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Belgium has entered its second day of mourning, following Tuesday's bombing attack,

targeting the Brussels airport, and a crowded subway station near the headquarters of the European Union.

The attacks killed at least 31 people and injured over 230. The bombings took place just days

after authorities arrested Salah Abdu Salam, a suspect in the November Paris attacks that killed

130 people. On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton asked for Silicon Valley's help in a speech at Stanford

University, calling for, quote, an intelligence surge to help track online activity.

Our enemies are constantly adapting, so we have to do the same. For example, Brussels demonstrated

clearly we need to take a harder look at security protocols, at airports and other sensitive,

so-called soft sites, especially areas outside guarded perimeters. To do all this, we need an

intelligence surge and so do our allies. We also have to stay ahead of the curve technologically.

That was Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate speaking Wednesday.

In response to Tuesday's attack in Brussels, Texas Senator Ted Cruz said, quote,

we need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become

radicalized. Republican front runner Donald Trump called for closing up U.S. borders and

doubled down on his vow to bring back waterboarding and other forms of torture.

For more on the election, the attacks in Brussels and more were still with Pulitzer Prize-winning

journalist Glenn Greenwald. Glenn, start off by talking about what happened in Brussels and

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