fbi looking to see if they were packed in a pressure cooker. you see the remnants of such a pressure cooker on the screen. peter king, on the house homeland security committee and terrific to have you back on today here on america s newsroom. . i don t know what you talk about in committee behind closed doors. frankly you are privy to a lot of information the american public is not but when you think about this device and how it could have been made, by anyone with a motivation to pull it off, what is your consideration for the possibility that ieds like these happen not just in boston but in gatherings across the country? how do you reflect on that now, sir. bill, this is a growing concern. last year when i was chairman of the homeland security committee we had two subcommittee hearings involving ieds, improvised explosive devices and we saw the real threat that was coming from them, several different types. one can be remote-controlled
get the sense that security will change whether it s a marathon here in boston or whether it s a baseball game in st. louis? are we now embarking in a new phase in american security, much as we did have september 11th? i think as far as security at the events themselves, really only can be fine tuned. i don t think that much more can be done. obviously the boston police will look and see what changes can be made. i don t see dramatic changes happening at the event itself. we need more cameras. if we have cameras sim to lower manhattan going up midtown, over in london you could find out who was involved much more quickly because everything is done frame by frame, rather than trying to assemble 5 to 600 or 1,000 video cameras. we ll see more and more use of cameras. shows the need for intelligence. you have to have pple on the ground and also, see something, say something. great point. if anyone sees anyone
making statements about the bombing in boston. alan, what do you think is going to happen to, you know, his agenda moving forward from this? hopefully lit have no effect on his agenda. the notion that we should somehow change the course or change what we are doing, it would be kowtowing to what a terrorist does, and the phrase, that s when the terrorists do win. the notion that we should stop the course we are on is probably the worst thing we could do. we need to get on with business as usual, and not allow a horrible event like this to affect how we proceed as a nation. and tucker it does seem that that is the effort that is being made in washington. you know, even as we have this ricin scare coming on the heels of the situation in boston. right, we don t know what is going to happen and that s kind of the point about second terms, and maybe about life, it s unforeseeable. events intercede that you don t expect. all presidents start second terms on a note of hope, they all feel
we ll tell but that, plus ambassador bolton on the growing threat from iran and north korea, coming up on happening now. bill: all right, jon we ll see you at the top of the hour here, thank you, jon scott there in new york. an instant outpouring of support, the runners and the spectators, and the medics on hand springing into action moments after the first bomb went off. in a moment the solidarity for boston spilling way beyond that first response. as just a team we really try to work together and hold our home so we can take care of the people coming in. the red cross was there giving us blankets and gatorade and power bars. what was even better is that some of the houses opened up to the runners.
brain injuries at this point. we have to tell people about the people who stood forward. regardless of the fear they stood forward and saved lives. bill: investigators vowing to find a person or people responsible for the bombings here. there is an urgent plea for help from the public. the clues that you could have that could help the fbi pinpoint who was behind the horrible attack in boston. we are asking anyone who may have heard someone speak about the marathon or the date of april 15th in anyway that indicated that he or she may target the event to call us. someone knows who did this. i m telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. i m really gd that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they re looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours.