Brussels, the very latest there. Reporter at the hunt for the suspects you mentioned continues, the morning does as well. Behind me weve been showing this all morning. A its the memorial celebrating whats going on in the central gaza in downtown brussels. There are memorials set up and this is an example of one euro candles, flowers, people lighting candles thousands of people showing up all day there was a moment of silence earlier and ive got to tell you, abby and john it was quite powerful. It was absolutely silent coat you could hear a pin drop. A bit of an exaggeration but it gives you an idea how quiet the show of support, the solidarity youre getting to the latest, as far as the hunt for the suspect, you mentioned that isis bomb maker. His name is Najim Laachraoui girl it was reported that he was arrested, he was one of the three in that tv video from the airport. The those turned out to be inaccurate reports. He is on the hunt right now. The Police Believe he was supposed to ca
Right now. Mike tobin joins us. Greta, what you see here in front of the Stock Exchange is such a contrast to what we have seen out here, the peace and goodwill that pours out here. Its so dramatically different of brutality of days ago and friendsy of Police Activity we have seen over the past couple of days that took us from four known participants on tuesday to 11 takedowns in thee Different Countries today. One tram spot blocks away from clandestine bomb factory. Bomb robot brought. In explosives found on that individual. He was dragged away. The information for that takedown generated from a raid in paris suburb. In that particular raid, a man described as a high level operative. Was arrested. A working bomb seized. Ricket has a conviction here in belgium for recruiting isis fighters. 11 raids that we now know of in the last two days in germany, france, and belgium. The french president says it is all interconnected network. He believes that network is largely dismantled. Isis was
I am. Its a grim night but im glad to be with you. Both donald trump and ted cruz came out strong. I would say the egg heads that came up with this International Law should turn on their television and watch cnn right now because im looking at scenes on cnn right now that are absolutely atrocious. Id be willing to bet when i see all the bodies on the floor, including young, beautiful children, if they watch that, maybe, just maybe theyll approve waterboarding and other things. Heres ted cruz, hugh. Its an example where democrats are more concerned about Political Correctness than they are about keeping us safe. And thats why people are so fed up. We need a commander in chief whose priority is keeping the American People safe. Thats what ill do. So what is the line here between National Security and discrimination . Well, theres a front page New York Times story today, don, on what brussels did not do over the last 20 years, which was to attempt to integrate neighborhoods, which became
Revealed flu eed new details, s will on a computer retrieve from a garbage bin. He declares that he was in a bad situation, sought everywhere. Hes no longer safe, and that if he dies with his sword he may end up in a prison cell. U. S. Intelligence officials tell nbc news they are convinces the terror attacks in brussels were carried out by operatives in the same network as those in the paris attacks including detained terror suspect Salah Abdeslam. Today, many belgian citizens are trying to resume daily lives. We have seen increased security across brussels and tributes across the city to the 331 dead. Two missing americans, justin and stephanie schultz, originally from kentucky, currently living in belgium. They were dropping stephanies mother aust at the time of the attacks. President obama is holding a joint press conference in argentina. Well take you there live if he makes any comments live about brussels. Joining me live from brussels is nbcs chris jansing. Reporter theres been
Missing suspect from tuesdays terror attacks seen here wearing a hat and light colored coat. He was originally thought to be najim laachraoui, a bomb maker, but laachraoui has now been confirmed as a man on the left in this picture. Hes one of the suicide attackers at the airport. In the middle, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and his brother was the suicide attacker on the metro. Now intelligence Officials Say that brussels is the work of the same cell involved in the paris attacks. For more, lets go to claudio lavagna. What are you hearing at this hour . Reporter yes, the investigators are convinced theres a direct link between the paris and the brussels attacks. The two brothers who carried out the attacks here in brussel on Tuesday Morning were in direct touch with salah abdeslam. They provided a safe house for them. Abdeslam is the only known survivor from the command of the attack in paris in november who was arrested just days ago, last friday. Thats one of the reasons why investigators bel