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Does this open the door for this to be a terrorism-related charge in, in fact, the individual behind this is using, as you just mentioned, real explosives with real intent to harm? >> when you look at the legal definition of terrorism, this appears likely, because terrorism is defined -- and i'm paraphrasing -- as acts that are intended to intimidate or change policy or intimidate large groups of people. so with that loose definition of terrorism, it's highly likely that somebody, depending on what the investigation yields and what the intent behind sending these devices was, this could be con...

Election day. todd pyro is live in studio with more on the suspect's stunning confession. >> we live in frightening times to say the least. the fbi arrested paul roseenfeld. authorities raided his new york home, finding what appears to be a functional 200-pound explosive device in the basement along with a fusing system for triggering explosives and what appeared to be empty canisters of black powder. neighbors of course stunned to find out about the planned suicide bombing. >> i was shocked. i was like you know, this is a very quiet area. >> wow. wow. oh, my god. could have killed a lot of pe...

At that point they may very well decide to say, hey, let's go out and purchase various items that we are seeing here and make a real three-dimensional model that this is exactly what it looked like and may very well put it together to see -- not to actually explode, but how well the fusing system would work based upon the components that they have recovered and their theoretical approach to that. >> tom, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you very much, greta. >> coming up, the numbers are absolutely staggering. three dead, more than 170 people seriously hurt in this vicious bombing. we have n...

Remember that? just pieces of wreckage. as the investigation continues in boston, they're doing just that. and they're moving pretty fast. we turn right now to former chicago superintendent and former f.b.i. bomb technician, jody wise. what are they doing? what do they look for with each and every piece of twisted metal they goat their hands on? >> they're look for clues and it's amazing how much remains from a bomb when it actually detonates, the fusing system, although it will be fragmented, much of the container, there can be residue, there can be fragmentation left over. but they're look f...