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Increased security across the country tonight, in response to today's bombings. where does the investigation stand tonight? joining me is jessica yellin and cnn crime and justice correspondent, joe johns. welcome to you both. jessica, the president was very careful with his words. he didn't mention terror or terrorism but i believe the white house has been briefing, and they view it as a terror attack. >> reporter: that's right. shortly after the president made his statement in which you're correct, he avoided using that word, i spoke with a white house official who said that they want to be c...

Or so, so i didn't have any contact with alan to see that he was okay. so it was very hard on me and i'm sure it was on him as well to make sure we were both safe. but the reaction of most runners were they were just sad and glad we were kept safe, but sad for the people that were affected. >> i'm very glad that you are safe. thank you both very much for joining me. >> pleasure. >> i want to bring in "boston globe" reporter david abel, who was ten feet away from one of the explosions. a horrific incident to have happened in boston today. you i believe have covered war zones in the past. was th...

Plane hit the second tower, we knew immediately this was premeditated and it was a terrorist attack. >> steve silva and david abel both of the boston globe of our thanks to them joining us earlier today and with us tonight, morning anchor at our nbc station, knbc who was in boston because her best friend was running in the race. where were you and what did you experience when the blast happened? >> reporter: we were at the lenox hotel about a half block from where the bombs exploded. we were rating for my friend who had run the marathon to meet up with us. suddenly at 2:50 this massive explosi...

each other, ripping through the crowd of spectators about two hours after elite runners had passed by. the explosions a one-two punch so powerful they sent runners to the ground and shook nearby buildings. witnesses said it felt like a huge cannon. here's what we know right now. at least 141 people are being b hospitals, three have been confirmed dead, one of those victims an 8-year-old boy. authorities found and dismantled three other devices. there were no credible threats before the race and there is no suspect in custody but many people are being requested. they said they are sea...

0 areas right now? beyond the copley area? >> at this point in time the focus of the investigation is in the area that the governor mentioned. >> are there any unaccounted for people? >> we are actually working very closely with the families right now. we're setting up a location near here that families can come to if they have any questions. the mayor's office has fielded many calls of concern. we're going through those right now. >> why were people being told prior -- >> 9:30 tomorrow morning will be the next briefing. thank you. >> this is "piers morgan live." i want to welcome our viewers ...