Bush addresses nation in wake of crash

US President George W Bush has spoken to the nation after an American Airlines jet crashed in the New York borough of Queens, apparently killing all 255 people on board and injuring several people on the ground.

The US President, who has come from a meeting with Nelson Mandela, said: "It is heart-breaking to pick up the phone and call my friend Rudolph Giuliani and once again express my condolences.