let's bring in anna, wnyc reporter who spoke with katherine russell's roommate at suffolk university. thank you, first of all, for coming on the show. >> of course. thank you for having me. >> how did the roommate describe tamerlan? >> she described him as kind of -- she didn't have a good feeling around him. she met him along with her freshman roommate. they were the group of russians. they would go out and buy things for them. and then katherine russell started dating tamerlan and at some point the woman i talked to just started to feel like maybe this isn't a guy i want to hang around. she described him as very charismatic but also controlling. he seemed to have multiple faces. she had a bad feeling. >> it seems like tamerlan had quite a power over russell. and i'm reading where it says they got back together although her friends warned against it. the friend you spoke with says her roommate eventually started wearing a head scarf and began practicing islam. >> that's right. what ashley told me was, they broke up, get back together and her friends at suffolk university warned again

. >> but it was at boston's suffolk county jail that we met not just two but three siblings.onds they shared transcended the numerous troubles they faced. >> my sister's on that side. she'll be coming to the window like yo, yo, yeah, yeah. >> it didn't take long for the allen family to catch our attention. >> straight from the bloody beat, you know what i mean [ bleep ] ferocious. >> siblings corey, melissa and william were serving sentences at suffolk county's house of correction facility. >> the allen family was definitely a family that seemed they were having hard times. three siblings being locked up was certainly a lot that we've come across coming from one family. even though they were all inside, they constantly were telling us about one another and stories about one another from home. >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's out here. i love my family. you know what i'm saying? there's something good about us, you know. >> my sister, melissa, is loving. she's kind. >> she took care of me. she made sure we eat when we didn't have food. >> my baby brothe

they pulled twenty twelve and i'm back in iraq in suffolk on the border with turkey. thank you i have an appointment this morning with a lebanese taxi. family the united states said they would make a democracy out of iraq in the heart of the arab world but iraq i see today is a country on the brink of chaos torn between three groups kurds sunnis and shias. it is a country divided a stranger to peace that i'm about to cross a taxi ride to the heart of iraqi history. from the hole in the north of travel down through l.b. little ammonia. tikrit volusia baghdad babylon. and. a road map of the iraqi tragedy. of obviously i'm delighted the americans have finally left iraq as much as we are rockies are very happy not to see it here anymore enough was enough the americans occupied us so we hate them like they lean here in iraq they killed in creating the conditions for chaos they're responsible for the whole tragedy of them and of course we were living in peace and they came to destroy our country and also without all of us of the. journey begins on the mountains of iraqi kur

that would be suffolk university. her parents, warren and judith russell, released a statement to the media outside their home recently, here it is, our daughter has lost her husband today. the father of her child. we cannot begin to comprehend how this terrible tragedy occurred. in the aftermath of the patriots day horror, we know we never really knew tamerlan tsarnaev. our hearts are sickened by the knowledge of the hor hor he has inflicted. please respect our family's privacy in this difficult time. neighbors believe katherine converted to islam sometime after leaving high school. she was often seen in muslim clothing. it's possible she may have been living with her parents. but here's what paula gillette had to say. she's a neighbor in that neighborhood in north kingston, rhode island. >> they're my neighbors. they're very nice people. so i have no reason to believe they would be involved in anything like this. and still i guess don't think they would be. so i don't know all the circumstances. >> a little bit of d

mit is closed and harvard and emerson, boston college and bu, u mass boston and suffolk university. no classes today and asking people to stay inside. >> mike, have you heard from people inside of boston? you have a circle of friends heavily involved to help the victims of the double bombing at the boston marathon, as well as just trying to help boston get through this. here we are again after a especially the president's unifying words yesterday at the interfaith service. it almost felt like a step in the right direction and, yet, here we are looking at watertown and surrounding towns in the boston area community locked down with military humvees moving in. i guess law enforcement officials have no choice. there is no way they can let this terrorist go. it would not be good symbol symbolically on an international level and given what he has done to our country and what he has done to boston and what he has done to police officers in the line of duty, this guy has got to go down. >> yeah. mika. the key thing to remember here is they have locked an entire city down, watertown, massac

she attended suffolk university from 2007 to 2010. the school confirms that she never graduated, and the family released a statement to the effect of, these actions this week in this news confirms we never really knew him. meantime, we're hearing more stories about the dramatic end to the manhunt for suspect number two, as he was called, the younger brother. we've seen surveillance pictures showing the terror suspect jahar in the family's boat. look at that. we now know the owners immediately called police, when they suspected something -- somebody was in there. when the police arrived, the final shootout. gunfire burning the boat tarp, and agents taking him alive. the stepson of the boat owner describes what it felt like when he learned how close a suspected terrorist came to his own family. listen here, last night. >> literally, my mother and my stepfather's home, there with the boat, that this suspect was found in. immediate horror just swept through me. i broke down crying. he saw what he believed at the time to be a crumpled body

suffolk counties response, where it says by paul revere. another interesting time in the british newspaper was the printing of the declaration of independence the the arrival of the declaration of independence was on august 10, 1776, in london. three days later the london chronicle your prints what is an 18th century equivalent of a tweet, and that we have advices received that the congress resolved the independence on the fourth of july and it is said, have declared war against great britain in form. two issues later they print the full text of the declaration. there's a january 23, 1777 issue of the continental journal. this was printed in boston. this was the front page account of george washington crossing the delaware, the battle of trenton. called out the phrase that washington used they knew they were about to be cut to pieces. and pointed at as being some harsh language to come from the future president. we also read in the british newspapers about john paul jones, the first american naval hero. he was also an american pirate to the

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one case in particular was his right to philadelphia and back to ensure the suffolk results, suffolk counties response which was a part of it. another interesting, the printing of the declaration of independence to the arrival of the declaration of independence, august 101776. three days later the london chronicle prince what is an 18th-century equivalent of a tweet in that we have advice received that the congress resolved upon independence before the july and has put declared war against great britain. two issues later, the declaration. a january 203rd 1777 issue of the continental army. this was printed in boston. this was a front-page of george washington's crossing the delaware. bruce chadwick contributed the essay on the battle of trenton and princeton called out a phrase that washington used that they surrendered because they knew there were about to be cut to pieces. being harsh language to come from the future president. he also reimburses newspapers about john paul jones, the first american naval hero. welcome he was also an american private to the british. during the accou

the district attorney for suffolk county that covers boston -- you have to excuse me. there are helicopters flying overhead. they land right on the roof of the hospital. there is an echo chamber. if you can still hear me, they told me the families some of the victims who are here -- >> ashleigh we're having a hard time hearing you. we're going to come back to you. ashleigh is outside the hospital where some family members want the suspect to be removed from. >>> we continue to remember the victims of the tragedy today. an hour from now a memorial service will be held for shawn collier. family and friends had a private service yesterday. he was ambushed in his patrol car while on campus. thousands of m.i.t. faculty and students formed a human chain and paused for a moment of silence to for officer collier. he was born to be a police officer. in the next hour we'll take you live to the memorial to hear from students and to hear from members on campus. >>> the older brother's wife has promised to cooperate in the investigation. she hasn't said down with the fbi or spoken

. >> michael: suffolk university polled three towns finding markey has a comfortable lead.ted wintery weather and the boston bombings to attributed to the low turnout today. i guess it's been a very busy week. >> thank you, thanks for having me. >> michael: yes, scott, when they talk about low turnout it helps the campaigns with the best get out the vote teams. who would have the edge between lynch and markey. >> from what i've seen being around the city today i think it's markey. i live in a city that should be a laboratory for that. white-collar, blue collar bright collar voters, you would think that lynch would have something going there and markey would have something going there. did not see much of anything for either candidate in my neighborhood maybe making me feel huh, a little anemic. and i went to south boston lynch's home base, and that did not look to be a welter of activity either. markey up in the polls by double digits and the feeling is that he's maybe tapped in a little bit better to the elizabeth warren turn out machine that will get the progressive subur

the following year, 2010, he married catherine russell, a suffolk university student he met in a nightclub and had dated on and off for several years. she converted to islam. pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in lowell, massachusetts. but he didn't seem the same. >> in 2009, just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence. and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of like came to the fight as we all did hoody, jeans. >> he also seemed more devoted to his muslim faith. >> he didn't talk that much about his faith to me until like the next year i saw him at the tournament. it was obvious it was a bigger part of his life. he felt like the immediate need to share it with me. he was really seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> once tamerlan told me, mom, you know, islam is the right religion. >> tamerlan's mother witnessed her son's transformation. >> i would like for you to be covered because islam is requiring for women to be covered. so i said, it was really lik

>> wolf, working sources and getting right to the top of the chain i just came from the da of suffolkboston and asked him pointedly what is the plan for the investigation and any filing of state charges in the killings of these victims of the bombing and the m.i.f. officer? he was quite definitive. he said the state will not be pursuing any of the charges at this point. they are giving all of the investigation to the federal authorities at this point citing there are such robust statutes that are narrow enough and carry with them satisfactory penalties that there isn't the need for the redundancy on the state level. not only financial resources but man power. they are sharing their resources and fedding any requests that are needed for their local resources as well but at this point they do reserve the right to react investigaivate and bri state charges if there is a need. i asked what that need could be and the da said say for instance there was a coconspirator discovered, weapons charges of some kind. we could reactivate and get involved and charge locally but at this point as far a

in this county, suffolk county, says it doesn't matter what's been said in this hospital behind me.ed or not mirandized, even if you can't use any of the statements dzhokhar tsarnaev has been making to investigators about his culpabpabilitculpabil shear volume of pristine evidence he knows of so far he believes makes it a very strong case. have a listen to the d.a. dan conley as he put it to me. >> i believe in this instance based on what i know about the evidence that it wouldn't be an easy case. none of them really ever are, but it would be a compelling case and a strong case and i would expect a conviction. >> that's a pretty strong statement. i would expect a conviction. given the fact that the federal authorities still have the option in front of them to actually pursue the death penalty with these charges. i just want to let you know this as well, anderson. behind me in this hospital dzhokhar tsarnaev is in the custody of u.s. marshals. so if he is to be moved as the d.a. tells me he may be in the next couple days due to the consternation of the families also here, bombing vic

this that was dan connolly the da for suffolk county massachusetts. the area around boston's copley square remains closed this morning as do exit ramps from major highways to that area. cell phone companies in the boston area say service is it running there but they are experiencing very heavy call volumes. on monday law enforcement officials say service was shut down to prevent potential remote debt anything thats of explosives but officials are verizon and sprint say there were no such requests.eque they remind everyone in types of chaos when lines are jams, send a text. the investigation into theinto boston attack is only begun. there's a lot to learn about the timing and use of explosives.loi ear this morning we talked with bill braniff or insight. >> if you look at the history of terrorism in the united statesst going back to 1970, there's been over 2300 attacks in the u.s., less than 13% have involved complex attacks. even morehase or more than one explosive. you are know you are looking att some out of ordinary.rd they'vein adopted these tactic

the following year, 2010, he married katherine russell, a suffolk university student he met in a nightclub and had dated on and off at several years. she converted to islam. pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in local, massachusetts, but he didn't seem the same. >> in 2009 just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of like came to the fight like we all did, hoodie, jeans. >> he also seemed more devoted to his muslim faith. >> he didn't talk that much about his faith to me until like the next year i saw him at the tournament. it was obvious that it was a bigger part of his life. he felt like the immediate need to share with me. he was really, you know, seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> once i was told, momma, you know, it's the right religion. >> tamerlan's mother witnessed his transformation. >> i would like for you to be covered because islam is requiring for women to be covered, so i said it was really like

now, we also know, of course, that they met when she was studying at suffolk university in boston iny married in 2010. and after that, just before the marriage, she converted to islam. her attorney said she believed in the tenets of islam and of the koran. she believes in god. now, her parents have not said anything much at all except to express their utter shock. they said in a statement, quote: we cannot begin to comprehend how this horrible tragedy occurred in the aftermath of the patriots day horror. we know we really never knew tam member loan tsarnaev. our hearts are sickened by the knowledge of the horror he has inflicted. it's important to point out that at this stage investigators do not appear to believe that catherine russell, tsarnaev's wife had any prior knowledge of the boston attack, shep. >> shepard: all right, jonathan, thank you. our station wfxt fox for boston just dug up this shot of the now dead bombing suspect. according to fox 25. it's back from 2009 when tamerlan tsarnaev was arrested on domestic violence charges. we'll let a live report from our station fox 2

she went off to college in 2007, that's when she met tamerlan, sometime after she was a freshman at suffolk university. they apparently met at a nightclub and sometime along the way, she converted to islam and they married in 2010, and i have talked to a couple members of this community who said they have noticed a change in her, but of course, she hasn't been here all that much, piers. >> right. erin, thank you very much indeed. >>> with me now is congressman adam schiff, member of the house select committee on intelligence. welcome back to you. what do we make of all these new developments? seems like every day on this case, new twists and turns. but just from where i'm looking at it, more and more focus back to dagestan, back to the six-month period that tamerlan tsarnaev spent over there where he now, according to some russian authorities, may have had direct contact with some militant jihadists. >> well, piers, i think we can expect that it's going to be like this for some time, we're going to continue to get these new developments, because we're so early in the investigation and the i

. >> at the suffolk county jail in boston, we encountered one group of inmates who found working outvated than working out alone. >> get that ab workout. get it toned up. this crew right here, that's what we do all day. six day workout, one day rest. every day, every rep we're out here. we out here. >> man, it's not that big but twice this week, man. i take it for granted, man. big things come in small packages. rise against these walls and these bars. >> definitely. got to do something with your time. >> always working out. always working on my mind, my body, my soul. >> that's pretty much it. >> in another section of the jail, we discovered a group of women also working on mind, body, and soul. but in the most unexpected way. >> lift the buttocks up any amount, excellent. move the inner thighs through the back wall. >> we found out that once a week a professional yoga instructor would come inside the jail and teach yoga to the women. we decided to cover it and when we got there we saw a normal classroom environment had been transformed into a yoga studio. they had pushed the chairs

she went to suffolk university in 2007. she dropped out in fall of -- in excuse me, spring of 2010, and they got married in june of 2010. they met at a nightclub and, you know, they both -- she at a certain point converted to islam. >> yeah. there's a nice place to pick up an islamic religion, right? in a nightclub. that is so strange. all this is strange. do we know what her relationship was with the other brother? did they know each other? the sister-in-law and brother-in-law? >> the brother-in-law apparently spent most of his time at college, so it is unclear at this point what their relationship was. >> now, what's the fbi -- is there any way of knowing what the fbi has as sort of a sense and smell about her? some of these cases i've watched through history where somebody does something, of a subversive nature, and the spouse does get targeted for the investigation -- and sometimes incriminated, is there any sense in the behavior of the authorities what their view is of her role of innocence or guilt here? >> you know,

. >> suffolk county district attorney dan connolly. >> thank you very much. i was listening to the police action all afternoon on the radio and i'd like to join my voice, add my voice to those who came before many to say what an extraordinary police operation across all jurisdictions that i was able to listen to and witness today. i was at the scene early on and our business, carmen, myself, it's about accountability and i can't say how happy i am, how pleased i am that the sect subject was taken alive. this will really ensure accountability for the victims and their families. so congratulations to all law enforcement for a job well done and now the task ahead for accountability. thank you. >> questions? >> reporter: how did the events transpire on the boat? >> there was a call that came into the watertown police. three boston police officers along with state troopers and f.b.i. agents responded to franklin street. a man had gone out of his house after being inside the house all day abiding by our requests to stay inside. he walked outside and he saw blood on

here's what the suffolk county district attorney had to say. let's listen. >> what happened yesterday in boston was an act of cowardice. while there will be an opportunity in the future at the conclusion of this investigation to officially define this act, make no mistake an act of cowardice and of this severity cannot be justified or explained. it can only be answered. >> reporter: let's talk about the facts that are really coming in every few minutes. here's what we know right now. so far, no arrests have been made. there are no suspects that we know of. and right now no motive that we know of. the toll from the twin bombings continues to rise this morning. three people were killed, at least 176 injured. 176, a brand-new number. the chief surgeon from massachusetts general hospital also spoke just a short time ago. let's listen to what he had to say. >> we are all extremely sad. we are suffering emotionally for what happened to the people of boston and many others. at the same time, we can't feel but proud because the medical community here a

. >> suffolk county district attorney dan connolly. >> thank you very much. i was listening to the police action all afternoon on the radio and i would like to join my voice or add my voice, i should say, to those who came before me to say what an extraordinary police operation across all jurisdictions that i was able to listen to and witness today. i was done at the scene early on. and in my business, kecarmen, myself, it is about accountability. i can't say how pleased i am that second subject was take n alive. congratulations to a job very well done and now the task ahead for accountability. thank you. >> we will take questions. >> how did the events transpire at the boat? >> the there was a call that came into the watertown police. three boston police officers along with trait troopers, and fbi agent responded to franklin street. a man had gone out of his house after being inside the house all day, abiding by our request to stay inside. he walked outside and saw blood on the boat in the backyard. he then opened the tarp on the top of the boat and looked i

suffolk county. the city of boston basically. april 19th is patriots day. no one works. government offices is shut down. it's the day of the boston marathon. 26-mile run. 26 miles outside of the city of boston into downtown. the finish line is on boyleston street in the city of boston. downtown boston is very small. and it's enormously congested on a day like this because you have a red sox game that starts at 11:00 in the morning and finishes just about as the marathoners are running to their finish line. six blocks from fenway park. so you have the convocation of thousands, 35,000 people from fenway park spilling out of the ballpark. you have thousands and thousands of people from all around the world at the finish line. waiting for for relatives, sisters, daughters, husbands, fathers who are running the marathon for various reasons. most of them charitable causes. this is a planned domestic incident. no doubt about that. an eyewitness who was standing on boylston about 75 yards to his right he heard an initial explosion, saw it, 75 yards to his right, and then a sect

minutes earlier, the boston red sox game which on patriots day, that's an official holiday here in suffolk county in boston. the red sox game just got out, so you have at least 35,000 people spilling out of fenway park which is six blocks away from the finish line. coming down, milling around downtown. it's a wide commercial boulevard. boyleston street. filled with shops, outdoor cafes. people eating. very joyce moods. it's a great day for the city. always has been. very traditional day for the city. people from all around the world, not just the united states here in town to participate in the marathon in one form or another. either to run it or their relatives are running it. their sons and daughters, wives, running it. so it's a carnal atmosphere. and all of a sudden, you know, these two explosions and the multiple injuries that followed have certainly put a severe damper on this city as well as on the lives of all of those who participate and certainly all of the lives that were damaged today. >> one of the great sporting events every year that you don't have to be a runner to apprecia

she attended suffolk university in boston. we know she met tamerlan tsarnaev in a nightclub and over the course of time there was a change in her persona in her behavior, in her dress. tell me what you learned. >> reporter: well brooke we tried to talk to a lot of members of the community, but they have really clammed up because the high school where katie russell graduated from has basically discouraged many members of the community from speaking out, but from what we heard she was a very good student very dependable, very well liked, and a popular kid. and a lot of people in this community jwho knew katie were very surprised by some of the changes that they saw in her after she left for college, and, of course they have been very surprised by all the activity that they have seen here in the last week and frankly by the >> erin mcpike for us thank you so much as we're getting more and more details about this family and this picture shaping from over the course of the last couple of years. erin for us in rhode island. erin ap

here is the list, harvard, m.i.t., bran dice, boston university, emmerson, boston college, suffolk, northeastern, excuse me, emmanuel, tufts, boston conservatory, all closed. classes called off for today. boston public schools, they've canceled all activities. other closures, hall marketplace, a well-known area here in boston for many bostonnians and many tourists who come to the area. it's not as if the city is frozen. but you could say much of it has been suspended, at least for now. they got their first guy. suspect number one is dead and accounted for. suspect number two, though, is not. 19 years old, either from chechnya originally or even turkey, is on the run somewhere here in cambridge, massachusetts. guys. >> gretchen: all right, bill hemmer reporting for us live on the scene. been doing so for much of the night. time to bring in our guest, a middle eastern expert. good morning to you. >> good morning. good morning to you. >> gretchen: hard to believe the event that have unfolded in the last 12 hours. if you've been up and watching or just rewatching this morning, your initial thoughts?

suffolk county district attorney dan conley joined governor duval patrick and a number of earth massachusetts officials. deval patrick. to talk about who is responsible for yesterday's bombings. this happened earlier today. >> thank you for coming this morning. 24 hours after yesterday's act of terror we want to organize information for you with the information we have. the mayor is here. the members of our congressional delegation, all the law enforcement leadership. we have several people that want to present to you this morning and take your questions. a couple of points i want to mention at the outset. i told you yesterday that the fbi has taken charge of the investigation. special agent in charge rick deslauriers will speak shortly. it is important to clarify that two and only two explosive devices were found yesterday. other parcels, all other parcels in the area of the blast have been examined and there are no unexploded bombs. there were no unexploded explosive devices found. over 150 people were injured yesterday in the, in the blasts, some gravely. our thoughts go out to all those i