Nine hours now, we want to make sure you are up to speed. A u. S. Official confirmed at least one suitcase bomb detonated at the airport in brussels at about 3 00 this morning, our time. That s 8 00 over there. That left at least 11 people dead. The airport is now closed and Officials Say they do not know when it will reopen. Less than an hour later, another explosion hit the metro station outside the European Union offices. At least 15 people were killed and 55 injured. Michelle the most recent death is at least 31. Nbc details. Brussels went into lockdown this morning after a series of explosions rocked the airport and subway in what appears to be a coordinated attack. A small blast we held a small blast of air and we heard the metro immediately stopped, the light turned off, the engine a message went over saying there line. Officials raged the raise the terror level and advised locals to stay indoors after the blast. Belgium s federal prosecutors said one of the two explosions at the airport was likely caused by a suicide bomber. All three blasts were asked of terrorism. The Prime Minister called today a dark moment for the country. World leaders quickly pledged s with belgium, including president obama who was on a historic trip to cuba. We will do whatever is friend in ally, belgium. Responsible. The attacks follow in a flurry of counterterrorism activity in belgium. A raid on friday called captured your most wanted man in connection with the paris attacks. The terror group isis is today mark parker, nbc news. Of the brussels attacks, airports stepped up security. S Alex Villarreal went to oia to see how officials and travelers in our area are dealing with the tragedy. One of the deadly blasts in brussels went off in an airport hall just like this one. Near the American Airlines check in counter. It s something passengers here in orlando have on their minds today. I m not panicking, but i cautious. We have to think about things t give any thought to. Alex at the Orlando International airport, increased security. Airport Officials Say they are being more vigilant after the brussels attacks. What it scares me because it could be us. It can be us running, it could be my family. Alex adding to the concerns, the Brussels Airport attacks checkpoints. At oia, multiple agencies secure those common areas, say officials, including orlando but they need passengers to be on alert too. How do you stop somebody from literally driving up to the front of the Orlando Airport and just let a bomb go . I deny you control that. I think people need to patrol themselves and make sure that if you see something that s unusual that you act upon it. And you call someone right away. Alex in orlando, Alex Villarreal wesh 2 news. Michelle nbc news has announced a full hour of nightly news tonight. Join us 6 30 right here on wesh 2. We will have instant updates inside the mobile app. Brett a huge traffic mess at the single busiest interchange the 408. Wesh 2 s greg fox is live there now and greg, how soon before this wreckage will be moved . Things are moving in the right direction. Change we ve seen here in the you a closeup look at the semi that was just a bright ighted a few minutes ago. You can see under it, that shredded a ribbon of guard rail that it was resting on by this fairly steep ditch. So they finally got that up a short while ago. This is how it looks overhead at the eastbound i4 ramp that heads towards the 408. The situation was blocked by this rollover that happened around 9 15 this morning, causing not only the shutdown of the road, but also they had two the Orlando Fire Department to do with the fuel spill that was though they haven now, it could lead to problems in the afternoon rush. That s why it s obviously important for these crews to work as quickly as they can to try and get this semiout of the way, try to get the road , that is really the bigger condition. We cannot see what the service of the road looks like, it could be damaged to the extent that current fashion. Crew. We are going to keep an eye on this situation as we don t to the afternoon and get closer and closer to the afternoon rush. We will certainly have updates on wesh. Com as well. Live in orlando, greg fox. Michelle Orange County deputies have released the name of the 18yearold killed near a playground. He is contondre bryant, he was shot yesterday afternoon as dozens of people gathered near 13th street in apopka. Deputies say they were supposed to be enjoying their first day of spring break. Multiple shots were fired and bryant was killed. This was at least the third shooting we have reported in the apopka era area within the last 10 days. Although there were multiple persons here on scene, that may have seen something, we are receiving limited to know information. Michelle if you know anything about this shooting, call crimeline. Michelle brett let s switch gears and a check of the forecast. We were talking about a frost advisory but things are warming up. Michelle nice and blue, just how we like it. Firsthand. Amy good afternoon. We are sunny, we are drive, still a little coolness to the breeze, but the breeze is not nearly as dusty as yesterday. S. We have already gone past were reworked for highs yesterday and s. 68 in orlando and melbourne, 66 the wind is common a lot of places, a little bit of a breeze. Definitely not nearly as gusty as what we were dealing with yesterday. We are going to be warmer today. We are already warmer than we were yesterday. We will keep going until we get to the mid70 inland areas. The colts coast stays a little cooler. We will talk more about our seven day when i come back inside in a few minutes. Brett we will see you then. A hilton hotel had to be beach. There was a small fire in a mechanical closet at the Hotel Firefighters got the call just before 11 00 last night. Take a look at these pictures that we have here. When firefighters arrived at the hotel, the fire was already out. Problems inside. Fire crews had to ventilate the building and clear the smoke before everyone could go back in. Shut down several roads in the smoke. Are open. Disney today. Show at Animal Kingdom was evacuated for all of this yesterday. A smoking float. The theater was cleaned and the show resumed at 10 00 this morning. No one was hurt in that fire. Happening today, a rocket canaveral. Alliance s atlas five rocket is set to lift off at 11 05 tonight. This is a picture tweeted today of the rocket which is carrying supplies to the International Space station. Under nasa with ula. The rocket will carry five experiments into space, by students at ucf that will study the properties and behavior of imct shattered soil found on asteroids and ucf professor Joshua Colwell t sound incredibly sexy. As we get ready to send spacecraft and people to asteroids and eventually mars. Imagine a lot that launch. Assuming a written goes well, amy said of a clear skies. Coming up next, president obama to the people there. Brussels are affecting his visit. A lot of these caused a lot of problems for lakeland residents. How the beehive was taken down. Ted i m ted noah in the west to traffic center. Another night of i4 ultimate construction. The big stretch from par street all the to kirkman where all lanes will be affected by day rolling roadblock. You can t pass that while it s happening. The on ramp between parr kirkman will be blocked. A. M. And 5 00 a. M. Through march 24. If you travel on that big stretch, midnight to 5 00 a. M. , today belgium. At least 31 people have been killed in a series of attacks. A suitcase bomb exploded at the airport early this morning. Another bombing was reported at later. Isis claimed response ability for the attack. Part of the lockdown was lifted in brussels minutes ago. Governor rick scott talked about the attacks this morning and is ordering flags to be flown at victims. Brett the governor was in for a local company. Everyone s mind. I hope to god it never happens in our country. For the 26 individuals who lost their lives today, the over 130 people who were injured, their lives have been changed forever. The whole community has been changed. Thank god we have long for some it worked for us in a state. They make sure they are doing brett president obama was briefed on the attacks burning cuba. Michelle he had to make speech. J gray is at havana with more. The history historic event horrors of brussel in brussels. This is another reminder that the world must unite. We must be together, regardless of nationality, or race, or faith. Fighting against the scourge of terrorism. President obama began his speech the cuban people, condemning the deadly attacks before turning his attention back to his groundbreaking visit. I have come here to bury the and the americas. I have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the cuban people. Live on statewide television. The president telling the cuban s governments. Cuba has a oneparty system , the United States has a multiparty democracy. But stresses the renewed relationship between the two countries is more about the people than the politics. I believe in the cuban people. This is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government , the United States of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people. Cheering loudest when he called on congress to lift the trade embargo on cuba and listening intently as he to deal with alleged human rights violations. Be equal under the law. Every child deserves the dignity that comes with education and health care and food on the table. The president s message clear and direct, it s time for change in cuba. A change that must begin with the cuban people. Brett following more breaking news this afternoon, the former mayor of toronto has died of cancer. Rob ford was 46 years old. He got International Fame for a series of drug driven, obscenity laced incidents. He was repeatedly caught on camera while intoxicated. Despite all of that draw my he was easily reelected to the city s capital. Michelle it is tuesday and in this president ial Election Year it means it is time for another set of primaries and caucuses. The candidates are looking for votes in three states tonight. We will hear from voters in both parties in the arizona primary and the utah caucus. Democrats will cast their vote in the idaho caucus. Brett a drug deal on the campus of Georgia State university ended with gunshots and three people facing charges. Campus police say they were in the middle of a drug deal last night inside a parked car when 2 when does quote them started arguing. They both had a gun and were shot. They were taken to the hospital a third person was immediately arrested. A Lakeland Community is relieved today after seeing 80,000 bees hauled off. The honeybees were removed from a gated Community Called the grasslands. A guy blowing the yard came across the huge five. Take a look at the size. The beekeeper said the bees had been there up to two years. They will be now relocated to a bee farm. That is a long time for that thing to be sitting there in the trees. Michelle reminds you of spring. Lots of bugs. Amy i saw love bugs this weekend. You guys know about love bugs . Michelle yes. Amy they re usually not here until may, so these are really early. I m thinking it s because it s been so warm. Bugs have not had a chance to go way. They are enjoying the heat as well like we are. We have enjoyed a couple cooler mornings. Now we are headed to 75 this afternoon and 80 tomorrow. Once we hit 80 tomorrow, we are s. Along with this one mayor, we well. We are dry today and tomorrow. A front will approach and like last weekend it will hang out and meander back and forth and that is going to lead to scattered showers and storms. I know it know it is easter. I know you have plans outside, there will be some rain at some point this weekend. Lowtomid 70 s is where we are headed today, not quite back to normal but we are getting close. Tomorrow, we will be warmer which will get us closer to the averages. We are on our way, 68 in orlando in melbourne. 66 Daytona Beach in sanford. 64 in ocala and palm coast. We are climbing from those morning lows that dropped from into the 30 s and 40 s. We will keep climbing. We will continue to have lots of sunshine today which really with really dry air. The dew points are low today so the humidity is low. 75 is where we are headed in ocala and the villages. 70 in Daytona Beach and 72 in melbourne. Water temperatures in the 60 s. As the wind comes off the water, that means that keeps the temp keeps the air temperatures are little cooler. Our inland spots will able to top out into the mid70 s. Tonight, it looks good. Only a 10 the way. We will be mainly clear. When the launch happens, it will be dark and clear and that means you should be able to see that launch of you look towards the east, well inland. Sometimes our friends in tampa if you ve never seen it before, ll get to see it. Not nearly as cold as this morning. We will be at 49 in ocala tomorrow morning. 54 Daytona Beach i57 melbourne. The wind will be fairly light. We will keep creeping up with those temperatures. Tomorrow, we will be even warmer in the afternoon getting back to 80 degrees in a few spots with just a couple of clouds. On thursday we may get a few showers in the afternoon. I don t expect a lot of rain on thursday. Friday s the day that that front was in closer and that front will be under back and forth into the upcoming weekend. We will continue to find the timing of the rain over the next several days. It won t be a total washout, but there will be periods of showers and storms beginning on thursday. Brett amy, thank you. A tennis executive has resigned after stepping into controversy with take meds that are being called sexist. Michelle Raymond Moore said women tennis players ride the coattails of the men in the sport. He added that they should go and thank god for Roger Federer and rafal nadal, because they carry the sport. Moore stepped down overnight from his role as director and ceo of the indian wells tournament. One of the nations most prestigious tournaments. Two people are dead after a hot air balloon crash in x ago. This happened on monday in a rural area. 12 people were on the balloon at the time. Two of them were seriously injured. Investigators still haven t figured out what caused the crash. Brett an incredible discovery expected in the Pacific Northwest today. An abandoned boat is about to wash ashore into oregon. It has been floating since the 2011 japan tsunami. The coast guard is keeping an eye on the 30 foot boat as it comes toward shore. Month it lands, officials will determine exactly where it is come from and see if it has any Invasive Species on board. New today, south korea has reported its first case of the zika virus. Diagnosed with the mosquitoborne virus. He had recently travelled to brazil. As you know, the World Health Organization calls zika a global emergency because it is so prevalent in the caribbean and south america. Yesterday, florida S Health Department reported a new case of zika in osceola county, now bringing the state total to 71 cases. Brett next at noon, you ll find a lot of tips online for how to ace a Job Interview. But do they mention stopping a michelle a new orleans teen on a Job Interview gave a jobclinching performance when he stopped a robbery in progress. Brett this is just fantastic work. The teen was talking to managers at popeyes when a thief grabbed cash from the register and tried to get away. I guess he reached his hand in the drawer and he was trying to run to the door and one of the managers did this and he ran into her. Brett the teen says that is when the restaurant broke out into chaos. He jumped up, grabbed the guy, puts his hand behind his back and holds him in an arm lock as he is showing is right there he was trying to get loose, he was trying to put up a fight with me and i was just holding in there. Brett i do know what the other guy looks like, but he stands a chance against devin. The thief was arrested and charged with robbery. 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