>> janis mackey frayer for us. thanks. >>> new developments in the prostitution case involving the billionaire owner of the new england patriots, robert kraft. prosecutors are pushing to release hidden camera video from inside the day spa, but a florida judge has temporarily blocked it. nbc's kerry sanders is covering the story. >> reporter: it's the video robert kraft wants nobody to see. police surveillance fuj recorded with hidden cameras at the orchids of asia day spa, where police allege 25 customers including the owner of the new england patriots, robert kraft, paid for sexual favors. a florida judge issued a temporary protective order stopping the release of the video from those private rooms until the end of the month. >> every single person -- >> reporter: for weeks, kraft's lawyers have argued that the footage was gathered illegally, is a violation of privacy, and would be prejudicial to the potential jury pool. but prosecutors filed the state's notice of intent to comply with the florida sunshine law, wh

nbc's janis mackey frayer is following the latest from colombo, sri lanka. janis. >> reporter: right now it's the group's media agency who's making this claim of responsibility. those who study the group says taking two days is a long time. but this is a common tactic for islamic state. this tendency to want to associate itself with any attack, either with direct involvement, with its own combatants, or as the inspiration for attackers. but right now, we don't have any evidence to say who is legitimately behind the bombings. what we have is a government trying to deflect blame and some very serious questions about what appears to be a colossal breakdown in security. officials knew for weeks about the potential for attacks. india had passed along intelligence, alerting them to this radical group, the one the government here is now blaming. there was also a security memo dated april 11th that even included the names and addresses of people with suspected ties to t group. people knew enough that they were able to arrest 40 people within 48 hours and they knew ex

joining us from colombo is janis mackey frayer. the country is understandably on high alert.ow are officials handling these explosions? >> well, there are more clues that are emerging about the bombings here, who was behind them, and why it was that warnings about potential attacks were ignored. the islamic state has claimed responsibility, calling the suicide bombers their fighters. while it's islamic state to associate itself with attacks anywhere in the world, people who study the group say that there may be more than ideology at play here, that these attackers, part of local groups, knew exactly where to send videos and statements to islamic state's media agency for them to be released. the defense minister today described the bombers as well educa educated. one of them studied in the uk and australia. he says they came from middle and upper middle class families with money. why and how these local groups were able to carry out such a sophisticated attack remains unclear. the government is also trying to deflect criticism about why it ignored credible warnings and intelli

. >> nbc's janis mackey frayer is on the phone in sri lanka. janis, first to the new explosion today. what more do we know about what happened there? >> reporter: well, the bomb squad was called to deal with a suspicious van parked near one of the churches that was targeted on easter sunday. they discovered and explosive device in the van and were working to defuse it when it went off. also they found a homemade bomb near the airport. they found detonators at a bus stop. they know that secondary explosions are a tactic of many militant groups so it's part of the reason why the government is now imposing a state of emergency here to try to get a handle on public safety. there is a curfew in place for a second night. part of the reason why our live location was told to move from the sidewalk. they are trying to enforce this, the safety measures, because there is this sense of unease here. >> janis what more do we know about this militant group that authorities are blaming for these attacks? >> reporter: well, several members of the government are