and police that led to the elder tsarnaev's death. [gunfire] watertown police officer joseph reynolds described spotting the tsarnaev's green honda followed by the carjacked black mercedes. when he began following them, he stopped. that's when tamerlan came out of his door and started shooting. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> reporter: reynolds said as he returned fire, sergeant john maclellan pulled up in his police cruiser. after a bullet pierced maclellan's windshield, he allowed his vehicle to roll forward toward the tsarnaev brothers. he used his car door as a shield until he and reynolds could take cover behind a tree. ed davis was boston's police commissioner. >> it's not something that we teach in the police academy but when you run into a life-and-death situation like that, anything is on the table. >> reporter: this photo taken by a neighborhood resident andrew kitzenberg, shows the brothers crouching behind the mercedes. kitzenberg told the court he saw dzhokhar tsarnaev throw a pressure cooker bomb that shook his house. [e

when asked who was drivingna reynolds pointed to dzhokhar tsarnaev and said, "him." even with ultimately fatal injuries from gunshots as well as being hit by the mercedes tamerlan tsarnaev continued to fight with officers until they could get handcuffs on him. scott, his younger brother eluded capture until he was found in that boat some 18 hours later. >> pelley: don dahler reporting for us from boston tonight. don, thank you very much. now to a very different crimele story that has suddenly burst back into the headlines. at the center of it is an eccentric member of a prominent real estate family, a man linked to three murders.f a filmmakers may have accomplished what the police could not do come up with the evidence to convict him. here's "48 hours" correspondent erin moriarty. >> reporter: it all began in 1982 when 29-year-old kathleen durst disappeared from her home in new york. 18 years later, susan berman was found shot dead in her home in los angeles. the following year, the body of morris black was announced in the galveston bay, dismembered and in plastic b

tamerlan tsarnaev was killed dzhokhar tsarnaev injured but caped. escaped. he was captured in a winterized boat in a driveway. during the selection process, several jurors believed dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty but promised to keep an open mind. a decision that could get him the death penalty. >> the goal for the defense is to get a live sentence, rather than the death penalty. but who is in charge of the case, the judge ruled the defense will not be allowed to focus on tamerlan tsarnaev's influence only. the trial is expected to lost several months. >> difficult to believe given the admissions of guilt and limitations on the defense >>> the u.s. ambassador to south korea is recovering in a seoul hospital after being slashed during the meeting. mark lipert was giving a speech when a man slashed him with a raiser blade saying no drills for war. the injuries are not life threatening the alleged assailant was arrested. >> tonight a house committee demanded answers from hillary clinton, subpoena emails from a personal email account when she was secretary of state.

and police that led to the elder tsarnaev's death.fficer joseph reynolds described spotting the tsarnaevs' green honda followed by the carjacked black mercedes. when he began following them they stopped. that's when tamerlan came out of his door and started shooting at me. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> reporter: reynolds said as he returned fire from behind his car door sergeant john mclelland pulled up in his police cruiser. after a bullet pierced his windshield, he allowed his vehicle to roll forward towards the tsarnaev brothers. he used his car door as a shield until he and reynolds could take cover behind a tree. ed davis was boston's police commissioner. >> it's not something that we teach in the police academy, but when you run into a life-and-death situation like that, anything is on the table. >> reporter: this photo taken by a neighborhood resident shows the brothers crouching behind the mercedes. kitsenberg told the court he saw dzhokhar throw a pressure-cooker bomb that shook his house. he said the brothers also threw sm

they paint tsarnaev as a self radicalized extremist.faces 30 charges. 17 of the charges come with a possible death sentence. in a move that may have surprised the courtroom, the defense made their opening statements conceding the vast majority of the facts of the case. yes, the client dzhokhar tsarnaev, was the man behind this attack. they went on to say the case they will make the place they differ from the argument made by the federal government is what motivated dzhokhar tsarnaev. they say this is the young man who was preyed upon by his older brother. true mastermind on the plot. the defense is to build some measure of sympathy for tsarnaev. they feel that will be key when it comes to the sentencing phase of the trial. when jurors are faced with the question of whether or not they could choose a death sentence here. >> thank you, alexandra field. >>> more expert testimony on tap today for the trial of former nfl star aaron hernandez. the judge dealing prosecutors a significant and largely expected setback. he ruled evidence that her

this is trying to build measure for sympathy for tsarnaev.is key for the sentencing phase of the trial and if the jurors could choose the death sentence here. >> very hard for the families there. >>> a 17-year-old virginia student accused of being a recruiter for isis. the unidentified teen was taken into custody last week. he is charged as a juvenile but prosecutors want him tried as an adult. the suspect helped a man travel to syria where it is believed he successfully joined isis. in a separate case a california man trying to board a plane for turkey with a fake passport. >>> more testimony on the stand today for the trial of former nfl star aaron hernandez. the judge ruled evidence hernandez was involved in a shooting with a friend in florida a few months before odin lloyd was killed. that evidence would not be admissible in the case. hernandez is accused of shooting odin lloyd fatally in 2013. >>> he is back. i'm talking about the most significant new york yankee of the last decade. he is back in uniform. he saw his first game action in

tamerlan tsarnaev is accused of that murder. tamerlan tsarnaev died. and boston was put on lock down while the hunt was on for dzhokhar tsarnaev, who was found in a boat in a backyard. >> there are many unanswered questions. among them why did young men that grew up and studied here as part of our communities resort to such violence. >> reporter: dzhokhar tsarnaev explained his note in a note saying it was retribution against muslims in iraq and afghanistan. the attorney general eric holder authorised seeking the death penalty, he's normally against the death penalty. it will be claimed dzhokhar tsarnaev was influenced by his brother. he was domineering and without him there wouldn't have been a bombing. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev faces being the first person executed. if the jury finds him guilty there could be many years and appeals before it's carried out >>> a lawyer for edward snowden says the american whistleblower wants to go home. the u.s. spy agency contractor has been in moscow since 2013. he was granted asylum after leaking details of a programme.

tsarnaev showed no emotion wearing a dark blazer and open collared shirt. he faces 30 charges, many that could carry the death penalty including using a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. misguided acts that were inexcusable, admitted the explosions extinguished three lives. among those victims, 8-year-old martin richards. the prosecutors showed his smiling face and graphically detailed his death as his parents wiped away tears. taking the stand today, rebekha gregory, remembers hearing her son calling mommy, mommy and thinking to herself, god, if this is it, take me, but let me know noah is okay. cindy was badly wounded. i remember feeling i was just going to sleep, felt almost peaceful, she said. i was fading fast. sarah wants to see tsarnaev punished. >> i think it's important that somebody like that isn't ever out in the public again. >> reporter: the jury made up of ten women and eight men will also be shown never-before-seen surveillance video of the defendant placing the pressure cooker bomb right behind a row of children. he pretended to

records show he spoke to tamerlan tsarnaev for 19 seconds. after the phone call ended first bomb went off. everyone else turned to look, but dzhokhar headed in the other direction. 12 seconds later the second bomb exploded right where he had been standing. video never made public until now shows the younger tsarnaev running away. if the video evidence put the tsarnaev brothers at the scene the morning's testimony put the jury there. nurse jessica kensky was a newlywed watching the race with her husband patrick. when the bomb exploded, she said it felt like she was shot into the air a rocket. "there's smoke. there's blood," she said. "i was most focused on my husband right next to me. his foot was detached. jessica evenly lost both her legs. fireman matthew patterson ran up to jane richard. "she was amputated above the knee. there was barely enough left to apply a tourniquet." prosecutors showed video 30 minutes after the bombings of dzhokhar tsarnaev buying and then exchanging a bottle of milk at a nearby grocery store and going to a gym for

in 2012, the older tsarnaev spent six months in russia. authorities have questioned how much exposure he may have had to radicals and whether he could have received training there. it's not clear if either side will suggest that there may have been a third party involved in the attack. but the defense will try to pin the blame on others. >> the defense strategy is going to be to create enough doubt within the juror's mind of dzhokhar's sort of mental state leading into this. so this idea that there might be some evil hand out there telling dzhokhar what to do, whether it's his brother or someone who's a bomb-maker, fits nicely into that narrative. >> reporter: the trial centers on how the jury will see suspect number 2. the prosecution painting a portrait of a cruel co-conspirator and equal partner in hideous crimes, radicalized through internet research spewing the ret restrict of al qaeda, a man who planned to kill and did. but the defense will draw zpoeshg in the shadow of a mastermind older brother, younger, struggling in school, aband

now his lawyers will try to save tsarnaev from the death penalty.ine quijano is at the courthouse in boston. >> reporter: prosecutors playedener-before-seen video that captured the chaos after the blast and the sounds of screaming as victims laid helpless in pools of blood. the graphic video prompted gasps in the courtroom. assistant u.s. attorney william weinreb described dzhokar tsarnaev and his older brother tamerlan as equally guilty partners in crime who were determined to punish america for killing muslims overseas. "he believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against americans," weinreb told the all-white panel of eight men and 10 women. tsarnaev he told them was landlording a double life as a typical including the online al qaeda propaganda magazine while secretly steeping himself in extremist ideology, including the online al qaeda propaganda magazine "inspire." his defense team did not dispute that tsarnaev carried out the bombings with his brother. prosecutors said they found a virtually complete set of the publication on tsarnaev's c

now his lawyers will try to save tsarnaev from the death penalty.ine quijano is at the courthouse in boston. >> reporter: the day of the bombings, dzhokar tsarnaev, whose movements were caught on surveillance video stood behind a row of children, prosecutors said, and slipped a backpack with a bomb inside on the ground. ( explosion ) he pretended to be a spectator the assistant u.s. attorney told jurors "but he had murder in his heart." he described tsarnaev and his older brother tamerlan, equally guilty partners in crime who were determined to punish america for killing muslims overseas. he believed he was a soldier in a holy war against americans. tsarnaev, he told them, was leading a double life as a seemingly typical student at the university of massachusetts dartmouth. while secretly steepg himself in extremist ideology, including the online al qaeda propaganda magazine "inspire." his defense team did not dispute that tsarnaev carried out the bombings with his brother. attorney judy clark opened arguments by saying, "it was him." but she also t

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tsarnaev was a committed terrorist.terday, they let pictures tell the story, showing jurors this surveillance video. we highlighted it so you can see tsarnaev planting himself in the crowd, then planting his bomb by dropping his backpack. after the first blast, he walks away. then his bomb goes off. prosecutors then showing this clip of tsarnaev buying a half gallon of milk just 20 minutes after killing two people, including an 8-year-old boy. david, and today, the judge abruptly ended court so he could examine that boat. tsarnaev's lawyers want jurors to see it up close. the thinking? they'll see all the bullet holes and have sympathy on tsarnaev to spare him the death penalty. david? >> tom llamas in boston tonight. tom, thank you. >>> we turn now to the extreme weather, and the new dangers tonight. falling ice and flooding. and with this big warmup coast to coast, heavy rain and flood watches from the gulf all the way up through the ohio valley. and after so much snow, take a look at this. time lapse from wisconsin,

tsarnaev's lawyers want jurors to see it up close. the thinking?y'll see all the bullet holes and have sympathy to spare tsarnaev the death penalty. david? >> tom llamas thank you. >>> we turn now to the extreme weather, and the new dangers tonight. falling ice and flooding. and with this big warmup coast to coast, heavy rain and flood watches from the gulf all the way up through the ohio valley. after so much snow look at this. time lapse from wisconsin, showing the grass reappearing as the snow mets. but there is a new concern tonight. chunks of meting ice slamming into cars causing major damage. abc chief meteorologist ginger zee is on cape cod tonight, where she's discovered something else. ginger? >> reporter: david, tonight, the beaches of cape cod look more like the arctic. and, yes, as beautiful as it is to spring into spring it can be dangerous, too. shattering into early spring a sheet of ice eight inches thick sliding off the roof of this home demolishing the windshield of a parked car. behemoth chunks of ice falling off buildings, smash

dzhokhar tsarnaev is in the courtroom already this morni gm. he's wearing a dark jacket, light shirt, no tie. reporters in the courtroom say he really hasn't shown much emotion on his face. victims of the families are there as well, including a father whose 8-year-old was killed, 7-year-old daughter lost a leg and wife lost her sight. the images were so graphic that they were seen all around the world. analysts say prosecutors will focus on that horror, on how many people died in the bombing planned by the brothers. the surviving brother, dzhokhar tsarnaev, faces 30 charges, 17 of which are punishable by death. the judge just read those in the courtroom this morning. ten women, eight men make up the jury and the alternate pool. they got their instructions this morning. while three jurors previously told the presiding judge that they believe that dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty, they say they are willing to listen, which may not be easy during the government's case. >> the first part is going to be all the horrific stuff, and i don't think we've hea

stefan silva revealed tsarnaev he gave tsarnaev the nine-millimeter handgun that was used to kill a policer man and fire at police during a gunfight. silva is in prison and reached a plea deal with prosecutors to testify. he said sarn yech asked to borrow the gun because he wanted to rob some college students. when silva demanded it back he said tsarnaev kept making excuses and never ended up returning it. he called in high school tsarnaev once told a teacher the united states was persecuting muslims. chris pollone, nbc news boston. >>> right now on news4 at 5:00 breaking news from the campus of morgan state university. three students stabbed, a suspect in custody. what we're also learning about this case. >>> and what's next for the passenger detained after that chaotic incident on a plane that was in flight from dulles to denver. >>> and a man shot during what appears to be a botched home burglary. what he allegedly told witnesses as he ran from the scene. >>> good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. first up tonight, he was a pastor and a policeman, but today he's c

the tsarnaev brothers quickly leaving their path of destruction about to end. john. >> thanks deb. >>> a gun expert getting grilled by both sides in the aaron hernandez trial. the employee of glock identified an object in the surveillance video after odin was killed. he said it was a gun and said specifically a glock. a lot of debate about this testimony and the judge denied the defense request to strike the testimony, but told jurors to disregard parts of it. >>> an american health care worker contracting ebola is being flown to maryland for treatment. the person volunteering at a center in sierra leone. >>> dr. nancy snyderman is resigning as nbc's chief medical examiner. she held the post since 2006. she faced a barrage of criticism for breaking quarantine after covering the ebola outbreak. in a statement, she will join the faculty of a major u.s. medical school. >>> heavy rain making flash flooding a strong possibility from louisiana to indiana today. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the system. >> good morning, john and christine. we have a wet star

tsarnaev was there, no handcuffs or shackles. police described the chaotic gun battle in heart stopping details recounting the moment a stolen suv became a weapon itself. we were wrestling with tamerlan and i could hear an engine revving said one police officer. rosa flores is in boston following the trial for us. good morning, rosa. >> reporter: good morning, randi. you know lots of riveting testimony. today we're expecting to hear from david hannaberry. now he is the owner of the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev took refuge. we're expected to hear from him and we're expected to hear from other special agents that recovered some of the evidence in this particular case. but let me take you through some of that riveting testimony because -- and let me put it into context. there are four crime scenes here. first of all, the marathon bombing, then you have the m.i.t. shooting that left a police officer dead. then you have the car jacking and then you have water town. this is where we are in the case at this particular time. what police

and tamolin tsarnaev's widow will not testify. she's under investigation suspected of helping her husband buy some of the bombmaking materials. >> the fact that she's not being called as a witness suggests at least on one very important level that she continues to be an object of person of interest. >> the panel who will decide tsarnaev's fate is made up of 12 jurors and six alternates. several of the 10 women and eight men who were chosen admitted they think tsarnaev is guilty. but agreed to be open minded through every step of this emotional trial. the jury also had to agree to be open to the death penalty which tsarnaev could face if convicted. in boston marcy gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> a georgia police officer was shot and killed in what investigators are calling an ambush style attack. police say several officers came under fire while responding to a call about a man firing shots outside of a house just south of atlanta. the 28-year veteran officer was hit in the head while taking cover. the suspect was also shot and taken to a

she posted a letter of tsarnaev on facebook. "i have been truly scared of you but today that changed. i looked at you right in the face and realized i wasn't afraid anymore. you are a coward." today tsarnaev's defense team objected to the victim's testimony saying it should be reserved for the second fades of the trial, the sentencing phase. the judge did not agree. charlie, tsarnaev's defense lawyers have already acknowledged their client's guilt but say he was simply following his older brother tamerlan. >> rose: elaine, thank you. today a lawyer for michael brown's parents say they'll file a wrongful death civil suit against former police officer darren wilson and the city of ferguson, missouri. last night protesters took to the streets of ferguson after the justice department announced it will not prosecute wilson on criminal charges in the fatal shooting of brown because there was no evidence to contradict wilson's claim that he acted in self-defense. today the u.s. ambassador to south korea said he expects to be back at wo

there's one thing working in the tsarnaev team's favor though. seems like securing a not guilty verdict is not their first priority. >> day 13 will be the first full day his legal team presents arguments that they're client does not deserve the death penalty, despite the fact that the 21-year-old has pled not guilty his attorneys have never disputed their client was involved in the april, 2013 bombing at the boston marathon. >> the defense case is expected to be relatively short. their focus is going to be to show that the older brother tamerlan tsarnaev is the more culpable one in the bombings in the hopes of sparing dzhokar tsarnaev the death penalty. >> they began with a cell phone expert who testified that at the same time tamerlan tsarnaev was buying the hardware for the bombs in northern massachusetts and new hampshire, dzhokar tsarnaev's phone was pinging off cell phone towers in southern massachusetts. >> the defense trying to show that his brother tamerlan is the one who bought those bomb components not him. >> the prosecution reminded j

tsarnaev facing death if convicted on more than 30 counts. let's get right to molly. >> the opening statements expected in this trial the few hours from now dzhokhar tsarnaev the accused boston bomber will sit before 12 jurors and 6 ality malts over the up coming months. this trial has been delayed because of the historically bad winter we have had but also because of a jury selection process that is pain staking. so many have some personal connection to the bombing they knew someone injured or second level knew someone who knew someone. he con fired with his older brother to place the two bombs at the finish line of the 2013 boston marathon. the explosions killed three people, two young women and a child. it was later alleged they ambushed and murdered an mit police officer as well. tamer lynn's wife was never charged and they repeatedly denied they had no knowledge of the attack. she says she cooperated with the investigation. there's no word whether she is expected to testify. here's what people in boston are saying. >> i am not sure you a

the child for dzhokhar tsarnaev is now on -- the trial for dzhokhar tsarnaev is now underway.he defense is going to try to convince the jury that tsarnaev was unfairly influenced into committing the crime. reporter: victims of the boston bombing arrived for the first day of the trial. he showed no sign of emotion as see sat and listen to the witness accounts in graphic detail. two pressure cooker bombs exploded amongst crowds know the finish line of the boston marathon. three people died, including an eight-year-old boy. almost 300 were injured. >> jp right here and parker, that's where he dropped the backpack. there is right there. they had burned over 50% of our bodies. their hair was gone. i want the death penalty. that would be justice for me. reporter: lawyers were quick to admit responsibility for the attacks. they hope to avoid the death penalty. he was happily influenced by his brother. dzhokhar tsarnaev's trial is set to go on until june. there is the possibility of a death penalty under federal law. anchor: winter is still dragging on. flu season. this year's strain

>>> the jury is seated and opening statements begin today in the trial for dzhokhar tsarnaev tsarnaev, the suspect in the boston marathon bombing. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu makes his case for stopping u.s. negotiations with iran over the nuclear program setting up a new part lament fight on capitol hill. >>> and facebook fuj till. they pass words with man who is wanted for a violent crime. it may surprise you what happens next. this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 4th 2015. good morning. i'm lauren lyster in for anne-marie green. opening statements in the trial of the accused marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are expected tore. a jurisdiction of eight membership and ten women were seated following a two-month selection process. the prosecution is expected to present graphic images of the destruction and injuries caused bizarre by tsarnaev two years ago. >> the 21-year-old faces 20 charges that killed four and injured more than 260 in april of 2013. prosecutor are seeking the death penalty. they are dzhokhar and his brother tamerlan. tsarnaev's lawyers

they hunt for dzhokhar tsarnaev who was found in a boat in a backyard. there's many unearned questions, among them. why did a man that grew up and studied here as part of the community and country resort to violence. dzhokhar tsarnaev explains his reasons in a note taking responsibility, saying it was retribution for action against innocent muslims in iraq and ag. u.s. attorney general eric holder, a man that opposes capital punishment authorised the death penalty. it will be claimed that novak djokovic was influenced by his brother, that he was dom nearing. it's hoped that it will lead to a life in gaol if convicted, rather than the death penalty. he is the first person to be executed by the government. if the jury finds him guilty it could be many years and appeals before it's carried out. >> former c.i.a. director david petraeus will plead guilty to handling classified information. charged with unauthorised removal and detention of classified material. investigators are looking into whether he shared it with his biog raf yes paul aa bradwell whom he a

dzhokhar tsarnaev and tamerlan tsarnaev was tripped locked in his holster.estified seeing a young guy leaning into the cruiser, quote, he snapped up and turned around. he looked startled. i made eye contact. he had a big nose. he was wearing a dark sweatshirt and hat. asked whether that man was in court, the student pointed, identifying dzhokhar tsarnaev. tsarnaev flanked by his lawyers watched video described as him and his brother running from the murder scene. earlier in the day, the jury along with tsarnaev were shown bomb components including a twisted 8 inch piece of a pressure cooker. bee bees and nails to sh shrapnel and the backpack found in the middle of the marathon route. and prosecutors are moving very quickly through their case. they have had 40 witnesses in just five days. there's been very little cross examination bizarre naivey tsarnaev's lawyers. there is questions about his twitter account. this case could be over months before anticipated. >> wow. and deb, tell us a little bit about dzhokhar tsarnaev. he's been pretty stoic throughout thi

a pair of bloody white gloves were found in the tsarnaevs' honda. he said that blood was from murdered mit officer shaun collier collier. the jury was told that some of the fingerprints belonged to dzhokhar tsarnaev. don dahler cbs news boston. >>> as we approach the first official day of spring tomorrow wintry weather is back. temperature readings in the northeast are more than 10 degrees below normal and as spring starts the southeast will be drench while the east coast is facing yet another round of snow and rain tomorrow. >>> strong winds in new york city are being blamed for the death of a woman killed by a police of plywood blown off a construction site yesterday. police say she was across the street when the 4'x 8'piece of lumber hit her. >>> a church is apologizing for letting homeless people sleep outside its homes. >>> and caught on video, a bank robber caught on video. this is the "cbs morning news." find brands like nutribullet and fitbit to keep you on pace! let adidas fila and nike help you gear up to make your move! find your yes kohl

tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan, who died in an shootout with police, are accused of planting bombse marathon finish line, killing three people and injuring 264 others. tsarnaev's attorneys had argued unsuccessfully their client can't get a fair trial in the city where the bombings occurred. jury selection took two months and all 18 jurors selected are white. on the trial's first day, defense attorneys acknowledged their client's role in the bombings, but said he was heavily influenced by his older brother. prosecutors, meanwhile, say messages scrawled on the inside of a boat where tsarnaev hid after the attacks show he was motivated by anger over the u.s. government's killing of muslim civilians around the world. amy: the trial comes as the the council on american-islamic relations in florida has announced it will sue the fbi for $30 million on behalf of the family of an unarmed chechen man killed during questioning over his ties to the tsarnaev brothers. the fbi says an agent shot ibragim todashev in self-defense after todashev attacked him, but his parents have accused the fbi of

then tamerlan tsarnaev jumps from the car, racing to alert his brother. meng, terrified, runs into a gas station. in a panic, looking to see if he's being followed he frantically gestures out the window then drops to his knees, clasping his hands, becking the clerk to call 911, and then he hides. when the clerk hands him the phone, meng tells 911 the marathon bombers just carjacked him. >> they did the explosion, the marathon explosion. >> reporter: today in court, meng described how he was carjacked at gunpoint. how dzhokhar tsarnaev used his atm card to take out cash and how his decision to escape was the toughest decision of his life. meng testified that as they were driving, tamerlan tsarnaev told him -- "do you know the boston marathon explosion? do you know who did it? i did it. and i just killed a policeman in cambridge." david, when the tsarnaev brothers realized that meng had escaped, they fled in his car. but what they didn't know that car was equipped with a tracking system. and soon police would be hot on their trail. david? >> tom llamas repo

after police perped it with gunfire, more than 100 rounds tsarnaev surrendered.ury saw a wooden slat with a message carved into it -- stop killing our innocent people and we will stop, it said. later prosecutors also called one of tsarnaev's childhood friends to the stand. stefan silva revealed he gave tsarnaev the nine-millimeter handgun that was used to kill a police officer, carjack another man and fire at police during a gunfight. silva is in prison and reached a plea deal with prosecutors to testify. he said tsarnaev asked to borrow the gun because he wanted to rob some college students. when silva demanded it back he said tsarnaev kept making excuses and never ended up returning it. he called in high school tsarnaev once told a teacher the united states was persecuting muslims. chris pollone, nbc news, boston. >>> next -- local college students sharing horror stories of hazing. how they hope their emotional words will impact a new push for change. >> just ran and got my gun and then i told the guy to stop but he didn't hear me so that's when i returned fire

ultimately, a police officer tackled tamerlan tsarnaev then apparently dzhokhar tsarnaev got behind then over his brother, his brother obviously died and the following night dzhokhar tsarnaev was found in the boat that ended this. >> thanks for the latest in court. >>> coming up is not majority leader mitch mcconnell will hold up the nomination for loretta lynch until democrats pass a controversial human trafficking bill. democrats are coming out to slam the move. nbc senior political editor mark murray is up next with details. >>> and sarah palin's daughter bristol palin is engaged to an american war hero one of the things we thought you should know. >>> and shocking video, shoppers jump out of the way, police chase a motorcyclist through the mall. one of the stories we are following around the "newsnation." they don't worry if something's possible. they just do it. at sears optical, we're committed to bringing them eyewear that works as hard as they do. right now, buy one pair and get another free. does all greek yogurt have to be thick? does it all have to be the same? not with new l

the prosecution will sign a handwritten confession by dzhokar tsarnaev. and the defense will point to him and his much older brother tamerlan. it's a case that has inched forward for two years and now the jury is finally underway. it started on january 5th but hundreds of jurors. his schedule further interrupted by record snowfall that paralyzed the city this winter. a jury of 12, along with six alternates, will design the case against dzhokar tsarnaev, the younger of two brothers accused of planting the two bombs. >> no one watching or near the finish line knew what happened. but within seconds everyone knew that boston's iconic sporting event was under attack. three died that day. more than 260 people were injured. among them, edwards catapulted into a restaurant, injuring her left leg so severely, it had to be amputated. >> i was in such excruciating pain that my butt was on fire. packed with. >> that evening, shot and killed allegedly when the tsarnaevs tried to rob him of his gun. and they hijacked an suv. for 90 minutes he forced them to stay with t

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dzhokhar tsarnaev under the spell of his brother. he was so influenced by him he was swept up in tamerlan's alleged plan to carry out this bombing. they will argue that dzhokhar tsarnaev was there, he was a part of it but that his life should be spared. that he -- you know -- they're not going to say he wasn't a part of this plot. i think the idea is to hopefully spare him from the death penalty, and try to argue that in many respects tamerlan was the guy who called all the shots, and dzhokhar was his willing participant. >> my fellow good to see you this morning. the trial could go on until june. much more from boston later in the"the rundown"."rundown.." >>>. >>> developing now, the justice department, found police in ferguson missouri continually violated civil rights of its citizens with african-american residents bearing the brunt. the investigation pront pd by the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown. details now msnbc's tremaine lee is with us. good morning. what more are you learning about the results of this inve

. >>> dramatic testimony in the trial of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. jurors for the first time hearing from the man car jacked by gunpoint by the tsarnaev brothers shortly after they killed an m.i.t. police officer. the victim describing his harrowing ride and decision to escape. let's get more from deb feyerick in boston. >> reporter: john, christine, the man who was carjacked by the tsarnaev brothers took the stand and testified about the ordeal. he talked about tamerlan got into the car and pointed a pistol and said do you know the boston marathon bombings i did it. i killed a police officer in cambridge. the brothers took the hostage to a gas station where dzhokhar tsarnaev started buying snacks innside for a trip to new york. that is when mang decided to make a run for it. he slipped out of the car. is video showing him entering the mini mart and begging the clerk to call 911. the clerk called 911. police spoke to him and realized this was the break they had been waiting for. the tsarnaev brothers quickly leaving their path of destruction about to

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

the tsarnaevs had already fled but dun meng told police his s.u.v. had a gps system. this quickly led police to the mercedes -- [gunfire] -- and a shoot-out that killed tamerlan tsarnaev. [gunfire] court is not in session tomorrow, scott. prosecutors are expected to begin presenting testimony about that violent shoot-out next week. >> pelley: don dahler in boston tonight. don, thanks. today is university of oklahoma football team took a stand against racism by holding a silent protest instead of practicing. this comes after members of the sigma alpha epsilon were caught on tape chanting racial slurs. the frat house was shut down two, members expelled from the school. the leader of iran and secretary of state john kerry found one thing in common. today both condemned that letter 47 republican senators sent to iran to warn it against a nuclear deal with the obama administration. this sort of direct interference with diplomatic negotiations may be unprecedented, and the man behind it, senator tom cotton, has been in the senate only two months. we asked nancy cordes to te

tsarnaev's lawyer saying it was him.seless, horrific, misguided acts, claiming he was coerced by his holder brother tamerlan tsarnaev who was later killed in a shootout with police. a defense they hope could help tsarnaev avoid the death penalty. >> given the amount of evidence the government has, i would suggest it's the only strategy. >> reporter: the prosecution however says the 21-year-old now facing 30 federal charges was a true terrorist, determined to punish america in what he believed was a holy war. >> i would say the prosecution's very successful. >> more emotional testimony is expected later this morning with martin richard's father scheduled to take the stand. t.j. and reena. >> thank you, marci. >>> what we hope is the last significant storm of the winter creating a wet, snowy mess from texas to southern new england. it's terrible news. for parts of the mid-atlantic, rain and melting snow triggered widespread rain and mudslides. rivers in low-lying areas are set to crest later today. >>> in lubbock, texas, a