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>> so many questions right now. congressman bob goodlatte, thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, john. >> let's turn now to our national security analyst, fran townsend, former homeland security adviser to president george w. bush. thanks so much for being with us this morning, fran. let me start with this news that was just confirmed by chairman goodlatte about the repeated contact, not just one, but the russian government reaching out to the fbi more than once about tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011. that sounds unusual. >> it's unusual, john, but i think w...

Feds failing to talk to each other was supposed to be a lesson learned from 9/11. >> we're trying to make sure that all of that information that was available was shared, if it wasn't, then there may be somebody who dropped the ball. >> and that's the take away. much of the concern right now in washington is about the shadow of 9/11, and if the national security system has to relearn those lessons. john? >> all right, joe johns in washington for us on the investigation. thanks so much, joe. i should say the uncle for the tsarnaev brothers has his own theory about how this all started. he says ...

Alberto gonzales. thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate your insight, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> let's get to christine romans in new york with the rest of the top stories. >> hi, john. we're keeping an eye this morning on a court hearing today in canada in the alleged terrorist plot to attack a pass edger train running between new york and toronto. canadian authorities say al qaeda is behind that plot. two suspects are being held without bail. one is due in court in just a couple of hours. his alleged accomplice had a hearing yesterday. dangerous flooding turns ...

Psychological one, no question. and again, john, this is a wholly unique one in that regard. but i think from the medical staff themselves, they take care of the patients and oftentimes they don't even have any interaction, even with the medical staff treating the other patients. john? >> got to do your job one way or the other. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much for being with us this morning. really appreciate it. we want to bring in former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales. he had such key insight into this, obviously worked as a key figure in the bush administration. he's now an atto...

Hate to use cliches, words, but people got killed can get some -- whoo. >> you know, in many ways, they do. >> you know. >> what an amazing story. what an amazing story. this morning, suspected bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev's condition is said to be improving. he's been upgraded from serious to fair condition. he still could be moved out of beth israel deaconess medical center to another facility. dr. sanjay gupta is with us today. he is back in new york. sanjay, we hear fair condition. what exactly does that mean? >> you know, these terms can be a little bit subjective, john. but basically what it...