Good morning, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The u. S. Is joining the hunt for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian School girls. Eight more girls were abducted in northeast nigeria by suspected islamic militants yesterday. The u. S. Is sending a team of technical experts but no armed forces. The kidnappings and the nigerians failure to rescue the girls has sparked international outrage. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. Good morning, susan. Annemarie, good morning. The new kidnapping are bringing more attention on the nigerians inability to rescue even wouf these girls who have been separate and may be tougher to find and the growing insurgency. Now in a rare move the Nigerian Government is accepting the u. S. s help and they say they can except a very, very rapid response. For three weeks theyre searching to find hundreds of girls abducted from their dorms. President obama confirmed with megan glaros of our chicago station the white house is now stepping in to hel
Hawaii. The boy talks to police for the first time. And burn the beret. Monica lewinsky talks about the aftermath and why she is finally breaking the decade long silence today. Wednesday, may 7th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Back together again. You spent time with the president talking about a serious subject. Thats right. Climate change. They want to get this up front and center. They have their work cut out for them. 1 in 4 americans is skeptical about Climate Change. We will get to the top stories i. Millions dealing with a taste of summer. This is weeks after it finally stopped snowing. Dylan dreyer is in wichita, kansas where the temperatures will approach 100 degrees again today. Dylan, good morning to you. Good morning, matt. It is amazing how quickly the body forgets the brutal winter we just had and now we are just jumping in
Good wednesday morning. The United States military has joined the hunt in nigeria to help in a kidnapping case thats sparked international outrage. The team will help in the search for nearly 300 schoolgirls taken by a terrorist group. Abcs Tahman Bradley is following the latest from washington. Reporter with unicef reporting that eight more nigerian girls have been kidnapped by the boko haram group, the United States is joining the manhunt. The u. S. Has sent a collaboration cell to nigeria. They accepted our help. A combination of military, law enforcement, and other agencies, who are going in, trying to identify where, in fact, these girls might be. And to provide them help. Reporter three weeks after more than 300 girls, age 15 to 19, were abducted from this school, the Nigerian Government says it has no idea where most of the students are. The failure to find the girls has led to protests around the world. Bring back our girls. Reporter about 50 of the girls escaped. But the rest
Good tuesday morning. We begin with the mounting International Pressure to free hundreds of girls held captive in nigeria. There is added urgency now that the alleged kidnapper has vowed to sell the girls. Tahman bradley has the latest. Reporter this morning, the United States stands ready to assist nigeria. The situation would require a military or cia operation. From the streets of nigeria, to los angeles. Bring back our girls. Reporter outrage over the horrific crime is growing. On social media, the bringbookourgirls has gone viral. Celebrities are joining the chorus of millions. About 50 of the more than 300 abducted girls managed to escape. The girls, age 15 to 18 years old, were taken from their school in the middle of the night and loaded on a truck, all because they wanted to go to school. Reporter alexis okeolo, spoke to one. These girls are heroes. Reporter this is the man behind the terror. Boko haran. I took your girls. They are our slaves, he said. I will sell them in the
All the highlights from the annual meeting of hollywoods brightest stars and washingtons elite. That intimate dinner for 2,600, affectionately known as the nerd prom. Today, sunday, may 4th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dryer. We didnt go to the dinner this year. I think we missed good, good lines. There were good laughs this year, i think. There were some good lines. I was judging highlights this morning. Were easy targets. The president took some good shots at us. Also fellow politicians, congress. No one is safe in that room, i think. No. Why is why none of us went. That and i had an awesome date with my son to play basketball yesterday. Joel mchale of community kind of walking the line, it sounds like, as he emceed the event for the night. Dangerous job to do that. Got to poke fun at the