a bomb explosion next to the city s 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 york s 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
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 s 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 york s 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 injur
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, iran‘s proxy in lebanon
the crisis in lebanon has intensified with the leader of the militant shia group, hezbollah, now accusing saudi arabia of declaring war on his country. it comes just days after the lebanese prime minister saad hariri announced his resignation while in the saudi capital. the un and others in the international community have warned other countries against using lebanon as a pawn. in a wider regional confrontation between the major sunni power saudi arabia, and shia dominated iran. from the lebanese capital beirut, 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, iran s proxy in lebanon shot back. the leader of hezbollah
the dossier. and special counsel robert mueller s investigation reaching even deeper into the white house and closer to the top. senior adviser stephen miller becoming the highest ranking active staff to talk to the special counsel s team. we begin, though, with the president s former body man and bodyguard, keith schiller, and what he said to the house intelligence committee. cnn as manu raju has that. what have you learned about what shirley said about this apparent offer of bem in russia. he testified that he thought this offer from russia to send five women up to trump s hotel room back on a 2013 trip was a joke. he said it occurred around lunchtime and when he walked then private citizen trump up to his hotel room later that night and mentioned it to him he said trump laughed it off. he said he stayed there for several minutes after trump went into his hotel room and then he left. he didn t know what happened after that. now, shurl said he dunt know who the russian was