making news in america this morning, britain is on high alert. this morning the country's preparing for the possibility of another attack. we also have new details on the suspect in monday's bombing. his image there in "the sun" and more on the victims now being identified. we're live in manchester. president trump at the vatican in a face-to-face meeting with the pope after the two exchanged sharp words during the campaign. the first lady and ivanka meeting the pontiff, as well. the new video just in. severe weather is on the move with rain and flash flooding in the forecast. see where the threat is heading now. and flights grounded overnight at a major american hub. passengers forced to evacuate their plane after an engine catches fire.

a good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with britain deploying soldiers to key sites including buckingham palace after raising the terror threat level to its highest. >> after the deadly attack at the ariana grande concert of course in manchester, england. "the sun" newspaper publishing this photo of the suspected bomber alongside the youngest known victim. >> ariana grande returned home to florida to be with her family. >> these live pictures we're getting from the middle of manchester there, you can see that growing memorial there on the ground. many of the signs saying, we are here together and we love manchester. molly hunter is in the heart of manchester. >> reporter: this morning in the uk the terror threat level at critical. its highest level. prime minister theresa may saying another attack may be imminent. it comes after police say a man detonated a suicide

the show let out killing 22. bethany was right near the exit when it went off. >> saw a flash, like an explosion and grabbed my friend's hand but we looked and could see the bodies on the floor. >> reporter: the london tabloid "the sun" publishing the first picture of salman abedi, born in britain to parents from libya. in their investigation, police blowing the door off his manchester home just miles from the concert arena looking for evidence including his phone and computer. >> i think the use of a bomb here as opposed to a car or a knife demonstrates a much higher degree of sophistication by this individual. really suggesting that he probably did not act alone. that he probably had some help. that he certainly had some advice on how to create the bomb. >> reporter: as we learn more about the victims, saffie roussos, the youngest known victim at just 8 years old, a teacher remembered her as simply a beautiful

aspect of the word who was loved by everyone. 18-year-old georgina callander, this is the teenage super fan pictured with grande here two years ago and 15-year-old olivia campbell before knowing of her passing olivia's uncle stood at the hospital doors showing everyone her picture hoping for answers and this morning, many, many more still missing. martin hett separated from his friends and this mother, wendy fowl who hasn't been seen since the concert. now, on the cover of every single newspaper here, here is saffie roussos, of course, that 8-year-old victim, the youngest victim and police are telling families they should have many more answers today. diane and kendis. >> molly, we're all the way over here in the u.s. and it's just heartbreaking. you're there at the memorial. how are the people there reacting to all of this? >> reporter: that's exactly right, diane. we are at the memorial. there as you can see behind me the flowers where the vigil happened last night, thousands and thousands of people and the message was one of

of unity and unifyingly they said you can't win. this won't keep us down. you can't stop us. diane. >> and that is quite the message a lot of people around the world are saying. the suspected bomber as molly mentioned was a 22-year-old native of manchester whose parents were libyan immigrants. >> his i.d. was found at the scene. for a time he attended a local college before dropping out and returned from a visit to libya just days before the attack. he was on the radar of british authority, as well. >> abedi was a terror suspect in the uk. mi5 were aware of him. they were aware he posed a potential threat. but they didn't think he posed the imminent threat that he obviously proved himself to do in manchester. >> we're hearing his brother may have been detained in one of the raids yesterday in the manchester neighborhood called moss side, just a few miles from the concert arena. the area is considered by police

recruitment. >> we saw that memorial growing there in manchester. but we're also seeing public tributes all around the world to the manchester victims. here in new york city overnight the lights on the empire state building were turned off to honor the victims. elsewhere, the union jack was projected on the burj khalifa in dubai and brandenburg gate in berlin and in hong kong we stand with the united kin dom were on the side of a large bank building. stay with abc news for the latest on the concert terror attack. we have live team coverage from manchester and that's all coming up later on "good morning america." let's move on to other headlines we're keeping attention to back at home and the severe storms that are rolling across the southeast following nine reported tornadoes in north carolina and georgia where power find winds pushed a semi on to a car. there was heavy rain from texas to the carolinas. some areas getting up to 4 inches. this is a look at the radar right now and there were several injuries reported from across the

there is plenty of stormy conditions still there right now. now, for a closer look at the forecast. >> diane and kendis, thanks, good morning to you. severe weather can a big concern today over the southeast, of course, we need the rain throughout florida, do not like to see the potential here for damaging winds and also large hail. ponding on the roadway is going to be a possibility as well. notice the wet weather advancing toward d.c. but not into the northern portion of new england just yet. memorial day weekend is right around the corner, wet conditions will continue throughout the east, hot out west, diane, kendis. >> all right, that's justin povick. accuweather's justin povick for us. justin, thank you. still ahead how ariana grande's mother helped victims at the concert following that attack in manchester. president tru

first time overnight. the details in a live report. plus, new this morning a major american airport shut down after a plane catches fire. see the new video and the passengers talking about the ordeal.

president trump and pope francis greeted each other before sitting down together this morning at the vatican. the two men shaking hands and posing for pictures before their private sit-down. >> the president also brought his family along for the trip. first lady melania and daughter ivanka as well as his son-in-law and adviser jared kushner. the president brought a gift wrapped in a

told the pope it was books written by martin luther king. >> it wasn't tiffany's. >> no, even though it came in a blue box. do you think the pope was disappointed. >> i'm sure he loved it. the discussion between the president and pontiff marked their first face-to-face since, of course, they clashed long distance during the campaign. >> they went back and forth over immigration and climate change. today they had the chance to seek some sort of common ground. abc's kenneth moton has details for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. incredible images coming out of the vatican this morning. president trump and pope francis sat down for that private meeting that lasted for about a half hour. it appears the two leaders were focused on what they have in common instead of their differences. this morning, the pope and the president. in vatican city face-to-face with the leader of 1 billion catholic, all ice on this meeting after pope francis took on candidate trump's immigration policies including that u.s./mexico border wall.

[ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: the people's pope believes in addressing climate change, welcomes refugees and preaches for bridges between countries. the pontiff saying anyone who wants to build a wall to keep out foreigners is not a christian. during the campaign, trump, of course, fired back. >> a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> reporter: heightened security across rome in saints peter's square and unattended bag briefly caused concern but nothing found. a tour of the sistine chapel and a meeting with the president of italy later today. the president heads to belgium for tomorrow's nato summit. diane and kendis. >> things will only intensify there once he gets to belgium. kenneth, thank you. excuse me, there are some new revelations from the former head of the cia in the trump/russia probe. >> john brennan said he didn't have enough information to say if there was collusion between the russians and trump campaign. for the first time brennan admitted possible connections to the trump campaign l

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anthem "god save the queen" played before last night's yankee game and a message read our thoughts and prayers to the victims in manchester. and this morning, britain's home secretary says it seems likely that the bomber, salman abedi, was not acting alone. terrorism experts say the device was too sophisticated for an inexperienced terrorist. authorities have deployed troops to popular sites across the country including this morning buckingham palace. >> pop star ariana grande is back home in florida with her family. but her mother was at the concert when the blast occurred and joan grande brought a number of young fans backstage to safety. here at home we had a serious scare at one of the country's busiest airports. >> a united airlines 757 wide body jet was taking off from new york airport in northern new jersey when the control tower spotted flames shooting out of one of its engines. >> the flight was accelerating to take off. it did not

slowed down and the pilot at that point announced to the crew to evacuate without any further explanation and within 30 seconds we started evacuating. it was a bit chaotic but pretty smooth. >> reporter: five suffered minor injuries and was completely closed. this morning still residual delays at the airport. passengers on that united flight to san francisco left on another plane about five hours late. breaking overnight the bodies of four climbers have been found inside a tent high up on mt. everest. they were found at the highest camp on that mountain. the ten climbers have now died this season alone. a doctor from alabama was among those who died last weekend from altitude sickness. dr. rowland yearwood was an experienced climber who actually survived a deadly earthquake on everest just two years ago. here at home we're taking a look at a deadly scene these of san jose, california, after a nk

gallons of gasoline overturned and erupted into a fireball killing the driver. 200 people in the area had to be evacuated. authorities believe the truck was going too fast when the driver tried to exit the highway. and farther south a massive landslide buried a section of one of america's scenic coastal highway. 40 feet deep in some places of the landslide on highway 1 cut off access to big sur. no word on how long that stretch of highway will now be closed. the weather has caused an estimated $1 billion in damage to california highways just this year. that is absolutely one of the most beautiful drives in this country. it is too bad it's shut down right now. in supports and senators beating the penguins to force a game seven in their series. >> let's get last night's other highlights from our guys at espn. good morning, america. he's stan, i'm neil. we do these highlights. >> nba playoffs, cavaliers lost game three to the celtics in cleveland trying to get game

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gun" ] it is time for a very special "pulse" starting with "top gun 2." >> tom cruise confirmed the news telling an australian tv show that he will return to danger zone. >> he says filming will probably start next year. no word on who else is signing on but jerry bruckheimer who directed the original in 1986 has been hinting at a sequel for white a while now. >> you might be curious. val kilmer was asked last month if he'd join a sequel. his response, hell yes. >> yes. and that's everybody else's response too. >> i'm looking for "risky business part 2." >> i could do that too. next a lighthearted moment featuring two friends from in philadelphia. >> they are longtime anchor jim gardner and meteorologist sicily tynan. jim just marked 40 years on the air at action news today actually. he's a serious news man. so even sicily was shocked when this h

>> partly sunny skies, there goes my earring. wardrobe malfunction. i hope i didn't lose that. rain across parts of south jersey and delaware. the highs here, 71 degrees. i was wondering what that was. >> thank you. >> is that it? >> that's it, jim. >> like my favorite moment ever on action news? that's great. >> you got to love live tv. the best part about it. >> cool. >> you know it wasn't prepped for it because his tie is there with the green screen. >> i dropped my ring. >> yeah, i think it's right down there. >> go ahead. >> not going to -- >> it's -- all right. so, one of harvard's most famous dropouts is back on campus, mark zuckerberg will deliver the commencement address today. >> but yesterday the facebook founder was back in his old dorm room live streaming this 23-minute tour with harvard alum and his wife priscilla at his side. >> he

same room, room h-33 where he developed and launched the facebook as it was called. >> the facebook. >> it's now considered the most coveted dorm room in all of america. >> do you think he regrets having dropped out? >> no. >> having left early to start the facebook. >> the commencement by the way for harvard is thursday but he and bill gates, i don't think bill gates regrets it. >> i'm assuming his house is24th many of you are waking up to another rainy start to the day. i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith - we'll check in with stormwatch7 meteorologist eileen whelan in just a few moments but first... a look at some of the day's top stories. the threat level is at "critical" this morning in britain.

prime minister theresa may saying another attack may be imminent, as police investigate tuesday's deadly bombing in manchester. the blast targeted thousands of people leaving an ariana grande concert. isis has claimed responsibility. a surprising move from president trump. he is expected to retain a private attorney for the russia probe. that lawyer- is reportedly marc kasowitz. the investigation is heating up- as the trump campaign is accused of colluding with russia in the election. trump has called it a "witch hunt." good morning washington. toss to eileen - cloudy & cool again - rain, t-storms likely tomorrow - breezy & nicer friday - warmer holiday weekend - weekend storm chances today: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 67-70 winds: e 5-15 mph tonight: areas of rain, heavy at times. patchy fog. lows: 55-58 winds: e 5-10 mph thursday: scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs: 73-77 winds: w 5-10 mph

happening today.. the congressional

budget office will release its long-awaited analysis of the house g-o-p's health care bill. the analysis.. calld a "score".. will indicate how the american health care act would impact the deficit and how many people could lose coverage if it were passed. an outside g-o-p group aligned with speaker paul ryan unveiled a two-million dollar t-v ad blitz yesterday, defending the legislation. a maryland woman learns a tough lesson about selling things online. the transaction was so easy, it took her hours to realize that she had been scammed. hanna buehrle , arranged to sell her iphone through an app called "letgo". she met the buyer in a parking lot to exchange the phone for 450 dollars. but when she went to the bank she discovered the money-- was fake! and she only got angrier when she took a closer at those bills. hannah and police are sharing this story as a warning

an update now on a story affecting local drivers. the section of beach drive, between rock creek parkway and tilden street, is expected to reopen by late july. when that happens, the stretch of road to the north will close. the national park service updated nearby residents at a meeting tonight. the three-year project started in september and the soon-to-be completed first phase was expected to be the hardest on drivers. it's xx and we're just getting started. coming up-- a manhunt in manchester. tactical police in britain are deployed following tuesday's deadly suicide bombing. what we know about the man now in custody. breaking news. the president and the pope meeting for the first time. this-- as his administration comes under greater scrutiny at home. the latest move, that is raising some eyebrow this morning. good morning washington.

- cloudy & cool again - rain, t-storms likely tomorrow - breezy & nicer friday - warmer holiday weekend - weekend storm chances today: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 67-70 winds: e 5-15 mph tonight: areas of rain, heavy at times. patchy fog. lows: 55-58 winds: e 5-10 mph thursday: scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs: 73-77 winds: w 5-10 mph happening right now--