This is not live. This was earlier this morning. And of course also at the subway station. So, they have officially called it a coordinated rrorist attack. And, president obama will certainly be speaking about this later, we will be watching for that and will continue to follow this throughout this hour year on fox50. Breaking news in rocky mount where four people died in a two vehicle collision. It happened outside of North Carolina Wesleyan College. Thats where wrals Mikaya Thurmond is with us this morning. What can you tell us at this point . Reporter we have new information within the last 15 minutes. The president of North Carolina Wesleyan College issued a statement in regards to the crash, calling it a terrible and unthinkable tragedy. He went on to say, quote, we have activated our crisis plan and our crisis team is present on campus. Are focused on the community and those affected. The crash happened here along the 3400 block of north wesleyan boulevard around 8 30 last night.
Ra have tightened security at airports and railway stations and other key areas. The french Prime Minister saying europe is at war. I have a surveillance picture. More information posted. Authorities say this is an image from inside the brussels airport. Two men are the suicide bombers. Each of them is wearing a glove on the left hand. They may have been holding a detonator and there is a search for one of those men tonight in brussels across europe. Joel thank you. The attack in brussels put airports around the world on high alert. The airport has a policy of not commenting on terrorism events or security measures. We sent ed crump to the regions largest airport to speak with local travelers about concerns. Tell us what you see there. Ed what i am seeing is certainly hard to say if it is increased security but security is very visible. Just about everywhere you look here there is some sort of security. Whether it is the same as yesterday we dont know. Passengers say they appreciate th
Wake county 540 and glenwood avenue no problems. That is the story over the rest of the area. John now back to the breaking news djokovic news overseas, 13 dead in brussels and two blasts at the arent and another at a subway situation near the European Union headquarters. All subway stations have been closed and authorities are telling anyone in the city to stay where they are. Barbara we have a live picture of the airport evacuated and thousands of travelers putting many on the tarmac leading the arent to shut down. All flights are canceled and others diverted. Belgium is at the highest terror alert level. We are hearing from a passenger evacuated from the airport. I saw about a half dozen windows from where i was on the access to the traeupbin and stairs. John the explosions come at a sensitive time. Just a few days ago the prime suspect in the november pair race attacks was arrested there. We will keep updating this story and bring you the details all morning. Also breaking a traged
The bombings and the threatrope with messages of sadness and solidarity. President barack obama issued a proclamation that the American People stand with the people of brussels. He ordered all the american flags to be at halfstaff through saturday out of respect for the victims. John the attacks in brussels haveing an impact here major u. S. Cities on a heightened level and warning for americans traveling overseas. Covering that part of the story. Gloria the state department has sent out an alert to americans traveling to europe saying terrorist groups continue planning terrorist attacks and if you are traveling should be prepared for extra security screening. Here at r. D. U. Airport there is of course security. Travelers are taking notice of the brussels terror attack. Theres plenty of security at the airport. However, r. D. U. Officials refuse to release any security information or comment on terrorism events. Some travelers say they have seen increased security on the way back to r
In your planner, expect temperatures close to freezing heading out the door. 58 at lunchtime, i was 57, by 4 00, 65 degrees. A pretty afternoon on top, we continue to warm up and will go through that in a few minutes. Tara is here taking a look at the typical slowdown spots. Thats right, i will give you all one guess where that would be, i40 westbound on the clayton bypass. We can see the delays from the sensor map. Checking in of the clayton bypass, this is westbound traffic with brake lights as people are merging together at this point in the morning. Those delays are not excessively long at this point and in terms of your drive times, you should be relatively clear as you make your way up to the jones sausage road entertained at this point. Westbound traffic moving towards us, 16 minutes from the as we move past that onto the south side of raleigh, weve got your eastbound traffic here, people out and about on the rose, not too crowded and noticing the delays on the westbound side ei