he is 19 years old. you can see the fbi very much wants to find him. they ve been going door to door in and around the boston and watertown area all morning. they said about 45 minutes ago that they had completed about 70% of the area going inside houses and searching for this man. they ve not yet found him. there has been no apprehension yet, but they are trying to find this man, and they would prefer to take him alive. this terrorist and his brother grew up next door to our next guest, and she remembers the tsarnaev brothers as sweet young boys and can t believe what she s hearing. emily long joins us by phone from sterling, virginia. she and her husband were next door neighbors of these suspects families. emily, thanks for being here. i m sure it s strange for you to hear these two boys next door to you described as terrorists. it s extremely surreal. > megyn: how did you relate with them? what were your experiences with
outside of the suspect s house which ma they ve just cordoned . why would they be doing that controlled explosion? well, i think you had a pretty good guess about it. under the circumstances, the scene is still hot. they have demonstrated the ability that they have explosive devices. if they have a strange object in front of them and the investigators need to get into that building or be around that object, they ll go ahead and blow it up before it blows them up. megyn: even understanding that that would sacrifice potentially a wealth of evidence, i mean, there any way to both protect the officers safety and preserve that evidence? i m sure that almost any jurisdiction but especially the boston law enforcement community is going to make sure that everybody goes home tonight that possibly can and even if we lose some evidence, that s the way it s going to be. megyn: yeah. amen. as we ve already seen, a law enforcement official kid from mit and another boston police
that is the location of the suspect s sister. we saw heavy police presence at the home in maryland of the suspect s uncle who came out and spoke to folks today, and i told you a moment ago a bit of what he said, urging his nephew to turn himself in and to ask for forgiveness and talking about how he, the uncle, loved the united states of america and was shocked to see that his nephews had found themselves involved in such a thing. this is the press conference. let s listen a bit. we re learning that a number of people, probably large numbers of people found their way to work before receiving the message and are now sheltering in place in work sites and offices throughout the region and particularly in some of our large boston employers. so i need to speak to those
people. that is his goal. according to the authorities, he has already achieved it in at least four cases. as we speak, heavily amped police swat teams and armored vehicles and sharp shooters are swarming the streets of boston while police helicopters buzz overhead. the national guard in some instances transporting official personnel. the city and surrounding areas have been virtually shut down as an army of law enforcement officers hunt this suspected terrorist. they have told people to stay inside, to keep their doors locked, and not to open those doors unless they see a uniformed law enforcement officer standing outside. look, you can see the video of said law enforcement officers trying to secure each and every hours. an hour and a half ago t 70% complete. here s how it all went down overnight. around 5 p.m. yesterday the fbi releases photos and video of the two men they call suspects
people. if you re at work, we do not expect you to shelter in place and stay there. we encourage you to leave, to get in your cars and drive home. we understand public transit is not running, taxis are now running in the city of boston. the taxis are available. if necessary, you can call friends and ask them to pick you up but we want to make clear that we re not expecting people to be sheltering in place into the day and night in businesses. again, i thank the media for helping us deliver this message. we ll push it out a number of ways. again, if you re at work, please feel free to get in your cars and drive home and shelter in place at home. call taxis. if necessary, call friends to come get you. thank you very much. megyn: you can hear the lockdown continues.