. % >> pelley: michael morrell is our senior cbs contributor. michael, if the four months since paris, authorities have been watching these neighborhoods in brussels. they have been raiding home, tapping phones. how did isis pull this off today? >> >> scott, i think it's a combination of two things. one, it's a combination of how sophisticated these guys are. the investigative report showed the use of throwaway phone, sophisticated document forgery, the making of bombs in europe by bomb-making experts, the ability to move money around, the use of encrypted apps that intelligence services can't read, very the other is the very large numbers of individuals we're dealing with here. 5,000 people went from western europe to iraq and syria the fight. some of them are still there. some of them have died. some of them are coming home in numbers huge. put those two things together, it's a very, very challenging problem. >> drew: >> pelley: are you saying these guys are experts at what they're doing? >> they're very good from my perspective, and they were

so we have to pick up the pace on those two things. >> pelley: michael morrell, former number two at the c.i.a. michael, thank you so much. the f.b.i. took immediate action today after the attacks. we'll have that next. attacks. we'll have that next. about wha, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. raise your expectations. ask your gastroenterologist about h

a carpet that welcomes >>> michael morrell was for three years number two at the cia. now our cbs news senior security contributor. michael, in the four months since paris, the authorities have been watching these neighborhood in brussels, they have been raiding homes, tapping phones. how did isis pull this off today? >> scott, i think it is a combination of two things. one, a combination of how sophisticated these guys are. the investigative report on paris showed use of throwaway phones, sophisticated document forgery, the making of bombs in europe by bomb-making experts, the ability to move money that, that, intelligence services can't read, they're sophisticate sophisticated, right. one reason. the other is the very large numbers of individuals we are dealing with here. 5,000 people went from western europe to iraq and syria to fight. some are there. some died. some of them are coming home. the number is huge. put the two things together it is a very, very challenging problem. >> are you saying these guys are experts at what they're doing? >> they're very good from

pick up the pace on those two things. >> michael morrell, former number two at the cia. thank you. the fbi took immediate action >>> late today the federal government said there is no states. but homeland security correspondent jeff pegues reports that law enforcement is very concerned about what it doesn't know. >> within hours of the attacks in brussels -- the fbi stepped up surveillance of potential terrorism suspects in the united states. diego rodriguez assistant director of the fbi. >> we are going to ramp up on all of our subjects here. 24/7, surveillance and cover them just in the event that there is some type of connection. >> reporter: officials are concerned about potential for isis sympathizers to plot attacks in the u.s. there was a similar fear after the paris attacks in november. frank salupa, is a former white house counterterrorism official. >> reporter: the concern is could there be copycats in the u.s.? >> you always need to be worried about copycats. they're imitators." >> reporter: according to this report by the homeland security committee, more than one third

morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and esh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching..

. >> michael morrell, former number two at the cia. thank you. the fbi took immediate action after at take tuesday. we'll have that next. the fbi took immediate action after the attacks today. we'll hahave tt next. >>> late today the federal government said there is no specific credible intelligence of any plots against the united states. but homeland security correspondent jeff pegues reports that law enforcement is very concerned about what it doesn't know. >> within hours of the attacks in brussels up surveillance of potential terrorism suspects in the united states. diego rodriguez assistant director of the fbi. >> we are going to ramp up on awful our seb -- all of our subjects. >> officials are concerned about potential for isis sympathizers to plot attacks in the u.s. there was a similar fear after the paris attacks in november. a former white house counterterrorism official. >> the concern is could there be copycats in the u.s. >> you always need to be worried about copycats. because there is an old saying "terrorists are not innovators th

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. >>> plus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and abroad. >>> fresh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. have a great day. . >>> live from studio 46. this is cbs2 news this morning. >>> it is 4:30. 49 degrees on this wednesday march 23rd. a much warmer day today but there are changes in the forecast for the rest of the week. good morning i'm chris wragge. >>> we will have traffic and weather on the 2's in a moment. but first, the latest on the terror attacks in bell july. >>> 31 people confirmed to have died in the bombings with at least 260 injured. a broadcaster identified the attackers of brothers on the left side of the scene known for past crimes but terrorism. they blew themselves up in the airport during the attack.

. >>> plus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and abroad. >>> fresh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. have a great day. captions by: caption colorado, llc (800) 775-7838 comments@captioncolorado.com >>> we need to make sure terrorists can never win. >> right now on cbs north carolina, terror in brussels. from the stepped up security in europe to what's being done to protect us here at home. complete coverage of the deadly afact. >> plus, state lawmakers ahead to raleigh for a special session. >> is there another gorgeous day ahead for us? alyssa corfont will let us know. >>> good morning. >> a look at your morning news and check on traffic before you head out on this wednesday. let's find out first about that forecast. good morning, alyssa. >> good morning, guys. good morning to you at home as well. the good news is, as you mentioned, stefan, warmer temperatures are on the way. s we get

. >>> plus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and abroad. >>> fresh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. have a great day. >>> wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now with breaking news. >> john: good morning welcome to wbtv news this morning i'm john carter. that breaking news, charlotte-mecklenburg police are investigating an attempted burglary at a gun shop in charlotte. it happened early this morning at hyatt gun shop off wilkinson boulevard in west charlotte. we were just told police do not think anything was taken, the owner tells wbtv he's doing inventory to see if any guns were stolen. cmpd officers told us someone in a stolen car slammed in the back of the building, and there is a similar scene unfolding a few miles away in charlotte. police are investigating a possible burglary at a pawn shop we'll have much more on this story and coming up in a live report. >>> also followi

. >>> plus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growing threat of isis on american and abroad. >>> fresh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate ted cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thank for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, >>> good morning. it's wednesday, march 23. this is a look from the transamerica pyramid. we love this morning. >> it is pretty. >> yeah. >> all right. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. well, what is it, a wednesday? so happy wednesday, everybody. it's "hump day." we start to talk about the weekend. and roberta gonzales is out again so we continue our celebrity weather forecaster, paul yesterday. we woke liz up nice and early and brought her back! >> brought her back. i know, to do weather. good. yeah. it's an easy weather day. that's probably why i'm here. [ laughter ] >> so, yeah. everything is nice and dry and clear outside. not a lot of fog so temperatures in some spots are on the cooler side a little more com

. >>> plus, we will hear from former cia deputy director michael morrell on the growth threat of isis on american and abroad. >>> fresh off his win in utah, republican presidential candidate at any time cruz joins us in studio 57. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> this morning a massive manhunt is underway for a terrorist. police in bell bum are searching for this man, he is believed to be involved in tuesday's deadly airport attacks. meantime we are learning more about the two men he is seen with on surveillance tape. >>> also a disturbing advertise coverry at a philadelphia take care, a baby found, chewing on something so dangerous it could have killed her, we're live with how quick action from a day care worker likely saved this child's life. >>> and in the race for the white house both front runners maintain comfortable leads but they failed to nominate after most recent round of presidential primaries. good morning, it is wednesday, march 23rd, i'm

. >>> former cia deputy director michael morrell is a cbs news senior security contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do we know and what is the significance of the man who is the subject of this manhunt? >> right. so he is significant for two reasons, right? if he is still at large, he's a bomb maker. he can make additional bombs, right? if he has been captured, let's hope that is the case, then he will be able to tell authorities, if he is willing to he was probably trained in iraq and syria and he was probably trained with a large number of other bomb makers who may be at large in western europe so he may know who they are. so he may be able to provide authorities an awful lot of intelligence. >> here is what concerns me. terrorists have struck a european capital two times in the past four months. they are on a roll. you said, yesterday, they are winning. >> right. >> what is next? >> this network in europe is very large. we are talking about 5,000 guys who went from western europe to iraq and syria to fight, right? some of them are still there. some them hav

earlier today we spoke with cbs news senior contributor michael morrell. he's a former cia deputy director. good morning, michael. i know you know this scenario very well. what concerns you the most, what are the questions u.s. officials are asking at this hour? >> gayle, the big picture is isis has a large and sophisticated terrorist network in europe that has not been degraded, that has not been unraveled. i think that's the key issue here. i think the next few days, the threat level is very high going forward for two reasons. one is terrorist attacks bring out copycats. so you have to worry about lone wolves thinking now is the time to move, whether that's in europe or the united states. and i think you also have to worry about what other large attacks did salah abdeslam have and train that might get accelerated over the next few weeks or months. >> this attack at the airport occurred in the departure lounge before anyone went through security. the first near a counter where customers paid for overweight baggage, the second bomb went off near a starbuck

. >> that was michael morrell in january, warning that the terror army known as isis is a totally different beast than al qaeda. the group synonymous with terror for years. and for our next guest who went from an evidence teenager in canada to a hardline jihadist who initially celebrated the attacks of september 11. the threats we face today are much bigger than anything we've dealt with before. he's a former jihadist turned undercover counterterrorism operative for canadian intel services. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me. >> so you say -- first of all, how initially were you radicalized? >> well, i mean, born and raised in toronto, canada, i grew up with an identity crisis that emerged of course as soon as i became a teenager. i went to kind of find myself and ended up in pakistan. had a chance encounter with the taliban. that's what sent me on my path of extremism. >> how did you come about the realization this was not the life for you and you made your big change? >> 9/11 was the real trigger. so basically from '95 to 2001 i was recruiting, i was in

and we'll also talk to michael morrell former number 2 at the cia about what efforts can be taken to face this threat and, of course, we'll have a lot of politics, too. there's still a presidential race going on. >> that's right, there is. almost forgot. thank you, john. [ laughter ] >>> you can see that interview for a whole new experience. we came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. oh she's impressed. we're catching up on movies and shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. twc's home wifi is so strong we can use all our devices at the same time. come back today. you'll get 100 meg internet, tv, phone and more for $89.99 a month. and now, get a $300 reward card. call today. >>> coming up at 6:00 a brush with death on the highway. a piece of metal comes out of undercarriage and ripping through the passenger seat. >> the left eye. scared. >> hear from the father behind the wheel when his son was hurt. >> condo controversy. homeowners told they must pay tens of thousands of dollars for maintenance. now some may be forced to walkway from their homes.

morrell is warning that the terrorists are winning. >> they are going rapidly in the rest of the world. probably have more territory today around the world than they did at anytime. and, they have conducted now attacks in paris, san bernanadino and now in brussels. so i would say they're winning, right? they're winning and we're going to have a find additional approaches to undermine them. harris: want to start what is happening in belgium. i want to tell our viewers the president of argentina is still talking. when it is president obama and we'll go right to it. but first of all the situation in brussels. so much what we talked about yesterday has opened and flowered exactly what we see, more explosives. more devices left behind. taken town it seems they're winning that is definitely right in every theater of war we look at, from syria to libya, how they penetrated and infiltrated european countries. we know from james comey they're here already and they're recruiting faster than we can kill them. isis has metastasized yet we see an administration that still doesn't want to tackle thi