Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Though it is a little noisy where i am standing, what youre looking at right now is a moment of silence being observed by the people here in brussels, belgium. That is a place called the place de la bourse. It is about a mile and a half from where im standing. Moment of silence, part of the kind of trying to come to terms with what has gone on here in the last 24 hours. As i mentioned, im here in brussels. Savannah is back in new york city. Savannah, weve got an awful lot going on right now. Breaking news on the investigation into these attacks. We know the names of the suspects in the airport bombings. Two brothers. Khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. The third man, the man in white identified as Najim Laachraoui, already wanted in connection with the paris attacks. There are some reports he has been arrested. I want to say that nbc news has not been able to independently
Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Though it is a little noisy where i am standing, what youre looking at right now is a moment of silence being observed by the people here in brussels, belgium. That is a place called the place de la bourse. It is about a mile and a half from where im standing. Moment of silence, part of the kind of trying to come to terms with what has gone on here in the last 24 hours. As i mentioned, im here in brussels. Savannah is back in new york city. Savannah, weve got an awful lot going on right now. Breaking news on the investigation into these attacks. We know the names of the suspects in the airport bombings. Two brothers. Khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. The third man, the man in white identified as Najim Laachraoui, already wanted in connection with the paris attacks. There are some reports he has been arrested. I want to say that nbc news has not been able to independently
Through dark tunnels. The first explosion didnt sound horrible but was followed by a lot of screaming. The second explosion was greeted by dead silence. A hunt potentlly for suspects under way. Were live with complete 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 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
Targeting the subway. The attacks come as president obama is in cuba. And Vice President biden is right here in cincinnati. We ve learned that a group of uc students are in belgium but are safe, and were not near the attacks. We have Live Team Coverage of all of the developments, beginning with mark barger with the latest on the attacks themselves. Bristles when into lockdown this morning after a series of city in attack. We felt a small blast of air , we heard some flooding in the distance, the metro immediately stopped and the lights turned off, the engine turned off, and message came over the intercom saying there d been a disturbance on the line. Officials raise the Terror Threat level, shut down all look transport in the belgian capital, and advise locals to belgians federal prosecutor said one of the two excursions likely caused by suicide bomber, and all three blasts were acts of terrorism. The Prime Minister called today a dark moment for the country, and World Leaders swiftly
Emerges. Train raid iders forced to travel through dark tunnels. The first explosion didnt sound horrible but was followed by a lot of screaming. The second explosion was greeted by dead silence. A hunt potentially for suspects under way. 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 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