and intense manhunt in the brussels terror attack, the man seen with the two bombers at the brussels evidence is mounting the same isis cell carried out attacks in paris and brussels. the suspected bomber is one of two airport bombers in brussels, najim laachraoui's dna was found in the belt used in the terror attacks. the other bomber was detained last summer in turkey on suspicion of being an isis member. after belgium could not find he had a link to the terror group. a fox news paul, national poll showing ted cruz gaining on donald trump for the republican nomination. the two candidates are in the margin of error with trump at 41% and ted cruz at 48%. hillary clinton, to senator bernie sanders, 55% support for the nomination, sanders 42%. we are off for good friday. traders are off, google alphabet getting out of the robot business and trying to sell boston dynamics. the centerpiece of google's robot program. can't make money or find purpose for them aside from use by the military, alphabet bought boston dynamics and six of the robotic firms in 2013. and alphabet's division that wo

all of the airports in brussels have been closed. there are unconfirmed reports that there have been explosions in the schuman tube station and molenbeek stations. there are unconfirmed reports but we do know there's something going on within the stations, we're getting reports, as far as security going on in brussels. what is this going to do in brussels? you now have the argt down and the metro stations shut down. how is this going to affect what's happening in europe. london and france. >> you mentioned there's an air traffic control strike going on in france. which is obviously another issue they'll have to deal with in terms of airlines. right now, the planes have been diverted from belgium. they're not allowed to land. obviously, these planes have been on the ground before when these passengers were released. i'm sure they were held up. planes have been diverted. people are being told do not go to the airports but is this now with the unconfirmed reports of potential subway explosions. this is shaking out into more than just the

the wires. always fluid. ben: at least one flight from brussels. we will determine where that plane will end it because morning. let's check the weather and get back to this and more in a moment. >> meteorologist: we managed plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, made it to 50 , 53 at newark, much cooler start this morning dropping into the 30s, 36 in central park and newark, 35 in bridgeport, winds from the west northwest at 5 to 10 mph, 14 in islip, feeling more like early spring which is what we have with a mainly clear sky, nothing going on as far as priest it is concerned. a few snow flurries in upstate new york but not here in the tri-state. high pressure in control. temperatures on the way. 47 by midday, high temperature of 54 and all the way to 68 on wednesday, 66 thursday, shower chances coming back late thursday into friday. it is rainfall we are talking about. let's go to in his rozelle is. sapna: the commute looking pretty good, garden state parkway moving fine. a little red on the turnpike, construction going on but no significant delays.

before the first pitch, a moment of silence for brussels. president obama said he never thought of not going. >> you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives. >> reporter: at the game, obama and castro, despite their differences, just two fans sharing a national pastime. almost catching a wave. in the stands, a lineup of big hitters. dave win field, dear eck jeter, plus key players on the national security roster, a starkly different setting this morning at the u.s. ambassador's residence, a secure call to belgian's prime minister. >> this is another reminder that the world must unite. >> and this from the first lady. >> we are outraged and heart broken over the horrific attacks today in belgium. >> reporter: tonight raul castro saw the obamas off at the airport. the president sticking to his next stop, a state visit in argentina. andrea mitchell, nbc news, havana. >> reporter: i'm hallie jackson. the images from brussels, like paris and

we've got the brussels counter behind me closed. ally operating they haven't for a while, out of united states. all cancelled today. just outside of the door here, we've got the canine team vehicle parked with the lights flashing. about 30 minutes ago, we actually saw the canine team come through this area, sweeping it right near the brussels counter. we see the tsa police patrolling, but not like yesterday with the guns in hand. one of the flyers, going out of the airport this morning, headed to l.a. told me this kind of heightened security is very much normal for her. >> you know, we're from l.a. it's a big airport as well. so, we tend to get quite a bit of stuff going on over there. high alert. so -- but we feel good about it. we don't have any -- >> reporter: again, no flights to brussels. those flyers headed there are being rerouted to other parts of europe. that is the latest l washington dulles, back to you. >>> and coming up, matt lauer anchors a special edition of "today" show live from belgium. the "today" show at 7:00 a.m.

were americans the target of the brussels bombers? what nbc news has learned as we see for the first time inside the lair where they plotted to kill. sources say the two suicide bomber brothers may have had nuclear ambitions to get their hands on a dirty bomb. >>> the world of their wives explodes as an angry ted cruz tea into donald trump. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> state of emergency as a wild storm spawns everything from a blizzard to tornadoes and violent hail. a massive system carrying across the country. >>> and garry shandling dies suddenly. shocking news tonight. the beloved comedian gone at age 66. hollywood mourns his loss. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. in the aftermath of tuesday's deadly attacks in belgium, authorities in neighboring france have just announced that they have foiled a terror plot in the advanced stages there, unrelated to the brussels bombi

if you're just waking up, here's the latest from brussels. rrying out raids right now. they're looking for one of the three suspects caught on surveillance tape as they push luggage carts through the airport before yesterday's blasts. nbc news has confirmed with police that brothers ibrahim and khalid el bakraoui are being looked for. the terrorist group has claimed responsibility for yesterday's bombings at the brussels airport and a nearby subway station. the blasts leaving at least 31 people dead and scores injured. >>> let's switch back to see what markets have done in light of this and what we're looking at this morning. yesterday, slight losses. about a quarter of a percent for the dow. today we're pointing at slight gains at the open but very, very small gains. the dow called to open by 16 points. >> one factor that could move the dow, it's our corporate news mover today. that would be nike. third quarter profit rising 20%, beating forecasts, but it was the sales number that missed estimates as the strong dollar cut into sales from some

this is the third explosion in brussels. at this point, federal police confirmed to abc news that at least one person is dead at the

the whole system. all metro stations are closing across brussels. that follows reports of three explosions at three different memeo stations in the heart of the capital. very symbolic areasext to the seat of the european union and of the belgian government. >> a big deal, everybody. we're getting these reports of additional explosions. local media reporting them at several metro stations within the city of brussels this coming took place at the airport roughly about 8:00, i'd say, local time there in brussels. brussels is five hours ahead of us right now because of daylight saving time normally it would be six. so, alex at this point they've shut down the airport. they have shut down the metro station. i cocod just imagine this is a city that is just in the throes of a lot of angst right now. >> reporter: well, absolutely imagine in the u.s. in d.c. or philadelphia or new york shutting down the main airport and shutting down the subway station. thatat would absolutely wreak havoc. i remember about six years ago covering a double suicide bombing in th

the whole system. all metro stations are closing across brussels. that follows reports of three explosions at three different metro stations in the heart of the capital. very symbolic areas next to the seat of the european union and of the belgian government. >> a big deal, everybody. we're getting these reports of additional explosions. local media reporting them at several metro stations within the city of brussels this coming after those two explosions that took place at the airport roughly about 8:00, i'd say, local time there in brussels. brussels is five hours ahead of us right now because of daylight saving time normally it would be six. so, alex at this point they've shut down the airport. station. i could just imagine this is a city that is just in the throes of a lot of angst right now. >> reporter: well, absolutely. imagine in the u.s. in d.c. or philadelphia or new york shutting down the main airport and shutting down the subway station. that would absolutely wreak havoc. i remember about six years ago covering a double suicide bombing in

. >> the airports have been shut down. brussel raised the terror alert to the highest possible level. of course heather this comes four-days after the man behind the terrorist attack salah abdelsalam was captured and a new terrorist suspect has been identified. we want to bring in the former u.s. ambassador to belgium and former assistant fbi director from rome. you were there right in the thick of it. we are showing pictures of people walking in the streets of the metro station. some of them are going about their day as normal. you understand brussel better than most. explain to us what you are seeing and what you saw this morning. >> from pictures going on on one hand the official belgium establishment, there are sirens in eerie direction, ambulances, police cars and unmarmed c mard unmarked cars heading down one way streets looking a little bit like a spanish fire drills. there are army trucks. i live right downtown right next to the parliament up from the u.s. embassy by about 100 yards. there are army trucks on the corner. th

there are more raids in the brussels area. we did see a few raids yesterday when they went to one apartment and raided that place. they are also trying to gather more information from the places they already found like the one i'm at right here. this is an apartment block in the schaerbeek district. it is the bombmaking lab for the suspects in the attack. that is the apartment where most of the bombs that were used in the airport bombing were made. a taxi driver led them here. when police came here, they found 15 kilograms, that's about 30 pounds of tatp explosive which is a very high grade homemade explosive which is difficult to handle unless you have expertise to do so. what they also found was a laptop. on that laptop, they found what they believe was the last will, potentially, of one of the attackers, ibrahim el bakraoui. he details police were on his trail and he had a limited amount of time and he believed he needed to conduct the attacks as fast as possible otherwise he would end up in jail. he was associated with sala

the third eye for suspect in the brussels terror bombings. we met. we know that the two suicide bombers are brothers. they are wearing black in the picture. live reports from london and washington. good morning. i am lauren simonetti. nicole: i am the culprit or ladies. the winner take all state. lauren: bernie sanders scored in idaho and takes for the gop. nicole: shrugging off terror. the dow with a seven day remains street. travel measures stocks hit hard. stock market futures ahead of the opening bell one point across the board. s&p upon monastic features of fun. lauren: and china's shanghai composite ended the day at quarter of 1% a 25% and japan. the nikkei to 25 is down by a quarter of 1%. nicole: let's check on european market after stocks on the terror concern. affairs of the london up 1% and in france up three quarters of 1%. lauren: investors fled to the safety of gold. gold prices given back their $10. oil $41.20 a barrel. nicole: president obama shrugged off terror in brussels and took in some baseball. the president now heads to argentin

word of another attacker involved in the brussels bombings. a senior security source tells cnn a second unidentified person sought in the blast in the brussels metro system. belgian media reports the individual was caught on video holding a large bag. we know the identity of the suicide bomber reported earlier who blew up the subway car. officials say it was khalid el bakraoui. he rented the brussels apartment that served as the hideout. khalid's brother, ibrahim el bakraoui and najim laachraoui both wearing black in the photo were the suicide bombers at the airport. laachraoui has been on the run since the paris attacks. now the third man who dropped his bomb off at the brussels airport and left, the man in the light jacket and hat and glasses, he is still on the run. he is the subject of the intense manhunt. police conducting raids raising the questions did the men in the pictures act alone? are there other members of the terror cell out there? cnn's fred pleitgen joins us. it is alarming. still unidentified terrorists on the run. >> reporter

give us a sense of the geography. >> reporter: brussels is not large. certainly a lot more concentrated than the paris attacks in november which from spread out. all relatively close together, the main airport for the city is just ten miles outside. none far away from each other. the importance you're striking one of the highest security area s then at least two metro stayings that have symbolic locations next to the seat of the belgian government and seat of the european union. these are all not yet confirmed. tuning in at the bottom. hour you're looking at some scenes right now, the aftermath of the departure terminal we believe at the brussels airport. new video in to us. you can see what impact this blast had, i believe those are like ceiling tiles that have come down onto the ground. there are injuries reported there but now the breaking news that we're getting right now our alex marquardt is there at the airport in brussels but saying that there are local reports saying there may have been an additional three explosions at metro stations all around

and one to jfk at 10:30 in the morning. brussels being six hours ahead of the east coast of the u.s. right now technically many of those passengers might have been checking in at the time of this blast. >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, this is not paris or london. this would be like philadelphia. it's a major european city, but just, you know, just slightly smaller than the biggest cities in the u.s. or in europe. and we have now actually gotten already just in the time that how close the airport is to the city we are already at the off-ramp to the airport. you can hear the sirens behind me but we have been stopped here. they are not letting anyone take the road off -- on towards the airport. the highway -- i'll let that car go past. the highway is almost at a standstill. a lot of traffic on this brussels ring road and a police car blocking the ramp and you can probably hear a police officer behind me shouting at cars to keep going. i'm with a group of other reporters, of course, we're all trying to reach the airport. but no one is

. >> the airports have been shut down. brussel raised the terror alert to the highest possible level. of course

that was an hour after the twin explosions at the airport in brussels. let's take a live look at sky news. coming out of the airport. to recap what happened, at 8:00 this morning twin explosions ripped through the brussels airport, the departures call by the american airlines check-in desk. this is an airport that serves 23.5 million passengers every single year. that gives you a sense how busy this airport must have been when the explosions took place. there are reports that people could be heard shouting in arabic immediately preceding the explosions and shots fired as well. an hour after those explosions at the airport, we had the explosion at the metro station in downtown brussels near where the offices for the european union are. what we said at the top, there are unconfirmed reports that an additional ten people have been killed in that metro attack. dead in the airport attack and unconfirmed reports an additional ten people have died in that blast in the metro station. brussels transport authority have shut down all train service throughout the cit

brussels wille canceled. theminister was on french radio this morning saying they have never faced this kind of a threat before. europe has never faced this kind of threat before. he's off to brussels this morning. he will meet with his counterpart, the prime minister of belgium. and the president of the european commission. security will be at the top of the list. one thing the french have suggested, and they've been suggesting for years is that europe install this passenger name recognition system that has already existed in the united states, where every passenger flying, their names, destination, passport details and so on are recorded. this doesn't exist in europe as it does in the united states. it's been in the united states since after 9/11. it's the kind of thing that europeans could do better to tighten security operation. that's one of the questions after the attacks yesterday. >> see if this spurs changes. change, is that appear necessary to say the least. >>> all right. lots of breaking developments

brussels. alstair jamison from london with the updated -- updates of what's going on in brussels. >>> i'm dara brown with nbc mousse. we have continuing coverage of the explosions that have up had in brussels at the brussels airport. we have confirmation, media is saying that there were two explosion at the airport in brussels and unconfirmed reports there's explosions in the subway stations in brussels. the thousands of people have been evacuated from the airport. this happened roughly a little after 8:00 a.m. local time on a tuesday morning in brussels as people were checking in to the international departure area, departure hall 1 of the brussels airport. we did have eyewitness accounts of what had happened. apparently the explosions went off, glass was flying in the front area. it was a lot of panic as the people did not know what was going on. obviously with two explosions emergency crews are on the scene. fire department are on the scene. and the thousands of people have been taken outside of the airport. they have been evacuated. the airport has been shut down. the metro has also been sh

and the train station, the train. brussels has trains that go directly to paris and london on the eurostar and also understand that has been shut down, the airport, we had to walk here by foot because everything -- the perimeter around the airport has been shut down, as well. there's traffic that has come to a standstill on the highway so this is really a paralyzed city, george. >> you mentioned earlier you just the capital of belgium but in many ways the capital of europe and we're just learning right now that all european union institutions are now at alert level orange, all meetings on premises and outside are canceled right now. concern of follow-on attacks. >> reporter: and they've told staffers to stay inside, as well. absolutely. this is -- when people talk about this being the capital of europe that's no exaggeration. it's because all of the institutions are here, not just the embassies of major countries but the european union and nato. this is absolutely crucial capital to the functioning of europe and then at the sa

alex marquardt at the brussels airport. want to turn to an eyewitness to the attack on the in et tree. zoa, i understand you ran towards the metro when you heard about the explosion. what did you see? >> i saw a scene of probably around about a dozen to 15 people carried out of the metro lying outside the metro entrance an rue de la roi. the actual station itself, maelbeek is just a few hundred meters from the main scene of eu activity, the european commission and the european council. it's around about 200 meters away from my office. so i was already basically there when i heard there had been attacks on maelbeek and i was running towards it to see what was going on. >> and a scene of chaos and you were able to see the wounded and casualties being taken out. tell us more about this neighborhood. what is around this neighborhood. >> around maelbeek it's really just the heart of the european quarter. the european commission and council nearby, very close within a few hundred meters, it's up fro the shuman metrotation for the

the brussels international airport. the airport was evacuated shortly after these dual explosions took place earlier this morning. we are told right now that all flights have been canceled for the day at the brussels airport and you can understand why that is the case. abc's alex marquardt has just arrived at the airport. alex, we hear the sirens. describe to us some of the images, some of the smells you're experiencing right now. >> reporter: so we're a few hundred yards away. i'll let these emergency cars go past. that was just two police suvs that went screaming past. got a quick glimpse of the folks inside. you know, well equipped. heavily armed going towards the airport. the emergency services, the police, the fire trucks are the only ones who are now being allowed towards the airport. we a on the main highway. it is essentially bumpe because no one is being allowed to pull off to go to the airport. that's why most of the people would be coming out on this road at this time. but there's a series of cones set up and

the brussels airport serves about 23 million people per year. when you mention the thousands of people that would be there on just your average tuesday morning, we do see that there are thousands of people that would be involved in this potentially. al staalastair, the terror leve goes to maximum level because of the airport explosions. what kind of shock waves does this now send to other areas? obviously, you're in london. so there will be a represerippl for the rest of the area there. >> reporter: no doubt about that. brussels has already experienced a number of extreme caution levels in the last few months, obviously starting off from the november attacks in paris. most of those involved in that were linked to belgium, and you will remember just before christmas, there was that terror lockdown in brussels, where virtually the entire city came to a stand still. there were soldiers and security forces on the street there for several days. and authorities in other cities are in no doubt that an attack is not only possible but in fact likely. and

an hour and a half later, the explosion in downtown brussels or near the eu buildings in brussels itself. >> still trying to confirm details of the gunfire before the actual explosions in the lounge. it can be chaotic in the minutes of breaking news. nima elbagir is there. what do we know? we know fatalities. we have seen pictures of people coming out on stretchers. bring us up to speed, nima. >> reporter: we know we had confirmed sources of two explosions. local media reporting fatalities. eyewitnesss describe to us a heart breaking scene. glass everywhere. people stretchered out in really high numbers. dozens is how they are describing this. the count one eyewitness is between 20 and 30 he had seen. other passengers the other time describing to us how they were quickly evacuated as soon as they left planes. one witness said they had seen a number of grounded planes. we saw a grounded american airlines plane. i want to step out of shot so you get a sense of where we are. this is where air traffic security is. you see the police officers standing there. this is the staging ground for pol

two explosions rocking the main terminal at brussels airport. this comes one day after belgium identified a new suspect in the paris terror attacks. here's what we know. all flights have been cancelled. we know wounded people on stretchers have been taken out of the main terminal here. one witness saying as many as 20 people on stretchers with more coming out. >> you are looking at the airport. this appears to be the departure area of the airport. officials saying do not come to the airport. it has been evacuated. all flights have been cancelled. two explosions at the airport. the building is being evacuated. we want to go straight to our nima elbagir who is on her way there. nima, what can you tell us from what you are hearing there. >> reporter: miguel, we are passing rows of police cars with sirens blaring ratcheting past us on the way to the airport. witnesses are describing devastation. one eyewitness said he saw dozens of people stretched out. now local people are told by the fire department there are dead at the scene. victims of the blast

and one to jfk at 10:30 in the morning. brussels being six hours ahead of the east coast of the u.s. right now technically many of those passengers might have been checking in at the time of this blast. >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, this is not paris or london. this would be like philadelphia. it's a major european city, but just, you know, just slightly smaller than the biggest cities in the u.s. or in europe. and we have now actually gotten already just in the time that we've spoken with you that shows how close the airport is to the city we are already at the off-ramp to the airport. you can hear the sirens behind me but we have been stopped here. they are not letting anyone take the road off -- on towards the airport. the highway -- i'll let that car go past. the highway is almost at a standstill. a lot of traffic on this brussels ring road and a police car blocking the ramp and you can probably hear a police officer behind me shouting at cars to keep going. i'm with a group of other reporters, of course, we're all trying to

the only flight from brussels to the u.s. tuesday was stopped on the tarmac, not even allowed to the gate until after passengers and bags were screened. >> they just told us, you know, there was a situation. we're just going to take our time with security. >> reporter: a brief scare in denver. part of the terminal evacuated until some suspicious baggage was cleared. and in houston getting ready to host 100,000 fans for the ncaa tournament, officers are working with heightened concern. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: over the last year as a u.s.-led coalition pushed isis out of more of its territory in the middle east, experts say the group created sleeper cells to strike abroad. >> we know that isis created an external attack division last year. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they are not aware of any isis cells in the u.s. at present. but the fbi is monitoring dozens of americans across the country who have shown sympathies for isis. in the past few years, 103 americans were charged with trying to join or support isis, far

the subway bombing in brussels. although as we understand it, it doesn't cause nearly the casual stills s casualties that this one did. this was so much bigger but this has been the worry at airports and train stations, you name it. places where people congregate and wait to do something. break in next to you those images that we just showed next to you, pete that was euro control. that is the air traffic control system for all of europe which is based right there in brussels. right there. that's euro control. so if the police are now moving around the euro control headquarters outside of brussels that speaks to their level of heightened concern for, you know, bigger and bigger targets. >> all right. guys, pete, i want to bring you back in and go over something that you and i and savannah talked about a little bit earlier. and that is the interrogation of salah abdeslam over the last couple of days since his capture on friday. thouere have been conflicting reports and you talked about this that he was cooperating wit

there's operations ongoing in the center of brussels. at the station itself, the met wrote station, which is 300m over this shoulder, there's a fleet of 7 private ambulances, you fellow, the blacked out ambulances which act as hearses after incidents such as this. they arrived half an hour ago, and parked up near the entrance to the station. there has been no activity there yet. it's clear the authorities, investigators are are bringing out the remains of people killed at the metro station, a crucial part of the investigation will be to establish how they decide. it will be essential for the evidence which eventually they hope to be presented to a court, and it is essential for the relatives of those victims that they are recovered in as dignified manner >>> absolutely. brussels is at the heart of european politics, that is important to remember. >> indeed, and the road that i'm standing on, normally it's a 4 carriage highway that goes through the center of brussels and surrounded by the european commission building, the headquarters. the

. deep underground a massacre in the brussels metro. a bomb has just exploded. dozens flee through the darkness. it's terrifying. they left behind a mangled train car, at least 20 dead, horror commute. many of those on the train and at the station here have been reading about the first attack at the airport on their phones when the bomb here went off. next train felt the impact. >> we felt a little gust of win. my ears popped, and we heard some thudding. >> reporter: isis claimed the attacks. police believe these are the airport killers, wheeling bombs in suitcases. two blew themselves up. the third man in the light jacket is on the run. as night fell police raided a brussels apartment. police helicopters are in the air. their search for one of the two terror suspects has now narrowed to this street with police snipers and ambulances also standing by. they found explosives, an isis flag and bomb-making material but no suspect. belgium's prime minister called this a dark day, and all day president obama has been kept briefed. more than 20

literally right now from belgium, brussels where the airport, the international airport there in brussels has been shaken by at least two explosions. reports say one of the blasts took place near the american airlines check-in desk and authorities say there was one dead, at least right now and several wounded. >> smoke can be seen rising from one of the terminals and we have abc's own alex marquardt who is there or on the way there to the airport on the phone. alex, can you tell us the latest of what we know right now? >> reporter: good morning, kendis and lauren. absolutely, the explosion taking place at the airport here at the main international airport here in brussels. it's what the airport spokeswoman is calling a double explosion. one right after the next around 8:00 in the morning, of course, that's peak travel time. people traveling all over the world and understand flights into brussels have been diverted away from brussels airport. that flights out of brussels it's still in the process of being evacuated from the departures hall where that took place. there were thousands of peo

responded to the brussels attacks with more police. but the bombings in a terminal travelers worried. >> we had a little bit of trepidation about traveling today. >> it's scary. it's very scary. >> reporter: with the airports shut down, the air space over brussels cleared as jets diverted and flights were cancelled. >> this is a completely unsecured area. always has been, right? >> completely unsecured. >> reporter: before the security checkpoints here in the u.s., terminals are considered soft targets with only some police presence. >> reporter: so is this a risk we have to live with? >> we have clearly entered a period of new normal where we have to be concerned about a much broader range of attacks. >> reporter: homeland security announced its security will be increased at tsa, but tsa is not responsible for the actual overall security at airports, only the checkpoints. interestingly, the head of tsa was in brussels landing around the time of the bomb blast and he was taken to a secure area. david kerley, abc news. reagan washington

the e.u. headquarters in brussels. ay is the day that in belgium because it is the day salaam was arrested. are they linked? any firm do not have evidence, but the prosecutors in brussels say that is their main thing that they are investigating now, is what the connection is between the two attacks and if there is any some, and theh withrk -- any connection sol the slum. they have shut down the metro and the main train stations here, so we are headed back toward the lockdown situation here in brussels. want to do a quick correction. i mentioned delta 42. that is what the headline said. that is wrong. that is a puerto rico flight. leftis delta 43, which brussels and was diverted to jfk over from amsterdam. jones hayden, i look at what this will do and forever change brussels. what have you learned, as our bureau chief, since november of last year and the paris bombings? jones: i have learned that we are going to have to live with presence on the streets. that is not going to go away. when they first started posting soldi

it is all mixed there at the main brussels airport. and then they divide you off based on your destination you will go to different concourses but the main terminal where that picture is from is where everybody would be standing and can tell you having been there so many times i'd be surprised if they can recover very quickly, at least in the next 24-48 hours. that looks absolutely devastating. >> tom costello in washington. thank you very much. >> and i wonder, i think one of the things we'll be asking ourselves and certainly security officials will be asking is what they can do in light of these attacks. you talk about the departures lounge how many times in airports across this country do you just walk up with your suitcase and drop it off. and certainly no visible security. we don't know what might be done behind closed doors in terms of surveillance or tracking. but i think there will be a lot of soul searching after this. you find situations that security officials tending to fighting the last war, as the rp. >> from our graphic a

in the west and 11:00 a.m. in brussels belgium. terror attacks at the airport we have matt lauer with me as we cover this. we're going to pause for a moment to let our stations join in. >> here's what we know at this hour. just after 8:00 local time in brussels this morning there were two explosions at the airport there. one in the curb side check in area. the other inside the departure terminal. the second of those two blasts, we're not sure of the order of them but the departure terminal blast sealed to be devastating. a large explosive device that did enormous damage. 13 people confirmrm dead. lots of others have been injured at a very busy time at that airport. 8:00 in the morning. people rushing to catch planes. other flights arriving in other parts of that airport. people were taken to a tararc area where they were held for awhile. effort made to make sure that the people walking away were passengers and not members of the terrorroup and a short time later attacks in the metro system. >> just striking fear in the heart of euro