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a new message coming through a the new york city mess has been briefed about an explosion in midtown manhattanand we're waiting for that statements to come straight. what happened when. so i kind of had the mayor yeah the mayor de blasio has been on top of terrorism and left wing that's important to point out is that times square which is the area this is taking place in times square is just one block away from this is probably the most most surveyors and policed area in the entire city it's the center of tourism you know i mean this is you know this is broadway this is where you know the famous times square with all the billboards in the lights and that's probably one of the most carefully policed areas i mean we heard we remember recently with the incident where the individual was driving their car through times square and people were killed and that area yes just a huge amount of security and you can bet that the mayor de blasio is on top of this trying to figure out what's happened here and we're going to get an update very quickly because this isn't this isn't just like an isolated area t

yeah as you can see here around in midtown manhattan the building that you can see across the street from a behind me there that's the corner thought you know below that building that the place about seven thirty am this morning join the commuter rush hour obviously there's a lot of police activity around here you really yeah the first click on the paramedics and ambulance crews they've been. in i know the police with a lot of crowd control of management one of the big. sixty five million critical part. of the doors of the building every year. the building is now i open again and people are traveling on the buses that coming and going but the subway below the station with a lot of. heavy police presence here and police lines across the way. back to you. and james talk to us a little bit about the suspect this twenty seven year old man from brooklyn what more do we know about him and do we know anything about his motive what motivated. yeah we know you got a lot of information about it already given. a twenty seven years old and from brooklyn released the name that. he was injured in

well i'm joined now by journalist james royal he is in midtown manhattan in new york city good afternoon. several hours have passed since that attack. did attack describe to us what you've been seeing there at the bus terminal where the explosion happened. yeah as you can see here around in midtown manhattan the building that you can be across the street from a behind me there that's the quarter thought you know below that building that the place about seven thirty am this morning join the commuter rush hour obviously there's a lot of police activity around here you really get a first quick on the paramedic and ambulance crews they've been. in to i know the police is going to make a lot of crowd control of management of the. sixty five million critical thought process at the top of the building every year. the building is now i open again and people are traveling on the bus coming and going but the subway below the station is a lot of. heavy. police lines across the way. back to you. and james talk to us a little bit about the suspect this twenty seven year old man from brooklyn what mor

this event at cipriani's in midtown manhattan. outside of cipriani's to the outside of your screen where there are a number of protests. and this is routine from both parties. this generated protests, the tax cut the latest catalyst that folks don't feel they're treated fairly and they feel it's their right and it's the president's right to argue. and he's going to raise a good deal of money and a couple more planned for later today and all of this, of course, on the heels of the president getting his first big legislative win. he's had executive orders and memoranda, whatever you call them. that cut down on rules and regulation and that sort of thing. that's the wind of the back of the market and the market having the fifth 1,000 point milestone, since the president was elected. this could be the proverbial ice on the cake with the senate passing this and the differences are not insurmountable, that was looking like. one of the architect of president reagan's plan, art laffer. >> they agree that this is needed and the details, th

journalist james wrong on the story for it's there in midtown manhattan in new york city change thank you very much. russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria putin made the announcement on a surprise visit to an airbase in syria where he met with the syrian leader bashar al assad it was putin's first trip to syria where russia launched an air campaign back in twenty fifteen. the military was tossed out fighting militia groups here in syria the toxic that was supposed to be solved using military force was in general achieved. it was achieved brilliantly. i congratulate you but. now putin also made stops in turkey and egypt journalists ruth michaelson is following putin's tour for she joins us from cairo tonight good evening to you ruth so what did we see in syria today was this putin's mission accomplished moment. well i think that event he certainly wanted it to be his mission accomplished but that he touched down in a syrian and base to be met by president bashar assad as he said made an announcement about troop withdrawal from s

york fire department says it's responding to an incident at the port authority bus terminal in midtown manhattan police in the city also say they are responding to reports of an explosion off an on known origin you're seeing live pictures there coming to you from new york the n.y.p.d. said it had evacuated a number of subway lines the incident appears to have taken place at the intersection off forty second street and eighth avenue not a far from times square as you can see the traffic has been brought to a standstill the video is coming in a what appears to be a major evacuation of the area by police and first responders as you can see that the traffic has been brought to a standstill the area has been cordoned off you have ambulances you have police cars but what the nature of this incident is we're still not sure but you are seeing live pictures coming to you from new york and of course we have more on the story as soon as more details become available. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu has said european governments should follow the united states in recognizing jerusalem as the capi

well i'm joined now by journalist james rhino he is in midtown manhattan in new york city good afternoon to you james so several hours have passed since that attempted attack describe to us what you've been seeing there at the bus terminal where the explosion happened. yeah as you can see here around and made now manhattan the building that you can see across the street from a behind me there that's the cold and old below the building that you had to play for about seven when you know that. morning during the commuter rochelle obviously there's a lot of police that activity around here you really you have a crisp on the medic and ambulance crews they've been. brought in for an unknown who the police the behavior of a lot of crowd control of management one of the busiest. i think the five million. the building every year and the building is now open again and people are traveling about that coming and going but but the agent is not a. heavy police presence here police line of the way to do their best to get you out and james talk to us a little bit about the suspect this twenty seven year

journalist james wrong on the story for us there in midtown manhattan in new york city james thank you very much russian president vladimir putin has declared victory in syria and announced a partial withdrawal of russian troops from the country during a surprise visit to syria today and said that the task of fighting what he called armed bandits is now mostly complete he said a significant part of the russian forces could go home and he praised them for doing what he called a spectacular job. russian so just in syria welcoming that commander in chief at the him a military base and on his first visit to the country floody mia put in an ounce that the bulk of troops stationed here can now return home. last week the russian military declared victory in syria overbought it cold terrorist groups including islamic state and al-qaeda for president putin it's no mission accomplished. little of that unity with the terrorist threat in the whole world is still very high. however the task of fighting bandits here in syria. that was essential to solve with the extensive use of force has for the mo

you're looking right now at midtown manhattan on the west side. e port authority area of manhattan. it is a huge transportation hub. you've bot buses, local, and regional, subways, above-rail. lots of traffic every morning. and as your screen says, there is a person that is reportedly in custody, because they had either a vest or some type of pipe bomb. there are reports that it detonated. we're not sure whether or not the person debt natonated it or response forces did it in trying to diffuse it. there are reports all over the place about casualties. we are staying away from them, because we cannot confirm them. >> a law enforcement source tells us that it does appear to be some type of pipe bomb that exploded. it appears to have gone ununintentionally, with meaning it didn't hit its intended target, perhaps an even more highly trafficked area. there is a person in custody, we're told. the last record we had was that he was injured and at the moment, we don't want to report on any other injuries. president trump has been briefed, according to the

there is a degree of chaos here in midtown manhattan.rent: what about the mood of the new yorkers? particularly people who have to use the port authority to go to and from work? correspondent: you heard the accounts of one of the witnesses. one can only imagine the level of panic in distress -- and distress caused. huge crowds of people running away in terror. when one of these attacks takes place, you do not know if it is an athlete --an isolated incident or a larger attack. in terms of what is happening now, at the busiest bus station in the world, which handles 65 million people annually, there are commuters running around. despite the terror we sell early this morning, commuters are continuing to move and your continues th -- and new york continues to grind on. brent: this is the second attack in new york city. that port authority, people can go in and out as they please. our authorities l -- are authorities looking to increase security? correspondent: new york is no stranger to terror attacks. it is the home of 9/11. and there was a

we're in midtown manhattan.sually you don't find this much square footage. 50 cities around the u.s., nine different countries, 30 to 50,000 square feet. you mentioned the two hour delivery time. that comes if you're a prime member. so trace, put in your zip code. you get this inventory list of the 25,000 things that are here. as you said, in manhattan, someone will bring it to you either by bike, van, subway, on foot. whatever it takes. so we did put the system to the test. so earlier today, we sent our colleague, stewart varney. we ordered something. so it went into one of these little scan guns. that is the first step. then basically you go in to these stacks. so the camera man will move around and just give you a shot of what is in the stacks. when you see them, trace, you'll see that all of those items, they actually look fairly disorganized. there's kind of like sericerealh amazon tablets. it's a mix match. but the algorithms sort it so the correct items get into these very old-fashioned looking but not at

everywhere exists, bringing smiles and randomness to people's lives and they are at it again in midtown, manhattaney laid out right there, got a couple of signs. nice christmas cards out there. cute thing, even a little letter box, as well. you can write the card, post the letter through the box and immediately receive it. before you know it, all kinds of couples and families start approaching the desk. >> i love this. >> once you post it, there is a sign, but it's a little bit of improv everywhere magic. >> oh, wow. >> yes. >> they must have been writing son some kind of consumer screen or something. >> honestly, i had the same thought, as well. you'd be surprised what is happening. you can see the message they wrote suddenly starts appearing for everybody to see and you can see how much it means on people's faces. something special about a handwritten note, as well. listen to this one someone wrote to their mom. >> dear mom, your unwavering love and support always gives me courage to proceed. >> that's a brilliant idea. >> very cool and well executed. i had the same thought as you, maybe they ha

police are responding to an explosion of some sort that happened in midtown, manhattan near the port authority bus terminal. this is a major point of departure, the subway train that is go through the station are being evacuated. we want to get to tom winter who is with us by phone. tom, good morning to you. what are your sources telling you? >> savannah, this is very early in the investigation. we don't yet know how powerful or large this explosion was. we don't know for certain this was a natural gas explosion or an intentional act. we know this incident prompted a significant response on the nypd and the fire department here in new york. we know the nypd dispatched the arms squad. that's usually standard practice in this incident. preliminary information we are getting is, this is or may have been a lone act. they have somebody they are looking to talk to right now. so, whether or not that person turns out to be just somebody tied up or whether or not this is some sort of intentional incident. that's something that is very much under investigation. as you said, we have an explosio

here in new york city, a fountain in midtown manhattan has turned into an ice sculpture. this bitter cold is being felt all over from virginia north into new england and west to wisconsin and beyond. it will feel like minus 20 today in vermont, new hampshire and maine. >>> turning to the russia investigation, president trump now says he believes that special counsel robert mueller will be fair to him. in a new interview with the "new york times," the president also repeated his claim that the investigation into meddling in the election is a hoax. he says it makes the country look very bad. he also insisted that more than a dozen times that there was no collusion between moscow and his campaign. and the president told the "times" that he has nothing to hide so he's not bothered bit fact that he doesn't know when the investigation will end. and mr. trump also told the "times", that he's been soft on china when it comes to trade in hopes of getting china to step up pressure on kim jong un. he criticized china after newly-released satellite images appeared to show oil transfe

as a result, there is massive police force here in midtown manhattan. you can see behind me, one of the avenues is completely blocked off, making this a large crime scene in this area. calling this a terror incident. a source tells cbs news it happened in a pedestrian tunnel. a law enforcement source says the man is from bangladesh and was apparently carrying a five-inch pipe bomb when it exploded at his stomach area. he was taken to a hospital but his injuries are not believed to be life threatening. police say he is in custody. an official says the device malfunctioned and may not have fully detonated. new york's governor andrew cuomo describes the device. >> there was an explosion. the police commissioner will go over the details. it was a minor -- it was an effectively low-tech device. there were several injuries, we hope minor. >> this happened during the middle of the morning rush hour just before 8:00 this morning. the port authority bus terminal is america's busiest bus station. about 200,000 commuters use it just about every weekday. you can on

of the fundraisers for the president right here at cipriani across from grand central station midtown manhattan on a busy holiday month. the protesters behind me a moment ago holding up signs saying tax cuts destroy the country, the wealthy are bad. this and that, but they were mostly here for potential changes that could come as a result of the senate passage of this tax bill. potential changes that could come to social security and medicare in particular. i have a feeling, and some of them say this, that they were going to come no matter what. neil: yeah, i have a feeling one way or another, that kind of thing happens. it is america, they're free to do that sort of thing. let's go to kevin brady, he's the guy behind this. the guy is out at the ways and means committee, before the tax cuts were cool, and before there was a candidate donald trump in the race and he has got his way. none of this is possible, whether you wand to commend him or blame him. without him, kevin brady with us now. chairman, good to have you. >> thanks for having me this morning. neil: good to have you on, i'm sure brea

. >> reporter: tourists have descended on midtown manhattan. >> it's the magic. it's the big city.t's the lights, the excitement, the crowds that we love. >> reporter: undeterred by bone-chilling cold. >> i have on layers. i learned -- i did a lot of research aboif and two pairs of leggings on. >> reporter: police say recent terror attacks in new york and around the world helped guide their latest security plan. >> this is going to be one of the most well-policed, best protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> reporter: thousands of officers will be on the streets, uniform, plain clothes and heavily armed anti-terrorism units using vapor sniffing dogs. officers have new instructions on how to spot and stop potential suicide bombers and because of the las vegas sniper attack, detectives will be stationed in every hotel surrounding times square. >> you'll see increase in heavy weapons, bomb squad personnel, rad owelogic detection teams, and our technology to include over 1,000 cameras in and around the area of times square for the event. >> reporter: but s

linda lopez, abc news, midtown, manhattan. >>> local authorities are working to ensure that bay area transit systems are safe and secure as possible. abc 7's jessica castro has that bart part of our coverage. >> hi, kisten, yes, here's the latest tweet on social media from the sfpd, saying san francisco police department is following the events in new york city and there are no known threats to san francisco and officers will be making extra passing calls of transit. you can see that they included muni in their tweet. meanwhile, earlier this morning, b.a.r.t. sent out this tweet, "shortly after the attacks reminding everyone to use mass transit and when you see something, say something. they are also assuring riders that b.a.r.t. police will maintain high visibility and awareness today in response to the incident in new york city. meanwhile, we were able to get ahold of ac transit. they tell us it will maintain its same level of security and law enforcement vigilance. our team also contacted cal train. so far, no response from that agency. kristen, back to you. >> jessica, thank you.

and in new york city, fountains in midtown manhattan, mountains of ice. >> way too cold for me. >> reporter: a frigid party on tap at one of the biggest new year's eve celebrations on the planet. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >>> investigators in upstate new york are on the hunt for a killer who murdered two children, their mother and her partner in what's being described as a gruesome killing. it's a murder mystery with no leads and has people in troy, new york, on edge. nbc's gadi schwartz has details. >> reporter: this evening, police releasing pictures of the myers and mells family. two children, two adults, the victims of a mysterious killing. their bodies found a day after christmas in this basement apartment. those responsible still on the loose. >> after being in this business for almost 42 years, i can't describe the savagery of a person like this. >> reporter: 11-year-old jj and 5-year-old shanise and their mother shanta and brandi mells. shanta's sister is devastated. >> it feels like somebody's ripped us to shreds. >> reporter: police haven't released the details of the crime, bu

president donald trump at a republican party fund-raiser in midtown manhattan saturday morning decrying the tax bill senate republicans passed just hours before. >> the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >> reporter: in front of a group of republican party donors the president claimed victory. >> but what we're doing is if you look at it we're going to grow the country. we're going to grow jobs. we're going to be growing everything. >> reporter: the bill passed 51-49 early saturday morning with tennessee republican bob corker joining democrats in voting against it. the bill more than 400 pages long distributed just hours before the vote with some parts written by hand in the marginma. >> i want you to take a look at this, folks. this is your government work. >> reporter: the plan would slash the corporate tax rate and offer more modest cuts to families and individuals. it would also repeal the individual mandate to buy health insurance. republicans insist it will jumpstart the economy, benefiting everyone. >> this bill is it's about restoring the american dream. >> reporter: bu

your problem will continue to happen for sometime in the future and while the attack brought midtown manhattan to a standstill not everyone was focused on following the. new york times report gives fascinating insight into president trust t.v. viewing habits the paper says the president watches at least four hours of television a day and drinks twelve cans of diet coke and just i know you're standing by we have breaking news so i may have to cut away from you. know the full story this time in the failing new york times that i watch for eight hours of television a day. also i seldom if ever watch c n n o m s n b c both of which i consider it. thanks for joining us here on our team international plenty of news stories still coming your way on the program including this just coming in a shoot gas explosion occurring in austria at least sixty people injured and we'll give you details in just a moment. a light from many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of t

well i'm joined now by journalist james royal he is in midtown manhattan in new york city good afternoon to you james so several hours have passed since that attempted attack you described to us what you've been seeing there at the bus terminal where the explosion happened. as you can see here and in the building but you can be a. the story from a behind me there that's the code thought he bought and sold out below the building that the play for about seven point zero seven thirty am this morning joined the commuter rush hour obviously there's a lot of police activity around here you really get a first click on the paramedic and ambulance crews they've been at this data for injured i know that was the bane of a lot of crowd control of management one of the busiest. sixty five million critical part. of the dogs at the building every year. the building is now i open again and people are traveling on the buses that are coming and going but but the subway below the station is a lot of. heavy police presence here and police lines across the way. back to you. and james talk to us a little bit

. >>> a bustling midtown manhattan stopped when a man -- that's near the port authority bus terminal. earlier this morning. police say akayed ulleh used a low-tech pipe bomb strapped to his body with velcro and zip ties. several people suffered minor injuries. to his hands and body. investigators say he lives in brooklyn but comes from bangladesh and he made comments about isis after the attack. >> to do this all by yourself and as a lone waffle and successfully thankfully is a very difficult task. >> police say the suspect had worked as a cab driver for several years in new york. it's believed he's the only one involved in today's attack. >>> a state election has become a national fixation. the polls open in hours from now in alabama in one of the most watched special elections in recent memory. republican roy moore and democrat doug jones both held campaign events tonight. as nbc's jay gray reports now, some big names turned out for this final push. >> roy moore. >> reporter: for the first time in almost a week and less than 12 hours before the polls open roy moore is back on the ca

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while the attack brought midtown manhattan to a standstill not everyone was entirely focused on following the updates. the new york times report gives fascinating insight into president trusts t.v. viewing this paper says the president watches at least four hours of television a day and drinks twelve cans of diet coke and just you know you're standing by with breaking news so i may have to cut away from you. another full story this time in the failing new york times that i've watched forty eight hours of television a day wrong. i seldom if ever watch c n n b c both of which i consider. is also international thanks for joining us here russian leaders who are willing to take part in the upcoming winter games neutrals will have the full support of the russian olympic committee that assertion comes after the international olympic committee banned russia from the games for alleged state sponsored doping era now joining me live in the studio with more details on this good to see you niki so all the russian olympians going to take part yes they are in the last few minutes the russian olympic com

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. >> hi, bill, from all the way up here in midtown, manhattan, i'm kelly evans at the yale ceo summit in new york today a few minutes i'll have an exclusive interview with short seller jim chanos. we're going to talk about other stocks, tax reform, setup for 2018 for the market and so much more. >> oh, yeah, a lot to talk about with jim let's start, though, with the huge news in the media world, disney, of course, as you heard by now, buying various assets of 21st century fox in a deal worth dl more than $66 billion when you include the debt david faber broke the story weeks ago that the two companies were in talks and lo and behold, it's soup now. congratulati congratulations. >> thanks. >> we were reminiscing about the various deals you've broken over the years. >> yes, you and i go back to my first big one, british telecom and mci. $2 $22 billion deal in inflation? >> exactly that got to the finish line on this one, bill a lot of talking going on between disney and fox and also our parent company, comcast and fox. that's sort of where we want to begin today as we head toward the la

patrick's cathedral in midtown manhattan, where police are stepping up security on this christmas eve. >> reporter: that's right, tom, security ramped up across the country at soft targets such as churches, including the national cathedral in d.c. here at st. patrick's cathedral in new york, police have put up barricades and have increased the number of officers around church services. tom? >> eva pilgrim for us tonight. eva, thank you. >>> we move on to politics. escalating tensions between the president, the fbi, and the press. the president in florida this weekend taking time to thank troops for their service, also firing off new twitter comments aimed at the bureau's deputy director, andrew mccabe. democrats are accusing the president of trying to erode public confidence in the special counsel's investigation into russian meddling. here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight, president trump's relentless attack on the media continues. retweeting this "winning" image, the cnn logo squashed under his shoe. >> today, and every day, we're incredibly thankful. >> reporter: trump k

manhattan's west side for on the ground details we're joined now by our teams twenty chavez live from midtown manhattan thank you for joining us today. that's very like you says we now know that this was an isis inspired a inspired attack that and then investigators told authorities today that the suspect had actually said that the recent israeli actions in gaza is the reason why he tried to carry out this act of terror now this is one of the busiest transportation hubs in the country thousands of people go in and out of this hub every single day and so when this struck there was actual everybody in the city was extremely concerned now we're standing right where the explosion took place underground in this area now we now know that there was four people injured including the suspect and authorities say that this would have been a much much worse because the bomb had actually only partially detonated let's take a listen to what authorities had to say earlier today. there was an explosion the police commissioner will go we need to was a minor it was a you know practically low point device. there were sev

begun ♪ jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock ♪ >> three days until christmas, live look at midtown manhattan york, happy friday, you are watching "fox and friends" first on friday morning. we will remember. un ambassador nikki haley vowing to punish the nations who voted to condemn donald trump's jerusalem decision. griff jenkins from washington with details as the middle east calls, some nations call for another day of rage. >> there are calls for another day of rage across the middle east, following a vote at the united nations condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as is relapse capital as ambassador nikki haley blasted nations who voted against the us and warned there will be a price to pay. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the united nations. regions that didn't stop the palestinian prime minister from calling on member nations to take

police are responding to an explosion of some sort that's happened in midtown manhattan near the portis a major point of departure, subway area. the subway trains that go through this station are being evacuated as a precaution now. we want to get right to nbc news investigative reporter tom winter who is with us by phone. tom, good morning to you. what are your sources telling you? >> reporter: this is very early in the investigation. we don't yet know how powerful or large this explosion was. we don't even know for certain whether or not this was some sort of natural gas explosion or whether this was some sort of intentional act. we do know that this incident has prompted a significant response from both the nypd and the fire department here in new york. we also know that the nypd has dispatched the bomb squad. it's usually standard practice in this incident. some preliminary information we're getting is that this is a -- this may have been a lone actor that may have been involved in this. they have somebody that they're looking to talk to right now. so whether or not that person tu

station this is just a block away from times square and this is forty second street this is midtown manhattan as is quite a busy area and that is a very large security and police presence in that area at all times we've seen that there have been previous incidences there you know most recently there was that there was the incident where there was the individual who was driving through times square and trying to injure people with his car there were fatalities and that is very heavily monitored and police huge amount of surveillance a huge police presence and as we understand now the leader of sort of police departments on the scene clearing the area trying to clear any any any people from the area just trying to evacuate the scene for safety purposes as we now are in an incident like this you never know if this is our or not you know so far we know there could be more explosions in the works so you can be sure that they're trying to evacuate the scene to get everyone out of the problem before they are determined so they're able to determine what happening that the building the safety of the t

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morning, those are the red christmas ornaments a block north of fox news along sixth avenue in midtown manhattane day after christmas, good morning, you are watching "fox and friends" first on tuesday morning. a late merry christmas to you and write to our top stories this morning, more countries may be following donald trump's lead by moving their embassies to jerusalem. acknowledging this ancient city is the capital of israel. of jenkins live in washington with how this is sparking more outrage around the world. >> reporter: in an interview, israel is in talks with 10 countries considering following the uss lead to move their embassies to jerusalem. this comes as guatemala becomes the second nation to formally make the move. jimmy morel is announcing on facebook over the weekend i have given instructions to the foreign ministry for the necessary coordination to make this happen. is really foreign ministry spokesman praising the decision. >> thank you to guatemala. this is the just and correct decision. >> the move through harsh criticism from palestinian legislator. >> the decision of the pres