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NEWS CONFERENCE IS RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER. LET'S LET IT BEGIN. >> AND I THOUGHT YOU ALL WENT HOME. >> WE TRY. >> WE ARE IS GRATEFUL TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. WE HE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BRING JUSTICE AND CLOSURE TO THE CASE. TO THE FAMILIES THAT LOST LOVED ONES OR SUFFERED INJURIES THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, FOR A POLICE OFFICER, A YOUNG MAN STARTING A CAREER AT MIT AND THE POLICE OFFICER WITH THE MBTA WHO ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE AND FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LIVED IN FEAR FOR AN ENTIRE DAY WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTCOME HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS INCLUDING THE FBI, THE TRANSIT POLICE, OUR BROTHERS WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM OUR GOVERNOR OVER THE LAT FOUR DAYS. WE ARE EXHAUSTED, FOLKS. BUT WE HAVE A VICTORY HERE TONIGHT. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THOSE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. THANKS VERY MUCH. GOVERNOR? >> ON BEHALF OF CRYSTAL AND MARTIN AND ON BEHALF OF THE MIT OFFICER WHO WAS LOST LAST NIGHT AND THE TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS INJURED, ON BEHALF OF THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE HURT BY THE EXPLOSIONS AT THE MARATHON, I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO THE COLONEL, TO THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARG, RICK DELORIE. DO ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WORKED SO WELL AND SO HARD TOGETHER, TOGETHER TO BRING US TO TONIGHT'S CONCLUSION. IT WAS A VERY, VERY COMPLICATED CASE. A VERY CHALLENGING CASE AND THERE ARE STILL SOME QUESTIONS REMAINING TO BE ANSWERED. BUT AS THE COLONEL SAID, BECAUSE OF THAT EXTRAORDINARY COLLOBORATION AND COOPERATION BY ALL OF THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES AND ASSETS AND MORE TO THE POINT PEOPLE, PROFESSIONALS WHO BROUGHT THER A-GAME WE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. I WANT TO ALSO JUST THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY PATIENCE. THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS INVESTIGATION BY REVIEWING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR OWN AND OTHERS THERE WERE UP THROUGH THE MEDIA AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AND HELPING US NARROW IN ON THESE SUSPECTS. THEY WERE HELPFUL AND PATIENT AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS WELL. IT AS NIGHT WHERE I THINK WE ARE ALL GOING TO REST EASY. CARMEN? >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CARMEN ORTIZ. I HAVE TO SAY THAT BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND THE COLONEL HAVE PUT IT TREMENDOUSLY WELL. TONIGHT WE FEEL A TREMENDOUS SENSE OF GRATITUDE AND RELIEF. THE ORDEAL THAT THIS COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ENDURED OVER IS THE LAST 24 HOURS TONIGHT WE CAN SLEEP A BIT EASIER. AND ALL OF THE UNPREDICTABLE HORRIFIC AND YET HEROIC ACTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS STARTING WITH THE TERRIBLE BOMBING ATTACK THAT OCCURRED ON MONDAY, HERE WE ARE AND NOT FORGETTING THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE VICTIMS OF THE BOMBINGS, TWO OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HURT. ONE WHO LOST HIS LIFE, SHAWN COLLIER AND RICHARD DONAHUE WHO IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. TONIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MANY QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO SAY AS I HAVE SAID THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE AND ONGOING INVESTIGATION. AND ALTHOUGH FOR SOME OF YOU TONIGHT IS A CLOSURE, FOR ME HE THE JOURNEY CONTINUES. AND SO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING AND AKRON ITTIVE INVESTIGATION AS WE SOUGHT ALL OF THE DETAILS, CONTINUE TO EVALUATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE AND FILE OUR FORMAL CHARGES. WITH YOU I WILL SAY THIS, I HAVE NEVER -- BUT I WILL SAY THIS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN PROUDER TO STAND WITH A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE FROM THE COLONEL TO THE COMMISSIONER TO MY FEDERAL COLLEAGUE RICK DELORIEA WITH THE FBI. ALL OF THE AGENCIES. THE STATE AND LOW HE CAL DEPARTMENTS THAT WORKED SO HARD. SO O HARD SINCE THE ATTACKS ON MONDAY. SO COMMITTED. AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AS WE FOUGHT THE LAST 24 HOURS TO TRY TO GET A SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. AND SO MY JOURNEY AND MY OFFICE'S JOURNEY BEGINS AND THIS INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS THAT YOU MAY WANT AT THIS TIME. BUT AS THE DAYS CONTINUE YOU WILL GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR? >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY VERY BRIEFLY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO WORKED TOGETHER. STATE POLICE. BOSTON POLICE. FBI. ALL WORKING TOGETHER. THAT IS WHEN GOVERNMENT WORKS THE BEST. I WANT TO THANK ALSO THE CITIZENS THROUGHOUT. THE LAST WEEK NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE BOMBING AT THE MARATHON. TODAY BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, BOSTON POLICE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE STATE POLICE WE HAVE A CONCLUSION THAT WE ARE ALL SATISFIED WITH. ALSO FOLKS, OTHER FOLKS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES THIS PAST WEEK. WE SHALL GO ON. WE ARE A BETTER CITY THAN WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK AND WE WILL GET BETTER. AND TO ALL OF YOU FOLKS IN THE THE MEDIA THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THIS PAST WEEK. IT WASN'T EASY. SOME DAYS YOU SAID TO US WHAT. THEY ARE ARE WORK HARD. THEY WORKED SO HARD THIS WEEK TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION TONIGHT, TONIGHT WE SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. THE WORK THEY DID TRACING DOWN EVERY ONE OF THOSE LEADS THAT WE GOT. WHICH IS SO SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT CAME TO THE END OF THIS CASE TODAY. NOW, IT IS UP TO FRINGE TO THE FEDERAL COURTS. I'M SO HAPPY. AS THE PEOPLE OF THE GREATER BOSTON AREA WILL BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. GOOD EVENING JUST. I'M THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FBI BOSTON DIVISION. IT SEEMS LIKE MANY MONTHS SINCE MONDAY APRIL 15 THE DAY OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS. YET IT HAS BEEN MERELY FIVE DAYS SINCE THE TRAGIC EXPLOSIONS THAT TOOK THREE LIVES, DIT CALI INJURED JUST OVER 180 SPECTATORS AND IN IS STILLED TERROR AND FEAR AMONG THE CITIZENS OF THE THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND ELSEWHERE. TODAY THE CITY OF BOSTON, THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE CITY OF WATERTOWN AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF KNOWING THAT TWO PERPETRATORS WHO CAUSED SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGUISH ARE NO LONGER A THREAT TO OUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND TO OUR COMMUNITIES. TOGETHER WITH THE ACTION AND SURVIVORS YOU PORT OF OUR JOINT TERRORISM -- SUPPORT OF OUR JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE PARTNERS MANY OF WHICH ARE ON THE STAGE WITH ME THIS EVENING, THE FBI AND OUR PARTNERS REMAIN VIGILANT AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THROUGH THOUSANDS OF LEADS AND SIFTED THROUGH HUNDREDS OF TIPS THROUGH THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS TO REACH THIS MOMENT. THIS WAS TRULY AN ABSOLUTELY INTENSE INVESTIGATION AND I DO EMPHASIZE A TRULY INTENSE INVESTIGATION. AS A RESULT OF THAT, JUSTICE IS BEING SERVED FOR THE VICTIMS OF THESE TERRIBLE CRIMES. I WANT TO PERSONALLY EXPRESS THE FBI'S PROFOUND THANKS TO EACH OF OUR PARTNERS FOR BRINGING US TO THIS MOMENT HERE THIS EVENING. NO ONE AGENCY ALONE ACCOMPLISHED THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TASK OF KEEPING THE CITY OF BOSTON AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I THANK YOU FOR IT YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MEDIA CAMPAIGN THE OTHER DAY WHICH PUBLICIZED THE PHOTOS AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR O THE SUPPORT THAT THE MEDIA PROVIDED US ON THAT. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER DAVID? >> FOUR DAYS AGO MY CITY WAS RUTHLESSLY ATTACKED. THERE IS NO EXPLAINING THE SAVEGERY INVOLVED HERE. NO EXPLANATION FOR ARE IT. I SPENT THE LAST IS SEVERAL DAYS LOOKTH AT HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF VIDEOTAPE. I GOT TO SEE HOW BRUTAL THAT ATTACK WAS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I GOT TO SEE WHAT THE BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE ALONG WITH THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS DID TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER. PUTTING A MAN WHO WAS ON FIRE OUT WITH HAIR HANDS. THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT CAME OUT O OF THE SAVAGERY. MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER AND PART OF THIS TEAM. RICK FROM THE FBI COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE COOPERATIVE. WE SAT TOGETHER ALMOST HOUR FOR HOUR FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS SHARING EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION IN A REAL TEAM. COLONEL ALBINS THE SAME WAY. CARMEN ORTIZ WITH US ALL THE TIME. AND THEN TO BRING THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR TOGETHER LEADING THE CITY OF BOSTON IN RESPONDING TO THIS. I FINALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. PATIENT WITH US. THEY HAVE ENDURED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HEARTACHE AND AGRIA EXPECTATIONS THE LAST FOUR DAYS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TRY TO PUT THIS BACK TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> WATERTOWN POLICE CHIEF. >> AS THE POLICE CHIEF OF WATERTOWN IT I CAN'T BE PROUDER OF MY COMMUNITY AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WATERTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE LAST 24 HOURS I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE ANOTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT GO THROUGH. THE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCY IS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS INCREDIBLE. SO SEE SO MANY AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR OF BOSTON AND OUR OFFICIALS IN WATERTOWN HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN BEFORE BUT I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, THE COMMUNITY STOOD STRONG AND IT WAS A CALL FROM A RESIDENT OF WATERTOWN, WE ASKED YOU TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND YOU DID. WE GOT THE CALL AND WE GOT THE GUY. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. YOU HAVE IS DONE EVERYTHING AND MORE THAN WE HAVE ASKED. EXTREMELY PROUD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. THANK YOU. >> DID YOU HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SUSPECT? >> WE ARE NOT DONE. CHIEF MCMILLAN FROM THE MBTA. >> I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO SENT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO OFFICER DONAHUE AND HIS FAMILY. IT WAS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. AND I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO TOOK PART IN THIS. THIS IS TRULY DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AT ITS BEST AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU. >> SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE ATF. >> I'M SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE ATF. >> RIGHT HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> TODAY THE ENTIRE WORLD WITNESSED THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY COMMITMENT TO APPEALS PREHE HENNING OFFENDERS. MAKE NO DOUBT THIS COMBINED EFFORT WILL NEVER CEASE IN ITS PROTECTION OF EVERY CITY, EVEY TOWN AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR NATION. THE PRAYERS FROM EVERY ATF EMPLOYEE WILL CONTINUE TO GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS AS THEY HEAL FROM THE SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE. MAY GOD BLESS THE CITIZENS. >> SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS LISTENING TO THE POLICE ACTION ALL AFTERNOON ON THE RADIO AND I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN MY VOICE OR ADD MY VOICE I SHOULD SAY TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME TO SAY WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY POLICE OPERATION ACROSS ALL JURISDICTIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO AND WITNESS TODAY. I WAS DOWN AT THE SCENE EARLY ON AND IN OUR BUSINESS, CARMEN, MYSELF, IT IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. I CAN'T SAY HOW HAPPY I AM AND HOW PLEASED I AM THAT THE SECOND SUBJECT WAS TAKE AIN LIVE. THIS WILL REALLY ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A JOB VERY WEL DONE AND NOW THE TASK AHEAD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU. >> WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. >> HOW DID THE EVENTS TRANSPIRE AT THE BOAT? >> THERE WAS A CALL THAT CAME IN TO THE WATERTOWN POLICE THREE BOSTON POLICE OFFICER IS ALONG WITH STATE TROOPERS AND FBI AGENTS RESPONDED TO FRANKLIN STREET. A MAN HAD GONE OUT OF HIS HOUSE AFTER BEING INSIDE THE HOUSE ALL DAY ABIDING BY OUR REQUEST TO STAY INSIDE. HE WALKED OUTSIDE AND HE SAW BLOOD ON A BOAT IN THE BACKYARD. HE THEN OPENED THE TARP ON THE TOP OF THE BOAT AND HE LOOKED IN AND SAW A MAN COVERED WITH BLOOD. HE RETREATED AND CALLED US. WE SET UP A PERIMETER AROUND THAT BOAT AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WE EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH THE SUSPECT WHO WAS INSIDE THE BOAT AND ULTIMATELY THE HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM OF THE FBI MADE AN ENTRY INTO THE BOAT AND REMOVED THE IS SUSPECT WHO WAS STILL ALIVE IN THE BOAT. >> DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPERATIVE OF TAKING HIM ALIVE? >> WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE ALL OF SUSPECTS ALIVE. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, SIR. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL. TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO -- WHY YOU WANTED TO TAKE -- >> WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE SOMEBODY ALIVE TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED AND HOLD THEM FOR JUSTICE. >> Reporter: DID YOU YOU HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SUSPECT? >> Reporter: HOW BADLY INJURED WAS HE? >> THE HOSTAGE TEAM DID WORK IN TRYING TO NEGOTIATE HIM OUT OF THE BOAT. HE WAS NOT COMMUNICATING. >> OTHERS WERE TAKE NOON CUSTODY AS WELL REPORTED. HAVE THEY AIDED AND ABETTED THE SUSPECT? >> ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE IS THAT INFORMATION? >> COMMISSIONER DAVIS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S INJURIES? >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO OTHER SUSPECTS OUT THERE AND YOU GOT YOUR GUY AND THIS IS IT? >> BASED UPON OUR INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON CAN BE CONFIDENT THE THREAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE SUSPECT IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THESE WERE THE SUSPECTS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? THEY DIDN'T ROB THE 7-ELEVEN. HOW DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE THERE AT SAME TIME? >> THEY CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AFTER A VICIOUS ASSASSINATION OF THE POLICE OFFICER AT MIT. AND A SUBSEQUENT ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED WHERE ARE WE GOT VIDEOTAPE FROM A GAS STATION. THE ROBBERY ACTUALLY WAS A CARJACKING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN FROM THE SCENE AND OFFICERS ENGAGED THAT CAR FROM THE WATERTOWN POLICE OFFICERS ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS. WE WERE THEN ABLE TO PUT THE CASE TOGETHER. >> WAS HE SHOT WHEN YOU WERE APPREHENDING HIM AT THE BOAT? >> THE MAN WHO FOUND HIM AT TE BOAT SAID HE WAS COVERED WITH BLOOD. WE ASSUME THE INJURIES OCCURRED THE EVENING BEFORE. THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AT THE BOAT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS STRUCK. >> THERE WAS A HOUSE IN NEW BEDFORD THAT THE HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM WENT INTO FROM THE FBI BECAUSE WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE INVESTIGATION. BUT THE SUSPECT WAS NOT FOUND THERE. >> GIVEN THAT HE WAS STILL OUT THERE AND ARMED -- >> I'M SORRY? >> TELL US MORE ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE QUESTION FROM THE GALLERY] >> MY ASSESSMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT IS HE WAS ANATED NEW HAMPSHIRE HIS CRUISE. >>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING? >> RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR A DISTURBANCE. >> GIVEN THAT HE WAS OUT THERE, STILL ARMED, WAS IT A MISTAKE TO GIVE THE ALL CLEAR AND LET PEOPLE GO OUTSIDE? COULDN'T THEY HAVE BEEN AT RISK? >> WE CERTAINLY DID NOT GIVE AN ALL CLEAR. WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT PEOPLE AND COLONEL ALBINS SPOKE CLEARLY TO THIS. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE HADED NO INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECT WAS STILL HOLED UP IN THE PARTICULAR AREA. HE MANAGED TO ELUDE US BY BEING SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE OF THE PATRIOTISMER THAT WE SET UP. BUT IN IT TRUTH WE TOLD EVERYBODY THAT THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND THEY SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS TIME IN THE WORLD. WE TO USE CAUTION. IS WHAT WE ASK PEOPLE TO DO. THANKFULLY THIS MAN WHO FOUND THE SUSPECT CALLED US RIGHT AWAY. DID THE RIGHT THING AND GOT ON 911 AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. >> ANY EXPLOSIVES WITH HIM WHEN WAS CAPTURED? >> NO REPORT OF EXPLOSIVES WHEN WAS CAPTURED. I WAS AT THE SCENE LAST NIGHT. AN EXCHANGE OF OVER 200 H ROUNDS OF GUN FIRE AND IMPREVISESSED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND HAND MADE HAND GRENADES THROWN AT THE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE. THOSE OFFICERS ACTED HEROICALLY AND COURAGEOUSLY AND PROTECTED THE COMMUNITY AND PROTECTED EACH OTHER WHEN THEY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. I'M SO PROUD OF THE ACTIONS OF THE WATERTOWN POLICE AND STATE POLICE AND BOSTON POLICE. AN INCREDIBLE TEAM. DID HE HAVE A WEAPON IN THE THE BOAT? >> DID HE. I CAN'T SAY -- I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUN FIRE. I WAS NOT THERE WHEN WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BOAT. ARE. >> NO MIRANDA WARNING, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US? >> THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY OR THE FBI MAY WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT. IT IS A FEDERAL ISSUE. >> WHAT ARE THE EXTENT? -- >> LET HIM FINISH THE QUESTION. >> NO, DID NOT. >> WHAT IS THE QUESTION? >> THE REPORTS ARE ARE THAT THERE WAS NO MIRANDA WARNING GIVEN AND THEY WERE CLAIMING A PUBLIC SAFETY EXCEPTION. COULD WE GET AN ANSWER TO THAT? >> THERE IS A PUBLIC EXCEPTION IN CASES INVOLVING ACTS OF TERRORISM AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. THOUGH I BELIEVE THAT THE IS SUSPECT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. THANK YOU. >> WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS -- >> I'M SORRY? >> WILL YOU SEEK THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY. >> I INDICATED EARLIER THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE AND ONGOING INVESTIGATION. WE WILL BE REVIEWING ALL OF THE EVIDENCE BEFORE THAT KIND OF A DECISION IS MADE IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY YOU REVIEW ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND IT IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL LONG PROCESS THAT IS ENGAGED AND IT IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT MAKES THAT FINAL DECISION. >> I'M SORRY? >> WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BOAT AND CAN YOU OR THE COLONEL TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SCENE? WAS HE MOVING AROUND? HOW DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS FINALLY A CHANCE TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY? >> I'M GOING LET -- >> WE KNOW HE DIDN'T GO STRAIGHT TO THE BOAT. WE -- WHEN WE SET UP THE PERIMETER WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE FOUND BLOOD IN THE CAR THAT HE ABANDONED AND WE FOUND BLOOD BEHIND A HOUSE INSIDE THE PERIMETER SO WE HAD NO INFORMATION THAT HE HAD GOTTEN OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER. AS WE SAID IT WAS VERY CHAOTIC EARLY THIS MORNING. WE HAD TO AID A POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS SHOT. WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE PERIMETER SOLID BUT WE WERE ABOUT ONE BLOCK AWAY. HE HAD TO BE MOVING A LITTLE BIT AFTER HE WAS BEHIND A HOUSE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE KNOW. >> HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU COULD TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY? HAD HE BEEN MOVING AROUND, WERE YOU ABLE TO WATCH THAT? >> THE REASON THAT WE KNEW THIS IS OUR HELICOPTER HAD ACTUALLY DETECTED THE SUBJECT IN THE BOAT. WE HAVE A WHAT IS CALLED A FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED DEVICE ON THE HELICOPTER AND IT PICKED UP THE HEAT SIGNATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL EVEN THOUGH HE WAS UNDERNEATH THE SHRINK WRAP OR A COVER ON THE BOAT ITSELF AND THERE WAS MOVEMENT FROM THAT POINT ON AND THE HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO DIRECT THE TACTICAL TEAMS TO THE AREA AND A ULTIMATELY TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. >> WAS HE IN THE BOAT DURING THE DAY? >> IT WAS OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER DURING THE DAY SO IT WAS NOT SEARCHED. THIS WAS THE ACT OF A CITIZEN THAT WENT OUT AND DISCOVERED THIS INDIVIDUAL IN THE BOAT AD ULTIMATELY CALLED THE WATERTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RESULTED IN THIS -- OUR RESPONSE. >> WHAT WAS THE SUSPECT DOING AT MIT? PLANTING ANOTHER BOMBING? >> IS IT POSSIBLE THE SUSPECT WON'T MAKE IT AND WON'T LIVE TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED? >> I'M SORE ARERY. >> IS THERE A CHANCE HE WON'T MAKE IT. >> I KNOW HE IS IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION BUT I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT. I THINK WE HAVE TAKEN ENOUGH QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.