level and on a federal level that are looking to try to answer that very question, john. much had been made about the anhydrous ammonia, that is a liquid kind of fertilizer and it was worried, people worried because of its toxicity. that is not thought to have been what exploded. the question is what was it? another fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, which many people are familiar with because it was used in the explosive of the oklahoma city bombing, there was a lot of it that was potentially stored there as well. there had been some accounts that said 100 times the amount that was used to blow up the murah building in oklahoma city, what was inside or had been scored inside that facility there. so tremendous amount of that potential explosive. that does not mean that was the cause. it will take a while to figure out. certainly an industrial accident that will probably
there was concern that another country expressed about him. the fbi issuing a statement last night about all of that, and saying in part, and let me read it, the request stated it was based on information that he, the older brother, was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010, as he prepared to leave the united states for travel to the country s region to join unspecified underground groups. we don t know that this request to look into him came from russia, but now russian president vladimir putin today saying he wants some cooperation obviously with u.s. investigators. the u.s. intelligence community, the fbi, the cia now going back through everything they have, trying to see if there were, in fact, any clues about either of these brothers. john, christine? barbara, how are intelligence agencies collecting this information? well think of it as a spider
as part of our efforts to seek answers and seek justice and there will be no pause in that effort. of course that s where the attention is focused now on learning as much as we can from the suspect and from questioning others who knew him. back to you guys. all right, athena jones at the white house this morning, thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it. ahead we ll tell you about stories you might have missed during the boston bombing in pursuit of the suspects. the boy scouts could be about to make one of the biggest changes to their organization ever, that s next. [ slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium-rich tums starts working so fast you ll forget you had heartburn. tum tum tum tum tums
reporter: because of the nature of media, 24-hour television you guys were watching, right, graham, you knew what was happening. you told me you were scared, of course. i think everyone was but then you saw the police? yeah, when i saw the police i knew it was all fine because there were so many of them. it was crazy. reporter: what was it like, describe it for me. well, it was kind of frightening knowing how close it was to my street, but at the same time i knew that i was probably the closest to the shoot-out so yeah. reporter: when school starts on monday everyone s going to be talking about this. what about for you, what was the experience like and how are you feeling this morning, eva? i feel comfortable now, now that they caught him, but i was scared at first because i didn t know what was going on. reporter: of course. i think everyone was asking those questions. what about you, devan. you were communicating on
how did they plan and carry out these attacks, and did they receive any help? the families of those killed so senselessly deserve answers. the wounded, some of whom now have to learn how to stand and walk and live again, deserve answers. reporter: and the president went on to say that the investigation continues to try to get some of these answers. he s instructed the fbi and the department of homeland security to deploy all necessary resources to try to find out as much as they can about this. back to you guys. athena, i know the fbi director issued a statement. what did he have to say? reporter: he has. i believe we have the statement we can put some of it on the screen, destructor mueller said during this long week we have seen an extraordinary effort by law enforcement intelligence and public safety agencies. these collaborative efforts with the help and cooperation of the public resulted in the successf successful outcome we have seen tonight. the investigation will continu