bakraoui. he rented the apartment. khalid's brother ibrahim el bakraoui and authorities believe najim laachraoui both wearing black here were the two suicide bombers who died at the airport. laachraoui,ug

he is one of the two men below 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 been triggered by that arrest. supported by a note found by authorities on the computer of airport attacker ibrahim el bakraoui, he wrote about being in a rush, no locker knowing what to do, being sought everywhere, spending the rest

belgian police said today they found ibrahim bakraoui's last testimony, his will on a computer left in a dumpster. in it he said he felt hunted, no longer safe and didn't want to end upja nbc news has learned that the bakraoui brothers were deeply involved in the paris attacks. one of the brothers rented the last safe house some of the paris attackers used before carrying out the attack. the other brother helped find them weapons. lester, back in paris, these two brothers were mostly involved in logistics, but once they came here, they became operational, active attackers. it shows an organization that can adapt and is resilient. >> and makes people wonder if the threat is really over. >> doesn't seem to be. >> richard engel, thank you. >>> the people of brussels have shown remarkable courage both during the attacks and in the aftermath of all of this, but questions persist about whether more can be done here to stop this kind of horror from happening. nbc's bill neely has more on that. >> reporter: in brussels today a minute silence for the dead and then defiance from the living. the

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 news that the three suitcase bombs at the airport attack weighed as much as 44 pounds each and belgian authorities today uncovered a huge some pile of explosives the terrorists left behind. what does that say to you about what they found? >> we found detonators and m

bakraoui. he rented the apartment. khalid's brother ibrahim el bakraoui and authorities believe najim laachraoui both wearing black here were the two suicide bombers who died at the airport. laachraoui, thought to have built the brussels bombs has been on the run since paris attacks. the third man who dropped the bomb off at the brussels airport, left. he is unidentified and on the run. police conducting raids across brussels raising the questions did the men act alone or could there be other members of the terror cell out there? we have fred pleitgen with the latest from brussels. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. one of the things that is a probl problem, if you go back four months ago to paris attacks, the cell there was limited in scale. there were more people involved than they thought. of course, they are investigating the brussels attacks, they are looking into that. they identified two potential people unaccounted for. on the pictures from the airport. the man in the light clothing and now they say as far as the

they arrested ibrahim el bakraoui last june. they deported him.rities and then apparently nothing urgent happened on the part of the belgians. something to stop him from doing what he did yesterday. nick paton walsh is on that. he's based in beirut. spent a lot of time in turkey. what are your sources telling you about how exactly this happened. >> well, obviously, the defense the turkish put forth is a vast number of individuals who they get suspicions from and pass information to western intelligence agencies and the western intelligence agencies don't act. the belgians say they're overwhelmed with that information. it may be that ibrahim el bakraoui fits into that category of one of far too great a number. the facts are compelling here. his deportation in june 2015 from turkey where he was suspected of trying to become a foreign fighter inside of syria. allegedly snts back to holland, we understand. now you have to listen to this quite remarkable fact. despite the fact he was deported, knew he was blacklisted or given a substantial tip from bel

did police miss opportunities to look closer at airport bomber ibrahim bakraoui? he had a criminal record belgium. turkish authorities released a new photo of him nbc news. yesterday a family memberenhe f state department told them to take down that post. he said that he had been misinformed about their having been found. they are originally from tennessee but lived in brussels for nearly two years. >>> well, we've got temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s for daytime highs today. plenty of sunshine out there, and it is jtveea rain on monday bfound out >> police say t clear image of his face. if you know anything, you're asked to call police. >>> well, it's taken almost two years of negotiations and several rejections, but now the $6.8 billion merger between pepco and exelon will go ahead. the d.c. public service commission gave the deal its blessing yesterday. will mean lower rates for and over4 evening the playing field has always been david's mission. in congress it'll be his job. it's not how you run, it's how you live. i'm david trone and i approve this messag

the two suicide bombers have been identified as khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui. right now the search is on for the suspect wearing a hat. >> our police services and our investigation services are very, very professional people. but we are also convinced that also the terrorist of isis are professionals too, and well trained and well formed. so it is a difficult battle against them but i' m convinced , that we will win. lisa: a cab driver told police he picked up three men and dropped them off at the airport. he was able to lead police to the house where explosive materials were found. s an kentucky still unaccounted for in the not talked with her niece or her niece' s husband. the couple was at the airport about the same time as the blast. step initials -- stephanie shulz is originally from lexington and now she lives in brussels with her husband justin. they were dropping stephanie' s mom off at the airport to return to the u.s. the family tells us the mother is ok. mark: a local woman studying in brussels was inside the airport at the time of the blasts and scr

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 brussels. i understand you have breaking news to report. >> reporter: i do, alex, unfortunately it's sad news. nbc news has been able to confirm that two of the people who were killed in the bombings here were americans. there had been a lot of rumor, misreporting out there about who might be missing, but we don't have an identity on them. we will not use any identity until it's officially released and it's certain that the family members have been notified. but two americans among the victims here in brussels. meantime, you talked about those raids that happened, the arrests of seven people. well, it just shows you the urgenc

khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. the third man, the man in white identified as najim laachraoui, already wanted in connection with the paris attacks. there are some reports he has been arrested. i want to say that nbc news has not been able to independently confirm those reports. now, raids are being carried out all across brussels. one of them led to the discovery of what investigators are calling a bomb making factory. the attacks are inspiring a show of solidarity around the world. iconic landmarks across europe and the u.s. have been lit in belgium's national colors. black, co yellow and red. there is a lot to get to this morning. we want to start with nbc's keir simmons, joining me right now here in brussels. what can you tell us? >> conflicting report, but a key suspect has been arrested, it's not going to help the tension here. there has been fear here in the city and across europe ever since the paris attacks. what yesterday did was shatter a sense that europe is under attack. >> reporter: in europe's rain-so

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

the brother's names, ibrahim and khalid el bakraoui. were apparently, according to reports here, were known to authorities through their criminal activities, links to organized crimes, we're told. not throu they went separate ways, ibrahim to the airport with two other people and khalid here to the metro station where his body was by far the deadlier of the two. at least 20 people died underground here in central, brussels. as i say, in this area, so close, such an international area, so close to these european institutions. it is why one of the reasons that many people -- european leaders in particular are saying this isn't just an attack against brussels but an attack against all of europe and all that europe stands for. today, the city is starting to get back to normal. there are more people on the streets, buses are running and the metro system is only partially reopened. two lines, a handful of stations but there is enormous security, both on the streets and underground on those metro lines as well. carol? >> phil black reporting li

it is ibrahim bakraoui.ut to be the heaviest load of explosions and afterwards they carried out a controlled explosion. luckily nobody was hurt thanks to the professionalism of those two services. then the third unidentified suspect is still being searched at this moment. we would like to refer you to arrest warrant that was disseminated yesterday. after investigations it turned out that no weapons were found in the departure hall that belonged to the perpetrators. a taxi driver presented himself spontaneously to the police. he said he had picked up three suspects in schaerbeek at number 4 mox rose street. we did house searches of that address and that led to the discovery of 15 kilos of explosives of the tatp type. 150 liters of acetone, 30 liters of oxygenated water and other mechanisms we found screws and other materials for making bombs. we found fans, etc. two other house searches were done on the max rose street but those were negative. in a bin on the same street a laptop was found containing a suicid

on the hard left, i'm told, the middle is ibrahim bakraoui, of course, he is dead. he blew himself up in the airport terminal. his brother did the same in the subway, khalid did the same in the metro. the gentleman on the left, if you want to call him a gentleman, do we know if he was the bomb maker? what is his role, the one of the three gentlemen, the one on the left? >> so there is still a question about the bomb maker. when we say the bomb maker, what police want to know, and will have been reports about this, nbc has not independently confirmed this, that he was a bomber. he was a suicide bomber. that he died at the scene, but he was also the bomb maker for the paris attacks. that's another piece of this puzzle, chris, that they've been looking for. they've been trying to figure out who made those bombs, and fingerprints and dna have led them to suspect that it might be the person who was involved in these attacks. we have not independently confirmed this. but certainly, it's something authorities looking at closely. >> so still on the loose right now is that g

cbs news can confirm that ibrahim bakraoui and his brother khalid, two suicide bombers and one at ther at is subway station. furthermore, turkey has said they grabbed ibrahim at the border last summer and warned belgian authorities that he was, quote, a foreign terrorist fighter. now belgian officials have only said they were both criminals with no known ties to islamic extremism. >> interesting information there, charlie d'agata in belgium. an >>> nba hall of famer dikembe mutombo is in atlanta this morning after experiencing the chaos in brussels. on tuesday he was waiting for a connecting flight in the lounge at the brussels airport about a hundred yards away from the first explosion. >> 30 minutes, i was in the lounge. when everybody was in the lounge with me, they started running, you know? people start screaming. one of them is a former police. the other one was former military guy. i follow them. then i follow them. they took care of me. this morning, they drove my all the way to amsterdam and i got on a flight there. those are my angels. >> wow. >> my angels. last night, mutom

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

fearful he was after the recent arrest of khalid el-bakraoui. >> he is in a rush and hunted everywhere and no longer safe.>> turkey's supported ibrahim el-bakraoui because of suspicion that he was a terrorist fighter belgium could not identify link so his brother , khalid el-bakraoui blew up a train 7 miles away from the airport. as the investigation goes on, americans wait for their loved ones. they still have not been heard from with stephanie and justin scholz who are working in brussels at the time of the attack. stephanie's aunt spoke by phone. >> we were hoping we would hear something immediately . stephanie and justin had got into the car or gotten home or had somehow gotten at the airport. >> . robert: t atp was found an apartment in brussels where the attackers were living. t atp was a key ingredient in the explosive used in paris . that links the events. the associated press is reporting that isis has trained 400 fighters to target europe . that suggests that there are potentially dozens of more attacks. >> turkey sent him back saying we think there is a connection here and it will be tough for them to explain away. >> that

this as we are learning about the missed signals in ibrahim el bakraoui. he was released early from a nine--year sentence for firing a kalashnikov at police officers. he was released early and tried to go to the syrian battle field. picked up by the turks. sent back to the netherlands. warned by officials and he still got through. can we assume now they are more vigilant in brussels and belgium and more vigilant of the criminals who they don't think are terrorists? >> christine, i certainly hope so. the problem you have is all of the old fashioned attitudes. a lot of the western european intelligence services don't trust the turkish service and vice versa. you are running into a situation where all of the different thoughts and ideas and prejudices, frankly, that have built up over the years are coming home to roost. hopefully this has been a huge wake-up call to the european services and all of the intelligence services around the world that they really need to start to pay attention to make the connections to the criminal world and world of isis. that is

ibrahim bakraoui blew himself up at the airport, his younger brother, khalid, this footage from the airport. the man on the left is believed to be najim. the man in white left explosives at the airport and is now at large. investigators are trying to identify and are concerned he could carry out another attack. belgium media is reporting there may have been a noufourth attac, and linking him to the subway explosion. they show him holding a bag. he is believed to have left the scene, and police are searching for him. authorities believe two of the suspects had ties to salah abdeslam, who arrested last week, on suspicion of being involved in the november paris attacks. >>> a scrap niece man detained by turkish authorities has denied any relationship with islamic state group. japanese police say data on his mobile phone does not indicate any contact with the militants. the man in his 20s arrived at the airport on thursday, after being deported from turkey. police questioned him on a voluntary basis. they quoted him as saying he collected information online before his journey, but had no contac

the man in the middle has been identified as ibrahim bakraoui. eted the subway. one of the attackers was deported in june and then went to the netherlands. at a news conference earlier today, president obama addressed these attacks and talked about efforts to defeat isis. >> this is my number one priority. i've got a lot of things on my plate, but my top priority is to defeat isil and to eliminate the scourge of this barbaric terrorism that's been taking place around the world. >> reporter: i'm joined here live by nbc chief news correspondent richard engel. richard, the last time we stood together was in paris, now we're here. let's start with this massive manhunt going on. what do we know? >> reporter: it goes back to paris. we spoke with experts. there's been a press conference from the prosecution's office, and the working theory right now is this was part of the same cell. the same cell of the people that escaped

turkey says belgium ignored a warning that one of the sued bombers ibrahim bakraoui were on a terrorism watch list along the only survivor of the pair race attacks abdeslam was captured a week ago in belgium but questioned only once over the weekend. >> he was interviewed, first time, saturday. he didn't believe anything before the attacks. so he saw police after the attack. >> reporter: the state department says about a dozen americans were injured in the attacks. new video shows the aftermath of tuesday's airport bombing. but evidence suggests the suicide bombers were originally targeteding a nuclear site in belgium. >> we know that there is target ing places elsewhere in the world. >> reporter: surveillance video showing a senior official of the belgian nuclear industry was recovered by police. the two men who picked up the surveillance camera are now thought to be the sued bombers at the brussels airport and metro station. has confirmed that three dutch citizens were among those killed at brussels airport. two of them lived in the united states. >> elaine cobb in brussels, thank you

released two more names, ibrahim el bakraoui in the middle blew himself up at the airport, while his younger brother khalid detonated his explosives on the subway train. those 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 city. one turned 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 nation in mourning. at mid-day, 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 right now. it's all over the world, and now brussels. that scares me. >> reporter: "it hurts the heart," said sadia hanif. "we're very sorry for what happened." as night fell tonight, crowds grew, ignoring warnings to avid large gatherings, a show of defiance. now, news that the bomb maker najim laachraoui might have bee

the guy in the middle is the second bomber ibrahim el bakraoui. and then on the far left is najim laachraoui. he was believed nobody the white coat. but now officials have confirmed he was one of the two suicide bombers at the airport. 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.

ibrahim bakraoui, his brother blew himself up at the airport, was known to police as a violent criminal but he hadn't been linked to terrorism in any way, neither had his brother, but turkey says that he was deported from there last year. the president of turkey said authorities that they didn't seem particularly concerned, so, in fact, he was deported to the netherlands which he had requested. now that is something the belgian authorities are saying that we had no reason to suspect anything at the time. but they did know that he had gone to syria in 2013 to join jihadists there. >> let's talk more about the big picture. a.p. is reporting that isis has trained 400 fighters to target europe. that certainly has to complicate things. >> reporter: yes, but this isn't really new. france is known for some time there are huge numbers of home-grown terrorists who go to syria and are being sent back. when abaaoud was back in paris to master mind the attacks last november, a woman said he told her he came in not with the other bombers for those attacks, swarm a network that he could call on at an

in the middle, ibrahim el bakraoui. intention officials tell brussels is the same work of the cell for paris. what for can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. investigators here in belgium are increasingly convinced there is a direct link between the paris and brussels attacks. well, first of all the two brothers who have been identified as part of those who carried out the attacks at the airport and metro station here on tuesday morning were directly connected with salah abdeslam. their fingerprints were found in a warehouse where abdeslam was hiding. now it's emerged at least one of the brothers tried to get in to fight alongside isis. claimed they have arrested ibrahim el bakraoui one of the brothers in june of 2015. and they sent him back to the netherlands. they extradited him to the netherlands and warned authorities in belgium about their suspicion that he could have been a potential foreign fighter. but allegedly the belgian authorities did nothing about it because they were convinced he was only a criminal.

ibrahim bakraoui and his accomplices detonated several bombs at the airport and train station allegedly killing 31 people. one of the bombmakers they thought got away but now think he died in the blast, as well. if they can place the bombmaker at the scene it helps connect the dots between belgium and france last year. richard engel is digging into that connection from brussels. >> reporter: it unfolded like this. back in paris amid the shootings and bombings, one of the attackers salah abdeslam made it away. he made it to belgium where a senior official said he rebuilt what was left of the cell and started to plan for new atrocities. three suitcase bombs in the airport attack weighed as much as 44 pounds each and belgian authorities today uncovered a huge stock mile of explosives the terrorists left behind. >> what does that say to you about what they found? >> we found detonators and material to produce them. we know how they operated. >> thomas is a counter-terrorism expert who advises the belgian government. >> the question one is whether that factor was used for other operations fo

now, the two are believed to be brothers, khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui. ow. ibrahim was sentenced to nine years in 2010 for an attempted -- for a shot at a police officer during an attempt at robbery at a currency exchange office and spent nine years in prison for that. while his brother, khalid, was arrested and spent five years in prison after he was -- after an attempted carjacking with an assault rifle. but they haven't been linked to terrorism under march 15th. their fingerprints were found in the apartment raided by the police in the north district of brussels where they got tipped off by police that that may have contained information linked to the paris attacks. one attacker was shot dead, a number of police officers were wounded. the brothers escaped but their fingerprints were found in that apartment as well as the fingerprints of salah abdeslam. so they were looking for these people, the brothers and next thing theynew they walked into the airport behind me and detonated explosive devices. >> claudia lavagna, thank you. you have been watching "m

in the middle, ibrahim el bakraoui and his brother was the suicide attacker on the metro. now intelligence officials say that brussels is the work of the same cell involved in the paris attacks. for more, let's go to claudio lavagna. what are you hearing at this hour? >> reporter: yes, the investigators are convinced there's a direct link between the paris and the brussels attacks. the two brothers who carried out the attacks here in brussel on tuesday morning were in direct touch with salah abdeslam. they provided a safe house for them. abdeslam is the only known survivor -- from the command of the attack in paris in november who was arrested just days ago, last friday. that's one of the reasons why investigators believe these terrorists carried out the attacks because they felt that trail could lead to them. they could be arrested as well. but questions are being raised about how speak once again the secret service and the officials in belgium are. turkish officials have arrested in june of 2015 one of the brothers, ibrahim el bakraoui at the border between turkey and sy

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

khalid el bakraoui and his brother, ibrahim el bakraoui were belgian citizens with a history of violentm until last week. in a police raid, turned into a gunfight at the apartment. one suspected terrorist was killed. two others escaped. inside the apartment here investigators say they found ammunition, an isis flag and most importantly, the finger prints of salah abdeslam, the alleged logistics man behind the that led to abdeslam's capture three days later, but the apartment may have also linked him with the bakraoui brothers. it 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 would 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 fi

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