Boston Marathon suspect could face death penalty

Dzohkhar Tsarnaev. Credit: FBI

Boston's marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev was charged with an offence that could lead to the death penalty, if he is found guilty.

The charge - using a weapon of mass destruction - was put to the 19-year-old in his hospital bed, where he remains in a "serious condition."

A week on from the fatal explosions, a minute's silence was held across the United States in memory of those who died.

Washington Correspondent Robert Moore reports: