A bomb explosion next to the citys busiest bus station as an isolated attempt at a terrorist attack. The suspect is a young bangladeshi who moved to the us in 2011 with his family. President trump has urged congress to act against what is known as chain migration, which allows extended family to join people already in the us. Nick bryant reports. 7 20am in the morning, the height of the rush hour, and Security Camera footage of an underpass at new yorks busiest bus terminal. This low tech bomb was detonated deliberately, in the hope of killing monday morning commuters. The failed suicide bomber had strapped the home made device to his body with velcro, but he was the only person it seriously injured. Coming at such a busy time, in such a congested place, the intent appears to have been to cause mass casualties. The Port Authority bus terminal serves 65 million passengers a year, but only three other people were treated for minor injuries. What the authorities are calling a terror attac
Busiest bus station as an isolated attempt at a terrorist attack. The suspect is a young bangladeshi who moved to the us in 2011 with his family. President trump has urged congress to act against whats known as chain migration, which allows extended family to join people already in the us. In a statement, the president said america must fix what he called its lax immigration system, which he claimed allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access the country. Those convicted of acts of terror, he suggested, deserve the strongest penalty allowed by law, including the death penalty. Nick bryant reports. 7 20am in the morning, the height of the rush hour, and Security Camera footage of an underpass at new yorks busiest bus terminal. This low tech bomb was detonated deliberately, in the hope of killing monday morning commuters. The failed suicide bomber had strapped the home made device to his body with velcro, but he was the only person it seriously injured. Coming at
Broke the story is here live. Rage of the wave. A surfer taking on this massive wall of water when hes pummeled and sent flying. The race to save him and what hes now saying from his hospital bed. Good morning, america. Thanks for joining us this friday morning. All kinds of news breaking out on all kind of fronts and that surfer lucky to be alive. In fact, if you look at the video, this doesnt just look dangerous, it was dangerous. He broke his back in that fall. But he has an incredible attitude and says, you know what, i cant wait to get back in the water and back on my board again. I think his mom might have Something Else to say about that when she sees that video. Oh, absolutely. You know, a lot of other news to get to as well, but first we want to start out with the deep freeze and record low temperatures that could be coming to here in new york and the cold air is moving in right now. Going to get down to the 20s in new york city tonight and ginger is going to start us off with
Broke the story is here live. A surfer taking on this massive wall of water when hes pummeled and sent flying. The race to save him and what hes now saying from his hospital bed. Good morning, america. Thanks for joining us this friday morning. All kind of news breaking out on all kind of fronts and that surfer lucky to be alive. If you look at the video. This isnt just looking dangerous, it was dangerous. He broke his back in that fall. But he has an incredible attitude and says, you know what, i cant wait to get back in the water and back on my board again. I think his mom might have Something Else to say about that when she sees that video. Oh, absolutely. You know, a lot of other news to get to as well, but first we want to start out with the deep freeze and record low temperatures that could be coming to here in new york and going to get down to the 20s tonight and ginger will start us off with that great news. Good morning, ginger. Good morning to you, michael. We told you it was
Saudi arabia has been accused of declaring war on lebanon by the leader of hezbollah, a Lebanese Group with close ties to iran. It follows the resignation of the lebanese Prime Minister a few days ago who is now in the saudi capital. There are fears lebanon is increasingly becoming a pawn in a wider regional confrontation between the major sunni power saudi arabia, and shia dominated iran. The un secretary general has warned of devastating consequences if the conflict erupts. From the lebanese capital beirut, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. For a region in turmoil, beirut served as a sanctuary from the violence. But now it finds itself at the centre of the growing struggle between saudi arabia and iran. Speaks arabic. In a move that has stunned lebanon, the Prime Minister resigned suddenly last weekend. Not at home, but in saudi arabia. He lashed out at iran, accusing it of destabilising the entire region. Today, irans proxy in lebanon shot back. The lea