appears to be on the right, what happened afterward, this was an explosion at a subway station in downtown brussels very near the headquarters of the european union, e.u. headquartered in that city, images from brussels airport. let's go to robert moses who has this including an updated death toll. >> reporter: authorities in brussels are telling everyone to stay where they are. everyone in brussels to remain where they are. that is extraordinary and suggests they are checking other places. we don't know if there could potentially be other attacks. here at home we heard from the nypd, the nypd is aware of the situation and we are monitoring it for further developments. everyone in brussels being told to remain where they are, 13 dead, 35 injured in those twin attacks at brussels airport at 8:00 this morning local time, hundreds of people were checking in near the american airlines check-in desk. explosion at the metro station in downtown brussels. reports suggest up to ten people may have been killed in that subway attack alone. those are unconfirmed reports but we are hearing reports that ten peop

that, officials say a third bomb went off at the mallbeek subway station right in the heart of downtown brussels. and as the people of brussels work to recover....the focus now turns to finding the suspects. right now a manhunt is underway for one of these men... and investigators say they might already have a clear motive. pierre meys, spokesman of the brussels fire brigade i can't explain. it looked like war. it's unbelievable. it's really hard. belgium's federal prosecutor says the two men in black, in seen here, were responsible for a suicide attack at the airport. officials are looking for the man in white, as a suspect. the terror, just four days after the arrest of saleh abdeslam, the last suspect sought in november's paris attacks. while noting it is belgian security sources told c-n-n it's their working the network that carried out the brussels attacks is the same that carried out the attacks in paris. president obama belgium situation, remarks in havana. we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally, belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible. meanwhile,

now we have another explosion at a train station in downtown brussels near the headquarters of the european union. we don't know if any have been injured or killed in that explosion, but the brussels transport authority has closed all metro stations in the city. a chaotic scene unfolding on two fronts. on the left you see people fleeing the airport after those two explosions at around 8:00 this morning as hundreds of people were checking in for flights near the american airlines check-in desk. a few minutes ago the explosion at one of these train stations in brussels right near the e.u. headquarters. down and we are awaiting word of the airport having been closed so any incoming flights that were to have gone to the brussels airport are being diverted away from the airport. other airports in europe on heightened alert. i know heathrow has increased its security as a result of what happened earlier in brussels but these explosions coming right in the middle of the busy morning rush as people were flying out of the airport trying to leave the country and now one of the issues we are following

then an explosion at a metro station in downtown brussels. at least 20 people died there. we have team coverage tonight. it starts now. good to have you with us. a black day in our nation's

then an explosion at a metro station in downtown brussels. at least 20 people died there. we have team coverage tonight. it starts now. good to have you with us. a black day in our nation's history. that is how the belgian prime minister described the bomb attacks that iraq russell's earlier today. 30 people died and islamic state has claimed responsibility. police have released an image of three men, two of whom they save lose themselves up at brussels

international correspondent alex marquardt who is on his way to the brussels airport right now from downtown brussels, about six miles north of the center of the city right now. reports started coming in within the last hour of two explosions in the departures hall at the airport. brussels is roughly six hour as head of the east coast of the u.s. so coming during morning rush hour. alex is back with us. alex, i can imagine as i mentioned this is during the morning rush hour. this is when many international flights from the u.s. might be arriving and a lot of people might be heading out to other european destinations. >> reporter: absolutely, for example, there is a brussels to newark flight at 10:00 in the morning in about an hour but that's going to be one of the many flights that has been canceled this morning. we understand that all flights have been grounded leaving brussels. there were a few that were able to land after the attacks happened just after 8:00 in the morning. but otherwise all flights going out have been canceled and flights coming in have been diverted to other airports. now, just

but the actual blast occurred closer to the heart of downtown brussels at maelbeek. pe you don't mind the clarification there, but there's enough confusion i thought we should make that clear. the terror alert level, the threat level in brussels and belgium remains a four, the highest it can go, as you would expect. the lockdown has been lifted at the schools, kindergarten up through high school. those kids are now being allowed to go home. some rail service now resuming. some metro lines, the number two and the number six, are resuming there in brussels. and the nato headquarters is operating, as you would expect. it's probably worth making note here, brian, because yesterday, of course, candidate donald trump made mention of whether he might consider diluting the united states stake in nato or reconsidering our membership in nato. nato headquarters is right in the heart of brussels. it's two miles from the airport. and brussels is profoundly proud that they are the home of nato. and you will see, as you walk through the streets of brussels, people in all different s

this is the scene playing out just within the last half hour or so in downtown brussels. one of three metro stations that were attacked this morning. it would appear to be attacked where you had three explosions of that location right now. john, i don't know if you've gotten a chance to look at many of the images that we're getting. i know it's fairly early but any sense when you look at the impact of all those explosions there of the explosions there at the airport, any sense of what might have been used or how this might have happened? >> it's too early to tell and the investigators are obviously looking at this first and foremost, security authorities are going to try to gain control of the situation. they are going to, you know, provide aid to those who are injured at these locations but they have got to figure out if they're more attacks coming and stop those attacks for the safety of the citizens in the city are going to be the most important factor on security official officials' mights at this point. >> can you walk us through what security officials will be doing

this is the scene playing out just within the last half hour or so in downtown brussels. one of three metro stations that were attacked this morning. it would appear to be attacked where you had three explosions go off and smoke billowing out of that location right now. gotten a chance to look at many of the images that we're getting. i know it's fairly early but any sense when you look at the impact of all those explosions there of the explosions there at the airport, any sense of what might have been used or how this might have happened? >> it's too early to tell and the investigators are obviously looking at this first and foremost, security authorities are going to try to gain control of the situation. they are going to, you know, provide aid to those who are injured at these locations but they have got to figure out if they're more attacks coming and stop those attacks for the safety of the citizens in the city are going to be the most important factor on security official officials' mights at this point. >> can you walk us through what security officials will be doi

there's also the report of an explosion taking place in downtown brussels. my colleagues join me on "fox & friends" first with more details as we continue following this breaking story. i'm kelly wright in new york. we turn it over now to "fox & friends" first. >> we begin with the fox news alert for you, belgium now on their highest possible terror alert after explosions, gunfire and arabic shouting rips through the brussels airport. >> and moments ago we have learned of more explosions erupting outside a metro station, one person is confirmed dead, and dozens of others are injured. local firefighters and hospital officials saying the death toll at the airport doing as high as 11 and rising. >> you're looking at pictures from inside the airport at this point. earlier we could see smoke that was rising from the terminal from outside. you could see that, there's the image there. you see people running, terrified passengers fleeing from falling grass and ceiling tiles. airport officials say the blast happened in the american marlz depa airlines area as hundred

an hour and a half later, the explosion in downtown brussels or near the eu buildings in brussels itself. >> still trying to confirm details of the gunfire before the actual explosions in the lounge. it can be chaotic in the minutes of breaking news. nima elbagir is there. what do we know? we know fatalities. we have seen pictures of people coming out on stretchers. bring us up to speed, nima. >> reporter: we know we had confirmed sources of two explosions. local media reporting fatalities. eyewitnesss describe to us a heart breaking scene. glass everywhere. people stretchered out in really high numbers. dozens is how they are describing this. the count one eyewitness is between 20 and 30 he had seen. other passengers the other time describing to us how they were quickly evacuated as soon as they left planes. one witness said they had seen a number of grounded planes. we saw a grounded american airlines plane. i want to step out of shot so you get a sense of where we are. this is where air traffic security is. you see the police officers standing there. this is the staging ground for pol

lot of noise because of all the sirens and cars heading toward the airport and heard them in downtown brussels all the way out to the airport so a lot of course, a lot of questions, when there are two explosions that take place at a major european airport, the first assumption is going to be this is terrorism. we should remind our viewers that the belgian authorities have not yet declared that. what they've said is there were two explosions, there are wounded. they have confirmed that one person has been killed. but they have not given any higher news. there are other numbers floating out there for now, but the evacuation of the passengers from that departures hall is taking place and in the meantime, emergency services are keeping everyone else away from the airport. >> alex, for people just now tuning in and maybe just getting up to speed with the story, give us a little bit of the sense of the context and timing of when this happened. this comes in the wake of the arrest of the suspect in the paris attacks, salah abdeslam, and another manhunt is under way. >> reporter: well, for the past fe

this is the scene playing out or so in downtown brussels. one of three metro stations that were attacked this morning. it would appear to be attacked where you had three explosions go off and smoke billowing out of that location right now. john, i don't know if you've gotten a chance to look at many of the images that we're getting. i know it's fairly early but any sense when you look at the impact of all those explosions there of the explosions there at e airport, any sense of what might have been used or how this might have happened? >> it's too early to tell and the investigators are obviously looking at this first and foremost, security authorities are going to try to gain control of the situation. they are going to, you ow, provide aid to those who are injured at these locations but they have got to figure out if they're more attacks coming and stop those attacks for the safety of the citizens in the important factor on security official officials' mights at this point. >> can you walk us through what security officials will be doing ri

lot of noise because of all the sirens and cars heading toward the airport and heard them in downtown brussels all the way out to the airport so a lot of commotion this morning, of course, a lot of questions, when there are two explosions that take place at a major european airport, the first assumption is going to be this is terrorism. we should remind our viewers that the belgian authorities have not yet declared that. what they've said is there were two explosions, there are wounded. they have confirmed that one person has been killed. but they have not given any higher news. there are other numbers floating out there for now, but the evacuation of the passengers from that departures hall is taking place and in the meantime, emergency services are keeping everyone else away from the airport. >> alex, for people just now tuning in and maybe just getting up to speed with the story, give us a little bit of the sense of the context and timing of when this happened. this comes in the wake of the arrest of the suspect in the paris attacks, salah abdeslam, and another manhunt is under way. >> repo

whether this is downtown brussels or the airport. that looks leagike downtown plu sells to me. >> and tom costello who covers aviation happen to be familiar with this region he. his family and enin-laws are from belgian. >> and that picture i think it is a hotel near the downtown eu building where i took graduate classes actually. and i'm familiar with the airport because my wife used to work at the airport there. listen, 23 million people come through the brussels airport every year. it is not the busiest in europe, but because it serves as the capital of europe are and what we mean by that, for those of us who are maybe not as familiar, the departure hall on this map is right in thelo so that is where the explosion would have taken place, in that long rectangle there. once you proceed past check-in, you would go through security. either toward gates b or all the way to gates a on the other side. and that is a long walk. i've done it many times. so you can see everybody arrives at the departure hall. the question was was a particula

security remains tight outside the main terminals in downtown brussels. soldiers, police checking all the passengers. dirksen senate office building john huddy, thank you so much. >> the race for the white house continues to heat up. new fox news national poll showing ted cruz gaining on donald trump for the republican nomination. the two candidates are now within the margin of error with trump at 41%, ted cruz at 38%, john kasich at 17%. darren shaw who is on the fox news decision desk telling charles payne, john kasich is splitting the vote among people who don't support trump. >> i don't know what game john kasich is playing, maybe he is angling for a position in a donald trump administration but he is really complicating efforts of the republican establishment. marymac hillary clinton is up double digits to bernie sanders. clinton has 55% support for the nomination versus sanders's 42%. that is a change from last month when sanders led clinton by three points nationally after he won the new hampshire primary. the political spotlight shows wisconsin pr

it's hard to know whether this is downtown brussel's but that looks like downtown brussels to me. >> that looks potentially like the airport that tom costello who covers aviation security also happens to be intimately familiar with this as his family and in-laws are from belgium. tom, can you discuss what's going on this morning? >> actually, that picture i think is a hotel near the downtown eu building where i took graduate school classes actually in downtown brussels. i'm familiar with the airport because my wife used to work at the airport there. listen, 23 million people come through the brussels airport every year. but because it serves as the capital of europe, and what we mean by that, for those of us who are maybe not as familiar with what the eu means, great, okay. the departure hall on this map is right there on the lower right. so that is where this explosion would have taken place. and that main, that long rectangle there on the bottom right. and then you go, wednesday you proceed past the check-in, you then go to security. you'd either go to gates "b" or gates "a," all t

of people arm in arm in downtown brussels. the memorials have been springing up on the ground in downtown brussels outside of the metro station that was bombed. you can see people leaving their mark, expressing themselves and again gathering in the square. on twitter today, the number one trending item is #stopislam. not just here in the united states but around the world. it's meeting a lot of backlash. former nba and georgetown basketball player mutoumbo was in the area at the time of the attack and he told everyone he is and facebook enacted safety alert. last year 950 million people around the world use that facebook safety alert. that is the situation on social media. it has been very active today. leon: all right. thank you. one more note about the bombings that took place in the airport. the way the bombs were set up, it happened outside the security gate. nobody went through security. one bomb went off. everybody began running in one direction. they ran toward the second bomb debt tated. of course, we are monitoring th

you had the explosion at the subway station right downtown brussels. you can see the smoke there emanating from underground. fifteen people were killed in that attack. fifty-five were injured. the pictures from underground are just amazing. there you can see the triage unit above ground. seeking help after that horrific explosion. the border has been shut their own as a result of what took place today. early this morning, we heard the harrowing stories from those that were out the airport. >> we did not get any information. >> we had to walk through puddles. and on that. attacks is noteworthy. four days after the capture in brussels. there you see him taken into custody four days ago. he was believed to be the only surviving member of the ring that carried out those horrific attacks in november. many authorities had feared that after his capture there would be reprisal attacks as a result. no one has taken responsibility for these explosions this morning in brussels. it is possible that the capture in the three explosions this morning are related. they

then about an hour and a half later, the explosion at the metro station in downtown brussels again the death toll there is still un. at one point ten have died but authorities aring bag away from that. as a result of these explosions all public transportation in brussels has been shutdown. ,obviously, you guys alluded to the fact how important brussels as a city is to be the seat of the european union by airport serving 23% 5 million passengers every single year. airport would have been when these explosions took place. now a word about the timing, obviously, these blasts come just four days after the capture of sala aldaslam tragged out by the authorities from that apartment in brussels, again, believed to be the only surviving member of the terror ring that or carried out attacks back in november. that killed 130 people. there you see alalam and even though it's not clear which dprowp or groups is behind this mornings' attacks it could be that these are reprizel. david cameron will preside over one speaking about attacks. franc ois holland will today. is, quote, aware of the situatio

airport will remain closed through at least thursday night as the morning continues here in downtown brussels. fox news. >>> among those killed were mothers of four-year-old girls from peru who husband had just taken them out when it went off. the obama administration says john kerry is headed through friday to express condolences to the people there. >> he denounced the call by republican president candidate ted cruz to patrol american-muslim communities. >> any approach that would single them out or target them for discrimination is not only wrong an unamerican, but it also would be counter productive. >> many are calling trump's an echo. >> we want to make sure that anyone that is running for leadership in our country knows what we feel about religious profiling and they understand this kind of law enforcement is not effective and doesn't make us any safer. >> the council is calling on cruz to retract and apologize for his proposal. >>> democratic candidate is at sanford now addressing the attacks in brussels she's scheduled to speak at the last minute. he was already in the bay area for f

the airport only a 15 or 20 minute ride into downtown brussels. where our nima elbagir is reporting this week from molenbe molenbeek. the country now at the highest state of alert possible. the prime minister saying they are watching things on a minute by minute basis. max, clearly you were talking about the centrality of brussels to the eu and number of investigations going on there. clearly this is a very bad day for brussels. >> reporter: it will be. to give you insight into what senior counterterrorism officers in europe are thinking, essentially what the last set of paris attacks did changed the way they looked at attacks. the thought of looking at radicalization of people online in countries. now after what happened in paris and people train abroad and brought in military style operation multiple scenes of attacks. britain top counter terrorism officer is telling me they are looking at spectacular attacks in key cities like brussels. what the european authorities will be doing is look at potential paris situation. one attack followed by othe

and then we look at the streets in downtown brussels. this is the busiest week in brussels. we see an explosion there, people taking ambulances. >> we saw pictures from downtown brussels. bourassa looking at pictures from the airport and just to bring our viewers up to date, the dow futures had been down roughly 70. they've come up as well as down about 45 right now. oil is lower, gold is gaining. for though should we be looking at? is there anything we are missing? >> actually cannot authorities in my view with the now very act to this is something on tv. if they have information from individuals arrested days ago, other information. lauren: is that this is when they go when on the other cells they been watching quietly, this is when they go win and say i'm coming to get you now because we see that there is something developing and these are a series of attacks. >> exactly. at this point in time, the government in brussels, as i said earlier, there is a major now happening in brussels and that status to other potential styles. usually they would observe them and monitor the

including particularly the shuman station which is near to the european union headquarters in downtown brussels that there have been some kind of explosions on the metro system. people are reporting being led out of stranded trains through tunnels. and emerging through stations and there are pictures of people being treated by paramedics on the sidewalks near those stations. so although it's not been confirmed by the authorities yet, something is clearly under way at the scene of these downtown metro stations as well. this is the kind of coordinated -- potentially coordinated attack i should say that the authorities had feared and had warned about when they arrested the belgium terrorist suspect salah abdeslam the other day and the indications they got from the weapons they seized at the scene of the raid and from intelligence they had that either people that he was known to or other terror cells had been planning to restart something. that was their phrase. that they were planning to carry out some kind of attack. and who could have predicted that that would have taken place in only a matter o

there's a mass exodus from downtown brussels, people are simply walking out. in london and paris, emergency meetings and heightened terror alerts. in new york and d.c., extra precautions on subways, trains and bridges. this terror strike affects the election here. voters go to the polls in arizona, utah, idaho. donald trump has called for a temporary ban on muslim immigration and repeats that today. hillary clinton calls it bigotry. president obama may address this terror attack in an address from cuba within the hour. will he call it islam terror? there's been a muted reaction on the stock markets, opening down 40, 50 points. not that much movement in gold and oil. ashley the latest. ashley: 8 a.m. local time, two bombs go off at the brussels airport. people report hearing someone shouting in arabic and then followed shortly by two explosions. the latest numbers we have and these are changing all the time, of course, as you can imagine. 11 people killed at the airport. 81 injured and then about an hour and ten minutes after that, an explosion at the metro sub

[crying] another explosion on a train in the heart of downtown brussels near the headquarters of the european union. survivors streamed into a darkened tunnel. obama was in cuba at the time of the attack. he was briefed by phone. >> must be together , race or faith. we must be together and fighting against the surge of terror. >> three dozen killed and 200 hurt . that includes three mormon missionaries from utah. they conducted raids to the day in belgium. the state prosecutor's office said police found a bomb packed with nails , chemicals in islamic state flag in one home that was searched. >> the bombings came less than one week after the capture of the only survivor of the terror ring that carried out the paris attacks in november. it's not clear if the attacks in baltimore meant to avenge his capture or plan before it. >> the brussels airport remains closed at least through today. the union plans to meet tomorrow to discuss what to do next. that is the latest . juliet: one of the victim's that has survived is preparing to fly into the area. here is one of the aftermath . as you k

seven miles from downtown brussels. we can tell you there is train service and subway service also into that airport. when you talk about the entire subway system also being shut down following the terrorist attack on the subway system, this paralyzes the entire region. i also wanted to make note of the fact the european air traffic control headquarters is that, according to some video we've seen this morning, has been surrounded by heavily armed police tactical units, as well, this morning. about 20,000 people work at that airport alone, and it is not necessarily the biggest in europe but certainly is a critical airport, serving as the gateway into the capital of europe, but also, of course, as a gateway to the united states and into africa and across europe. there are the subway pictures we've been watching this morning throughout the morning. >> tom, stand by there. we'll check back in in a moment. >>> nbc news analyst sean henry, the former executive assistant director of the fbi joins us now. the investigators now,

seven miles from downtown brussels. we can tell you there is train service and subway service also into that airport. when you talk about the entire subway system also being shut down following the terrorist attack on the subway system, this paralyzes the entire region. i also wanted to make note of the fact the european air traffic control headquarters is on the backside of the brussels airport. that, according to some video we've seen this morning, has been surrounded by heavily armed police tactical units, as well, this morning. about 20,000 people work at that airport alone, and it is not necessarily the biggest in europe but certainly is a critical airport, serving as the gateway into the capital of europe, but also, of course, as a gateway to the united states and into africa and across europe. there are the subway pictures we've been watching this morning throughout the morning. >> tom, stand by there. we'll check back in in a moment. >>> nbc news analyst sean henry, the former executive assistant director of the

it's hard to know whether this is downtown brussels orr the airport. thth looks like downtown brussels to me. >> that looks pentially like the airport but to that end tom costello that covers aviation security is familiar with this region as his family and in laws are from belgium originally. tom what can you add as we >> that picture is a hotel near the downtown eu building where i took graduate school classes. my wife used to work at the airport there. listen, 23 million people come through the brussels airport every year. it serves as the capital of europe and whate mean by that for those of us not as familiar with what the eu means. the departure hall is right there i ithe lower right. that's where this explosion would have taken place in that main, that long rectangle there in the bottom right and then you go, once you proceed past the check in you then go through security. either go downno gates b or all the way to gate a all the way down on the other side and that's a long walk i'll tell you. i have done it many times. so you can see everybody,

then an explosion at a metro station in downtown brussels. at least 20 people died there. we have team coverage tonight. it starts now. good to have you with us. a black day in our nation's history. that is how the belgian prime minister described the bomb attacks that iraq russell's earlier today. 30 people died and islamic state has claimed responsibility. police have released an image of three men, two of whom they save lose themselves up at brussels main airport and killing 10 others. the third man seen in light is the subject of an urgent police search. another 20 were killed at a blast in a central metro station in brussels. we will hear from our correspondent in brussels shortly, but here is how the day unfolded. >> the check-in moments after the blast -- smoke fills the air and luggage lies abandoned as people run for their lives. there were chaotic scenes as passengers were escorted out of the terminal building. the attack took place shortly after 8:00 a.m. in the airport departure hall. two explosions came in quick succession. ambulances rushed to the scene as a

two at the airport and at least one in the metro system in downtown brussels. we know that at least 13 people have been killed. we have seen footage like this of people trying to get out of the airport and the subway stations. images like that right there of extensive damage at the departures hall or the departures terminal at brussels airports. what we know right now is one explosion took place in the curb side check in area. we have been told that was a suicide explosion. another, this one here inside the departures terminal where hundreds if not thousands of people would have been standing, queuing up, trying to use the kiosk and check in for their flights around europe and around the world and moments later more explosions in the subway system. >> and the prime minister of belgium said this is, in fact, a terror attack. the chief prosecutor said one of these attacks was the work of a suicide attacker. we don't know if this is someone with a vest strapped to him or suitcase that turned out to be a bomb but what we do know is that the damage is quite extensiv

a it's the memorial celebrating what's going on in the central gaza in downtown brussels. there are memorials set up and this is an example of one euro candles, flowers, people lighting candles thousands of people showing up all day there was a moment of silence earlier and i've got to tell you, abby and john it was quite powerful. it was absolutely silent coat you could hear a pin drop. a bit of an exaggeration but it gives you an idea how quiet the show of support, the solidarity you're getting to the latest, as far as the hunt for the suspect, you mentioned that isis bomb maker. his name is najim laachraoui girl it was reported that he was arrested, he was one of the three in that tv video from the airport. the those turned out to be inaccurate reports. he is on the hunt right now. the police believe he was supposed to carry out a third bombing at the airport but basically bailed on the operation and instead leaving a suitcase full of explosives behind. najim laachraoui is said to be connected to the terrorist bomber salah abdeslam who was arrested friday and again, naj

two explosions at the airport and another had a subway station in downtown brussels. it is right under the youth european union headquarters. charlie into it the explosion at the mattress asian where the nato and european union have their headquarters in downtown brussels. >> darya: nobody is claiming responsibility for the attack jet. europe has been bracing for an attack and warned the islamic state group would actively prepare for the. the the top suspect in the deer paris attack it just happens forays of the u.s.. fears that it would attack and when did happen officials say they have all the signatures of isis been the one who would attack. >> mark: was raises we do it and the attacker in the paris attack. >> darya: we also have information about weather and traffic. >> anny: we'll have a temperature is warming up the next few days. here's a look of the bay bridge approach and the bay bridge toll plaza. we have sunny skies and it looks like we're right ounce of dry conditions already during the morning hours. we've been tracking a few scattered showers this mornin

and minutes later, reports of additional explosions in downtown brussels. all of this just days after the arrest in brussels of salah abdeslam, a key suspect in last year's terror attacks in paris that left one hundred thirty dead. gutman says "..that was another ambulance and it's headed the wrong way down a one way street." the former u-s ambassador to first hand the response to what appears to be a wave of attacks. "..there is disarray right now in trying to batten down the hatches it seems like i don't know, it's sort of like the us in 9-11, we didn't didn't know and to come, but they deploying streets." the u-s embassy in belgium, meantime, urging americans place while the response continues. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. we will continue story... return with a check of your 7-day the morning x will return with a check of your 7-day forecast next weather now transition as temperatures warm into the low 60s this afternoon as temperatures warm into the low [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment. i just sta

. >> abc's aaron katersky is in downtown brussels for us right now where life is slowly getting backo normal. good morning. give us the very latest that you know on that investigation. >> reporter: kendis, good morning. the rain here as driven some of the crowds that have been here mourning and grieving and expressing solidarity. still now the focus is on the manhunt here. there were more raids in the last several hours with six people detained. the authorities will decide today whether they should be charged with any kind of terrorism offense. but they are still looking for the man we've all seen by now on that surveillancence image wearing the tan colored jacket and the hat. the u.s. believes it has identified him. his name appears on a u.s. watch brothers. they're also looking for a man seen on fail lance video not released publicly standing on the subway platform moments before about the explosion there. those twos urgent manhunts are taking priority here. >> aaron, incredible late breaking details today. reports that brothers were tracking a nuclear scientist. what do we know ab

international correspondent alex marquardt who is on his way to the brussels airport right now from downtown brusselsnorth of the center of the city right now. reports started coming in within the last hour of two explosions in the departures hall at the airport. brussels is roughly six hour as head of the east coast of the u.s. so coming during morning rush hour. alex is back with us. alex, i can imagine as i mentioned this is during the morning rush hour. this is when many international flights from the u.s. might be arriving and a lot of people might be heading out to other european destinations. >> reporter: absolutely, for example, there is a brussels to newark flight at 10:00 in the morning in about an hour but that's going to be one of the many flights that has been canceled this morning. we understand that all flights have been grounded leaving brussels. there were a few that were able to land after the attacks happened just after 8:00 in the morning. but otherwise all flights going out have been canceled and flights coming in have been diverted to other airports. now, just before i lost the

you are there, right there looking at downtown brussels. that is near the eu headquarters. so this is separate from the brussels airport, probably ten miles away or so. this is the area that is on lockdown right now we believe. >> tom, dwrukd about the timing, that at the airport there may have been americans lookingnghe book flights coming back to this country. the timing, 8:00 a.m. local tierm. when you go to the other side of the story, the bombing, at least one, perhaps multiple bombings in subway stations or metro stations, obviously the height of the morning comte. >> reporter: absolutely correct. it's not just a timing for the brussels airport, but across the entire capital of europe. this network that includes the rail system that connects all of europe. you a situation where you have many people who flood in to brussels to work every single day and they take the subways and trains during the day, at the ends of the day, a aer work. i would also tell you that we are very concerned about friends of ours who live and work at the brussel airport, and we have not heard f