a man, mohamed abrini is under arrest.was picked up in brussels near the neighborhood where another paris suspect salah abdeslam was arrested. mohamed abrini is suspect in last year's deadly terror attacks in paris. that happened in november. belgian tv, by the way, suggesting that mohamed abrini could be the infamous man in the dark hat and white coat spotted at the brussels airport just before the bombings there. same cell blamed for the paris attacks is believed to have carried out the brussels attacks. another man was picked up. he was sought for having an operational role in the brussels attacks. i want to bring in our justice correspondent, pamela brown and terrorism analyst paul cruickshank what do we know about him? >> well, we know that he is a swedish radical. someone on the radar screen of terrorism. someone who traveled to syria, who posted pictures from syria with an isis flag behind him. the last known posting in january of we are told by a french source close to the investigation, that it is the same as osam

that's probably what happened if this is mohamed abrini. what is extraordinary for me is the fact he was claerly involved in the 13 november attack in paris. one of the most wanted men in europe. still, if in fact he was involved in the airport attack, he then carried out a second attack. i find that very disturbing. he felt confident enough to get out, put the two bombers in the airport and put these guys in the airport. if that was him. >> the tiny issue to that question, we are weeks since the belgium attacks. why are we just now seeing this video? time is of the essence with these people. they are elusive and cross borders so easily in europe. they could cross in to the united states. why would it take weeks for them to put that video up saying have you seen this man? >> i think it is a mistake. they should have put it out right away. i think the belgians are not good at this. they have a dysfunctional police force. they have -- all of these people have been operating almost in the open in brussels when it carried out attacks. from the

we could possibly see the same for mohamed abrini. msnbc chief foreign correspondent bill neely, thanks for that. >>> let's pick up on a few points that bill laid out for us. how significant is this arrest, both for the investigation in france, for belgium, for europol? >> reporter: it's significant on several levels. if abrini is the man in white identified on cameras at the brussels airport, and with the other arrests that they just made, it now means that every single individual identified either in the paris attacks or brussels attacks have now been apprehended. it doesn't mean there aren't layers of other people out there. but those that we know, every one that we know in both of those attacks has now been apprehended. that's a first level of priority. second, after having arrested and detained someone who has been possibly the man in white and releasing him, it looked like the brussels police agency was a keystone cops agency. but after others were identified who were in the molenbeek subway station, that give us a boost of conf

is there any more insight mohamed abrini can give.lways been treated as someone fairly senior in all this. he was obviously very close to salah abdeslam. he was among the people that drove that renault car where the paris attacks were conducted. he was at the apartment in schaerbeek which was the main weapons lab for the brussels attacks. certainly is someone who is very much on the radar of the police, someone they always treated as being fairly senior in the plots both in paris but in brussels as well. >> fred, this arrest came as a result of the raids we have been seeing in the last 24 to 48 hours. are investigators revealing anything more about more arrests anticipated, other people being watched and parameters of raids, or do they feel like, you know, this was the big catch they were looking for? >> reporter: they certainly seem to believe there could be other people on the run. certainly the history of the arrests we've seen so far in this case seem to indicate that at the very least there were people that helped facilitate, hel

talking about out of belgium, belgian federal prosecutors say mohamed abrini has admitted to being the man in the hat seen in the brussels airport with the two bombers just before the explosions and then you see in the surveillance video images of him walking away. police say abrini confessed after being confronted with facial recognition evidence by the belgian authorities. abrini was arrested yesterday along with five others in raids carried out in the etterbeek neighborhood of brussels. we have team obsercoverage. so, the circumstances that led to this admission, any more details? >> interesting, because we were on the phone way federal prosecutor literally a couple minutes before this information was actually officially put out by them, and it was very important for them, they said, to point out that it was not only the fact that they had this facial recognition of him, but the fact that he also confessed to this as well. something they were very keen to point out to us. they say that most of the tools they used to identify him were indeed facial recognition software, but only afte

mohammed abrini is a man at the very heart of this.charged today were three other men with mass murder. one of them known as osama k. we know is swedish. he bought the bags at a shopping mall in brussels that were used in the airport bombings and prosecutors confirm that he was also at the scene of the metro bombing. amid the talk of mohammed abrini this man is also a big player in this cell and we also learned that one of the othereople involved was a rowanden national. we have a belgian, a swede, quite typical of the kinds of multinational cells that we have seen with isis all over the place including, of course, in iraq and syria. one other thing about mohammed abrini just to prove that further proof is needed that this man is a key isis member, british police are also investigating him because we know that he travelled to birmingham on multiple occasions and that a photograph of aa -- don't think it is pictures of a soccer stadium. that is certainly not what police believe. >> thank you so much on this breaking news giving us the d

what about mohamed abrini. is actually that guy in the hat with the white jacket who had that luggage cart at the airport. >> from the very beginning, wolf, intelligence officials suspected he could be because of his ties to abdeslam and the man in the video is incognito and abrini would have an incentive to be in disguise since his pictures have been plastered everywhere. in addition to that, there's been additional intelligence gathered, indication that he could be the man in white just establishing the network of these people, backtracking, process of elimination, ruling people out. through that process, they've been able to hone in more on him. i'm told there were two other people officials thought were the man in white, turned out they weren't. officials are still cautious until they have that definitive proof that in fact it is. >> pamela, thanks. >>> joining us, senator mark warner, democrat of virginia. thanks for joining us. what about mohamed abrini? he was the subject of a massive manhunt since the p

among them this man, mohammed abrini. on the run for five months he was wanted in connection with the paris plot. >> translator: this afternoon, mohammed abrini was arrested, plus two other people. their digital prinlt prints anda were.identified. >> abrini was last seen in this cctv picture, he was with his childhood friend, paris suspect, salah abdeslam. the prosecutor says it's too early to say if abrini is the so-called man in the hat. seen in the brussels airport just before the attacks. catching abrini is better than not. >> in the raid in paris, where they were able to get the paris attack ring leader aboed, everyone in that raid was killed. so the belgians say we take a little bit longer but we're capturing them alive. >> also arrested is osama bakay, also thought to have helicopter at the time malbeck metro station. malmaalbeek metro station. >> televised press conference, president sisi says it's a break through. >> there was an historic announcement, a plan to build a bridge, linking egypt and saudi arabia acro

including the paris attack suspect mohammed abrini. the results from the presidential election in the africa nation of djibouti are imminent. the long-serving leader ismael omar guelleh is seeking a fourth term is and is expected to win. >>> refugees and migrants have been sent back to turkey under an e.u. deal with ankara. pakistani hydrants have arrived after leaving the greek island of lesbos on friday. they have now boarded buses to process centers. >> what was a popular landing spot for small boats bringing refugee, those who made the short but dangerous journey are being sent back to turkey. one by one, they're sent back. the migrants and refugees made their way to the ferry. they arrived at the port of lesbos, where there was a heavy police presence. as with the first deportations these people, the majority of them pakistanis did not want to apply for asylum. observers from turkey were the last people they spoke with and they didn't appear to resist deportation. the only screen of disturbance came from a small group of activists

another question mark, mohamed abrini. he's been wanted since the paris attacks.e drove salah abdeslam, to paris and then left paris with him after those attacks spotted on surveillance video. he has been very much at the top of the list for searches for belgian and french authorities. the belgian state broadcaster giving more details as they come. we're told by our own sources that it's premature to say who the identities are of the latest arrests. we'll be following the story throughout the day. the key question is mohamed abrini among those taken in by belgian authorities today. that's the question we're seeking clarity on today. >> we've seen him in pictures with so many so many before the attacks. is he believes to be a planner or operator for isis in europe? >> that's the question. how much of a planner. he's connected to more than salah abdeslam. he was known to have driven him to paris before the attacks and seen after the attacks as well. he also had a connection to the apartment where two of the suicide attackers from the paris attacks stayed, a safe hou

mohamed abrini's fingerprints and dna were found in safehouses here in brussels.rprints and dna were also found in a car used in the paris massacres. so this is a man involved in paris, brussels, and british police are aware that he always visited the u.k., he visited england's second city, birmingham, last summer and photographs of a soccer stadium were found on his cell phone. so european police forces have had this man in their sights for a very long time. it's very significant, number one, that he's in custody. number two, that he's talking. he's been charged with mass murder. two men who were arrested with him have actually been released. but three other men are being charged with membership of isis and with mass murder. one of them is significant. he's called osama k. we know he's swedish. prosecutors say he was at the scene of the metro bombing. he was alongside one of the bomber -- suicide bomber who died there. they also say osama k. bought the suitcases that the bombs at the airport and possibly at the metro were put into. so in all the talk of mohamed a

mohammed abrini with ties to several of the paris attackers captured in brussels today. abrini has multiple connections to the deadliest terror attack in europe in more than a decade. >> it's quite significant because he is one of the last people that they found who played a critical role in the paris attacks. he also appears to have played a critical role in the brussels attacks. >> reporter: he was caught on surveillance video driving salah abdeslam to the french capital two days before the attacks. the car seen at this gas station is the same vehicle used to transport some of the terrorists that deadly night. abrini also rented an apartment where two of the paris attackers stayed. and after the paris rampage, he returned to belgium with abdeslam before both disappeared. questions as to whether abrini is the man in the hat seen with the two suicide bombers at the brussels airport before he escaped on foot. just yesterday police released a series of surveillance videos tracking his movements. >> he doesn't talk. what is in his computer, what is in his cell phones, what i

mohamed abrini is also linked to the paris attacks last november. he was caught on a gas station security camera with terror suspects salah abdeslam and two days before the coordinated massacre in the french capital. >> mohamed abrini is one of four men charged in belgium with participating in terrorist acts. thirty-two people died last month at the airport. >> authorities say one of the suspects in custody is osama kraiem, accused of being the second man in the attack. >> belgian will look for additional accomplices and work they have not done enough to battle terrorism. cbs news, london. >> the u.s. air force says it deployed b-52 bombers to the mideast. the first time the heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1994 gulf war when they operated from saudi arabia. this time they will be based in qatar -- the long-range bombers will join a multinational coalition carrying out air strikes against the islamic state targets. >>> back at home, charges for the driver police say slammed his car into a man writing a scooter in queens. the car b

the suspect, mohamed abrini, is thought to be the third mysterious person seen wearing a hat alongside 2 other bombers in cctv footage taken at brussels airport just before the attack occurred. let's take a look. reporter: another breakthrough in the pursuit of the paris and brussels perpetrators. mohamed abrini is suspected to be the man on the ground become one of several arrest made on friday in connection with the terror attacks. stationas seen at the two days before the attacks alongside another key suspect, solid abdel salaam, who drove one of the cars associated with the bloodshed. lsalam was also arrested. legal 31-year-old is the main in the hat on cctv just before the airport bombings in brussels. abrini's dna is believed to have been found in a flat were the airport bombers left before the explosions. on thursday, police released cctv footage of the third suspect, just a few minutes after the blasts at the airport. the suspect, who was wearing a light-colored jacket, passes onlookers who are still in shock from the blasts. the suspect gets rid of his jacket, followed by his

mohamed abrini is the last known suspect from the paris massacres.he was arrested in a brussels suburb after five months as one of europe's most wanted, renting rooms for killers. >> some of the suicide bombers stayed here. >> reporter: but he may be tied to a second atrocity. investigators saying they are trying to prove this is mohamed abrini, the man in the hat with two suicide bombers at brussels airport. police released these new pictures of him walking away from the bombing and they asked for help to find him. >> i think he's very important. he connects the paris attack to the brussels attack. his dna is all over the preparation of the brussels attack. >> reporter: in november mohamed abrini was filmed at a gas station two days before the killings with his boyhood friend. the two men were seen the next day with a suicide bomber in a car used in the massacres. >> police say one other man arrested yesterday bought the bags used in the airport bombings so they believe they have caught two men at the heart of the terror cell. >>> american airlines

deirdre: the key remaining suspect mohammed abrini has been arrested. he may have been the man seen in the hat in the belgium airport. tony, glad to have you back. what does this change as far as the investigation? >> they didn't go far enough three times. he rented apartments after the paris attacks, so they didn't go far enough to identify, map and with impunity take him out. they have got to go further this time. they have to go to the second and third levels of connections. clearly they didn't do what they should have the first time and the second time. the third time. it's what are you doing? deirdre: what does it say to you that he seems like he has been hiding out in europe this whole time. he did not flee. it doesn't seem like it yet. does that show that europe is a fine place for people to hide? >> that is absolutely correct. if you don't have people in and out trying to flee. that means they feel center secure. that means they are planning a fourth or fifth attack and this intelligence officials have to ask, why was he loitering around? he was

one of the two men arrested with mohamed abrini were released. three of them were arrested at the same time. you can hear in the background the sirens. this has been a city, for several weeks, of sirens, of police activity, the army on the streets. some in brussels, including judicial authorities, already breathing a bit of a sigh of relief, not own that they have mohamed abrini, a key player, they apparently have the man in the hat, the third man at the brussels airport, and that, most significantly, he is talking. back to you, richard. >> thank you so much, bill, with that breaking news in brussels with the very latest. of course we'll continue to watch that right here on msnbc. now let's get back to the latest on the wyoming democratic caucus. we're getting early results. nbc's kristen dahlgren in cheyenne. krist kristen, the surprise and the piece of the breaking news that you reported at the top of the hour for us was laramie county. even the clinton supporters surprised that they eked out a win there. they didn't expect this. . >> reporter:

and mohammed abrini's ambitions went beyond a second attack on paris. security sources tell nbc news he traveled to birmingham, england last year where photos of a soccer stadium were found on his phone. prosecutors say abrini has confessed to being the man in the hat who helped deliver the airport bombs and fled. it's not clear if he's still talking. and the policebl searching for suspects, can't be sure there aren't more killers on the loose, with mortar get e targets in mind. >>> here at home, senator schumer talked terrorism. he wants to offer legislation that would offer a cash reward to anyone who thwarts an attack by something they found on social media. facebook post or message, an instagram or a snapchat, someone in the public is seeing it. and if it's nefarious, they should be encouraged to report it. >> schumer says current law does not specifically cover tips generated through social media, and he wants to propose a minimum award of $25,000. he plans to introduce this legislation later this month. >>> still ahead, a viral individual video tou

they say he is mohamed abrini, one of the terror suspects. during interrogation, authorities say mohamed abrini admitted that he is the person in surveillance video seen next to the suicide bombers in the brussels airport. mohamed abrini is also linked to the paris attacks last november. he was caught on a gas station security camera with terror suspect salah abdeslam two days before the coordinated massacre in the french capital. >> mohamed abrini is one of four men charged in belgium at participating in terrorist acts. thirty-two people died last month at the airport and at a brussels subway station. >> authorities say one of the accused of being a second man attack. attack. belgian police carried out more raids saturday as they look for additional accomplishes and belgian police carried out more raids saturday as they look for additional accomplishes and worked to counter fears criticism. they have not done enough to battle terrorism. cbs news, london. >> the u.s. air force u.s. air force says it deployed b-52 bombers to the mideast. it is

chief among them mohamed abrini. we know he has been cooperating with police in terms of confessing to being the airport bomber and disposed of his items and clothing that is distinctive in the cctv footage. is he and the others arrested also providing details helped police piece together what they found on the computer. >> kellie, thank you. >>> history unfolding in hiroshima with secretary of state john kerry visiting. the white house says the secretary will not apologize for the u.s. dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshima to end world war ii. >>> the u.s. navy officer in custody this morning awaiting trial for espionage. he was arrested eight months ago, but details kept under wraps for national security. all we're being told at this point is the officer is a lieutenant commander accused of illegally sharing wrongly transporting classified material. >>> john brennan says his agency will not engage in waterboarding or other interrogation techniques. president obama banned waterboarding in 2009. donald trump and ted

mohamed abrini is also linked to the paris attacks last november. he was caught on a gas station security camera with terror suspect salah abdeslam, two days before the coordinated massacre in the french capital. >> mohamed abrini is one of four men charged in belgian with participating in terrorist acts. thirty-two people died last month at the airport and a brussels subway station. >> authorities say one of the suspects in custody is osama second man at the deadly train station attack. belgian police carried out more raids saturday as they looked for additional accomplices and works to counter fears criticism. criticism that they have not been enough to battle terrorism. cbs news, london. >>> the u.s. air force says it has deployed b-52 bombers to the mideast. the first time the heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 gulf war when they operated from saudi arabia. this time, they will be based in qatar -- the long-range bombers will join a multinational coalition carrying out air strikes against islamic state targets in syria and

november, has just admitted he is also belgian's infamous man in the hat. 31-year-old isis-linked mohamed abriniou can see abrini wuking through brussels internatio

mohamed abrini was detained yesterday after a raid in belgium.ay, authorities say, abrini confessed to being the third attacker seen in surveillance video at the airport in brussels where 16 people were killed on march 22. abrini is also linked to the attacks in paris last november that killed 130 people. jonathan vigliotti has more. >> reporter: mohamed abrini's confession not only gives a face to the man under the hat. it also reveals a terror cell authorities say was responsible for both the brussels bombings and the attacks in paris last november. police say abrini was seen photographed alongside salah abdeslam the only surviving paris attacker two days before those plans were carried out. abrini's fingerprints were found inside this car and also inside this brussels apartment where the airport attackers made their bombs. faced with the evidence abrini admitted he is the man at the airport walking with the two suicide bombers. abrini's arrest comes after authorities released surveillance video asking the public to identify the then-unknown su

but certainly mohammed abrini in custody, key player and he's talking. that's the most significant thing. >>> cardinal dolan is in iraq tonight, offering soert upport to families displaced by isis. photos show dolan with members of the catholic near east federation in kurdistan. the weekend visit will also take the group to schools and clinics in that area. >>> still ahead, as the cleanup begins at the site of that raging info know in keyport, new jersey, we are now learning what sparked those flame. >>> 26 cyclists set out on a four day journey with one >>> it was such an intense fire in keyport, new jersey, that sent six firefighters to the hospital. tonight as those firefighters are covering, crews are now cleaning up all the debris left behind. we have brian thompson in keyport where he spoke to those impacted by that dwas evastating fire. >> reporter: lost in the rubble, people lives in two apartments upstairs. one couple lost three family as firefighters escorted them around the ruins, a sister telling me -- >> families were basically destroyed. th

nbc news confirms the alleged suspect is 31-year-old mohamed abrini. captured just over 24 hours ago. authorities say he now admits his involvement with the belgian airport bombings, but they also believe he's a key suspect for playing a role in the deadly paris attacks from november. our bill neely has the latest from brussels. >> reporter: mystery solved. the man in the hat seen wielding explosives with two suicide bombers at brussels airport has it's this man, mohamed abrini. arrested yesterday, talking today, say prosecutors. he's admitted being the man seen fleeing the bombings, telling investigators, he threw his jacket in a garbage can and sold his hat, but they can't rule out the possibility that he's lying to cover for someone else. he was one of six men arrested yesterday. four of them have now been charged with mass murder. abrini is one, photographed before the paris attacks, linked to safe houses, and a car used in the massacres. he's a key suspect who may know more than his friend salah abdeslam who also fled paris. >> abrini will probabl

anti-terrorism police are still searching this area, which isn't far from the isis bomb factory where mohamed abrini's dna was found. in november, abrini was filmed at a gas station near paris two days before the killings, with his boyhood friend, salah abdeslam, who also fled the attacks. next day, the two men were seen with a suicide bomber in a car used in the massacres. police believe they're breaking this deadly isis cell. salah abdeslam will soon be sent for trial in paris. now his accomplice, abrini, joins him behind bars. and investigators say one other man arrested today, osama k., bought the bags used in the airport bombings here and may have been with the suicide bomber at the metro. so they believe they've caught two men at the very heart of the terror here. >> bill neely in europe, thank you. >>> now to tempers flaring and strategies shifting tonight on the campaign trail at home as pressure builds on both hillary clinton and bernie sanders to win new york. and on the republican side, donald trump is making moves, hoping to avoid a contested convention as ted cruz proves a powerful force

however this is all going by the word of mohamed abrini.tle is known in terms of actual concrete evidence. >> tell us a little bit about the feeling there in brussels. when we spoke yesterday there were some raids overnight. you had said yes there are certainly, there certainly was some tension there in the city. what is the mood today? >> reporter: i have to say the raids have been ongoing. they have been ongoing ever since the attacks on the 2nd of march. even beforehand after the november attacks in paris. so this is something that we're getting used to in brussels. in terms of how it is on the street, a beautiful weekend in brussels and the cafes are packed so i wouldn't call it a concern. >> along with the concession the information about the initially planned second attack on paris did come from mohamed abrini. what are authorities trickling out, releasing to the public? what else are you learning that they are getting not only from mohamed abrini but the other men who have been arrested? >> reporter: what we know, obviously, the mini

officially for command -- named to the man as homage -- mohammed abrini. he might also be the man with the hat playing the area. here is more. reporter: security measures are tight these days especially in the metro. earlier this evening, the district attorney's office issued a terse statement. police had arrested several suspects related to the brussels attacks. officials declined to release further information at the time. this amateur footage was broadcast wide belgians during -- via the rt network. also had the infamous man with the hat been caught? yesterday belgian authorities had published a cctv video. according to the rt, the man in the arrest video is mohammed ar ini. he had been seen with abdeh al-salam. th is is is isi reported tos have been arrested. he too is said to >> there would have been many questions but none were answered. we know that five people have been arrested all during the day since the late afternoon. operations were still ongoing this evening. many apartments in some brussels areas were still being searched. the main suspect,

mohamed abrini was wanted in connection with the paris attacks.ow confirms he has, in fact, been arrested. what we don't know yet, and this is the key part to his connection, was he the man in the white jacket in the bucket hat that police have been looking for? that individual, there's surveillance video of him at both the airport and immediately after the airport that was released by belgian police. they have been asking the public for any information in trying to identify who this man is. the man known as the guy in the white jacket in that dark bucket hat. footage of him leaving the scene near the airport has had police in pursuit of him for the past several weeks. they have not been able to determine if that's him or not yet. that's what they're trying to determine today. but, what they do know is that mohamed abrini was involved in the paris attacks, because he was seen two days before the paris attacks, with another suspect. salah abdelslam, who's already been arrested. the two of them were spotted in a car at a gas station. that car was la

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where did it all come from, and who supplied it, those questions have never been answered, and mohamed abrini'sitions went beyond a second attack on paris. security sources tell nbc news he traveled to birmingham, england, last year, where photos of a soccer stadium were found on his phone. prosecutors say abrini has confessed to being the man in the hat, who helped deliver the airport bombs and then fled. it's not clear if he's still talking and the police searching for suspects can't be sure there aren't more killers on the loose, with more targets in mind. bill neely, nbc news, brussels. >>> on the issue of interrogating terror suspects our chief foreign correspondent richard engel asked cia director john brennan whether the agency might once again permit waterboarding. president obama banned it but donald trump and ted cruz have said they're open to it. in an exclusive interview brennan was unequivocal. >> absolutely i would not. i would not agree to having any cia officer carrying out waterboarding again. >> you can see more of richard's interview with brennan tomorrow right here on "night

a judge ruling mohamed abrini who admitted being the man in the hat ever brussels airport and is also linked to the paris attackswill remain in custody along with half a dozen other suspected terrorists . as we get new details about what the terrorists planned to target inside the brussels airport, benjamin hauled following all the breaking development from our london bureau. reporter: ever since those attacks, people have been asking if there was a specific target at the airport and today we are learning there was. the carnage we saw that day was not random but rather it was directed specifically at the departure areas. they were flights leaving to america, russia and france. america suffered the second highest death toll after belgium and now it seems as if that was more than just coincidence. according to french media, mohamed abrini told investigators that the bomber picked out those targets specifically. seeking to attack people from those countries. the attack killed four americans and wounded at least nine others. among them justin and stephanie schultz from gatlinburg tennesse

the fear is that the terror gang may be bigger, and ready to strike again. >> so mohamed abrini is likely questioned again today because no one really believes that everyone in this gang has either been captured or killed. and there are therefore no celebrations here about abrini's arrest for the charges against him. they're still on their guard here. and belgium's prime minister last night was telling people, you know, stay alert, be careful. one other thing, ayman, the apartment building behind me is where the gang was based here in brussels. you will remember that the police found 30 pounds of tatp. that's the explosive of choice, if you like, that isis uses. and also around 50 gallons of explosive liquid. but they used four times that amount in attacking the targets here in brussels. now, where did they get all that stuff? where did it come from? and who supplied it? those, ayman, are questions that have never been answered. back to you. >> critical questions in that investigation. bill neely, thanks for that reporting. well for more on the significance of abrini's arrest i want to br

mohamed abrini is thought to be the man in the hat seen here at brussels airport just before the attack. he was arrested after four weeks on the run. he is also thought to have been caught by a cctv camera the french petrol station with the leader of the paris attacks just two days before they were carried out, potentially connecting him to both brussels and paris. the bbc has been told that abrini visited birmingham last summer before both sets of attacks. pictures of a football stadium were later found on his own. >> people have been implicated in 2 major incidents in paris and brussels and come and go as they please. reporter: all five people arrested last night are still being questioned in the west midland area. they are being held on suspicion of terrorism, but nobody has been charged. laura: daniel safford reporting there. each day we seem to get a reminder of the threats of violent extremism poses, whether it is the attacks in brussels or the two-year anniversary of the girls being abducted, this has become a global scourge and international fight. for more on what can be done,

reporter: pamela, a lot of important new developments in this investigation especially regarding mohamed abrini spoke to the federal prosecutor here and he said that one of the most important things as they were confronting abrini was that facial recognition software that they used. they said once he was confronted with the results of that, that's when he said yes indeed, it was him on that picture that he was the so-called man in the hat. and on top of admitting that, he also then in detail described the route he took after he left the brussels airport. he said that he went through town, that at some point he dumped his jacket and in the end sold a hat he was also wearing to conceal his identity. one of the other big breakthroughs that happened is the police here said that they also now positively i.d.ed the second person who was on the scene at the subway bombing that happened on the same day. that person has been identified. in spite of the fact they do have these two high profile people, the authorities 8 is they are aware this might not be the end of it. they fear there could po tepgsly be

mohammed abrini has been arrested. he had been sought in connection with the paris terror attacks that killed 130 people. he was arrested in belgium where those terror attacks more recently took place at the airport and on the metro station line. mohammed abrini arrested in belgium according to the associated press. there also have been more arrests made in belgium.there is hope that perhaps one of them is the man in the white hat who has been sought in connection with the airport attacks but no confirmation of that yet. mohammed abrini was a wanted in connection with the paris terror attacks. busy morning. as we get more information we will bring it to you here live. >> jon: new jersey doesn't always get the credit it deserves. especially here on the east coast that it is the garden state, not hollywood where american cinema was born. william fox founded the fox film corporation, the precursor of 20th century fox studios in fort lee new jersey a century ago.fox and other big names in the arts, sports, politics and bus

according to belgian authorities, mohamed abrini, arrested friday, told them today that he is that man, seen with the two airport suicide bombers who targeted the departures hall. abrini allegedly leaving behind a bag of explosives before fleeing, the escape caught on surveillance cameras. the 31-year-old belgian was also the last known suspect of the november paris attacks, charged today with terrorist murders and participation in a terrorist group. authorities say brini's dna had been found at the brussels apartment, a virtual bomb factory, from where he and the other attackers left to the airport. new audio was released today believed to be one of them calling for the taxi. taxi at 7u15 in the max roosstreat 4. >> reporter: and the bags they used, the federal prosecutors said, were bought by this man, osama k., slapped with the same terror charges today. authorities say he was at the maelbeek metro station with the suicide bomber who blew himself up. the prosecutor's office tells us tonight that with all the video they had of the man in the hat, abrini had no choice but to confess.

mohamed abrini was arrested friday in a raid.e has now confessed to being the man seen at the airport right before the brussels bombing. he's also the final known suspect directly linked to the bombings last year in paris. >>> former nfl player will smith was shot to death overnight after a traffic dispute in new orleans. police say he was killed after exchanging words with a driver who rear-ended his car. smith's wife was also shot and taken to the hospital. smith spent his entire nine year career with the saints, including winning the super bowl. the team confirmed the news a short time ago calling it a senseless and tragic loss. >> britain's prince william and his wife the duchess of cambridge started a trip to india. william and katherine will also meet with children's yup groups and mingle with celebrities and take part this a game of contradict all to strengthen ties with the uk. -- cricket. >>> key topics for kerry's visit are terrorism, refuge crisis and nuclear disarmament. first trip to hiroshima by a secretary f of sta

belgian authorities announcing arrest of paris attack suspect mohamed abrini.lso believed to be so-called "man in the hat" after brussels deadly attack. chris harmer, senior naval analyst. chris, are the keystone cops as we call them over here, i mean, they can't seem to get anything right. are they finally on the right track? >> they are on the right track but a little bit timed late on it. if mohamed abreen any arrested in 72 or 9hours of the paris attacks. they might have gotten something useful as intelligence asset ordaining gel him to draw other terrorists out of hiding. it was not useful to arrest him this far after the brussels and paris attacks. only information he has is likely gone cold. likely all of his contacts, collaborators are know he is wanted man in the paris attacks and brussels attacks, they gone to ground. ditched cell phones, change the computers and cars. difficult to use this guy as intelligence asset. david: they mitted opportunity. they deal with terrorism as a law enforcement issue, not a national security issue that makes a big diff

one of the men here, mohamed abrini, has just been arested. these photos showing abrini at a gas station, two days after the paris attacks, with the now captured, the eighth wanted terror suspect from paris there in the surveillance photos from the gas station from right after those coordinated attacks. meaning that last named suspect is no longer at large. also ties him to last month's coordinated brussels bombings at the airport and the subway. something authorities have kept very closely to themselves. belgium media reporting that this man in the hat and the light colored jacket at the airport before those bombings is, in fact, abrini, captured a short time ago, along with osama krayem, accused of having a quote/unquote operational role in the brussels attacks. lots of pieces to throw at you. we'll have it all together and understand it as we go to brussels. cnn journalist kelly morgan is standing by with more. let's begin with the significance of this abrini arrest. what do we know about him? >> it's extraordinary, big fish for the belgian

this morning, we are learning more about mohamed abrini. he was the man in the white hat believed to be that third and only surviving suspect from the brussels airport bombing. he was taken into custody friday. let's go live to brussels and bring in cnn's kellie morgan. kellie, tell us about the latest. >> reporter: michelle, we had a development in the investigation every day since the arrest on friday of mohamed abrini and five other suspects. he does appear to be talking to police. as you said, he confessed to being the third airport bomber. the bizarre thing we heard from him over the weekend is he sold the hat he is seen wearing in the cctv footage. he appears to be talking, but whether or not police believe him. there were five other people arrested on friday. it could be one of those people cooperating with police. among them, krayem. he, like abrini, has a link to captured suspect salah abdeslam. police believe that he was the second man that they were hunting in relation to the metro attacker in molenbeek. we are learning of the fr

this is mohamed abrini, a 31-year-old international. he was seen at the paris attacks spotted in a vehicle that was used in the paris attacks. since that time, the french and the europeans and the belgians have been looking for him as well as abdeslam. they are two individuals they had been looking for since the paris attacks. >> do you mind me interrupting just to say these videos on the left side of your screen are what were released yesterday to show the man with the bucket hat, who we've all seen so many pictures of with the baggage cart and the bucket hat, these are other images of that man who may well be abrini, but we've heard the belgian prosecutors say we don't know yet. >> they haven't confirmed that yet. what you essentially have, and that's why this is a complex investigation, you have these two terrorist attacks. there are a lot of linkage between the two in terms of apartments registered under various names, a lot of them have strong ties to molanbeck, but yesterday the brussels prosecutor said we are still looking for th