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Enthusiasm on her side. and i think the other key piece here is how do those independent women in particular vote and do they show up to vote. i think thats the other key piece here. one independent womens group thats trying to back mark sanford is basically saying dont let the perfect be the enemy of the good. thats the best argument they can make for him. so thats another key piece to watch here, how do women turn out and who do they vote for. >> krystal ball, jamie harrison, the first african...

The victims. and of course, jenna, the investigation continues, its likely to take several weeks. jenna: well keep up with that. claudia, thank you. jon: three women and a 6-year-old child escape a living nightmare in cleveland. their horror story of years in captivity, shocking the entire nation. coming up, oprah winfreys interview with several family members who never gave up hope. also, the u.n. launching and investigation of north korea for crimes against humanity h. allegations of torture a...

Returning to our top story. three young women who went missing about a decade ago were discovered living locked up against their will inside a house. >> now this morning, three men are under arrest. i spoke with abcs steven portnoy in cleveland for background on this breaking story. steven, incredible day. lets take it from the top, what is the latest? >> reporter: as we speak, john, through the night, john, authorities have been going into the house here on seymour street in this cleveland neig...

>> shepard: catherine, thank you. investigators in texas say a potentially volatile chemical is what fueled the deadly explosion at a fortalezaer plant south of dallas. ammonium nitrate one of the same ingredients used in the oklahoma city bombing. the explosion so powerful it registered as a small earthquake. it destroyed several blocks of houses around the plant. it killed 14 people, injured some 200 others, including firefighters and first responders. but investigators say even though they kn...

Now. they may still be children in their minds while theyre in their early 20s. the fact it was a 6-year-old i believe might have been involved in this whole thing. that is whole another set of facts. it will be very, very difficult but they will parse this slowly but surely because i firmly believe that the police now have the right three people in custody. the fbis function of course will be to offer any resources that they may need to cover out of state leads or any profiling or any psycholog...

The man who held her captive, had been away. this would be the time police should come and help her. she had finally been freed. >> i understand it was truly a scene of rejoicing at the scene when it all became clear that these women were alive and we will well. can you describe a little bit about the neighborhood reaction? >> the neighbors are incredibly thrilled. this is a search that has gone on for a decade. this neighborhood had been through an agonizing and desperate search for the two wom...

She knew. she knew and she kept -- we had the strength. she kept us on the strength. and thats -- you know, i give her -- i dont know how she did it. if it was my daughter, i dont know. shes my niece, and i -- i survived day by day with god. >> you just heard from the cleveland police chief there, also the aunt of gina dejesus, one of the three women abducted and then found after ten years in captivity. were following the breaking news thats coming to us minute by minute out of cleveland. these ...

On just nearby here, the three women had been held in captivity right here on seymour street and police never knew. >> but the families never gave up. >> they never gave up. a lot of them were considered runaways. the families were like no they did not runaway. you hope that brings awareness as well. >> amanda berrys mother, sadly passing away. >> they say she literally died of a broken heart trying to find her. >> heart failure. presumably at some point amanda berry is going to be told her moth...

One of them had a baby in captivity. neighbors say that theyve seen ariel castro take a young girl to the playground, presumably that same child found in the house with with the women, a 6-year-old. she is believed to be amanda berrys daughter. castro and his two brothers identified by police as pedro and onil are under arrest. were waiting their initial court appearance where charges will be initially filed. relatives of gina dejesus say ariel castro was related to ginas best friend, and that h...

We are very glad to be joined this morning by a man who knows this story all too well, ed smart. as bill said, his daughter liz became a household name after being kidnapped from her home in salt lake city. she was 14 years old held in captivity for nine months. ed smart rejoins us. he has been here before. welcome back. >> thank you. martha: this has to bring it all back for you, when you hear this story this morning? >> it is just so wonderful to think that three young women are back with thei...