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Pennsylvania . Apparently a lot because the list is long. Thats the conclusion from a Senate Report just out this morning and senators from both sides, republicans and democrats, say the findings in this report are infuriating. Thats where we start today. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. You picked up a rock and oh gosh. Its not good. Senate Homeland Security Committee releasing its initial report on Security Lapses in butler, pennsylvania. Lawmakers said this, quote, the officials declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for Planning Or Security as having contributed to the failure to prevent the shooting that day. Bill meanwhile ....
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there are sources that we ve had that have told us that there are at least two other bombs that weren t detonated as well. so you can look at the brighter side of it, say, it could have been worse without the medical hospitals that we have so clear. without the triaging that s there for the marathon anyway. it s small solace to those people that have lost their loved ones and, you know, the people that have been injured. but this could have been worse. as a former d.a., though, one of the things that occurs to me about having unexploded devices in custody is that s very valuable evidence in terms of tracking the types of devices these were. and in terms of giving you leads for investigative it is. process. the devices that have exploded, they re very valuable, too, in terms of evidence. so that kind of forensic evidence, we re bringing the best people in the country to boston. we have some of the best to ....
Just insane. and at that point, no police officers or anybody on scene is able to tell you which way to go. all they re saying is run. you know, that i mean, they re feeling the same things we were at that point. they didn t know what was going on, you know? it was just chaos. nobody in peacetime situations in the united states ever has a police officer just tell them, run. yeah. exactly. it s not a good sign. jared, thank you so much for being able to tell us what you did. appreciate it. thank you. appreciate it. jared walker. again, eyewitness today. he was about 100 yards from where those bombs went off. there were so many eyewitnesss today because these bombs went off in such a crowded area. at the finish line of the boston marathon, it s obviously the most crowded of anywhere. people line that route throughout. throughout its 26-mile path. that s part of why it s such a big deal in boston and why it s held on patriots day because of the mass of humanity that s ....
It is normally closed to cars, to vehicles. but today it was closed to foot traffic done out of an abundance of caution. we should make that very clear. that is something that is sort of par for the course when there has been a breach of security in another state. that is something we would expect. i can tell you, rachel, at this hour, pennsylvania avenue is still closed down to foot traffic outside of the white house. and, again, president obama continues to monitor this situation. we expect him to receive briefs throughout the evening. rachel? kristen welker, thank you very much. nbc news white house correspondent. great to have that perspective. i want to bring in now from boylston street in boston, nbc s carey saunders who s out there in the cold. i understand police are still on the scene right now. what can you tell us about what things look like right there right now? reporter: well, it is is pretty much shut down. it will continue to be that way through into tomorrow. the r ....