the white house announcing today that president obama will travel to boston the day after tomorrow to speak at a service at boston s cathedral of the holy cross. the president branding the attack as an act of terrorism, but officials don t know quote whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist ors, foreign or domestic, or the fact of a malevolent individual. finding out that law enforcement is poring over as we speak. what officials are trying to get from the public, that s next. for those nights when it s more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children s motrin.
8-year-old martin richard was remembered tonight at a vigil in his local parish church. doors were open for official vigils tonight. the st. james in somersville, doors are open. the church in boston proper, st. paul church, there are events at boston university and brandice university. gathering for a vigil for the victims as well as a vigil for the itself. the white house announcing today that president obama will travel to boston the day after tomorrow to speak at a service at boston s cathedral of the holy cross. the president branding the attack as an act of terrorism, but officials don t know quote whether it was planned and executed by a terrorists, foreign or domestic, or the fact of a malevolent individual. finding out that law
determined people and we are not i think we also understand that if we are if we have our sense of security permanently defeated, that whoever did this will have won. we don t intend to let them win. let s talk about the cathedral of the holy cross when you have the president and first lady coming. tell me about what role that is going to play in your city s healing. well, chris, that s about helping us all heal. in the conversations i ve had all day today, when i ve been going to hospitals and talking to medical professionals and talking to families and some of their victims, everyone is looking for a way to acknowledge the grace and kindness that people have experienced and that helps us heal from this and so having an interfaith service is very much to that effect and we re delighted that the president is going to come and bring us some words of comfort. well, i think it s great.
sustained basis. i want to make sure everybody understands this. do not go and make a donation today, but next week and the week after that, there will be an ongoing need for blood donations. members of the public who are following this announcements who are inclined and able to make blood donations at their local hospital or through the red cross, next week and the week after that our medical professionals anticipate a need. we are going to have an interfaith service at 11:00 on thursday morning. it will be held at cathedral of the holy cross in the south end. i m very pleased that the president will join us for that to help us all heal. another point that i wanted to make before i open it up to questions. you ve heard special agent and many others in law enforcement
on a sustained basis. so this would be i just want to make sure everybody understands this the way i think i understand it. do not go and make a donation today, but next week and the week after that, there will be an ongoing need for blood donations. so members of the public who are following these announcements, who are inclined and able to make blood donations at their local hospital or through the red cross, next week and the week after that our medical professionals anticipate a need. we are going to have an interfaith service. it will be at 11:00 on thursday morning. it will be held at the cathedral of the holy cross in the south end. i m very pleased that the president will join us for that to help us all heal. another point that i wanted to make before i open it up to questions, you ve heard special agent deslauriers and many, many