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

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

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

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

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. 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 >> let me take you back to my question. >> 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 would you ma

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

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

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

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

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

terror in brussels. powerful explosions rocking the airport and the city subway system overnight. killed. dozens more injured. this morning, the chilling images from inside the airport and underground, as passengers are evacuated from train cars tunnels. a senior counter-terror official this morning telling nbc news, isis, the terror group, is likely behind the attacks. the hunt for suspects is underway today, tuesday, march >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to this edition of "today" on tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. we're covering this breaking news out of belgium. the prime minister said this is a terror attack, a dark moment for his country. what we feared ed ed ed ed has happened. >> someone or someones went up to the airport area, detonated one device outside of the someone else, apparently a suicide bomber inside the commuters. people lining up to catch flights to other parts of europe and parts of the world. coffee. standing side by side, everyone with a backpack,

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

why brussels? why has it become such a hot bed of terrorist activity. >> reporter: well there are reports now that the entire e.u., eu. officials are being so that would be a shut down of the pan-european government. at least temporarily. right after the arrest of abdeslam, the last known fugitive of the paris attack, we talked on air about what is going to happen. and i remember brian williams asked does this mean there are going to be more attacks or less? and at the time i said well there are one or two ways this could play out. one is that after they know, his colleagues and associates and conspirators know that a key person has been grabbed, they can either go underground or they can decide that their cover is blown, they have nothing to lose and they can launch whatever attacks they have in the works. so to keir's point that perhaps this was something in the works that was accelerated, that is a real possibility and we have there are key arrests. that happens in the united states when the fbi

the main lab here in brussels. authorities here uncovered 15 kilograms or more than 30 pounds of tatp explosives. that is very high grade stuff. it's homemade, but volatile. it does require a lot of expertise to actually make it. the authorities believe it's here that the el bakraoui brothers and laachraoui who they believe could be the bomb maker made all of this stuff and found a laptop that they say contains something like the last will of one of the attackers. they believe he was on the run and after the arrest of salah abdeslam on friday, he believed time was running out for himself and the fact that salah abdeslam was arrested expedited the attacks in brussels. they believed they needed to act quickly. a lot of troubling developments. the police trying to piece things together, but first, finding out if others are out there who could be dangerous for brussels and belgium and all of europe. victor. >> fred pleitgen for us in brussels. thank you. >>> as fred mentioned breaking, the paris attack suspect salah ab

brussels is a beautiful city. we are not going to let our lives be dictated by terrorists. >> you're watching cnn special coverage of the terrorist attack here in brussels. and police are searching for this man and possible acome hiss, as well. a federal prosecutor says he placed a bomb at the airport and left. officials are concerned tuesday's attacks are part of a bigger plot. they've been collecting evidence and anti-terror raids all over the city. we're getting more information as well on the explosives attackers used in brussels. in a police raid, officials found 15 kilograms or about 50 pounds of the explosive tatp exposedly belong to the bombers and in this case pa nick peyton walsh has more on this. >> children screaming. is this the aftermath of a tapt bomb? officials found 15 kilograms of the explosive where an alleged bombmaker was hiding out. it's a home made explosive with a sinister nickname, motor of satan. it's sensitive to heat, hole tile and can potentially cause extensive damage. experts say it'

thebrown joins me from center of brussels. a lot of people around the world i'd be asking, after everything belgium had been through in connection with the paris attacks, how could this happen under the noses of the security forces? of other european security agencies have said off of the record that they think belgium is a weak link. the belgian police and counter terrorism services are a weakling. it is interesting the attacks were outside the international , where two bombs went off at 8:00 a.m., and an hour later one outside the metro .tation at maelbeek it is interesting that these attacks come four days after the pariss of one of the key terror suspects, salah abdelslam . there is speculation that today's attacks were some sort of revenge for that arrest operation by his accomplices, or they were aware that salah abdelslam, who is now being interrogated, that he them and given away future operations. so they thought they should bring forward whatever operations they had planned. that is why they carried out operations to

and off you go. >>> tributes for brussels >>> tributes for brussels pouring in overnight. landmarks around the world lit up in black, yellow and red, the eiffel tower, the trevi fountain in rome and one world trade center here in new york city showing the colors of the belgian flag. >>> three mormon missionaries from utah are among the nine americans who were injured in the blast. all are recovering from their wounds in the hospital. >> the parents of one young man said he had been treated for second degree burns and shrapnel injuries. abc's clayton sandell has more. >> reporter: mormon missionaries seriously hurt in the blast, richard norby, joseph empey and mason wells, are from utah. they were at the airport to see off a fellow missionary also injured, 20-year-old fanny clain of france. wells is 19. he was burned and hit by shrapnel but able to call his parents today from his hospital bed. >> but your eyes are okay. >> yeah, and my right hand is also kind of badly burned. >> he was extremely close to the blast. words can't describe the joy and the relief that we felt to

lauren: moving tribute from itself or the big guns of the brussels on maine. -- brussels bombing. ♪ lauren: i have the chills of the men ranged in belgium, president obama watch some baseball in cuba. dow futures done for points. s&p futures and nasdaq futures up fractionally at this moment. you are watching "fbn:am" come your first look at morning market and working news. -- rickey news. ♪ [alarm beeps] ♪ ♪ the intelligent, all-new audi a4 is here. ♪ ♪ ain't got time to make no apologies...♪ ♪ ♪ lauren: database adel paying tribute to the brussels attacks with the rendition of make you feel my love. if you have captured this video as the crowd that their phones and their lighters. afterwards, she told the crowd, i don't think i've ever actually been so moved before in my life and i think they heard us. nicole: jack lawyer says it's going to rebuild a classic race car from the 1950s. alice thought to be lost forever. it will build from scratch than nine unit to the kx that were destroyed in 1957 factory fire. it will sell for more than $1.45 million of the vehicles have alr

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

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>> 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

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

the signs in brussels, "i am brussels." don't miss our updates on facebook @wnnfans.com. >> more news from abc coming up. updates on facebook @wnnfans.com. >>> making news in america this morning, terror in brussels. a massive search under way right now. the mystery man in the hat and white coat moments before the airport explosion, the clues already surfacing from this photo. why one glove on both of these men? >>> plus, caught in the chaos. >> there was a massive explosion.

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

in brussels. some witnesses say that they heard shops before these explosions. way haven't had that confirmed yet. one person has been confirmed dead and several others injured. belgian media say the airport is being evacuated. flights have been stopped and trains to the area are also not allowed. our correspondent was talking about now brussels is at the center of europe. let's bring in jacky rowland. y have neve, with belgium being at the center of the europe, it makes it an easy place for fighters to gain access to other countries. that's one of the concerns of security services. we've lost both correspondents. in the last hour or so we have heard of two explosions at an airport in brussels, close to the suburbs there, very busy airport, feeding much of europe. we're hearing at this stage that one person has been confirmed dead and that many more are injured in the departures lounge. two explosions. apparently shots were fired beforehand, but we can't confirm that yet. explosions were so large

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

weeping for brussels. following the terror attacks, the belgium cartoon was widely shared on social media. 1010's official twitter account what weighed in. in belgium, 1010 is a national icon. brussels is his hometown. one of the more widely shared images was this one from an artist showing him comforting his side kick with the caption me too captain, i sometimes think about moving to the moon. there e was another unlikely >> you have less than a month to get your tacks filed. you would be surprised to hear the lengths that people say they would go to stop paying taxes. 30% of us would get an irs tattoo. what? 16 people would move to a different country. toilets. that cracks me up. this is from wallet hub. and we would rather do a lot of things over preparing our taxes. number one, laundry. half of us would rather cook thanksgiving dinner four our in- laws. 13% say they would rather spend the night in jail. our biggest tax day fear, math mistakes. people are more afraid of that than identity theft. opinion

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, in the stands of lineups of big hitters, dave winfield, derek jeter, plus key players on the national security roster, a starkly different setting this 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

no flights to brussels today, obviously. fliers headed to europe, to that part of europe, are being rerouted to other destinations. that's the latest live from washington dulles, security at our airports isn't the only impact by the terrorist attacks. airport workers had planned to go on strike at midnight to lobby for better pay. instead, they decided to hold a vigil in are remembrance of the victims of the attacks, as workers of reagan national also said they wanted to recognize the brussels airport workers and their bravery during the attacks. the memorial is also in northwest washington. >>> as officials continue their manhunt for the suspects in these terror attacks stay with the washington, d.c. app. >>> decision 2016, where nearly every presidential candidate won a state in yesterday's contest. hillary clinton and donald trump took arizona. a winner take all state for the gop. meaning that trump took 58 delegates. senator bernie sanders won in utah and ohio. senator ted cruz took all of the delegates inta >>> today, i

there have no trains coming into brussels at this point. none leaving brussels either. we know there were several nbc news crews that were headed from different bureaus in that part of the world. they will likely be stopped because of euro star in particular, they shut down. fair to assume that some of these other regional rail systems will be closing, as well. >> and we did hear from american and i remembers, appaerptsrentl of the two blasts happened near the american airlines check-in desk. so a spokesperson did release a statement saying they are a wafrt incident and that their customers, employees and contractors have all been taken care of. and at this time, all their employees and contractors are accounted for. we also have heard from the u.s. embassy in belgium, we know that they are telling their citizens to shelter in place. this of course as eu officials and workers also being told to stay in their offices or to stay home after an explosion at an eu building which was near one of the metro stations. reports of smoke coming out of the buildings. >> we want to l

brussels on alert tonight. the headquarters of nato and the european union still reeling after a brazen terror attack on that city. a series of deadly bombs, at least one packed with nails, killing dozens. inju transportation hubs at the height of rush hour. here at home the u.s. stepping up security and issuing travel warnings for europe. millions on edge bracing for what might come next. abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran is in belgium for us tonight. >> it's okay. >> reporter: a routine morning became the scene of carnage. >> stay down. stay down. >> reporter: as brussels, known as the capital of europe, became the target of two separate terrorist attacks. >> what it was, a truck or bus. it was a terrorist. >> reporter: twin blasts hit brussels international airport, filling the terminal with smoke and shattered glass. >> big bang. everybody cried and came along here. you saw kind of smoke, you know. >> reporter: and then an hour later another explosion at the isis has claimed responsibility for t

let's go to our correspondent in brussels. it's hard to overstate the significance of where this attack on the metro took place. >> it's impossible, frankly. the attacker or attackers have struck at the heart of the european union administration here in central brussels. the building over my shoulder is the headquarter of the european commission. we have diplomats in brussels from all over europe and further afield. the number of victims has now been advised upwards as a result of an announcement by the mayor of brussels who has made the following announcement, basically bare figures, 20 people have now been killed, 106 people are now known to have been injured in that metro explosion in the rush hour this morning here in brussels. of those 106 injured, 17 are currently critically ill and 23 of them classified as seriously wounded. you can see there is a potential for that figure of fatalities to rise further. the international aspect of this as we spoke about a little earlier is clear. the slovenia foreign ministry confirmed

>> first attack suicide bomb at brussels airport happened around 8:00 in the morning brussels time. least 11 people were killed. you can see chaos unfolding after the explosives went off and survivors tried to run for cover. an hour later another bomb blast inside a subway station, 20 people were killed, more than 100 others injured. you can hear a child screaming in the distrans. a journalist on the train describes the explosion as a blast of air and the sound of thudding in the distance before the train stopped and the lights went off. >> in total at least 31 people dead. isis claiming responsibility for the attack and right now all flights to brussels canceled. the airport will remain closed through wednesday. >> we have team coverage on the breaking story. first, nbc bay area's bob redell live in san francisco where there is a visible heightening of security. >> reporter: good morning to you, san francisco police, muni, b.a.r.t. all three agencies asking for the public's help reminding bus and train passengers that if you see something suspicious, say something. san francisco po

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

the signs in brussels, "i am brussels." don't miss our updates on facebook @wnnfans.com. >> more news from abc coming up.updates on >> more news from abc coming up. >>> making news in america this morning, terror in brussels. a massive search under way right now. the mystery man in the hat and white coat moments before the airport explosion, the clues already surfacing from this photo. wpy one glove on both of these men? >>> plus, caught in the chaos. it was really like a whoosh. >> the american helelng people from the mangled train. >> he was extremely close to the blast. >> and the man from utah who has now witnessed his trd terror attack, boston, paris and brussels. >> we have live team coverage on the survival stories, the investigation and the security here at home. >>> good wednesday morning. we're going to get started with brussels on edge this morning as thorities hunt for those responsible for the terror attacks. >> this morning raids are happening across belgium, the sear uncovering explosive devices and an isis f

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

behind me is brussels air. we're told this is a more of seasonal airline supposed to start up operations again this weekend. it's really united airlines and luftanza with direct flights to brussels. flights have been cancelled out of bell yum to washington this afternoon and flight supposed to leave this evening direct on united to brussels as well. an you can get to other locations and you can fly luftanza to germany and head to brussel he aren'tly. not all of the flights that take to you belgium are cancelled. just direct flight so far today guys and so y ongoing story and we'll be here dulles all morning and with the impacts locally as well as numbers that are coming out of belgium ass wel the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. america runs on dunkin'. >> right now at 7:00 breaking news terror it attack in brussels several d

i know brussels well, and brussels is a total mess. brussels is a -- and i'm not 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 control. >> let me take you back to my question. >> 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. borders, and i would be not allowing certain people to come into this country without absolute perfect documentation. we're allowing thousands of people already, matt, to come into our country. they don't have proper documentation. we don't know where they're coming from. 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 yu --

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

at the brussels airport. there have been two explosions injuring several people at the airport. one is confirmed dead. there may be reports of others others -- other casualties as a result of the two blasts that erupted this morning during the height of their rush hour around 8:00 a.m. hundreds packed into that airport at brussels to actually depart for flights and this blast is happening in the departure area. it is not confirmed as a terrorist action yet, but obviously as people continue to watch this it has all of the telltale signs that it is a possible terrorist attack. it comes four days after the arrest of terrorists. he had been involved in the terrorist attacks. the raid that took him captive happened four days ago and now this is happening. planes have been grounded and there are no flights coming in. rail service to and from the airport has been stopped. there was a bomb and we are getting reports from our sister station sky news and alex who has been on the ground indicating it was a bomb blast as

alex marquardt at the brussels airport. want to turn to an eyewitness to the attack on the in et tree. zoa, i understand you ran towards the metro when you heard about the explosion. what did you see? >> i saw a scene of probably around about a dozen to 15 people carried out of the metro lying outside the metro entrance an rue de la roi. the actual station itself, maelbeek is just a few hundred meters from the main scene of eu activity, the european commission and the european council. it's around about 200 meters away from my office. so i was already basically there when i heard there had been attacks on maelbeek and i was running towards it to see what was going on. >> and a scene of chaos and you were able to see the wounded and casualties being taken out. tell us more about this neighborhood. what is around this neighborhood. >> around maelbeek it's really just the heart of the european quarter. the european commission and council nearby, very close within a few hundred meters, it's up fro the shuman metrotation for the

the following day. of brussels.., we wanted to see if breaking news out of brussels.., we wanted to see if any changes were happening locally. dblbx our jordan vilines joins us live from c-v-g with an update. live changes at cvg live brussels explosion new this morning... government is the federal government is delaying their hearing with apple over whether they can hack a terrorist's i-phone. the delay is because an outside party has come forward with a method that may unlock the phone without losing its data. therefore, the feds could go around apple, and get what they want. apple has announced their new products...and surprisingly they are getting smaller. the i-phone s-e has a screen of only 4 inches, but it's supposed to be nearly twice as fast as previous phones. the new i-pad pro is also shrinking, but it will have the same features as the previous model. apple also announced some new feautres for their devices, including night shift...which lowers the screens brightness in the evening, to help you sleep better. we continue to follow breaking news out of brussels.... press confer

brussels is that. attacking the general public and lifestyle situations and focus right now is will there be more attacks after this? what will be ringing clearly in everybody's minds is salah abdeslam, the paris attacker on the run, caught on friday, there was a suggestion he was planning more attacks. was this linked to that? so many strands to pull together. hopefully they are more organized after paris. they learned lessons from it. >> max, vrt, as miguel said, 13 people killed and 35 severely injured. the positive of multiple attacks, and possibly the event at the metro station. local media reporting an explosion at the metro station. that is the new pattern post paris, right? the one-two punch multiple explosions to really cripple a city. >> reporter: military style operations like paris, attackers working together with a plan. one went along with the attacks as it was unfolding. could this be one of those? up until paris, they were looking at lone wolf attacks like sydney with someone radicalize

if you ever flown into or out of brussels and especially out of brussels as you take off and lift up out of the airport you see that nuclear power plant not far at all from the airport. i think it's in the neighborhood of billboard or very nearby t that has been evacuated except for nonessential personnel did sh rather essential personnel. nonessential personnel are asked to go home or to leave. we are also told that there will be some limited train service in the brussels area starting up again this afternoon but i underscore limited. and several taxi drivers are now -- have been picking up people who have been literally streaming and walking down the highways out of the brussels airport because there was no place for them to go, no way to get out, have been picking them up for free and taking them to wherever they needed to go, trying to be of assistance. that reminded me of 9/11 and how all those ferry boat operators on the hudson picked up people who were stranded and tried to get them across the water, myself included on that day. some of that same sentiment, some of the same ki