Belgium Terrorist Attack 

• Authorities confirm suicide attack at airport
• ISIS Has claimed responsibility
• Belgian officials: 30 dead — 10 at airport, 20 at Maalbeek metro
• Airport, public transport closed in Brussels

Investigators have a “working assumption” that the group that launched Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels belongs to the same network that conducted the November terror attacks in Paris. – LINK –

A surveillance photo of possible suspects in the Brussels attacks has been passed to the U.S. Joint Terrorism Task Force by Belgian authorities, a U.S. law enforcement official says.  (more…)

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It was January 27th when Donald Trump gave a stark warning to Brussels Belgium, and the New York Times mocked him for it:

(January 27th New York Times) […] Asked by the Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about the feasibility of his proposal to bar foreign Muslims from entering the United States, Mr. Trump argued that Belgium and France had been blighted by the failure of Muslims in these countries to integrate.

“There is something going on, Maria,” he said. “Go to Brussels. Go to Paris. Go to different places. There is something going on and it’s not good, where they want Shariah law, where they want this, where they want things that — you know, there has to be some assimilation. There is no assimilation. There is something bad going on.”

Warming to his theme, he added that Brussels was in a particularly dire state. “You go to Brussels — I was in Brussels a long time ago, 20 years ago, so beautiful, everything is so beautiful — it’s like living in a hellhole right now,” Mr. Trump continued. (more…)

Breaking Overnight – 4:14am EST ♦ Two explosions at Brussels Airport have resulted in numerous casualties.  ♦ The most recent reports are the explosions happened at the departure terminal for airport passengers. ♦ Approximately 8:00am (local) ♦ The American Airlines departure terminal.  ♦ Reports of shots fired and Arabic shouting. ♦ Details on the exact cause are sketchy, terrorism is suspected. ♦ 4:30am EST  (More) Explosions at Brussels Metro Stations. ♦ Some reports suggest that firefighters have discovered more explosive devices at the airport, also known as Zaventem Airport. ♦ Another explosion at Maelbeek area Metro. ♦ Metro system now closed down. ♦ Mass Casualty Events ♦ Dozens Killed ♦ It was 9:20am (local) when Metro explosions took place. ♦ Report additional suicide vests found in airport. ♦ 6:00am Terrorism Confirmed by Belgium Authorities

Sky News Live Stream footage below:

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Mr. Donald Trump speaks at Palm Beach County GOP Lincoln Day dinner (3-20-16) in a less media-frenzied climate. His remarks were more casual fitting the audience and much enjoyed.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

The New York Times / CBS have conducted a new national poll (full pdf below).  The results show candidate Donald Trump has gained an additional 11 points in the past 30 days and now leads with 46% support nationally.

74% of those polled refuse to support Ted Cruz and a full 80% of those polled refuse to support John Kasich.  When you keep in mind this poll is a selected NYT/CBS release, and when you consider this poll does not include independents, a person can reasonably presume the support for Donald Trump is factually much, much higher.

One of the internal poll results the media will refuse to highlight is how futile the #NeverTrump campaign effort has been.   The poll actually shows that more people refuse to ever support Ted Cruz than refuse to support Donald Trump. (see below)

(Via New York Times) The nationwide telephone poll was conducted March 17 to 20 on cellphones and landlines with 1,252 adults, of which 1,058 said they were registered voters, including 362 Republican primary voters and 388 Democratic primary voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for all adults; four points for all voters; six points for Republican primary voters; and six points for Democratic primary voters. (more…)

One of the best outcomes from ‘Trump-Goes-To-Washington‘ today was candidate Donald Trump being the leader who finally brings the U.S. – NATO relationship to the discussion table.

The subject was relayed by the Washington Post who also had an hour-long editorial board sit down with Mr. Trump as he visited various DC-based influence agents:

[…]   [Trump] questioned the United States’ continued involvement in NATO and, on the subject of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, said America’s allies are “not doing anything.”

“Ukraine is a country that affects us far less than it affects other countries in NATO, and yet we’re doing all of the lifting,” Trump said. “They’re not doing anything. And I say: ‘Why is it that Germany’s not dealing with NATO on Ukraine? Why is it that other countries that are in the vicinity of Ukraine, why aren’t they dealing? Why are we always the one that’s leading, potentially the third world war with Russia.’ “

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Tonight at 8:00pm the heavy political news day continues with a five candidate Presidential Town Hall hosted by CNN.

The event begins at 8:00pm EST and is scheduled through 11:00pm.

Candidates Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Donald Trump will appear live on  CNN.  Bernie Sanders is scheduled to appear via satellite feed.  All five presidential candidates will be questioned individually by host Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer – it appears most of the Q&A will be interview style.

There is not a publicly available schedule to find out the order of appearance.

The Town Hall event is being broadcast on CNN and CNNi.

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Candidate Donald Trump is delivering a widely anticipated speech at the AIPAC conference in Washington DC. The start time is tentative.  Two livestreams current:

Live Stream (RSB Pending) – Alternate Live Stream (active)

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