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Welcome back. my colleague lester holt sat down with president obama on air force one earlier this week. it was all for a dateline nbc special that airs tonight. lester asked president obama about the moment he learned donald trump would be his successor. take a listen. >> tell me what happened that night watching those results when you realized that donald trump was going to win, was there an unvarnished barack obama at that moment? >> you know, you know there was just surprise. you know, generally speak iing not just me, but my team had been pretty good at seeing something coming.

>> i got to tell you, gary, if i'm living with a guy who's beating me, making me pull off scams, i'm out of there. >> i was scared for my life because he's already told me after i got back with him that if i ever ran away, and if he ever caught me, he would break both my legs where i could never walk again. that's when i started looking. i was like, well, i can't do nothing, so i might as well just do it. if i don't do it there's going to be consequences. >> did you feel trapped? >> i felt trapped. i really felt trapped. i was scared for my life. >> why didn't you just go to the police and say...

Sending him into a jealous rage. >> he pick made up and threw me off the couch. >> what did he do then? >> he sat on my arms. >> he pinned you down? >> uh-huh. that's when he hit me in my face. >> she says, after the beating, he chopped off her hair. >> i just think he could be mean. >> mario here? >> when police enter mario's house he isn't there, but they find crucial evidence. so this is the hair that you recovered? >> yes, it is. >> hours later, the detective gets a call from mario's attorney. the accused pimp agreed to turn himself in. >> turn around. i'm going to pat you down real quick....

>> chris hansen with "dateline nbc." how you doing? that's when i catch up to him. >> did you ever beat jessica? >> no. >> did you ever beat elizabeth? >> no. and the truth will come out. only thing i'm guilty of being black and having a girlfriend that was a prostitute. that's all i'm guilty of. >> jessica and elizabeth told us they were two of at least a dozen women working for mario. >> there's no crime in having 15 girlfriends. i'm not married. i'm still young. >> no crime in having 15 girlfriends. >> that's all i'm saying. >> the question is, were they going out, turning tricks giving you...

>> i got to tell you, gary, if i'm living with a guy who's beating me, making me pull off scams, i'm out of there. >> i was scared for my life because he's already told me after i got back with him that if i ever ran away, and if he ever caught me, he would break both my legs where i could never walk again. that's when i started looking. i was like, well, i can't do nothing, so i might as well just do it. if i don't do it there's going to be consequences. >> did you feel trapped? >> i felt trapped. i really felt trapped. i was scared for my life. >> why didn't you just go to the police and say...