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Year. and he also said this: >> we are now all standing in defiance. this is a challenge of whether we will cover in fear or remain fearless. we will not be afraid. >> shepard: that from a man accused of murdering his own people. assads comments also came days after the white house said intelligence shows the iranians may -- the syrians may have started using sara ran nerve gas on their own people. officials in iran have reportedly arrested the iranian president ahmadinejad. arrested him. thats ...

Ask your doctor about the only underarm low t treatment, axiron. >> shepard: the executive director of the group that organizes the boston marathon. the boston athletic association spoke publicly for the first time since the deadly attacks at the marathon. he said the tragedy has spawned a massive outpouring of assistance in the running community. but the organization has not yet determined how to accommodate all the people marathon. updating some of our top stories tonight. three men behind bar...

Now, tazhayakov also told investigators that while he and kadyrbayev had been eating with dzhokhar tsarnaev, quote, approximately one month prior to the marathon bombing dzhokhar had explained to kadyrbayev and tazhayakov that he knew how to make a bomb. now, shep, that statement will no doubt be the focus of a lot more questioning as investigators try to find out exactly what kadyrbayev and tazhayakov knew or indeed even suspected prior to the attack. shep. >> shepard: all right, jonathan. than...

Hole have been arrested in this bomb plot. >> shepard: kazakhstans largest city held a marathon of its own today. in a show of solidarity it began with a moment of silence for the victims of the boston marathon terror bombing. according to the a post on the embassy web site the citys mayor expressed condolences to those people killed in the bombings, a thousand runners took part in the race including that mayor. there is some other news that were following closely today. including a tough sessio...

Bomb together. i have some problems with that. >> shepard: can you get these guys to talk now or has that time passed? >> i dont think the time has past. i think tsarnaev may reengage conversation from save himself having a needle stuck in his arm verses spending the rest of his life in jail. bill gavin, fbi, thank you. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: waiting for relatives to collect the older bombing suspects remains. the widow had just learned that the medical examiner in boston was yesterdayy to...

>> shepard: the to kazakhstans had been hold on charges. now we have these charges. would you anticipate more charges. >> yes, especially as you brought up. the state, going against these guys with regard to the killing of the mit officer happening in state court not federal court. the state court has not pressed charges against the gentlemen at all. whether or not they could be charges in accessory of the crime is an option with regard to the killing of the mit officer. there is a lot of other ...

Now as for the other two defendants from kazakhstan, they were already in custody accused of violating terms of their student visas but now as you mentioned they face a much more serious charge of destroying evidence, specifically dzhokhars backpack containing fireworks. and its important to make note of the fact that this is again initial court appearance. no pleas were entered today. but the lawyers for all three men say their clients have done absolutely nothing wrong. and we also learned a l...

Include those empty casings from the fireworks from which the gunpowder was poured. put them in the backpack and put the computer in the backpack. now, the bureau did that landfill search with all those evidence technicians that you saw earlier -- displayed earlier and found the backpack. no mention has been made yet as to whether or not they found that computer. i assume if they found that computer they have got a treasure trove of information. >> shepard: catherine herridge is reporting they d...

These two or three are part of a conspiracy to commit the crime prior or, conspiracy to commit further crimes. we have heard allegations that there may have been crimes planned. >> i dont think they have the evidence for that. because i think if they did they would have put it in this complaint. there are the possibility in a future arraignment to have a superseding arraignment to have more charges. thats rare. they usually put everything that they have. because we talked earlier about that foot...

Reports tonight. prosecutors say these three suspects who are citizens or these two suspects who were citizens of kazakhstan plotted to cover up for accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev on the right-hand side of the screen here by getting rid of his computer and backpack full of fireworks. then there is this american citizen, the third of the new suspects. he is charged with lying to the feds. david lee miller live for us in boston tonight where the courthouse is is. david lee, what happened in cour...