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Story live from d.c. tonight. catherine, what more are we learning about the request to the cia? >> shep, a u.s. intelligence official confirms to fox news that the cia was contacted by the russian counterparts in september 2011 and presented with virtually the same information the fbi was given six months earlier, that the russians believed that tamerlan tsarnaev was a radical islam and wanted to join group. the cia review like the fbi's found no evidence of terrorist activity emphasizing two years ago. fox news told at the cia's request tamerlan's name, two possible dates of birth and varian...

Facilities. >> well, lat at this da. everyone new that. >> now w. now the f.a.a. saying more than 125,000 flight delays yesterday alone were attributed to staff reductions due to furloughs, lawmakers are likely feeling pressure from unhappy constituents. among the suggestions today, targeting the furloughs to less busy airports but the f.a.a. says it cannot pick winners and losers, it's also been suggested it could cut less important parts of the agency's budget which the white house says is not correct. >> the law does not allow for the kind of flexibility when it comes to the f. auburn hills...

Instructions online for bomb making which include the use of explosives from fireworks. those same instructions also recommended the use of pressure cookers, of course, being used in the boston attacks, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt from new york. the store manager says the suspected bomber spent a few hundred dollars on fireworks. now the state of massachusetts is reporting he was getting welfare benefits until last year. officials say both brothers received benefits as children through their parents but police have not said how they believe the suspects paid for the attack. the state repor...

Illinois. blame the rain and flooding for at least four test over the past week. the high water has drenched several counties, forcing hundreds of families from their homes. let's get right to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the weather center. it looks awful, rick. >> it does. target illinois river that obviously then feeds down into the mississippi river. and that will continue to cause problems for the next number of weeks. you go in towards the plains, shep, we have incredible drought going on. come in towards the midwest and we have seen so much rain, the majority of it last week in...

Infects. well, don't worry if your next flight is hours late. it could have been worse. that's the message from federal aviation officials talking about budget cuts that d.c. types call the sequester. those cuts have forced huge staffing cutbacks at the nation's airports and today congress grilled ahead of the federal aviation administration. he told lawmakers that delays haven't been as bad as expected. still officials say more than 1,000 flights were late yesterday alone. in fact, at one point this week it was faster to go from washington to new york city by train. mike emanuel with the news...