have a new update at 3:00 p.m. central time, also know that govern governor perry will have a news update later today. we are looking to those to get more information. we are keeping on the phones also to get new information. okay. excellent. george howell at hillcrest medical facility in waco, texas. let s go to the white house. brow anbrianna keilar. the vest division to the deadly bombing attack, and the president is on his way to the city of boston a little bit later this morning for an interfaith service at the cathedral of the holy cross where he will be speaking. brianna. reporter: that s right. he will be speaking, john, and we understand he will be giving a message of resolve. we heard him in recent days talk about just some of the moments
is reportedly seen carrying a black backpack. remember, three people killed in the blasts of the 178 injured, 66 still in the hospital. 13 still in critical condition. later this morning, the public will get a chance to gather, to pray, to grieve together. at an interfaith prayer service in boston. cathedral at the holy cross. president obama and the first lady traveling to boston later this morning. attend the memorial service, which will honor the victims of the bombings in boston. other dignitaries there. former governor mitt romney, michael dukakis, and tpamela brown, live outside the cathedral with more on today s service. good morning, pamela. good morning, john. members of the public began lining up right outside the cathedral of the holy cross around 4:30 this morning. the line continues to grow. several blocks down as far as the eye can see. we spoke to members of the
again, president obama will be here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. not only will he focus on lingzi but the other two victims, 29-year-old krystle campbell and 8-year-old martin richard. we do expect family members of some of the victims to be here this morning along with first responders and others who were there on monday when the bombs went off. also, a big crowd, members of the public will be attendance at this morning s interfaith service. thank you so much, pamela brown, outside the cathedral of the holy cross. the services begin at 11:00 a.m. eastern time and cnn will bring you coverage of that event. meanwhile, the nhl and nba are paying tribute of the victims of the bombings here on monday. both the bruins and the celtics. during last night s game in toronto the celtics and raptors gathered at midcourt for a moment of silence. the bruins were the first sports team to play at home in boston
photos of of those men have been distributed to law enforcement. and people are going through those photos to try to determine if, in fact, these men may have had a role. today, we re also expecting the test results from the letters sent to president obama and the republican senator, roger wicker of mississippi, those letters are suspected to have been tainted, to have been laced with the poison ricin. it can kill. you ricin. the fbi has arrested a man in mississippi in connection with this case. his name, paul kevin curtis, and he also is an elvis presley impersonator of all things. officials across the nation are looking for more suspicious letters even as we speak right now. chris cuomo watching all of this. just outside the cathedral of the holy cross, where the interfaith memorial service will take place, chris. all right, thanks, wolf. people lined up since 4:00 in
cardinal sean o malley here in his own church, the cathedral of the holy cross. my dear brothers and sisters, dear friend, on behalf of all our catholic community i wish to welcome all of you here to the cathedral of the holy cross. it s an honor to have our president, our governor and our mayor with us here this morning. we re so grateful to governor patrick for initiating this prayer service. we re delighted that metropolitan theodus and reverend liz walker and many leaders from the various churches and faith communities could join us here today. our holy father pope francis asked me to communicate to you his sentments of love and support. the holy father invokes god s peace upon our dead, consolation upon the suffering, and god s