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actually wsh believe it or not at the beginning of this and not at the end. >> it's remarkable evening. and don't forget we have a terrorism story tonight we have many developments in the russia story and this feels like the norm. >> of course there is a another major breaking news story you alluded to the massive explosion in manchester in the united kingdom. >> and cnn live coverage of that breaking news story continues now with cnn and isha sesay. >> and i'm isha sesay breaking news this police in manchester, england are investigating a deadly explosion outside one of bretten's largest entertainment venue at least 19 people killed and 50 wounded after explosion just outside the manchester arena. this happened around 10:35 p.m. local time just a a concert by pop star ariana grande ended >> grande tweeted this broken from the bottom of the my heart i am so sorry i don't have words. fear and panic erupted as the crowded of around 20,000 people,
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many teenagers desperately tried to leave the venue. won wernt law enforcement official told cnn a man has been identified at the scene as the probable suicide bomber. so far, no claim of responsibility. police in britain have an emergency number for anyone looking for information. >> an emergency number is available for all those concerned about their loved ones or anyone who may have been in the area. the number is 0161le 8569400. >> we are current treating this as a terrorist incident. until we have further information. we are working closely with national counterterrorism policing network and uk intelligence partners. this is clearly a very concerning time for everyone.
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>> well this is as dwechlg story we've got correspondents kofrpg the story would you, producer joints from us manchester arena sfla eric is live outside the infirmny and max foster outside 10 downing street. >> but deanne first you outside the crime scene where the terrorist attack or believed suspected terrorist attack took place what's the latest from there zain? >> yes, jonathan some six and a half hours ago behind me behind the car the police cordon you can see the manchester arena car part and a bomb ripped through -- an explosion ripped through the arena. and that explosion has had some fatalities. 19 people killed. 40 people injured. and some 40 ambulances descend he had on to manchester arena when this happened hat 10:35 p.m. local time in manchester.
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we've had emergency services. wove had people that have come in. people who have shone the best side in this traumatic situation. people who have come some of the hotels like the holiday inn and the crown plaza and open doors and rooms to people. those stranded the arena can hold 20,000 people when they flooded out they needed places to go i spoke to people who came to the skerpt spoke to a gentleman sat in the front row and when the attack took place the only place he could exit to the closest was on on taj he was helped by arianaen grande's bodyguard i spoke to sisters near the back of the arena when the explosion took place. and while trying to get out they saw casualties and saw fatalities. the people you speak to are talking but they are clearly trauma advertised and clearly suffering after such an attack in manchester. >> all right. zain. thank you. let's go to our erin
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mclaughlinen outside the royal infirmary. erin what are you hearing about the conditions of those injured taken to local area hospitals? we know some 59 people currently admitted in hospital there? what are you hearing? >> well here outside the manchester royal infirmary, the priority really treating those injured inside. this hospital was so busy in the overnight hours they actually stopped admitting regular patients, treating trauma patients only. they have signs outside the hospital saying authorized personnel only. cnn managed to speak to one eye witness 17-year-old ellie ward as she was leaching the hospital he recounted in horrific detail what happened inside the arena. they was there to see a ariana grande fl at the end of the concert grande sunk her last song enforcement leefrpg the
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arena with her friend her greater got caught up in the explosion. he had arrived to pick her up. he was on a lower level. he is now being treated at the hospital behind me with a head injury. one of many stories we are hearing of individuals, parents, relatives who had arrived at that arena to pick they are kids up from the concert. now caught up in in horrific explosion that's being treated as a terrorist attack. isha. >> okay maxwell outside number 10. so max walks where what are we expecting to hear from the british government in keeping in mind this comes before two and a half weeks before britain votes in the general election. >> the election has been put on hold. the campaigning has been put on hold. nears may's conservative party told us that mishap. she issued a short statement saying her thoughts were with those aircrafted by the attack. we know there will be a cobra meeting its called a is
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emergency meeting of senior government ministers and officials involved in the response to this. that will happen at 9:00 local time. that's where the latest intelligence will be gathered and assessed. the operation being led by manchester but also being assessed here in londened london in terms of what the national response. >> mansion, thank you erin back to you. for those who have taken to hospital are we getting any details as to the type of injuries they are suffering from? >> at the moment isha hospital staff are not being forthcoming with the details. we are expecting an update from them in the coming hour. but right now the priority is treating the victims, the injured inside the hospital as i said they've been very busy in the overnight hours. s in one of six hospitals in the area treating the dozens injured in the explosion. >> all right. erin mclaughlinen joining from outside manchester royal
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infirmary. maxwell outside 10 downing street. and outside the arena thanks to all of. >> joining us in los angeles. form fbi yibt. counterterrorism expert and editor of the foreign desk international a uts frmgs news website also in boston cnn national security juliet kiem. juliette first to you we have to remind ourselves that the target here women and children. what does that say to you about how may have been behind this cheerily just -- just how devastating this attack was? >> yes, i mean there is terrorist attacks we sort of get used to. and then there is ones that set a new bar or lower a new baier sort of targeting not just a concert we've seen that before say in paris, but one whose audience is like, 11, 12, 13, 14-year-old girls some no often not with the parents. some of the pictures you've been showing all night you see the
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parents on the other side of the security. any parent knows they drop off the kid and wait around then the kid comes out. the primary focus you've been seeing of course is family unification by now a couple hours later noevgss are likely occurring if not occurring soon. this is the olowering of a new standard if we call it that in counterterrorism. and -- and suggests of course first we den know who the assailant -- the perpetrator is or connected to anyone else. but how you know simplistic of attack this is because the assailant did not need to get through it appears any security protocols to get in. >> lisa to you as jewel juliette was just saying we don't know who the prerp trait i is or the group affiliated with. the question is was it directed or inspired by any one particular outfit. >> the answer is probably both. what i've been reporting on a long time is the shift or ee
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vochg face of isis or al qaeda what the groups realize is that individuals cannot bear all the risks of going to fight along side isis go to syria, go to iraq to be trangd. getting you can stuck having problems and the on the way journey have buyers remorse and coming back to european countries. the new message to individualing who are inspired and supporters of in jihadism is to launch attacks at home and even if you have one casualty that's enough. you are a mart thor puff helped the cause. local attacks whether in coffee shops or sports arenas or places young people hang out. it's symbolic of in attack towards the west and western lifestyle. naes exactly what they're pushing at on propaganda and social media. and the children whether they've gone abroad or stayed in parents basement they're absorbing the material. >> steve, how would this suicide bomber be identified by in
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western law enforcement official who said that essentially they know who this person may have been. >> well if he says they know who he is it means they've got clear photographs of him because they're not doing that off witness testimony. and so obviously the first ning you're going to look at are the videos of the security cameras around. he will most likely be obvious and they're going to put it through any kind of software neck. but they might just show it to the local counterterrorism people and they say that's my guy. >> stay with us guys we want to get jessica peer point who joins us live at the concert she joins us on the phone from manchester. so jessica, you were at the concert how are you doing right now. >> have you managed to process. >> yeah i'm the slightly still shaken up and i'll be honest with you i haven't really slept. and it's 10 pattie 5:00 in the morning. and yeah, i haven't slept. >> so. >> it's horrible. >> i can only imagine.
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i mean seeing the scene it's truly terrifying. jessica where were you when the explosion happened. >> well i had meet and greet with my friends. and ariana had only just left the stanl when the concert was over. and everybody was leaving to get out of the seats. and in the arena they like a flight of stairs which you have to walk up to get out of the building. everybody was heading towards those. and all of a sudden we heard like the first explosion and everybody turns around. thinking that it was like a gun or something like that. nobody knew like what to think. and everybody just screamed and ran. and it was horrendous. we were just just crushed up against one another trying to leave. >> jessica clearly obviously before the explosion happened, this had been quite an exciting night for you. you actually got to neat ariana grande is that right. >> yes i do tell us about that. >> i was at the last tour.
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everything was fine then. honestly, i just was not expecting it at all. it sort of went from like a dream come true to the worst nightmare you could honestly it's like unimaginable. >> yeah. jessica, who were you there with? i mean? tell bus -- who did you go to the concert with? >> i was with my friends, frayia. and we both had meet and greet people. i have a lot of friends from twitter all of us have cuts for ariana on twitter a lot of us will meet during the day and we'll just hanging around. and at the time i was with my friends frayia and my other friends gnat mri and when it happened, i actually lost frayia for a little while after the explosion. so i was just in such a panic because i was leaving with her to go home. and i was just terrified. i didn't know what to think.
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>> did you find her? >> yes. yes, i did. >> so all your friends are accounted for right now jessica. >> yes my friends natalie and paris have minor injuries and they're in hospital at the moment. i think had a mark on her neck and had -- and dahlia had grazed knees. i know they're being taken care of now in hospital. >> all right. because there was a bit of panic almost like a stampede or a crush when the explosion happened. >> yes. >> and everyone tried to get out. were people hurt during that -- at that moment? >> i didn't see anybody hurt from where i was. luckily i was away when the whole thing happened. but after see going on the news and hearing it on the radio, like i've just heard so many witnesses say that there was just like blood everywhere and bodies on the floor.
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and it was just horrible. >> i know you poor thing. jessica when you ran up the stairs after you heard the explosion where did you go? tell me about what happened when you managed to get up the stairs? >> well, at the time we didn't know like what the noise was. and everybody was saying that it could have just been like a speaker or sig like had like blown from the stage. and somebody from ariana's crew actually walked out with a microphone to say everybody was fine and everybody needs to remain calm and you know things are fine. but then you know as soon as we reached the top there was just security everywhere just having us like evacuate. and we heard the sirens. and alert was asking everybody to leave the building. >> jessica we're hearing from sources at cnn that this attack could have been carried out by a suicide bomber. >> yes. >> a man debt natured his explosives just outside the venue. when you hear that news it must
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be chilling to think that someone targeted in concert this venue and you and your friends. >> yes. >> with a suicide vest. there must be- i believe i can only imagine how insecure you must feel knowing the venue was targeted how do you feel at this point. >> honestly, you don't. it's just -- it's horrible because you hear about all of these events on the news and just these horrific acts ever violence towards such innocent people. and you never think that can happen to you. but, like -- like until it happens to you you never truly are going to understand how real it is and these things happen and in so many people get hurt. and it's just -- it's so hard to explain like i honestly -- i don't know how i'm going to be able to think about this amazing experience i had meeting ariana like now after what's happened. i just think this is just made
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in such a horrible day for me now. >> you're going to have to take it one hour on the a time sweetheart it's terrifying what happened. have you spoken to your loved ones have you spoken to parents do they know you're okay? >> yeah. so while i was in the arena and i was as i was leaving i called my mom straight away. and my mom is normally with me when i see like artists and things but she wasn't with me this time. so like i called her up and obviously it only just happened so not a lot of people knew what had happened at the time. so like i just called my mom in such a panic and i was just crying my eyes out my family were hirktsle on the phone. >> i had all my friends messaging me. i suppose it's nice because you don't actually realize how many like of your friends and your family really like truly care about like your safety and it's
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just been -- overwhelming the amount of messages that i've received. >> jessica you've been through an absolute nightmare. we are so pleased that you are safe you and all your friends. >> thank you. thank you. >> just take it easy. one -- one hour at a time. and you're going to get through this. but thank you so much for. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much for speaking to us we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> jessica just 18 years old has been through a night that no 18-year-old should have to endure. >> no one 18-year-old. >> with that take a short break a lot more on breaking news coverages out of manchester find out how one concert goer described all the aftermath that in just a moment. >> yes. radio: scorching heat today folks, stay cool out there!
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welcome back everybody we have more now on breaking news police investigating a deadly explosion outside one of britain as largest entertainment venue at least 19 people killed, at least 50 others under wounded after the blast happened outside the manchester arena. all took place 10:35 p.m. local time after a concert by the pop star ariana grande.
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>> they're may will chair a meeting of the emergency kmlt many they've identified a male at the scene as the probably suicide bomber so far no kplams of possibility skbloo ariana grande issued statement it reads tonight our hearts are broken. word cannot express our sorrow for the victims and families harmed in this senseless attack. we mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by in cowardly act. >> thankful for the self-less selves of sponlders who rushed toward danger we ask all of you hold the victims families all those affected in your hearts and prayers. >> back with us here in los angeles, cnn lor enformer fbi drifrmt. lass lisa been a editorens foreign juliette kayyem, national security analyst for cnn is in bofts. >> juliette to start with you, again this western law enforcement official telling cnn it was probably a suicide borper was the suicide bomber part of a
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cell with o are there follow up attacks tell us how about in unfolds from the operational investigative front. >> it will unfold as we we've seen many cases unfold. first identification figuring out whether he had been surveilled or known to authorities. in most cases they are. these are not people that are always the under the radar. sometimes they have criminal convictions for things totally unrelated. they are people who are lost or become radicalized. then of course who he was working with, who he mafbl affiliated with where, where he was living and working. so really look at it as sort of consent rick circle once they identify who it is they might know whos it p then the investigation will take a series of circles around that to see if there are any others involved. at the same time on the operational side you'll see a
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lot of just leaning in in the next couple of weeks. there is an election going on there. of greater security presence and then here in the united states you're already seeing the department of homeland security talk about you know sort of there is no specific threat but that you know people should see something say something, probably see mayors in the morning put more police around concerts. it's a weekend. long weekend here in the united states. so there will be a lot of sort unl moving in and precautionary activity going on i think you know in western countries. >> steve a lot of people comparing this attack with what happened in paris at the bat a clan theater. and american band was playing that american singer tonight at manchester last night in manchester. are there similarities here? how do you piece it all together. >> the targets could be similar because it was an american artist. that could be it. i think mainly what they were looking at is body count that you had that many people here.
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and they -- you know you never know when they're going to get all their things together. once you have your explosive you can't wait forever. it's almost like once you've create the or obtained your explosive you -- the clock is running. you have to do an attack. so depending on their logistics they looked for the one target they could hit before time ran out on the explosives. >> lisa, as you said, a short time ago, the question of inspired or directed is kind of a blurred line in this day and age. are you surprised we haven't seen any group jump on the band wagon publicly and claim some port of the warped glory. >> it's a touch too soon. usually the next day we soo about 12 to 24 hours later whether it was isis or al qaeda they'll take responsibility usually in the suicide bomber left a note that will tell us more. or facebook pages and some sort of identification will lead
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us -- give us better answers. but we always see online there is some sort of jumping on the band wagon. even last week with the times square car crash isis came out they aim came out and said there should be more such attacks in the west mp meaning everyone has a car everyone has a kitchen knife everyone has an axe you no longer need to build a sophisticated weapon when you can take what you have the household goods and launch attacks in the west. that's exactly the propaganda going out. it's just not gout in arabic it's going out in 12 to 14 languages. >> you can do low tech and bring terrors to the streets of anywhere. but it is the grand sprkt sprkts they. >> these the flags you plant in the sand if you loo. >> that's not the main goal. what we used to see the al qaeda september 11 you retreat and plan and go forward and launch. right now it's when you have a weapon there are so many types of venues you could hit.
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kwob a night club, restaurant, anywhere where people are -- there is life everywhere. i think the main point is that tomorrow may 23rd we're going to go all about life as usual. . they will go back to plotting and planning finding the next person to carry out the attack. >> juliette kayyem? boston, as far as the investigation what is loren is doing prevent the next attack from happening knowing informs a suicide. bomber how does that change the equation. >> that is the hardest part. because the unfortunately the people willing to do this it's not infinite there is not thousands of people. but they are difficult to decadent. most of them are trained to lie under the radar most of in re lives some radical az eyized and figure out how to do this stuff on their own. and so the -- while prevention is important, we also have to think about sort of protection
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efforts and preparedness efforts. so it's -- you know it's important that you have a greater police presence at these events. you have what with we call leader security at an event you may have the gates but also security on the other side of the gates. then of course it can't be forgotten the extent to which investments in the first responders are key because that saves lives. we have a horrible, horrible fatality rate right now. but without the sort of fast thinking without you see the pictures of the ambulances going to the hospitals we probably would have lost more. we may lose more overnight but certainly the investments also in that preparedness and response capacity is key because of the challenges of stopping the next person. >> steve, as you are talking about the steps to be taken to try and prevent the next -- the next outrage if you will, minding the digital landscape is also as important. >> you have to be mining the digital landscape. you have to be looking
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everywhere every rock that these people could be under. they have to communicate somehow. they have to -- they have to talk to cells. have to talk to other people supporting. there are communications going on. and they are almost all digital. and that's where you have to put your resources at this point. the other thing is we are talking earlier about the size of these attacks. what kept us safe for so long was the al qaeda philosophy that we have to be big every time. and when you try to launch a big attack you leave ripples in the water. now they are realizing that these smaller, smaller attacks are actually giving them almost as much traction because people say much more that could have been me. or in could be -- it could be a mall. >> when it comes to the claims of responsibility very quickly pb o, if this wasn't directed by isis this was like a freelancer, is there any reluctance any hesitation any shape -- because of you know if they tarring are
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women and children are here? >> guys at raqqa are going to say. >> shame is not a worried. >> bad word to use you know what i mean. >> i don't think there will be any problem of them claiming responsibility. but at the same time this is doesn't look to me to be something just home grown in manchester. >> steve and loo lisa, jults thank you so much we appreciate you being. >> appreciate it thank you. >> a lot more on the breaking news story out of manchester we are live outside the arena. also in downing sfreet in london where the prime minister will hold emergency meeting in a few hours from now. all of that after a short break. are you done yet?
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hell ofr everybody watching cnn numerous live fl los angeles np. >> let's bring to return to breg new pous out of uk a suicide bottomer cause of the explosion outside
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the manchester arena hours ago. . oh my god. what went on? what is happening? what's going on? oh my god. >> you can hear the terror, the absolute confusion and the screams. at least 19 people killed and 50 wounded. following a pop concert by ariana grand aire. >> the explosion sent the crowd of 20,000 people many teenagers desperately scrambling to get out one witness describes the aftermath at total chaos bodies scattered everywhere. so far no claim of responsibility. many of the concert were teens and children, 15-year-old olivia was among enemy now she is missing her mother desperate to know what happened to her daughter she talked to don lemon a short time ago. >> this is the most horrible
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feeling ever to know your daughter is there you can't find her don't know if she is dead or alive. and i don't know how people can do this to innocent children. . >> it is horrible. can't find her. >> so i have to say, i think you have your television up in the background if you do if you don't mind turning it down. >> yes. >> hopefully -- hopefully charlotte. >> yes. >> that is just hero phone isn't working. and adam's phone isn't working and you'll be able to get in touch with her. that is the hope tonight. >> oh, my god. yeah, i just want her home. i want her home and i want her safe. >> oh the thoughts of many other parents also in manchester separated from children. let's go right now to manchester, cnn's erin mclaughlinen will is nina dos santos. erin to you as first what is the
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latest you're hearing on the can be of the injured? i know you're outside one of the manchester hospitals. >> hi, isha, just to geoff you a sense of the magnitude of this emergency, some 59 victims admitted to the hospital, some six local hospitals in the overnight hours. 60 ambulances responding to the arena. i am outside of one of the hospitals, manchester royal infirmary. it was so busy in the overnight hours that the hospital actually stopped admitting regular patients. there are signs post-ed outside saying authorized personnel only. we managed to speak to some of the eye witnesses and relatives of the victims as they were leaving the hospital. we spoke to one woman in her 30s. she was here to see her sister and her mother -- sister and mother had arrived at the arena to pick up the sister's nieces. were caught up in the explosion. this woman telling us they were
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hit by shards of glass. we spoke to another -- another person who attended the concert, 17-year-old ellie ward. she was there with a friend right after ariana grande finished the last song the lights went up in the arena. they were leaving. that's when she said the explosion occurred. she said her greater was in a lower floor and sustained head injures admitted to the hospital behind me. we're hearing all sorts of stories of people caught up in this explosion, many of them a parent abaunt, relatives of the kids who attended that concert. >> okay erin thank you let's go to nina in london covering this for us as well. nina, word we're hearing now is suicide bomber has been identified coming out of this attack. britain has seen a number of of smaller scale terrorist attacks if you like in recent weeks walks years be knives, cars, the
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fact it was a suicide bomber is likely to send chills not just to the government but across the uk. >> you can imagine this is something that the uk prime minister theresa may is going to be discussing very, very intently with her cabinet members when she chairs one of those emergency situation room time meetings we have here in the uk. they're called cobra meetings take place about 9:00 in the morning. we've got about three and a half hours from now for intelligence officials to gather all the materials they can from the scene. but you're yet yes what we've seen the last couple of months is more the threat of knives. two incidents of people having been either arrested or taken down by police officers around parliament armed with knives one of them the deadly attack on westminster bridge which involved a car. knows are so-called low-tech, high-impact impact attacks. but this in particular seems to be something different. so of course it raises all sorts
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of questions for security forces here about who this individual could have been if indeed it turns out that what largely at the moment seems to be coming from the united states, u.s. intelligence indicates that according to urs sources spoken to cnn this could be the work of a suicide bomber. that could change things indeed john. >> okay nina thank you. live in london erin mclaughlinen live in manchester. time now is 5:40 in the morning we thank you for being with us liver just as the sun comes up many many hours since the apparent terrorist attack. >> quick break now much more on the deadly explosion in manchester, england. police treating that blast a a terrorist incident, at least 19 people dead, dozens more wounded, the latest, straight ahead. only at the home depot.
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hello everyone following breaking news out of manchester england where there has been a deadly explosion. the blast happened as crowd of people many children and teenagers leaving the manchester arena following a concert by u.s. pop star ariana grande.
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19 people confirmed dead. >> dozens also hurt. it's feared the toll will rise in what police are considering a terrorist incidents. u.s. officials says the attack was probably carried by a suicide bomber. >> cnn spoke to one of the concert goers who took his 10-year-old little brother to see ariana as a birthday present. >> we got to the concert about 7:00 p.m. and then had a good time everything like this this. it was really good first concert he had ever been to. then about -- about 10:40 the explosion happened. and we was walking up the stairs about to leave and the exact same direction where the actual explosion happened. >> you heard the explosion very clearly. >> oh, yeah. it wasn't 40 feet away. the boom rattled in my chest. you could feel it in the ground.
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and it was just horrific. >> well that poor little boy. well cnn national security analyst skeef hall joins from us tucson arizona. good to have you with us. the obvious situation is why didn't the intelligence officials in this case the brits counterterrorism why didn't they -- why didn't they intervene before hand? why didn't they pick this up on the radar? give us your assessment of basically how efficient brisht counterterrorist officials are? how do they measure zblup the british counterinterrelation system is extremely good. and really the -- it's not emotionally satisfying. but at the end of the day it's just extremely difficult, the fact of the matter is, to try to track each and every attempted terrorist attack, especially if it's dsh a single ton type of i can't which as far as we know right now it was. that's not to say that it was a lone wolf style attack, somebody
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who perhaps self-radicalized. that's possible but in this particular case given the magnitude of damage and the significant size of the bomb, it looks like there was more than with us one person involved. but even with more than one person involved, i mean there is literally thousands upon thousands of people who are on really any country as watch list. it's just extremely difficult to know when precisely they're going to strike and under what conditions. again it's not particularly emotionally satisfying. but, you know, many days go by with no terrorist attacks. one slips by and everybody asks the question you're rag o asking rightfully so how could we miss that. the first people asking that are law enforcement and intelligence officials in the uk right now. >> but, steve in terms of like investigative footprint knowing what may be coming down the line the fact that it was a suicide bomber believed to be a suicide bomber, a very powerful explosive device used, that seems to be a bigger footprint as compared to say somebody who
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use as car to run a group of people down or knife. >> yes. that's true. and when you get the types of situations that we've seen in france other places where we have clearly what's -- what is a lone wolf attack, gets in a car use that is as a weapon. that's even harder. so there is a chance i think -- a good chance the investigation of in and the intelligence that it's going to be collected not only from the scene but also you know signals intelligence, human intelligence, as this investigation moves forward we'll probably get a good sense how it was -- how it was done. and who did it. now of course we don't -- as far as we know we don't have anybody who has claimed responsibility. but the really important part will be how did it happen, and how is it put together? and potentially is it not over yet? you recall that in some attacks there is a first attack followed by pun additional ones later on. or there are people who feel
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they have to carry out an attack because they have the means to do so and waiting for the right moment. now they know the police are out got to do something there are a lot of questions still to be answered >> hasn't that time passed lt already the second attack comes within a few hours are you saying there's a possibility that window is open. >> the there were attacks in the past and some played out over days. there are different cells. you can have interest zprupgss happened in a plan. somebody haste hand get forced the other cells are taken unawares. i don't think we're out of the woods. we're seeing preparations not just? uk but certainly in the u.s. urns united states to see whether three any additional attacks or copy cat attack. >> you lead me into the next question, i imagine british counterinterrelation law enforcement reaching out to counterpart across europe and here in the united states. at this point i'd imagine coordination is coordination is extremely important.
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>> absolutely critical if you do not -- the fight against terrorism in today's modern world with modern intelligence services and law enforcement that we have right now is extremely interdependent. that's a good thing. got to be talking to all of the i lies all the the law enforcement worldwide phenomena. it happens all the over the place and everybody has got to coordinate on these things or else it's not going to be successful. it's absolutely critical zblch thank you for being with us. steve hall, thanks. a quick break here. a deadly explosion at a concert in manchester, england. you can see a concert packed with girls. we'll hear from an eyewitness next. i guess i was born with a crayon in my hand.
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grande. cellphone video from inside the area captured the blast. >> oh, my god. >> what's going on? >> well, investigators are looking into this as a possible suicide bombing. law enforcement sources say a male at the scene has been identified as the likely bomber. >> we talked to siera just after she made it out of the arena. >> the music had just gone off. there was a massive, massive explosion. there was smoke coming up -- and there was smoke coming like up through the steps. and everyone was screaming and some were saying it could be a bomb. and there were people shouting
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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'mitia sesay. >> at least 19 people killed and 50 wounded just outside of manchester, england at 10:00 p.m. last night. many