>> reporter: tanta is in the nile delta, a very populous city. not quite sure what the population is. but, yes, you have -- i mean, recently there have been these attacks like i said on the first of april, the attack on the police station. we understand there has been another attack this morning on this police training center. but tanta is not the only place that has experienced this kind of attack. cairo has seen them, upper egypt has seen attacks, as well. and particularly the sinai. so really it's across the country. just happens that recently the attacks have been in sinai. and it's not necessarily isis. you have to remember there are also other groups like the islamic group that waged an urban war against the egyptian government during the '80s and '90s. you have a variety of radical islamic groups that have a long history of violent action against the government in the did he will take upper egypt, cairo and elsewhere. so it's a massive problem that the egyptian government isn't dealing with very well. >> and stand by, ben. we have with us

it is an explosion in a church in the nile delta according to security sources. apart from not just that the death toll is now 13 people dead and 42 others have been injured. you can see on the map, the church is in the town of tanta which is in the nile delta. people caught fly—tipping will have to help councils clean up litter, under new proposals by the government. it says fly tippers cost 50 million pounds a year in england — and the number of instances of rubbish being illegally dumped by roads or in parks is on the increase. next week is holy week, leading up to easter sunday — the day christians mark their belief jesus rose from the dead. but research commissioned by the bbc suggests belief in a life after death is by no means limited to people of faith. the study found that a fifth of people who say they don't believe in a god — also believe in an afterlife. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir reports. you're here to worship today! come on! worship at hillsong church in surrey isn't just an expression of gratitude for what the christians say

breaking news for you this is coming in from egypt, a bomb has gone off inside a church in the nile delta, this happened during a palm sunday mass. egyptian leaders say the blast killed at least 25 people. that explosion took place in the town north of cairo. we learned that 71 others were injured in the blast. the target was a church filled with coptic christians going to palm sunday services. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. extremist groups have hit a number of egypt coptic churches in recent years. president trump discussed such attacks while egypt's president visited washington last week. christians make up 10% of egypt population. >> pope francis got word of the bombing delivering palm sunday mass in st. peter's square. pope francis is scheduled to visit egypt on april 28. palm sunday marks the beginning of holy week the most sacred time of the year for christians. it includes the commemoration of the execution of jesus. >>> back home, drone 6 flew over the nfl draft preparations over the museum of art. the draft is 18 days away, but a round of parking restri

it happened in a nile delta town. and alexandria.he attacks two weeks before pope francis is due to visit egypt. this horrific palm sunday attack that again targets christians. reporter: let's start with the latest development. egypt's president says he will deploy the military to assist police in protecting what were termed vital facility across the country. meanwhile, this second attack at st. mark's cathedral is very significant. the leader of the coptic church had just finished his services there. he was not hurt. but 11 worshipers were killed at that location. egypt's interior minister said a suicide bomber tried to enter the cathedral, but he was stopped by police, three of whom are among the dead. video shows the suicide bomber trying to enter the cathedral. he's directed toward a metal detector and at that point his device was detonated. 26 worshipers were killed during a packed church service in a nile delta town. she described church deacons with blood-stained white robes running from the scene. the more seriously injured w

a bomb has gone off inside a church in the nile delta during palm sunday mass.e blast killed at least 25 people. the explosion took place in the town north of cairo. 71 other people were injured in the blast. the target was a church packed with coptic christians celebrating palm sunday services. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. isis carried out a suicide attack in cairo killing mostly women. pope francis will visit egypt later this morning. we'll follow this breaking news and get more at 6abc.com. >> looking outside, making your job very easy. >> reporter: very easy. let's get you outside, a beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge, clear skies, sun starting to rise, testers will start to climb, today will be as picture-perfect as you can get for this time of the year. normal high for this time of the year, 62. we'll be around 70 without a cloud in the sky, it will be very, very nice. 43 in philadelphia. trenton, 36. the numbers are chilly. the clear skies allowed the numbers to plummet overnight. we're below freezing in some locations,

the first and deadlier bombing was in a church in the nile delta city of tanta, about 60 miles from cairo. later, a suicide bomber hit alexandria's saint mark's cathedral, the seat of egypt's coptic church. pope francis, who plans to visit egypt later this month, denounced the bombings and expressed his condolences. >> sreenivasan: the trump administration is revamping the h-1b visa program for highly educated and skilled foreign workers. the application period for the employer-sponsored visas opened last monday, and by friday the 85,000 slots available were gone. this means, as usual, there will be a lottery for the h-1b visas later this year. joining me from miami to discuss changes to the program is "usa today" immigration reporter alan gomez. >> the h1bb visas are giving people perspective, something the tech industry has wanted and uses for a long time. >> exactly. companies like ibm, microsoft, google have been bringing in these workers for a long time. what they argue is that there is is just not enough american workers that are graduating in the stem fields, in steins, technology,

series of attacks on egypt's christian minority. 29 people were killed in the first explosion in the nile deltaof tanta. while 16 more died in the second attack in alexandria. this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. egyptian christians had gathered to celebrate one of their holiest days. but this palm sunday brought violence. the first deadly explosion was during mass at st george's church in tanta, leaving blood everywhere, wooden pews shattered. just hours later there was another attack here, in the northern city of alexandria. this time just outside the church, the dead included police officers who had stopped the suicide bomberfrom entering. the head of egypt's coptic church, pope tawadros, had already left. in rome, at palm sunday prayers, pope francis condemned the bombings. he's due to visit egypt later this month. a recent upsurge in attacks on egypt's coptic christians is causing concern. they are one of the oldest christian communities in the world and they make up one in ten of the country's mainly muslim population. in february hundreds fled the sinai region f

different cities have killed 37 people in the first attack, a bomb exploded at a church in the nile delta city of tanta killing 26 people and later an explosion hit a cathedral in the coastal city of alsand -- alexandria. that blast killed 100 people. isis claimed responsibility for the attacks after recently warned it would step up attacks on egypt's christians. >>> this noon, new reports and videos of bombing in syria in the same rebel held province that a horrific chemical attack toops -- took place last week. this after president trump ordered a bombing of a syrian air base. rex tillerson told george stephanopoulos he would confront russia about the full removal of assad's chemical weapons. >> clearly they have been incompetent or out-maneuvered by the syrians. >> united states ambassador to the united nations said if president trump needs to do more he will do more. >> friends and neighbors rescued a man trapped on the roof in logan section before 7:00 a.m. this morning. you can see the flames and smoke there. the person was rescued from the rooftop before firefighters got to the sce

george's church in the nile delta town of tanta. isis claiming responsibility for both attacks. has been under a state of emergency. but president el-sisi issuing another one, despite vows to crack down on extremists in egypt. he has struggled to tackle terrorism or other of egypt's pressing problems since seizing power in a coup in 2013. israel announced its border crossing with egypt after fears of an imminent attack. david and melissa. david: conor powell. thank you very much. melissa. melissa: president trump reached out to the swedish prime minister to offer his condolences after a truck smashed into a department store killing four people. we're learning more about the man behind what is being called a terror attack. he is 39-year-old from uzbekistan, who was denied asylum and told in december he had four weeks to leave sweden. the authorities were searching for him him to deport him but couldn't find him. david: protesterss forcing a woman who is defending u.s. police to end her speech early. just wait until you hear who is behind the shutdown. we asked a group of young pe

in the nile delta town of tanta. isis has claimed previously attacks against egypt minority.went on to pray for the victims. the pontiff is scheduled to visit cairo egypt later this month. four people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when the attacker drove a truck into a crowd into a busy stopping district. >>> pooen while investigators arrested a pan in connection with an attack. no details were given on the other suspects. >> and back here in the bay area the coast guard is keeping a close eye on the san francisco barge and found a small shane of oil. so far the coast guard says there have been no signs of oil on nearby shorelines and no report officer impact to wild life. divers were able to plug visible holes on a cane barge that was holding about 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel and hydraulic fuel when it capsized. >> it's outside the navigation channel. so where the barge is right now commercial traffic wouldn't normally transit. >>> neil gorsuch is set to be sworn in tomorrow as the newest supreme court justice. gorsuch friday by a vote of 54 to 45. this after re

the first bombing happened at 9:30 am on the nile delta. hours later a second explosion went off at the gates of the cathedral in the coastal city of alexandria. take a look at this video. this is in alexandria. surveillance images appear to show the suicide bomber, the man with the blue sweater approaches the main gate. after being turned away he walks past a female police officer and a woman and into a full body metal detector. then an explosion engulfs the area. >>> another video from the first attack shows the moment a bomb went off. a men's choir was singing inside the church. there is the sound of an explosion and the video feed cuts out. the attacks are weighing heavily on the minds in the bay area. we visited an orthodox church in the south bay were people are trained to make sense of the event. >> reporter: palm sunday is a day of peace and prayer. but violence and terror in the churches historic home in egypt. >> it's horrifying. it something you wouldn't wish on anyone, not your worst enemy and not people who identify with the re

it's about i want to say 100 kilometers probably from cairo in the nile delta. there has been an attack on an egyptian coptic christian church there. we understand it was some sort of improvised explosive device or some sort of bomb that targeted that church. this of course sadly not the first time that the christian coptic community in egypt has been targeted. we are awaiting a statement from the interior ministry. we're not sure what the casualty numbers are at this stage. but just a few months ago, there was an attack on a church as well closer to cairo targeting the coptic christian community. we'll have more on that as we get it. with our other news, hannah, just one moment, i'll hearing from our producer 13 people killed. and this is according to the government source, luke? we have 13 people -- so egyptian state run newspaper quoting a number of 13. 13 people killed in this egyptian coptic church attack. dozens wounded. we're waiting for official word from the interior ministry and we'll of course bring you that when we get it. but a high death toll here

george's coptic church in the nile delta. several hours later, another explosion hit in front of st. mark's church in alexandria, killing 11 and wounding 21. these are the latest in a series of assaults on egypt's christian minority. the group has been repeatedly targeted by islamic extremists though no one has claimed responsibility for this morning's attacks. both come just weeks before pope francis is due to visit egypt. >>> at 7:08, much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, defending the air strike in syria. the president's letter to congress and the tensions inside the white house. >>> plus, google is under investigation for how it pays certain employees. how the tech giant is responding, next. live-stream your favorite sport at the airport. binge dvr'd shows while painting your toes. on demand laughs during long bubble baths. tv everywhere is awesome. the all-new xfinity stream app. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> welcome back at 7:10 on your sunday morning. the sun is shining over downtown san jose as we look

george's church in the nile delta town of tanta. the church was streaming as palm sunday mass. the video cuts out but the screaming victims can be heard. isis is claiming responsibility for both attacks. killed at least 44 people. distraught families demanding answers from egypt's president al-sisi who declared a state of emergency last night. >> i want to ask president al-sisi, why didn't you declare the state of emergency two weeks before the holiday? he is coming to do this now after this crime has happened. >> president al-sisi, who was in washington last week and praised by president trump, boasted to bret baier about his record tackling extremism. >> translator: there is great progress and success. terrorism takes a long time to get rid of it completely. think of violence appears to be spreading on the restless sinai peninsula to egypt's cities. christians and muslims were wary of the deteriorating security situation and economic and political reforms have stalled under president al-sisi's rule which is becoming increasingly authoritarian. >> the instability in egypt is a

in the nile, delta, cairo, and other egypt towns and cities a series of attacks on police and governmentfficials and on christians going back several years. alison? >> all right. cnn's ben wedeman, thanks very much. keep us posted on details, not just of this first blast but a second blast at a second church. thanks very much. >>> nikki haley's claims are slammed by russia. the defense secretary said last week's chemical attack is russia's fault. >>> plus, violence after thousands of protesters take to the streets in venezuela. why they say the government is violating their human rights. >>> also, alec baldwin is back on "snl," skewering the president on jobs, and the economy. >> do you like that i bomb syria? are you right there? >> i sure do, sir. but i wanted to talk about my job. i recently got laid off from a coal mining plant. >> god, i love coal! z282uz zwtz y282uy ywty with chantix.d i quit smoking i was very grateful to have chantix. at times when i would normally go smoke, i just didn't. it's kind of like "wait a minute, i would normally be running out the door to go grab a cig

around the northern sinai which basically forced many of them, dozens of families to flee to the nile deltaa result. now, there has been rising tension between the christian community and muslims within the country, itself. and it's widely believed that the security services in egypt simply have failed to protect the christian minority in egypt which makes up almost 10% of the population. alison? >> to your point there, the christian community there in egypt really has been a target of islamic extremists and the frustration there has been that security just hasn't, you know, certainly measured up to what it needs to be, knowing that that community is really a target. >> reporter: yes. but having seen egyptian security in action, oftentimes, i can tell you that the people who are put in charge of protecting christian churches, community centers, and others, are poorly paid, poorly trained, poorly equipped, poorly motivated, and poorly led. by and large, it doesn't appear that protecting the christians of egypt is a top priority of the government of who president trump said is doing such a fa

the attack happened this morning, at atop christian and tanta parked with worshippers, it is a nile delta town north of cairo. christians make up just around 10% of egypt's population and have repeatedly been targeted by islam i can extremists there, how much, no one claimed responsible, attacks comes weeks before pope francis is due to visit egypt. >> in nor weighs, sweeping through to diffuse a bomb. investigators aren't releasing any further information about the device. >>> and, we ' learning more about the suspect in friday's deadly truck attack, in sweden. investigators say, the suspect was sympathetic to extremist group, south by authorities for deportation. bag every explosives was found in the truck used for that attack. they also say the man arrested likely the driver of that vehicle. on friday, a man drove a stolen truck at pedestrians, on the busiest street in stockholme, killing four people, injuring 15 other. >> pope francis denounced terrorism during this morning's palm sunday mass. he condemned suffering in the world, remembering those who suffer from slave labor, wars, an

the day's first attack was in the nile delta town of tanta where 26 worshipers were killed. the church's youtube channel was transmitting as the bomb went off. the video abruptly ends, but the chilling shrieks of victims can still be heard. a witness who lived across the street described church deacons in blood-stained white robes running from the scene. more seriously hurt victims were rushed to nearby hospitals in private cars. as you mentioned, isis claimed responsibility for both of today's deadly blasts. in a recent video the terror group threatened to increase attacks targeting egypt's minority christian community which it refers to as infidels, and egypt's president speaking tonight on live television declared a state of emergency. he said, quoting him now, the fight against the terrorists is going to be long and painful. what is happening here is an attempt to tear egypt apart. and during his remarks, arthel, the president spoke about terrorist groups, but he also mentioned what he described as countries being to blame for what is happening in egypt causing the insta

george's church in tanta north of cairo in the nile delta had attracted a large congregation of worshippers, among them a bomber. the explosion blew the internet stream of the service off the air. and in an instant, it killed 27 people here authorities said. the carnage wasn't over. a few hours later, at st. mark's church in alexandria, a man with a blue sweater over his shoulder is denied entry and told to go through a metal detector. the people unlucky enough to be around it became the next target. both bombings appeared to be suicide attacks and responsibility was claimed by the so-called islamic state. the three month state of emergency declared by the el sisi government may result in more pressure on militants operating in egypt and an even more severe clamp down on opposition there. after meeting the former army general in washington last week, president trump took to twitter to express his confidence that president el sisi will handle situation properly. it's difficult to see where that confidence comes from. el sisi came to power vowing to provide security and these attacks will und