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Dzhokhar tsarnaev and when that happens who would be doing it? >> well, they said last night that he was in serious condition in the hospital, significant blood loss from the wound that he suffered in his shootout with the police in watertown on thursday night. although we did get indications later that he was doing better. theyll want to start questioning him the moment they can possibly do so, and it will be at first a specialized team. these teams were set up in the last couple of years to ha...

Tribunal. it is complicated because he is an american citizen. the obama administration policy is civilian courts for terrorist acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so theres no doubt that the public safety exception exists, the government has used it before. they exercise it at the beginning and again with...

And even when hes hold up, hold out as long as he did. the fact that they had to resort to flash bangs, theyre loud noises designed to really rattle somebody in a situation like him. yet wounded as he was, the guy still held out. so exactly we have to -- >> michael, im sorry, i have to interrupt. i am going to pete williams with breaking news for us at this hour. >> lawrence, i dont know if you discussed this much, but the obama administration has made it very clear tonight how this man will be ...

Several new questions this morning now that suspect number two in the boston marathon bombings is in custody. 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev is currently in serious condition at beth israel medical center. so for more on what is next im joined by nbc justice correspondent pete williams. good morning to you after a very long day. and bravo for your work done yesterday. where do authorities go from here? >> well the justice department says it intends to put tsarnaev on trial in a regular civilian c...

Exception to the miranda rule. normally you have to tell someone they have a right to remain silent and if you dont, then you cant use anything they tell you in court. so thats why the miranda warning is given. but there is an exception. you dont have to do it if theres a possible threat to public safety. and here obviously theres a concern about whether there are potential accomplices. investigators say they havent found any. or other explosives. they say they havent found any of those either b...

Nobody knows how long the rule will last, starts to fade the moment you invoke it, probably 48 hours is the outer limit. the questioning will be done once it begins by something called high value detainee interrogation group. this was set up by the government and it consists of members of the fbi, cia and defense department. theyll do the initial questioning. and then after that 48-hour or whatever, how many hours of the public safety exception expires, then the government will have to give him ...

Court and that -- and you heard a little reference to this during the news conference. he will not be given a miranda warning, he will not be told about his right to remain silent. once he is physically able to answer questions, they will begin to answer questions under a new federal procedure, and mike isikoff who you were talking to is familiar with this, as well because hes reported on its development. the government will invoke something called the public safety rule. its a court ordered, it...

Acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so theres no doubt that the public safety exception exists, the government has used it before. they exercise it at the beginning and again with ab due ma tal he have. you can understand it. in a terrorism case, it makes sense. youre trying to find out are there other plo...

And then put on trial before a military commission, perhaps even at guantanamo bay in cuba. the obama administration has insisted that criminal trials can be just as effective, and tsarnaev is an american citizen, which could complicate putting him in a military court. the actual filing of criminal charges. that could come quite quickly. even within the next day or so. and the -- he would then appear before a federal magistrate. if he is not well enough to leave the hospital, that hearing could ...

We are one. we are boston. we are strong. we are boston. we are boston strong. >> beantown bearing its newest slogan on this saturday, boston strong, on its chest. good saturday to you, im craig melvin. coming up, who will question the suspect about his motives? before we get to that bring you the latest from boston this is what we know right now. boston mayor tom menino in an open letter this afternoon, thad the citizens of boston for their resiliency, for their kindness shown over the past wee...