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 the country. stay in europe because we need europe to trade with each other, but on a different level. >> no. we must get out now. we must get out before the country is ruined altogether. it's two-thirds there now. we might just pull it back without coming out. no hope >>> the u.k. and europe heading for a brshgs -- brexit. my

they can be targeted in europe. they can be targeted from europe. and also if you don't succeed in being up to the task which is a long task, some talk about the generational challenge, the u.s. might have to cope with a very different europe and that's something to bear in mind on this side of the pond. >> belgium doesn't have the largest number of foreign tourist fighters not overall, not in europe. but they do have the largest number per capita and so as i think about this for what i want to say for one final comment i would say this. one thing that's unique in belgium and elsewhere in europe while we do have cases where religion, radical religion ideology plays a critical role that's not what we're seeing here. what we're shearing is that there is a religious piece but the recruitment of criminals, this zero to hero phenomenon is a huge problem. officials in brussels stress to me multiple times in multiple meetings that there's a religious component that the quote that people said over and over is salafism is mainstream in terrorist. each terror

the nation-state, europe, and europe's relations with its neighborhood and the rest of the world. if that sounds like a tall order, of course it does. at the nationstate level, it is easy for me to stand here in texas and say that belgium needs to address its security problems, and we do better at integrating muslim minorities. of us,ought to know, all and germany ought to know, from our experiences of nation building elsewhere, or in my case, nation building at home, or democracy building at home, which we had to do quite a lot of after 1945, it is essentially a governance problem, will not it will not only not solve the problem, but will often make it worse. as shocking as this may sound, i think what we now in the west have to understand and face, is that we have mistakenly assume d that western-style democracies are fundamentally stable. that rule of law, representative institutions, and a functioning social contract are things we can take for granted. dance --ey take a dent from time to time, they are capable of self repairing. i believe that if we are honest with ourselves,

europe on alert. you have officials here who are talking about what to do next and to do what they can to try when i was there in november, shortly after the pis attacks in brussels, that city was shut down. there were armored personnel carriers on the street everywhere you walked. there was a security presence. was there an attac planned for that period of time and that was stopped? we just don't know that. at the time they said they thought an attack was imminent and didn't happen. maybe that stoppedhe attack now but certainly didn't stop a terrorist attack many months late. >> martha, you have just returned from the middle east, as well, where the fight is being taken to isis in iraq in syria, m mor escalation of the air attacks against isis. even as we're seeing some progress against isis there inability too completely control them throughout europe and maybe even here in the u uted states. >> reporter: this also points 0 out that the military alone is not the answer. there were very dynam attacks

malcolm, what should europe do that europe isn't doing? i will put it that way. >> really europe is not operating at a unified level on counterterrorism. each nation has their own counterterrorism forces, intelligence forces. granted, they are operating within a substructure within nato on the military level, but the european union itself is going to have to join and create a european-wide counterterrorism task force where operatives from france and they did this belgium can operate in belgium in these joint teams. that way small countries can actually have more manpower as their investigations shift. this has nothing to do with interpol which is a joint law enforcement organization, this is going to have to be created into a funded task force with manpower and equipment so that if something happens in straussberg, for instance, they come and investigate without seams. until they do that they will be operating on their own resources or with the blessings of whoever decides to help them like the united states. if they don't do that then the

it is a massive issue for europe. it really is restraining the velocity of money and the credit growth the economy needs. if he is convinced to convince the rest of the council, we will buy it off them. you put the same money into the economy and you are taking it off the bank allen sheets. -- balance sheets. that could do some reinvigoration for the economy. francine: today on bloomberg , a great conversation with our clay ceo. ceo.rclays he has been in the job for about eight months and he has a tough day ahead. that is at 7:15 in new york, 12:15 in london. after the ecb rate decision, mario draghi will speak in new york. we will have that news conference live and in full. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone, ecb day. stay with us for our full coverage throughout the morning. olivier blanchard coming with francine and london. here is ramy inocencio. ramy: nasdaq has agreed to buy deutsche porches market. it catapults nasdaq to the top of the u.s. options exchange and it may help them pay for a proposed merger with t

look, europe -- western europe faces a much more significant problem at the moment. if you just look at the numbers, purely the numbers, brian, in terms of foreign fighters, men who have gone over to syria, fought and come back, the numbers are far greater in western europe than, for example, the united states. you've got some very capable intelligence and law enforcement services in western europe, but in some respects i think the problem is overwhelming and unfortunately now the bad guys got one off today and as you said tragically you see the loss of life that's being suffered in brussels. >> while you are speaking we're looking at our screen. two things of note, our number of the dead, the death toll has increased, we've been quoting 26. it's now up to 31. and there is a quote on our screen that says from the french prime minister, "we are at war." and, you know, we heard that kind of thing after paris, we hear it every so often, but it's -- it's nonstandard. it's a moving target. it's in slow motion, all those things that have been said about it. though you're c

scattered throughout europe. they can move freely throughout europe. what does it take? less than 20. there are a lot more terrorist attacks in the pipelines. and it is overwhelming. not just the belgian police force but all the european police forces. >> chairman mccaul. there are investigations in all 50 states about isis. he said there were communications from syria inside the u.s. that was newsworthy to me. >> it certainly was. i think k.t. is right. it is not just europe or just the united states. we've seen as they both. the growth of isis and even as we made progress in fits and starts in iraq and syria, you're not seeing the abatement of the global jihadist movement. period. al qaeda continues to grow. they're inthe numbers and we have a president who has sadly not shown the will to defeat them. the language that he used today said, we will do whatever is necessary. whatever is necessary to confront global jihadist terror. last time he said we'll do whatever it takes after the paris attacks. this is the same replay. we get more statements. more calls for unity. m

the jewish immigrants are more of the dp's from europe. displaced people living in camps in europe. a lot more went to israel, some state in europe, some came to america. the establishing of the state of israel was a momentous occasion for jewish americans in 1948 who were still horrified by what had happened during the holocaust. carried a lot of meeting -- meaning for them a safe refuge, a jewish home. during the 1950's, we experienced the red scare. this was a frightening time for many jewish people, many who had been involved in communism before. a lot of ideas were percolating about how to improve america, and how to make things work well for everybody. communism was one of those ideas that people had. one of the news stories was that trial of julius and ethel rosenberg, who were a jewish couple. we know now that julia was a -- julius was a spy, and we are not sure of ethel's involvement. they were executed as spies. at the time, people did not really believe they were spies. they thought it was more anti-semitic than anything. certainly, there were to the wayc aspects that ame

there's still a long way to go in europe. even if you have trouble assimilating them, you have to give them equal opportunity to make a living and be a contributing part of society. a lot of these young men didn't have very many opportunities. >> steve, quick. >> ted cruz's comments infuriated me. it gives isis what isis wants which is to further alienate, exacerbate the tensions. thr heroes in these communities maelbeek, who are champions of inclusion, trying to reach out. it needs to go a lot farther like evelyn said. to basically try to divide those and segment those communities exacerbates the inferiority that they feel. >> let me make you more fewer furious comments here. >> i'm with the police commissioner. >> me, too. steve clemons. >> i can't believe the commissioner has to make zblents ted cruz did an interview with savannah guthrie. we're going to turn around those comments and show them to you next. >>> up next, we'll show you the markets. terrorist attacks don't seem to have the effect they used to. "morning joe"

have bombmakers in europe build these bombs in europe. that's one. the other is we know that they have the capability to make chemical weapons, and they've weapons in iraq and syria. a chemical weapons manufacturing and an attack in europe using chemical weapons. i worry about that a lot. >> all right. michael, we're all worried about a lot of things this morning.uch for joining us. some of the people who saw this morning's terror bombings describe what happened in their own words. that's ahead. >> samantha: all right. a live look outside we haval toe cumulus cloud cover this morning. i love the sun is coming up earlier, that way we can actually see the clouds and not just on the satellite but from, you know, visually without satellite imagery. 38 is our current temperature in cleveland. we're already warming up after we made it down into the lower 30s this morning. highs today in the upper 50s, and much warmer than yesterday. tness accounts of what happened in today's terror attacks in belgium. you are watching "cbs this morning." if your family out

the ship had to turn back to europe. joseph joseph, who was on the ship with his wife and their daughter, this is their trunk, was head of the passenger committee. the captain of the ship, who was not jewish, organized in order to bouy spirits of the customers as they were headed back to europe. people were terrified what would happen to them when they had to get off the ship again. this particular family made their way to america the following year. they got off the ship in great britain and came to the lindell via the following year. the lindell via the following year. and came to philadelphia the following year. in 1997, we got a call from an auction house. the auctioneer, barry fossberg, had this steamer trunk put on consignment, and he noticed a sticker that said st. louis. he knew about the journey of the st. louis, so he called us and asked if we were interested in the trunk. and, he very generously purchased it from the consignor and donated it to the museum. and so it is one of our special artifacts here. by 194

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. ho

have bombmakers in europe build these bombs in europe. that's one. the other is we know that they have the capability to make chemical weapons, and they've used those chemical weapons in iraq and syria. bring those two things together. a chemical weapons manufacturing capability in europe, and an i worry about that a lot. >> all right. michael, we're all worried about a lot of things this morning. we thank you very much for joining us. some of the people who saw this morning's terror bombings describe what happened in their own words. that's ahead. >>> ahead new witness accounts of what happened in today's terror attacks in belgium. you are watching "cbs this morning." if your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. you may be muddling try zyrtec for powerful is different than claritin because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. muddle no more . with ingredients like roasted the delicious taste of nutella takes pancakes level. nutella. spread the happy! this is sheldon whose long day setting up the news starts with mino

that we need, as europe, to help them. >> reporter: the efforts to reinforce fortress europe alarm ahmad ali, a dentist from a besieged syrian city close to the iraqi border. he asked us not to show his face, for fear of endangering relatives still in syria. >> we don't need to go back, we everybody here is worried about the situation, so we need to cross the border to search for our lives. we can't stay for a long time. >> reporter: prime candidates to be among the first deported are pakistanis, who are regarded by many countries as economic migrants. they have been turng up at a detention center in lesbos to be registered. but in a possible blow to the e.u. turkey deal, the united nations refugee agency said it would not work in these camps because the migrants and refugees were being held against their will. a large group of pakistanis were put in handcuffs as they were sent to mainland greece for what could be the first leg of a journey back to their homeland. the prospect of being returned to pakistan terrifies imran sharif, a christian policeman who claims he faces possible death f

but some people managed to drag over from europe entire cooking sets. things they could much more easily got here when they got themselves established, but they just chose to bring them with them. a lot of times people stopped using these things when they got here and got new american things, but they kept the european things and passed them down to their families. which is nice for us because those families then donate them to museums and help us tell stories. eva bane was 17 years old when she came to america by herself, following a brother who had already come here. eva is the one standing in the middle in that photograph where she's appearing with her family back home in europe. she came to philadelphia, lived with an uncle for a while and she later told her daughter that she had em gritted because she had finished the educational opportunities had run out for her at home and she wanted to continue going to school. and she felt that she could only do that here in america. whej you talk about the different reasons people come here, that's a compellin

early trading in europe suggests the resilience in europe as well. green arrows in germany with a more than 1% move higher on the german dax. we'll keep an eye on that through the trading session. in asia overnight, modest reactions as well. green in shanghai. the shanghai comp closing up about 0.4%. modest losses in japan and in hong kong. less than 0.3%. >> that, of course, asia's first reaction to those terror attacks yesterday. oil prices off a little this morning, but in general maintaining their resilience of the last few weeks. we're at 41.15 for wti. the ten-year note, interestingly, seeing a little bit of selling overnight. you might have expected buying in a safe haven type trade in the face of geopolitical concerns. the yield ticking up to 1.94. also, some debate on fed speak. some people being slightly anti-yellen in terms of her dovishness. that's likely what's moving that more than anything else. we'll discuss that later. a quick look in on currencies. the big mover yesterday, of course, was the pound. bear in mind, 1.4181 is some way f

europe. so the worst thing we could do is to seal ourselves off. i think it is not much different the united states. the leader in trade and communication and innovation worldwide. walls isk me building the very bad idea no matter who for them. so let's guard against those politics of fear. they are dangerous for europe and for the u.s. they are bad for the world, and they will also be bad for the relations.ic but what is the alternative? one might say the politics of hope. term sounds familiar from earlier presidential campaigns. to use itt going because in foreign policy hope doesn't get you very far. in foreign policy what you need perseverance. perseverance in hopeless situations. perseverance because there are no simple solutions to any of these crises. let me give you an example. last summer we reached an agreement with iran. it was really a breakthrough agreement. it makes surese get part of a not nuclear weapon, but also because allows iran to follow a new path. the path towards openn

we have reporting that other attacks in europe are in the works. it's clear that even before the brussels attacks, this particular group of people had bigger plans that what they eventually carried out, right? >> pam, that's exactly right. belgian officials believed there were going to be two attack teams involved in the conspiracy to launch a bigger attack in brussels, in belgium in the weeks to come. but the second of those had to accelerate their plans when the first team were arrested. they believe that the members of that first team included salah abdeslam and the overall plot ring leader, mohammed belcai. they were in a safe house when belgian security services stumbled upon them. they went in, there was a big gun fight and salah abdeslam managed to escape for a little while for three days. when they went inside that residence, they found several things. all suggested they were planning a gun and bomb attack in brussels. investigators were not, however, able to roll up the second team in time before they launched an attack but they believe to

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-reward. the risk on the downside looks pretty large. guy: asymmetric risks. draghi is going to be buying more dummies on friday. up next, japan suffers a big drop in industrial production. just a blip, or is it a sign of weakness? we are live in tokyo to find out what is behind the decline. ♪ guy: hans: welcome back to "on the

it is clear this is well established in europe. the idea that you don't know how much of it is inspired and how much is being funded by isis i think makes it very hard to make any safe predictions about what will motivate the next attack. >> okay. thank you both. on to cuba where the president crossed an historic item off his bucket list by navigating a delicate tight rope with a communist nation that he said represents a new beginning. >> there is no secret that our governments disagree on many of these issues. i've had frank conversations with president castro. but here's what the cuban people need to understand. welcome this open debate and dialogue. it's good. it's healthy. i'm not afraid of it. >> there were predictable criticisms. house speaker paul ryan said the trip "epitomizes a dictatorship." but did the president's careful words resonate in havana, tom? >> i can tell you the vast majority of the cuban people have been waiting for this moment for years and years and the people we have there say the cubans were glued to th

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, when you say the country is on high alert, not highest alert, how is that demonstrated in the streets and airports that are targeted around the world, how would one experience security there? >> reporter: i

across europe quote ticking tiefsh bombs. >> we have been worried about europe for quite sometime ever since terrorists. the tenth terrorist attacker has been taken in custody. >> abdeslam is thought to be the logistic planners. possibly this one as well. he had been planning additional attacks. brussel a few days earlier police found stockpiled heavy weapons in an apartment they believe to be his. >> isis claiming responsibility for the terror attacks that rocked brussel killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 200. he is a former he islamic extremist and author of radical my journey out of i say ammist extremism. >> what were your initial thoughts that you heard unfolding hours ago? >> we were expecting these attacks. we knew they were coming. isis warned belgium specifically they would be next. >> they were working around the clock to try to prevent such attacks and despite that they found they were unable to prevent this from unfolding this tragedy. >> how big is the threat this will come here and how do we avoid it? >> i think what we are face something a global jihadist

that'spy days europe -- disappearing. now the neighborhood is interfering in europe. europe has always come together best when it is threatened from outside, and it's not good at getting together when it is trying to do things without that external pressure. that's the only basis of my somewhat optimistic outcome. francine: thank you so much. you will have plenty more on this brussels breaking news. what we know so far -- two explosions ripped through the brussels airport, a third rocking a downtown subway station. they are still counting the injured and dead. we will have more, next. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. bloomberg news in new york and in london. francine lacqua in london, giving you continuing coverage on the explosions in brussels. let me go quickly to the map. it's difficult to see, but you can helsee with various airports of london, paris. for those that are unfamiliar, brussels is an hour and 45 minutes. vonnie: they haven't close down. tom: russell is here, and duesseldorf is here. vonnie: frankfurt and other airports -- they are very concerned. tom:

europe's migration policies and europe's politically-correct nature has really set them up bigtime. we see it more and more. the big question now is, can they turn back? joining me now, commander david sears as well as dr. herb london. dr. london, you just participated in the book, "the encyclopedia of militant islam." has europe backed itself into a position where it can't even save itself anywhere? >> -- anymore? >> i think the president of hungary said that as the migrants were coming across europe trying to gain entry into germany, he said keep marching, you're not going to stay in hungary. right now he's the most popular man in eastern europe. there is an understanding at the migration that we have seen is causing enormous problem -- charles: that would make the most unpopular woman, angela merkel. >> she lost in the local elections in large part because the germans have come to the realization that there are limits to compassion. and one of the limbs is, of course, national security. if you cannot provide for the national security of germans, you have created a great political

europe. this is where nato is, the european commission is. everyone who comes to do business with europe comes. this has been a real source of concern for authorities. that's going to be unpicked and looked over i'm sure in the days and weeks to come. now we know this was a suicide attack that was carried out this morning at rush hour, alisyn. >> a couple more questions about the breaking news. we understand that the prosecutor used the word coordinated terror attack regarding the attacks at the metro station and the brussels airport. do they believe there were three of them, do you know? >> no. they haven't given us any figures yet. when they give out the figures, they're talking not just talking about the immediate attackers. but they will be looking at the broader networks. who dropped them off? who harbored them. these are the questions they will be looking to answer right now. those are the people still on out there. that broader network. the focus isn't now on those you know have taken

europe is on the alert for more such attacks. here is elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: across europe heavily armed police flooded into public places and set up checkpoints on normally open borders while politicians, including britain's david cameron, spoke of solidarity. >> we need to stand together against these appalling terrorists and make sure they can never win. security is to prevent more attacks, of course, but it's also to reassure nervous travelers. >> i think it will make people feel safer, but i don't know if it will stop the attack if it's going to happen. >> reporter: in france, still on edge after the paris massacre in november, 1,600 extra police officers were on duty, especially in railway stations and airports. but just as important in europe's response is what you can't see. as president francois hollande said, "the war against terrorism in europe must be fought especially using intelligence." to do that, though, richard walton, former counter-terrorism chief for scotland yard, says europe's security agencies have

anchor: all eyes on that deal in europe. fired tearrazil have gas to keep protesters away from the headquarters of the president. thousands of people demanding her resignation rallied in the capital. they are angry because she has given the post of chief of staff to her ally, the former president. a brief time ago, i spoke with julia in sÃo paulo where protesters have been gathering. what is driving the anger behind these protests? reporter: tens of thousands are gathering, carrying banners and wearing the colors of the workers party. they are defending the government and workers party. here the anger is towards the procedures, how the investigations into corruption are being carried out. there's lots of anger this week at tapped phone conversations between lula and the president that were disclosed and played over and over again in media here. this is seen by many as an attempt to find fault in the presidency and in lula and speed up the impeachment proceedings the president is already facing. it is a moment where she is v

and europe. give us your since overall of where you see -- less like about the rate environment and the dollar in particular. we have seen such crushing on the dollar in the past month. towndenly more dovish reiterated by yellen this week. >> to begin with, the market was 2015.ely bullish ending the market was unrealistic to the degree of tightening the good of expected out of the fed. inthe data started to come on the softer side it became quite clear that the tightening of the fed, not only the actual rate hike, but the impact of the language of the fed come the expectations the fed is creating are having on the market. it became clear the expectations by the fed was having a: financial markets and the economy. it shifted to a place for it is a bit more reasonable. the fed itself this morning about the impact of the tightening of the economy. the next effect is the extreme expectations of dollar strength is been scaled back to a reasonable degree. now we are going to the second level of the sit

pushing europe. i still don't think there is an agreement within the your onin part because of these privacy concerns but my information may be outdated. and then of course individual member states have their own privacy laws that have to be -- once you get a european union level agreement, each european union country has to implement that agreement and different national approaches may -- and different national experiences may further complicate that. so i can't speak specifically about the laws but i do know that privacy rights are constantly an issue in terms of information gathering and sharing within the european system. >> i'll just add, on the first issue of the sanctuary issue, one thing to point out is actually we are making it more difficult for people to travel to syria and iraq. we've had some success there. success sometimes breeds other challenges and so we're seeing people now moving to libya. that will present some other challenges. i do think that the sanctuary provides both assistan

are those sorts of things as easy to get in this country as they might be in europe? >> well, regrettably the pre-courseors for these homemade explosives are generally made available. often it's hydrogen peroxide and some other readily available tools, but actually making those weapons is a bit of a challenge and in most instances, like we saw in one attack in london in 2007, the bombs don't work, so i think what we have in belgium is, again, a group that has been well-trained, possibly in syria, and has practiced enough that they have gotten it right. so far we haven't seen that same scale here in the u.s. >> michael, always appreciate your perspective. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> today's attacks in brussels have a huge impact at home in the race for president p.of the candidates are reacting to all therefore, and they are react npg different kinds of ways. the man they all want to place, president obama, is taking heat for his response to the attacks while on his trip to cuba. nbc's kristen welker is on the campaign trail and tells us more. >> reporter: as ter

this is a problem for our common home, for europe. these are agreements that are not implemented, they are not agreements at all. so now there is a difficult situation that we have to handle. i'm looking forward to have some results in this meeting between the u.n. and turkey. imm no order to implement the action plan, in order to decrease substantially the flows and at the same time it's necessary to accelerate the relocation process, substantially. and to have a credible relocation process because i think everybody will understand that in europe we have some principles, some values. so one of our foundation principles was sharing responsibility, sharing burden and solidarity. i'm looking forward that these principles are for all. rules are for all. and everybody has to implement our common decisions. >> well, julia joined us in the studio with more on exactly what is taking place out of brussels today. also with us is phoebe griff from ippr. welcome to you as well. julia, let's start with you. in case viewers are just joining us fro

>> across europe people have been prased for something like this. the prime minister saying what we feared would happen has happened. nbc news confirming so far that 26 fatalities. matt, this was a clearly coordinated and terrifying series of attacks in the heart of europe. brussels airport rocked by those explosions around 8:00 a.m. and then the metro hit. close to the european government. the city is now on lock down. transportation shut down with images emerging that tell a story of substantial blasts causing extensive damage. there you can see terrified passengers fleeing from metro cars heading down what must be dangerous rail lines just to get away from the explosion that has taken place in another carriage, in another part of that metro station. meanwhile, at the airport, the pictures we are seeing of windows blown out of debris strewn around and tell a story of a substantial explosive device. you simply have to look at this to see that this was a serious blast, two blasts, we are being told, by belgium officials. and this is having a profoun

they get back into europe. what i worry about in the united states is once you have a european passport that doesn't have the stamp saying i went to syria. you present yourself at an american checkpoint and you don't need a visa. you have a visa waiver system. you can come into the united states without anybody's knowledge that you are a potential terrorist. maria: that is an important point. from global figures like david cameron, he tweetsed i am shocked and concerned by the events in brussels. we have not heard from any of the candidates or president obama. john mccain is reacting and will join us. jerry baker, this idea of open borders and syrian refugees going through out the euro zone has undermined on merkel. >> we should talk about germany. very publicly and consciously, 1 million or more syrian refugees, more could be on their way. on color merkel has said we must be humanitarian and bring this in. many of these people, vast majority are genuine refugees seeking asylum but of course they will be there,

>> more in europe. because when you're talking american -- the american lead here, america was the one that put our efforts on the ground to listen to what kinds of things were happening organically. it wasn't european government doing it it was the american government doing it. we have demonstrated both in the hard power side and in the soft power side. that we can end fact lead i think that this idea of coalition, integrated coalition hard and soft power will make the difference that we're facing right now. >> dickerson: finally jeffrey, your point on president obama. his reaction this week to this, you lot of time about his foreign 8 see, his reaction in keeping with his world view or was different from -- >> reaction kept very much with am not -- i the president am not going dictated by terrorism i'm going to keep to my schedule i'm not going to sit around the white house waiting for something bad. i'm going about the business of the united states. the problem comes in the criticism that he spent 41

let's not leave europe. you suggested that americans traveling to europe should continue with their plans but, quote, exercise vigilance. what does that mean if i'm scheduling a say how do i know to exercise vigilance? >> it's really matter of common sense. but there state department is ready to help anybody to understand exactly what that means. it means avoid a crowded place where you have no control over who may be there. have a sense of vigilance to watch who is around you, if you see a guy walking into an airport with a black glove in one hand nothing on the other and they are pushing a big suitcase, maybe that tells you something. there are things that you can be alert to. >> dickerson: that doesn't sound like a vacation. >> we live in a world today where unfort in thely we have to be vigilant. look at what happened in san bernadino. there street realities that there are dangers around. i don't want to scare anybody. i don't think you have to be. the odds of being hit by a terrorist are far less than t

this is a problem that europe is going to be facing for years and this is tack in the capital of europe in many ways just drives home the emotions you saw there on the eu foreign minister when she was simply overwhelmed. not just with the tragedy of this attack but with what it symbolizes for the future of daily life here in europe. >> it has, seeing her emotion like that and a phrase we don't like to hear but people say the new normal, is this the new normal in europe? no. >> reporter: no is what one wants to say, certainly what europeans are getting angry about this. not just overwhelmed with emotion but downright angry and that can be a dangerous political reaction but that sense that people have to accustom themselves to the possibility when they go about their daily business that attack in the great cities of europe is something that the governments here will rise or fall on if they cannot take care of that problem and address those fears as these attacks happen. >> thank you for your reporting, terry. thank you. the latest on these terror attacks all morning long. we'll be back in

and yet another terrorist attack in 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

i mean, this is the head of europe. this is the seat of government. >> helps that tom spent a lot of time there. >>> we began this half hour with some of president obama's comments from cuba on these attacks in brussels. andrea mitchell joins us now. she's been traveling with the president in cuba. andrea, good morning again. >> good morning again. just -- i'm struck by tom's impressions because of his familiarity with brussels. my take is so different because i go there for nato meetings and go there with secretaries of state. nato is a mutual defense organization. so when you go on the -- to the nato campus, you are going to military security. what president obama and secretary kerry promised to the belgian officials today, the president's call to the prime minister, is all the support of nato as well as american intelligence. nato hasn't been engaged in this. if nato does become involved, that would be a big assist to the belgian security apparatus. we know the state department has been dealing with the ch because th

europe needs to take us seriously and europe needs to realize there have been improvement in cooperation, that cooperation has to significantly increase if we are going to begin to attempt to follow-up on all of the vital intelligence that will potentially save people's lives. >> thank you, arwa damon. a cruel irony. 20 to 30 years into the european union experiment that meant to open borders and movement of people and goods around europe. that is the biggest problem. >> discussing exchanging the airline data. we discussed during the break, it doesn't stop people from driving from country to country. >> you can drive from france to germany. >>> officials are admitting mistakes were made, but what can they do to fix the intelligence failures? we are breaking that down next. i invehe fold-o-matic 5000. my metris also holds over 2,500 pounds of payload. hauling 2,500 pounds in my small van is no problem. i just divide and conquer. hauls more, stows more, tows more and fits in your garage. the mid-size metris from mercedes-benz. vans. born to run. >>> more now on the intelligence failures le

brent: this is dw news live from berlin -- islamic state strikes at the heart of europe. the islamic terrorist group says it carried out the attacks in brussels. this is what it looked like just moments after two bombs went off at the city's airport killing at least 10 people. then an explosion at a metro station in downtown brussels. at least 20 people died there. we have team coverage tonight. it starts now. good to have you with us. a black day in our nation's history. that is how the belgian prime minister described the bomb attacks that iraq russell's earlier today. 30 people died and islamic state has claimed responsibility. police have released an image of three men, two of whom they save lose themselves up at brussels main airport and killing 10 others. the third man seen in light is the subject of an urgent police search. another 20 were killed at a blast in a central metro station in brussels. we will hear from our correspondent in brussels shortly, but here is how the day unfolded. >> the check-in moments after the blast -- smoke fills the air and luggage lies

." >> tonight, terror striking in the heart of europe. deadly bombings at the airport and on the tracks. the brutal attacks killing dozens, wounding hundreds more. law enforcement mobilizing across europe and here at home tonight. isis claiming responsibility for the staggering blasts. the international manhunt tonight. these men suspected to be behind the violence. the exhaustive search for answers and the one who may have got away. was this latest terror strike sparked by the capture of europe's most wanted man? the investigation intensifies. >> announcer: this special edition of "nightline," "brussels under attack," will be right back. >> announcer: this is a special edition of "nightline," "brussels under attack." >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. brussels on alert tonight. the headquarters of nato and the european union still reeling after a brazen terror attack on that city. a series of deadly bombs, at least one packed with nails, killing dozens. injuring hundreds at transportation hubs at the height of rush hour. here at ho

that will extend across europe. bruss is a key area for transport. >> we want to get a picture here at home of the u.s. and security. let's bring in jeff pegues, our homeland security correspondent. jeff, what are you hearing from your sources snow. >> reporter: right now we're hearing there is no threat to the u.s. and their posture has not changed. that's not unusual for them to release a statement like that at this time. what they're focused on is monitoring the situation and helping as much as they can. there's been enhanced coordination between u.s. officials and other officials. however, here at home you will also see at some key transit hub enhanced security. already the new york police department has released a statement saying that they will have enhanced security at transportation hubs and elsewhere. while u.s. officials announce at this time there's no threat against the u.s., they say the posture has not changed. however, locally just as a show of force, commuters can expect enhanced controls and increas

and one of europe's most wanted has been found right here. you can imagine, the reaction of people here is shock, salah abdeslam so be found in mollenbeck in a place he knew, connected to the november 13th attacks because several of the attackers had linked to this area, had lived here at some point. police had raided this area several times over the last few months. so the fact that salah abdeslam a person missing for last four months was found here almost under the police noses had come to slok to th shock to the loca. a man next to me quite upset because he is not allowed by police to go up the street where he told us a bit earlier he actually lived here. >> yes, there will be certainly a concern and frustration in that neighborhood right now. natasha butler, thanks so much. bringing us the latest from mollenbeck, the scene now. if we look at salah abdeslam's background, 26-year-old french national living in the mollenbeck area, on the run since the paris attacks on november 13th. he and three other men were stopped in a vehicle near the b

now, we seem to have tatp bombs all over the place in europe. that means, among other things, there's probably a bomb maker out there that the police and intelligence services would dearly love to catch. >> i ion't know if you were hooked up in time to listen to a conversati we just had with a guy who has lived in brussels for five years. he took some exception to the american news media's characterization of brussels as being a hot bed of terrorist activity. you've spepe so many years in europe. you know it as well as anybody i've ever talked to. what's your characterization of brussels? >> well, i don't think you can vilify all of brussels, but it is true, there are neighborhoods, like parts s molenbeek, not even the whole neighborhood, but parts of molenbeek has young, arab and perfect, perfect targets for jihadists who are looking to recruit. like the guy salah abdeslam, who was arrested, he and his brother, who blew himself up, was running a bar. in a critical moment, somebody approached them and recruited them. to that extent, it's definit