>> absolutely. >> that was the trainer for tsarnaev, john allen, speaking to rob marciano. brian, you've spoken to other boxing coaches who came contact with tamerlan tsarnaev. what did they tell you? >> reporter: wolf, they put together a picture of a frustrated boxer who got very close to the top levels of the sport but couldn't quite put it together at the end. i talked to two former coaches who came in contact with him, one who worked with him in the gym, the other who coached another fighter who was in a similar weight class, a close weight class, who observed imhi for a week in the golden glove championships in salt lake city in 2009. they both said they had real talent, he could have really made something of himself as a boxer. they say he had a great punch, great agility, great instincts in the ring. but they say they couldn't put it together at the end. one said they didn't take direction very well. other said they didn't have the lart to fheart to finish his fi. you get the portrayal of a boxer who really kind of made it almost to the pinnacle winning two new engl

i'm rob marciano from new york. >> and an oscar winning actress's mental illness set back. from l.a., i'm nancy o'dell. >>> exclusive, inside the mind of the accused boston bomber. >> are you excited? >> yes, why not, you know? >> the unseen documentary, tamerlan in the boxing ring, dressed in red, white and blue. >> if you're a terrorist, wouldn't you want to turn your body into a weapon? >> plus -- did you ever meet tamerlan's wife? could new clues link the wife to the deadly attack? >> she definitely wanted me to think she was muslim. >> and how close did amanda new york city come to suicide? >> there's several different ways to commit suicide and i thought about them all. >>> catherine zeta-jones back in treatment battling her bipolar. >>> an

appreciate it very much rob marciano. >>> there's other news we're following around the world, including a wave of deadly car lisa sylvester is here. she has this aher top stories, what else is going ? >> hi there, wolf. there were five blasts four in 25 people were killed dozens more were injured. it's not clear who's behind the attacks, but it's feared it could bew( tensions. and this is the aftermath of an apparent attempt to kill syria's prime minister. he survived a bomb that hit his mo in an upscale syrianr capital. has claimed responsibility. state media calls it a terrorist explosion. >>> and opening statements today in the wrongful pitting michael jackson's mother and children against one of the world's largest entertainment companies. the jacksons are suing aegpromoter of the comeback tour. conrad murray was aeg. murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. >>> new york jets have released qu decision this morning after he workouts. no comment from tebow, but rex ryan said in a unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. tebow certainly has a lot of fan

rob marciano talk to his former boxing coach. >> can't wait you know. >> reporter: tamerlan waiting to fight. calm. calculated. talking to the camera as if ice water ran through his veins. this exclusive video from an unfinished documentary reveals the power of the man. the sport is violent but tamerlan's boston area trainer told me the chechen never appeared angry when he fought but did tamerlan have a secret agenda that had nothing to do with boxing. at the time you thought he was just being unemotional and respectful. what do you think now? >> i think he was being unemotional and if at that point he had already hatched a plan he's doing what he had to do. appear to blend in. i think let's face it. if you were a terrorist, wouldn't you want to turn your body into a weapon? i mean he turned himself into a weapon. >> tsarnaev is in seclusion in russia but was visible in the gym early in tamerlan's boxing career. >> he would sometimes ride a bike and tamerlan would run next to him. he came to the gym and trained tamerlan a few times. it was really nice to watch father/son like that. >>

let's bring in rob marciano, formerly of cnn, now the co-host of entertainment tonight. good to have you back here, rob, on cnn. let's talk about this boxing trainer, whom you interviewed for "entertainment tonight." he worked closely with tamerlan tsarnaev. what did he tell you? >> well, this is a trainer that's been highly sought after by the media since the bombings, wolf, and he's declined all media requests. he's been interviewed by the fbi. he final lly granted our reques after we found video of not only tsarnaev, but john allen, the trainer himself. so, we had a revealing talk just yesterday in the gym where he would train tsarnaev. listen to a couple of the things he said to me. >> he gave me the impression that the reason he was unable to go to the olympics was because he couldn't become a citizen because of mishandling of paperwork, and he felt it was done on purpose so the guy he beat could go to the olympic trials. >> do you think that this roadblock in his boxing career sent him on the path to these bombings? >> absolutely. >> tell me what it's like to be li

rob marciano talk to his former boxing coach. >> can't wait, you know. >> reporter: tamerlan waiting to fight. calm. calculated. talking to the camera as if ice water ran through his veins. this exclusive video from an unfinished documentary reveals the power of the man. the sport is violent but tamerlan's boston area trainer told me the chechen never appeared angry when he fought but did tamerlan have a secret agenda that had nothing to do with boxing. at the time you thought he was just being unemotional and respectful. what do you think now? >> i think he was being unemotional and if at that point he had already hatched a plan, he's doing what he had to do. appear to blend in. i think let's face it. if you were a terrorist, wouldn't you want to turn your body into a weapon? i mean, he turned himself into a . >>> this is a cbs news special report. president obama is about to hold a white house news conference. >> this is the first time since march 1st that the president has held a white house news conference. it's only the second white house news conference this year. bill plante i