but, of course, that cold war between the two powers still endures on this kind of topic, erin? and, nick, you know, we ve also heard the mother. when you spoke to her. vehemently denied her sons could have been involved. said the whole thing was a hoax and that the blood in boston was red paint. bizarre and horrible things to say. any i mean, do you have any sense that she knew what was going on? or why would she speak to you that way? i think if you re looking in the pure human way, let s just put away any ak suizations against her and imagine what she s dealing with. the enormous trauma of not just one of your sons dying, but being heavily injured and then facing the death penalty, bear in mind how hard that is to absorb. she does not want to believe that is true. the u.s. authorities have to prove it, but perhaps she s then choosing to believe anything she
the other two were pipe bombs. mary snow is here with me tonight. when you see all the people here, you realize this is the center of this city, if not beyond. what do you know about the details of the plan? there aren t many details, and the way the police commissioner and mayor described this, they were briefed by the fbi wednesday night. they said this was talk of targeting times square. and the police commissioner said that the way he described this plan was that it was spontaneous. but he was told that the brothers had talked about this
by moscow, of course, because historically, they always claimed the fight is against the same kind of terrorism that the u.s. has been facing for the last ten years. but, of course, that cold war between the two powers still endures on this kind of topic, erin? and, nick, you know, we ve also heard the mother. when you spoke to her. vehemently denied her sons could have been involved. said the whole thing was a hoax and that the blood in boston was red paint. bizarre and horrible things to say. any i mean, do you have any sense that she knew what was going on? or why would she speak to you that way? i think if you re looking in the pure human way, let s just put away any ak suizations against her and imagine what she s dealing with. the enormous trauma of not just one of your sons dying, but being heavily injured and then facing the death penalty, bear in mind how hard that is to absorb. she does not want to believe that is true. the u.s. authorities have to
but it s certainly not as bad as i thought it could have been. i m going to be able to live my life in a normal way. dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. why did heather have to make this decision. i know it was her decision, not necessarily the doctor. typically, it is the patient s decision. there s going to be some situations where it s just a clear cut decision. it s going to be clear that the leg cannot be saved. or on the other side of things, it s clear that the operations are going to save the leg. what typically happens is you do all the things to restore the bone, stabilize the bone, repair the arteries and nerves. and then you sort of see how is the patient doing? and sometimes the leg just does not regain that function. sometimes it becomes a source of pain. but it is the patient s decision, ultimately.
prosecuting this case. they re the ones who are in charge. but as soon as a criminal complaint is filed, there s a certain amount of time in which the department has to show for initial appearance. the judge was here at the hospital. so she was here and this was done well in advance. the prosecutors office knew about it. court report, u.s. marshal. even the staff here at the hospital. so this was done the way it was supposed to be done. this is what s done. you have to do this so the defendant knows he s got the right to remain silent and he has the right to counsel. that s just what the law says. that s what the judge did. so this was all done according to legal protocol.