The Homeland Security Department (search) asked authorities in major cities Thursday for heightened vigilance of transportation systems after a series of explosions on London transit systems.
President Bush,conferred in a secure video conference with national security and homeland security officials in Washington.
"I instructed them to be in touch with local and state officials about the facts of what took place here in London," Bush told reporters from a summit of world leaders here. Bush said he urged caution "as our folks start heading to work."
In the nation's capital and several major cities, local authorities heightened security in transit systems. But Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said there were no immediate plans to raise the nation's threat level.
"We do not have any intelligence indicating this type of attack is planned in the United States," Roehrkasse said.
The Homeland Security Department asked authorities in major cities for "continued vigilance" of their transportation systems, Roehrkasse said.
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