good morning. i'm gigi stone woods. >> i'm frances rivera. we come to you following several breaking news stories. with president donald trump on the fourth day of his first foreign trip visiting the millian presidential palace for the first time, meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas after spending a day in jerusalem. >> the meeting between the two comes as apparent terror attack rocks the uk after an explosion struck during an ariana grande concert in manchester, killed at least 22 and injured 59. the blast occurring in a packed arena with as many as 21,000 attending. leaving many shaken. >> we were in arena and we heard

a bang and just run for me life and -- >> a balloon? >> staff. just started running. >> how did you manage to get out? >> told us to be calm and then a few minutes later let us out. then ambulances came and -- >> the department of homeland security says there are no credible threats to music venues here in the united states. as the blast marks the second attack in the uk in just the last two months. let's bring in law enforcement analyst jim cavanaugh. heart breaking story. where does the investigation go from here? >> they are focusing on the bomber, gigi, it's in full swing now. uk police said they have over 400 officers on this and they

are going to be very aggressive. likely they are conducting a search, a search warrant over there they quacall it a queen's writ to go in the house of the bomber and get everything out, bomb making materials if there. try to walk this back, see who he is and what he's about, wa exactly the motive is. and if it turns out to be terror then who are his accomplices or people who supported him or delivered him there or made a bomb for him. a lot of answers yet that we're going to have to get unfolding in the hours ahead. >> there are investigators could know the identity of this attacker but are not releasing it when it comes to this investigation. you always talk about timing and target when it comes to these attacks. what does it tell you that this happened outside the actual arena in the ticket area or the foyer area, and it happened after the concert after people were exiting? >> yeah, great point, frances.

it tells you the real motive of the bombing which is homicide. you know we talk so much about suicide bomber but the motive here is homicide. multiple homicide, mass murder. that's the motive. mass murder. you die committing the mass murder, that's the suicide. so, if it was just a suicide you would be alone somewhere in the park. but that's not what you're doing here. the timing is so critical. you are waiting for the crowd to come out. now, you want to kill all the concertgoer. we don't know the reason he wants to do that, is it tied to international terror, maybe. is it some other distorted plot in someone's head. you know, emotionally disturbed person who wants revenge on whoever you know, ariana grande fans, we don't know that yet. it's more likely terror because that's the behavior we've seen over the years and certainly in recent years in europe at these big venues. that would be the major category

but we don't know all of the answers yet. the terrorists centers are all spun up over washington, all over the world look at this real hard. those analysts looking at us talk, looking at all of their threads, they are talking back to informants looking for the data on the bomb, data on the bomber. they want to see if they can piece anything together that might stop the next attack. >> police are urging the public to share images from the scene. how critical is this to the investigation? >> oh, it's critical, really critical because you can -- with the closed circuit tv and the you know, electronic devices people use at these you can piece together the movements of the bomber just before the blast. and that's really important. he could be with an accomplice, remember the boston marathon bombers, the video showing them together, then separating to plant their bombs so it could be critical. somebody could deliver the

bomber there, walk up with him, hand him something. give him instructions. he could be talking on the cell phone at a particular time and police can go and get those calls, those numbers. so yes, it's critical to watch, how he might have handled the back pack, you know, manipulated a detonator, all those things are important. so yes, if people have video, share it. it might help stop the next attack. >> when you say that next attack, jim, we heard it over and over when it comes to these soft targets and that being the focus of these kinds of terrorist attackers, what is the reassurance the public can get time and time again when we ask how does this happen? and then we also know the soft targets given the intelligence perspective, given the tactical perspective on how the public, whether it's in the uk or here in the united states can be protected. >> right. frances, well there is no sure bet that everybody can be

totally protected all the time. we have to live our lives and we have to be brave about that for sure. but the chances of being struck in one of these attacks is very, very small as well. more things can be done. i think we've see attacks outside these venues in paris at the soccer stadium, at the airports prior to security in belgium, we saw it at istanbul and these are all in recent last year or so. so and there's many others going back in history. so we look at that, and we say okay, what about pushing that perimeter security out even if it's lighter it has to be better. so what i would stay a guy walking across or lingering in front of the terminal there, in front of the box office ticket area, how long was he there? that's an important fact. i think all police officers and investigators want to know that. how long was he there? was he there 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 5 minutes?

because that is an important fact. it may be you can help you defeat the next one. so bomb sniffing dogs outside that can walk up and you know, sniff people that are around there, sniff the area. a guy carrying a lot of explosives in a back pack, a bomb sniffing dog trained to do that, he can big that guy up right away and then officers can be brought in to question him and be moved out. you won't stop everyone but you can stop more. and maybe you know, higher surveillance level of the lighter perimeter with elevated officers watching. things can be done that are not impossible to do. but ultimately it's the crowd the terrorist is after, they were after the crowd. if the you keep that in mind when at these events living your life, keep that in mind. don't always run with the crowd. you might want to think a little more independently, you can't get out of every line and crowd certainly, but you don't always have to be rushing to be in the middle of one. so just think about that. the terrorist is trying to get the crowd, if the crowd's

running the terrorist is trying to get them to run toward them. so keep your head on in the public events that you know, you don't need to just run willy-nilly in every direction. think before you move. >> certainly. especially if there is confirmation in the reports initial reports we heard so far that maybe some of the 22 people who died and the 59 injured may have been injured through a stampede from that. jim, thank you. >> horrible. thanks, frances. thanks, gigi. >> we have a night of strong storms across new mexico. you can see it here. hail more than two inches in diameter coming down covering the ground along the highway. i want to check in with nbc meteorologist bill karins who is following more severe weather in the southeast. what can we expect today? >> good morning. yesterday we didn't have much in the way of flash flooding with a threat continues, it's a soaking rain from alabama, mississippi

through georgia and the carolinas. now as we go throughout the day over 17 million at risk of flash flooding. the flood watches from louisiana back through the carolinas. this will be today into tomorrow before it drys out. we have a chance of severe storms, 6 million at risk, two areas, one victoria, corpus christi, and from columbus, georgia, savannah town to good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. we're getting a dry start this morning and a warmer one, too. 61 degrees. spotting some fog in the suburbs and more rain on the way for later today. i've got your neighborhood forecast ahead at 4:30. >> thank you. here's a look what the we're working on for "nbc10 news today" -- >> a security expert from our area shares insight about the terror attacks at that concert in manchester, england. we have all the breaking developments. nearly free. this philadelphia man is about to be released after spending the last 24 years behind bars. his family tells us how he

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we're following breaking news out of manchester, england where a blast outside an ariana

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[ screams ] terror in manchester. this morning, we're learning more about the explosion at a concert in england that killed nearly two dozen people. we're seeing new video of what happened seconds after the blast. flash mob fight. police expect to make more arrests in this brawl among high school students that left several officers hurt. and sucker punch suspect. police make an arrest after video shows an attack that targeted a man with cerebral palsy. as we go on the air, we're getting more information about that explosion. good morning, this is "nbc10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's start with the weather and get right to meteorologist bill henley with the first alert

neighborhood forecast. the most accurate forecast in town. how's it looking? the rain has taken a break. doesn't look bad in easton. fog has been thick at times this morning. pottstown was down to zero visibility but has improved a bit. now one-mile visibility for pottstown, reading, and lancaster. light fog for bluebell. not an issue for philadelphia. fog is light in wilmington and dover. we can see it thicken as temperatures are falling. it is a warmer start than yesterday by a few degrees. 61 now in philadelphia. 50s for much of the rest of the area. no rain this morning. any rain is going to wait until late this afternoon, this evening. a mostly dry day. we'll get to see sunshine. the fog will disappear in the lehigh valley. breaks of sunshine, warming to 72 in philadelphia. i'll break it down hour by hour in ten minutes. first let's see how the traffic is looking on a tuesday morning. francesca ruscio in the first alert traffic center. thank you, bill. very light traffic early this morning. we'll look at the schuylkill expressway from our girard avenue camera. either direction, we have a

couple of cars out there. again, it's 4:29 right now. we're not expecting any heavier volume on any of the majors this morning. we have an accident at soederton. traffic is green, so it's not affecting -- probably little to no cars in the area. 95 southbound woodhaven toward the vine will take you 13 minutes. very light traffic on the northbound side. i'll have another update in ten minutes. [ screams ] what's going on? oh, my god! >> breaking developments from overnight in that deadly explosion that happened at an ariana grande concert overseas. police in manchester say at least 22 people died, more than 50 others were hurt. children are among the victims. nbc10's matt delucia is live in our digital operations center. matt, police just released new details, and we're hearing from president trump just in the last few minutes. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: president trump spoke w