Paris suburb foiled a terrorist plot in the making. French Police Arrested 34yearold rata kriket and called it a major arrest. He was wanted in connection as one of the ring leaders of the paris attacks. Now so far, theres no clear link between the french suspect and attacks in brussels. Today the death total is at 31, including two victims from the United States, a brother and sister heading home from blood vessels when the bombs went off at the airport. Another source still missing. Morgan ratford has more on the victims. Reporter scattered debris, piercing screams and panicked survivors. My body was lifted off the ground. Reporter 19yearold missionary mason wells was standing in the back of the delta checkin line, feet from the bombs. I could feel the blast. I was covered in a fair amount of blood, and not necessarily mine. Reporter now covered in third degree burns, mason is among the lucky ones. Dutch siblings sasha and Alexander Pinczowski were at the checkin counter. Alex was se
Theres news tonight as well about this most recent round of Election Results and, frankly, some of the bullpucky being spewed in the beltway about what the results from last night mean. Theres also really interesting and frustraing news about why voters in arizona last night ended up waiting in milelong lines for five hours at a time after polls closed just to vote in an election that likely didnt even have record turnout in that state. So as i said, theres a lot going on, theres lots to come on this show this hour tonight. Were going to start tonight with none of these stories. Were going to start tonight with a story i did not expect to be covering tonight until this happened. During this trip, i made a statement to governor bentley, ill repeat it to you, i told governor bentley that i loved him like a father. There was nothing i wouldnt do for him except lie to a grand jury. I made governor bentley aware of the recording that i heard, i told governor bentley there was no need to try
Been released. Now, faycal c. Has now been charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorist murder, attempted terrorist murder and participation in a terrorist group. So, amongst those charged, his is the most, shall we say substantial rap sheet. He was arrest ed thursday sittig in a car outside the Prosecutors Office, charged late yesterday, and the Prosecutors Office made the announcement today, victor. We know there are still questions about direct involvement, but do we know yet at all how faycal c. Fits into this puzzle . Reporter no, we dont. We only know that the charges are in connection with the attacks in brussels at the airport and the metro. His precise role, whether he was present at either scene, as yet unknown, and hopefully, the Prosecutors Office or other legal sources in belgium will provide that sort of detail Going Forward. Of course, well be working our sources to get as much as we can. Lets bring in Michael Holmes there in brussels. Four days now after the
Bakraoui. Yesterday, the Belgian Police found a will of sorts left behind on a computer in the brussels trash can. El bakraoui had written that he needed to rush and no longer felt safe. Meanwhile, Officials Say the man standing next to him in the picture is Najim Laachraoui believed to be a bomb maker. Belgian and u. S. Officials say hes certain he died at the airport based on dna there. Khalid el bakraoui was the suicide bomber who attacked the brussels subway and that information comes as a senior u. S. Counterterrorism Officials Says that the brothers helped facilitate the attacks in paris last november. As we mentioned a massive manhunt is still under way for the third man in the surveillance video. He has yet to be identified by police. Joining us from brussels, nbc senior White House Correspondent chris jansing. Good day to you. New evidence suggests there may have been more attacks to come. Reporter thats right, alex. They went to this house where essentially it was a bomb maki
The ruler of his country. It didnt last. He was only 23 years old when a coup was launched against him in july 1958. In that coup, he was murdered along with much of his family. July 1958. The monarchy was deposed. Nationalists in the Iraqi Military took over. They overthrew the iraqi monarchy. That didnt last either. Five years after they killed the king and the military took over, the military was overthrown as well or at least the faction of them that had been in charge. By then it was 1963, february 1963. The group that took over iraq then and ruled it for 40 years thereafter, that was the baath party. We think of Saddam Hussein as the personification of the baath party. He in fact, took over iraq in 1979. He ruled iraq in the name of the baath party for more than two decades. But the baath party itself, they took over iraq all the way back in 1963, which was basically the exact same time that the baath party also took over next door in syria. The baath party mounted their coup in