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Reports, no widespread flooding, at least not in this area, ana. >> all right, sure is nice to see the sun, alina machado, thanks so much. we have some breaking news right now out of jerusalem, where violent clashes have broken out at the funeral of that teenager, the palestinian teenager who was killed in what has been called a revenge killing. the teenager was abducted and killed in jerusalem this week. it was carried to a mosque in an east jerusalem neighborhood today, that 1-year-old moham...

It began i got hit in the foot with a rock, so it is definitely the most intense clashes ive seen here in jerusalem in many, many years. >> ben wedeman reporting again in jerusalem, the scene of some clashes this morning. stay safe out there, ben. we see its an unpredictable and dangerous situation. thanks and well be right back. . im j-e-f-f and i have copd. im l-i-s-a and i have copd, but i dont want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. thats why i asked my doctor a...

I know you might have a hard time hearing me because of whats happening there. fill us in. >> reporter: the clashes in sharfat, a suburb to the north of jerusalem. what we have behind me israeli troops who have been firing many, many rubber bullets and much tear gas in the direction of palestinian youth who were attending this funeral for the, for mohammed abu kadir, the young man whose body was found the day before yesterday in the forest. many believe it was a revenge killing by israelis in re...

Downtown, from other parts of jerusalem and mostly young men, but there are older people as well, but just boys from the neighborhood, boys from around town who have been angered by this killing and as i said, long, smoldering frustrations that go back decades. >> and could this be the beginning, do you think, of a much bigger conflict? >> reporter: its difficult to say. in the past there have been sort of brief periods of unrest, and that have calmed down. its difficult to say. the problem is t...

Breaking news. an explosion at a jerusalem bus station. a bomb going off in or near a bus. kevin flower back on the phone to give us more information. kevin, give us the latest. >> reporter: what i can tell you is that the police are telling us that this bus -- the explosion happened outside of the bus and not inside the bus. this is outside bus number 74. this is a public bus. the explosion happened very close to the central bus station. it happened in a very central part of jerusalem on a main...

The explosive device was put inside a bag. it went off, and all those standing in the area of the bus were, in fact, injured and have been treated in hospitals. since then weve actually heightened security in jerusalem to prevent any further attacks from taking place. the investigation is continuing and the site is being examined. >> mr. rosenfeld, what can you tell us about the investigation and its immediate focus? have you got any leads? >> were working on two levels, on a personal level as w...

Investigation. police and the security forces are checking everything, and its a security issue. >> you mentioned -- you say that officials and authorities in israel are used to dealing with this kind of thing. describe the kind of security that would be in place at a central bus station like that in central jerusalem. >> there is lots of intelligence, lots of security around the city and around the area. this is much more important. we need to make sure people open up their eyes and look for su...

Next to a public bus near the bus station. and as you can imagine there are hundreds of emergency responders, police, ambulance services, israeli military is on site. this happened on a very, very sort of congested main artery within jerusalem. its the road that leads to the highway going to tel aviv. a lot of traffic here at this time. looking at the scene, its not clear whether this explosion happened on the bus or not. it seems to have been from what i can tell somewhat limited in scope. this...

Undergone a lot of growth. even tomorrow, there is the jerusalem marathon that is scheduled to take place. no word at this point whether that would be canceled or not. i assume it wouldnt be. but certainly a lot of people that will be expressing fears about what this means going forward, reminding them of the past. >> kevin, we were talking to the mayor about security measures around bus stations like this. he says jerusalem has been pretty calm in the last several years, as he has alluded to, b...

Very safe lately, and hopefully we will find the root of this coward person who created this terrorist attack and well bring him to trial and justice. >> as you say that israel and jerusalem have been relatively safe in recent times, had there been kind of a loosening of security measures? >> no, i think security is very high. always israel and jerusalem know how to deal with such situations, and the fact there was a bomb placed and the terrorist escaped is proof that security is generally high,...