. >> we're now being told, as bad as the situation is, according to wcvb, one of the local stations in boston, one of the two people killed was an 8-year-old child. we don't know if it was a boy or girl, but an 8-year-old child

wcvb in boston. what a day they've had. what a day this morning. starts all over. work. >> just a portion of the 11:00 p.m. newscast. you weren't able to see all the information. there is more information everybody needs to know in boston headed to boston. the crime scene, perimeter is in the back bay, a large expansive area. police like i said now a crime scene. there are buildings inaccessible. mass transit inaccessible and lots of streets. everybody that lives there or works there has been transferred to shelters or told to go to a different place to report to work if they have to report to work tomorrow. that is according to the may your's office. >> big press conference scheduled for 9:30 in the morning. that's when the whole nation will get the latest on this. a lot of things happening overnight. lot of tweeting. five miles from boston. an apartment that local police and fed have been checking out. no confirmation it is connected. you half to think something is up there. at this 9. 30. press conference get the latest and encouraging information who did this a

er. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: this is wcvb covering the bombings during the boston marathon. >> the publicety officials who we've talked about throughout the day rushed head long into the chaos of the initial explosions, and helped those who were injured as quickly as they possibly could. he goes on to praise the commissioner ed davis of the boston police department as well, and for his leadership. >> cenk: all right, that was the scene where the explosions happened earlier today. an update on the story. now 105 have been injured. of course, you know there have been two explosions. two people killed, and there are no suspects yet. now we're going to move on to a different story and it's about guantanamo bay. guantanamo bay a hunger strike started on february 6th. this is day 69. and the government said there are 43 prisoners who were partaking that have hunger strike. there were 130 detainees taking part of it. and clashes broke out because of how heated the situation has become. "the new york times" published an op-ed by one of the detainees. he has been there since 2002. 's yemeni prison

we have been monitoring wcvb which is the abc affiliate in boston. at last we checked, they were talking to a woman who lives in this neighborhood where the police activity is underway right now. >> to stay inside and call 911 if you see anything suspicious. >> you have belmont and cambridge and brighton but really all of the city of boston being impacted right now and newton as well. >> there is no where to go. cab service has been shut down, t service has been completely suspended. all they want to do right now is to apprehend the second marathon bomber who is out there, the suspect who has brought terror to our city since monday afternoon and has continued on the violent path there killing an mit police officer, critically injurying an mbta officer in the overnight hours. this is the scene unfolding. it is growing on norfolk street in cambridge where we now know the two suspects, brothers from cambridge grew up, lived among the community there. >> we are learning more details about these two individuals. john atwater has recently been talking to a

wcvb television there all righting that suspects may in custody but that police appr to still be engaged in an active search of that area. that's where campus police officer was shot an killed by a gun man. police are still searching for that gun man tonight. there are few details about either of these incidents but there is no indication that they are connected in any way to the marathon bombings. however, huge police response in that city which is now under so much pressure. and back one more item to the the attacks in the mayor thochbility 11-year-old boy from martinez hurt in the explosion is making tremendous progress tonight we are glad to till. aaron suffered deep thigh wound waiting fohis mother to cross the finish license. he's feeling better who wouldn't vtv after a visit today from first lady obama. unhooked from nearly all machines and mother tells us that he could be out of icu by tomorrow. >> well tonight runners from the bay area showed their solidarity with the victims and people of boston by taking part in the candle light round and vigil. hundreds turn out including an

wcvb television there all righting that suspects may in custody but that police appear to still be engaged in an active search of that area. that's where campus police officer was shot an killed by a gun man. police are still searching for that gun man tonight. there are few details about either of these incidents but there is no indication that they are connected in any way to the marathon bombings. however, huge police response in that city which is now under so much pressure. and back one more item to the the attacks in the mayor thochbility 11-year-old boy from martinez hurt in the explosion is making tremendous progress tonight we are glad to till. aaron suffered deep thigh wound waiting for his mother to cross the finish license. he's feeling better who wouldn't vtv after a visit today from first lady obama. unhooked from nearly all machines and mother tells us that he could be out of icu by tomorrow. >> well tonight runners from the bay area showed their solidarity with the victims and people of boston by taking part in the candle light round and vigil. hundreds turn out including a

our station, wcvb, has been covering this unfolding story nonstop.e is a portion of their 11:00 p.m. newscast. >> here at garvey park, a place where dorchester kids came to play games. a lot of them were here tonight. but there was no fun. >> it is all very sad. i knew he was a good friend and very nice. >> he was at our first communion with us. >> yeah, at our first communion. >> reporter: kind of ruins the vacation doesn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: a proud show of support for martin richard the 8-year-old killed in the explosion and his wounded family. >> it's horrible. here, you get so choked up, just to see and hear what happen. you sit there and watch this on television. >> they lost their little boy and suffered injuries to their mom and to their daughter physically and to the entire family spiritually and emotionally. >> i cannot imagine that poor father right now what he is going through. >> reporter: earlier today bill richard asked for prayers. tonight he got answers. hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of answers. and the people here promis

we'll check in with you again throughout the evening and again our thanks to wcvb in boston. >>> and as you probably know, the bomb went off, the first one, about 2:50 p.m. on boylston feet in boston, feet from the finish line. we'll take you to the streets of boston and show you the chaos and confusion. let you hear from people who were there. >> it sounded just like a bomb -- what i thought i bomb would sound like. absolutely horrified. >> it was very loud. the ground shook, you could just feel it going down through you. >> the explosion went off right by the finish line. boom, you felt it, it hurt your ears. >> something just blew up. >> run! >> i saw a trash can explode and people started throwing down the barricade and running over each other. i ran in the other direction fast as i could. >> i was in the city. this is like the scariest thing i've ever experienced. people work in the restaurants telling us to get away from the scene, get far away. people were walking out like it was an exodus at cambridge. >> i saw runners in front of me fall, some with injuries, and then i looke

wcvb television there all righting that suspects may in custody but that police appear to still be engaged in an active search of that area. that's where campus police officer was shot an killed by a gun man. police are still searching for that gun man tonight. there are few details about either of these incidents but there is no indication that they are connected in any way to the marathon bombings. however, huge police response in that city which is now under so much pressure. and back one more item to the the attacks in the mayor thochbility 11-year-old boy from martinez hurt in the explosion is making tremendous progress tonight we are glad to till. aaron suffered deep thigh wound waiting for his mother to cross the finish license. he's feeling better who wouldn't vtv after a visit today from first lady obama. unhooked from nearly all chinesnd u at he could be out of icu by tomorrow. >> well tonight runners from the bay area showed their solidarity with the victims and people of boston by taking part in the candle light round and vigil. hundreds turn out including an its bay woman who

dave henneberry giving an exclusive interview to ed harding, an anchorman at our boston affiliate, wcvb i looked on the floor. and i see blood.

now of the actual boat where the suspect, dzhokhar, was captured on friday night from our affiliate wcvb're just getting these pictures. gives you a sense of location in watertown, also the size of the boat there. you can see it in the backyard. we also had seen the picture of dzhokhar tsarnaev climbing out of that boat also. but quite a large boat there as you see. also want you to know about one of the other victims of the boston bombing. krystle campbell, she lost her life last monday. her funeral is underway right now in medford, massachusetts. it's a private service. up next we'll remember the 29-year-old who never stopped smiling. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through april 30th. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice.

aerial photos from wcvb-tv of copley plaza, a much calmer morning here in boston, but still a city inifferent reality this morning. high alert here in boston. high alert in new york city, high alert in countries all across -- in cities all across america after those two explosions which created so much havoc in boston yesterday. >> stretching around the globe, george. so many people here in this country acknowledging the tragedy including last night on late night television. comedians and intertakeners all over the country starting their night with a very different kind of note on monday. these comedians, these entertainers paying their respects. take a look. >> boston is my hometown. it's where i grew up. it's where my family lives. so i wanted to take a moment to say that like everybody here my thoughts and prayers are with the people of boston and everybody who's been affected by this absolutely senseless act. >> now, before we officially begin the show we just want to take a moment, our thoughts are with everyone in boston tonight. i have family members and many friends there. my

the man who found dzhokhar tsarnaev with our affiliate wcvb. >> i know people say, he went out to the true. >> reporter: now, the word is, you saw the boat, you pulled back the wrapping, you saw a body, it moved and you called 911? >> oh, no. no. no. >> reporter: no? >> no. >> reporter: he went to the garage and grabbed a step ladder. >> i went three steps up the roll ladder. i could see the sha rimrink wra. i didn't expect to see anything. i looked over here on the floor and i see blood and -- >> reporter: a lot of blood in. >> reporter: a good amount of blood. and then my eyes went to the engine box. there was a body. >> reporter: and at that moment what did you do? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: he couldn't see suspect number two's face. he was glad. >> i took three steps up the ladder. i don't remember stepping off the ladder. this hits you afterwards when you say, my god, we probably slept last night, this guy could be -- that -- you know, it's surreal. >> reporter: in that instance, police responded and he and his wife were taken away. >> people are calling you a national hero. >>

. >> that was certainly being reported on our affiliate wcvb. if we just go back over the scene there. it's interesting, you're right in the middle of it there in watertown. describe the situation. what is the scene? is it still chaotic? >> reporter: the scene is just like this. police cars coming in, police cars going out. officers showing up, officers leaving. police with guns, police without guns. three people i've seen have been wearing fbi attire. that's it, three, out of many -- i would say almost 100 or more police officers who are from the local departments. there are many local departments here. boston, cambridge, state police, transit police, but they -- the general dpruping is they are local. i have not seen a huge federal presence here at all. you can draw -- you know, you're assumption is either way right now. but right now this seems like a very, very big local police presence here and not a whole lot of federal people. >> drew, what about the media there, what sort of numbers are you talking about and have there been any indicatio

hey, it looks like one of the suspects was removed -- >> okay, we're going to leave our affiliate wcvb and go to our other affiliate wdh to see what they're reporting. >> i got down behind the car door, behind the car. he got down, i believe, behind a police car. it was a matter of just getting down as quickly as you could at the nearest possible place. so, he was about ten feet in front of me. and then i believe that when they told us to get back even further, when i heard something of a hand grenade, he must have followed me, but that's when i lost him for a short while. but he and everyone else has been moved back now on the other side of this yellow tape. i don't know what he was able to shoot videowise, but i think he was rolling right up until that moment where we were basically scaring for my lives. never in my reporting career have i felt so vulnerable. >> i'm glad you're safe. you did the right thing by trying to find cover. we're being told in this video we're watching here, at some point we might see the suspected gunman. at some point. we're not sure where. this is the part

two people are dead and according to our affiliate wcvb, one of the victims is 8 years old. at least 110 have been injured. 8 are in critical condition. 14 serious and 8 of them at this time we can tell you are children. federal law enforcement has also been placed on a level one mobilization. the first explosion went off just before 3:00, around 2:50 p.m. eastern standard time today. right near the finish line of the boston marathon. now they captured the blast as it happened. >> the second explosion goes off ten seconds later. you're going to see it here. many people are standing by. they're right behind those flags. runners were literally knocked off their feet and thousands of spectators were sent scrambling for safety. there was a third explosion that went off around 4:00 p.m. at the nearby jfk library. now very uncertain at this time as to whether those are related. some authorities say yes. others said no. what we can tell you is that no one was hurt. cnn's reporter is in boston tonight and has the latest. you've been reporting on this throughout the day. tell me the

. >> we're now being told, as bad as the situation is, according to wcvb, one of the local stations in boston, one of the two people killed was an 8-year-old child. we don't know if it was a boy or girl, but an 8-year-old child killed in this terror attack near the finish line in boston at the boston marathon. democratic congressman william keating of massachusetts is joining us on the phone right now. congressman, i know your heart, our hearts, all of our hearts go out to the families of those who have been killed and injured, and now we've heard that an 8-year-old child is among those who have been killed in this terror attack. give our viewers an update, because i know you've been briefed. what do you know? >> it's just heartbreaking, first and foremost. from the perspective of people in the boston area and massachusetts, to have something like this occur at an event that usually brings people together, brings communities together, brings countries together, being a d.a. before i was in congress, i just -- prayers are with the family members of those who lost their lives, those two

and ed harding from wcvb has the the exclusive interview. >> i know people say, there's blood in theneberry is the only one who knows the whole story how the second suspect was discovered. but he says it is not the story we have all heard. he never saw any blood on the outside of his boat. a more subtle clue that something was wrong. henneberry went out for air when the police said it was safe and noticed shrink wrap on his boat was out of place. he want to the garage and grabbed a stepladder. >> i got, i think three steps up the ladder. and i rolled it up. i can see through the shrink wrap. i didn't expect to see anything. i look in the boat over here, on the floor and i see blood. >> reporter: a lot of blood? >> good amount of blood. and my eyes went to the other side of the engine box, engine box is in the middle of the -- there was a body. >> reporter: at that moment, what did you do? what were you thinking at that moment? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: he couldn't see suspect two's face. he was glad he couldn't see his face. >> well i know i took three steps up the ladder. i don't

that is courtesy of wcvb. we don't know if this is close to the m.i.t. campus or later o e in watertown. but explosive s thrn from a car, u0 gunshots fir a wild, wild situation. once again, with a convenience store robbery, the shooting, the fatal shooting of a. campus police officer and a wild police chase and carjacking that went to watertown and ended with one suspect dead and her spect fleeing from police and right now that is who they are searching for. >> an incredibly fluid situation that we continue to monitor and bring you the latest information. bring you the latest information. we'll be right back after this. and we ged dollars in points from sears to use on jim's mower... hold the phone! ...and points from the grill helped pay for my dress... now you're just pulling my leg. get this, sometimes points just show up in our account. get out of town! with points from shop your way, there are more ways to save than ever at sears. oh and this bracelet... i used points to get it for free. yeah, right. and i'm married to lorenzo lamas. hola. this is h