Were live with complete coverage, tuesday, march 22nd, 2016. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to this continued special edition of today. Its 10 a. M. On the east coast, 7 a. M. On the roast and its 3 00 in the afternoon where we find ourselves covering the town of brussels and everything that has happened there to change everything in that city. A lot has tlapd. After 8 00 level time in brussels, these two explosions, that departure terminal filled with people checking in for flights, carrying their baggage. At the kiosks, some say it was close to a starbucks kiosk. Some people lining up to get a cup of coffee. It was packed. Everything had a suitcase or back pack or a pack and. When you look at these images, you can see just how powerful those blasts were. We have two scenes here. The airport scene up just described and then the subway station. This is the maalbeek train station. Eyewitnesses who got to the the train station, described images of some passengers covered in white sheet
Station. Eyewitnesses who got to the the train station, described images of some passengers covered in white sheets. Up get the idea that anyone in the immediate proximity would probably have a very slim chance of surviving. I want to give you some other perspective here. President obama about to deliver a speech in cuba. We do expect of course him to make remarks about the attacks in brussels. Well go live as he gets set to make those remarks. Also, were going to talk to one of the frontrunners in the president ial race. Both of them actually have very different takes on how these attacks should be handled internationally. Were talking to Hillary Clinton and to donald trump. Please bring us up to date. This was nothing less than an attacks on belgiums capital. Two blasts at the airport just before 8 00 a. M. Local time. A witness telling us the second blast seemed more powerful than the first. Then an hour later an explosion on a metro car new european government buildings. I just wan
22nd, 2016. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to this edition of today on Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside matt lauer. Were covering this breaking news out of belgium. The Prime Minister said this is a terror attack, a dark moment for his country. What we feared ed ed ed ed has happened. Someone or someones went up to the airport area, detonated one device outside of the building. Someone else, apparently a suicide bomber inside the terminal, packed with morning commuters. People lining up to catch flights to other parts of europe and parts of the world. Near a starbucks, waiting to get coffee. Standing side by side, everyone with a backpack, suitcase or package, when the explosion the devastation is apparent for anyone who can see the images. At least 15 people confirmed killed. This is an area of an airport where you havent gone through security yet. You pull up in a car, get off a bus. One of our colleagues from msnbc said, he came up from a rail system beneath into the
Situations, this would be presecurity. Maybe some but not what we recognize when youre boarding a flight. A short time later, another soft target with little security, a metro train underneath the streets of busu el s brussels. Youre looking at video of the darkened tunnels where passengers were torresed edforced to evacuate the train after the bomb went off, maybe their way to safety and the area aboveground. To add context, brussels is the seat of the European Unions government. It has also become a hot bed for terrorist activity and planning, as we learned after the paris attack. The cell most of the attackers came from the neighborhood in brussels known as molenbeek. We just had the arrest of one of the parar suspects, Salah Abdeslam in the last few days. Hes been interrogated by authorities. Unclear how much cooperation hes given. Is, what and to what extent his arrest, this mans arrest, may have to do with what were seeing this morning in brussels. Other accomplices in that area
Were live with complete coverage, tuesday, march 22nd, 2016. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to this continued special edition of today. Its 10 a. M. On the east coast, 7 a. M. On the roast and its 3 00 in the afternoon where we find ourselves covering the town of brussels and everything that has happened there to change everything in that city. A lot has tlapd. After 8 00 level time in brussels, these two explosions, that departure terminal filled with people checking in for flights, carrying their baggage. At the kiosks, some say it was close to a starbucks kiosk. Some people lining up to get a cup of coffee. It was packed. Everything had a suitcase or back pack or a pack and. When you look at these images, you can see just how powerful those blasts were. No question about it. We have two scenes here. The airport scene up just described and then the subway station. This is the maalbeek train station. Eyewitnesses who got to the the train station, described images of some passengers