bombs much faster than expected. tamerlan s body is at a funeral home in boston after claimed last night by his uncle. of the fbi is interested in hearing more from tamerlan s widow as details surface about a phone call with her husband just hours before his death. lawyers there are scrambling now to defend dzhokhar tsarnaev s three college friends accused of helping him cover his tracks. abc s marci gonzalez has more on this. reporter: an important lead in the marathon bombings investigation. abc news learned the fbi recovered dzhokhar tsarnaev s laptop computer. an attorney for one of his friends accused of throwing away and withholding evidence and information, saying the teen handed the computer over to the fbi when they first approached him. not sure a 19-year-old college student understands the
gravity of a situation like this. and they did not intentionally or knowingly destroy evidence. reporter: denial of guilt after three of tsarnaev s friends from umass dartmouth, azamat tazhayakov, and robel phillipos, and dias kadyrbayev, are charged with helping to covering up the deadly attack. each facing a maximum between five and eight years behind bars if convicted. he was a good kid. definitely a good kid. i guarantee you that, most likely hadn t, had no knowledge of what he was doing. he made a stupid decision because he he knew the guy. reporter: meanwhile abc news learned that tsarnaev s deceased older brother and alleged co-conspirator in the bombings, tamerlan talked to his wife on the phone shortly after the surveillance photo of him was released. the fbi hoping to learn what he and catherine russell discussed and if it could help with the investigation. russell maintained she had no knowledge of her husband s alleged role in the attacks. her attorney says she is
alive. reporter: red flag fire warning in effect through later today. while the winds are expected to die down, it will still be hot and very dry. john, reena. well, not often that school children get a snow day in may. but that is exactly what happened in parts of minnesota and wisconsin. thanks to a record-shattering storm that dumped as much as 16 inches of snow. tens of thousands of homes and businesses across northern states lost power temporarily. and major road had to be shut down. the very latest on the investigation into the boston bombings. looks like the marathon was not the original target. sources say dzhokhar tsarnaev told the fbi that they initially planned for the attack for a july 4th event in boston. but he said they built the bombs much faster than expected they changed the target. tsarnaev reportedly said the explosives were put together in tamerlan s apartment in cambridge. last night the tsarnaev family finally claimed, tamerlan s body. transferring him to a
and we begin this half-hour with original plot hatched by the boston bombers. the marathon was apparently plan b. sources say dzhokhar tsarnaev told the fbi he and his older brother were initially aiming to set up explosives at a july 4th celebration in boston but said they built the bombs so fast that they changed the target to the marathon. meanwhile, a lawyer for one of dzhokhar s college friends accused of withholding and destroying evidence says his client handed dzhokhar s computer over to the fbi as soon as they approached him. not sure a 19-year-old college student understands the gravity of a situation like this and they did not intentionally or knowingly destroy evidence. tamerlan tsarnaev s body was claimed by an uncle and transferred to a funeral home. near boston. the fbi wants to talk to his widow about a phone conversation she had with him after
when the spire is set, it will soar to a symbolic, 1,776 feet in the air. antibacterial soap is under government scrutiny possibly for doing more harm than good. the fda is reviewing the chemical found in almost everything from soap and bed body washes to toothpaste. these are some of the top stories on this friday, may 3rd. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. very interesting. i didn t realize that the spire on the world trade center, 1776. that s the, the birth of our nation. i did not realize that. cool number. cool tidbit for the morning. good to have you here. good to be here, john. thank you so much. we begin the half-hour with the word of the boston bombers original plot. the marathon was their second choice. sources say, dzhokhar tsarnaev told the fbi they would plot a july 4th, but changed their minds after building the