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Welcome back to "early start," everyone. we are less than five hours now from the start of the boston marathon, and for thousands of runners, thousands of survivors from last year's race, this day could not come soon enough, not to mention the millions of people from this area. security very tight today. they're calling this the safest place on earth. some 35,000 law enforcement will be manning the streets, the 26.2-mile course, 100 security cameras in place. 36,000 people will be running with a million more expected to watch, cheering them on, including from right here at the very start in ho...

They're running for various causes. they're you and me. they're ordinary people. and for 26 miles the crowds are thick on the sidewalk, cheering them on, propelling them towards the finish line. if a tragedy occurs as it occurred a year ago, it's you and i that are the victims of the tragedy. the people of the commonwealth of massachusetts, the people of the united states, we know these runners, these victims, we know who they are because they are us. >> the president had this to say michael on the anniversary of the attacks. the most vivid mimages of this day were not of smoke and chaos but o...