bosnia, albania, and especially if you take into account kosovo and sweden. >> going to stop you there, because we have the belgium prime minister, at the podium at the moment. >> we are waiting for translation. while we try to get a translator. >> we are waiting through -- i want to indicate that services are working so that they can be able to communicate information when it is verified. we would also like to indicate that we are measuring all these attacks that we have suffered on our territory. and lubbock metro station in the heart of brussells. they are broken lives. lives are broken. people who were going about their business to work, and they have been struck down by most extreme barbarry. and we will work to get justice, we will go and we will go to the site and we have met the first aid teams and the investigators and indicate that we -- there's a before and after, and we have been struck by the informations that we have found but with the statements and we have been instruct by images that we have seen which obviously will remain grave. we have held the national security cou

i assumed albania.se, they send them back to their native countries or their sort of nominal native countries in what they describe as interlocking cells. that is one very terrifying element of the story. there was a companion piece in the associated press today i believe that talks to national security experts who broke count sophistication of the brussels attack and said it was pretty easy to do. all you have to do is get the people -- kennedy: it reminded me of the boston marathon bomb percent. what do you gather from this? >> it's a scary time. because we have been talking about the refugees. it gives everyone pause. president obama likes to paint it as those who oppose something like that. you don't want women and children to come here, you are heartless. the problem is the screening process. you have all these migrants coming over. kennedy: here is where i'll push back a little bit it's actually not refugees. the problem here we are talking about are people born and raised in these countries. it's

she was born in albania and died in 1997. and the pope is heading to instagram. he will make his debut on the social media site on saturday under the handle francis. >>> still to come on "abc7 news," there's a winner making history at the iditarod. >> i'm spencer christian. we're looking at clear skies now and clear skies ahead. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up, as "abc7 news" at 4 >>> president obama is celebrating st. patrick's day early. he welcomed the irish prime minister to the white house today, two days before the annual holiday honoring all things irish. the president compared progress in ireland's economy to that in the u.s. the two attended the st. patrick's day luncheon on capitol hill. >>> a father-son duo took the top spots at the iditarod in alaska. it took eight days and 11 hours to cover the course. he choks up his success to team work. >> that's a big part, the kennel management and lifestyle. that's where my wife and rest of our company comes into play is to field the play that can win consistently. and training is a lifestyle. >> h

only a decade ago, a turkish airlines hijacked out of albania to istanbul. one hijacker claimed to have explosives strapped around his waist, but actually newspaper packed around his waist. he said that was c-4 explosives. the crew believed. didn't want to risk not believing the hijacker. the plane landed in italy and eventually everybody was released. it appears something similar to that. the hijacker probably is holding a few people back on board just to secure his own release and make sure it doesn't all come to a very sorry end. >> you hope for something like that. the best-case scenario being this individual doesn't have explosives with them and this was an attempt to get some kind of personal aim or personal goal achieved. with all of this unfolding in front of our eyes, we don't know. philip baum joining us on the line. philip, thank you very much for that. we want to bring in jeffrey thomas. jeffrey, most of the passengers have been alo allowed to deplan. they appear to be calm and many had their luggage with them. they had time to pick that up and t

it seems to be remarkably similar to a turkish airline hijacker when an individual hijacked from albanianbul. >> philip, we have to leave it there. we will get back to you in a moment, we hope. we are looking at pictures here of what's happening on the tarmac. you see the map of the diverse. passengers held on the hijacked plane. "new day" picking up the story right after this break. why do so many businesses rely on the us postal service? because when they ship with us, their business becomes our business. that's why we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. here, there, everywhere. united states postal service priority:you and to connect us with thes twonderment of nature. with the tiger image, the saliva coming off and you got this turning. that's why i need this kind of resolution and computing power. being able to use a pen like this on the screen directly with the image, it just gives me a different relationship to it and i can't do that on my mac. this is brilliant for me. new pantene expert gives you the most beautiful hair ever, you wanna see s

are also speculations that the refugees might travel -- the migration route might redirect through albaniaugh montenegro, and south croatia, bosnia and so on. so there are many possibilities, how that might occur. >> ak -- appreciate you joining us. thank you for being with us. >> lots more ahead on the al jazeera news hour, including a special look at how isil may be using prisons in europe to recruit its fighters. >>> we'll also meet an afghan family who attempted the dangerous journey to europe, but had to return home after losing everything. >>> and in sport we'll have the latest from the champions league, as chelsea get pretty to take on psg for a place in the quarter finals. ♪ >>> there have been several more attacks across israel and the occupied palestinian territories. israeli police have shot dead two palestinian drivers after the men allegedly opened fire on a bus. in that incident happening in the remote area of occupied east jerusalem and in the occupied west bank, a palestinian was shot dead after attempting to stab an israeli soldier. nadim baba has been following the events

the borders will either be useless because people will find other corridors to cross maybe through albaniand into italy or a huge humanitarian crisis. what we are seeing could be 10 times worse by the end of the month. we have just a few thousand people. we might have hundreds of thousands. >> the eu commissioner is saying there might be 100,000 by the end of the month. just looking again at a purely european way where they change presidency. slovakia just had elections and actually, fem further right said he is not going to allow any specific, he said muslim refugees. he said not a single one. are we seeing this wave starting elsewhere? >> there are about 1.4 million people coming to the eu to find a job. the problem is that they are muslim. he specially for eastern european countries, but increasingly in western europe, the real problem is the religious and ethnic identity of those who are coming. it's not just syrian, after gaens. it's iraqis. scan it is a point that is also brought up often. >> much more still to come on the al jazeera news hour including a change of direction. a turki

in accordance with rule 37 of the council's rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of albaniastralia, austria, belgium, canada, chile, croatia, cyprus, the czech republic, denmark, estonia, finland, germany, greece, hungary, iceland, iraq, ireland, israel, italy, ka sack stan, latvia, lithuania, malta, the netherlands, norway, the philippines, the republic of korea, romania, slovakia, sweden, turkey, uruguay to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its agenda. members of the council have before them document s-2016. -- s-2016 stoke 202. for canada, chile, croatia, cyprus, czech republic, denmark, estonia, finland -- >> okay. so speaking right there is the ambassador and he is basically calling for that vote on north korea. so our diplomatic editor james bayes standing by listening to what is going on. james just talk us through what we have seen and what we expect to see. >> reporter: this is the procedure, first of the month for angola, it's just taking its role as president this month, you heard a list of all of those countries. t

they get the message. 1.6 -- indonesia, pakistan, albania. any where there's muslims they know you don't want them. they get the message. they're a little more ill disposed to fight isis. >> i don't know, maybe they'll be more disposed to fight isis. maybe they'll say, we want to come back into america, we want to solve this problem. >> cruz wants patrol cars riding up neighborhoods he thinks have muslims in there, plotting -- this is insane. that will make them more militant against us. >> he's toughening up against his stance because my stance -- >> what do you think about his stance? >> question have to look at mosques. we're making enemies by doing nothing, we're knocking down world trade centers. we're shooting planes into the pentagon. what are we going to do, sit back and say we want to be nice to everybody? we can't be so nice? >> sometimes we create more trouble than we intended to. was it smart to go into iraq? >> i thought it was one of the first decisions in the history of our country. >> are you more hawkish than hillary or less

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people moving between borders, but various assault weapons that have been moving from places like albaniaose guns are inside europe, it's easy to transport them by vehicle throughout the region. and i think that combined with bad people has created a very toxic situation. so i think, you know, a border awareness is coming back to many europeans. this is hard, because being european meant getting rid of some of those borders. being able to move freely across these states. but one has the sense that's being reconsidered. >> msnbc contributor steve clemons. thank you so much, good to see you. >> thank you, chris. >>> that's going to wrap-up this hour of coverage live from brussels. i'm chris jansing. i'll be back at 2:00 eastern time with more on the terror attacks and the hunt for those responsible. my colleague, joy reid, picks things up from new york city after this break. but we leave you with live pictures at the memorial. some say "free the whales." for them, nothing else is acceptable. but nothing could be worse for the whales. most of the orcas at seaworld were born here. sending the

there is evidence that albania is moving in the right direction. place that does not is i am afraid boss knee and herzegovina and that is air are serious because boss knee is a powder keg if they go bad the rest goes bad. who did i blake? some of the politicians in particular the highly nationalist president of the remember kick, prime minister of the republic the enclave, the serb enclave on bosnia who is playing nationalism as an opportunity. but i am bound to say that i cannot exclude the leadership of brussels from this either, because brussels who followed a strong and engaged policy, even a muscular policy for the first 10 years after dayton has followed an appease. policy since. and what that has meant is that nationalism is now much more powerful and beginning to pull bosnia in the wrong direction, local politicians may have some blame to for that but does does the european union in brussels. >> is part of it the fact that the area hasn't moved on those vying for power oregon in power many of the old faces and old policieses are still in pl

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and we are seeing a similar trend from other key countries like albania, bangladesh, and brazil. if the single factor is litmus test is lower numbers then compared one must conclude we are failing. as someone who has been involved in border protection i can tell you that the border is not secure and the situation is getting worse instead of better. arrests are not the only factor. we have to look at the totality of the situation such as violence. the number of persons evading arrest, and whether organized crime continues to turn a profit. in the context of the times, we must also look at whether persons from countries who would do us harm are able to exploit our weaknesses through our policies or lack of man power. it is well documented that criminal cartels control the border. the cartels are extremely well organized, violent and have infrastructure on both sides of the border. in mexico it is estimated that over 150,000 people have been killed in cartel related violence. they have killed police afsers, judges, elected officials, and sits ow civilians who have crossed their path

it is very important to realize they continue to stay stabilized and it is when countries such as albania, serbia become members of the european union. so you should not have the ambition to integrate european union ultimately. as far as catalonia is concerned . well, look, if it is demonstrated and reference to the referendum deciding yes or no to stay in the u.k. and i'm firmly convinced the u.k. will stay in the e.u. and i think we are doing our best. if they decide to leave the european union, there's a referendum. then we will actually see what will give a lot of hope to nationalize. regions such as catalonia and others thinking about independents are forms of search into an european union will be very much in the hands of the separatists. why do you think that it will fail and the u.k. will save the e.u.? why are you optimistic? [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i spoke about what we wish for. sometimes your wishes not granted. i would wish to see the u.k. and a member of the european union. the bristol grant made the wish and when we spoke about that in the european counci

and we're seeing a trend from albania, bangladesh, and brazil. a single factor from the litmus test is lower numbers, then compared to fiscal year 2015, one must conclude we are failing. as someone who is been involved in detection for more than 15 years, i can tell you the border is not secure, the condition -- situation is getting worse. arrests not always factor in whether the border is secure. we have to look at the totality of the situation, such as violence. evadinger of persons arrest and whether they are turning a profit. we must also look at persons from countries that would do us harm or exploit our weaknesses, policies, or lack of manpower on the border. it is well documented that criminal cartels control the borders the way many inmates control prison facilities. they are organized, and pathologically violent. in mexico, it is estimated that 150,000 people have been killed in cartel-related violence. they kill police officers, judges, and ordinary civilians that cross their path. this is the opponent they face daily. an opponent who c

albania, same thing. we have indonesia, the largest muslim population country in the world. rampaget on a religious going around killing people. i just am mechanically the religion with violence in a direct way such as people have tried to do. it is not the case. it is the case that there are extremists terrorists, radicals awful people who are doing things in the name of islam. they need to be stopped. we need to go after them relentlessly. theyed to recognize that are also targeting muslims. muslims are also against them. we need to build that coalition. host: there is so much more to talk about. unfortunately, our time is up. ambassador volker and michael breen, decorated army captain. he is the president and later, european justice and security ministers speak at a press conference following the emergency meeting in brussels. ♪ washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, policy director for the coalition, with us to discuss the issues raised at the government reform committee on combating drug abuse. he will a

and we are seeing a similar trend from other key countries like albania, bangladesh and brazil. if the single factor for the litmus test is lower numbers, then compared to fiscal year 2015, one must conclude we are failing. as someone who has been involved in border protection for over 18 years, i can unequivalentably tell you the boarder is not secure and the situation is getting worse instead of better. arrests are not the only factorer in determining whether the border is secure. we have to look at the totality of the situation such as iolence. in the context of the times we must also look at whether personals from countries who would do us harm are able to exploit our weaknesses through our policies or the lack of man power on the border. it is well documented that criminal cartels control the border in the same way inmates control most prison facilities. the cartels are extremely well organized, pathlogically violent and have an entire infrastructure on both sides of the border. in mexico it is estimated that over 150,000 people have been killed in cartel-related violence.

and we're seeing a similar trend from other key countries like albania, bangladesh and brazil.if the single factor for the litmus test is lower numbers, then compared to fiscal year 2015, one must conclude we are failing. as someone who has been involved in border protection for over 18 years i can tell you the border is not secure and the situation is getting worse instead of better, arrests are not the only factor in determining whether the border is secure. we have to look at the totality of the situation such as violence. the number of persons evading arrest and whether organized crime continues to turn a profit. in the context of the times we must also look at whether persons from countries who would do us harm are able to exploit our weaknesses through our policies or the lack of manpower on the border. it is well documented that criminal cartels control the border in the same way inmates control most prison facilities, the cartels are well organized, violent and have an entire infrastructure on both sides of the border. in mexico it is estimated that over 150,000 people

albania, same thing. we have indonesia, the largest muslim population country in the world.ampaget on a religious going around killing people. i just am mechanically the religion with violence in a direct way such as people have tried to do. it is not the case. it is the case that there are extremists terrorists, radicals awful people who are doing things in the name of islam. they need to be stopped. we need to go after them relentlessly. theyed to recognize that are also targeting muslims. muslims are also against them. we need to build that coalition. host: there is so much more to talk about. unfortunately, our time is up. ambassador volker and michael breen, decorated army captain. he is the president and ceo of the national security project. they do, both. we are going to take a short break. we are going to turn our attention to beef up security and what is happening. alicia caldwell of the "associated press" will join us then. ♪ >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some programs to watch for. this weekend, join us for the 22n

coming out of syrian refugee camps, these are people as far away from afghanistan, from in europe, albaniaovo moving. and coming to summer, the sailing season mediterranean from africa, from libya, tunisia, and descending into anarchy, going into italy and spain and other places in europe. i think these official numbers understate the nature of the problems. stuart: the brits are going to say, we've got a referendum, do we stay in the european union? it might impact the votes. >> i think the polls show a close vote on british export. they may be missing the tides we see growing, but it will be an impact across european continent and you can see it in recent german state elections. stuart: i don't see how it ends. that's what i have a problem for it. they don't have a plan for it, don't know how to handle it. nothing gets done. >> that's the european union. i think the effect is going to be as people come in, that they're going to be changing the face of europe. there's no doubt about it and if that's what the european really wanted then it's open to them. ashley: that's a live picture. >>