the event, to get that feel through a visceral sense what obstacles to overcome. in this case of course the boston marathon, one of the most famous marathons in the world, an international event, but if you know boston and you know that event it is huge repopular local, so much a part of the culture. that might provide an indication that those involved had a really good feeling and awareness of what that event is like, as well as the timing, and the amount of family supporters he, support people, pedestrians in that area at the time of the explosion. heather: jay karen me just pointed out to us moments ago we are not even 48 hours into this investigation so we ll have to have prudent patience in all of this. great to have your exer tees. thank you. thank you. jon: we will continue to follow these breaking developments as they come in in the ricin investigation, the letters mailed to our political leaders on capitol hill and elsewhere, and also into the boston marathon bombing. and th
jon: and we begin on this wednesday with brand new developments in the boston bombing investigation. good morning, i m jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. as the fbi appeals to the public to come forward with photos or video or any other evidence in the deadly terror attacks, some dramatic new photos are turning into key clues or some say. take a look at these. the one on the left show as bag sitting on the ground near a mailbox outside the crowd barriers at the location of the second blast. then in the picture on the right, taken just after the explosion the bag seems to disappear. that image is blurred due to some of the graphic nature of casualties we talked about. dozens of the injured are still in the hospital. we ll keep you posted what investigators learn from these photos. mike tobin is live in massachusetts at the general hospital in boston. mike? reporter: the news coming out of the hospitals is generally optimistic. we heard from tufts medical center,
0 brian: it s not important. gretchen: okay. i had a t rex in my ear. have a great day, everyone! brian: hear you on the radio. steve: time for america s newsroom. see you tomorrow, everybody! getting a halloween costume ready after that show. fox news alert from korea. a top u.s. commander saying he has never seen things as tense as they are right now. he is in seoul, south korea, using words like dangerous and volatile. good mornings i m bill hemmer. welcome to a wednesday edition of america s newsroom. nice to see you at home and martha, nice to see you. martha: what is going on? good morning. i m martha maccallum. this general s biggest fear a small miscalculation in this really volatile area could potentially trigger a war. secretary of state john kerry making it clear the united states will do what it needs to do to protect its allies and the homeland. we ve heard an ex-extrordinary amount of unacceptable rhetoric from the north korean government in the last days. l
0 that extends lower tax rates for the wealthy in particular. that comes as top republicans in the senate draws a line in the sand saying political ideology cannot rule the negotiations. the only balanced approach is one that includes real and lasting reforms. so republicans have stepped out of our comfort zone, we ve been clear about what we ll do and what we won t, and yet we remain at an impasse. leading us to why ask why? because a vocal minority on the hard left continues to argue from the leaders of their party from the president on down that democrats in washington should do absolutely nothing about short term, or long term spending problems. this is the thelmand louise crowd, the ones who dream about higher taxes and bigger government it will pay for, regardless of the impact on jobs or the economy, or america s standing in the world. farther out there when it comes to demanding the tax increases and limiting any changes to entitlements or any cuts in spending. megyn: they do
it was a great night for him by any measure, chris. when you sort of look through the weeds. if you re going to win three primaries, it s the number one prioritnot number one with nonbinding primaries, and caucuses. rick santorum didn t get anything last night, what he did get in a larger sense is the boost that he needs to make the case that he should be the conservative, not newt gingrich. he should be the conservative to go toe-to-toe with mitt romney down the stretch in what promises now to be potentially a long nominating process for the republicans. megyn: it s not so much about santorum taking out romney, it s about him making progress in the race against gingrich. you read your power play piece on foxnews.com, you said fair to miserably, why do you say that? he wasn t on the ballot in missouri. even though missouri didn t kaupbt he wasn t on the ballot to get any of the attention. he finished behind ron paul in minnesota. very poor showing in colorado. not in line