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 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 the concert was ending and you can hear it. >> oh, my god. what just happened? 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. >> 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 begins with abc's molly hunter live 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 and lots of police around and lots of scared young teenagers walking around. it was chaos and confusion. caffei concertgoers screaming and running for the exits. the ariana grande concert had just ended, the pop star safely offstage when a loud explosion rocked the arena. >> oh, my god. what happened? >> reporter: if you look to the left you can see the flash and hear the loud bang. causing pandemonium. inside and outside the venue. >> a lot of children were there without parents. there was no one to calm them down so everybody was just screaming and crying and pushing. >> when i got up and walked around there was about 30 people scattered everywhere.

>> reporter: the manchester arena is one of the sports arenas with more than 20,000 seats and it 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 and can hear helicopters overhead as investigators try to figure out whether or not this suicide bomber acted alone. diane and kendis. >> we can see the crime scene tape 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 the tape likely to remain up all day. no one in and no one out as they

look for visual, chemical clues and review the cctv footage but you can bet any major events at this venue will 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. and ariana grande was not hurt in the attack overinto the. she actually issued a heartfelt apology to her fans. >> and tweeted broken from the bottom of my heart. i am so sorry. i don't have words. tmz reports the rest of her concert tour in europe has been postponed. >> right now u.s. homeland security says there's no evidence of credible threats against music venues here in the united states, however, 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. >> the sad part about this one of the sad parts about this incident seems to be a deliberate attack on the most vulnerable. children at a pop concert. >> joining us live let's go to

former fbi counter terrorism expert. you think of how young the fans tend to skew. 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. that said you say target of opportunity. there will be plenty of those in the summer ahead with lots of big concerts. madison square garden or staples center 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 have to consider having more of a police presence outside the

venue so 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 from a bombmaker, that's an expert in this type of device. those are the kind of things that have to be put together in the investigation, so once they have that information, if there are other people that are involved that were helping the person out, they go after those individuals and then from there we learn what was done in this situation, try to preinventory other ones from occur dmrg that's fbi former counter terrorism official and abc news contributor steve gomez. steve, thanks for joining us. we know it's early in the morning. we appreciate it. >> 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. including the president in the west bank meeting with palestinian president mahmood abbas right now and hoping to

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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 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. meanwhile, here at home president trump is facing another explosive report accused of urging top two officials to deny there was collusion between his campaign and russia. >> sources tell "the washington post" the president made the request separately to the director of national intelligence dan coates and to the nsa director michael rogers. both men reportedly denied the request which they both reportedly deemed to be inappropriate. 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

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inside. >> a lot of screaming, as i say really a lot of girls so a lot of screaming and parents trying to keep their families together and all the groups -- obviously a chaotic moment with a lot exiting at once 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, together. >> a lot of panic. some of those injured were injured 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 hopes

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>> ♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. it's tuesday, may 23rd and we're following those breaking developments on that deadly blast at a ariana grande concert in england. 22 people were killed in the attack. wove new details about the man who police say carried out the attack. within the last hour president trump commented on the bombing. accuweather is tracking yet more rain in the forecast as we take a live look here on sky6. karen rogers will help you, of course, with the traffic. that's all ahead on "action news." >> ♪ of life saying it came at the hands of what he called evil losers in life. police are trying to figure out if that suicide bomber had accomplices. we move on and that attack like the one in manchester did

definitely change lives sdmroefr eyewitnesses have been providing emotional accounts of what they saw and what they heard and they've been talking to our partners at the bbc. here's some of what they had to say. >> people who were witnesses to the pictures you're seeing now just described complete panic as nobody knew what was happening inside the arena. >> it's shocking what happened. just panic everywhere. the whole building shook. definitely an explosion. definitely a lot of fatales. >> reporter: we spoke to two young teenagers who felt the heat of the blast. one of the young girls who was 17 still had smoke, black chars on her face from the force of the explosion. >> ariana grande had left, the lights had come up and all of a sudden this huge sound which sounded like an explosion went off. everyone just stopped and turned around and then somebody shouted it's a bomb and everyone just

started running, everybody was trying to push people up the stairs. there was a lady in a wheelchair trying to get away. people were just pushing past her. >> reporter: one eyewitness a man called gary who fell the explosion saw his wife injured on the ground, he got down and cradled her for nearly an hour. he said she's now in hospital. when he got up from the arena he could see nuts and bolts on the floor. >> terrifying thing that could ever happen to a person. i'll never forget it. >> as i was waiting, an explosion went off and it threw me through the first set of doors and through the next set of doors. when i got up and looked around there were 30 people scattered of with. >> reporter: police confirmed they're treating it as a terrorist incident. this is one of the largest terror attacks in modern times in this country. they will want to know who was behind this. >> they will indeed and investigators are looking into

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning, everyone. it is 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday may 23rd. we are following breaking new developments in the deadly concert bombing in manchester england. police say 22 people were killed at a an explosion at an arianna grande concert were killed. >> police say a man set off an improvised explosive device. the suspected bomber was killed at the scene. investigators have trying to figure out if the m