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But the alert level in jerusalem is at the highest level. all of the ambulances are manned or emergency motorbikes are manned, and we hope there won't be additional advance in the next days. >> just a question for you, as a citizen of israel, as somebody who lives in jerusalem, how does this bombing make you feel? >> well, it brings very bad memories to us. i've been the director of the jerusalem region during the big period of the ikifada five or six years ago, more than that, ten years ago, and it brings bad memories to mind. it was relatively very quiet regarding terror attacks in

And so police might look at that in relation to what happened today to see if there is any connection. they are not telling us at this point that there is a connection, but that is something that they would certainly be looking at, to see if there is -- if that gives any clues as to who might have placed this bomb there in the first place. what we can underestimate for the people of jerusalem is the impact this attack will have. as we've been saying, it's been since 2004 that there has been an explosion on or near a bus like this. and this is going to bring a lot of jerusalemites, a lot of isr...

Blackish gray smoke came from one of the crippled reactors there. workers said they're not sure what caused the smoke. workers had to evacuate. and they had to tell people to stop giving tap water to infants. the government is urging people not to hoard bottled water. let's get back to that gruesome explosion in jerusalem. let's get the latest from jerusalem bureau, kevin flower. kevin, describe the scene right now. >> reporter: well, isha, police and security officials are certainly still on the scene. immediately after the blast happened, they set up a security cordon around the area. the ...

It when everyone else was. >> i'm sure many people will miss her. thank you for your insight. we appreciate it. >> always. >> we're getting more information now out of jerusalem on that bombing near or inside a bus. we're going to take a quick break and be back with the latest information we have for you. ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more ef...

Information we're getting right now, rita ninan is by telephone in jerusalem. what have you found out about this? >> reporter: this explosion took place near the central bus hub where all the buses come in and out of central jerusalem, the bus explosion was heard at our offices, it went off at the front of the bus as people were getting after. at this point they don't believe there was a suicide bomber but an explosion that took place toward the beginning of that bus. police are now searching for a suspect that was seen leaving the area. it happened a little bit after 3:00 p.m., which is the p...