bringing us the latest from mollenbeck, the scene now. if we look at salah abdeslam's background, 26-year-old french national living in the mollenbeck area, on the run since the paris attacks on november 13th. he and three other men were stopped in a vehicle near the bell januarbelgian area, but lo. he and others be rented another car and reserved two hotel rooms outside paris before the attacks took place. his brother ibrahim was one of the paris attackers who died after blowing himself up. i'm joined now by paul brennan. he spent time in mollenbeck following the investigation of the paris attacks. paul, we have some footage of a man we don't know his identity being dragged by police into a car. >> yes, i've had a chance to look a little bit more detail at this footage. it's impossible to confirm whether or not it is salah be abdeslam. the person confirmed by police officers, they are pointing the automatic rifles at the suspect. he appears to be injured in the leg. he is limping. his right leg is not supporting his weight. and that if y

when you were in mollenbeck, did young people talk about that? >> they talked about -- they talked about the fact that they feel as if they are not part of belgian society. belgium has made them feel as if they are other, as if they are not of that country. and part of that is because if, for example, all right. so i'm being told that our cbs news national security analyst is joining us now on the phone. juan, can you hear us? >> reporter: i can, vlad. thank you very much. >> juan, unfortunately, we talk under these very terrible situations. what's happening now in brussels, i'm curious for your take on it. it appears that this is a coordinated attack that belgium, that brussels specifically, is under attack. one explosion at the airport. another at a metro station. what do you make of it? >> reporter: well, an awful tragedy, obviously, and our hearts go out to the victims. we'll have to see how this unfolds, but it's certainly an incredibly sophisticated attack in the wake of the arrests that we've seen this past week. certainly a suggestion tha

a very different vibe in paris vis-a-vis what i saw in mollenbeck. and clearly, when you have the mayor of mollenbeck saying that she really doesn't have any control over the investigations that are being done into the terror cells in her neighborhood, that is a problem because there are a lot of people that are still perhaps in that neighborhood while you point out the majority of them are law-abiding people, there is seriously a problem going on there, and they haven't figured out how to root it out. >> yeah, there is a competence problem at the local level, not just in mollenbeck but probably in other areas of belgium as well. and the moment i say that either in my own column or if i come on a show like yours, belgian media come down on me like a ton of bricks because they feel that's belgium bashing. you do have to wonder when you know that a large percentage of your population is coming from another country where there are arabic speakers and you don't have arabic-speaking police officers, then you have a system problem. and that's something tha

people, law-abiding people in mollenbeck, but there is clearly a problem. there's clearly a jihadist strain running through brussels, and particularly in some of these neighborhoods within brussels. that makes it very, very difficult for police to root them out. >> let's explore that a little bit. when the paris attack happened, there was a lot of talk about young people feeling disenfranchised, feeling not connected to the greater european culture, whether it was in france or in brussels. when you were in mollenbeck, did >> they talked about -- they talked about the fact that they feel as if they are not part of belgian society. belgium has made them feel as if they are other, as if they are not of that country. and part of that is because if, for example, all right. so i'm being told that our cbs news national security analyst is joining us now on the phone. juan, can you hear us? >> reporter: i can, vlad. thank you very much. >> juan, unfortunately, we talk under these very terrible situations. what's happening now in brussels, i'm curious for your take

it seems like this neighborhood, mollenbeck, has become a hotbed for jihadists who are able to move back and forth throughout the borders, across europe into syria and make their way back. and charlie, it has become very challenging for authorities to sort of break into this community. i mean, i think a lot of people would find it very surprising that, you know, this man, salah abdeslam, who was probably one of europe's most wanted was able go right back to his neighborhood. exactly. right under the noses of anti-terror squads. this would have been one of the most spied-on areas in the world because of the number of terrorist attacks that all lead back to mollenbeck. now, we spoke to the mayor. they said, look, you can't search every house. that area itself. and in speaking to the home secretary, i asked what everybody's asking, what took so long? and he said, we really don't understand the complexity of the network here. that they are able to communicate without being surveilled, that the neighborhood itself is very tight. we spoke to georgetown professor who was featured in last night'

this would have been one of the terrorist attacks that all lead back to mollenbeck. now, we spoke to the mayor. they said, look, you can't search every house. there may be 100,000 people in that area itself. and in speaking to the home secretary, i asked what everybody's asking, what took so long? and he said, we really don't understand the complexity of the network here. that they are able to communicate without being surveilled, that the neighborhood itself is very tight. we spoke to georgetown professor who was featured in last night's report, and he said they do not snitch on their neighbors. and the reason is these are brutal people. these are people that killed 130 people in paris. they're not about to pick up the phone and call the police and say, yeah, he's down at the end of my street. i know where this person is. so you not only have an allegiance, a loyalty to the people in that neighborhood, but you also have a level of fear. but still, people here in that this person is the only one to get away from the attacks in paris, salah abdeslam, not only made his

. >> there is still tension in the mollenbeck neighborhood. four other people were arrested at the same time as abdeslam. a family suspected of sheltering him during his time as a fugitive. >> this is his system neighborhood, no be doubt he has friends and neighbors who are willing to shelter him. >> translator: we are very, very relieved and happy that we stopped this not only for europe but the rest of the world. >> reporter: it was this raid earlier in the week in a flat in a different part of brussels that gave police clues on the whereabouts to the most wanted man in europe. a phone call made with someone linked to abdeslam. salah abdeslam had been on the move for more than four months. friends pick him up and brought him to brussels. since then it would appear that his movements were limited to an area of just a few kilometers as he ran out of options and hiding places. 130 people were killed and more than 300 injured in coordinated attacks on cafes, a concert hall and a football stadium in paris on november the 13th. the main surviving

so the explosion appears to have happened on the subway station at maalbeek, not mollenbeck, which is where they believe the individuals came from, that radically inspired neighborhood where a lot of jihadists or people with those sympathies live. injuries. one of the surgeons is reporting the injuries are extreme and especially those at the airport have significant nail injuries, shrapnel injuries. he and another surgeon reporting -- tom, i just want to jump in because i'm said there were three americans injured, they were described as mormon missionaries. weep just got that information in. you were giving us some information about the injuries and when you're hearing from the hospital there is. >> so there are a number of hospitals immediately around the airport but the trauma center or clearly one of the better hospitals is in fact catholic university in lufen. if you're going red light and siren, i guess it would take about ten minutes to get there. i imagine that's where they may have been taken. we can also tell you veteran 40 years of service they've never seen injuries this ho

police attention had repeatedly been drawn to mollenbeck the brussels suburb where a number of the instigators of the november attack about paris lived. was found in a shootout in another district of brussels, 130 were killed when the group with links to i.s.i.l. stormed a rock concert. fest several members of the group were blown up including abdeslam's brother, and he drove back to brussels and became europe's most wanted pan. his capture, alive, was long term sought after. jacky rowland, al jazeera, brussels. >> and jacky rowland has more now on how the investigation is likely to proceed from here. >> reporter: well paris as i mentioned has already made it clear that it will want to extradite salah abdeslam to face justice in france, however, that is where the attacks were committed, but not straightforward, the issue of him being wounded in hospital, and it's not clear how long it will be before police investigators will be able to start inteargting him. also one of the belgian police themselves will want to keep him in brussels for a while to ask the questions they want the answers to reg

>> and remind us of the connection between the attacks in paris and that specific neighborhood mollenbeckhis raid is going on, the second this week. >> that's right. once again the attacks in paris on november 13th in which 130 people were shot dead by a group of attackers in -- in the music conference haul next to the stadium, and also cafe terraces across the city, those attacks on november 13th, which really shocked france as the investigation continued after that, to find out who those attackers were, the link to belgium and this neighborhood was uncovered. many of the attackers came from this area, grow up in the area, or were spending time in this area. we have seen police carrying out a huge anti-terror operation in the area. in that raid they said was linked to the paris attacks on november 13th. one suspect was killed in those raids whilst two were on the run. now whether or not those suspects are the people involved this afternoon remains to be seen. >> obviously there have criticisms of french and belgium police for letting the suspect escape from paris. if this story is true -

a day of dramatic scenes in which he and fourth others were captured in the brussels suburb of mollenbeck. dramatic photographs were taken. loirs have announced lawyers have announced they will fight his extradition. he is in bruges prison. last night frenl forensic teams salah was the be logistics guy who planned much of the operation. he has told belgian inestigators that during the summer he traveled around europe the pick up other attackers. salah called a friend for hem, and that friend tipped off the police, passing on the cell number. border police watched out as his accomplices might try flee. in london, benjamin hall, fox news. >> in turkey, a suicide bombing attack killed at least five people and injured dozens of others. it happened on istanbul's main pedestrian shong street. there is shopping street. >> the united states is warning of the risk of zika virus in heads to that country. the cdc added cuba to its virus warning. obama administration says the virus isn't a factor in the president's travel decisions. he leaves sunday on a three day trip. the first trip by a sitting pr

salah abdeslam is in custody in the mollenbeck section of brussels. investigators believe the french national was part of a group that killed 130 people on november 13th in paris. abdeslam escaped in a car the next day. he is considered to be the european most wanted men. john terrett has the story. >> the most wanted salah abdeslam is in custody. one of three being taken into custody, a belgian politician quick to write the condition of his be associates, we got 'em. countries around the world who had helped including the united states. >> translator: hollande and i spoke with obama who gave us his encouragement and support in our quest against all forms of terrorism. obama asked me to thank all the security forces in our country. >> reporter: the arrest of salah abdeslam comes after fingerprints were found in a raid on a paris apartment. gun and bomb attacks killed 130 people, one of the alleged masterminds in the head of a huge manhunt. >> we have used them to assist the french and the bellians, as >> salah abdeslam has believed to have played a lo

. >> reporter: by the numbers, it appears that the mollenbeck neighborhood has been terrorist breeding ground. 80 are considered to have terrorist ties. this is a predominantly muslim neighborhood. suspects from this attack are all from that neighborhood. in fact, this is the same district where six people from last year's paris attack are from. including the known lone survivor, sallah abdeslam. that is not the only in europe. you could find the same in london, same in france. >> the concern is that there are even more terrorists and terrorist cells flying under the radar. >> let's get to what this means for d.c.'s response. police chief kathy lanier says the metropolitan police remain at high alert at all times. the police department is actively coordinating resources with federal law enforcement and homeland security agencies to maintain your safety. the public safety, right here in the district. well, tonight and during tomorrow morning rush. metro says we could see more k- 9s on the rails. >> metro police saying this is purely precaution. there are no known threats. have you notic

cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is live from mollenbeck, belgium.ting extradition. having a little problem with the shot there. how will that help his case, or will that have some influence here? >> reporter: well, it's not clear whether or not it will help his case. i mean, one of the things that he's truly trying to or not it will help his case. one thing he's trying to do is trying to delay the extradition. >> yeah that was my hope we wouldn't have that problem. i saw a couple flashes there. >> we'll try to get back to fred in a moment. let's go to tom fuentes. >> tom is with us. thank you so much. i'm wondering if he is talking abdeslam which may be a surprise to a lot of people. but if he's talking, how to interrogators continue to get him to open up to them and give them the information they are really looking for? >> well christi often this these kind of cases the individual wills talk because of their extreme huge e goes and narcissism. they want to be able to take credit for how great they were, the leadership skills t organizational skills