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Rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. Though it is a little noisy where i am standing, what youre looking at right now is a moment of silence being observed by the people here in brussels, belgium. That is a place called the place de la bourse. It is about a mile and a half from where im standing. Moment of silence, part of the kind of trying to come to terms with what has gone on here in the last 24 hours. As i mentioned, im here in brussels. Savannah is back in new york city. Savannah, weve got an awful lot going on right now. Breaking news on the investigation into these attacks. We know the names of the suspects in the airport bombings. Two brothers. Khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. The third man, the man in white identified as Najim Laachraoui, already wanted in connection with the paris attacks. There are some reports he has been arrested. I want to say that nbc news has not been able to independently confirm those reports. Now, raids are being carried out all across brussels. One of them led to the discovery of what investigators are calling a bomb making factory. The attacks are inspiring a show of solidarity around the world. Iconic landmarks across europe and the u. S. Have been lit in belgiums national colors. Black, co yellow and red. There is a lot to get to this morning. We want to start with nbcs keir simmons, joining me right now here in brussels. What can you tell us . Conflicting report, but a key suspect has been arrested, its not going to help the tension here. There has been fear here in the city and across europe ever since the paris attacks. What yesterday did was shatter a sense that europe is under attack. Reporter in europes rainsoaked capital this morning, soldiers questioning commuters, searching bags outside the subway. Today, just going to work is an act of defiance. Frightening. Yes, yes, absolutely. But youre still determined to get to work . Yes, i have to. We cannot give into fear. Its going to we have to show that we can go on. Reporter on the same streets, an urgent man hunt to find killers who struck in the name of isis. The two suspects suicide bombers at the airport, seen in security video, identified overnight as brothers khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, each wearing a ing ing ing ing a glove on one hand, investigators trying to figure out why. Transporting their suitcases to the airport in a taxi. Najim laachraoui, now wanted by police. Already many questions. How the men easily entered the airport, smoke, fear. Who placed the third bomb in Maelbeek Metro an hour later . Subway doors blown out, passengers escaping along the traps and echoing along the tunnels, screams. [ sirens ]. Reporter there are some answers. In schaerbeek, a makeshift bomb found. Ingredients for explosives and an isis flag. Nbc news learning authorities have found additional suitcase bombs. There is mounting criticism of europes intelligence agency. For failing to prevent this attack four months after the paris massacre. Overnight, we crossed european borders with ease. Weve just crossed the border into belgium. No checks, no sign of police. To another part of europe, they may just drive. Reporter among the injured, missionaries from utah. And this couple, missing, their families say. This man was dropped off at the airport by a friend when the bombs went off. I saw this bright light, followed by a huge explosion. I was just stunned. Reporter this morning, he is wearing the same clothes. He left his bags behind when he fled in terror. The french Prime Minister this morning saying europe has closed its eyes to the rise of extremist ideas. They want to destroy our way of life. He says this has the potential to have a profound effect on the way folks in u. S. View europe. That may have already happened, keir. Thank you very much. Good to see you. As the hunt for more potential suspects intensifies and continues, what are we learning about the attackers who and their suspected ties to isis . Bill neely is also in belgium. This e he has that part of the story. Good morning. Good morning. There are reports of an arrest close to here. Belgian media are quoting sources as saying it is the main surviving suspect from yesterdays attacks. But nbc news cannot confirm that. What we know here yesterday, in the suburb of schaerbeek, police raided an parpt apartment over there and found explosive material and an isis flag, all of it part of an isis terror cell much bigger than police ever understood. Reporter brussels, the capital of europe, woke this morning to a man hunt after a massacre. This is the prime target, Najim Laachraoui, a 24yearold belgian who has already eluded police for months, escaping he and the two bakraoui brothers, khalid and ibrahim, are seen here in the airport. They are wheeling their suitcases minutes before broing themselves blowing themselves up. They both had criminal records, one for shooting at police. Laachraoui, for some reason, didnt explode his bomb and escaped. The death toll here could have been higher. Police began gathering bags of debris from the attacks, searching for clues on how the bombs were made. They believe there may be a single bomb maker behind the attacks in both brussels and paris. Very alarming to find out how many people involved in this, and their ability to get ahold of or to make high explosives and to set them off in such a spectacular fashion. Reporter late yesterday, Police Helicopters and snipers honed in on a house in brussels where it was thought some of the men were based. Address by a cabdriver, who had taken three men with heavy suitcases to the airport. There have been other raids, other arrests, but so far, no one has been charged as of an accomplice. As Police Search for suspects, belgian troops are on the street, protecting key locations. Metro stations are open, but people are being searched as they go in. This is a nervous city. Reporter last week, Police Arrested salah abdeslam, who took part in the paris massacres, at a brussels apartment rented by one of yesterdays bombings. It is clear theyre all part of the same isis cell. Police suspect his arrest triggered their plans to attack brussels. Police were braced for some sort of attack, but not on this scale. This was clearly a massive intelligence failure. But if reports this morning are true, that someone has been arrested, this could be a break through in cracking open matt . Bill, it would be welcome news to a lot of people around here. Bill neely, thank you very much. Now a chilling account of the attack at the airport in brussels. American jeff hoffman, a consultant for nato, lives here and was dropping off his girlfriend when the bombs went off. We talked to jeff yesterday. Happy to have you with us. How are you . Doing okay. A little shaken still . Yeah. I dont think itll go away any time soon. We talked yesterday. You were eloquent in describing what you went through, but i got the sense you were in shock a little bit yesterday. Have you come to terms with other emotions in the last 18 hours . You know, its funny, i dont think there has been too much to come to terms with. I think i woke up this morning, and it was okay, that happened. We were uninjured. We got out. Consequently, personally, i move on from that. All the what ifs and the other questions you can ask yourself, i really dont. Dropping you off at that airport, standing inside the departures terminal when the first blast went off. What do you remember about it . I think the last thing, the old normal, i guess, lady handed me my baggage tickets. I turned to look at him, and he smiled his little grin. Then i remember it was a whirlwind. It was almost like a tornado going off behind him. Stuff flying everywhere. That hit me. I felt it before i heard it. I still didnt know what was going on. I didnt understand what was going on until he was coming towards me. I thought, oh, an accident happened. I dont know. It was pretty clear after seeing the terror on his face, that that wasnt an accident. I have to say that watching the video is hard enough, but there have been portions of the video that weve listened to the audio of. Hearing the screaming, hearing one young child calling, mommy, mommy, mommy, were you aware of the sounds going on around you, as well . For me, after the first there was a lot of screaming. I dont think i really was able to filter through and hear specific sounds. The unsettling thing for me personally was after the second explosion, was dead silence. We talked about that yesterday. That was the most unnerving part. In an incident like that, you almost expect that you would hear Police Activity, people shouting. It was quite literally, if i can kind of compare it to anything, it was almost as if everyone was gone in a moment. As in, we were the people around us, i was crouched beside the counter and she was behind the counter, it was as if we were the only people left in the airport and it left you feeling exposed in a way. I dont want to bring up a difficult subject, as if this all isnt difficult, but you were on your way home. Im assuming youre still now trying to get home. Yeah. That would require going back to the airport and boarding a flight. How do you feel about that . To be okay, so i want to believe him. I dont really ever want to set foot back there again, but i need to get home. Im going to do what i have to do. Its going to be difficult, but you have to be brave, i guess, be strong. I mean, im lucky enough to be my family. Lucky. That. Dont think youre going back to a terrible place. Its your catalyst to get home. Good way to look at it. Great to meet you. Nice to meet you. Thank you so much. Lets go back to you, savannah. Matt, thank you so much. As you would expect at home, security is being stepped up at airports, train and subway stations across the country in response to what we saw happen in brussels yesterday. Pete williams is at Union Station in washington, d. C. This morning. The train station there. Pete, good morning. Savannah, good morning to you. Rail commuters across the country can expect to see more security on the ride to work Airline Passengers will see it, too. It is a precaution. Officials say theres no intelligence warning of a similar attack here. Reporter on commuter trains and subway systems from washington to los angeles, police are out in a highly visible show of force. Beefed up security, too, in miami, chicago, and atlanta, with heavy armed foot patrols. More security, too, at many of the nations airports, especially in the outer lub, where the Airline Ticket counters are. Nationwide, specially trained units and bombsniffing dogs. Plain clothes officers, too, and search of bags. We want communities to feel confident that were here, were able to respond. We have enormous capability if we need it tactically. Reporter amtrak is adding police and randomly screening luggage as passengers board the trains. Its an aggressive presence in new york city, with 50 officers surging into times square. Subway to demonstrate the safety. Expect to see extraordinary nypd presence out over the coming days, as a sign of our readiness to protect people at all times. Reporter new York Police Say protecting mass transit there is a big chore. We employ a lot of technology, and we pay very close attention and learn from attacks that have gone on around the world. We deploy and train accordingly. Reporter most commuters say theyre taking the extra security in stride. Ill be cautious and aware of my surroundings, but i also know i have a choice not to let it hold me back. Reporter train and subway riders and airport passengers will see more security for at least the next several days. And fbi agents are stepping up surveillance of terror suspects, looking for signs of copycat attacks at home. So far, Officials Say no sign of that. Savannah . Pete williams, thank you. General Michael Haden served good morning. Good morning. These attacks show we need to up our game, your words, and be better prepared. What does that mean in practice . Is this country vulnerable . We are vulnerable, but not nearly as vulnerable as our european friends. There are a lot of things that are different. We have very good intelligence and security services. Its not a universal condition in europe. Were distant from the battlefields and, frankly, savannah, we are a different society. We assimilate immigrants better than our european friends do. The level of threat here is not zero, but its not nearly what it was yesterday in europe or, frankly, is today in europe. You mentioned the failures of intelligence. We now know that authorities are looking for the socalled man in white, a person by the name of Najim Laachraoui who, in fact, was being sought for the paris attacks. Does that ind koit icate theres been a breakdown in terms of Law Enforcement overseas . Obviously, there was a it may be a question of limited resources, as opposed to anything else right now. Many of the services in europe are small. The Belgian Service is particularly small. Then, savannah, i have to add, theres been this grand debate over the last several years about the proper role of intelligence collection and individual privacy. The europeans have come down very strongly on the side of individual privacy, criticizing the United States. There was an interesting column in this mornings post, where it said the europeans are turning to the american products. Even though they object to collection. We need to have that conversation over again with our european friends and, frankly, i think, make it a little more factbased than the conversation months. Very quickly, this all has taken place in the context of a you see proposals, particularly from donald trump, saying, lets close the borders temporarily to all muslims. You have ted cruz coming out saying, maybe there should be neighborhoods. They say that Political Correctness, their words, made us less safe. Do you agree . I think we need to have an adult conversation about the role of islam and the civil war within islam. Savannah, the main point here is in the United States, we may have radicalized individuals. Communities. We have it within our ability to create radicalized communities and some of the rhetoric in the president ial campaign trends us toward that great, great problem. General michael hayden, good to spend a few minutes with you. Thank you. Thank you. These attacks are reignited debate in the president ial race over the best ways to protect our country. Voters in three states were heading to the polls on tuesday, and the results are in. It was a split decision on the donald trump upon big in arizona. He stopped ted cruz by more than 20 points. Cruz took it in utah, grabbing all 40 of that states delegates with a commanding victory there. Morning. Trump with 744 delegates. 468 for cruz. John kasich behind. Clinton took arizona. Bernie sanders won the two other idaho. Lets look at the democrat delegates. Clinton leads, 1,637 to Bernie Sanders 928. As we mentioned, all of the candidates have had a lot to say about the attacks in brussels. National security and how to best deal with the terror threat. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is covering that angle of the story. Good morning to you. Good morning. First, a surprise announcement today. Jeb bush is endorsing ted cruz, in his words, to overcome the divisiveness of donald trump. This follows a day that focused ed into a personal feud. Reporter terror aprod follow broad followed by tough talk at home. You declare jihad in america, were coming after you. Reporter trump says police, in his words, patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods here in the u. S. Before they becomrade calized cal ize become radicalized. We need to stop isolated communities from festering jihadism. Reporter the head of the nypd slamming cruzs comments. I take great offense at his characterization of that whole population. Reporter donald trump crediting cruz for a good idea. John kasich, more critical, warning against alienate ing muslim americans, needed to combat terrorism. Just because you happen to be a muslim doesnt mean that you are a radicalized person that wants to destroy somebody in the west. Reporter the competing responses underscoring stark contrasts between the candidates. To people until we figure out whats going on. How high does the wall have to be to keep the internet out . You know, thats not the world we live in any longer. Reporter for the accused paris bomber and other terror suspects, trump embraced torture tactics. Waterboarding and more, he said. If they would have put him through the grill ten minutes after the capture, he probably would have ratted them out and maybe stopped this horrible terror attack. Reporter a new ad from an antitrump group that targeted mormon voters is turning heads. With, meet melania trump, your next first lady, to r you or you can support cruz on tuesday. Trump said, be careful or ill spill the beans on your ad. Cruz said if you attack heidi, youre more of a coward than i thought. Classless. The next faceoff is wisconsin, less than two weeks now. Washington, thank you very much. By the way, well be talking to republican candidate ted cruz. Well ask him about that a little later this morning. Lets turn to dylan, in for al. Well have a warmup on the east coast. Very nice warmup. Temperatures approaching 70 degrees in the northeast. Through the upper midwest, were talking about a winter storm. We have a lot of snow expected through parts of denver, under a blizzard warning now and lasts through this evening. Itll stretch through parts of minnesota and wisconsin, watching for storms in the midwest this aftern you can find a recipe for almost anything. Baby cousins gonna love that isnt she. Oh my gosh. 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On the turnpike northbound, that is now blocking a right lane but there is a four mile backup going through that area. That graphic will be updated shortly. The 408 just before i ve four, just blocking a right lane. The backup is extensive getting into downtown orlando. Hitting the brakes from the to i pour conway told plaza until you get to i4. 45 now in palm coast. The villages have dropped to 48, orlando at 53. Starting off with clear skies, a full moon happening this morning. With all of the sun early today, we are going to see temperatures climb. We are back to normal today. The coast will stay just a couple of degrees cooler with that southeast wind coming off the ocean. The moisture start slowly building today and builds more for tomorrow. We will get a couple of showers. I don t expect much rain but late in the day to the south, we may see a couple of pockets of showers and storms. 7 30 now. Its wednesday morning, march 23rd, 2016. Its the start of three days of National Mourning in belgium for the victims of the deadly terror attacks on Brussels Airport and subway system. Of course, the sadness and the questions will go on for much longer than that. Matt has made his way to brussels for us this morning, and i cant imagine that was an easy journey. Considering, matt, the transportation closures there, including the airport. Thats right, savannah and dylan and tamron. You cant fly into Brussels Airport. Made the three or three and a half hour drive from paris down here to brussels. We saw a lot of Police Activity along the roadway. There are a couple toll plazas. We saw heavily Armed Police Officers checking traffic, mostly going away from brussels. Then there was one section of the road theyd closed down to one lane, and there were a lot of heavily armed police again actually looking into cars and stopping a few cars. I want to show you some of the newspapers out this morning. This one is the evening paper. It just says, tenir bon, meaning hang on. This one needs no translation. It just means, the horror. Its what people here are feeling, the horror of the attacks. Even as the Investigation Continues to go on, that is whats topping our headlines today. The men involved in that airport attack here, seen in this surveillance image, have been named overnight. Fled, identified as 24yearold Najim Laachraoui. He is also a potential suspect in last years paris attacks. Belgian media had reported he was arrested. Were starting to hear some people walk back those reports. Theyre not exactly sure if that has taken place. The two men he was with, the socalled suicide bombers, theyre the ones dressed in black, theyre brothers. Khalid and ibrahim bakraoui. Again, all now have been identified. Still unclear if that third savannah . Of course, we had an election yesterday in the president ial race. Hillary clinton and donald trump added to their leads. Republican caucuses in utah, winning all the delegates there. Bernie sanders beat clinton in both utah and idaho. President obama arrived in argentina overnight. There. He wrapped up his historic trip to cuba. Matt, back to you in brussels. Savannah, thank you very much. Now back to these attacks here in brussels. And the tributes are pouring in for the victims. Reporter adele was at the airport heading to new york to visit her mother with her 3yearold daughters when the bombs went off, killing her and injuring her husband and one of the twins. Ruizs brother confirming his sisters death to a tv station and writing on facebook, its very complicated to describe this pain were feeling at home. My sister, adelma tapia, died in the attacks and wasnt able to survive the jihadist attack well never understand. Stephanie and jeff were at the airport with their mother, returning home to kentucky. Moore waived goodbye to them while going through a security checkpoint, when she was knocked off her feet by a blast. Dazed but uninjured, she tried this is what she looks like. My husband called the american embassy, and started looking for them, too. Reporter theyre still among the missing. Among the injured, sebastian, a belgian pro basketball player who played in the states. According to media reports, the 37yearold, 69 athlete, was thrown some 65 feet in the air by the explosion. He was l in the line at the counter to check in. Dropped him off, six minutes later, the bomb went off and he was within radius of it. I was told hell be fine. Injuries. Reporter two jet airways crew members were injured in the airport blasts. The Indian Embassy in belgium tweeting, theyre out of danger and being treated by embassy staff. Mason wells of utah suffered shrapnel. The 19yearold was at the airport along with mormon missionaries, joseph empey, Richard Norby and fanny rachel clain. All are recovering. Mason was in paris when 130 people were killed in last years terror attacks. Marathon bombing. I think that experience of the chaos and civil unrest experienced today. Sadly, attacks like these have become a new and almost terrifying new normal here in europe. Nbc news analyst chis ristopher dickey is the editor for the daily beast. You spent the last 24 hours here. I just arrived. They say there are stages of grief. What stage of grief would you say the people in brussels are in now . Well, id say close to not i think we saw this in paris, too. In the immediate aftermath, what you think is, its a horrible thing but maybe its over. Thats the most dangerous time. If there is another hit now, if there is another incident now, people are absolutely shattered. Even in paris, when it didnt come off, but there was another attack, when we heard one was being plan and had disrupted, it was a terrible shootout, i remember people were shattered. What questions will be requested . What questions need to be asked of the Intelligence Services here, of Law Enforcement here, of the politicians here . Well, first of all, belgium is a tremendously disorganized country. Went for almost two years without a government. It has multiple layers of belief. It tries to cooperate with the other services around europe, but it even has terrible difficulties with its internal operations. Its failed to integrate its Muslim Population well. Theres only 500,000 muslims here, but theyre not well those are all problems to solve. But theyre all problems that everyone has known about for a long time. Can you solve them now that this has happened . Probably not. Youve also talked to me personally and privately about, you know, several different manifestos that laid out almost this exact scenario years ago. More than ten years ago. The most important one for this is one that said, basically, europe is the soft underbelly of the west and he can hit europe and divide it. There is a large Muslim Population, and the population should not be able to choose it should have to choose between being on our side, the side of islam and terror, or the side of the europeans. He wants to eliminate the gray zone in between. He wants to force the contradictions in the society. Terror is the tool to do that. You see it happening. Results of the last six months would say were moving closer and closer to that reality. Christopher dickey, always thank you so much. Thank you, matt. York. We turn to dylan in for al, midwest. 73. Warning. We are going to see blizzardlike conditions. Snow. We should see about 4 to 8 inches of snow. Its very, very windy. Its going to reduce visibility. This storm system is going to stretch into the Northern Plains and the upper midwest. Look at all of these winter storm warnings. Its a small band but includes northern iowa, southern minnesota and most of wisconsin. This is the area where we could end up with 12 to 16 inches of blowing snow. Amy good morning, i m amy sweezey. We are talking about lots of sunshine today. We will get a cup clouds it will be warmer as w thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you so much. Coming up, republican president ial candidate ted cruz will be here. Well talk about his win in the utah caucuses and his controversial call for police to patrol muslim neighborhoods. And coming up next, security risks here in the u. S. Exposed by the attacks in brussels. Soft targets, are they impossible to de you know we said wed take a look at our Retirement Plan today. Not now im cleaning the oven yeah, im cleaning the gutters washing the dog washing the cat well im learning snapchamp chat. Chat changing the oil. vo its surprising what people would rather do than deal with retirement. Pressurewashing the. Roses. 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If you have a determined terrorist, who is willing to give up their life, its almost impossible to prevent that across the board. Reporter weve seen it multiple times with devastating effect. London, 2005. 52 dead, 700 wounded after coordinated suicide attacks on the subway and bus systems. In paris last year, terrorists struck a theater, a restaurant and a kosher market, all soft targets. 130 killed, hundreds wounded. And in this country, a selfradicalized couple working out of their home shot and killed 14 people, wounding 21, at a holiday party. Police later found three pipe bombs and speculated the terrorists had planned more attacks. In democracy, there are people to go there. And you cant have checkpoints set up where there is security because you couldnt have the flow of people you need. Reporter in the attacks, security at airports worldwide has been beefed up this morning. Outside security screening areas, they can be as vulnerable as shopping malls. Airports are not built like castles. Theyre not built with security in mind. A lot are built for shopping. Transportation and shopping. Reporter experts say especially when it comes to soft targets, the public has to be extra vigilant, looking out for people who seem to be surveilling a location, gathering information about things like shift changes, and testing security with false alarms. It boils down, and this is a saying thats a cliche but i believe it, see something, say something. Its a cliche because since 9 11, weve been hearing it, for 15 years. Thats the danger. People wont do it anymore. That has been the most effective deterrent to stopping terrorist attacks. Something. Savannah, back to you. It works. Tom costello, thank you. Ted cruz will join us to talk about his controversial recommendation in light of the brussels attacks. Well have that story right people think californians live in our own reality. With our heads in the clouds. Like a bunch of space cadets. Huh . 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This is a wesh 2 news update. Brett good morning, i m brett connolly. We have breaking news on the roadways. Lots of our roads having trouble. Ted let s talk first about the turnpike. Northbound while state road 417. It s only block the damage is done. Fivemile backup approaching the Orange County and Osceola County line. It is going to be slow. 95 southbound is slow near state road 404. A crash an earlier and following involving a fritolay s truck and a budweiser truck. 408 westbound before the the i4 , was blocking multiple lanes and causing a backup that start by the conway toll plaza getting into downtown orlando. We have the i4 eastbound offramp to 1792 closed off. You state road 46 instead. Amy a little bit of cloud cover today, but not much. Nothing standing in the way of those climbing temperatures. Lower 40 s off to the north, 53 melbourne. A little cooler than average low temperatures. We will get back to normal. Look at these numbers, upper 70 s to around 80 degrees and most very inland areas. At the coast we stay just slightly cooler. Southeast breeze of the ocean will top out at Daytona Beach and 78 melbourne with plenty of sunshine at the beaches. Your sevenday forecast, expecting a slight chance of rain tomorrow. Thing to a thanks to its 8 00 on today. Coming up, evil has a name. Three suspects in the terror overnight. The airport suicide bombers, brothers, the man in white, already wanted by police for his attacks. As belgium pauses to remember the victims today, wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. Welcome back, everyone, to a split edition of today on a wednesday morning. We have savannah back in new york city. Good morning. Good to seemorning to you. There are a number of developments in connection with the attacks. This morning were learning the airport in brussels will remain closed until at least tomorrow night, matt. Yeah, and thats not surprising, given all the damage we saw in that video over the last 24 hours. Sources also tell nbc news that the bombs used in that attack were made of amone monium nitrate. They weighed 44 pounds each. The suicide bombers and the man who was with them, the one who got away, have been identified. Reporter europes most wanted man. There are conflicting reports from bell gian media and Najim Laachraoui has been arrested. The only accomplice from tuesdays attack believed to still be alive. A manhunt continues with a late tuesday during a series of raids, authorities found a house turned bomb factory, where the brussels attacks were believed to be planned. Containing additional explosives, chemicals and an isis flag. A cabdriver led authorities there also recognizing security images on the news. As laachraoui and that little and ibrahim bakraoui, identified overnight as brothers, as the passengers he took to the airport tuesday morning. He told authorities the three acted suspiciously and carried extremely heavy lull ggage. They didnt want him to handle. After 8 00 a. M. On tuesday, two suitcase bombs exploded in the Brussels Airport, killing at least 11. According to authorities, the devices contained glass and nails. Xray of one of the wounded showing one nail embedded in his chest. An hour after those dual explosions at the airport, a brussels metro train at the maelbeek station, killing at least 20. And forcing passengers to evacuate through the systems smokefilled tunnels. Earlier today, i spoke with a witness to the metro attack. Its incredibly sad, when a city as great as this is scarred by these awful attacks. Reporter u. S. Intelligence Officials Say their working theory is this, the brussels attackers and paris massacre accomplice, salah abdeslam, are part of the same terror cell, linking brussels, paris and the attempted attack on a french train last august that was thwarted by american servicemen. One Senior Intelligence official said they picked up chatter on terrorist networks three or four weeks ago of an imminent attack somewhere in europe. Adding, it is possible that last fridays arrest of abdeslam could have thrown that plan into high gear, or that another attack could still be in the american evan lamis works in brussels. He was riding in the metro train that was behind the one that was attacked by the terrorists, and took dramatic photos of the evacuation through a smokefilled tunnel. Nice to see you. Than x. Ks. You were in the train when you were reading about the attacks at the airport, right . I was on the way to work, checking the news, reading about the attacks at the airport. I was on the metro going toward the m a,alb aalbeek station. We felt a blast of air, my ears popped and the blast went off at that point. Did the connection to the airport bombings cross your mind at all . It took a while for things to register. Every now and then, a metro will stop because of time problems, you know, a metro is a little too slow. At first, i thought it was a the air blast i felt wasnt anything more than what you would feel, a breeze coming through the window or a fan. Then we heard some thudding in the distance. It really seemed far away. We were to the explosion. Were they making announcement they stopped the train . What were you hearing . When the train stopped, they put an announcement over the sound system saying there was a disturbance on the line and they were going to work to resolve it as quickly as possible. It was a few minutes before someone came from the front of the metro to the back, which is where i was, they installed a ladder and had us evacuate on to the track. Smoke in the tunnel yet . There was smoke. Smoke started to come a little into the metro, as well. It wasnt difficult to breathe, but there was definitely smoke lingering in the air. As you got aboveground, you had to then start to understand what was going on. Were you seeing you were a were you getting reports on your phone . As we were exiting, i tried to figure out where it was going on. It seemed like it was in the distance. I first used my phone to try to contact a few family and friends, to let them know something was happening but i was okay for the moment. Then immediately checked the news, at which point, there was con fir firmation that there was an explosion and that it was an attack at maalbeek station. The lives of everyone living in this city have been changed forever. Can you foresee a day when you will comfortably go back on the metro system here and ride without constant fear . I think so. I mean, weve been under high security alert for some time. That had kind of become normal and part of everyday life here. I think life will eventually go on. You have to get used to things as they are. I think its good to trust the authorities, to the extent that we can, about what to do to be safe. Life will go back to normal eventually. Work once its running fully again. Maybe a minute earlier, had you gotten on the train, youd have a different story this morning. Im happy youre okay. Thanks. Thank you so much. Not only evan but some of the other people weve spoken to, lucky to be able to tell their stories. 31 people confirmed dead in the attacks. That does it for us from brussels this morning. Of course, well keep posted and keep you posted on any developments on this investigation. Savannah, back to you. Matt, thank you and stay safe. Well take a turn now to tamron, in for natalie, this week. Youre covering the president s trip. Were getting caught up on the president and other news stories. Overnight, president obama arrived in argentina, making the first state visit by a u. S. President in nearly two decades. The commander in chief will meet with the president later today in an effort to reset diplomatic relations and trade ties with the country. President obama begins the twoday visit. Cuba, where tuesday, he defended his decision to attack a baseball game, despite the terror attacks in brussels. Republican president ial candidates spouting harsh criticism, including ted cruz, who we will hear from in a moment. You want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt peoples ordinary lives. The president later said the attacks serve as a reminder, the world must you unite. Police recommend misdemeanor charge for the mother of a 4yearold boy who shot her with her own handgun. Jamie, an apparent gun enthusiast, placed the loaded handgun underneath the front seat of her pickup truck, which slid to the backseat. Her son was riding in a booster seat. The boy reportedly unbuckled himself, picked up the gun and hitting his mother in the back. Police are recommending a charge of allowing a child access to a firearm. Happening today, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell will speak later this morning in boek rah tone boek ca raton, florida. They are voting on a number of changes. Goodell is expected to address the 19 proposed changes. And for the patriots to have their first round draft picks returned following last years deflategate controversial. Washington, d. C. s famous Cherry Blossoms have not been affected by the weather. The blossoms can remain on the trees for four to ten days. The capitals National Cherry blossom festival runs through april 17th. Something perhaps that will put a big smile. Coming up, well talk to senator ted cruz about his controversial comments in the wake of the brusz el attacks, and his victory in the president ial race in the state of utah. Plus, a new reality for sarah palin. 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Theyre being radicalized, or is it the mere fact theyre muslims, in your mind, means Police Officers should be securing and patrolling those areas . Well, lets start out with yesterday. All of us, our thoughts, our prayers are with those who were injured. Yesterday, i think, reminded everyone, really underscored, that we are facing a war. It is not this was not an isolated lone wolf. This was not an isolated incident. Radical islamic terrorism, isis has declared jihad on the United States of america. No question about that. I guess the issue this morning is the response and trying to understand what it is youre recommending. Ill point out, you say theres no question about that. Ill tell you who disagrees with you. Barack obama. Hillary clinton. The entire Obama Administration refuses to utter the words, this administration is mired in Political Correctness and wont acknowledge this threat. When it comes to Law Enforcement, proactive Law Enforcement. You know here in new york city, under mayor bloomberg, there was a proactive policing program, to work cooperatively with the Muslim Community to prevent radicalization. To target and find out who may be affiliated with radical islamic terrorism, who may be becoming radicalized and stop terror attacks before they occur. Mayor de blasio, in an example of Political Correctness, defit befitting of obama and hillary clinton, said we wont continue the program has been disbanded. A former supervisor of the program said in six years, it never led to one piece of intelligence, not an arrest, not a conviction. In fact, the supervisor was quoted as saying that it involved paying undercover officers to sit in cafes tea and eating sweets at taxpayers extense. You need a concerted focus on stopping it. For example, if you have a problem with Gang Violence, you Gang Violence is prevalent. Members. Would you then for example, youre saying, Gang Violence, you look, where is there Gang Violence, and well patrol those neighborhoods. When you talk about patrolling muslim neighborhoods, would you require suspicion before you patrol the neighborhood . Im talking about focusing Law Enforcement and National Security resources on areas, on locations where there is a higher incidence of radical islamic terrorism. One of the tragic reasons we saw this yesterday in brussels is europes failed immigration laws allowed vast numbers of radical europe. I have to ask you about a donald trump last night. He criticized you, falsely i might add, for putting up an ad that featured his wife melania in gq magazine in a state of undress. Then he added, you should lay off his wife, and if not, hes going to spill the beans on your wife. It seems like a threat against your wife, and you took it that way. This is a pattern with donald trump. When hes unhappy, when hes scared, he lashes out. He yells, he screams, he often curses. He threatens people. Donald is a bully. I told him last night, dont you try to attack my wife. Donald is unhappy that he got clobbered last night in utah. Wasnt even close. He lost by 69 . Utah was now the tenth state where weve beaten donald trump. What does he do . Tries to change the subject. The way he tries to change the subject is by lashing out and attacking my wife. Im not going to stoop to that level. Youre not responsible for the ad that featured melania inappropriate . Its not something i would have done. Donald is trying to threaten my wife, speaks volumes about character. Senator cruz, good to have you with us. Thank you. Dylan is in for al. Over to you. Thanks. We are going to see a round of stronger storms develop later tonight. We have this area right in through st. Louis, down through little rock and stretching to northeastern texas, where we could see strong storms with hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. Its not going to be an outbreak, but keep in mind, most of these storms will hit overnight. Any time you get the storms overnight into the darkness, thats where we do see added problems. We are going to see that spread east as we go into tomorrow. On thursday, our best chance of stronger storms includes most of central tennessee, stretching down to alabama. Same threats. Heavy downpours, larger hail, damaging wind gusts with isolated tornadoes. Then itll fizzle as it moves to the east. On the northern side of the thats where we could see 12 to 16 inches, especially northwest iowa into southeastern minnesota and wiscan amy good morning, i m amy sweezey. We are talking about lots of sunshine today. We will get a cup clouds building in. It will be warmer as w thats your latest forecast. Dylan, only one thing to do now and thats trending. Well start in england, where the government asked the internet for help. Now its probably thinking, maybe it wasnt a hot idea. Not always a good idea. The task was, what should we name our new Research Ship . A ship that is worth nearly 300 million. Public for suggestions. They got some good picks. For example, the sir ernest shackleton, named for the british explorer. Appropriate. The endeavor. The falcon. Do you want to know which one is winning . This is the best. They want boatty mcboatface. Yes, world. By more than 28,000 votes. I love it. I love it. The ship does look like a character. So cute. Boatty mcboatface. There it is, in all its glory. There she goes. There she blows. Mcboatface. I love it so much. Hold it to them. They should have to paint it. Its like the r. S. S. Boatty mcboatface. They have the final say. Democracy. Im rooting for it, though. Heres a story about how a wrong number led to a new friendship. A georgia couple, mark and lindsey, had their first child, a boy. Marks mother texted the news to family members, started a chain. By accident, she texted a stranger named dennis. Instead of ignoring the chain, dennis responds, struck up a conversation with the family. You can read it there. Nobody knew him. But they did invite him to stop by. Guess what . He did. Dennis stopped by, posing for a picture, brought his brother. There are the new parents. Dennis also brought diapers, bottles and a pacifier. They named the baby boy dennis jr. No. No thatd be amazing. I love that. How did they accidentally text someone who lives close enough . It was a cousins cell phone number, no longer their number. Right area code. They used to keep it forever i love it. The mom sent this out, like a lot of personal information. He was like, i dont think im supposed to be on this chain. Then they sent the room number and he showed up. Heartfelt tribute by adele. Why court will be in session for sarah palin. Adele in london on tuesday took a moment to honor the victims of the brussels terror attacks. It happened during her performance of make you feel my love. She asked the audience to light up the arena. It made for a show of solidarity. After the song, adele said shed never been so moved at one of her own shows. Next to sarah palin. Not a judge but shell play one on television. The former Alaska Governor will take on judge judy with her own day time court show. No law degree, but governor palin did appoint judges. Them like she sees them. No title yet but production is expected to begin within 18 months. Finally, its not Throwback Thursday just yet, but how about music flashback . Mm bop, next month marks 20 years since the release of mm bop by happenson. Son hanson. The brothers say we have been singing it all wrong. Heres the lyrics. Mmmbop, ba duba dop i was spot on. You have to get all the nuance there. Thats your pop start today. Thank you. I was too old for it originally, so plus 20 years, i dont know just ahead, Allison Williams is here. Shell talk girls, weddings and making her first movie. Hi, allison. First, a check of your local announcer local, live, late breaking. Jazmin good wednesday morning, i m jazmin walker. Brett i m brett connolly. Major issues on the roadways this morning if you re about to head out. Ted noah has the details on the biggest problems. Ted First Talking about i4 getting into Volusia County via seminole. The 1792 offramp is completely closed. There s a jackknifed semi. This is a mess they are up. This is at the 1792 offramp from i4 just as you come around the corner by lake monroe. If you travel on i4 from Seminole County into volusia, you can t use 1792, you stay road 46. A big deland the turnpike northbound approaching 417. Newly six mile backup do it right lane blocked. Amy we are in the lower 40 s off to the north. Lower 50 the i4 corridor. 53 in sanford and orlando. 43 in ocala. We have lots of sunshine and a couple of scattered clouds. It will be another beautiful day. It will be warmer, we are back to normal this afternoon. Upper 70 s near 80. The coast stays slightly cooler even though we have slight winds of the ocean. We will talk about it 76 in Daytona Beach and 78 in melbourne. Look at the sevenday forecast, the moisture continues to build it is 8 30 on today, wednesday, march 23rd. What a pretty day on our plaza. We have a huge look at the rolling spring break goes on and on. Happy to have them with us. Coming up, imagine if you could have access to all of the designer clothes youve always dreamed of without the designer prices. That sounds good to me. Well check out a new app that promises to be netflix for your wardrobe. This, i have to hear. I like that. Plus, well talk weddings, movies and more with girls star Allison Williams. We are entering the final countdown to our big fat today wedding. Well check in with the couple and see if they have any knots in their stomach about tying the knot. T minus 24 hours and counting. The queen of italian cuisine is here, serving up the perfect brunch, especially if youre having people over for easter. If you can leave, easter is this weekend. We may have another wedding. This woman is in love with carson back here. She has the i heart carson give her a hug. First, lets get a check of the weather, dylan. Its going to warm up. We are looking at a warmup in the northeast. In the southwest, thats where we do have the chance of red flag warnings. Also the chance of the fires to spread quickly because of the dry conditions, combined with winds and the low humidity. The area in pink that goes to the panhandle of texas, stretchings to oklahoma, we have extreme fire danger. Ahead of the front, were looking at the winds and a chance of stronger storms through the midwest. Especially overnight into early thursday morning. To the north side of that, we have a winter storm. Weve already seen blizzard conditions in denver. Looking at windy conditions, 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour expected. Heavier snow through minnesota, northwestern iowa arn amy good morning, i m amy sweezey. We will get a cup clouds building in. It will be warmer as w savannah . Dylan, thank you so much. A new app is launching today and it could revolutionize how you buy clothes. Portion promises unlimited access to designer labels at half the cost. Reporter she does everyone bedemand. By demand. Lauren is a professional trend forecaster with a career counts. Reporter to get things done, she turned to technology. Ive had the entire day, where the whole day was from morning to night, all through apps. Reporter with a few taps on her phone, she orders rides from anything. App and save money because it is cheaper. Reporter according to one study, 80 of consumers are demanding new ways to, well, consume. Wanting to rent, subscribe and share things instead of just buying everything. So far, only 19 of us have actually used one of these new services. Laurens latest find, rent the runway unlimited, a new Subscription Service for clothes. You pay 139 each month and get your choice of three items that you keep as long as you want. When you send one back, they send you a new one. You get one of these shipments every week . Every week. Sometimes twice a week. Today, i got a cool floral rom per romper, perfect for summer. Reporter founder of rent the runway describes unlimited azenet as as as netflix for fashion. This is about giving yourself constant newness. We took the clueless closet or Sarah Jessica parker closet from sex in the city and multiplied it. Reporter the average American Woman guys 64 new items of clothing each year and half is worn three times or less. Jens solution, buy the basics and rent your trends. Lets talk about the value here. 139 a month, over 1,500 a year is a lot of money. When youre getting unlimited clothes, the average rent the runway subscriber is getting 30,000 worth of clothes a year. Reporter for lauren, the variety alone makes it worth it. Media, you get tired of seeing people in the same tops. It makes it easier to change things up. Reporter plus, shes definitely running out of storage. Olivia stearns, nbc news, new york. Netflix of fashion. Living in new york, thats my biggest problem. Just send the clothes back. They have it for men, too. The black tux. I use it. Is service like that for tuxedo, its great. We have Allison Williams here, talking about married life, making her first movie and first, this is tod were back at 8 38. For five seasons weve watched the cast of girls make their slow march to maturity. Now, next season is going to be the shows last, were witnessing major milestones for the foursome, including, yes, a marnie quickly discovers that marriage doesnt necessarily equal marital bliss. Do you know you just recoiled from my touch . I didnt. You recoiled from my touch like im a monster. Oh, my god. In all the months we courted, i never dreamed you could be this cruel. Cruel . Yeah. Yeah. I dont want to get a scone with you this morning and now im cruel . Morning. Morning. Relationship. Sconegate, i guess. Yeah. So you were left at the altar we know that but she doesnt. I think shes definitely sensed something is amiss. She had no examples of successful marriages around her, so shes making it up as she goes along. On sunday, we see how she reacts to the fight we just watched, which sets off a little bit of an excursion. It is. Youre not going to tell me anything about it. Its one of the few times in the history of the show where i have spoilers that i could spoil. I dont want to risk that. You know the more you say that, the more i want to know what the spoilers are. Thats the idea. I try to get you to watch it. Its weird because this is a show where its not that plot heavy, but there are a lot of things that go down on sunday night. Im excited about it. Well, weve watched marnie grow up, of course. Yes. I like to think of the arc of her character as kind of like, she was little miss perfect. Yup. Then a hot mess. Totally. Hot is generous, by the way. Piping hot, smoking. Thank you, savannah. Oh, my gosh. Where is she now . What does it look like to be in a healthy marriage . What does it look like to be a productive, kind, loving wife . Shes making it up as she goes along. Shes working with kind of an infuriate ing partner at times. Be the best wife she can be, but everyone has their limits. I dont know. Well have to see. This is season five. Yes. Yes. Ill use a grad school word on you. This is the penultimate season. I love that word. I knew you would. Went to yale. Great sat word. Are you going through the stages of grief . I am. Where are you . Through all of them each day. Its exhausting. No, its so weird, i always knew it was going to end, but ive been texting everyone associated with the planning and schedules of the show. Being like, could you put it off a little bit longer . I dont want it to end. Once it starts, its the beginning of the end. Then its unlike every other year, i cant say, ill see you next summer. Its like summer camp is ending. My counselor years is over. Ive stretched it to the max. Its creepy if i hang around. Maybe there will be a reunion. Every decade, check in with doing. Wear a name tag, otherwise i wont recognize you. No, no. Theyre family. Its cliche that everyone says that when a show is ending. Theres a reason we all say that. Its intimate, especially our job in particular, the show we do. It is intimate. Exactly. Its very intimate. For example, to show how close our show is, jason, who is our boom operator who has been in some very vulnerable situations with us, just directed a documentary for lena and jenny. Were a family. Recently got marry i did. Tom hanks officiated. Who . Hes a struggling actor. Hired. Woody, right . I should have recognized him. He was great. How is married life treating you . Its good. It feels very much the same. I got a lot of delayed props for not being as crazy as a bride as marnie was. My friends have a newfound appreciation for the monster i could have been but decided not to be. Its opinion nice and scary they thought i had that in me. Married life is awesome. We just did a round trip to alabama and back because i was shooting a movie. Got the dog in the car. I wanted to ask you about the movie. Its a horror movie. Its a thriller, yes. That was my last question. Did you get to do a blood curdling scream . I did not scream. Do you want to scream now, to get it out . Nope. Im worried i will break the eardrums of whoever kind people are on the sound. Thank you so much. Looking forward to seeing whats next. We still have a little girls to go and a big marnie episode on sunday. Yeah. Up next, another big wedding to talk about. Our couple kaitlin and john, t minus less than 24 hours from tying the knot live on this show. Well check in with them. First, this is today on nbc. Good to be alive right about now were back at 8 45. We have the final preparations for our big fat today wedding. You voted on the rings, the dress, the cake, flowers, really everything. Tomorrow, it all comes together live here on today. We have big plans for a reception. Inside one of the most storied spots in the world, the famed rainbow room. Reporter when the rainbow room opened in 1934, 65 stories above rockefeller plaza, it was called the apex of new york style. When im on stage at the rainbow room, it makes me feel exhilarating. Like youve arrived somewhere. Reporter brian is lady gagas band member and often plays there. Its who has hung out there, reporter the likes of Frank Si Sinatra and muhammad ali. The rainbow room is something we can aspire to and achieve. When we get there, weve reached the top. Reporter the supper club cost about 4 million to build, translated today. It was the setting of movies, like prince of tides. We spent the last few hours at the rainbow room. Reporter and sleepless in seattle. Great table. Thanks. Reporter with countless references on the small screen. Either one of you been to the rainbow room. Is it real expensive . How was the rainbow room . We had to leave early. There was a monetary discrepancy regarding the bill. Reporter in 2009, the rainbow room temporarily closed its doors, undergoing a the original chandelier, rotating dance floor and dome, all restored. Every detail paying homage to the history of those who danced before. And attracting todays biggest stars. The reopening of the rainbow room in 2014 is acknowledgment of the past and a look toward the future. It is still great, as it was when it opened more than 80 years ago. Youre in a time machine, taken back to another time. Its the best room in new york city. Only the best for our couple, kaitlin and john. You guys are here. 24 hours. I know rainbow room. Your family is coming in, last night and today. Yeah. What are you most excited for . Im most excited for the experience, i think. I mean, to marry him and be able to do it in such a unique way, i think is so exciting. Have they told you anything . Do you know what youre wearing . Do you know what the choices are . No. We literally dont find out the ring until its on my finger. Youre kidding we know more about your wedding its crazy. You know about andy grammer, providing some music. Yes. He sent you a message. Congrats, kaitlin and john on your wedding. Im psyched to see you on thursday. Its going to be awesome. That is so cool. You started having your friends and family alive. Tomorrow is the big day. Yeah. What have you been doing . So fun. We went to dinner last night. We were sitting there and were all in new york. This is nuts. It kind of soaked in. I was like, wow, this is incredible. Im like, were trying to get enough sleep but we want to show them everything and time is going so fast. Were trying to balance it all but have a good time. What has peoples reaction been . Youll get married on television television. Friday will be interesting, Walking Around new york city. Its unbelievable, everything. Just to be a part of it, everyone is thrilled. Its exciting. Were all just trying to soak it as much as we can. Its been a good introduction to our families, too. He has so many cousins and theyve been texting me. Im like, its nice youre excited for us. Its cool. Its a good introductory married. Go to bed early. Sleep in the bathtub . Yeah. Nice. Were excited. It all happens in the blink of an eye. It will happen in the blink of an eye tomorrow. Well doing something i dont think we have before. Cant wait to see it. Sleep well tonight. Thank you. Well have it live tomorrow. Few surprises, too. Put that out there. Quick reminder, my big fat greek wedding 2 opens this friday. Coming up next, a delicious easter brunch smells so good. This is the italian way to serve your family and guests. We are back now. It is 8 52. Its brunch week on today food. This morning, a crowd pleaser. The family and friends heading your way. Lydia, the author of lidias mastering the arts. Good to have you here. Welcome. This is italian from your what are you making . Breakfast, bacon and egg. Beautiful. Lets get the ingredients. You can use anything youd like. Spaghetti works great. Bay bacon. Yes. Onions, oil, egg yolk, just yolk, and of course you finish with some pepper. I add to the onions scallions for freshness. The egg and the pasta and people get scared. Is this difficult to make . It is so easy. By the end, youre going to go home and make it for your wife. Ill make it. Your wife is a good cook. This is one of her favorite pastas, actually. First, we get the bacon done . Nice a crispy. Then what i do, i put it on the side. Here, i put the onion. Put the onion . Split the pan and do both . You know why . Bacon is crisp but the onion will cook. Get and cooking it in the bacon greece, grease, which is good. Get it going like that. You know you add to this, to make the sauce, grate fresh pep ner pepper. Yes, maam. Im getting a facial here. This is nice and hot. This is how you make the sauce. Are there a lot of pastas that use the pasta water . All the time. Use it to loosen up your sauce. When in doubt, when you simmer, simmer, the density of the sauce, and then the pasta. I always get the question of how much salt. I go one, two. A pinch . There we go. For this, i would say, its one pound of pasta. You have about four or five quarts of water. This much salt will do. Put that in before the pasta. Okay. This is cooking. Out . You got it. Thats still the mixture, the pasta water and the onions and yeah. Im going to go on and you dont strain this, just put it right in . Yeah. You dont need to strain it. You could strain it. But you know what . Dont put in dont put in oil in the pasta water, and dont rinse the pasta. Everybody downstairs is eating. You guys i couldnt be enjoying this more. Perfect brunch, right, Easter Sunday . Heres the best part. Pasta water in here. Half of this. How many eggs . Two. And you add that. Stir that. Yes, maam. Okay. Go ahead. Get on the fire. On the fire. You dont want to make scrambled eggs, so stir, stir. Thats the whole thing here. See how creamy . You added the egg to the pasta water. How long do you cook the egg . You know what . If theyre afraid, use pasteurized eggs. Shut the fire. Keep mixing, carson. Eat up, guys. Today. Com food for this great brunch recipe. Back after your local news. Thank you, lidia. Announcer local, live, late breaking. This is a wesh 2 news update. Brett good morning, i m brett connolly. Jazmin i m jazmin walker. We will take you to ted noah who ted still a big issue and i four eastbound making their way from seminole into Volusia County. The eastbound ramp to 1792 is closed from this life view. We of a chopper a few minutes s s what problems. We still of the turnpike northbound crash before the 417. Multiple vehicles involved in this one. About a six mile backup getting through the area. I95 southbound, cleanup underway involving a fritolay s truck and a beer truck. A mile backup in melbourne. Amy temperatures are beginning to climb, we have temperatures we a few clouds. 51 in Daytona Beach, 57 in melbourne and 52 in ocala, up from the 40 s. We will keep climbing, we are headed back to normal. Upper 70 s near 80 in most were no inland spots. The coast will stay cooler only because we have that southeast breeze coming off the ocean. Rain, only a slight chance. Moisture will building. Shower, especially to the south and east of the metro area. I really think friday will be showers and storms. The cold front that will and meanders back and forth in central florida. We will see some showers and [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, its live with kelly michael. Today, from the new film demolition, jake gyllenhaal. And performing her new hit, broken, trisha yearwood. Plus, check out the hottest new sedans as we continue new york plus, dancing with the stars host erin andrews takes a seat at the cohost desk. All next on live. [captioning made possible by disneyabc domestic television] and now, here are michael