this comes four months after coordinate attacks in paris in

now let's go to jacky rowland in paris. jacky any official reaction from france to this at this point? >> reporter: well there has been confirmation from the french police as well of the apprehension of saleh abdeslam. there was a joint operation on tuesday on a different neighborhood. and we discovered only a few hours ago today, friday that dna and a fingerprint has been found on the premise of that flat. we know one person was killed on tuesday, and that two people escaped, and belgian media are saying it's believed that one of those who escaped from that raid on tuesday was perhaps saleh abdeslam. he was of course europe's most wanted fugitive. >> jacky just remind us what was his role or what is he meant to have done as part of those attacks in paris. >> reporter: he was driving one of the three vehicles used in those attacks against restaurants, the football stadium and concert hall on november the 13th. we escaped. we know he abandoned the car he was driving in the north of paris we all know on the same night he boug

they have rounded up a dozen people with the paris attacks. they're going, in some cases, on a house to house search looking for salah and other conspirators. they will say this was a great accomplishment. yes, it took four months, but that ultimately, they got the man they were looking for alive. >> richard, do authorities believe that there are potentially more attackers out there? more people who were involved in the official french attacks who might be able to lead them to? >> reporter: yes. they don't know exactly how wide of a net necessarily needs to be cast. this was an isis cell. an isis cell that diamond was just talking about that went back with the direct connections to the isis caliphate as it likes to call it in syria and iraq. so there was an operational cell. it sounds like the key members of the operational cell are being rounded up or have been rounded up but this had operations directly connected to isis. how many more people are involved? how many people within isis knew about this operation? how many of them might be in sy

hour arches the paris attacks, salah abdeslam had some friends drive down to paris to bring him back to belgium. now, their car was stopped at the french border and abdeslam's i.d. was checked but because it didn't show up in the danes addiction -- database they let him go there are numerous raids in several brussels neighborhoods and in december one of the raids turned up abdeslam's fingerprints but there was no sign of him and some authorities believe he might have fled to syria. then three days ago during a raid and shootout, at another brussels apartment, another suspect in the paris attacks was killed and abdeslam's fingerprints turned up again. those prints and other information inside the apartment apparently led to today's raid and capture but authorities have not detailed exactly how yet, shep. >> the police lad to deal with restrictses in the course of its investigation? >> they did. authorities discovered abdeslam's fingerprints in the brussels paramount they couldn't conduct a raid right away because in belgium, police are not allowed to conduct raids between the hours of

holly williams is in paris tonight. holly, what are the connections between paris and brussels? >> reporter: well, scott, there is suspicion, but at this point no confirmation, that the two are closely linked. just four days ago salah abdeslam, the alleged logistical planner behind the paris attacks, was finally captured in belgium, and when the belgian police raided an apartment last week in brussels, they found ammunition an isis flag and abdeslam's fingerprints. that raised suspicions that another attack could be imminent. >> pelley: but all of europe has been on alert since the paris attacks. how could this happen today? >> well, scott, we don't know if there were any intelligence failures, but certainly one criticism that is leveled at european intelligence officials is that they don't share enough information because they don't trust each other. and that's a very big problem. because within europe you have open borders and visa-free travel between countries. some of the men involved in the paris attacks were able to go to syria, fight or receive training from isis and then

he had been given orders to the paris attackers during the paris attacks, including to him. significant moments indeed, wolf. >> let's not forget 130 people were killed in the november 13th attack in paris. hundreds were injured. salah abdeslam has been often described least as one of the ring leaders in all of this. remind our viewers how he managed to escape. >> for whatever reason, following the attacks, and again, there was that suicide vest found near the site of one of the attacks that had his dna on it. late in the night after the attacks finished, he called friends in belgium asking to be picked up to help him and bring him back from paris. to some accounts he was in tears. it's not clear if that is correct but as he fled back they drove down from belgium. they picked him up on the outskirts of paris and headed back to belgium. border police stopped them at the border, but at that stage, french police did not have the knowledge that salah abdeslam was connected to the attacks. so they let them go on the way back to belgium. authorities were able to track the vehicle.

paris attacks of november 13. they've also acknowledged that the network of people involved in preparing the paris attacks was much bigger than originally believed, and that the investigation was far from over and there might have an by temptation to think that the arrest of salah abdeslam well that was it, the paris picture had finished but not that was not it. another man, who is accused of travelling through the night after the paris attacks, to go from brussels to paris, pick up salah abdeslam and drive him back to brussels. another man, being actively searched by police, was named only on monday. he is accused of being involved in coordinating the attacks from brussels. there is telecommunications, fronk intelligence, suggesting that telephone calls were made constantly between paris and brussels during that night from telephones that were used once and then thrown away. another sign. long and careful preparation that was put into place before the attacks happened. bear in mind you have to named suspects plus

that's what we saw in paris. that's what just saw in brussels. and that's what we have to be prepared for, obviously. >> what did you learn from the >> i think we learned once again tactics. we are talking about fairly large bombs when you look at the casualties. basically terrorism as we see it here, explosives, we saw in paris, explosives with active shooters. is a low-tech, low-cost, extraordinarily high impact venture. >> since paris over the last four months, islamic extremists in brussels have been under withering scrutiny. intelligence officers have been raiding their homes, tapping their phones, how can this a happen with that much scrutiny? >> couple of ways. one there is an opposite argument that intelligence was pretty good. managed to find their way just a few days again to a secret safe house. hit that location. actually come up with a mastermind who was not just a mastermind, planned attacks in western europe and brussels but attacks that happened in paris. on the other hand. a shootout. officer wounded. couple individuals got away.

let's get more from jim bitterman in paris. the connections between what's going on in brussels and what happened in paris months ago, it's not loosely connected, it's directly connected. >> absolutely directly connected. there was immediate reaction yesterday when the attacks took place in brussels. they ordered 1600 more security out on the streets and security measures. but it's the kind of thing officials here have been warning about. the education minister here came out this morning and said all school trips towards brussels or through brussels wille canceled. the prime minister was on french radio this morning saying they have never faced this kind of a threat before. europe has never faced this kind of threat before. he's off to brussels this morning. he will meet with his counterpart, the prime minister of belgium. and the president of the european commission. security will be at the top of the list. one thing the french have suggested, and they've been suggesting for years is that europe install this passenger name rec

ring leader in paris with the team that was sent to paris. this attack was planned from belgium. they had multiple safe houses. they built the bombs there. they had several addresses across the country, some in brussels where they planned this thing for weeks and weeks and weeks, only moving to paris just before the attacks. they have now got one of the ten attackers that night, ibrahim abdeslam played a key role. he was meant to be -- his own brother. >> his own brother, ibrahim abdeslam who blew himself up in the cafe. he walked in and blew himself up. his brother was killed but he wasn't killed in that attack. one of though thoughts is was he persona nongrata in isis. i think the fact he was with several isis operatives in the safe house suggests he was very much part of the isis set up. that ratcheted up international attack planning. they were heavily armed and engaged police on tuesday afternoon. >> if it was him, on tuesday if it was him. they are trying to fit 0 all the pieces together. connecting all of the dots, that seems likely wi

in paris. in syria. >> we didn't change the strategy but intensified it significantly after sir. i can't we have to look again and say we're still not degrading these guys to the point where they're not able to conduct attacks. at the end of the day the way you have to measure whether you're defeating them or not is their ability to take and hold terrorist and their ability to conduct attacks in the west. >> rose: and the measure how we're doing by our ability to take the territory and prevent attacks. >> that's how we've got to measure it, right? and, so, when there is four attacks in four and a half months, you say, jeez, how well are we doing here? >> rose: and what's amazing to me is that these people are all coming back from syria. i mean, what they're learning in syria and how tough that makes them in terms of understanding the elements to conduct an attack. >> there is no better training for somebody to be a terrorist than training -- military training on the battlefield by actually figh

same with paris. same with leo. the repercussions are huge. >> let's talk about the bomb maker for a second. they say he's a belgian citizen who's apparently very, very skilled. all the bombs they believe he's response for, they say, have worked and have worked very well. >> he is skilled, and proof of that is these bombs are made of things you can buy over the counter, nail polish remover and peroxide and that's inherently an unstable compound. and he's managed to make bombs were supposed to and did go off when they're supposed to. it's an extraordinary feat really. he knows what he's doing chchlt makes him extremely dangerous. >> the border between france and belgium and france has been closed today. what can you tell us about that? >> when they closed what they call the border between france and belgium after the paris attacks, we know that the young salah abdeslam got through. so wi know there are police checks on the roads. but it's a rural border. so they'll have police on the highways, enough manpower out to

reda kriket was arrested in a paris suburb last thursday. the paris prosecutor has cited a, quote, "enormous arsenal of und in his apartment. give a pressns conference. -- gave a press conference. >> a major terrorist attack was prevented on french soil. that's what prosecutor franÇois molins explained at the press conference. he explained they found a proper in theenal where -- apartment reda kriket was renting in the paris suburbs. chemical weapons, handguns, fake documents, id -- all of that for an imminent attack on french oil -- soil. he explained this was the result of investigation that started in november, 2015. it uncovered a proper terrorist cell, that started with a man in turkey, who then gave the name of a man in netherlands, who then led to the arrest of reda kriket. they have not been able to find out more. despite six days of questioning, reda kriket has not had much about what he planned for exactly. for the time being, all we know is he has been placed in preventive detention, at least until the rest of the case continues.

investigators now believe the alleged bomb maker behind the carnage in brussels and paris, and paris, is dead. but are other attacks still in the works? >>> also, airports, subways, sports arenas, tourist traps, the state department warning americans in europe to avoid crowded places that could become the next war zone. >>> plus naked anger. donald trump makes an ominous threat to spill the beans on mrs. ted cruz after an ad shows mrs. trump leaving little to the imagination. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake today. breaking news in our world lead. a major development in the brussels terror attacks. the man suspected of building the bombs that tore through paris in november and brussels yesterday, he may in fact be dead. cnn has learned that najim laachraoui is believed to have been one of the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at the brussels airport killing at least ten people, injuring dozens more. this comes as the search is intensifying for this unidentified third terror suspect who failed to detonate his suitcase bomb inside the airport terminal. cnn

to the paris attacks. he made those details public this weekend saying that salah abdeslam was involved in buying chemicals and equipment that could be used in detonators. you piece that together and you begin to realize that salah abdeslam was at the core, not just in the planning and preparation, but potentially close to those making the explosives, at least buying parts of those explosives. so when the police in brussels last week disrupt a building where there are the components for making explosives, this what happens leads us to understand better why they said it's a major blow that they captured salah abdeslam n. they also said this isn't the end of the fight. his lawyer, salah abdeslam's lawyer said he was cooperating with police. if that is not a direct or coded message for his cohorts to step forward with any attacks because he might be about to hand over vital information to the police or just a coded warning, that has to be one of the ways intelligence authorities are looking at it. as we look

authorities previously identified him as a suspect in last year's paris attacks. meanwhile european president wants quick approval on an ue database for all passengers traveling through europe. i have the brussels representative for the institute of economics and peace. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> what big questions do you think the authorities need to be looking at in order for this not to happen again? >> i think that you need to look at consequences. the first time -- why do our young people in belgian and europe radicalize. you need to target those who are not radical livesized yet and t approach to reintegrate them into society. you need to make sure this isn't going to happen in the future or at least limit the risk for this to happen in the future and you need to come up with better policies with better -- i would say more european union to exchange information and exchange intelligence and to exchange data about passengers. you need to reinforce your system. >> all of those things you're asking for have huge challenges, not least findings

paris is almost as bad if you look at -- paris is no longer the beautiful city. paris has lot of problems in it. all you have to do is speak to the people that live there and look at other places where the same thing has happened. they're in fear. the city is in fear. we have to be smart in the united states. and when people come in, i mean, we're taking in -- we're taking in people without real documentation. we don't know where they're coming from. we don't know what they're -- you know, we don't know where they're from, who they are. you look at them and look at them from any standpoint, they could be isis, they could be isis related. and, you know, we just don't learn. we don't learn. i mean, brussels is an amazing example. brussels was absolutely a crime free city, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. and now you look at it, it's a disaster. >> but we're talking with donald trump, obviously. donald, you know, we just talked to walid phares and talked to dr. zuhdi jasser. the key is they're muslims. the key is getting the muslim community to trust u

we will never forget his and all isil victims, #paris." the u.s. formally congratulating belgian for this operation, for arresting and apparently injuring, according to the deputy mayor in brussels salah abdeslam. >> richard engel, thank you. we want to speak to new hampshire democratic senator jeanne shaheen, a member of arms services and foreign relations in the senate. senator, i understand you were already in brussels at a conference? >> i am. i'm at the brussels forum, which is a conference that's held to talk about challenges facing the e.u. and there are a lot of european officials here, there are a lot of american officials here. and one of the things we talked about this morning and the panel i was on is the challenges europe and the u.s. is facing from isil. so it's very good news that the belgians have caught the most-wanted terrorist in europe, salah abdeslam. >> when and how did the words spread through where you're staying and where you're working that this had happened. >> i heard from an official of the american embassy who reported

abdeslam has been on the run since november's attacks in paris. this was the scene a bit earlier, as heavily armed police raided the apartment in molenbe molenbeek. reporters say white smoke was scene rising from the roof top. let's go live to molenbeek in brussels now, because our correspondent jacky rowland is there. and jacky what can you tell us about developments there at the moment? it seems a little bit quieter. >> reporter: it is quieter, yes. if you recall that about an hour and a half ago there were two loud detonations here, but as you can see the street where the raid took place is still cordoned office. there are still police officers patrolling the area, and also we have seen sniffer dogs in the area as well. obviously they will want to glean as much intelligence as they can. but they also want to ensure that it is safe. when we talk about people that could have access to explosives. they need to secure that apartment and people who have been in the neighborhood as well. people have been frustrated that they have not been able to get

that's what we saw in paris. that's what we just saw and that's what we have to be prepared for obviously. >> pelley: what did you learn from the tactics that were used today? >> i think we learned once again that you have rudimentary tactics. we're talking about fairly large bombs when you look at the damage and assess the casualties, but basically terrorism as we see it here, explosives, or as we saw in paris, explosives with active shooters is a low-tech, low-cost, but extraordinarily high-impact venture. >> pelley: since paris over these last four months, islamic extremists in brussels have been under withering scrutiny. intelligence officers have been raiding their homes, tapping their phones. how can this happen with that much scrutiny? >> well, a couple ways. one, there's an opposite argument that the intelligence was pretty good, they managed to find their way just a few days ago a secret safe house, hit that location, actually come up just a mastermind of planned attacks in western europe and brussels, b

a paris suburb on lockdown. police arrest a high level militant who was in the advanced stage of planning an attack. new details coming in by the minute. for latest, i want to bring in senior correspondent jim bittermann in paris. jim, what can you tell us about this imminent attack? >> reporter: good morning, christine. the arrest took place yesterday morning in fact. a gentleman who was searched for since january of this year. he was convicted in abstetia in july. because he wasn't in custody at that point in time, he had been on the loose since. police searched for him and found him in the southwest suburb of paris. after interrogation, he said he was using an apartment in the northwest suburb of paris. the raid started yesterday at 5:30 local time with the police going in gingerly because they believe there could be explosives or arms inside. they sent in the bomb squad. according to reports, they found a weapon and perhaps some small amounts of explosives. the interior minister here did an unusual thing of

what happened after paris was folks trying to learn lessons from paris to make sure it didn't happen again. but obviously, it did. phil, weigh in on thats a sec a. this seems like intelligence officials are acknowledging that isis is showing their capability is far greater or at least their capability was underestimated by western intelligence. does underestimated equal failure? >> no. i think ju v to look at two aspects. the first is capability. i don't think that's particularly significant. any terror group can train a bomb maker and recruit people from western europe and the united states. what it shows me to more significant. take capability off the table. it shows me intent. isis is under a lot of stress in iraq. less stress in syria. what they've shown over the last year or so is that they don't want to use some of the foreigners coming into syria simply as cannon fodder in the fight on the ground there. it shows they have the intent not only to train some of the people to come back, but to give them the operational training to ensure that they can communicate securely, to give

nothing has been done since paris. four months went biaz they shied out 500 yards from his paris house and yet they weren't able to foond him. >> we are looking at footage on the left the brussel airport. on the bottom right side you can see the metro station. there were three explosions there. you can see it filled with smoke. as you said the terror alert has been raised to the highest possible level now in brussel. we can say belgium news is reporting 23 dead so far. those are just reports. give us a sense when you compare london to a place like belgium and brussel in terms of combatting terrorism. europe is a hot dead for terrorism. compared to london where does brussel fall when it comes to fighting terrorism? >> london has the 7, 7 bombings. since then very proactive. had a lot of drills. they practice for these events. there has been a lot of concern in brussel that few steps are taken since the paris attacks. there are soldiers on the streets carrying ue zis. it should be very well protected airports of course o

like in paris. the diversion was at the soccer stadium. >> pull resources to one part of town and then strike another part. benjamin hall in europe, in london this morning has been looking at the chatter online and he had developments. tell us about it. >> a lot of chatter in the aftermath as you'd expect, but we have been looking at the isis related accounts and they are really going hot at the moment. using the #brussels on fire. you will remember after the paris attacks it was paris on fire. there has not been an official claim of responsibility from isis themselves. but then that is normal. you're saying could there be other attacks? isis would not take responsibility until the operation was over or until the operatives if there were some had escaped. thousands of french police have moved to the french/belgium border to lock that down essentially is to see if anyone is trying to escape at the moment. you will remember salah abdeslam was able to escape after the paris attacks and there's one name

biggest soccer stadium and elsewhere around paris. it's still early yet but they're reporting a third explosion at a subway station. >> that would be a headliner right now. we had reports of two explosion explosions. you can see the damage at the airport and roughly about an hour and a half ago, about 9:30 alex, you're reporting local immediate media reporting another explosion near the heart of brussels at this hour. of course, we haven't con firmed that but would go toward the sort of attacks that we've had before with these coordinated terror attacks in paris. >> reporter: it looks like it's bigger than that. i'm looking at reporting from rtf, the belgian public television station. it's like the bbc and they are confirming three explosions at three different subway stations in brussels so that would be in addition to the two at the airport this morning bring it up to a total of five at four different locations, the three subway stations in brussels, they are call maalbeek and schuman which is near the seat of the european union. if

we know he was able to escape from paris the night -- the day after the paris attacks and so for the past four months we understand he's been moving around brussels. now how is that possible? that's simply because the belgian authorities have no penetration into the neighborhood almost. there's a lot of solidarity. there's a lot of animosity towards the police. we felt some of the animosity >> tell me about that. what is that neighborhood like? describe what the streets are like, who's there? you say you felt some animosity when you were there. how is that expressed? >> reporter: george, just anecdotally you know i lived in the middle east and i felt like i was back in the middle east. all of the shopkeepers are arabs, a lot of them north africans from algeria or morocco, a very quiet working class neighborhood. there was animosity towards the journalists because there were that there were a lot of friendly people, as well. it's many of the residents there are a conservative muslims and security experts have talked about this becoming -- that area being a breeding ground for jihadist

this is the same neighborhood where the dramatic postinitial paris raids went out. for four months the search has been out. we can now confirm he's been taken into custody alive. the news comes hours after police revealed a trace of his dna was dpoufound inside an apartment belgian police raided earlier this week. they were hot on his trail during that course of the investigation. benjamin joins us from london. you have been on the story since the beginning and spent time investigating this story. big development today. >> this has been the largest man hunt in modern european history and today salah abdeslam has been found. they went in the apartment and knew he was in there and shouted out to him come out with your hands up. he refused and they carried out with gun fire. the situation is continuing and on going. there's helicopters over the country and city as two others are still held up. fluent situation there today. this all started last tuesday when another raid was carried out in another district. they went in not expecting to try anyone. a fire came back at t

it is the sort of cell that was responsible for the paris attacks. because a lot of the planning for the paris attacks happened >> pete, let me pause you right there. i do want to go to keir simmons who's following this from overseas. whether can can you say for us? >> reporter: a senior european counterterrorism official % confirmed through nbc news that islamic ctate, isis, is suspected to be behind this attack or multiple attacks. as you have been seeing through the morning we have seen susutantial damage at brussels airport. the kind of damage t tt is difficult to believe that one explosion would cause. if it was, it would have to be a sible bomb. and damage too at the metro stion. so that appears as if we are talking about a mtiple attacks. something coordinated. and of course savannah as you have been talking with pete about. this comes after european authorities were warning that they feared that another attack so sa la abdeslam, who was arrested on friday in connection with the paris attacks telli authorities, according to the french prosecut

we have seen it in paris and hire. and this looks like a big cell that had more explosives and, you know, even more found after the airport bombing right near my hotel in schaerbeek. >> one of the things we're finding again and again is they often have no deep religious crimes. they were petty criminals of some kind. the other thing is here you have two brothers. you had two brothers, salah abdeslam and his brother, who died in the paris terror attacks. even in boston, with the tsarnaev brothers, what's the psychology of that that you have brothers who are working together? >> well, brothers trust each other. so if one of them gets into it deep, and i think the older one, like i heard you saying, he was very committed, and he didn't want to end up in jail. he wanted to die as a martyr. they truly believe, they have swallowed this poison cukool-ai that they will go and have this glorious victory. they say paradise or victory. they win either way. he truly believed it. i think salah didn't, because we see that it looks l

we almost have to retread what we went through in november in paris and january in paris. >> it feels like it is a repetition. we had the tragic events in to increasinged support for the outvoted, if you look at the polls. we saw a favor in the leave vote. that was reflected in a sustained selloff of the pound against the euro. a repetition of that seems likely, at least in the near term. that said, some of the negatives are already in the price. significante a change in the polls, the pound downsized. scarlet: with geopolitical risks increasing, what was this due to the quiddity and positioning? mark b.: what will this do to positioning liquidity with geopolitical risk increasing? be eroded,lihood to as a layer of geopolitical risk and uncertainty to the overall outlook, which is inherently negative, putting on sizable bets. guess -- on the day, your previous remark about why the euro is not underperforming as much as the pound, that goes precisely to that, the lack of confidence, the lack of paid toy, being trade money. you need certain bets. happening, of this and we have a precede

the assessment, paris wasn't the first. brussels won't be the last attack isis might have some store. might have broader and bigger plans which is why in the search for answers and fugitive suspects in the killing of 31 people yesterday and the wounding of 270 more we'll focus heavily on that. reporting on that, pamela brown. you are getting new information that there may be more attacks in europe. what are you learning? >> that's right, john. counterterrorism officials are very concerned about imminent attacks in europe. this is based on a combination of electronic intercepts, human sources and database tracking that indicates several possible targets have been pick eed out isis operatives since the paris attacks. and the officials say there was chatter before the brussels attacks indicating something was about to happen but nothing specific enough to indicate where and when these attacks were going to take place. but we know that abdelhamid abaaoud involved in the paris attacks boasted about 90 operatives to a confidentia

just as they did in paris, u.s. intelligence officials are cooperating with the brussels investigation. they're also ramping up their vigilance in the united states. joining me now is cnn terrorism analyst paul cruickshank here, also cnn national security analyst, juliet kaayem. and former chair of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers. paul cruickshank, you're from brussels, you're the city very well. what are you hearing the latest on on these investigations? >> well, they're working around the clock. they worry there are more attacks in the works from this wider terrorist cell, this broader network which was the network they believe also carried out the paris attacks. >> so that is the operating hypothesis that they are connected? >> that is the operating hypothesis that they are connected because remember, a week ago they went into this hiding place, salah abdeslam. there were three terrorists there. when they went into that residence eventually they found an isis flag, found detonators, found a kalashni

she says her family feels safer here than they did in paris. the abhorrent terror attacks in the french capital last november confirmed her worst fears. sabine and her family decided to move to london half a year earlier, after the massacre at the office of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo and the killings in a jewish supermarket. >> when you are jewish in france, it is not good. you can't go outside with a kippah or a sign you are jewish. i am afraid to go in the street with my kids with their kippah on the head. my children haven't a future in paris. >> orthodox jews are just as visible as muslims on london's streets. the capital has a reputation for tolerance. and many french expats are attracted by the melting pot lifestyle. israeli-born moto carmelli's kosher cheese cake is a big seller in the mainly jewish area of golders green. >> the french have good patisserie, i know, but the french people say it is very nice here, give me compliment. we know what is going on in france. a lot of them come here, a lot go to israel. >> religious ser

.: you are watching "live from paris" from "france 24." a suicide message has been found as police in belgium continue their investigation into tuesday's deadly attacks. more than 40 people have died in the bomb blasts. thousands of people all across belgium honoring the victims today with a minute of silence. special prayers said, too, by the hope in the vatican -- i don't hope -- by the pope in the vatican. trump and hillary clinton move ever closer to their party's nominations for this --r presidential election this year's presidential election. thanks very much for being with us here on "france 24." starting with the investigation into yesterday's deadly bombings in brussels. plenty of updates coming from belgian police. they found 15 kilos of explosives and what appears to be the will of one of the suicide bomber. they have been -- suicide bombers. they have been conducting raids. the death toll has now risen to 34. around 200 people are injured. belgium's federal prosecutor says two of the bombers have been identified. one man is sti

we just did this several months ago in paris. it's scary. to wilfred's earlier point, if you're taking the long-term view here on the economy, on global trade, do you have to take these kinds of events into consideration? >> you do. you can't predict those eastbound traffievents, but you do have to take that into account. if you look at the eurozone already slowly recovering, continues to be relatively fragile, this disruption today will be an economic impact. belgium is an open economy, very dynamic. it has the largest port in europe, as in shipping port. that will be a level of disruption too. business indicators are the leading indicators for europe. you'll see some weakness there. it will be indicative of what this event actually meant economically. i think the way markets are responding is there will be a marginal economic impact, but there's an uncertainty about how much that will be. >> ben, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> still to come, continuing coverage of today's breaking news, including the latest react from the eu pa

if you think of one cell in paris, they rounded up one group. there's one remaining suspect they caught right in that neighborhood. there are other active cells. clearly that's what they're dealing with here. again w very to point out not only was he able to escape -- sal salah abdeslam wasn't able to just escape but he was able to cross the border and get into his very same neighborhood. we walked it. it's five blocks from the house he grew up in. this is where so many attacks have originated from. you would have thought the net closed down in that area but he was operating right underneath their noses. when we spoke with the prosecutor, one of the places they thought he was believed to have visited they found his fingerprints and detonators and weapons there. he wasn't just in hiding. he wasn't very low. he was part of an active terror cell part of planning attacks. you hear that but you don't expect to hear it the very next day. >> that's such an important point. he was almost hiding in plain spot back in the neighborhood where he grew up and

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last year's paris attack. a u.s. air force lieutenant colonel, wife and four kids were also injured. we're told some were seriously hurt. this man, seb bellin is a belgian businessman who once played college basketball for oakland university in michigan. his father spoke to his son in the hospital. >> well, he saw people dying. he saw people dead. and people dying. so, that's -- i'm sure that will stay with him for the rest of his life. >> reporter: and then there are the near misses. the three students from quinnipiac university in connecticut are studying abroad. they were at the airport traveling for spring break. kate duffy spoke to us by phone. >> a huge ball of fire and it was like 50 feet from us. it was absolutely insane. >> professional basketball fans will be relieved to hear while former nba all star dikembe mutuombo was in the airport at the time of the bombing he reporting on his facebook page he was not >>> well here at home, law enforcement went on high alert. and michelle miller has that. >>> just bef

it is the sort of cell that was responsible for the paris attacks. because a lot of the planning for the paris attacks happened in belgium. >> pete, let me pause you right there. i do want to go to keir simmons who's following this from overseas. >> reporter: a senior european counterterrorism official confirmed through nbc news that islamic state, isis, is suspected to be behind this attack or multiple attacks. as you have been seeing through the morning we have seen substantial damage at brussels airport. the kind of damage that is difficult to believe that one explosion would cause. if it was, it would have to be a sizable bomb. and damage too at the metro station. so that appears as if we are talking about a multiple attacks. something coordinated. and of course savannah as you have been talking with pete about. this comes after european authorities were warning that they feared that another attack was planned. so sa la abdeslam, who was arrested on friday in connection with the paris attacks telling authorities, according to the planning further

lakraaoui was linked to the paris attacks. he had been in syria and had travelled back through europe, crossing borders in austria and hungary under the false identity, along with abdeslam who was captured in the terror raid on friday. he had been in contact while in belgium with others involved in the paris attacks. he was also linked to a bombing back in 2009 in cairo. and so there's no doubt that authorities had built up a picture about this man, about his involvement in other terror attacks and that's enabled them to make this relatively quick identification from that security video there. that you're seeing. what that also does is raises the question in many people's minds in brussels and other cities around europe this morning is yet again we have had a major terrorist attack where we're waking up the morning after and yet one of the key person traitors still on -- perpetrators is still on the run. that brings the likelihood we could be seeing more of the deadly terror attacks in other cities and at any time. >> and terr