huge tribute concert in the building behind me, this is the td garden. in terms of the timeline, it has been just about six weeks since those two bombs detonated at the finish line on boylston street of the boston marathon, and the city, i mean, i was here for three weeks. pretty quickly you could tell these folks here were beginning to heal. it s a tough, tough city. and tonight, a star-studded affair to help in that healing and in that recovery process here at the td garden in town. if you have seen the lineup, if you have not seen the lineup, these are huge names hitting the stage for this benefit concert benefitting the one fund, which is set up by mayor menino. i am talking aerosmith, new kids on the block, carole king, boston, james taylor, just to name a few. we re also told there may be some special guests and a couple of comedians, as well, rocking out to the one fund this evening. now, i want to take you inside the arena where the countdown is on to this fundraising concert.
it s very, very difficult to shut down, because they can put it online and it s causing increasing concern on both sides of the atlantic. the magazine and its bomb making recipes have been linked to multiple islamist terrorist plots. brooke? paul cruickshank, thank you so much. but i want to talk not as much about that, but really the reason why we re here in boston. again, the td garden hosting something like ten different bands and surprise gifts, two comedians, all talking about surviving and healing. and one of the biggest names to hit the stage here tonight is boston native james taylor, and in the days following that attack on boylston street, he was a huge inspiration for folks here. if you remember, he played shower the people among the thousands at m.i.t. in memoriam of officer sean collier, who was shot and killed during the hunt of the bomb suspects. you can play the game, you can
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good to see you, i m brooke baldwin. it is so great to be back in the city of boston. you are watching special coverage here on cnn, where in a matter of hours, some of america s biggest named performers will be taking to the stage in that big building behind me, this is the td garden in boston. why are they here? it s a huge night, because it s all in tribute. six weeks after those two explosions, really, just rocked the city forever. what happened in those moments and in the days following the attacks at the finish line there
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