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many of the president's very top security advisers, including susan rice are here with him, and they're continuing to update the president about what they'vethey've already been in contact with belgian authorities, and have planted -- stay in contact and offer assistance. now, we are expecting to hearsident around 10:00 a.m. he was already scheduled to speak in a national address to the cuban people, and we do expect for him to have to these developments, and the latest of what we are hearing. now we also know that the state department is still trying to track down these account to the safety of americans. there have been a few reportedly injured but no one can verify embassy so far is gathering information. they are in lockdown and they are telling americans in the area to stay where they are, to e. it's worth noting that brussels

diplomatic missions, includiy alliance at nato. now, as for what happens next, with the president, whether he continues on with his t been changes that we know of yet from the secret service. as i said the president's supposed to speak. he's then also supposed to attend a baseball game here in cuba as part of his diplomatic . we don't know yet if the secret service will allow him to go through with it. but so far, no major changes to his schedule. margaret brennan there in havana. thank you. we should also note that security is beefed up in other european cities this morning after that brussels attack, and to be a similar response in major cities here in the u.s. following that part of the story. jeff good morning first question however, any increased level of threat attacks here in the u.s.? >> well, no. according to u.s. we've contacted this morning

u.s., and the u.s. posture remains the same at this time.t is still assessing whether there are any americans injured in these attacks, and u.s. officials are on in belgium, and they're trying to assist where needed as they always do in cases like this. there has been enhanced st november's attacks in paris, and coordination is primarily in sharing intelligence to help track suspects down. and we're going to see that situation. expect to see stepped up security here at home today. it's a precautionary show of force in places like police are now stationed in front of the belgian consulate in manhattan this morning. the nypd is ramping up security on mass transit around city well. bridges and tunnels. when it comes to the d.c. metro system, it is, we're told there e to increased security and visibility of police following an attack like this. even if it happens overseas as

there are no reported threats totime, as i mention, and the terror alert level has not been increased. and by the way, tsa landed in brussels this morning. he is safe, we're told the department of homeland security works closely with major airports across europe, and weat's why he was there in belgium today. the airport in brussels is not a major u.s. airline hub in .s. companies are concerned for their employees, as you might imagine. the airport attack was located in the check-in area american airlines area. american airlines has released a statement this morning saying, in part, all of our employees and contractors are accountedported injuries. delta and united airlines also issued statements this morning saying their employees are safe. diverted to other airports, to amsterdam,

flights to brussels have been gayle? >> all right thank you very much. cbs news senior security contributor michael morale is a former cia deputy in washington. and juan is with us from salt lake city. good morning to you. michael i want to start with you first. we had a statement from thester who says what we feared has happened, we were hit by blind attacks. can we call these blind attacks heightened security alert? and that this comes three days after the arrest of abdeslam?y were expecting more attacks? >> i had two reactions to what happened this morning. one is, it's a reflection large -- how compartmented, how sophisticated the isis terrorist capability is in europe. after the first attack then showed that these

they had bombmaking locations. they used individually, one at a time, so they couldn't be tracked. they had forgery capabilities to use passports to move back syria and iraq in europe, so very sophisticated capability. that's part of what you saw today. the other, i think, is thes -- this particular attack, i believe, was something that they had in train, they had worked out that they accelerated given the arrest of salah abdeslam last friday. he was probably aware of this. they were probably concerned to talk to authorities, and they moved this up. those are the two things that struck me this morning. >> michael, what does it tell you, too, about their choice ofs. the train station and the airport? >> they want to attack places where they create the most fear.ght?

where people congregate every day and go about their daily lives, at airports and in erfect place for them to conduct an attack because it creates the most fear. >> juan zarate, why are belgium and france such shot spots right now? >> e long-standing pockets of radicalization outside of paris, outside of brussels. we focused a lot at cbs on theighborhood. these are decades worth of radical individuals who've been drawn to some form of the ideology that isis is now problem, of course, now, gayle, is you have the isis accelerant. isis is now motivating actors, and as mike indicateng them in sophisticated ways of operating. training them in syria and iraq, then deploying them back.s shocking to me is that you've had in the wake of the paris attacks, yet another sophisticated,k right under

authorities, when they understood that there were these plots unfolding, and planning attacks. keep in mind, gayle, that belgian authorities had shut down the subway in november of last year were worried about this kind of an attack. >> one brussels transit spokesman is now saying that the the metro station are 15 dead and 55 injured. that again is just at the metro nclude the casualties at the airport. this attack happened in brussels, juan, but theident this morning said the whole of europe has been hit. is he right? >> he's absolutely right. and the french have talked about the fact that they feel that they're at war. and these are scenes that arescent of a wartime environment. unfortunately. and this is a problem for europe-wide. a problem for d intelligence officials who have to share information to

are operating across borders rather fluidly. pockets of of these countries that are contributing to the potential threat, and certainly a problem authorities try to ferret out other cells and activities that may be a threat not just in brussels, but in places like france and the this is a europeanwide problem and u.s. authorities are going to try to do everything to help, and certainly to try to uncover what may be unfold >> all right juan zarate, thank you so much. now let's bring in a reporter atas outside the maalbeek train station when the explosion started and joins us now on the phone. tell us what youi was actually outside of the station after the explosions started. not quite at the time that it happened in the aw people being taken out of

outside of the station on the main street in through the brussels quarter, the european quarter. they were being covered in sheets. it was very difficult for police fire trucks to get through because of a traffic jam. rue de la waue is street and it was actually wounded. there were people milling around outside of the station. they had been moved on one sideon around about 15 to 20 meters back and were it was ae. i don't know if people realized what had happened at that point. and now the street has been ng accessed by traffic except emergency services, and people are still walking around, still allowedhe center of town but they're not allowed close to the station.

you said you had warning from your employer, because after they had had the report from the airport you were told do not get on the metro.ow that. is that correct? >> it seems to be the case. the metro was not shut down. it was nothe first probably around 45 to 50 minutes the metro was still running, the trains were still ere catching public transport. we decided, made a decision within my reporting team to try and avoid the metro at all costshat it was not entirely unforeseeable that there would be another attack and if it was going to come it would come in this area because this is the area where all of the eu politicians there were reports that after the attack at the metro station sometime later there were controlled explosions, likely set off by the police.e? >> yes, we are hearing that, that there was some suspicious packages found in the vicinity of the european quarter, and

controlled explosions, there have been, i believe, unconfirmed reports at this point of fact. >> zoya, how would you describe the treat? >> right now i think people are a little bit shocked. it's not like we didn't see this coming because this has been happening within europe for now. the terror attacks have been coming more and more frequently it seems. certainly in brussels, given that we had the brussels lockdown and theterror level around about november when the paris attacks happened.re in shock that this happened unlike previous brussels attacks the targets were very much a broader stroke of targets. so people at the on trains. i think people are shocked that this is finally seeming to get

as well as the people who may for journalists and others who have been attacked in previous cases. >> to affect and scare the average everyday person.s about the area where this happened? >> the area of maalbeek where the train was actually -- the is in the center of tune. it is where the european institutions, the european commission and the european cop away from those places. within roughly a 500 meter walk. on the other side of rueloi is the center where the u.s. embassy is. there are several embassies around the station. the heart of the quart er er where you've got in general.

european quarter of brussels. it very much was the people who work in the eu institution. >> a very important point, the eu has been critical in terms of the refugee crisis. nato has been critical in terms against isis and terrorism. we should also note as zoya has been pointing out the level of shock and concern and now what will be a fierce response fromvernments. at this hour the french prime minister saying we are at war. we have been subjected for the last few months in europe to acts of war.learly after the attacks in november, in france, 130 people dead. this morning now, it has spread to belgium, witht least 21 people killed at this hour. dozens wounded. 11 dead at the airport. and 10 dead at a metrore continuing to follow this breaking news here at cbs news. >> you had the french president saying we are at war. but you have thester also saying we feared

we were hit by blind attacks. which is raising many questions this morning, considering that this attack happenedthe arrest of abdeslam, and they feared, authorities had feared that there were going to be more attacks, and the country was on high alert.ng michael back in. with all that's happened today, where did security forces -- security and investigators go from here in terms of dealing withhow does this -- how does this change what they do? >> let's look at this objectively, anthony.s two fold. one is to maintain their safe haven in iraq and syria, spread their heir caliphates to other parts of the world. and then secondly, to conduct attacks in the west that fear, possibly to drive us out of the middle east. that's -- those are the two things they want to do.

we're having some successeir caliphate in iraq and syria, but they are growing rapidly in the west of the world. probably have more territory world, than they did at any time. and, they've conducted now attacks in paris, san in brussels. so, i would say they're winning, right? they're winning, and we're going to have to find additionalto undermine them. >> all right michael thank you so much.h more ahead on this morning's brussel terror attacks. right now however we're going to take a break for your local

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." we are continuing our coverage of a series of explosions today f belgium, the country's prime minister says that the country was hit by blind attacks. >> now the blast rocked the brussels airport and a busy subway station.xplosion was

in total at least 30 people are reported killed. but the total is rise. and we are talking about dozens more who have been wounded. >> an image on twitter shows the devastation on a subway car thatf the explosions. it shows how the blast ripped through the car. people living in brussels have been told to stay where they are. charlie d'agata isairport. charlie, good morning. >> good morning. we have news just in. this is according to belgian e royal palace of brussels, the official residence of the king and queen has been evacuated in response to this terror threat. belgian prosecutors confirm twoere explosions struck this morning. at least one of those is a suicide bomber here at the airport. passengers waiting at theunge, and check-in. reported hearing somebody shouting in arabic and gunfire

were injured from falling ceiling tiles and broken glass, and the rest of the people there were ordered to evacuate the oon as possible. told to leave their hand luggage behind. the other explosion happened justater at a metro station, a subway station in central brussels. several fatality ies are reported at both transportation has been shut down in the city. obviously here at the airport there's no planes landing or leaving. the mass transit system has been shut down.y and the trains. >> charlie d'agata in brussels. is at its highest terror alert level. the explosions came just days after police arrested the only surviving suspect of the paris terror attacks.er is in london with more. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning. and of course everybody is wondering whether today's

abdeslam's arrest. security officials in europe have been terrorist violence ever since the paris attacks last november. belgian police knew they had not completely unraveled the network ofmen, many of whom fought in syria, who either carried out or supported those attacks. the network is bigger than anyonest recently the police have put out an apb for 24-year-old imagine up laachraoui, a belgian citizen.believed to be the bombmaker behind the paris attacks. his dna was found on the remnants of the bombs, and also d by the attackers. in fact he may have actually rented the house in the belgian town under a false name.ved to have traveled with salah abdeslam, the only paris attacker still alive.

raid lastssels and had been able to evade capture for months. last year in belgium, 30 people were convicted of belonging toerrorist network. some of them in absentia because they were in syria. but it's now looking very much like that was simply the tip of the iceberg.ight. thank you, liz palmer, reporting from london. belgium's prime minister says there is no information attacks at this time to the recent arrests of salah abdeslam. he's the one surviving suspect from last year's terrorist he and other suspects came from a section of brussels that's called molenbeek. our digital cbs network reporterorted in abdeslam's attacks. >> good morning. belgium is considered a sending more terrorists per capita to fight than any other country in europe. in december i visited the neighborhood where several of

from. >> so this is number 30. this is the home of abdeslam, one of the men whose car wasund. you can see we're literally across the street from the town hall. the other man, the guy who was supposedly responsible for planning the paris attacks,d he also grew up in molenbeek. these guys were friends. they grew up together. the question is, what happened? what happened to take them from to this horrific attack committed in paris on friday the 13th of november. >> in molenbeek, the town that you are the mayor of, there are some suspected 85 jihadists. >> it's a big number.

a lot of people who are coming from morocco. so, itne of the reason why we have so many people in radicalism and jihadis. we tried to get ut the fight at the local level, it's the federal level.

the koran. they know nothing about but they were let's say infected by propaganda. i agree to say that molenbeek is a hotbed of terrorist if we say at thehere is not the only bed of terrorism in europe. you could find the same in the north of france, between seven and ten people from europe, a resident in europe which are linked to the jihad in syria, which is ant of people, of course. >> even after capturing salah abdeslam this week, and with over 100 raids in the wake of the paris attacks, it is clear n be more terror cells than belgium's prime minister anticipated. >> wow. >> very eerie to see that video. >> and you were at abdeslam's stunning that just a couple of days ago he was arrested. not far -- >> not far from the city. the neighborhood that he spent almost his entire life in. thes across

you saw me talking to the mayor of molenbeek. we were less than 200 yards away from the doorstep of his house. >> plain sight? that's what we've been saying all morning. which means people must have seen him. >> that's the speculation.oung man who was considered the most wanted man in europe be right back where he spent his entire life? >> what do you think the answer to that question is? >> it's a tough one. it's a tough one. because a lot of the people inost people in molenbeek, are not jihadists. they are law abiding people. but clearly there is a problem there. and they're not able to wrap it up.en the chief of police told us, they don't even have a lot of arabic speakers on the police force. there are multiple police forces, some that speak flemish, some that speak french, some an, and it's very difficult for those police agencies to coordinate. >> what -- >> you know, if you were strolling througld feel like you are in a european neighborhood. no different than any other. it's not when we think of it,

are people that are not doing as parts of europe -- >> i've heard it described as a poor neighborhood. >> not the way you might see in some cities in the united states. but there are -- it's an for sure. and just like because of the fact that there are people there that are from other countries, they feel disaffected and se young people. >> i noted there are at least 800 radicalized, believed radicalized in belgium. a big concern. how easy isbelgium to the united states? >> if you have a visa -- well with you don't even need a visa if you have a passport it's veryo get on a plane. it's even easier, the bigger problem for europe is it's easy bus of schengen rules to travelpean countries. in the days after the paris attack we traveled from paris to brussels on the trains. a little bit of security. a little bit more than we'd everce on the train, no passport controls, no checks. >> thank you very much. ahead more coverage on the terror attacks in brussels.

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we are following breaking news this morning from brussels,e attacks at a train station, and an airport station there. there are conflicting numbers about their number of dead.st at this hour, 26 people confirmed dead from the belgian government. this hour. sky news reporter alex rossi was at the airport when the blast occurred and he described the is morning. >> we were removed from the airport itself. some people on coaches. we are on foot heading to a arby village. there is a crisis center that has been set up there.

the ground. we are being told now by that it is a -- this is what people on the ground are being told, that it is a terrorist attack. we heard after we checked in, we've gone sound of two very large explosions. i was in the duty free. it's kind of -- you're just going through your normal whenever you get on a flight. i was going to buy chocolates for my children for easter. was just turning after picking them up from the shelf, the explosions. and you kind of immediately, that's not -- that is not a my instincts were, this is a terrorist attack. other people around me started sort of going towards the floorde behind shelves. and then people from the other side seemed to be sort of coming

area we were in, which is after your baggage is -- your hand luggage is security checked. and to wait.ng. very panicked passengers. which is, of course, at this ay be more exploepgss. more attacks. but we have now been moved out of the airport. the airport has been evacuated. from the outside, when you look at the building, see blast damage at the top, quite high up. sort of 40 meters up. which have blown the glass out. lots of soldiers surrounding the building now. obviously with automatic weapons. and streams of ambulances.he wail of sirens has been fairly continuous as they go in to help people who - who are very close to the casualties. >> that was sky news reporter alex rossi reporting on what he

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france's president said f europe has been hit. germany's justice minister said that today is a black day for europe. david cameron, prime minister of do everything we can to help. officials in the u.s. are monitoring any potential threats to the homeland. washington. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. a u.s. official tells me this is obviously still a very fluid situation in ey are monitoring the situation there, and what they've learned already is that this type of attack, not only at the airport, but at the metro brussels, as well, suggests the security weaknesses, not only in europe. but also here in the u.s., because

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tuesday, march 22nd, 2016. you've already heard the news about the deadly attacks in brussels. we're continuing that.his morning." there is more real news ahead, including the brussels terror bombings that killed at least 30 people. we'll have the latest from the but first here is today's "eye opener."

two bombings hit brussels st one of them was a suicide blast. >> the entire perimeter of the airport has been sealed off. witnesses said that they heard gunshots and people shouting in >> wondering whether today's attacks are connected to salah abdeslam's arrest last friday. le. >> many of the president's very top security with him, and they're continuing to update the president about what they learned. >> according to u.s. officials, there is no threat against the u.s., and the u.s. posture same. >> why are belgium and france such hot spots? >> you have long-standing pockets of radicalization outside of paris, outside of >> belgium is considered a terrorism hotbed. sending more terrorists per capita to fight than any other country in europe. >> they've conducted now attacks in paris, san bernar brussels. so, i would say they're winning, right? they're winning and we're going to have to find additional mine them.

hit belgium.urope who has been divided and everyone who has been concerned. norah o'donnell with gayle king and anthony mason. charlie rose is off today. and we are continuing our coverage this morning of today's terrorist attacks in brussels.eople have been killed in a series of explosions. and u.s. authorities at this hour are investigating reports of at least two americans been wounded in these attacks. now moments ago we heard from the french presidentho condemned the attacks. >> translator: a war against terrorism is now being fought by all of europe.ar that is

all our decisions are effective, and are taken on an >> now the first of two explosions happened at the brussels airport, which is now closed. u.s. officials say 15 people were killed there. prosecutor says at least one of the blasts was likely by a suicide attacker. >> in about 30 minutes later ocked a subway station. that metro system is now closed down. the transit authority says another 15 people were killed there. an image from inside the metrost how destructive this explosion was. you can see the very heavy car. these explosions happened just surviving suspect in the paris attacks was arrested in brussels. that happened on friday. charlie d'agata is near the brussels airport.ou tell us? >> oh, good morning. the entire city obviously,

the terror began here at the airport just before 8:00 a.m. just at the departures lounge checking in. passengers there say that people shouted in arabic and there was gunfire before two explosions rang out. e did in a hurry. ordered to evacuate, leave everything behind. just about a half hour later, as you said, another explosion tookis time at a subway station in central brussels. at least ten dead there. passengers were racing out of the tunnels, and trains,each safety. now, as you can imagine, there is shock and disbelief that terrorists were apparently able to attack when the country was heightened state of alert. all transportation hubs have been shut down. obviously no planes coming in or leaving this airport.in system itself, the subway system has been shut down and they're doing what they can to seal off the borders. gayle? >> thank you, charlie.

we turn now to elizabeth palmer in london with a look at belgium's ties to terror. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning. well, i'll take you to france xt door to belgium, the prime minister manuel vaust said just a short time ago that in the past few months to acts of war. and that's certainly the view of security officials in france and belgium, as well. for more terrorist violence ever since the paris attacks last november. since it became clear that the attackers were mainly based inhe belgian police have been trying to unravel this network of radicalized young men. many of whom fought in syria, who either carried out, orose attacks. but, it's becoming very clear the network is bigger than anyone realized. and some of the key figures have only been the arrest on friday of salah abdeslam.

important, the suspected r, is called najim lash rawee. and he was only identified yesterday. the police put out an apb for him.an citizen. his dna was found on the remnants of the suicide bomb from the paris soccer stadium so in a safe house used by those attackers. police now say he knew salah they even traveled together, across europe, using good quality forged belgian identity cards. norah? >> do they believe he was involved in these attacks today? >> they suspect it. the proof will come when they analyze the bombs because every a signature and the ingredients in the bombs are also going to be a giveaway. does seem likely. the next step will be to find him. not only him but his bomb lab.

he's been working from for years. >> incredible reporting there. elizabeth palmer, thank you so much. and president obama is receiving updates on the attacks from belgium. the president is on a trip to rgaret brennan is traveling with the president. she's in havana this morning. margaret, good morning. >> good morning. well u.s. officials do believe that americans have beense blasts. but they are trying to account for them, track down details, track down their family members. what we have been told is thataffers, and all u.s. officials in belgium have been safely accounted for. now the president was first informed of these two explosionsning by his chief counterterrorism adviser lisa monaco. here in havana, secretary of state john kerry, and securityan rice, are also traveling with the president and they remain in touch with their european counterparts in belgium and elsewhere. know is that the u.s. embassy in belgium has

to stay on lockdown.m where you are. call them if you do need help. so they are trying to collect information about who might be in the area. we have also heardent obama planned so far to stick to his schedule. he was supposed to deliver a public speech in the 10:00 a.m. hour here in directly to the cuban people. remember, he's here in this breakthrough diplomatic moment to focuseign policy priority. but this report of these explosions and fear of terrorism is going to force him to address what has ar american officials are just describing these as explosions. we do know that isis has been more focused on external attacks not saying who they believe to be responsible. gayle? >> margaret brennan reporting in havana. we thank you. a u.s. official says that the belgianll the hallmarks of isis and the

airport and subway security news senior security contributor michael morell joins us once again. good morning michael. scenario very well. what concerns you most? what are the questions that u.s. officials are asking at this hour? >> gayle, the big picture here is that isis has sophisticated terrorist network in europe that has not been degraded, that has not been at's the key issue here. i think the next few days, the threat level is very high. for two reasons. one is terrorist attacks bring out copycats. you got to worry about lone wolves thinking now is the time to move.rope, or the united states. and i think you also have to worry about what other large attacks did salah abdeslam have might get accelerated over the next few weeks or months? >> michael, as jeff pointed out

airport occurred in theunge, before anyone went through security. the first near a counter where customers paid for overweight baggage. the second bomb went off near a what does this tell us about security right now? >> so, anthony, terrorists study we put in place. so when they look at an airport they see it's very difficult to get weapons, explosives, beyond checkpoint. so they adjust to that. and one of the ways they ajust to that is set off your explosives, do your attacksity check oint. it's simply a reflection of them adjusting to our security protocols. >> are we going to have to adjust our security ng to have to have security checkpoints before you get into the airport now? >> absolutely. >> how frightening is this?sed to say if i get through security, i get on the plane, i'm okay. now you're saying we're going to have to worry before we even get

checking in?s absolutely right. one of the things, last point that concerns me here is, u.s. officials are saying there's no - threat here. what they meanible threat. but isis wants to bring that same attack capability that they built in europe, they want to nited states. we don't have a good understanding of where they are in that. we need more information on to worry about that. >> we just heard elizabeth palmer report that the bombmaker believed to have traveled with ope together using these high quality forged documents. what do we know about this bombmaker? what's the nightmare scenario?re scenario for me is the bringing together of two things, norah. the first is, their ability to have bombmakingpe. have bombmakers in europe build these bombs in europe. that's one. the other is we know that they have the capability to make chemical weapons, and they've weapons in iraq and syria.

a chemical weapons manufacturing and an attack in europe using chemical weapons. i worry about that a lot. >> all right. michael, we're all worried about a lot of things this morning.uch for joining us. some of the people who saw this morning's terror bombings describe what happened in their own words. that's ahead. >> samantha: all right. a live look outside we haval toe cumulus cloud cover this morning. i love the sun is coming up earlier, that way we can actually see the clouds and not just on the satellite but from, you know, visually without satellite imagery. 38 is our current temperature in cleveland. we're already warming up after we made it down into the lower 30s this morning. highs today in the upper 50s, and much warmer than yesterday.

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the sights and sounds of the explosions in belgium sent eyewitnesses running. the blasts sparked panic at a the airport, and subway. here's a closer look at the terrifying scenes from people who were nearby. >> this explosion was small,nd one was big explosion.

was when i was outside i just saw two -- two people with had like covered really covered with lot of people whose hands were covered with blood. so, i suppose that they were really close to the place where the explosions ust feel like a wave. explosion, a wave go through your body. >> and i knew ashappened no doubt, this is a terrorist attack? >> it felt muffled. so i knew we were not very close to it. but we were close enough that itated. >> one gunshot afterwards and there was one man who was speaking arabic afterwards. and i heard boom, an enormous r people and i said to myself, i'll try to save more people. >> it was first, and first with a small n. maybe shotgun or something like that.

big explosion. anduation all was a lot of smoke and sprinklers spraying. >> we heard big erybody came along here. we saw kind of smoke, you know. so the shop keeper went, no, it's nothing urgent.king here. >> it was a very loud explosion? >> yes, it was, very loud. it was not something that fell . you felt kind of -- >> i heard it. i was in duty y frightening. >> yes, yes, it was. >> just a horrific scene there. one of the witnesses there said that the ceiling collapsed. that's one of the reasons they ying and finding victims of this witness, we were working in the debris it was like a war scene. >> i saw another witness who was working. it up at the departure. a baggage worker said he just jumped into a luggage chute

theaid this is a dark moment for our nation. we need calm and solidarity. but you hear the images, you hear from the people, it's very, very scary. >> the not only in europe but in the u.s. this morning. and for that reason our coverage of the brussels bombing will continue when we come back.ook at transportation security right here in the united states. you are watching "cbs this morning." only kraft natural cheese has a touch of philadelphia cream cheese,

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we are following the terrible news out of brussels, belgium, this morning, where there have been multiple terrorist attacks. brussels is a major hub fortravel, which today is at a standstill, as the airport and train station has been shut down. the city in many ways at a standstill.e is in washington, and updates us on what is being done here at home. kris, good morning. >> good morning, norah. we've heard from amtrak that s are being deployed here. most likely to see that alone the northeast corridor linking boston to washington, d.c. it's the bustiest in the system employees have been told to watch for unattended bags, and the agency's active shooter protocols have been reissued to all employees. we expect to see stepped upnce at metro systems, bus systems, transit systems across the country.

d.c. police tell us they remain at a heightened state of alert with additional patrols being put on the streets today. a high visibility presence from d.c. police. all right, kris. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. ahead former homeland security secretary michael chertoff on what happened in brussels andm the terrorists. that's coming up right after

>> samantha: good tuesday morning to you. we start off with satellite and radar at 8:26. we have a locality t of cloud cover out there. there are thinner spots, but for the most part a mostly cloudy start. i have a frog in my throat. the temperatures are in the 30s. good morning in cleveland. 38 is our current temperature, a little cooler down to the south. canton, new philly in the low 30s there.

afternoon, so it's going to be significantly warmer than yesterday. the high yesterday was only 42. we're not doing too bad today. a little on the breezy side and a chance for a late day shower and partly and mostly cloud kri today and tonight. we fall back to 46 by early tomorrow morning. another small chance for some light late day rain tomorrow, best chance for rain in the week ahead is thursday. rain and storms are likely.

o "cbs this morning." our special coverage of the terror attacks in belgium continues this morning. at this hour officials say at killed in separate explosions that hit the brussels airport and busy subway station. we're talking about dozens more . >> and at least two americans might have been injured this morning.

least one of the blasts was likely caused by a suicide charlie d'agata's near the brussels airport with an update for us now. charlie, good morning. you've been with us since friday. tell us, lay it out for usave certainly changed in the last 24 hours? >> gayle, we got here on friday night.rprise arrest of this tenth attacker in paris. the one that got away, salah abdeslam. and we got to that neighborhood in of course they had just raided the area and there was a heavy police presence around the neighborhood. but in addition to that, belgian authorities were putting the word out an increased terror threat because of that key arrest. and making to remain lidge length. and we saw a heavy police presence around those areas in brussels. you have to remember, so many are here, as well. you get the eu, the u.n., the american embassy, there are lots of potential targets there.

we saw heavy police presence at the train station. we didn't see the airport. but because of the heightened terror threat, you know the wordhe public, to remain vigilant. you were talking about being careful in border controls in case that this arrest was going is operatives. just yesterday, the french and belgian prosecutors put word out that they were now looking for two other key suspects inith those paris attacks. and asking for the public's help. and then literally theee what appears to be terror attacks here. here at the airport and at subway station in central brussels. so people here are just in a state of disby're bringing extra forces in to deal with this terror threat but this is already outstanding. the police is already on edge before this happened.hat the fear here is the idea, the worst fear is the belgians have said that you bombers

sort of on demand. that they -- it would appear they have reacted to the events the weekend and struck back as dramatically as they did. so, you know, i mean there is a genuine fear here.re closed down. they've tried to do what they can to seal off the borders. obviously no flights coming in and out of this place. they're just wondering what hey have no confidence that the belgian intelligence services or police or any forces can stop them. >> charlie d'agata reporting rt in brussels this morning in belgium. thanks, charlie. the u.s. embassy in brussels izens there to shelter in place. michael chertoff joins us now on the phone. he was secretary of homeland security under president george ary chertoff, good morning. >> good morning. >> two airport bombs went off in the departure lounge, mr. eople went through security. one of them went off near a starbucks.

it back even further, if you would? >> well, i have to say, this is something i've spoken to people about for some al portion of the airport before the checkpoint is not really controlled by the federal government. it's controlled by the local authorities. and it hase vulnerable because as people wait to go through security, they actually congregate there. and so now there's an effort, i of tsa to start to move the airports into pushing the security envelope back. we've seen some of that in terms of not allowing you to park in terminal but i think we're going to have to step that up. >> what can, what should the u.s. do at this point? what, what, what is our position, our reaction? >> well, all, we want to help the belgians with intelligence sharing. evidently there is still a least, of this terrorist cell that attacked paris that may have been precipitated into carrying out

being hunted. i think we have less of an issue. but we saw in san bernardino that we do have people here who are attacks. i think you're going to see stepped up security and explosive detection dogs at transit points, train d pair ports. it may be we have to bring back in the area of the airport outside the security checkpoint, the national guard, or a presence like we did right after 9/11. and there's always a concern about copycats. so i think you're going to see ity over the next week. >> in fact, mr. secretary, nypd just announced this morning they're going to increase security here in this city so we can expect to see alice presence in the trains, bridges, tunnels, subway stations and other soft targets in the city. >> i think that's correct. i also think for americans seas, particularly europe, they want to have heightened awareness of what's around them.

that the bombs in thehave been aimed at either u.s. air carriers, or for -- going to the u.s. i don't know whether that's true or not. but it's a cautionary notel american institutions in europe to be aware of what this security position is. >> mr. secretary, if you move the security perimeter back inere do you move it to? >> well, we havewhere you can park in front of the airport. so we've done a fair bit in the entranceway to the airport. we've beenlax has been between the point where you enter the departure lounge and the point where you go to the security checkpoint.n that you're going to move the checkpoint out to the curb, i think a presence of explosive detection dogs, anolice presence to respond immediately if someone

departure area, i think that -- those are steps that to start to see more of. >> secretary chertoff we're told top u.s. military and justice department officials have been briefed on these attacks. the fbi also coordinating with our belgian other u.s. agencies, not only helping them but the situation on the ground there but probably collecting u.s. intelligence to discover whether anything is of concern here in the united it has been suggested by the republican front-runner that the should be sealed. what's your reaction to that? >> well, first of all, it's -- i mean, that would be a gross ould actually wind up handicapping our ability to protect ourselves.re going back and forth in order to actual coordinate security will be hampered in doing that.

one thing that we is monitoring communications between people in belgium that are suspected terrorists and people in the u.s.of that metadata has proven to be very important way of determining whether there could be a follow-on plot here. look, the bottom line is, when you have cancer, you with a scalpel, you don't take a meat ax. and this approach of sealing the border is prepostestion of the metadata, do u.s. law enforcement officials have the capabilities today that they need in order to collect that information? >> well, as you know, the law changed ar, so that the metadata is now held by the telephone companies. and not by the government itself. and one of the challenges is to there is a platform that allows the rapid assessment of whether there's aon, and it's in the hands of the telephone companies. i think that is a little bit challenging.

but i think we can get in betterd this to me understores the importance of building that capability and implementing it as quickly as possible. >> once again, the debate and discussiont collection there. secretary chertoff, thank you. >> and thank you for your time this morning. donald trump says that this attack shows weakness against more reaction from the presidendi >> samantha: thanks so much, gail. time is 8:38. it's 38 degrees outside, and this is a live look over downtown cleveland. a little hazy out there this morning, mostly cloudy from this vantage point, but i think as we progress through the day, we will see a few peeks of sunshine. upper 50s for today. much warmer than yesterday. a little light rain is possible out there this afternoon, same thing tomorrow. but rain and thunderstorms likely on thursday.

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back with our continuing coverage of this breaking news. we should note president obama is in cuba this morning. he is expected to speak about thened in brussels. we're going to have special report with his comments shortly after 10:00 a.m. eastern time. candidates are also responding to today's attack. julianna goldman is in washington tracking that for us. good morning.that's right. we have reaction from all the republican presidential candidates. donald trump initially commented on twitter, saying the u.s. must be vigilant and smart.t's important to note that while one official is saying this has all the hallmarks of an isis attack, cbs news has not confirmed the the perpetrators. but in follow-up phone interviews trump has been

the ground in brussels to his on muslims like what we saw after the attacks in paris and san bernardino, california. specifically trump is saying that he'd reinstitute harshn techniques like waterboarding. he said on nbc it would be fine and if you can expand the laws he'd do a lot more than waterboardinalk on border security, he said on our digital network, cbsn that he'd be extremely careful about letting iddle east, including from syria. let's take a listen to part of that interview. >> i would be extremely careful about people from the middle east coming in to our country. i would be extremely to what's going on. you have an isis problem that's a massive problem. they want to come in. they want to do big damage.careful about that. >> he's also tying his tough he polls saying he's the front-runner because people are concerned about what's happening in this country. also, ted cruz is linking the attacks to muslim extremism,al islam is at war with us.

the latest in a string of coordinated attacks by radical islamic terrorists.ohn kasich has released a statement. he expressed his solidarity with the people of belgium. he said the u.s. has to redoubleur allies to identify, root out, and destroy the perpetrators of such acts of evil. - we're still waiting for reaction from democratic presidential linton and bernie sanders. >> all right. we hope to hear from them both later on this morning. thank you, julianna. cbs news contributor andournal" columnist peggy noonan is with us and joins us at the table. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> these attacks at brussels come at a very key time in our what impact do you think it will have on american politics? >> well, it's hard to say in a way. what has happened in brussels isd in the general conversation taking place on the gop and the democratic side. what to do about terrorism.

it seems to me one of the interesting aspects of this has happened over in brussels is that it is terrorists, we think, that are not certain, isis, are hitting or have hit, at a of european politics. where the european parliament meets. and sometimes votes.ff and are part of the european parliament live and work. >> what does that mean? >> that says it's a littleke 9/11 when they came to america, the bad guys, and said we're going to your financial district. we're going to hurt you right there in the heart of it. this is coming to the heart ofcal europe, and saying, guess what? you arrested our big guy the other day. you think you set us back? we've already planned this we're just coming. we're not going to stop us. it is a message. >> when these attacks happened,

american terms of the type of next president that they will choose, in terms of national security credentials. the republican front-runner donalday unveiled his foreign policy team and revealed what was also in a "washington post" editorial, a nal foreign policy. even suggesting for the first time any major presidential candidate has ever suggested withdrawing from nato. >> yeah. that was interesting. often murmurs and discussions of 60 years after its founding, more than 60 years, disnato answer more olves? but that doesn't normally come forward by a major presidential candidate. and of course, at a moment like world seems in various places on fire, i am not certain that people will love

to the reality here. goes. i give him points for a certain candor that others have avoided for a very long time. >> ted cruz is weighing in.o mistake these terror attacks are not isolated incidents. just the latest in a string of ical islamic terrorists. john kasich says we must also redouble our efforts with our allies to identify, root out and destroy the perpetrators of such what do you make of their comments coming in? >> you know what i think is implicit in that, i mean they're saying what they always say, we we have to get the bad guys. but in a way, america's still waking up to this brutal story from brussels, and i americans are experiencing it, not as a new thing, but as a continuation of what we already know, radical jihadist islam is at war with the world.

europe. >> peggy much. we'll being back with more of our continuing coverage of the bombings in brussels this morning. you're watching "cbs this

ere's one more update for you on the situation in brussels. at least 30 people were killed this morning by two explosions at the brussels airport. and then another at a subway station near then's headquarters. now no one has claimed responsibility at this time. but officials are calling this a terror attacks. more than 100 other people were bly including two americans. brussels remains under lockdown this morning while police search for more bombs around the city.ter says europe is, in his words, at war. president obama is expected to speak about the attacks from than an hour from now.

his comments live in a special report. for many of you we're going to of the terror attacks in belgium. please tune in to all of our cbs news networks. also be sure to tune in to the "cbs evening news with scott and watch our 24 hour digital

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it is tuesday, march 22nd, 2016. welcome back to cbs this waking up this morning to learn of the devastating news in europe. with we continue our coverage of the brussel terror bombings thatt 30 and injured