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Of some of the folks in boston. he is also the commander in chief, that means the investigation of the boston bombings stops with him. he addressed that yesterday. as he also called this for the first time terrorism. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. and given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror. what we dont yet know, however, is who carried out this attack ...

Kitchen. in one of those photos you can see a cluster of these teeny tiny but dangerous bbs that were clearly blown out from this pressure cooker, and, you know, made their way inside the skin and muscle of a lot of victims along the finish line in boston on monday. the fbi saying that the second bomb was also in some type of metal container as well. >> also new this morning, boston area hospitals have released at least 100 of the 183 people injured in mondays attack. thats wonderful news. >> we...

A chinese student, like so many foreign students coming to study here at one of the great universities in this city. >> it wasnt just boston that was damaged in this attack. it will resonate and hopefully so will the response. again, this is cnns special team coverage. were going to begin with susan candiotti who is tracking the latest on the fbi probe. good morning, susan. what have we learned? >> good morning, chris. and youre right. you can see those fbi agents and other technicians working a...

Other news outlets are also reporting that. and cbs news is reporting that no arrest has been made and thats the position we find ourselves. and the news outlets trying to bring you the latest on disagreeing on the situation is. and we want to be open and trance point on where things stand. what we do know, tom, however, is that theyve devoted the full resources of the federal government to getting whoever committed this atrocity, this cowardly atrocity and i do want to ask you whether this ap r...

Correspondent catherine herridge has been working on the story for 48 hours. >> i do have that same information. fox confirming that the feds have an image which would suggest that a suspect at that second bombing site. separately, a congressional source told fox news based on a briefing from the national counterterrorism center, set up after 9/11 to monitor and assess threats against the united states to avoid the stove piping that led up to the attack on 9/11. what they said they have, images ...

To the attack, not of the attack itself, but leading up to the attack had provided, quote, promising intelligence. if you start connecting all of the data points what you see is leading to an acceleration of focusing in on what would seem to be a suspect, megyn, again, a single federal source telling us that arrest has been made. >> megyn: exactly, so we need to be cautious and were not the only news outlet reporting this and other news outlets are citing multiple sources and we will see how thi...

Multiple contradictory reports. its not one giant lead investigator.youve got differe and information leaks out from different agencies and pursuing it at different paces. >> megyn: thats clear. on that score i want to tell our viewers while the fbi is handling this case, they have chief responsibility for this case, the boston police just sent out a tweet, welcome to modern day america, that reads as follows: despite reports to the contrary, there has not been an arrest in the marathon attack. ...

Are trying to see if they can verify who that person might be and that work continues. and im sure that work is continuing, not just with that one image, which may be the best image they have. remember they are pouring over hundreds and hundreds of hours of video tape, not to mention photos from the people from the marathon have handed to them. so it is a huge task before them and they are working around the clock. >> the fbi, if you will, im paraphrasing, earn their keep. this is what they do a...

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So that was one thing that happened late today. also this afternoon, there was the highly anticipated but ultimately surprising news out of boston, massachusetts. the boston marathon was bombed at the finish line almost two years ago in april 2013. theres no mystery as to who committed that bombing. one of the two brothers who did it was killed in a chaotic firefight during the manhunt that followed the marathon attack. the surviving brother did not contest his guilt at trial. his defense lawyer...