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and midwest mess. the first big snowstorm of the season. over 20 million americans in the bull s-eye. driving, treacherous. flights canceled. all of this just before the holiday. we re in the middle of it tracking the storm. hey, good morning. we have two developing stories right now. officials say they re hunting for more than three suspects in the african country of mali this morning after armed gunmen stormed a luxury hotel opening fire. coming up we re going to tell you about the american mother who was killed in this attack. but we are going to start here with the breaking news out of belgium. the capital city of brussels is on a security lockdown with the government warning about the possibility of a coordinated terror strike similar to what happened just a week ago in france. the country directly to the south of belgium. in brussels this morning the subways are closed, heavily armed soldiers deployed and lama hasan is right there. good morning. reporter: ....
now. good evening. we begin tonight with harrowing new details from inside that hotel in mali in west africa where al qaeda linked terrorists killed 20 people, including an american on friday. exactly one week after the devastating massacre in paris. dozens more were held hostages inside the radisson blue hotel and some are sharing their terrifying stories of survival with nbc news for the first time. islamic extremes armed with rifles and grenades storming the hotel and screaming religious epithets. we are in mali tonight and tells us what happened through the eyes of one american. reporter: in the halls of the hotel a hunt for a gang of killers. men who had gone from room to room shouting allahu akbar. and from the moment the gunmen stormed the hotel. this man from florida saw it all. a group of four or five men came from across the street, started shooting. took out the guards. they shot at us. we ran back inside. at which time i fell. reporter: but managed t ....
song everything is awesome. and andy samberg accompanied them. actress dakota johnson and mom melanie griffith had words when it was revealed that melanie didn t plan on seeing 50 shades of grey. first monster role, anastasia in 50 shades of grey has done so well at the box office. it feels like everybody has seen it. have you? no. no. she s a really good actress. i don t need to see that to know how good she is. you don t have to see it. mom! dwayne the rock johnson got a little nostalgic for presenting for best animated film. i remember crying my eyes out when i watched the end of the lion king. how old were you? not important. wait, you were, like, 20 years old. let s just all move on, thank you, zoe. during her speech, patricia arquette struck a powerful chord with equality for women. to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else s equal rights. it s our time to have wage equality once and for all. ....
out. i feel we have a chance to get kayla out. the family s heart wrenching story and the way they are honoring her legacy and the way she wrote from captivity. another storm takes aim at millions in the south. another arctic blast. announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of today with today s oscar after party. live from los angeles and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to the split edition of today on a monday morning. matt lauer in los angeles and savannah, tamron and natalie back in new york. the award for least sleep. tamron wins it. she watched the whole thing. i can t imagine you have been asleep. i got two hours, you got awe! how much did you get? i got about 45 minutes. he took a nap anyway. i m awake now. hold on. this is our top story. we are talking about the stars at the oscar. a lot just getting home after celebrating and while the academy awards expected ....
we are safer today than when barack obama took office? no. unfortunately, i don t either. sadly, the obvious answer is no. in fact, the lack of american leadership under this president has made the world more dangerous. and you just have to take look around the world. in the middle east, isis has seized territory in iraq and syria. to establish an islamic cal fate. nothing is too brutal or barbaric for this terrorist group. we ve seen how they have tormented, tortured, raped, killed, christians for what they believe in. we re also seeing the resurgence offal quooid and affiliated groups in yemen libya and other areas around the world. you might recall that last fall, just this past fall, the president cited yemen as an example of success in terms of the administration s counterterrorism strategy. can you imagine? yemen a success model. i d hate to see what failure looks like. i introduced an amendment in the defense authorization to make sure we would not transfer any o ....