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CNNW CNN Newsroom April 21, 2014

Today i am happy to tell you that an american won the marathon. This is the first time an american man has won the Boston Marathon since 1983. I think i would be smiling like that as well. An incredible moment in boston. We will talk about that. And i will speak to several true boston natives here. We have straight from dor chester, donny wahlberg, he needs no introduction and he will join me live. And also legendary reporter of the boston globe recently picking up a pew litzer for their coverage. We will be talking to and hearing from some of the people who are running the 26. 2 miles today. Some of whom were injured and some of whom didnt finish but theyre back today. But first this. As every minute passes, the situation in the water turns increasingly grim. The bodies now of 87 people have been pulled from the ferry wreckage. 215 others are still missing in the frigid waters. Many of them students and teachers. Keep in mind, visibility is almost zero and divers are close to reaching their breaking point. Family members are praying for miracles but bracing for the worst. And then there is this. The gut wrenching scene of bodies draped in white cloths likely to be repeated over and over in the coming days. The president calling the actions of the captain and crew akin to murder. I want to bring in paula hancock. How is the search going . Well, i think the fact that more of these victims are being found and being able to be brought back to shore shows that the search is increasing in its speed, the fact that the weather conditions are allowing this search and rescue to be at the speed that it is in the moment. That is what officials are calling it at the moment. No sur sfooifrs have been found since last wens. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that there are air pockets. The very fact that the ship has not zung suggests that there may be air pockets. Those are the hopes that parents would want to think that there is a responsibility that their child they have survive d since early this morning we have seen a number of what has been brought ashore. Brooke . Awful. And we are all gripping for that death toll to rise. Thank you so much. Back here live in boston, this is the 118th Boston Marathon. It goiz back to 1896. 26. 2 miles. The knee buckling ascent of Heartbreak Hill is the longest running race of its kind and today the competition put the finish line some blocks away from me is really a testament to a much different tind of endurance here. The energy there where this whole thing begins, it is contagious. It makes you want to get in and try it yourself. The runners, the crowd, the event proved that the nation would endure. Who could forget a year ago when the first bomb exploded. Three were killed at the scene. And mit plif was shot and killed in per suit of the suspect so the tragedy, though, this is what i want to focus on. I want to focus on the triumph today. We are hearing that it is a Million People strong all the way from here winding through to boston and along with the crowd comes security. They keep calling this the safest place on earth today. And marathon runners, let me tell you, theyre energized. Its a great year to be here. Were claiming the sport back. The terrorists did not do what they intended because boston is strong. Youre back. Yes. The adrenaline flows in and we support boston. Its a great city to run in. Boston strong. Boston strong, baby. So awesome of them to stop and talk to me before running the race this morning. This years elite winner is an american. Yes. The First American man to win in 31 years. With me now a guy who is pretty excited about that, actor, singer, producer, Donny Wahlburg joining me. So youre here obviously beyond your love for boston. Your brother, jimmy my brother jim spent his childhood running from the police is now running the marathon. Go, jimmy, go. And my former band mates, danny wood and joey mcentire. Danny finished four minutes before the bombs went off. Where are you today . Right on the finish line. My gang is a little bit slower. Thats okay. I am going to go catch them finish the race. Its unbelievable to see this race happen and see everybody turn out. A Million People. Its unbelievable. It feels different. It feels different because everybody everybody is here with such an amazing spirit. Theres a million bostonians who are ready to be police themselves. We never expect Something Like that to happen anywhere. But, you know, we learn. Its a different world now than it used to be. To see how the city has bounced back and see now how they are responding this year its unbelievable. Such a pride filled day. You bring up police. In terms of police and firefighters and First Responders who were the heroes who ran towards it when everyone was running away have you talked to any of your buddies on the force . How are they feeling today . Everyone is on high alert. The officers are on high alert. You can see their spirit is really high, too. They are right down there again this year. They obviously have to be on high alert. Everybody knows to be mind thafl anything had happened. They also had a little bit of heavy hearts for the vicks of last year. But also you can see this incredible light in everyones eyes. Everyone is feeling so proud and happy today. And i think grateful. When Something Like that happens, think it makes you appreciate what you have. Now i think the whole world appreciates it. I mentioned the last time i saw you was the boston strong show which if i remember right you helped organize . So let me play a little bit from last spring and then well talk about being boston strong. One thing i can tell you is you got to be free boston right now over me so, i mean, the moment there on stage with all of those different people. I sang about 50 of come together. Did you think you would be singing the beatles . It was incredible. That was an amazing experience. That experience and also donny, can you explain to nonbostonians patriots day . What does this day mean for boston . Its always a special day. Its our holiday. We have this holiday all to ourselves in massachusetts. I dont know that theres patriots day anywhere else. They are getting beat, but its okay. Its all good. Everyone gets to catch the end of the race, the marathon and its always been a special day for us. Its a day that is very new england and boston. It means so much more now. The city avoided so much last year. We all are very proud in the city. We have always been proud of the city but its taken on a whole new thing. Im not from here but i share in the pride. Its a pleasure having you on. Thank you sir. Congrats on getting hitched i heard your news. Im going to go watch my boys finish the race. Coming up this hour, i have to talk about the blue fin looking for any sign of missing life. It has now canvassed 2 3 of the search area. If this ninth mission yields nothing . What next . A massive operation against al qaeda militants showing top brass meeting right out in the open. Where the strikes directly related to this video . We will ask those questions coming up. Did you hear about this today . A teenager stuck in the wheel well of a plane, flew all the way across the Pacific Ocean to hawaii, survived it, fbi investigators are wondering how in the heck did he survive in the first place. Coverage from boston continues after this. [ female announcer ] f provokes lust. It elicits pride. Incites envy. And unleashes wrath. Temptation comes in many heartpounding forms. But only one letter. F. The performance marque from lexus. But only one letter. Mom has a headache had a headache but now, i dont. Excedrin is fast. In fact for some, relief starts in just 15 minutes. Excedrin. Headache. Gone. Special report from Boston Common. Lets get to this. The shadow war was seriously ramped up this weekend. Massive and unprecedented. Those include suspected u. S. Drone strikes this is all after this video was made public. The video showed a large daytime rally for militants, one that might have painted a giant bulls eye on all of them. Joining me now, a former cia Counter Terrorism official and now a senior fellow. Welcome. Thank you. Do we have any idea, we talk about these high value targets, but do we really know how much damage was inflicted in this strike . I think you can guess because you dont see this level of attacks every day. The other thing i go back to. That was at the cia. Its a lesson to me that they have got to sit up and pay attention. So, as far as those sitting up and paying attention do we know specifics . I remember a video that broke a couple of days ago and one person that is not in the video is the now famous bomb maker. Do we have any word whether he was taken out . I havent seen anything but in my experience this takes a while to figure out who was actually ti lly killed in the s. Given the fact that youre in mountainous terrain. Thats very difficult. What about, lets talk about the video of this massive rally of the top brass, if you will, of al qaeda. Was this retribution by the United States . I think if this was a piece of the puzzle its a relatively small piece of the puzzle. Its tough to get to human source informants and surveillance by drones. You cannot turn that switch on in a few days. This is really hard to do. He was telling me brook, certain militants may be taken out, its very easy for al qaeda and their min ons, if you will the lesser members quickly rise up and as far as should america still fear al qaeda even if top brass has been taken out here what would your response be . My response should be america shouldnt fear al qaeda. Kids should be playing in streets but behind the scenes the people at the cia and fbi, the people involved have to focus on what i would call al qaedaism. The genius of al qaeda was inspiring people to say i got the message and im going to do it myself and that kind of revolution still exists in yemen. There was talk, phil, of quote unquote eliminating the cross in that internet video. What does that even mean . This is a clue to me about the significant of this target. If youre in the Counter Terrorism business, one significant thing is leadership. Somebody who is a visionary who can tell somebody in a trench that your target is not the police or the army, its the crusaders, people for washington and new york and los angeles. The significant of that statement tells me there are still leaders in al qaeda yemen who are raising the horizons of street fighters to say your target is not just here, your target is the west and the cross. Hugely significant. When we talk about the west and the u. S. Specifically, you mentioned Collateral Damage off the top, very controversial drone program. The president ordered many drone strikes killing as many as 2400 people. There have been no trials. There is no due process. Some americans have serious misgivings about whether the president should be ordering the attacks because of the Collateral Damage. What are your thoughts about that . I wasnt personed about the strikes when i was on the inside. You have to respect the fact that everybody has a soul. That said if youre looking at an individual who is contemplating the murder of innocents you cannot allow that operation to continue. The question and what people like me call this forever war, the question is when were transitioning from taking out leadership to looking at a civil war we are a heck of a long way from killing Al Qaeda Leaders 13 years ago. Phil, thank you so much for joining me. I appreciate it. Coming up, we will take you to south korea where as i mentioned crews are searching for and finding dozens of bodies in that capsized ferry. But we want to talk about the obvious emotional toll not just on the families but on the rescued divers, the ones finding the High School Students, the bodies. We talked to one coming up. music defiance is in our bones. Defiance never grows old. Citracal maximum. Calcium citrate plus d. Highly soluble, easily absorbed. Hooking up the country whelping business run build were investing big to keep our country in the lead. Load we keep moving to deliver what you need. And that means growth, lots of cargo going all around the globe. Cars and parts, fuel and steel, peas and rice, hey thats nice Norfolk Southern whats your function . Helping this big country move ahead as one Norfolk Southern hows that function . Right now the u. S. Navys underwater drone, the blue fin 21, as you know it has scoured the entire area. David, here we go. If blue fin, i mean, i have lost track of all of these Different Missions this submersible has been on but if it finds nothing, whats next . More blue fins . More auvs . Expand the search area . I think when you talk about all the missions, really each mission is just a day. In that day they are only covering about 16 square miles of ocean floor. This is incredibly small bit of real estate considering where the uncertainty may lie is probably thousands of square miles. So although this is a good effort to try to find something quickly, its really not likely to succeed just because of the uncertainty. How long do you give it before they walk away retriang late and go after it with fresh eye. They have been out there for quite a bit longer than that. So i think they are pretty much reaching the limit of their initial endurance and its probably a good time to come back and take stock of all the information that we have and consider what is the best approach from here. This is sort of like a First Responder impact. They are able to quickly go to the scene of the crash. And begin to search. Sometimes you really dont have very good information about where to search. That works well if you know where to look. In this case we have a great deal of uncertainty. It makes sense to take stock, get a group of experts together, try to look carefully at all of the information. Sometimes the most obvious thing may be completely wrong and a red herring i think that should take a period of months before a new effort would take place. Okay. And the lack of debris and that certainly doesnt help them hone in on the search. Here is the other complication is that a cyclone is apparently nearing this part of the world. When and if that helps, how would that kind of rough weather affect any kind of submersibles and the search in general . Weather is always an issue. The submersible is really not affected. It eegs down way deep below however every day we need to launch and recover that drone and launch and recovery in high seas and winds is difficult if not impossible if the conditions deteriorate as much as togethered and the ships cant see out there so weather is a serious impediment. Its inevitable with nature. Deep down the drones are fine and this weather wont disturb any wreckage. There is no concern about the weather causing the long term problem with the search. Just, finally, there is an interesting, and thats a good thing. Were getting the first imagery of the region of the earth. Houston has said. What could we learn from these blue fin images . Im really glad you brought that up. There are areas of the ocean in this part of the world, the size of nebraska or texas, pick a state, that have been completely unmapped we dont have even a single data point. So this is an incredible advance in the science of Ocean Exploration to be able to actually have to map these areas. Who knows what we will find. Mapping them hoping to find debris and find the black boxes along the way. Thank you so much for your expertise. When we come back, one year later, tragedy replaced by joy and triumph as an american takes first place and a race to find survivors from the korean zungen ferry nears its seventh day. How are these divers trying to find possible survivors and victims as well . Thats next. And just give them the basics, you know. I got this. [thinking] is it that time . The son picks up the check . [thinking] im still working. Hes retired. I hope hes saving. I hope he saved enough. Who matters most to you says the most about you. At massmutual were owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. Whether youre just starting your 401 k or you are ready for retirement, well help you get there. Dominique wilkins, are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with noninsulin victoza. 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But the grim task of going in and finding those bodies continues. 87 now are confirmed dead. 2015 still missing and the pain of grieving familyies is affecting those those are makeshift morgues.

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