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Moment. >> kevin flower, i'll 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 there's at least one person dead. those are early reports. and of course there must be a number of casualties but we're not sure how many. when kevin gathers more information, we'll take you back live to jerusalem. we'll have more on elizabeth taylor. she died earlier today at the age of 79. we'll be right back. uh. this is the meeting. we are the company. don't ...

Quickly. >> jim miklaszewski, thanks very much for your insights. >> you bet. as we've 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 afternoon, fawaz. this bus bombing in jerusalem today, the first in more than i think seven or eight years...

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. we've seen in the past since saturday ten palestinians killed in that violence. many israelis wounded and scores of palestinians wounded. this attack in jerusalem with a lot of people asking questions. is this related to the ...

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 deal with it. and second, it doesn't happen every day. this is something that happens rarely, and hopef...

And finally after nearly two months of being closed during the egyptian revolution, egypt's 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 claimed responsibility. former u.s. ambassador to israel, edward walker joins us now. ambassador, ...