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Intelligence. until after the april 15 boston bombings. counter terrorism officials have also confirmed tsarnaevs mother was placed on the cias counterterrorism database in the fall of 2011. thats the same time that tamerlan was put on the list. some lawmakers asking why didnt the russians share this with the u.s. authorities until after the bombings. >> they are very careful about disclosing any sources of that thats -- just as our own int intelligence agencies are. theres a lot of mutual suspi...

Since being read his miranda rights, dzhokhar tsarnaev has not talked to investigators. he said the two brothers were driven by hard line islamist views and anger over the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. he also said they acted alone without outside help. the day after the boston attack, dzhokhar tsarnaev spoke with a college friend at the gym. >> its really a tragedy that its happening right now. its a sad thing. things happen like this in afghanistan and other places around the world and pe...

We continue to build an operation. we ask people to come an sign our petition to begin to fight against this citizens united case, sherrod brown.com and had 130,000 people sign on. i encourage your viewers and listeners to do that. on every level were fighting back. we dont have a billionaire or anybody who will come in and write a big check. whether we hope to get all kinds of outside help, it hasnt happened yet. were doing everything we can control, which is a lot in a campaign, grassroots eff...

"early start." and it is very early, im ashleigh banfield. >> and im zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from "a" to "z." were happy youre joining us this morning. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get started. the taliban claiming they poisoned food at a base in afghanistan. we have explosions and car bombs and the u.s. is pulling out more americans working in afghanistan. >> and its one of those questions you have when you wake up. did gas prices go up again while you we...

month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. were going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnns ivan watson. >> reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say theyve gotten these weapons within the last couple of mon...

Killed by one of those bombs. and of course this is coming as of international community continues to debate this issue of a u.n. resolution, a no-fly zone, that opposition forces have basically calling for for over a month now. and the big question were hearing here is, what is it going to actually take for the international community to stop taking this bystander role and actually take action that is going to help save lives? the sense amongst the opposition is perhaps they have taken this as ...

Reminders everywhere you go, rachel. >> is the government able to accomplish the basic facts of an authority in a situation like this in terms of communicating with people, in terms of managing peoples communication with one another, facilitating that, water, food, shelter, health care? is the government exerting its basic authority skills? >> well, look, the prime minister is on television. hes urging calm. theyve deployed 100,000 members of the military. a lot of people were surprised when the...

Several hours ago. shook the building where i am right now. so there are these constant reminders everywhere you go, rachel. >> is the government able to accomplish the basic facts of an authority in a situation like this in terms of communicating with people in terms of managing peoples communication with one another, facilitating that -- water, food, shelter, health care? the government exerting its basic authority skills? >> look, the prime minister is on television. hes urging calm. theyve d...

Water, food, shelter, health care? the government exerting its basic authority skills? >> look, the prime minister is on television. hes urging calm. theyve deployed a hundred thousand members of the military. a lot of people were surprised when they accepted a lot of offers of outside help. at least 91 nations have said they would come in. i think there are now 10 to 12 different countries that have brought in search-and-rescue organizations. but at least in the immediate area, the quake and th...

Lots of experts and people that work for the white house. there are lots of outside help. that is not the issue. the issue is whether or not politically he is taking on too much and people are feeling that he can do it. what adam is bringing up, people are focused on the economy as we look forward to the midterm elections, that is what is it going to matter the most, whether jobs are created. whether unemployment goes down, whether people feel that the economy is on the right track. in that sens...