this morning this morning on "world news now" -- concert carnage. a deadly blast. after a pop concert by ariana grande. >> police suspect terrorism in the explosion. young fans seen on video running for safety. >> we heard a bang. and i had to run for my life. >> overnight frantic family members searching for loved ones as leaders react to what could be britain's deadliest terror take in a decade. >> complete coverage on this special edition of "world news now". >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we do say good morning to you everybody on this tuesday. what a rough morning to come to yo

concert. take a look at the scenes we are getting from manchester england. you can see the streets fairly empty outside the concert venue. manchester one of the uk's biggest cities. the investigation is on? going overnight. >> at least 19 people are dead. more than 50 injured by the blast. and then also, the subsequent panic as concert-goers tried to get out of the arena. ♪ [ explosion ] >> oh, my god. what just happened? [ bleep ] what's going on? you can see as the video continues a frantic rush for the exit. in the rush some of the injured were trampled. police believe that this may have been the work of a suicide bomber. one report says the device was filled with nails for maximum injury. many of the attending concert were teens, some preteens, some

and they have been sharing their stories throughout the night. >> well the lights came up after the concert. and everyone was getting up to leave. and all of a sudden there was a big bang. everyone started running, people were screaming, crying. and tried to look for an exit. we were at the top. we had to go around. >> even up to this point in the early morning hour. relatives and friend who have not heard from people who were at the concert are going door to door from hospital to hospital, looking for their loved ones. >> as you can imagine. throughout downtown manchester security is tight and extra police on duty. >> and rail stations near the manchester arena there in the heart of the city are closed this morning. there will be extra police at other stations as well as on trains and subways throughout all of the uk. abc's correspondent is there with more. molly, what are you learning right now? >> reporter: good morning, kendis, right.

this city is on lockdown. police across the country across the city. nobody going in or out of city. quickly this morning. now at manchester royal infirmary hospital where many victims have been taken it is a crime scene. forensic doctors going in and out. the investigation ongoing. you can hear the shock here the morning after. the chilling screams in the video not even 12 hours ago. around 10:33 last night after ariana took the stage when the explosion rocked the manchester arena for the 20,000 people inside you said. so many children and teenagers. just absolute chaos. people described the moment of terror, crying and sprinting. police are treating this as a terrorist incident. speculation a suicide bomber as you mentioned. reports the suicide bomber among the dead.

police have not confirmed yet. kendis, diane, we will learn this morning hopefully shortly police are expected to hold a statement, a presser, very soon. in london, british prime minister teresa may will chair a cobra meeting. >> let me cut you off, molly. >> the update has happened. we are getting a word from the greater manchester police chief constable, now update, and says death count has risen to 22. and a little bit more information about the bomber. at taker, a lone male attacker, they're saying, who died in the blast and was carrying an improvised explosive device. which he detonated. that seems to change things from what we were learning and make it more devastating as you can imagine, molly. >> that does. improvised explosion devices designed for maximum damage. most horrific injuries if that is the case, of course, i have not seen pictures of the device, actually the crime scene, but we

many injuries, kendis. >> abc's molly hunter live from england. molly, thank you. checking in a little bit. >> once again, to recap. new details we are learning into the situation. once again, some 22 people dead. many are young fans of ariana grande. dozens of others injured. and, now an improvised explosive device. >> that's right. let's go over to abc troerroris expert. steve gomez. not sure if you heard of the breaking news. sounds like we are learning more at does this still you about this attack? >> well, clearly this individual who committed this attack was sophisticated enough to put together this explosive device. that was able to commit maximum casualties as we are seeing and hearing. this type of device, there is enough information online and through some of the terrorist groups, their propaganda they

who are abroad how to build a bomb. now it know it that easy to do. and a lot of people, they try it and they fail. some times they blow themselves up. and blow their hands off. their body. and so on. but, other times, these people will travel to other parts of the world and learn how to build a bomb from an actual bomb maker, and these terrorist organizations, isis, al qaeda, they tend to have these bomb makers that are very good at what they do and they train people if they're able to travel in and out. the question is did this person learn from watching something online or did they actually travel abroad to learn from a bomb maker then come back and build the bomb themselves? >> but, speaking of that bomb. i mean, we, we hear that term, ied a lot. talking war zones. what is the difference between that and a bomb earlier. earlier thought it was a backpack.

what's the difference between an ied and, and -- a run of the mill bomb and does that really change this situation and make it worse? >> it doesn't really change the situation, i mean, you, the difference is -- an ied is something that you are able to make yourself. it is improvised. that's where you get the name improvised explosive device as opposed to commercial grade type of bomb, grenade, explosive, that, say the military would use, here in the u.s. or say from a middle eastern country and terrorist was able to get access to such a device.

in this case if it is true that they included some nails or bolts, we have seen that happen many times before. so they basically use whatever they have access to, wherever gland.tragedy in manchester, e. we'll get to the morning's other major stories next including a surprise from the president in israel. >> o.j. simpson and possibility

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♪ ♪ >> at least 22 people are dead, and dozens injured after a bomb went off at a ariana grande concert in manchester, england. the singer finished the last number. as the blast occurred. she was not injured. police are treating it as a terrorist incident. and believe it may have been a suicide bomber. one report says the device the bomber used was was filled with nail. so far no claim of responsibility. the latest we have heard is that this was one man that carried out this attack. no word yet on whether there were co-conspirators. this was an improvised device. >> the word we are getting right now from the white house spokesperson, sean spicer says the president has been briefed about the situation, of course, he is traveling right now in the middle east. he has a full agenda, beyond

mahmoud abbas in bethlehem this morning. and raising hopes of jump-starting the stalled peace talks. >> we are going to have a lot more on, event in manchester, but, we do want to get a little bit to the news happening surrounding the president. he arrived in tel aviv yesterday. and made it clear that america's relationship with israel remains strong. abc's karen travers has more on that. >> reporter: another red carpet welcome. president trump exchanging, warm familiar greetings with benjamin netanyahu. >> i love my friend. >> welcome, my good friend. welcome our good friend. >> reporter: the president wasting no time of getting to the heart of his message here in israel. >> i have come to the sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the united states and the state of israel. >> reporter: later it was netanyahu emphasizing the strong ties.

>> reporter: the prime minister dismissing any notion of tensions after president trump earlier this month shared with russia, classified information the u.s. received from israel. the white house insists, president trump didn't even know israel was the source. >> the word or the name israel never mentioned during that conversation. >> but nobody ever said he did that. before the diplomacy, president trump taking in culture and religion. visiting the church of the holy site where christians believe jesus was buried and resurrected. then the western wall. mr. trump the first sitting u.s. president to visit judaism's holiest prayer site. the white house says soon it wants to coordinate a meeting with president trump, abbas, and netanyahu. but right now, the conditions to make that happen just aren't there yet. diane, kendis. >> thanks to karen travers. who is traveling there with the president in the middle east. >> top house democrat says he has evidence showing michael flynn, former national security

investigators to get his security clearance renewed. congressman elijah cummings says flynn misled the pentagon about payments from russia, and he apparently failed to mention he met with russian president vladamir putin. meanwhile flynn is invoking the fifth amendment right refusing to comply with subpoena to turn over documents to the senate intelligence committee. >> i'm disappointed. i question whether there is real legal basis to not produce documents. we'll be looking into that. i think the committee will pursue options. >> flynn's attorneys say pleading the fifth is not an admission of wrongdoing. they say, an escalating public frenzy and the appointment of a special prosecutor create aid legally dangerous environment for flynn to cooperate. >> the white house unveiling president trump's budget today calling for deep cuts to entitlements. the plan includes -- $1.7 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. it would slash medicaid by $800 billion dollars. the food stams program is also on the chopping block. with 10 million expect to lose

a big boost for the military, infrastructure, and a new family leave program. >> jury selection resumes in bill cosby's sex assault trial. so far three men and two women have been chosen to serve on the sequestered jury. all five are white. the jury selection taking place in pittsburgh at the request of cosby's attorneys. but the trial will take place near philadelphia. cosby charged with molesting a woman at his home just outside philadelphia. he maintains that encounter was consensual. >> meanwhile, o.j. simpson set to get another shot at parole in july. the 65-year-old hall of famer spent nearly a decade locked in prison in nevada for armed robbery two of memorabilia dealers in a las vegas home. he has been denied parole twice. if he gets it this time. he could be set free in october. otherwise, his sentence runs until 2022. >> headline from the sports world. golden state warriors heading to their third consecutive nba final. steph curry scored 36 points

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we are looking at the latest in the explosion, manchester england, at a ariana grande concert. earlier they discussed how a group like isis is responsible for a single person. take a look. >> a lot of things they're focusing on. suicide bomber. the body of the bomber is going to give them an awful lot of information. a lot of forensic work will be done, collect information to see any signature on the bomb, cameras, cameras, ubiquitous these days. looking at cameras. and any informants they have that might be able to, give them, you know, real time information. >> once they know who it was, they will check the cell phone, mobile phone record.

they'll check the internet record. his friend? who was he talking to? who was he talking to? third and fourth level. they will try to find out, is there a -- an on going threat, is there an on going network, that could do it together. what we saw here was, you can take a venue, and you can lock it down. you can pat everyone down. make everyone go through it. but just outside the perimeter there are going to be lots of people. those people are a target. >> does this point to isis you think? i know it is early on? >> investigative premesis, and this is something obviously put into the equation. you don't want to rule anything in or out at this juncture. >> this is the kind of thing,

go for the soft target. go for, just outside the primster. the individual, individual who is activated and told on line how to build a bomb.

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celebrity world is taking to twitter with condolences and messages of love for those impacted by the terror attack at manchester arena. >> bruno mars posted here, no word can describe how i feel about what happened in manchester. i don't want to believe that the world we live in could be so cruel. >> demi lovato, first to tweet. tearing up imagining innocent concert-goers losing their lives. >> others spoke out at various events last night. here are a few.

>> it's devastating what happened out there. that's really unfortunate. so, my heart goes out to everyone out there. and i hope she is okay. i hope that her fans and, everyone involved is all right. >> we want to send our thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by the concert explosion in manchester, england. >> i also wanted to send my love and my sorrow, my heart is heavy tonight for the people who were hurt and killed tonight at her concert in manchester. >> so many celebrities speaking out. as you can understand of course, ariana grande concert. many of them, know her personally, because, they could just imagine the pain she is going through as well. >> we have heard from a lot of performers who are imaging in themselves in the position as entertainers, you feel responsible for your fans and almost responsible for keeping them safe. ariana grande herself tweeted out saying she is heartbroken and has no words. and, that outpouring on twitter and social media, has been inspiring, as well. some people in the area of manchester have been u

social media to offer up their homes. their couches. their cars. food, water, whatever people need. as the trains in the area have been stopped for security reasons. soap there are so many people stranded in the area. you are seeing the city come together to help all of the people. >> that area remains on lockdown this morning as you can understand because authorities are trying to figure out exactly what took place last night. the latest we heard that there are 22 people who are dead. some 59 others who are injured. they believe that they was an improvised explosive device that was used in this attack, itself. but, one question they still don't have an answer to. been several hours since that attack. was it only one person? responsible? are there others around? >> the latest it was one man carried out the attack with improvised explosive device no word on whether or not he has co-conspirators something investigators will be looking at quite deeply. >> something that many authorities in the u.s.

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. >> 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 9 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 i