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Those who have seen the damage tell us it is surreal and extensive. victor blackwell is live for us in hard hit branbury, texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. even with wide lenses and big screens and hd it is nearly impossible to relay all the devastation in this community where those six people were killed by tornadoes on wednesday night. the winds have picked up here. we have seen lightning and heard thunder. rain certainly would hamper the search for those still missing in that community. sheriff roger deed has seen tornado damage in hood county before. but it is more than...

Good morning, susan. >> good morning, john and chris. yes, we are seeing photographs that show leftovers. leftovers from probably two homemade bombs that authorities say were used by one person or more than one person to kill three people and to injure and maim more than 180 others. now we know that these are bomb parts. we can see what investigators have been picking up from a very wide blast field. picking these things up from the street. picking up and scraping up bomb residue, and then trying to bring these back to a lab in quantico, virginia, the fbi lab, and piece the homemade bomb back ...

Welcome back to a special edition of "early start." new photos this morning, actually overnight. a first look at some images of the carnage from the boston marathon finish line. >> these photos just released. still photos in high definition captured the confusion, the terror immediately after this deadly explosion. you can see it right there. people just simply running in every direction. the streets littered with debris. littered with the wounds, and so many police, so many medical personnel trying to help. >> remember, not just photos, evidence. that's why authorities ask if you have picture...

Record saying it had been terrorism, the white house wanting to make sure that the president is on the record with that and responding appropriately. a lesson they have learned during past attacks, most recently in bengahzi when president obama was criticized for sort of having a muted message about whether this was terrorism or not. john and brooke? >> his message quite clear right now. brianna keilar at the white house, thank you very much. >> just to underscore one of the points she made that the people ran 26.2 miles some of them and kept going. >> one man crossed the finish line and then ...

Committee, whose name is mike mccall, he says no. >> all right. he said no. okay. thanks, shannon travis. we'll continue to follow that investigate. let's go back to chris cuomo and john berman in boston. hi, guys. >> thanks so much, christine. again we are on the streets of boston. right behind us is still this very active crime scene. investigators still poring over every inch of that. and it is still closed to the public. we are covering the latest breaks in this investigation this morning. >> the key, the pictures. the pictures of what they believe to be the bomb. we'll take you through th...