to boston. and this quote, he said he just kept fixating on the blood. the massachusetts boat owner who found the boston bombing suspect hiding out in his watertown backyard took the stand today in the federal trial against dzhokhar tsarnaev. he recounted for members of the jury today those incredibly frightening moments during this massive manhunt for the tsarnaev brothers. in the moments he realized this younger brother was in his backyard hiding in his boat he said he noticed something was amiss. he was pretty astute man, saw the shrink wrap was loosed looked tapered with. then he said he saw the blood. he said his eyes went to the other side of the boat. that s when he says he saw a body. he said tsarnaev s back was to him and he could, quote, see his shoes, his clothes. his wife then told him to call 911. days after tsarnaev s arrest
they re exchanging gunfire. he runs out of ammunition, the bad guy. so one of my police officers comes off from the side, tackles him. we re trying to get him handcuffed. there s two or three officers handcuffing him in the street. at the last minute they obviously have tunnel vision. very very stressful situation. one of them yells, look out. here comes the black suv, the carjacked car, directly at them. they dive out of the way, and he runs over his brother and drags him a short distance down the street. in effect killing his brother. yes. then the chief detailed with wolf how authorities were able to get dzhokhar tsarnaev to surrender from the boat in that watertown backyard. here he was. when did you realize that this was going down that you had the second suspect? we it was late in the day. you know we had a report that we got from our citizens.
reporter: you feel safer with a gun? yes, i do. gregg: they also need to carry a concealed weapons permit. anand tsarnaev faces a judge today. what can we expect in court? for the first time since dzhokhar tsarnaev was accused of these bombings and the first time since he crawled out of that boat in the watertown backyard. this is the first time the family members of the victims and the victims themselves will have a chance to look at this suspect. arraignment gets underway at 3:30 in the afternoon. there is heavy security expected
who were trying to apprehend him, dzhokhar tsarnaev drove directly at watertown officers jeff puglesi, john mcclellan and john reynolds. when dzhokhar tsarnaev drove at the officers, he barely missed sergeant jeffrey puglesi who was attempting to track tamerlan tsarnaev to safety. he drove over his brother, tamerlan, seriously injuring him and contributing to his death. in the course of making his escape, dzhokhar tsarnaev also caused massachusetts donahue, a massachusetts bay transportation authority officer, to sustain serious bodily injury. tsarnaev later abandoned the car on spruce street in watertown, smashing both of his cell phones and hid in a dry dock in boat in the watertown backyard until he was captured by the police.
week ago when he and his brother allegedly bombed the boston marathon. but we do know he s regained at least some consciousness. sources tell cnn investigators have been questioning him since yesterday and that dzhokhar tsarnaev is communicated, responding to questions about public safety by nodding his head. though it s not clear what he has told authorities. people are focused on what he may be able to say, but there s also a lot of work to be done by the federal authorities and i m sure what he is saying, if he is saying anything, is important but not the only piece of the investigation. we re also not yet sure about how he received his wound. it could have been in friday night s final shootout with police. thermal imaging showing dzhokhar tsarnaev in a boat in a watertown backyard. after 20 minutes, police moved in and took him alive. we have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered. or dzhokhar tsarnaev could