i believe that the citizens of boston can fairly and accurately listen to the rules of law, and give someone a fair trial, at least that s at this moment in time. so that s all i have to say. that s robert staal representing dias kadyrbayev, charged with obstruction of justice. joining me is mike mukasey, served as attorney general under president bush. a fascinating amount of detail in this complaint today but with your old attorney general hat on, have we got three late teenage kids who have been trying to clumsily help friends thinking they re in trouble but not quite sure how much, or is there something a lot more sinister going on? i think calling them three kids who tried to help a friend trivializes it a bit. this is not covering up for somebody cheating on an exam or engaging in underage drinking.
making. anderson, i think that s telling in two ways. number one, it tells you dzhokar, he has some kind of proficiency in knowing how to put together bombs and, number two, it lets you know that at least one of these students arrested today knew that because, let s face it, you get rid of the computer, you get rid of a backpack with empty fireworks inside, why would you then go and reach for a jar of vaseline unless you knew specifically that vaseline was used in the process of making some kind of improvised explosive device. drew, we may not know this from this affidavit, from this court document, do we know that dzhokar said to them not only go over and take whatever you want, please get rid of my computer, please get rid of the bag of fireworks and get rid of this vaseline? reporter: we don t know that. we know one of the students, dias kadyrbayev said in the complaint that the u.s. put out
dzhokhar tsarnaev, you are being arrested now. come out with your hands up and elevate your hands. dias kadyrbayev and tazhayakov were friends and taken away by police that day. the yearbook picture shows tsarnaev and the third suspect, robel phillipos, friends of his in high school. the three charged in federal court with lying to investigators and obstructing justice. prosecutors said they conspired to hide and destroy evidence linking dzhokhar tsarnaev to the deadly attacks. two of the suspects photographed with dzhokhar in times square in 2012 believed to be the next target for tsarnaev and his brother, tamerlan, was a conspiracy. also tonight, victimized because of the boston bombings, a taxi driver says he was attacked for being a muslim. right now do you think that it was right for the i m going call you right now. to fly planes into the united
here, dias kadyrbayev, he tweeted a picture of him having dinner with dzhokar and within 15 minutes both dzhokar and this student, both changed their facebook photos, dzhokar making his photo black and white and the other student changing his photo to wearing an ironman mask. why they did this, you can answer it yourself, come up with your own reasons. these were actions at least of dzhokar, someone being on a run, what the students were trying to allegedly do, to ditch some of the evidence in this case. susan, i appreciate that. the criminal complaint, joe johnson has been following that. they were saying that dzhokar found out about the bomb plot a couple weeks earlier. what s in the court papers contradict that?
boston bombing. authorities questioning russell trying to determine the nature of that call, what was said, and why didn t she notify authorities. this as three friends and classmates of tamerlan s brother dzhokhar are now under arrest. two seen here with the younger tsarnaev at times square accused of obstructing justice. the third man accuse of lying to authorities. according to the criminal complaints when federal authorities released video of the bombing suspects, the three men saw it on cnn and immediately thought one of the suspects looked like their friend dzhokhar. dias kadyrbayev texted tsarnaev texted back, lol. the accused three allegedly met at tsarnaev s dorm room where they received another text from him. i m about to leave. if you need something in my room, take it. according to authorities, azamat tazhayakov never thought he would see his friend alive again. they found fireworks in a