house. during these moments, they didn t knowhere tsarnaev was or if he was carrying explosives on his body. knowing they had him surrounded and so close to our neighborhood, it made us think he might have been here at nighttime and they kind of flushed him out into that area. vivian stevens also lives very close to the house where tsarnaev was cornered. how do you feel now that it s over? it s surreal, i think i m numb. i don t really feel i guess i can t believe all this has happened. i know it s happening, but i mean, i m very happy that, you know, it s over and they got him. sentiment echoed by thousands of her neighbors in watertown. cheering police as they pulled out after the arrest. brian todd, cnn, watertown, massachusetts. a local boston reporter gets very close to the story. maybe even a little too close. caught in the cross fire as police move in to capture the boston bombing suspect.
tsarnaev was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer and had changed drastically since 2010. they said they had checked the u.s. government databases and looked for derogatory telephone communications and possible online sites promoting radical activity, but the fbi said they did not find any terrorist activity and gave the results to the russian government, and did not ask for more information, and then they closed the file. they don t give you more than everything that can be done has been done unless you need to know more of the story. reporter: and the records show that he flew to russia and stayed for six months and then returned to new york in july. it is not clear what he did there, but tsarnaev s father said his son with was him at all times, but when he got back, things were different.
went door to door. after the standoff, we spoke with neighbors. here on cypress street, this is one of the houses where police were combing through the neighborhood, looking for the suspect. this is eddie beck s house, he took us through what it was like when s.w.a.t. teams came through here. they came in. they searched the living room area, dining room, went through all the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen area, and searched cabinets and things like that? didn t go through cabinets or anything like that but they did go through all the bedrooms, closet doors, then made their way through the back here. reporter: beck shared his own footage of the s.w.a.t. teams combing through his house. during the homes they didn t know where tsarnaev was or whether he was carrying explosives on his body. beck got a chill just thinking about it. knowing that they had him sur rounded and so close to our neighborhood, it made us think that he might have been here at night time and they kind of fl
it went on for several minutes and police lobbed in flash bang percussions to stun him. in the end, authorities showed their determination to catch the suspect live. listen to officers negotiate with him as he s holed up inside a boat. reporter: we snaked through alleys and back lots to get to within a couple hundred yards of the boat. there was a word of reassurance during negotiations. and an appeal to someone they knew was in pain. as we shot this exclusive video, police rushed us, saying we were in the cross fire zone. clear out, okay? reporter: it was just minutes later police captured tsarnaev. he had lost blood, weakened. these pictureks show thermal images from a helicopter as he
internet he was doing. they were watching every step of him and telling today, this is a terrorist act. reporter: the fbi confirmed in 2011 they interviewed the older brother and family members, but it did not say how many times. it was at the request of russian intelligence ak considereding the a senior u.s. official. the fbi said that the request was based on information that tsarnaev was a follower of radical islam and a strong believer and had changed drastically since 2010. they said they had checked the u.s. government databases and looked for derogatory telephone communications and possible online sites promoting radical activity, but the fbi said they did not find any terrorist activity and gave the results to the russian government, and did not ask for more information, and then they closed the file. they don t give you more than everything that can be done has been done unless you need to