notably convicted terrorist bomber willie morales. he was considered the chief bomb maker and one of the leaders of the puerto rican terrorist group the faln. it was the faln that claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing of new york city's historic francis tavern in downtown manhattan back in 1975. dozens of innocent lunch goers were injured. four people were killed, including 33-year-old frank connor. frank was a young banker. his son was only 9 years old on that day. his son joins us now. joe connor has dedicated his life to bringing willie morales and the other wanted fugitives in cuba to justice. our sympathy, as always, to the loss of your father so many decades ago. your thoughts as you see the president of the united states and the justice department, they're talking, but not doing much more, about those 70 fugitives including willie morales and the faln. the faln responsible for the murder of your father in cold blood in this city. >> as i watch the president come down the stairs, i'm hoping he can be a statesman like rea

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. as dylan dreyer calls it, a wintry mix. >> not enough to be pretty. it's just wet. >> damp, cold stuff. >> what's this we're listening to? does it match? you ain't never had a friend like me >> i want to redo my tap routine. >> you got to tap? >> natalie can tap. it was a 17-second routine. along with a whole ensemble. >> that's a long time. >> it was a lot of pressure. >> was your heart racing? >> the whole day, i was like, why did i agree with this? >> you were on stage for the live show? >> yes. and al was there, up with the genie.

o could there be a prospect of willie morales or joanne chesse marr or a revolutionary waving to the president of the united states as they go by in the motorcade? >> i can't wait what the president is reported to say to raoul castro about these wanted american stints. you know, if you were really negotiating with the castro brothers with their dictator ship to exchange diplomatic representatives one of the cards the united states should have played was give us back the 70 americans who are wanted for crimes in the united states. that's a precondition to you, castro brothers, to get the legitimacy of our diplomatic -- >> why didn't we do that. >> that was not part of the deal at all. because they are among the world's worst diplomatic negotiators. because they are ideologically driven they they it's the american embargo and the oppression of the cuban people. they are living off liberal guilt feelings. i think this is one of the most embarrassing trips that an american president could ever take. >> finally, the state department says they are in discussions about these fugitives. do y

. >> from nbc news this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it is st. patrick's day. >> oh, yeah. >> glitter. madness. we have until noon. >> who are you going with? >> whoever the pin hits. >> don't pick vanderbilt. >> how far did you have them going? >> my theory is the al roker school of thought on these. >> just go. >> today is the perfect storm where you get st. paddy's day. >> donot go to an irish bar in new york city. >> today every bar is an irish bar. >> we are already eating. >> that was delicious. >> this is a cupcake deal. we will explain that. >> by the way, new york's parade is the largest st. patrick's day parade in the world first held march 17, 1762. 14 years before the signing of the declaration of independence. there are parades going on today. chicago already had theirs. boston, new york, savannah and mobile, alabama has a huge parade. >> i love when chicago dyes the river green. >> you have to love this picture. utah dad of six dressed up his 6-month-old son as a leprechaun. >> tha

. >> announcer: from nbc "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". we have a nice spring vibe on the plaza today, don't we? inside studio 1a, i'm willie with al, natalie and tamron, are on assignment, and we have brooke shields with us all morning. happy you're here. >> love your jam. >> bob marley. >> i thought it was appropriate and fun. >> spring vibe. >> yeah. >> it's all happening here. it's all happening. >> it's all happening right here, yeah. >> literally, you have so much going on. >> yes, i've been busy. >> i'm surprised you found time to sit down and hang out with us. you have so many projects in the works. episodes of "when calls the heart." the first episode airs sunday, april 3rd. >> the fun part of that is the period because it's pioneer. you ride horses and play poker and -- >> swear? >> it's the hallmark channel. >> don't do that. and murdered with lots of blood. >> nudity. >> so much sex on the hallmark channel, it's unbelievable. >> i'm sure this is making the hallma

. >> announcer: from nbc news, roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. as dylan dreyer calls it, a wintry mix. >> not enough to be pretty. it's just wet. >> damp, cold stuff. >> what's this we're listening to? does it match? you ain't never had a friend like me >> i want to redo my tap routine. >> you got to tap? >> natalie can tap. >> yeah, right. it was a 17-second routine. along with a whole ensemble. >> that's a long time. >> it was a lot of pressure. >> was your heart racing? >> the whole day, i was like, why did i agree with this? >> you were on stage for the live show? >> yes. and al was there, up with the genie. he had to read lines. >> al, of course, was mr. perfect. >> was there a live audience watching it? >> we were broadway, girl. >> i've always wanted to know, can the people on the stage see the audience, or do you see light? >> i saw my family. i was looking at them smiling. in fact, i asked my kids. luke said, mom, you were great. it was perfect. i said, i messed up. josh

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a beautiful wednesday morning here it's march the 9th, 2016. getting up into the mid 70s in new york today. >> yeah. >> willie along with al and tamron. natalie is on assignment. morning jam this morning, "loving cup "by the rolling stones. we have politics to talk about and good guests. we have breaking news on matt lauer. in case you missed the last 20 or so minutes of the show -- >> was it only 20 minutes? >> sacha baron cohen claims to have a trick of how to break out of handcuffs with butter and a paper clip. i knew the minute the cuffs came out, you were dead. >> i wasn't going to put my wrist in there, but everybody seemed to think that was the right thing to do. since he's a guest. it was an amazing trick. >> no. >> willie? >> no, no. no! >> come here. >> no! >> you do not know the trick. >> elephant wrists? >> what he did -- i have to get the paper clip and the butter. >> you're so lame. where ar

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". i've got to say, it's spring like outside. beautiful. getting into the 60s today in new york city. >> 70s tomorrow. >> 73 according to my thing here. 73 the next day, yeah. this thing right here. natalie is on assignment. tamron, i like the jam. going back. >> willie told me to wakeup, which i'm not sleeping. we've been up for hours now, but this will get you going. >> any reason for it? i have no complaint. i love this song. >> it's one of the songs when i'm in the gym, the few times i go, or if i need to, you know, going. >> missy is back on the scene. >> she is. >> good to have her back. >> fun person to follow on twitter is missy elliott. she sends out great clips of dancers, just killing it. especially now we're coming into wedding season, graduation season, you're likely to be invited to a party. go on missy elliott's twitter account and get one good move that you can bust out. >> most people aren't r

. >> annncer:"today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from >>> look at that huge crowd out on the "today" show plaza on 2016. good morning to you on the plaza, at home, in the car, wherever you are. i'm tamron hall and dylan. we have our special co-host with us, grammy-winning musician darius rucker. and you picked this song. >> "brick house." when i was a kid, it was our get up and get moving song. >> you woke up in the morning for school? >> absolutely. >> fired up. >> picturing a 9-year-old darius jamming. >> i was kicking it, you know. back then, the dancing was easier. it was the rock. >> no nae nae. >> easier then. >> we have our own pick. might know this artist. i only want to be with you >> i know that guy. sing? i hate listening to myself, but i only talk. >> at the beginning when we first got on the radio, i'd turn it every time. >> absolutely. >> first time you heard yourself >> yeah. we were driving around in dean's blue station wagon. it came on the radio. "hold my hand" came on the radio, and we were like, wow, we're on the radio.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's monday morning, march 7, 2016. nice big proud out on the blah za. we know why they're really here, steve harvey is our special guest and co-host. >> i didn't know until about five minutes ago. >> less. >> no one paid you, no one gave you a check, this is for free. >> i don't work like this. >> al has got you. >> al will write a check for you. >> did he have steve harvey, he has the new show little big shots to add to the list of 13 or 14 other things he does every day. listening to your jam earth, wind and fire. >> number one song. >> we are going to talk more about little big shots. the reason this is going to be a hit -- first of all, you are so good with the kids but it's not a competition. >> everybody wins. if you have a competition you're going to have children crying. >> nobody wants that. >> but they all are so gifted at what they do. we just let them come out and do their thing from all over the world and we just

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this super tuesday morning. it is the 1st day of march, 2016. i'm willie along with al and dylan inside.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a 2016. i'm al along with tamron and dylan. natalie and willie are off. my morning jam, try everything by shakira. >> "try everything." >> it's from zootopia. >> was it good? stereotyping. >> it was as much for parents as kids. perfect combo in animation. >> watch it on two levels. >> it is so good. given that they had to have this in the pipeline at least three years ago, i will say, one of the villains happens to be a politician using fear to separate people. >> that's the premise of it. you do a great -- al did an impersonation of idris elba, who is one of the characters. >> he plays the police chief, a water buffalo. at one point, he says to jenny officer in zootopia, not like a cartoon. we all go dancing and singing and all of our songs and everything ends up nice in the end. it's not like that. >> did you see the idris elba? you had to take yourself back because of all that handsomeness seeping thro

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a beautiful wednesday morning here it's march the 16th, 2016. another big crowd out on the plaza. spring break weeks roll through town. inside studio 1a, i'm willie along with natalie, al and tamron. this song was on when i got the e-mail from the morning jam from our producer, amanda. "electric feel," mgmt. >> great song. >> everybody is talking about what happened last night in american politics. huge night starting with a clean sweep for hillary clinton. florida, ohio, illinois, missouri and north carolina. all going to secretary clinton. her delegate lead over senator sanders is now at more than 700 if you include the super delegates. clinton setting her sights on donald trump, who could be her general election opponent. >> our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. [ applause ] lienate them. defeat our adversaries, not embolden them. >> here's why she's talking abo

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on this super tuesday morning. it is the 1st day of march, 2016. i'm willie along with al and dylan inside. tamron is in texas. we'll talk to her in a moment. dylan, you're our guest so we gave you the jam. what did you go with? >> it's my jam. bring it up a little. >> this is "convoy." >> what is it? >> w.j. mccall, is that right? >> 1976. this week, 1976, 40 year ace s ago, this song made it to number three on the charts. >> i can't hear it but i bet it's great. there we go. oh, yeah. >> it was great. >> i like it. >> amazing. >> surprise you picked this. >> it popped in my head. >> tamron is in her home state of texas, in what will be the most important day so far of this presidential election. she's in houston, to be exact. tamron, good morning. >> good to see you. listen, we call this super dual lives, msnbc, covering politics and having fun with our "today" show family, but this is extraordinary. today

. >> announcer: nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on an york city. ma 14th, 2016. i feel alive oh, my gosh. >> amazing. did not matter that it was pouring rain and it was a drenching rain on the crowd and on coldplay. t-shirts. it s amazing. >> could not have designed a worse day weather wise. day. cold rain, what's worse? >> a driving blizzard. >> it was great and beautiful. nobody likes cold rain. it was an ugly rain but didn't show at all. coldplay was incredible. the guys have their new album, the super bowl show. they're unbelievable. i picked "adventure of a lifetime" as my morning jam, and they'll sing it a little later. song? it's great. gorillas in the jungle. apparently, this live used. i love this. they're all jamming out. if you look in their eyes, you can see, that's chris martin there, obviously. >> circus is doing backup. >> yeah, right. the last song of our wedding, the dj asked my husband, what's the last song you want? he said, i don't know, i do

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". it's wednesday morning, a beautiful one at that. 2nd day of march, 2016. beautiful crowd on the plaza. i'm willie with tamron and al. natalie is on assignment. i can't get myself out of the "hamilton" soundtrack. this is "wait for it," and this is my current "hamilton" song. >> i love you went back a second time. we've all been fortunate enough to see it, but it's interesting how many friends i call and say, can you get me tickets? i'm like, who -- >> no. >> the list of celebrities who are waiting. >> i got to go months and months ago with my dad. i took my parents.

. >> announcer: nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on an york city. ma 14th, 2016. i feel alive oh, my gosh. >> amazing. did not matter that it was pouring rain and it was a drenching rain on the crowd and on coldplay. t-shirts. it s amazing. >> could not have designed a worse day weather wise. day.

. >> get the latest >> announcer: nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willieworse day. >> rn but didn't ow atall.e guys h the super bowl show. they're unbelievable. i picked "adventure of a lifetime" as my morning jam, and they'll sing it a little later. have you seen the video for this song? it's great. gorillas in the jungle. apparently, this live capture motion, is what they used. i love this. they're all jamming out. if you look in their eyes, you can see, that's chris martin there, obviously. >> circus is doing backup. >> yeah, right. the last song of our wedding, the dj ask the last song you want? he , dress. best moment of the they did aan crowd out nothth song so stay tuned this hour. >>> now, we're going to talk politics. it was a wild weekend in this campaign. beginning on friday really. protests, some violence at donald trump's events. on friday, chaos in group of pr over an arena, essentially, and forced donald trump to postpone, cancel the event. on saturday, secret service agents in dayton, ohio, scrambled to protect trump. look at this scene. >>

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". it's wednesday morning, a beautiful one at that. 2nd day of march, 2016. beautiful crowd on the plaza. i'm willie with tamron and al. natalie is on assignment. i can't get myself out of the "hamilton" soundtrack. this is "wait for it," and this is my current "hamilton" song. >> i love you went back a second time. we've all been fortunate enough to see it, but it's interesting how many friends i call and say, can you get me tickets? i'm like, who -- >> no. >> the list of celebrities who are waiting. >> i got to go months and months ago with my dad. i took my parents. christina, my wife. she hasn't seen it and heard me talk about it for six months. she's like, you need to take me. we finally got in. now my kids are like, can i go? i went on stubhub for fun yesterday, oh, my. >> they can see it or they go to college. i'm telling you. >> they're little kids. >> they'll appreciate it. >> i'm saying they have tim

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a monday morning, march 21st, 2016. i'm al along with tamron and dylan. natalie and willie are off. my morning jam, try everything by shakira. >> "try everything." >> it's from zootopia. >> was it good? >> talks about racial stereotyping. >> it was as much for parents as kids. perfect combo in animation.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". 2016. nice, big crowd on the plaza. we'd like to think they're here for us but we know why they're here. steve harvey is our special co-host. >> really? >> he didn't know unless five minutes ago. you a check? this. >> al can write you a little something. al's gotcha. we have steve with us. he has the new show "little big other things he does every day. we're listening to your jam right now, earth, wind and fire. >> number one song. >> good shot. >> "little big shots," it'll be a hit, first of all, because you're good with the kids but it's not a competition, right? >> everybody wins. if you have a competition, you're going to have children crying. nobody wants that. >> right. >> but they all are so gifted, man, with what they do. >> oh. >> we let them come out and do world. we just have fun with them and we talk. they just do some amazing stuff, man. >> like "america's got talent" meets "kids say the darnde

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today" on a beautiful wednesday morning here in new york city. it's march the 9th, 2016. getting up into the mid 70s in new york today. >> yeah. minutes? >> sacha baron cohenpape i wasn wrist in was the right thing to do. since he's a guest. it was an amazing trick. give me your wrist. >> no. >> take one for the team. >> willie? >> no, no. no! >> come here. >> no! >> willie, i know the trick now. >> you do not know the trick. >> elephant wrists? >> what he did -- i have to get the paperli >> you're eng. >> you know kwh a my super huma. ouye kidding me? that's not rodeo, is it? wow. >> i can collapse my hand. >> oh, you did that a little too easily, my friend. >> i learned i could do it as a kid. >> to get out of handcuffs. thank you, you're a gentleman. >> that was impressive. >> wow. >> al, can you read this? >> the presidential race, let's start with the democrats. >> we're talking about an election. stunning upset over in th

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". it's tuesday morning, march 8th, 2016. i've got to say, it's spring like outside. beautiful. getting into the 60s today in new york city. >> 70s tomorrow. >> 73 according to my thing here. 73 the next day, yeah. this thing right here. natalie is on assignment. tamron, i like the jam. going back. >> willie told me to wakeup, which i'm not sleeping. we've been up for hours now, but this will get you going. >> any reason for it? i have no complaint. i love this song. >> it's one of the songs when i'm in the gym, the few times i go, or if i need to, you know, get a little energy, it gets you going.

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today". 2016. nice, big crowd on the plaza. we'd like to think they're here for us but we know why they're here. steve harvey is our special co-host. >> really? >> he didn't know unless five minutes ago. you a check? this. >> al can write you a little something. al's gotcha. we have steve with us. he has the new show "little big

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