abdelslam has been on the loose they announced another attacker, lacroix. and if they are not connect, it was set off a day after the release of his sketch. just a short time ago, belgium interior minister said that though they knew an extremist act was being planned for europe, they were struck by the scale of the attack in brussels. >> lynn: well, new york and washington d.c. ramped up security in the wake of the terror attack in brussels. >> anchor: jessica holly has more for us. >> reporter: jeff, the department of homeland security saying that there's no specific and credible intelligence of a threat to the united states, even so security is stepped up across the nation with new york city taking the lead. throughout the day, the city is boosting the number of police officers on duty by the thousands, across the city's across the city, jfk national airport in hopes of increasing the vigilance at all of the high-profile areas. >> this includes the special weapons teams transit canine special operations division, special decks canine, the vapor weight dog