broker the deal. bill: in exchange the oils us is unfreezing $6 billion and 6 prisoners. qatar has received the money. the swap is good to go. dana: the deal going through as president biden attends the u.n. kicking off today, general assembly in new york. we re waiting to see if he will comment on it. republicans are slamming the agreement saying it puts a price on americans heads. the administration is trying to act like money isn t if youingible. even if we get the safeguards on the $6 billion and frees up $6 billion of iranian money for terrorism, supporting russia whether it s britteny griner. they got the message. take americans hostage and you get billions of dollars. good morning, dana. we just got that alert moments ago. the administration announcing that the five americans and two family members have departed tehran along with the ambassador on a plane now. iranians are reporting that two of the five iranian prisoners the u.s. is releasing have already arri
by a senior administration official that the us is currently on high alert and is actively preparing for what they expect to be a significant attack by iran that could come within the next week or so. this iranian attack would of course be in response to that israeli airstrike that we saw in damascus that ended up killing multiple top iranian commanders and us and israeli officials. i am pulled have been in close contact hot preparing for what they see as an inevitable attack from iran. these two governments have been in close consultation preparing for a number of different ways in which this forthcoming attack could unfold. and they do believe that both of us and israeli assets are at risk of being targeted. but i am told that adds as of issues that the two leaders discussed, including just the neith carrying aid to get into gaza. and we actually saw some immediate effects, some results coming out of that phone call, including the opening of a crossing, the opening of a por
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the official terror threat level in the uk has been raised to critical which means an attack is expected imminently . members of the armed forces are also being deployed to boost security at key sites across britain. the prime minister, theresa may, made the announcement as counter terrorism officers continue their inquiries into the suicide bombing in manchester that claimed the lives of 22 people. sarah corker has more. raising the threat level to critical isa raising the threat level to critical is a major and raising the threat level to critical is a majorand blair raising the threat level to critical is a major and blair moved by uk security chiefs are those not unprecedented. it is the first time placed at the top of the five levels ina placed at the top of the five levels in a decade. it means hundreds of troops will be deployed under police command. it is now concluded, on the basis of today s investigation, that the threat level should be increased for the time be
for investigators is to find out, whether the suicide bomber was working alone or was part of a network that might have been planning other attacks. mark easton has the latest on the investigation. and a warning, his report contains some flashing images. who was behind this attack on innocence? as the concert ended and the lights came up, as children left for home, music in their ears, smiles on their young faces, who chose that moment to indulge their hateful ideology? there s no need to bunch up and run! take yourtime and exit the building. police are convinced the suicide bomber was salman abedi, but working with the security services, counterterrorism officers are desperate to try to work out if he had a commerce is bought is still at large. if he had accomplices still at large. our priority is to continue to establish whether he was acting alone or working as part of a wider network. the man named as the suicide bomber is salman abedi, aged 22, and born in mancheste