significant police presence throughout the city. please give us some space around the copley area as we process this scene. if there are any pieces of information, photos from the incident, getting those to the two tip lines, the fbi tip line primarily. they are now in charge of the investigation because of the nature of this investigation as well as the boston police line at 1-800-494-tips. i would like to invite the district attorney dan carney. thank you very much, commissioner. earlier this afternoon, like some bostonians, i was on boylston street near the finish line had left about 30 minutes before this incident occurred. colonel albin and special agent and top staff went down to the scene it was a large and disturbing scene. like each of you, i am praying for the victims and their loved ones.
the area as we process this scene. again if there are pieces of evidence or photos from the incident getting thes to the tip lines they re now in charge of the investigation because of the nature of the investigation. as well as boston police department. we re working with the families right now. that the governor fielded many calls of concern. we re going through those now. for more on the investigation fox news chief intelligence correspondent joins us live. they have what? a perfect of that they re talking to, interested in talking to? that is right. they re describing this person as a person of interest federal source confirming to fox this individual is a saudi
scene. again if there are pieces of evidence or photos from the incident getting thes to the tip lines they re now in charge of the investigation because of the nature of the investigation. as well as boston police department. we re working with the families right now. that the governor fielded many calls of concern. we re going through those now. for more on the investigation fox news chief intelligence correspondent joins us live. they have what? a perfect of that they re talking to, interested in talking to? that is right. they re describing this person as a person of interest federal source confirming to fox this individual is a saudi national between ages of 21
tip lines. this is very, very important that we get as current information as we can as quickly as possible. and now, by all indications, this does appear to be a terrorist attack. these two bombings in boston, multiple people have been injured, at least 100, some of them critically injured. there you see the first explosion going off, and a few seconds later a second explosion goes off as well. at least two people are dead. the president, once again, will be making a statement to the nation at 6:10 p.m. eastern. that s right after the top of the hour, less than 25 minutes or so from now. we re also told that the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner, plans to preside over the house chamber fairly soon, call for a moment of silence for the victims of this boston attack. clearly an attack. no one yet has claimed responsibility. we don t know who is responsible for this, but clearly we have
s the commissioner said, we have the state police, the national guard fully deployed. and we thank them for their assistance. the city fire marshal is here as well. a lot of coordination in a very fluid situation. we are asking that people stay out of crowds and calmly make their way home. or if they re visiting, back to their hotels. all of the hotels security will be prioritized at the outset. again, if people have information, please use those tip lines. this is very, very important so that we get as current information as we can as quickly as possible. happy to take any questions. [ inaudible question ] well, you know, i the marathon is a pretty special day around here, as you know, and i