was he scouting the mall abc's terry moran. >>> this new image tonight in retrospect so sinister. salman abedi taking out the garbage cans at his suburban home, wearing a traditional hooded north african robe and sandals. and today, these haunting security camera images of abedi, at a shopping mall just three days before the attack, baseball cap pulled down, apparently carrying the same backpack he used in the bombing. he spent his final night here, in a rented apartment just two miles from the arena, phoning his mother in libya to say, "forgive me." today, more police raids across the region, and in the town of wigan, clearing the neighborhood after bomb technicians moved in. police desperately trying to unraffle a terror network. they call this the "curry mile" in manchester. it's the heart of the muslim community here and a very welcoming place, but within two miles of this spot, and the surrounding neighborhoods, 16 young men over the past couple of years have committed acts of terrorism. but the people here say abedi and the others don't represent them. >> terry moran with us

there's a rotten apple in every community. >> terry moran with us live from manchester. police today have found several key pieces of evidence in those raids? >> reporter: that's right, authorities say the police investigation is hitting paydirt, important evidence, explosive caches, suspicious items today. significant arrests. it looks like that investigators are rolling up a terror network they didn't know about. david. >> terry moran, our thanks to you again tonight. >>> just as millions of americans begin travel for the memorial day weekend. abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: that line rotating around. still over pittsburgh. slowly move across the northeast tomorrow bringing unsettled weather. meanwhile, next storm up, riding a high jet stream into the plains, that risk area really explodes on saturday. could be a rough start to the ho holiday weekend there. >>> next tonight, the high school under fire. school officials confronting him about what they thought was on his phone. they called his mother, she raced to the school arriving too late. abc's alex perez. >> repor

here is abc's terry moran. >> on the balcony. >> for seven decades he has been at her side.r present, ever loyal. and now, at 95, prince philip will step aside. come this fall, declining all but the most important public appearances. but this afternoon he hinted why in a typically blunt way. >> i'm sorry, to hear you're standing down. i can't stand up much longer. >> phillip has done his duty to a staggering degree, 22,000 public engagements on behalf of her majesty. young royals, a storybook couple, tough position for proud former officer in the royal navy, as the series the crown shows. >> are you my wife or queen? >> i'm both. >> i want to be married to my wife. >> and this unforgettable moment, phillip supporting prince charles and grandsons william and harry in the long awful walk the day princess diana was laid to rest. through it all, steadfast, defining the job succinctly. >> helping her supporting anything valuable to her. >> for the queen. >> he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> prince philip remains in good health. but a time of transi

we begin here tonight with abc terry moran in manchester, terry? >> reporter: dan, tonight manchester is quiet. it's been quiet all day. a great city subdued in shock and sorrow. about what happened right back there at the manchester arena. the terror attack at the end of aria ariana grande's concert. 22 dead, 59 injured, so many of the victims young people, teenagers, even children. we're learning more tonight about the 22-year-old british-born attacker and about those harrowing moments of carnage and courage and love. ♪ >> reporter: they came out on a school night to see their idol. thousands of teenage girls packing the arena. just minutes after pop diva ariana grande finishes her encore, in a shower of pink balloons -- 10:33 p.m. the house lights come up. then the sound of the bomb. >> oh my god. [ bleep ]. what's going on? >> reporter: panic. >> oh my god! >> reporter: confusion. those pink balloons popping as the audience stampedes for the exits. girls clamber over railings, dropping into the crowd, desperate to escape. >> of course i freaked

we turn now to abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran in london. terry? >> reporter: byron, it was right at the end of the ariana grande concert tonight in a stadium filled with her fans including so many teens and young girls and their moms. that's her fan base. when this huge explosion rocked not just the arena but the whole surrounding neighborhood. felt blocks away. arena officials saying that the explosion happened just outside the venue as people were coming and going. eyewitnesses saw many dead and injured on the ground. inside the lights went up, panic set in. people headed for the exits. they helped the wounded. they helped each other get out as law enforcement swarmed the scene and set up a perimeter. anguished parents took to social media looking for their loved ones. tonight manchester police are investigating this as a major terrorist incident and the city is on edge. byron? >> terry moran, thank you. >>> tonight, eyewitnesses describing a scene of panic. a night that was supposed to be about music and fun. >> reporter: that's the sound of th

it will free up police resources to go on the hunt for more suspects, david. >> terry moran leading usff here in england. terry, thank you. >>> authorities here now say they know who the suicide bomber is. it turns out he was known to police. they blasted their way through his home tonight and you're about to see it here. abc's brian ross. >> reporter: in the frantic search today to see if others are involved, police blew open the door of the bomber's home, looking for any clues about the suspect. one officer was seen with a small book titled know your chemicals. later, they took one man into custody nearby, identified by neighbors as the terrorist's older brother. >> investigators need to focus on where day learned to build a device like this, the real question, is there a cell that goes beyond this individual? >> reporter: tonight, we are learning the bomber himself, 22-year-old salman abedi, was born in manchester, the son of a family who emigrated from libya. a college dropout, abedi was once one of the 500 young men known to british authorities as possible terrorists. >> abedi was

we begin with abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran in manchester. >> reporter: in the terrible moment the bomb went off -- >> oh, my god! >> reporter: -- it left behind, amid the carnage and fear, clues to how it was made, and by whom. tonight, those crime scene photos obtained by "the new york times" and posted on their website reveal the bomb's sophisticated design -- the possible detonator, bloodied, carried in the suspect's left hand, investigators believe, with a small circuit board soldered inside and a protruding red wire. a mangled 12-volt battery, more powerful than those seen in most suicide bombs. nuts and screws used as deadly shrapnel. and part of the blue karrimor backpack the bomb was carried in. investigators now concluding that this bomber was no lone wolf. >> i think it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating. >> reporter: this morning, police stormed a building in central manchester, targeting a third floor apartment. neighbors told us they thought it was being rented as an airbnb unit. >> and you can't know who everybody is. >> reporter

that may have been the point in the first place. >> terry moran tracking the election out of europe. >>> back here at home, another big story out of texas, a police officer there turning himself in charged with murdering a 15-year-old while on duty. the officer allegedly fired his rifle at a car full of teenagers, killing this honor student. abc's eva pilgrim picks up the story. >> reporter: tonight, a texas police officer facing murder charges for killing a 15-year-old honor student out of jail after posting bond. >> a charge is great. but it's been 47 years since the state of texas had a conviction for murder of a law enforcement officer. and so, the family is in it, as they said for the long haul. >> reporter: those charges coming just hours before the family of jordan edwards buried the football standout. his two brothers witnesses to the shooting. >> they are struggling through terrors. they're struggling through anger, they're struggling through disappointment. >> reporter: officer roy oliver fired after authorities say body camera video showed him firing a rifle into a car ful

here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: for seven decades, he has been at her side -- ♪ ever-present,r-loyal. and now at 95, prince philip will step aside, come this fall, declining all but the most important public appearances. but this afternoon, he hinted why in a typically blunt quip. >> i was sorry to hear you're standing down. >> i can't stand up much! >> reporter: philip has stood up, done his duty, to a staggering degree over these 69 years, 22,000 public engagements on behalf of her majesty. they were young royals when she began her reign, a storybook couple, popular around the world. but it was a tough position for a proud former officer in the royal navy, as the hit series "the crown" shows. >> are you my wife or my queen? >> i'm both! >> i want to be married to my wife. >> reporter: and this unforgettable moment, philip supporting his son prince charles and grandsons william and harry in that long, awful walk the day princess diana was laid to rest. through it all, he has been steadfast. defining the job succintly. >> helping her, supporting her, and doing anything that is

david. >> terry moran with late developments. . scene coming in from manchester, england. >>> back here at home this evening, also breaking developments involving retired general michael flynn, now planning to take the fifth. it comes as president trump makes his first foreign trip to the holy land, he visited the western wall. he motioned to reporters at one point and had something to say to them about the russian meeting. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl, traveling with the president. >> reporter: donald trump couldn't have asked for a warmer welcome in the holy land. coming off air force one to an elaborate red carpet ceremony, and a greeting from the prime minister and his wife, who remarked that the netanyahus and the trumps have something in common. >> the majority of the people in israel, unlike the media, they love us so we tell them how you are great and they love you. >> reporter: trump then became the first sitting american president to visit one of jerusalem's most sacred sites, placing his han

abc's terry moran reports from paris. >> reporter: at the 11th-hour in this bitter campaign, a stunning development th emmanuel macron. have you heard about the wikileaks hack of the macron -- >> we have heard about it. this is an awful word i think it's [ bleep ] from le pen. >> reporter: it consistents of professional and personal e-mails and documents from the macron campaign. warning the media to limit coverage of the hack because the free expression of voters is at stake. voters we spoke with in france were deeply suspicious and even angry about this cyberattack. hillary clinton e-mails were hacked. do you think is the same kind of thing? same people? >> we don't know, we don't know. because -- but it's very strange. >> reporter: the drama comes at the close of this campaign, a race where the themes echo the american election last year. marine le nationalist, anti-european union, anti-immigration, anti-islam. and macron, pro-eu, pro-immigration, more tolerant. he got a last-minute, and highly unusual, endorsement from former president barack obama. >> i am supporting emmanuel macro

terry moran with us from paris. terry, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and to the wildfire threat in the south tonight. mandatory evacuations widening. crews battling more than 100 fires in florida alone. the worst of them tonight, along the border with georgia. the flames and smoke rising above the national wildlife refuge. the smoke from that fire, seen from space. you can see it right there, drifting out over the ocean. >>> there is still much more this monday. two female police officers attacked, fighting with a suspect. the officers then thrown to the ground, punched. the suspect allegedly trying to steal one of their guns. you will see the good samaritans that rush in to help. >>> we have a breaking headline coming in at this hour. the serial sniper allegedly taking aim at people in their cars and front yards, what we've not learned. >>> and the shark warning along the american coast this evening. two dozen great whites in the waters. some of them spotted just ten feet from shore. we're back in a mom

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terry moran, abc news, manchester, england. >> all 22 people killed in that explosion have now ben identified. >> among them a couple. 17-year-old clowy rutherford and 19-year-old, liam curry. in a joint statement their family said they wanted to beep together forever and now they will be. killed. >> and searching more than a day hoping to find her in hospital. they received the bad news. >> we are getting details about the bomber who fives week ago traveled to libya to visit his family. libya is an isis stronghold. the bomber's younger brother tells investigators that they both belong to isis. salman abedi returned to manchester five days before the attack. >> moving on now. president trump attending a nato summit in brussels. greeted by belgium's king and prime minister after arriving in city he once called a hell hole because of its immigration policies. the president is also holding talk with european union leaders and meeting with the new french president macron. anti-trump protesters gathered in brussels, rallying against president trump views from climate change to abortion. >> this go

we get more now from abc's terry moran. >> reporter: in the terrible moment the bomb went off. it left behind amid the carnage and fear, clues to how it was made and by whom. those crime scene photos obtained by "the new york times" and posted on their website reveal the bomb's sophisticated design. the possible detonator bloodied. carried in the suspect's left hand, investigators believe with a small circuit board inside and appropriate tr protruding wire, a 12 volt battery more powerful than most suicide bombs. nuts, skroouz, deadly shrapnel. part of the blue backpack. the bomb was carried in. investigators concluding this bomber was no lone wolf. >> i think it is very clear this is a network that we are investigating. >> police stormed a building in central manchester. targeting an apartment they thought being rented as air bnb unit. >> you can't know, who ever body is. >> while we were there. >> and for three hours, they tackled this man here. making some kind of arrest. we don't know if it is related to the attack or not. things happen very fast here. turned out a police o

here's terry moran. >> reporter: at the louvre, this was the moment of victory. supporters of emmanuel macron overjoyed and filled with pride in their country. >> reporter: there's triumph and relief here. for many of these people, the soul o sweet. ♪ macron, at just 39, becomes france's youngest leader since napoleon. and tonight he walked into history. telling the crowd -- [ speaking foreign language ] "everyone said it was impossible, but they didn't know france." his victory is a resounding rejection of the far-right nationalist agenda of his opponent, marine le pen. projections tonight showing him winning 65% to 35% over lepen. their bitter battle drew in two american presidents. barack obama endorsing macron. >> i am supporting emmanuel macron to lead you forward. >> reporter: and president trump all but officially endorsing le pen, recently calling her the "strongest on borders and the strongest on what's been going on in france." for french voters, it was about two diametrically opposed views of their future. anti-immigration, anti-islam. macron, pro-eu,

terry moran, abc news, paris. >>> macron set to take office may 15th.mp later this month. >> the president traveling to europe and beyond. >> stock markets around the world breathing a sigh of relief over macron's win. at least that's the way it appears. >> u.s. stock features pointing to a higher open this morning. already a big day on the asian markets. nikkei closing up more than 2%. well, former acting attorney general sally yates set to testified today before the senate committee looking into russian interference in the election. yates expected to say she warned the white house about contact between then national security adviser, michael flynn, and russia's ambassador to the u.s. sunny was set to be concerned that flynn could compromise himself for the administration. yates was later fired for refusing to enforce the president's travel ban. >> some republican senators vowing to start from scratch by use speaker paul ryan, uate e acknowledged there is room for improvement, but defended the legislation saying they're keeping their word to repeal oba

abc's terry moran with the latest from paris. >> macron, president!: at the louvre this was the moment of victory. supporters of emmanuel macron overjoyed and filled with pride in their country. there is triumph and relief in this crowd. many voters thought the soul of france itself was at stake, so this victory is especially sweet. ♪ macron at 39 becomes france's youngest leader since napoleon and walked into history telling the crowd -- [ speaking french ] everyone said it was impossible. they didn't know france. macron's victory is a rejection of the far right nationalism of his opponent marine le pen. projections show him winning 65% to 35% over le pen. their bitter battle drew in two american presidents. barack obama supporting macron. >> i'm supporting macron. to lead you forward. >> reporter: president trump all but officially endorsing le pen, calling her the strongest on borders and strongest going on in france. for french voters about two diametrically opposed views of the future. le pen anti-european union, anti-immigration, anti-islam. mac

here's terry moran. >> reporter: the frantic final hours of campaigning in france. the election testing whether the nationalism unleashed in the u.s. is taking root in europe. the choice could not be clearer. marine le pen, an admirer of president trump. she even visited trump tower after last november's election. though she didn't meet with him. she's a far-right, nationalist candidate. anti-european union, anti-immigration, and anti-islam. she was egged at a campaign stop yesterday, her bodyguards hustling her away. her rival, emmanuel macron, the political novice. he's pro-immigration, pro-eu, more tolerant. and this week, he got a big and unusual american endorsement. >> i am supporting emmanuel macron to lead you forward. >> reporter: no endorsement from president trump, but he did recently call le pen "strongest on borders and the strongest on what's been going on in france." the only debate, filled with bitter insults and fiery exchanges. le pen calling macron "the privileged child of the system and the elites." he called her the "high priestess of fear." mac

our chief foreign correspondent terry moran is outside the palace with those details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it feels like the end of an era here. for 70 years almost every time we saw queen elizabeth in public engagements there by her side supporting her, her husband, prince philip, the duke of edinburgh but this morning the plaza announcing that beginning in the autumn prince philip will no longer carry out most public engagements. he will be stepping back from public life and so beginning in the autumn when we see queen elizabeth at those engagements she'll be going it alone. a stunning announcement this morning from buckingham palace. prince philip, the duke of edinburgh will be stepping down from public life starting this august. the announcement a source of intense speculation overnight as the queen called her household to a meeting just hours ago setting off wild rumor mongering that the family could be announcing an illness, an abdication or a possible marriage proposal. just yesterday the 95-year-old prince philip was seen greeting ceremonial

terry moran, thanks. amy has the other top stories. u.s.itary had a close encounter with china. >>> u.s. military officials say a an american surveillance plane was on a routine mission over the china sea intercepted by two chinese planes. one conducted a barrel over overtop. they're there to monitor north korea nuclear testing. >>> a convey was attacked to president bashar al assad and it entered a restricted area near a base where they train rebels. defense secretary james matus says it's not a sign of growing conflict. >>> health officials in san francisco linked several botulism to nacho cheese sold at a gas station, a mother of three from sacramento who is now in intensive care. it can cause paralysis or death. >>> this is what $110.5 million can buy you niece days. it's a painting of a cull by jean-michel basquiat. that's how much a japanese billion far bid for it. the highest price ever paid for a painting by an american artist. sold for just $19,000 in '84, virtually unknown. it's called untitled but some might call it overpriced. >

theresa may is raising the issue with president trump today at their meeting in brussels and abc's terry moranthis morning. terry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. authorities continue to pursue this investigation aggressively here, overnight and this morning, more arrests, more raids, more evidence seized and eight are in custody in connection with the bombing of the manchester arena according to manchester police and they say some will significant and some of the evidence is very important. they go into these locations hard and fast with a real sense of potential danger. this morning just outside of manchester, police saw what they thought was a suspicious package and cleared the entire area. called in the bomb squad and resolved the situation. and then this morning, as manchester recovers, queen elizabeth visited the royal manchester children's hospital. she spoke with four young women who had been injured in the bombing at that hospital. 14 children who were hurt in the bombing remain hospitalized. amy. >> all right, terry moran, thank you. >>> the republican candidate for con

i want to bring in our chief foreign correspondent terry moran tonight.ned, this arena is famous in that region and perhaps one of the biggest in europe. >> reporter: it's certainly one of the main concert and sporting venues if the united kingdom and you could hear blocks away the size of that explosion. this explosion coming about 10:45 local time. not only rocked the arena and sent people inside as you can see fleeing for the exits. it could be heard for blocks around. police quickly put an armed presence around there. they have locked down that scene. arena, among one of the subway and trains juncture. in northern england. that whole area is now shut down. we're not being told at this point by metropolitan police in manchester what the nature of the explosion is. but we're being told multiple a thousands frightened. >> we do not know if this was a terror attack or what kind of plot if any was involved but the sheer panic that you can see on the concertgoers' faces. europe has seen. this it is a fear here in the u.s. as well. the so-called soft targets

terry moran is in london with the story.ood morning. >> reporter: this is a moment of triumph for julian assange. the founder of wikileaks and a key player in donald trump's victory last november because wikileaks published those democratic national committee e-mails that played a key role. nearly five years now, assange has been holed up here in the ecuadorian embassy here in london. he is a fugitive from a rape prosecution, and the rape investigation is over, halted for a lack of progress. but his legal troubles are not over. he could face arrest here in london on the far less serious charge of jumping bail and thus, could be extradited to the united states on possible espionage charges. his lawyer is saying he is seeking asylum in france if he can get out of here, george. >> we'll be watching. terry moran, thanks very much. amy here with other top stories. the military has a close encounter with china. >>> new tensions between the u.s. and china. u.s. military officials say an american surveillance plane was on a routine

terry moran, thanks. >>> to new tensions with north korea where another u.s.itizen has reportedly been destained. the fourth currently being held there. our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has new details and, martha, what do you know about this latest person that has been detained? >> reporter: good morning, robin. the north korea news agency identified him as kim hak-song, a teacher they say who worked for the pyongya science and technology. last week the north koreans announced an accounting instructor at the same university, tony kim had also been detained. the two other americans are kim dong chul and young university of virginia student otto wa warmbier, some of the 800 to 1,000 americans who visit every year. >> this comes as tensions are escalating over their nuclear -- not so-called, their nuclear ambitions and some are calling it a hostage diplomacy. >> two reasons the north koreans take hostage, bargaining chips and security and want to try to use them in negotiations but i think a bigger reason right now is they want to discourage

we start with terry moran, who is covering the voting in france. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, dan. from this polling station in central paris. this is the most important election in france in decades. it will test the populist national wave. there's a lot at stake here. and french voters know it. this morning, across france, massive vote as the french head to the polls to choose between two political outsiders. emmanuel macron, a 39-year-old former investment banker. he's a moderate. leading in polls by 20 points and more. his rival, marine le pen. the far right leader, pushing a nationalist vision of closed borders. protectionism. and suppressing some islamic practices. both come from outside the major parties here. a sign of deep dissatisfaction with politics as usual. the election today shadowed by a series of terrorist attacks and a nearly 10% unemployment rate. bitter debates and protests have marked the race. at the 11th hour, a dramatic disruption. macron's campaign, like hillary clinton's, was the target of massive commute