Boston officials will be holding a press conference at 4:30 PM.
We’re monitoring the latest news out of Boston. Fox News reports three dead (another report from CNN says 2 fatalities). Video footage of the explosions. Biden reacts. We’ll bring you more as soon as we’re able to confirm new details.
3:50 PM: This probably states the obvious but at moments of high tension it merits repeating. We do not know what happened in Boston. We’ll probably get initial indications soon enough. But it’s highly probable that initials reports will include details end up being inaccurate.
3:59 PM: According to CNN, Boston PD is confirming that two are dead in Boston.
Reuters is reporting an explosion* at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
The race started early this morning, so the leaders had already finished hours before the explosion; and presumably much of the field had already crossed the finish line before the explosion occurred. But the finish line at a marathon usually remains a gathering point and center of activity for much of the day of the race, so a significant crowd could be expected to still be present.
Photos from incident are beginning to trickle in, particularly via Twitter, and include some gruesome and bloody scenes. “There are a lot of people down,” one man told the AP.
Ongoing coverage in TPMLivewire.
*Later reports indicate two explosions occurred in succession.
An importer of North Korean booze who once lied to the FBI about his extensive contacts with South Korean intelligence is the only registered agent in America for the isolated communist regime. His stated task: develop and promote a coastal mountain retreat in North Korea for tourism, including a casino. Hunter Walker has our story.
Michele Bachmann has been selected by Speaker Boehner to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to repeal the Louisiana income tax died in committee this morning.
Pope Francis supports crackdown on US nuns.
As the US and North Korea hurtle toward possible conflict, meet the ex-con (on espionage-related charges no less) who’s the sole registered foreign agent for North Korea in the US. We tracked him down working out of a ramshackle apartment in Manhattan. And, oh yeah, he also imports the North Koreans main liquor product.
Joe Scarborough goes on epic rant about Obama’s tax rate: Watch.
I’m not sure Scarborough realizes there’s a difference between a wealthy person who pays a lowish tax rate and wants to raise rates and one who pays a lowish tax rate and want to make them lower. Seriously, Joe, you’re being a moron.