Of the networks that were still out there, the planning that was happening around abdel salaam and also perhaps others who were out there. So this is exactly what authorities were worried about that plans were already under way and that then would be accelerated. Thats what, i think, would will be seeing. Basedden what we know thats likely what happened. You are watching a cbs news special report. Im Nora Odonnell and Anthony Mason in new york money we have breaking news this morning. Terrorists have struck again in the heart of europe with an apparent suicide bombing at the main airport in brussels and stations. Media reports at this hour are dead. The belgian capital is locked down, the airport is from brussels have been canceled. Authorities are telling everyone in brussels to stay where they are as Police Search for other possible bombs. Elizabeth palmer is in london rate now tracking this story. Elizabeth, good morning. Reporter the explosion happened in the departure hall of the airport this morning closely followed by a blast of the subsway station in the city situated near the european unionic constitutions. Belgian media reports that this stage, there are 20 dead and 35 injured. The explosions were a result of a suicide bomb. Pictures on social media show Ceiling Tiles and debris all over the place and photos of the injured have been posted online. He was on his what i to check in when the bombs went off and he said it was okay chaos. [no audio ] elizabeth was in the midst of reporting this story for us at cbs news and at the same time receiving information from producers and others on the ground because this is a breaking news situation. As we have reported, at least two explosions at an airport. Elizabeth palmer reported on, of course, those attacks in paris, which killed more than 120 people. Given the time line, how soon this has come after those attacks, whats your sense of things . Reporter well, one thing that struck me last week, president Francois Hollande they had realized the police suddenly realized they had a bigger task on their hand to roll it up. Its tempting to assume that the heat is on and either this is a revenge or last ditch attempt to show chaos and known to be vulnerable and known to be a cell of terrorists. What do you make of this being so close to the arrest of the head terrorist . Im suggesting like everybody, if this bombmaker, the man identified yesterday as the man who made the bomb for the paris attacks is still in operation, then the terrorist ready to use. Perhaps this was triggered because of the arrest. There will be Massive Police hunts. Maybe this is them saying were going to have one more atrocity before we shut down. The europe Train Service provider there, european Train Service provider has tweeted out that traffic is deeply disrupted in belgium at the moment. We advise our customers to postpone their adjourn pip in no trains are currently running to or from brussels mid ya, which i guess is the main station there. Elizabeth, you made a point that one of the concerns that came out of the recent discussions was the realization that the network there was much larger than they thought. Reporter thats the big question. For example, they deposit know much about the bombmaker. They didnt know if he was in europe or bringing pieces of bombs back. Only in the last few days they have identified the key figure, which tells you something about the impenetrablability. I can tell from you having spoke ton the french secret police, that at the time, they felt they had a thousand potential radicalized men in paris. So they were already stretched thin and now that they have to further extend this super surveillance investigation comes as bad news to the already really overtaxed. There is a train that leaves preeti much every hour and they have all been shut down. To it will be impacting londons kings cross. There will be thousands who cant get to their destinations. Same with a paris. The repercussions are huge. We just heard about the bombmakers identity the last couple of days a belgian citizen who is apparently very skilled. All of the bombs he is responsible for, they said worked, and worked very well. He is very skilled. The proof of that is these can buy over the counter, and thats inherently a very unstable compound. He managed to make bombs that didnt go off when they were were supposed to. He knows what hes doing, which makes him extremely dangerous. The border between france and belgium has been closed today. That . Reporter when they closed what they called closed the border between france and belgium after the paris attacks, we know that young abdel abdel salaam got through. We know its very hard to get enough man power out fast to get someone out on every one of the rural roads. It wont be complete. Of course we know about the forged documents, one of the things that was revealed by the investigation into salas arrest was he had a high powered forger. It is a terrifically difficult task. Elizabeth, we know that these attacks with are planned at this hour for maximum damage, rush hour, of course, in the airport, in the metro station there. There are reports that there was at least one suicide bomber. What do we know about that . How does that compare to paris that killed 130 people in november . Reporter those were multiple bombings but in the end, many people were killed by gunfire. In this instance, there were reports of gunfire and somebody shouting in arabic before the explosions at the airport, but thats early witness reports that hasnt been independently confirmed. At the airport died of, did they die in the blast . Did they die of gunshot wounds . Im sure that will come out in the morning. The prosecutor confirmed there was a suicide attack, yet there were reports of two explosions. So many questions still to be answered. Wed like to bring in michael morelli, our National Security advisor who joins us now at washington d. C. Good morning to you. What can you tell bus this group thats behind the attacks some. I think there is a macro picture here and the micropicture. The macro picture is that the network that isis has built in europe is large and as a result of the paris investigation, weve learned that theyve got bombmakers. Weve learned that theyve got forgers. Weve learned that they are able to move money. Very sophisticated network. So i think after paris, weve done very little to detract that. I think when he was arrested, the individuals that he was working with decided to move quickly in case he talked to the police. I think what happened today is a reflection of that as well. Could this mean attacks are going to happen here in the United States . So i think its more difficult there nora, to put together such a . Sophisticated level. I think we have to assume that trying to build that network or has already built it. So i think we have to act on that. You remember speaking with you and you said the strategy against isis is not working from this administration. Where are we know in terms of that strategy . We picked up the fight after paris but what happened is this turns out to be isis and that will be the case. Were still not degrading isis enough to degrade their ability to attack us in the west. Michael,you mentioned the size of the isis operation in what ultimately is the nightmare scenario here . So were talking about several thousand individuals who went from western europe to syria and iraq to fight for isis. Many of those died on the battlefield, but a large number of them have cox. I think whats happened in western europe is theyve built networks and it makes. How many cells there are, we dont know, but ill bet the number is large. Michael what does it say to you that the attack happened such high alert. Many are shut off to the rest ofbly jump so he side, nogo zones for the police and other belgians. So its difficult to operate in that signed. Given how long this has been going on and how much weve seen, are they still shut out . I think its the nature and expertantation of the. Arresting the ladyies from this. You briefed president george w. Bush on 9 11. Whats happening home with president obama . How is he being briefed on whats going on . As were trying to keep the American People up to date. I think the most important thing is not looking back on what happened but looking forward. We have to worry about more than one thing. It eat of the. The other thing you have to worry about is lone wolf individuals who may not be associated in an any direct way, they want to go out. I in terms of the conversation thats probably going on with u. S. Intelligence agencies at this hour. Information as possible on what happened. Its also going out to any source you have, any access you have and gather. Following up on that, what kind of information do you think of they will get from mr. Abdeslam . There were reports that he left his suicide vest and ran away. He was supposed to be a suicide bomber in paris and lost his nerve opinion thats yes is still alive. I dont know why hes telling investigators. I dont know if hes talking or lack not. If he is talking, hes not michael more rell, thanks. Charlie, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, anthony. We have confirmation from the belgian officials. There were witness accounts of more than one explosion and some saying the afacters shouted aarabbic before it happened. As we were leaving, we saw the entire are per. Try to from there, and they say we cannot go there. It is still an active situation. Going out of brussels international. They have been diverted to other airported. Theyve shut down the entire having station. All of brussels is in lock job some mr. Opinion. My daughter went back to college through brussels. A lot of american go through there. Is issorry, charlie. Continue, i apologize. Yeah, it is a huge hub where people fly into brussels then other destinations throughout europe. Again, they struck at 8 00 this morning, you know, at the height of rush hour. Its like going out. Weve been here since friday, since the arrest of sala abdeslam. There have been very high Police Presence around that area aned around moll mollenbeek where he was arrested. It appears at tackers were able to circumvent tight security to be able to strike right at rush hour. We heard reports that at least two or three hours. After the attack happened, have gayle, when we got here, it was chaos. To get into the airport is a different road than getting out. Police corralled us essentially. You can see in their eyes that they were dealing with an ongoing situation and threat. We havent been able to speak to any of the passengers who port. We havent been able to talk to those leaving the airport. He said look, if you want to go any further, you risk being blown up. Charlie, you reported that the terrorist bombing suspect who was finally captured, after he to disappear there for months. Authorities dont have an answer as to why they werent able to find him . No. We asked them what took so long. He said theyre dealing with professionals and people who use disposable cell phones, get in and out of territories. Pe. If you have pun one cell, you think if you have one cell, you thin well, they rounded up that group. Theres another right in this neighborhood. Clearly there are other cells. We have to point out, he not able to cross the border from france to belgium. Its only five blocks from the place where you grew up in. So many terror attacks have originated from. You would have thought that the net would have closed down in that area, but he was operating beneath their knowses. Whats important is one of the places they thought he visited found his friends ands with. You have grab. You dont expect that to happen the very next day. Back through the neighborhood where he grew up. Were hearing that the border has been closed. Once he carried out those paris attacks as you mentioned. What about the concern there . This may be the first wave of attacks. How ramped up is security. We know the train station is shut down. What is that level of concern that this may be the first wave of attacks . Reporter you know, it was already at its next to top levelle. App when it happened on friday there was a warning that went out throughout belgium and neighboring countries that this might send people running. He knows information about the biceis network. People may be getting more. When you have such a key figure make everybody else scatter. If there are people that are in a position to attack, it may make them attack. So the warnings are there and throughout the weekend, this was shared with the public. They put an all points bulletin saying we need help finding this guy. I guess the biggest concern is if this person is the bomb maker and he is very good, all of those suicide vests work in the paris attacks. How many more seaside vests are there . How ready are they to launch . How many more now are out. We spec to . How many more are out there . They dont know. 250 cases are ongoing now and Something Like 750 people that indicted and searching for them. Heres somebody who was clearly hiding in plain sight. Necessity said we are expecting more attacks at any moment. They also said were on the second highest alert and yet, this still happens. Gale, it sort of speaks for itself. I dont think theres any high level of competence before the attacks ban. In fairness, were talking about mollenbeek. There are tens of thousands, maybe 100,000 people who. This em. You must have people that know coming and going in that neighborhooden it has to be the hottest spot in the country. They said, we cant be sure he was there for the whole time. We do not snitch on friends, they say. If you know somebody who might be involved in this, you have more of a loyalty and allegiance. There is a fear. These are brutal attackers who may make you think twice before calling it in to police. It speaks for itself. The only one to survive the paris attacks and still there are able to get past. You would have thought the entire area, everybody having an eye on the people who were mostly suspected of being part of the larger isis network. Just to recap, charlie, if youre just joining us, there appear to have been three bombs that went off in brussels this morning. Two at the airport. The reports are, there are 13 dead at the airport. Another 10 appear to have been killed in a blast at a metro station. There are 23 dead and Dozens Injured at this hour. There is no apparent in awe this a. It happened at 8 00 this morning to passengers going in different locations all around the world. With me today is tuesday. Friday there was a major arrest in the final suspect they said they were looking for, is a la abdeslam who was a major player. We have one more person were looking for, a bomb macmaker, who is a am major role. 8 00 a. M. Belgian time, 3 00 a. M. U. S. Time. So were three and a half hours into this. The airport, as you can see, is still sealed off. Charlie dagata says they wont let him anywhere close to it. Enormous disruptions. Because brussels is a key transit point, and a lot of americans travel through that airport. We want to get the picture about whats happening here. You have been watching a special report from cbs news on the blast in brussels belgium. Network coverage will continue at 7 00 this morning. This break with more north i cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. I cant believe its made with real, simple ingredients. I cant believe. Were on a whale. I cant believe my role isnt bigger. Real ingredients. Unbelievable taste. Enjoy i cant believe its not butter . Good morning. Thanks for watching at 6 30. Im russ bowen. Im stefan chase. Breaking news that we brought you early this morning, the deadly blasts in bankruptcies now called acts of terrorism. Emma wright is working on another breaking story. Four People Killed in a car crash. Reporter certainly starting advisory in effect as we speak through 9 00 in effect for all of central North Carolina. The reason being, were looking at plenty of clear skies. Lets get straight to your temperatures are. 30 in south kohl. Were a degree above freezeth heres your forecast for today. Plenty of sunshine early, 34. 55 at noon. 56 our high, close to seasonal. We continue to see the temperatures climb over the next few days. Ill let you know how warm it will be. Right now, we have a. Lets in the way of issues, as you can see. Traffic trolls are increasing at i40 and jones sausage road. Youll run into the typical morning rush issues. Bring the sunglasses, youll need them. 540, 440 looking good. In project fortify, the exit ramp is closed at south saunders street. Well have more weather and traffic coming up. We are working on breaking news out of nash county. Four people were killed at an overnight crash right yut. We have a a careeral all hum. Crash has this them alleged and this morning in part, an activity strike. They say that the president wont release more information until later this morning. Right now, all of the time is focused on the victims and families. This happened around 8 30 last night. A car hit an suc. The four people died. The driver was taken to the hospital. This is still very much an ongoing investigation. They hope to release more information later today for it to become available. Well stay on top of this, of course, and bring you more for now were live in rocky mount, cbs income pee and lee other houser y. Yolk boys. The teens began shooting attach other inside of the restaurant. An elderly woman was knocked to the ground. I heard two loud pops, like, firecrackers. The next thing i know, i seen me coworkers running to the back talking about theyre shooting. None of the teens involved were old enough to legally known the nt. Monday, candidates perfect both amle . Pa if reporter three states poised to hold contests, donald trump drew fire for comments on its too much and a different world from when we originally conceived of the idea. Reporter ted cruz blasted trumps commentsp. He would umm laterally make a statement to break nato. Reporter cruz shot down the idea of being trumps running pate. January kasich. Did there that after slamming him monday. We need steady hands, not a president who says hes neutral on monday, proisrael on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday . Absence was not a stub. I think we have a road to victory. Reporter the next chance for all candidates to move closer comes today. Republican frontrunner donald trump is fighting more support here in North Carolina. Congresswoman renee alm. App . A ping who is littlele he may not have every answer to every situation america is facing right now, but he knows how to bring people together to find those solutions. I think thats the key the American People are seeing. So far, she is the fist National Republican first our state to publicly support trump. Plus a rare, high. Temperatures this morning are freezing. Dont you worry, it gets warmer this afternoon with a high of 66. Wa welcome back. The time is 6 41 on this tuesday morning. Its 33 degrees right now. Well stay there until the sunrises after 7 00 right around 7 15. Look what happens by 9 00, we should be back to 40. The sunrise spreading color across the horizon this morning. Beautiful start here in raleigh. You can clearly see a cloud free sky. Before you head ought, bundle up. 33 in hundrederson and roxboro. 31 in siler city. We have a few areas in the 20s, believe it or not. 29 in rayford and roanoke rapids. Dress in layers. Our high today close to seasonal, 66 this afternoon. Illll get to how much longer this women continue. We learned to additional students at unc charlotte have earlier. We per the third case. Most people suffer with fever, muscle aches and swelling. Coming up, well check stay with us. vo new tidy cats lightweight 4in1 fights mess right. Attacks three strong litter box odors, plus locks clumps tight. And now its light. Every home, every cat. Theres a tidy cats for that. Just about 6 45. An update weve been bringing you all morning long about the situation out of brussels belgium. Authorities are referring to explosions at the airport, subway as terror attacks. The city is it on lockdown. Right now, were taking a live look at the scene in brussels. Heres what we know so far. Cbs is reporting up to 21 people are reported dead, dozens of others injured. Authorities are telling everyone to remain where they are. Highest state of emergency alert. Weve also learned that the french president Francois Hollande is having a meeting. France remains in say state of emergency after the november 13th attacks. We are hearing reaction from eyewitnesses. I walked through lots of sufficient, swatter, smoke, water dripping from the ceiling and we were evacuatedp. We will stay with this breaking news and bring you up date as we learn more. Cbs North Carolina is taking a closer look at what training procedures under place by police to search suspects we told about you this yesterday morning. Handcuffs with are just removed from 44yearold Danny Mcmillan when he pulled a gun from liz back waistband which led to a struggle and ended with officer r. S. Tunnel being grazed by a bullet. We have more on how an expert trains officers. We wanted to know more about what goes into that training, so our team talked with john training. He says cadets have search techniques including live search training on fellow classmates that cloud guns and smaller handcuff keys. Gregory says there are always the obvious spots to search. It would be the immediate area behind where you are cuffed. Individuals with their hands behind them. Reporter also, some Police Officers will undergo training to learn how to verbally escalate so it doesnt reach that physical struggle. At that point, every person in if that. Tomorrow, a controversy surrounding who can use which back to raleigh. It allows people to you as a public bathroom based on injury gender identity. They only want lawmakers to address the issue of men using the same bathroom or locker room as women. The bill could more broadly dress what local governments can and cant do. For them to do this is incredible to me that they are will fog compromise their own we do not need a patchwork of the various ordinances around the state that really disrupt business and jobs. A special session costs 4 2,000 a day. Lawmakers were due to come back in april. Republican leaders want to do something before then. Good morning once again. The time is 6 48 on this tuesday. Check this out. A beautiful start to the day, although it is a cold start to the day. Not a cloud in the sky as we look east. 33 degrees to start off that morning. That frost add viedry is in effect. A quick look at this front advisory. Once we get past that, the 70s return for highs tomorrow and thursday. Then we have to look ahead to easter weekend. The bad news is we are tracking the trance for rain. Scattered showers for now. Not going to be a washout. 69 the afternoon high for easter. Its cold to start. We will see more seasonal conditions throughout the afternoon. Well climb to 55 by lunchtime. Our high this afternoon close to 66. Much warmer than where we were yesterday. Well see a warmup by about 10 degrees. Here we are. Well breeze right through it. Wall to wall sunshine. So not only do you need to layer up, you need the sunglasses. Tomorrow morning, another sunny start to the day. The good news is tomorrow morning wont be nearly as cold as where we are right now. At freezing in littlington and clayton. Sanford, you are looking for a high today of 67. 67 in lillington and dunn. Along the 95 corridor, your highs range in the mid60s in roanoke mountains april 65 in durham. Also around 64 in the roxboro area. Clear skies, i mentioned it already. Not nearly as cold as we are with a low of 43 degrees. Your high tomorrow, 76. That looks nice. 77 on thursday. Increasing clouds in the afternoon. Best chance for rain is going to be overnight thursday into friday morning. Friday afternoon, well see 68. Then its easter weekend. Climb and early next week on monday. It is 6 51 right now. Lets get the latest on traffic with kristin. Good morning, everyone. We are off to a relatively quiet start on the roads. Lets take a live look at what you can expect if you are getting ready to step out the door. This is i440 and lasser it mill road. We still have clod youres on the fortified roads. The onramp is closed at south sounders and shoulder closed between 2 3 and 301. If you are heading into raleigh from the south going north on u. S. 1 from highway 55 to downtown, you are looking at a 15minute drive. Slightly higher than normal traffic volumes looking at a 23minute commute. Traffic, for now, back to you guys. The States Division of Water Resources are looking at how jordan lakes water supply is holding two public meetings. The lake is the triangles biggest walter source. The Jordan Lake Partnership says as the triangle grows, its water immediates to grow with it. We have 200 million gallons of water supply storage thats online now. To be able to meet that goal of 2060, we need 300 million gallons. So the allocation process is bringing some of that online to meet that future need. To see the states plans, head to wncn. Com. What a gorgeous sunrise. Well be back with the last first, a live look at the city of oaks. Breaking news out of brussels weve been following all morning where 20 people were killed and dozens more youred in the explosion. Brussels is under the highest state of emergency. It came after at rest of a top suspect in last years paris attack is a la abdeslam in brussels. We have been following other news. Police are investigating a crash that killed four people last night. A car and suv crashed right in front of the entrance to wesleyan. Police say the crash is still under investigation. Voters in idaho, arizona, decide who they want to be the partys president ial nominee. All five contender their best to set themselves apart on separate appearances on cnn. Bernie sanders is hoping to close the gap between him and Hillary Clinton while Donald Trumps rivals and the gop are hoping to slow limb down. The gorgeous sunrise is just fog. I hope that will warm up, too. Yeah. Were talking about the butte of the sunrise. Its 33 degrees right now, but wow, if you are inside looking out, it does sure look pretty. Speaking of a frost advisory in effect until 9 00 a. M. , temperatures are starting off in the 20s. 28 in sanford opinion here in raleigh, were at 33. 70s return for highs tomorrow. Grab the sunglasses as you step out the door. The typical spots, i40 at the clayton by pass. Well have updates throughout the morningp. Slowdowns for sure. Stay with us. Cbs news tips their special report coverage of the terror