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Standoff? i don't fully understand that yet. >> what they said at the news conference -- they said twice he escaped on foot. he abandoned a car they said in watertown and escaped on foot. it does seem to be, based on the news conference that his ties are to watertown. so this is an area that he is familiar with and very comfortable with and he would have the advantage on foot. >> bret: okay, catherine, thank you. house homeland security chairman republic mike mccaul of texas has access to the latest information. he is here with us this evening. first, mr. chairman, thanks for coming back. your...

Identified. >> gentleman, right here. >> have you secured the suspect's arsenal, his bomb-making material? >> we have done a number of searches this afternoon. that, again, is going to go to the investigation and i don't want to comment on that. >> catch this guy alive? there is a lot of questions -- >> -- i think that would always be law enforcement's preference. but sometimes those things are decisions that they take away from us and we hope that's not the case here. and that's why i'm appealing to him to give himself up and do it more. >> a couple more they were together last night. one was...

We're committed to that. i want the neighborhood here in watertown to know that we went through about 20 streets here, door to door with our tactical teams. we knocked on doors to ensure that everyone was safe in their homes and that they saw the police on their streets. we did limited searches of those homes to render them safe. we've also followed a number of leads this afternoon that have taken us in various places in eastern massachusetts and none of those leads have been fruitful to this point. there's much left to be done, including ballistics and forensic work that will be concluding in...

Here in watertown to know that we went through about 20 streets here door to door with our tactical teams. we knocked on doors to ensure that everyone was safe in their homes and that they saw the police on their streets. we did limited searches of their homes to render them safe. we have followed a number of leads this afternoon that have taken us to various places in eastern massachusetts and none of those leads have been fruitful to this point. there is much left to be done, including ballistics and forensics work that will be concluding in boston in the next few days. we also have a scene ...