Its appalling, sickening cowardice. Reporter Manchester Police say that the attacker died in the explosion, but they have arrested another man in connection with the explosion as the uk tries to come to terms with the tragedy it has experienced. Let us remember those who died and let us celebrate those who helped, safe in the knowledge that the terrorists will never win. The suicide bomber has been identified as 22yearold salman abedi. Today britain raised its threat alert level to critical, its highest level. And soldiers could be seen on the streets and at events to keep people safe. Back here in the united states, the new york yankees tonight played god save the queen after a moment in silence in honor of the manchester victims. Its one of dozens of memorials around the world that were held today. Right here in the bay fbi tells us there are no Credible Threats around the area. We ask people to keep their eye s and ears open. Security is not just for Law Enforcement, and first respo
This comes after the tower reported seeing fire in one of the planes engines. The plane was still taxiing at the time and stopped. Heres what to passengers on board had to say about their or deal. Flight attend ents ants were like get off the plane, get off thane spot it was controlled chaos is probably the best way for me to describe it. Everyone was shaken at first. We were all out on the tarmac but i think as soon as we got in the lounge we saw a lot of comrade did i her and people offering phones to those who had left theirs on the airplane. United released this staple a little while ago saying we are working to get o customers to San Francisco as soon as possible. A flight coming in and out of newark will be delayed for the rest of the night. One passenger we spoke with said he may be landing at sfo after 3 00 in the morning. Live in the newsroom, abc 7 news. Lisa, if you. Britains Prime Minister has raised the nations threat level to critical, thats the highest level meaning anot
Steph thanks theo paul ryans challenger paul nehlen raising a few eyebrows today. All because of his tweet. Jenna sachs is live with that part of the when i spoke with paul nehlen earlier today. He said he was feeling confident about this race. At the same time. Hes aware no one really expects him to win. Nehlen says if he does win. Message to the party establishment. Which he feels has been against him this entire race. Nehlen got an unexpected boost last week. When donald trump praised nehlen. And initially held off on his endorsement of paul ryan, nehlen says the National Attention that he received. Allowed him to spread his message further. He says that message is job security, Border Security and better trade deals. Nehlen tells me. If he loses tonight. Hes not done fighting for those things. We defied everyones expectations for thi here im not going away my fuse has been lit i am not gonna go away i am gonna keep paul ryan accountable to the people in wisconsins first district. T
Partisan primary. Who will advance . Who will keep their seat . We have a team of reporters covering the candidates. And this years election is not without some controversy. In particular in the race for congress. Businessman paul nehlen, is challenging House Speaker paul ryan. Ryan wins by a landslide. But there was a hiccup today when nehlen tweeted a picture of his ballot weve got more on thast plus Team Coverage theo keith and jenna sachs are both live in janesville tonight theo lets start with you. And the speaker of the houses steph thanks theo paul ryans challenger paul nehlen raising a few eyebrows today. All because of his tweet. Jenna sachs is live with that part of when i spoke with paul nehlen earlier today. He said he was feeling confident about this race. At the same time. Hes aware no one really expects him to win. Nehlen says if he does win. That would send a powerful establishment. Which he feels has been against him this entire race. Nehlen got an unexpected boost las
A number of i. S. I. L. Fighters have been killed. This is the beginning, this is not an easy fight. They target headquarters, as far as we know, i. S. I. L. Fighters have now moved and are within the local population. They control cities and towns. This will be a difficult fight, youll need ground forces. Who does the United States have as an ally on the ground. The other force is al nusra, and they are considered al qaedas branch in syria. This is a difficult fight. Stay with me, i want to give a little more information to the viewers, the pentagon saying u. S. Fighter jets hitting on monday. Raqqa is where they hit. A strong hold. It was the have of their operations. I should mention the yellow areas are the areas that i. S. I. L. Has taken control of in syria and iraq. Border areas were hit. Buildings, checkpoints and weapons stores. The aaron penny said this, rear admiral john kirkby, confirming with these words zeina khodr, the rear admiral referred to partner nation forces much