. >>> >>> plans for the future of europe took on the notion of a closer union. it all came to a head in this last british election when the u.k. ran on a promise to leave britain out of e.u. and david cameron promised a national referendum on national membership, promised renegotiation on membership and campaign in remaining in the e.u. >> the commitment in treaty that should not apply to britain. we have a different for europe. we believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions to share our prosperity and protect our people from threats from our security >>> right now a furious national argument is shaping up about costs and benefits, hook up all the tug boats you want. the british isles will only be a few dozen miles from france and a few thousand miles away from the u.s. a tension point around e.u. membership is practical, immigration markets, international standards, currencies and deep notions of what the u.k. is and what it will be. >> should remain in europe but not as it is at the moment. all our powers have been taken away. it's no good for

europe where we're now expecting an attack at any moment. when it happens it still takes us as your guest said by surprise and catches us unawares. what happened in brussels? >> not only by surprise but the scale and coordination of what appears to have been a multi-pronged attack is certainly a very significant development. put it in context of where we were on friday, put it in context of where europe has been since those paris attacks and you get a better sense of why today is very dramatic. obviously not just simply for the loss of life but what this means for european officials. this is obviously going to be considered a very significant setback for their efforts. over the course of the past four months you had counter-terrorism officials in europe, certainly those that i have been speaking to as well as in france, they've been trying to get this situation under control. this situation being an assessment of how big these networks, cells that have been operating across france as well as belgium. they had a living link with salah abdeslam. this is an individual that they knew wa

. it's happened again. terror strikes in the heart of europe. this the scene from the airport moment after an explosion ripped through the airport. the subway system hit a short time later in the heart of brussels. 26 are dead and hundreds injured in what appeared to be a coordinate attack. welcome to our coverage, i'm bill hemmer. martha: i'm martha maccallum the blast went off inside a busy airport and rail station. here is the latest as we break it down for you as we know right now. 26 people dead, 11 of those were killed. 81 injured after two explosions that went off at the international airport. at least one of the blasts was caused by a likely suicide bomber. people were seen running for safety in this video and the smoky images that first came out from the terminal in the terrifying aftermath of these attacks. another explosion in a metro station. ed the airport is on lockdown. air travel suspended. here is what some of the eyewitnesses saw. >> it was like a wave. and you knew as soon as it happened, no doubt it was a terrorist attack. how far do you think you were from the ev

an era of mass immigration brought thousands of immigrants to the united states from eastern europe every year. >> we started to see big waves of immigrants coming to america. they included jews, irish, italian --all kinds of people coming to america at that time. coming to all different ports, not just ellis island, which is the archetype of the arrival story. people were coming to baltimore, philadelphia, boston, and places like galveston, texas, and california as well. we have on display a number of the types of documents immigrants would have needed when coming into these ports. everything from passports to visas, luggage tags, health inspection certificates. these are things that people tended to save for a long time afterwards, and even passed down to their children. they carried great meaning for them. jews left europe for many different reasons. one of the most well-known is the anti-semitic violence that happened in europe. things called programs, which were anti-jewish riots, and would break from time to time. they were very traumatic experiences. they are strongly remembe

tuesday morning as people are flying into brussels, again, the capital of europe. there are lots of day travelers who come in from london and other parts of europe for the day to do business here and then leaving in the evening. so to actually have it become a reality i think has come as quite a shock to a lot of people here, people are walking, talk being it, asking about t i was asked about it on a train on the way to brussels, a train that was turned around and sent back to france as we got just within 20 minutes of the city. so i think people are a little bit shocked at this point that it actually has come to pass despite all of the warnings. >> and there you are in the middle of a workday. it would appear fairly desolate behind you. is it unusual or just not the kind of neighborhood that would have a lot of pedestrian traffic? >> well, this should be a very, very busy neighborhood on a typical workday. as i say, we are in the center of brussels, the european union commission council is very close by, there are a lot of european union workers in this area, lots of apartment buil

course, budget airlines that fly all over europe that are very popular, but this is -- these cities are so interconnected and that was one of the problems that we saw in paris, these people were able to slip into paris from other countries unnoticed. under the agreement they have, there are essentially no borders between these european countries, there are checkpoints and sometimes people are stopped but it is very easy to travel between these countries. >> and, alex, just give us a sense of where you are now, what there. convoy. we're on foot. all the roads are empty. the police have set up a perimeter around the airport. no vehicles are being allowed in. but people are being allowed to come and go on foot. we have seen some travelers, some of the thousands who were presumably trying to get out of brussels airport this morning leaving the airport trying to get back out to the highways and i would imagine get a car to go back into brussels. but we are approaching the airport. it is the scene of confusion, there's police tape, lots of sirens and emergency services all around the airport

david: welcome to bloomberg markets. here is what we are watching this hour. terror he and europe, the latest on the attacks in brussels that left dozens dead and hundreds hurt. the police are not -- are on the hunt for a suspect. and what is left for the intelligence community after an attack like this? trading,cover in late largely higher despite the attacks and dungeon, offsetting declines in consumer staples. we continue with our coverage of the terror attacks in europe. islamic state reportedly is claiming responsibility. at least 31 people are dead, more than 200 injured. the bombs exploded during rush hour this morning, first at the brussels airport and then at a train station near the european union. present obama vowed terrorism will be defeated. president obama: this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together, regardless ,f nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. we can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world. david: moment ago, belgian police released an i

terrorism and refugees in europe. mr. falk: good afternoon, i'm jim falk, and thank you so much for joining us on this international perspective suit -- series. i'm very thankful to jo at pegasus bank. joe, would you please stand? pegasus bank is our major sponsor for this program. our organization is very focused on education with high school havents and today we students from horn high school, parish episcopal school, and uplift williams preparatory. if i could ask all the students to please stand and be recognized? i hope you have hard questions. [applause] our program today could not be more timely or relevant. just two days after the tragic terrorist attack in brussels, at a time when thousands of refugees are fleeing syria and east, we we had elections in germany where democraticmerkel's party suffered defeats in three states. in fact, the leading newspaper called the results black sunday for conservatives. conversely, right-wing parties also experienced increased turnout with voter sightings of refugee crisis is the reason for their votes. with such uncertainty, you now know

of the elliot school is traveling in europe this week and is so sorry that he can't be here. so, going back to history, my question has to do with the weight of german history and particularly the nazi past and whether you feel in foreign policy that there is still this weight of the past, or whether 71 years after tehe end of the world war ii and demise of the nazi regime whether germany is free from that weight of the past or not. >> i will switch to german. >> put on your head sets if you need to. [ speaking german ] >> translator: he said there's no stop only commas and question marks. the german history of the 20th century in which, or to which my country has unfortunately contributed many bloody chapter will not stop present in our active foreign policy. i myself have intensify and close contacts with israel and every time when we visit we go there, they come to germany. i feel time and again how strongly our relationship with israel is marked by that past we share but it is more than that. it also is a historical responsibility which has become especially relevant these d

and brussels, europe can not contain terror. credit sweeps cut to the bone. 12% will leave. we consider the new utility bank. francine lacqua and a conversation with our chief executive officer. yesterday, the debate on brexit. bloomberg surveillance from our headquarters in new york. in london, caroline hyde. and most difficult day yesterday. what have you seen on the streets of london? was there increased security? it has been the airlines most affected. the tube stations is where we will see the most security. we are starting to see green on the screen when it comes to stocks. the pound continues to feel the effects of the brexit concern due to the crisis. tom: we will cover the brexit move. spend so much on our time with russells. belgium is hunting down those who carried out the worst terror attack in the country's history. hours after bombs kill 31 people at the brussels airport in a subway station, they rated homes in the suburbs. they found an islamic state flag and a nail bomb. they're looking for one of the men seen pushing baggage carts at the airport. the other two

this attack took place. this is right at the heart of europe. david: give us a sense of the timing. we know the two bombs that went off for about 8:00 a.m. local time. when were the attacks in the subway? little bit later, 45 minutes to an hour later. did not happen instantaneously. it was a staggered attack. there was a third explosion probably planned at the airport, which did not go off. devices may have been discovered and been detonated by authorities. gap between the two. the concern was once we saw the first attack taking place, there would be further attacks. people are going to question if we saw the euro star being shut down. it was a staggered attack. stephanie: concerns around the world. as it relates to markets, as we look historically as we look at paris, san bernardino, we see markets selloff. it turns into a risk on environment and investors digested and in the past, it becomes a day later, a risk on moment. while we are not looking at a scene like this, it is a time when the market digest, buys more and moves forward. with the parisr attacks, the market was shot in

is not just in context of the european capital, but the capital of europe. this is where nato headquarters is. this is where the european union headquarters is located. not just officials in europe, but around the world fly in and out of with all of the interactions with europe and european mainland. to have an explosion, an incident. we still don't know what caused this incident. to have an incident of this kind at 8:00 a.m., peak commuter time, is very, very concerning for authorities here, miguel. >> certainly a strike of the brussels airport is a strike against europe. no question. the belgian public broadcaster is reporting several dead at the airport. i want to give you some context of what we see in the pictures. those are ceiling tiles and glass that has fallen down from the ceiling and walls in that cavernous departure area. the witnesses are saying many are injured by the falling debris from what appears, nima, two explosions. dozens of people have been stretchered out of the airport after the explosions and the public broadcaster saying there are fatalities. >> nima

will be stepping up the fight against isis. but is europe doing enough? >>> and politics of fear. the presidential candidates weighing in on the terror attacks, suggesting everything from mass surveillance to torture to nuclear strikes. are they offering solutions to the isis threat or just sewing fear? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news, an urgent manhunt is under way across belgium for a suspected bomber who got away from the scene of the bloody attack at the brussels airport. police are hunting for other members of the terror cell tied to the bombings at the airport and at a subway station. the death toll now is up to 31. 270 people were wounded. tonight investigators are attempting to unwind a complex plot involving multiple terrorists. cnn has learned two of the suicide bombers have been identified as brothers. one set off a bomb at the airport, the other at the metro. officials have now identified the third suicide bomber. they believe he built the bombs used in both the brussels and the paris attacks back in november and a fourth man se

at the airport and train station. there's chaos in europe again. it started with gunfire and explosions in the department, and attacks of train stations near the european parliament building and headquarters of nato. there's a mass exodus from downtown brussels, people are simply walking out. in london and paris, emergency meetings and heightened terror alerts. in new york and d.c., extra precautions on subways, trains and bridges. this terror strike affects the election here. voters go to the polls in arizona, utah, idaho. donald trump has called for a temporary ban on muslim immigration and repeats that today. hillary clinton calls it bigotry. president obama may address this terror attack in an address from cuba within the hour. will he call it islam terror? there's been a muted reaction on the stock markets, opening down 40, 50 points. not that much movement in gold and oil. ashley the latest. ashley: 8 a.m. local time, two bombs go off at the brussels airport. people report hearing someone shouting in arabic and then followed shortly by two explosions. the latest numbers

the man, the family who was of the man who was most wanted in europe, but there's a world of difference between them. so i think there are three critical points that i took away from my time there, and now looking back on it, after the brussels bombings on tuesday, that i want to share with you. the first is that authorities were absolutely aware of the threat, and they were doing all that they could. the problem is that europe in general, and the belgians in particular, have come late to this problem set, and this problem set is two-fold. one is a traditional counterterrorism problem set, and the other in some ways much more complicated is one of social integration, social cohesion, integrating immigrant communities into society. when you have children in a neighborhood like molenbeek, who drop out of school at 11 or 12 and are, you know, heads of gains by the time they're 18 and not particularly religious at all but adhere toe an ideology that fills up many of the things they're missing in terms of family ties, mostly from broken homes, in terms of empowerment and belonging

department of homeland security airports across europe, and we suspect that's why he was there in belgium today. the airport in brussels is not a major u.s. airline hub in europe, but some u.s. companies are concerned for their employees, as you might imagine. the airport attack was located in the check-in area reportedly near the american airlines area. american airlines has released a statement this morning saying, in part, all of our employees and contractors are accounted for with no reported injuries. delta and united airlines also issued statements this morning saying their employees are safe. some flights have been diverted to other airports, to amsterdam, for example, and upcoming flights to brussels have been suspended. gayle? >> all right thank you very much. cbs news senior security contributor michael morale is a former cia deputy director he's in washington. and juan is with us from salt lake city. good morning to you. we had a statement from the belgian prime minister who says what we feared has happened, we were hit by blind attacks. can we call these blind attacks when the

comes amid european intelligence reports that isis unleashed 400 trained fighters in europe. i'm trish regan. welcome, everyone to "the intelligence report." the two brothers involved in the brussels a create a nuclear dirty bomb, according to intelligence officials that spoke to nbc news. they plotted to kidnap a senior belgium nuclear official in order to gain access to nuclear plant in order to steal material for a dirty bomb. they plant ad hid ren camera outside of the guy's house. they recorded 10 hours of footage for this man and his family. coming amid a massive manhunt underway in brussels for those two terrorists still believed to be at large. authorities not revealed their names. unclear whether they know who the terrorists are or not, and two people wanted in connection with the brussels attacks. five suspects, three of whom are dead. two believed to be on the run. one that they're looking for, this man seen in white. seen at the airport and believed to have fled the scene after his bomb did not go off. second suspect believed on on the run. authorities have not releas

morning amid what is clearly some chaos there in europe and real questions about what's taking place there. dow looks like it would open down about 32 points. nasdaq down as well as about 16.5 points off. the s&p would open down about six points. let's take a look at what's happening in the european markets after this explosion. you're also seeing red arrows across the board. pretty much in sync. a quick check of the oil boards before we get to steve sedgwick, who's following the story for us. wti crude at 41.53. steve is in london right now. we're going to go to steve on this story. steve? >> yeah, thanks very much indeed, andrew. we've got a map here of the brussels city center. the first attacks we saw after 8:00 local time, 7:00 london time this morning, and there were multiple concerns it was a wide attack. we heard it was up to four explosions in the departure hull of the airport. about an hour later, we heard the rail infrastructure, the metro was being targeted. down at a station called maelbeek. that's very important, because that's the station that looks after the eu instit

>>> breaking news, a manhunt across europe. authorities now searching for one of three suspects involved in the brussels terror attacks that have left at least 31 dead. >>> global market reaction. stocks shrugging off the terror threat with green arrows across europe in early trading. >>> and decision 2016. new this morning, hillary clinton and donald trump win the arizona primaries, picking up more delegates in the race for the white house. but bernie sanders and ted cruz show no signs of backing down, capturing the utah caucuses. it's wednesday, march 23rd and "worldwide exchange" begins right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm sara eisen. >> and i'm wilfred frost. let's have a look at what futures are doing here in the u.s. right now. of course, yesterday basically trading flat. the dow losing about a quarter of 1%. in essence, pretty resilient in the face of those attacks yesterday. today also looking fairly flat but just the other side of flat. the dow called to open higher by 23 points. >> here is the latest from brussels this morning. investigator

europe their prime target? >> you get paris in november and you get brussels this week. and in many ways the two attacks are very connected and one is an extension of the other. a number of problematic things are going on in europe. you have an influx of people coming in and no clear sense of who is coming in but also around europe there is very little monitoring about who is going across porous borders as you said and intelligence sources that are really overwhelmed. gwen: and fractured. >> and fractured. so what investigators have found after the paris attacks in november was that isis had established a pretty big infrastructure in the city and also in europe and to carry out these kinds of attacks. what we found this week was that a lot of the attackers, the people involved in the brussels attack, were the same people who carried out paris. so, really, it's two attacks that are very, very connected. gwen: the question immediately turns to so what do you do about it? here in the united states today at the pentagon they actually said they were making some progress against isis. >>

because there have been so many fighters from europe, thousands of fighters going to syria, and those would come back to europe and carry out attacks like we are seeing today. >> what other reactions are you seeing in london by other officials or people of note or the media, how are people reacting there to the news this morning coming out of brussels? obviously you mentioned the reaction at the airport? >> i hate to say it, but we were expecting something quite extacka lure, not only in belgium, but the threat level had been raised to its highest in belgium and also here. we have been expecting an attack. you know, when you talk to people, when you talk to officials, and i hate to say it, but they say an attack, it's not when it's going to happen, it's not if -- it's not if but it's when it's going to happen, something spectacular, especially -- there was a warning that after he was arrested some big attack would happen. >> while we have been talking with you, we got word that david cameron said he will chair a meeting in response to the explosions in brussels. are you familiar

huge impact on the psychology of europe. it is another attack after all of europe is on heightened alert. brussels is the capital of europe, so many defense institutions. i suspect all governments in europe will go back once again and make decisions about how to clamp down. the balance between security and civil liberties is going to swing like it did in the u.s. after 9/11. john: this is a huge european problem. it is easy for us to overstate the effect this will have. paris, as you note, is the spiritual heart of europe. brussels is the capital of europe. if you are going to bring total terror to europe, this is the way he would do it. timell spend a lot of talking about this in america, but not in the right way. mark: this brings up something we have talked about. ,oft targets near hard targets soft targets near a transportation hub, these are targets that exist all over the world. it is a question of, do we devote resources to targets like that to make free countries safe? john: there is the additional question, not just about terrorism and civil liberties, but immigration. we

washington, i am katty kay. a blow to europe's plan for the migrant crisis. the u.n. ones that sending refugees back to turkey could violate international law. tuesday is election day in the american presidential campaign. in michigan, they could tell us if the donald presidential campaign could the stopped. a new twist on a -- on othello. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. we start with efforts to solve europe's migrant crisis. what sounded like a breakthrough agreement between the european union and turkey is under fire. says the plan, which involve sending migrants to in exchange for taking syrians in turkish camps, could violate international law. correspondent: it is not the promised land, but it is better than where they ran from. thean families stuck on border between greece and macedonia were stunned by rumors whispered through the camp that europe plans to push them en masse back across the mediterranean. >> all we wanted was to reach safety. if they send us back, all we for risked and done it is nothing. we don't want to li

happened and leaves the french authorities and authorities all over europe and not to mention ordinary people who take trains and use the under ground really wondering what more can be done to try to anticipate and prevent these kind of incidents. >> as you say there will be a meeting with francois hollande later on and jackie when you get some detail from that we will come back to you and this is what we know so far there has been one explosion at malbik station at the metro under ground network and media says the brussels metro is being closed down, that station really is in the heart of the city, very close to eu institutions and many high-profile people going through that station. around 8:00 a.m. local time explosions went off at the airport, one was in the departure area and one was outside the terminal building. according to local television ten people are dead and 30 injured, actually that has been upgraded to 13 dead and 35 people injured. the belgium prime minister has been reacting to the news. he says we are following the situation minute by minute and authority gi

>>> new terror raids and arrests across europe. investigators hunting for the two surviving brussels bombers as advanced terror plot thwarted in paris. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in the east. overnight, new raids in belgium leading to six new arrests. as we learn, investigators know of several additional isis plots in europe, possibly linked to brussels and terror networks. the manhunt intensifying for the men in brussels bombings. one who dropped off a bomb and ran. this as security forces thwart a planned terror attack in france. we learn of new intelligence failures. top officials admitting mistakes were made. we are covering this the way only cnn can with correspondents around the world. i want to begin with cnn's frederik pleitgen. he is live in london. >> reporter: it was active for the brussels area. this were raids where i'm standing. this is the schaerbeck district. this is where they had the safe house from where they were building the bombs to hit those places. this is the same area. the raid he

brent: this is "dw news" live from berlin. an emergency summit between europe and turkey. how to stop the refugee crisis. e.u. leaders remain at odds about sealing off the balkan route into central europe. turkey says it will help europe, but only if it gets more money. also on the show, north korea and its bomb. peon yang threatens to launch indiscriminate nuclear attacks against the u.s. and south korea. it comes as washington and so hold their largest ever joint military journals. is this the car of the future? b&w celebrates 100 years with a futuristic car that knows what you are about to think. i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. turkey is raising the stakes at an emergency european union summit on the refugee crisis tonight. ankara is offering to help curb the flow of migrants, but only if you're pays it 6 billion euros t. inside the european union, leaders remain divided over what to do about the influx. we start at the emergency summit in brussels. >> offens thousands of migrants stranded at the greek border to macedonia. at the summit, the most contentious i

: terrorism has struck belgium, but it was europe that was aimed at, and it's everyone who is concerned. we have to be aware of the scope and the extent of the terrorist threat. we are faced with a global threat which requires a global response. france and belgium linked in this horror that once again we have shared. >> these are appalling and savage terrorist attacks. these were attacks in belgium. they could just as well be attacks in britain or france or germany or elsewhere in europe, and we need to stand together against these appalling terrorists and make sure they can never win. >> the thoughts and prayers of the american people are with the people of belgium, and we stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people. we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally, belgium, in bringing to justice those who are responsible, and this is yet another reminder that the world must unite. we must be together regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. >> obama and other worl

about -- i've spoken about america's failures on the political front. let's talk about europe and their inability to do many things. one, their continued inability to integrate muslims into the fabric of european society, to make them believe they have a stake in whatever future they're in in europe. the open borders ins, in europe, the refugee tidal wave in the past year and law enforcement's inability when they're hold iina suspected terrorist for four days, their inability to get information from that terrorist. is europe woefully ill equipped for the challenge it faces? >> i think today looking at this terrible images of death and suffering in brussels europeans would say and we would say with them that not enough was done. this is a 9/11 moment where people look at an attack that was so much larger than what they imagined and think why did we fail to connect the dots? the first real islamic state attack in brussels was nearly two years ago. since then, these networks have been growing and brussels law enforceme enforcement, belgian law enforcement has been unable to penetrate

charged three men, the investigation spread across europe showing the vast reach of the terrorist cell responsible. alan pizzey joins us with the latest. >> track the terror cell connected to the bombings. along the way uncovering evidence of much wider terrorist web. the series of raids as turned up clues including finners prints and d.n.a. that linked the bombers here to those who attacked paris last november. suspects have been charged with involvement in terrorist group and attempted terrorist murder. according to belgian media one is believed to be the mysterious man in the black hat caught on tv at the airport before the suicide bombings there. another suspect was shot in the leg at tram stop in the suburb where also week police uncover had they said was a bomb-making factory in an apartment. the threat is far from over. organizers called off planned march against fear in central brussels after authorities said would stretch already overburdened forces. doctors treating the wound from the attacks compare the injuries especially burns to what they expect in war zone in afghan

airport. belgium, of course on maximum security alert, surveillance also stepped up controls europe. questions being raised about what these attacks could mean for airport security around the world. >> in brussels, three explosions have hit the belgian capital. the attacks have heightened security levels across europe. at least 26 people have been killed and almost 100 people have been wounded in the blasts. two explosions went off at the zaventem airport at 8:00 a.m. local time. it's believed they were a suicide attack. now an hour later, there was another explosion at maelbeek station at the metro underground network. want capital is on lockdown and belgium has its threat level to four, that's the highest. we've got neve barker at the airport. he's been there all morning. there is an investigation underway. the last you were telling us from viewers joining us that there are reports at least of weapons being found inside. >> yes, that's right. we're hearing that from local media, from the belgar news agency. they are quoting sources who have been actually into the departure termina

. >> we're following breaking news out of europe. just within the last hour or so, explosions at the main airport in brussels leaving several people dead and an unknown number of people hurt. airport officials say two explosions occurred and passengers are being advised to stay away. the facility has been closed. the blasts come four days after the capture of salah abdeslam, a suspect in last year's paris attack. dow jones is quoting a u.s. official as saying the brussels explosions are assumed to be a terror attack in retaliation for salah abdeslam's arrest. all metro stations in the city have now been closed. sources reporting explosions in two metro stations in central brussels located near eu buildings. nbc news has not immediately been able to confirm these reports. this is breaking and developing. we're following a lot. there's a lot of information out there on social media. we'll work hard to get you those stories confirmed by nbc news at this hour. >> absolutely right. it's an ongoing story with lots of developments. let's get to how the markets have reacted to this news. fut

they are going to be mispriced. the biggest miss price is probably in europe. we have european exposure, because we think and a soft global environment with the fed following an easy policy, with a pick up of germany or france, it's pretty attractive. that is one way to play it. you don't take a big directional bet, which would be against the fed. to be pragmatic, you can't fight the fed too hard. long u.s. over europe makes sense. in terms of trying to fight the fed, this is hard work, but there are times in the cycle when it is right to fight the central bank. 2001-2003, or in 2008 when the fed was, cut, cut, cut -- there are times to fight the fed. u.s.e last 12-18 months, equities have gone nowhere despite a continually easy fed. to us, this looks like a topping process than consolidation. equity valuations look so high. this is not an environment where equities would normally be performing well, but they still get periods of support from central banks. if that support is taken away, the downside would be pretty big in particular for u.s. equities. it's about trying to play the risk

americans in europe told to shelter in place. nypd set to ramp up security here in new york. the hunt is on right now for who's behind these blasts. >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> good morning, we are live all across the country and all time zones for the latest on those terror attacks unfolded in brussels, belgium, at 3:00 a.m. eastern time during their morning rush hour. this is the scene as it unfolded, terrified passengers running for their lives at the airpor. at leastwo different attacks across the city ts morning. >> here's what we know right now. it is changing. at least two explosions hit that airport. another rocked a metro station latsteople now killed. dozens injured. all airport and public ortrtion in brussels now shut dow and the terror level thd to maximum. americans in brussels to shelter there in place. >> alert levelssed here in new york as well and other american cities, we have full coverage right now. we'll begin with alex mauardt, he inhe scene at the brussels airport with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: g

." [gunfire] anchor: belgium announces we have got him. europe's most wanted suspect is captured alive. five people total are detained during the raid. finding common ground on a shared crisis. e.u. leaders reach an agreement with turkey aimed at stopping the flow of migrants into europe. cuba is busy getting ready for president obama's arrival at a change when -- time when change on the island has given some a reason to celebrate. anchor: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. today, one of the main suspects in last year's paris attacks has been captured in brussels. salah abdeslam was injured and arrested during a raid in the capital. five people were detained. reporter: as ambulances were heading to the scene, police sources in brussels were already saying they had got their man. salah abdeslam, the prime suspect in the paris attacks, sources said shot in the leg and in custody. filmed by an eyewitness, police massing as they hunted him. it was mid afternoon in brussels. dozens of units descended. there was gunfire. one witness said he saw a man

>>> nowhere to go for now, refugees stuck at the border in europe await their fate as the european union and turkey agree on a draft proposal. >> this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the program: we've won this battle but not the war. tunisia's prime minister warns his nation after an attack on the libya border. >>> relatives of those onboard mh370 mark a somber anniversary. >>> we're in mexico where this group of women is using a unique way to fight sexual harassment. >>> hello, the u.n. is questioning the legality of an agreement which would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. the u.n. high commission for refugees said he especially wants to know more about the safeguards in place to protect people. we'll speak with james bays at the u.n. shortly. first jonah hull tells us about the deal between the e.u. and turkey. >> finally, at the end of a long day and night, the breakthrough they'd hoped for. the european union reached an agreement with turkey that they believe marks the beginning of the end of europe's refugee crisis. >> this is a real game

elsewheren europe so all europe, all of europe will be on high alert. >> we do want to say that just into abc news a spokeswoman for brussels transports has confirmed there wassen motion on rail tracks around 9:10 a.m. local inside one of those subway stations, i'm goin to pronounce it wrong, maelbeek, the correct way? >> yeah. >> so we do know one of those has been confirmed, the station near the eu and official buildings so this is a confirmation that we have at this hour. your reaction, richard? >> again, to be cautious about first reports, but if that's true and we do obviously know because we can see it, there was an attack at the airport, then we have a cell that's attacking just as they attacked in different points in paris simultaneouslyly possibly suicide to try to lock down the entire city. >> richard, why belgium, about this is an attack? why here? >> well, because they live there. it's most likely that these people lived in the menbeek neighborhood which was a neighborhood of immigrants from north africa for the most part, an arab neighborhood where there was high unemployment

address us of the challenges in europe and the eu. as we meet this morning, the prime minister is here for the president's nuclear security summit and has agreed to address us. at the prime minister's career parallels the history of the modern czech republic starting with the fall of communism in 1989. he has been a member of the czech social democratic party since december of 1989 when the late president was assuming the leadership of then czechoslovakia. pre- minister sobotka participated in the renewal of the czech social democratic activities and the district sees the cofounder of the social democrats which he started in 1990. in 1996 he was elected for the first time to the parliament, the chamber of deputies as the social democratic candidate for the bohemian region. he has been reelected to that position in 2002, 2006 and 2010. from 1998 until 2010, he has been a leader of the social democratic movement. he served as the minister of finance, he served as the deputy prime minister, has been the chairman of the budget committee of the chamber of deputies and the vice chairman. he'

europe. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 28 civilians and injured 340. this morning, the manhunt for the terrorists behind the attack continues. as europe braces for the possibility of carnage. we'll have more on that later in the program. on the threat to europe and the u.s. >>> and this week, air force one touched down in cuba for the very first time. as president obama became the first president to visit the island since calvin coolidge. >>> and here at home, it was another wild week in the race for the white house. the republican campaign devolving into insults an innuendo between donald trump and ted cruz. donald trump will join us in a moment. but first, a look at the week the race got nastier and even more personal. on this easter weekend, good friday was anything but. ted cruz lashed out at donald trump, blaming him for a "national enquirer" story citing rumors he had engaged in multiple marital infidelities. >> let me be clear, this "national enquirer" story is garbage. it is a tabloid smear. and it is a smear that has come from donald trump and his

europe. it's another big city. all of europe was on high alert after paris. brussels is the capital of so many european defense institutions. i suspect that all governments in europe now are going to go back once again and make decisions even more about how to balance national security and civil liberties. swing moreke it will like the united states post-9/11 than it did after paris. this is a huge european problem. it's easy for us in america to overstate the potential implications, or to understate them. harris is like these the ritual -- paris is like the spiritual heart of europe. brussels this is is the capital. if you were going to bring terror to europe, this is the sequence in which she would do it. i think you are right. we will spend a lot of time in america talking about these attacks, but not necessarily in the right way. this brings up something we have always talked about, near hard targets. soft targets near security at an airport. soft targets near a transportation hub, rail station. targets allft tal over the world and is it possible to devote sufficient resources t

terrorism. the third man still unidentified and now most wanted man in all of europe p. investigators say he dropped off a suitcase full of explosives and fled. an hour later a metro station near several european union facilities also rocked by terror. investigators learned he detonated in the second car of a crowded train at rush hour. before the attacks -- belgian authorities say that until now these belgian born brothers had been linked to violent crime, not terror. khalid was arrested 2009 for carjacking and five years in prison and ibrahim was arrested after shooting at police in a robbery in 2010 and had nine years in prison. this as we get another look at the horror that unfolded moments after the blast. a taxi driver capturing this chilling video, filming as he runs into the departure halls to find his son, who worked at the airport cafe. thankfully he survived. he stumbles over debris. bodies buried underneath the rubble. a baby cries in the middle of it all. alone. her mother lays unmoving. here a single rose lay crushed. possibly a welcoming gift for an arriving passenger. now

epitomized the strategic decision by isis to extend operations into europe. jihadists are hitting the continent hard when it faces multiple crises. such are the stakes in the future of europe, and it largely depends on the ability of the eu and individual member states to respond to the threats. visa security and political applications too. europe has become isis's latest battlefield. the group has managed to cull the caliphate with civil unrest. it has endorsed and supported groups in places like nigeria, afghanistan, etc. now isis is exporting the fight to gear, with the recent attacks in paris, istanbul, and brussels. the move might very well be partly a consequence of the setbacks that isis suffered in constituency, but that is no solace for the family of the victims and for european citizens, who are learning to live with the threat. whole of europe is targeted. it is not only paris, not only brussels; it is the whole of the continent. procurement lines spread across borders in the days up to the other cities, and have been mentioned as potential targets in isis propaganda. europ

and explosives getting into the heart of europe, into european capitals? david: this is where it's quite interesting. betweenoking at links terrorism and organized crime. firearms trafficking has been a major issue for many years coming in from eastern europe and other parts of the world. i think once these weapons have ,ome into continental europe allowing free access of goods there is also the correlating fact that they are allowing criminals and freely as to move well. i think maybe this is something the authorities will be looking at how they can control in the future. host: indeed, another measure that has been talked about today and talked about many other times before is passenger name authorities can track who is getting on airplanes and where they are going, what they are doing. the french prime minister brought up this issue once again today. ofyou think the introduction passenger name records could help to prevent attacks? david: strangely enough, i was in brussels in june last year to about passenger record data. 2011u was looking at it in and last year, whether to such