can you tell us? >> good morning, john. you're absolutely right. the claim by the younger brother, of course, is that they acted alone. but investigators want to know if there is someone, somewhere, who knows how they pulled it off. one week after authorities say that tsarnaev brothers atacked boston -- >> the two suspects were armed with handguns at the scene of the shoot-out. >> reporter: but neither brother had a license for a gun. a senior u.s. official says investigators are looking at the brothers' connections to any individuals or groups that might have trained them to make explosives, or supplied the

. >> we know that nick paton walsh has been talking to the parents, thought they were coming to boston and we have no idea where they are at this point in time. >> you hear from people watching the story and getting anecdotally ig a nanecdote ally annoyed with the hiss reonreon his reonics of the mom. >>> and "the boston globe" piece, the man carjacked, telling the amazing story. our special coverage will continue after this quick break. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like

nick paton walsh is there. he just spoke with the mother of the two suspects.e joins us from the capital city of dagestan with more. how did the interview with the mother go? >> reporter: wolf, very distraught. during the conversation which we had earlier on in the evening, she believed that tamerlan was, in fact, still alive. later it transpired, she saw pictures on social media of his dead body and overcome grief. much in her mind conspiratorial. believing in the innocence of her sons, mistaken identity initially. but now the revelation it was tamerlan and dzhokhar, in her mind, caught up in this -- or at least accused of these crimes by u.s. officials, really struggling to take that on board. she believes dzhokhar, unable to speak, under medical treatment in the hospital, that he has been robbed of his voice, in her words, so he can't properly defend himself. i asked why did this happen to her sons? she said because they are muslims. she herself feels under threat along with her husband. not quite clear who she thinks is trying to frame her son of this. she

nick paton walsh is live in moscow. help us connect the dots. what if anything is the connection? >> reporter: well, what you've just seen there is what resulted in the death -- it's a raid that resulted in a raid against a hideout there in dagestan where militants working under the group abu dujan were under attack. and shakhrudin askhabov is part of abu dujan's militant group. why does it relate back to the boston bombings? because tamerlan linked from his youtube account on to that particular page with abu dujan. the raid carried out very early in the morning yesterday. russian special forces tracking down askhabov. it's not clear if askhabov met tsarnaev or even if abu dujan who used to be the leader of the group that askhabov worked in, if he met tsarnaev. what we do know is this hunt is ongoing. special forces tracking these people down and they belonged to a group linked to on tamerlan's youtube account. >> so now we're getting at it. let's take a half a step backwards because one of the big key questions here is who is driving the information. is there the coordinated effo

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that interview by our nick paton walsh. >>> an attorney for katherine russell, the american woman married to this deceased bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev, says she knew nothing about her husband's alleged terror activity. she's remained mostly out of sight since the bombings, but cnn did see her leaving her parents' home yesterday in north kingston, rhode island. erin mcpike has the latest. >> reporter: we only have seen katie russell twice in the past week. on tuesday and on friday, she left her house with her attorneys. on friday, her attorneys met with her in their office for about 90 minutes. when she arrived at her attorney's office, i did try to ask her how she was doing if she could tell us what was happening. she, of course, did not answer and her attorneys ushered her inside. when i got a chance to look at her, she looked bewildered, overwhelmed at what was going on. here at the house, we have seen security vehicles stationed outside this house, all week long. they leave, trailing one of her family members or several of her family members every time they leave, all we know fr