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To tel aviv. now, this device detonated about an hour ago, and just as a bus must have been passing by, a public bus, bus number 74 is what its called, and apparently it blew out the windows of that bus. its not clear to us whether all of those casualties are on the bus or from vehicles passing by, but it was enough of a blast to injure 20 to 30 people. now, as i said, this is going to create a lot of fear here in israel, a lot of fear in jerusalem specifically. a blast like this had not been se...

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All we know right now. kevin flowers is there. well get to him shortly. well get to him now or later? do we have him yet? rebecca? were going to have him later. were trying to get kevin flowers. more breaking news to tell you about. an explosion at this bus station in jerusalem. a military operation done on the fly. lets talk about that some more. thats unchartered territory. pretty frank talk from secretary gates. nato is insisting its prepared for the libyan operation so lets talk about that...

Stand by because id like to welcome to our conversation the mayor of jerusalem. he joins us now. thank you for joining us at such a difficult time. as kevin was just making clear for our viewers, jerusalem has not seen an attack like this since 2004. your thought at this very difficult time as we watch these pictures. >> well, we talk about a c cowardice attack, a bomb placed near a bus station. innocent people were hurt. lets pray for their fast recovery. police are checking out the sources and...

Moment. >> kevin flower, ill let you go to gather more information for us. thank you very much. kevin flower reporting live from jerusalem where there has been a bomb explosion near or on a bus but inside a bus station. we understand theres at least one person dead. those are early reports. and of course there must be a number of casualties but were not sure how many. when kevin gathers more information, well take you back live to jerusalem. well have more on elizabeth taylor. she died earlier t...

Quickly. >> jim miklaszewski, thanks very much for your insights. >> you bet. as weve been reporting, the middle east is a region in escalating turmoil from libya and israel to yemen and algeria. violent protests and political changes of historic proportions are all in play. as governments in the region attempt to hold on to control in the face of a wave of revolt. this is a professor of international relations in the middle east at the london school of economics. and he joins us. good afterno...

And specifically jerusalem residents. certainly reminding of the days of the days when explosions like this were common place. now, all of this takes place against a backdrop of increased violence in and around the gaza strip and since this past weekend some 70 rockets have been fired from gaza into southern israel and prompted retaliatory strikes by the israeli military. weve seen in the past since saturday ten palestinians killed in that violence. many israelis wounded and scores of palestinia...

Under investigation. >> you say officials and authorities in israel are used to dealing with this kind of thing. if you would, for our viewers, describe the kind of security measures 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 borders. this is much more important. we need to make sure people open up their eyes and look for sufficient people or objects. this is the best way to dea...

And finally after nearly two months of being closed during the egyptian revolution, egypts stock market began trading again today. not surprisingly, it opened with a plunge of 10%, trading was halted for a half hour. the market ended the day down, 9%. developing now after years of relative calm, a bomb tore through central jerusalem today, injuring dozens and killing one woman. it was apparently not a suicide attack, but rather a 2 pound bomb left in a bag at a crowded bus stop. no group has c...