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Know who it belongs to. agents took a dna sample from the suspects widow. erin mcpike joins us with more from outside the house of the family in north kingston, rhode island. its significant in the sense that they now have said they found dna on particles from the bomb and now theyve taken on the same date dna from this widow. are they potentially connecting the two? >> reporter: they might be, piers. of course, as jake mentioned, we dont know but the fbi has been saying for the past week that t...

It could be the hair of a salesperson who sold one of the components, youre saying? >> thats right. it may well not implicate anyone of anything, anderson. they have apparently been trying to get a dna sample from the widow for a couple of days now but all we know at this point, they have dna, were not even sure whether they mean a hair or what, and apparently, it belongs to a female. >> so erin, you saw investigators arrive at the home. ctually carried out ide and something that said dna sample...

It. they have some basis for wanting to get all that information. the swab, they take a q tip and put it on the inside of your mouth. thats the easiest, least offensive way to get a dna sample. they may very well have said well come to you and well take it. you don dont have to come to downtown boston from rhode island. >> megyn: she could be cooperating. we dont know if this is with her consent or pursuant to a warrant. >> her lawyer stated yesterday she was cooperating. youre right. if they go...

We want to leave no stone unturned. we want to see, is there in fact additional protocols and procedures that could be put in place that would further improve and enhance our ability to detect a potential attack? >> david lee miller is live for us in boston. david, where does the investigation stand right now? >> reporter: well authorities have disclosed that the dna of a woman was found on the components of one of the bombs. not clear, jon, whose dna is it? is it the dna of a accomplice, a vict...

Should match, the female dna sample, on the pressure cooker, it doesnt necessarily implicate her or any other particular female in terms of whether they had anything to do with the preparation or the construction of the bomb. >> it means that a female could have come in contact at any time, maybe even before this pressure cooker was put together. a wide range of people. >> if its not her dna, it could be her daughters dna or it could belong to somebody else all together. but, certainly, erin, it...

It. they also took something else, a dna sample. were told it was to compare that to what was f the bomb fragments. this as her brother-in-law, dzhokhar tsarnaev, gets a huge boost to his defense team, a high profile lawyer helping him to avoid the death penalty. judge andrew napolitano is our fox senior news analyst. lets start with the wife. dna on the bomb component doesnt really tell us much. >> no. it could be a clerk in the store. it could have been something she innocently handled in her ...

Little less -- >> that would probable cause them to arrest her at that point. remember, they cannot only tell it was hers, they can tell how long it was there, so they can -- if they have a time line from the time this thing was purchased until the time it exploded and they can tie her into somewhere along the time line, theres an innocent part of the time line, perhaps when it was used to cook pot roast, and theres a criminal part of the time line when they started to turn it into aomb. depends...

Now fbi agents are back at her parents home in rhode island, reportedly getting a dna sample from her to compare with female dna found on one of the bombs. her lawyer has claimed she has been doing everything she can to assist in this investigation and that she was shocked to hear that her husband and brother-in-law were involved in this bombing. the fbi carrying several items out of the house is now looking to find out what, if anything, she knew about the bombing before hand and if she might h...

A phone call from president obama saying he was impressed by collins courage, chris brassard drew fire for these comments on outside the lines. >> i believe that is walking in open rebellion to god and to jesus christ. >> espn later apologized calling his comments a distraction. collins revealed his number, 98, is an out spoken sign of solidarity with the gay community. the year matt shepherd was killed in a gay hate crime. shepherds mother, judy, said that news made her cry. she was honored t...

Trying to determine and yesterday in the quest to determine that they paid a visit to the home of tamerlan tsarnaevs wife. they took away a dna sample. they also removed a number of items were told. among them a laptop, a briefcase as well as a bag containing scissors. a family attorney says that tamerlans wife is helping as best she can, listen. >> they have answered all the questions that have been asked of them by the authorities. theyre fully cooperating. and thats it. nothing more to say. >...