police say it was khalid el bakraoui. his brother, ibrahim el bakraoui and authorities belief najim laachraoui, both wearing black, were at the airport. laachraoui thought to have built the brussels bombs has been on the run since the paris attacks. on the run, the subject of a huge manhunt. police are conducting raids across brussels raising questions did the men in the pictures act alone or are others out there? we have cnn's fred pleitgen with us. what are we learning here? >> reporter: we're learning from french and belgian media that there is a possibility of a second person involved in the metro bombing. the police already saying there is one person who was unaccounted for in the airport bombing. there were three people in the surveillance picture. one man in lighter clothes. he apparently is still on the run or unaccounted for. there may be additional people involved. now saying the same thing about the metro bombing. they are giving us additional information as to the bomb material and where the bomb material was

cnn found that interpol had a standing red notice on el bakraoui's brother, khalid el bakraoui saying belgium wanted him in connection with terrorism. were there intelligence failures? could the brussels attacks been prevented? joining us is cedric leighton. going back to this is new year's eve. when brussels canceled the new year's eve celebration and fireworks celebration because of the significant risk of a terror attacks. against that back drop, you have intelligence failures, it appears in the weeks and months of the past year that led directly to where we are today. they were on high alert, but so many of these dots were not connected, cedric. >> that's right, christine. good morning. the basic situation you have is with the terror attacks. they can attack anytime. what the belgian authorities did with the new year's celebration was try to be proactive about those particular events. that is clearly in retrospect a wise decision. the fact they canceled those events indicate they had some intelligence something would happen. they proceeded out of an abundance of caution to do that

the other 29-year-old ibrahim bakraoui. each wearing a single glove that could be hiding the bomb's triggers. the third man still at large. five minutes after that photo was taken, police say they detonated their suicide bombs in two separate explosions. the blasts tore through brussels airport, creating scenes of chaos and carnage. new images today of the aftermath. a soldier carrying a victim on his back to safety. while others lay injured and waiting for help. and many more fled for their lives. about an hour later, police say ibrahim's younger brother, 27-year-old khalid bakraoui, would explode his own bomb inside the molenbeak subway station. police believe all were part of a cell which includes abdeslam, who was arrested after four months of evading police. authorities now say that timing of yesterday's attack may have been triggered by that arrest. supported by a note found by authorities on the bakraoui, he wrote about being in a rush, no locker knowing what to do, being sought everywhere, spending the rest of his l

not just bakraoui. the bombmaker and the other brother that were interpol red notices on them. international alerts. warning of them. not to mention the fact they were associate with salah abdeslam, one of the main suspects from the paris terror attacks, the most wanted man in europe. that's four people the belgians should have been on the hunt for, yes? >> and you'd think you can perhaps forgive one thing falling through the cracks but as you say, quite staggering. you have to also wonder, too, what are the people who are not on their radar actually up to who may be connected with this cell? it's staggering, as you say. one of the red notices for khalid bakraoui was he was sought. and najim laachraoui brazenly involved in this attack. able to walk into an airport with that level of explosives. we still have this 15 kilograms, 40 pounds of device still inside that apartment. who was that intended for and who else was part of this cell and where are they? >> nick paton walsh, thanks so much. >>> the terr

in the case of el bakraoui, this is what happened. el bakraoui was actually not on any of these watch lists. he came into the country and started out by going to a resort town on the coast. a lot of people trying to join the fight in syria, especially if they are trying to join alongside isis do first try to pose as tourists because turkey has been cracking down. el bakraoui ended up where we are now in the city of gaziantep. one of the main transit hubs for anyone trying to get into the war zone. intelligence is closely monitoring individuals who come through here. we don't know what it was about el bakraoui's behavior that raised suspicious, but they were raised. they detained him and notified the netherlands because that is where he would be deported to as well as belgium. about what the turks firmly believed was his intent. to go and join isis on the battle field in syria. the netherlands say they were informed of the deportation, but not given the reason why. belgium acknowledging this is an intelligence failure on their part. sp

khalid and brahim el bakraoui now identified. fred pleitgen is live for us right now outside an apartment they were renting. fred? >> absolutely. one thing that's stunning to many people following this case, first of all you always seem to come back to the same sort of group of suspects and also that the police apparently had these two men who now conducted these suicide attacks at the airport in brussels cornered at one point in time. it was last tuesday that police went to check out the apartment or the building that you see behind me, going to an apartment in there. they believed that apartment was empty. that's the reason why they didn't go in there with heavy fire power or with a whole lot of police officers. instead of finding the empty apartment, they were met by fun fire. people opening fire with ak-47s, they were able to take out one of the people who then turned out to be one of the main plotters of the paris attack, someone who had been in contact with the paris attackers as they were conducting those attacks on novemb

el bakraoui picked up on suspicions on wanting to cross into syria. and according to turkey, joined isis. the turks say they took him in custody and notified the netherlands because that is where he would be deported as well as belgian authorities. they had this man in custody and they believed he was trying to join isis if not a member of isis already. now the netherlands were aware of the deportation, but did not know the reasons why. the belgians admitting this was an intelligence failure and a missed opportunity to assert a degree. turkey saying it was clear on both issues that it informed both belgium and the netherlands this was a dangerous man. this is something for the turkish authorities. they have been coming across criticism because of the porous borders between turkey and syria and the back and forth flow of foreign and other fighters. turkey is saying we are doing the best we can. we are providing europe with vital intelligence. it is europe not following up properly on its end because this is at least the third time that the turks provid

khalid bakraoui is shown here on the left. he carried out the bombing at the train station ab hour later. both brothers had ties to the paris terror attacks. authorities updated the death toll last hour too. it rises to 31 and the wounded rises to 271. we're covering all the angles to the investigation. let's begin with cnn's nima elbagir in brussels. that news conference was pretty surprising last hour. >> it was. it really broke down the detail. we're only just past the 24 hour mark. so there is a lot of information we had bln hearing earlier that now appears authorities had initially presumed but turned out to be incorrect. so let's break this down for everybody. 7:59 a.m. yesterday police believe when the first detonation happened. the first suicide bomber detonated. 37 seconds later the second bomb. then the third man, the one they are currently seeking, he left a bomb to be remote detonated and that horrifyingly seems to have had the largest amount of explosive. this was the bomb that was intended to cause the most damag

khalid el-bakraoui . if he is alive, it makes two suspects still at large. that adds urgency to the situation. the hunt continues for the man in the white jacket in this photo taken from the brussels airport. >> he left the bag and it contain the most important explosive charge . this bag exploded right after the arrival of the federal police and no one was hurt , fortunately. the man on the left was one of the suicide bombers. explosive used in tuesday's attack. investigators also found his dna on suicide vest used in november's attack in paris. the man in the middle is identified as one of the other suicide bombers , ibrahim el-bakraoui born in belgium. they found his will in a trashcan where he wrote about how fearful he was . >> he says he is in a rush and i'm sure what to do and hunted everywhere no longer safe. >> turkey's president says turkey actually supported ibrahim el-bakraoui because of suspicions that he was a foreign terrorist fighter the belgium could not identify link to terrorism so he remained free . his brother, khalid el-bakraoui was the

. >> one of the suicide bombers born inhim el bakraoui, brussels. the second on the left of the photo has not yet been identified. third suspect, wearing a light coat and a hat, is on the run. he dropped the last bag and then left before the explosions. catherine c.: the prosecutor also revealed it was tallied up accurately -- it was khalid el-bakraoui who -- where salaht flat abdeslam had been hiding. following a tip from a taxi a large police found cache of materials and insight into one of the attacker's minds. >> investigators found a computer containing the testimony of ibrahim el bakraoui, which declares, "i'm in a hurry. i no longer know what to do. i am being searched for everywhere. if it goes on, i will end up in a prison cell next to him." apparent c.: this, an reference to captured paris attack suspect salah abdeslam, thought to be linked to el-bakraoui. the country is keeping its terrorism threat level at its highest possible. theerine n.: for all latest, let's cross live to our correspondent in brussels. more raids today. police are tr

that suspect khalid el bakraoui. the other suspect is seen holding a large bag but it is also possible that he, like el bakraoui, did not survive that subway explosion. >> thanks so much. >>> new arrests in germany are being tied to the brussels attacks. i want to go live to brussels and cnn's senior international correspondent clarissa ward. clarissa, first tell us what else are you telling us about this suspect that is now in germany? >> reporter: well, as you just heard there from brian, police found these two text messages on his phone. one of them mentioning the name of the subway bomber, khalid el bakraoui, the other one saying simply end. that was three minutes, three minutes before the metro bombing attack. now, we're learning a little bit more about how police found this man, though. reportedly this was a random check at a train station in germany. the man aroused some suspicion with his behavior. when they went and looked at his passport, they found that there was a ban for him on traveling freely inside th

three days later, but the apartment may have also linked him with the bakraoui brothers. the ammunition raised fears that another attack could be imminent. but less than a week later, before they were found or stopped, the two brothers carried out their deadly plan. and a laptop computer discovered by police yesterday, ibrahim el bakraoui wrote that he didn't know what to do and feared he'd end up in a prison cell. connecting the dots in a case like this one is not easy work, especially when the belgian intelligence service has been criticized as underfunded and understaffed. meanwhile, scott, by some estimates belgium has the highest per capita number of fighters that have joined extremist groups in syria amongst all western european countries. >> pelley: holly williams in brussels tonight. holly, thanks. yesterday, and vladimir duthiers has learned more about them. >> reporter: late this afternoon sheila shults of odessa, florida, was still awaiting news of the fate of her son and daughter-in-law. >> i've been hoping that my son would ring and justin or stephanie would

they say brahim el-bakraoui was apprehended in the month of june. the warring sides in yemen have agreed to a ceasefire in a little over two weeks time. the u.n. is warning this could be a final chance to end the conflict. plans are underway to repatriate more somali refugees in kenya. 12,000 have gone home so far as part of a voluntary program run by the u.n. which started in 2014. another 50,000 are to be sent to somalia this year. more than 300,000 remain in camps in eastern kenya. al jazeera's catherine soi is in the camp joining us live. >> reporter: i'm in one of the five camps here. as you can imagine, the unfortunate situation where we have refugee camps, the leading conditions here are deplorable. it really depends on who you talk to when it comes to repatriation. most people have been here, the refugees who were born here. there are three/four generations here. they will tell you that there is nothing left to go back to in somalia, that they have built their lives here. they're still concerned about the security situation. the people who a

the man in the center is identified as ibrahim el bakraoui. yesterday, the belgian police found a will of sorts left behind on a computer in the brussels trash can. el bakraoui had written that he needed to rush and no longer felt safe. meanwhile, officials say the man standing next to him in the picture is najim laachraoui believed to be a bomb maker. belgian and u.s. officials say he's certain he died at the airport based on dna there. khalid el bakraoui was the suicide bomber who attacked the brussels subway and that information comes as a senior u.s. counterterrorism officials says that the brothers helped facilitate the attacks in paris last november. as we mentioned a massive manhunt is still under way for the third man in the surveillance video. he has yet to be identified by police. joining us from brussels, nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing. good day to you. new evidence suggests there may have been more attacks to come. >> reporter: that's right, alex. they went to this house where essentially it was a bomb making fa

belgian prosecutors identified this man, ibrahim bakraoui as a suicide bomber, a u.s. official said the man standing next to him was najim laachraoui, the bomb-maker, who also blew up in the attack. bakraoui's brother, officials say, also died in the suicide attack on the brussels subway, and right now an urgent manhunt is still under way for at least one more suspect. now nbc news is learning from u.s. intelligence officials it all goes right back to the paris attacks four months ago. brussels was the work of the same cell reborn. it unfolded like this. back in paris amid the shootings and bombings, one of the attackers, salam abdeslam got away and made it to belgium where a senior u.s. official said abdeslam rebuilt what was left of the cell and started to plan for new atrocities. u.s. officials tell nbc newsha at the airport attack weighed as much as 44 pounds each and belgian authorities today uncovered a huge stockpile of explosives the terrorists left behind. what does that say to you about what they found? >> we found detonators and materiel to produce detonator

khalid el-bakraoui was killed at the subway station. police are looking for the suspect you see dressed in white photographed with the other two airport suicide bombers and say they are now looking for a second person who they believe assisted in the bombing of the subway station. the attacks in brussels killed 31, injured 300 others. terror investigators say isis trained at least 400, possibly as many as 600 fighters to carry out attacks throughout europe. terrorist suspect salah abdeslam says he did not know about the bombings in brussels. abdeslam was arrested last friday in brussels for possible role in the november paris attacks that killed 130 people. at an extradition lawyering abdeslam's lawyer said his client wants to be extradited to france as soon as possible to stand trial. he planned to fight extradition but he changed his mind so he can explain himself. extradition hearing will resume april 7th. ashley: i'm not sure the people of france want to hear what he has to say. thank you very much. >>> one day before the brussels a

the man in the middle, 29-year-old ibrahim el bakraoui. and we now know, his 27-year-old brother, khalid, carried out the deadly subway attack later that day. this morning, prosecutors revealing that both brothers, born in belgium, had extensive criminal histories, but they also said this, "not tied," he said, to terrorism. but tonight, we're learning that's not true. that both brothers had terror connections. in fact, last june, interpol, the world police organization, sent a worldwide alert about khalid elle bak khalid el bakraoui, saying he was wanted in belgium. the charge? terrorism. and today, turkey's president said the other brother, ibrahim, was caught on the syrian border, that belgian authorities were warned that he was, quote, a foreign fighter. tuesday, the three suspected airport attackers headed out on their mission from this nondescript building in a brussels suburb. this is where the attackers were picked up early yesterday morning to go to the airport, right outside this apartment building, loading their three bags full o

ibrahim el bakraoui, in the middle, blew himself up at the airport, while his younger brother, khalid, detonated his explosives on the subway train. both brothers had criminal histories, but weren't on the radar of counter-terrorism police. the man in the hat who got away left behind a bomb in his luggage. had it gone off, police said it would have been the largest of the three. raids continued throughout the pty. osivturned up 33 pounds of high explosives as well as detonators, a suitcase full of nails and screws, and an isis flag. amidst the anger, belgium was also a nation in mourning. at midday, silence fell across the capital, a tribute to the lives lost but also in solidarity. like brussels' resident marijke calsius. >> i'm sad for the world the way it is right now. bed it's only beginning. it was france, turkey-- it's all over the world. and now brussels. it's never-ending. that scares me. >> reporter: "it hurts t heart," said sadia hanif. "we're very sorry for what happened." as night fell tonight, crowds grew, ignoring warnings to avoid large gatherings, a show of defiance. n

investigators identified the two brothers as khalid and brahim bakraoui.he iss cell that carried out last november's attacks in paris. in politics, donald trump at the winner take all state of arizona collecting 58 gop delegates. trump wins by a wide margin. he gets 47.1% of texas senator ted cruz had 24 points 7%. cruise speeds trump in utah. he gets a whopping 69% of trump has 14.2%. ohio governor john kasich c. 16.8%. the delegates of the majority take all caucuses. let's are new to the democratic side. nearly clinton when he was 67.7%. bernie sanders gets 39.8%. 79.2%. clinton received 20.4% there. sanders also went idaho gets 78% clinton has 21.2%. in the markets, let's check at u.s. stock market futures this morning. see dow futures are down one. p and nasdaq just pulling out like a period again a shortened trading week. friday close. lauren: investor showing it certain numbness to the terror attacks and resilience at the same time. the u.s. state department issued a travel alert to avoid crowded places and exercise extra caution. let's bring in garr

the third was brahim el-bakraoui. he had been deported from turkey after being caught at the border last june but was released due to a lack of evidence. his brother, khalid el-bakraoui is believed to carry out the bombing at the station. he was also a paris suspect. one brahim el-bakraoui had been arrested in turkey last year. he was picked up close to the border with syria. the turkish president said he had been deported back to europe and officials there had been warned. >> translation: one of the brussels attackers was caught in gazian gazianteep in june 2014. he was released. despite our warnings that this person is a foreign fighters year, they couldn't establish a terrorism link >>> the man police say is a key suspect salah abdeslam is the subject of a court hearing in brussels. the session will relate to his continued detention. salah abdeslam was born in belgium but has french nationality. he was arrested last week. the authorities have called for his extradition. as far as his legal team is concerned, what i

as you said, the police did indeed raid homes of both the bakraoui brothers. they told us today they raided those homes yesterday. there was one raid where we were actually on hand, and watched that happen. and a bunch of police officers went into that house, and called forensic teams in and got a lot of things out of an apartment. seemed to us as though it was paper bags with what could have been evidence. now, what the police says today is that the searches in those houses proved to be what they say inconclusive. so it's not exactly clear what that means, what exactly they found there. whether or not that would give them any hints as to who else might be out there. meanwhile, the search does continue for those two other people. both of them appear to have been spotted on cctv cameras, one at the airport, one in the metro station. we have seen throughout brussels today a flurry of police activity. there were several raids that happened in various parts of the city. so far, there is no indication that anybody has been taken into custody on the this day. but, o

isis bomb-maker ibrahim el bakraoui, khalid el bakraoui and another unidentified man, najim laachraoui. they say video from the metro station shows a man holding a large bag at the station. but no one knows whether he survived the blast or not. the interior minister offered to resign saying one of the terrorists ibrahim el bakraoui was detained last week in turkey before he was deported to europe before he was set free. el bakraoui was stensed to nine years in prison by a brussels court in 2010 for opening fire on police officers after a robbery but he didn't serve much of the time. >> people ask how is it possible someone was released early and we missed a chance when he was in turkey to detain him? i offered my resignation to the prime minister but he asked me to stay given the situation and the conditions we are in. scott: meanwhile paris attack suspect salah abdeslam who is involved in the planning and the setup for the brussels attack is no longer cooperating with belgian police. abdeslam's lawyers says he want to be extradited to france as soon as possible. >> the explanation he

the second brother, khalid el bakraoui, came here to carry out his suicide attack, in the shadow of the offices of the european union, making his way through commuters to detonate his explosives. he stepped into this subway car, metal. surviving passengers climbing out into the darkness. hours later, police teams descend on the terrorists' safehouse. forensics investigators in white suits dusting for fingerprints, carrying out evidence. and in a garbage can on the same street, a dramatic discovery -- the discarded computer of airport bomber ibrahim elle bakraoui. and on it, a final, desperate message. the terrorists writing about, quote, being in a rush. no longer knowing what to do, being sought everywhere, no longer being safe. and worrying about spending the rest of his life in a jail cell. so, david, it appears from this message that the attackers believed that the net was tightening around them. that the authorities were closing in, and that they had to act now to pull off these horrific attacks. david? >> alex marquardt leading us off. alex, thank you. and with that discovery, tha

brothers and belgian nationals, ibrahim and cla reed bakraoui. the suicide bomber on the left has not yet been publicly identified and the unidentified man on the right dropped off a large bag of explosives before fleeing. >> translator: his bag had the strongest explosives. a few moments after the bomb squad arrived at the scene, the bag exploded. fortunately, no one was hurt by that bomb. >> reporter: an hour after ibrahim el bakraoui said off his bomb at the airport, his brother, khalid, detonated his bomb at a metro station in brussels. the taxi driver who drove the three to the airport led police to the brussels residence where he picked them up. inside, investigators found bomb-making materials, including as tone and hydrogen peroxide, detonators, a suitcase full of nails and screws and 33 pounds of the explosive called tatp, enough to make multiple bombs. in a trash can on the street nearby investigators found a laptop. on it, messages from ibrahim before the attack stating he was, quote, in a rush and if he takes too long, he will end up

khalid bakraoui, suicide bomber who targeted the subway.becoming convinced that the attacks were carried out by the same network of isis operatives that conducted last fall's attacks in paris, france. last hour, while in argentina, president obama took on senator ted cruz who suggested law enforcement should, quote, patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods. >> as far as the notion of having surveillance of neighborhoods where muslims are present i just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance, which by the way, the father of senator cruz escaped for america, the land of the free. the notion that we would start down that slippery slope makes absolutely no sense. >> cruz responded in a news conference moments ago and we've learned that secretary of state john ker will visit bellium on friday to offer condolences. death toll in brussels 31, 270 wounded including a dozen americans. one survivor spoke to matt lauer and described how difficult it will be to return to the airport to fly home to the states. >> i mean i am

el bakraoui requested to be sent to the netherlands in july of 2013. he returned to turk in august and was deport ad second time. turkish president erdogan said authorities in brussels ignored a warning that el bakraoui was a militant. they did know about his brothers challenge lead's criminal past. khalid el bakraoui was subject of international arrest warrant linked to the tear paris terror attacks. he was killed at the brussels subway station. police are looking for a suspect dressed in the white photographed with two suicide bombers. they're looking for second person who they believe assisted in the bombing of the metro station in brussels. the attacks in brussels killed 31 people, injured 31 others. terror officials say isis trained 400, possibly as many as 600 fighters to carry out attacks in europe. regarding terror attacks in europe. terror suspect salah abdeslam said he did know about the bombings in brussels. he was arrests last friday about his possible role in the paris attacks that killed 131 people. at a extradition hearing his lawyer tol

just last year, turkey deported ibrahim el bakraoui.amela brown ioutfront breaking a lot of this news. here we are with another horrific attack and missed signs yet again. >> it is disturbing when you hear from turkish authorities yesterday said they deported ibrahim el bakraoui to brussels. then you have his brother, khalid, who blew himself up at the metro station. there was an interpol red notice issued for him just this year for terrorism charges. today, the belgian prosecutor came out and said all they knew where are that the brothers were linked to violent crimes, not terrorism. erin, clearly there is a disconnect here with the information flow. >> it certainly is. all right. thank you very much. and i want to bring in theolenb. thank you so much for being with us tonight. terrible time for you as a citizen of brussels. one of the men involved in these horrible attacks here in brussels was deported from turkey. they told the belgians, they said watch out for him. they flagged him. he came back to brussels. did any belgian authorit

khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui. one of them was involved in a suicide bombing at the airport and the other involved in the suicide bombing in the metro. now, we also had some more information about exactly how things went down at the airport. according to the prosecutor, at 7:59, the first explosion ran out -- rang out. a mere 37 seconds later, the second explosion rang out. one of those bombers yet to be identified, one of them we know, is ibrahim el bakraoui and a lack top was found dumped in a trash can and on that laptop, a will from ibrahim el bakraoui explaining that he needed or felt the need to hurry up with these attacks because he didn't want to end up in jail with him. with him, possibly a reference to salah abdeslam. he was captured here in a raid last friday. now, we do know, kate -- it's a lot of moving parts and it's a lot for our viewers to piece together but there's a definitive link between the paris attacks and the belgium attacks. we know the house where salah abdeslam was living or hunkered down

now, ibrahim el bakraoui. let me get to him because there's a new development that turkish officials say he was initially flagged and actually detained in turkey. he was stopped there back in june and detained for a month and then was deported to holland, where el bakraoui asked to be deported to. and ultimately came back to belgium. and turkish officials alerted belgium officials that he was released but turkish authorities say it appears those warnings were ignored. we have not heard any comment from belgium officials about that. but clearly, he was here. as i said he carried out one of the two suicide attacks at the airport. and officials have confirmed that he and his brother khalid, again, the other bomber in the metro suicide attack, were already on their radar. they had criminal backgrounds and histories here. >> john, we know there's a sense that they sped everything up because of the arrest last week. we also know they found a laptop outside the apartment. >> reporter: yes. >> do you know what was on

pictured next to him khalid el bakraoui and brahim el bakraoui. suicide bombers who triggered the deadly blast. he is believed to be the bomb maker in the paris attacks. his younger brother khalid el bakraoui detonated a bomb at the brussels subway station on tuesday. >> we will not be intimidated. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry in brussels this afternoon with belgium's prime minister pledging support. >> we will come back with greater resolve and greater strength. we will not rest until we have eliminated your beliefs and cowardess from the face of this earth. >> reporter: his visit happening as u.s. officials confirm that brother and sister were both killed in the airport. siblings were on the phone with their mother when the bombs went off. belgium officials lowered their terror threat level yesterday but say another attack is likely. in addition to his meeting with the belgium prime minister, john kerry is also meeting with european leaders to discuss security in the wake of the attacks. >>> christians around the world are celebrat

laachraoui is the suspected bombmaker in the paris attack and bakraoui masterminded it.france and connected where the bakraoui brothers, and all they men dead natured suicide bombs in brussels. now, one of the bakraoui brothers recommended an apartment that was raided last week leading to the arrest of paris attacker salah abdeslam which happened on friday. this morning, salah abdeslam's torn said he will not fight extradition to france. >> if you have a flight from sfo, you will see more of this, increased security around so the targets at the airport chilling lobby areas and check in counters and baggage claims. visitsers coming in from europe say they are on edge. >> the second time now in a area we had attacks in paris and now netherlands and a minor attack in germany sow wonder how safe is europe? >> the state department is everyone watching members that attacks in europe are likely not over. >> we know a lot of you are showing support further people of brussels by sharing this image on facebook. stay with abc for continue coverage of brussels under attack. you can

ibrahim el bakraoui, the other suicide bomber at the airport.turkey last june and deported. and his brother khalid who detonated the bomb at the metro station. belgi belgium's interior minister offered to resign admitting that belgian authorities missed an opportunity to stop ibrahim el bakraoui after he was arrested in turkey last june and deported. >> i think it is justified that people ask how it is possible that someone was released early and we missed the chance when he was in turkey to detain him. >> reporter: belgian officials say they believe el bakraoui's brother khalid used a fank i.d. to rent a safehouse where some attackers hid out and where police arrested salah abdeslam. after police discovered abdeslam's hiding place last week, investigators believe the second team, including suspected bombmaker najim laachraoui accelerated their time table. they believe it consisted of the el bakraoui brothers and at least two others on the run. >>> let's bring in clarissa ward. she's in brussels. we're getting some new information about an ongoi

bakraoui. the prosecutor saying that khalid el bakraoui had set up a house, a safe house for the paris attackers. there's the paris connection there, and he set it up with a fake i.d. that the authorities were not able to find him. they said, the prosecutors say that they -- that he had been -- that there was a warrant for his arrest in december, and that he has not -- had not been caught before this attack. again, this idea of authorities trying to catch these people but they're slipping through the net. back to you. >> absolutely right. a fuller picture of who these people are, their backgrounds and threat, but obviously not on time. and the man hunt is still underway for the two unidentified people directly linked to the attack. chris, thank you so much. we continue to watch there. chris is on the ground for us. also new, u.s. officials are helping with the investigation, sources say they believe the brussels attacks may be linked to isis leadership in syria. they also think the bombings sho

nbc news has confirmed that two of the suicide bombers khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui were brothers and one remains at large, laachraoui. but first, witness accounts are shedding more light on yesterday's wave of coordinated terror attacks in brussels. here's what we know so far, at least 31 people are dead, 260 wounded. according to authorities 11 people died after two explosions went off at the brussels airport shortly after 8:00 a.m. local time. >> turned immediately opaque and there was dust and debris and there was a smell. then the other uncomfortable fact of being surrounded by suitcases that had been abandoned and, you know, wondering are they full of clothes or full of something else? >> at least 20 people were killed in the maalbeek metro station. belgian fire and rescue services say more than 200 people were injured in the series of explosions including 30 who were critically wounded. isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks. right now, there is reinforced security throughout brussels, but belgian media report that life will get back to normal quickly with no lockdowns

bakraoui's younger brother, khalid also dead after carrying out the subway bombing. prosecutors claim both had ex- extendsive criminal records. one of them emily eisenman's boyfriend. >> i want to know if he is okay, that i'll see him again and that his family will see him again. >> reporter: but for some american families a sigh of relief. gaten powell was told her stepson was found. he is said to have no memory of what took place. >> it's over, it's like whew. >> reporter: justice ministers will hold an emergency meeting in brussels later today and secretary of state john kerry arrives here tomorrow. reena, kendis. >> molly, what do we know about that moment when a bomb didn't go off? >> reporter: the city prosecutor said that moment, that airport attack could have been much deadlier. that man in white we see in the surveillance video actually brought in the most powerful bomb into the airport, 35 pounds and it didn't detonate until the >> molly, we're also learning about a mix-up with the attackers' taxi prevented them from bringing more powerful bombs. >> reporte

the other brahim el-bakraoui also died. he had been deported from turkey after being detained at the syrian turkish border last june. he was released due to lack of evidence. his brother khalid el-bakraoui is believed to have carried outlet suicide bombing at the metro. he was also a paris suspect. dominic, what are we expecting to happen today? >> reporter: we were expecting that salah abdeslam, who is being held in the maximum security prison, would make an appearance today at court here in brussels for the start of proceedings against him here. it ourns out that that is not going to happen. we understand that his lawyer appealed for a two-week post opponent and that was granted. we understand that salah abdeslam has, according to his lawyer, refused to coordinate with investigators since tuesday's events which sheds more light on the situation regarding his detention and regarding him clearly. insofar as other things that are happening in brussels today, we know that there will be a meeting of the e.u.'s interior and jus

the two brothers, el bakraoui. despite this, they've woken up to a fairly normal functioning ty.audio, thank you very much. claudio lavanga, who is outside the brussels airport, which remains closed this morning. >>> the world is responding in solidarity to the attacks in brussels. buildings from cities from paris to dubai are lit up in the colors of the belgian flag. we have some great imannages fo you here. thousands of people are tweeting the phrase that first emerged after the "charlie hebdo" attacks. we saw it in paris as well back in november. >> we did indeed. facebook ran a program that asked users to live in brussels to check in as safe. the site then shares their status and locations with friends. vigils overnight in brussels. people writing messages of hope in chalk on the sidewalk. lots of outpouring of love and solidarity for the people of belgium. >>> when with e come back, today's must reads, discussing the implications of the brussels attacks. some really smart commentary this morning. "worldwide exchange" will be right back with that. cathy's gotten used to the s

one attacker, this guy the third man in the surveillance picture seen standing next to ibrahim el bakraoui and laachraoui. the news organizations agreed to blur the face and the brother said he was sad and overwhelmed and that no one in his family had herd from najim since he left for syria in 2013. that the family actually warned police when they learned he was in syria. the brother added that he never saw najim involved with any suspects in the attacks. >>> meanwhile, u.s. officials are saying that the names of the two brothers in the brussels bombings had been listed as potential terror threats before this week's attacks. belgian authorities said that khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui were only known to them as their past criminal behavior and not as terrorists. there's mounting criticism over the failure to prevent the attacks and they came under increased scrutiny after turkey said on wednesday it had deported ibrahim el bakraoui last year and warned belgium he was a militant. however, prime minister michel has asked both to stay on. >>> let's bring in chris jansing joining us live from

ibrahim el bakraoui at the airport. he's the man in the middle. khalid exploding his bomb in this subway car. sending terrified passengers scrambling out into the darkness. tonight, belgium's justice minister admitting they ignored a warning that may have prevented the attacks. both brothers had known terror connections. khalid, the subject of an international arrest warrant for his ties to the paris attacks. and ibrahim deported from turkey last year. turkish officials saying they warned belgium he was a, quote, "foreign terrorist fighter." there's an all-out manhunt for two other surviving terrorists still thought to be on the loose. the man in the black hat from that airport surveillance image. and now, another man, seen in the metro just before the bombing. the second suspect was spotted by a surveillance camera, which are all over the metro system like the one right here. he was seen on the platform with the suicide bomber, khalid el bakraoui, who then got on a train and detonated his explosives as it pulled away. tonight, police setting up r

@their names, khalid and brahim @el-bakraoui. @they blew themselves up. @the hunt continues for the lone @survivor. @belgium media has named him and @security cameras show the men @pushing luggage carts in the @area believed to have contained @the bombs. @a house raid showed chemicals @to make more bombs and an isis @flag. @the airport, and they had great @difficulty getting their heavy @bags out of the car. @they led police to the car @where is the explosive @materials with found. @three explosions, two at the @airport north of town and later @another bomb detonating near @the european headquarters at a @train station. @isis is claiming responsibility @for all three explosions taking @at least 34 lives and injuring @close to 200 others. @so far right now, they're @continuing to look for people @out there. @vigils all along the night and @different areas, different @cities across the country. @this marks the deadliest day in @brussels since world war ii. @john? @>> and we've reached out to see @how our local airports are @reacting. @the canton airport ann

in the center is ibrahim el bakraoui. he is dead. his brother blew himself up later at the metro station, taking 20 people with them. police knew of the bakraoui brothers. they had heavy rap sheets. tip from cab driver led to a tip in a neighborhood heavily populated with immigrants. they found bomb-making components, blasting caps, shrapnel. 33 pounds of a homemade explosive. they found computer from ibrahim el bakraoui that he felt police were on to him and he needed to facts. the turkish president, tayip erdogan, that his government deported bakraoui to the netherlands. they warned dutch authorities that he radicalized and he was dangerous. deirdre? deirdre: thank you so much. mike tobin joining us there from brussels. there are reports that the islamic state has dispatched hundreds of fighters trained to attack in europe. with me now the president of the american islamic forum for democracy, dr. zuhdi jasser. dr. jasser, thanks as always for being with us. >> sure. deirdre: what do you make of this basic strategy which is to atta

this comes as they raided the apartment of ibrahim and khaled el bakraoui. they uncovered hours of secret surveillance they took of an official as home. they believe these types of terror plots are all too common. >> there's another plot where they are looking at breaking into a nuclear facility to steal radioactive material. in my book i talk about the use of radioactive material being brought across in the western hemisphere across the u.s. mexico border and a dirty bomb explosion going off in the houston shipping channel. these are real situations we need to look at. >> they featured images of the aftermath. they have the frontrunner calling brussel a horror show. >>> they warn of more isis attacks in europe and the west. >> president obama still under fire for being to a baseball game and doing the tango as the terror attacks rocked the world. >> they say it is not about the optics. it is a much bigger issue. oh oo i am less concerned about the fact that he was dancing in argentina than i am about the fact that we are losing the war in radical islamism.