pressure to step down immediately, but he is refusing. several of salah s key generals and diplomats switched sides after he launched a bloody crackdown last week. in japan, levels of radioactive iodine in tokyo s water system, they dropped significantly today. officials say it is now safe for babies to drink tap water or for parents who use tap water in formula. but still the city handed out about a quarter million bottles of water today to homes with kids. two fukushima nuclear workers are now in the hospital today for possible radiation poisoning. the men stepped in a puddle while laying cable at the plant. water seeped through the protective clothing that they were wearing and got on their legs. a third worker was wearing boots high enough to cover his skin. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu promises to act vigorously, he says, following a bus bombing. the terror attack in jerusalem
be blown up at 5:00, greenwich mean time, which was 55 minutes ago. remember, this was evacuated back in september last year, same thing, a phone-in threat, only this time they have a tangible piece of evidence, a package that s suspicious. then they did not. megyn: right. we ll wait to learn more about with the they found inside that package. trace, thank you. breaking news from the white house on this terror attack in jerusalem today. one person was killed and more than two dozen injured in the first bus bombing we ve seen in years. we re live in jerusalem with what president obama is saying about this. illegal immigrants busted posing as u.s. marines, driving in a van with a stolen license plate. what police think they were planning to do.
quickly. jim miklaszewski, thanks very much for your insights. you bet. as we ve been reporting, the middle east is a region in escalating turmoil from libya and israel to yemen and algeria. violent protests and political changes of historic proportions are all in play. as governments in the region attempt to hold on to control in the face of a wave of revolt. this is a professor of international relations in the middle east at the london school of economics. and he joins us. good afternoon, fawaz. this bus bombing in jerusalem today, the first in more than i think seven or eight years, do you think it s in any way related to the allied effort on going in libya? nothing whatsoever. what has happened, what s been happening in gaza and jerusalem and between israel and the palestinians is really related to the standoff in the arab/israeli peace process. there is no peace process. and tensions between the
now, quickly, out of jerusalem, there has been an explosion on board a bus in jerusalem now. there are people in the street being taken away on stretchers, casualty count, not known. this will be the first bus bombing in years to hit that country. back in a moment live there, after this.
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