but police find it covered in blood still on officer sean collier's body.s patrol car on m.i.t.'s campus. at 10:23 p.m. a surveillance camera shows two people round a corner. police say that's dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan. by 10:26, they're gone. >> officer down. officer down. all units. get on it! >> i went and i took his pulse and there was a slight pulse. because of the amount of blood on his body it was difficult to get a grip on him testifies the police sergeant. he finds collier still in the car with wounds to his head, neck and hand. his triple locking holster only partially unlocked. collier died that night, shot just hours after the fbi released video of tamerlan and dzhokhar carrying backpacks toward the marathon bombing sites. on the fbi's own youtube channel, the video is seen 12 million times in the first 24 hours. at the same time investigators have started collecting thousands of pieces of evidence finding scraps of a backpack pieces of the pressure cooker bomb the shrapnel beebees, nails, zippers. the search for the suspects co

why do you think they targeted officer sean collier?bo >> i believe it was because theyrg were trying to find another firearm. they needed another handgun, and they saw him, and they thought h they had an opportunity to get his gun. >> reporter: did they get his gun? >> they did not. >> reporter: m.i.t's chief of police, john difava, showed the court why.wh collier's holster had special safety locks that wouldn't allow anyone else to remove the gun.ju the jury was shown distant v surveillance video of dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaevpa approaching collier's patrol car and allegedly struggling to retrieve his gun. at that moment grad student nate harmon rode by on his bike. he told the court, "there was someone leaning into the driver's side door. he snapped up, stood up and turned around and he looked startled." prosecutor: do you see that person in the courtroom today? harmon: yes, pointing toward tsarnaev, he's right there. he has a blue shirt on.rd does it get any better in terms of an eyewitness than that? d >> you know, it doesn't.it

police officer sean collier. prosecutors athe tsarnaev brothers ambushed and killed him once the fbi named them as the bombing suspects. we're in boston with the evidence. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. court is now in session with more on the murder of the m.i.t. police officer. yesterday jurors and sean collier's family members saw new surveillance video and aimages from the murder scene as well as an eyewitness who put dzhokhar tsarnaev squarely at the scene. >> prosecutors say this grainy video shows dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev heading towards sean collier's m.i.t. police cruiser moments before he ambushed him. jurors got to see images of the crime scene for the first time wednesday. >> oh, my goodness. all units respond. officer down. officer down! >> reporter: and listened to frantic police dispatch calls from that night. >> get on it! >> reporter: it's hard to make out much from the surveil is video but m.i.t. graduate student captured on tape riding his bike is certain who he saw. someone was

police officer sean collier. he was executed on the m.i.t. campus.secutors showed video of two men they identify and tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev walking to the cruiser and leaning in. you can see the brake lights on the car getting bright. the two brothers for a full minute standing there before bolting. one person on campus said he heard loud noises. there was a cruiser in the vicinity. sean collier did not respond to radio calls or cell phone calls. he had been shot multiple times. a biker passing by had no idea what was going on. he looked the man in the eye and he identified that individual as dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> thank you, deb. >>> we are following breaking news in ferguson missouri. two police officers shot. a witness tells us what he saw right after the break. in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? w

. >> reporter: following the murder of officer sean collier, the tsarnaev brothers hijacked the suv.pointed a gun at mang and said, you know the boston marathon explosion, i did it and i just killed a policeman in cambridge. he said they placed homemade explosives in the suv's trunk and drove to a bank where dzhokhar used mang's atm car to withdraw $800 in cash. tamerlan tsarnaev made small talk and ask him about himself. he said, i'm chinese. tamerlan said, i'm chinese. taking his time picking out chips, that's when mang decided to run. surveillance video shows tamerlan to tell his brother mang has escaped. he leaves the snacks and follows tamerlan. mang alerted police that his vehicle has gps tracking. >> deb feyerick joins me live now. deb, what was the reaction of not only tsarnaev but the jurors when they saw those videos? >> reporter: well, the jurors were particularly riveted by some of the videos shown in relation to sean collier because they did see pictures of his autopsy photographs and how he was shot. so that was very moving. we saw a couple of the jurors appear to tear

sean collier, the police officer killed in the manhunt.and then there are the hundreds of other victims whose lives were forever changed that day. so much to revisit. let's turn to deborah feyerick with a look back at the time line of all of those events. >> reporter: right near the marathon finish line on a holiday monday in boston, two explosions 12 seconds apart. >> it was a scene of utter devastation and carnage down there. >> reporter: the homemade bombs kill three people, shrapnel tears through more than 300 people. >> we were collecting pieces of shrapnel inside the bombs. >> reporter: day three, a break in the case. of the surveillance videos from businesses and spectators, a man in a white ball cap at the second blast site. >> he slides that backpack off his shoulder and stands and mills around. a short time later, he makes a cell phone call. very shortly thereafter, you hear the first bomb go off. >> reporter: day four, the fbi asks the public for help finding two men, later identified as tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev, now on th

and that officer sean collier was shot three times in the head and three times in the hand. prosecutors say dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother killed him because they wanted the gun but the defense is saying his brother pulled the trigger. >>> an image of a newborn baby wrapped in the american flag sparked outrage online. >> an online firestorm over this military baby's wildly viral photo shoot. some call it cute and some call it deplorable. a little boy wrapped in the flag mom is a veteran and so is the photographer. >> i would never imagine that anybody would see this image as a disrespect to our nation. >> vanessa served four years in the navy and is married to an active duty navy member. landon's -- when i look at this image that is what i see. this facebook group saying to use the american flag in a such a disrespectful way is disgusting and tacky and against the code. >> the u.s. flag code saying in part that the flag should never be carried flat or horizontally but always aloft and free, and never for receiving or holding or carries anything. but hicks says there was n

companyiedy edied by his domineering older brother tamerlan, and that he's the one that shot and killed sean collier. legal experts doubt he'll take the stand. >> it shifts the focus for the jury. the jury is focusing solely on that guy. do we like him? believe him? do we think he's a terrorist or not? >> the defense case will probably last a few days so the jury will likely start deliberating late this week or early next. then the same jury will sit through a separate trial on the penalty. carl. >> pete williams in boston tonight, thanks very much. >>> in new york, new yorkers have now recovered two bodies from the rubble of that gas explosion in the city's east village neighborhood thursday. officials are working to determine if they are the bodies of two men that remain unaccounted for after the blast. >>> when "nightly news" conditiontinues on this sunday an attack on our nation's power grid could leave millions without power. we have an investigation into how vulnerable it really is. >>> and later, a pioneer in the west wing, and she answers to the president. for the president. >>> now to an in

police officer sean collier. pete williams, nbc news, boston. >>> the head of the secret service faced a grilling on capitol hill today about the agents who crashed a car into a white house barricade after an alleged night of drinking on march 4th. director joseph clancy admitted he didn't find out about the incident for five days. even then it took an anonymous e-mail to bring it to his attention. clancy said he had no excuse for the agency's lapse. >>> more in the battle against isis in iraq, and that fight is actually been joined by american boots on the ground although these americans are volunteers. veterans, no longer taking their orders from the u.s. military. our bill neely was with them as they fought with kurdish forces outside erbil. >> reporter: war with isis, kurdish troops in a frontline battle with an enemy that took their land. they are taking it back. it began with coalition air strikes hitting isis in three villages. more than 100 kurdish troops move in. with them, a half dozen americans. vetera

officer sean collier who was murdered. the jury heard that tamerlan tsarnaev bought two backpacks the day before the marathon bombings. >>> high drama in washington where tonight the latest tug-of-war involves a bill of war to combat human trafficking that somehow spiralled into an argument over abortion. and a president's nominee for attorney general is caught in the middle with tempers beginning to flare. nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill. >> reporter: caught in a washington waiting game. >> good morning, are you concerned about your confirmation? >> reporter: 130 days after president obama chose loretta lynch to be attorney general, still no vote to confirm her. lynch has waited longer than the past five attorneys general. in that span, boston was buried in more than 100 inches of snow, and the kentucky wildcats had enough time to win 34 straight basketball games. today, a top senate democrat dick durbin compared lynch's treatment by senate republicans to civil rights icon rosa parks. >> the first african-america

they say that same gun was used to kill mit police officer sean collier. dr.v you levitt told jurors the message scrawled inside the boat is consistent with jihadi documents found on his laptop. another one of his notes was shown to the jury, this one a plea to keep his financial aid. he claimed his schoolwork suffered because he lost relatives in chechnya quote, a republican that occupied by soldiers that wrongly abducts men under false pretences and terror accusations. he said he wanted to do well so he could help those in his country. marleau hall cbs news, boston. >>> president obama has agreed to slow down withdrawal from afghanistan. it's a shift in the plan and it comes at the request of the new government. the president meant with president obama yesterday. nearly 10,000 troops remain in afghanistan through the end of this year. >> we want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to help afghan security forces succeed so we don't have to go back. >> the u.s. forces will train and assist afghan forces who are fighting the taliban and other islami

officer sean collier. finger prints were found in both vehicles including the car jacked per said. scott, the jury was told some of the fingerprints were those of dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> pelley: don dahler in boston tonight, thanks. tonight police are investigating whether eccentric millionaire robert durst should be a suspect in five murders, not three. for decades, durst has been under suspicion. he was arrested this week after appearing to confess in a film about his life. a search warrant made public today shows he may have had an escape plan and omar villafranca is following this. >> reporter: in a search of his hotel room officers found a false i.d. with the name of everett ward, more than $42,000 in cash, a loaded .38 caliber revolver and a rubber mask. two experts linked durst last november to an incriminating letter sent to police about the murder of susan. the sheriff said he was a suicide risk. durst's lawyer says that's not true. at durst's houston home, officers seized more than 30 cds and boxes of email, financial papers and checks. it's unclear how long his extradition

police officer sean collier killed in that showdown in watertown by presumably tamerlan tsarnaev and tsarnaev on trial here. what they want to do introduce a lot of evidence in that particular murder and we understand there may be surveilened video introduced of that as well. >> ron allen, thanks so much. >>> after a quick break, the rescue under way in the florida panhandle for 11 service members feared dead after a crash. >>> and the president's request to use force against isis. the defense secretary, secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs off testify. we'll have it right here for you on "the rundown." mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. >>> and back now to the crash of an army black hawk helicopter along the coast of the florida panhandle, all 11 onboard feared dead. just a short time ago we heard from eglin air force base spokesman andy bourland who says the se

police officer sean collier. dzhokhar said he needed hit because he wanted to go rip some kids. but in a possible blow to the government's case silva said on the stand he believes dzhokhar was likely influenced by his older brother. and didn't talk a lot about rrj? >> no and nor did he talk about you know, nor was he violent in any way. >> reporter: jurors also learning more about dzhokhar's final moments hiding out inside that boat. >> there are have been shots in watertown. >> reporter: diane sawyer interviewing a neighbor watching it all unfold live. >> right now, the police are everywhere. there are s.w.a.t. teams. >> reporter: agents using flash-bang stun grenades to disorient dzhokhar. the remainder of the boat's cover ripped to shreds. >> the suspect's in custody. >> reporter: but before he gave up prosecutors showed jurors he did more than just write a so-called jihadi manifesto on the boat's hull with this blood-stained pencil. he also carved this into a wooden panel -- stop killing our innocent people and we will stop. >> and david, we learned today for the first time

officer sean collier. finger prints were found in both vehicles including the carhe jacked person. scott, the jury was told some of the fingerprints were those of dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> pelley: don dahler in boston tonight, thanks. >> tonight, eccentric millionaire i do not durst awaits in neural awaiting transfer to los angeles where he faces a murder charge, he was arrested this week after bearing to confess in a film about his wife. a search warrant made public today shows he may have had anng escape plan. omar villafranca is following this. >> reporter: in a search of his hotel room, officers found a false i.d. with the name of everett ward, more than $42,000 in cash, a loaded .38 caliber revolver and a rubber mask. >> very similar. >> reporter: the warrant also says two experts linked durstor last november to an incriminating letter sent to police about the the murder of susan berman. last night durst was transferred to a prison mental health facility. the sheriff said he was a suicide risk. durst's lawyer says that's not true. at durst's houston home, officers seized more than

prosecutors have identified the handgun as the weapon used to kill mit police officer sean collier. the friend testified that dzhokhar seemed to be heavily influenced by his older brother tamerlan. >>> a major announcement today could shake up the republican presidential race. donald trump. yep. he's expected to announce that he's going to launch an exploratory committee as a signal that he's serious this time around trump is not going to be renewing his contract for his show "the apprentice." tomorrow trump is scheduled to visit new hampshire, home to the first primary. >>> the new head of the secret service is asking for an $8 million mock-up of the white house in order to better train agents. joseph clancy told lawmakers on capitol hill that the agency currently trains in a parking lot. he says even the secret service dogs are not properly trained because they walk on hard surfaces rather than grass. critics did not appear responsive to the idea. >>> well if your gps is acting up blame the sun. we're being hit with several geo geomagnetic storms which also disrupt power grids and

police officer sean collier.up that indirnlgts but the state is planning now to prosecute him at the conclusion of this case. the news of that necessarily isn't surprising. what perhaps is the timing of this announcement, that the state has gone ahead and made it public that they do plan to hold a trial in middlesex county against dzhokhar tsarnaev regardless of how this trial concludes and we're expecting now that the prosecution, the government here in this case is getting close to wrapping this presentation of the case perhaps the beginning of the next week we'll have to see. >> ron, confirming there's no court tomorrow as is tradition in this case right? no friday work? >> reporter: well i'm not sure i can understand that full question, but if we're talking about what we're hearing on the stand right now, jose, a little bit of a sidebar going on. the state started today finishing up what it started yesterday which was the presentation of the evidence collected in watertown. that's where the shootout occurred

collier's family has been preparing for this day of testimony for nearly two years. >> this trial, it brings up a lot of bad memories but it doesn't change anything. sean's still gone. >> reporter: collier's brother andrew is certain tsarnaev will be convicted and wants to be in the courtroom for sentencing. >> part of me does want to see this guy his reaction to things. >> reporter: earlier wednesday jurors heard from an fbi cell phone analyst who testified that dzhokhar tsarnaev bought a prepaid cell phone the day before the bombings and used that callphone to call his brother mere moments before the blast occurred. jurors also saw a tattered nylon backpacks and components of one of the bombs that exploded killing two people and injured 260. chris pallone, nbc news, boston. >> announcer: new at 5:00 -- >> a story you'll see only on 4. her car crushed in a crash. before rescuers got here, police say someone stole the victim's wallet. david culver, we'll show you the pictures that track where that suspected thief went next. >>> how do you get traffic moving again on i-66? well, you might have to take some homes and businesses. i'm adam tuss. the story co

it focuses on the murder have had mit police officer, sean collier, he was killed after pictures of dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother were broadcast on the news identifying them as suspects and dramatic video of him escaping after colliers murder. >>> and to business and a bit of a rally the dow-spiking 259 points and the s&p up 26 points. facebook is facing a class action lawsuit over the way that kids spend they're parent's money on that site they are rule that that case can move forward and it involves thousands of plaintiffs. it's the way that kids spend money on the site without their parent's permission. the case is set to go to court in october. >>> the camden county government is planning to take over the demolition of abandoned homes in camden, they want to manage the project, the contractor who previously won the bid backed out last month after concerns of asbestos. it's yet another program run by the county. >>> volunteers are needed to keep philadelphia looking its best mayor michael nutter and the streets department are trying to make the eighth annual philly spring cleanup the

police officer sean collier, leading to a car chase into watertown and a shootout killing one suspectitywide search for his younger brother. the focus? the very heart of watertown. >> advising all watertown residents to remain in their homes. >> it just filled up. i would say there was 50 cop cars out here. >> the way they rolled in behind us they were coming from both sides. >> we were scared of every civilian that was walking down the street. >> murphy pregnant at the time heard gunshots erupt outside her window. >> it's loud. is it super close? is it blocks away? do i need to duck? it's a scary thing. we were trying to be really calm. >> as watertown hunkered down sean murphy snapped photo after photo. what he captured through a lens is one of the biggest takedowns of a wanted man in american history. it all led to this home after a tip about blood on a boat. >> as soon as i took that image, i knew that this boat is very close and i knew that really i needed to find cover. >> s.w.a.t. teams risked their lives closing in on one of the men they believed was responsible. not knowing i

police officer sean collier.c evidence and testimony coming as prosecutors expect to wrap up their presentation to the jury by the end of the week. many of the analysts agree the defense won't use a lot of its effort, a majority of its effort in the current guilt or innocence portion of this trial. instead they will focus on the expected penalty phase here. that's the latest in boston. jay gray news4. >>> right now, a wild west bandit an accused local bank robber outpaces jesse james. and investigators say he did wit a get-away bicycle. i'm wendy rieger in the newsroom and you're watching news4 at 5:00. >>> i'm jim handly. we are working every angle. that breaking plane crash in the french alps. new at 5:00 tonight, tom costello joins us thrive discuss where this investigation goes from here. >>> i'm chief meteorologist doug kammerer. temperatures going way up in the next couple days only to come right back down. in the middle some thunderstorms. >>> i'm pat lawson muse. a search expanhandleds for a missing boy.

. >> reporter: that policeman, mit officer sean collier, was shot six times. once between the eyes.lance video shows two shadowy figures identified as tamerlan and dzhokhar approaching the cruiser. the brake lights flash as the brothers try to steal collier's gun. the confrontation lasts 50 seconds before the brothers run away. >> it sound like somebody's hitting a trash can really loud. >> reporter: prosecutors laid out their case in painstaking detail, showing the jury how the investigation unfolded with the fbi releasing these images of the suspected bombers. two men in baseball hats carrying backpacks walking together through marathon crowds. dzhokhar stops first taking his place behind families and children. tamerlan walks to the finish line where he stanz just below the red and white flag. several minutes later at 2:49 p.m. dzhokhar calls his brother. and then -- [ explosion ] >> reporter: dzhokhar moves quickly away from the back pam he's left on the ground -- backpack he's left on the ground. as his bomb detonates, the energy seems to push him forward. tamerlan is capture on

officer sean collier. e-mails from his computer and apartment and messages written inside the wall and on the beams of the dry-docked boat where tsarnaev hid from police. some have expressed worry about the emotional toll the trial will have on these survivors. and for that rebecca gregory who lost a leg in the attack and testified in front of dzhokhar posted, today i looked at you right in the face and realized i wasn't afraid anymore. the trial is looking like it's moving faster than anticipated, and it will resume 9:00 tomorrow. >>> a tragic milestone in aviation history. it was one year ago today that malaysia airlines flight 370 vanished without a trace. we're going to tell you why the search for this doomed jetliner has only uncovered even more troubling questions. >> translator: i wish the authorities would give us the truth. i don't believe a plane that big could drop into the southern indian ocean with no wreckage, no bodies, no luggage found. there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the h

with prosecutors who say that the gun is the same one dzhokhar used to kill mit police officer sean collierg been as good of friend of jihad as he was, this i'm sure was very difficult for him, but i think he knew it was right. >> reporter: bordertown resident david hennenberry testified he saw blood on the deck of his boat before he spotted the defendant in his backyard. he told jurors, "i just let my eye look at the other side of the boat. then i saw a body in the boat." he said dzhokhar had a hooded sweatshirt pulled up over his head lying only side and there was no movement -- on his side and there was no movement at all. he quickly went inside and called 911. fbi agents called to the scene after tsarnaev's arrest took the stand and told jurors how they processed the crime scene and the evidence found there. prosecutors showed jurors the wooden slats from the boat that bore a carved message from the defendant. it read stop killing our innocent people and we will stop. prosecutors could finish presenting their case sometime next week. marley hall, cbs news, boston. >> witness steven silv

officer sean collier was shot six times. once between the eyes.ows who shadowy firgs identified as cammer lan and dzhokhar approaching the cruiser. the brake lights flashed as they tried to steal his gun. it lasts 50 seconds before the brothers ran away. >> it sounds like somebody is hitting a trash can really loud. >> reporter: prosecutors laid out their case showing the jury how the investigation unfolded, with the fbi releasing these images of the suspected bombers. two men in baseball hats carrying backpacks and walking together through marathon crowds. dzhokhar stops first and taking his place i didn't know families and children and tamerlan stands below the flag. several minutes later at 2:49 p.m., dzhokhar calls his brother and then dzhokhar begins to move quickly away from the backpack he has lift on the bomb as his bomb debt nature the energy seems to push him forward. tamerlan is captured on bang surveillance walking away. the wounded lay shattered and torn open on the ground. three people are dead, 30 are so severely wounded, they are c

officer sean collier as tsarnaev killed him. >>> the university of virginia students angry over the way a classmate was arrested. agents from the state alcohol control arrested martise johnson, it cell phone videos show him being roughed up by officers. he's facing charges of public intoxication. >> time 6:41. coming up next accusations of spying. plus a mother and baby boy hit in a crosswalk. the latest on the investigation next. >> $1 billion to fight the drought. details of governor brown's emergency relief plan. we'll have that next. >> and kind of crowded in the bay bridge toll plaza. look at the sun coming up. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after this break. ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. >> announcer: now 15 minutes of continuous news, weather and traffic on "today in the bay." >>> happening today, governor brown will announce he's ready to spend $1 billion to help people all across california to deal with this historic brought.

reporter: the chief of police at massachusetts institute of technology told jurors he saw officer sean collier parked in his patrol car 9:30 three days after the bombings. he said he stopped and chatted with collier for three or four minutes, remembering the last thing he ever said to collier, be safe. when asked if he ever saw collier again, he said no i did not. dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with killing collier. investigators believe he andcrept up on the officer as he sat in his car and killed him, trying to steal his gun. the m.i.t. had switched to a triple-threat holster which makes it difficult for someone other the officer to remove the gun. collier's family has been preparing for this day of testimony for nearly two years. >> this trial, it brings up a lot of bad memories but it doesn't change anything. sean's still gone. >> reporter: his brother andrew was certain dzhokhar tsarnaev will be convicted and wants to be in the courtroom for sentencing. >> part of me does want to see this guy. i want to see his reactions to things. >> reporter: earlier wednesday, jurors heard from an fbi ce

officer sean collier as well as drugs.t never did prior to the marathon bombings. awaiting day nine of testimony to get under way. >> what can we expect on day nine? >> reporter: day nine, you mentioned, i think they'll focus solely on evidence probably looking at things like computer evidence things left on a laptop looking at his twitter accounts, facebook things of that sort. items collected in those two places where he and his brother lived and the dorm room as well. again, that's about the only guidance we have as we mentioned yesterday, was really dramatic testimony on the stand. >> ron mott thank you so much for being with me. check back in an hour for an update from boston. >>> back to breaking nugz we inging news we started the broadcast with and will follow throughout the day. the african nation of tunisian at least eight people killed in a national museum right beside the parliament building. several others held hostage according to the tunisian interior minister. we just received video. this is unedited. i'll s

this afternoon they'll get into the ambush and murder of that mit police officer, sean collier.e this ended with the death of tamerlan tsarnaev, brother of dzhokhar tsarnaev, killed in the shootout with police. you go back to the boat craig, there was discussion between the judge and two sides whether the jurors will be able to see the boat in its entirety the vessel in one piece, or if they will cut out sections of the boat germane to the case. we saw for the first time, knew what the note said. that stuff was publicly released sometime last may or so. but to see it the first time with the blood draining down the side of the boat message in pencil was dramatic some of the most dramatic evidence entered in the case so far. we are expecting a dramatic afternoon as they get into the ambush of the officer. the fourth person killed in that week of that trauma here for the city and the region craig. >> ron mott we will check in with you later this afternoon. thanks as always sir. >>> new fallout from justice department scathing report about culture of racial bias within ferguson poli

so we've talked to several family members the family of sean collier for example, the m.i.t.executed in his squad car and they are there every day listening to the testimony. it's been brutal but they want to get past this as quickly as possible. >> i would just add, brooke it's inspiring to see these folks come in and really go through this exercise in trauma that they are going through and to see them take the stand one after another has really brought a lot of power to them. >> can you be specific dave? has there been any one particular piece of testimony or any one person who has walked in or wheeled in where testimony resonates for you and i know many jurors have been emotional. >> well i think those first couple days to see someone like celeste corcoran walk in, double amputee and was as brave as anyone i've ever seen and as brave as those officers that chased those terrorists that day in watertown. and also roseann. she lost a leg and the richard family to see bill richard take the stand and he really speaks from the heart when he takes the stand and you can't help but

police officer sean collier four days after the bombings triggered a dramatic manhunt that crippled bostonurrounding communities. over one million residents were ordered to stay inside, the chase ended after a wild shoot- out in the boston suburb of watertown where tamerlan tsarnaev was killed, run over by his own brother dzhokhar as he eluded police for another 20 hours until he was discovered hiding in a boat a few blocks away. meanwhile, the projected four- month long trial is going to be a hardship for everyone. between a massive construction site in front of the john joseph moakley courthouse, intense security, mounds of snow and a dearth of public parking just maneuvering the terrain will be tough. snow was just one reason for a slow start to the trial, but today was progress with one victim telling me simply "i couldn't believe it." >> sreenivasan: and emily joins us now. >> sreenivasan: emily, you were in the courthouse this morning. tell us what it was like in there. there were survivors in the benches. >> i was sitting right across from them and looking very intently at them. at

prosecutors say officer sean collier was killed by dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev because they were trying to steal his gun. the murder happened shortly after the fbi released images of the brothers as suspects in those bombings. tamerlan died later in a shootout with the police. dzhokhar is on trial for the bombings. his lawyer says tamerlan pulled the trigger and killed the officer. >>> a local high school student won't have to worry about paying for college, and he definitely earned it. michael weiner is a student at montgomery blair high school. he won the first place medal of distinction for innovation today at the intel science talent search. he did it for a study that he did of sound particles called phone knows that he hopes could one day lead to the creation of a superconductor. for now, he is just thinking about the money. >> i won $150,000. i won fame and fortune. and i guess i won some pride. i'm still working out the math. i don't think i'll be able to fill a swimming pool with dollar bills. i might just have to spend it on something silly like education. >> last year michael

cahill said that same gun was used to kill mit police officer sean collier hours earlier. dr.eavitt told jurors dzhokhar's message scrolled insides the boat where he was captured is consistent with jihadi documents found on his laptop. another note was shown to the jury, this one a plea to keep his financial aid. he claimed his school work suffered because he lost relatives in chechnya. quote, a republic that is occupied by russian soldiers that falsely accused and abduct innocent men under false pretenses and terrorist accusations. dzhokhar wrote he wamentsed to do well in school so -- wanted to do well in school so he could help those in his country. >> a close friend of tamerlan theaf navy pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of lying to the fin. prosecutors say he deceived investigators about his relationship with the deceased bombing suspect. >>> she'd been on arizona's death row for 22 years. now debra miltey has been exonerated. the. her son, a 4-year-old boy was shot to death. prosecutors failed to disclose the history of misconduct by the dentive. >> she was a victim of

police officer, sean collier, who was killed. were we expecting this?s have any impact on things? >> it's someone unusual. middlesex is the cambridge jurisdiction. people don't realize the federal government can bring charges, but state governments can bring charges on exactly the same crime and it's not double jeopardy. two things are accomplished here. one, it's sort of a guarantee that the federal jury led them off or came up with a instance they weren't happy with. massachusetts could still prosecute for murder but bear in mind massachusetts does not have the death penalty, so the federal charges are actually the more serious charges. >> okay they're the more serious charges and one of the things that we're seeing paige, this was something that just kind of takes your breath away this photo. prosecutors showed jurors a picture of dzhokhar tsarnaev and he is underneath a black flag. this is a jihadist flag it appears. what do jurors take away? he's casual pointing at it. what do jurors take away from this? >> the prosecution, the government is hoping

at the boston bombing trial, sean collier in blood in the squad car three days after the bombings.r tsarnaev and his older brother murdered collier during an unsuccessful attempt to steal his gun. and in south africa mugged at gunpoint while waiting to a live report and minutes from going on the air. assailants got away with cell phone and thankfully no one was hurt. incredibly brazen crime. >> unbelievable. amara, thank you very much. >>> coming up his instagram pictures are full life of the jet set but with taxpayer money? drew griffin caught up. >> looking back do you think you made a mistake? can you understand why people are concerned? >> i hope you enjoy your time in the 18th district. nobody told us to expect it... intercourse that's painful due to menopausal changes it's not likely to go away on its own. so let's do something about it. premarin vaginal cream can help it provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderate-to-severe painful intercourse caused by th

officer sean collier. collier was shot the night of the frantic search for the bombing suspects. it marked the first of several crimes the brothers allegedly committed during the manhunt's final hours. tsarnaev already faces the death penalty if convicted of engineering the bombings. he could also face a life sen teps if found guilty of killing collier. >>> a maryland man is accused of trying to kill two prince george's county police officers with his dump truck. and he is not competent to stand trial. this incident occurred in erl i li january at a shopping center in dplen arden. it was caught on surveillance video. gene brandon rammed two police cruisers nearly hit the officers who were standing close by. last month he was charged with attempted murder but after the judge's ruling today he will be sent to a mental health hospital for treatment. he will not stand trial. brandon claimed at the scene that the officers he thought had killed his brother. >>> still no word today on what kautzed this fire in silver spring this morning that damaged three neighboring restaurants. more t

. >> reporter: with the family of slain police officer sean collier looking on, the chief of mit police told jurors about the last time he saw 27-year- old officer alive. i told him to be safe, the chief said. hours later collier was gunned down. prosecutors argue tsarnaev murdered the officer in an attempt to get a 2nd gun after they were publicly identified as the prime suspects in the marathon bombing. the morning session was dominated by technical testimony about cell phone usage on the part of the defendant and his brother on the day of the bombing up through his arrest. jurors did get a look at some of the evidence left on the street. prosecutors say the defendant dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother set off bombs near the finish line. the evidence included a shredded backpack and remnants from a pressure cooker that contained one of the bombs, bbs, nails and shards of metal from the scene. video of the moments before the explosion show the brother arriving with backpacks. after the explosion they're seen running away without them. kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. >>> this accused

police officer sean collier. fatally shot three days after the terror attack.mpus. prosecutors say it shows dzhokhar and tamerlan creep up on his cruiser. shot multiple times after the suspects try to steal his gun. capturing the two running from the scene. a short time later, the sergeant arrives and makes a frantic distress call. >> oh my goodness. all units respond. officer down officer down. all units. get me 286, get me -- location officer down. >> incomes's ron mott joins us from the federal courthouse in boston. ron, good morning. what's taking place so far today? >> reporter: hey, jose. good morning to you. you know that week was a very stressful week obviously for the city of boston and the surrounding communities and it was the time when the city was really on edge about what happened and where these suspects were and then of course, we got the news about officer collier's ambush murder there on that thursday night. and then of course there was a chase and a carjacking that followed. so we're expecting testimony to finish this morning about officer co

officer sean collier was killed in the hours before the dzhokhar tsarnaev brothers got into a shootoutlice. dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with killing collier. investigators believe the brothers crept up on the officer in his car, shot him and tried to steal his gun. collier's family has been preparing for this day of testimony for nearly two years. >> this trial, it brings up a lot of bad memories but it doesn't change anything. sean's still gone. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev's attorneys have admitted his role in the bombings but insists he was acting at the direction of his brother. >>> 15 men ambushed and robbed, two vans carrying millions of dollars worth of jewelry in france. gunmen driving four cars forced two vans to stop near a highway toll plaza and then threw the drivers out. they took off with the vans containing almost $10 million in jewelry. french media reports no shots were fired. no one was hurt. the two vans later were found on fire. >>> well san francisco could become the first city in the country to require warning labels on sodas and other sugar-inteetened drinks. the labels

officer sean collier was killed.see two figures going up to his car. you can't tell which of the two individuals fired the shots that killed him and then you see the two -- these two people leave the scene. of course because police at that point knew who they were looking for, they didn't know where they were. there was so much attention given to officer collier's shooting that led to the chase and the shootout that killed tamerlan and then dzokhar tsarnaev was found the next day in the boat. so another dramatic day here. tomorrow we do anticipate because they may end in the next 15 or 20 minutes, they will continue to talk about the m.i.t. evidence and then move on to another area of this case. we did expect this trial would last six to seven weeks, but because of the rate with which they are going through, we expect some of that time will be shave and we could be into closing arguments in another four or five weeks or so. but another dramatic day here at the federal courthouse ari. >> that would be fast for a capit