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text messages on her phone from kevin. >> she showed me these text message exchanges. something to the effect of are you kidding me? and he said no. i'm done. i can't do this anymore. >> the detective also spoke with steve shapell, kevin's young employee who had been hanging around the apartment complex with morgan and the kids. >> he seemed like a young kid. he was 21 years old. >> and morgan scoffed at the idea that there was anything else. >> she said no, i'm a married woman. he's 21. that's absurd. >> they knew first hand that morgan had a long history of cheating, sometimes even with kevin's closest friends. >> she would tell me how they would have sex in her and kevin's bed when he would go out, how they would have sex in the cars -- the business cars. >> i said to myself she's not right. there's something wrong with her. >> and kevin's family? by now, they were sure morgan and the young landscaper were up to something. michelle confronted morgan directly. >> i said i'm not okay with this. like he just disappeared, like i don't believe you. like i don't. >> addin

no text is worth your life. so what we've done in this campaign which we launched in about 2009, 2010 is we created this online simulator that we actually bring to high schools and events across the country. and we're trying to bring the message home in a very safe environment of how difficult it is to text and drive. >> host: this young woman here is on the simulator? >> guest: she is, indeed. she's on the simulator. so what she's doing is she's have sort of a virtual reality experience of driving through any city, usa, and she's having to obey the speed limit, the traffic signal, deal with the variables that happen in any driving situation whether it's a car coming out of their lane or traffic comes, and while she's in that, she's getting texts sent to her, and she's being forced to reply to the text. not forced, but, obviously, she's being compelled to reply to them. so what this is driving home that as good as you think you are at it, you are not. because what you're seeing here is what you don't see behind

she's not to text while driving, not ever. do you text while driving?vio. >> reporter: you're not allowed? >> no. i would not have a car. >> reporter: most american teenagers are told not to text nd drive, but the evidence is millions are not listening. in an analysis of a 2011 survey rone by the centers for disease control, 46% of drivers at age 17 admitted they texted while riving, a number that rose to 52% for drivers over 18. the survey alarmed the research team because of evidence that distracted driving, including ncxting, is now the leading inngle cause of teenage fatalities. dr. andrew adesman co-authored the study. >> texting while driving is becoming an epidemic and a higher cause of deaths than even drinking while driving. and the impairment that comes with texting is worse than drinking while driving. re reporter: 46 states have responded by banning most or all hexting while driving, but the laws don't seem to work with teenagers. when researchers compared states with and without prohibitions, the level of teen texting was almost the same. n

texting while driving. an advocate and president of texting phone dance for a thank you for coming on the show. i was shocked to learn more teenagers are dying texting while driving the and driving drunk. can you hear me? we don't have him right now he is having to always his microphone we welcome back to him in just a circuit in the meantime it is called a massive 21st century highest cyber criminals stole $75 million in a matter of hours reportedly hacked their way into a data base a prepaid debit cards and drained atm from 26 countries several are under arrest while the ringleader was murdered in the dominican republic last month and the attackers apparently withdrew nearly $3 million of gashouse going bank to bank up and down broadway before being caught on surveillance cameras. the backpacks got bigger with each stop. to help homeowners with the landmark summit is turning out to be a disaster. they were hired by the feds to send checks cannot seem to do anything right so how does the firm get a contrac

is tohave a campaign stop texting while driving. no text is worth your life. it was a campaign we launched in 2009-2010. we created this online simulator. weird trying to bring the message home in a very safe environment -- we are trying to bring the message home in a very safe environment. >> this young woman is on the simulator. >> she is. >she is having a virtual reality experience. she's having to obey the speed limit and the traffic signal and deal with the burial -- and deal with the variables that happened when changing lanes are traffic. while she's doing that, she's getting text messages sent to her and being forced to reply to them. is showing you that as good as you are driving, what you are saying -- seeing is that you may not see that you are swerving around, but you are. for people who want to crawl along, they cannot do it. toyou'd had to -- if you go slow you get dinged. if you go too fast, you get dinged. if you run a red light you get dinged. >> who are the biggest violators? older or younger people? men or women? >> everyone. we focus our ca

our goal is to stop texting and driving. no taxes with your life so what we have done in this campaign which we launched in 2009/2010 is we created this on line simulator that we actually bring to high schools and events across the country when we were trying to bring the message home about how difficult and dangerous it is to text and drive. >> host: this young woman is on the simulator? >> guest: she is indeed on the simulator so she is having a virtual reality experience of driving through any city usa and she is having to obey the speed limits, obey the traffic signals, deal with the variables that happened in any driving situation whether it's a car coming out of the other lane or a car or traffic and while she is doing that she is getting texts sent to her and she is being forced to reply to the tax. not force but obviously dealing compelled to reply to them. what this is driving home is as good as you think you are added, you are not because what you are saying here when you don't see a hind wheel. when you're behind

they texted him.went back to them with lol and advised or urged them it appears to go to his room and take the evidence out. would he have done that if he didn't trust them if somehow they didn't know something was going on? they go to the room and take it out and decide to help a friend. it's not like getting rid of a six-pack when someone is charged with underage drinking. you're talking about the worst mess in recent american history and the largest man hunt and your friend is involved and they're treating it almost in a casual way and, again, i just think that what the fbi and others are going to be looking for now is did they have any knowledge before hand? i think on page 11 of the affidavit it talks about how the younger brother had told them he knew how to make a bomb. he learned how to make a bomb. you put all this together i'm just putting myself in the position if my best friend in college, suddenly i realize he is the defendant in the worst massacre in recent history and i just go to his p

>> i didn't answer the text, but tamerlan answered the text. the text was in chinese. he asked me, "what did she say?" and i told him, he used the english-to-chinese app in my phone and it translated some english into chinese and gave it back to my roommate. >> reporter: and the message was what. >> the message was, "i'm sick. i'm going to sleep with my friend's home tonight." in chinese. >> reporter: and he used the chinese-to-english translation app in your phone? >> yes. >> reporter: that's kind of smart. >> it was smart. vfs very, you know, careful. >> reporter: very careful. but still, when his roommate read the text, it just didn't sound right to her. so she sent another message. the message was if you're in some kind of trouble, text me back. if you don't answer, then i know everything will be okay. now, scott, i said to danny, "wouldn't that code have been better the other way around?" and she said, "yeah, it actually would have been better." so they've reworked their signals. he just hopes they never have to use them. >> pelley: in case it ever happens again.

: okay, as she ever texted a naked photograph of herself.nodding yes. but we do not seem to have a consensus. let's find out. >> you know, i have. and when i text that naked picture, i didn't regret not one minute of it either. it was worth it, honey. >> jimmy: and if you want to see all the naked pictures, go to our show page on abc.com. tonight on the show from "once upon a time" jennifer morrison is with us. music new from new order. and we'll be right back with muscular mark wahlberg. ...as we come together to celebrate the commitment... excuse me. would you mind moving your enormous phone? you mean the enormously awesome galaxy? ping! search "one trick pony." [ all gasp ] aren't you a little young to have an iphone? [ all gasp ] whee! [ indistinct shouting ] you think if they knew about the nokia lumia they'd stop fighting all the time? i don't know. i think they kind of like fighting. come on! ♪ [ male announcer ] the windows phone nokia lumia 920. engadget's readers choice smartphone of the year. ♪ this may, the meatball marinara is t

drunk driving. 39 states ban text messaging while driving.y two impose jail time for violations. by contrast, almost every drunk driving arrest results in time behind bars. in pasadena, california, police pulled over this driver today for using a phone. last month alone they gave out more than 500 tickets to drivers for texting or talking on their phones. pasadena police officer derek locklin. >> this is not just our teenagers. it's adults. it's those parents who are on the phone while the children are in the back seat or their teenagers are in the car. the negative influence is everywhere. >> reporter: the cell phone industry's anti-texting campaign begins next week. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelley: royalty drove to the jersey shore today. britains's prince harry joined governor chris christie in seaside heights to see the rebuilding after super storm sandy. who can forget the sight of the jet star roller coaster tossed into the flick ocean. the owners say they'll have new rides by this summer. while these folks were watching bir

. >>> walking and texting can be a dangerous thing. but -- >> new york city got smart and they are launching a pilot program called seeing eye people. >> is it the real deal? >> a new station tells the soldier's life that they were going to do a story on families. >> little does the family know, çó >>> texting and walking is a huge problem. >> people die because of it. >> well, the department of transportation in new york city got smart and they are launching a pilot program called seeing eye people. >> are you kidding me? >> oh, brother. >> people will not stop walking and texting, so they figured they would get city workers to put on a vest that identifies them as seeing eye person. >> they have to grab on to the leash and continue texting and walking. >> this is a fake. look how ridiculous this looks. it's because you look ridiculous when you are texting and walking. >> look at the reactions of the people around them. they are laughing, but people are really partaking. >> some say it's because of many accidents. >> as much as i like

just text them. end, we may find out years from now, boy, we really went down the wrong path with prozac and testing and took humanity and healing out of it spending $150,000 to look into it, which, by the way, i'll do it for 15. gerri: same with primary care physicians talking about doing your physical using a phone app, taking your [bleep] on -- your blood pressure on your own, doing all this stuff by yourself. at some point, you need the expertise of a doctor. look, i know obamacare's expensive, but we can't throw the baby out with the bath water here. we need some care. >> here's what you can't do with texting. you can't delve into somebody's life story and find out the traumas they suffered and how those might be manifesting in today's test praition. what you can do is push them down the road so they look a little better for a little while, and believe me, armed with data that comes from the government spending money to try to prove this, some private company will say, you know, where we try to

one texted that he looks like the guy on tv, he texted back lol. they received another text from him. i'm about to leave, if you need something in my room, take it. according to authorities, azamat tazhayakov never thought they would see their friend again. they find fireworks in a backpack, vaseline, and a laptop. they took the items back to an apartment in new bedford, wrapped it in a garbage bag and put it in a dumpster. the bag with the fireworks is later recovered by investigators after a two-day search at a holland fill. unclear if the laptop has been recovered. this exclusive video shows two men being taken into custody at the time on immigration violations. the third man, robel philipos is a u.s. citizen. the three agreed to wave bail. their lawyers say they did not wrong. >> he is just as shocked and horrified by the violence in boston that took place as the rest of the community is. and he did not know that this individual was involved in a bombing. >> my client, azamat tazhayakov, feels horrible and is shocked that someone he knew at the

stuart: these texts were accompanied by figures, scenes. and since they didn't understand anything but the dates, there was no way of telling who was depicted or what the scene was about. and thinking that perhaps the figures were priests, and here was a gentle people obsessed with time and nothing else, the maya began to take on a non-human aspect. here was the strangest race of people that ever lived -- sort of gentle astronomers, forever gazing toward the sky and never doing anything that other people did. keach: twentieth century scholars wanted to believe in an idealized maya past -- no wars, no power struggles, no economic turmoil. but in the 1940s, evidence uncovered at magnificent ruins like palenque in northern mexico began to change this notion of a peaceful maya. archaeologists investigated a structure known as the "temple of the inscriptions." the building's upper level seemed imposingly solid. but beneath it, archaeologists discovered a hidden staircase. it had been deliberately blocked with rubble in ancient times. it took thr

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nick was among those alerted by text message about a stabbing on campus that occurred in his building in erickson hall. the crime is considered unusual. >> i think yesterday's incident was probably an isolated event. the security here like erickson is really intense. so i'm sure the other person must have been a student here. >> reporter: reports say campus police were called to the hall for a knife attack about 6 a.m. saturday. one student was found stabbed and taken to union memorial hospital in baltimore with nonlife threatening injuries. police took into custody a student who had withdrawn from school. students identified the potential probable with a campus that lies in the middle of -- problem with a campus that lies in the middle of a major metropolitan area. >> we've had some other things happen this semester and last semester, but nothing quite as big as this. >> we get e-mails and text messages about things going on around the area as well if

this text amendment is not just intended for 2nd street. muo is the predominant zoning recommended for the entire central corridor. it begs the question, just what on earth is the purpose of the central corridor. muo is the anything goes zoning category. it build upon the notion that high-tech offices, hand commercial uses, and tourist hotels and housing and pdr and entertainment venues can all get along just fine and none will displace any of the others. i promised i'd be back here after your down zoning of residential uses on the 11th street corridor to remind you of the naivity of the planning staff recommendations when they come before you with these polley annish predictions that everybody is going to get along just fine. that didn't work on 11th street and it won't work here either. there are broader implications to this text amendment that have been presented to you to date. and i would hope you would give it a little bit more thought. thank you. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. steve vettle. i represent an individual named dave o'

again, most graffiti is text. 90 percent of the text, with all those categories that we have where we're trying to depict what graffiti is out there, we can now go to the arts council or anybody else who wants to argue with us and say 90 percent of the observed graffiti we have in edmonton is text only. given all those options, that's what we're finding. so the other avenue that's important for us in terms of how i run my program is when i'm trying to promote a mural program or i'm trying to promote community support programs, it's really important for me to basically say that you can't cut the community portion of my program because 71 percent of the observed graffiti is on private property. only 10 percent of our graffiti in those neighborhoods was observed, was on city infrastructure. other government considered 19 percent and of that 97 percent was on canada post boxes like they are the drop boxes that the mail carriers use for picking up their mail to deliver. they are being phased out, though, so again within the next year or so, those boxes are going to be phased out in edmonton s

especially elected officials who do things on a text and it's like, are you serious? what did you think? thank you to susan and dan ackerman. raul and ari are staying around. yeah, you guys get to stay. after the break i want to talk about something really important. last week in my hometown, in new orleans, 19 people were shot during a mother's day second line. it was just blocks for my house, and we're going to talk about the exclusive report on the fact that louisiana legislators are doing nothing about it. [ dad ] ah! lily... she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. and she's not exactly tidy. even if she gets a stain she'll wear it for a week straight. so i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. since i'm the one who has to do the laundry. i do what any expert dad would do. i let her play sheriff. i got 20 minutes to life. you are free to go. [ dad ] tide and downy. great on their own, even better together.

she was asking about that. >> reporter: did you answer the text? >> i didn't answer the text, but tamerlan >> reporter: and his message was what? >> reporter: and he used the chinese-to-english translation app in your phone. >> yes? >> reporter: that's kind of smart. >> that was smart. that was very, you know, careful. >> reporter: very careful. but still, when his roommate read the text, it just didn't sound right to her. so she sent another message. the message was if you're in some kind of trouble, text me back. if you don't answer, then i know everything will be okay. now, scott, i said to danny, "wouldn't that code have been better the other way around?" and he said, "yeah, it actually would have been better." so they've reworked their signals. he just hopes they never have to use them. >> pelley: in case it ever happens again. john, thank you very much. two bombs exploded in the heart of damascus, syria, today. at least one person was killed. white house correspondent bill plante has been told by a senior official that the u.s. does not have

that first line of text you probably read most of. and the next one a little less, and by the time you get to the bottom, forget about putting anything in the lower right-hand corner. nobody is reading it. and other people have said it's not exactly the s pattern but scattered. don't think anyone is going to read it. >> host: the f pattern. >> guest: big lines, an f is made -- then you have a shorter line, and then you have the anchor piece. that's the -- on this line. so we know that the kind of reading that we tend to do on a screen when it's a continuous text is different from what we're doing when we're surfing the web. wait a second. if you're reading on the same kind of twice you use for surfing the web, we tend to read, whether it's withering heights or a biology textbook or the newspaper, we read it with the same mindset that we do the thing wes skim through or the term, power browsing, has been used to describe how we actually read. so that how we read. how do we write? because we're not reading a lot of continuous texts, we'

now texting is old school.we'll never keep up. >> i like to say we're closic. >> i'll go with that. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you. >>> trait ahead, your friday morning weather. and next steph curry and the warriors strike a playoff goal against the nuggets. 1y50irks works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. well, technically i wear one. mmaybe another headache rwill get in the way. if you have migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. hey hun, remember you only need a few sheets. hmph! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less. charmin ultra

if you need send a text pull p over and text away. where they can't reach it. rea >> as parents don't call or text while they are driving. you can check the cell phonehone bill you can see when they are texting exactly if you want to get that specific and you can c set a good example yourself byy not texting while driving. there's a pledge you can take with the it can wait campaign. it might be a good idea to take the pledge and to say to your kids i'm not going to text while driving. the part of your brain that texts is the same part of your brain you need to drive. >> it's dangerous. thank you for the types. they are wonderful. have aey great day out there. we'll see you later. >> tony to you. you >> people doing it all the time. thanks very much. m a big day for boy scouts of america. ahead at 9:00 a look at both sides of issue as leaders prepare to decide whether or nor to allow gay members. it's a medical first. doctors use a 3-d laser printer to save the life of a baby. amazing story when we continue after the break. >> welcome

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texting, "you look like the suspect." and "lol." describing them starting to freak out, realizing dzhokhar is the bomber. then states he took a two-hour nap. a two-hour sleep. i mean, what kind of individuals are these? >> yeah. there's a degree of psychopathology here i think you can't ignore any longer. you know, you're correct. a two-hour nap. then this glib nature. you would think the first instinct of someone like this, a normal, functioning, socially adept individual would be to call 911. and say, hey, this guy looks like the guy in the pictures. he's a friend of mine. but their first instinct was to go and collect the laptop and the evidence and dispose of it? and by the way, martin, a very amateurish way to put it, in a dumpster or a garbage can outside of your house. i mean, only keystone cops wouldn't figure that one out. i guarantee you that at some point they're going to get their hands on this laptop. i would be stunned. if that story is, in fact, true, i would be stunned if that laptop does not show up. and i bet there

tsarnaev return text contained lol and other things he interpreted as jokes, such as you better not textnt. there was another text from tsarnaev to kadyrbayev that said, i'm about to leave. if you need something in my room, take it. and that text led another alleged accomplice, azamat tazhayakov, to think he would never see his friend, dzhokhar, alive again. so along with american citizen robel philipos, they decided to take that backpack from dzhokhar tsarnaev's room full of fireworks that was emptied of their powder, as well as a laptop and throw them away. dzhokhar allegedly said a month before marathon monday that he knew how to make a bomb and these three did the math and decided to help him stay out of trouble. we've also now learned that alleged accomplice, azamat tazhayakov, was allowed to reenter the u.s. on january 20 this year even though his student visa was invalidated when he left school january 4. the department of homeland security is now telling us that customs officials never got the word from the school that he was no longer a student, even though they had reported it.

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if you look at these text messages.you look at tease pictures, i think it's so highly prejudicial the judge says, no, i'm not going to touch this, unless the prosecution opens up the door. >> without question it's prejudicial as is so much evidence in the case. that's why it's brought in as evidence. it's prejudicial it shows or leads to evidence of guilt, at least on the prosecutor's side. judge hatchet, exactly that potent, when they open this case, they will zoo say, he was going to get skittles and iced taechlt look at that defendant over there, aren't they now opening the door for the defense attorneys to have that right to say, if you are bringing the prejudice up already, don't we have the right to defend that image that are you creating for this jury? >> well, i agree with sonny. i think this is going to be a balancing act. i think they will fight it out, frankly, ashleigh, on some pretile motions to see what happens. but i think the judge may well delay a decision as the trial unfolds. i mean, you got to really

he's texts several of these individuals. two, they talked to dzhokhar tsarnaev's actual roommate who tells them the story about these men coming in and taking something out. so that got them on to the trail. they have been questioning the men and trying to figure this out. they, you know, discovered the backpack was thrown away. they find it in the landfill five days ago. the actual backpack. the picture you showed with the fireworks in it came from the fbi from the backpack they have thrown away. the counselors are not court appointed. they are regular, private counsel. >> one person in the clear as of tonight in the investigation was dzhokhar's actual roommate. >> yes. there's no suggestion here he had anything to do with this. we should say at some point there's no allegation here by the fbi. these three men charged today had anything to do with the bombing itself or were involved in planning or executing it this entire charge has to do with what they did afterwards. what they did after the fbi released the pictures of th

it's the same in text tents and in nevada it's 17 months. too often the claims are processed too late. >> well in many cases what happens is the veterans die, deny, delay, deny until we die and unfortunately that has happened far too often. >> the biggest delay is getting the defense department to turn over electronic medical records to the v.a. the measures in to introduce in the house would give d.o.d. 21 days to turn over records -- as well as require the v.a. to pay veterans when each medical condition approved. right now they must wait for the entire claim to be processed. >> their disability claims should be resolved in a timely manner not stuck in a massive backlog. delayed care is denied care. >> the committee sent a letter to president obama as a call to action to make sure that when military men and women come home we leave no veteran behind. >> share are lee reporting. the v.a. secretary has taken steps to speed up disability claims -- they're working to get a new computer that will eliminate paper records. >> up next we're going

his reply included the text shorthand lol, laugh out loud. also, "you better not text me.", "come to my room and take whatever you want." as we now know from the affidavit, shep, those three friends did exactly that taking tsarnaev's backpack and laptop to in his words help them avoid trouble. shep? >> shepard: what about before the bombing. >> first tazhayakov told investigators that a couple of months before the attacks he saw tsarnaev with fireworks and that he, tsarnaev and others had set off some of those fireworks on the banks of the charles river. now, tazhayakov also told investigators that while he and kadyrbayev had been eating with dzhokhar tsarnaev, quote, approximately one month prior to the marathon bombing dzhokhar had explained to kadyrbayev and tazhayakov that he knew how to make a bomb. now, shep, that statement will no doubt be the focus of a lot more questioning as investigators try to find out exactly what kadyrbayev and tazhayakov knew or indeed even suspected prior to the attack. shep. >> shepard: all right, jonathan. thanks so much. we now know that

a new report says 40 percent of teenagers admit to texting while driving. researchers at the medical center of new york say texting while driving is an epidemic and is based on analysis of 2011 survey of almost 8,000 young people. the teens were asked if they texted while driving in the last 30 days and researchers say the risk of having a car accident is 23 times higher when driving and texting at the same time. there has been a national effort to educate drivers on the dangers of distracted driving. >> this morning investigators were expected to give new details about the deadly limousine fire that took the lives of a new bride and four friends. the misunderstanding between the driver and his passengers that may have cost valuable seconds. >> frightening imaging of an electrical explosion that left two utility workers injured. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 5:00 a.m. and i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. a different kind of morning. did you experience sprinkles? >> no, but i hope to later. mike says there

lol to finish that text.- they then go in and dispose of material, the backpack and then later the computer, led in voluntarily by the roommate of dzhokhar, and just try to get rid of the evidence as if they're -- they're protecting dzhokhar. what we don't know by the allegations and don't need to know right now is whether they did that because they were involved with the planning of the boston marathon bombing. as i said earlier, this is -- all we need is this right now. this is the early indictment, early complaint. the u.s. attorney's office can add on to them if they find they were later involved beforehand. allegations in this, everything is focused on the essentially the cover-up. >> then i just want to add to that, the last line of page 14 of the complaint, it is very telling, the investigator said that the backpack that was recovered from a land fill, i will remind you that the law enforcement agents were able to recover tsarnaev's backpack after getting this information from these suspects, from a la

turns out the text messages will not be allowed of treyvon martin's.mer fights he got into, not allowed. marijuana, not allowed. could be a sleet exception to that. we're going to have an expert, our panel on that. >> a big blow for the defense in the trayvon martin case. the case will not be delayed attorneys for george zimmerman asked a judge to postpone his murder trial. the judge denied the plea and says his attorneys cannot use trayvon martin's familiarity with guns or the toxicology report showing marijuana us. zimmerman is charged with shooting the unarmed teen in a gated community last year. cenk: my views on that might surprise you a little bit. twisty twist coming up in and get bit. >> until now photos have mostly shown trayvon as a young boy. now digital pictures show pictures snapped closer to the 17-year-old's death. also on his cell phone a marijuana plant and a handgun. hundreds of text messages include discussions of after-school fights. the log does not show whos texting and responding. i lost the first but not the second and third. oh

not text me.y room and take whatever you want. between 6:00 and 7:00 that night they went to tsarnaev's dormitory room on the u-mass dartmouth campus, the affidavit says. dias kadyrbayev located a backpack that contained an emptied out cardboard tube described as fireworks and a jar of vaseline believed to have been used to make bombs. dias kadyrbayev decided to remove the backpack from the room to help his friend tsarnaev avoid trouble and took the lap top and vaseline as well. about 10:00 p.m. dias kadyrbayev said they collectively decided to throw the backpack and fireworks into the trash. april 19th the next day azamat tazhayakov saw a garbage truck come to the apartment to empty the dumpster where dias kadyrbayev had discarded the backpack. when authorities interviewed robel phillipos on april 20th the affidavit says he initially said he did not remember going to the dormitory room then changed his story, saying he did not remember going there with the other two men, denying they had entered

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