the decisions that were made for iraq and i m not going to be around to see the final verdict. later, the first images of the bush library and a tour with former first lady, laura bush. thursday, april 25th. this special edition of starting point begins right now. starting point this morning. major new developments in the boston marathon bombing case. the parents of the two suspects say the u.s. is now accusing them of being involved. speaking out in dagestan in the last two hours. the mother claims her family is not being allowed to speak. they were at the emotional news conference that ended minutes ago, and the father is flying to the u.s., could arrive tomorrow and will try to speak with his
you go to the united states? will you try to speak to dzhokhar when you go to the united states tomorrow? yes. you will? you will speak with him. so i just talked to dzhokhar s father right there and he tells me he will try and talk and speak with dzhokhar when he goes to the united states. he just said that, that he expects to be there tomorrow. chris? all right, nic robertson for us in sdag stdagestan where thes were just giving a news conference right now. the father is intending to come to the united states. he could be here tomorrow. and nic just spoke to him, you heard him just say to nic robertson that he would like to speak to dzhokhar when he gets here. it will be extraordinary and shocking if the authorities here let that happen. again, the father did say he would try to do that. interesting, to say the least. let s go back to christine romans in new york with more of today s other top news. good morning, john. in three hours five living former and u.s. current presid
i just want some answers. reporter: louise mills is still waiting for investigators to identify her brother s remains. 41-year-old morris bridges, the father of three children, he joined the west volunteer fire department three years ago. he was one of the first people on the scene. so you just pray he didn t suffer? yes. i do. every day. i know he didn t suffer. i know he didn t. we re suffering. we want him back. reporter: louise mills says her brother loved wearing his bright red firefighter shirt and showing off his bang. for more rhys bridges, jumping into harm s way is how you earned the firefighter s badge of honor. and, christine, that powerful display of solidarity, on full display later on today. we are seeing at the site of the memorial service will be held, firefighters showing up in fire trucks from around the region, thousands and thousands of them
told them she will not be able toe to see their son dzhokhar when they come to the united states. nic robertson is in the news conference in dagestan. he will join us live in a few minutes with more. meantime, here s the latest in the investigation. a congressman who sits tons house intelligence committee rae vealing the tsarnaev brothers used a remote control device similar to one used to operate a toy car to set huh the explosives. in the next 24 hours the father of the suspected bombers anzor tsarnaev is expected to arrive in the united states. we are told he is cooperating with the fbi investigation. and we ve also learned that the russian not t only flagged the fbi about tamerlan tsarnaev, they also sent a warning letter to the cia after the fbi checked him out. both agencies determined there was not enough specific information to move on. so, with the new information about the use of remote controls, investigators are focusing on how these bombs were made. they want to know if th
move on because everyone has been very much very upset for the past week. reporter: the urban flow returning to boylston street, except at the locations of each bombing. those places, like a world still on hold, placeses of reflection, places where emotions still flows. at the memorial to the victims, jill biden, wife of the vice president, stopped to pay her respects. and another sign of just how strong boston is, a picture tweeted out last night of jeff b bbauman, the guy in the wheelchair who lost both his legs. it s hard to think about. he delivered an 18th birthday present to sydney corcoran also injured in the bombings. just fantastic to see. one other note though on the tsarnaev parents coming here, the father coming here, we understand tamerlan tsarnaev,