nicole linsilata, 7 news. >> anchor: okay, so why is terror such a high-risk in brussels? >> lynn: aside from its countryside and chocolate and beer, it's infamous as a recruiting ground for jihadi fighters. 7's diana diez with that. >> reporter: terror striking belgium without warning. the country saying that his untry is at war. 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 atta

team coverage begins with nicole linsilata, in the satellite center with the latest. nicole. >> reporter: we're learning that at least 31 are dead and nearly 200 are injured after the explosions. investigators are uncovering several clues, including a explplive device containing nails and a picture of the person that they feel is responsibility. for cover, a stroller left abandoned, and others huddled near their lugga. >> suddenly two or three hundred people went rushing from the security checkpoint to the gates. >> reporter: officials shut down the airport, but it was not over. an hour later, an explosion ripped through the maalbeek metro station. meet aftermath showed survivors struggling to escape in the dark, and outside, paramedics tried to save want dozens of wounded. >> it looks like war. it's unbelievable. it's really hard. i have almost 45 years of service, and it's the first time i see something so terrible. >> reporter: and now officials believe that they have a picture of the suicide bombers. the two men on the left, each wearing one glove on their left the

the former gop candidates having nicole linsilata is liv where the debate is being held. nicole? >> reporter: well, lynn, the candidates will be having their first walk through at the debate stage, making sure that it's okay, andndaking sure that the podiums are at the right height, all of that housekeeping sort of thing, is so we're waiting for that. but this is the last debate before the primary. let's go to the video,he last debate before tuesday's primary, but it's the primary that on the republican side could mean the winnowing of the field of candidates. as you heard by now/ marco rubio is struggling to reach donald trump in polls based here in florida, having a hard time to catch up with that frontrunner, and no a personal friend of his, conservative senator, mike lee of utah, is endorsing ted cruz. >> the time is finally at hand when we as republicans need to unite behind one leader. >> reporter: [ unintelligible ]. >> you know, everyone will have to make that choice. if senator rubio were asking me that, i would encourage him, and i do encourage him to get behind teted c

for now, reporting live in kendall, nicole linsilata, 7 news. >> lynn: thank you, nicole. and for everything that you need no know good the race, wsvn.com online. >> danielle: and other news, a crash and zash involving a police cruiser in miami. a black mercedes, accused of hitting a cruiser before it drove off. it happened before the 395 on ramp. the front end of that cruiser as you sigh, smashed. >>> a mother, 55-year-old deborah crossing her life at the hospital. she and her son were crossing the street on north dixie highway when they were hit by an suv. the mother and the 14-year-old were rushed to the hospital, along with thehe driver, who was treated and released. her son remains in critical condition. >> lynn: also this afternoon, an 18-year-old in bigig trouble. >> anchor: and the police say that what he did is not only sickening, but ghastly, and they helped to make the alarming arrest. 7's ann keil has the story. >> lynn:n:ll right, we're going to work on getting our contact with ann. and we'll have the story later on. >>> also tight on 7, the public getting rea

robbin simmons and nicole linsilata have the republican side. and we begin with nicole in west palm beach where trump is expected tonight, nicole? >> reporter: right now, we're on the lawn of mar lago, the mansion that donald trump has called home for quite a number of years. as far as his second home, his southern most home, though now it's a private club, and this is where he'll be to watch for the super tuesday returns. he was actually in columbus, ohio earlier this morning, and of course he had his usual brimming with self-confidence, that shows him way ahead of his challengers, marco rubio and ted cruz. but he started a more positive tone, arguing for unity. take a listen. >> we got to get people, somehow to work together, our country is so unbelievably divide. it's divided politically, it's divided among white and black, it's divided in so many ways. >> not that's what we have been hearing over the last few days, he has been embroiled in controversy where he deflected questions about an endorsement from the former grand wizard of the kkk, d

nicole linsilata has more on our top story. >> reporter: well, lynn, deputies say that this began with one driver cutting off another, and one of the drivers followed the other to his own driveway here to his own house, followed him home, and according to the deputies, that was the decision that would cost that man his life. >> just tell me why he did that to my son? whying? why? why did you do that? >> reporter: but the broward county sheriffs investigators before that they know why don william alvarez was shot to death. he and 28-year-old jack molino were involved in a road rage incident on sunday. and according to deputies, alvarez wouldn't let it go. and detectives have recovered surveillance video that was on a cellphone, the girlfriend's cellphone. she was in the car with her boyfriend when this was going on, and it shows them actively pursuing this individual. >> reporter: in front of bellino's home, bellino made it clear that he had a gun. >> he even asked someone nearby to call 9-1-1. he was clearly not the aggressor, based on the statements that have been taken, and the video

nicole linsilata, 7 news. >> lynn: all right, we're breaking in now to tell you about this developing story. you're looking at a live picture of president obama speaking live at an event in cuba, he had a meeting with raul castro a couple of hours ago, and now mr. obama is speaking at this event, about entrepreneurship and opportunities, let's listen. >> it's about entrepreneurship, ananself determination, the ability to forge your own future. even if you don't have much, just a suiui machine or a car, if you're willing to work hard, you're able to make your own way and improve your situation in life for the next generation. talented and driven, daring young people like so many of you ready to make your mark on the world. it's a a investment in the future, because as we have seen in america, business that's start small, even in a garage, can grow into some of the world's most successl companies, and change the way we work and live. that's the spirit of entrepreneurship, what we're couraging today. because cuba's economic future, it's ability to create jobs, and a growing middle class