let's now speak to natasha butler, who is there for us. tell us about what is still going on there now, natasha. >> reporter: well, we're still seeing a police cordon. police have basically shut off a whole area. so we're not able to go down several streets. people are being kept back. police are being asked to stay back unless they are picking up their children from school. because there are a couple of schools in this area. >> what kind of reaction from neighbors -- people living in that part of brussels, natasha? >> reporter: well, i was speaking to one woman a little bit earlier. she actually -- she said -- she couldn't believe that he would be in this area. and i think that probably echos as the sentiments of most people here. that he could be not only in mullenbeck, but also we're talking about central brussels. this is after all a city that has been on high alert for sometime, in which we see police on every corner of every street, and we knew that he was on the run, so the fact that this man, who was born in brussels, lived in mulle

let's go straight to brussels and speak to natasha butler.ell us a little bit about what is going on there right now. >> reporter: as far as we know this police operation is ongoing, but just a few moments ago, just behiepgd me, a long line of police cars with their sirens came through this cordon. i'm just next to a cordon here. whether that means that perhaps this operation is winding down, we don't know. but all we do know is there is still a heavy police presence. we do know that this raid took place right close to a school, so that's why there are many people along this cordon. they are just behind me, and people waiting to pick up their children from school. so at the moment still a heavy police presence. >> and do we have any idea, natasha, where he is right now? we did get motivation from them that he has been injured in the leg. in that has been confirmed. >> reporter: that's right. as you say confirmed that he was actually injured in this raid, injured in the leg. we did hear reports from belgian media that he was taken away to hosp

natasha butler is in the area, natasha, a lot of activity in the area, police and sniffer-dogs around. >> reporter: that's right, i mean there's still a very heavy police presence. there are several police vehicles, police cars and behind me you could probably see several police officers and security forces. a bit earlier, we heard a couple of loud explosions a couple of seconds apart, just behind me. police broke through the cordon? this is arecordon.we have seen f activities over the past few hours. police operation still very much on the way -- underway i should say. what we have also heard is that a third suspect has been arrested. whether or not that suspect was arrested and that was connected to those explosions we heard we don't know. but very much an ongoing operation here, right in the heart of the bell january capital. >> it's an on going operation as you say, and we mustn't forget, by looking at the pictures behind you, these streets, you probably have all sorts of people seemingly transformed. we mustn't forget this is a residential area. what information are people giving

let's go straight to brussels now and speak to natasha butler.ny confirmation at this point as to whether this man really is this suspect? >> reporter: well, i'm hoping you can here me, because there is a police helicopter overhead here. so it's rather noisy. what we have is confirmation from the belgian justice minister, confirming the capture of this suspect. earlier it was a bit of a confused picture, we weren't sure whether or not he was a suspect who had been injured, captured or arrested in this raid, but the belgian justice minister here has confirmed his capture. >> natasha thank you. >>> and now we're joined in the studio by paul brennan who spent time in mullenbeck following the paris attacks. we're all wondering where he was. tell us what you think would have gone into the four months of investigation from november until now. >> what is really curious is in these four months police have been intensively trying to find this man. he is the one surviving member of the core gang. for whatever reason he appears to have dumped his suicide ve

his mother, natasha says this started on friday when butler purchased the narcotic from someone he trusted not knowing it was laced with phentenol. a powerful opiate used to train pain. a deadly combination. >> there was a trusting that led him to go to sleep. that led him to not get up and to vomit. >> natasha says the son complained of chest pains before he fell unconscious. >> when i saw my son i was like boy what are you doing? i told you we don't mess with drugs or pills. >> and butler is among two dozen overdoses in sacramento county in the last week. both the sacramento county sheriff's department and the drug enforcement agency are investigating where the tainted pills came from. >> i want the one who is distributing this pill and to tell you i will not stop. i am coming from you. >> a solid promise from his mother. >> this is my son and he is fighting for his life. >> authorities say that the laced narco pills are behind several deaths in the sacramento area. >> stocks on wall street reversed early losses in positive territory. after janet yellumm emphasized that there would be a