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>> authorities releasing more information on that blast in west texas where a chemical plant caught fire and turned into a giant bomb. a blast and ball of fire so strong it shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake and blew out doors and windows several miles away. the scope of the damage, it's hard to get your head around but tom foreman is in the virtual studio with a look at how widespread it is. >> hey, jake. the simple truth is we've been analyzing the shock wave that went out from this explosion and it really is absolutely astonishing here in central texas. let me bring in...

This again, is who we are. >> it is. nbc news has obtained photos of what remains of a pressure cooker which was used as the delivery device for the explosives. law enforcement official tell nbc news the bombs were made to work like homemade ieds. they were in a black powder. experts say the device was not capable of creating a massive blast wave. instead its main purpose was to maim and injure. let's bring in for the latest on the investigation nbc news national security analyst and former director of national counterterrorism center, michael leiter. michael, what can you tell us about what w...

>> kevin, let's move on. looking at photographs of investigators, in specialized suits, combing through the scene. you have taken an extensive look at the pictures and your expertise on some of these. bring to light what you may see go on in some of these pictures. >> the investigators in bomb suits that are 100 layers of kevlar, weigh about 100 pound apiece. they are searching through remnants of the device with the idea that there still may be explosives in the area. that's why they're fully encapsulated. if you noticee, you'll see an object blue in the center. that blue object is sitting in...

>> kevin, let's move on. looking at photographs of investigators, in specialized suits, combing through the scene. you have taken an extensive look at the pictures and your expertise on some of these. bring to light what you may see go on in some of these pictures. >> the investigators in bomb suits that are 100 layers of kevlar, weigh about 100 pound apiece. they are searching through remnants of the device with the idea that there still may be explosives in the area. that's why they're fully encapsulated. if you noticee, you'll see an object blue in the center. that blue object is sitting in...

simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report, fast and furious was part of a plan to let those buyers and the guns walk in hopes of identifying and busting entire gun running networks. instead, fast and furious guns began turning up at crime scenes in mexico and here at home, including the killing of u.s. border agent brian terry in 2010 right before christmas. his death came at the end of a long chain of mistakes starting at gun shops it the gun dealers were reassured atf was closely monitori...