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Fbi agent shot and killed 27-year-old ibragim todashev when he attacked an officer with a knife. authorities say todashev confessed to his involvement in unsolved triple homicide in a boston suburb on september 11th, 2011, and he was about to sign that written confession when he became violent. todashev was not suspected in the boston marathon bombings himself but was being questioned because of his involvement with tamerlan tsarnaev. investigators have been trying to determine if the two tsarna...

Though the tsarnaev brothers spent most of their adult life in the u.s., their ties to war-torn check nia and brother tamerlans six-month trip to russia last year reminds us that theres no standard profile for those who wish to do harm. house homeland security chair, mike mccall insisted that investigators should pay attention to the familys chechen origins. >> why is chechen important? i think the american people need to understand this. the chechen rebels are some of the fiercest jihadist warr...

And policemen with families. after year of total warfare, some changed. radical groups offered money, weapons and men. chechens who were once indifferent or moderate musli muslims. islamic fighters around the world came to chechnya to fight the russians. after defeat on the batfield, chechen rebels turned to act of terror with no target out of bounds. airplanes, moscow theater and attacking elementary school and slaughtering russian school children. a decade ago, russian president putin bristlee...

To kill innocent individuals. >> michael leiter, thanks so much for joining us, mike. earlier today the president met with his national security team to discuss the latest information on the boston marathon bombings. for more lets two to ogo to ou kristen welker at the white house. id like to show everyone this picture the white house added to its flickr page, the president meeting with his national security team, fbi director robert muller, attorney general eric holder, vice president joe biden...

They say last year 160 officers were killed in the line of duty. that was a stark jump from the year before where 117 officers were killed in the line of duty. back to this year, in a 24-hour period between sunday and monday, 11 officers were shot in five states. also new this morning, moscow on high alert after a sue side bomb blast killed at least 35 people in the citys busiest airport yesterday. there are new pictures this morning of the explosion. this is closed-circuit video showinging th...

To establish that goal, our objectives here in afghanistan are also clear. we are going to deny al qaeda safe haven, reverse the talibans momentum, strengthen the capacity of afghan security forces and the afghan government. >> we will take you live to afghanistan and chris lawrence in a few minutes. more now on one of the big stories of the day. the deadly suicide attacks on the moscow subway system. the work was likely the work of chechen rebels. matthew chance has more on the story. if you wo...

Officials say two female homicide bombers blew themselves up killing at least 36 people and wounding dozens of others. russian authorities suspect terrorism but no groups have come forward yet to take responsibility. the last time moscows subway system was attacked was in 2004 kek kekian rebels to chechen rebels took credit for the bombing that killed 10 people. president obama is on his way home right now after making the surprise visit to the troops in afghanistan. its his first trip there as ...

And youve seen many terrorist attacks by chechen rebels, youve seen them in the moscow theater seige, several years ago, youve seen it in the bevment sevment slan school seige, and all of those have been from people from this region. bill: and theyve used women before, too, subway station in august 200 4-rbgs ten were dead that time. russia responds with a very strong hand. what do you expect moscow to do this time? >> well, they probably will go back to trying to bomb certain areas in the regio...

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