michael morell, good morning to you. what can you tell us about the group that you believe is behind the attacks? >> so, gayle, good morning. i think there's sort of a macro picture here and a micro picture here. the nexus is believed to have been built in europe is large and sophisticated. as a result of the they've got bomb makers. and after paris, we've done very, very little to degrade that network. so that's part of the story that's happened today. the other part of the story, the micro story, i think it's a reflection of the arrest of the logistics chief abdeslam last friday. we know he was involved in additional attack plotting. i think the individuals he was working with decided to move quickly. i think that's happened as well. >> michael, given that, does that mean the attacks are going to happen in the united states? >> i think it's more difficult, norah norah, to put together such a sophisticated network here. just more difficult, but not impossible. i think we have to assume isis has built the network here or

director michael morell sees no reason to doubt the document' authenticity and says they will undermine the ability of isis to conduct attacks in the u.s. and other countries. >> if you're isis now, and you know that western intelligence has their hands on these, you can't send those people back to conduct an attack because you know they're going to be-- they're going to be picked up as soon as they cross that border. >> reporter: each form has 23 blocks asking for name, alias, date of birth, marital status, country of residence, education, profession, and phone number. one block asks fighters to choose a position to apply for. and according to an analysis of one batch of documents, 120 of 1700 recruits volunteered for there are said to be at least 10 americans on the list. one of them douglas robert, the alias for an illinois man named douglas macarthur mccain, was already known to western intelligence and has since been killed on the battlefield. >> the guys who went that you didn't know, that's the value of this because it puts new people on your radar. >> reporter: the documents are

. >> michael morell, thanks. our charlie d'agata is at the brussels airport with the latest on what happened there. charlie, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. we got information that it was a suicide bomber that attacked the airport. there are witness accounts of the explosion and reports that the attacker or attackers were shouting in arabic before it happened. it happened around 8:00 this morning. they immediately evacuated the airport. we saw some passengers and a aircraft crew leaving the airport. now the entire perimeter has been surrounded by police cars. there were ambulances rushing to and from the airport. we were held back. we tried to get onto the on-ramp in order to approach the airport. at the time the police said, look, you have to stop, you cannot go there. we said, look, we're press. they said they're still looking for explosives. obviously there are no flights leaving the airport. no flights coming in to brussels international. they've been diverted to other airports. they've shut

michael morell, good morning to you. what can you tell us about the group that you believe is behind the attacks? >> so, gayle, good morning. i think there's sort of a macro here. the nexus is believed to have been built in europe is large as a result of the investigation, we've learned they've got bomb makers. and after paris, we've done that network. so that's part of the story that's happened today. the other part of the story, the reflection of the arrest of the logistics chief abdeslam last friday. we know he was involved in additional attack plotting. i think the individuals he was quickly. i think that's happened as well. >> michael, given that, does that mean the attacks are going to happen in the united states? norah norah, to put together such a just more difficult, but not impossible. i think we have to assume isis has built the network here or has already built it. >> michael, i can remember distinctly speaking with you after the paris attacks and you said something very important. you said the strategy again

we are also talking to michael morel and john miller about the ice is flat and the , will be here in studio 57. the news is back in the morning and we will see you at 7 o'clock. walter, back to you in the studio. >>> remember, cbs this morning kicks off at 7 am right here on cbs 4. >>> now, let's get attack of our weather heading over to john gerard. it's definitely warmer from yesterday. >> you can leave the setters -- sweaters and jacket at home. this is where we are supposed to be at this time of year. the radar is clear. fort lauderdale camera from downtown is still dark out there and it will be for about another hour or so until the sun comes up at around 7 to 30. 71 in miami. the wind is east at nine and that is bringing in some milder ocean air. 84 at 10:00. 80 at 2 o'clock and 78 with partly cloudy skies. that's a quick check of the weather. been watching this crash on the turnpike for several -- for some time now. i can tell you, you probably want to take 95 instead. it's a northbound accident here there are starting to clear it up and get things opened up a little bit work

contributor and former deputy director, michael morel sees no reason to doubt the document's authenticityy they will undermine isis to conduct attacks in the u.s. and countries. >> if you are isis now and know western intelligence has their hands on these. you can't send those people back to conduct an attack. because you know they're going to be, they're going to be picked up soon as they cross the border. >> each form has 23 blocks, name, alias, date of birth. marital status, country of residents. education, profession, phone number. one block asks fighters to choose a position to apply for. and according to analysis of one batch of documents. 120 of 1700 recruits, volunteer ford suicide missions. there are said to be at least ten americans on the list. one of them, douglas robert, the alias for an illinois man, douglas macarthur mccain was already known to western intelligence and since been killed on the battlefield. >> the guys that you didn't know. that's the value of this. it puts new people on your radar. >> reporter: the documents are 2 years old. some are duplicates. some encryp

we have to push >> that is michael morell. the departure in checking areas before security checkpoints. that has a lot of you talking today. coming up, i will tell you how this could affect your travel plans. >>> usf is working to get to employees out of brussels and back home. usf sarasota-manatee chancellor dr. sandra stone and 1 million malik weren't hurt. they had been heading to the airport when the explosions happen. a georgetown university professor had been in town interviewing these professors. she says this is a new kind of attack targeting the area in the airport. >> you can walk in and look quite strange and be wearing strange close with a suicide somebody with too much luggage. >> there is a greater chance of another attack in europe where it is easier to cross borders. >>> president obama landed in argentina this morning and are heightens security. it was in buenos aires. he plans to meet with the argentinian president and a ten- day stay dinner and town hall. >>> senator ted cruz is getting support from a former

eland fight against tar rim we joined by cbs security am list and former number two at the cia michael morell. farah pandith former special represent tough to muslim communities at state department and atlantic jeffrey goldberg who has written on nation national security. mike, let me start with you, where are we after this attack? >> john, i think two points. one is we have unprecedented terrorist network in europe. there's been 1 isis attacks in europe the last two years, the last six months. very large problem 2000 foreign fighters coming back from syria and very sophisticated capability of those guys because they got the training in iraq and syria and real capacity and part of european services. this is not only a problem for europe, it is a clear and present danger for u.s. homeland because of the easeful travel from western europe to united states. that is issue number one. issue number two is, europe as a harbinger for what we might see in the rest of the world. isis is under pressure in iraq and syria. the consequence that have, that's important and necessary to do more of that. the c

. >> rose: michael morell, deputy and acting director of the cia, now correspondent with cbs news. back in a moment. >> rose: we continue our coverage of terrorist comings with richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations. nicholas burns, professor at the harvard kennedy school. rukmini callimachi, professor at the harvard kennedy school, who leads the paper's i.s.i.s. coverage. peter spiegel, bureau chief for "the financial times." i am pleased to have all of them on this program on this day. >> we saw several raids in schaerbeek. they found bombmaking materials, chemicals, i.s.i.s. flags, those raids are continuing in schaerbeek. they released photos of three perpetrators who they think did the bombings. two guys that are likely dead and one there is a manhunt for. so those raids going on in schaerbeek now. they're on the run. they haven't disclosed how extensive the cell is. the expectation is this was a well-planned, professional and large cell that perpetrated this today. >> rose: any connection with the arrests made recently? >> that's speculation. 24, 48 hour

hallmarks of isis and the attacks exposed weaknesses in cbs news senior security contributor michael morell joins us once again. good morning michael. i know you know the scenario very well. what concerns you most? what are the questions that u.s. officials are asking at this hour? >> gayle, the big picture here is that isis has a large, and sophisticated terrorist network in europe that has not been degraded, that has not been unraveled. i think that's the key issue here. i think the next few days, the threat level is very high. going forward. for two reasons. one is terrorist attacks bring out copycats. you got to worry about lone wolves thinking now is the time to move. whether that's in europe, or the united states. and i think you also have to worry about what other large attacks did salah abdeslam have and train that might get accelerated over the next few weeks or months? >> michael, as jeff pointed out to us, this attack at the departure lounge, before anyone went through security. the first near a counter where customers paid for overweight baggage. the second bomb went off near a

former cia director michael morale -- morell. saying it is prove the terrorist groups are winning. we have lieutenant colonel oliver north. president saying isis is win something political statement that is incorrect. they think we are wing. what do you think. >> melissa you have to know the definition of winning. certainly people in brussels, belgium, today or in paris a few weeks ago or christmastime in san bernardino didn't feel like we were winning but the fact is the m-o for these radical islamic terror groups is always the same. attack soft targets, inflict maximum cashing walts on unarmed women and children if you can. rely on low can cells to target, gather info and do recon. go after mass transit, airports ticket counters just like they did this morning in brussels but if you look at target last few years, they're getting softer and softer. it is more difficult to get a bomb on an airplane. we do things in the united states and most countries to protect against those things. you look at they go after, it is soft targets. hardening shopping malls in kenya or nigeria orphana