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Does this open the door for this to be a terrorism-related charge in, in fact, the individual behind this is using, as you just mentioned, real explosives with real intent to harm? >> when you look at the legal definition of terrorism, this appears likely, because terrorism is defined -- and im paraphrasing -- as acts that are intended to intimidate or change policy or intimidate large groups of people. so with that loose definition of terrorism, its highly likely that somebody, depending on wha...

Election day. todd pyro is live in studio with more on the suspects stunning confession. >> we live in frightening times to say the least. the fbi arrested paul roseenfeld. authorities raided his new york home, finding what appears to be a functional 200-pound explosive device in the basement along with a fusing system for triggering explosives and what appeared to be empty canisters of black powder. neighbors of course stunned to find out about the planned suicide bombing. >> i was shocked. i w...

At that point they may very well decide to say, hey, lets go out and purchase various items that we are seeing here and make a real three-dimensional model that this is exactly what it looked like and may very well put it together to see -- not to actually explode, but how well the fusing system would work based upon the components that they have recovered and their theoretical approach to that. >> tom, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you very much, greta. >> coming up, the numbers are absolu...

Remember that? just pieces of wreckage. as the investigation continues in boston, theyre doing just that. and theyre moving pretty fast. we turn right now to former chicago superintendent and former f.b.i. bomb technician, jody wise. what are they doing? what do they look for with each and every piece of twisted metal they goat their hands on? >> theyre look for clues and its amazing how much remains from a bomb when it actually detonates, the fusing system, although it will be fragmented, much ...

The bombs investigators recovered. according to a homeland security document, definitively one of the bombs consisted of a pressure cooker concealed in a backpack. here is a picture of what may be the backpack. they are saying while the second device was housed in a metal container, theres insufficient evidence to determine if it was also a pressure cooker. the fusing system for the two devices are unknown at this time. this also appears unclear if what you are looking at in this picture is the ...

We have new pictures and new details this hour about the devices that were detonated in yesterdays attack at the boston marathon. we did not have them at the top of the hour, but we have them now. this is what is left from one of the bombs investigators recovered. according to a homeland security document, definitively one of the bombs consisted of a pressure cooker concealed in a backpack. here is a picture of what may be the backpack. they are saying while the second device was housed in a met...