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From the glass shattered from the blast. new details about what may have been the motivation behind the boston marathon bombings. this morning, the first look at the site of the actual explosion. workers, there all night, resurfacing the street where the first bomb went off, so that this morning, it is back completely almost i should say to normal. miguel marquez live on boylston street with the latest. good morning, miguel. >> reporter: good morning, john. the sense of relief is palpable. the...

Been brought to this location. a lot of shoes. runners giving shoes off their own feet. i want to show how big this thing is. come around this way. you can see, a lot of flowers, the shirts off peoples backs. a lot of hats as well. very touching scene, john. >> a terrific memorial, miguel, and equally terrific scene. everyone out walking on the streets today. even traffic. even traffic on boylston street is nice to see today. you dont often say that in a major city. >> lovely. >> who knew? migue...

I got the impression from everything i heard, it was just one contact and the russians didnt follow up, so im not sure. i know that mr. burr has referenced a number of contacts. again this is one of the discrepancies we have to drill down on to find out exactly when and how often the russians did reach out. john, i think it goes beyond it may have been a mistake made. that can happen all the time. what we have to look at here is do fbi regulations have to change? for instance, if its true, that ...

Christopher dorner back in february. the city of los angeles has agreed to play the women $4.2 million. they were delivering newspapers when the lapd mistakenly fired on them while they were inside their truck. hernandez was shot twice in the back. coronza was injured by broken glass. the l."l.a. times" reporting th morning both have recovered. john, back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, christine. ahead on "starting point," as we continue to explore the boston marathon bombing investigatio...

Quiz the suspects parents but also to ask them some pretty important questions like what did their elder son, tamerlan tsarnaev get up to, who did he meet, where did he go, when he visited them here in dagestan in the first half of 2012? because one theory is that it was during his time here, during his exposure to people, to this particularly violent region, he may have been radicalized and ultimately that could have contributed to his actions, to his behavior, to his thinking and those events ...

Debate. this is active voice now, okay? as soon as we found out the gauze gauz consulate was being overrun i was on the phone with my national security team. had you heard that before and if so what sort of information would be given at the moment if indeed there was a drone flying above benghazi at time? >> exactly. who was the national security team? was it john brennan? was it david petraeus? was it john clapper? were people on the ground in benghazi. theyre hiding behind these terms, nationa...

Arrests and constantly on the news networks. im glad that capitol hill clapper is not sitting in front of the tv 24 hours a day and monitoring whats coming out of the media. >> spokesperson for john clapper said he was not briefed because it did not involve a threat on the united states. >> heres one thing the white house cannot be worried about, a political challenge from this guy. >> rent, its too damn high! >> i know how much youve missed him. theres news about jimmy mcmillan. his catch phras...