we will go back to ed thomas in manchester. we have just heard from greater manchester police that they are linking this with terrorism. they say this was a suspected terrorist attack. that has been confirmed in the last few minutes by manchester police. there isa minutes by manchester police. there is a lot of information coming on social media. but that is from greater manchester police, they say that this was a suspected terrorist attack. an incident in manchester, and just a bit more detail about that. we were told at the centre of this explosion was the foyer. as people were leaving, as many teenagers and young children were leaving that concert, the foyer was the main entrance and exit to manchester arena. it is in their way you can buy merchandise, where you can stop after the concert and get your scarf or post up. we have been told that that was the centre of this explosion. that has not been confirmed yet, another piece of information, we were talking to one man who was with two daughters at the concert, and he said af

ed thomas, think it very much.ce together any evidence they can get their hands on. —— they are trying to. one recording captured the moment when the fans heard the explosion. my guide! 0h oh my god! screaming. we have heard from three me in the last few minutes, issuing a statement saying... —— theresa may in d. she goes on to say... jeremy corbyn had this to say... —— theresa may in the. nicola sturgeon has announced that the snp will suspend their campaigning and they are also suspending the launch of their manifesto as a result of the events in manchester. if this is confirmed as a terrorist attack, it would make it the worst such attacks since the london bombings in 2005, when more than 50 people died. greater manchester police gave this statement. i can confirm the details of last night's incident as we currently know them. at around 10:33pm, we received reports of an explosion at manchester arena, in the city centre. this was at the conclusion of the ariana grande concert. currently, we have 19 people confir

ed thomas is close to the scene of the incident in manchester and joins us now.t has been a few hours since the event. manchester police are treating it as a terrorist incident. they have confirmed that. give us an update. let it has been five hours now. several ambulances are still leaving. they are packed with injured people making their way down here and spreading them to hospitals gci’oss here and spreading them to hospitals across greater manchester. this is a sense of where i am. we have moved to the north of the city. the whole area is cordoned off. there is no getting in or out. this is as close as we can get to it. you can see the kew park. to the back is where the arena is. most people have made their way out. you can see people just wanting to get out of the city now and leave and get home and get to loved ones. we have been told that 50 have been injured and i9 killed. obviously, a huge shock for the city, ed. it is focused on young people going to the concert. the target, i suppose, people going to the concert. the target, isuppose, could hardly be s

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester. i was telling you about that photographs in the new york times. we have had smart home affairs correspondent. he has spoken to syria people —— senior people in counterterrorism. they said they are clearly frustrated. they said the lea k clearly frustrated. they said the leak undermines the relationship with partners and undermines the investigation and confidence of victims, witnesses and their families. in a compromising message in counterterrorism police were

we will go back to ed thomas in manchester. are linking this

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester.to manchester and my colleague wyre davis is outside greater manchester police headquarters, where there are lots of strands to this investigation. bring us up to date where we are? the police here are trying to focus on the investigation which is trying to find the bomber‘s associates. we now know he more than likely didn't act alone. he had help in amassing the bomb and putting it together and certainly the technology behind the bomb probably came from elsewhere. so they're trying to find the bomb factory, find the bomb maker and they are arresting and speaking to they are arresting and speaking to the associates of abedi. they have arrested seven people in total, two more arrests in the last hour or two, both in manchester and further afield towards the uk midlands, towards a town called nuneaton. there are arrests being made but there's also a great deal of frustration that the police here are playing catch up because of all the lea ks, playing catch up because of all the leaks, es

that's ed thomas.ation very early on the man, salman abedi, who was, i believe, the suspected suicide bomber. that is because they had identification on him. they were quick to identify him and addresses, and to carry raided out at controlled explosion to break into one of those places. they identified him asa one of those places. they identified him as a 22 robben who was born here to refugees. but then, it became difficult, because they could not rule out the possibility of others. —— 22—year—old man. critically, tonight, they also have not got to the bottom of why a man who grew up here and went kawhia suddenly decided to turn against the country that gave him refuge. —— and went to school here. we briefly go to sport with tulsen tollett. hello there. this is sport today live from the sports centre. coming up live from the sports centre. coming up on the programme, on the eve of the europa cup final, manchester united players held a minute ‘s silence. united's opponents express their sympathy saying

ed thomas, bbc news, manchester., his first since monday‘s bomb attack. he declared that the war on terror is not working, and pledged to change british foreign policy if labour were to win the election, to reduce the threat to the country. political opponents have criticised the timing of his speech, as well as his message. 0ur political correspondent vicki young‘s report contains flash photography from the start. jeremy corbyn knows this is a sensitive time. after a terrorist atrocity, the labour leader restarted his election campaign today, joining a silent tribute to manchester‘s victims. but the labour leader didn‘t backtrack from long—held views on foreign policy, making his case that it is time to do things differently. many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services, have pointed out the connections between wars that we‘ve been involved in, or supported and fought in, in other countries, such as libya, and terrorism here at home. that assessment in no way reduces the guilt of t

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester. you're watching newsday on the bbc. on the programme: philippine president, rodrigo duterte, warns he may widen martial law as the security forces continue their battle against islamist groups. also on the programme: the pope and the president. donald trump visits the vatican for what he calls "the honour of a lifetime." but the two haven't always been friendly. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting, which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot. as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people and the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 4,500 episod

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester. still to come: we take a closer look at the british counter—terrorism strategy — and how it's been implemented following the manchester bombing. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate.

ed thomas, bbc news, manchester.e other stories making the news this hour. data has been recovered from at least two phones found on board the sewol ferry, which sank three years ago off south korea, giving insights into the victims‘ last moments. "don't die, stay alive," was among the frantic messages received before the vessel went down. 30a people died in the disaster. most of them were teenagers on a school trip. anti—government protestors in venezuela have been met with tear gas and water cannon in the latest demonstrations across the country. protestors were trying to reach military points in several cities, hoping to appeal to the armed forces who support the government of president nicholas maduro. chile's president, michelle bachelet, has marked the start of construction for a billion—dollar astronomical observatory high in the atacama desert. when complete in 2024, the aptly named extremely large telescope will be five times bigger than the largest current observatory. astronomers say it has the potential t

ed thomas, bbc news, manchester.that president trump's son—in—law and senior adviserjared kushner established secret communication lines between the government and the kremlin. they spoke with moscow's ambassador about setting up a back channel using diplomatic facilities in america. jared kushner‘s lawyer said he had no recollection of calls with the russian ambassador. jared kushner is understood to be under scrutiny by the fbi investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. egypt's air force has carried out airstrikes in libya, targeting jihadists in the east of the country. egypt's president, abdel fattah el—sisi, said the strikes were in retaliation for a militant attack on a bus carrying coptic christians. at least 28 people were killed in the attack south of cairo, while travelling to a monastery in beni suef province. from cairo, 0rla guerin reports. the bus in which so many were robbed of life, on their way to an ancient monastery, the broken windows and scattered belonging

ed thomas, bbc news, manchester.elations in the united states about the alleged involvement of president trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, in secret dealings with russia. the new york times and the washington post are reporting that mr kushner discussed establishing a secure communications channel between the trump transition team and mosocow. the fbi is currently conducting a wide ranging inquiry into russia's attempts to sway the election in mr trump's favour. from washington, david willis reports. according to these latest reports, jared kushner, who as well as being donald trump's son—in—law, is also one of his closest advisers, discussed advising a secret communication channel between the trump transition team and moscow in order to discuss syria and other policy issues. —— trump. he is alleged to have met at trump tower last year with the russian ambassador to the us, sergei kisylak, and donald trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, to discuss the matter. michael flynn was forced to resign in

ed thomas, bbc news, manchester.t some of the other stories making the news: don't die, stay alive — that is one of a number of frantic messages received before the sewol ferry sank off the coast of south korea in 2014, killing 30a people. the text messages are among data recovered from at least two mobile phones salvaged from the wreck, and are providing investigators an insight into the victims‘ final moments. most of those on board the ship were teenagers on a school trip. anti—government protestors in venezuela have been met with tear gas and water cannon in the latest demonstrations across the country. protestors were trying to reach military points in several cities, hoping to appeal to the armed forces who support the government of president nicolas maduro. chile's president, michelle bachelet, has marked the start of construction for a billion—dollar astronomical observatory high in the atacama desert, an area known for its extremely dry climate and clear atmosphere. when complete, in 2024, the aptly named ex

just a short while ago, our correspondent ed thomas give us the latest.lances leading, packed with people. these people are being spread out to hospitals across greater manchester. i will just being spread out to hospitals across greater manchester. i willjust give you a sense of where i am. we have moved to the north of the city. this whole area is cordoned off now. you can see a chord on down there. there is no getting in or out of area. this is as close as we can get to the arena. you might see the car park there, around there, at the back of that, that is where the arena is. most of the people at this concert made their way out. but we are seeing people just wanting to get out of the city, now, just to leave and you get home, to loved ones. right now, we're told that 59 people have been injured, 19 killed. obviously a huge shop for the city, ed. focusing on young people going to the concert. —— shock. the target could hardly be softer, i would say. yes. this place is full of teenagers. mainly young girls. children, whojust teenagers. mainly young girl

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester. quentin somerville in libya, but first let's go to our security correspondent gordon corera, who's outside mi5 headquarters. they are talking about a network. i guess that is the focus of the investigation? absolutely. the intensity and pace of this investigation has not lessened, because in the last 2a hours, confidence has been increasing that salman abedi did not act alone. as we have heard, he was most likely pa rt we have heard, he was most likely part of a network. in particular, the concern is that he may not have built that relatively sophisticated explosive device himself. that means a bomb maker could potentially still be at large, and so could other explosive devices. that of course is why the threat level has gone to critical. here at mi5, they are aware that there may be questions asked at some point about what they knew about him. certainly, the home secretary has said salman abedi was known to the authorities, and the bbc has learned that a number of people reported him

our special correspondent ed thomas reports.ome, the family and the need to know why. ramadan abedi, a father who allowed his children to fight on the front line in libya. his son, hashim, suspected of supporting so—called islamic state. and then salman abedi, the suicide bomber who murdered in his own city. i met imet him i met him at the mosque. hejust prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a prayed, and that was it. he stayed afterfor a bit, prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, an prayed, and that was it. he stayed afterfor a bit, an extra prayed, and that was it. he stayed after for a bit, an extra five or ten minutes. this is his friend. they played football together, supporting manchester united. now he's too scared to show his face and says over the past six months salman abedi changed. you could tell there was something up with him, something was something up with him, something was bugging him. it came to a point when he didn't listen to music any more, didn't think about girls, if there was a nice

we heard from our correspondent, ed thomas, who had been talking to eyewitness is there.talked about nuts and bolts being found on the floor. they may have been debris from the explosion, but it could also have been shrapnel which is often included in a suicide bomb, on occasions like this, so that is one possibility. we are hoping to get an update from greater manchester police in the press conference in about 15 minutes‘ time. police in the press conference in about 15 minutes' time. we are just hearing online that the police say that that controlled explosion was not actually a suspicious item. we believe it may have been clothing. abandoned clothing, we are hearing. soa abandoned clothing, we are hearing. so a precautionary measure, it seems, by the police here, to blow up seems, by the police here, to blow up whatever they found their. that is right. this often happens after these incidents. somebody saw some clothing, thought it was a bomb, and police had to act accordingly. i am sure they are getting similar reports elsewhere. the problem for police is to sift thro

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester. let's stay for a moment with the libyan context.ng family links with libya, he travelled there recently, his pa rents a re travelled there recently, his parents are libyan by birth, his younger brother was arrested in tripoli today accused of links with so—called islamic state. in a moment we'll speak to our security correspondent gordon corera outside mi5, but first to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, who's in libya where, as we've heard, the father and one of the brothers of salman abedi were arrested today. we mentioned these visits to libya by salman abedi, what is the likelihood of the possibility that he became radicalised on these visits? we have heard this evening from the militia which detained the younger brother, hashim, and ramadan, the father. hashim was planning an attack in tripoli, they are holding him in the belief that he had links to the so—called islamic state. the journey taken by salman here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during the time of one gaddafi. gaddaf

our special correspondent ed thomas has been looking at the victims of last night's attack. ed: the youngest life lost, ussos, atd saffie ro the concert with her mother and sister. her teachers so choose a beautiful little girl loved by everyone. also killed was georgina callander. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. and prayers go out to all of georgina's family, friends, and those affected by this loss. >> my daughter left school at 8:30 this morning and i was praying no one in her school was involved. at 11:00 the school announced that georgina callander had been confirmed. that she passed away last night. within four miles to young girls have died. ed: also confirmed, john arry.son from b rutherford,chloe the daughter of angelica has asked for help finding her parents. a mother is not accounted for after visiting the arena to collect her children. behind every face, a desperate search. you seen this girl? she was at the concert last night. olivias is the uncle of campbell. they asked to show her picture and publicize the search from hotels to hospitals. >> w

ed thomas looks at abedi's found -- background and what may have motivated him. ed: suicide bomber salman abedi, an extremist to attacked the city of his birth. investigators surround his home, like everyone here, wanting answers. he knew abedi and watched him come and go from manchester to libya. he can't believe what his neighbor did. it is unbelievably disgusting to be honest. , as a muslim, yeah, and a libyan as well. to us, obeying the law of the country is priority number one. ed: talk of erratic behavior, shouting in the streets. the bbc has been told a black flag with islamic writing hung outside his home. they had no idea what it meant. was it english writing? >> no. ed: a community worker who did not want to go on camera has told us that 2 separate people who knew salman abedi at college rang police several years ago. they say he was supporting terrorism and expressed the view that being a suicide from was -- suicide bomber was ok. greater manchester police will not comment on the claims. what about the manchester bomber's family? this is his brother now

at thomas -- ed thomas, bbc news, manchester.he: this became one of main topics at the g7 meetings today. theresa may and others all for a united effort to tackle terrorist fighters. for more i spoke with u.s. ambassador nicholas burns who is now at harvard school of government. ambassador, very detailed plans there, but what would you focus on specifically in trying to tackle terrorism at this point? have itnk the leaders right, prime minister may and president trump are focused on .he right issues we have to be multifaceted. intelligence work is critical and combining the intelligence assets of various countries, including the united states and britain, is absolutely essential and of course judicial work to once you find people, put them behind bars. economic cooperation to dry up their ability to fund themselves. it's multifaceted. that's where i think europe learned in the 1970's and 1980's that you fought indigenous trimple and it's what we've learned together with you since 9/11. jane: you say multifaceted, we've heard a lo

our special correspondent, ed thomas, has this report on the victims of terror.ert with her mother and sister from lancashire. today her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college said... and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 20 82 old was an amazing young man. manchester is also remembering the injured. 59 people were taken to hospital. it was thought 12 of the casualties were children under 16. clearly there are a number of individuals who have very, very serious injuries. and are requiring intensive care. and people are going to be in hospitalfor a long time. and consider the families still waiting to hearfrom loved ones. people like chloe rutherford and liam curry from south shields. laura macintyre and eilidh mcleod from the isle of barra. and courtney boyle and philip tron from gateshead. behind every face, a desperate search.

ed thomas, bbc news, south manchester.phs in the new york times. we have had smart home affairs correspondent. he has spoken to syria people —— senior people in counterterrorism. they said they are clearly frustrated. they said the lea k clearly frustrated. they said the leak undermines the relationship with partners and undermines the investigation and confidence of victims, witnesses and their families. in a compromising message in counterterrorism police were trying to keep on top of the investigation, because obviously this will undermine this investigation to a certain extent. amber rudd is already, as i said, made her feelings plainly amber rudd is already, as i said, made herfeelings plainly known amber rudd is already, as i said, made her feelings plainly known to the american authorities. she said she had been on the phone and talk to the americans about things being leaked. equally frustrating, you would think, for the police and intelligence services will be the limited help they would get in libya. it is a fail

with the story of the victims this evening, we go to ed thomas.t with her mother and sister from lancashire. today her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college in leyland said: it is devastating. my daughter went to school this morning and i was just praying that nobody else from a school was killed. around 11am, it was announced that georgina had been confirmed... that she passed away last night. so we talked air and down the road. we all live within four miles. to girls have died. -- two. and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28—year—old old was an amazing young man. and tonight, people are still waiting to hear from loved and tonight, people are still waiting to hearfrom loved ones. people like chloe rutherford and liam curry from south shields. laura macintyre and eilidh mcleod from the isle of barra. and court

our correspondent ed thomas is close to the scene of the incident in manchester.ear eyewitness testimony care of the confusion and just the emotion involved in this event, what more do we know about the police operation, and those who have been injured and sadly lost their lives? this is the north end of the city, this is beams gate, one of the main shopping areas. this court and is across here, at around 500m down the road, pass there, you go to your right and you reach manchester evening news arena —— deansgate. 19 people dead, police have confirmed more than 50 people injured, and tonight we are seeing images on social media of parents posting pictures of their children, asking people have you seen them? do you know whether our? are they safe? that is the reality of being in manchester here tonight. just hours on from this blast. what we do know is that unaccompanied minors, because remember, this place was full of young children, teenagers, who wanted to go and watch their favourite pop artist, but some children, and the company minors, are being held in a hot

ed thomas is close to the scene. there could be a delay.y will be young people. apart from the physical injuries some of these people have sustained, there will, of course, be shock, and mental scars remaining long after this evening. we have seen the shock on people's faces, absolute shock. people ran all the way down here. this is that the north end of the city. if you go further down there to the left, behind that big building, where you can see the words 0 park, that is the arena. this is the outdoor cordon, and that is about the seventh ambulance that we have seen coming down here. injured people are still making their way out. we will speak to elizabeth and her daughter. first of all, thank you so much for stopping to talk to us. you are 15, you are inside. you are happy to speak to us. what did you see, what did you hear? we were walking out of the concert, towards the doors, and went to the wrong doors originally and i said to my sister these are the wrong doors, so said to my sister these are the wrong dooi's, so we said to my sist

our special correspondent ed thomas has more.r salman abedi, an extremist who attacked the city of his birth. now investigators surround his home, like everyone here, wanting answers. this man knew abedi. he would watch him come and go from manchester to libya. now he can't believe what his neighbour did. unbelievably disgusted, to be honest. for a muslim, and a libyan as well for. for us, being the law of the country is most important. that is what the prophet teaches us. he was shouting out the koran in islamic. i don't know the language. the bbc was told a black flag with islamic writing was hung outside his home. many had no idea what it meant. i remember seeing some sort of flag outside. i didn't really look at it. was it english writing? no. a community worker who did not wa nt to no. a community worker who did not want to go on camera told us to separate people who knew salman abedi at college rang police several yea rs abedi at college rang police several years ago. they said he was supporting terrorism and had expressed

ed thomas has spent over 24 hours reporting from the city.k, in disbelief. we watched many tried to get a hold of their pa rents. many tried to get a hold of their parents. wanted to leave the city. we sought mums and dads frantically trying to get hold of their children, they did not know where they were, if they were safe or injured. in the middle of that confusion, strange as giving out bottles of water, offering help. 0ne image which has stuck with me is a father hanging his two children, his two daughters. he was distressed. a stranger came to him and said, i am not a taxi driver but i will take you home, you will be safe. any people are holding onto that good. the attack on young defenceless children in before you after a concept has left many people in com plete concept has left many people in complete disbelief. our correspondent daniel sandford has been at police headquarters to get the forces latest thoughts on the operation. they got a good start to the investigation, we got an idea early on, salman abedi, believed to be the suspec

our special correspondent, ed thomas, reports now on the victims of terror.t the concert with her mother and sister from lancashire. today, her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college in leyland said: our thoughts and prayers go out to all of georgina's family, friends, and all of those affected by this loss. it's devastating. my daughter left for school at 8:30am this morning and i was just praying that nobody from her school was involved, and around 11 o'clock, the school announced georgina callander had been confirmed, that she passed away last night, and then tarleton, another one down the road so, you know, all within four miles, two younger ones have died. also confirmed among the 22 who died, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28—year—old old was an amazing young man. and tonight, families are still waiting to hearfrom loved ones, people like chloe rutherford an

ed thomas of the bbc. ambulances are is still injured people away. it has been a horrible night for people there. the next order of business was to have been a news conference by authorities on scene. we are still expecting that. it was originally scheduled for 20 minutes ago. they are just a little bit behind. when it happens, we will take you there live. senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project. it has all the hallmarks, i suppose it could be related to syria and any number of things. manchester police believe they have an attack tonight. now that the figure out who did it, why, and how to stop the next one. >> there's a lot right now we know and a lot we don't know. it has all the hallmarks of the terrorist attack. it may have been a suicide bombing. it happened at a large public event. a concert. we sought here in 19 people killed. probably targeting young people. making it even more horrific. having said that, there's a lot we don't know. it has a hallmarks of a potential isis attacks. we have seen isis online praising the attack.

our special correspondent ed thomas has been speaking to him.que, i will be the first person to report them to the counter terrorism. did anybody report this young man? yes. it has emerged that about five years ago one of our imams, one of the gentlemen who calls for prayer or rather who does prayer, had reported this person. we we re prayer, had reported this person. we were not aware it, it was a private matter. this imam had reported the suspect, we had no idea what happened. we only found out on tuesday. it was a matter between the imam and the counterterrorism police. the man did not tell anybody inside the mosque? he did not. that has to be a worry. it has two b, because we as trustees should know what is going on. have you told imam is that if they suspect anyone of terrorism they should let the trustees know? we have not. do you think that's important? before we have made mistakes. did you make a mistake here? salman abedi was spotted inside this mosque, and imam of this mosque was so concerned he rang counterterrorism police and nobody

our special correspondent ed thomas has this report on the victims. was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college said... and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28 year old was an amazing young man. manchester is also remembering the injured. 59 people were taken to hospital. it was thought 12 of the casualties were children under 16. clearly there are a number of individuals who have very, very serious injuries. and are requiring intensive care. and people are going to be in hospitalfor a long time. and consider the families still waiting to hearfrom loved ones. people like chloe rutherford and liam curry from south shields. laura macintyre and eilidh mcleod from the isle of barra. and courtney boyle and philip tron from gateshead. behind every face, a desperate search. you haven't seen this girl by any chance, have you? excuse me? just asking

i want to bring you up—to—date with events so far with ed thomas. he has been here all night.details are that there are children amongst those who have been killed and in some ways the bomb was placed, wasn't it, between some children and teenagers and their pa rents ? children and teenagers and their parents? we saw that confusion within hours of this last night. children were walking around and trying to get hold of desperate pa rents. trying to get hold of desperate parents. i saw a father with a ten and 12—year—old daughter, he was just asking people for directions. but we saw something else last night, a stranger walked up to him and said, "look, i'm nota night, a stranger walked up to him and said, "look, i'm not a taxi driver, but tell me where you need to go and i'll take you." we saw that again and again, strangers handing out bottles of water to the people who were just looking for any information to get home. we're going to leave it there. the helicopter, there is many people here and we're having problems with the sound. ed, thank you. thank you, ed and louise. we'

i'm told that mueller will assess the investigation and the ed so far and determine how best to proceed. it's totally his david. >> pierre thomas with us tonight, our thanks to you again. >>> we're following other news tonight and to the dangerous storms in the heartland. stretching up to the northeast tonight. 25 million americans in the path this evening. tornado watches in several states. this twister already touching down in western oklahoma tonight. an anxious night ahead. rob marciano is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: storms fire up in the heartland. look at the storm, it's titanic. this is a serious situation. >> reporter: a rare high-risk forecast this morning and now a severe weather outbreak under way. >> look at the dirt that storm, that tornado is kicking up right now. >> reporter: strong, damaging long-track tornadoes and monster hail spobl. already a tornado doing damage in oklahoma. the leading sedge now over top of us. public schools in let out early, ahead of the storms. it's the latest in a deadly multiday outbreak. over three dozen reported tornadoes since tuesday. the most powerful this ef-3 twister

blige, dnce, new kids on the block, niall, thomas rhett, ed sheeran, chris stapleton, fitz and the tantrumsgraw and fifth hill. camilla cabello. flo rida. bruno mars. and kicking it off tomorrow -- >> the wait is over. >> british pop sensation harry styles. it's an endless summer of music live on the plaza. the city concert series. get up to get down. only on "today." >> i love it. >> that's a lineup! >> what are you most excited to get down to? >> the country music blog is sic sick. zach brown, chris stapleton. >> how about bruno mars? >> my favorite. >> total show stopper. >> ed sheeran. this is crazy. we'll see the whole thing. >> a lot of people will be sleeping on 48th street. >> by the way, i said get out your calendars, we didn't give a date but on "today".com you can get all the details on the concert so we're so excited. >> i love the country music, all i do is listen to country by i'm fired up for bruno mars but remember when they were dressed like it was prom night? they had a good entrance. again, though, you guys once again you'll be able to shazam all the concerts to unlock ex

i wasn't always like thomas enjee enjefferson. you know if i call ed you at bernstein, you, you like it, but at 93, you were tepid. how do you doeal with the o bish ware you wrote for the company versus the lazarus like -- that you wrote? >> i appreciate your call iing out on it. i still believe that apple's best days are behind it. this was the most spectacular stock and company in arguably the history of u.s. markets you know, revenue going up tenfold and revenues going up 15 fold over a b seven or eight-year period. there's to way that's going to happen again, but never the less, the stock is inexpensive and it's a trading stock and i felt at 93, that while i like the valuation, that uit wasn't necessarily the best entry point. i still -- >> tony -- it's not a trading stock. it's the opposite. it's an investment stock. stocks that go from 90 to 146 are not stocks you go in and out of. we don't want to be calling. we don't want to be a hedge fund making three points and losing 40. >> i don't think we want -- >> you know what i mean. >> i don't think

" since it's our hometown newspaperif you go back to the op-eds of the "washington post" on all of the whistle-blowers, edward snowden, thomas drake, chelsea manning, look up the critical articles that were written about them by people like richard cohn, r ryu th martin and it was always very meaningful to me that journalism, investigative journalism, which relies on whistle-blowers, where would investigative journalism be -- think of dana priest of the "washington post" who won a pulitzer prize, she won a pulitzer prize because the wrote about the cia secret prisons. she got tom from a whistleblower, but the whistleblower is an anonymous person but yet when you read the op-eds, i remember the one that it found the most offensive was ruth marcus who referred to chelsea manning as a cross-dressing red riding hood. david ignatius, very ugly with his economies about edward snowden. david gregory when he ran "meet the press" had glen green walt on his show would and was extremely critical for him being a conduit for the information from edward snowden. when diane feinstein wrote a report about torture and abuse she was on wolf b

thomas rhect. halsey. jason aldean. >> ed sheeran. chris stapleton. fitts az and the tantrums. brad baisley.th hill. flo rida. bruno mars. and kicking it off tomorrow, british pop sensation, harry styles. it's an endless summer of music, live, on the plaza. >> just getting started. >> the citi concert series, get up to get down. only on today. >> get up to get down. >> oh. >> that's a lineup. >> okay. >> who are you most excited to get down to? >> the country music block is sick. this is crazy. >> how about bruno mars? >> i'm excited for that. >> show-stopper. what? what? >> there's a favorite. there's four or five. >> ed sheeran. this is crazy. >> he put on a great concert earlier this year. we'll see the full thing. >> a lot of people sleeping on 48th street. >> that's so good. >> i said get out the calendars. we didn't give the dates. but you go to today.com, you can get details. >> who are you excited about? >> i love the country music. all i do is listen to country. but i'm fired up for bruno mars. they came here driszed like prom night? a good entrance. >> you'll be able to shazam all