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Ariana grande had only -- the concert just finished. she did her encore. she went off strangers and then bang. big explosion. suddenly a lot of smoke and a lot of terrified young people. >> ill ask you one last question. have there bee more recent concerns, more concerns recently than usual of uptick of concern in the northwest of england in recent weeks and months? >> another ambulance has just arrived. no, not really, not specifically in manchester. im sure youre in america youre aware of the ...

The crowd. you can hear it from the tone of the young women from the girls who are shouting here. you see people jumping to try to essentially get around the cue of people. you get the sense of panic in that room. mindful of the prospect that weve got a death toll of 19 tonight. we do not know if those 19 deaths were caused all of them by the explosion. it is possible. and looking at some of this tape, it seems very possible that some of the deaths and injuries may have been caused by the panic ...

Here, right? the bridge has not come down. we got the explosions. you still see the smoke there on the water. we were expecting the bridge to be blown up on the water but the bridge is still standing. weve got it from another vantage point. this is actually a better angle. ill warn you its coming, right? ill tell you what you hear here is the explosion and then the sound cuts off on the camera because of the big loud boom. but watch it from this angle. ready? three, two, one. thats where the sou...

But its almost as if it was a week ago tonight before the attacks happened. people are out, people are living, people are enjoying themselves, brian. >> what a nice thing, going out in one of the nicest place to eat and drink and socialize, is also considered one patriotic duty tonight in paris a week after such awfulness. >> kelly, thank you as all. we also want to welcome in laura haim of the candle plus cable network. laura, weve had this shift in the story in our belief systems and what we t...

Attacked. there was also, though, as these people were gathering in this area, as you mentioned, what is thought to be a firecracker sent people in panic running, thinking maybe there are more attacks on the way. the city still remains in a lot tension on a knifes edge really. we are also hearing from survivors inside of the le bat aclan theater that is behind me and hearing what they had to say about the attack in that venue. >> big explosion. our brothers in iraq. >> as you can hear from this

Time. conor, thank you very much. in somalia, the terrorist group al shabab has gone on the attack again. this time a police official saying five islamic terrorists struck a mogadishu hotel, popular with government officials and some lawmakers. the attack happened at day break. first a suicide car bomb detonated outside, then men with ak-47s and hand grenades stormed inside. in all, six people were killed, ten others hurt. >> translator: big explosion, busy taking photos when a vehicle filled ...

Where one mall goes to the other. i see one woman walking away now limping, covered in a sheet. i see three or four people on the ground being treated by paramedics. but i have a feeling there are more off to the left where i cant see, which is where that explosion was just across the street from me. it was a pretty big explosion. i could see there were a bunch of people piled around what may have been a trash can or something there across the street. im not entirely sure. >> describe the scene ...

Having gone there for what is supposed to be a very -- almost a joyous occasion in a way where your brother is doing something so difficult, and instead this happens. >> i believe my brother is fine because he was a good 45 minutes away from the finish line. were trying to contact my other brother and his kids now because they were somewhere on the other side of the street. were hoping theyre okay and they should be okay because we think theyre another block or two down on the other side. but it...

>> okay. matt, take us back, describe to us where you were. you were waiting for your brother. hes running in the marathon. you said he still had about 45 minutes to go. tell us again what was your vantage point and describe the scene right before and right after you heard these explosions. >> sure, i was on boylston avenue, where the runners make their final mile to the finish line. it is packed with runners on the street and spectators on both sides. but 30 minutes ago at there point, i guess,...

Where were i could see on either side. >> was it an explosion from an city infrastructure, gas line or generator or something along those lines or did it look like something obviously much more serious, much more sinister, some sort of foul play? >> my first instinct is it was some type of pipeline or manholes exploding because it looked like it was coming from the sidewalk itself as opposed to anything on top of it. but i didnt have a great look at it. thats my first gut instinct on what it was...