London Bomb: A bomb partially blew up on a crowded London Underground train this morning in what authorities say is an incident of terrorism. Eighteen people were taken to the hospital with burns.

Investigators say it appears that only the detonator went off, averting what might have been a horrific attack.

Missiles of September: Ignoring the latest round of UN sanctions, North Korea fired another missile over northern Japan yesterday, once again heightening tensions. The missile was not aimed toward the US territory of Guam, which might have provoked a military response. But the missile, launched from an airport near the capital of Pyongyang, flew 2,300 miles, indicating that North Korea is capable of hitting Guam.

“Now is the time to annihilate the U.S. imperialist aggressors,” said a spokesman for the North’s Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, according to the Korean Central News Agency. “Let’s reduce the U.S. mainland into ashes and darkness.”

Borderline:  President Trump appeared yesterday to affirm his interest in protecting the illegal immigrants known as “Dreamers” brought to the country when they were children.

Contrary to his tweet earlier in the day, Trump said, “We’re working on a plan for DACA,” referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which he cancelled. Admitting that the issue would be separate from his plan to build a border wall, he said, “the wall will come later.”

A lot of people in Trump’s political base say allowing Dreamers to stay amounts to amnesty for illegal immigration, which Trump promised in his campaign he would never grant.

Former Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, now a radio host, said, “This issue got Trump elected, period. No amnesty. Build the damn wall. … If he betrays that promise, he’s dead. He is dead among his base. Millions and millions of voters will abandon him.”

On Tour: President Trump visited Florida for about three hours yesterday. He handed out hoagies with wife Melania and flew over damaged areas. Professing love for Florida and its “special” people, he promised to return.

Returning to Washington aboard Air Force One, Trump revived his claim that there were “bad dudes” on both sides during the Charlottesville demonstrations and violence, a claim that created a storm of criticism.

“Now because of what’s happened since then, with Antifa (Anti-fascist), you look at really what’s happened since Charlottesville — a lot of people are saying — in fact, a lot of people have actually written, ‘Gee, Trump might have a point,’” the President said. “I said, ‘You’ve got some very bad people on the other side,’ which is true.”

On the Carpet: Shortly after the Justice Department appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate the Russia connection, Trump berated Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions in the Oval Office and told him he should resign, according to a story in the NY Times. The paper reports that Sessions told his associates that it was the most humiliating meeting of his long life in public office.

The Times says Trump rejected Sessions’ resignation when advisers convinced him he would only dig himself a deeper hole after firing FBI Director James Comey.

True Lies: In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer basically admitted that his job was to lie for the president if he had to. It started day one with inflating the size of the inauguration crowd.

“Your job as press secretary is to represent the president’s voice,” Spicer said.  “Whether or not you agree or not isn’t your job.”

He told Kimmel, “You can look at a set of facts and come out with one opinion, but someone else can say the facts are the same here and I come out with a different conclusion.”

Kimmel responded, “So, if I were to say to you, I’m sitting on a horse right now?”

“Well, you’re not,” Spicer responded.

“Right! Exactly!” Kimmel shouted.

The Obit Page: Tough guy actor Frank Vincent, who played mobsters in “The Sopranos” and in “Goodfellas,” has died in New Jersey at age 80.

His characters had a tendency to get whacked. Joe Pesci beat him to a gel in “Raging Bull. Then 10 years later in “Goodfellas,” after profanely insulting Pesci in a bar about having been a shoeshine boy, he ends up stabbed to death and buried in the woods.

In “The Sopranos,” he gets shot on the pavement of a Raceway gas station in front of his wife and grandchildren, then his car rolls over his head. This was an actor who knew how to die.

The Sports Page: The Cleveland Indians set a Major League Baseball record of 22 consecutive wins last night, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in 10 innings. They’re gunning for the record of 26, set before MLB was created. This has the potential to make baseball interesting.

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