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We need that. >> a family friend, luis vazquez. austin hightower is a student at university of massachusetts and dartmouth and knows julian, tamerlan's sparring partner. let me start with you austin,some of dzhokhar's friend have been saying in the last week they cannot understand what on earth happened to make him do this, that he was a good guy. a friendly guy. a normal guy. you've heard all this all week. there must have been some sign to some of his friends, surely. that something wasn't quite right. >> mr. morgan, the only thing i can think of is we add conversation probably two months ag...

I said, i think i know him. we lived next to him last year. he said, tell the fbi. well, i said, i know who he is and so i don't think he is the guy. and besides they said it is the gy from brown university. so i left it at that. i assume that someone heard our conversation and told the u-mass police. >> and after that they shut down the school and we know what happened next. austin hightower, thank you for joining me. >> any time. thank you. >> now to julian pollard. you were a boxer and roomed with tamerlan during tournament. what was he like? >> well, during that trip, i noticed tamerlan wa...

But he is able to communicate, he is talking to investigators or has talked to investigators, and so far, according to this government official, there has been some serious information that he has been able to offer. >> jake tapper, thank you very much indeed. now i want to bring in two men who knew the tsarnaev brothers, austin hightower is a students at the university of massachusetts dartmouth and he knows dzhokhar well, and julian pollard, tamerlan's sparring partner in a boxing gym. let me start with you, austin hightower. so many of dzhokhar's friends have been saying in the last week th...

Umass police officers outside my door asking me questions. >> had they been monitoring your facebook? >> no. i had mentioned it to someone, i had mentioned it to my roommate, i said i think i might know him, i think he lived next to us last year, and he said well, tell the fbi. i said well, you know, i know who he is so i don't think -- besides, they said it was the guy from brown university, so looking at that, i'm assuming that someone had heard our conversation and perhaps mentioned it to the umass police. >> soon after that, they of course shut down the school and we all know what happened...

0 wireless is limitless. this is "piers morgan live." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. dzhokhar tsarnaev should be tortured to save more lives. his initial court appearance was today in his hospital room, he could only speak one work, no, when asked if he could afford an attorney. he now has a public attorney, he is mentally competent and lucid. degree development for the investigators, he is able to cooperate and he appears to be listed. what does he come up with today? >> most important and the national security scope is the fact that he is apparently telli...