autria: president obama also telephoned elgin president charles michel -- belgian prime minister charles michel to offer his condolences. we will have live updates throughout the day. coming up, remembering the infamous former toronto mayor rob ford. what we are learning about his death this new. -- noon. and the latest on the terror attacks in brussels. what authorities knew before the attacks. doug: cloudy skies around the area right now. current temperature of 52 degrees at reagan national. we will see more sunshine. temperatures of about 61 degrees. we will talk about midweek warmth and a chance of rain later in the week. the forecast is coming up. autria: former toronto mayor rob ford has died after a battle with cancer. he became internationally known after revelations about his drinking problems and illegal drug use. he was repeatedly videotaped and photographed while intoxicated in public. a landslide toby a city council seat. he was 46 years old. back to breaking news from belgium. we are learning new details about what elgin authorities knew leading up to the attacks. -- belgia

prime minister charles michel is now calling for calm and solidarity, as officials peice together what happened and who is behind those attacks. toss to jordan at cvg live/jordan toss to frank weather 60s this afternoon we can expect a gusty southern flow with winds gusting upwards of 30 / 35 mph. skies will remain sunny wednesday with a the next chance thursday morning thunderstorms will be a cold front dry and cool air on friday with highs near 50 degrees. easter weekend looks a bit warmer with a dry saturday and highs of 60 degrees. we do have rain chances easter sunday but as of now they look late day into the evening as early morning church and egg hunts as of now look dry. i will not rule out moving that rain up earlier but not indications are later in the day. out highs will be around 64 degrees! carstar anim threat to its highest level. two explosions hit brussels during rush hour this morning.. that was about 3 a.m. in time. the government there has not numbers. latest details for you as we get them. easter is right around the corner. why bother with why bother with fake food

la gente ha dejado las calles, el primer ministro charles michel pidiÓ que la gente no saliera de susia hubo una conferencia de prensa en efecto el primer ministro charles michel y el ministro de justicia hablaban de ataques suicidas y mÁs tarde cuestiÓn de minutos se ha ido desarrollando minuto a minuto si es una operaciÓn que estÁ en proceso. se informÓ que tendrÍan todas las hipÓtesis para hablar como informaban de un ataque terrorista. el nÚmero de muertos que se manejan en efecto son 25 los muertos. hasta el momento autoridades no confirman si es asÍ, si estos han sido prÁcticamente nÚmeros que ha recogido la prensa con servicios de bomberos, ambulancias que han asistido al lugar pero todavÍa autoridades no dan un nÚmero exacto. parece que todavÍa es muy pronto para hacerlo porque sigue siendo una operaciÓn de que estÁ llevÁndose a cabo. >> importante seÑalar el nivel de alerta es nivel cuatro cuando cierran las estaciones de aeropuertos, se cierran las estaciones de tren, se cierra el metro, el se restringe la situaciÓn en algunas zonas de la ciudad. >> y estoy trato anando de a

andrea mitchell is traveling with the president in half -- in charles michel today, he ledged support, all the things that the belgian people might need at this horrible time of need. at the same time, he proceeded with his speech to the cuban people. broadcast live on cuban television, saying that the embargo needs to be lifted but even if the embargo were lifted, that the cuban people could not live their full impression. president in cuba. this tripp has been overshadowed. >> it was interesting to see raul castro bristling from the questions. and making some accusations about the united states as well. clearly, though, our focus is over in europe in brussels with the people of belgium after these what seem to be coordinated attacks, at the airport, the debt nation of two bombs there, one in a train station. the ones at the airport happening about 10 seconds apart at around 8:00 in the morning when that terminal was packed with people. some just buying coffee. >> and not long after that the devastating attack at the train station. >>> morning, everybody. it's late afternoon in bruss

he did speak with the belgian prime minister, charles michel, offer support. he says that theheeople of the united states and the president stand together with the people of belgium as well as nato and the european pledging full kwop cooperation from the united states. the u.s. intelligence and united states will be deeply involved in this investigation and in selping whatever they need, as they were after paris, also the forensic help of the u.s. and the fbi can be ogreat assistance to the belgian police as they look through the horror of this attack and try to find whether there are any traces, any trails from the perpetrators from the suicide bomber, from the explosives back to any known >> we know that work is already occurring. andrea mitchell, traveling with the president. as we continue our coverage of the attacks in brussels, i want to go to tom costello, who has a special experience in aviation but also in brussels, having close family there. what are you hearing from your sources? >> my wife and kids are from there and i went to college ere. we repor

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ladies and gentlemen, what we feared has happened, said the prime minister, charles michelle. our country and our citizens have been hit by attack. belgium, prior to paris, there were no immigration checks between the two countries in the europe union. the intelligence officers had arrest of salah abdelslam. after his arrest, friday, he told the authorities that he had created a new network and he was planning attacks. the authorities say that it's unclear if the brussels attacks were already planned, if they were a direct response to the terror reader's arrest, or if it was his terrorist network that set it into motion. officials had been after him since november's attacks in france, and it was not the end of the search. monday, the another attacker, lacroix. diana diez, 7 news. >> lynn: stay with 7 news for the latest on the terror in brussels. we'll have a lot more throughout thisnastic and updates any time as they happen on the website, wsvn.com. >> well, another historic change coming to cuba, i new venture preparing to set sail in havana. >> anchor: carnival cruise line

brussels last week had photographs and plans of the building belonging to the belgian prime minister charles michel. beenecurity had strengthened before the attacks. in the u.s. presidential race, donald trump said that abortions should be banned and there should be some form of punishment for women who have won if it is made illegal. he tried to reverse his statement by saying the doctors should the punished if they perform in illegal procedure, not the women. an egyptian man accused of hijacking a passenger plane has appeared in court in cyprus. he was wearing a fake suicide belt. all of the passengers and crew were freed. correspondent: a glimpse of the man accused of this bizarre hijacking before the police swept him into court. the hearing was brief and he did not speak. as he was driven away he gave a v for victory sign. a he will stay in custody for day. correspondent: we learned more motivationsrsonal of seif eldin mustafa when he caused a flight to be diverted to cyprus.-- he was desperate to see his estranged wife and their children. emotions ran high at the cairo airport as passengers an

on the other hand, of course, charles michel, the prime minister, was to keep the government together, so the resignation of the two ministers did not go through and they will carry on, for a while at least. brent: we will talk with you a little bit later in the evening, barbara. thank you very much. many stories of miraculous escapes from the bombings in brussels are emerging. one story of the german warrior stands out. he escapes not once, but twice after he inadvertently ended up following the trail of terror. >> devastating scenes. several killed and injured. countless other left scarred for life. in this moment of chaos, one german rider was among those who narrowly escaped the terrorist attack. >> the situation was not set up yet, so i was happy to use this confusion to get out of there. reporter: mark schreiner's ordeal on this business trip did not end there. he hurried out of the airport and to the city center. as he got out of the taxi, another bomb exploded. >> i saw them coming out of the main hall. it was eliminated from the light by my smartphone. i went downstairs. i sa

international press has fl to go to thee federal prosecutors conference and also to listen to charles michel and francois hollande, and locals have been able to go back to their homes. people live out here and they were peering out of their windows the last few hours, afraid to leave their house, when they were hearing such disconcerting noises. most people breathing a sigh of relief, especially residents who live on the street, and even those who knew salah abdeslam and say that he was very friendly fellow. i spoke to a group of really who saidg molenbeekers that he is to play football with them and hang out and was clever and smart and kind and he seemed to change and they didn't see him really in the last few months. they are shocked and horrified to think that he could have been so radicalized take part in such an atrocity that were committed in paris on the 13th of november. >> very quickly, just to clarify for those of us who don't live in brussels and don't know the layout of the city, how far is the neighborhood from olympic? -- from molenbeek? heated move around, the suspect went fr

charles michel, the prime minister of belgium, saying on friday that they had conducted more than 100 raids in the wake of the paris attacks to try and not only capture abdeslam but to roll up some of these terror cells. but clearly as we look at what is happening right now, the explosions at the brussels airport and at a metro station, the number and the threat is may have anticipated. >> yes. there are currently 315 active terrorism cases that the authorities have opened in brussels and other parts of belgium. and so that's just a huge number for a small country like belgium. and what we know is essentially there has been a chronic underfunding of these sort of security and intelligence services for quite a long time in belgium. the threat has scaled up. the funding and the resources and the skills and the general capacity of the system hasn't really kept pace. so to suddenly make that leap forward now when they are clearly under pressure, when they know that this change needs to happen, it's really like trying to -- trying to, i don't know, land the plane with one wing or fly solo

obama called belgium prime minister charles michel and offered his condolences. >> as countries have always done, we must confront this threat together. we must defend democracy and defeat terror. >> testifying before congress, secretary of defense ash carter said that the military coalition against isil is vital, but it's only one part of the fight. >> we need the intelligence. we need the homeland security and we need law enforcent. and so do our partners. because of the kind of thing you saw in brussels this morning. >> meanwhile, at chicago's o'hare airport there were long lines and beefed up security. it was a similar scene at penn station in new york where mayor bill de blasio tried to reassure the public. >> there is no specific and credible threat against new york city at this time. but we're in a high state of vigilance and readiness. >> they stopped attacks like the one in brussels can provide lessons for law enforcement. >> what can we learn from what they can tell us and teach us whether it's the action of the terrorists or whether it's the advice we get from the local au

that was refused by the prime minister, charles michel.here are two nair tifr there is, coming out from turkey and belgium about what was shared. did the turks really pvide as much as they're saying? i don't think we've got to the bottom of that yet. clearly, there were some failings. and, um, there have also been shortcomings with -- information sharing between the different belgian age sis, as well. that being said, belgium, the police and security services are working around the clock. they have many good people. the reality is, belgium is a small country with limited means. limited technical means. and limited manpower. and it's bearing the brunt of isis' entire international terror campaign right now. so this is a country that needs help from other partner countries and they are very glad that the fbi are helping. they've been working with the french. much better cooperation between those two countries in the wake of the paris attacks, pam. >> clearly, coordination is important. what is the solution here? this problem is not going awa

obama called charles michelle and offered his condolences. >> as our country has always done, we must confront this threat together. we must defend democracy and defeat terror >> reporter: testifying before congress, secretary ashley morrison said that the military is vital, but it's only one part of the fight. >> we need the intelligence, the homeland security and the law enforcement and so do our partners, because of the kind of thing that you saw in brussels this morning. >> reporter: meanwhile, at chicago's o'hare airport, there were long lines and beefed up security. it was the same in new york, where mayor de blasio tried to assure the public. >> there's no credible threat against new york city at this time, but we're in a high state of vigilance and readiness. >> counter terrorism officials said that the attacks like the one in brussels can provide lessons for law enforcement officials. >> what can we learn from what they can tell us and teach us, whether it's the actions of the terrorists, or the advice we get from the local authorities, that we can bring back here. >> there w

i'm ken rosato. >> i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. today is monday, march 7th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here is meteorologist bill evans in the accuweather forecast. >> we'll have a beautiful sunrise and a gorgeous day that starts with temperatures that will warm up very fast and it only gets warmer. 39 is your 5:00 a.m. temperature. and 31. hanover. montclair. 27 poughkeepsie. we warm up fast today into the 50s, really quick today. the computer model shows 55, 56. the computer model had 59 today. it only gets warmer in the around the 70s. every seven minutes. subways. the one trains are running once again, we have new jersey transit, long island metro north running on or close to schedule and then as you go through brooklyn. ocean parkway north from neptune avenue, you have the on going water main break going on. you'll find the closure there. also, the hughes carry brooklyn battery tunnel. two way traffic with the on going construction and queens midtown tunnel, two way traffic until 5:3

the official added there's absolutely no indication that prime minister charles michele was in any danger. for at least one suspect in the attacks. >>> we're learning more tonight about a new york man injured in the airport attack in brussels. jalo lives in harlem. he was leaving the belgian capital visiting his girlfriend. he was leaving when the bomb went off. he has serious burns. two delta workers helped him celebrate his 48th birthday. they got him a cake with an american flag on it. >>> republicans on capitol hill may be refusing to meet with mayor garland, but democrats are lining up to meet the supreme court nominee including kirsten gillibrand. gillibrand sat down with him today. democrats are using every opportunity to make a case for a hearing to be held for garland. republicans are refusing to act on his nomination. >> i think he's someone who is is the obligation of the senate to not only have a hearing but to vote on his nomination. >> garland also met with democratic senator al franken of minnesota while on capitol hill. so far only one senate republican has met with him. >

. >> the president called belgium prime minister charles michel and offered his condolences and the republican presidential candidates are doing the same on social media and they're criticizing president obama's response. john kasich says the president must return home immediately and get to work with our allies. and ted cruz is at where with us and we cannot defeat it if we refuse to name it and hillary clinton says these terrorists seek to undermine the democratic values that are the foundation of our way of life and will never succeed. bernie sanders is calling it a ban barrick attack and offering his condolences to the people of brussels. >>> in washington many are expressing their support for the terror attack victims. and the survivors. news4's chris gordon is live at the belgian embassy with more on the show of solidarity and the show of strength there. chris? >> well, it has been quiet most of the afternoon, with people coming to leave tlaurs and say a prayer behind me. you see evangelist mary clement of silver spring. talking to an agent from the secret service. as they are making sur

so we are listening to the belgium prime minister charles michel standing next to secretary of state erry and let's listen. >> good afternoon and i want to begin thanking prime minister michel for remarks and especially his leadership in this challenging moment and please to be here also with my friend and counterpart the foreign minister of belgium. on behalf of president obama, aball of the american people, i offer our deepest condolence to the people of belgium and to all of the families, all those individuals who suffered inconceivable loss in the last few days. the united states i want you to know is praying and grieving with you for the loved ones of those who have bp very cruelly taken from us including americans and for the many who were injured in these despicable attacks. as i told foreign minister on tuesday when we talked by telephone the united states stands firmly behind belgium and with the nations of europe in the face of this tragedy. we join you in thanking the very brave first responders who rushed to the scene on a moment's notice in order to care for the wounded a

we stand in solidarity with the people of belgium, with prime minister charles michelle and mayor yvonne niagara of brussels and all of the people of that nation that has been at the front line of the fight against terror. and they are not alone. we stand in solidarity with the people of turkey who have been victims in recent days of car bombings and other attacks that have taken many lives. the community of nations asked to stand together at moments like this and reject the forces of terror and the appalling violence that they wreak upon innocent people. and we in new york city stand ready to fight against terror in every way. let me say at the outset, there is no specific and credible threat against new york city at this time but we are in a high state of vigilance and readiness because of the investments we've made in building a strong anti-terror capacity in the city, or critical response command, 500+ officers at the ready, highly trained, well armed us our strategic response group, our emergency services unit all these units were available this morning. commissioner bratton and his

we've seen francois hollande and charles michel, the prime minister of belgium, already attending a europeanmassive issue they've been dealing with and that's immigration out of the middle east. and they ended up talking about this joint raid. what started with a terrorist attack in paris four months ago, the deaths of 130 innocent people continues to play out and it has stretched for a long time one assumes, electronics, drones, whatever the public has needed. the public has been willing to give up civil rights and liberties after the terrorist attacks. they were willing to do what they needed to do because it was decided for the public good something that resonates and this country post-member amman, i do recall that they exerted special power, certainly in france but also in belgium. it's common, we keep having this debate in this country. >> every country has debated its own version of the patriot act similar to what the united states went through after 9/11. a lot of folks in france at the time when the french parliament was discussing the measures that would give french counterterroris

drive, images mapped and planned of the home and the office of belgium prime minister charles charles michel. the images left people. the infamous man in hat or man in white seen with two other suicide bombers in surveillance videos at the airport, there is new speculation that the man could also be the second suspect in the metro bombing. that is he could have been at the airport and hour later cohave been at that station. it is only three miles apart. no confirmation of that. now under treatment at a hospital in salt lake city, those two mormon missionaries who were injured in the attack at the airport we were telling you about, they were brought back for treatment there. one other american was brought back. all told, 12 americans were injured, four killed. right now 55 victims remain in critical condition. 32 were killed. and it doesn't end here. french authorities late this afternoon saying that beginning with a raid last week just outside of paris, they have broken up what they call an imminent threat of an attack to france. one person was arrested there. a lot of weaponry seized. two m

the air today as secretary of state john kerry arrived in belgium to meet with prime minister charles micheleating isis. >> we join kerry to discuss the fight against terrorism-- how is it possible to do better, how is it possible to work together in order to be more efficient. >> we will not rest until we have eliminated your nihilistic beliefs and cowardice from the face of this earth. >> reporter: later, kerry placed a wreath of flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims at brussels airport. and at bourse plaza, which has also become a memorial site, the brussels philharmonic played an impromptu tribute today to the victims. the flemish radio choir joined them to finish with a performance of beethoven's "ode to joy"-- a european anthem, and a hymn of hope for the future. away from brussels, police in neighboring countries are on the move. french authorities say a man arrested there was in the "advanced stages" of plotting a new strike-- and had ties to the ringleader of november's paris attacks. and german officials are questioning two people with potential links to the brussels oper

. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, belgian prime minister charles michel has just confirmed salaheslam has been arrested with two accomplices and he was formally identified. i have thoughts for the victims. the attacks of the 13th of november, the attacks at st. denis. because salah abdeslam is directly linked with preparing, organizing and unfortunately perpetrating these attacks. i also think of the families who were waiting for this arrest as well all of those who from near and far were able to participate in this horrendous attack. i wish to congratulations the prime minister, the belgian government for the action undertaken after several weeks now and in particular welcome the work done by the special units, the information services and finally say that through these authorities of justice was able to take place, cooperation between france and belgium since these attacks but even before these attacks has always been intensi intensive. once more it has proven to be effective even though it took some time and since it is not finished we have to continue to act. this cooperation

. >> and the prime minister charles michel said these are terrorist attacks. and one of these attacks was the work of a suicide attacker. we don't know if this is somebody who would have a vest strapped to him or her or whether it was carrying a suitcase which turned out to be a bomb. but the damage is quite extensive. so right now you have a picture of a european capital that is all but shut down. train service shut service suspended, metro stations closed. and you have a city very much on emand an investigation as to who is behind this and whether there could be more attacks in the offing. >> belgian people have been living a the high level of terror alert over the last several months. belgian officials have now changed that to the highest terror alert meaning there are other or imminent attacks thought to be possible. where they're in the next couple of hours or days. i want to bring pete williams our keechief justice correspond in. these boppings take place four days after the arrest of salah abdeslam who was said to be the ripping leader of the paris plan

i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. today is hump day! march 9th. here is bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> let's say you have to take the subway across the street. it is right there. and you grab a cab, grab a coat. hearing about 70-degree temperatures. temperatures right now is 45. it is 35 northwest. but it will warm up fast. 38 around poughkeepsie. 43 middle town. 43 nor walk and the temperature drops fast between 9 and 11. the temperature jumps 10 degrees. we'll look at 72 later on this afternoon to 77 degrees around 4:00. we'll have another record high temperature tomorrow. we'll talk about that next. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. >> we have this problem. still with us on the new jersey turnpike. it is the southbound side. the truck lanes near exit 8a. an accident involving a tractor trailer. it may take time for us to get the tractor trailer out there. seven trades, mechanical problems, downtown suspend a r this is because of a broken rail in mineola. new jersey transit, no major issues. minor delays across the

. >>> i'm michelle charles. it is tuesday march 29th. >>> and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans. >>> let's take a look at some of these temperatures you can look at our camera here in astoria queens, 45 degrees. look at those wind profiles out of the northwest, 44 long island, northwest winds are chilly wind these are the wind speeds that are sustained hour at flushing 26 in jfk, 21 long island here are the gusts from over night 47 white plains jfk we'll see moreof that off and on all day long today see the temperatures climb to 54 this afternoon which is right at normal for this time of the year. it is weather than heather ever 7 minutes is that causing any problems out there? >>> we have this accident on 17 i don't know if wind was the cause definitely could have been 17 southbound right near high land cross an accident involving a tractor trailer and a car. we have all lanes closed down traffic being diverted on union avenue as you go through that spot. here is a l

i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. the today is march 9th and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. we begin with meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> this morning we start with very nice, sunny skies. . our temperatures looking really nice. we're looking at five degrees. that is normal, overnight low is right around, you know, 33. so we're starting 12 degrees warmer than normal this hour of the day we're starting out with temperatures to the north. looking at what will be beautiful weather. 45-month tag. later on -- montague. later on, there is a disparity in the high temperature. 64 at noon time in the city. 77 around the five burroughs, the coastal sections will be cooler in the 60s. a great day. record highs today and tomorrow. we'll talk about that and a peek of the weekend coming up. weather then heather every seven minutes. >> i have a new accident on route 280. eastbound near exit 14. that exit being taken care of. you have long island railroad with d

however, prime minister charles michel has asked both ministers to stay on. with all that in mind, let's go to brussels, belgium. senior white house correspondent chris jansing is there. chris, i understand you have breaking news on american victim this is morning? >> yeah, willie, it's sad news. just in the last hour, nbc news has confirmed two of the victims in the attacks here in brussels were americans. two americans confirmed dead. we are not releasing any names. we are waiting to make sure that the next of kin have been notified. that leaves two more americans who are still missing. in the meantime, very active here. you mentioned the seven arrests, these ongoing raids, it's because there's this increasing sense of urgency because officials simply don't know how many members of this terror cell may be still at large. it already is bigger than they first had thought and these links to paris and brussels getting deeper and deeper. and the overwhelming concern that because they saw that these attacks may have been moved up after the arrest of salah abdesla

the belgium prime minister charles michelle is calling it a black day in the country. he's called for three days of mourning. let's check in with michelle caruso-cabrera who's made herwh way in to brussels. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we flew in to charles de gaulle this morning. as you can see, there's a check point here where they've been stopping every large car, every ki kind of jitney or large truck and asking who's in the vehicles as they go by. this is not typical. this is because of that massive manhunt you were talking about. this is an absolute story about terrorism, but it's also a story about the threat to the european union that's proposed by terrorism. now because of what's happening first in paris and now in brussels, there are growing questions about whether or not countries want to have open borders. already many members of the far right and various countries in western europe are saying open borders which are normally typical. you see those cars just passing along on the other side, they don't want that to happen anymore. that would have

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