headquarters in brussels. francine: friday is the day that in belgium because it is the day salaam was arrested. are they linked? any firm do not have evidence, but the prosecutors in brussels say that is their main thing that they are investigating now, is what the connection is between the two attacks and if there is any some, and theh withrk -- any connection sol the slum. they have shut down the metro and the main train stations here, so we are headed back toward the lockdown situation here in brussels. want to do a quick correction. i mentioned delta 42. that is what the headline said. that is wrong. that is a puerto rico flight. leftis delta 43, which brussels and was diverted to jfk over from amsterdam. jones hayden, i look at what this will do and forever change brussels. what have you learned, as our bureau chief, since november of last year and the paris bombings? jones: i have learned that we are going to have to live with presence on the streets. that is not going to go away. when they first starte

flights into brussels. delta 80 atlanta to brussels is on the ramp and holding in brussels. they don't want to deplane these passengers because of the chaos and the security scene on the ground. so, those passengers who have been on the ground for several hours are staying on the ground. new york 42 new york to brussels has been departed to amsterdam. d.c. to brussels continued and landed at 7:01. that is a concern. that would suggest that those passengers may have been in the terminal that time of the explosion. you're looking at a shot there of flight aware. live air traffic control look at the traffic in and around brussels and the brussels airport being shut down. what you're seeing there are planes going over the top of brussels, but certainly not landing in brussels. united 999 newark to brussels has been, we are told rerouted to a remote location. i don't know if that's on the ramp in brussels or if that is another airport. a military airport or something. i simply don't know. that's united 999 safe and on the ground at this hour. one other point i would tell you that

brussels airport. that flights out of brussels have been canceled. it's still in the process of being evacuated from the departures hall where that took place. there were thousands of people taking flights this morning, leaving from the departure so the airport spokeswoman has said there were wounded. they have not put a number on that wounded and the federal police here have confirmed that at least one person has been killed. there are reports of a higher death toll but thus far nothing more is we're on our way to the airport right now and understand the highways heading there, this is about ten miles outside of brussels are or have been blocked so the authorities have set up a perimeter around the airport and police on the scene and know that the fire services have also been evacuated. the photos that we've seen coming from the airport show dark plumes of smoke rising from that terminal, so right now it's unclear exactly what happened in terms of motive, cause of these explosions but it comes at an e

do to brussels right now? >> reporter: well, fortunately for brussels, the city has had a lot of experience with this. they've been on lockdown very recently over the christmas and new year period. remember, authorities feared they would be another terror attack carried out on the metro. and they warned people not to use it. the system was shut down. the streets were empty. soldiers were on the streets. and an eerie silence came about the place, no attacks and people slowly returned to normal. so the city has in many ways almost been expecting this. and has had security services have had a lot of time to prepare for the potential of an attack in, a possible attack in more than one place. and we're hearing that some of these subway stations, including shoeman, which is next door to the european union buildings could be involved in these other reported explosions on the metro. of course this happened absolutely in the middle of rush hour, busiest time in the city center, and also one of the busiest times of day

now, just before i lost the about the mood in brussels and whether it's brussels or france or other european capitals, everyone is keenly aware of the fact that the next attack is coming but they do try to go about their normal lives. there is a sense of people being on edge and nervousness and inevitability but people do continue to try resiliently their normal lives but if you're in paris or brussels, you will see large numbers of police, security forces have been stepped up by the thousands since those attacks in november at the main tourist sites and sensitive targets like jewish facilities, jewish schools, jewish museums you will see the army out in the street so even if you're a tourist and having fun and taking pictures lurking in the background there is a heightened security presence that does remind you that this is -- these are countries, this is a continent that is still reeling from those nova tacks >> you know, as we speak there is a manhunt f f a suspect linked to that terrorist attack. can you tell uss a little about that and about just kind of what the sense is of where thing

is going on in brussels. brussels? you now have the airport shut ro stations have been shut down. and france and you mentioned a possibly an air traffic control strike, potential, going on in france which is obviously going to be another issue in terms of airlines. right now, the planes are being diverted from belgium. they are not allowed to land, obviously, these planes had been on the ground when these passengers were released. people are being told do not go to the airports. but with these unconfirmed reports of potential subway station explosions, this is shaking out into more than just the airport explosions and i know we tapped on potentially this isn't a terrorist attack because you never want to jump into that before it's been con confirmed but this has all the hallmarks of being a terrorist of sala-abdeselaw . and obviously, this is now coming out through other parts of the city. what does this do to feel of brussels? security? what does this do to brussels right now? >> well, fortunately for brussels, the ci

i know brussels well. brussels is a total mess. brussels is a -- i'm not talking about the attack today -- i'm talking about generally speaking, it's a city that used to be one of the finest, most beautiful and one of the safest cities in the world. now, it's a catastrophic, very dangerous city where the police have little control. >> it's too bad. >> what would you have done first as president of the united states if you got this call? >> well, as president, i would do probably what i would have been doing for the period of time that i was president. i would be very, very tough on the borders. i would be not allowing certain people to come into this country without absolute perfect documentation. we're allowing thousands of people already to come into our country. they don't have proper documentation. we don't know where they're coming from. they happen to come from, perhaps, syria, but nobody really knows. they have no idea of telling because they don't have the documentation. >> which people would you exclude? on what basis? how

brussels is in lock down now. rail stations, the airport, rams, buses, all shutting down for fear of a further attack around just aftft 8:00 a.m. local time. we first heard reports o some kind of an explosion at the airport and then we began to get the pictures of windows blown out and debris around. it was becoming clear quickly not killed and we now believe 13 have been killed at the airport. reports then began to emerge that there were perhaps two explosions at the airport and quickly followed by reports of anotherxplosion at a metro station not far away from the european union building. bronchusels is the capital of europe. it's thelace where european government business is conducted. that metro station was in the place where many of the paris attackers came from back in november last year. so concerns very quickly raised, savannah, that this was not an accident. that this was another attack in the heart of europe and a substantial one. one that appeared t have been coordinated. >> let's put this in perspectiv

neighborhood in central brussels. a bit run down in places. this has been a hotbed of islam islamic extremism. from that area in brussels. so we're not just talking about belgium itself that has been attacked. we're talking about the paris attacks and others. >> yeah, charlie, we are learning now at least from a.p. is reporting that there were several injuries at the explosion -- at the metro station which is near the eu. we're also hearing from american reports, cbs news has yet to confirm, but there had been some reports that the explosion, at least one of the explosions, at the airport occurred near or around the american airlines desk. american airlines has issued a statement saying that all of their employees and contractors are accounted for. so among those injured, among those injured or killed, at least, american airlines is saying that none of their employees are part of that, but there have been injuries at the metro station as well. can you remind us a little more about the suspects that brussels authoritie

brussels? >> i think what happened last week when these arrest happened, people were extremely shocked. things had kind of settled down here. there had been a sense that maybe salah abdeslam, this man who was on the run, had maybe fled to syria. things had really calmed down from the height of the security threat back in november. so people were extremely shocked when the first raid happened last wednesday and then when the arrest of abdeslam happened on friday. now, there's been -- i mean, maybe i'm being a bit critical, but not self-congratulatory, but there was a sense of relief by the police that they successfully got their man, if you like. and there's been a lot of interviews by a lot of senior politicians thanking the police. and maybe people got slightly complacent. the public got maybe complacent about this. we do have to remember the interior minister on monday warned that the country was on high alert for some kind of a

before the first pitch, a moment of silence for brussels. president obama said he never thought of not going. >> you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives. >> reporter: at the game, obama and castro, despite their differences, just two fans sharing a national pastime, almost catching a wave. in the stands of lineups of big hitters, dave winfield, derek jeter, plus key players on the national security roster morning at the u.s. ambassador's residence, a secure call to belgium's prime minister. >> this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. >> reporter: and this from the first lady. >> we are outraged and heartbroken over the horrific attacks today in belgium. >> reporter: tonight raul castro saw the obamas off at the airport, the president sticking to his scheduled next stop, a state visit in argentina. andrea mitchell, nbc news, havana. >> reporter: i'm hallie jackson, the images from brussels, like paris and san bernardin

brussels time 3 a.m. on the east coast, two explosions in rapid succession which killed at least 13 people at the brussels airport. three dozen injured. a separate he can explosion, at least one separate explosion in now the entire country on the highest state of alert warning of imminent attacks, franc in a state of emergency extended, britain has also raised their level to severe right now across europe, fear after these explosions in belgium. this morning, abc's chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz with me as well and we can expect the convening of the national security team this morning. >> reporter: certainly can. american authorities across the agencies here in washington are going to be coming together to try to figure out what we can do next. they'll be coordinating with their european counterparts to try to share intelligence, see if anything is planned for here, but obviously what we've seen here this morning, george, is no matter how much attention you put on this, no matter how hard you

>> reporter: yes, we are seeing pictures from brussels showing subway buildings close to central brussels. at the moment, we don't know what is causing that or indeed authorities themselves unable to confirm that. that is what french media central brussels close to subway situations. as kelly was mentioned, a foreign minister did say art arrest of abdeslam the other day that there was evidence from that terror cell that he was to be hanging with was planning to restart something, that was their expression. and possibly, that may conclude what turns out to be the suspected attack today. a large amount of weapons were raids. there were kalashnikovs at a previous raid and isis flag found as well. so, clearly, authorities were aware that this terror cell has managed to accumulate a large amount of weapons and prepared to mount an attack that do place across several areas possibly as attack. there's no indication that the attack on the brussels airport included any kind of warning or coordinated. local time. that's about 3:00 a.m. eastern in the check-in area of the airport. the unsecured zone

also, eurostar, the train line from europe to brussels. that is closed at brussels. that will cause problems as well. if this was a terror attack, they want to cause disruption and they have it today. >> max, we are showing the live pictures of the maalbeek station where the explosion occurred. also this morning, during the rush hour in brussels. very close to eu institutions. >> right downtown brussels and about 20 minutes from the airport. from what we know as reports are coming in, two explosions, possibly one a suicide bomb at the brussels airport. happened at 8:00 a.m. one of the busiest times for the airport. as many as 13 people killed so far. 35 severely wounded according to local media in brussels at the moment. about an hour and a half later at the maalbeek subway station, another explosion occurred. clearly this is a city that is wrestling with a possible multiple coordinated attacks this morning. the crisis center in the country telling people to stay where they. they have heightened security to the highest degree they can so they can bring in the militar

the brussels airport. another report of a possible explosion at a train station. all this is developing, we will have live coverage in a moment. ben: the nypd taking on the stabbings, we have the latest on that. juliet: donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich getting ready to go at it in the battle for the state's primary. ben: busy tuesday morning, i am ben simoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. we walked in here and all of a sudden everything started going crazy on the wires. always fluid. ben: at least one flight from brussels. we will determine where that plane will end it because morning. let's check the weather and get back to this and more in a moment. >> meteorologist: we managed plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, made it to 50 , 53 at newark, much cooler start this morning dropping into the 30s, 36 in central park and newark, 35 in bridgeport, winds from the west northwest at 5 to 10 mph, 14 in islip, feeling more like early spring which is what we have with a mainly clear sky, nothing going on as

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certainly in brussels, given that we had the brussels lockdown and the heightened terror level around about november when the paris attacks happened. people are in shock that this happened unlike previous brussels attacks the targets were very much a broader stroke of targets. so people at the airport, people on trains. i think people are shocked that this is finally seeming to get the average, everyday belgian, as well as the people who may for example, journalists and others who have been attacked in previous cases. >> to affect and scare the average everyday person. what can you tell us about the area where this happened? the train was actually -- the train blast occurred is in the center of tune. it is where the european institutions, the european commission and the european council are located one stop away from those places. within roughly a 500 meter walk. on the other side of rue de la loi is the center where the u.s. embassy is. there are several embassies around the station. so this is right in the heart of the quart erer where you've got diplomats, eu folks in general. so i

blasts rock the brussels airport. several people dead and others wounded. >>> and just in, reports of several people injured in an explosion in a brussels metro station near the eshlgs u headquarters. we'll bring you all the latest. >>> plus, the global market impact. stocks are moving on these terrorist blasts. pressure on other asset classes, showing a rush to safe haven assets like the japanese yen. it is tuesday, march 22nd, 2016. "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen. >> and i'm wilfred frost. >> we're following breaking news out of europe. just within the last hour or so, explosions at the main airport in brussels leaving several people dead and an unknown number of people hurt. airport officials say two explosions occurred and passengers are being advised to stay away. the facility has been closed. the blasts come four days after the capture of salah abdeslam, a suspect in last year's paris attack. dow jones is quoting a u.s. official

brussels time. so you would think that folks that are set for this 9:40 flight could have been in that area, where that explosion occurred with set to live in philadelphia at 1:40. there are six other flights set to leave this morning coming into newark, liberty and four flights set to come into jfk. so those ten flights among all of the flights that before canceled in and out of the brussels this morning, comes without saying, that extra time, give yourself extra time for security if you are heading down, especially in international travel. now if you think you may have a loved one or a family member or a friend traveling, american airlines has offered a phone number, which you can call, to check on anyone, again, not all of these flights were american, just as 751 was american airlines flight set to leave this morning. schuylkill in the bad at all, looking good into downtown. they will work later on today westbound on the schuylkill, right here near montgomery drive at around 9:00 o'clock. if you

they are arriving in downtown brussels. as you would expect, moving at great haste across the countryside tahelp pull up the main city center of the capital there. so, of course where the european is and then down through the brussels, belgian government offices. by the way, the u.s. embassy is not far that either. guys, back to you. >> they have been told to shelter in place. u.s. embassy officials are okay, no reported injuries among them. >> it goes without saying, but i'll say it anyway. in a story like this as it unfolds we'll start to get more and more images from the scenes of these explosions either images or from individuals who have taken pictures with their cell phones. we are going to be very careful in deciding what to put on the air and we'll warn you because, obviously, a lot of those images that we may see are going to be extremely graphic. >> that's right. >>> let's turn to richard engel and always a wealth of information about the context on a day like this. richard, what more can you add? >> i can tell yo

flights into brussels, delta 80, atlanta to brussels, is on the ramp and holding in brussels. they don't want to deplane the passengers because of the chaos and security scene on the the passengers who have been on the grounu for several hours are staying on the ground. delta flight 42, new york to brussels, has been diverted to amsterdam. nunt united 950 landed at 7:01. that would suggest the passengers may have been in the terminal at the time of the explosion. you're looking at a shot there, live air traffic control look at the traffic in and around brussels. the brussels airport being shut down. what you're seeing there are planes going over the top of brussels but certainly not landing in brussels. uned 999, newark to brussels, has been, we are told, rerouted to a remote location. i don't know if that's on the ramp in brussels or another airporor a military airport or something. i simply don't know. that's unitedd 999. safe and on the ground at this hour. one other point, i would tell airport has just advised us that because of the concerns about the conpossibility of ano

ben: breaking news out of brussels, belgium, a couple explosions tore through the brussels airport, departure hall and metro station killing several people, injuring dozens more. robert moses is following the situation in the newsroom. >> reporter: bad news to tell you about. the death toll has risen according to belgian media. 13 people have been killed, 35 severely wounded. that is the word from belgian media. i want to look at sky news. this shows you the scenes, on the left at 8:00 this morning local time, two explosions ripped through the brussels airport, specifically the departures hall by the american hundreds of people were checking in for their flights. there are reports that shots were fired and there was yelling in arabic immediately preceding airport. people could be seen walking away from there, dazed with blood covering their body. an hour after those explosions at the airport which you are seeing now, and our after those explosions, there was another explosion in downtown brussels at the train station, several people are believed to have been injured in that explosion. that st

in brussels. in addition to that, there are injuries. ryan, we will come back to you throughout the program as we get details. in the meantime, let me update you on what is happening elsewhere. there is plenty of news going on. we wait for the markets to open the focus on what is happening with the story in brussels. the futures looking still a little light. at this point, they seem to be pricing much in the realms of terrorist attacks at this stage. we do not have details of what is happening. the market is look -- the market looks like it is wait and see mode. here is with the roman often. kumutha: -- here is to move the roman often. agreed: now a judge has to cancel a court hearing set for today over the price -- over the case. the justice department suggested a third-party has suggested a way to access the phone's data. apple says it has no information about the claims. meanwhile, apple has unveiled a new, smaller iphone. it seeks to jump start the sale of its flexing product by upgrade -- by

in brussels that killed 34. the two in black are believed to be suicide bombers, the third is being sought by police. isil says it carried out the bomb attacks. two bombs went off in the zaventem airport. killing 34, injury hundreds. an hour later a third bomb went off at maelbeck stakes near the european -- station near the european headquarters. at least 13 were killed and hundreds injured. >>> the blast has been condemned. security has been set up. barnaby phillips reports. >> the shock waves of events in brussel have spread far and wide. in britain, where the place deployed arms in greater numbers at airports and railway stations. the british government held an emergency meeting. >> i chaired a meeting of cobra making sure we are doing what we can to enhance our own security, and there would be presence at airports, underground stations and railway stations. >> british authorities are not complacent. but enjoy some advantages over countries on the mainland. >> what we have seen in france and belgium are prob

we have continuing coverage of the explosions that have up had in brussels at the brussels airport. we have confirmation, media is saying that there were two explosion at the airport in brussels and unconfirmed reports there's explosions in the subway stations in brussels. the thousands of people have been evacuated from the airport. this happened roughly a little after 8:00 a.m. local time on a tuesday morning in brussels as people were checking in to the international departure area, departure hall 1 of the brussels airport. we did have eyewitness accounts of what had happened. apparently the explosions went off, glass was flying in the front area. it was a lot of panic as the people did not know what was going on. obviously with two explosions emergency crews are on the scene. fire department are on the scene. and the thousands of people have been taken outside of the airport. they have been evacuated. the airport has been shut down. the metro has also been shut down through brussels and the ministry has elevated the alert level to four which is the highest, the maximum alert lev

and amend their behavior in light of brussels. jonathan. >> yeah, for the nypd, it's all hands on deck for the counterterror division. more than 1,000 police officers, extra police officers being called in over the next 24 hours to handle stepped up security, stepped up patrols, and landmarks, at transportation hubs, along with the port authority police stepping up at the airports. all of this taking place as a precaution. police officials say there's no specific threat and they point to the numbers that pete williams has been talking about all morning. that in new york, or in the u.s., there's about 100, 150 isis followers, supporters, people who have tried to travel overseas to join the group, that the fbi has been trying to attract. in europe, the number is 6,000. things are much tougher over there than here, but the concern obviously, very much heightened given the events overseas, the nypd again calling in, doing a briefing right now. actually, explaining the numerous resources that are being called in. you have the hurk yule

now i'm seeing official word from the brussels metro, the brussels subway system they are shutting down the whole system. all metro stations are closing across brussels. that follows reports of three explosions at three different metro stations in the heart of the capital. very symbolic areas next to the seat of the european union and of the belgian government. >> a big deal, everybody. we're getting these reports of additional explosions. local media reporting them at several metro stations within the city of brussels this coming after those two explosions that took place at the airport roughly about 8:00, i'd say, local time there in brussels. brussels is five hours ahead of us right now because of daylight saving time normally it would be six. so, alex at this point they've they have shut down the metro station. i could just imagine this is a city that is just in the throes of a lot of angst right now. >> reporter: well, absolutely. imagine in the u.s. in d.c. or philadelphia or new york shutting down the main airport and shutting down the subway station. that would absolutely wreak

road coming into brussels. you can see there is an industry on the left and the right, but the infrastructure is really very scary for even for daily cyclists as i am. what we are quite doing and it is also quite important if you were a town, let's say, taking off with the bicycle policy is that we have been very successful in organizing events and in setting upestal programs. of course, my criticism and the parliament was like take care. you have a big responsibility because of the events and because of the educational program, you invite people to take the bicycle on the street on a regular day, you have a big risk because your infrastructure is not yet there. so that was part of the political debate. still, i am willing to defend that policy that organizing events, this is in front of a mayor bank in the heart of brussels where the employees have been invited to come to work not by a car and to have a taste, as it says, of another mobility. it is part of the european car-free day which is organized every yea

brussels is a disaster. they have areas of brussels police won't go into the areas they're so dangerous and radicalized. i'm saying, you have -- we have to be smart and we have to be vigilant. >> if you were president, mr. trump, what -- how would you question salah abdeslam, one of the ring leaders of the paris attacks, who was arrested the other day in brussels. >> that's the man i'm talking about, arrested in an area that everybody knew he was there but didn't turn him in. the muslim community did not turn him in. and they should have turned him in. and right now we have a lot of people, a lot of people think he may have led the attack, he may have been the one that did the attack, or done in ret dugs. what i would do, i would -- look we have to change our law on you know on the waterboarding thing, where they can chop off heads and drawn people in cages and heavy steel cages and we can't water board. we have to change our laws and we have to be able to fight at least on almost equal basis. we have laws t

now i'm seeing official word from the brussels metro, the brussels subway system they are shutting down the whole system. all metro stations are closing across brussels. that follows reports of three explosions at three different metro stations in the heart of the capital. very symbolic areas next to the seat of the european union and of the belgian government. >> a big deal, everybody. we're getting these reports of additional explosions. local media reporting them at several metro stations within the city of brussels this coming after those two explosions that took place at the airport roughly about 8:00, i'd say, local time there in brussels. brussels is five hours ahead of us right now because of daylight saving time normally it would be six. so, alex at this point they've shut down the airport. station. i could just imagine this is a city that is just in the throes of a lot of angst right now. >> reporter: well, absolutely. imagine in the u.s. in d.c. or philadelphia or new york shutting down the main airport and shutting down the subway station. that would absolutely wreak havoc.

i know brussels well, and brussels is a total mess. talking about the attack today, i'm talking about generally speaking -- the city used to be one of the finest, one of the most beautiful and one of the safest cities in the world. now, it's a catastrophic, very dangerous city where the police have little contntl. >> let me take you back to my question. >> it's too ba >> what would you have done first as president of the united states if you got this call? >> well, as president, i would do probably what i would have been doing for the period of time that i was president. i'd be very, very tough on the borders, and i would be not allowing certain people to come into this country without absolute perfect documentation. we're al@owing thousands of people already, matt, to come they don't have proper we don't know where they're they happen to be in the migration. they happen to come from perhaps syria, but nobody really knows. they have no idea of telling because they don't have the dock yult -- documentation. >> which people would you exc

the only night from brussels to the u.s. tuesday was stopped on the tarmac, not even allowed to the gate until after passengers and bags were screened. >> they just told us there was a situation. we're just going to take time for security. >> reporter: a brief scare in denver. part of the terminal evacuated until some suspicious baggage was cleared. in houston getting ready to host 100,000 fans, officers are working with heightened concern. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: over the last year as a u.s.-led coalition pushed isis out of more of its territory in the middle east, experts say the group created sleeper cells to strike abroad. >> we know that isis created an external attack division last year. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are not aware of any isis cells in the u.s. at present. but the fbi is monitoring dozens of americans across the country who have shown sympathies for isis. in the past few years, 103 americans were charged with trying to join or support isis, far fewer than in europe. >> the muslim-america

brussels belgium explosions their time. also at a subway station at least dossen people have been killed. many, many have been injured. we're seeing some of the horrible images on twitter and facebook and other social media outlets. >> a important city in europe. seat of the european union and nato in course of belgium and it was there a couple of days ago that one of the chief suspects, only surviving suspect from the ferris terrorist attacks salah wases finally caught and arrested. let's go to robert moses he's in the newsroom now with the latest. robert welcome this death toll has been rising all morning. where does it stand right now? >> ben and juliet safe to say right now at least 13 people have died in the explosions in brussels and fluctuated. the death toll in the metro, subway attack is unclear. but 13 people according to in that had attack at the airport. latest twoments. first of all belgium is on highest alert level perhaps this is a reflection of what you mentioned at the top the link with the paris terrorist

coming after the two explosions that took place at the airport about 8:00 in brussels, and brussels is five hours ahead of time, normally six. they have shut down the airport and shut down the metro station. i can just imagine this is the city in the throws of a lot of angst right now? >> reporter: yeah, emergency tk would be shutting down new york. the russians shut down six stops on the metro because they wanted to isolate it and keep everything going, and now europeans are taking a lot more precautions than that and we are seeing that right now. the belgiu belgiums shutting do stations. so right now, the only way to get around this city is by car, by bus. we have not heard yet what is happening with the railway system, but when you are shutting down the subway system of a major european city, that means there are strong fears of attacks and possible more attacks to come. >> in the time you have been reporting in brussels with the recent events have you seen anything like this where clos e closures like this have occurred or you would -- >> reporter: could you repeat that? >> i wa

more update for brussels. at least 30 people were killed this morning by two explosions at the brussels airport. and then another at a subway station near the european union's headquarters. now no one has claimed responsibility at this time. but officials are calling this a terror attacks. more than 100 other people were injured, possibly including two americans. brussels remains under lockdown this morning while police search for more bombs around the city. france's prime minister says europe is, in his words, at war. president obama is expected to speak about the attacks from havana in a little more than an hour from now. we, of course, will bring you his comments live in a special report. >>> for many of you we're going the terror attacks in belgium. please tune in to all of our cbs news networks. also be sure to tune in to the pelley." and watch our 24 hour digital news network cbsn. your body is a finely tuned instrument. diarrhea can throw it out of rhythm. imodium multi symptom relief combines two power

local time in brussels. about 3 a.m. here on the east coast, want to bring in our former white house count counterterrorism adviser and matt olsen. dick, let me pick up on something i was talking to martha about. we have salah abdeslam in custody right now. the europeans have him in custody right now. what more can they be doing to get more information from him about these attacks and the connection he may or may not have had to them? >> well, george, i think it's highly likely he was arrested he knew these attacks were being planned and certainly knew the identities probably of the cell because after he was arrested, the belgian police and interior minister said two things, one, we're anticipating attacks coming in the very near future and, two, the cell network is much bigger than we thought it was. so he said something or they found materials in the apartment that they raided that indicated something. they, of course, like us on to the obama administration they're torture in my opinion at least doesn't work anyway. th

and into brussels. we understand one explosion was larger than the other and we spoke with an eyewitness who was flying to the states on american airlines. he said the explosion happened about 30 yards away from him coming from the direction of the delta airlines counter which he normally flies, so he would know the layout of the airport. and we heard from other eye witnesses this took place near the starbucks so it was where so many people were traveling from today. over the course of the past two hours, people have been streaming out of this -- out of the airport, talking about scenes of total devastation, debris absolutely everywhere. some people were clearly in a state of shock and very emotional and we saw airport staffers embracing each other and people coming out of the airport wrapped in the airline blankets we all see on the planes, and there's a state of confusion, and some trying to get directions from the police officers, and some people getting on buses presumably to go into brussels or els

, a metro station in brussels. when we heard that authorities were looking for at least one other suspect, this man who's known to be a bombmaker, i'm sure -- and also the news that other terrorist attacks were in the works were being planned, authorities must have expressed some concern about possibly a ramping up of these plans. was there any talk of increasing security, people looking out for anything that might be out of the ordinary? i would think at a time like this, everyone would be observing, and it's really surprising to hear that, you know, at least the blasts at the airport was pulled off. there's already been a heightened sense of security around airports in public places and metro stations as well. but yes, there's actually an all points bulletin out asking for the public's help in the seven for this alleged bombmaker. najim laachraoui. they were worried that this high-profile arrest on friday would have sent other isis operatives scrambling. reports have told everybody that that would be a concern, w

brussels international airport. the suspect have been identified, two brothers who were known to police and had a record. tell us the latest about this investigation. >> reporter: certainly the police authorities have been actively trying to get hold of this third suspect who is seen on the cctv footage wearing the hat and who fled the airport. he had not used the suitcase that was on the trolley. we understand that the three had [technical difficulties - multiple speakers] >>> there is some interference there, but tell us about the mood in brussels today. the transport system is slowly starting to reopen, but i imagine this is having a huge impact on people's lives there. >> reporter: yes. very much so. the one thing to say is the sense that it appears to come from public sentiment is the shock in the first instance and then the realisation that many people seem to be coming , that this is something that happens more often in their society. for example, the magazine here, which says brussels 22 march, the horror. t

brussels time. this is the scene outside the airport. the brussels international airport. you can see smoke pouring out of the building and people running in panic. some clutching their luggage. an airport spokesperson says many were instructed to go to the tarmac area where first aid teams met them there and treated them. inside the airport, let's go to these pictures, really shows a gruesome scene. we've blurred out what appears to be several victims lying on the ground there. structures are toppled over, heavy rubble and debris strewn everywhere. we're told this happened in the airport's departure area around 8:00 a.m. brussels time. soon after this happened there was an explosion reported at a brussels train station. we're hearing the city's entire metro system has shut down. we're getting into the newsroom pictures of passengers rushing out of the metro station through the dark and smoky train tunnels. we're also getting new video of patients being treated outside of one of the metro stations t

we are looking at live pictures coming from brussels airport after two explosions. we are hearing from one of the local broadcasters that one of the attackers was a suicide attacker. we don't know anything more about what the explosives were, how large they were or are they were placed but one was outside the airport, one was inside the area port and also raises questions about how you can secure something like an airport, like an important airport like that at the heart of political europe. the country is now under lock down and certainly that area is under lock down and the security level has been risen to a four which says that there are serious concerns about possible imminent threat after these three explosions that have happened around this city over a period of about three to four hours. i just want to show you what happened immediately after the explosions at 8:00 a.m. this morning local time. look at those people running away from there. absolutely petrified and must have been truly shocking that something like this can happen. there were warnings that an a