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This is very unusual for the city to have this kind much violence alone, standing by itself coupled with what happened on monday. then it starts to fold into a narrative that at least is the assumption theyre working under as seth said. >> one of the things i want to ask you, a lot of the pictures that we just saw that our viewers just saw, were released after midnight by the fbi. the earlier ones were from surveillance footage and they were released between the hours of 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. >> ri...

Was. that that was still an active crime scene or if that was essentially mop-up operation. >> its an excellent reminder, seth. we appreciate it. stay on the line. just to bring people up to speed. we just got new information from the massachusetts state police saying that residents in and around watertown, massachusetts, should stay in their residences. do not answer the door unless it is an identified police officer. that is to residents of watertown, rather chilling warning. it also says, if ...

Sunlight. thats going to make it easier if someone is running around, if someone is trying to hide. that also means more people will be going outside, going into their cars. so just as a message, be wary of going into cars or where someone may be hiding out. this is a manhunt. is it the manhunt weve been hoping for to get the people responsible for the boston marathon. as seth said, theyre working the assumption, its both obvious and sound. given what happened here, you either -- this is not a n...

Another country are being disproved. that they decided to stay close to here. as weve been saying, we knew this would be a boston investigation. we didnt know how it would end and whether its actually ending tonight. we dont know. >> i want to bring in one other big piece of information from the state police and seth mnookin who teaches at m.i.t., police have announced that police are going to go door to door in and around watertown. door to door. police will be clearly identified they say. it i...

Massachusetts state police. residents in and around watertown should stay in their residences. do not answer your door unless it is an identified police officer. in addition, if you have any concerns about someone at your door, call 911 immediately. repeat, do not answer your door. stay away from your windows. keep your doors locked. seth, i hope if youre on the phone, youre going to take that advice. that is rather chilling. it seems to suggest that juliette kayyem, boston globe columnist, anal...

Here. that matches the reporting from the massachusetts state police spokesperson who said there was one person in custody here that he knows of. i wanted to clarify that as soon as we had that information for you. >> all right. great. so thats a good point of clarification, drew. i appreciate you and gabe consulting and figuring out what exactly it is putting pieces together. we have on the phone now, the journalist, seth ma nuke inwho is widely respected journalist who works at m.i.t. and is a...

0 days, eyewitness, accounts can be incorrect, if its true, its really rare. i mean, i was in -- i was in public safety in massachusetts for a few years and there was nothing like this in my time there. theres all this activity. this is just -- its hard for people to forget what happened on monday for just a moment. this in and of itself is at least a big deal for the city. in particular, for watertown, which is a very, very quiet suburb. so it is very rare. thats why youre seeing all this activ...