police until he was found in a boat last night. he is in stable condition in the hospital. when tamerlan was interviewed overseas by the fbi as a follower of radical islam. here is joe johns. well, they found nothing incriminating and the fact that tamerlan was interviewed by the fbi two years before the bombings, was already stirring up controversy before the bombing in watertown. the chairman of the security committee. if they let him out of their sights, then that is an issue for me. reporter: the mother said that agents had been harassing her son for years. they knew what my son was doing, and they knew what actions and what dsites on the
hid in the boat. the entire neighborhood had been on lockdown. after the standoff, we spoke to neighbors. this is one of the houses where police were combing through the neighborhood, looking through the suspect. this is eddie beck s house. they came in, they searched the living room area, dining room, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen area. reporter: they search cabinets and things like that? no, but they went through the bedrooms, closet doors. beck shared his own footage of the s.w.a.t. team combing through his house. they didn t know where tsarnaev was or whether he was carrying explosives. knowing that they had him surrounded and so close to our neighborhood, it made us think he might have been here at nighttime and they flushed him out into that area.
reporter: vivian stevens also lives close to the house where tsarnaev was cornered. how do you feel that it s over? it s surreal. i think i m numb. i can t believe all this just happened. i know it s happening, but i m very happy that it s over and they got him. reporter: a sentiment echoed by thousands of her neighbors in watertown. cheering police as they pulled out after the arrest. . cnn s brian todd is with me. you have some information about the officers who handcuffed the suspects at the end. they had some motivation, didn t they? reporter: they did. the officers were from the massachusetts bay transit authority police. they were the ones that put the final handcuffs on him friday night. it was one of their officers
0 right direction. a country closed off to most for so long, sleeping. a 50-year nightmare for many citizens, finally, maybe waking up. to what? time will tell. live tonight in the city of boston. this is a city that s spent the last 24 hours still pounded but there is a measure of satisfaction in the air right now, because the two men police believe killed and wounded people are now off the streets and nowhere in boston today did the city s relief and pride show more than at fenway park. it was hard not to be part of the red sox nation today. the heroes of boston this weekend, everybody wearing a police uniform. they re the ones who hunted down and arrested dzhokhar tsarnaev. while they celebrated at fenway, police cars lined the streets today to pay respects to the m.i.t. officer killed thursday night allegedly by his brother. sean collier s body was delivered by motorcade to wilmington, massachusetts. tonight, new information about tsarnaev, straight from the hospital where he is
0 for many of its citizens, finally, may be waking up to what? i m don lemon in boston. this is a city that has spent the last 24 hours still wounded but there is a measure of satisfaction in the air right now. that s because the two men police believe wounded and killed people in the boston marathon are now off the street. believe in boston at fenway park, it was hard not to be part of the red sox nation today. the heroes of boston this weekend, everybody wearing a police uniform. they re the ones who hunted.