Listen Live
Donate
 on air
    Schedule

    KCRW

    Read & Explore

    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Culture
    • Events

    Listen

    • Live Radio
    • Music
    • Podcasts
    • Full Schedule

    Information

    • About
    • Careers
    • Help / FAQ
    • Newsletters
    • Contact

    Support

    • Become a Member
    • Become a VIP
    • Ways to Give
    • Shop
    • Member Perks

    Become a Member

    Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

    DonateGive Monthly

    Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

    Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
    Cookie Policy
    |FCC Public Files|

    Back to To the Point

    To the Point

    America Deals with an Act of Terror

    Speaking of the two bombs that killed three and wounded dozens at yesterday's Boston Marathon, President Obama today announced , "Given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism." The crime scene is 12 blocks long in the heart of a city still in a state of shock.

    • rss
    • Share
    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Speaking of the two bombs that killed three and wounded dozens at yesterday's Boston Marathon, President Obama today announced, "Given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism." The crime scene is 12 blocks long in the heart of a city still in a state of shock. There have been no arrests and no one has claimed responsibility. Praising "exhausted runners who kept running to the nearest hospital to give blood, and those who stayed to tend to the wounded," and medical staffs and students at several local hospitals, he called on all Americans to be on the alert. We talk to Bostonians and update the investigation. What can be learned from the history of terrorism in the United States?

    The full episode

    2 of 3
    One Day after the Boston Marathon Bombings, What We Know
    1. 0:00Senate 'Gang of 8' Hammer Out Bipartisan Immigration Bill
    2. 8:11America Deals with an Act of TerrorYou’re reading this
    3. 43:25Task Force Finds US Indisputably Tortured Prisoners
    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

    • KCRW placeholder

      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

    • KCRW placeholder

      Jason Schwartz

      Boston Magazine

    • KCRW placeholder

      Bruce Hoffman

      Visiting Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

    • KCRW placeholder

      Brian Levin

      founding director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    2 of 3
    One Day after the Boston Marathon Bombings, What We Know
    1. 0:00Senate 'Gang of 8' Hammer Out Bipartisan Immigration Bill
    2. 8:11America Deals with an Act of TerrorYou’re reading this
    3. 43:25Task Force Finds US Indisputably Tortured Prisoners
    Back to To the Point