Boston Bombing Suspect Moved; Times Square Plot Revealed
JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Two breaking developments this hour in the Boston bombings case. First, CNN learning just minutes ago the surviving suspect no longer at a Boston hospital. He has been moved. Also, this from our CNN team in Russia: the suspect's mother and father also on the move, heading to another part of that country. Not coming here.</s>ZORAIDA SAMBOLIN, CNN ANCHOR: And putting an end to the long wait at the airport. Congress finally taking action on control tower furloughs. Welcome back to EARLY START. I'm Zoraida Sambolin in New York.</s>BERMAN: And I'm John Berman live in Boston. It is Friday, April 26th, about half past the hour right now. And we begin with two new breaking developments this morning in the Boston bombing case here. The U.S. Marshal Service confirms to us that suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been moved from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is now being held at a prison facility at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. That's about 30 miles west of Boston. This is a facility which houses male offenders who require specialized or long-term medical or mental health care. We've also learned that the Tsarnaev brothers' parents -- the parents have left their home town in Dagestan. And the mother tells us that the father's trip to the U.S. has been delayed indefinitely. This comes on the heels of new information that the brothers were planning another attack, this one New York City's Times Square. They also reportedly had plans to drive their on April 19th, the night they wound up in a shoot-out with police. We have complete coverage of all these new developments. We're going to go first to the issues now with the surviving suspect just moved out of the hospital. Miguel Marquez live at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is no longer -- Miguel.</s>MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, it sounded like it happened between 1:00 and 3:00 this morning that Mr. Tsarnaev was moved from here at Beth Israel. The last we knew, his condition was fair. It's clear that he has improved enough that he could be moved. That was one concern that doctors here had. Despite community concerns about him being cared for at the same facility where victims of the bombing he helped carry out were also being cared for. The facility he went to is a decommissioned military base. It can take high security prisoners, but more importantly, it has a hospital facility where they can continue to care for him until he's completely well enough to be put into another prison presumably to wait trial here in the Boston area. But at the moment, we can say he has left Boston. He is 40 miles northwest of here, and presumably being cared for there until he's well enough to stand trial -- John.</s>BERMAN: All right. Miguel Marquez here at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Again that news just breaking. We just confirmed that from the marshal service that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been moved. Miguel, our thanks to you. Now to the new developments about the Tsarnaev brothers' plans. They may have been planning another attack. At least in the last minutes there, the site of that next attack could have been New York City's Times Square. CNN's Richard Roth is in Times Square for us with these new, chilling details -- Richard.</s>RICHARD ROTH, CNN SENIOR U.N. CORRESPONDENT: That's right. You mention last minute, we don't know how much planning might have gone into an attack here in Times Square, John. New York City authorities seemed to think it was a spontaneous process, where the brothers would have headed down to New York in that hijacked vehicle. Now, the 19-year-old was photographed here in Times Square not long ago, which officials here consider a bit of an ominous sign. New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would like to know more.</s>COMMISSIONER RAY KELLY, NEW YORK POLICE DEPT.: The NYPD intelligence division is actually investigating to determine Dzhokhar's movement in New York City, as well as who he might have been with here. New York City detectives and supervisors assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force with the FBI are assisting in the ongoing investigations of both Boston and New York.</s>ROTH: In the car, another pressure cooker device, several pipe bombs. Times Square here in New York, the crossroads of the world, escaped considerable damage in 2010 when a man tried to potentially detonate a major car bomb. And then was arrested a short time later at the airport. Birds are chirping. Late spring still here in the air, John, and that is always the normal concern here in Times Square. Major tourist attraction in the city.</s>BERMAN: That's right. It was interesting to hear from the mayor and the New York City police chief yesterday saying New York is always at the ready and they were looking into this. They didn't sound overly alarmed, Richard, but it was a development worth watching nonetheless. Richard Roth in Times Square, thanks so much Meanwhile we have a heartwarming image to share with you that's in some ways really defines the spirit and the meaning of Boston strong. I want to take a look at Boston magazine's new cover. I want to show you this picture right now. Those are running shoes forming a heart with the message, we will finish the race. Those words, of course, spoken by President Obama at the memorial service here last week. Every pair of shoes in that image was worn by someone who ran in the Boston marathon more than week ago the day of that awful attack. And, Zoraida, where I'm standing right now is the memorial site in Boston. Boston's Copley Square, just a half a block away or so from the finish line of the Boston marathon. It is a beautiful sight. As you can see, there are lots of people coming here in these early hours. There are specific memorials to each of the four victims who died over the last week and a half. As well as running shoes that people who ran in the marathon are leaving behind and there are message boards where people can leave special notes to all the victims who have suffered here. It's a beautiful, beautiful sight, Zoraida.</s>ZORAIDA SAMBOLIN, CNN ANCHOR: It's really great that they have that, because, even if you didn't know anybody, if you weren't personally affected it's so nice to be able to go and share your thoughts, right? And honor the victims, also. Thank you, John. I appreciate that.</s>BERMAN: So many people are.</s>SAMBOLIN: Yes. All right. So new this morning, the Senate voting to put furloughed air traffic controllers back in the towers, and hopefully end the long airport delays that you have been experiencing this week. The House could vote on the bill today, and controllers likely would be at work tomorrow, they're saying that would be at the earliest. So that means today, which is a very busy travel day of Friday, could be a long one if you're playing. FAA employees were furloughed because of the forced spending cuts. Let's see if this works out quickly. And a developing story out of Russia where officials say 38 people were killed in a hospital fire today in the town of Ramensky. That's just outside of Moscow. Forty-one people were inside the psychiatric facility at the time, only three managed to escape. The fire may have been sparked by an electrical short, and tomorrow will be an official day of mourning in Russia for those many lives that were lost in that fire. A lot of them were found still in their beds. And the people of West, Texas, trying to move on with their lives by saluting the heroes who gave theirs. CNN's Ed Lavandera attended a memorial service for those killed in last week's fertilizer plant explosion. Very moving and a very powerful tribute, Ed?</s>ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was striking, Zoraida, to say the least. It was an incredible show of force. Firefighters and first responders from across the state showed up in force to pay their respects.</s>LAVANDERA (voice-over): Amid the solemn melodies of bagpipes, tears flowed and flowed. Thousands of firefighters and first responders honored the victims killed in the earth-rattling explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small town of West, Texas. The flag-draped coffins were a poignant sight, but it was the videotaped eulogies from family members that offered the most gripping emotion.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He was a true hero, always one of the first to answer every call.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was a strong, caring man, good family man. He did everything for us. He never missed a sporting event of ours in his life.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was the friend that showed up to help you even before you asked.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Rest in peace and take care, sweet son. I love you.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I cannot match the power of the voices you just heard on that video.</s>LAVANDERA: President Obama and first lady, Michelle Obama, attended the memorial service. The president honored the small town strength of a town like West.</s>OBAMA: America needs towns like West.</s>OBAMA: That's what makes this country great is towns like West. You have been tested, West. You have been tried. You have gone through fire. But you are and always will be surrounded by an abundance of love.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It just looks like a bomb went off.</s>LAVANDERA: In the coming days, residents will begin moving back into evacuated neighborhoods, but homecoming for some, like Susan Knapek, won't be happening any time soon. She's lived in this house 19 years. (on camera): This is just unbelievable.</s>SUSAN KNAPEK, WEST, TEXAS: It's just -- I'm just thankful I wasn't here in the kitchen.</s>LAVANDERA (voice-over): Susan Knapek's house is just 300 yards away from the blast site. Her son escaped with only scratches on his leg, but when you talk to Susan, you can sense how losing friends in the explosion and watching neighbors lose their homes is taking a toll. (on camera): What does it mean to you to have so many friends out here helping you?</s>KNAPEK: There's no words. People have come up to this door, and we've been here, we don't even know, offered help. People have brought food, offered money. People have come from I don't know where, and it's awesome. It just warms my heart.</s>LAVANDERA: And, Zoraida, yesterday and today, city employees here in the town of West have been given the days off to attend funerals and the memorial service, as you saw yesterday. And yesterday after the memorial service, President Obama and Michelle Obama spent more than an hour meeting with the victims' families privately before taking off from the Waco area in Marine One -- Zoraida.</s>SAMBOLIN: I'm sure that helped some of those folks quite a bit. Ed Lavandera, thanks so much. And, you know, as we watch this, we keep on saying, what can we do? What can we do? So, I want to remind you that we have CNN.com/impact where you can get a lot of information on how you can help for all of these tragedies across our country. And coming up a police chief apologizing for video that's 27 years old. The controversy over this training video that makes fun of the homeless. EARLY START back right after the break.