Theyre critical but dont have life threatening injuries. Well continue to follow that. As has happened in other cities around the world in the past, people in brussels are basically in their homes, in their businesses, locked in, probably watchi ining events un on their local television outlets. Not being able to travel around the city. We want to get to richard engel, who has what appears to be a potentially Major Development on the investigation side of this. Richard, what do you have . Well, it seems the investigators are making some progress. One senior u. S. Intelligence official told me that Belgian Federal Police are searching a residence in a neighborhood in brussels that they believe was the launching pad for the three suspects believed responsible for todays attacks. A search is underway. They have leads. Theyre conducting this search, and they believe this residence was something of a staging ground or launch pad. Thats one. Combing through the chatter that theyre finding on
Traffic. Outer loop at georgia avenue, those backups are building. We just for the off the phone with police, the right lane is now the only lane getting by. Disabled vehicle still in the middle of the roadway. Ed the backups will continue to grow until the tow is on the bridge. Police activity outbound key bridge is out of the way. Mcarthur boulevard, intersection blocked because of fire activity. 66 and 95 no major problems here this morning. Of course we will keep an eye on this problem top of the beltway for you. Time to talk to chuck. A little less windy than yesterday, still quite the breeze outside for you first thing this morning. Northwest winds still averaging 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour. So a good day to be on the bay although there are small craft advisories posted. More wind, fewer either abouts on those trees 49 mileperhour gusts at national airport. Chilly if youre on the shady side of the road today. Next chance for rain comes up on thursday. Complete check of the rest of t
Following so much tragedy. This as the french president and british Prime Minister stop to honor the dozens of people kill underside the bataclan theater. Theyre meeting today to discuss the fight against isis. This all happening as 1,000 Police Officers are sweeping through neighbors brussels looking for your most wanted man. Today in the bay kris sanchez tracking the new developments from our newsroom and, kris, brussels is on lockdown. 1,000 Police Officers essentially the size of the force of the San Jose Police department all looking for the same man and this is day three of that lock down in brussels. We know that the man at the center of that manhunt is still on the run today. Abdeslam continues to evade capture. But new word from paris, isis may be looking for him, as well, because did not die in paris. His brother appeared on french tv yesterday urging himself to turnself in. A Third Brother did blow himself up outside a cafe near the bataclan concert hall. That Third Brother
Frances president and says he wants his country to join in the air strikes against syria. On friday, the United Nations unanimously backed action against isil in syria and iraq. Later this week, i will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling isil. I firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike isil in syria, and its my Firm Conviction that britain should do so, too. And this is only a test, at least for now. New york city carries out an antiterror drill and they ramp up security across the country as americans relive the jitters of post 9 11. Lets start in brussels. A city at its highest security in years, bracing for an imminent threat. Fred flanpleitgen is there with more. There were some major raids that went on here in brussels over the past 24 hours. Netting at least 21 subjects. That was announced here by the authorities a couple hours ago. I want to give you a little bit of the scene around here. There really is a military deploymen
A short time later during a today show town hall meeting, sanders said Hillary Clinton is qualified to be president. Heres the truth. Ive known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I respect Hillary Clinton. We were colleagues in the senate, and on her worst day, she would be an infinitely better president than any of the republican candidates. Shes qualified . Of course. There was plenty of talk at that town hall about the issues as well. Someone asked Bernie Sanders to explain why crime victims shouldnt be allowed to sue Gun Store Owners. This is what i think. What i think is if that is a Gun Store Owner in northern vermont and he sells me a legal product, i purchase a gun, and then i use that gun to do something terrible, should matt be sued . And the answer is i think not. Bernie sanders also planning a big trip overseas next week. Sanders announcing that hes been invited to the vatican by pope francis. But there is a little bit of intrigue this hour about how that invitation actually cam