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rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. though it is a little noisy where i am standing, what you're looking at right now is a moment of silence being observed by the people here in brussels, belgium. that is a place called the place de la bourse. it is about a mile and a half from where i'm standing. moment of silence, part of the kind of trying to come to terms with what has gone on here in the last 24 hours. as i mentioned, i'm here in brussels. savannah is back in new york city. savannah, we've got an awful lot going on right now. breaking news on the investigation into these attacks. we know the names of the suspects in the airport bombings. two brothers. khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. the third man, the man in white

identified as najim laachraoui, already wanted in connection with the paris attacks. there are some reports he has been arrested. i want to say that nbc news has not been able to independently confirm those reports. now, raids are being carried out all across brussels. one of them led to the discovery of what investigators are calling a bomb making factory. the attacks are inspiring a show of solidarity around the world. iconic landmarks across europe and the u.s. have been lit in belgium's national colors. black, co yellow and red. there is a lot to get to this morning. we want to start with nbc's keir simmons, joining me right now here in brussels. what can you tell us? >> conflicting report, but a key suspect has been arrested, it's not going to help the tension here. there has been fear here in the city and across europe ever since the paris attacks. what yesterday did was shatter

a sense that europe is under attack. >> reporter: in europe's rain-soaked capital this morning, soldiers questioning commuters, searching bags outside the subway. today, just going to work is an act of defiance. >> frightening. >> yes, yes, absolutely. >> but you're still determined to get to work? >> yes, i have to. >> we cannot give into fear. it's going to -- we have to show that we can go on. >> reporter: on the same streets, an urgent man hunt to find killers who struck in the name of isis. the two suspects suicide bombers at the airport, seen in security video, identified overnight as brothers khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, each wearing a ing ing ing ing a glove on one hand, investigators trying to figure out why. transporting their suitcases to the airport in a taxi.

najim laachraoui, now wanted by police. already many questions. how the men easily entered the airport, smoke, fear. who placed the third bomb in maelbeek metro an hour later? subway doors blown out, passengers escaping along the traps and echoing along the tunnels, screams. [ sirens ]. >> reporter: there are some answers. in schaerbeek, a makeshift bomb found. ingredients for explosives and an isis flag. nbc news learning authorities have found additional suitcase bombs. there is mounting criticism of europe's intelligence agency. for failing to prevent this attack four months after the paris massacre. overnight, we crossed european borders with ease. >> we've just crossed the border into belgium. no checks, no sign of police.

to another part of europe, they may just drive. >> reporter: among the injured, missionaries from utah. and this couple, missing, their families say. this man was dropped off at the airport by a friend when the bombs went off. >> i saw this bright light, followed by a huge explosion. i was just stunned. >> reporter: this morning, he is wearing the same clothes. he left his bags behind when he fled in terror. >> the french prime minister this morning saying europe has closed its eyes to the rise of extremist ideas. they want to destroy our way of life. he says this has the potential to have a profound effect on the way folks in u.s. view europe. >> that may have already happened, keir. thank you very much. good to see you. as the hunt for more potential suspects intensifies and continues, what are we learning about the attackers who

and their suspected ties to isis? bill neely is also in belgium. this e he has that part of the story. good morning. >> good morning. there are reports of an arrest close to here. belgian media are quoting sources as saying it is the main surviving suspect from yesterday's attacks. but nbc news cannot confirm that. what we know here yesterday, in the suburb of schaerbeek, police raided an parpt apartment over there and found explosive material and an isis flag, all of it part of an isis terror cell much bigger than police ever understood. >> reporter: brussels, the capital of europe, woke this morning to a man hunt after a massacre. this is the prime target, najim laachraoui, a 24-year-old belgian who has already eluded police for months, escaping

he and the two bakraoui brothers, khalid and ibrahim, are seen here in the airport. they are wheeling their suitcases minutes before broing themselves -- blowing themselves up. they both had criminal records, one for shooting at police. laachraoui, for some reason, didn't explode his bomb and escaped. the death toll here could have been higher. police began gathering bags of debris from the attacks, searching for clues on how the bombs were made. they believe there may be a single bomb maker behind the attacks in both brussels and paris. >> very alarming to find out how many people involved in this, and their ability to get ahold of or to make high explosives and to set them off in such a spectacular fashion. >> reporter: late yesterday, police helicopters and snipers honed in on a house in brussels where it was thought some of the men were based.

address by a cabdriver, who had taken three men with heavy suitcases to the airport. there have been other raids, other arrests, but so far, no one has been charged as of an accomplice. >> as police search for suspects, belgian troops are on the street, protecting key locations. metro stations are open, but people are being searched as they go in. this is a nervous city. >> reporter: last week, police arrested salah abdeslam, who took part in the paris massacres, at a brussels apartment rented by one of yesterday's bombings. it is clear they're all part of the same isis cell. police suspect his arrest triggered their plans to attack brussels. >> police were braced for some sort of attack, but not on this scale. this was clearly a massive intelligence failure. but if reports this morning are true, that someone has been arrested, this could be a break through in cracking open

matt? >> bill, it would be welcome news to a lot of people around here. bill neely, thank you very much. now a chilling account of the attack at the airport in brussels. american jeff hoffman, a consultant for nato, lives here and was dropping off his girlfriend when the bombs went off. we talked to jeff yesterday. happy to have you with us. how are you? >> doing okay. >> a little shaken still? >> yeah. i don't think it'll go away any time soon. >> we talked yesterday. you were eloquent in describing what you went through, but i got the sense you were in shock a little bit yesterday. have you come to terms with other emotions in the last 18 hours? >> you know, it's funny, i don't think there has been too much to come to terms with. i think i woke up this morning, and it was okay, that happened. we were uninjured. we got out. consequently, personally, i move on from that. all the what ifs and the other questions you can ask yourself, i really don't.

dropping you off at that airport, standing inside the departures terminal when the first blast went off. what do you remember about it? >> i think the last thing, the old normal, i guess, lady handed me my baggage tickets. i turned to look at him, and he smiled his little grin. then i remember it was a whirlwind. it was almost like a tornado going off behind him. stuff flying everywhere. that hit me. i felt it before i heard it. i still didn't know what was going on. i didn't understand what was going on until he was coming towards me. i thought, oh, an accident happened. i don't know. it was pretty clear after seeing the terror on his face, that that wasn't an accident. >> i have to say that watching the video is hard enough, but there have been portions of the video that we've listened to the audio of. hearing the screaming, hearing one young child calling, "mommy, mommy, mommy," were you aware of the sounds going on around you, as well? >> for me, after the first

there was a lot of screaming. i don't think i really was able to filter through and hear specific sounds. the unsettling thing for me personally was after the second explosion, was dead silence. we talked about that yesterday. that was the most unnerving part. in an incident like that, you almost expect that you would hear police activity, people shouting. it was quite literally, if i can kind of compare it to anything, it was almost as if everyone was gone in a moment. as in, we were -- the people around us, i was crouched beside the counter and she was behind the counter, it was as if we were the only people left in the airport and it left you feeling exposed in a way. >> i don't want to bring up a difficult subject, as if this all isn't difficult, but you were on your way home. i'm assuming you're still now trying to get home. >> yeah. >> that would require going back to the airport and boarding a flight. how do you feel about that?

to be okay, so i want to believe him. i don't really ever want to set foot back there again, but i need to get home. i'm going to do what i have to do. it's going to be difficult, but you have to be brave, i guess, be strong. i mean, i'm lucky enough to be my family. lucky. that. don't think you're going back to a terrible place. it's your catalyst to get home. >> good way to look at it. great to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> thank you so much. let's go back to you, savannah. >> matt, thank you so much. as you would expect at home, security is being stepped up at airports, train and subway stations across the country in response to what we saw happen in brussels yesterday. pete williams is at union station in washington, d.c. this morning. the train station there. pete, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. rail commuters across the country can expect to see more security on the ride to work

airline passengers will see it, too. it is a precaution. officials say there's no intelligence warning of a similar attack here. >> reporter: on commuter trains and subway systems from washington to los angeles, police are out in a highly visible show of force. beefed up security, too, in miami, chicago, and atlanta, with heavy armed foot patrols. more security, too, at many of the nation's airports, especially in the outer lub, where the airline ticket counters are. nationwide, specially trained units and bomb-sniffing dogs. plain clothes officers, too, and search of bags. >> we want communities to feel confident that we're here, we're able to respond. we have enormous capability if we need it tactically. >> reporter: amtrak is adding police and randomly screening luggage as passengers board the trains. it's an aggressive presence in new york city, with 50 officers surging into times square.

subway to demonstrate the safety. >> expect to see extraordinary nypd presence out over the coming days, as a sign of our readiness to protect people at all times. >> reporter: new york police say protecting mass transit there is a big chore. >> we employ a lot of technology, and we pay very close attention and learn from attacks that have gone on around the world. we deploy and train accordingly. >> reporter: most commuters say they're taking the extra security in stride. >> i'll be cautious and aware of my surroundings, but i also know i have a choice not to let it hold me back. >> reporter: train and subway riders and airport passengers will see more security for at least the next several days. >> and fbi agents are stepping up surveillance of terror suspects, looking for signs of copycat attacks at home. so far, officials say no sign of that. savannah? >> pete williams, thank you. general michael haden served

good morning. >> good morning. >> these attacks show we need to up our game, your words, and be better prepared. what does that mean in practice? is this country vulnerable? >> we are vulnerable, but not nearly as vulnerable as our european friends. there are a lot of things that are different. we have very good intelligence and security services. it's not a universal condition in europe. we're distant from the battlefields and, frankly, savannah, we are a different society. we assimilate immigrants better than our european friends do. the level of threat here is not zero, but it's not nearly what it was yesterday in europe or, frankly, is today in europe. >> you mentioned the failures of intelligence. we now know that authorities are looking for the so-called man in white, a person by the name of najim laachraoui who, in fact, was being sought for the paris attacks. does that ind koit icate there's been a breakdown in terms of law enforcement overseas? >> obviously, there was a

it may be a question of limited resources, as opposed to anything else right now. many of the services in europe are small. the belgian service is particularly small. then, savannah, i have to add, there's been this grand debate over the last several years about the proper role of intelligence collection and individual privacy. the europeans have come down very strongly on the side of individual privacy, criticizing the united states. there was an interesting column in this morning's "post," where it said the europeans are turning to the american products. even though they object to collection. we need to have that conversation over again with our european friends and, frankly, i think, make it a little more fact-based than the conversation months. >> very quickly, this all has taken place in the context of a

you see proposals, particularly from donald trump, saying, let's close the borders temporarily to all muslims. you have ted cruz coming out saying, maybe there should be neighborhoods. they say that political correctness, their words, made us less safe. do you agree? >> i think we need to have an adult conversation about the role of islam and the civil war within islam. savannah, the main point here is in the united states, we may have radicalized individuals. communities. we have it within our ability to create radicalized communities and some of the rhetoric in the presidential campaign trends us toward that great, great problem. >> general michael hayden, good to spend a few minutes with you. thank you. >> thank you. these attacks are reignited debate in the presidential race over the best ways to protect our country. voters in three states were heading to the polls on tuesday, and the results are in. it was a split decision on the

donald trump upon big in arizona. he stopped ted cruz by more than 20 points. cruz took it in utah, grabbing all 40 of that state's delegates with a commanding victory there. morning. trump with 744 delegates. 468 for cruz. john kasich behind. clinton took arizona. bernie sanders won the two other idaho. let's look at the democrat delegates. clinton leads, 1,637 to bernie sanders' 928. as we mentioned, all of the candidates have had a lot to say about the attacks in brussels. national security and how to best deal with the terror threat. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is covering that angle of the story. good morning to you. >> good morning. first, a surprise announcement today. jeb bush is endorsing ted cruz, in his words, to overcome the divisiveness of donald trump. this follows a day that focused

ed into a personal feud. >> reporter: terror aprod follow broad followed by tough talk at home. >> you declare jihad in america, we're coming after you. >> reporter: trump says police, in his words, patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods here in the u.s. before they becomrade calized cal ize -- become radicalized. >> we need to stop isolated communities from festering jihadism. >> reporter: the head of the nypd slamming cruz's comments. >> i take great offense at his characterization of that whole population. >> reporter: donald trump crediting cruz for a good idea. john kasich, more critical, warning against alienate ing muslim americans, needed to combat terrorism. >> just because you happen to be a muslim doesn't mean that you are a radicalized person that wants to destroy somebody in the west. >> reporter: the competing responses underscoring stark contrasts between the candidates.

to people until we figure out what's going on. >> how high does the wall have to be to keep the internet out? you know, that's not the world we live in any longer. >> reporter: for the accused paris bomber and other terror suspects, trump embraced torture tactics. waterboarding and more, he said. >> if they would have put him through the grill ten minutes after the capture, he probably would have ratted them out and maybe stopped this horrible terror attack. >> reporter: a new ad from an anti-trump group that targeted mormon voters is turning heads. with, meet melania trump, your next first lady, to r you or you can support cruz on tuesday. trump said, be careful or i'll spill the beans on your ad. cruz said if you attack heidi, you're more of a coward than i thought. #classless. >> the next faceoff is wisconsin, less than two weeks now.

washington, thank you very much. by the way, we'll be talking to republican candidate ted cruz. we'll ask him about that a little later this morning. let's turn to dylan, in for al. we'll have a warmup on the east coast. >> very nice warmup. temperatures approaching 70 degrees in the northeast. through the upper midwest, we're talking about a winter storm. we have a lot of snow expected through parts of denver, under a blizzard warning now and lasts through this evening. it'll stretch through parts of minnesota and wisconsin, watching for storms in the midwest this aftern you can find a recipe for almost anything... baby cousin's gonna love that isn't she. oh my gosh. ... and gather all the right we're gonna make the same meal this year. i wish sarah was here. i know, mom. in life don't always come from a cookbook. look who's joining us. happy easter. they come from the heart. find low prices every day on

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7:30 now. it's wednesday morning, march 23rd, 2016. it's the start of three days of national mourning in belgium for the victims of the deadly terror attacks on brussels airport and subway system. of course, the sadness and the questions will go on for much longer than that. matt has made his way to brussels for us this morning, and i can't imagine that was an easy journey. considering, matt, the transportation closures there, including the airport. >> that's right, savannah and dylan and tamron. you can't fly into brussels airport.

made the three or three and a half hour drive from paris down here to brussels. we saw a lot of police activity along the roadway. there are a couple toll plazas. we saw heavily armed police officers checking traffic, mostly going away from brussels. then there was one section of the road they'd closed down to one lane, and there were a lot of heavily armed police again actually looking into cars and stopping a few cars. i want to show you some of the newspapers out this morning. this one is the evening paper. it just says, tenir bon, meaning hang on. this one needs no translation. it just means, the horror. it's what people here are feeling, the horror of the attacks. even as the investigation continues to go on, that is what's topping our headlines today. the men involved in that airport attack here, seen in this surveillance image, have been named overnight.

fled, identified as 24-year-old najim laachraoui. he is also a potential suspect in last year's paris attacks. belgian media had reported he was arrested. we're starting to hear some people walk back those reports. they're not exactly sure if that has taken place. the two men he was with, the so-called suicide bombers, they're the ones dressed in black, they're brothers. khalid and ibrahim bakraoui. again, all now have been identified. still unclear if that third savannah? >> of course, we had an election yesterday in the presidential race. hillary clinton and donald trump added to their leads. republican caucuses in utah, winning all the delegates there. bernie sanders beat clinton in both utah and idaho. president obama arrived in argentina overnight. there. he wrapped up his historic trip to cuba.

matt, back to you in brussels. savannah, thank you very much. now back to these attacks here in brussels. and the tributes are pouring in for the victims. >> reporter: adele was at the airport heading to new york to visit her mother with her 3-year-old daughters when the bombs went off, killing her and injuring her husband and one of the twins. ruiz's brother confirming his sister's death to a tv station and writing on facebook, it's very complicated to describe this pain we're feeling at home. my sister, adelma tapia, died in the attacks and wasn't able to survive the jihadist attack we'll never understand. stephanie and jeff were at the airport with their mother, returning home to kentucky. moore waived good-bye to them while going through a security checkpoint, when she was knocked off her feet by a blast. dazed but uninjured, she tried

>> this is what she looks like. my husband called the american embassy, and started looking for them, too. >> reporter: they're still among the missing. among the injured, sebastian, a belgian pro basketball player who played in the states. according to media reports, the 37-year-old, 6'9" athlete, was thrown some 65 feet in the air by the explosion. >> he was l in the line at the counter to check in. dropped him off, six minutes later, the bomb went off and he was within radius of it. i was told he'll be fine. injuries. >> reporter: two jet airways crew members were injured in the airport blasts. the indian embassy in belgium tweeting, they're out of danger and being treated by embassy staff. mason wells of utah suffered

shrapnel. the 19-year-old was at the airport along with mormon missionaries, joseph empey, richard norby and fanny rachel clain. all are recovering. mason was in paris when 130 people were killed in last year's terror attacks. marathon bombing. >> i think that experience of the chaos and civil unrest experienced today. >> sadly, attacks like these have become a new and almost terrifying new normal here in europe. nbc news analyst chis ristopher dickey is the editor for "the daily beast." you spent the last 24 hours here. i just arrived. they say there are stages of grief. what stage of grief would you say the people in brussels are in now? >> well, i'd say close to -- not

i think we saw this in paris, too. in the immediate aftermath, what you think is, it's a horrible thing but maybe it's over. that's the most dangerous time. if there is another hit now, if there is another incident now, people are absolutely shattered. even in paris, when it didn't come off, but there was another attack, when we heard one was being plan and had disrupted, it was a terrible shootout, i remember people were shattered. >> what questions will be requested? what questions need to be asked of the intelligence services here, of law enforcement here, of the politicians here? >> well, first of all, belgium is a tremendously disorganized country. went for almost two years without a government. it has multiple layers of belief. it tries to cooperate with the other services around europe, but it even has terrible difficulties with its internal operations. it's failed to integrate its muslim population well. there's only 500,000 muslims here, but they're not well

those are all problems to solve. but they're all problems that everyone has known about for a long time. can you solve them now that this has happened? probably not. >> you've also talked to me personally and privately about, you know, several different manifestos that laid out almost this exact scenario years ago. >> more than ten years ago. the most important one for this is one that said, basically, europe is the soft underbelly of the west and he can hit europe and divide it. there is a large muslim population, and the population should not be able to choose -- it should have to choose between being on our side, the side of islam and terror, or the side of the europeans. he wants to eliminate the gray zone in between. he wants to force the contradictions in the society. terror is the tool to do that. you see it happening. >> results of the last six months would say we're moving closer and closer to that reality.

>> christopher dickey, always thank you so much. >> thank you, matt. york. >> we turn to dylan in for al, midwest. 73. warning. we are going to see blizzard-like conditions. snow. we should see about 4 to 8 inches of snow. it's very, very windy. it's going to reduce visibility. this storm system is going to stretch into the northern plains and the upper midwest. look at all of these winter storm warnings. it's a small band but includes northern iowa, southern minnesota and most of wisconsin. this is the area where we could end up with 12 to 16 inches of blowing snow. . amy: good morning, i' m amy sweezey. we are talking about lots of sunshine today. we will get a cup clouds

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busses, schools, hospitals, restaurants, shopping malls. any place where people come and go freely without significant security can be considered a soft target. easy for terrorists to attack. >> if you have a determined terrorist, who is willing to give up their life, it's almost impossible to prevent that across the board. >> reporter: we've seen it multiple times with devastating effect. london, 2005. 52 dead, 700 wounded after coordinated suicide attacks on the subway and bus systems. in paris last year, terrorists struck a theater, a restaurant and a kosher market, all soft targets. 130 killed, hundreds wounded. and in this country, a self-radicalized couple working out of their home shot and killed 14 people, wounding 21, at a holiday party. police later found three pipe bombs and speculated the terrorists had planned more attacks. >> in democracy, there are

people to go there. and you can't have check-points set up where there is security because you couldn't have the flow of people you need. >> reporter: in the attacks, security at airports worldwide has been beefed up this morning. outside security screening areas, they can be as vulnerable as shopping malls. >> airports are not built like castles. they're not built with security in mind. a lot are built for shopping. transportation and shopping. >> reporter: experts say especially when it comes to soft targets, the public has to be extra vigilant, looking out for people who seem to be surveilling a location, gathering information about things like shift changes, and testing security with false alarms. >> it boils down, and this is a saying that's a cliche but i believe it, see something, say something. >> it's a cliche because since 9/11, we've been hearing it, for 15 years. that's the danger. people won't do it anymore. that has been the most effective deterrent to stopping terrorist attacks.

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we have breaking news on the roadways. lots of our roads having trouble. ted: let' s talk first about the turnpike. northbound while state road 417. it' s only block the damage is done. five-mile backup approaching the orange county and osceola county line. it is going to be slow. 95 southbound is slow near state road 404. a crash an earlier and following -- involving a frito-lay' s truck and a budweiser truck. 408 westbound before the the i-4 , was blocking multiple lanes and causing a backup that start by the conway toll plaza getting into downtown orlando. we have the i-4 eastbound offramp to 1792 closed off. you state road 46 instead. amy: a little bit of cloud cover today, but not much. nothing standing in the way of those climbing temperatures. lower 40' s off to the north, 53

melbourne. a little cooler than average low temperatures. we will get back to normal. look at these numbers, upper 70' s to around 80 degrees and most very inland areas. at the coast we stay just slightly cooler. southeast breeze of the ocean will top out at daytona beach and 78 melbourne with plenty of sunshine at the beaches. your seven-day forecast, expecting a slight chance of rain tomorrow.

thing to a -- thanks to it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, evil has a name. three suspects in the terror overnight. the airport suicide bombers, brothers, the man in white, already wanted by police for his attacks. as belgium pauses to remember the victims today, wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. welcome back, everyone, to a split edition of "today" on a wednesday morning.

we have savannah back in new york city. good morning. good to seemorning to you. there are a number of developments in connection with the attacks. this morning we're learning the airport in brussels will remain closed until at least tomorrow night, matt. >> yeah, and that's not surprising, given all the damage we saw in that video over the last 24 hours. sources also tell nbc news that the bombs used in that attack were made of amone monium nitrate. they weighed 44 pounds each. the suicide bombers and the man who was with them, the one who got away, have been identified. >> reporter: europe's most wanted man. there are conflicting reports from bell gian media and najim laachraoui has been arrested. the only accomplice from tuesday's attack believed to still be alive. a manhunt continues with a

late tuesday during a series of raids, authorities found a house turned bomb factory, where the brussels attacks were believed to be planned. containing additional explosives, chemicals and an isis flag. a cabdriver led authorities there also recognizing security images on the news. as laachraoui and that little and ibrahim bakraoui, identified overnight as brothers, as the passengers he took to the airport tuesday morning. he told authorities the three acted suspiciously and carried extremely heavy lull ggage. they didn't want him to handle. after 8:00 a.m. on tuesday, two suitcase bombs exploded in the brussels airport, killing at least 11. according to authorities, the devices contained glass and nails. x-ray of one of the wounded showing one nail embedded in his chest. an hour after those dual explosions at the airport, a

brussels metro train at the maelbeek station, killing at least 20. and forcing passengers to evacuate through the system's smoke-filled tunnels. earlier today, i spoke with a witness to the metro attack. >> it's incredibly sad, when a city as great as this is scarred by these awful attacks. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials say their working theory is this, the brussels attackers and paris massacre accomplice, salah abdeslam, are part of the same terror cell, linking brussels, paris and the attempted attack on a french train last august that was thwarted by american servicemen. one senior intelligence official said they picked up chatter on terrorist networks three or four weeks ago of an imminent attack somewhere in europe. adding, it is possible that last friday's arrest of abdeslam could have thrown that plan into high gear, or that another attack could still be in the

>> american evan lamis works in brussels. he was riding in the metro train that was behind the one that was attacked by the terrorists, and took dramatic photos of the evacuation through a smoke-filled tunnel. nice to see you. >> than x. ks. >> you were in the train when you were reading about the attacks at the airport, right? >> i was on the way to work, checking the news, reading about the attacks at the airport. i was on the metro going toward the m a,alb aalbeek station. we felt a blast of air, my ears popped and the blast went off at that point. >> did the connection to the airport bombings cross your mind at all? >> it took a while for things to register. every now and then, a metro will stop because of time problems, you know, a metro is a little too slow. at first, i thought it was a

the air blast i felt wasn't anything more than what you would feel, a breeze coming through the window or a fan. then we heard some thudding in the distance. it really seemed far away. we were to the explosion. >> were they making announcement they stopped the train? what were you hearing? >> when the train stopped, they put an announcement over the sound system saying there was a disturbance on the line and they were going to work to resolve it as quickly as possible. it was a few minutes before someone came from the front of the metro to the back, which is where i was, they installed a ladder and had us evacuate on to the track. >> smoke in the tunnel yet? >> there was smoke. smoke started to come a little into the metro, as well. it wasn't difficult to breathe, but there was definitely smoke lingering in the air. >> as you got aboveground, you had to then start to understand what was going on. were you seeing -- you were a

were you getting reports on your phone? >> as we were exiting, i tried to figure out where it was going on. it seemed like it was in the distance. i first used my phone to try to contact a few family and friends, to let them know something was happening but i was okay for the moment. then immediately checked the news, at which point, there was con fir firmation that there was an explosion and that it was an attack at maalbeek station. >> the lives of everyone living in this city have been changed forever. can you foresee a day when you will comfortably go back on the metro system here and ride without constant fear? >> i think so. i mean, we've been under high security alert for some time. that had kind of become normal and part of everyday life here. i think life will eventually go on. you have to get used to things as they are. i think it's good to trust the authorities, to the extent that we can, about what to do to be safe. life will go back to normal eventually.

work once it's running fully again. >> maybe a minute earlier, had you gotten on the train, you'd have a different story this morning. i'm happy you're okay. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. not only evan but some of the other people we've spoken to, lucky to be able to tell their stories. 31 people confirmed dead in the attacks. that does it for us from brussels this morning. of course, we'll keep posted and keep you posted on any developments on this investigation. savannah, back to you. >> matt, thank you and stay safe. we'll take a turn now to tamron, in for natalie, this week. you're covering the president's trip. we're getting caught up on the president and other news stories. overnight, president obama arrived in argentina, making the first state visit by a u.s. president in nearly two decades. the commander in chief will meet with the president later today in an effort to reset diplomatic relations and trade ties with the country. president obama begins the two-day visit.

cuba, where tuesday, he defended his decision to attack a baseball game, despite the terror attacks in brussels. republican presidential candidates spouting harsh criticism, including ted cruz, who we will hear from in a moment. >> 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. >> the president later said the attacks serve as a reminder, the world must you unite. police recommend misdemeanor charge for the mother of a 4-year-old boy who shot her with her own handgun. jamie, an apparent gun enthusiast, placed the loaded handgun underneath the front seat of her pickup truck, which slid to the backseat. her son was riding in a booster seat. the boy reportedly unbuckled himself, picked up the gun and

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they're being radicalized, or is it the mere fact they're muslims, in your mind, means police officers should be securing and patrolling those areas? >> well, let's start out with yesterday. all of us, our thoughts, our prayers are with those who were injured. yesterday, i think, reminded everyone, really underscored, that we are facing a war. it is not -- this was not an isolated lone wolf. this was not an isolated incident. radical islamic terrorism, isis has declared jihad on the united states of america. >> no question about that. i guess the issue this morning is the response and trying to understand what it is you're recommending. >> i'll point out, you say there's no question about that. i'll tell you who disagrees with you. barack obama. hillary clinton. the entire obama administration refuses to utter the words,

this administration is mired in political correctness and won't acknowledge this threat. when it comes to law enforcement, proactive law enforcement. you know here in new york city, under mayor bloomberg, there was a proactive policing program, to work cooperatively with the muslim community to prevent radicalization. to target and find out who may be affiliated with radical islamic terrorism, who may be becoming radicalized and stop terror attacks before they occur. mayor de blasio, in an example of political correctness, defit befitting of obama and hillary clinton, said we won't continue -- >> the program has been disbanded. a former supervisor of the program said in six years, it never led to one piece of intelligence, not an arrest, not a conviction. in fact, the supervisor was quoted as saying that it involved paying undercover officers to sit in cafes

tea and eating sweets at taxpayers' extense. >> you need a concerted focus on stopping it. for example, if you have a problem with gang violence, you gang violence is prevalent. members. >> would you then -- for example, you're saying, gang violence, you look, where is there gang violence, and we'll patrol those neighborhoods. when you talk about patrolling muslim neighborhoods, would you require suspicion before you patrol the neighborhood? >> i'm talking about focusing law enforcement and national security resources on areas, on locations where there is a higher incidence of radical islamic terrorism. one of the tragic reasons we saw this yesterday in brussels is europe's failed immigration laws allowed vast numbers of radical europe. >> i have to ask you about a

donald trump last night. he criticized you, falsely i might add, for putting up an ad that featured his wife melania in "gq" magazine in a state of undress. then he added, you should lay off his wife, and if not, he's going to spill the beans on your wife. it seems like a threat against your wife, and you took it that way. >> this is a pattern with donald trump. when he's unhappy, when he's scared, he lashes out. he yells, he screams, he often curses. he threatens people. donald is a bully. i told him last night, don't you try to attack my wife. donald is unhappy that he got clobbered last night in utah. wasn't even close. he lost by 69%. utah was now the tenth state where we've beaten donald trump. what does he do? tries to change the subject. the way he tries to change the subject is by lashing out and attacking my wife. i'm not going to stoop to that level. >> you're not responsible for the ad that featured melania

inappropriate? >> it's not something i would have done. donald is trying to threaten my wife, speaks volumes about character. >> senator cruz, good to have you with us. >> thank you. dylan is in for al. over to you. >> thanks. we are going to see a round of stronger storms develop later tonight. we have this area right in through st. louis, down through little rock and stretching to northeastern texas, where we could see strong storms with hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. it's not going to be an outbreak, but keep in mind, most of these storms will hit overnight. any time you get the storms overnight into the darkness, that's where we do see added problems. we are going to see that spread east as we go into tomorrow. on thursday, our best chance of stronger storms includes most of central tennessee, stretching down to alabama. same threats. heavy downpours, larger hail, damaging wind gusts with isolated tornadoes. then it'll fizzle as it moves to the east. on the northern side of the

that's where we could see 12 to 16 inches, especially northwest iowa into southeastern minnesota and wiscan amy: good morning, i' m amy sweezey. we are talking about lots of sunshine today. we will get a cup clouds building in. it will be warmer as w >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, only one thing to do now and that's trending. we'll start in england, where the government asked the internet for help. now it's probably thinking, maybe it wasn't a hot idea. >> not always a good idea. >> the task was, what should we name our new research ship? a ship that is worth nearly $300 million.

public for suggestions. they got some good picks. for example, the sir ernest shackleton, named for the british explorer. >> appropriate. >> the endeavor. the falcon. do you want to know which one is winning? >> this is the best. >> they want boatty mcboatface. yes, world. by more than 28,000 votes. i love it. >> i love it. >> the ship does look like a character. >> so cute. boatty mcboatface. >> there it is, in all its glory. there she goes. there she blows. mcboatface. >> i love it so much. >> hold it to them. they should have to paint it. >> it's like the r.s.s. boatty mcboatface. they have the final say. democracy. i'm rooting for it, though.

here's a story about how a wrong number led to a new friendship. a georgia couple, mark and lindsey, had their first child, a boy. mark's mother texted the news to family members, started a chain. by accident, she texted a stranger named dennis. instead of ignoring the chain, dennis responds, struck up a conversation with the family. you can read it there. nobody knew him. but they did invite him to stop by. guess what? he did. dennis stopped by, posing for a picture, brought his brother. there are the new parents. dennis also brought diapers, bottles and a pacifier. they named the baby boy dennis jr. no. >> no! >> that'd be amazing. >> i love that. >> how did they accidentally text someone who lives close enough? >> it was a cousin's cell phone number, no longer their number. >> right area code. >> they used to keep it forever

>> i love it. >> the mom sent this out, like a lot of personal information. he was like, i don't think i'm supposed to be on this chain. then they sent the room number and he showed up. heartfelt tribute by adele. why court will be in session for sarah palin. >> adele in london on tuesday took a moment to honor the victims of the brussels terror attacks. it happened during her performance of "make you feel my love." she asked the audience to light up the arena. it made for a show of solidarity. after the song, adele said she'd never been so moved at one of her own shows. next to sarah palin. not a judge but she'll play one on television. the former alaska governor will take on judge judy with her own day time court show. no law degree, but governor palin did appoint judges.

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jazmin: good wednesday morning, i' m jazmin walker. brett: i' m brett connolly. major issues on the roadways this morning if you' re about to head out. ted noah has the details on the biggest problems. ted: first talking about i-4 getting into volusia county via seminole. the 1792 offramp is completely closed. there' s a jackknifed semi. this is a mess they are up. this is at the 1792 offramp from i-4 just as you come around the corner by lake monroe. if you travel on i-4 from seminole county into volusia, you can' t use 1792, you stay road 46. a big deland the turnpike northbound approaching 417. newly six mile backup do it right lane blocked. amy: we are in the lower 40' s off to the north. lower 50'

the i-4 corridor. 53 in sanford and orlando. 43 in ocala. we have lots of sunshine and a couple of scattered clouds. it will be another beautiful day. it will be warmer, we are back to normal this afternoon. upper 70' s near 80. the coast stays slightly cooler even though we have slight winds of the ocean. we will talk about it 76 in daytona beach and 78 in melbourne. look at the seven-day forecast, the moisture continues to build

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>> give her a hug. >> first, let's get a check of the weather, dylan. >> it's going to warm up. we are looking at a warmup in the northeast. in the southwest, that's where we do have the chance of red flag warnings. also the chance of the fires to spread quickly because of the dry conditions, combined with winds and the low humidity. the area in pink that goes to the panhandle of texas, stretchings to oklahoma, we have extreme fire danger. ahead of the front, we're looking at the winds and a chance of stronger storms through the midwest. especially overnight into early thursday morning. to the north side of that, we have a winter storm. we've already seen blizzard conditions in denver. looking at windy conditions, 50 to 60 miles per hour expected. heavier snow through minnesota, northwestern iowa arn amy: good morning, i' m amy sweezey.

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marnie quickly discovers that marriage doesn't necessarily equal marital bliss. >> do you know you just recoiled from my touch? >> i didn't. >> you recoiled from my touch like i'm a monster. >> oh, my god. >> in all the months we courted, i never dreamed you could be this cruel. >> cruel? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i don't want to get a scone with you this morning and now i'm cruel? morning. >> morning. relationship. >> sconegate, i guess. >> yeah. so you were left at the altar -- >> we know that but she doesn't. i think she's definitely sensed something is amiss. she had no examples of successful marriages around her, so she's making it up as she goes along. on sunday, we see how she reacts to the fight we just watched, which sets off a little bit of an excursion.

>> it is. >> you're not going to tell me anything about it. >> it's one of the few times in the history of the show where i have spoilers that i could spoil. i don't want to risk that. >> you know the more you say that, the more i want to know what the spoilers are. >> that's the idea. i try to get you to watch it. it's weird because this is a show where it's not that plot heavy, but there are a lot of things that go down on sunday night. i'm excited about it. >> well, we've watched marnie grow up, of course. >> yes. >> i like to think of the arc of her character as kind of like, she was little miss perfect. >> yup. >> then a hot mess. >> totally. hot is generous, by the way. >> piping hot, smoking. >> thank you, savannah. oh, my gosh. >> where is she now? >> what does it look like to be in a healthy marriage? what does it look like to be a productive, kind, loving wife? she's making it up as she goes along. she's working with kind of an infuriate ing partner at times.

be the best wife she can be, but everyone has their limits. i don't know. we'll have to see. >> this is season five. >> yes. >> yes. >> i'll use a grad school word on you. this is the penultimate season. >> i love that word. >> i knew you would. went to yale. >> great sat word. >> are you going through the stages of grief? >> i am. >> where are you? >> through all of them each day. it's exhausting. no, it's so weird, i always knew it was going to end, but i've been texting everyone associated with the planning and schedules of the show. being like, could you put it off a little bit longer? i don't want it to end. once it starts, it's the beginning of the end. then it's unlike every other year, i can't say, i'll see you next summer. it's like summer camp is ending. my counselor years is over. i've stretched it to the max. it's creepy if i hang around. >> maybe there will be a reunion. >> every decade, check in with

doing. >> wear a name tag, otherwise i won't recognize you. >> no, no. they're family. it's cliche that everyone says that when a show is ending. there's a reason we all say that. it's intimate, especially our job in particular, the show we do. it is intimate. >> exactly. >> it's very intimate. for example, to show how close our show is, jason, who is our boom operator who has been in some very vulnerable situations with us, just directed a documentary for lena and jenny. we're a family. recently got marry >> i did. >> tom hanks officiated. >> who? >> he's a struggling actor. hired. woody, right? i should have recognized him. he was great. >> how is married life treating you? >> it's good. it feels very much the same. i got a lot of delayed props for not being as crazy as a bride as marnie was.

my friends have a newfound appreciation for the monster i could have been but decided not to be. it's opinion nice and scary they thought i had that in me. married life is awesome. we just did a round trip to alabama and back because i was shooting a movie. got the dog in the car. >> i wanted to ask you about the movie. it's a horror movie. >> it's a thriller, yes. >> that was my last question. did you get to do a blood curdling scream? >> i did not scream. >> do you want to scream now, to get it out? >> nope. i'm worried i will break the eardrums of whoever kind people are on the sound. >> thank you so much. looking forward to seeing what's next. we still have a little "girls" to go and a big marnie episode on sunday. >> yeah. up next, another big wedding to talk about. our couple kaitlin and john, t minus less than 24 hours from tying the knot live on this show.

we'll check in with them. first, this is "today" on nbc.

good to be alive right about now we're back at 8:45. we have the final preparations for our big fat today wedding. you voted on the rings, the dress, the cake, flowers, really everything. tomorrow, it all comes together live here on "today." >> we have big plans for a reception. inside one of the most storied spots in the world, the famed rainbow room. >> reporter: when the rainbow room opened in 1934, 65 stories above rockefeller plaza, it was called the apex of new york style. >> when i'm on stage at the rainbow room, it makes me feel exhilarating. like you've arrived somewhere. >> reporter: brian is lady gaga's band member and often plays there. >> it's who has hung out there,

>> reporter: the likes of frank si sinatra and muhammad ali. >> the rainbow room is something we can aspire to and achieve. when we get there, we've reached the top. >> reporter: the supper club cost about $4 million to build, translated today. it was the setting of movies, like "prince of tides." >> we spent the last few hours at the rainbow room. >> reporter: and "sleepless in seattle." >> great table. >> thanks. >> reporter: with countless references on the small screen. >> either one of you been to the rainbow room. is it real expensive? >> how was the rainbow room? >> we had to leave early. there was a monetary discrepancy regarding the bill. >> reporter: in 2009, the rainbow room temporarily closed its doors, undergoing a

the original chandelier, rotating dance floor and dome, all restored. every detail paying homage to the history of those who danced before. and attracting today's biggest stars. >> the re-opening of the rainbow room in 2014 is acknowledgment of the past and a look toward the future. it is still great, as it was when it opened more than 80 years ago. >> you're in a time machine, taken back to another time. >> it's the best room in new york city. >> only the best for our couple, kaitlin and john. you guys are here. 24 hours. >> i know! >> rainbow room. your family is coming in, last night and today. >> yeah. >> what are you most excited for? >> i'm most excited for the experience, i think. i mean, to marry him and be able to do it in such a unique way, i think is so exciting. >> have they told you anything? do you know what you're wearing? do you know what the choices are? >> no. we literally don't find out the ring until it's on my finger. >> you're kidding! we know more about your wedding

>> it's crazy. >> you know about andy grammer, providing some music. >> yes. >> he sent you a message. >> congrats, kaitlin and john on your wedding. i'm psyched to see you on thursday. it's going to be awesome. >> that is so cool. >> you started having your friends and family alive. tomorrow is the big day. >> yeah. >> what have you been doing? >> so fun. >> we went to dinner last night. we were sitting there and we're all in new york. this is nuts. it kind of soaked in. i was like, wow, this is incredible. >> i'm like, we're trying to get enough sleep but we want to show them everything and time is going so fast. we're trying to balance it all but have a good time. >> what has people's reaction been? you'll get married on television television. friday will be interesting, walking around new york city. >> it's unbelievable, everything. just to be a part of it, everyone is thrilled. it's exciting. we're all just trying to soak it

>> as much as we can. >> it's been a good introduction to our families, too. he has so many cousins and they've been texting me. i'm like, it's nice you're excited for us. >> it's cool. >> it's a good introductory -- married. >> go to bed early. >> sleep in the bathtub? >> yeah. nice. >> we're excited. it all happens in the blink of an eye. it will happen in the blink of an eye tomorrow. we'll doing something i don't think we have before. can't wait to see it. sleep well tonight. >> thank you. >> we'll have it live tomorrow. few surprises, too. put that out there. >> quick reminder, "my big fat greek wedding 2" opens this friday. coming up next, a delicious easter brunch smells so good. this is the italian way to serve your family and guests.

we are back now. it is 8:52. it's brunch week on today food. this morning, a crowd pleaser. the family and friends heading your way. lydia, the author of lidia's mastering the arts. good to have you here. >> welcome. >> this is italian from your

what are you making? >> breakfast, bacon and egg. >> beautiful. let's get the ingredients. >> you can use anything you'd like. spaghetti works great. bay bacon. >> yes. >> onions, oil, egg yolk, just yolk, and of course you finish with some pepper. i add to the onions scallions for freshness. >> the egg and the pasta and people get scared. is this difficult to make? >> it is so easy. by the end, you're going to go home and make it for your wife. >> i'll make it. >> your wife is a good cook. >> this is one of her favorite pastas, actually. first, we get the bacon done? >> nice a crispy. then what i do, i put it on the side. here, i put the onion. put the onion? >> split the pan and do both? >> you know why?

bacon is crisp but the onion will cook. get -- >> and cooking it in the bacon greece, grease, which is good. >> get it going like that. you know you add to this, to make the sauce, grate fresh pep ner -- pepper. >> yes, ma'am. i'm getting a facial here. >> this is nice and hot. this is how you make the sauce. >> are there a lot of pastas that use the pasta water? >> all the time. use it to loosen up your sauce. when in doubt, when you simmer, simmer, the density of the sauce, and then the pasta. i always get the question of how much salt. i go one, two. >> a pinch? >> there we go.

>> for this, i would say, it's one pound of pasta. you have about four or five quarts of water. this much salt will do. put that in before the pasta. >> okay. >> this is cooking. out? >> you got it. that's still the mixture, the pasta water and the onions and >> yeah. i'm going to go on and -- >> you don't strain this, just put it right in? >> yeah. you don't need to strain it. you could strain it. but you know what? don't put in -- don't put in oil in the pasta water, and don't rinse the pasta. >> everybody downstairs is eating. you guys -- >> i couldn't be enjoying this more. >> perfect brunch, right, easter sunday? >> here's the best part. >> pasta water in here. >> half of this. how many eggs? >> two. and you add that.

stir that. >> yes, ma'am. >> okay. go ahead. get on the fire. >> on the fire. >> you don't want to make scrambled eggs, so stir, stir. >> that's the whole thing here. >> see how creamy? >> you added the egg to the pasta water. how long do you cook the egg? >> you know what? if they're afraid, use pasteurized eggs. shut the fire. keep mixing, carson. >> eat up, guys. today.com/food for this great brunch recipe. back after your local news. thank you, lidia. announcer: local, live, late breaking. this is a wesh 2 news update. brett: good morning, i' m brett connolly. jazmin: i' m jazmin walker. we will take you to ted noah who

ted: still a big issue and i four eastbound making their way from seminole into volusia county. the eastbound ramp to 1792 is closed from this life view. we of a chopper a few minutes s s what' problems. we still of the turnpike northbound crash before the 417. multiple vehicles involved in this one. about a six mile backup getting through the area. i-95 southbound, cleanup underway involving a frito-lay' s truck and a beer truck. a mile backup in melbourne. amy: temperatures are beginning to climb, we have temperatures -- we a few clouds. 51 in daytona beach, 57 in melbourne and 52 in ocala, up from the 40' s. we will keep climbing, we are headed back to normal. upper 70' s near 80 in most were no -- inland spots. the coast will stay cooler only because we have that southeast breeze coming off the ocean.

rain, only a slight chance. moisture will building. shower, especially to the south and east of the metro area. i really think friday will be showers and storms. the cold front that will and meanders back and forth in central florida. we will see some showers and [captioning performed by the national captioning institute,

>> it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the new film "demolition," jake gyllenhaal. and performing her new hit, "broken," trisha yearwood. plus, check out the hottest new sedans as we continue "new york plus, "dancing with the stars" host erin andrews takes a seat at the co-host desk. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> and now, here are michael