0 >> 7:00 out on the west. this is a special edition of "cnn saturday morning" live from boston and this morning the "boston globe" headline sums it up. for a city that was paralyzed by an accused terrorist. on the front page it reads "nightmare's end." >> maybe it's no surprise this is reaction to the news last night that the 19-year-old suspect was finally in custody. >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! >> relieved bostonians poured into the streets waving american flags. a harrowing ordeal that began with monday's deadly bombing attack at the marathon ending with this shootout last night. >> police are not saying whether dzhokhar was shot in last fight's gunfight but he was wounded in the first shootout with police that killed his brother. >> this image shows the bloody teen in a boat. the boat's owner said he saw smeared blood and pulled back a tarp to find dzhokhar lying there. he was weak from blood loss but refused to surrender. >> this photo going everywhere. a source confirms that this was taken immediately after dzhokhar was arrested. >> what an image. >> this image from a cnn affiliate shows him in the back of an ambulance being taken to the hospital. he remains in the hospital this morning in the serious condition. >> the fbi was quick to announce the dramatic conclusion. shortly after the arrest it updated its website posting on the wanted website no longer said wanted. it says captured. >> this image posted on the white house's flickr page shows the arrest. shortly after, the president addressed the nation. >> our nation is in debt to the people of boston and to the people of massachusetts. after a vicious attack on their city, bostonians responded with resolve and determination. they did their part as citizens and partners in this investigation. boston police and state police and local police across the commonwealth of massachusetts responded with professionalism and bravery over five long days and tonight because of their determined efforts, we've closed an important chapter in this tragedy. >> we are covering all angles of this developing story this morning. nick paton walsh is with us. cnn's poppy harlow is in watertown to walk us through the 24 hours leading up to the arrest and pamela brown is outside the hospital where the teen suspect is under heavy guard this morning. >> let's beginning now. cnn is the first to speak with the suspect's father after his arrest. he lives in the russia republic of dagestan. nick paton walsh is there and can tell us more. >> reporter: behind me is the apartment where the father lives. we saw him approach here. the third time he went passed us. got out of his car and went into the apartment. we approached his car to ask a couple of questions. this here is what he has to say. cnn. i'm with cnn. i'm so sorry, sir. we just wanted to hear your story is all. this is a difficult time for you. during this exchange it makes it clear he does not believe his sons were ever involved in any of the attacks in boston. i asked him are you going to the united states and he said yes, absolutely. wouldn't answer the question as to when. struggled and was uncomfortable if i asked if russian security services were here and if they had been in contact with him. i also asked him when is the last time you spoke to your son. i couldn't really hear his response and that was when he began to put the automatic weapon up on an outstretched arm holding a microphone. a man uncomfortable in the spotlight. difficult questions for him to answer -- any father to answer about that child. now being asked that question. angry at much of the attention he's getting today. >> you said clearly angry. obviously emotional right now. in a sense of denial some might say. what do you think he makes of what's going on here in the united states? >> reporter: i'm sure in his mind he believes the images that he's been shown may not be entirely the whole truth. he seems entirely convinced of his sons' innocence. many people express disbelief and disregard of evidence that somehow the tsarnaev brothers are to blame. clearly as you saw there, a man deeply uncomfortable and deeply trouble and bear in mind a parent who has lost one son and televisions of another badly wounded under arrest. >> we heard he has plans to come back to the united states. he's been here before. do you expect he'll return? >> reporter: absolutely that's likely. i'm sure he wants to be there for support. he does appear to have adequate means to get back there. whether he takes his wife with him or not, nobody knows and that's still to be decided. clearly a man who wants to provide whatever support he can for his son, dzhokhar, surviving. who he believes had nothing to do with boston. >> all right. nick paton walsh for us this morning in dagestan. we have further information about dzhokhar tsarnaev. here here in boston in the hospital after he suffered massive blood loss. that's where we find pamela brown this morning. what have we learned? >> reporter: we are learning new information this morning. we learned from a department of justice official that federal prosecutors have been here at the hospital since last night figuring out possible charges to bring forward and we're learning from that official that those charges will be coming soon even possibly while the suspect is still here at the hospital. now, we don't know the extent of the charges that will be brought forward but according to the doj official, the suspect will face terrorism charges. he is in federal custody. he will be charged with federal charges and he could face murder charges on the state level. now interesting to note here, there is no death penalty here in the state of massachusetts but the death penalty could be sought on the federal level since that supersedes state charges. no charges have been brought forward yet but we're hearing from a department of justice official that the charges will be brought soon. also any minute now we're waiting for an update from the hospital about the suspect's condition. we'll bring you the very latest. >> we know he's in serious condition. that was the latest official report. do we know when he could be discharged? >> reporter: we don't know. i asked the official i spoke to earlier this morning and basically was told that we have to wait for the update from the hospital which again is supposed to be coming any minute now. we're all very curious about whether he's conscious or not and if he is, whether investigators have interviewed him. we have a lot of questions hoping to get those answered soon. >> pamela brown for us. thank you for that update. >> people in watertown are breathing a sigh of relief. the intense 24-hour manhunt turned that community into a war zone. poppy harlow is there for us this morning. poppy, you're with a neighbor who heard the gunfire before dzhokhar tsarnaev was captured. >> reporter: good morning. the eyewitness accounts here this morning are unbelievable when you hear how people describe what it was like for them as they were holed up in their houses. we're hear more of those accounts as people get out to walk their dogs and talk to their neighbors. i want to bring in stacy. guns were drawn on her when she opened the door. this is stunning when you told me this. authorities come in. they have guns pointed at you because they don't know who is opening the door and came to your thousand three times. what happened? >> the first time was just a standard sweep. they came through with three to five officers with either automatic weapons or their weapons drawn. i opened the back door just to kind of let them in to open the door so they didn't have to kick it down at which point they saw the door open and instinctually drew their weapons on us. they swept our basement and backyard and second time they swept they had the canine units. they swept our backyard and redid our basement again. the issue with the basement is we never lock the basement doors so we weren't sure what was down there. at that point they left us alone for a while and then we got a doorbell ring which is unique for them to do and they said are you expecting anybody? instantly going no and especially at 3:00 in the morning. >> what's interesting is you took photographs of this. i think we have some that we can show to the door of the s.w.a.t. team surrounding your house. i know our viewers are looking at them now. tell them what it was like in terms of gunshots. drew griffin reported live on air when he heard gunshots coming through a little bit before 7:00. you said that it sounded different than gunshots you heard in the shootout the night before. automatic rifle. >> it was automatic. the night before it was more pop, pop, pop, pop, more displaced. this one was they were louder and more direct and they were very fast. >> when you came outside when that shelter in place ordinance was lifted around 6:00 p.m. eastern time. you came out and were talking to neighbors and you have to cover your head and run back to your house. why? >> we weren't sure where the shots were coming from. we heard the shots coming from this direction. so we knew the direction but we didn't know where and how close. it sounded like it was on the next street. >> just to give the viewers idea of how close. you're five houses away from 67 franklin street where suspect number 2 was in the boat in their backyard and your backyard butts up. >> it's five backyards back. >> one last thing that's important. we were talking about the victims and you said our city will not get less strong from this but the victims, you're going to take care of them. >> absolutely. i believe we'll rally around the victims and the families of those who have actually passed. it's not going to change who we are if anything it will make us stronger. already we rallied around our town and our city and we have become a stronger unit from it and that's all that's goinot go to change. >> many victims still suffering in the hospital. thank you. we appreciate your time. guys, back to you. >> thanks. >> hope people get out today and get to soccer games and baseball games and go to fenway today. the people of watertown deserve a normal day. >> the s.w.a.t. team moves in and the noose tightens. we'll take you inside the final moments before the capture of a terror suspect. 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