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Smarter, and sharper. we are tyco integrated security. and we are sharper. we just got a live update here in boston. investigators are still interviewing witnesses they say. they're trying to put together a time line and they're particularly asking for help from the public. and explosives specialists and forensic specialists will be brought to the scene. >> this remains a very active investigation. our ongoing investigation in various locations throughout the area goes on. however, there are no known additional threats. we continue to interview various witnesses and process the crime scene. ...

We know some of the bridges are closed in and around boston. we know authorities are on the hunt for some person or persons who set bombs aside the route of the boston marathon and killed people. on the line with us is the former white house security councilmember, rp eddie is with us. he is a terrorism expert these days. it is nice to talk to you. >> hi, shep, i wish it was better circumstances. >> as well as we all do. i wonder if in the early going you have lots of sources and connections. i wonder if you can alleviate any fears for us. >> well, i wish i could. i think there are a lot of qu...

Responding. i have a number of people standing by. let me get with evan, our terrorism expert. evan, obviously investigation like this you have a ton of witnesses around. we've seen this before. where an explosive device of some sort in a parade, in a controlled area where if an individual is trying to target a group, you've got a number of people standing there. what comes to my mind immediately, martin luther king parade, i believe it was washington state, where an explosive device was placed around the parade route. someone saw this bag at that scene. here you've got a ton of people. ten de...

The senate confirmation hearings for john brennan. john brennan's champion of the drone program, has served as president obama's terrorism expert. wyden says it makes a mockery of the oversight process. he says he was kept in the loop about the strike that killed an american-born al qaeda leader. >> we do have oversight into it. i knew about those operations, the targeting sets, all of that leading up to it, including very shortly thereafter. and i review all of is the air strikes that we use under this title of the law. >> let's turn to our panel tonight. msnbc military analyst and medal of h...

Justice department to provide congressional intelligence committees access to classified information providing the legal rationale for these drone strikes. this comes after the white house faced a second day of questioning on the subject. spokesman jay carney says president obama is not troubled by the memo being made public. >> he thinks that it is legitimate to ask questions about how we prosecute the war against al qaeda. >> senator ron wyden, a member of the senate intelligence committee, has been a critic of the drone program for years. every american has the right to know when their gove...