this is the watertown police department. there's an active incident in watertown right now. chief devoe is advising all residents to remain in their homes. if you hear or see anything suspicious, call the watertown police department at 617 617-990-6500. >> let's bring you up to speed on how everything developed. we have been covering this all night with the mayhem unfolding overnight starting with the shooting on the campus of m.i.t., the massachusetts institute of technology in came bridge. that's one mile from where john and i are standing right now one mile from the scene of monday's boston marathon terrorist attack. and an officer at m.i.t. was killed in that shooting a short time later with a carjacking by the two suspects wanted in that shooting and a police chase with reports of explosives involved. during that chase a transportation authority officer was wounded in a shoot-out right after that chase. the individual whose car it was that was carjacked, he was let free, but the suspects, number one and two wanted for the boston marathon terrorist attack, they were bein

that are abutting watertown, to be specific we are speaking to the residents of watertown, newton, belmont, cambridge, and austin brighton neighborhoods of boston. to those people we are asking you to stay indoors. stay in your homes for the time being. we are asking businesses in those areas to please cooperate and not open today until we can provide further -- >> lost that feed. i lost that feed. >> to the residents of watertown, newton, belmont, cambridge and austin brighton neighborhood to boston. we are asking you to stay home, stay indoors. we are asking businesses not to open. we are asking people not to congregate outside. we are asking people not to go to mass transit. we are hopeful that as the day proceed that we can provide further guidance that we will be able to open portions of the system and be able to ease these restrictions. >> we want to speak to the community of watertown. no vehicle traffic will be allowed to travel in or out of watertown. no businesses will be allowed to open. the watertown community is good and strong we need their cooperation today. i need to be cle

very unusual for watertown. so this is something that would have such a massive police presence and i'm pretty confident that we'll hear something relatively soon from formal channels about who they have. i think that that's true. we're hearing lofts things. >> you mean whether or not specifically somebody related to the fbi's request about suspects who were involved. >> people who like to follow this stuff in real time, there's a lots of things that are being read about that the boston police have on scanners that is disclosing whether or not or that they are the same folks as the boston marathon culprits or terrorists, and that is something that we can't confirm. you're hearing all of this in real time. you don't know who is saying it or whether they're in the know and you sort of have to wait it out. because in real time, these police officers are all talking to each other and we still have a suspect on the loose. so we'll see relatively soon. as i've been saying, if it's a no match, that we'll know relativel

to the town of watertown. we need your help now. we need everybody to shelter in place. no traffic will be allowed in or out. no businesses will be allowed to be opened. the watertown community has always stood strong. we need them to do that today. >> before we take any questions, i need to be clear about this. this situation is grave. we are here to protect public safety in these neighborhoods here in watertown right now. i know that there's national media here from all over the country. i know you have a lot of questions about who these folks are, where they're from. there will be plenty of time to deal with that over the ensuing hours. right now we have to deal with this here. we appreciate your patience. we believe these are the same individuals that were responsible for the bombing on monday at the boston marathon. we believe that they're responsible for the death of an m.i.t. police officer and the shooting of an mbta police officer. this is a very serious situation that we're dealing with. we would app

campus or later o e in watertown. but explosive s thrn from a car, u0 gunshots fir a wild, wild situation. once again, with a convenience store robbery, the shooting, the fatal shooting of a. campus police officer and a wild police chase and carjacking that went to watertown and ended with one suspect dead and her spect fleeing from police and right now that is who they are searching for. >> an incredibly fluid situation that we continue to monitor and bring you the latest information. bring you the latest information. we'll be right back after this. and we ged dollars in points from sears to use on jim's mower... hold the phone! ...and points from the grill helped pay for my dress... now you're just pulling my leg. get this, sometimes points just show up in our account. get out of town! with points from shop your way, there are more ways to save than ever at sears. oh and this bracelet... i used points to get it for free. yeah, right. and i'm married to lorenzo lamas. hola. this is how to save. this is sears. for the

pamela brown is a watertown. >> of around 9000 officers on a manhunt in watertown, mass. for a man they're calling a terrorist connecting to monday's marathon bombings. >> one officer dead, and another injured after what has been a very violent night of explosions, shoot outs and a carjacking. >> boston is on as this morning after a night of violence and chaos. >> police responded to the cambridge campus of mit thursday evening when an officer was shot and killed. the area were shut down and the college community warned to stay away. >> if that was the beginning. action, sprung up in the nearby community of watertown. where an alleged carjacking leventhal explosive. gunfire was exchanged and one officer was shot. >> in the exchange of gunfire we believe one of the suspects was struck and ultimately taken into custody a second suspect was able to flee from that car. >> the district attorney's office says that the suspect has died. police are looking for a man that matches the description of a second suspect. wanted by the fbi in connection with the attack at the boston mar

the faa, saying there is a no fly zone over watertown. we know that amtrak has been suspended indefinitely. so, do we know for sure that if, in fact, that individual, the younger brother at large, dzhokhar tsarnaev, that if he is there in the region, he will not be able to get out? >> well, i don't know. i wouldn't be able to comment that. i would certainly defer to law enforcement folks on that. and there is a press conference coming up shortly. >> in terms of -- >> right, and -- in terms of people in the region, police and law enforcement officials going door to door, looking for this individual. what can you tell us in terms of the process of police going to everyone's homes looking for this person? >> well, again, we put out, right at the beginning, to make sure that everyone would lock their doors and then we had s.w.a.t. teams and we're very thankful for all of the assistance that all the law enforcement agencies provided to the men and women of the watertown police department, which we're all very proud of. they would go to each on

they hope he is in watertown. they believe he is in watertown. i have never seen so many police officers in one town in one area in my life. the entire town locked down. >> obviously, we are having some problems with terry's audio. he is live in watertown, massachusetts. that entire city on lockdown as is brand new information coming into the newsroom. the city of boston, sheltered in place. more than a quarter million people asked to stay in their home as police search for suspect number two. >> that's right. transit systems down. all schools are closed. we will continue to cover this breaking news all morning long. right now, we know you have plans of your own today. want to get a check of the local forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. >>> good news, we don't have a lot to worry about when it comes to your forecast. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. no wind happening at the coast. winds have relaxed, mostly in the 5-10-mile-per-hour range. high pressure will bring about a significant warmup. in the 90s as of next week. as of today, warm

and watertown. we also hear on the police scanner that there's possible -- possibly more criminal activities going on in watertown this evening. although that's just the news from the scanner. we have not verified that independently on our own. but that is the -- that is the status right now with the fbi. they are trying to determine whether or not there is a connection as we all are, trying to determine whether or not there is a connection. i want to go, if i can, to drew griffin for a second to tell us what he's seeing from his vantage point. there are reports that six fbi agents, if not more, have reported to the scene in watertown. there are also reports there might be other criminal activities going on in watertown this evening. drew, what are you seeing from your vantage point? >> that view is one photojournalist gabe ramirez saw from one side, i have not seen. i saw three fbi attire. he said he saw six. gabe did shoot what appears to be somebody being apprehended. we're trying to feed that ba

lester holt live in watertown. we should note that nbc news' kerry sanders reported a short time ago that officers there in watertown on the ground seemed to be on very high alert. kerry seems to believe, in fact, that officers are thinking that the suspect is still in that area. if you're just joining us, i want to bring you up to speed on a significant number of developments that have taken place overnight related to the boston marathon bombing case. one of the suspects in that case is dead. one of the suspects remains at large. the suspect that is at large is the one that has been referred to as suspect number two in the photos that were released yesterday. he's the one that is shown wearing the white baseball hat. you can see him there on the right on your screen. this man remains at large, and officials are saying that he's armed and dangerous. they are advising the public to use extreme caution as they wake up this morning and proceed with their days. one of the officers saying, quote, we believe this to be a

that led to watertown. when they got to watertown, the car stopped in which they were driving. the man with the black hat got out. police say that he was carrying a weapon of some kind they're not sure exactly what it is at this point. and he had some kind of improvised bomb strapped to his chest. as the chase was going on, the two men were throwing bombs and grenades out the window. so there are undetonated explosives along this trail that led from cambridge to watertown. the man with the white hat is at large. they're trying to find him now. and they're trying to identify these two. they believe they know who they are. they're trying to get a positive identity on them now, but we've heard from a couple of sources that the two may have overseas military backgrounds. if it is who they think it is, whom they strongly suspect it is, they have both been here for about a year. so they're not -- it would appear, not american born, but people who have come here. one of the boston authorities said tonight that one of these was a man who came here to kill people. so it seems like a gro

watertown? >> reporter: jake, the situation is pretty much the same has it has been for the last hour or so. a significant presence down the street of police. we do have additional video of the suspect that was brought into custody here clothed, and we are hoping we can show that video. this is the suspect that was brought into custody here in watertown. we only know that it's related to whatever did happen here in watertown. we don't want to draw any conclusions to this man, but we do know the fbi was questioning this man. they took him out of the car twice and put him up against a wall, appeared to photograph him, and then placed him back into a car. as far as we know, that suspect is still being held in a police car not far from where i am standing. we understand that one other suspect is still on the loose apparently in watertown and that police here have warned all residents, not only to come outside, but not to open their doors to anyone except for a police officer who may be checking on t

we are here in watertown. we are also getting information on the scene that this is where -- this is where the officer was injured. they were not sure how he was injured, but as you mentioned or as grif just mentioned he was apparently shot. according to sources on the scene it happened along the course of the pursuit that occurred between cambridge in this area here here in watertown. this is why the scene is locked down. that's because they believe the vehicle was abandoned in the course of the pursuit. the suspect left the vehicle and and -- or crashed the vehicle and then left on foot. that's why the pursuit continues between here and the area down by the river where the command center is being set up. we are still waiting word on how active that pursuit remains at this point in time. fairly quiet here. not as much activity. it seems a lot of the action has moved a little further closer to the city of boston and closer to cambridge and much closer to the charles river. bill? >> molly, thank you. sorry abou

a pretty fluid scene in the watertown area. we are hearing a lot of streets from our crews and from our sources where this investigation is moving as the police continue to try to track down who we believe is suspect number two. neighbors are told to stay inside. obviously at this hour not a lot of people up. they have that on their side, but you are also dealing with night fall and more places for somebody to hideout. that search is continuing and worth pointing out that yesterday when we heard from the fbi special agent in charge he made it pretty clear that, yes, they want information from the public. but these people, these two suspects that they identified are in fact considered armed and dangerous. >> in terms of the connection with mit, is it connected at all with this situation? >> we don't at this point. we are getting some conflicting reports. we are hearing from the fbi that they are looking into this situation. we don't have a direct connection yet. if we just look at the timing the timing is questionable here. >> a

abc7 news reporter joins us from watertown. >> yes, eric, watertown is essentially shut down. no one can go in or out. we have reporters on one side of the police line. no one is crossing this line but for law enforcement. you can see a couple of cars coming through. we saw about four bus loads of officers and f.b.i. agents coming in as they continue the investigation. there are 7.6 million people in the greater boston area and they are urged to shelter in place and the bulletin went out to tell you how serious this is. i will read you part of it, as the investigation unfolds we advise all residents do shelter in place. we have an armed and dangerous person still at large and police are actively pursuing every lead in the active emergency. we heard they d know where the suspect who is on the loose lives and they were about to conduct an operation at the house four miles from where we are. take a look at that suspect. this is a new surveillance video from 7/11 overnight and armed robbery. that is when this started. the brother, the other man, the man who was wearing the black h

of watertown right now. that town really under complete lockdown. other towns in the area, people told to stay at home and businesses to remain closed, and in this manhunt, the web of this manhunt really expanding this morning. i'm joined by juliette kayyem, former homeland security official, tom fuentes, former assistant director of the fbi and cnn analyst is with us as well. as the minutes passed this morning and the hours go on, tom, is it easier or harder to find this suspect? >> i think in the long run it will get easier as they narrow down or eliminate other places that he could be but they discover that he isn't. certainly having the identities of the individuals, and that gives them a starting point of the addresses, and as brothers, you know, if they live together, they would be having a couple of addresses, not one main one, to be able to focus on a little more intensely just randomly starting to go apartment to apartment in all the neighborhoods. >> it would seem that they may have this person in

and in watertown, from this location. since then, this entire boston metro neighborhood has been placed on lockdown. it appears to be a light colored sky. maybe smoke. this could be a sovereign of what is happening it looks like smoke is emanating from those homes. we can see the blue police light. near the street level. but it does look like that we are about 8:27 boston time. and it is becoming dark. it looks like that is where the direction of where the boat is. that is where the boat business has possibly been caught on fire with a flash bangs they do not want to kill the individual. the 19 year-old dzhokar tsarnaev i want to keep him, live. to try to disorient him instead of trying to kill him. they are certainly concerned about the gas tank in that boat and also concerned about explosives with a suicide vest. they have shown a propensity to use explosives. and overnight, the suspect number one, the brother of the died had charged law-enforcement. and he also had an explosive device and was used and that did not inju

he might be in watertown, he might have gotten outside of watertown, despite this massive manhunt. go about your normal day-to-dave activities, ratcheting down this freeze, if you will. tom, do you think that's wise? >> you know, wolf, i don't know, they could be second-guessed either way in this case. if he managed to run and get out of the perimeter, get away or get ahold of another vehicle and make his escape, and in the meantime you're locking down, you know, a huge city indefinitely, you know, that doesn't help. and that's not going to keep the public happy for a long time. it's going to create a lot more problems in the long run maybe doing that. i think that probably is what they're thinking at this point. you raise the issue earlier about how could he get away. first of all, it's dark. second of all, those explosive devices, and gunfire would create a huge amount of smoke. so you have a smoke cover, darkness, many of his friends today reported that he was a great athlete. and the fact that he is 19 years old, and frankly, running for his life, under those conditions, with a

i'm in watertown. i'm in watertown. one of the suspects involved in the police shooting here this evening was taken into custody. the implication -- the implication from police here is that possibly one of the two suspects -- they say they're looking for, they have not been clear on that point, obviously, but that's the implication. >> okay. so they have made that link? what gives you the feeling that that's -- that that person, that suspect, is linked to the boston bombings? >> matches a general description of the suspects they are looking for. however, i have -- we have no idea who these men are for sure, but this is what the police have -- the -- it was quite a chaotic scene. police were yelling at each other back and forth across the street, radio chatter. all of this -- there's just a lot of confusion. the order was ordered to strip his clothes. it was quite tense. once the suspect surrendered, they moved him fully undressed into a police vehicle. >> he was fully undressed. he was told to remove his clothing? >> ye

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a chase that takes them to watertown and at watertown, there is this firefight. the ieds are hurled prosecute the vehicle at police. bullets are flying. one of the suspects -- and that is the one in the black hat that we saw yesterday in the video relieved by fbi. he is critically injured and taken into custody. the other suspect, the man with the white cap, gets away. he is on the loose. he drives through police, according to eyewitness accounts, just actually drove the vehicle right at police and drove right through them and he's the object of this massive manhunt right now. police are quite explicit. he is the man in the white cap, wanted for the boston marathon bombing. we believe he has international connections we believe he and the other one are foreign nationals and have military experience. it's a very chilling situation at this point. >> we go to nbc's kerry sanders who has been on the scene several hours now. i can't imagine the sights and sounds that watertown is waking up to today being locked down and literally frozen as law enforcement authorities

this is watertown massachusetts. james, you may not know the answer it this, but i feel like i should ask anyway, one of the things that obama administration did shortly after taking over from the bush administration is that president obama established an elite high value target special interrogation team. which he said that he would use for any high value terrorism targets that would be sort of the state of the art a-team on interrogations. this is a federal case. this guy is in fbi custody. is this the sort of case in which the president's a team on interrogation would be called in or would this be handled by your standard professional fbi interrogation team? >> i would say the high value target team would be in boston already and they want it interview this guy. these are u.s. citizens. and whatever the protocol that that high value team developed, is going to have to come into play. you remember, this guy came to the u.s. when he was 8 years old. he is a u.s. citizen. all of his rights are afforded but i would sa

river you hit the town of watertown. that is where the activity has been so far today. but to stand here, jon, you cannot go 30 seconds without hearing a siren pass a massachusetts turnpike underneath us. that is what is happening here, a than now we have at least someone at the microphone there. let's go back to you now in new york for that. jon: state police taking questions in watertown. let's listen in. >> not a suspect in this. i'm not sure what really is our attention to the person, they are running anytime, his background. >> david percopio. we'll leave the rest of the briefing -- [. [inaudible question] >> the staging area is in the national mall parking lot. [inaudible question] jon: that makes late more sense. we had been told that there would be a state police briefing coming from that bank of microphones in watertown. all of a sudden somebody was speaking and we thought the briefing was underway. it appears that is not the official briefing, that is yet to come. bill hemmer we interrupted your reporting a mom

these are pictures from watertown. if you are wondering why approximately 1 billion people are under a shelter and plays order including boston, this is why. they are looking for suspect number two. they believed he is armed, dangerous and likely equipped with explosives and bombs and he has shown that overnight by throwing that at police during a car chase, a vehicle chase after two suspects allegedly killed a police officer. you see the s.w.a.t. team members going in with their shields ready or their weapons ready. they were evacuating people. anyone they haven't gotten to, they are asking to shelter in place and do not open your door unless you are absolutely positive that's a police officer on the other side of the door. the s.w.a.t. team taking people out. i have seen video of people running out of their houses with their children. that is it. no possessions. don't grab anything. just get out of here. police presence extremely heavy. overhead right now, as has been going on all morning, this police helicopter of w

arsenal street in watertown. i'm a good distance away from where the events are taking place but the police have moved the press back substantially. and we're keeping an eye on it. there is a very fluid situation air wing of the massachusetts state police is up over the scene. there is dozens of police on the scene. there is an ambulance right next to me. boston e.m.s. not too far away. we are all just now waiting for this to be over. it appears this may be resolving itself finally after the horrible bombings on monday. it seems that friday evening that things may finally be coming to a close. >> bob, again -- >> -- we're anxiously awaiting word. >> bob, again, your sources again for those who maybe are joining us right now. again, tell us what your sources are saying. >> sources are telling me that the suspect number 2 is not apprehended but he is surrounded. he is still alive. and we are looking at an area of birch and walnut in water town which runs sort of off of arsenal street in watertown. the house looks l

watertown has been shut down. watertown, massachusetts. the bus service throughout boston suspended. the t-service, boston's train commuter service line, that's been suspended as well. classes canceled at harvard, emerson college, m.i.t. residents in watertown, belmont, newtown, brighton, cambridge urged to stay indoors. moving from right to left on the graphic, the boston bombing site is where we are, copley square. m.i.t. across the river. watertown ten miles due west of our location which is what we believe is the center of activity at the moment. suspect number two on the run, not yet accounted for. >>gretchen: bill hemmer, who has been reporting for us all night long. we want to bring in mary ellen o' toole, former f.b.i. profiler. i'm interested in your overall take of the event overnight. you have a tremendous amount of experience in this. what do you see when you watch what's happening? >> when i watch what's happening, it appears that over the last hours, these two offenders did not anticipate they were going to have their picture

he is in watertown. drew, you heard the gun shots maybe two dozen gun shots just a few moments ago. >> yes. sounded like from automatic fire. i haven't heard a single gunshot since. we've seen tons of activity, wolf, s.w.a.t. teams moving in the direction to my right in an impressive amount of people. lots of police cars. i just did see a very hot running ambulance heading in the direction towards the gun shots that i heard. i want to say that instructively to our viewers. but also to alert all our crews around this town to be on the lookout for an any kind of admissions to hospitals at this moment. that ambulance was running pretty darn hot. it is the first time i've seen an ambulance fully loaded with his lights on heading in that speed since i've gotten to boston what a week now. so that is what we've heard. we have no idea what has just taken place other than what sounded like gun shots in quick bursts and then a lot of police activity heading towards the gun shots and now finally an ambulance just r

that car was ultimately discovered here in watertown and is pursued by the watertown police department. the pursuit went into a residential neighborhood not far from here where there was an exchange of gunfire between watertown police, nbta police officer and is two suspects in this suv. during the course of that pursuit, several explosive devices were discharged from the car at the police officers. in the exchange of the gunfire, we believe that one of the suspects was struck and ultimately taken into custody. a second suspect was able to flee he from that car and there is an active search going on at this point in time. an mbta police officer was struck during that exchange of gunfire and is currently at the hospital in critical condition. there is an active search by tactical teams from the state police, the boston police department and mlac. the watertown police department are involved in this search as well as traffic diversion throughout the area. the most important message that we are doing right now is toward public safety and the safety of those people in that neighborhood. we

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that car was ultimately discovered here in watertown pursued by the watertown police department. the pursuit when it's their runs residential neighborhood not far from here. there is an exchange of gunfire between watertown police and bta police officers and two suspects in this as you be. during the course of that pursuit, settled explosive devices were discharged from the car at the police officers. and the exchange of gunfire we believe that one of the suspects was struck and ultimately taken into custody. the second suspect was able to flee from the car and there is an active search going on at this point time. and bt a police officer was struck during that exchange of gunfire and is currently at the auburn hospital in critical condition. there is an active search by tactical teams from them like in the state police and the boston police department. the watertown police department are involved in the search as well as traffic diversions through out the area. >> going back out to show you some of the latest video that we have coming in this morning to kron4. you can see all of

so they're in watertown but he may have fled watertown? >> well, as you heard, they're talking about the entire boston area. >> he took it beyond there, though, just now. >> yeah. this is from our colleagues at wnbc are saying they're on the lookout. and it's really more out of abundance of caution because it certainly -- >> right. you mentioned a gray honda. do they know what kind of honda it? there's lots of hondas. i imagine other people will start looking at gray hondas. all types of hondas. >> no, it doesn't say that. all i have is gray honda. we will certainly give you more as we get it. again, just physically he wouldn't be there yet based on the events that happened overnight. but it's just -- this is spreading out. >> right. >> you know, there was the suggestion based on events it certainly seemed they were narrowing in on a particular area. and they may still be doing that. but they also widened the dragnet. i'm not going to draw any conclusions from that. but we'll just tell you what the facts are. >> scott, that jumped out to m

>> he was alone in the car, we have one man cars in watertown. he had level headedness to put it in position. the other officers were around the corner. we had two or three officers pull in behind him and engage in this firefight. [ gunfire ] >> so these people stopped being fleeing suspects, they actually are ahead of the police car, and they decide to stop and get out of the car. >> right. they took the fight to us. we were ready to take them on, but we wanted to plan a little bit more, but they brought the fight to us. >> so describe this gun fight. they step out of the car, and at first they're firing on one officer. he gets some distance to protect himself. then what happens? >> the other officers come in behind him, taking up different positions. so within minutes, i have six officers, four on duty, two off duty engaged in this gun fight, and it continues. and the bad guys go back to one of the vehicles, open a trunk at some point. heave something at them and that was the first bomb went off, had the pressure cooker, lid embedded in a car d

the watertown area is on the west side. the whole area there boston, cambridge, watertown, all of that area is on very high alert, and police describe it as a very grave and serious situation. >> bill: what are the s.w.a.t. teams doing now to make the residents safe there or to find this guy? >> right now, the authorities have told all residents to stay in their homes, keep their doors locked, do not open the door unless you are very confident it's a police officer who is at it. the mbta subway system and transportation system around boston has been shut down which is -- >> would you wow -- >> unheard of. >> apparently trying to block off all transportation routes for the suspects. >> bill: streets and highways have been closed? nobody can drive around either? >> the streets and highwaysare closed. highways farther along the proximity are open and people are traveling. but businesses in the immediate area are closed down. police are telling drivers in that area if someone approaches your car, do not open it, open your door

again, my message is to the community of watertown. it's a little different what queer going to do here. you're going to see saturated patrol. local communities are going to support us. we've done a block of the interior and unfortunately as you know we didn't have any results but we're going to continue to move forward as a community. i can't thank the watertown community for what you have done but we need it to continue. as you heard, the crime scene is not done yet. that's not going to be collapsed for another few hours at least. we need your support there and please go about your business. i know there's a lot of events in watertown tomorrow and we're going to have them but you're going to see a big police presence as we do that. thank you and please say a prayer for those police officers. thank you. >> one more point. i just want to add, there's a photograph of our subject that's been widely distributed. i want to remind the public that it's there. if you see this individual, please, do not take action on your own. we want to you

in watertown, massachusetts. officers say the men opened fire and even through improvised bombs at them. >> during the course of that pursuit, several explosive devices were discharged from the car at the police officers. >> reporter: a transportation police officer was hit during the gunpoint and is at the hospital in critical condition. one of the suspects was killed. susan mcginnis, cbs news, boston. >>> here's another look at the suspects in the boston marathon bombings and a crime wave was light. the man in white is still at large, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev from cambridge. there is no mass transit right now in the boston area as the search continues. hospitals are locked down. overnight, the sounds of gunfire and explosions were common in the area of the manhunt. right now, you are looking at some live pictures from boston and we are going to have a live update with susan mcginnis in just a few minutes. it looks like something is going on there. the photographer is starting to move as entsarg d we are go

we want to go back now to watertown and cnn's susan candiotti. susan, that street is still an active crime scene. how long will investigators be there and what are they doing? >> certainly what a lot of people around here would like to know. they're taking a lot of time and there's no rush here. they want to carefully go over every inch of that boat that you saw, and to make sure that they're not missing any other pieces of evidence, possibly hidden explosives elsewhere. there's no indication of that, but they want to pick up every bit of evidence they can before they close this down and reopen the street. and they hope that the residents of this area understand. . but tonight we have those thermal images taken of the boat, these coming to us from the massachusetts state police. using technology that's been around for years, but they use heat imaging to look from the air down at that boat where the suspect was hiding. and you can see in the pictures, the heat inside that body where he was lying underneath that tarp. and then it goes to a black im

>> no. >> of watertown has the all clear? >> i would not give there all clear i want to reemphasize the point* that people have to be vigilant. this is a dangerous person who we believe has killed people and they need to be extremely careful and contact their local police department even if they suspect anything. >> [inaudible] >> we have done a number of searches but that goes to the investigation and i don't want to comment on that. >> [inaudible] >> that is always the preference but sometimes those are decisions they take away from us. we hope that is not the case that is why we appeal for him to give himself up. >> were they together? >> last night one was killed and one fled the scene on foot. >> [inaudible] >> i will not get into that again. this is a homicide case and i will discuss the evidence. >> was more question. >> [inaudible] >> and again that will go to the investigation. i don't want to comment on the evidence. >> [inaudible] >> you should be reassured of the enhanced presence of the state police in the watert

he's also in watertown. kerry, i hear you have new information for us. >> reporter: indeed. 30 blocks from where lester is and s.w.a.t. teams have been deployed. two s.w.a.t. teams over to a building not far from where i'm standing. motion detectors have gone off inside the pilding. and it's multiple motion detectors it triggered. causing them to believe the current suspect they are pursuing may be inside that building. at the same time, where i'm standing, i've been pushed back because sources have confirmed to me over here they have what they believe are two devices in the street. they didn't bring a bomb squad in yet. but they have brought in armored personnel carriers. they could be active bombs. >> and, kerry, if you could just reiterate that. i mean, if what you're hearing bears out, this probably one of the biggest developments of the night. just to be clear, you're hearing from law enforcement that it's possible that the suspect may still, in fact, be in the vicinity and they may have pinpointed his

just one hour ago in watertown, massachusetts. shortly after police announced the suspension of the stay inside order. you are now looking at a live shot from watertown. where gunfire broke out about an hour ago prompting that massive police response. let's go to nbc news national correspondent erica hill in watertown right now. erica, what is the latest there? >> hey, chris. what we can tell you is there has been an increased police presence in the last hour. we have seen a number of units in and out. we saw a bus load of police officers leaving the scene. they were being brought out. remember the local transit busses have been robot all day it bring police officers in and out. we are learning there is so much talk about this person in a body in a boat seen in aerial photographs. a senior official telling nbc news yes, we think so. meaning that it's him. apparently a woman called in a report of blood in a backyard leading to a boat. boston police department saying he's hit. may have been there all day. so we are seeing word there

lives in watertown. a witness to the shootout that happened last night and witness to the boston marathon attack on monday. brian, you've been through quite a bit in your neighborhood. tell us what is going on now, sir? >> it has been quite the week to say the least. right now, i can hear the helicopters overhead but there are about, we're less than a mile where i'm at currently. it all started last night. i heard the explosion. i live on mount auburn street and it was a familiar sound i guess after monday's event. so i knew bad things were about to happen i guess. it just turned into chaos with the police cruisers, suvs, humvees, you name it, it was here. with technology these days everyone has got the police scanner on their phone and you're trying to match up what you're hearing on the news and what you're hearing on the police scanner. some of it is just not making sense. we had the s.w.a.t. team coming through our yard last night. they came back again this morning to search our basement, the garages

is, watertown is just outside boston. it's unclear if the suspects were trying to flee the whole area and that's how they ended up suburban watertown is where they ended it. it became the backdrop for a fight that stretched late into the night. residents reported hearing three explosions during that gunfight. we know the two suspects were throwing explosive devices at police from inside their moving vehicle during that chase. officials they they recovered pipe bombs as well as a pressure cooker bomb. during that firefighter with police in watertown in the dead of night last night there were about 200 rounds fires. that gun battle ends in the death of one of the suspects. the one in the dark colors hat from the fbi briefing. he's 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev. he died with an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest. police began the search for the younger brother. 19-year-old dzhokhar who fled on foot after that fire fight. hundreds began sheltering it closely. the shelter in place order was spread out to include

which of course runs from boston out to the west to watertown. lester holt? >> reporter: ambulance came through, brian, i thought i heard something, the police radioed an ambulance moving in that direction. whatever is happening appears to be happening around the bend. on the opposite direction, i saw an oed vehicle, moving around and program ls -- perhaps will come on the other side. piecing these things together, they would want to create a perimeter if they think explosives are involved. that may be what we are seeing right here. the action is moving in many different directions right now, brian. we saw the ambulance staging, it's not going to a scene, it's staged beyond us, 100 yards beyond us in the same area that we saw, some of the high ranking police officers we saw go. people are on the streets watching this. the lockdown was lifted and the streets are filling up with the anticipation that something is about to happen or maybe has happened. >> it's a weird case where you are there, lester and by the fact that we are looking at a camera shot, all the

we saw some pe wal around in the city center of watertown, the town center, i should say, of watertown, a little bit. you know, walking their dogs and the like, but mostly it was a very, very heavy law enforcement presence. military presence,

it's a tight-knit community in watertown. i can speak of watertown, if not for the entire new england area. there is a sense of relief. i have seen people applaud the police, applaud the governor when he was making his speech earlier with mayor menino. there is a sense of pride knowing we worked together to solve it, at least bring it to this level. >> there was a blanket of fear over the community, maybe all of new england, not the nation that somebody would set bombs at a sporting event and kill children and maim other children and adults. the carnage here has been oh horrific. as you stand here how do you feel this has reached its conclusion knowing what we have been through? >> i don't know if it has reached a conclusion. it made people wiser. maybe more aware of what's going around them. a little bit more careful. more apt to shake a hand than a fist. i was at the marathon. i saw people instead of running away, ran to the problem. putting their own -- not even thinking of their own personal condition, but worried about t

inice descended on a vehicle the watertown area. earlier, a police officer had been shot dead there at the massachusetts institute of technology in cambridge. kurt shorts, the under secretary for homeland security and emergency management, gave an outline to the measures being taken in the watertown area. >> to the residents of watertown, newton, waltham, belmont, cambridge, and the allston brighton neighborhoods of boston, we are asking you to stay home, stay indoors. we are asking businesses not to open. we are asking people not to congregate outside. we are asking people not to go to mass transit. and we are hopeful that as the day proceeds that we can provide further guidance and will be able to open portions of the system and be able to ease these rest

there is a no fly zone over watertown, massachusetts. amtrak train service has been suspended indefinitely. residents of the city and the surrounding area urged to stay indoors, as hundreds of police officers are conducting a manhunt, going door to door to each home to try and locate this individual at large. i want to point out that it looks like law enforcement officials are getting ready to give us another briefing in water town, massachusetts. we are being told that we will likely have one more briefing by law enforcement officials, sometime before 6:00 p.m. we will see about that. we have recognized that we do have that podium and microphone set up here so as soon as we get any official statement from law enforcement, we will, of course, bring that to you. take a short break. many questions about why the bombing suspects turned on america after living here for a decade. we will have the former boss of the brother, who is still on the run. his former employer. he thinks the older brother, who is now dead, was the master mind in all o

that happened in the suburb of watertown. the confrontation started around 10:00 last night boston time when police say one of the suspects killed a police officer on the m.i.t. campus, then staged a carjacking. police say the suspects threw explosives from their car as they led police on a chase into watertown and this all happened hours after the fbi released these photos of the two suspects. people in boston -- 7 neighborhoods in the area are on lockdown. >> i was playing videogame. i take it off and i hear rapid fire and i was like, i got to go check that out. you know, i just walked down the street, didn't even put any shoes on. i was like, you know, expecting to be down the street for two minutes and then the whole crime scene is pushed back further and now i'm kept from going home. >> reporter: at least a quarter of a million people living in boston suburbs are being told to stay home right now. all mass transit is shut down and businesses are being asked the "aociated pres as coming from the chechnya region in russia

the firefight ended in watertown when one of the suspects was shot dead by police. he is the man wearing the black cap in the f.b.i. photos. the intense manhunt began for the second suspect which is still going on. police are going door-to-door looking for him. residents are being told not to open their door to anyone except law enforcement. that is exg tosuarbuound the bs. public schools have canceled classes. ar cambridge have canceled classes. ought to acrchg halt alls been around boston as the intense manhunt continues for this second suspect. we are learning that abc7 news is confirming that the two suspects are believed to be brothers, possibly from check nea or turkey. the two are believed to have had paramilitary training based on this intense response to police^. we are following the news situation and we will bring you the latest with the details. >> the 11-year-old boy from martinez could be out of intensive care this morning after suffering a deep thigh wound waiting for his mom to cross the finish line but he has made tremendous progress and who wouldn'

>> or in watertown? >> yes, i believe he is still in massachusetts. >> giving 20 extra troopers to watertown for the weekend. that is the case. >> no. the whole point in providing that extra cover to watertown is for the benefit of this community. we have had this whole community, in fact, the greater boston area as you know shut down today. but, in particular. these folks had a shooting in their neighborhood last night. there was a loss of life up there it was very violent activity. and so to provide that level of comfort to those folks up there in that neighborhood we are providing or supplementing the water town police department. >> colonel -- [several talking at the same time] >> ma'am, ma'am. >> do you think someone is helping him? >> that would be supposition on my part and i'm not going to do that. >> -- public should be looking for. >> i'm not aware of a mercedes the public should be looking for. >> what you removed from the crime scene today indicate anything about pardon me what the suspect's