flowers and messages, most saying we pray for you, we re hear for you, boston strong. there is less people here today of course because people have to go to work, but let me show you just the scope of this memorial. here you see teddy bears and flowers and messages. you see crosses over there with those who lost their lives in the boston marathon bombings. i ll read just a few messages for you so i can emphasize my point. boston strong, prayers and love from kingston, mass. be strong, we love you. here s another one, to the marathon victim, boston strong with a big heart, caitlin. just so much touching let s walk over here. you can see this poster board here is a magic marker left behind so you can write a message. stay strong, boston, love from tom from norway. these poster boards are changed out by volunteers as they go filled up. there were so many messages on the poster board, you almost couldn t read them.
to have to do something because it s growing every bigger. volunteers are cleaning up the garbage and replacing the poster message boards. the city hasn t made a decision on what kind of memorial should be placed here, if any. there s sentiment there shouldn t be any permanent memorial. thank you very much. when we come back, we ve been talking about the younger suspect and what happened legally. how about what s happening every day? we re taking a loing a look at lockdown. we ll tell you when we come back.
you re looking at live pictures of boston right there right now. today between weetwo weeks sinc explosion has rocked the boston marathon. the city pauses to remember the victims. good morning, everybody. i m chris cuomo in new york with the special he had decisieditio. residents have to redefine what normal is. carol costello is live from boylston street. the bombing memorial site there. carol, what are you hearing from the people in the streets? reporter: the new normal, people are doing that or creating a new normal. i m standing at this makeshift memorial and it s grown larger and larger. over the weekend, there are thousands coming through leaving
reporter: and he did. after he did, he paid tribute to those who did not. how could you not admire a man like this? he walked 26.2 miles to show the terrorists they could not win. amazing. that s what boston strong is all about. when they opened it up, we saw people just walking across the finish line to show that it wasn t over. it kind of raises a question about what the memorial is. we keep calling it makeshift, but what do we know about future plans to remember these moments? at some point they re going
doctor convicted of killing him. major flooding. fargo, north dakota. warm temperatures have accelerated the pace of snow melt. the red river expected to crest wednesday. those are some headlines. coming up next, we will have a live report from boylston street makeshift memorial. we will give you the latest on the investigation as our special coverage of the boston marathon bombing continues.