many people were very badly injured of the and i saw three on the ground right next to the shrine. many would have gone into the hospital right next to the blast scene, and the issue is that once that hospital filled up, the wounded were taken to different hospitals, so it s quite hard to get a count. but it s a very, very crowded area. often there are tourists there. often there are people from china, tourists who come to that shrine specifically, as well as people who go around that day and night. it s a business district, there are hotels, malls. police believe it was a pipe-bomb. they also say they got a warning about an attack, but it wasn t specific about where or when the bomb would go off. live now to cnn s anna coren following developments from hong kong. so anna, who did this and why remains a mystery. reporter: john, we just got off the phone from the thai police, and they say that they
take a look at this video shot on cell phone. nbc news spoke with one american native who lives near the blast scene. take a listen. all of a sudden, there s a loud shock wave. i figured that s what it was the second i heard it. and the building kind of shook a little bit, like a slight tremor with that. so then it was kind of quiet and we were freaking out. i have a skylight window. i looked out and saw the plume of smoke, huge plume of smoke. and i was like, oh, man. then after a few seconds, i put two and two together and figured it was probably a factory. so here s where we stand with the death toll as of right now. at least 50 people have been killed, including 12 firefighters. more than 700 people are injured at this hour with more than 70 hospitalized in critical condition. tianjin one of the world s largest ports. it s the tenth largest port, about 75 miles east of beijing, where ian williams joins me from
himself at the scene of the second bombing and later still, casually shopping. just after the second marathon explosion, the fbi says video caught dzhokhar tsarnaev running away, while firefighters rushed toward the blast scene to help. about 12 minutes before the bombings, a surveillance camera mounted on this corner captured video of two men carrying backpacks on the marathon route about two and a half blocks from where the bomb went off. the fbi says video shows tsarnaev at the site of the booming just before the blast. severely wounded herself, this witness recalled weakaking in the hospital and saying to look for her friend. and this witness said it was the last time she did anything on
just after the second marathon explosion, the fbi says video caught dzhokhar tsarnaev running away, while firefighters rushed toward the blast scene to help. about 12 minutes before the bombings, a surveillance camera mounted on this corner captured video of two men carrying backpacks on the marathon route about two and a half blocks from where the bomb went off. the fbi says video shows tsarnaev at the site of the booming just before the blast. severely wounded herself, this witness recalled waking in the hospital and saying to look for her friend. and this witness said it was the last time she did anything on two legs. both she and her husband left legs.
good morning. i m carol costello. thank you for being with us. stories we re watching in the newsroom, lower open on wall street. world markets dropped today, partly because of slower manufacturing in china. one good note in the u.s. economy. last week s jobless claims ticked down more than expected. a 37-year-old man in custody in connection with an investigation of ricin laced letters. matthew buquet was arrested. and an vastgation into the fertilizer plant explosion in west, texas, it says they may never know the cause. the safety board chair says federal and texas agencies refuse to grant access to witnesses and the blast scene.