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I feel smarter anyway. thank you so much for being here. really appreciate it. so what has joe manchin so angry with the leader of his own party? thats a double face palm seen across the beltway. but first, this weeks cnn hero is a survivor of the boston marathon bombing. eight years ago heather abbott was hit by one of the blasts near the finish line and her life was forever changed by the injuries that she suffered, yet she found a way to turn that tragedy into triumph and on monday she wi...

Evacuation order after an explosion sent this chemical plant up in flames. >> frankly, im left wondering how we didnt suffer a significant loss of life >> the chemical plant produces more than 900 million pounds of material a year including a gas used for a variety of synthetic materials like rubber and nylon. state environmental officials are working around the clock monitoring air quality near the site. >> i can confirm that the situation is improving, but were not completely out of the woods ...

Potential bomber that may have been left behind? so all those things are the kind of clues theyre going to try and piece together. >> julia, from a law enforcement perspective, its critical to make sure there are no other devices out there. >> right. that would be primary. i dont think we can underestimate how good it was that there was critical care right there because of the marathon. that probably saved lives. the police officers responding, knowing this would be a crime scene. so talking to ...

Eardrums? were they close to the explosion? >> we have seen at least one, which is not uncommon with blast injury. one of the things on the to-do list for me is to go right back around. it can be hard sometimes, particularly if people are being rushed to the operating room to get a good exam and repeat all of those exams. >> can you give us more information on ages, hometowns? >> no, im sorry i cant. i just dont have that information. the hospital may be able to give that later. >> can you talk ...

Blast. >> my mom called the fbi at the airport trying to get information on people who had seen the blast, and my mom had some pictures on the explosion. so they talked to her. i think theyre just trying to figure out who did it. its such a crowded area, its hard to see. >> ryan, im so glad youre okay. thank you for talking with us. >> my prayers and thought s everyone else. >> late word, that weve -- and katie, thank you very much as well. i wish you and your sister the best. we have late word ...

Explosions. one of them has served in iraq. he said when he ran out there to help, it looked like iraq. they saw people with limbs blown off, they saw people whose abdomens were opened. they rushed these people into the tent. they said that everyone worked so well together. all the positions and all the nurses, they worked on dozens of patients trying to get them into ambulances and out to local emergency rooms. >> chris? >> thank you very much. im here talking with steven and jim. youre there, ...

He had a cell phone, but they werent working. my other brother and his wife and three kids were closer to the explosion. my brothers son asked him, who was that noise? my brother knew it was a bomb, grabbed the kids and went the other way. >> unbelievable. so glad youre okay. thanks so much for talking about it. so many people seeing it from different angles. were trying to piece it together as best we can. fran joins me, as well as tom. tom, in terms of what happens overnight, where the investi...

Wounds, things like ball bearings in the bombs. 17 in critical condition, 25 in serious and at least 8 are children. and one of the confirmed dead tonight is an 8-year-old boy. the fbi is leading the investigation. federal law enforcement has been placed in a level one mobilization, which basically means all hands on deck. up in boston, theyre now working 24 hours a day, all days off and have been canceled at this point. the first explosion went off around 2:50 eastern standard time near the fin...