Jihadist Recruiters At Work; Congress Approves TSA's Request For Extra Funds.
HOWELL: Welcome back. They prey on society's most vulnerable. Jihadist recruiters radicalizing young men and women, sometimes right under the noses of their own parents. The terror attacks in Brussels exposed Belgium as a fertile breeding ground for such extremists. One reason behind it, a legal system that allows them to walk free even after they've been convicted in a court. CNN's Erin McLaughlin is live in Brussels with this CNN exclusive -- Erin.</s>ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: George, 28 people were convicted in Brussels last week for being part of what's called the Zarconi network, which is responsible for recruiting some of Europe's deadliest terrorists. A CNN producer was in court as the verdict was read out and watched as two senior members of that network, recruiters, walked free despite having been sentenced to six to seven years in prison. They were allowed to walk free pending their appeal. Now, we actually tracked one of the recruiters down to his home address. He confronted us when we got there. He was not happy to see us, though he refused to speak on camera. One of the individuals that was convicted alongside him was one of his recruits, 18-year-old Sabri Refla, who was a foreign fighter believed to have died in Syria. He was convicted in absentia. We spoke to his parents and they told us they are absolutely outraged that the man they believe is responsible for recruiting and radicalizing their son is free. Take a listen.</s>SALIHA BEN ALI, MOTHER OF SABRI REFLA: I don't really believe in human justice, but in a God justice, and he will pay. Not here, but by God. And I just want to tell him that my son didn't have a second chance like him.</s>MCLAUGHLIN: We spoke to the president of the tribunal. He said he stands by the court's decision, adding that if these recruiters lose their appeal they will be going to prison -- George.</s>HOWELL: Our international correspondent, Erin McLaughlin, live for us. Erin, thank you so much for your exclusive report into this very serious matter.</s>KOSIK: All right, let's get an EARLY START on your money. Seeing a lot of red arrows around the world this morning. Markets closed lower in Asia. European markets, they are slightly lower as well. U.S. futures, they are following that world lead. Monthly retail sales numbers, they are coming out later today. They're going to be watched more closely after poor earnings came out from Macy's and Kohl's. Today, we're going to be hearing from J.C. Penney. Let me ask you this. Are you tired of waiting in long security lines at the airport? I think I hear a lot of yeses. Well, help is on the way. Congress approved the TSA's request to reallocate funds to increase security officers at airports. All right, so where's the money going? Well, about $26 million of it is going to pay for extra hours employees will work, and about $8 million will be used to hire more security officers. And the extra staff, I'd say, is coming just in time because the summer tends to be the busiest travel season.</s>HOWELL: All right. Donald Trump and the Republican Party, can they reunite? Can they unite? "NEW DAY" starts right now.</s>RYAN: I was very encouraged.</s>TRUMP: I thought it was a great meeting. I think Paul-Trump the same win (ph).</s>PRIEBUS: I don't think it could have turned out any better.</s>RYAN: We are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified.</s>PRIEBUS: I think the headline is a positive first step toward unifying our party.</s>SANDERS: I am not here to say that Hillary Clinton can't defeat Donald Trump.</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I certainly want to be delivering on the challenges that still lie ahead of us.</s>SANDERS: It is our campaign which will result in a Democratic victory in November.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When Hillary wins the nomination I believe everybody will endorse her and embrace her.</s>LEON PANETTA, FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY: The reality is who's going to be the next president of the United States? Hillary Clinton has that experience and that capability, and Trump does not. You want to take a gamble with the future?</s>ANNOUNCER: This is NEW DAY with Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota.</s>CUOMO: They've got the wide eyes there, J.B. We'll have to find out why. Good morning, welcome to your NEW DAY. It is Friday -- Friday the 13th of May, but it means nothing here, 6:00 in the east.</s>JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: In here, what could possibly go wrong?</s>CUOMO: Well, Alisyn Camerota recovering from poker night. Brianna Keilar on one side, John Berman on the other. Can you feel the love? So can the GOP.