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Z. at the boston marathon the elite women are about to begin that 26 mile quest from hopkinton to boston. this is the second marathon since the deadly terror attack of two years ago. it comes one day before jurors begin hearing arguments on whether convicted bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev should be getting the death penalty. msnbc s adam reese is near the finish line along boylston street in boston. adam, give us a sense of what the mood is like two years later. reporter: good morning, craig, security beefed up along the route, especially at the finish line added police on every street corner dogs sniffing everywhere and checkpoints checking for bags but despite the cold weather, 42 degrees, pretty chilly today, rain on its way, organizers say about a million people will line the route to watch 30,000 runners vie for that coveted olive wreath. one group is moving on, the 25 runners, they were victims of the bombing running together ....
They were about a million people along the route watching these 30,000 runners go for that coveted olive wreath. thousands continue to come through the finish line getting blankets and food. one group in particular 25 victims of the bombing, part of a group called 4/15 strong. they ran today a real triumph over tragedy. david childs from seattle with his second marathon. how was it? it was great, adam from start to finish the crowd was fantastic. there was police guards everywhere i mean you just feel safe along the whole route. it was an awesome run. you weren t worried about injure security whether you were out on the route or as you came into the finish line? nothing like that. i felt totally safe the entire route. it was awesome. as always boston strong. absolutely. tomorrow we head back to court for the sentencing phase, the ....
And this is yours. what i think we can there we go. what are we looking at here? it s the army medal. it was designed after the navy one. the original award during the civil war was for navy personnel, army medal was quickly devised after that. and it s it s a five-pointed star with a wreath an olive wreath and suspended from a blue silk ribbon with 13 stars representing the 13 colonies. there have been about 3,500 recipients, the large majority were posthumous and today there are 80. congratulations. thank you, sir. my pleasure. and thank you for your time and keep us posted on tomorrow, as well. will do. a fitting tribute. top posts unfilled, congress in a deadlock, syria boiling over, what s a president to do? stay tuned. you re watching msnbc. ....