genie: for more from brussels, let's bring in dave keating. the country just marked a minute of silence earlier. tell us more about that. dave: the key thing we learned today was, we basically have confirmation that this was some kind of terrorist attack. the initial witness accounts we had heard from belgian media, that he had cried out "the law akbar" ---- "allahuhu repeated by the authorities. he had had run-ins with the law and had been in prison since 2013. he hadadad many one day and today releases, over 20 over the past couplple of yea,, untnt the last one,, when he was releasesd on monday. he may have been involved in the southern murder on monday night, with someone who may have been on accomplice in one of his crimes in a jewelry store robbery. the questions that are still how to be answered are authorities were watching him and what they suspected him of in terms of radicalization. we know he had contact with people who h had themselves been radicalized, but what we were not told at today's press he hadnce was whether definitely to i

thank you for joining us, dave keating, live from brussels. idol a merkel is visiting sochi.he german chancellor will be meeting with m notably to discuss the conflict in ukraine. russia has condemned the russian crimeanon of the peninsula. our correspondent joins us live from berlin with more. russia annexed crimea back in 2014. does merkel hope to reverse that decision for years on? years on? reporter: there is not much room for angela merkel regarding crimea annexation by russia. still an intense diplomatic exchange between germany and russia. the german foreign minister with russian officials. merkel will discuss that extensively. motion the back in minsk agreement. they well work on the peace process. and there will be a new pipeline to the russia to germany baltic state. ,any european countries including ukraine, are against that project. one wonders how much room for negotiation does angela merkel really have? and if bladder putin as the -- vladimir putin has the upper hand? provocatione mean a thursday? isorter: again, that visit understood as a provocation for thates