u.s. intelligence had some prior warning that something was about to happen? >> yes. a senior u.s. intelligence source told me that the american intelligence community three to four weeks ago based on chatter that they were receiving, which is communications that are intercepted, they believed that there was going to be an imminent attack somewhere in europe. unfortunately, the intelligence wasn't more specific than that. the source said all the americans could do was pass that information on, and what they are now trying to figure out is what happened today, was that the attack that they had been expecting, or is there still one to come? >> and that's the frustrating part. no specifics, only the hint of something to come. richard engel, thank you. >>> now to our exclusive eyewitness accounts from inside the brussels airport of the exact moment the bombs went off. an american couple who in a split second found themselves first ducking for cover and then running for their lives. nbc's kelly cobiella has their harrowing >> reporter: a packed departure hall and then suddenly smoke, deb

u.s. intelligence trying to confirm if he was in fact killed. this evening, scott, news of what apeers to be an intelligence gold mine. names, addresses, phone numbers of 20,000 isis fighters from countries across the middle east, africa, europe, north america. reportedly given off to london's sky news by a disgruntled member of isis. cbs news consultant, richard scotland yard says if documents are awe thntic one of the most significant intelligence finds since isis was created. >> we will be following up on that. david martin at the pentagon tonight. thank you. >>> a jury awarded a texas family $124 million after the failure of the seat in their audi sedan. the case has exposed a weakness in government standard. and kris van cleave looked into it. >> reporter: crash tests like these show what happened to 11-year-old jesse riviera junior when his father's audi was rear-ended in 2012. jesse senior's seat broke launching him head first into his son. both were taken to the hospital where his wife kathy broke the news. >> she said it is bad. he's --

u.s. intelligence believes carried out the attacks. ken. >> chris, thanks. yeah, u.s. intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that the brussels attacks are linked to the paris attacks. the same netwalk of isis operatives and there were more of them at large in europe, bent on attacking european cities. it's deeply concerning. something cia director john brennan has been saying for some time. and these attacks bear that out, and they're reaping the whirlwind. >> do we have any information from u.s. intelligence officials about their sense of the state of that network? obviously, the chilling and upsetting and terrifying thing to people here in brussels and across europe is that the attacks happened, we knew they were linked to brussels, we knew salah abdeslam had fled, and yet these folks were able to operate without being caught. the degree to which there are still active live cells is sort of front of mind. do intelligence officials have any sense of that? >> well, they certainly believe there are. they don't know where they are or they would roll them up. on

u.s. intelligence community is becoming convinced that the attacks were carried out by the same network of paris, france. last hour, while in argentina, president obama took on senator ted cruz who suggested law enforcement should, quote, patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods. >> as far as the notion of having surveillance of neighborhoods where muslims are present i just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance, which by the way, the father of senator cruz escaped for america, the land of the free. the notion that we would start down that slippery slope makes absolutely no sense. >> cruz responded in a news conference moments ago and we've learned that secretary of state john ker will visit bellium on friday to offer condolences. death toll in brussels 31, 270 wounded including a dozen americans. one survivor spoke to matt lauer and described how difficult it will be to return to the airport to fly home to the states. >> i mean i am lucky enough to go home and see my family and a lot of people aren't lucky. i'm trying to keep telling myself that. don't think

u.s. intelligence is coming through the intelligence and chatter and they're still attempting to determine if there were other imminent threats and attacks. there's an active search underway in brussels according to richard engle and senior intelligence sources. they believe it may have been the launching pad for this morning's attacks that occurred at the airport and also at the train station. subway station. they are also going through the chatter and they are trying to see whether or not there's more attacks planned and whether those attacks might be imminent. we'll keep you posted kayla and everybody i'll send it back down to you. >> thank you so much, sue. let's get to gabriel, the wall street journal brussels correspondent that joins us on the phone from the brussels airport. you have been there throughout the morning. we have seen these pictures and these arresting images, what have investigators learned since you have been there? >> well, what happened here this morning is that shortly, or just around 8:00 p.m. two explosions went off inside the departure hall of the airport. very

u.s. intelligence officials point to october's downing of a russian airliner in egypt as proof of a renewed effort by terror groups, including isis, to target airplanes. since the summer of 2014, passengers flying to the united states have faced enhanced screening of their electronic device, but in the u.s., a government study last year found mock explosives routinely made it through security checkpoints. that undercover investigation led to a shake-up at t.s.a., and, scott, under new leadership, the agency is working to enhance x-ray units >> pelley: jeff pegues, thanks. and tonight the pentagon is claiming a big victory against al-shabaab terrorists in one of the biggest counter-terrorism strikes in years. u.s. warplanes have reportedly killed 150 people over the weekend at what the military says was a terrorist training camp. david martin is at the pentagon. david? >> reporter: scott, pentagon officials say they have been watching the camp located about 120 miles north of mogadishu for weeks. about 200 fighters for al-shabaab appeared to be preparing for major attack against an african p

u.s. intelligence officials told congress last month, it's unlikely mosul will be recaptured before next year. >> pelley: holly williams reporting from northern iraq tonight. holly, thank you. late today a jury award rd sportscaster erin andrews $55 million. a stalker had secretly recorded her naked in a hotel, marriott franchise, and anna werner is at the courthouse in nashville. anna? >> reporter: scott, the jury deliberated for just a single day and then came back with that award. they found both her stalker and the owners and operators of the hotel here in nashville at fault. now, that verdict came eight barrett shot naked video of an andrews through a peephole in her hotel room door. he then posted those videos online where they were seen by millions of people. last week andrews gave tearful testimony talking about how all of this has affected her. she said she suffered humiliation, embarrassment and shame. now, the attorneys for the two companies that run the hotel could not tell me tonight how theircation went wrong. they said they haven't been able to talk to the jurors yet, but those

u.s. intelligence is still trying to confirm if he was in fact killed. and this evening, scott, news of what appears to be an intelligence gold mine-- names, addresses, and phone numbers of some 20,000 isis fighters from countries across the middle east, africa, europe, and north america reportedly given to london's sky news by a disgruntled member of isis. cbs news consultant richard walton, the former head of counter-terrorism for scotland yard, says if the documents are authentic, this would be one of the most significant intelligence finds since isis was created. >> pelley: and we'll be following up on that. david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are debating in florida upset victory in michigan. but clinton still has more than twice as many delegates and more than half of what she needs. here's nancy cordes. >> i'm talking about a huge voter turnout. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: sanders was riding high today after what pollsters called one of the biggest upsets in primary history. >> i think

u.s. intelligence service who said we ought to call this raqqah belgium. it isn't like that, if you are around the city. you could go around the city. there's no hint of jihad in most of the city. but there are pockets of it that have become very dangerous and, in fact, the center for this jihadist activity. >> it's become active and operational. i wonder, chris, from your perspective as a watcher of europe, whether there is kind of that soul searching that we're familiar with here in this country after what happened here on 9/11, where you are balancing the competing concerns of wanting to go on with life and not wanting to surrender to fear and, yet, also being fearful, and for good reason. are you seeing europe those issues, as well? >> it's a huge issue. it's a political issue because there already was rampant islam phobia in this part of the now, you have a situation where people who were not inclined to look suspiciously at arab and muslims, now they're terrified. this all fits into a plan laid out more than ten years ago by an idea log who, in fact,

u.s. intelligence source.rrorism official says investigators believe the brussels isis cell was composed of two teams which were planning a larger attack or series of attacks in belgium. after police discovered paris ringleader salah abdeslam's hiding place in brussels last week, investigators believe the second team accelerated their time table. this as investigators are now searching for a second unidentified suspect. a man was spotted on surveillance video at the maalbeek metro station. they believe he's alive and on the run along with this unidentified man spotod surveillance video. he dropped off a massive bomb before fleeing. we're learning more about the three identified suicide bombers. 24-year-old naseem laachraoui who set off one of the explosions at the brussels airport. ibrahim el bakraoui, the other suicide bomber at the airport. he was arrested in turkey last june and deported. and his brother khalid who detonated the bomb at the metro station. belgi belgium's interior minister offered to resign

u.s. intelligence officials say if it is, he could be a, quote, gold mine of information especially about isis recruiting for example how recruits are brought into the country, who they report to and where they train. >>> 5:03. happening today, the search for a solution to the heroin problem in loudoun county. the county is holding a county wide meeting after a 17-year-old died of a potential overdose. the epidemic is nationwide. and virginia is seeing a major increase in deaths. >> commonwealth of virginia, more people that die there hair rin overdoses last year than died of traffic extentaccidents. it's significant. >> tonight's meeting in leesburg begins at 6:00 p.m. fwl train. a man was taken off a blue line train at the foggy bottom station and pronounced dead right next door at the gw hospital. metro says there was no sign of foul play. service was impacted for a short time. >>> a live look now as we check on the roads. this is a look at the beltway at river road. we now know that some of you have plans to perhaps get out of town this weekend, but it may cost you because gas prices

u.s. intelligence officials are combing through the chatter that they're finding online, trying to eliminate dumplicatio. eliminate circular reporting. at this stage, u.s. officials are trying to determine if there are other imminent threats connected to today's attacks, or unconnected to today's attacks. they still, at this stage, as they're going through the intelligence, don't know. >> richard engel on the investigation side of this, thank you. >>> let's turn to kelly she's made her way to brussels this morning. kelly, good morning. what areou hearing? >> good morning, savannah. as you can see behind me, the street is starting to open up, more traffic on this street where you'll find d e entrance to the maelbeek metro station. that is where the explosion happened this morning, at the height of rush hour. normally, at 8:00, 8:30 in the morning, this street would be very busy. people would be on their way to work, taking the same metro they take every day. that's when this explosion happened this morning. witnesses saying that they heard a noise, everything went black. when they were able t