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nbc's jeff rossen is in boston with the story. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning to you. lots to tell you about this morning. we want to begin with a milestone in the city of boston. overnight, they rye opened boylston street. we want to show you the site of the first bomb. this is where the first bomb went off. and as we zoom in as the cameraman does here, you can see on the left, the orange cones marked off by the cope, it's an eerie sight, watching people walk to morning this morning, right around them. some of them taking photos. we also have new...

fbi agents are seeking to interview all the family members and friends of the two brothers, including the wife of the older one, tamerlan. her lawyer says he is talking to federal authorities about how to proceed. matt? >> pete williams, thank you very much. edward davis, commissioner of the boston police department, joins us now. commissioner, nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> you've got a suspect in the hospital in critical, but stable, condition. unable to speak, but answering preliminary questions in writing. based on those early answers, are you 100% confi...

to be numerousshosion. ta a liste all right. now don dahler is in watertown right now. don, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. it has been a violent night in boston. around 10:20 this evening reports are that a massachusetts institute of technology police officer was shot dead by two suspects who then fled that scene. there was a massive police search almost immediately. one report has it that these two individuals came upon someone with a car and used weapons to carjack him, took him to a location, allowed him to go free safely, but those two individuals be...

dozens have been injure and an unknown number have been killed. a ten-block area has been evacuated due to toxic fumes. amateur video captured the moment of the explosion, which occurred while firefighters were battling flames inside the plant. >> are you okay? >> i can't hear. >> officials say up to 75 homes have been damaged and an entire apartment complex was completely destroyed. this morning the search continues for survivors. >> i walked through the blast area, i searched some houses earlier tonight. massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same ...

those two bombs, last night the victims were remembered. susan mcginnis is in boston with the latest. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. investigators working with thousands of tips say they believe both bombs were hidden in back packs inside pressure cookers and constructed in such al way as to cause maximum death and injury. fbi photos show remnants of what they believe is a pressure cooking used as a bomb casing in the boston marathon explosions. when used as a bomb, pressure cookers briefly contain the explosion, magnifying the power of the device. >> the...