let's get straight to our brussels bureau chief, jones hayden. jones, we tried to understand exactly what we are seeing. this is not the first time belgium was at the heart of such investigations of terror. talk us through exactly what we know so far. jones: well, you are right. ever since the paris attacks, that investigation quickly came back to brussels, and to the maalbeek area here. at one point in november, we were on lockdown because of the threat that something and that it was about to happen. now it looks like we are going back on lockdown because something has happened. this certainly seems like a coordinated attack, and certainly appears to be in response to the apprehension on friday of the main suspect, the main living suspect in the paris attacks from last november. so people, i think, are really guarding for another intense period of soldiers on the streets, police on the streets, not knowing exactly what kind of terrorist threat is out there. that's what we have in these two bombs going off this morning at the airport. in the depar

let's join jones hayden. -- jones: we have had two explosions at the terminal here. they happened in the departures lounge. we are trying to get the information as reports there are several wounded. several injured in these two explosions. there were not exactly simultaneous but the happened very close to each other. they have been reports of some people being killed in these explosions. we have not verified that yet. those reports are out there did they have evacuated the airport. they have cut off all flights. they have cut off all access roads to the airport. only emergency vehicles are getting through at this point. we are still trying to see what is going on out there and what is happening. jones, flights diverted, airport closed. what iswe know happening within the departures lounge? do we have any details of how serious these -- on how serious these exposes were? jones: we do not have exact information on that or verification. this comes shortly after the belgian police apprehended one of the main suspects in the paris bombings of last year. certainly people a

david: we will go to jones hayden. are there any new facts we have learned? he latest here is we have confirmed at least 26 people killed in these two attacks. two bombs at the airport and another at one of the brussels metro stations. a station that is near the european corridor. we have 11 killed in the two bombs that went off at the airport early this morning. 15 died in the explosion at the metro station. that was about one hour later. we still don't have any information about who perpetrated, who set these attacks, who is responsible for this area still investigating that. the prime minister of belgium has been on tv to try to reassure people and tell them how the investigation is going. i say it is definitely a terrorist attack and are treating it as that. they are thinking -- they say it is definitely a terrorist attack and they are treating it as that. stephanie: put into perspective someone who spends his life in brussels, what is security like there? for people in the u.s. to say so many people lived -- somebody people live there and some have said i

anna: jones hayden joins us. how crucial is the deal with turkey? nfident is angela merkel in achieving it? her political future is on the line over there. jones: there has been a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in germany as well is across the eu . the leaders have that in the back of their mind when they are coming here to brussels today to try and finalize this deal with turkey in order to solve the refugee crisis. this is critical for the eu. the further we get toward spring, the more the refugee flow is going to increase again. they want to make sure they've got something in place to stem that flow before the numbers start to pickup dramatically. this is what we are anticipating going forward. the eu president yesterday in his invitation letter to the leaders, he set out, he says there is a lot to do. we are here waiting, anticipating a very long day today. a long day tomorrow as the leaders continue to hash out this agreement. manus: jones, there was a culinary agreement last week. high politics on the globe changes. what were the main stick