and tsarnaev scrawled a note on the boat he had been hiding in. and investigators believe that that writing, the content of it showed that there could be a possible involvement of a terrorist group. that the writing, quote, bears hallmarks of al qaeda-inspired rhetoric. >> very interesting developments. molly, thank you. >>> we're tracking rough weather in several areas across the country right now. colorado expecting another day of severe storms after heavy rain, baseball-sized hail and at least six tornadoes ripped through that state on wednesday afternoon. in ohio, heavy rains triggering flash flooding in many areas, shutting down parts of two interstates, trapping people in their cars and flooding homes. all the way out in alaska, high winds driving a massive wildfire that's already torched at least 40,000 acres. more than 200 firefighters battling that blaze. so far, no property appears to be in danger. >>> and here in new york city, with the hurricane season a few months away, our jonathan hunt joins us live from coney island with more on th

one is, what did he do -- tamerlan tsarnaev do when he was in chechen? we don't know. and the other is, where were the bombs put together? that hasn't been uncovered yet. it's conceivable. on the other hand, the bomb bear as resemblance to the design in the online terrorist magazine "inspire." it's a variation of that. they could have conceivably came up with the variation themselves. the fact is, there are, after all of this time, still gaps in our knowledge about the case. >> i guess i'm a little skeptical that these two guys, based on what we know about them, would be capable or even inclined to come up with a variation on a bomb design. they don't seem that sophisticated. >> they don't. but there's no evidence yet because of these gaps in the case. there's no evidence that says this is where i may build it. this is who helped them. it could very well be that they had help and it could be that the help is in the united states since we don't know where the bombs were put together. >> you have spent a lot of time putting together language of the jihadist. i want to re

when ydzhokhar tsarnaev says none, maybe not here, but they needed some assistance.har's brother went overseas for a little trip. that's where he got some assistance in creation of a bomb like this. >> do you have any information from your contacts that, indeed, there is a search underway overseas or elsewhere for someone who may have helped? >> that's always an open-ended part of any investigation. when you reach a trail like this that isn't finished, the -- you will continue to look for whether or not there's anybody else that may be involved in the production of the bomb like this and who might have stimulated doing something like this. >> let's talk about the documents that were found. they were the notes that reveal what's tsarnaev left in the boat when he was captured. here's what he wrote in part, quote, god has a plan for each person. mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. the u.s. government is killing our civilians. i can't stand to see such evil go unpunished. you hurt one, you hurt us all. does that message at all diminish the d

the messages were sent hours after the f-b-i released photos of tsarnaev and his brother. prosecutors say dias kadyrbayev texted tsarnaev, who then texted back, "better not text me my friend." that was followed by "laugh out loud." prosecutors say tsarnaev sent another text telling his friend to take what he wanted from his dorm room. and another friend face charges for removing fireworks and a laptop, days after the bombings. another friend is accused of lying to investigators. los angeles clippers owner donald sterling continues to fight the n-b-a. the n-b-a banned sterling for life and fined him "two point five" million dollars for his racist comments. sterling now says he's not paying that fine. in a letter to the league, his attorney says sterling's actions don't merit punishment and that his rights to "due process" were violated. sterling has admitted that he made a mistake. the league's other team owners plan to vote on forcing him to sell the clippers. president obama's assets are worth up to seven million dollars. that's according to financial disclosure forms rel

then tsarnaev writes we are promised victory. we will surely get it. i don't like killing innocent people. it is forbidden in islam. stop killing our innocent people and we will stop. the use of the word we is key. the government is arguing its investigators had to question tsarnaev before they informed him of his rights because they had to quickly find out if more attacks were being planned. they now also believe that the brothers did not act alone. it is argued that those early statements should be thrown out because he was questioned without a lawyer. appreciate it. >> you bet. >> and now top of the hour, i'm brook baldwin. we want to begin following a developing story of bravery and determination coming out of southern california where a 25-year-old woman found a way to finally escape captivity from a man she says kidnapped her when she was merely 15 years of age. she told police this man was her mother's live-in boyfriend. that man right here, the 42-year-old, is charged with kidnapping, rape, and other sex crimes. it took ten years for this young

so to further illustrate these, let me talk about tamerlan tsarnaev. this shows the aquatic world views. as an acquaintance noted tamerlan tsarnaev was of convenience in the sense that he used the plight of the embattled muslims in the world is kin hasf an allegory for his own personal failures. and for most of his life they prayed after the boxing career faltered he increasingly latched onto the radical islam. they are online in the english-language magazine. they should be informed of you as well. and he was an avid follower of alex jones website. ithey peddled the numerous conspiracy theories for example 9/11 was an inside job. outside that u.s. intelligence agencies. some of his reading material espoused white supremacy. for instance in the reading collection was a copy of the protocols of the elders. elders. this is an early 20th century track that ports to be the minutes of the secret meeting of the leaders of planned a fantastic plot to conquer the world and then enslave gentiles. the short but influential track has long been a staple in the lit

the prosecution says that tsarnaev brothers use sophisticated bombs with fuses made from christmas treehts and remote-controlled detonators from model car parts and hundreds of packages of fireworks were emptied to 80 fuel but no residue of powder was found in the apartments it is suggested that others built or helped the tsarnaev brothers build them. it is suggested that the tsarnaev may have received instructions from a terrorist group. >> today, more thunderstorms are possible in the denver, colorado area, and this morning, colorado springs is recovering from a violent storm yesterday with golf-sized. at home, san jose and san francisco international airport saw significant delays open flights to and from denver. >>> happening today, the forecasters will release their outlook for the hurricane season that begins june 1. they are expected to predict we will see fewer storm over the six month long season and some researchers say it will likely see only nine named storms with just three storms expected to become hurricanes. >> that makes sense. i wondered about this picture of the giant

lawyers for tsarnaev are fighting to keep the note and statements he made from his hospital bed out of his upcoming trial. >>> investigators in the aaron hernandez case are looking for help from tattoo artists. the heavily inked former nfl star is charged with murder in two separate incidents, the 2013 shooting death of a semi pro football player and a 2012 double homicide in boston. they say the artist who worked on his forearm could have crucial evidence. hernandez is held on bail and scheduled to be held on new charges on may 28th. there has been talk about the art on his arms, whether it's gang symbols or anything like that. first i've heard that the tattoo artist may have information about these crimes. >> that's really interesting. >>> all right, there could be trouble on the tax front for donald sterling. l.a. county is investigating two properties, including sterling's childhood home, for potential tax fraud. they're reportedly looking at whether sterling and his sister duped the county out of thousands in property taxes by failing to report that the owners of record have been

prosecutors essentially argue that they had the right to question tsarnaev because they were concerned about other attacks being imminent. jon? jon: molly line, thank you. patti ann: major developments in the hunt for hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls in nigeria. what we're learning about the u.s. military effort to bring them back alive. >>> and prosecutors getting ready to try a man for the murder of his wife more than 50 years ago and, get this, the key witness is dead. our legal panel takes up that case. >>> plus, a terrifying scene as a tour bus collides with a big rig. what police are saying caused the deadly accident. >> at one point i felt it kind of going into the dirt and to the embankment at an angle, and i was kind of preparing for it to flip. when i found out about the casualties, i felt very, very lucky that i i survived. in ok. honey bunches of oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mmmm! wow! it's the oats. honey. yeah. honey bunches of oats. this is a great cereal. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to

a confession that tsarnaev made in the hospital.p until now, the fbi up through the highest level of government were afraid there were other devices out there. when they found tsarnaev on the boat he had written a note we will achieve victory, we are promised victory, we will surely get it. so the sense of "we" made them believe others were out there. also, the devices, the pressure cooker bombs were used making the black powder. and they did searches of the homes and couldn't find the black powder. that suggested either they were built somewhere else or had help doing it. plus, the controls themselves, very sophisticated. there was suggestion -- no suggestions that dzhokhar got that training, but the fbi had to find that out sooner rather than later and that is why they questioned him in the hospital. >>> all right, general motors issued its 29th recall alone this year. this time involving 2008 chevrolets, together, the 29 recalls involved more than 15 million cars worldwide, which is a record, in case you wonder. the surge caused

to throw out a confession that tsarnaev made in the hospital. and at the time, though, the fbi up to the highest levels of government were afraid that there were other devices that were out there. when they found tsarnaev hiding on the boat he had written a note we will achieve victory, we are promised victory, we will surely get it. so the sense of "we" made them believe that there were others out there. also, when they realized that the devices were -- these pressure cooker bombs were made using this black powder, they did searches of the homes and couldn't find black powder. that suggested either they were built somewhere else or had help doing it. plus, the remote controls themself, very sophisticated. there's always been the discussion that tamerlan that when he went to dagestan he went into the woods to get training. there's no indication that dzhokhar got that training, but they threatened they would go to new york and make these devices and that's why the fbi had to find that out sooner rather than later and that is why they questioned h

also revealed that dzhokhar tsarnaev wrote a note while wounded and hiding from police in a boat. that note, he asks allah to make him a martyr. lawyers for tsarnaev are fighting to keep the note out of his upcoming trial. >>> actor michael jace is due in a los angeles court today as he faces murder charges in the shooting death of his wife. this happened earlier this week after she and the couple's young sons returned from little league practice. neighbors reportedly heard loud arguing moments before the shots rang out. police say jace confessed in a 911 call. he might be most remembered for his starring role in tv's "the shield," where he played a police officer. >>> let's take a look now at what's coming up on "new day." kate bolduan joins us now. >> good morning, kate. >> hey, kate. >> good morning, guys. we're following more disturbing allegations of wait times for u.s. veterans at va hospitals. cnn has learned that some combat vets are waiting months for care, even though a mandate requires them to receive priority, and these are new vets coming back from iraq and afghanista

that is of al qaedaism, tsarnaev. i think if you look at the stepladder of that changing it is shifting largely to that bottom rung. it is casting a wider net through developed messaging. >> there was a situation in california eight months ago where there was an attack on the grid in northern california. to that end, is that what we are going to see rather than some of these dirty bombs or large attacks or a situation like the boston marathon bombing? grid would be a tax on the -- attacks on the grid? what about the water and food supply? discussed.e are topics of considerable concern, but there is a difference between attacking an electrical substation and going after a food supply or water supply system, which turns out to be a much more daunting task. the attack in northern carolina -- carol foreign you on the he attack in northern california on the power grid, we have to keep in mind history. it carried out a string of attacks on power stations because it was angry with gas and electric. they did cause some signif

it was there that, investigators believe, tsarnaev was radicalized as a terrorist. and he may have used drug money to buy parts for the boston bombs. the u-s military doesn't have troops in nigeria looking for hundreds of kidnapped girls, but it does have planes in the air. about 276 girls have been missing since april 14-th. a u-s official says the military is flying manned intelligence missions and sharing satellite images of the area. the u-s is also examining this video of the victims, to see if anything gives a clue to their location. the militant group, boko haram, says the girls won't be released until its fighters are released from prison. the nigerian government is rejecting that offer. taking some heat for this picture that says bring back our country and set to bring back our girls which is the campaign for those kidnapped girls. someone has taken the picture and changed the signed sow is simply says i. salk. another one says ... a hot dog is a sandwich. >> pro-russian separatists in east ukraine have declared an independent state following the weekend re

it doesn't matter if it's me, you, or tsarnaev. i think that the government is on really firm legal footing here because there is always an exception to the miranda there certainly was a public safety concern here. you have to make sure that the pub public is safe. you are allowed in a limited way to question a suspect about that public safety concern. >> he was communicating with them by writing. >> because of this public safety concern. the one area where i think the defense has a bit of lee way, a bit of legal footing is that statements couldn't have been voluntary because they have been drugged up. he was in the hospital and in pain. you will see testimony from the doctors. >> the painkillers may be an issue. thank you. >> thanks. >> now coming up, richard sherman, you remember him? he's the football player that went on that rant? now he is speaking out again, questioning the nfl's stance on race relations in the wake of the donald sterling controversy. >> well the fallout surrounding la clippers owner donald sterile something

according to prosecutors, this is the note that tsarnaev wrote while he hid from authorities in a boatrtown, massachusetts. in it he writes god has a plan for each person. mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. we're also learning that the tsarnaevs used christmas lights and model car parts to make the explosives. david mattingly has this "outfront" investigation on just how dangerous these devices can be. >> reporter: at this remote desert testing ground, experts from new mexico tech replicate and explode bombs used by terrorists. on this day, there is a sense of urgency. >> after boston, what are you worried about? could this be the future of domestic terrorism? >> well, you're always worried about copycats. are more and more people going to be using this. >> reporter: this is a pressure cooker bomb, similar to the bombs in boston, and we're about to set it off. >> eric, going to do the countdown? >> reporter: in the wrong hands we already know how deadly this bomb can be. and we're not taking any chances. for safety reasons, we've had to retreat to this mo

boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is facing multiple charges that could mean the death penaltydocuments reveal chilling notes that tsarnaev wrote as police closed in on him hiding in a backyard boat just hours after his brother tamerlan was killeded. quote from these notes, i do not mourn because his soul is very much alive. god has a plan for each person. mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. on radical islam, he wrote, know you are fighting men who look into the barrel of your gun and see heaven. how can you compete with that? from these court documents you also know the bombs that czar in of tsarnaev include lights from christmas lights and model cars. >>> republicans won primaries all over the country and gave us a stable of really good candidates to run as we're going forward. >>> what do midterm results mean for establishment republicans like chris christie and jeb bush in 2016, but first, a new day in the fire fight against a wildfire in arizona. families waiting on possible evacuations. we'll have a live report from there. in the united state

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and may have been been able to answer questions about the type of islamic leaders that the older tsarnaev liked, that he read, that he endorsed and could have made a better decision on whether or not he had been radicalized than our own justice department did. that should have been shared with the boston police. if they had had that information without having had their training materials purged, they may have done a better job of protecting those people at the boston marathon. then you read emails going back and forth, people shocked that a guy who is a muslim brother, who has insighted people to hatred against the united was a named co-conspirator with people who were convicted of supporting terrorism, how it is that secretary of homeland security could give him a pass just as she did to a reported member of the muslim brother, reported by egyptian magazine, supportive of the muslim brotherhood, how she could just give him a secret security clearance, and even after i tell her about his downloading documents from a classified source that she gave him access to, and pointed out to her abo

. >> what keeps me up at night is tsarnaev. i am responsible for that area of the city, out of the 50 or 60 plots that have been hatched since 9/11, 16 have focused on new york. our intelligence collection is pretty good. there is no such thing as 100% when it comes to our partnerships with the fbi and other agencies on al qaeda, al qaeda affiliates. they are not clunky or clangy, but we can usually hear them coming from some distance away. 12 years after 9/11, the united states has gotten good at that. what keeps me up at night is "inspire" magazine goes out to tens of thousands of people who have varying levels of interest and commitment to its content. the other half are reading it saying, here is a set of instructions for a pressure cooker bomb. i could put that at the boston marathon. i could take it to super bowl boulevard. some of them are looking at the new edition which has a simple recipe for a large vehicle bomb that you can do at home. the boston marathon model or the tsarnaev problem is what do you do when you are

. >> in court today the college friends of boston marathon suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev fighting to get their cases out of massachusetts. they argue they will not get fair trials because of intense media coverage. the three face evidence tampering charges. they are accused of taking his lap top and backpack from his dorm room. they are spending in surveillance aircraft to search for the nearly 300 missing nigerian girls. there is video released showing the girls praying to allah. now what the terrorists are demanding and how the white house is responding. good morning kelly. >> white house secretary jay carney says they have numerous experts in a variety of areas in an effort to find and free the girls. a senior u.s. off fish shall confirms to fox news siz the u.s. is flying missions over my tier yaw hoping to fined the girls. all of this comes ahead video showing 100 christian school girls making a muslim chant. the leader of the group explaining the girls have converted to islam. the group is demanding the release of comrades in prison in exchange for the girl's freedom. meanwhile ali

to further illustrate these convergences, let me talk about tsarna tsarnaev. extremists can be eclectic in their world views. as an acquaintance noted, he was a muslim of convenience, in the sense that he is the plight of embattled muslims around the world as an allegory for his own personal failures. for most of his life he rarely afraid but after his boxing career faltered he increasingly latched on to radical islam. for example he read al qaeda's on line english-language magazine inspired. right-wing literature in for his world view as well. for instance he was an avid follower of alex jones's website which peddles numerous conspiracy theories, for example 9/11 was an inside job carried out by u.s. intelligence agencies. some of his reading material espoused white supremacy. for instance in his reading collection was a copy of the protocols of the learned elders of zion. this is an early 21st century tract, the minutes of a secret meeting of zionist leaders who planned a fantastic plot to conquer the world and enslaved gentiles. the short but influential tr

quote, suggesting that others had built or at least helped the tsarnaevs build the bombs.ional investigators say the fbi failed to fully follow up on that connection. >> i think had we taken a second look we could have stopped this. >> reporter: adding to the concerns of some foreign terror involvement, the government now says is the full text of what the younger brother wrote as he hid from police in that boat, scrawled on the wall of the vessel and obscured by bullet holes as seen in this photo obtained by abc news bear the hallmarks of al qaeda. "know you are fighting men who look in to the barrel of your gun and see heaven. stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." congressman mike mccall has called for a further investigation into whether others were involved. officials at the fbi say all leads have been exhausted and at this point no other suspects have been identified. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> actor michael jace has been formally charged with killing his wife. the star that played a police officer in the fx series "the shield." appeared in a los

we're now learning new details about tsarnaev's medical condition.mple, his eyes were sewn shut according to the defense. he had several medications, and they said he was too groggy to be talking. he had had a tracheotomy done. he could not speak. and they had given him a notepad to communicate. and that's how he was talking with them. their main point is this. that he had asked for, according to the defense, a lawyer. and i want to show you a quote from the court document. they said in part, quote, in all, he wrote the word "lawyer" ten times, sometimes circling it. at one point, he wrote, "am tired. leave me alone." now, for the government's part, they said, look, we have something that we call the public safety exception. and the reason we were allowed to talk to him without a lawyer is because we didn't know if there were more bombs out there. we didn't know if there were co-conspirators out there. and in this case, we're allowed to interview him without a lawyer present. the defense says huh-uh. the defense argues it had been about five days sin

tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 federal crimes and the attack that killed three and injured more than60. no one in international rights groups as children as young as seven are working long hours in the u.s. field of harvesting tobacco.the human rights watch report the details findings from interviews with more than 140 children are in non-farm sector it with a group acknowledges the most of what is documented is illegal under u.s. law. they're trying to urge both governments and tobacco companies to take further steps to protect children. children interviewed by the group reported symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning from workers or of a of absorbing nicotine through their skin while handling tobacco plants. no one everyone knows about a flood of bills for him is but a blood mobile for dogs? the university of pennsylvania's better very school operates a mobile lab to make it easier for canines to make life-saving donations. the dogs might need blood transfusions for the same reasons as people. dogs must have a certain blood type . when more than 55 lbs. and the other eig

judge has agreed to three separate trials for these three friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev, the survivingrathon bombing suspect. these three friend are accused of taking actions after the bombing. the judge said there would not be a change of venue despite the fact the defense attorneys said there was too much intense media coverage for their clients to get a fair shake. both are from kazakhstan, have pled gui not guilty for swiping items, including a laptop computer, backpack and parts of fireworks from dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room after the bombings. a man from massachusetts is accused of lying to investigators, two counts of making false statements. it's possible one or more of these will be called on to testify as late as today. there's significant discussion underway in the courtroom as to whether or not they'll be permitted to be cross-examined if they take the stand today. this is a constantly developing story. three trials, first one set to begin the end of june. jon: thank you. jenna: we're waiting for reaction from the white house on a range of hot topics from u.s. involvement

the prosecutors say tsarnaev and his brother told a carjacking victim they may explode more bombs in>>> an attempt at humor backfired on the head of the fbi. james comey joked about recruiting agents from the ranks of america's pot smoking geniuses and let's just say it didn't go over well. >> reporter: the fbi has been known as the straight-laced, just the facts lawmen depicted in the classic tv show. currently if you smoke marijuana in the past three years, you need not apply to the fbi but a bit of a buzz has been created after fbi director james comey was asked on monday if the fbi would hire a talented computer whiz who smokes pot. in response comey said, i have to hire a great workforce to compete with those cyber criminals, and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview." does that mean the fbi is considering a change in the pot policy? the fbi said hold on and the fbi director said the comments were partly in jest. >> i'm determined not to lose my sense of humor, but unfortunately there i was trying trying to be both serious and funny. i'm absolutely de

lawyers for dzhokhar tsarnaev are asking to bar statements made to the fbi after his capture. they say he was wounded and on painkillers and say of course he did not have an attorney present. they're also asking the judge to bar the death penalty, saying it shouldn't be on the table just because a crowded event was the target. the trial is scheduled for november. >>> meanwhile, the man accused of a bomb hoax at this year's boston marathon has been found competent to stand trial. 25-year-old kayvon edson was arrested, carrying a backpack with a rice cooker near the finish line where three pressure cooker bombs killed three and wounded more than 160 people. he is charged with possession of a hoax explosive, making threats and misconduct. he could face up to 20 years in prison. >>> new details on what led to a lockdown at the white house. secret service officials tell cnn the man arrested for driving through a white house checkpoint was likely not a threat. 55-year-old matthew evan goldstein was apparently confused and panicked when he followed a motorcade carrying the president'

attorney's office detailed what dzhokahar tsarnaev wrote in the boat.e was jealous of thiz dead brother. he wrote, i do not mourn his soul because he is very much alive. god has a plan for each person and mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. he also wrote, we muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all. tsarnaev was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. >>> right now the u.s. is sending a team of 80 armed forces to help find the hundreds of kidnapped nigerian girls. they are going to chad, a country that borders nigeria. the team will assist with aircraft missions over northern nigeria covering large forested areas where the girls are believed to be held. last month, more than 200 nigerian girls were kidnapped by islamic extremist group boko haram. >>> the house would pass some changes that would put an end to american fund records. the bill which was a compromise would tell phone companies to hold the records for 18 months but let the nsa search those records in terror investigations if there is a judicia

officials thought the bombs were too sophisticated for the tsarnaev brothers to build themselves.nvestigators also believed the brothers' use of temporary phones and plans for an attack in new york city indicated accomplices. his arguments say statements made during that nould should not be admissible. the bombings left three people dead and at least 200 others injured. >>> the house of representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill to cut back on domestic spying by the nsa. the legislation limits the phone records and other the court. but advocates call it an important first step. next wednesday "nightly news" anchor brian williams will host a special interviewing edward snowden, the man who revealed the depth of nsa snooping. he flew to russia to do that interview. >>> criticizing thailand's military for staging a coupe. the leader of thailand's army made the power grab after months of anti-government protests. most of the constitution has been terminated, curfews in place, and meetings of more than five people have been banned. the ousted government was ordered to appear today be

shooting as an fbi agent last year, killing a friend of boston bombing suspect tamarla in dzhokhar tsarnaev. now they are going through records to figure out how he was getting the disability payment from the city while still working in law enforcement. while they don't have the details yet, administrators say it's possible this case falls in a gray area. >> the real question is the job that they are doing, the second job they are doing, is it different substantially different from the job before? >> we don't know the nature of the work that he was engaged in with the fbi. it could be something that he was doing as an oakland police officer employee. >> reporter: mcfarlane had a troubled history as an oakland police officer. he was the focus of two police brutality lawsuits and four internal affairs investigations. the fbi meantime is not talking about macfarlane's hiring process but some here in oakland, some councilmembers are frustrated to find out public funds are being used to pay a disability pension to someone who has the ability to work. there was question about whether the payments

. >> the federal prosecutors are bombing and the tsarnaev brothers may have had helped. >> denver was socked in and flash flooding cripples the midwest. that is ahead. >>> the spend honor at white house today for san francisco gay rights icon harvey >>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> more firefighters are expected to arrive on the front lines of a fast-moving wildfire in northern arizona which has grown to 4,500 acres, ten times larger than this time yesterday. a dc-10 is on stand by hoping to assist. winds kept crews grounded. this morning, hundreds of homes and vacation cabins are threatened and 3,200 residents are on stand by ready to evacuate. >> new details, the prosecution says that the boston marathon bombing suspects could have had help building the bombs that exploded last year. the prosecution says that the brothers used we relatively sophisticated bombs with fuses made from christmas tree lights and remote-controlled detonators from model power parts. hundreds of packages of fireworks remain emptied to create fuel. no powder r

two reports, including one from congress, on the fbi's investigation of tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev says anything, the fbi was hampered by not having enough information on information the russians did not share, in passing along concerns about the older brother tamerlan before the bombings. the call to change how the nsa does business is how it gathers data and from whom, not primarily on how much it vacuums up, brian? >> pete williams rounding out our coverage on the contentions being made by edward snowden, thanks. >>> tonight the scandal that nfld the va explodes, now 100 members of congress are calling for the man in charge, a former four-star army general, to resign, as every passing day brings more news about problems with the va's troubled health care system. we get our report again this evening from nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: crisis management today, behind closed doors at the department of veterans affairs, embattled secretary eric shinseki met with representatives as 23 veterans and military groups, and promised he and the va can fix this mess. >> and that they ta

he's said to be a friend of the accused bombers, tamerlan and dzhokar tsarnaev. he is accused of falsifying records and accused of making a false statement involving a terrorist investigation. he moved to the u.s. years ago. >>> police in santa barbara are making an investigation about the mass murder there. aware that he posted disturbing videos on youtube, he didn't admit that they watched them. those visits happened the weeks before he went on a killing spree, and they didn't know about the video of his day of retribution or the rambling 140 page manifesto after the rampage. he killed six people on friday before taking his own life. >>> chris costner wants to make the labs in missouri. and he said that would make it more transparent. several states, including missouri, scrambling to find alternatives and some have considered bringing backfiring squads, the gas chamber and the chair. >>> in a reversal of policy, the texas prison system said that it doesn't need toilful the drugs. they said that it's supplier would be in danger if it was identified. they need mo

thedzhokhar tsarnaev says that he act aid loan. u.s. troops stationed in neighboring chad are helping with intelligence and reconnaissance, but no ground troops have been deployed. david martin reports. >> reporter: 80 airmen have begun flying unarmed predator drones in aid to search for the girls. operating from chad they'll be right across the border from northeastern nigeria where the girls are believed to be. the predators are an addition to the global hawk drones which have been flying much longer distances from a place in nyjer. global hawks fly at 160,000 feet. the predator flies much low eric about 20,000 feet and can be used to zero in on specific areas spotted by the global hawk. adding the predators will increase the chance of finding the girls, but it's also a sign that so far the search has come up empty. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> an alleged kidnapping victim has been found alive ten years after she vanished, and today a california man faces arraignment for her abduction. police say santa ana resident isidro

attorney's office reveal what tsarnaev wrote in a boat. in them he reportedly wrote that he was jealous of his dead brother, tamerlan. i do not mourn his soul because he is very much alive. hide in this boat and shed some light on our actions. he also wrote our muslims are one body, you hurt one, you hurt us all. he was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. >>> the house is expected to pass changes that will put an end to compromised phone records. tell phone companies to hold the records for 18 months. they would let the nsa search them in terror investigators if there is a judicial order. critics of the bill claim it has been gutted to get votes from lawmakers who support the agency's phone records program. >>> a new study shows a possible link between sleep apnea and hearing loss. researchers some 14,000 people found sleep apnea increased a person's risk of both high and low frequency hearing loss by nearly 40%. experts say the connection could be due to inflammation in blood vessels which is common in both conditions. it is

prosecutors believe that tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev used the lights to make fuses and also used a remote control detonator made from model car parts. prosecutors say the brothers crushed and emptied fireworks to make the explosive fuel. those bombs killed three people including a child at the 2013 boston marathon. prosecutors say that dzhokhar admits his role in the bombing, but denies that anyone else helped them. dzhokhar was found hiding inside a boat. you might remember this surveillance footage here. prosecutors say he scrawled a message on the boat about his brother who died after a standoff with police. he said, quote, in this note, i do not mourn because his soul is very much alive. god has a plan for each person. mine was to hide in this boat and shed some light in our actions. >>> investigators say the big rig that caused a bush to crash in southern california hit a car before it jack knifed and lost its load of steel pipes. the bus flipped while trying to avoid those pipes on interstate 10 near the california/arizona border yesterday. four passengers were killed, numero

however, a few days later, authorities say he saw photographs of the tsarnaev brothers on cnn and, inies would be trying to talk to him to get information about what he knew about them and then took steps, it's charged, to get rid of things that he had that contained information about them, such as his cell phone and even a laptop. that's the main charge here. so chilling details and it goes to show you, don, that even with the trial coming up in november for the tsarnaevs, authorities are still gathering information about what went on during -- before the bombing, during it and even afterwards. if this young man is found guilty, he faces at least 20 years in prison. >>> still to come, a $2 billion blockbuster deal in the nba as shelly sterling agrees to part with a team that she co-owns with her husband, donald sterling. rosa florez following the developments for us. rosa? >> we are talking top dollar for a top team. the question still remains, will donald sterling sell or sue? we'll discuss after the break. [ laughter ] smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win wi

the younger tsarnaev letter wrote while hiding out in that boat. >>> it's happened again, a young womanind alive after her alleged kidnapping. overnight, chilling information on what she endured as police take the suspect into custody. millions are taking to the roads, rails and sky for the long holiday weekend. will mother nature cooperate with your plans? our dream team has all the answers in this secret weatherman handshake today today may 22nd, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning him welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. >> sorry. >> something nerve racking having the two of you here for the weekend. >> it will not go well. >> exactly. anyway, sam, nice to have you here. al, we will get to you in just a couple of minutes. >>> let's jump into our top story, a dangerous wildfire threatening hundreds of homes out in arizona. nbc is with that fire. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: at base camp, the smell of thick heavy smoke, a clear indication the fire is grow

sophisticated and in court documents the government admitted it would have been difficult for the tsarnaevs to fabricate successfully without training or access from others. >> for them to be as successful as they were, they did some training somewhere and did some sort of practices. it was very well planned and very well executed. >> reporter: the government says searches of the homes and cars found no evidence of gunpowder. quote, suggesting others had built or helped them build the bomb. officials know they traveled to meet with chechen rebels a year before the attack. but congressional investigators say the fbi failed to follow up on that connection. >> i think had we taken a second look, maybe we could have stopped this. >> reporter: adding to the concerns of some foreign terror involvement, the government says is the full text of what the younger brother wrote as he hid from police on that boat. scrawled on the wall of the vessel and obscured by four bullet holes as seen in this photo, are writings the government says bear the hallmarks of al qaeda. quote, know you are fighting men wh

why they think the tsarnaev brothers could not have pulled off the boston marathon bombings alone. >>eave you with a heart-warming story out of wisconsin. a police dashcam video showing a frantic scene, two officers showing up to help a mom in labor. her husband on the phone with emergency dispatchers walking them through it. but the baby begins to crown. one officer realizes his umbilical cord is wrapped around his neck. she immediately unwraps it. and today the little guy is just fine and resting in the hospital with his family. he is the couple's seventh child and their sixth boy. six boys! >> that's a great story. >> adorable. >> good for them. thanks for joining us. "the real story" with gretchen carlson starts right now. >>> fox news alert for you, frustration and outrage mounting today over the growing v.a. scandal and the president's reaction to it. hi, everyone. hope you're having a great day. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." new calls today that president obama did not go far enough when he finally broke his silence about the shocking allegations of neglect

no powder residue was found in the apartments or vehicles, it is suggested that others hoped the tsarnaevsd the explosives. >> we are hearing about the l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling with the mavericks own are saying "there are no laws against stupid. i learned a long-term you cannot talk stupid out of people and cannot expect stupid to disappear." he thought banning donald sterling was a necessary move for the commissioner and the nba. cuban told the audience at a nashville conference he knew how he would vote on june 3 but would not specify. he added that he doesn't want to be a hip contract -- hypocrite but things he might have to be. >> the dow is up 19 points right now to 16552. >> sears may close more stores this year. this is during the company's earning reports. they say they lost $400 million. we sears has been kitting costs to return to profit with 80 stores closed this your alone -- this year alone. >> and google and apple are number one and number two in the silicon valley, the first time that apple is not at the top. ibm and microsoft and mcdonald's round out the top fiv

police say he lied about his friendship with the bombing suspects and deleted information about the tsarnaevbrothers from his computer. he is not suspected of participating in the attacks or knowing about them in advance. >>> in california santa barbara police knew about the disturbing videos posted by the young man who killed six students recently. but did not look at them. officers went to his home three weeks before the rampage. the police said they did not search his home because he was not considered a threat. >>> florida's attorney general wants marriage ban thrown out. eight couples are suing the state. they want the state to recognize their marriage performed in other states. and there are just too smart to lose. the scripps national spelling bee ended with two winners, yes, two of them. >> you're cochampions of the scripps national spelling bee. >> the two co-champions. the fair tied going five rounds without either of them missing a word. this is a first time in more than 50 years the championship is shared by two students. one of the winners said that at one point they both knew t

they think the tsarnaev brothers had outside help making those bombs because of the sophisticated bombs. we have just learned the bomb fuses were made from christmas lights and remote detonate tors were used from car parts. they used black powder from fire crashi crackers and fuel for the bomb but none of that was found when their houses and cars were searched. he may face the death penalty if convicted. >>> a california woman held captive for 10 years is found alive. her accused kidnaper is facing a judge. he is accused of drugging and abducting her girlfriend's daughter back in 2004 when she was 15 years old. the now 25-year-old gained enough courage to come forward after she found her sister on facebook. >> on two separate occasions she tried to escape he caught her and she was beaten for her efforts. the suspect forced her to marry him and in 2012 she gave birth to his child. >>> extreme weather pupilbling parts of our country. hail hitting colorado. flights at the denver airport grounded for hours after ping pong sized hail damaging 13 planes there. a whole lot of shaking going on

he's charged with obstructing the investigation by lying to police, deleting information about the tsarnaevbrothers from his compute and asking friend to destroy his cell phone. >> what's up for a marine sit sitting in a mexican jail ton? >> first, why syria will not meet the deadline for getting rid of its chemical weapons. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> the pentagon is confirming tonight that 2/3 of russian forces on the bortder of ukraine have moved. also today, ukraine's president elect is vowing to punish the insurgents who shut down a military helicopter yesterday kill 14 servicemen. it has lost contact with a second team in eastern ukraine. >>> the state department is confirming that an american citizen was a suicide bomber this we

dzhokhar tsarnaev is accused of carrying out the terror attacks that left three people dead and 260 othersunded last april. >> terrorist abu hamaza takes the stand for the first time in his terror trial. before becoming a hate preacher he ran a strip club. he was accused of supporting the taliban and al qaeda. he faces life in prison if convicted. >> the leader accused in the nonprofit targeting scandal now held in contempt. the house making the decision on lois lerner after she repeatedly refused to answer questions about whether the irs made it harder on conservative groups. lawmakers now have to wait for the justice department to prosecute learner. the house also voting to appoint a special panel to investigate the scandal. >> extreme weather across our country at least two tornadoes caught on camera touching down in colorado just north of denver. while other parts of the state are slammed with hail and high winds. in central kansas powerful winds growing tra-- throwing crane ct cars right off the tracks. incredible images as storms hoover in the distance over texas and oklahoma. maria

they think the tsarnaev brothers had outside help making those bombs because of the sophisticated bombsarned the bomb fuses were made from christmas lights and remote detonate tors were used from car parts. they used black powder from fire crashi crackers and fuel for the bomb but none of that was found when their houses and cars were searched. he may face the death penalty if convicted. >>> a california woman held captive for 10 years is found alive. her accused kidnaper is facing a judge. he is accused of drugging and abducting her girlfriend's daughter back in 2004 when she was