Extremists in nigeria threatening to sell the young schoolgirls. Now comes news of more of the auctions in northeastern nigeria. Eight more girls ages 1215 kidnapped by armed members of local rom. Theyre fighting to create an islamic state. If the Extremist Group had hoped to win it appears their efforts have backfired. Protests have erupted around the globe. These protesters in washington d. C. Demanding the return of the missing school girls. Unhappy with the response from the nigerian president. The government was slow to respond. Has done little to try to counteract. In an effort to impose their views. The u. S. State Department Says the u. S. Government is trying to help but reverend jackson calling on the United Nations and other african nations as well. We cannot allow the tragedy of these girls being kidnapped. The whole world must cry out. And threatens the stability of the entire african continent given nigerias importance in africa. The Largest Energy producer on the contine
More evacuations have been ordered in the sierra foothills because of a fastmoving brush fire. 500 homes have been evacuated as the sand fire burns. Flames have destroyed ten homes since friday. Dry brush helped the fire move quickly and spread from the ground into the tops of trees. The fire has burned 3800acres and is 35 contained. A fire burning on the west emof Yosemite National park forced officials to call for more evoke situations. 100 homes near highway 140 have been evacuated. Cabins and campgrounds as well. The park is open but several roads are closed. The fire has burned 2100 akers. Fire destroyed one home. Firefighters dont know how the fire started. A popular east bay salon has been destroyed by fire the stylist hair salon just off east 14th street in san lee san leandro. We have a look at the damage. Reporter the fire shut down two popular businesses here, the stylist hair salon and a nail spa. Flames broke out this morning at 9 15. Firefighters came quickly and were abl
Line of brief but fierce afternoon thunderstorms to the region. Take a look at video just into the abc7 news room a short time ago, showing us a crowd gathered at venice beach and emergency crews. At least three lightning strikes sparked two brush fires in the Catalina Island area earlier in the day. Now, lets gate check on this really unusual weather. Abc7 meteorologist Frances Dinglasan is here with live doppler 7hd. I want to show you online live doppler 7hd. The satellite radar composite of that area during the 1 00 hour. Look at that severe line of thunderstorms heading north and south. Between 1 00 and 3 00, the Severe Weather moved up from long beach, towards los angeles, hitting the areas of venice beach. We had thunderstorms and rain and also seeing some thunderstorm activity in our area, just off the coast, off monterey. We had numerous thunderstorms during the 1 00 hour, is a show you a loop. And what is happening, as this monsoonal moisture makes its way northword towards t
The wait is over, the stars of fifty shades of grey in their first Live Television debut together. This morning, thursday, july 24th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today 7 oompl a. M. On a thursday. Extremely busy. Lets jump to our top story, the disappearance of yet another special airliner, this time it is a flight in western africa, nbcs tom costello covers the investigation for us, what can you tell us . Reporter this is the nigerian airline, 116 crew members on board. An official said within the past hour the plane has crashed, but we den foe where or how they know that. It left about 1 17 a. M. Local time. It disappeared 15 minutes into the flight from radar. The transport minister says the plane asked to change routes because of a bad stand storm in the airline. The Airlines Says half the passengers were french. It was an older Mcdonald Douglas plane built in th
Are waking up this morning to the aftermath of some Severe Weather. This includes nearly 87,000 without power. Check out this small yet powerful tornado in tennessee. Looking into the distance, you can see a house being ripped apart. Sparks from power lines as well as the tornado touches down. Its just one dramatic example of a storm system that left 100 Million People at risk. Nbcs john yang has more. Reporter large hail, intense lightning, high winds and dangerous thunderstorms pushed through several states including illinois and kentucky triggering a dozen tornado warnings and watches. A tornado touched down in central connecticut with estimated winds of 85 miles an hour. Trees and power lines were down. And several homes damaged in walcot. Heavy rains caused flash flooding in worcester, massachusetts. Drivers pushed through roadways. This round of weather produced a severe string of storms that made its way from canada to the great lakes and now stretches to the southeast. John yan