Terrorist threats made against the White House

The FBI has evacuated the White House after they received what they said were "creditable threats" against the White House.

All airports across the US have been shut down.

Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant, said he witnessed a explosion near the Pentagon shortly after two planes crashed into World Trade Centre.

‘‘It was a huge fireball, a huge, orange fireball,’’ Begala said.

He said another witness told him a helicopter exploded.

Later a DFLP official denied responsibility for the attack.

The Chicago Stock Exchange has been evacuated.

Office paper from the damaged buildings has been found drifting over three

miles away in Brooklyn

Last terrorism attack on Feb. 26, 1993, killing six people and injured more

than 1,000 others.

In 1945, an Army Air Corps B-25, a twin-engine bomber, crashed into the 79th

floor of the Empire State Building in dense fog.

In Sarasota, Fla., President Bush was reading to children in a classroom at

9:05 a.m. when his chief of staff, Andrew Card, whispered into his ear.

The president briefly turned somber before he resumed reading.

Asked what he knew about the planes, Bush replied, "I'll talk about it

later."

There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities in the twin disasters,

which happened shortly before 9 a.m. and then right around 9 a.m.