Here at home. Good wednesday morning. Were going to get started with brussels on edge this morning as authorities hunt for those responsible for the terror attacks. This morning raids are happening across belgium, the search uncovering explosive devices and an isis flag. Take a look at this picture. Three men seen at the airport before the explosion. Investigators believe one of them is on the run. The other two identified moments ago as brothers with criminal records. And proof the attackers wanted to cause maximum damage, an xray from a survivor shows a threeinch bolt in the patients chest likely from one of the bombs. Live Team Coverage and bazi kanani is standing by in washington, d. C. But well get started with Alex Marquardt who is in brussels this morning and alex, those local media reports airport bombers. Reporter good morning, kendis, thats right. The two men on the left side believed to be brothers. This according to rtf. The names that they released this morning is khalid a
Suicide vests involved in the attacks in paris last november. Back to you. Steve thank you. A brother and sister living in new york among those unaccounted for after the airport bombing. They were on the phone with their family when the explosion happened. The line went dead. Friends and family have posted on social media asking for help. Sasha graduated from college and worked as an intern at a design company. Dari pope francis condemning the attacks in brussels. He called the bombings blind violence targeting innocent people in popular and busy spaces. The vatican says the pope is praying for the victims and their families. New york city, of course, is still on high alert after yesterdays bombings. Steve antwan lewis continues our Team Coverage from queens where the Police Commissioner gave an up date on the increased security. Reporter a number of those committed to keeping new york the nypds k9 counterterrorism command increased by eight wednesday. The Graduation Ceremony planned m
Raleigh earlier this week. On monday, donald trump was in concord. Ted cruz was in both raleigh and kannapolis yesterday. One president ial hopeful we hike hi will not see is marco rubio. Today, retired Major General Hugh Overholt warned that a Trump Presidency could damage relations with our allies. Awe rob wroa supporter says trump lacks experience and understanding of Foreign Policy and has no real plan to keep the country safe. This is not a game show. This is to the a television program. This is a reality show and the reality is the threats are real. We need someone would understand what those threats are and how to deal with that. Marco rubio can do that. The rubio come pain is opening its wake county headquarters in garner and at this point, neither Bernie Sanders or john kasich have plans to come to the state before the primary. The march 15th primary. We have all the information you need on wral. Com. Use the my ballot feature to research the races in your zip code. A durham f
Cases a day, a thousand americans are dying every day. This is all wholly preventable and my only plea to my fellow americans is we have to not become immune to this level of suffering, and we have to take more action. I think thats such a great pin point, we cant become immune to the level of suffering, we cant become immune to the numbers. We know theres fatigue out there, out there for weeks if not months. People are tired of having to go through some of these measures, but the reality is, dr. Jha, if we dont continue with them, it will become far worse. Thats the potential. It is absolutely and especially as we head into the fall months, and people are going to be spending more time indoors, the flu season will arrive, you know, i had a chance to talk to dr. Fauci on friday. He said if we do the basic Public Health measures weve been talking about we can go into the fall in pretty good shape. Alternatively we can continue to ignore a lot of them and we can have a really awful fall
States. Nearly two dozen states are seeing cases go down that includes hot spots like florida, South Carolina and arizona. But the pandemic is still expected to keep millions from voting in person and opting to vote by mail. The concern is that out of the blue there are massive changes and cutbacks at the u. S. Postal service under the new postmaster general and these changes will slow delivery and keep tons of those ballots from being counted. In an emergency move, Speaker Pelosi responded to the showdown. Shes calling back the house into session to try to block these changes. I want to start right there. Geoff bennett is covering this very important story. What is Speaker Pelosis plan here . Hey, steph, good morning. The House Speakers plan appears focused on ramping up oversight and public attention around these changes that have been implemented by the new postmaster general. The House Speaker yesterday announced shes summoning the house back in session this week so that members ca