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captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." the hunt for a terrorist. belgium and the rest of europe on alert after tuesday's bombings in brussels. this morning, the search is on
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of the bombers who carried out the attacks. we should not be allowing anyone to come to this country that we cannot vet to make sure that they are not radical islamic terrorism. >> the last thing we need, my friends, are leaders who incite more fear. and terror becomes the focus on the campaign trail, as voters in three states head to the polls. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the latest announcement from isis following the brussels bombings is a dire threat promising what is coming is worse and more bitter. yesterday's deadly bombings rattled europe and shut down the belgian capital. these two are believed to have been suicide bombers and brothers known to police.
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man wearing the hat who was being sought before yesterday's attack and is believed to be the bomb maker, also involved in last year's paris attacks. three bombs killed at least 31 people and injured about 250 others. the first victim to be identified is this lady of peru. she was at the airport with her husband and her twin daughters. johnathan vigliotti begins our coverage from brussels. >> reporter: brussels airport remains closed for the second day in a row. the city of brussels, though, is slowly coming back to life. we have been garbage trucks taking their daily routes and cars on the streets and people walking on the sidewalks and buses packed with people heading to work. much different scenario what unfolded yesterday where a block away from the train station that came under attack. you can see it is still closed, but police here on the scene, as they continue their investigation. all of this unfolding, of course, as police continue their
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that remains at large.screaming ] >> reporter: passengers ran in panic after a bombing exploded in the departures area of brussels international airport tuesday morning. a second blast followed. loud. not something that sat on the ground or something. it was -- you felt kind of >> reporter: belgian police say these are the suspects. investigators believe the two men in black blew themselves up. they wore gloves that may have hit detonators and a hundred for the mane wearing a hat. an hour later a bomb tore through a subway station that serves the european parliament. >> we received a big blast of air and the train r: people scrambled through the dark tunnels to safety. belgian security forces have been conducting raids here in brussels and one of them, hey found an explosive device with nails,
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americans are among the injured. one of the blasts at the airport 37-year-old sej belgiumin to the ground. his father spoke to his son >> he saw people dead and people dying, so that -- i'm sure that will stay with him for the rest of his life. >> reporter: minister warned more attacks could be coming. he has called for three days of official mourning. the u.s. state department has issued a travel advisory for all of europe, warning u.s. citizensvigilant. in brussels, johnathan vigliotti, cbs news. the attack in brussels came just days after the arrest ofe suspected chief planner of those events. during the raid that netted abdeslam, authorities announced they were working for
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we know he is linked to tuesday's attacks. aware of the three men they found on surveillance building they knew about the two men and the bomb maker. what can you tell us about t >> reporter: two the men who were seen in the video believed to be the suicide bombers were known to the belgian police but the police said no link to rrorism. laachroui, his dna was found in an apartment used by the paris attackers. he is directly linked to that. they think he may well be the master he traveled to hungary year. authorities are arriving here to work with their european counterpart, specifically to look at the bomb and how it was
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found out about thee bomb, the expertise that went into it the more clues who did it and they can trace back perhaps to where he got the but it's a long, slow process. >> since friday, belgium has been on highy weren't able to stop what happened yesterday. i'm wondering if the people of brussels are beginning to lose faith in the fact that not be able to protect them? >> i think that would be a natural thing, although peoplelize also this is a very difficult thing to do. you simply can't find everybody all the time. it's interesting. i was here after the paris bombings and this city was on a v alert level and today behind there is lots of traffic and kid are going to school and transport, with the exception of the line that was
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people are being weary and cautious and they, obviously, want their political and security a handle on this, but i think europe is becoming attuned to the idea it's going to happen. you're not going to be able to stop it all and it can takee precaution they can and get on with life and that is the way that you kind of hit back at them. now there will be a minute of silence here today, later on to honor those who with were killed but then people will get right back to business. they are nervous, but they are >> we saw that in paris and i guess seeing it now in brussels. allen pizzey, thank you very much. dozens of americans were it's unclear whether any u.s. sis were killed or how many were hurt. but some who survived the attacks are sharing theirs while others are waiting word from their loved ones. >> i was in line to check in and
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her husband waiting for me to nauked [ inaudible question ] >> i have no idea where she is. >> reporter: they haven't heard from the couple since the brussels airport attack. they were dropping off e airport when the terrorists struck. justin's brother says the state department told his family, the tennessee couple is not on a cais a picture of them running through the airport after the blast. >> reporter: quinnipiac were in the airport for about ten minutes before the blast went off. after flagging down a car outside the airport, the students spent the night as a orker hems and say they are continuing their trip through europe. >> she is telling us she is planning on continuing her trip because if she doesn't, they so she's going. >> reporter: three american mormons
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of terrorism for one of them. mason wells was a block away from the finish line at the 2013 bostonb went off and he was at his home mission at paris when last year's attacks happened. the family of one of the other empey says he is in good spirits. >> we love him a lot and hopes he gets all the way justice department says an air force family of six were taken to the hospital. the unidentified air force tioned at a base in the netherlands. jeh johnson says no ting to an attack in the u.s. but the brussels bombings stepped up security in this country. extra security was employed atts and transit hubs across the u.s. security officials are considering additional screening
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belgium into the u.s.t obama is in argentina this morning and arrived in overnight. he attended a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team.ed if he would skip the game after given the attacks happening in hey can't produce anything. they don't have a message that appeals to the vast majority of muslims or the vast majority of people around the world. what they can do is scare and afraid. and disrupt our daily lives and divide us. and as long as we don't allow that to happen, we are going to be okay. >> mr. obama said attack is the latest example of why the entire world must unite to fight terrorism. cbs news coverage of the continues on "cbs this morning." we have a team of correspondents
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plus a look at the security status in the u.s. now to the race for the where, this morning, both front runners maintain comfortable lead but they failed to dominate yesterday's race. donald trump easily won the n arizona. and all of its 58 delegates. but ted cruz scored a key victory winning utah's gop caucus and appears track to take all 40 of its delegates, slowing trump's efforts to get enough delegates to clench the nomination. on, bernie sanders won the idaho and utah caucus and such a huge turnout that votes had to photo copy fresh ballots butasily won the arizona primary. talk of the attack in brussels and how to respond to isis dominated the campaign pion has that part of the story. >> anywhere where there is a local of radicalization and
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terrorism, we need law enforcement recourse directed there and national securitysources directed there. the object to is to keep everybody safe. >> reporter: ted cruz the united states needs a president to stand up to its enemies and agreed saying they should scale back its commitment to nato and suggested that the belgium prevented. >> he'll talk a lot faster with torture. if he would of talked, you might not have had to blow up all of these people dead and all of these people horribly >> reporter: last night, hillary clinton said now is not the time to panic. >> we can't throw out everything we know about what works and what doesn't and start torturing what donald trump, ted cruz and others are suggesting is not
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>> reporter: and bernie sanders should not isolate itself in the world. >> we will destroy isis through a coalition in the middle east, led by the muslim themselves. >> reporter: this morning the nation's largest muslim civil rights said cruz's sends an left arm alarming message to muslims. hillary clinton will give a california. >> thank you, don. coming up on the "morning news."olitics gets personal. gop front-runner donald trump threatens to spill the beans on the life and the effort to get a man down from a pine tree hurling pine cones.
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brussels bombings. gathered for a vigil in new york's union square. >> we are here to show that even if we are far away from belgium, we think about people event. >> the empire state building went dark and the spire thecenter turned black, yellow, and red. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," republican candidate ted cruz. this is the "cbs morning news." l moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls six.er than one. flonase changes everything. out in the wash, ruining them forever. protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. ...with downy fabric conditioner... it helps protect clothes so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner.
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here is another look at this morning's top stories. police have identified these three men apparently involved in the belgian boved the two on the left were sued bombers known to police. the third man in the hat is on
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he is believed to be the lso tied to last year's paris attacks. in the presidential campaign, front runners donald won the arizona primary. but ted cruz slowed trump's run to the nomination with a win in utah. bernie sanders both utah and the idaho we have been reporting how peaceful morning for those in brussels.e attack. the real scene will be seared in their memories. >> everyone is crying and i justfirst time saw such a thing in my life. >> several exits, go down! all of the luggage stays here! >> i saw a soldier. a body. taking a body with who fell on the floor. i don't know if it was a passenger or somebody else. >> was very loud.
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you felt kind of shocked. >> you saw people dead and people dying. so i'm sure that him for the rest of his life. >> had some burns, i understand, face and his hand. but the biggest concern is about his foot. it sounds like his ankle and his heel was hurt the worse by somes or shrapnel from the bomb. >> when my husband called, they are looking for them too.id you get information? >> i haven't gotten any information from anyone. >> good thing there are people so close do something you never would think that they are so close to. we will we will rock you >> it was like a fire.
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it shook the floor. the ceiling she said she is planning to continuing her trip because if she doesn't, they will win. coming up after your local " we will have much more on the attacks in brussels, including the latest on the hunt for a third bombingplus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and esh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching..
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