clarissa beat the odds. when she was younger, she says, her father was behind bars while her mother struggled with alcohol. she also says a family member abused her. >> i was raped and yes, i was molested as a young child. some people have the story that i was raped, and now i'm tough and i box. no, that's not it. me being raped has nothing to do with why i box. >> what do you want to define you, then? what defines you? >> overcoming my obstacle. resilience is the word. it doesn't matter what your father or mother is. they're not you. i haven't had the worst parents, but they're pretty close, i think. you know, thank god, you know, that he blessed them to change, but as a young child i think the more things that go you through it builds character. >> here you had this dream of going to the olympics, getting a gold medal. sometimes success scares people and self-sabotages. was there a time when you were afraid of winning gold? >> yes, i was afraid of winning gold the last match. i knew i could beat the girl b

i want to get your reaction to clarissa's amazing reporting on the ground.een some of this work. but it's an awful situation over there. how much blame do you put on the russians right now? >> well, first of all, i do want to commend clarissa for the excellent reporting. it was a very compelling piece, and i have watched it now several times. and it just is heart-wrenching to watch this, and certainly very gripping. i would tell you that we have been long saying that the russian military presence in syria was designed to bolster to strengthen their hand against the opposition. and in clarissa's report, you can see the effect that that kind of activity had continued to have in terms of helping the assad regime stay in power and to try to push back on the opposition. now since the cessation, i will say that russian air strikes are being directed against dash, against isil, against the terrorist groups. and they have been meeting their obligations under the cessation of hostilities. but no question about it, that their military activity over the last several mo

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i'll speak with clarissa in a moment. reporter: moving through rebel-held northern syria is difficult and dangerous. as foreign journalists in area with a strong jihadist presence, we had to travel undercover to see a war few outsiders have witnessed. the city of idlib is the only provincial capital under rebel control. this was the courthouse until it was hit by an air strike in december. dozens were killed. this 40-year-old told us he was inside the building when it was hit. his arm was smashed but he was lucky to survive. >> translator: the russian planes target anything that works in the interest of the people. the goal is that people here live a destroyed life, that people never see any good, that they never taste life. this is the tax of living in a liberated area. >> reporter: an hour later, we saw that tax for ourselves while filming in a town nearby. we heard the scream of fighter jets overhead. moments later, a hit. there was just an air strike here in the town so we're driving very quickly. it's not clear what

nick paton walsh and clarissa ward, excellent reporting. thanks for watching.ews continues next on cnn. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world as we're going to continue on this significant breaking news here we're learning. russian president vladimir putin has ordered some troops to withdraw from syria. this is specifically coming from russian state media. let me begin our coverage this hour with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and also nick paton walsh on the phone with me from beirut, our senior international correspondent there. barbara, to you first here, i have a note that putin said they have achieved their goalsn

is clarissa ward, just now joining me, so nice to see you. talk about the timing of all this. she's sayinging what does this mean militarily on the ground in syria, but also what about the syrians? your response to this? >> i'm gob smacked, to be honest. especially that the russian president is marketing this as the task has been completed, because the stated goal has always been, of the russians, that they're trying to defeat the terrorists and essentially bolster president bashar al assad. >> the terrorists have not been defeated. >> isis still has large swaths of territory. they've not been the hardest hit by the russian bombardment. it's mainly been various islamist groups and a lot of civilian infrastructure that has born the lion's share of the russian bombardment. an important point, which is this is a question of semantics. what exactly does president putin mean when he says pulling back ground forces, some troops? does this mean an end to the

clarissa, thanks very much. clarissa ward, doing an excellent job for all of us, appreciate it.ve look behind rebel lines, visit cnn.com/syria. >>> that's it for me. i'll be back, 5:00 p.m. eastern, in "the situation room." start of our special coverage of super tuesday here in the united states. the news continues next on cnn. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you're watching cnn special coverage of super tuesday elections, round three. we are in the midst of the most consequential day in the presidential election thus far. after the tallies come in together, there could be fewer republicans running for president. one republican, donald trump, may become the undisputed presumed nominee if he wins ohio and florida. mr. trump has already gotten off to a winning start, taking all nine

here's part of what he shared. >> i saw clarissa's piece.that footage. there's no question that it resulted in just horrific violence and the death and injury of so many innocent people. there's no way you can't look at a report like that and not feel it in your gut. we have been saying for a long time, since russia started ramping up their military activity, this it was absolutely unacceptable to be going after groups other than those of daesh and al neusra. >> the city aleppo, this hustling bustling commercial hub of syria, had truly been bombed for the past four years. >> that's right, there were four years of bombing from the assad regime before the russian intervention. so one can't blame russia solely. certainly it's fair to say the scale and the intensity of the firepower they brought to the fire has really been born out in that devastation you saw. >> we're looking at the picture. it's like 21st century ruins. whereas, just years ago, this was a major international commercial hub. >> this is what's so heartbreaking. most people will

clarissa ward is with us now. clarissa, what are you learning about the search for that person? >> reporter: well, john, earlier we heard from belgium's prosecutor that there are still a number of people at large. these people may be armed, they may be dangerous. among them, the primary focus of the manhunt is, as you said, the man on the right in that surveillance video. he is particularly distinctive because he is wearing a light jacket, he is wearing a cap an glasses. you also might notice he is the only one of the three of them who is not wearing one glove. authorities believe that glove may have been used to conceal a detonator. we know that in his suitcase, which did not explode, there was a particularly large bomb, larger than the explosives that were in the other two suitcases of the two suicide bombers. it's not clear yet did he get cold feet, did the bomb not go off? authorities arrived on the scene afterwards and were able to do a controlled detonation so the explosives did not actually harm anyone. but at this stage we still don't know where that man is. there are a

clarissa?ne of the most alarming things we've heard about is the number of hospitals, courthouses, even schools that have been targeted. we went to see some of them for ourselves. take a look. it is an all too common sight in rebel-held parts of syria. the moments after an air strike. dazed survivors stagger from the rubble. those still trapped call out for help. the target this time, the courthouse in idlib city. activists say the bombs were russian. when rebels took the provincial capital of idlib, they saw it as a crucial opportunity to demonstrate that they could build their own state. they believe that's exactly why the russians bombed this courthouse, to undermine that effort. any civilian infrastructure is a potential target, including hospitals. last month, four were hit in a single day. o one was supported by doctors without borders. this is what remains of it now. at least 25 people were killed. this doctor was the general manager. he told us that russian and regime forces target hosp

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clarissa ward, cnn, syria. >>> part two of clarissa ward's exclusive reporting from inside syria is coming up tomorrow. join us as she goes down the only rble-controlled road leading into aleppo. it's a lifeline to people who still call the city home. >> reporter: the scale of the destruction is breathtaking. stretching on and on. entire residential neighborhoods reduced to rubble. still, we found pockets of life among the devastation. >> translator: should we leave our country and go to another country? no. this is our country. and we will remain in this until we die. >> now, if you can't wait until tomorrow, you can find more from this exclusive journey on our special web page at cnn.com/syria there are blogs written by clarissa and a special 360-degree look at aleppo. this is all part of our exclusive coverage inside syria behind rebel lines. all week on cnn. >>> now the democratic presidential candidates fielded questions at a town hall sunday night. but many of their answers involved one republican. >>> plus, india is the world's foremost tea producer, but as a project discovered, the

clarissa, thanks so much. we appreciate it. let's get over to senior international correspondent fred pleitgen live from the most recent raid location in brussels. fred, what's happening there right now? >> reporter: well, what happened here, kate, overnight is that there was a major raid that went on by the authorities here. it involved several police helicopters. it involved a lot of police operatives as well. and what they uncovered here is exactly what clarissa was talking about. they uncovered 15 kilograms, about 30 pounds of tatp explosive, which is very powerful stuff. they also uncovered screws and an isis flag here. it was interesting because we were here throughout almost the entire night as this operation was going on. and you could see the police officers go in and out and explosive ordinance disposal crews going into this place and now we know why. it's because they had all of these explosives still here on hand. it was interesting what clarissa was saying about that laptop that was found which allegedly had what t

clarissa. >> reporter: that's right, michaela. it has been a busy weekend for authorities here. 13 raids, 9 people detained. some of them have been released. we are learning today three people are being charged with -- let me get the exact charge for you. participation in the activities of a terrorist group. those are some pretty serious charges. we don't know yet if they are related specifically to the paris or brussels attack. the main focus appears to be a man that belgian authorities are only referring to as fizalc. we don't know specifically yet what his role was. the death toll has risen to 35. we know that there are four americans among the dead. only two of whom have been identified. they are justin and stephanie shults of tennessee. they were taking her mother who was flying out of belgium that day. meanwhile, here things were quite tense. there was a big memorial going on behind him marched upon by 300 far right-wing nationalists. protesters were chanting anti-immigrant chants. it became very tense. police had to be brou

clarissa ward is in brussels for us.ell us what's you are learning about the man believed to be the bombmaker. >> wolf, what we're trying to ascertain at this stage is was he the sole bombmaker, the man responsible for putting together the explosives both in the paris attacks and here in these brussels attacks? or is he one of several bombmakers? are these bomb-making skills now more readily available to these young isis recruits? but here's what we know about najim laachraoui. 24 years old. born in morocco. known to have traveled to syria, wolf, in 2013, meaning he was definitely on the radar of authorities. there was an interpol red alert out for him in that red alert, it details he was believed to have involvement with terrorist organizations, that he was believed to have expertise in terms of dealing with explosives. and we know he was very closely involved with the paris attacks because his dna was found at the scene of one of these bomb-making factories. in addition to that, we know that he was wiring money at a we

nick paton walsh and clarissa ward. we saw a flurry of activity, people going in and out of that building. any sense of what's going on? >> i think i just saw two individuals coming out carrying a pelican case that normally carries forensic equipment. one wearing light white staff vest of some kind of body armor. went out and came back in again a minute later. the door answered by a man clearly head to toe forensic gear. this is a lengthy forensic investigation. folks on the top floor where the curtains have now been drawn and it looks like those men have returned to the third floor now. >> and what you can't see, john, but there are quite a few people from this neighborhood who are gathered around here looking. we've tried to talk to a number of them and there's a real reluctance. understandably, people are tired of journalists. there's also a clear tension between local people and police. a sort of mistrust on both sides, i think, that's speaks to some of the larger dynamics that are really at play here in terms of wh

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in this ugly war, massacres have become routine, clarissa ward, syria. >>> part two of clarissa ward's it exclusive reporting from inside syria is coming up tomorrow. she'll take us down the only rebel road leading into aleppo. it is surrounded by snipers, but is a lifeline to the people who still call the embattled city home. take a look. >> reporter: as you arrive in the city, the scale of the destruction is breathtaking. stretching on and on. entire residential neighborhoods reduced to rubble. still, we found pockets of life among the devastation. >> translator: should we leave our country and go to another country? no. this is our country. and we will remain in this until we die. >> you'll see the full report tomorrow. and you can find more from this exclusive journey on our special web page at cnn.com/syria. there are blogs there written by clarissa, and a special 360-degree look at all the devastation in aleppo. all of this is part of our exclusive coverage inside syria, behind rebel lines, airing all week, only on cnn. >>> still to come this hour. a day at the beach ends in horr

let me bring in clarissa ward, she's also standing by in brussels with new details.larissa, the new video coming in is truly amazing, of that suspect being shot and taken away. you see the robot moving in. what are you picking up in terms of the investigation and the hunt for the suspects still out there? >> reporter: well, kate, the investigation and the hunt seems to be spreading further and further, not just in belgium. we saw raids in france last night and now we're hearing about a coupling of important potential arrests in germany. one man who was arrested had a text message on his phone that mentioned the name of the metro bomber, el bakraoui. that was sent at 9:08 local time. we don't have anymore information as to what the man's involvement may have been in the brussels plot if he was directly involved. he was reportedly just stopped during a routine check because he seemed shifty or uncomfortable. meanwhile in france, we had some major anti-terror raids overnight. police acting after arresting a man who say they was nearing the final stages of -- or the adva

clarissa, what can you tell us about the raids carried out overnight? >> reporter: there were a series of raids. six people were defand three of them are believed to have now been released. one of the raids taking place in the area where nick paton walsh is in the schaerbeek district. we were there on the scene. we could see forensic experts combing through top floor of a building. looking for evidence. taking swabs, taking samples. obviously floork traces of explosives. traces of dna. any identifying factors that can help them on this manhunt. they're look for these two men. we heard about an rest in germany. we're seeing this plot overlapping now into france and also into germany. we heard the man in germany arrested who sounds like he might be most closely related to this plot was stopped on a routine check. he was act us ing suspiciously. they found a text message was sent at 9:08, just three minutes before the metro bombing. in gnthat text was the name ka lead el bakraoui. one of the suspects. we're seeing that the network goes beyond belgium. beyo

clarissa, let me bring you in. last time we talked about what was happening in paris, we were standing in paris. i remember the breaking news that the suicide vest had been found in a trash can in a parisian suburb which apparently was sal law abdeslam's suicide vest. tell me more about his role back on friday night in november and the fact he didn't stray far from home that he stayed -- >> this is what has always perplexed people because usually in these situation, as jim says, everyone commits suicide at the end of these operations so you don't get a chance for justice, you don't get a chance to interrogate, to find someone, to get more information on what happened. but salah abdeslam who's 26 years old, belgium born, but french citizen, he was a different case. we know or we believe he drove the car, with three suicide bombers to the stade de france. one of them was his brother who detonated his vest and killed himself. we know this vest was found in a traj can. it's not clear what happened. did abdeslam have a

and you heard clarissa's report there. how many more people and how many more countries could be out there plotting these attacks? >> well, they're probably spread throughout europe. they certainly are in the middle east. they're certainly in turkey and surrounding regions of the middle east. so this is a network. but the good news is when you find one, usually you get clues to the next one. as you said earlier, they're beginning to roll them up. that's what we have to do, we have to be on the offensive. i know when i was at that airport in brussels a little over a month and a half ago, it was just a huge crowd. you know, here we go. so let's play offense. let's use the tools that are available to us, our various surveillance tools, some of which actually prove to be useful in the subway bombing in brussels as well as in paris. use those tools, capture one, get the information. it will lead to somebody else, just as is happening now. we've got to work across the countries. the various countries of the european union togeth

clarissa, thank you. clarissa ward from brussels. >>> let's get more on all of this. house foreign affairs committee, ed royce of california. mr. chairman, thanks very much for joining us. i want to get your reaction first of all to the news there could be multiple terror plots in the works right now. how likely would it be for another plot to go off in europe in the midst of all this information that's being released? >> very likely. i had the conversations with european authorities. not only scotland yard overwhelmed here or feel they are but the continental europeans in particular. and belgium is a case in point where there were grave concerns about just the sheer number per capita of people coming from belgium to train with isis and then going back with the skill set. this is the problem in europe. the continental europeans are overwhelmed right now in terms of their ability to keep up with the sheer numbers of former terrorists coming -- or terrorists who participate in training with isis in the middle east and then come back to carry out these attacks. >> mr. ch

. >> it is a reality our own clarissa ward has seen first-hand, under cover in syria, she takes us toral manager. he told us that russian and regime forces target hospitals deliberately. >> translator: they want to kill the maximum number of people. they want to forbid the area from having medical service. if there is no doctor, no nurse, no hospital, then there is no health care for the people and people will flee. >> is it possible that they did not know that this was a hospital? >> translator: everyone knows this is a hospital. there was even a sign that said this is a hospital. but if they didn't know, this is an even bigger disaster. because if you are bombing a building like this without knowing it's a hospital, it means you are hitting totally indiscriminately. >> against the backdrop of the vicious war islamic fashions got the upper hand. the landscape is peppered with signstioning western democracy, and urging all men to join the jihad. one encourages women to cover up completely. the doctor works at the only hospital still standing. he is no militant but sees this conflict i

also from brussels, cnn's senior international correspondent clarissa ward who has been covering this situation on the ground there. paul, i want to talk about the alert from the staat department. does europe, do officials in europe, in belgium have a sense of the size of this cell? do they think the threats are coming from this specific cell with the men who carried out this specific attack or are we talking about a larger cell or cells here? >> we're talking about an entire network who have been dispatched by isis to launch attacks. just a few weeks ago, we reported, i was told by senior western counterterrorism official that before the paris attacks there was fragmentary intelligence coming in that the external operations division of isis, who were talking with a very top leadership of the group reporting up to that top leadership of the group had dispatched 60 operatives to europe, to conduct attacks on five cities, including paris, including london, berlin, major population center and belgium as well. they've hit two of those five cities so far. the concern is isis are targeting

our senior international correspondent clarissa ward has done extraordinary reporting from inside syriareat risk to her own life. here's her report, which we warn you contain traffic images. >> it's an all too common site, the moments after an air strike, survivors stagger from the rubble. those still trapped call out for help. the target this time, the courthouse. activists say the bombs were russian. with rebels took the capital, they saw it as a crucial act to demonstrate they could take the territory. any civilian infrastructure is a potential target, including hospitals. last month four were hit in a single day. one was supported by doctors without borders. this is what remains of it now, at least 25 people were killed. this doctor was the general manager. he told us that russian and regime forces target hospitals cynically and deliberately. >> translator: they want to kill the maximum number of people. also they want to forbid the area from having medical service. if there's no doctor, no nurse, no hospital, then there is no health care for the people and people had flee. >> repor

cnn's clarissa ward has that angle. authorities still on that hunt for that man. that guy in the hat there. are authorities saying they are any closer to finding him? >> well, that's the million-dollar question, john. so far authorities are not saying anything at all. they are being extremely tight-lipped, reluctant to share any information, particularly with media, anything that could jeopardize the search. the manhunt primarily focused on this man, as you said. we've seen that's surveillance photograph over and over again. he's the man on the far right. he is wearing a white or light jacket, a cap and glasses, potentially trying to disguise his face. what's most distinctive when you look at that photograph, the two men in black, the two suicide bombers are both wearing one glove on one hand. those gloves likely used to conceal the detonator. but the man in the light jacket is not wearing any glove. that would appear to indicate that he did not intend to blow himself up. we do know that in his suitcase there were larger, more potent explosives. that suitcase did

clarissa ward, thank you. >>> all that happening, we learned a team of u.s. special forces has carried out a mission that got the man widely described as the number two in isis. now they certainly got him. however, as cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr tells us, the outcome, though welcome, was not exactly as planned. barbara, walk us through the raid. >> this is a fascinating story we do not know all the details of. u.s. commandos moved secretly into syria in the last couple of days aiming to capture alive this man qaduli, the finance minister of isis. some people, analysts saying he's the number two man in the organization. a group of commandos known as the expeditionary targeting force, 200 strong, have had their eye on him for some time. they went after him. they were planning to capture him alive and interrogate him. when the helicopters moved in, what we do know is something happened. they were not able to capture him alive. they opened fire and killed him in his vehicle on the ground. here's the fascinating question. what exactly happened? was th

nick paton walsh and clarissa ward, excellent reporting. thanks for watching. the news continues next on cnn. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world as we're going to continue on this significant breaking news here we're learning. russian president vladimir putin has ordered some troops to withdraw from syria. this is specifically coming from russian state media. let me begin our coverage this hour with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and also nick paton walsh on the phone with me from beirut, our senior international correspondent there. barbara, to you first here, i have a note that putin said they have achieved their goals in syria. what does that mean? >> well, what it means is that certainly bashar al assad is in a stronger position as president of that country than he was months ago which is what caused the russians to a large extent to move in. now, how many russian troops will they really leave? what does all of it mean? from

let's bring up our final speaker on the panel, clarissa martinez de castro. >> hi, everybody. so the other funny thing you notice, this is probably account if you were paying attention that matt and i have worked together so long that we use the same generic powerpoint. [laughter] format. i was laughing when i saw his cover slide. so a couple of quick things, and i agree with maria, i think matt has covered a lot of stuff so it gives me the freedom to go to a couple of additional things. but here's one thing that's interesting. so latinos in 2012 made headlines, and you saw some of those from the mass articles. there were a slew of those headlines i think, the noises headlines came from the republican side, right? they need to embark on a new strategy to figure out to bring latinos into the party. and so the ironic thing about what dean does find themselves in 2016 is that even though we finally got pundits to understand the role that latinos play in the american political landscape, that parties understand that these voters are a factor in the winning equation for the white h

let's bring in clarissa ward, who is on the ground in brussels where there have been scuffles in front of the memorial for the bombing's victims. what's happening there? >> reporter: it's amazing how quickly the am beans has changed behind me. people have been lighting candles, commemorating the dead. suddenly a large group of, i would say, several hundred men, dressed in black began marching down the street, toward the memorial, ultra nationalist, far-right wing chans chants, anti-immigrant chants. the one we heard over and over again literally means we are at home. the idea behind it is this is our home. some of them were doing nazi salutes. some of them were drinking alcohol and, quickly, things became very tense as those right-wing demonstrators clashed with people who were here on the square, paying their respects. we heard those people chanting back at them, we are all the sons of immigrants. quickly, we saw police file in, trying to contain the situation. they formed a perimeter around the square and then riot police essentially began trying to push the demonstrators back. some

hi, clarissa. >> reporter: hi, carol. actually at the scene of one of those raids last night in the same neighborhood where fred pleitgen, my colleague is right now. schaerbeek, when we arrived on the scene there was a heavy police presence. essentially what we saw what were appeared to be forensic experts moving in to this house, actually unclear if it was a house or three apartments. they appeared to be centering efforts on the third floor, going through, collecting evidence, possibly searching for dna, for fingerprints, for more explosives. it's not clear yet. what we do know is that six people were arrested during the course of various raids across belgium last night. three of them arrested outside the federal prosecutor's office as the manhunt is continuing here for those two men. now, meanwhile today we are hearing in germany, new information coming in about two separate arrests. these two men are both believed to be connected to bakraoui, of course, one of the two brothers involved in these vicious terror attacks.

clarissa, thank you. so much. clarissa ward, one of our very courageous journalists. our team. you have more reports coming up this week. >>> turning to a deadly terror attack on resort hotels in the ivory coast. it's the latest in a series of assaults by al qaeda's local affiliate which has put westerners in its sights. brian todd has been looking into all of this. >> tonight we have new information. it's call al qaeda in the islamic magreb. we've learned about their competition with isis for the upper hand in that region and its selection of western targets to step up its profile. you can hear the shots first. terrified hotel patrons run for their lives. then a terrorist carrying an assault rifle appears on the screen. this attack on three hotels in ivory coast left more than a dozen people dead sunday. many of them westerners. and tonight western counterterror officials are trying to contain a deadly and growing threat from the al qaeda lethal affiliate in northern africa. >> for some time now we've picked up intelligence that electric in the magreb were seeking to

clarissa, really an incredible report, thanks so much for doing it.the russians the russi about all these atrocities that you eyewitnesses? >> the russians, we reached out to the ministry of defense and they have said they do not target civilian infrastructure, that they had never killed any civilians on the ground. but if you look at a report from doctors without borders, from 2015, it says that in fact, 82 medical facilities were hit in the space of 2015 in rebel-held areas. and if you look at the breakdown, there is an enormous spike in the month of october that, of course, is just after the russian military intervention began in syria. so based on what we saw on the ground and what we heard from people we talked to, it is simply unfeasible that russia has not been involved in hitting some of these civilian targets, wolf. >> how frequently are hospitals hit? >> hospitals are hit all the time. 82 medical facilities hit just last year. of those, 12 of them were completely destroyed. and i just want to read you a couple of other figures from this repo

clarissa, that's what is so frustrating. actually these brothers were known. >> they were known.tensive rap sheets, extensive involvement in petty crime. they knew how to source guns. they know how to evade detection. this is a model we've seen replicated over and over again. it's petty criminals who become radicali radicalized. they have the zeal to carry out thesetor r horrifying attacks ae criminal know-how to make it happen. >> that was similar to the abdeslam brothers, they were busted for drugs and alcohol in m maalbeek and then went on to do this. >> we will have continuing coverage from brussels. now we want to get back to chris in new york. >> big election action here. >>> did clinton and trump gain? did the races get closer after the primaries in three western states? who's up? who's close to out? plus the latest delegate count. that's next. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol®. it too

clarissa, you're there, what are you seeing as far as security is concerned. how are people coping knowing there are other suspected terrorists at large inside brussels and belgium right now, and they be plotting and planning? >> reporter: well, wolf, that was perhaps the head line that we heard from belgium's prosecutor earlier. that there is still a number of suspected terrorists at large, on the loose, potentially armed. and yet, as you can see behind me, there's quite a crowd of people gathered here. they have been here all day. they gathered initially to hold a moment of silence to essentially commemorate all of those who lost their lives. and then they spontaneously erupted into applause. we've heard cheering, they've been saying we're all together, we're all together. so there's absolutely a sense of defiance or certainly, resilience here. now, looking around, you don't see that much in the way of obvious security. i have seen some soldiers heavily armed but i was watching closely, i did see a number of plains clothes security officers, obviously belgia

clarissa, give us a sense of the fundamental facts on the ground first. has the russian mission succeeded in what its effort was which was to secure the regime and his grip on power in syria? >> as you said, it was quiet clear spending time on ground. the real purpose of the russian military was to prop up the regime and certainly in the providence there were significant gains made by the regime on the back of that russian air cover. at the same time i think a lot of people were surprised by the announcement it was mission accomplished. there are tons of work to be done. a lot of people are trying to speculate the real reason behind russia's decision. are they worried there's mission creep or they're hemorrhaging funds and their economy is hurting with the sanctions? >> richard, what do you think? is this a success for putin? >> well, absolutely. i don't know if you want to call it the powell but this was an attempt to use overwhelming military force for narrow limited political objectives succeeded. what's interesting is the russians were not trying to t

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senior international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now with all of the latest details in brussels. he's joined by alize labott who is following in washington and senior contributor of the daily beast michael weis with us. and we're joined by cia director and former ambassador and current head of the foundation for defense of democracy james wozy. michael weis is the author of isis inside the terror." clarissa, i'm going to start with you, i'd like you to get me up to speed on the very latest information on the definite identification that's been made between salah abdeslam arrested last friday in a raid and these two people we know now to be part of these suicide attacks. >> reporter: well, ashleigh, what we know, the two brothers, the bakraoui brothers involved in the attacks, one who blew himself up at the airport. the other who blew himself up on the metro, that the brothers had actual actually rented the safe house that salah abdeslam was staying in. and one of them actually left a will in a computer found in a trash can. in his will, he said something to the effect i don't wa

i want to bring in clarissa is and nima. they have talked about the investment they have made in fighting terror. >> he talked about the investment. but he was also talking about this tension between core european liberal values is. he talked about freedom of expression. he talked about tolerance and trying to balance those core european liberal values with the very real needs of the security situation in this day and age. wanting to do -- he said how is it possible to do better? how is it possible to work together? what is the tension between trying to do that while preserving these core liberal values. let's be clear about what this is. when isis attacks european cities like this, it is attacking the core liberal values. it is like saying living here in europe you can't belive in living with the nonbelievers. you have a choice of being persecuted or coming to live with us in sorry and iraq. >> that is exactly the conflict we have seen. how far do they go on cracking down. if they have intelligence, what do they do with it?

clarissa ward is still with me. ryan, i want to show that video because it is something that strikes at the heart of everyone watching. you go to an airport and it's that possibility. it's that special time with your family. one woman with her two twin daughters and her husband, she died. it brings home how horrific this is. >> it brings back what we were all feeling yesterday, the absolute chaos and confusion because it was really unclear where where these noises coming from, what was going to follow next, where could people go for help. whether you were at the metro or the airport, that was a pattern that emerged throughout the day and followed with the controlled explosions throughout the afternoon. we didn't know if that was a next bomb. it took us hours to restore the calm and rhythm to daily life here. >> this terror cell which has been involved in the paris terrorist attacks now planning again. now the fear tonight that we see in this image and in this video from the airport could happen again, that they are

clarissa woodside was upset to speak on camera but we reached her on sunday. she is the victim's best friend and was in the home what happened. room i said what happened and he said i don't know destiny just got shot. >>reporter: -- >>reporter: questions are still being answered. friends and family shared cherished memories of a loved one whose lives was lost. we will be checking with the nearby high school this morning to see if grief counselors will be on hand for the classmates. police are not releasing a motive in the shooting. coming up we will hear what witnesses told us. we are live in apopka, angela jacobs live this morning. >> you can hear more of that interview just good to wftv.com a click on the video tab. >>> a father and son tried to save a neighbor from a port orange county home. the flames and smoke were too much. the man died and investigations started. neighbors grabbed a firehose to try to put out the fire yesterday. the victim had mobility issues and may not have been able to get out of the house with the fire spread.>> the rest of that hou

let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent clarissa ward in brussels.rned a lot more about some of the victims today, both those injured and those killed. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: there were eight nationalities among the dead. we know at least two americans, justin and stephanie shults. justin 30 years old. both of them accountants from tennessee dropping off stephanie's mother, carol, at the airport as you said, jake. we're also learning that the former belgian ambassador to the u.s., andre adam, was also among the dead. he was traveling with his wife, also a britain, italian, dutch citizens as well. we're hearing that there are still many people who are very injured, more than 100 people in hospital, jake, and 62 people in intensive care. so it is still possible that the death toll will continue to rise. >> turning to the investigation of this terrorist attack, one of the men arrested in belgium has been charged with terrorist murder. do we know precisely what role he may have played in tuesday's attacks? >> reporter: we don't. at this

clarissa ward, thanks. >>> next, more on our breaking news. new information that paul cruickshank just obtained about the ongoing terror raids in brussels, including i knowledge the one you're looking at. where three of the suspects were arrested tonight, where they were caught and what they may have been up to. he joins us along with the rest of the panel on that and the possibility that isis plans may include bombing -- may include building a radioactive dirty bomb. >>> also, after what happened in brussels, i'm going to speak to one of new york's top police officers on what's being done to keep this city's subway system safe. stay with us. seems like we've hit a road block. that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. 7 dahe was thinkingsn't about his joints.ncing. but now he's taking osteo bi-flex, and noticing a real difference

. >>> all next week, cnn's clarissa ward is taking you on a journey deep into the heart of a countryrred by five years of war and isolated by devastation. you'll get an exclusive look behind rebel lines and meet people who call what's left of the embattled country home. >> reporter: we had to travel under cover to see a war few outsiders have witnessed. >> translator: the russian planes target anything that works in the interests of the people. the goal is that people here live a destroyed life, that people never see any good. >> reporter: there are snipers all around here, but this is the only road now to get into aleppo. aleppo was once syria's largest city. now, an apocalyptic landscape. any civilian in the structure is a potential target, including hospitals. is it possible that they did not know that this was a hospital? >> translator: everyone knows this is a hospital. >> all part of our special coverage "inside syria: behind rebel lines." it's only on cnn. >>> germany has agreed to receive more astyle siestyle sk -- asylum seekers than any other. now german chancellor angela m

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