unfortunatelyou have spent quite a bit of time in this area in recent days because of fears of this very, very thing. what can you tell us in terms of theesponse there and what authorities are saying at this hour? >> reporter: savannah, brussels is in lockdown. they've closed the metro system, the trams t buses, the airport saying all airport operations today have been suspended. so we are seeing once again in brussels and we saw this after the paris attacks when they realized many of those who from the brussels area, the same kind of panic and fear sweeping across that city. remember, the capital of europe, the place where european government happens, that is what is now happening across that city. one of the explosions said to have happened near european union building. but, as you mentioned, they have been bracing themselves for something like this for some time. salah abdbdlam who was arrested on friday, they fofod him because they raided a property on tuesday last week and unexpectedly came across a them. one was killed. salah abdeslam escaped. it was from there they were able to tr