good morning. breaking news. reports this morning the man in white seen at the brussels airport with those two suicide bombers has just been arrested. he's believed to be a bomb maker with ties to the paris massacre. his capture coming after a massive man hunt, including raids throughout the city. today, wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news,

"today," terror in brussels, with matt lauer in brussels, belgium, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. though it is a little noisy where i am standing, what you're 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 i'm 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, i'm here in brussels. savannah is back in new york city. savannah, we've 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.

khalid and ibrahim bakraoui, identified as the suicide bombers. the third man, the man in white with the black hat, he's been 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 belgium's national colors. black, co yellow and red. there is a lot to get to this morning. we want to start with nbc's keir simmons, joining me right now here in brussels. what can you tell us?

suspect has been arrested, it's 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 people's confidence. a sense that europe is under attack. >> reporter: in europe's rain-soaked 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 you're still determined to get to work? >> yes, i have to. >> we cannot give into fear. it's 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

trying to figure out why. transporting their suitcases to the airport in a taxi. the man with them identified as 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 europe's intelligence agency. for failing to prevent this attack four months after the

overnight, we crossed european borders with ease. >> we've just crossed the border into belgium. no checks, no sign of police. if the suspects wants to escape to another part of europe, theydrive. >> 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,ed by a huge explosion. i was just stunned. >> reporter: this morning, he is wearing the same clothes. he left his bags fled in terror. >> the french prime minister this morning saying europe has closed its eyes to the rise ofextremist 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 t may have already

thank you very much. good to see you. as the hunt for more potential suspects intensifies and learning about the attackers who have been identified? and their suspected ties to bill neely is also in belgium. this e he h good morning. >> good morning. there are reports of an arrest closeian media are quoting sources as saying it is the main surviving suspect from yesterday's attacks.annot confirm that. what we know here yesterday, in the suburb of schaerbeek, police parpt apartment over there and found explosive material and an isis flag, all of it part of an isis terror cell much bigger ever understood. >> reporter: brussels, the capital of europe, woke this

this is the prime target, najim laachraoui, a 24-year-old belgian who has already elude months, escaping after the attacks in paris. he and the two bakraoui and ibrahim, are seen here in the airport. they are wheeling their suitcases minutes before broing es -- blowing themselves up. they both had criminal records, one for shooting at police.or some reason, didn't explode his bomb and escaped. the death toll here could have been higher. police began debris from the attacks, searching for clues on how the bombs were made. they believe there may be a single bomb maker behind thes in both brussels and paris. >> very alarming to find out how many people involved in this, and their ability to get to make high explosives

spectacular fashion. >> reporter: late yesterday, policers honed in on a house in brussels where it was thought some of the men were based. they searched it, led to the a cabdriver, who had taken three men with heavy suitcases to the airport. there have been other raids, other arrests, but so far, noone has been charged as of an accomplice. >> as police search for suspects, belgian troops are on the street, protecting key s. metro stations are open, but people are being searched as they go in. this is a nervous city.week, police arrested salah abdeslam, who took part in the paris massacres, at aartment rented by one of yesterday's bombings. it is clear they're all part of the same isis cell. police suspect his arrest triggered their plans to attackbrussels. >> police were braced for some sort of attack, but not on this scale.

but if reports this morning are true, that someone has been arrested, this could be a break through in cracking open's deadliest isis terror cell. matt? >> bill, it would be welcome news to a lot of people around bill neely, thank you very much. now a chilling account of the attack at the airport in brussels. american jeff hoffman, aor nato, lives here and was dropping off his girlfriend when the bombs went off. we talked to jeff yesterday. happy to have you how are you? >> doing okay. >> a little shaken still? >> yeah. i don't think it'll go away any time soon. >> we talked were eloquent in describing what you went through, but i got the sense you were in shock a y. have you come to terms with other emotions in the last 18 hours? >> you know, it's funny, ihere has been too much to come to terms with.

and it was okay, that ere uninjured. we got out. consequently, personally, i move on from that. all the what ifs and the otherou can ask yourself, i really don't. >> your boyfriend described dropping you off at that airport, standing inside theerminal when the first blast went off. what do you remember about it? >> i think the last d normal, i guess, lady handed me my baggage tickets. i turned to look at him, and he smiled his little grin. 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 still didn't know what was going on. i didn't understand what was going on until he was coming towards me. i thought, oh, an accident i don't know. it was pretty clear after seeing the terror on his face, that that wasn't an accident. >> i have to say that watching the video is hard there have been portions of the video that we've listened to the

hearing the screaming, hearing one young child calling, "mommy,mommy," were you aware of the sounds going on around you, as well? >> for me, after the first explosion, which i turned lot of screaming. i don't think i really was able to filter through and hear sp unsettling thing for me personally was after the second explosion, was dead silence. we talked about that yest the most unnerving part. in an incident like that, you almost expect that you would 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,e around us, i was crouched beside the counter and she was behind the counter, it was as ifnly people left in the airport and it left you feeling exposed in a way. >> i don't want to bring up a difficult subject, as if thisdifficult, but you were on your way home.

trying to get home. >> yeah. >> that would require goingirport and boarding a flight. how do you feel about that? >> he says everything is going to be okay, so i want to belie i don't really ever want to set foot back there again, but i need to get home. i'm going to do what i have to do. it's going to be you have to be brave, i guess, be strong. i mean, i'm lucky enough to be able to go home and get to see my family. a lot of people aren't that i try to keep telling myself that. don't think you're going back to a terrible place. it's your catalyst to get way to look at it. great to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> good to talk to you again. ch. let's go back to you, savannah. >> matt, thank you so much. as you would expect at home, security is being stepped up atrain and subway stations across the country in response to what we saw happen in brussels yesterday. pete williams is atn in washington, d.c. this morning.

pete, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to rail commuters across the country can expect to see more security on the ride to work this morning. will see it, too. it is a precaution. officials say there's no intelligence warning of a similar attack eporter: on commuter trains and subway systems from washington to los angeles, police are out in a highly force. beefed up security, too, in miami, chicago, and atlanta, with heavy armed foot patrols. more security, too, at manytion's airports, especially in the outer lub, where the airline ticket. nationwide, specially trained units and bomb-sniffing dogs. plain clothes officers, too, and search of nt communities to feel confident that we're here, we're able to respond. we have enormous capability if we need it

police and randomly screening luggage as passengers board the trains. it's an aggressive presence inty, with 50 officers surging into times square. the mayor made a point of ridingnstrate the safety. >> expect to see extraordinary nypd presence out over the coming days, as a sign of ouro protect people at all times. >> reporter: new york police say protecting mass transit there is a big chore. >> we employ a lot of and we pay very close attention and learn from attacks that have gone on around the y and train accordingly. >> reporter: most commuters say they're taking the extra . >> i'll be cautious and aware of my surroundings, but i also know i have a choice not to let it hold me back. nd subway riders and airport passengers will see more security for at least the next several days. >> and fbi agents are up surveillance of terror suspects, looking for signs of

so far, officials say no sign of savannah? >> pete williams, thank you. general michael haden served as director of the cia. good >> 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 we are vulnerable, but not nearly as vulnerable as our european friends. there are are different. we have very good intelligence and security services. it's not a universal condition in europe. we're distant from the and, frankly, savannah, we are a different society. we assimilate immigrants b european friends do. the level of threat here is not zero, but it's not nearly what it was yesterday in europe or, frankly, is today inou mentioned the failures of intelligence. we now know that authorities are looking for the so-called man in the name of

was being sought for the paris does that ind koit icate there's been a breakdown in terms of law enforcement overseas? place. it may be a question of limited resources, as opposed else right now. many of the services in europe are small. the belgian service is then, savannah, i have to add, there's been this grand debate over the last several years about the proper role ofintelligence collection and individual privacy. the europeans have come down very strongly on the side of individual privacy, the united states. there was an interesting column in this morning's "post," where it said the europeans arethe american intelligence for intelligence products. even though they object to american collection. we need to have that

european friends and, frankly, i think, make it a little more ed than the conversation we had over the last 12 to 24 months. >> very quickly, this all has taken place in the context of a n here. you see proposals, particularly from donald trump, saying, let's close the borders temporarily to all ve ted cruz coming out saying, maybe there should be patrols and securing of muslim they say that political correctness, their words, made us less safe. do you agree? >> i think we need to have anrsation about the role of islam and the civil war within islam. savannah, the main point here isstates, we may have radicalized individuals. we do not have radicalized we have it within our ability to create radicalized communities in the presidential campaign trends us toward that great, great problem. >> general michael hayden, good to with you. thank you.

these attacks are reignited debate in the presidential race over the best ways to protect our country.ee states were heading to the polls on tuesday, and the results are in. it was a split decision on the republican side. big in arizona. he stopped ted cruz by more than 20 points. cruz took it in utah, grabbing all 40 of that state's a commanding victory there. here's the overall count this morning. trump with 744 delegates. 468 for cruz.ich behind. on the democratic side, hillary clinton took arizona. bernie sanders won the two other states up for grabs, utah and let's look at the democrat delegates. clinton leads, 1,637 to bernie sanders' e mentioned, all of the candidates have had a lot to say about the attacks in brussels. national security and how to e terror threat. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is covering that angle of the story. good morning to you. >> good morning.

jeb bush is endorsing ted cruz, in his words, to overcome the divisiveness of this follows a day that focused on policy and turn sbood ed into a. >> reporter: terror aprod follow broad followed by tough talk at home. >> you declare jihad ine coming after you. >> reporter: trump says police, in his words, patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods here in they becomrade calized cal ize -- become radicaeed to stop isolated communities from festering jihadism. >> reporter: the h slamming cruz's comments. >> i take great offense at his characterization of that whole >> reporter: donald trump crediting cruz for a good idea. john kasich, more critical, warning agai muslim americans, needed to combat terrorism.

a muslim doesn't mean that you are a wants to destroy somebody in the west. >> reporter: the competing responses underscoring stark contrasts between the >> i would close up our borders to people until we figure out what's going on. >> how high does the wall have to be to keep the in you know, that's not the world we live in any longer. >> reporter: for the accused paris bomber and other terrorump embraced torture tactics. waterboarding and more, he said. >> if they would have put him through the grill ten minutes after the capture, would have ratted them out and maybe stopped this horrible terror attack. >> reporter: a new ad from an t targeted mormon voters is turning heads. with, meet melania trump,xt first lady, to r you or you can support cruz on tuesday. trump said, be spill the beans on your ad.

you're more of a coward than i #classless. >> the next faceoff is wisconsin, less than two weeks >> peter alexander in washington, thank you very much. by the way, we'll be talking to republican candidate ted cruz. we'll ask him about that a morning. let's turn to dylan, in for al. we'll have a warmup on the east coast. >> very nice warmup. temperatures approaching 70 in the northeast. through the upper midwest, we're talking about a winter storm. we have a lot of snow expected through parts of denver, under a warning now and lasts through this evening. it'll stretch through parts of minnesota and wisconsin, watching for midwest this aftern you can find a recipe for almost anything... baby cousin's gonna love that isn't she. oh my gosh. right ingredients. we're gonna make the same meal this year. i wish sarah was here.

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just ahead, the troubling scenario in the wake of brussels.

7:30 now. it's wednesday morning, march 23rd, 2016. it's the start of three days of national mourning in the victims of the deadly terror attacks on brussels airport and subway system. of course, the sadness and the questions will longer than that. matt has made his way to brussels for us this morning, and i can't imagine that was an easy journey.matt, the

including the airport. >> that's right, savannah and dylan and tamron. you can't fly into brussels we flew into paris last night, landing early this morning and ree 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 we saw heavily armed police officers checking traffic, mostly going away from brussels. then there was one section of the road they'd closed down to onere 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 morning. this one is the evening paper. it just says, hang on. this one needs no translation. it just means, the horror. it's feeling, the horror of the attacks. even as the investigation continues to go on, that is

today.nvolved in that airport attack here, seen in this surveillance image, have been named overnight. the so-called man in white who identified as 24-year-old najim laachraoui. he is also a potential suspect in last year's paris belgian media had reported he was arrested. we're starting to hear some people walk back those reports. they're not exactly sure ifen place. the two men he was with, the so-called suicide bombers, they're the ones dressed in black, they're brothers. khalid andaoui. again, all now have been identified. still unclear if that third person has been arrested. >> of course, we had an election yesterday in the presidential race. hillary clinton and donald trump their leads. ted cruz topped trump in the republican caucuses in utah,

bernie sanders beat clinton innd idaho. president obama arrived in argentina overnight. a two-day state visit is planned he wrapped up his historic trip to cuba. we see him there at the baseball game. brussels. savannah, thank you very much. now back to these attacks here in brussels. and the tributes arefor the victims. >> reporter: adele was at the airport heading to visit her mother with her 3-year-old daughters when the bombs went off, killing her and injuring her husband and one of the twins.rother confirming his sister's death to a tv station and writing on facebook, it's very complicated to describe this pain we're feeling at home. sister, adelma tapia, died in the attacks and wasn't able to survive the jihadistl never understand.

airport with their mother, kentucky. moore waived good-bye to them while going through a security checkpoint, w off her feet by a blast. dazed but uninjured, she tried to reach her daughter and son-in-law. >> this is what she looks like. my american embassy, and started looking for them, too. still among the missing. among the injured, sebastian, a belgian pro basketball player who played in the states. media reports, the 37-year-old, 6'9" athlete, was thrown some 65 feet in the air by the >> he was l in the line at the counter to check in. dropped him off, six minutes later, the bomb went offwas within radius of it. i was told he'll be fine. we don't know the extent of the >> reporter: two jet airways crew members were injured in the

the indian embassy in tweeting, they're out of danger and being treated by embassy staff. mason wells of utahcond degree burns and hit by shrapnel. the 19-year-old was at the airport along with mormon joseph empey, richard norby and fanny rachel l are recovering. mason was in paris when 130 people were killed in last year's terror attacks. and also survived the marathon bombing. >> i think that experience of the chaos and civil unreston for what he experienced today. >> sadly, attacks like these have become a new and almost terrifying new normal here nbc news analyst chis ristopher dickey is the editor fordaily beast." you spent the last 24 hours here.

they say there are stages of grief. what stage of grief would people in brussels are in now? >> well, i'd say close to -- not to denial but close to that. i think we saw this in paris, in the immediate aftermath, what you think is, it's a horrible thing but maybe it's over. that's the most dangerous time.nother hit now, if there is another incident now, people are absolutely shattered. even in paris, come off, but there was another attack, when we heard one was being plan and had disrupted, it was a terrible shootout, iple were shattered. >> what questions will be requested? what questions need to be asked of the intelligencere, of law enforcement here, of the politicians here? >> well, first of all, belgium isrganized country. went for almost two years without a government. it has multiple layers of belief.

other services around it even has terrible difficulties with its internal operations. it's failed to integrate its muslim population only 500,000 muslims here, but they're not well integrated into this society. those are all problems to solve.blems that everyone has known about for a long time. can you solve them now that this has happened? pr've also talked to me personally and privately about, you know, several different d out almost this exact scenario years ago. >> more than ten years ago. the most important one for this is onesaid, basically, europe is the soft underbelly of the west and he can hit europe and divide it.ge muslim population, and the population should not be able to choose -- it should have to choose between

he wants to eliminate the gray zone in between. he wants to force the the society. terror is the tool to do that. you see it happening. >> results of the last six months would say we're moving closer and closer to that >> sure. >> christopher dickey, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, matt. back to savannah in new >> we turn to dylan in for al, big weather story in the midwest. >> yesterday in denver, it was 73. today, they're under a blizzard we are going to see blizzard-like conditions. not so much because of a ton of snow. we should see about 4 to 8 inches of snery windy. it's going to reduce visibility. this storm system is going to stretch into the northern plains and the upper midwest. look at all of thesestorm warnings. it's 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 i blowing snow.

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attractive target to terrorists. by definition, soft targets are simply easy targets and not easy to >> reporter: look around. soft targets are everywhere. busses, schools, hospitals, restaurants, shoppinglace where people come and go freely without significant security can be considered a soft target. easy for terrorists >> if you have a determined terrorist, who is willing to give up their life, it's almost impossible to prevent thatboard. >> reporter: we've seen it multiple times with devastating effect. london, 2005. 52 dead, 700 coordinated suicide attacks on the subway and bus systems. in paris last year, terrorists struck a theater, a restaurant and a kosher market, all softs. 130 killed, hundreds wounded. and in this country, a self-radical out of their home shot and

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march 23rd, 2016. welcome o a split edition of "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer in brussels. we have savannah back in new good morning. good to seemorning to you. of developments in connection with the attacks. this morning we're learning the airport in brussels will remain closed until at least tomorrow matt. >> yeah, and that's not surprising, given all the damage we saw in that video over the last 24 hours. tell nbc news that the bombs used in that attack monium nitrate. they weighed 44 pounds each. the suicide bombers and the man who was with them, the one who got away, have been >> reporter: europe's most wanted man. there are conflicting reports from bell

laachraoui has been arrested. the only accomplice from tuesday's attack believed to still bea manhunt continues with a continent on edge. late tuesday during a series of raids, authorities found a housefactory, where the brussels attacks were believed to be planned. containing additionalhemicals and an isis flag. a cabdriver led authorities there also recognizing security images onaachraoui and that little and ibrahim bakraoui, identified overnight as brothers, as thers he took to the airport tuesday morning. he told authorities the three acted suspiciously and carriedely heavy lull ggage. they didn't want him to handle. after 8:00 a.m. on tuesday, twobs exploded in the brussels airport, killing at least 11.

devices contained glass and x-ray of one of the wounded showing one nail embedded in his chest. an hour after those dual explosions at the airport, a attack ripped through a brussels metro train at the maelbeek station, killing at least cing passengers to evacuate through the system's smoke-filled tunnels. earlier today, i spoke with a witness to the metro attack. >> it's n a city as great as this is scarred by these awful attacks. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials say their workingthis, the brussels attackers and paris massacre accomplice, salah abdeslam, are same terror cell, linking brussels, paris and the attempted attack on a french train last august that was american servicemen. one senior intelligence official said they picked up chatter on terrorist networks three or fourgo of an imminent attack

adding, it is possible that last friday's arrest of abdeslamhrown that plan into high gear, or that another attack could still be in the works.can evan lamis works in brussels. he was riding in the metro train that was behind the one that was attacked by the took dramatic photos of the evacuation through a smoke-filled tunnel. nice >> than x. ks. >> you were in the train when you were reading about the attacks at the airport, right? >> i was on checking the news, reading about the attacks at the airport. i was on the metro going toward them a,alb aalbeek station. we felt a blast of air, my ears popped and the blast went off at >> did the connection to the

at all? >> it took a while for things to register. every now and then, a metro willause of time problems, you know, a metro is a little too slow. at first, i thought it was a regular occurrence. the air blast i felt wasn'te 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 farit really wasn't clear how closesion. >> were they making announcement announcements to explain why they stopped the train? what were you hearing? >> when the train stopped, they put an announcement over them 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 beforee from the front of the metro to the back, which is where i was, they installed a ladder and had us evacuate on track. >> smoke in the tunnel yet? >> there was smoke. smoke started to come a little

it wasn't difficult to there was definitely smoke lingering in the air. >> as you got aboveground, you had to then start towhat was going on. were you seeing -- you were a stop away from maalbeck. 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 tryact a few family and friends, to let them know something was happening but i was okay for the moment. then immediately checked the news, atwas con fir firmation that there was an explosion and that it was an attack at maalbeek station. >> the lives of everyone livingy have been changed forever. can you foresee a day when you will comfortably go back on the metro system here and ridestant fear? >> i think so. i mean, we've been under high security alert for some time. that had kind of become part of everyday life here. i think life will eventually go on.

as they are. i think it's good to trust the o the extent that we can, about what to do to be safe. life will go back to normal i'm sure i'll take the metro to work once it's running fully again. >> maybe a minute earlier, on the train, you'd have a different story this morning. i'm happy you're okay. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. not only evan but some people we've spoken to, lucky to be able to tell their stories. 31 people confirmed dead in the that does it for us from brussels this morning. of course, we'll keep posted and keep you posted on any on this investigation. savannah, back to you. >> matt, thank you and stay safe. we'll take a turn now to natalie, this week. you're covering the president's trip. we're getting caught up on the president and other news stories. overnight, president obama argentina, making the first state visit by a u.s.

the commander in chief will meetdent later today in an effort to reset diplomatic relations and tradee country. president obama begins the two-day visit. it follows the historic trip to cuba, where tuesday, he defended his decision toseball game, despite the terror attacks in brussels. republican presidential candidates spouting harsh criticism, i who we will hear from in a moment. >> you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of theion, but the whole premise of terrorism is to try to disrupt people's ordinary lives. >> the president later said thes serve as a reminder, the world must you police recommend misdemeanor charge for the mother of a 4-year-old boy who shot her with her own handgun. jamie, an apparent gunenthusiast, placed the loaded

seat of her pickup truck, which slid to the son was riding in a booster seat. the boy reportedly unbuckled himself, picked up the gun andgh the front seat, hitting his mother in the back. police are recommending a charge of allowing a child access to a happening today, nfl commissioner roger goodell will speak later this morning in boekh tone -- boek ca raton, florida. they are voting on a number of changes. goodell is expected to the 19 proposed changes. and for the patriots to have their first round draft picwing last year's deflategate controversial. washington, d.c.'s famous cherry blossoms have not beenaffected by the weather. the blossoms can remain on the

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patrol and secure muslim neighborhoods before theylized. how would you describe a muslim neighborhood? is there a percentage of muslims that have to live there?o have suspicion they're being radicalized, or is it the mere fact they're muslims, in your mind, meanss should be securing and patrolling those areas? >> well, let's start out with what happened in brussels all of us, our thoughts, our prayers are with those who were murdered, those who were injured. yesterday, i think, remindedeally underscored, that we are facing a war. it is not -- this was not ane wolf. this was not an isolated incident. radical islamic terrorism, isis has declaredd states of america. >> no question about that. i guess the issue this morning is the response and trying to understand what it is you're. >> i'll point out, you say there's no question about that. i'll tell you who disagrees with

barack obama.ton. the entire obama administration refuses to utter the words,ical terrorists. this administration is mired in political correctness and won't acknowledge this threat. when it comes to law proactive law enforcement. you know here in new york city, under mayor bloomberg, there was a proactive policing work cooperatively with the muslim community to prevent radicalization. to target and find out who may be affiliated with radicalrrorism, who may be becoming radicalized and stop terror attacks before they occur.blasio, in an example of political correctness, defi befitting of obama and hillary clinton, said we won't continue -- >> the program has been disbandesor of the program said in six years, it never led to one piece of

a conviction. in fact, the supervisor was quoted as saying involved paying undercover officers to sit in cafes frequented by muslims,a and eating sweets at taxpayers' extense. >> you need a concerted focus on for example, if you have a problem with gang violence, you target the gang violence is prevalent. you work to root out the gang members. >> would you then -- for example, you're saying, gang look, where is there gang violence, and we'll patrol those neighborhoods. when you talk aboutmuslim neighborhoods, would you require suspicion before you patrol the neighborhood? >> i'm talking about focusing law enforcement andcurity resources on areas, on locations where there is a higher incidence of radicalc terrorism.

this yesterday in brussels is europe's failed immigration laws numbers of radical islamic terrorists come into europe. >> i have to ask you about a series of tweets between you and donald trump last night. he falsely i might add, for putting up an ad that featured his wife melania in "gq" magazine in a state of then he added, you should lay off his wife, and if not, he's going to spill the beans on your wife. it seems like a threat wife, and you took it that way. >> this is a pattern with donald trump. when he's unhappy, when he's scared, he lashes out. he yells, he curses. he threatens people. donald is a bully. i told him last night, don't you try to a donald is unhappy that he got clobbered last night in utah. wasn't even close. he lost by 69%. utah was now the tenthwhere we've beaten donald trump.

tries to change the subject. the way he tries to change the subject is by lashing out anding my wife. i'm not going to stoop to that level. >> you're not responsible for the ad that featured melania trump, but do you think it's >> it's not something i would have done. donald is trying to threaten my wife, speaks volumes aboutr. >> senator cruz, good to have you with us. >> thank you. dylan is in for al. over to you. >> thanks.o see a round of stronger storms develop later tonight. we have this area right in through st. louis, down through stretching to northeastern texas, where we could see strong storms with hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. it's not going to be anut keep in mind, most of these storms will hit overnight. any time you get the storms overnight into the darkness, that's where problems. we are going to see that spread east as we go into tomorrow. on thursday, our best chance of stronger storms includes mostral tennessee, stretching

same threats. heavy downpours, larger hail, damaging wind gusts with isolated it'll fizzle as it moves to the east. on the northern side of the storm, we have the snow. that's where we could see 12 to 16 northwest iowa into southeastern minnesota and wisc hat's your latest forecast. >> dylan, only one thing to do now and that's trending. we'll start in england,overnment asked the

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they should have to paint it. >> it's like the mcboatface. they have the final say. i guess it's not a true democracy. i'm rooting for it, hink everyone is. here's a story about how a wrong number led to a new friendship. a georgia couple, mark and heir first child, a boy. mark's mother texted the news to family members, started a chain. by accident, she textednger named dennis. instead of ignoring the chain, dennis responds, struck up a . you can read it there. nobody knew him. but they did invite him to stop by. guess what? dennis stopped by, posing for a brother. there are the new parents. dennis also brought diapers, bottles and a pacifier. they named the baby boy dennis jr. >> no! >> that'd be amazing. >> i love that. >> how did they accidentally

>> it was a cousin's cell phone longer their number. >> right area code. >> they used to keep it forever and you wouldn't get it back inrculation. >> i love it. >> the mom sent this out, like a lot ofion. he was like, i don't think i'm supposed to be on this chain. then they sent the room number and he showed up. tribute by adele. why court will be in session for sarah palin. >> adele in lon took a moment to honor the victims of the brussels terror attacks. it happened during her of "make you feel my love." she asked the audience to light up the arena. it made for a show of solisong, adele said she'd never been so moved at one of her own shows. next to sarah palin.

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>> i was spotave to get all the nuance there. >> that's your pop start today. i was too old for it originally, so plus 20 years, i don't know what to say about that. just ahead, allison williams is e'll talk "girls," weddings and making her first movie. hi, allison. r local

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the cast of "girls" make their to maturity. now, next season is going to be the show's last, we're witnessing major milestones for including, yes, a wedding. marnie quickly discovers that marriage doesn't necessarily equal >> do you know you just recoiled from my touch? >> i didn't. >> you recoiled from my touch like i'm a mons god. >> in all the months we courted, i never dreamed you could be this cruel. >> cruel? >> yeah. >> are you serious, . >> i don't want to get a scone with you this morning and now i'm cruel? >> allison williams, good >> morning. >> scones are important in a relationship. >> sconegate, i guess. >> yeah.ere left at the altar -- >> we know that but she doesn't. i think she's something is amiss.

successful marriages around her, so she's making it up goes along. on sunday, we see how she reacts to the fight we just watched, which sets off a little bit of an>> sunday night is a marnie episode. >> it is. >> you're not going to tell me anything about it. >> it's one of the few history of the show where i have spoilers that i could spoil. i don't want to risk that. >> you know the more you say that, the more i want tohe spoilers are. >> that's the idea. i try to get you to watch it. his is a show where it's not that plot heavy, but there are a lot of things that go down on sunday night. i'm excited about it. >> well, we've watched up, of course. >> yes. >> i like to think of the arc of her character as kind of like, she was little miss perfec >> then a hot mess. >> totally. hot is generous, by the way. >> piping hot, hank you, savannah. oh, my gosh. >> where is she now?

in a healthy marriage? what does it look like to be a productive, kind, loving wife? she's making it up as she goes she's working with kind of an infuriate ing partner at times. i think she's doing her best to be the best wife she can be, butheir limits. i don't know. we'll have to see. >> this is season five. >> yes. >> there will be a season six. >> i'll use a grad school word on you. this is the penultimate season. >> i love that word. >> i knew you yale. >> great sat word. >> are you going through the stages of grief? >> i am. >> through all of them each day. it's exhausting. no, it's so weird, i always knew it was going to end, but i've been textingd with the planning and schedules of the show. being like, could you put it off a little bit longer? i don't want it to end. once it starts, it's thef the end. then it's unlike every other

next ike summer camp is ending. my counselor years is over. i've stretched it to the max. it's creepy if i hangaybe there will be a reunion. >> every decade, check in with the girls, see how they're doing. >> wear a name tag, otherwise i won't >> no, no. they're family. it's cliche that everyone says that when a show is ending. there's a reason we all say that. it's intimate, especially particular, the show we do. it is intimate. >> exactly. >> it's very example, to show how close our show is, jason, who is our boom operator who has been in some very with us, just directed a documentary for lena and jenny. we're a family. f family, you recently got marry ied. >> i did. >> tom hanks officiated. >> he's a struggling actor. >> i thought he was a guy we hired.

woody, right? recognized him. he was great. >> how is married life treating you? >> it's good. it feels very much the same. i got a lot of delayed not being as crazy as a bride as marnie was. that was nice. my friends have a newfound monster i could have been but decided not to be. it's opinion nice and scary they thought i had that in me. is awesome. we just did a round trip to alabama and back because i was got the dog in the car. >> i wanted to ask you about the movie. it's a horror movie. >> it's a thriller, my last question. did you get to do a blood curdling scream? >> i did not you want to scream now, to get it out? >> nope. i'm worried i will break the eardrums of whoever kind people are >> thank you so much. looking forward to seeing what's next. we still have a little "girls"

on sunday. >> yeah. up next, another big wedding to talk about. our couple kaitlin and john, t hours from tying the knot live on this show. it's going to be amazing. we'll check in with them.

good to be alive right about now we're back at 8:45. we have the final preparations for our big fat today voted on the rings, the dress, the cake, flowers, really everything. tomorrow, it all comes t here on "today." >> we have big plans for a reception. inside one of the most storied spots in the world, the famed . >> reporter: when the rainbow room opened in 1934, 65 stories above rockefeller plaza, it was called the apex ofk style.

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>> we had to leave early. there was a monetarygarding the bill. >> reporter: in 2009, the rainbow room temporarily closed its doors, undergoing a five-year the original chandelier, rotating dance floor and dome, all restored. every detail paying homage to the history of those who danced. and attracting today's biggest stars. >> the re-opening of the rainbow room in 2014 is acknowledgment of the past and a the future. it is still great, as it was when it opened more than 80 years ago. >> you're taken back to another time. >> it's the best room in new york city. >> only the best for our couple, kaitlin and s are here. 24 hours. >> i know! >> rainbow room. your family is coming in, last night and today. >> yeah. t excited for? >> i'm most excited for the experience, i think. i mean, to marry him and be able

>> have they told you anything? do you know what you're wearing? do you know what the choices are? >> no. we literally don't find out the ring until it's on my >> you're kidding! we know more about your wedding than you do. >> it's crazy. >> you know about andy grammer,ome music. >> yes. >> he sent you a message. >> congrats, kaitlin and john on your wedding. i'm on thursday. it's going to be awesome. >> that is so cool. >> you started having your friends and family morrow is the big day. >> yeah. >> what have you been doing? >> so fun. >> we went to dinner last night. we were sitting there and we're all in new york. this is nuts.f soaked in. i was like, wow, this is incredible. >> i'm like, we're trying to get enough sleep but we wantverything and time is going so fast. we're trying to balance it all but have a good time. >> what has people's reaction you'll get married on television

friday will be interesting, walking around new york city. >> it's unbelievable, just to be a part of it, everyone is thrilled. it's exciting. we're all just trying to soak it in and have fun and enjoy >> as much as we can. >> it's been a good introduction to our families, too. he has so many cousins and me. i'm like, it's nice you're excited for us. >> it's cool. >> it's a good introductory -- >> tonight is the last night notied. >> go to bed early. >> sleep in the bathtub? >> yeah. >> separate rooms, but it'll nice. >> we're excited. it all happens in the blink of an eye. it will happen in the blink of an eye doing something i don't think we have before. can't wait to see it. sleep well hank you. >> we'll have it live tomorrow. few surprises, too. put that out there.

friday. coming up next, a delicious easter brunch smells so good. this is the italian way family and guests. first, this is "today" on nbc. the good news - rob portman's helped create jobs.

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the family and friends headingur way. lydia, the author of lidia's mastering the arts. good to have you >> welcome. >> this is italian from your cook book. what are you making? >>acon and egg. >> beautiful. let's get the ingredients. >> you can use anything you'd like. spaghetti bay bacon. >> yes. >> onions, oil, egg yolk, just yolk, and of course you finis some pepper. i add to the onions scallions for freshness. >>ta and people get scared. is this difficult to make? >> it is so easy. by the end, you're going to go home and make it for i'll make it. >> your wife is a good cook. >> this is one of her favorite pastas, actually. first, we get the bacon done?

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 the onion is crisp, and the bacon is crisp but the onion will cook. if you mix it, the onion doesn't >> and cooking it in the bacon grease, which is good. >> get it going like that. you know you add to this, to make the sauce,ep ner -- , ma'am. i'm 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 the time. use it to loosen up your sauce. when in doubt, when you simmer, the density of the

i always get the question of how much salt. i go one, two. >>? >> there we go. >> that's a bunch. >> for this, i would say, it's one pound of about four or five quarts of water. this much salt will do. put that in before the pasta. >>s is cooking. i just -- you want to fish it out? >> you got it. that's still the mixture, the and the onions and >> yeah. i'm going to go on and -- >> you don't strain this, just put it right in? >> 't need to strain it. you could strain it. but you know what? don't put in -- don't put in oil in the pasta water, and rinse the pasta. eating. you guys -- >> i couldn't be enjoying this >> perfect brunch, right, easter sunday?

>> pasta water in here. >> half of how many eggs? >> two. and you add that. go ahead. stir>> yes, ma'am. >> okay. go ahead. get on the fire. >> on the fire. >> you don't want to makeled eggs, so stir, stir. >> that's the whole thing here. >> see how creamy? >> you added the egg pasta water. how long do you cook the egg? >> you know what? if they're afraid, use eggs. shut the fire. keep mixing, carson. >> eat up, guys.or this great brunch recipe. back after your local news.

this morning on "today's take," we have a fuller lock is our co-host. plus, ewan mcgregor in his wild ride inmovie. plus, mind-bending magic. all that and more coming up now.

this is "today's take" with al morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, march 23rd, birthday to my brother. i just realized. >> happy birthday to your brother. >> tamron with dylan. natalie and willie are off. our guest co-host is "fuller house" and "when calls the star lori loughlin. you picked out our jam. >> this song will be in my head the rest of the catchy. my buddy, >> "cake by the ocean."

>> you're so i'm doing a series for hall squn hallmark, "when calls the heart," and a mystery series, "garage sale mystery." >> how do you keep it straight? >> i don't know. it's all these characters. oh, there you are, lori. just pop up. i'm excited to be here though. >> how do you keep this balance, with fanfare of "fuller house," . everyone wants a piece of you and we're lucky to have you. >> thank you so much. it's been amazing. the reception for has been off the charts. "when calls the heart," we are ratings. not only that, we have a great fan base hardies. we tweet every sunday night. we're the number two show on twitter that's trending behind "walking dead."figure, if we add a zombie on

take over twitter. >> what is it abouto haven't seen it? >> "when calls the heart" is a period piece but it is relatable to today. i play a woman, abigail stanton. her the first season, she lost her husband and son in a mining accident. now, it's about starting over and the third season, i find a new love interest, possibly adopting a child. >> oh. >> it's a great, greatot just for women. it's a family show. it's a feel-good show. it's a forget your problems ugh, makes you cry. check it out if you haven't. i think you'll enjoy it. >> "fuller >> exactly. >> "fuller house" has been picked up for another season? >> exciting, right? i don't think any think it would be. >> everyone was obsessed with it. >> the excitement was big. >> we're inundated with so many

look back, it's not done right. you did it right. >> i think we did, yes. that's kudos to jeff and john stamos. they made sure we found the right home. i think netflix is cool and the now. i think it was the perfect way to bring it back. it's a spin-off show withcandice cameron, jodie sweetin and amber >> what have been your kids' reactions to the show? >> they're self-sufficient. i think they missgood, little independence. taking care of themselves is good. plus, their dad is with them all the time, my husband. >> we saw a picture of you guys you clearly share the genes here. >> strong utiful family. >> what is it like, having a 16 and 17-year-old?

and s every day. oh, they're so lovely. they shower me with hugs and kisses. it's>> what was the last drama with the teen girls in the house? >> doesn't matter what i say. yesterday, i was texting my daughter. i kid you not. i was giving her something, and she writes back, you don't have to be so angry. angry? i was like --delete, delete. >> i have learned though that moms are not always, you know sh the texting is to the point, here's what i need to say. the younger generation uses smiley faces. >> and one word answers. i'll send a paragraph or two andt get back, not just yes. ya, u have a bit moji? >> i do. >> reply with that. i'm not kidding'll line it up.

>> oh!bout this picture. >> john stamos is going to kill me right now. he's eating a plate of pasta. >> it's >> it is wednesday. it's a throwback was from craft service. we were eating food on set. i think that picture was taken 25 years ago. how good is hisit's still good. when i posted that picture, he texted me, what is up with that picture? now it's on the "today" show. he'll be really maybe payback for john is this. here is a throwback wednesday. look at the commercial. >> oh, no! >>ery classy but very affordable new recipes for less. lean, tender roast beef and tomatoes, lettuce and mayonnaise, all on a deli

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>> i love "the holiday." >> that is good. >> cameron story with a bunch of things happening about once. who doesn't like puppies? day. >> i was hoping we'd have a litter of puppies here. i'm a little disappointed. >> we have pictures. >> pictures of came out. there's this artist that's a dog, complete with a bourre e.g vinci. he loves to paint. his owner says the paintings are selling between $50 and $200. donated to animal-related charities. >> so sweet. >> he loves to pick outrs toorks s colors, too. >> my golden retriever is a slacker. >> what's her name? >>s the best. she always loves me and is nice

never sends mean text t be angry. >> we have more fun planned with lori. meanwhile, we have the forecast. >> a snowstorm. we haven't talked about many this season. now that we're into spring, we're talking about snowstorms evwe have the snow through denver, where we have blizzard aroundings in effect until 6:00 we have windy conditions, reducing visibility. the snow is going to extend, especially into parts of northern iowa and southern minnesota and wisconsin.e're going to see our heavier band of snow. the winter storm warnings are lining up in that small area. if you time it out, we'll seethe snow exit denver into tonight. then sioux false ls, south ofnd it'll go east. bringing snow through northern new england with snow expected

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fill in the blanks about your acter. >> dave is down on his luck. rted unraveling. he finds out where miles davis lives, and he feels like if he can get because at this period of time, miles davis had disappeared from the music scene, i think, for five years. he didn't play music. he feels like if he can there and get this story, then it could save his career and get him back on track. so he pretends to be a "rolling stone" magazine, though he's not. >> he's not? >> no. he's pretending to be. >> the character is o, right? >> yeah. i mean, he's a sort of -- i suppose they drewcord producers miles might have had. but my character is entirely made up, yeah. e that you get the call, set up a meeting at your

the actual s embarrassing. makes me really embarrassed. i like motorcycles and i'd taken delivery of a brand-newmotorcycle the day before this meeting. i met don once or twice and i him as an actor, person, a talent. i wanted to be involved in the film. i said, come over to my house and we'll talk tomorrow. in the morning i took my kids to the school. when i got back, i said, i'll take the motorbike quick ride. i forgot about my meeting with don. i was riding along and suddenly went, ow fast did you get it up to? >> i was so late. he was reading an article in my got back. he said to me since, i just felt, oh, yeah, he's that guy, is he?

i have to sit and read an article. okay. it was embarrassing. >> what was it like working with don as an actor and a >> it was my first experience of being directed by the actor you're working with in the scenes. i learned a lot from him. since. i directed a film recently that i also acted in. i realized i learned a lot from watching don and how he tackled he was seamless about it. he's very, very -- it makes the thing more inclusive as an you don't have somebody coming from the other side of the monitor. you have somebody that's in the scene with you. it makes you feel more a way. i think it's nice. >> in the moment, you're acting and he's like, ewan, can youake the edge off? >> no. >> remember the motorcycle incident? >> cut, cut, cut. times you get direction from your acting partner, it's awkward, yeah.

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how about these dance partners? channing tatum and his jenna are teaming up for an unnamed dance competition show airing on nba. jenna will be a judge and channing will executive produce the show. no word if the "magic ll bust moves on camera. we can only hope. it's a return to their roots. they met co-starring in thetep up." yes, they did. the movie also launched both of their careers. i'm thinking, since my has anybody in it to dance, what if lori loughlin decided to be my dance -- oh,t those moves. >> yeah. >> shake it out.ee lori do the whip happening now? the perfect brow new brow drama pomade crayon from maybelline new york.

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that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. your latest weather. tamron? >> thank you, dylan. speaking of weather, now that spring is here, the afternoon showers are soon to here to help us stay dry and fashionable, the style director from "good housekeeping" good to see you. >> good to see you. it's all about fashion and function in the rain.

>> how cute is mooshu?ll gi doggy umbrella. >> does it work? >> lori loughlin is laughing at us. >> because she loves it. >> the owner, mama is a "good housekeeping" staffer, has this jewelled coat. functionable and fashionable. and these cute flats. yes, they're waterproof. >> waterproof? >> don't you love that?re those? >> under $25. >> i love that. that's cute. >> and now you know how everybody bikes these days? >> yes. >> i don't. >> i do every day. >> this is for you, tamron. we put sam here in an american eagle outfitters windbreaker, super cute and also gave her these old navy stay white jeans. the different thing about these is they've been treated. we p on sam,

up and slowly tread down. see how it's falling? >> >> under $50. >> awesome. >> now, here's the part i want you to know about. this is called the city bably happened to you. you don't want to get your booty wet when you sit. , no. that sounded horrible. i meant like a shower. >> brush the water off. it's been treated. >> you're a they're like $35. keep it with you and look super fashionable. >> you don't have to -- you know what i do? i put a plastic bag i the trash. >> here's a gift for you. >> okay. >> moving on. good morning. we have a total girl here. she's in this trench coat from sears. the bags. >> i spend a lot of time in vancouver. i need this. >> $25 and it'll protect yourou have. >> great.

talk about, have you ever dropped your phone in the water? >> yes. >> we've all done it. >> notdevin is going to take her phone and put it in this pelican case. >>rop it in. $80. >> or another $400. >> exactly. it'll work. they're professional we can't forget about the professional guys. mr. david, our "good housekeeping" staffer, as well. target trench coat under $50. >> also has a waterproof tie.. dip in your tie. it's under $90. even a little further. it kind of beads off. >> look at that. >> waterproof we can't forget about our umbrella umbrella em umbrella. from hsn, the ultimate umbrella.

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oh, my gosh! >> oh, my gosh. i'm nderstand what happened. the remote is a little wacky. >> i freak out watching your you are back. welcome. good morning. >> thank you very much. >> for a new season. what sort gans can we expect? >> people don't know i'm a magician, so i get people to g a crazy day. they believe in this stuff. >> one clip featured shaquille o'neal helping you out trick. was he the biggest prop you've ever used? >> when people dream of a lovelyiately say, i would love shaquille o'neil. he wouldn't wear the dress but he was wonderful. we did a great trick and it real for the person there.

>> is it tough being a tv magician. that people can go back in o-mo? >> i perform live, too, which is always better. i'm going on tour soon, so it's great to meet the fans and have me perform magic live. these are hd cameras, right? >> i would use this -- hand. it feels real, right? >> yeah. >> this is an hd ready hand. mean? >> people can't slow it down and watch them. will you try something with me? >> o'neil. >> upgrade. >> i'll pull yourhe real " magic mike. >> hands go on top of the table. two middle fingers are touching. >> glad i got a manicure sterday. >> you'll do what i do.

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call to eryone who sees it. >> this is a film about a young girl who is trafficked from a small town in nepal to a brothel in kolkata. but human trafficking is a $150 billion global industry. fastest growing black market industries, the sale of children for the sex trade. >> this film is based on a true >> yeah. >> often, these people think they're trading their children to being a housekeeper or what? >> usually if they need extraheir -- just within their family, sometimes they can be coerced to sending their child away in order to make to bring extra money in. what they don't realize is they've just sold the child -- or given away the child toficker, who has sold them to another city and they never see the child again. the child ends up going into the

themselves, beaten and threatened and treated like a prisoner. >> you play a u.s. photographer.er based on? >> she's based on a humanitarian photographer who worked for many years slavery. they estimate there are between 20 million and 30 million slaves in the world today. around the world, our own cities we live in, washington, d.c., new york. she has gone to extreme lengthsument people who are in human slavery. this character is based on her work, and she ends up of the local law enforcement to do a raid on this brothel and save this girl girls who are imprisoned there. it's really the light of this child and

film, makes you so moved by theter and her story, which is the story of hundreds of thousands of children around the world. >> tell us about the >> it's a campaign to raise money and awareness to get children into schools. it's determined that if educated up to the age of 16, they have an 80% less chance of being it's an effort to just get kids into schools, period, so they can learn vocations and haveucation, a better life. >> this is a problem at home, too. >> yeah. >> it's not just overseas. it's in our own backyard. >> every single day, on the missing lists in new jersey, new york, washington, d.c., who go missing. what they find out many years later is they were actuallynto sex slavery. >> the film opens april 1st.

we want to thank lori. >> lori, lori! >> love love rhee! ri. >> love her.

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