, that hashem was in contact with his younger brother, battling extremism and al-qaeda.lled from here to syria. many joined the islamic state, forming the first effective foreign fighting brigade. it helped iis capture their dfat do capital, raqqa. the eventually took control of the caliphate southern stronghold. there is still an presence in libya. quentin somerville reporting. after monday's tragic event, we will leave you with images of the many tributes, flowers, words, left in the heart of manchester. people bringing demeanour throughout the day wanting to express their sympathy and solidarity. good morning. wednesday was a dry, settled date for most of us and we add weather watching pictures and all pillars straight that point. also in the london area. these two places at the hotspots through the day. worth pointing out that we had some cloud in the far north—west and by the end of the day we also add some sea fog through the irish sea and that will be a bit of a nuisance over the next few days and linger during the early morning. it is going to be a pretty muddy s

his name is hashem abedi. he said that both were members of isis. this is coming to us from the militia. the militia said, as i mentioned, that he admitted that they planned these attacks and he was, in fact, the brother who is about 20 years old, according to the date of birth we've been given, was in manchester when salman abedi was planning the attack on the ariana grande concert. this gives us more pieces to this puzzle as to how this was planned, how wide this network is and that really is appears more and more that this is going well beyond a lone wolf situation. so again, this militia detaining hashem abedi has admitted that he's a member of isis, that salman abedi is also a member of isis and that he was in manchester when salman was planning that attack against the venue and that he, himself, according to the militia, was planning a separate attack in tripoli, the capital of libya. >> hala gorani, thank you so much. i want to bring in amy poke who is with the national security council under president obama. i want to get your reaction to wh

abedi's brother hashem was detained in libya today by a self-proclaimed counterterror militia that operates there. the group says his father ramadan was arrested as well. at a building in central manchester police used an explosive device to break into an apartment fearing it was booby trapped. >> we heard that really loud bang. a smell inside as well was a bit weird. >> yousef akhmal is a student who lives in the building. >> weird. >> yeah. >> like something explosive weird. >> yeah, yeah. >> or bad. >> explosive weird. >> reporter: the investigation is now centered not just on the extent of the terror network here but on its ties to militants based outside of britain. and that someone with sophisticated bomb-making skills made the device that was used. and scott, that that person is still at large. >> pelley: mark phillips, thanks. also today thousands of british soldiers fanned out in major cities. seth doane reports from london. >> it was a show of force on britain's streets today. soldiers joined police on patrols to protect potential targets including buckingham palace and parliament

the attacker‘s younger brother hashem and his father ramadan. those operations in wigan. the review supervisor danny savage is there. a couple of hours ago, the area around here was sealed off suddenly because in a side street is to left behind me, a property was raided late last last night at about 1230, say locals. ever since then police have been about how searching it, looking for evidence following the. suddenly, just after 6pm, they wanted us out on the street, but the initial called in to the end of the road, the bomb disposal unit turned up for you see the lorry behind me which is the bomb disposal unit. it has been head for a couple of hours. the court and was extended further and all the people living within this area have been told to get out of their houses as a precautionary measure. the police have issued a statement in the last half an hour saying, following an arrest in wigan last night, potentially suspicious items were found at the address, and a large gordon hasn't put in place asa bomb a large gordon hasn't put in place as a

this is his brother, hashem, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state.abedi's father, ramadan, affiliated to extremists, the libyan islamic fighting group. on his facebook page, he praised fighters in syria linked to al-qaeda. today he gave an interview in libya minutes before he was detained, defending himself and his son. translation: salman doesn't belong to any organisation. i know this about him. he doesn't hide it from me. i always discuss things with him. i'm sure and i believe that salman would not do such a thing, but there are hidden hands behind us, security organisations, in order to harm the libyan community, especially the youth. salman did not travel to syria. the evidence is that i have seen his two passports and he never hides anything from me. he did not travel to syria. there was no apology. before he left south manchester, we're told he would sometimes lead in prayers in this mosque. he's there all the time when the prayers are happening. he's a guy who announces it, like, "allahu akbar. " police now want to know if anyone else knew w

this is his brother, hashem, now under arrest in libya for supporting so—called islamic state.abedi's father, ramadan, affiliated to extremists, the libyan islamic fighting group. on his facebook page, he praised fighters in syria linked to al-qaeda. today he gave an interview in libya minutes before he was detained, defending himself and his son. translation: salman doesn't belong to any organisation. i know this about him. he doesn't hide it from me. i always discuss things with him. i'm sure and i believe that salman would not do such a thing, but there are hidden hands behind us, security organisations, in order to harm the libyan community, especially the youth. salman did not travel to syria. the evidence is that i have seen his two passports and he never hides anything from me. he did not travel to syria. there was no apology. before he left south manchester, we're told he would sometimes lead in prayers in this mosque. he's there all the time when the prayers are happening. he's a guy who announces it, like, "allahu akbar. " police now want to know if anyone else knew w

abedi's brother hashem and his father have e also been arrestsd by special forces in libya. the italian coasast guard says t least 34 refugees, including many small toddlers, have died after their boat capsized off the coast of libya wednesday as the refugees were trying to reach europe. their deaths come as a new report says as many as 6.6 million people are waiting in countries around the mediterranean hoping to emigrate to europe. back in the united states andd montana, republican congressional candidate gregg gianforte has been charged with assault after r he body slammed a guardian repeporter toto the r wedndnesday night only hours before polls open for the special election today. gianforte, a tech millionaire who is backed by trump, attacked guardian reporter ben jacobs as jacobs was trying to ask about the republican healthcare plan. this is audio jacobs captured of the incident. >> i will talk to you about that later. >> there's not going to be time -- i am sick and tired of you guys. the last guy who came in here to the same thing. get the hell out of here. the last

the woman has been released but the suspect's brother, hashem abedi, remains in custody in libya. the other brother 23-year-old ishmail abedi is in custody. and the father, ramadan abedi in custody in libya. bottom line is trying to find out investigators in the uk, if this is a network, how far out does it go? we continue to get reports of raids in different areas of the city of manchester and elsewhere in the middle of the country and indeed in london. mi 5 says at any given time they are trying to investigate 500 people of interest out of some 3,000 people suspected of having jihadi tendencies. so it's a very big task, but trish, as the investigation goes on, of course, we'll bring you the very latest. with that said, as it stands. trish: thank you very much. joining me for analysis former officer and former homeland security director, buck, i'll start with you, in this particular case, we're not sharing intelligence the way we normally would. how big a problem is that? >> when you're talking about this kind of leak as opposed to recent weeks, this is information that has to do