it's friday, march 25th. coming up on "early today," the manhe hunt continues uncin connn to th brussels terror attack. p. the mudslingingets personal. march madness is in full swing. and pope francis performs the preeaster washing of the feet. and a big weekend ahead. "early today" starts right now. well, good morning on this good hifriday. thank you for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. seven people have been arrested in belgium in raids related to

tuesday's terror attack attack. their now their identities and rolls are unclear. however, the third suspect on the right wearing a light colored hote acolo colorered coat and hat is still on the run. and we are learning more about the brothers involved in tuesday 's attack and just what u.s. counterterrorism authorities knew about them. nbc claudia is live in brussels. what's the latest there? >> reporter: as you can see the manhunt on the terrorists continues here in brussels. we don't know whether the man wearing a hat pictured next to the two attackers at brussels' airport was among the two arrested. he's the 't know if only terrorist unacou

and thai revealed there may have been a second attacker at the metro station here. we don't know if he died or got away too. and we just learned secretary john kerry landed in brussels. he's here to express sympathy of united states in the attack in belgium. and we don't know if he's going to talk about how the authorities have dealt with the threat. because we've learned that the two brothers have been lirnked with terrorism all along. and one was arrested in 2015 and they warned him that he may be a foreign fighter and his brother khaled, he was issued an international arrest warrant in relation to the perishairis

and they acknowledged there were mistakes made. and the prime minister said you don't leave the field when the country is at war and this is exactly what it feels like. >> well, the state department says there is no credible evidence thatdi suggests americs were s targeted in the attacks. so foor there are no reports of americans among the casualties. and one american couple is still missing. justin and stephanie schultz, who live in brussels.us they were dropping off stephanie's mothutother at the airport, she is safe but they have not heard from justin or stephanie since the attack. and terrorists with family ties. >> reporter: the brothers turned suicide bombers this week at brussels airport and subway station are sickeningly nothing new.

gene, charlie hebdo last year involved two brothers. the boston bombings included two sibli siblings. one said families were recruited on the mullen beck street corners. yes, they will kill you if you leave, he says. salah abdeslam allegedly joined isis with his brother. abraham abdeslam died in paris a suicide bomber. u.s. intelligence agencies are scrambling to trace those links fearing another attack. >> back here at home. the race for president is getting even more

of words has turned into a war of wives. this as a new poll shows donald trump having trouble with female voters. hally jackson reports. >> reporter:re a single retweet reigniting the fight between the frontrunners. donald trump showing this photo to his 7,000,000 followers. his wife side by side with ted cruz's, with the phrase "the images are worth a thousand words." >> you're a snivling coward. >> you just looked in the camera and said he is a coward. will you support him? >> he will not be the nominee. >> reporter: cruz and wife heidi in wisconsin taking his toughest tow yet. >> strong women scare donald. >> reporter: trump campaign manager saying this is his effort to gain attention and try to stay relevant and

trump has great relationships with trump and megyn kelly simply "seriously?" nearly half said they couldn't imagine picking trump and among women 7 in 10 have a negative view of trump. >> nobody respects women more than i do. sfwlr >> reporter: he's repeatedly defended himself and his wife has too. >> he treats women the same as men. >> reporter: nbc news. wisconsin.si >> meanwhile, hillary clinton out of the line of political fire, appeared on jimmy kimmel last night. they poked fun at criticism kimmal slinging advice the presidential candidate. >> thank you, it's wonderful to be here with all of you. >> wait a second. >> already? >> you're shouting. you're too loud. it hurts my ears. it comes off as a little shrill for men.

we don't need to be made great -- >>ea oh, my god with the sour puss. this is your dream. pretend you're enjoying yourself. >> it's. like nothing i do is right. >> exactly. you're not doing it right. i can't quite put my finger on it but you're not -- >> a man? >> yes. that is it. you're not a man.it but that was really cute the way you did it though. >> well, thanks. that was what i was going for.fo >> hillary clinton, everybody. [ applause ] >> cute. we all love that, don't we. well, democrats now look towards tomorrow's caucuses in alaska, and washington state. and 100 billion of the world's catholics are observing good friday today. the pope is calling for

the feet of 12 refugees in rome. originally it's only involved catholic men and priest but since pope francis, women and noncatholics have been called to participate. let's look at the weather on this good friday. and a lot of people wanting to get those easter egg hunts in this weekends. so, hopefully you have good news. >> a few exceptions out there though here for the weekend. i am tracking a few showers to the northeast this morning. showers moving through areas of upstate new york through central pennsylvania. bring your umnt brbrella for th morning commute showers and storms across the state of florida right now. overall, pretty quiet. and showers and storms, meanwhile, heat in the southwest. a beautiful easter weekend for many parts of the country. that's a look at your national

forecast. we're looking at showers and storms across the east here. have the umbrella through the midafternoon hours, d.c. through new york and heat and thunderstorms with temperatures in the 80s in the southeast. overall, it looks like many parts of the country outside. >> i like that. are you ready for the next super sonic passenger aircraft? it is not cheap, my friends. and the death of comic gary soup and sandwich and cannonballs and clean and real and looking good and sandwich and soup and a new personal best. and a little help and soup and sandwich and study group. good, clean food pairs well with anything.

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now at 4:26, honoring the life of a local police officer. how you can pay your respects to officer jacai colson. and also out of belgium, just days after the brussels terror attacks, what we're learning about the search for suspects as well as americans still missing. fwl and you might need the umbrella this morning, but how is easter shaping up? good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. >> here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. the immediate area still try, but back to the west, i am tracking some rain

else remains equal. we could see some drops start to fall in leesburg around 5:53, in gaithersburg around 6:25 and in washington just 3w6 tbefore the hour. i know a lot of kids kicking off spring break. all you need is a smaller umbrella. melissa, a new crash? >> tracking a brand new problem, southbound indian head highway just after swan creek road where it turns in to livingston. the right lane is getting by the crash there. otherwise looking pretty good. you can see a big look at the beltway here, you can see inner loop and outer loop, everything moving along just fine. don't have any major worries. 66 and 95 again nice and green. and we're also on time there 270 at falls road. see you in a few minutes. one of prince george's county's finest will be

detective jacai colson's father says his son will be remembered as a hero today. his public funeral will begin at 11:00 in upper marlboro. he was killed during a shoot-out at a county police station more than a week ago. colson had worked with the department for four years. molette green will be live at the first baptist church coming up at 5:00 a.m. six people have been detained in brussels after overnight police raids crack down on succespected terrorists. police believer at least one attacker is still at large. belgium has been on its highest alert ever since tuesday's bombings. 31 people were killed, 270 wounded. investigators say the brothers behind the bombings spied on a top nuclear researchered a hoped to build a so-called dirty bomb. a man suspected of blotting apimminent attack has also been detained in paris. four americans are among those

missing since the attack. justin and stephanie haven't been heard from since dropping off a relative from the airport moments before the blast. and a new york city family is also trying to find out what happened to a brother and sister. sasha and alexander were on the phone when the explosions went off. there is no official word that either of those individuals are among those killed in the bombings. we are continuing to track the latest developments in the terror investigation including comments from a brother of one of the suicide bombers. steve handelsman is in brussels and will have a live report coming up in our 5:00 hour. we're finding out that the man accused of shooting at d.c. police officers is wanted for violent crimes in maryland. rich afterwaard butler iii shot patrol car and he's accused of trying to sexually assault a yuck girl, fire bomb an

girlfriend three weeks ago. a woman had to be rescued after she was pinned beneath a metrobus in arlington. according to the "washington post," it happened just before 10:30 near the intersection of 15 and eabs streets. the woman is expected to be okay but the accident remains under investigation. i'm kristen wright at the live desk where we start with a small town under evacuation orders after a train derailment. a propane truck collided with the freight train in callaway, minnesota yesterday. propane burning and burning. about seven empty train cars jumped the track, two crew members were hurt, not the seriously. right now firefighters are letting the propane tapping burn out and everybody should be able to get back home this afternoon. we are watching the winds this morning after two brush fires ripped through parts of our area yesterday. one fire came so close to a