making news in america this morning, bloodshed at an ariana grande concert. >> an explosion rocking one of the biggest venues in europe. >> it's shocking what happened. like just carnage everywhere. >> the deadly blast treated as a terror attack. >> a suicide bomber hit after the concert was over as people filed out. >> ariana grande had left when all of a sudden this huge sound, which sounded like an explosion, went off. >> overnight the singer and the white house reacting. the fbi on alert and the search to find who's responsible. we're live with the latest. and good morning, everyone. we're going to get to those breaking news developments this tuesday morning on that explosion at an ariana grande concert in manchester, england.

>> the death toll now stands at 22. dozens more are injured, and this morning police are trying to determine whether a suicide bomber acted alone, had accomplices or was part of a network. now, the explosion came just as that concert was ending, and you can hear it. >> oh, my god. what's going on? what just happened? what's going on? what's going on? >> you do hear the thump there in the background and many screaming not knowing what exactly took place, and this photo now seen around the world likely on the front page of your morning newspaper, a young woman, her clothes torn, her knee wrapped and bandaged and that look on her face just of shock and awe right there. just one of dozens of people injured. >> now, this whole thing happened in one of britain's biggest cities, and a lot of that downtown area is still shut down or under tight security, and our coverage this morning begins with abc's molly hunter live there in manchester. molly, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, diane. that's right. this city the morning after everything is still shut down totally on lockdown, lots of police around and, diane, lots of very scared young teenagers walking around. it was chaos and confusion. concertgoers screaming and scrambling for the exits. >> everyone just like running, people screaming and crying. >> reporter: the ariana grande concert had just ended, the pop star safely offstage when a loud explosion rocked the arena. >> oh, my god. what's going on? what just happened? >> reporter: in this dash cam video, if you look to the left, you can see the flash then hear the loud bang causing pandemonium inside and outside the venue. >> there's a lot of children without parents. there was no one to calm them down, so everyone was just screaming and crying and pushing. >> when i got up and looked out,

there was about 30 people scattered everywhere. some of them looked dead. >> reporter: the manchester arena is one of britain's main concert and sports venues with more than 20,000 seats, witnesses say the arena was packed with children and teenagers. overnight family and friends with missing loved ones flooded social media with notes and pictures pleading for any help. in london british prime minister theresa may is calling this an appalling terrorist attack, and this morning police say they believe this was the work of a suicide bomber. >> we believe the attacker was carrying an improvised explosive device, which he detonated causing this atrocity. >> reporter: now, this city is still an active crime scene. you can hear helicopters overhead as investigators try to figure out whether or not this suicide bomber acted alone. diane and kendis. >> molly, we can see the crime scene tape right behind you. what are investigators looking for at this point? >> reporter: that's exactly right, so actually where it happened is just behind me. you can see this tape, which is likely to remain up all day.

no one in, no one out as investigators look for visual, chemical clues and review all that cctv footage and talk to anyone, any eyewitnesses who may have seen anything. but you can bet that any major events at this venue are going to be canceled in the near future. diane. >> molly hunter there on the scene of what might be the deadliest attack on great britain in more than a decade. molly, thanks. the president reacted to the attack moments ago during his visit to the middle east. >> he called the people responsible, quote, evil losers. >> we stand in absolute solidarity with the people of the united kingdom. so many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers. >> and ariana grande was not hurt in the attack overnight. she actually issued a heartfelt apology to her fans. >> she tweeted, broken from the bottom of my heart. i am so sorry. i don't have words. tmz reports that the rest of her concert tour in europe has been postponed.

>> and right now u.s. homeland security says there's no evidence of credible threats against music venues here in the united states, however, the department of homeland security does warn that you might see some increased security in and around public places and events. the fbi says it will provide any assistance to britain if requested. >> and the sad part about this, one of the sad parts about this, this incident seems to be a deliberate attack on the most vulnerable, children at a pop concert. >> and joining us live let's go to former fbi counterterrorism official and abc contributor steve gomez. steve, you think of ariana grande's fans and how young they tend to skew. do you think that was the motive here? were they trying to target children? >> not necessarily children. they are looking for a target of opportunity, and what you have here is a large stadium, a lot of people going to attend this concert. they recognize that you're going to eventually have these people walking out of that stadium, and there's going to be a large crowd, and especially with the train station right there right across from the stadium, there

is going to be this period of time as people are walking out from the stadium to the train station where there is a target of opportunity if they want to try to kill a lot of people using a bomb as appears to be the case here. they have that opportunity in front of them when they all come out, and that's what they did. they took advantage of that situation. the fact that it was young children, you know, that's probably another plus in the terrorist's eyes, but i think it's the opportunity for this big venue, high-profile concert and that's what they were looking at. >> absolutely, and that said, you say a target of opportunity. there will be plenty of those in the summer ahead here in the u.s. with lots of big concerts, madison square garden or staples center there in l.a. where you are. is there really anything that can be done to stop something like this? >> well, law enforcement and the security officials that are covering these types of venues have to recognize that it's not just about screening the area leading into the venue, but you also have to consider that

people are going to be coming in and coming out at certain points before and after, and when there are large crowds, the crowds are what these terrorists are thinking about. they want to have mass casualties, maximum effect. they want it to be all over the media, and they want the terror to reign in everyone's minds, and they have to start to consider having more of a visible police presence outside of the venue so that way any suspicious activity would notice these types of, you know, law enforcement officials, also the use of undercovers where they just blend in, and they're looking for suspicious individuals who may be considering, you know, planting a bomb or pulling out a gun or something like that. those are the types of things that have to be utilized, those techniques of having officials that are floating around on the outside. that way they can intercept this type of situation. >> and no doubt, steve, part of putting together that puzzle of how to stop something like this from happening again is getting

to the bottom of exactly what did happen, so what's next in the investigation? >> well, it starts with the suspect. if it is a suicide bomber, one bomber, they have to figure out what was going on with this person leading up to this situation here where they commit the attack. you know, how long did it take for them to put together this bomb? you know, did anybody help them and help this individual put together the bomb, get the materials, was there any training? did this individual learn how to build the bomb where he's at in the uk, or was there any travel that involved going to some other place around the world to learn. >> that's fbi former counterterrorism official and abc news contributor steve gomez. steve, thanks so much for joining us. we know it's early in the morning. we appreciate it. and we do encourage you to stay with abc news for the latest on the manchester explosion at an ariana grande concert. later this half hour a witness talks about being close to the blast and about her rush to get safety. but ahead the morning's other top stories.

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>> in the united kingdom. we're watching this live image that's coming from the west bank city of bethlehem where president trump is meeting with the palestinian leader mahmood abbas. it is the final day of the president's visit to the middle east, and they're talking, of course, middle east peace for right now. the president is hoping to reignite those talks between the israelis and the palestinians. >> and this meeting with abbas today follows several public appearances with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. abc's elizabeth hur is watching

the president's busy day ahead. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning to you. yes, president trump was greeted by abbas at the president's headquarters in bethlehem this morning. we are told the red carpet was even rolled out for president trump before their brief ceremony before their meeting. now, the israelis and palestinians, they haven't held direct talks for more than three years, and so president trump has even acknowledged that a peace agreement would be one of the toughest deals of all, but he remains optimistic that it could be done eventually. now, this visit follows a warm reception in israel yesterday where the president stressed the strong bonds between the u.s. and israel. the president toured several religious sites there and became the first sitting u.s. president to visit the western wall. now, today after this meeting with abbas this morning, president trump returns to jerusalem where we are told he

will lay a wreath at israel's holocaust memorial, and then he hops back on air force one for the third leg of his trip, italy. he is expected to land in rome later this afternoon. kendis and diane. >> he plans some busy meetings there in rome, not only meeting the pope, but other members of the g7 nations. thank you, elizabeth. and, meanwhile, here at home president trump is facing another explosive report accused now of urging two of his top intelligence officials to deny that there was any collusion between his campaign and russia. >> sources tell "the washington post" the president made the request separately to the director of national intelligence, dan coats, and to the nsa director, michael rogers. both men reportedly denied the request, which they both reportedly deemed to be inappropriate. and the president's former national security adviser is pleading the fifth. michael flynn refusing to comply with a subpoena calling for him to turn over documents to the senate committee looking into russian election meddling.

and a top democrat in the house says he has evidence that flynn apparently lied about taking payments from russia, misleading investigators who were reviewing his security clearance. and the white house is unveiling president trump's budget today calling for some deep cuts to entitlement programs and increases in other areas. the plan includes $1.7 trillion in cuts over the next decade. it would slash medicaid by $800 billion and cut the food stamps program. meanwhile, it would boost spending on the military and infrastructure and would pay for a family leave program championed by ivanka trump. and we learned overnight about a u.s. raid in yemen. the pentagon confirms that ground raid targeted an al qaeda compound killing at least seven fighters. al qaeda's affiliate in yemen has claimed responsibility in the past for the failed underwear bombing in 2009 as well as the "charlie hebdo" attack in paris two years ago. when we come back, more on the breaking news story, that explosion at an ariana grande concert in england. at least 22 people killed in the concert attack. you're going to hear from a

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we spoke with a man who was inside. >> there was a lot of screaming. as i say, it was really a lot of young age girls, so there was a lot of screaming and parents trying to keep their families together and keeping all the groups. obviously a chaotic moment with a lot exiting at once. it's like any main event, it happens the same, so imagine everyone trying to run out. so there was a lot of people panicking, and we were like quite lucky enough that we were, the three of us, were together. >> a lot of panic, indeed. some of those injured were injured actually trampled in that chaos, and then there were family members frantic trying to find their missing loved ones. they actually spent the night there searching for them, so tragedy no doubt, but there have been some bright spots also. taxis in the area were giving people free rides home, free rides to the hospital. we saw hotels there open up their doors to people in need of a place to stay and actual residents opening up their homes

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a. it's 4:27. this that breaking news is is in sunny vail where firefighters are battling a huge fire at a strip mall. good morning reggie and natasha, we had big, big flames when we arrived here this morning about 15 minutes ago you can see firefighters are getting a handle on lakeside drive and oak immediamead in the city of sunnyvale. they've been fighting this fire defensively, obviously a business park so they don't want to go inside. if there's no people inside, they won't risk their fighters to go in there as well. check out this video, this is what we saw as soon as we arrived on the scene, firefighters had not even begun to put water on the flames yet.

big, big flames and they had a big, big fire to battle as soon as they arrived. off computer repair store, off hair and nails salon and a few other businesses as well so obviously this is going to impact those people. it looks like there is a lot of damage inside. there was big plumes of black smoke shooting into the sky along with those big, big flames. city of sunnyvale asked for help from the city of santa clara so those firefighters are back filling some of their stations so if there are any other calls in the city that they'll be able to respond to. as you can see, it looks like they have a handle on the fire in sunnyvale. that's the good news. we still see smoke coming off the roof of the building but this is much, much better than when we first arrive in those big, big giant flames. we'll keep you updated on abc 7 mornings. back to you in the studio. now let's turn to mike and a look at our weather today. >> hi, everybody. we'll start with live doppler 7. i've overlaid the wind layer

because any time we have a cooling trend, we lok at the winds in fairfield, they're faster yesterday, 18 miles per hour, 12 at sfo. look what they brought with them. the marine layer is back and covering more areas this morning so we'll start off mostly cloudy around the bay, partly cloudy inland. 51 to 61. we stay in the 50s at the coast throughout your 12-hour day planner. there will be a few 90s out the there but this will be the last day. a little lineup here in the cash lanes. they should have more booths open soon and over all a quiet start on the roads. we are starting off with one bart issue, a 10-minute delay a daly city. just working on that track and that should be done any minute now but we have that 10 minute delay in the pittsburg, bay point and does lyublin pleasant areas.

we'll look at foggy areas in 10. new information has been coming in from manchester all night long, talking about the deadly explosion at a ariana grande concert. uk place just arrested a 23-year-old man in connection to this attack. >> the death toll has climbed to 22 victims. this morning president trump is condemning what he called the evil losers behind the blast. elizabeth hur begins our coverage live in washington, d.c. elizabeth? >> reporter: natasha and reggie, good morning to you. britain remains on high alert and police are working around the clock with officials so far confirming children are among the dead. chaos and confusion sent concert goers scrambling for the the ariana grande concert had just ended, the pop star off stage when a loud explosion rocked the agree that. >> oh, my