Race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. Here is what we know at this hour. Two explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber rocked the Brussels Airport and the train station killing at least 31 people. Three were serving among those seriously injured. Two key railway stations reopening right about now but the Central Station will remain closed for the moment. Security will be beefed up with about 500 shoulders. Smoke was seen billowing out of the terminal. A tv station reporting at least one of the bombs at the airport contained nails. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks and no immediate evidence leaking the key terror suspect arrested friday to those attacks. Flags at the European Union flying at half staff. The attacks confirming the worst fears of european officials who proclaim the continent at war. Belgium raising its terror alert to the highest level. Thats the latest on what we know now. Were monitoring the situation and well have updates on this developing situation throughout the day every half hour. Meantime, carl, back to you. Thank you so much sue back at hq. Markets reaction has been negative to be sure both in europe and the premarket here but has recovered some what since the open. Dow is down 33 points. S p is down about 2 points coming after a day yesterday where we had the narrowest range of the year on the s p and the lightest volume day as well. Transportation stocks might not surprise you and have been notably weak in addition to other sectors but tourism to europe is going to be a focus whether its a cruise line or airline and hotel or booking company. The markets have proven to be resilient in matters of this magnitude. Because they have been so regular. The fact that the dow is down 33 points is remarkable given that heightened since of alarm throughout the world in paris in november. Its down 1 and will recover within five days. Its a recognition of the world that we live in so that life goes on like it or not and commerce continues that pattern has been proven since 9 11. Terror attacks happen and market focuses for awhile and then manages to rebound as life continues. We have more on the situation in brussels. What the president just said in havana. Speaker ryan, secretary carter all speaking this morning. We have john harwood in d. C. To talk about what is important. As you noted we he have reaction across the government and while the president was in havana delivering the speech we just carried the secretary of defense is testifying before the House Budget Committee and he offered his reaction to the tragedy in brussels. We must do everything we can to protect our homelands and defeat terrorists where ever they threaten us. No attack will effect our resolve to accelerate the defeat of isil. He said we will do what we need to do to deal with the threat in those remarks although obviously his remarks were pitched to a different subject and moved on from bustles and delivered the speech to the cuban people. I thought given the gravity of the situation in brussels and on the heels of both paris and San Bernardino i thought he would dwell longer and say more about those attacks. If memory serves me correctly he is anxious not to draw too much status to for example them on the ground that we might call isis. And its very difficult for any society to guard against this sort of attack. Theres an inevident blt about it and a design not to go back into the discussion about Ground Forces in the middle east. Youre exactly right. The president s consistent message has been we will have a strategy to deal with isis and involves working with forces in the region and also increasing intelligence sharing and being vigilant as we can in terms of Homeland Security but also not overreacting. Not feeding public fear and he has been criticized for not acknowledging public fear enough. But also not a panicked situation that causes the United States to overreact. He was trying to strike the balance and this is consistent with the messages hes had in the past. Another event that will shape the 2016 president ial election. We are getting some comments from john kasich. One of the candidates. Former governor of ohio. Do you expect him to strike a different tone than we heard from trump and cruz condemning this attack but to condemn the president s own policies . I wouldnt expect anything dramatically different. He has not emphasized as much as ted cruz has the fact that its a threat from radical islam. Ted cruz in his message this morning just outside the building where im standing this morning in washington said this is part of the problem here is the president wont say the name of the enemy. He wont envolkswagen the term radical islam and john kasichs message has been different he said water boarding could be fine. This is something that has distinguished him from hillary clinton. Hillary clinton said torture isnt the answer to the problem. Closing boarders isnt the answer to the problem. So we do have a pretty clear. She has opinion at the airport throughout the morning and is based in brussels and she is there where one of the terror attacks happened but before we get to gabriel we want to get back to headquaters where sue herrera has an update on the situation. This is from nbcs Richard Engle that said investigators are making progress. A senior u. S. Intelligence official tells him that Belgian Police are searching a residence in brussels that they believe was the launching pad for this mornings attack. They believe this was a staging ground for the attacks that occurred in brussels this morning. In addition, u. S. Intelligence is coming through the intelligence and chatter and theyre still attempting to determine if there were other imminent threats and attacks. Theres an active search underway in brussels according to Richard Engle and Senior Intelligence sources. They believe it may have been the launching pad for this mornings attacks that occurred at the airport and also at the train station. Subway station. They are also going through the chatter and they are trying to see whether or not theres more attacks planned and whether those attacks might be imminent. Well keep you posted kayla and everybody ill send it back down to you. Thank you so much, sue. Lets get to gabriel, the wall street journal brussels correspondent that joins us on the phone from the Brussels Airport. You have been there throughout the morning. We have seen these pictures and these arresting images, what have investigators learned since you have been there . Well, what happened here this morning is that shortly, or just around 8 00 p. M. Two explosions went off inside the departure hall of the airport. Very busy at 8 00 a. M. Lots of people flying in and out of brussels in the heart of the European Union here. One of the witnesses i spoke to that was very close to the blast that he heard somebody shouting in arabic just before but i dont think thats been confirmed by the investigators. The situation is very fluid. As your colleague just said theres house searches going on throughout brussels and obviously 30 minutes after the first blast here at the airport there was another big explosion at the metro stop. Its the part of town where a lot of the paris attackers lived. Its a subway station right next to the European Commission and next to the European Council where all the eu institutions are. At least many of them. Yeah, thats the artery of diplomacy in the heart of the city. As you have been based in brussels, the city for months and perhaps even for years has been under this elevated Terror Threat and im wondering how the mood city wide evolved since paris. Since the manhunt that resulted in the arrest of Salah Abdeslam on friday and now with more manhunts and searches underway throughout the city. We had heightened security in brussels since last january already after the attacks and that was expanded dramatically after the november attacks of course. And we had the four day lock down here which of course was worrisome for many people but we havent really felt the impact. There was a shooting a few years ago but it was much smaller and much more localized and i think that these attacks today with so many dead of course will slip the mood. I think overall until a year and a half ago, brussels is like a calm Little International city with not that much security until then. The institutions have very much moved security over the last six months with more checks, more controls. Gabriel. This will change the mood dramatically. Were obviously in very early stages and details will become available and then be retracted and we await nbcs confirmation as to the exact complexity of what went on at the station but we already reported that Belgian Television is suggesting that a nail bomb was used there. Other radio stations within europe have been reporting that there were two bombs. A small bomb to get people running and then a bigger bomb effectively to hit them as they were on the move. Are you able to give us any color or details on that as we await some form of official confirmation. Whats the belief of the new services on the ground. What i can say is that weve also been speaking. I believe were having some audio problems with gabriel. The brussels based correspondent for the journal. We know, simon, that the Cell Phone Networks have of course been incredibly busy as people try to use them to reach their family members. To reach their companies and verizon to that end has actually decided to make calls to belgium free retroactively. What was interest as good the belgian authorities urged people and companies to text. When we have the london social media. When we had the london bombs they cut the cell phones completely. So obviously the security cautions that you take in a city are moving on. The highlights and Security Control at airports in this country and around the world. Mary thompson has more. In the wake of the belgian attacks. And they said the news didnt have any impact on the plans or notions about flying domestically however if they were traveling abroad that might be a different story. I wouldnt put myself in that position too soon without a problem. Theres added security at airports and cities like new york and washington d. C. Cancellations of flights into and out of brussels today. And giving you updates on whats happening. Back to you. Thank you so much. Meanwhile as the entire world swatching the events unfolding in brussels, lets get to nancy in london with the latest. What we know now, federal prosecutors in belgium have confirmed two separate attacks with two explosions taking place at the main airport around 8 00 a. M. At least one of the explosions was likely from a suicide attack. Overall at the airport they said at least 11 people were killed as the attacks together were talking about more than 200 injured and 20 killed at a central metro station located very close to important eu institutions there and this happening just a half hour after the initial attack at the airport at the key rush hour levels there. Lets get a reaction from what were seeing here in europe. Outside of brussels theres been an outpouring of support from european leaders. The french president still coping with the members of the terrorist attack in paris came out and said this is an attack on all of europe. Prime minister David Cameron said they were willing to offer security support, intelligence support as needed but at the conclusion of an emergency cobra meeting in london they will not raise the security level here for now which already stands at severe. Pl we have seen equities pair some of the sharp losses we saw and the reports of the atrocites in brussels and now were lower by a half of a . And we saw into gold and the currencies here and sterling one of the worst performers in the currency space against the dollar and there were some suggestions that when we talk about the repercussions Going Forward from the brussels attacks that this could weigh on antiimmigrant sentiment here in the u. K. As we get closer to the referendum in june but simon was speaking earlier mentioning it could have the opposite effect as we talk about the outpouring of grief and support and bringing those together in support of european unity here. Back to you. Well get more on the details out of brussels in a moment. Brought Public Transportation largely to a halt. Meanwhile the markets have done their best to trim their losses. The dow is down 12 points and s p is basically flat and so much about the attacks we dont know. Were still watching whats going on in brussels and arnold the world. Mayor on any other day we would be discussing Foreign Policy but given what has happened this morning, in your situation, you are no stranger to violence in your own country. What are your thoughts as you watch this . First of all condolences and its heartbreaking. We want to wish all the people wounded a fast recovery. I think that everyone understands terror is not local. Terror is global and its a threat for all demonth cracies the world. Its to have great intelligence and the world has to cooperate and the best defense is offense. Go after the bad guys. With no mercy with terror. If you have mercy, you pay a price. Brussels has to open up and not stop and return to life as quickly as possible. You mention the best defense is a good offense and as we see brussels raise its own Security Threat to severe we see the eu raise its Security Threat to orange. Is that reactive . Should we be doing something more proactive than heightening security after each attack . Definitely. I think but its not a shortterm thing. You have to look longterm and understand that terror is here to stay for awhile and you have to go after the heads of terror. You to understand that theres a direct connection to the people funding terror and that is iran and others. People that are supporting terror. The people that are hosting terrorists. They have to pay a heavy price. We have to get our act together the whole world and understand that if you dont cooperate and be very aggressive with the terrorists and the people that send them, then eventually youre paying a heavy price and its all about defense and you dont want to be in that position. How would you characterize europes response up until now . Have they been behind the curve in everything you just said . I dont think were there yet. After the terror attack in france and we took my chief of police and went to paris. Maybe we can convey that message to other majors around the world. You have to understand who the bad guys are and its a infrastructure that you have to put in place and cooperate and learn from others and my best advice to brussels right now, open up public transport and clean up as fast as possible and move on. You want to show the terrorists that its minimal damage. So unfortunately loss of life but fast as possible go back to normal life. I hope we get to come back to talk about you running marathons and how important that is to jerusalem but to come back to brussels, you say you went to paris, there is the European Union buildings where sala Salah Abdeslam was hanging out for four months and they found out he was there on friday because of an oversized pizza sord. Its slightly different for the europeans because they have selfradicalized nationals that have the right to be there. They were schooled there. Its their home. It may be different for jerusalem. Its not different. Would you go into this area . What do you do with an area like that . What do you do . You get your act together. You take some brave forces and you enter the premises. You enter the place. You go house to house. Is that what youre suggesting . Im not saying that. That wouldnt be the smartest way to do it. You define what the thet is and you work it out. By the way, the majority of the residents are good people, for sure. You find the bad guys. But isis has these incredibly Fragmented Networks across the world. If it were so easy the governments would have already done this. You take extra measures. I think we have to learn, israel if i could sort of say what were doing, the quality of the human intelligence and electronic intelligence is the most important thing. You want to figure out who the bad guy is and cooperate that. Television is the same. These guys are usually working in one way shape or form together. Its the same kind of pattern. Its share knowledge and experience and move on as fast as possible. Final question just a few seconds left. Do perimeters at airports need to be standardized around the world the way they are. If you want better kwaul tie of security, probably so. You know, its not a simple thing but theres lessons made and we love sharing that with the rest of the world. We appreciate you time this morning. Were back in a moment. Vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc Wealth Management team. The deadly explosions in brussels, sue is live. The latest on the terror attacks in brussels today. Nbc news reporting that Belgian Police are searching a residence that may be the launching pad for the three suspects in the attack and they have received some leads. U. S. Intelligence is combing through the intel and the chatter still attempting to determine if there are other threats of attack. Heres a time line of what happened. 8 30 a. M. , two explosions rocked Brussels Airport and then at 9 40 an explosion hit the metro station near the eu headquaters. And at 10 20 the french preside