No strong lead yet now as to why he could have done this so we will be waiting for more information on that but let me ask you about a woman or a companion about was also named as a person of interest in this. Indeed there was a companion that was for many hours in the preliminary phases of this investigation companion of steven had ics who in fact was of interest to police but what we now know is that suspect that woman has been ruled out as a person of interest as a suspect apparently the gunman using her i. D. Perhaps to read the hotel room a room we know he was in from september twenty eighth and onward not clear if he allowed any of the sort of the housekeeping staff to come into that room that would have perhaps signaled something was imminent but we do know from police now that that woman that companion has been ruled out as a suspect but again this is going to take a long time to piece together las vegas is a very busy place there was a lot of hotel rooms to look through a big
Wednesday 1st april. Also this morning the nhs reveals its losing more than a billion pounds a year in england through fraud. In sport, chelsea manager antonio co nte in sport, chelsea manager Antonio Conte criticises team. Good morning from Hastings Pier which won another award. You cant seat at the moment but it will soon as day breaks. Its beautiful. The same can be said of the in scotland. Slowly moving south over the course of the day. Ahead of it, when the fog lifts, we will get a bright day with some sunny spells andi a bright day with some sunny spells and i will have more on that in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least eight people have been killed and ii seriously hurt in new york city, in what officials have confirmed to be a terror attack. Eyewitnesses saw a white pick up Truck Driving at speed down a cycle path in Lower Manhattan, before it mowed into a number cyclists and pedestrians. The vehicle, continued for 20 blocks to chambers street where it sm
Least 16 reported along the east coast. The impact is felt across hundreds of miles and more than a dozen states. Welcome to your world this morning. Im del walters. Death and destruction on tuesday. The winter storm that slammed the south brought its rage to the north and the east overnight. In virginia, four people died, the result of tornados. The car lifted about three feet off the ground. It dropped down. Virginias government declared a state of emergency. Took a direct hit. Two adults and a toddler were among those killed. Around 4 dozen tornados wreaked having since tuesday. From louisiana, where a water scout skirted the airscout to a twister that destroyed an r scr. Park. There are family members calling in that have not made contact with loved ones, and they know were in the area. Then to the florida panhandling where an ef3 tornado hit. Winds from Strong Enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer on the busy George Washington bridge. In the midwest there were whit
Attacks was arrested in brussels. Authorities announced that they were searching for another suspect identified as a bomb maker were keeping tabs on whats happening. Obama on that trip to cuba right now has been briefed. U. S. Officials in close contact with the counterparts in belgium. We go back now to our headquarters in doha for our continued live coverage of the attacks its just after 11 g. M. F. Noon in brussels. Im taking over from jane dutton as we continue our rolling coverage of the attacks in brussels. This is what we know so far. Belgiums Prosecutor Says a blast at Brussels Airport was a suicide attack. Two explosions went off at the airport and there has been one explosion on the brussels metro network. According to the civil defense, at least 21 people have been killed, many more injured. The threat level has been raised to 4. Thats the highest level. The capital is in lock down and people are told to stay where they are. Neighboring countries and the European Commission,
That leak forced the police to bring their operation to an end there. There were journalists who followed closely developments in brussels around weve been learning more in the belgian media about the family which allegedly hid Salah Abdeslam during at least part of the four months that he was a fugitive. A family in that district where Salah Abdeslam was apprehended. The family, according to belgian media, include a number of family members who actually went to fight in syria. So this gives you an indication of the close link people, families, young men from these districts in paris and in brussels, nor whatever reason, attracted by the ideology of i. S. I. L. , in the case of some who go there to fight and in the cases of others that dont go there to fight but bring the fight to their home cubs. This is a phenomenon that police are worried about and it is very difficult to control. There have been criticisms of the police. People asking questions, why did the take the Belgian Police