again w very to point out not only was he able to escape -- sal salah abdeslam wasn't able to just escape but he was able to cross the border and get into his very same neighborhood. we walked it. it's five blocks from the house he grew up in. this is where so many attacks have originated from. you would have thought the net closed down in that area but he was operating right underneath their noses. when we spoke with the prosecutor, one of the places they thought he was believed to have visited they found his fingerprints and detonators and weapons there. he wasn't just in hiding. he wasn't very low. he was part of an active terror cell part of planning attacks. you hear that but you don't expect to hear it the very next day. >> that's such an important point. he was almost hiding in plain spot back in the neighborhood where he grew up and he was able to cross through the paris borders through the european countries at this hour even when we're hearing the points have been closed but it did not stop him before once he had carried out the paris attacks as you had mentioned. what about the

authorities say that salah abdeslam, was shot in the leg and then arrested during a police raid in belgium's capitol. two other suspects are also in custody. authorities zeroed in on sal salah abdeslam hide out after finding his fingerprints earlier in the week. he had been on the run since nova tax that killed 130 people. >>> nypd, fbi and secret service are investigating a threatening letter sent to donald trump's son and wasn't just paper inside the envelope. cbs news correspondent brooks, now has the very latest. >> reporter: eric trump's wife opened the letter thursday night at their home near central park and found a threatening message, and suspicious white powder. source told cbs news that preliminary tests shows substance is not hazardous. the letter that arrived here in midtown manhattan was post mark from massachusetts and it included a threat demanding donald trump drop out of the presidential race or his family will be harmed. >> eric trump has been a visible presence on the campaign trail, the three two-year old executive vice-president of the trump organization, often stand at his father's side during large rallies, or hosts his own smaller sessions wit

although the city and the many people had been on alert, it felt like, specially friday when sal salah abdeslam was captured. >> the attacks were really within striking distance of the european union, the heart of the union. >> we're also learning there have been a number of searches and raids being carried out throughout the day. two law enrs fomt telling us. explosive devices at two or more locations in brussels. are any of these pair. >> it is true that we are only going on partial permission at the moment because the raids pd. this is the area that also has very large. it is true these are the suburbs of brussels to the west of the city, which have been the focus of the investigation, and those. >>> here in the united states, there is controversy on the campaign trail in the wake of the attacks. some of that controversy involving ted cruz. al lee jackson, it's a little strange to be pacing with you. >> we had strict reaction to what he's going now, or -- after the brussels attacks there was a need to potentially patrol muslim neighborhoods, and it wasn't clear if teif he was referring to ne

one of those were salah abdeslam. sam sal g salah abdeslam got away and eventually was arrested. they found a rifle, ammunition and detonators. all suggesting there was an active plot in the works by those very same cell that carried out the paris attacks. one of the isis terrorists killed in that raid a week ago in brussels is believed to have been the coordinator of the paris attacks, communicating with the attacks in realtime from brussels during the paris attacks. this discovery of weapons and explosives suggest there was a new plot in the works. obviously they were able to recover those weapons and explosives, but there were other teams of terrorists elsewhere in brussels, ready potentially to strike. one of those is an individual by the name of najim lashrali. his dna was found in the bomb factory used in the paris attack suggesting he could have been the bomb maker, somebody able to put together a suicide vest which may have been used in these attacks. >> as you were talking we had other breaking news that we are receiving here. that is the u.s. european command, designati

neighborhood, and captured the most wanted man in the paris terror attacks. 26-year-old sal safely was shot in the leg -- salah abdeslam was shot in the leg, there were imaging of him being dragged into a police car. he has opinion on the run since the coordinated attacks in paris. he he rented the volkswagen. >> they want to know about his support network, or other operatives at play. >> reporter: the raid comes after salah abdeslam's fingerprints were discovered in an apartment the police stormed earlier. the man shot dead in the raid is believed to have been his accomplice. alan martin, kpix5. >> to create a government back door into to. apple customers we asked today were split on the issue. >> i would like to know what's on the phone, privacy, security. [ strong accent ] >> i'm for privacy, but i think if it's an extreme case, like our homeland security, and they're going to threaten to attack our country i think the government does have a right. >> apple has a court date on tuesday in riverside, veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> the secret service, fbi and new york city police are investigating a threatening letter

salah abdeslam and two other accomplices. thank you very much. >> all right. so we have just been listening to french president francois hollande and the belgian prime minister speaking about sal la abdeslam being arrested. the important thing is that police and security services will want to question him about what he knows and about his involvement in these attacks. we have also been hearing about what might happen next. we know that hollande has just been speaking about an extensive network being involved, so essentially arrests and the invest gags is an ongoing thing. jacky rowland has been monitoring all of this for us. she is in molenbeek in brussels. and more work still to be done in the investigation, jacky, and i suppose there is still security presence where you are as police continue to comb through the area searching for more evidence? >> reporter: i can confirm about half an hour ago that operation in this area finished. you may be able to see behind me that traffic is flowing normally once again. this particular operation, the investigation surrounding that particular apartment where salah abdeslam and two others were holed up. but as the french president was jus