an exclusive cnn report. u.s. intelligence agencies believe terror groups may be closer to making bombs that can go undetected at airport security. we'll have details. president trump is dodging questions about former national security adviser michael flynn and his ties to russia. but he did tweet about it. more on this and reaction from moscow. in paraguay, change the

constitution. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. a cnn exclusive leads our newscast. u.s. intelligence officials believe isis and other terror groups have found new ways to hide explosives in laptops and other electronic devices. >> they believe the terrorists may be testing these devices on stolen airport security equipment in order to find out how they can get them on to planes undetected. intelligence on this helped prop the u.s. ban on larger electronic devices in cabins of certain flights into the country. the ban also includes nine airlines, you see them here. >> cnn terrorism analyst paul says this is a real and serious concern. >> it's serious because these terrorist groups including al qaeda and yemen are developing

new ways to try to get bombs on to airplanes, including by concealing them inside laptops. that perfecting some of those techniques the intelligence suggests, they are obtaining detection systems to try to probe their weaknesses. so, there is significant concern that they may stage future attempts to try to get a bomb on to a western passenger jet. but at the same time, the state of the art systems, which are deployed in airports in the united states and europe and certain other parts of the world, including places like dubai and abu dhabi, those state of the art systems are actually very good at detecting the kind of explosives that al qaeda and yemen are developing. even when they're concealing them inside laptop. >> more now on the story from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: u.s. officials have grown increasingly concerned

about the threats against aviation that they are seeing, not just from isis, but also al qaeda and syria and al qaeda in yemen. u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that isis and other terror groups have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that can fool airport security screening. the concern is heightened because there is u.s. intelligence suggesting that terrorists have obtained sophisticated airport security equipment to test how well the bombs are concealed. cnn has learned this new intelligence was a significant part of the decision earlier this month to ban laptops, tablets and other electronic devices from the passenger cabins of planes flying directly to the united states from ten middle eastern and north african

airports. depending, instead, they be stored in checked luggage. >> elevated intelligence that we're aware terrorist groups target commercial aviation and pursuing methods to undertake their attacks to smuggle explosive device and various consumer objects. >> reporter: officials have told cnn that there was credible and specific intelligence that isis would try to attack aviation assets and a hint from a top u.s. commander on why the accelerated effort on the ground in syria against the group. >> there's an imperative to get isolation in place around roaqq because significant external operation attacks planning. >> reporter: al qaeda's affiliate in yemen has for years been actively trying to target airliners destine for the u.s.

looking for ways to create bombs that create little or no metal content to evade airport security measures. including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. in february, 2016, a wake-up call when a laptop bomb according to sumalian authorities was used to blow a hole in the sumolly passenger jet. the plane landed safely. cnn has learned the explosives were hidden in space created by removing parts of the dvd drive. the transportation security administration gave cnn a statement noting that while they will not discuss specific intelligence, they continue to monitor all the threats that they see and that they will change security procedures as they see fit. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. joining me now to talk more about the isis bob bear, cnn

security analyst. always good tahao have you with, bob. given the new information we have, how significant is the risk? >> we're missing a lot of things in this report, but i would say they're closer to being able to get on an airplane with a small amount of explosives or a chemical mix. and with one of these bombs placed in the right position, and that would be against the skin of the airplane. against the fuselage. they're closer to being able to knock down an airplane. >> this information suggests that they're able now to use the screening equipment that is in airports. bob, i don't know if our viewers around the world know this, but that was your job to build and test and understand these bombs back, you know, during your time at the cia. explain to us the level of sophistication when using the exact equipment that we see and

use in airports today. >> that's exactly it, george. these are engineers, and it's technology that really does go back 40 years and i instructed these things. groups that have gotten past american security, tsa security. this is very doable. and we know that they've been testing these things whether it's in somali or a plane was blown in the fuselage but the plane was low enough that it didn't break up. they also are understanding how to get a chemical mixes on airplanes. which are very hard to detect. they can't detect. even tsa equipment can't detect them because they don't admed nitrates and that's how in this airport equipment they detect bombs. they pick up traces of nitrates

when you go through a scanner. but i think this is a genuine threat and i think that they've imposed this ban on computers and ipads and the rest of it for very good reason. and, frankly, this doesn't surprise me there. they're getting better at this. and they're more determined, as well. >> cnn intelligence and analyst bob baer, thank you for your insight. >> thank you. sources tell cnn the fbi may not be interested in giving michael flynn, the former adviser immunity. >> he says his client has a story to tell but wants assurances against unfair prosecution. here's cnn's jeff zellemy. >> any comment on michael flynn,er mr. president? >> reporter: president trump facing new questions on michael flynn. flynn is offering to testify in exchange for immunity in the growing probe of russia meddling

in the 2016 election. flynn, a retired army general fired after only 26 days in office for misleading the office about contacts with russian ambassador. the president took the unusual step of inserting himself in an ongoing investigation. saying on twitter, mike flynn should ask for immunity and this is a witch-hunt. sean spicer amplified that message. >> he believes that mike flynn should go testify. he thinks he should go out there to get the story out. >> reporter: the immunity offer was rebuffed and drew skepticism who took issues with the president's characterization of the russia probe as a witch-hunt. >> i don't think it's a witch-hunt. it's very mysterious tame why general flynn is out there saying he wants immunity. i don't think congressed some give him immunity.

>> reporter: all adds up to a head spinning moment at the white house given what the president said about immunity last year on the campaign trail. >> if you're not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for? >> reporter: an attack against his rival hillary clinton after leading attacks of his own at the republican convention -- >> that's right. lock her up. >> reporter: flynn had this to say about immunity. >> when you're given immunity, it means you have committed a crime. >> reporter: at the white house spicer said it was not hypocritical to support immunity if it brought to light the president's belief that conversations with trump aides were swept up by government surveillance. >> do whatever you have to do to go up to make it clear what happened and take whatever precaution you want or however your legal counsel advises you. let's ebring in leslie to talk about the developments in washington these last few days.

nice to see you, again, leslie. >> morning. >> good morning and evening and whatever it is. flynn wanting immunity ramped up. the intrigue over whether he does have a story to tell as his lawyer indicated this week. where does this put the story on the global stage? >> i think people here in europe and beyond are very puzzled by this ongoing, you know, apparent distraction in the face of, remember, this is an extremely important time for the united states. just met with the foreign ministers of nato and the white house is preparing to meet and greet the head of egypt, the head of jordan and then china. china's leader on friday. meanwhile, washington's entire focus is on these ongoing investigations and now the formal national security adviser requesting immunity, which is unheard of this early in an administration or frankly at any point. so, the optics are not good. the white house looks like it's sort of lost control over its

agenda. and in the recent aftermath of a very significant loss on health care. so, it's very puzzling and it's really out of character and very unusual at this point in the administration to see this. >> well, leslie, the u.s. defense secretary traveling in europe played down the hope of any cooperation with russia in the near future and the russian investigation heating up and the u.s., it certainly doesn't look like there is any room for cooperation. what do you say? >> that's right. remember, trump came into office saying he was going to reset relations with russia. that seems to be completely off the table now. in fact, rex tillerson, the secretary of state said yesterday that it was very important that russia move away from crimia, that it comply with any agreements that have already been set and that sanks, removing sanks were not on the table. this is a very significant walk back from president trump for everything he told us about rethinking that relationship

with putin. and, of course, it's not surprising not only because of the broader strategic concerns and our partnership with europe and this ongoing investigation of the potential relationship between trump and his team and russia. so, it is very unlikely that we'll see any backtracking or resetting of that relationship right now. >> one arussia official says that relations haven't been this bad since the cold war. is that overstating it or is that dead on? >> i'm not so sure how much that captures in terms of what is going on. the assertiveness of russia is not something that president trump has inherited. it's not something that is very recent. right. that goes back to crimia and ukraine. but, of course, the investigation of these allegations makes it just much more difficult to manage that relationship. so, the relationship between the u.s. and russia have not been good for a couple years now. but what we thought was that it would get better under president

trump and, of course, congress has not been willing or wanting to support that. there hasn't been widespread support for that in a foreign policy establishment neither. nonetheless, trump thought that he alone through this relationship that he was hoping to forge with president putin could turn things around, but that's, obviously,er not goi en happen right now. >> as you characterize it, we saw a sloppy start with his administration. where do you see, perhaps, it come ing together? >> i think in terms of forging a different kind of partnership with russia, i suspect we won't see much change. that we'll continue to see u.s. pressure on russia with respect to ukraine. and in some ways a continuity of the policy of the previous administration with the major exception of the current administration is going to continue to be bogged down by these ongoing questions. first of all, what has russia done? did it try to meddle in the u.s.

election. if those findings become more serious and we have to wait and see where that goes, that could make the relationship with russia much worse, okay. but i think this broader question about ukraine and sanctions is one that is not new and will continue to plague the current adminadministration. i don't anticipate this relationship getting better in the short term and potentially getting a quite a bit worse. >> leslie, we appreciate your thoughts on this story and probably be talking, again. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you. another story we're following. the president's daughter, ivanka trump. she and her husband's combined assets could exceed $700 million. this according to a new financial snapshot of 180 of the men and women serving in the president's white house. chief strategist steve bannon made about $2.5 million last year and gary cohen, trump's chief economic adviser and former adviser of goldman sachs

netted more than $75 million. these are the assets that they had when they first walked through the white house doors before they were advised to devest certain holdings. still ahead here on cnn newsroom, demonstrators storm paraguay's progress and they lit the building on fire. we'll tell you why they're so angry. plus, protests and growing alarm in venezuela. but the president said he can fix it. we'll explain, next on "cnn newsroom." i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs.

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nch . welcome back to "cnn newsroom." angry protesters in paraguay. they set the country's constitutional building on fire overnight. >> the ruling party trying to pass a law that would allow the current president to run for another term. our rafael romo reports. >> reporter: the demonstrators stormed the congressional building and set it on fire. there were also clashes with police on the streets surrounding the building. the violence stems from a decision from the ruling party to create an alternative senate

with the purpose of passing a law that would allow current president to seek re-election, which is forbidden under the current constitution. a group of 25 senators started holding sessions tuesday for that purpose. the 45-minute senate requires a simple majority of 23 votes to pass legislation meaning the rogue senators have two more votes than required. meanwhile, protesters indicated they will stop the violent demonstrations once they get a commitment from the president that he will stop seeking re-election. in a statement issued late friday he said democracy is not attained through violence, but under a dictatorship for 35 years ending in 1989. a millitarian officer took power after an armed coup and ruled the country for the next 3 1/2 decades. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. let's get more information

on what's happening right now with journalists there and historian lawrence blair. a free lance journalist on the phone. the situation there looked like a war zone. looking at your most recent tweets, i'll read it. downtown calm, clearing up under way and police in control of congress and adjacent plaza. protests may resume in a few hours. tell us more what you saw over the last few hours and where things stand now. >> well, right now things are a bit calmer. i've just been walking through the streets of the downtown area quite close to congress. i went right up to congress building, as well. and really a complete change from two, three hours ago. you know, there's no one really there now. a few firefighters picking through the wreckage and a small police guard. really, all the protesters have been dispersed and have most

likely gone home. a few protesters in jail here, temporarily, at least. also saying that we had protests else where in the country and the southeast of the country and also in the north. there have been smaller protests, but, still, there have been some arrests there. thinking about here at asuncion the main opposition party here that there is clearly horrific scenes. blood stains on the floor and young activist there has been reportedly shot by police. he died in hospital a few hours later. so, i think, right now things are calm, but i think in a few hours when everyone wakes up, again, and the media begins to pick up, again. i think we'll see quite serious

questions. not only of the government's efforts towards re-election, but their handling of tonight's protests. and i think, in particular, there may be some criticisms. there already are of the president whose only statement so far on tonight's events was a twitter post, a twitter image a few hours ago condemning the violence. so, i think that's really been an absence of leadership and i think there will be some quite serious questions in the morning for the administration. >> you talk about twitter and, you know, i've been reviewing your twitter feed. the handle is lablair1492 for viewers who want to see the images that you're talking about. the images of blood stains on the floor. you pointed this out in your reporting a moment ago, there are a number of people in jail and a number of people injured. the casualty number still unknown at this point.

help our viewers here in the united states and around the world understand the frustration, the anger of the people we're seeing in these images here about this young democracy facing this critical issue of re-election. >> sure, absolutely. as you mentioned, we do have a few. we have a few dozen arrested already. at least one confirmed death. i won't be surprised if we have one or two more. but it's too early to say. i think the anger is hard to gauge how widespread that is. i think a lot of paraguayens are angry and they probably expect a lot better from their politicians. you know, as you mentioned, beyond democracy. in many ways paraguay has not fully shedded the skin of dictat dictatorship. the party has remained in power

more or less constantly when he was forced from office. already low expectations and a lot of actions towards the government. but i think in particular the handling of this issue of re-election has sort of lit a flame, really, under this d disconsent. badly communicated at all. i think people are quite angry that there is some of sort of back room attempt to force through this legislation without giving it a proper hearing. i think that's the other key point to mention here. lots of paraguayans are in favor of reelection or in some form of another eventually happening. the reason being, they want a great degree of institutional

stability. clearly what happens after one or two years in office as president succession struggle and your program sort of runs out of steam. i think there are arguments in favor of president be able to house a second term. but there are ways of doing that which would be a bit much more gradual and deliberative which are on the table. a constitutional reform example which would involve a longer process. >> and i'm going to have toerra move forward and we will have you in the next hour tell us aboutthe fluid situation playing out there. lawrence, thank you for being with us. of course, we'll come back to you. we turn now to venezuela. the president and the country's national defense council are asking the supreme court to review a ruling that critics say amount.

maduro steps in after the high court slams the decision. it would strip the national assembly of its powers. >> translator: as the head of state, invested with authority and constitutional power, this impasse will be resolved and the quickest and best way possible. we will hand over to our people another constitutional victory through dialogue, through the heights of politics, through the heights of the state. >> the ruling has sparked violent clashes in the venezuelan capital. mr. maduro is calling for dialogue with the opposition. next here president trump walks out of an official ceremony. we'll show you what happened. two of the most influential men in the white house are abroad and spending most of their time walking back past comments from the president. cnn is live from atlanta, georgia, this morning. both on the networks in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." so you're having a party?

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get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. welcome back to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you this hour. find a new way to get bombs on passenger airplanes without detection. law enforcement agency believes isis and other terror groups have improved techniques to hide explosives in laptops and other electronic devices that could evade airport screening. no indication the fbi will grant michael flynn, the former nsa adviser immunity exchange for his testimony on russia. the ex-national security adviser's lawyer made that

request after saying that his client had a story to tell. the white house is unphased urging flynn to get his story out. demonstrators stormed paragu paraguay's building setting it on fire. over an effort to legally allow the president to run for office, again. police fired rubberbullets at the crowd and senate meeting scheduled for saturday has been canceled. heated protests taking place. venezuela's president said he will ask the supreme court to strip congress of power. the court's ruling that it was assuming the function of the opposition-led national assembly has sparked condemination from around the world. offered to step in after venezuela's attorney general slammed the court on friday. at the white house on friday, president trump did not appear to be in a cordial mood. he walked out executive signing ceremony like this. take a look. >> thank you, everybody. you're going to see some very, very strong results.

very, very quickly. thank you very much. thank you. >> president, are you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that, mr. president? was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> as you just heard, white house reporters asking mr. trump questions about his former national security adviser, michael flynn. the president ignored them and moved to another room where he signed the orders aimed at targeting foreign trade abuses. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee says he viewed the same documents that sparked a new controversy for the trump administration. the white house is accused of sharing intel reports with committee chairman devin nunes. our jessica schneider reports. >> reporter: as the ranking member on the intelligence committee arrived at the white house to examine documents, the trump administration pushed back against concerns it coordinated with the chairman of the house

intelligence committee. >> not in our interest to talk about the process. what occurred between chairman nunes coming here is routine and proper. >> reporter: the administration continues to deflect questions about whether it provided the documents devin nunes revealed the incidental communications by president trump and his staff. >> the unmasking in leaks is what we should all be concerned about. affects all americans our freedom and civil liberties. >> reporter: but adam shift questioned the timing of the letter from the white house the national security council discovered in the ordinary course of business. the letter was sent on the same day the "new york times" identified white house officials who allegedly provided nunes with intelligence reports during his secret visit to the white house grounds. >> the timing certainly looks fortuitous and probably more than fortuitous. >> reporter: nunes declared it was a whistle blower who provided the documents.

>> invite whistleblowers to come f forward and many come forward in recent weeks. >> by holding the meeting makes it clear that someone in the white house was coordinating the release of this information to. you is that not the case? >> it's not the case. i think people in the west wing had no idea i was there. >> reporter: nancy pelosi is calling chairman nunes's actions bizarre and no doubt they set nunes up for political purposes. >> of course, he was duped. that's the most innocent, most benign characterization that he was duped but he should have known better. you're chairman of the committee. >> at least one trump official seems to take russia's election meddling very seriously. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis met with his british counterpart in london on friday and said the kremlin was mucking around in other people's elections. this as u.s. secretary of state

rex tillerson met with the top nato diplomats in belgium. also criticized russia but said that nato allies had to do robe more. >> reporter: his first visit rex tillerson came to deliver a clear message. allies must pay their way to meet the 2% gdp defense spence threshold. >> three important areas we want to talk about. first is ensuring that nato has all the resources, financial and otherwise. >> reporter: a few hundred miles away, james mattis on his first trip to london as u.s. secretary of defense, also offering a corrective to president trump's assertion, nato is obsolete. >> the point is that nato stands united and the transatlantic bond is united. >> reporter: in london the joined up message received loud and clear. the uk, one of only four nato

allies, meeting that 2% threshold. >> secretary mattis and i have agreed that others must now raise their game. and those failing to meet the 2% commitment so far should at least agree to year on year real terms increases. >> reporter: the coordination belies what many see as the trump administration so far on russia. both secretaries also joining forces to contradict trump's early and ready nato for more russian aggression. >> russia's violation of international law are now a matter of record. >> we want to, obviously, have a discussion around nato's around europe and eastern europe in response to russia's aggression in ukraine and else where. >> in two months president trump will be here for a nato leader

summit. secretary tillerson has been stressing that allies need to make their financial commitments clear before then. so, he said, trump's visit can be "a success." he didn't say what the alternative would be. nic robertson, cnn, belgium headquarters. matthew chance from moscow and we offer pepper you with questions about what russia thinks about all this. it is interesting to hear the words from the secretary of the defense from the u.s. talking about russia, in his view, mucking into our election. >> it is. and, you're right to pint out that it is a big turn around from the situation the russians thought they were going to be in when it comes to this new trump administration. remember candidate trump was somebody who stood in front of his potential electors in the united states, promising to build a better relationship with

russia. wouldn't it be great for us to get along, he said to paraphrase what he said with mouscow. none of that has come to pass. he spoke how the military lights are obsolete and coordinate with moscow and other issues, as well. none of it has come to pass and that's immensely disappointing, i think, and frustrating from the russian point of view. again, they thought this relationship was going to get better under trump and it seems to have got a whole lot worse. president putin in russia a few days ago saying the relationship with the u.s. is now at zero level. worse than it's been, in other words, for some time. >> and then putin was asked about whether russia was involved in the u.s. election and he just said, a flat no. and he spoke out about it. >> he said, he did. he said, read me lips, no, he said. this was the first time he had spoken out on this issue since

inauguration of donald trump. and they have routinely gone out and said this is fake news and a witch-hunt using the same kind of language that the trump administration uses when it is by collusion between the united states and russia. you know, they're flatly denying it. at the same time,er i thi ei th is an element of the political society, too. the political infighting, the arguments over whether russia was involved or not. some satisfaction in that. in the sense that by comparison, the russian political system under vladimir putin looks stable. it looks like it's a preferred option to the chaos that is unfolding on a daily basis in the politics of their old cold war rival in the united states. >> well, that's an interesting point to be made for sure. thank you, matthew chance, for

us in moscow. well, president trump has three meetings, meantime. sorry, george, go ahead. >> one of the meetings with world leaders next monday with egypt's president. he'll visit the white house in his first visit to washington since being elected in 2014. on wednesday, mr. trump will host king abdullah of jordan and then on thursday and friday, the president of china jingping will visit the president at his ma a mar-a-lago resort. fans witnessed one of the greatest upsets in sports history. a shot that will go down in the record books. >> from mississippi state. >> that's coming up. if you have medicare

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paraguay excuse me. asking for more international help after hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced because of the deadly landslides and the flooding that derek has told us about. need clean water, food and medicine. >> the country's infrastructure has been damaged. you see a great deal of the problem there. major highways wiped out and economists estimate the cost of rebuilding is more than $6 billion. want to talk now about strong winds and high surf that is to blame for sail boats crashing in los angeles. >> derek is here to show us that. >> you know, all of this was captured on cell phone video as so many of the terrifying moments are these days. but you really have to see this. because just at this moment as the sail boat was coming into the harbor, it had to navigate around a break wall and the pier. the waves picked up and the winds picked up and caught the boat and the sailors off guard. look at this. we saw these scary moments just unfold in front of a restaurant

and some of the attendees at the restaurant they had their cell phones out and captured this. you can see the four sailors flipped overboard. the boat completely capsized and running into the rodondo beach pier. the life guards were near to the shore and actually performed rescue operations on the sailors immediately. had to show that to you because really astounding to see that people were actually taken away relatively unharmed, dislocated shoulder and minor abrasions, but that was it. so, we'll flip gears. that was weather related. i have to show you what's happening on the east coast. if you have plans to travel in or out of boston, you want to double check your flight plans today because they have six inches of heavy, wet snow on the ground. roughly 6 1/2 million americans under a winter weather advisory

or warning at the moment. that includes much of upstate new york, new hampshire, vermont, maine, parts of massachusetts and into rhode island and connecticut. here's a storm system just rotating off the coast. already brought heavy rainfall to the i-95 corridor and also severe weather. we had three confirmed tornado reports, 16 hail and five wind damage reports and some of the footage coming out of the virginia beach area has been astounding. buildings collapsing and roofs being torn off of churches. it was scary moments for that area. the tornadoes ripped through that region. here is our severe weather threat for the day today. we're talking about central texas. this is for your saturday. damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes. we have an enhanced area right around the austin region. as we head into sunday, this is when all the elements and the ingredients come together for an elevated risk of severe weather.

this time we put our bullseye right on houston. the potential of damaging tornadoes for the day on sunday. flip gears and bring it to alaska because you have to see this avalanche video coming out of juneau. it built its infrastructure at the base of a mountainside which gets several, several inches of snow throughout the year. this woman captured the avalanche and, guess what, guys. here's the images coming out of the aftermath. that was 30 feet away from a neighborhood. >> wow. >> fortunately, sparing the lives of everybody in its path. >> derek, thank you. >> all right, guys. an upset for the ages. the uconn women's basketball team lost a game for the first time since november 2014. here's how it happened. >> five to get off the shot. william on the drive. pull up, pull up! she got it! she got it!

one of the great upsets in history. mississippi state in overtime at the buzzer. morgan williams. mississippi state has ended the streak at 111 consecutive games. >> see the smile on natalie's face here when we talk about that. the loss snaps the longest win streak in college basketball history. mississippi state now moves on to the national championships. hopefullys >> how about that. connecticut all hats off to, you, too. they had not lost a game in 111 games. >> it is amazing. >> it is. still ahead here on "newsroom." profile a film that pays tribute that became a hero to people during world war ii. stay with us. pain used to shut me down during pick-up games.

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"the zookeeper's wife" tells the story of a woman. >> the story of one of the people who lived through that experience.

>> black and white pictures from her childhood, the youth spent in hiding now brought to color for the new film "the zookeeper's wife." set in warsaw, poland, during world war two, the movie tells the story who made a courageous decision during the nazi occupation of popoland. >> there are people i know and people trying to help. they want to use the zoo as a weigh station. >> what do you mean? >> a place to hide jews until safe houses can be found for them. >> reporter: he escaped from the warsaw ghetto. his family split up to make it easier to hide. he was 5 years old when his family sent him to the zoo with his little sister. there they met antonino. >> when i saw her face, i knew i

arrived at a good place. she radiated goodness and she hugged us. >> reporter: he stayed for three weeks before he was smuggled to another hiding place. >> translator: i held my sister's mouth because she would cry for our mother and father. competed with his mother bringing us food. so we were not hungry there. >> reporter: they hid hundreds of jews during world war two. righteous among the nation, nonjews who helped jews survive the haolcost. >> reporter: jessica chastain plays the titled character. >> at the end of the day it's a story about hope and family and love. what it shows is no matter how dark life can be and how hard it gets, love will always be there and you can find it. >> reporter: a lesson he learned in his own life.

he was reunited with his family after the war and moved to israel and started a family of his own. proudly telling his own story and the story of "the zookeeper's wife." thanks for joining us this hour. i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. more news after the break.

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