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>> reporter: it was not a happy reminder. it was a site many israelis hoped they had seen the last of. emergency response vehicles raying to the location of a deadly explosion, near a bus in central jerusalem. medical personnel moving wounded patients from the scene. we grabbed our equipment, ran here and saw the situation. and we began to help three people that were in a bad state. one, in a very bad state. police investigators say a small bag with an explosive device was left near a roadside b...

Are telling us, some of them seriously injured, but now have all been transported to local hospitals. there have been no deaths confirmed at this time. >> apparently this bomb was planted at a bus stop and it went off as a bus passed by a phone booth and stopped to pick up people at the bus stop. we believe that most of the injured were standing at that bus stop waiting for that public bus to come by. >> yes. this is the first explosion, first attack of this nature in jerusalem since 2004, and a...

Dealing with rockets and mortars that get fired from gaza on a regular basis. but what the country hasnt seen is the sort of suicide attacks that took place for a number of years and what jerusalem has been known for. the mayor is right, there has been a period of economic growth here in israel, stability has weathered the global economic crisis better than most countries around the world, gdp growth is solid here. so this is a country and a city that has been doing very, very well. not to say t...

Rootroots of this cowardly person who performed this attack and well be back to normal soon. >> due to the fact he said jerusalem and israel had been relatively safe in recent times, had there been more security measures? >> no, security had always been pretty high. israel and jerusalem know how to deal with such situations, and the fact that this is a bomb placed and the terrorist escaped is proof that there is high security. im sure it will take a few weeks until we find the person responsible...

Wonderful but that was before his trial and ultimate acquittal on child molestation charges. through all her hurt, physical and emotional, liz taylor will stand as one of hollywoods most giving and glamorous superstars. brooke anderson, cnn, los angeles. >> sad news. so many people loved elizabeth taylor. dead at the age of 79. we have managed to get more information on whats happening in jerusalem. its pretty disturbing news. bomb going off in the bus station. it went off inside of a bus. has...

Kevin, no confirmed reports of any deaths last time we talked. what can you tell us? >> reporter: what i can tell you at this point, isha, there is no death from the blasts, but we have 20 to 30 people wounded. one woman was injured critically. three are listed in serious condition, and five others in moderate, the rest categorized as light injuries. but regardless of the casualties here, the impact of this blast is going to be felt very widely in israel. this is the first explosion like this th...

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Founder mark zuckerberg donated $100 million to the troubled school district and they all want a piece of that, right? >> bill: could go a long way. back to the breaking news right now, were learning more about this explosion in jerusalem, israeli police now saying this was a terrorist attack. the latest details, live from the scene, and brand new video in central jerusalem, in a moment. martha: and we are just getting a shocking new report on the disaster in japan. did regulators ignore warni...

Bureau chief there, reported that a similar device had gone off in another jerusalem neighborhood not so long ago. do you suspect theyre connected? >> there was a small explosive device that went off in the south of engineer ujerusalem abh ago. that was a completely separate investigation opened up. since then, there were iranians killed. we had the festivals where we heightened security, but i can confirm that as of this afternoon, things in jerusalem are more quiet, calm, and there was no spec...

President obama says that wont be the case for long. hes saying the united states will step back from that leadership role in days. the coalition decided to launch first and sort out details later. listen to what defense secretary robert gates said. >> there hasnt been any disagreement that im aware of in terms of the mission and what were trying to accomplish. this command and control mission is complicated. we havent done something like this on the fly before. and so its not surprising to me t...