kate duffy spoke to us by phone. >> a huge ball of fire and it was like 50 feet from us.ly insane. >> professional basketball fans will be relieved to hear while former nba all star dikembe mutuombo was in the airport at the time of the bombing he

kate duffy spoke to us by phone. fire and it was like 50 feet from us. it was absolutely insane. >> will be relieved to hear while former nba all star dikembe mutuombo was in the airport at the time of the bombing heon his facebook page >>> well here at home, law enforcement went on high alert. and michelle miller has that. >>> just before rush hour this morning, new york city deployed an army of counterterrorism officers from three elite units, including its hercules team. especially trained to protect the city's most sensitive targets and transportation hubs. new york city police commissioner, bill bratton. >> to the timing of this event a loud us a -- we will double the amount of officers available to us this morning. >> reporter: thousand of commuters, filed past heavily armed officers and were stopped to have their bags searched. >> it's comforting. very grateful to all of them. >> reporter: in los angeles, police presence was beefed up at union station. the largest rail terminal on the west coast. los angeles police chief charlie beck. >> we want t

lauren cleary, monica hall and kate duffy, students from quinnipiac university, were also at the airport during the attack. janet cleary got the call at 3:00 a.m. that lauren and her friends were all safe. >> she called and crying hysterically, that you know, that she -- that there was a bombing, that she was at the airport and a bomb went off. >> reporter: some in belgium. universities like wisconsin, illinois and northeastern thankfully tweeting everyone is safe. meg hilling is with the group of 16 journalist students at mizzou. >> i do feel safe to an extent. i mean, it's made me realize that anything can happen anywhere. >> reporter: tonight most americans in brussels are safe. their families thankful and praying for those killed, injured and still missing. miguel almaguer, nbc >>> and airport security here at home is being examined through a different lebs tonight after the brussels attack. as we had said earlier, it was in the ticketing check-in area, a part of airport where the public and their belongings are not normally screened. typically in american airports. nbc's tom costell

lauren cleary, monica hall and kate duffy, students from quinnipiac university, were also at the airport during the attack. janet cleary got the call at 3:00 a.m. that lauren and her friends were all safe. >> she called and crying hysterically, that you know, that she -- that there was a bombing, that she was at the airport and a bomb went off. >> reporter: some 1,500 students study in belgium. universities like wisconsin, illinois and northeastern thankfully tweeting everyone is safe. meg hilling is with the group of 16 journalist students at mizzou. >> i do feel safe to an extent. i mean, it's made me realize that anything can happen anywhere. >> reporter: tonight most americans in brussels are safe. their families thankful and praying for those killed, injured and still missing. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> and airport security here at home is being examined through a different lebs tonight after the brussels attack. as we had said earlier, it was in the ticketing check-in airport where the public and their belongings are not normally screened. typically in american airports. nbc's

kate duffy spoke to us by phone. >> there was a huge ball of fire like 50 feet from us, and it absolutely was insane. >> reporter: professional basketball fans will be relieved to hear that while former nba all-star dikembe mutuombo was in the airport at the time of the bombing, he is reporting on his facebook page he was not injured. >> pelley: jim axelrod, thank you. well, here at home law enforcement went on high alert, and michelle miller has that. >> reporter: just before rush hour this morning, new york city deployed an army of counter-terrorism officers from three elite units, including its hercules team, specially trained sensitive target and transportation hub. new york city police commissioner bill bratton. >> the timing of this event allowed us to hold over the morning tours of duty on all of those units, so we have literally double the amount of officers available to us this morning. >> reporter: thousands of commuters filed past heavily armed officers and were thought to have their bags searched. >> it's comforting. very grateful to all of them. >> reporter: in los angeles, p

lauren cleary, monica hall and kate duffy, students from quinnipiac university were also at the airporte attack. janet cleary got the call at 3:00 a.m. that lauren and her friends were all safe. >> she called and crying, hysterically that you know, that she, there was a bombing, that she was at the airport. and a bomb went off. >> nbc's miguel almaguer reporting. >>> now to other news we're following today. rob ford, the controversial former toronto mayor passed away tuesday. he became mired in scandal three years ago, into his term, three years into his term when a video alleged to show him smoking crack cocaine much after denying the account. ford later admitted using the drug in a drunken stupor, he was hospitalized in february for a rare form of abdominal cancer. ford was 46 years old. >>> on the heels of his historic trip to cuba, president obama touched down in argentina this morning. he'll meet with the country's new president, macri to discuss trade and argentina's reform agenda. >>> nasa launched an unmanned rocket carrying 8,000 tons of food and equipment to the international

. >>> this video shows connecticut students lauren cleary, kate duffy and monica hall running throughe smoke-filled terminal. the quinnipiac university students were at the airport waiting to board a flight to london when the bombs went off. they described how they managed to make it out safely. >> it was like a fire explosion. it shook the floor. >> can you please, please, please take us anywhere that's not near the airport. we're so desperate, we really don't want to be here, anywhere is safer than here. and he said, yeah, yeah, yeah, get in, get in. >> the students made their way to the u.s. embassy. >>> later this morning on the "today" show, matt lauer is live in brussels, talking to eyewitnesses and getting new information about the attackers. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the terror in brussels. we're posting constant updates on the nbc 10 app as soon as new information comes in. >>> 4:14. in other news, president obama is in argentina this morning. he and his familytouched down in buenos aires just after midnight. the president arrives at a time of political chang

kate duffy spoke to us by phone. >> a huge ball of fire and it was like 50 feet from us.utely insane. >> professional basketball fans will be relieved to hear while former nba all star dikembe mutuombo was in the airport at the time of the bombing he is reporting on his facebook page he was unharmed. jim axelrod, thank you. four days ago, salah abdeslam the alleged logistical planner behind the paris attacks was finally captured in belgium. when the belgium police raided an apartment last week in brussels, they found ammunition an isis flag and abdeslam's fingerprints. that raised suspicions that another attack could be imminent. we don't know if there were any intelligence failures. certainly one criticism that is leveled at european intelligence officials is that they don't share enough information because they don't trust each other. that is a very big because within europe you have open borders and visa-free travel between countries. some of the men involved in the paris attacks were able to go to syria, fight or receive training from isis and then return home traveli

lauren clearey, monica hall and kate duffy, students from quinnipiac university, were also at the airport during the attack. janet clearey got the call at 3:00 a.m. that lauren and her friends were all safe. >> this morning she called crying hysterically that there was a bombing, that she was at the airport, and a bomb went off. >> reporter: some 1500 students study in belgium. universities like wisconsin, illinois and northeastern thankfully tweeting everyone is safe. meg hilling is with a group of 16 journalism students at missou. >> i do feel safe to an extent. i mean, it's made me realize that anything can happen anywhere. >> reporter: tonight most americans in brussels are safe. their families thankful and praying for those killed, injured and still missing. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> and airport security here at home is being examined through a different lens tonight after the brussels attack. as we had said earlier, the ticketing check in area is part of the airport where the public and their belongings are not normally screened. typically in american airports nbc' tom costello

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