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That chain of events played out late today in brussels, belgium. And when it was over, police proclaimed success after a four month manhunt. The crack of gunfire in the citys molenbeek neighborhood, ended in the arrest that police had long sought. 26yearold Salah Abdeslam was captured alive, but wounded in the leg during the shootout with police. Belgiums Prime Minister made the formal announcement translated i can tell you that we have arrested abdeslam as part of an operation linked to an investigation on the attacks in paris. And i want to warmly thank our security forces. Woodruff meanwhile, Helmeted Police with riot shields cordoned off the area. And as darkness fell, at least one explosion lit up the site. French investigators say abdeslam was one of several attackers who carried out the paris rampage last november, targeting a rock concert, cafes, and a stadium. 130 people died that night, and hundreds more were wounded. It is believed abdeslam fled paris, slipped through a dragnet and escaped back to brussels, where the attacks had been planned. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the massacre. Most of the other suspects including one of abdeslams brothers died that night or were killed later by police. Todays raid gained momentum after belgian authorities raided this apartment in another brussels neighborhood on tuesday and found abdeslams fingerprints. A man believed to be one of his accomplices was killed there. Two others fled the scene, one of whom now appears to have been abdeslam himself. French president Francois Hollande said this evening that the investigation of the paris attacks is not over. He said there will be more arrests. We will get the white house perspective on all of this, right after the news summary. The days other major story also comes from brussels, where european leaders sealed a deal with turkey to stem the tide of migrants. It calls for sending back thousands who reach greece. The Turkish Coast guard also moved aggressively today to block migrant sailings nearly swamping one boat on the aegean sea. In all, some 1,700 people were detained. We will have a full report, later in the program. The corruption crisis that has engulfed brazils government deepened again today. Riot police in sao paulo used water cannon and pepper spray to roust protesters ahead of a planned rally by government supporters. The protesters are demanding the ouster of president dilma rousseff. And in iraq, thousands marched on baghdads government center, demanding reforms to end corruption there. Riot police stood aside and let the demonstrators cut through a razor wire fence to get closer to the fortified green zone. There, they put up tents and began a sitin. translated we are staying here and will not pull back we will stay here, leaving our families and mothers, until the corrupters leave. Are you listening to me . Thats it. Woodruff the protesters are responding to a call for action from muqtada alsadr, an Influential Shiite cleric. Back in this country, a crack appeared in Senate Republican opposition to voting on Merrick Garland, the president S Supreme Court nominee. Illinois senator mark kirk said today that hes breaking with his party leaders. He said, its just man up and vote. Kirk faces a difficult reelection fight in a democraticleaning state. Wall street kept its rally going today. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 120 points to close above 17,600. The nasdaq rose 20 points, and the s p 500 added nine. The dow and the s p are now back in positive territory for the year. And for the first time, a woman has been tapped to lead a u. S. Military combat command. The pentagon says president obama will nominate air force general Lori Robinson to lead the u. S. Northern command. It oversees all military activities in north america. Robinson is currently head of u. S. Air forces in the pacific. And finally, if you had Michigan State winning it all in College Basketballs march madness, your bracket is toast. A 15th seed middle Tennessee State shocked the 2ndseeded spartans today, 9081, in the first round. Its one of the biggest upsets since they started seeding teams in 1985. Still to come on the newshour White House National security advisor susan rice on the paris attacker and the president s upcoming visit to cuba; what the European Union migrant deal means for the migrants themselves; mark shields and david brooks analyze the never trump movement; a new movie on the complications of drone warfare, and much more. Woodruff president obama was briefed on todays arrests in brussels and spoke with the french and belgian leaders by phone. We get the latest on that and look ahead to the president s historic trip to cuba with National Security advisor, susan rice. Welcome back to the program. Susan rice, first of all, tell us about the u. S. Role in helping the french and belgian authorities locate these people in brussels. Well, judy, what needs to be said as the president did to the Prime Minister of belgium and the president of france, its really the services of belgium and france that deserve the lions share of the credit here and congratulations on a wellexecuted operation. This is their day. Indeed, since the paris attacks, actually well before the paris attacks but especially after the paris attacks, the United States has stepped up its intelligence and Law Enforcement cooperation with our european partners, the french in particular but many other europeans as well, and we are sharing information and supporting each other in ways that are unprecedented. I cant get into think specifics about this operation, and its an ongoing investigation, as you understand, but i do think its important to give the belgian and french authorities their due today. Woodruff how much of a threat from the Islamic State does this take off the table . What does the u. S. Now have less to worry about as a result of this, would you say . Well, judy, obviously, this is a Good Development but is far from a turning point in the fight against i. S. I. L. We are engaged in a multifacetted, comprehensive campaign to degrade and defeat i. S. I. L and have seen important progress but by no means can we look at today and say weve turned a corner. Woodruff i want to ask you about that because the president told Jeffrey Goldberg in a series with the atlantic that he doesnt see i. S. I. L as an existential threat to the United States and it is reported it is said to the white house staff that people have to worry about falls in bathtubs and gun shootings than terrorists. What is an existential threat . Thats something that can literally destroy our nation as we know it physically and otherwise, so i think thats a very veiled statement, but that does valid statement, but that doesnt mean i. S. I. L cant attack and do americans harm, whether abroad or at home and, obviously, we have every interest and the president is fully committed to doing all that we possibly can to defeat i. S. I. L because, like al quaida, it is a threat that we must guard against and that it can do real harm to americans and our allies, not to mention the countries in which it is rampaging. So we have every interest in putting all of our efforts and that of our Coalition Partners behind the fight against i. S. I. L and americans should take that threat seriously, but we shouldnt overblow it and turned i. S. I. L into the equivalent of the soviet union at the height of the cold war, that is not a fair comparison. Woodruff let me turn the corner to cuba. The president is going to make this historic visit this weekend, the first visit by an american president there since calvicalvin coolidge. How close does the president want relation tons between the u. S. And cuba . Its not about how close. Obviously, this is a very new diplomatic relationship, its just begun in the last several months. Normalization is at the early stages, and its going to take time. There are real differences that we main between our governments and our systems and, so, were not going to be best friends. Thats not what were talking about here. But it is about moving out of a 50year failed policy that yielded no change towards an era of engagement which were confidenters over time will open up the society and cuba. But at the peopletopeople level, we think there is a natural affinity between the people of cuba and the people of the United States. Woodruff speaking of what you just mentioned, what do you say who oppose this kind of normalization with cuba who say whats happened here is that the u. S. Has given in, has made concessions on things like travel and trade, while the cubans have done almost nothing when it comes to human rights and democracy. In other words, that the u. S. Has done more giving than the cubans. We would say, first of all, it is not a concession to allow u. S. Businesses to operate and compete in cuba when our partners has been doing so for many years. Its not a concession for americans to travel. That is in our interest. Our view is, rather than continue to do the same failed things over and over again and hope for a different result, instead, we should do what has worked in so many other contexts around the world which is to give the cuban people an opportunity to engage with american ingenuity, american entrepreneurs, northwestern Civil Society leaders and so see through that engagement a future that they only themselves can bring to cuba over the long term. Woodruff president obamas National Security advisor susan rice, we thank you. Good to be with you, judy. Woodruff we return to the major europeanturkish agreement on how to cope with the refugee crisis. Jeffrey brown has the story. Brown under the deal agreed to today, turkey will take back Syrian Refugees now in greece; europe will accept some refugees now in turkey; and turkey will get Financial Aid and closer travel and political ties to europe. Joining us from brussels matthew karnitschnig, chief europe correspondent for politico; and in copenhagen, the newshours Malcolm Brabant. Welcome to both of you. Matthew, let me start with you. For europe the idea is fewer refugees and a more orderly process. How is this supposed to work . Fill in the details a bit. Well, at the core of this deal is this mechanism you mentioned whereby the turks will take back all Syrian Refugees who arrive in greece and in turn the europeans would take a certain number, one to one, essentially, of the Syrian Refugees now in turkey. Now, the idea is this would undermine the smugglers trade which is responsible for brig all these refugees in rubber rafts and so forth to greece at the moment and Angela Merkel and the other european leaders hope that this will convince syrians and other migrants not to come to europe in the first place, that they will see that its pointless to try to come with the smugglers because they will automatically be sent back. Brown but sending these people back stranded in greece raises enormous logistical and legal challenges, right . Weve already had a lot of criticism on the legal side from Amnesty International, the u. N. High commissioner for refugees, how hard will this be to do . This will be extremely difficult to implement, a logistical nightmare. Trying to deport thousands of people will be a huge task that will create really ugly scenes because you have these people who have spent thousands of dollars getting to greece suddenly facing the prospect of being sent back. There will be fights and struggles going on in these various places. Whats supposed to also happen is these people are also supposed to have their appeals for asylum being fast tracked and greece has not a dreadful reputation for trying to fast track anything, trying to determine whether or not somebody is a serious, justified Asylum Seeker is something thats supposed to happen almost instantly. The h. D. R. Is saying everybody has the right to appeal. I foresee chaos in the greek islands. Brown matthew, are there plans in the details what europe is planning to do to make the process work better and from the turkish side, whats in it for them . The europeans are saying greece, in the midst of this economic crisis, really an economic depression, is not going to be able to handle this problem alone. They dont have the administration to deal with this many refugees, so the brussels bureaucrats, if you will, are saying they will send down to up to 4,000 officials, judges, interpreters, and so forth, to deal with these processes that they need to introduce here in terms of dealing with the asylum applicants and ensuring they get a fair review of their case. But to think this is going to happen within 48 hours, because theyre also saying they want to introduce this Program Starting sunday, is somewhat ambitious, to put it mildly. So there is a lot of skepticism here in brussels and elsewhere in europe about whether this plan is going to be dead on arrival, essentially. Whats in it for the turks is that the turks get visa liberalization, were calling it, which means turkish citizens, if turkey meets a number of requirements in the coming months, well be able to travel into the e. U. Without visas, which would be a huge political win for turkish president erdogan who has really been trying to show to his people that, despite all of the criticism of turkey and his rule in turkey, his increasingly aye authoritarian rule m people say, that they are still part of the west, that the west still accepts them and takes them seriously. Malcolm, you have reported from turkey. You have been talking to people there. Is it likely that this would discourage people from making the trip at this point and what are you hearing from turkey now . Well, i was talking to a refugees from what used to be the main smuggling zone and this was a town not only thriving with smugglers and refugees trying to get a deal to try to get across the aegean, but in the past couple of weeks the turks have cracked town, the smugglers have gone and the wouldbe Asylum Seekers are hiding in forests on the coast or safe houses. This is a multibillion dollar business and smugglers wont take it lying down and will look for possible land routes through europe. But i have been talktology other people, for example refugees stuck in greece and one man in particular that weve met before on the newshour, hes a former n. A. T. O. Employee from afghanistan, now, hes at the former athents airport along with Athens Airport along with other refugees. The one thing hes worried about is deportation. Under this deal, hes not going to be deported, but he along with 50,000 other people are currently stranded in greece, nobodys certain what will happen for them, and greece could be a Detention Camp for these people though europe are saying some will be shared around other European Countries but so far that is something that has not happened. Brown Malcolm Brabant and matthew karnitschnig, thank you very much. Woodruff and now, to politics. The rift in the Republican Party over donald trump shows no signs of mending. Just today, former republican president ial nominee mitt romney announced on social media that he will vote for senator ted cruz in the utah caucuses next tuesday. Meanwhile, as donald trump marches closer to the 1,200plus delegates needed to secure the partys nomination, some Party Operatives are scrambling for an alternative. On thursday, a group of conservative g. O. P. Activists held a closeddoor meeting here in washington, d. C. , to discuss how to block trump from the nomination. Heres erick erickson, one of the meetings organizers, on fox Business News thursday the republicans, if they nominate donald trump, are going to nominate the only politician in america more unpopular and less trustworthy than hillary clinton. Thats not where you start when you want to beat hillary clinton. But thats the reality of that with them, and im not going to play a part of it. Woodruff for his part, a trump policy advisor pushed back today with a warning for the Republican Party. Here