welcome to you, peter spiegel. so what is the very latest that's known about figuring out who was behind this? >> well, this evening, the brussels authority put out a photo of three men carrying luggage carts just before the explosion and identified them as they think the perpetrators, two the actual bombers and the third on the loose. they have been razed in the scar brook neighborhood just north of here and found more evidence i.s.i.s. was entrenched. found bomb materials, chemicals, i.s.i.s. flag, other paraphernalia. they are trying to figure out how broad and deep the network was. it's suspected it was linked to person in the opening piece, seems to be a connection from the paris attacks. they think these terrorists moved up their attack because they believed they had been ratted out. they're trying to find out how much that cell is implanted here in plus also. other than that, the claim of credit that i.s.i.s. put out over their internet sites, we don't have a huge amount of information now about who these gu

joining us, the bureau chief for the financial times, peter spiegel.e here. >> cal perry was giving us a great report of what was happening in brussels. my apologies to you all for that introduction. we were talking during the break about the way that things have been handled here. you've been living here for six years as brussels bureau chief. people were back to work the next day and kids were back at school. >> it was a bit surprising. right after the paris attacks, they locked down the city. no kids could go to school, we were told not to go in the office. it came as a national embarrassment. it looks like everyone was cowering under the tables and whatnot. literally hours after the incident, the government for the brussels region said we are not going to lock this down. we are going to show that we are unified and not afraid. we don't want to show that we are cowering anymore. >> there has been a lot of information come out and a lot of misinformation which is expected in the early days and yet we're grasping bits and bits here and there. there wa

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 hours ago we heard belgian authorities saying they were nervous that because the arrests made friday, that abdeslam, the last remaining attacker from paris, they thought since he was arrested they thought the plotters could move up their attack date and there would be retaliation. they were preparing because they thought they were connected. that's the ope

joining us from brussels, peter spiegel, he is the bureau chief from the financial times. ter, may i begin with you. tell us exactly what is the status of the investigation today in brussels? peter: a lot of raids have happened. it surely when the bombs went off in the airport and the metro raids in aw several neighborhood. they covered bomb making -- they recovered from making materials, isis flags. they recovered bomb making they recovered bomb making materials, isis flags. that is why those rates are going on. -- those raids are going on. how extensive this cell is -- like periods, a very sophisticated operation. -- like paris, a very sophisticated operation. that's a speculation. literally 24 and 48 hours ago belgian authorities were saying they were nervous because the arrest made on friday, the last remaining at lawrence haverty paris, because he was arrested -- last remaining at-large terrorist from paris, because he was arrested, they thought they were connected. that is the suspicion. charlie: is their understanding whether he is talking or not? peter: they were ta