ak f se a raid on friday captured europe's most wanted man in connection with the november paris terror attacks that killed 130 people. terror group isis is claiming responsibility for today's mark barger nbc news. most european airports are known for strict screening procedures for passengers that takes place when checking in. after the attacks at the world trade center we heard countless stories of how people missed their flights all together. >> a triangle man missed a he stepped out of line to get something he needed. >> reporter: before i spoke with mark nole i spoke with his wife in raliegh who got a terrifying call this morning around 3:00 a.m. from her husband telling her what had happened and that he was okay. nole, originally from belgium was flying home to raliegh by way of atlanta when the explosion ripped through the terminal in the exact spot he stepped away for a moment. he stepped away to buy a magazine in the terminal just before the blast. >> that's probably what saved my life. i i saw one other person jumped on the cash register of where we were and waited. shortly after there was a second explosion further away. >> reporter: nole told me he and 50 others evacuated the store to a safe area of the airport. he was able to leave and make his way back to his sister's house. he said he sent his wife a text a few minutes before he called children and three grandchildren that he loved them and might not survive the attack. now that he did survive he says today is the first day of his second life. >> wow! that is one powerful story. >> chilling. >> it really is. thank you for that. so glad he is okay. reaction to the terror attack in brussels is prompting stepped up security in the u.s. washington, d.c. metro transit sweeps at patrols in the metro stations this morning. officials say there is no known specific or credible threat against the metro at this time. extra sweeps are being conducted out of an abundance of caution. d.c. police posted reminders at stations encouraging commuters to report anything suspicious directly to metro offices. although there are no credible threats in the triangle we wanted to check on security measures at the international airport. >> tara, what is the mood like? >> reporter: for the most part everything has been calm. officials. they do not want to comment on information to somebody who could use it against them. they will say they have a robust security system that's multilevel and multiagency. they would only comment if this was some rule changes to check would affect the time passengers need to arrive. it seems like a typical morning at rdu. it is around that spring break time for colleges and schools. so it is a busy time of year. rd does have one nonstop international flight that happens once a day and in the evenings to london. starting in may rdu will offer nonstop flights to paris. we didn't have a chance to find international travelers here this morning but we spoke with a woman who flew in from atlanta. she says security there was tight. she, herself, was extra cautious after learning of today's attacks in brussels. >> they had quite a bit of security. more than normal. i was looking at how they were letting employees in, that was different than what was normal. we had to go through stringent security in atlanta. >> reporter: she said she was who was sitting next to her that had not quite turned their phone off at the designated time they were supposed to turn their phone off. she was checking on passengers that they were not doing what doing. that's the world we live in these days. >> thank you very much. you can keep up with the developments in the belgium bombings at wral.com. there you'll find video clips, live reports and more. moving on, there will be no court hearing about forcing apple to unlock the i-phone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. fbi revealed they may have a way to access the data without fbi has been researching methods to unlook his encrypted phone. sky 5 flew over a scene shortly after a crash on i-5. collision involved a tractor trailer carrying logs and an suv. the victim was an older female driver in the chevrolet. two children were in the vehicle. they were not seriously hurt. no word yet on the cause. we have now information on the four students killed in the two-vehicle crash at rocky mount. it happened last night. >> four students were riding all together in one car. the driver of the other vehicle went to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. sloan is live with what we have learned about the victims and the information on an incredible sad day there. >> reporter: it is an incredibly sad day, you are correct, here at the north carolina wesley college campus. this accident happened literally in front of the school. left in front of the sign in honor of these four students who lost their lives. it happened at 8:30 last night. we are learning more about the four young ladies killed in this crash. they are 20-year-old candice jones of littleton. 19-year-old danny scott of raliegh. 20-year-old kerry brown of henderson and 20-year-old robin barnes of conway. all freshman. all members of the class of 2019. classes canceled here on campus today. we are expecting to learn more about this crash as the investigation continues. so far no charges have been filed. department has not yet said what caused this deadly wreck here last night. back to you. >> how very sad and a tough time for them. thank you very much. former toronto mayor rob ford died from cancer. he had a rare cancer that spread from his stomach to other parts of his body. he gained worldwide attention in 2012 when cell phone video appeared to show him smoking crack cocaine. ford spent two years in rehab council. next at noon, a look at the numbers between the runners. president obama's last day in cuba is a busy one. coming up, what's on the agenda and where he is going next. but cold. we have been down to freezing and below this morning. this afternoon just the opposite. we have a nice warm up in progress and nice sunshine. our temperatures primary and caucuses races in three western states today could help solidify the status of the presidential leaders. hillary clinton is planning to beat bernie sanders. donald trump needs big wins to win a contested gop convention. arizona and idaho today. 47% of republicans say they would most like to see trump that's near the 49% he received back in february. on the democratic side hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the race for that party. 51% say they would most like to see the former secretary of state on top of the party's ticket in november compared to 44% who want sanders. u.s. supreme court will hear arguments on whether puerto rico should file for bankruptcy. federal bankruptcy chapter nine is in law in puerto rico. it will help restructure their $20 billion in debts. the case will be heard by seven justices since justice alito and his wife own puerto rico municipality bonds. they'll take up legislation to block the nondiscrimination charlotte security council. that law allows transgender individuals to use public restrooms that align with their gender identity. a suspect police say fired a gun in the booking area of the durham county jail is due in court today. officer turner was removing the man's handcuffs when he grabbed a gun from the waist of his pants. the man wrestled before the gun went off grazing the officer in the abdomen. sentencing phase is underway for a man convicted in a triple murder in pit county. jurors took less than an hour to convict antwaan anthony on three counts of first degree murder for the deaths of three convenience store employees in 2012. he showed no emotion when the court read the verdict. he could be sentenced to death or life in prison. president obama's historic trip to cuba wraps up today. day ahead of him. this morning he delivered a speech at a historic theater in havana. cuban president castro was there for the speech. the president will now attend a major league exhibition game between the tampa bay rays and a cuban national team. starting in may carnival cruise lines are offer cultural exchange trips to cuba. ships will visit ports in havana and other cities. they'll carry 704 passengers, which is smaller than many industry ships. you won't see casinos or broadway shows on board. instead guests will spend eight hours each day involved in voyages last seven days. a boat believed to be debris from a 2011 tsunami in japan has been spotted off the southern oregon coast. u.s. security guard helicopter crew spotted he 35-foot boat last week. state and federal officials have been keeping an eye on the debris. if the boat washes up on the beach a salvager will be called in to remove it. there have been no signs of dangerous materials on the boat. i got outside today and went to the wral gardens. wow! what a way. >> i have not been through there lately. how many flowers are blooming? >> maybe 25%. we still got a week or two before it really gets big. of april but we had the huge early warm spell. i was thinking it might be earlier this year. maybe next week or the week after it. it is so pretty out there. i have noticed walking by i didn't see a ton of them blooming. you can see them from a long distance away when they are all in full bloom. i was just curious. thank you for checking that out for me. i hope you took good pictures to post on facebook. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. we'll be looking for that. we start off in rocksboro. we have several cameras that are flags in view. it is quiet as can be. just a pleasant day. high pressure is building in closely to us. tomorrow will be a blustery day. today looking very quiet. lots of hawaiian. a few high, thin cirrus clouds here. nothing that will affect the weather at all. that's where we are now at noon. we are easily going to make it up into the 60s this afternoon. should be very close to our normal high later today. winds at the airport are variable at 6 miles per hour. you can see the flag behind me moving. dew point 28. that means our air mass is very dry. humidity is 33%. glorious afternoon. tomorrow nice, low humidity: crisp and clear. sunshine and breezy. highs in the 70s. 55 rocksboro. 59 rocky mount. 58 sanford. 61 fayetteville. it is feeling nice out there this morning. look back west and it is much warmer. 62 st. louis. 65 denver and houston. 68 el paso. we don't always think of denver in march being warmer than we are. they are two hours behind us but still, goodness gracious, warmer. all the warm air will shift eastward and warm things up for us here. in the meantime it looks quiet getting all the precipitation well to our west. high pressure system with this clockwise flow has been pulling down the cool air from canada and bringing in cool temperatures. now the high is shifting eastward. warmer air is coming up from the south. entire system will shift eastward. we get into the warm air that stretches back to denver and across the mississippi valley. it is coming our way. we'll see more of it tomorrow and thursday. it stays mild for us all the way through the weekend. 65 for this afternoon's high. this morning we drop down to 32. we hit 32 on the nose. we had a frost advisory. temperatures will be a good ten degrees warmer tomorrow morning. 76 the high temperature. we have a nice jump in our high in the afternoon. expected to be a little breezy with a southwesterly wind 25 to 30 miles per hour. that will be the gusts we'll see. probably the warmest day of the week. not close to the record of 88. it is half way between the normal and our record. we get into the weekend. friday may bring us a couple showers. right now saturday looks dry. stay tuned. we have to adjust the forecast a little bit. timing of rain for the weekend is up in the air. saturday there are a bunch of easter egg hunts across the area. 10:00 a.m. at raliegh at halifax square. 58 degrees on the cooler side. 2:00 p.m. in durham 67. saturday will be fairly dry. we'll talk about easter sunday coming up. >> still a few days to hold off the rain. thank you very much. one of the nation's largest restaurant chains is looking to can its waist. >> coming up, how starbucks plans to feed millions across america this year. a man walks into a job interview and walks out a hero. next. with autayhen d wi e ca. ...right nnse aov? 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