Good evening. As you saw there, we have a storm approaching the u. S. West coast that is big enough to have an eye like a hurricane. And we will get to that story in just a moment. But we must begin instead tonight with the fear that the situation in ukraine is perhaps approaching civil war. Russian troops have been arriving by transport plane and by helicopter in the crimea region, many of them with their faces covered, wearing no insignia. If not an invasion, it certainly appears to be a Russian Military intervention in a neighboring country in a former part of the soviet union. Nbcs bill neely has been watching it happen today. He is in the ukraine. Bill, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. There is a russian war memorial behind me. Russias black sea fleet has been based here in crimea for 250 years, but none of it explains what russia has been up to today. There is no question, the russian armor and men have been on the move today, and maybe on the move tonight. A form of i
Three weeks now. Still no contact, no proof of where it is. But today five different planes spotted at least something. Tonight there is a new search area. Its sharply to the north now, closer to australia. Its based on the belief that the plane flew faster on its way down than first believed, used its fuel up faster, and then went down at a different point. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs tom costello once again in our d. C. Bureau. Tom, good evening. Reporter hi, brian. A week after searching in an area 1600 miles off of perth, now this new refined search zone hundreds of miles to the north. And half the air crews that went out today spotted what they thought what was debris. Those photos are now being analyzed. From an australian p3 search zone today, an up close look 21 days after flight 370 disappeared. At a low pass, the crew members thought they spotted something. Now ships are heading that way. 11 objects in total is what weve come across. A varying range of shapes, sizes,
Count the calories on the food that we buy. But will we change what we shove into our mouths one bit. And a Foreign Government may be snooping on your hard drive and what have they found other than selfies . President obama speaking at the white house right now and well come back with the lead when he is done. Well, feel free to stand up. [ applause ] to help young boys at risk of dropping out of school. Today is serves thousands of students in dozens of schools. As mayor of new york, mayor bloomberg, michael bloomberg, who is here today, started a Young Man Initiative for africanamerican and latino boys because he understood, in order for america to compete, we need to make it easier for all of our young people to do well in the classroom and find a job after they graduate. A Bipartisan Group of mayors across the country. Senator mike lee, a leader of the tea party, has been working with senator dick durbin, a democrat from my home state of illinois, to reduce disparities in our crimi
Caused eight acrobats dangling 25 feet in the air to plummet to the ground. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its tuesday, may 6th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Thanks for joining us this morning. We begin with the disturbing, new developments in nigeria, where armed terrorists are now threatening to sell more than 200 young girls they kidnapped from a school. Its been nearly a month since those girls were taken at gunpoint, loaded into trucks and driven into the african bush. The u. S. Is now sharing intelligence with nigeria, and with International Pressure growing, theres new urgency to find these girls and free them. Vladimir duthiers is live for us. Lets start with the leader of boko haram. How serious is the world taking what hes said about selling the girls . Outrageous under any, any social norm, what this man is saying hes going to do. Reporter thats right, christine. The world is taking it very seriously. Boko haram was designated
Good evening. Brian is on assignment tonight. Im lester holt. New government findings are tonight providing a stunning and eyeopening look at the growing number of families living with autism. Based on the latest survey data, the centers for Disease Control estimates 1 in 68 American Children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder. Thats about 30 higher than previous surveys. Autism spectrum encompasses a broad range of developmental disorders, affecting among other things speech and social interaction. This brings new urgency to finding the cause of autism and understanding why it seems to be on the increase. Our chief medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman has more. Reporter 6yearold ava cristos starts her day at the academy, a new Jersey School for children with autism. Today, a surprising cdc survey of 11 states finds there is a dramatic jump in the number of children like ava. The cdc finds that the numbers are steadily rising over the last decade to 1 in 6 children. Boy