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Other militants were killed when russian special forces hit their hideout. >> maybe hes a hero of the brother. maybe he isnt, but tamerlan watches these videos and then this individual gets killed. now logic would tell you, well, who would you be mad at? runners in the boston marathon? what did they have to do it? would you be mad at the united states? what did the u.s. have to do with it? >> no one will ever know, but we do know on his last visit to dagestan tamerlans family noticed a change in...

The bureau looked into the older brother in 2011 and found no red flags. the cia was also approached by the russians with similar concerns about tamerlan. questions were also raised by officials about the tsarnaevs mother. both she and the older brothers names were added to a terrorist identity database but the investigations seemed to have gone nowhere. was tamerlan tsarnaev radicalized overseas. maybe so, but his uncle said tamerlans views more than likely came from someone in the u.s. >> i he...

Suffolk university student he met in a nightclub and had dated on and off at several years. she converted to islam. pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in local, massachusetts, but he didnt seem the same. >> in 2009 just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of like came to the fight like we all did, hoodie, jeans. >> he also seemed more ...

The face during a fight over another woman. the following year, 2010, he married katherine russell, a suffolk university student he met in a nightclub and had dated on and off at several years. she converted to islam. pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in local, massachusetts, but he didnt seem the same. >> in 2009 just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot mor...

Talking to the extremist whose name was misha. tamerlans mother said misha was a good influence on her son. >> when misha visited us, we just kind of -- he just opened our eyes, you know, really wide about islam. he was really -- he was devoted and very good, very nice man. >> dzhokhar tsarnaev said they were self-radicalized jihadists inspired in part by the u.s. wars in afghanistan and iraq. late this week new york officials had their own news about the bombers. >> last night we were informed ...

>> once i was told, momma, you know, its the right religion. >>tamerlans mother witnessed his transformation. >> i would like for you to be covered because islam is requiring for women to be covered, so i said it was really like a little not expected aspect, so i said give me some time, you know, tamerlan. >> last year tamerlan traveled back to his homeland, a region of russia rocked by ethnic violence and islamic extremism. when he returned to the united states six months later, he became more ...

>> theres a whole generation of chechens who grew up with their families being displaced, relatives being killed, and so on. >> reporter: thomas deweil has studied and written about the region. >> for most people thats just a traumatic experience, but obviously for a small minority this is something that is in their dna, that drives them. >> reporter: and like many displaced chechens tamerlan may have struggled to fit in. chechnya is still home to militant separatist groups. and the home tamerla...

New convert to islam. >> reporter: that new convert, a muslim extremist right here, in the boston area. >> he said this person, just he took his brain, he brainwashed him completely. tamerlan is off now. theres not even any obedience and respect to his own father. >> reporter: the uncle says tamerlan told him he quit listening to music and got very conservative after talking to the extremist whose name was misha. tamerl tamerlans mother says misha was a good influence on her son. >> when misha v...

Tamerlan is off now. theres not even any obedience and respect to his own father. >> reporter: the uncle says tamerlan told him he quit listening to music and got very conservative after talking to the extremist whose name was misha. tamerlans mother says misha was a good influence on her son. >> when misha visited us, we just kind of -- he just opened our eyes, you know. really wide. about islam. he was really -- hes devoted and hes a very good, nice man. >> reporter: dzhokhar tsarnaev, the sur...

That was kind of like the perception i got. flashy, confident, maybe cocky. i guess he backed it up in the ring. he could fight, he could punch. he could put a guy out. when the time was right if he had a big punch in him and the opening was there he could finish a guy. >> that ferocity apparently carried over outside the boxing ring. he was arrested that same year for slapping his girlfriend in the face during a fight over another woman. the following year, 2010, he married catherine russell, a...