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Used to power one of the bombs and getting new information on the search for those responsible. plus, we will take to you capitol hill where attorney general eric holder is now set to testify for the first time since the marathon bombing. ghawfn a moment, texas first. casey stegall is standing by live in the city of west. casey? >> yeah, megyn. and right now they are still not letting members of the press any closer to the site of this bomb blast. so we remain here at the media staging area. we want to tell you that officials here on the ground have told us they have made their preliminary swe...

If that happens they may in fact have to evacuate more people from this air. we do know the damage, even though it was devastating within a five to seven block area around the blast zone, we understand that there was damage several miles out. we are talking a significant amount of damage, a significant amount of people sleeping in shelters and in hotels and church houses and many may not be able to go baying to their homes. i -- to go back to their homes. we believe 50 to 75 homes damaged and not to mention the businesses. and it is so, so dangerous. they mentioned the gas lines which is some ...

Looking for the clutching of the bag, that white knuckle grip. looking for clothing that was mismatched for that time of year. they'll look for body language that supports them trying not to be stared at, which in essence creates a red flag, because they're trying not to be noticed. they're obviously going to be look for them take an explosive out of a bag or jacket or off their person and placing it within the area of the detonation or blast zone. they'll be looking for other people who may have been assisting in the operation, which would include surveillance to keep attention or to keep the...

Reports of an emergency there. >> i was in claussen, texas, about 60 miles away. and i could feel the explosion. i at least heard it rattle windows. everyone thought it was the approaching thunderstorms that we're anticipating. but when i stepped outside, there were no storms. and the wind really wasn't that strong enough to rattle windows. about 20 minutes later, we learned what it was that caused the windows to rattle. we were on the road to west, texas. got here about 10:30 central time. there were dozens and dozens of first responder vehicles from all over the region here. those are mostly...

From officials about the nature of injuries, their severity, the kind of injuries they're seeing. we know, we've heard there are hundreds of injured but in terms of the nature of the injuries are you hearing anything at all about that? >> reporter: as far as specifics of types of injuries, i can't say for sure, mara. this is what we know. we know there was a fire at this plant at some point. perhaps as much as half an hour before the estimated 7:00 central time explosion. so primarily the first people who would have been hurt in this situation were those firefighters. we understand there were ...