British Prime Minister Theresa May Speaks Out About Manchester Attack

THIS IS
THIS IS A CBS NEWS SPECIAL
REPORT.
I'M CHARLIE ROSE WITH GAYLE
KING IN NEW YORK.
THE DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN FROM
22 OUTSIDE OF AN ARENA IN
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.
59 PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED,
MANY VICTIMS ARE CHILDREN.
A SUICIDE BOMBER WAS KILLED IN
THE BLAST.
20,000 SPECTATORS.
THE VIDEO IS TOUGH TO WATCH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTED AFTER
MEETING THE PRESIDENT IN
BETHLEHEM.
SO MANY YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL,
INNOCENT PEOPLE LIVING AND
ENJOYING THEIR LIVES, MURDERED
BY EVIL LOSERS
I WON'T CALL
I WON'T CALL THEM MONSTERS,
BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE THAT
TERM.
THEY WOULD THINK THAT'S A GREAT
NAME.
I WILL CALL THEM FROM NOW ON
LOSERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY
ARE.
THEY ARE LOSERS.
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THEM,
BE THEY ARE LOSERS, JUST
REMEMBER THAT.
MARK PHILIPS IS OUTSIDE OF
THE CONCERT ARENA IN
MANCHESTER WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN GOING ON
ALL MORNING LONG.
IT'S A TRAGIC MORNING HERE,
GAYLE, AND NOT JUST FOR THE
REASON OF HIGH DEATH TOLL.
IT'S A SPECIAL CRUELTY.
THIS BOMBER ATTACKING THE
YOUNG.
LET ME SET THE SCENE FOR YOU.
THE CONCERT HAD JUST COME TO AN
END, AND THE CROWD WAS FILING
OUT.
THE ATTACKER APPROACHED FROM
OUTSIDE, RIGHT AT THE POINT
WHERE THE ATTACKERS EXITED, AND
THAT'S TO THE LOBBY OF THE
ARENA, AND MANY PARENTS WITH
THEIR YOUNG TEENS, AND RESULT
WAS CROWD FLEEING IN PANIC.
WE HAD TO -- THAT'S JUST
RUNNING FOR MY LIFE.
REALLY CONFUSED, AND BIG
BANG, AND WE COULD SMELL SMOKE,
AND EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING AND
CRYING AND TOLD ABOUT IT, WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
POLICE SAY HERE THEY BELIEVE
THE ATTACKER ACTED ON HIS OWN
HERE AT THE SITE OF THE CRIME.
HOWEVER THEY HAVE AN ID ON HIM
OR THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ID.
HE WAS CARRYING IDENTIFICATION.
WHERE IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE
ACTUAL PERSON, THAT'S THE ISSUE
AHEAD OF THEM.
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING IF HE
ACTED ALONE IN THE PREPARATION
OF THIS ATTACK.
NORAH?
MARK PHILIPS THERE, THANK
YOU.
JONATHAN VIGLIOTTI HAS THE
LATEST ON THE VICTIMS FOR A
LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GOOD MORNING.
Reporter: NORAH, GOOD
MORNING.
THE ROYAL INFIRMARY IS ONE OF
THE EIGHT HOSPITALS WHERE
VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO
OVERNIGHT.
THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES
UNCLEAR.
THERE'S UNCONFIRMED REPORTS,
SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE POSSIBLY
PARALYZED AFTER SHRAPNEL STRUCK
THEIR SPINES.
THE HOSPITALS ARE PLACES OF
HOPE FOR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES
LOOKING TO RECONNECT WITH THE
MISSING.
COUNTLESS MISSING AT THIS HOUR,
AND REALLY THE HAUNTING IMAGES
EMERGING AFTER THE ATTACK WERE
PARENTS WAITING AT THE PICK UP
POINT TO PICK UP THEIR LOVED
ONES AS THEY WERE EXITING,
INSTEAD AT SHOCK WITH HUNDREDS
RUSHING TOWARDS THEM SCREAMING.
INSIDE IMAGES OF CHILDREN
JUMPING OVER RAILINGS IN A
DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL WHO
DID MANS TO ESCAPE SAFE -- DID
MANAGE TO ESCAPE.
EVERYONE WAS PUSHING AND
SHOVING, AND PHONES AND PURSES
WERE BEING DROPPED.
THE WOMEN WERE TREATED BY
THE PARAMEDICS, AND IT WAS JUST
CHAOS.
Reporter: THOSE WERE THE
LUCKY ONES, BUT AGAIN, MISSING,
DOZEN, COUNTLESS MISSING
ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, AND
PEOPLE GOING ONLINE IN A
DESPERATE EFFORT TO RECONNECT,
POSTING DIGITAL MISSING SIGNS
OF THEIR LOVED ONES AS THE
SEARCH CONTINUES.
JONATHAN VIGLIOTTI REPORTING
FROM MANCHESTER, THANK YOU.
WE JUST HEARD THERESA MAY
IS SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE WILL JOIN HER RIGHT NOW.
THIS WAS AMONG THE WORST
TERRORIST INCIDENTS WE HAVE
EVER EXPERIENCED IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM.
ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THE FIRST
TIME MANCHESTER HAS SUFFERED IN
THIS WAY, IT'S THE WORST ATTACK
THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED AND
THE WORST EVER TO HIT THE NORTH
OF ENGLAND.
THE POLICE AND SECURITY
SERVICES ARE WORKING AT SPEED
TO ESTABLISH THE COMPLETE
PICTURE, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT I CAN AT THIS STAGE.
AT 10:33 LAST NIGHT, THE POLICE
WERE CALLED TO REPORTS OF AN
EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER ARENA
IN MANCHESTER CITY CENTER NEAR
VICTORIA TRAIN STATION.
WE NOW KNOW THAT A SINGLE
TERRORIST DETONATED HIS
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
NEAR ONE OF THE EXITS OF THE
VENUE, DELIBERATELY CHOOSING
THE TIME AND PLACE TO CAUSE
MAXIMUM CARNAGE AND TO KILL AND
INJURE DISCRIMINATELY, AND THE
EXPLOSION COINSIDED WITH THE
CONCLUSION OF A POP CONCERT,
ATTENDED BY MANY YOUNG FAMILIES
AND GROUPS OF CHILDREN.
ALL ACTS OF TERRORISM ARE
COWARDLY ATTACKS ON INNOCENT
PEOPLE, BUT THIS ATTACK STANDS
OUT FOR ITS APPALLING,
SICKENING COWARDNESS,
DELIBERATELY TARGETING
INNOCENT, DEFENSELESS CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SHOULD
HAVE BEEN ENJOYING ONE OF THE
MOST MEMORABLE NIGHTS OF THEIR
LIVES, AND AS THINGS STAND, I
CAN TELL YOU THAT IN ADDITION
TO THE ATTACKER, 22 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED AND 59 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
INJURED.
THOSE WHO WERE INJURED ARE
BEING TREATED IN EIGHT
DIFFERENT HOSPITALS ACROSS
GREATER MANCHESTER, AND MANY
ARE BEING TREATED FOR LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS, AND WE
KNOW THAT AMONG THOSE KILLED
AND INJURED WERE MANY CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE STRUGGLE TO COMPREHEND THE
WARPED AND TWISTED MIND THAT
SEES A ROOM PACKED WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN NOT AS A SCENE TO
CHERISH, BUT AS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR CARNAGE, BUT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO RESOLVE TO THWART
SUCH ATTACK IN THE FUTURE, TO
TAKE ON AND DEFEAT THE IDEOLOGY
THAT OFTEN FUELS THE VIOLENCE.
IF IT TURNS OUT OTHERS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK,
THEY WILL SEEK THEM OUT AND
BRING THEM TO JUSTICE.
THE POLICE AND SECURITY
SERVICES BELIEVE THAT THE
ATTACK WAS CARRIED OUT BY ONE
MAN.
BUT THEY NOW NEED TO KNOW
WHETHER HE WAS ACTING ALONE OR
WAS PART OF A WIDER GROUP.
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO
ESTABLISH THESE FACTS, AND THE
INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE POLICE AND SECURITY
SERVICES WILL BE GIVEN ALL THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO COMPLETE
THAT TASK.
THE POLICE AND SECURITY
SERVICES BELIEVE THEY KNOW THE
IDENTITY OF THE PERPETRATOR,
BUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE
INVESTIGATIONS, QUESTION NOT
CONFIRM HIS NAME.
THE POLICE AND EMERGENCY
SERVICES HAVE, AS ALWAYS, ACTED
WITH GREAT COURAGE, AND ON
BEHALF OF THE COUNTRY, I WANT
TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO
THEM.
THEY ACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PLANS THEY HAVE IN PLACE
AND THE EXERCISES THEY CONDUCT
TO TEST THOSE PLANS, AND THEY
PERFORMED WITH THE UTMOST
PROFESSIONALISM.
400 POLICE OFFICERS WERE
INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION
THROUGH THE NIGHT, AND MANY
PARAMEDICS, DOCTORS, AND NURSES
HAVE WORKED AMONG THE TRAUMATIC
SCENES TO SAVE LIVES AND CARE
FOR THE WOUNDED.
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO THE POLICE
INVESTIGATION, AND THERE
CONTINUES TO BE VISIBLE PATROLS
AROUND MANCHESTER, INCLUDING
THE DEPLOYMENT OF ARMED
OFFICERS.
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN
MANCHESTER, THERE REMAINS A
LARGE BLOCK OFF AROUND
MANCHESTER ARENA AND VICTORIA
STATION, WHICH WILL BE IN PLACE
FOR SOME TIME.
THE STATION IS CLOSED AND WILL
REMAIN CLOSED WHILE A DETAILED
FORENSIC SEARCH IS UNDERWAY.
WE KNOW THAT MANY FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES OF PEOPLE CAUGHT UP
IN THE ATTACK ARE STILL TRYING
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO THEIR CHILDREN, BROTHERS,
SISTERS, PARENTS, AND LOVED
ONES, SO PLEASE THINK OF THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
UNIMAGINABLE WORRY AND IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT ALL,
RELATING TO THE ATTACK, PLEASE
CONTACT GREATER MANCHESTER
POLICE.
THE THREAT LEVEL REMAINS AT
SEVERE.
THAT MEANS THAT A TERRORIST
ATTACK REMAINS HIGHLY LIKELY,
BUT THE INDEPENDENT JOINT
TERRORISM ANALYSIS CENTER WHICH
SETS THE THREAT LEVEL ON THE
BASIS OF THE INTELLIGENCE
AVAILABLE TO THEM WILL CONTINUE
TO ASSESS THIS THROUGHOUT TODAY
AND THE DAYS AHEAD.
LATER TODAY, I WILL TRAVEL TO
MANCHESTER TO MEET THE CHIEF
CONSTABLE IN HOPKINS.
THE MAYER OF GREAT MANCHESTER
AND MEMBERS OF THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES WHO HAVE COME TO
MANCHESTER'S AIDE IN ITS MOMENT
OF NEED, AND AS I ANNOUNCED
LAST NIGHT, THE GENERAL
ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
SUSPENDED.
I WILL CHAIR ANOTHER MEETING OF
COBRA LATER TODAY.
AT TERRIBLE MOMENTS LIKE THESE,
IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR LEADERS,
POLITICIANS AND OTHERS TO
CONDEMN THE PERPETRATORS AND
DECLARE THE TERRORISTS WILL NOT
WIN.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HERE BEFORE, AND THE FACT THAT
WE NEED TO SAY THIS AGAIN, DOES
NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS TRUE.
FOR ALL SO OFTEN WHILE WE
EXPERIENCE THE WORST OF
HUMANITY IN MANCHESTER LAST
NIGHT, WE ALSO SAW THE BEST.
THE COWARDNESS OF THE ATTACKER
MET THE BRAVERY OF THE
EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE
PEOPLE OF MANCHESTER.
THE ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE US MET
COUNTLESS ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT
BROUGHT PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER,
AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD, THOSE
MUST BE THE THINGS THAT WE
REMEMBER.
THE IMAGES WE HOLD IN OUR
MINDS, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE
THOSE OF SENSELESS SLAUGHTER,
BUT OF THE ORDINARY MEN AND
WOMEN WHO PUT CONCERNS ABOUT
THEIR OWN SAFETY TO ONE SIDE
AND RUSHED TO HELP.
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
EMERGENCY SERVICES WHO WORKED
FIRELESSLY TO BRING COMFORT TO
HELP AND TO SAVE LIVES.
THE MESSAGES OF SOLITARITY AND
HOPE OF ALL THOSE WHO OPENED
THEIR HOMES TO THE VICTIMS FOR
THEY ARE THE IMAGES THAT EMBODY
THE SPIRIT OF MANCHESTER AND
THE SPIRIT OF BRITAIN, AND THE
SPIRIT THAT THROUGH YEARS OF
CONFLICT AND TERRORISM HAS
NEVER BEEN BROKEN, AND IT WILL
NEVER BE BROKEN.
THERE WILL BE DIFFICULT DAYS
AHEAD.
WE OFFER OUR THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY AND
FRIENDS OF THOSE AFFECTED, AND
WE OFFER OUR FULL SUPPORT TO
THE AUTHORITIES, THE EMERGENCY
AND SECURITY SERVICES AS THEY
GO ABOUT THEIR WORK.
ALL OF US STAND WITH THE PEOPLE
OF MANCHESTER AT THIS TERRIBLE
TIME, AND TODAY, LET US
REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED, AND
LET US CELEBRATE THOSE WHO
HELPED, SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT THE TERRORISTS WILL NEVER
WIN, AND OUR VALUES, OUR
COUNTRY, AND OUR WAY OF LIFE
WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL.
REFLECTING -- THAT WAS
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
REFLECTING THE BEST OF THE
BRITISH SPIRIT SAYING THEY KNOW
THE IDENTITY BUT CANNOT REVEAL
IT.
ALSO SAYING THAT THE TERRORISM
ALERT IS HIGH IN THE AREA.
SHE ALSO SAID WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE THINKING.
THE ATTACK STANDS OUT BECAUSE
OF THE VICTIMS, INNOCENT,
DEFENSELESS.
THE PARENTS DO NOT KNOW WHERE
THEIR CHILDREN ARE THIS
MORNING.
SHE CALLED THIS THE WORST
ATTACK THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED
AND THE WORST EVER TO HIT
NORTHERN ENGLAND, AND SHE
PARTICULARLY NOTED THE
COWARDNESS OF THE ATTACKER.
ONE ATTACKER, AND THE QUESTION
REMAINS IN THE PERSON ACTED
ALONE, AND CHARLIE AS YOU SAID,
THEY KNOW THE IDENTITY, BUT NOT
READY TO SAY IT PUBICALLY ON
CONFIRM THAT.
THE OTHER THING I THOUGHT WAS
NOTEWORTHY OF THE 59 INJURED AS
YOU SAID, GAYLE, THE CHILDREN
AND TEENAGERS WERE THERE.
THERE'S LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES, AND THAT'S THE
CONCERN OF THE LOCAL FIRST
RESPONDERS AND FAMILY THIS
MORNING.
MANY TIMES PARENTS LET THEIR
CHILDREN GO AND THEY DROP THEM
OFF HERE AND PICK THEM UP HERE.
MANY CHILDREN WERE RUNNING
AROUND AFRAID.
IT TOOK PLACE AT THE EXIT TO
CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE.
MUCH MORE ON THE CONCERT
ATTACK AHEAD ON CBS THIS
MORNING, STARTING AT 7:00.
, AND WE WILL -- 7:00, AND WE
WILL HEAR FROM OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER.
WE ARE ALSO IN ISRAEL WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND HE JUST
SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS
MORNING.
WE.
THIS HAS BEEN A CBS SPECIAL
NEWS REPORT.

British Prime Minister Theresa May Speaks Out About Manchester Attack

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