Nearly 100 years ago. British police have made another arrest in connection with the Terrorist Attack in manchester. A total of 11 people have now been arrested. Despite progress in the investigation the Terrorist Threat in the uk remains at a critical level. And already vast investigation, still expanding. Each day Counter Terrorism detectives raid more properties in manchester, cutting through the shutters of this moss side barbershop. It was run by this man, a cousin of the manchester bomber. Forjani was arrested earlier in the week with at least one of his brothers. Police also raided another house in the middle of the night, bringing the number of people in custody to eight, all men, mostly libyan and aged between 18 and 38. They are very significant these arrests. We are happy we have our hands on some of the key players we are concerned about. There is still a little bit more to do. The bomber, salman abedi, came back to manchester from libya last week. Renting a flat in this bl
of a 23-year-old man in the area in connection with the attack. but after attacks we see numerous arrests, numerous raids and sometimes they don t end up in charges in connection with an attack. so we ll have to wait and see whether this individual that is in custody had any kind of relation. we ll have to see what they found at these various addresses that they have searched since the attack. this is a fast ongoing investigation. there s been a lot of forensic work done at the scene of the attack in terms of trying to figure out just how sophisticated the device was, just how powerful it was, what kind of bomb making chemicals were inside. and all of that provides clues about whether this was likely that individual acting alone or whether he might have been part of some wider network. the more sophisticated the device, the more powerful the
russia has said it found evidence a bomb caused the crash and isis claimed responsibility. and two people with syrian passports arrested and traces of bomb making chemicals found in a car in the geneva area. the search for more radicalized suspects continues as security is tight. are these latest arrests linked to the paris attacks? i want to bring in cnn s nic roberts robertson. what do we know? reporter: they are still looking at the possible links to the paris attacks. prior to the two men being arrested, there was an already heightened terror threat here. some information from u.s. counter terrorism picked up from isis chatter and some associates were here in switzerland. it was during the heightened alert as they searched for the
this american morning. . busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. it was busy. but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congressional leaders to raise america s borrowing limit in exchange for massive spending cuts. i want to announce that leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. the default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. a sense of what the agreement looks like, going to increase the debt ceiling by up to $2.4 trillion. that is enough to get us through 2012, we hope. the plan also includes $917 billion in immediate spen