. >>> let's turn now to nbc news analyst christopher dickey, world news editor for the daily beast. he's in brussels. i'm struck by the fact you were in new york not long ago. we sat in my office and said, often when we speak, it's in the aftermath of a tragic event like this. here we go again. >> i'm afraid so. we also said there was going to be another hit and maybe more than one in europe. in fact, it was just last week i was talking to colleagues at nbc and saying, we have been lucky so far. then this hit today. >> and at least on the part of french president hollande, he looks at this as a continuation, a long attack on europe. if you want to go back to the january "charlie hebdo" attacks, the november attacks in paris and now here in brussels, it has been a sugstained assault on western europe. >> it's not only a sustained attack on western europe, these are more and more competent terrorists. it's starting to look like g guerilla warfare, which is what the islamic state wants. they used a crude explosive, but it's hard to make that into a bomb that's really effective, that ca

. >>> let's turn now to nbc news analyst christopher dickey, world news editor for the daily beast. he's in brussels. i'm struck by the fact you were in new york not lock ng ago. we sat in my office and said, often when we speak, it's in the aftermath of a tragic event like this. here we go again. >> i'm afraid so. we also said there was going to be another hit and maybe more than one in europe. in fact, it was just last week i was talking to colleagues at nbc and saying, we have been lucky then this hit today. >> and at least on the part of french president hollande, he looks at this as a continuation, a long attack on europe. if you want to go back to the january "charlie hebdo" attacks, the november attacks in paris and now here in brussels, it has been a suggs stained assault on western europe. >> it's not only a sustained attack on western europe, these are more and more competent terrorists. it's starting to look like gur guerilla warfare, which is what the islamic state wants. they used a crude explosive, but it's hard to make that into a bomb that's really effective, that ca

. >>> let's turn now to nbc news analyst christopher dickey, wod news editor for the daily beast. he's in brussels. i'm struck by the fact you were in new york not lockng ago. we sat in my office and said, often when we speak, it's in the this. here we go again. >> i'm afraid so. we also said there was going to be another hit and maybe more than one in europe. in fact, it was just last week i was talking to colleagues at nbc and saying, we have been lucky so far. then this hit today. >> and at least on the part of french president hollande, he looks at this as a continuation, a long attack on europe. if you want to go back to the january "charlie hebdo" attacks, the november attacks in paris and now here in brussels, it has been a suggsstained assault on western europe. >> it's not only a sustained attack on western europe, these are more and more competent terrorists. it's starting to look likehgur guerilla warfare, which is what they used a crude explosive, but it's hard to make that into a bomb that's really effective, that can be stored. now, we seem to have tatp bombs all ove

nbc chief political correspondent, bill neely, is standing by, but i also understand, we have christopher dickey with us. he has been standing by and following the latest developments out of brussels, as well. christopher, are you there? >> yes, tamron, i am. >> let's talk about this manhunt is underway right now, as we reported, a number of raids taking place. you have this blurry image of this individual who may or may not be a part of this, but all eyes seem to be on him. what are you hearing on the ground, at least in trying not only locate this man, any others possibly linked to this? >> well, i mean, i think one of the problems here is they're wondering whether these guys could be linked directly to the guys who carried out the paris attacks. you know, on friday, we had the arrest of salah abdelslam, who is sort of the last suspect of that core eight group -- member eight -- excuse me, core eight people who carried out those paris attacks. and all of a sudden, we have these attacks at the airport and at the metro station. are they related, yes. in the sense that they both probably were ins

. >> joining me here in brussels, tara palmieri and in paris, foreign correspondent christopher dickey. great to see both of you here, terror in the center of the e.u., the european parliament is here. is there nervousness about it? >> they're fearful they'll become the next ukraine. europe heavily depends on nato so talk about this is definitely sending chills around europe. there's a lot of fear that because europe runs to the center left that president trump would be difficult to work with. >> what are you hearing, chris, about this side of the atlantic and what would the possible repercussions be if there were serious conversation about the united states basically strategically changing the face of nato? >> reporter: well, i don't think anybody really thinks that the united states is going to do that, but this feeds into a whole sort of malaise, to use a french word, about american reliability. europe is counting on the american alliance, part of the northern atlantic treaty organization ever since world war ii. now it says a demagogue is running for president. we should just pull

our next guest is christopher dickey. he is, these days, the daily beast foreign editor and msnbc contributor. he has been posted overseas for many, many years, a veteran journalist, and i also should add, he has written beautifully about growing up in the american south. and chris, the problem is, you and i talk on television following something like this, lately, in the last few months, anyway. is the belief there, that this attack, and forgive my wording, was a quite a few quick turnaround response to the arrest of the lone fugitive from the paris attacks? >> well, there are a lot of theories, but i don't think any of the theories think that this was all pulled together, just in a couple of days, in the 3 1/2 days after the arrest of salah abdelslam, who was the last of the core eight members who carried out the paris attacks. when he was arrested, there was talk that he was involved with some other new plot. maybe this was the plot that was already in the works. i think that's possibly likely. but at the end of the da

and i hope you're correct, tomorrow is a more vibrant day, as christopher dickey was saying.most of the vehicles you see in brussels are the kind we're showing on the air right now, with blue flashing lights on the roof. flora drurry, thank you for joining us, a global reporter with the daily mail. we're back with the security analyst who said to us today that what we're witnessing is nothing short of a strategic campaign to destabilize all of europe. incredible bladder protection from always discreet that lets you move like you mean it now comes with an incredible promise. the always discreet double your money back guarantee. always discreet is for bladder leaks and it's drier than poise. try it. we're so confident you'll love it, we'll give you double your money back if you don't. incredible bladder protection. double your money back guarantee. that's always discreet. it's easy to love your laxative when that lax loves your body back. only miralax hydrates, eases and softens to unblock naturally, so you have peace of mind from start to finish. love your laxative. miralax. m

foreign editor for the daily beast and msnbc contributor christopher dickey.leasure to have you on. give us the perspective on how trump's rise is being perceived across europe where some of his rhetoric is more mainstay, more common among european politicians. >> well, not really. i mean, the first reaction was amusement. and that's slowly or actually very quickly now turning to horror. partly because people really don't know what he stands for. they do understand that he's a populist leader, the kind of person who will grab any kind of issue out of the air he things is going to get him traction, and he's been doing just that. you can imagine in this neighborhood, for instance, which is largely muslim, largely moroccan in origin, how they would react to a trump presidency. when all of the things he says about muslims. so it's -- but it's not just this neighborhood. you mentioned the mexican president talking about mussolini and hitler. europe has experience with these populist leaders. it was not a happy experience. it led to global wars. that's exactly the k

let's go to our friend christopher dickey. he is based in paris.ld news editor for the daily beast these days, and we haven't spoken to chris dickey since the last time news brought us to paris. that sad, sad episode, chris, and of course, this is a direct outgrowth of that. and paris, and belgium, are both plunged into some very familiar feelings here. >> well, yes, they are. i mean, there's a horrible feeling here, and here in brussels, as i was driving into town this morning, the train station is closed. there are armed not only police but troops all around it. it's all cordoned off. you have really a sense in various parts of the city, critical strategic parts of the city, that this is a place under siege. in a neighborhood like this, the metro station isn't very far away where the horrible bombing took place. there is a sort of normalcy here behind the camera, but the truth is this is a city that is very much on edge. and in fact, a continent that is increasingly on edge. >> and chris, for people who don't know brussels, it's routi routinely r

let's bring in christopher dickey, foreign editor for "the daily beast" and msnbc contributor.is, with a welcome to you from paris today, how much of an impact is this investigation having, beyond the borders of belgium? >> reporter: it's having a major impact through europe, but especially here in france because the belgium cell and the french cell, they overlap completely. every day that goes by, we learn more -- there are more connections between the november attacks here that slaughtered 130 people and the group that carried out the bombings in brussels on tuesday. >> belgium's interior minister, as you know, has appealed to residents to not rally tomorrow in support, saying police are stretched too thin to best ensure safety. how difficult a decision is it for belgian government authorities as well as french government authorities, considering what's gone down in france recently, to assure citizens that they're safe to with go about their business in their daily lives? >> reporter: well, i don't think they really can assure the citizens of that. i think the belgian police

joining me from brussels is christopher dickey, former editor for the daily beast. talk about the significance of wrapping up this investigation, all ten plotters either dead or captured. >> you know what's really significant is that as they have come close to wrapping it up and getting this guy they have been searching for four months, they realized there were a lot more people than originally thought. in fact, president francois holland said exactly that a while ago. i think they're concerned they're looking at a much broader network than at first they hoped they were dealing with. and they're hoping -- now they've got him in their hands and he'll tell them a lot about it. >> is there a sense, christopher, the problem we're seeing in brussels and france is tied to the war in syria directly, or is it some sort of other kind of i guess one-off sort of isis-related sort of terrorist plots? >> reporter: well, no. it's tied to the war in syria, but not in the way you might think. it's not as if the attacks in paris were taking place because people said we're doing this

. >> christopher dickey, thank you very much. we'll leave it there.uching base with you as well later on in the day. i want to bring in malcolm nantz author of the new book defighting isis. moll come, let's talk a little bit about that point christopher dickey was bringing up. this kind of contradiction in lifestyles, if you will. on one hand as he was reporting there brahim and salah abdeslam owned a bar, sold hashish. things that are very un-islamic when you think about it, but they had his secret life as would-be jihadists. how do you reconcile that or explain that to somebody not familiar with that dynamic? >> we've actually seen this before. you might recall that some of the 9/11 hijackers in the united states were seen going to strip clubs, were supposedly hanging out in places with alcohol. it's quite possible that they were actually using these locations as a base of operations, and giving themselves sort of trade craft, intelligence trade craft, where it would appear -- you would appear to be one thing but you could operate secretly as anothe

christopher dickey is a correspondent with the daily beast in paris and has been covering this storyry beginning. so chris, let's talk about the investigation, first. then we can talk about the extradition back to france and how hollande wants that to be swift. but talk about the intensity of the joint investigation to track him down. >> reporter: well, it's been very intense for the last four months, but reached a crescendo this week. on tuesday, you had a shoot-out in brussels where a man with a kalashnikov was shot by a police sniper after opening fire on police investigators. there was also a man a shotgun who opened fire on them. and two people managed to flee that scene. we now think it's possible that at least one of those people was salah abdeslam, who was, of course -- who they caught up with today. >> so, when we think about where this investigation turns now, talk about the confidence of a swift extradition, chris, and what motions or procedures are already in place, as the french president and other authorities, have been hopefully preparing for his capture and being brou

we want to bring in >>> we want to bring in now nbc news analyst christopher dickey, world news editor or the daily beast based in paris. christopher after the paris attacks there was a lot of soul searching about the open border of the e.u., about security cooperation. what happened to that conversation? and assuming it's picked up where does it go now? >> well, it was and is an ongoing conversation. there's always talk about how you can have better intelligence sharing, how the police can work together better. but we're talking about 28 different countries here with very different cultures, very different legal cultures and police cultures. it's very, very hard to get them to coordinate. the idea that you can open up all the borders of europe but not have a single strong federal police force and federal law enforcement system was always a fairly impractical idea. now the chickens are coming home to roost to use a terrible cliche'. >> we talk a lot about vulnerability today. but is there a higher sense of it given the fact that in many ways they saw this coming? the climate was ripe f

summer: but first, we start with christopher dickey in brussels. reporter: terror struck right in the heart of a beautiful city, russells, belgium. what happened? this morning, one bomb went off >> everyone is in panic and we had to run just because the situation, everyone was scared. reporter: more than 20 people were killed and injured at a metro station. >> we felt a small blast of air, and we heard some noise in the distance. reporter: this is a city on at. edge. if you look at the fugitive suicide bombers at the airport, the pictures circulating are of them and they are not wearing suicide vests, not set up the way we expect them to be, they are just pushing suitcases. that is what makes them so scary. back to you. meredith: we have live pictures this is a live vigil taking place. 31 people killed and more than 200 people injured. some of the people morning in a devastating day for that city. only wesh 2' s chopper was in the plane landed and people we' re right now, wesh 2' mcdaniel joins us live at the dave, we' re learning the passengers di

i want to bring in christopher dickey. this is a great story that you wrote, christopher.about a cab driver. we always hear, if you see something, say something. this turned out to be pivotal. >> exactly. there was a driver who had a sedan and he picked up the suicide bombers, as it turned out. they couldn't fit all of their bags in the car. they ordered a van to begin with. he took them to the airport. when he heard what had happened, he immediately contacted the police and took them back to the apartment where he picked them up and that's where they found the bomb-making factory. that's where they found 15 kilos of tatp and raw materials to make many more bombs. what is interesting about this, we believe that that driver, whose name hasn't been released, is of moroccan dissent. he comes from the same kind of general background that the terrorists did. he's on the side of society and civilization, not violent jihad. >> you and i were talking and i talk to a lot of people in this crowd. very deliberately muslims and christians, friends, coming here together because they wa

in the meantime, i want to bring in the daily beast christopher dickey and author of "talking to terroristso see both of you. i'm struck as we're hearing kelly o'donnell talk about the folks who are at the airport. you and i spent so much time together in paris. this city in so many ways reminds me of what happened in paris. there is a desire not to let the terrorists win, but what happened here is so horrific. >> you can see the city is starting to come back to normal. last night you had a situation where it was sirens all the time. even earlier today there were choppers overhead. you weren't. people are trying to go on with their life, fearful there will be another attack. >> you actually have met with former members of isis, met with families of those who have lost their lives who are continuing to fight elsewhere, like in syria? what strikes you about what has happened over these last couple of days. >> it's just horrific, it's horrific to think that people have drank the isis kool-aid. there is discrimination, there is alienation, but isis has poured gasoline on that and just fanned th

. >> christopher dickey, daily beast foreign editor and nbc news contributor. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> sure, thank you. >>> let me go to washington. pete williams is on duty there. pete, what are you learning? >> reporter: first of all, it's clear that not all the devices that were planned to be set off in today's attacks actually detonated. authorities believe it was two bombs in the airport in brussels, and a third one was found and neutralized or disabled somehow or set off safely. then there are reports of additional explosive devices that have been found and also rendered safe or suspect devices that turned out not to be bombs. more people were killed in the subway bombing than were killed by the two airport bombs, and it's possible, authorities say, that there were other targeted subway trains that were unsuccessfully targeted. but the focus on the number of casualties on the train as opposed to the airport bears out a long, historic trend. if you look at the data from the last two decades, really, since 9/11, something like ten t

. >> christopher dickey, always good to talk to you, my friend.hank you so much. >>> coming up, back on to the campaign trail. bernie sanders plotting his best way forward after losing all five states last night. his campaign manager joins us next. and hillary clinton sets her sights on general election. her deputy communications director is with us. all coming up on msnbc, the place for politics. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november! ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ jay knows how to keep nice shorts, dad...g. this is what the pros wear. uhhh... that's why he starts his day with those two scoops in heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. ready to eat my dust? too bad i already filled up on raisins. kellogg's raisin bran. deliciously heart healthy. or if you're young or old.are if you run everyday, no matter who you are a heart attack can happen without warning. if you've had a heart attack, a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another one. be s

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what french and belgian officials are saying today, i'm joined by daily beast foreign editor, christopher dickeyternoon to you. let's talk a little bit about the process forward. we know that he's been charged. we expect the french authorities, based on the statements yesterday from the french president he be extradited to france. the defense lawyer says they're going to challenge that. what can we expect how long it might take? >> well, i think it is just moved from a process of maybe a few days to probably a few weeks, from what people were telling me here earlier today. once he starts to contest the extradition, then all kinds of legal maneuvers kick in. now, there is a context under european law in which he might he be able to be moved out quickly and the french would like to get him as quickly as they possibly could. but i think he probably feels he'll have more lenient treatment over the long run here in belgium than if he gets to france. that said, i think he'll wind up in france. >> do you think that could complicate his cooperation with authorities in terms of any intelligence he may pr

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the daily beast foreign editor and msnbc contributor christopher dickey is in paris following this story. chris, thanks. what's this got to do with what happened in paris this fall, this past fall. >> reporter: well, it has to do with a crackdown this has been taking place since the events in november, when 130 people were mixtu massacred in this city. and it comes on the heels of an incident yesterday where investigators who were still following up on the november 13th attacks were knocking on doors in brussels and knocked on the doors of a couple of bad actor who is opened fire on them. one of the guys with a kalashnikov were killed. the four people were slightly wounded in the incident. that raised the level of tension. and now we wake up basically to the news that at dawn this morning, four people were arrested, right on the outskirts of the city, one of whom may well have been in communication with the so-called islamic state and may have been planning another attack here in the city. >> are they french nationals? >> reporter: yes, they are. although, from immigrant backgrounds. >>

nbc news analyst christopher dickey is the editor for "the daily beast." you spent the last 24 hours here. i just arrived. they say there are stages of grief. what stage of grief would you say the people in brussels are in now? >> well, i'd say close to -- not to denial but close to that. i think we saw this in paris, too. in the immediate aftermath, what you think is, it's a horrible thing but maybe it's over. that's the most dangerous time. if there is another hit now, if people are absolutely shattered. even in paris, when it didn't come off, but there was another attack, when we heard one was being plan and had disrupted, it was a terrible shootout, i remember people were shattered. >> what questions will be requested? what questions need to be asked of the intelligence services here, of law enforcement here, of the politicians here? >> well, first of all, belgium is a tremendously disorganized country. went for almost two years without a government. it has multiple layers of belief. it tries to cooperate with the other services around europe, but it e

. >> christopher dickey, always thank you so much. >> thank you, matt. york. >> we turn to dylan in for al, midwest. 73. warning. we are going to see blizzard-like conditions. snow. we should see about 4 to 8 inches of snow. it's very, very windy. it's going to reduce visibility. this storm system is going to stretch into the northern plains and the upper midwest. look at all of these winter storm warnings. it's a small band but includes northern iowa, southern minnesota and most of wisconsin. this is the area where we could end up with 12 to 16 inches of blowing snow. . amy: good morning, i' m amy sweezey. we are talking about lots of sunshine today. we will get a cup clouds it will be warmer as w >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you so much. >>> coming up, republican presidential candidate ted cruz will be here. we'll talk about his win in the utah caucuses and his controversial call for police to patrol muslim neighborhoods. >>> and coming up next, security risks here in the u.s. exposed by the attacks in brussels. soft targets, are they impossible to de you know we sa

. >> christopher dickey, always good to see you. thank you so much. >>> back to savannah in new york. >> we turn to dylan in for al, big weather story in the midwest. >> yesterday in denver, it was 73. today, they're under a blizzard warning. we are going to see blizzard-like conditions. not so much because of a ton of snow. we should see about 4 to 8 inches of snow. it's very, very windy. it's going to reduce visibility. this storm system is going to stretch into the northern plains and the upper midwest. look at all of these winter storm warnings. it's a small band but includes northern iowa, southern minnesota and most of wisconsin. this is the area where we could end up with 12 to 16 inches of blowing sn today...sunny. highs in the upper 70s. thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. friday...partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning... then sunny in the afternoon. highs in the lower 70s. chance of rain 40 percent. saturday...sunny. highs in the upper 60s..sunday...part ly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. monday...

. >> christopher dickey, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, matt. >>> back to savannah in new york. >> we turn to dylan in for al, big weather story in the midwest. >> yesterday in denver, it was 73. today, they're under a blizzard warning. we are going to see blizzard-like conditions. not so much because of a ton of snow. we should see about 4 to 8 inches of snow. it's very, very windy. it's going to reduce visibility. this storm system is going to stretch into the northern plains and the upper midwest. look at all of these winter storm warnings. it's a small band but includes northern iowa, southern minnesota and most of wisconsin. this is the area where we could end up with 12 to 16 inches of blowin >>> certainly no snow here, but warm temperatures. 60s to near 70 before the day is through. clouds giving way to intervals of sun. cooler along the coastal areas. south-facing shorelines. connecticut. partly cloudy, tomorrow, cooler clouds increase. sh dowers to the west, getting here late. showers friday, upper