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>> and dean, i'm sorry, we had a little bit of an interruption there, bullet you were explaining as well that the number of security, both the police department as well as volunteers that are along that route, are they more -- is there more of a presence along the finish line, itself? or do you see that pretty consistent throughout much, or as much of the marathon considering it's a lengthy marathon? >> i can't really speak to that because i was not out on the course but near the finish line because it has the highest chan concentration along the course, that's where most of the personnel was ...

Have been informed that they have loved ones that are injured. and most rega, the families who lost someone today. >> attorney general eric holder directed the full resources of the justice department to be deployed to ensure this matter is fully investigated. congressman, thank you. i want to bring in dean walker from universal sports. he was evacuated following the explosions. dean, can you tell me logistically where you were, what you saw? >> well, we were preparing for our 4:00 p.m. boston marathon wrap-up show, and basically our production truck was parked the opposite side of the street ...

>> okay. we just got information, boston pd will be holding a news conference in about 15 minutes from now. dean, back to this area that was open more to the public. many people are familiar with parade routes and some of them have checkpoints, as i've stated before, where they glance into, for example, backpacks if they allow them in or even a woman's handbag to kind of look around. are there any checkpoints along that area, particularly near the finish line? >> on our side of the street, i can speak to, which is, yes, you did have to be. on opposite side of the street, i don't know, because ...

Course. there was still another two hours of runners on the course because not all the runners start at the same time because there are 27,000 people running the course so they send them out in waves and a lot of time the people -- when the elite athletes start at 10:00 a.m., it can take an hour or two hours for the runners to get at the start line and start their race. >> dean, we've just confirmed that one of the two people killed today was an 8-year-old. i mean, which only makes this even more sickening. one of the two people killed at this -- by these explosions today at the boston maratho...