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Such a way really takes everyone aback here in boston and forever changes one of our great institutions. the boston marathon. >> and, dan, if you could talk about when the ball game gets over and you're working for the next day, writing a column for the next day's paper, today's paper, this marathon, when you leave, when you go through kenmore square, come down commonwealth avenue, talk about, we mentioned this earlier, how stories bump into you. you don't bump into stories. >> absolutely. because generally the later in the day, the better the stories. i mean, the elite runners, you know, ethi...

♪ welcome back to "morning joe" at 7:40 in the morning in boston, massachusetts. the morning after the twin bombings at the boston marathon on patriots day. joining us now from capitol hill, republican congressman from texas, the chairman of the house homeland security committee, michael mccaul. thank you for being with us this morning. >> well, thanks for having me. >> is there anything you could share with us this morning based on what you've seen overnight or just waking up this morning? we just spoke to chuck todd who is in touch with the white house. they say they are frankly surprise...

Possibly could be why the boston marathon was a target. an international event on tax day, opens the question for domestic as well as a foreign attack. >> i don't think you're jumping to a conclusion there. when i said earlier in our conversation, you know, you think differently when there are multiple undetonated devices. you go from one or two people to maybe three or four. the report was five or seven devices, you think it's a much more coordinated attack. but i don't think it's a -- you're jumping to conclusions to say this is a big day in boston. it is an international event. runners from...

This, we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. boston is a tough and resilient town so are its people. >> there was just families all around us with kids yelling and screaming and we just wanted to try to get away as quick as possible. >> and we reaffirmed that on days like this, there are no republicans or democrats, we are americans united in concern for our fellow citizens. >> and welcome back to "morning joe." we're live here in boston just blocks from that scene where the double bombing happened yesterday a...

Circuit tv. do you know what the situation is in boston? >> yeah, my sense is most american cities, new york is going that route. there's nothing like london and belfast. those two cities have complete integrated system and it's almost nothing without it being captured on cctv cameras. as a matter of fact, back in 2005 in london, they were able to follow those guys from outside of london all the way into london to the subways and to the bus. so there the cctv cameras were absolutely invaluable in the investigation. my sense is boston -- they will have some cctv cameras. filming the very end of...