Actually, im on my way from bruge to brussels. We were there last night. This is the prison where Salah Abdeslam is currently being held, the man who was arrested on friday. So were racing down to brussels now. Possibly two explosions. It happened around 8 00 this morning. Some agencies are reporting one dead, two dozen wounded. Belgian television, one station said it may be as high as 11 dead. We have to confirm these numbers in knees developing news story, obviously. There are reports of shots were fired this morning when this event took place. The natural assumption is this is a terrorist attack considering the events that have happened in the past week or so and the arrest of Salah Abdeslam, the attacker in paris, the only one to survive, was arrested friday. And now the whole they evacuated everybody there. Were rushing to try to get but yes, two explosions being reported and a number dead and several wounded. All right. Charlie dagata in belgium on the phone, thank you so much, c
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Knees and thank the men on tour, a tennis official is out of a job this morning. And custody controversy. Why a 6yearold girl is being taken from the foster family thats raised her for most of her life. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with breaking news from brussels, belgium. This morning, there have been two powerful explosions at the Brussels Airport. The cause is unclear, but Charlie Dagata joins us from brussels on the phone. Charlie, good morning. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. Actually, im on my way from bruge to brussels. We were there last night. This is the prison where Salah Abdeslam is currently being held, the man who was arrested on friday. So were racing down to brussels now. Possibly two explosions. Some agencies are reporting one dead, two dozen wounded. Belgian television, one station said it may be as high as 11 dead. We have to confi
So it would appear that certainly the Belgian Police are dealing with several incidents that are taking place this morning into an area that had already been in lockdown because of the tense situation over a highprofile arrest on friday. Lets talk a little bit about that arrest, Salah Abdeslam, one of the key figures in the paris terror attacks. Can you tell us about what happened on friday and how that all went down . Reporter yes. Well, we got news that there was a Major Police Operation taking place in the neighborhood of molenbeek in brussels. And there has been a fourmonth search for the last key surviving member of the paris attacks in november that killed 130 people. Salah abdeslam. He was the only one to get away. And theres been a manhunt that has been going on from this isisdirected attack, one that and thats an important thing to mention there. This is the only one that got away. Theyve been sevening for him for four months. They arrested him on friday. He tried to run out o
Annemarie. The explosions happened around 8 00 local time. Belgian media is reporting that there were two explosions, and weve seen some twitter feeds, we were racing last night to bruge for evening news, and we were racing through the airport. We had seen some twitter pictures of windows that had been smashed out. It apparently took place in the departure area of the brussels main airport. The entire place was evacuated. Youve seen some pictures of this frenzied evacuation. Now, some belgian media is reporting there could be several dead in these apparent explosions, or these explosions. And shortly a short time ago were also hearing reports of another explosion at a subway station in brussels. This is a couple of blocks from the u. S. Embassy. So it would appear that certainly the Belgian Police are that are taking place this morning into an area that had already been in lockdown because of the tense situation over a highprofile arrest on friday. Lets talk a little bit about that arr