Its been almost three weeks since hundreds of school girls were abducted by islamic terrorists in nigeria, and now the u. S. Is sending a team of technical experts in the country to help bring the girls home. Demonstrations continue to take place in cities across the globe. U. S. Lawmakers brought attention to the situation as well with a moment of silence. At least two senators are asking the president to place boko haram on the National List of terror groups. Nbcs ann curry has more. Reporter a first glimpse of one of the school girls who escaped an attempt to hide her identity describing the night she and her classmates were kidnapped. We were sleeping at night. Suddenly there were some soldiers to come in and asked us all to get ready because we were being attacked by boko haram that night. We were happy to be in safe hands but they werent safe, the soldiers turned out to be the very militants who thought they were saving. Secretary of state john kerry called nigerias president for
Our st. Louis affiliate. A Radio Station captured similar footage with night vision. Huge waves of tear gas and reports that demonstrators threw molotov cocktails at police, prompting them to fire tear gas. A reporter got trapped by the gas and described the information to Msnbcs Lawrence Odonnell last night. My entire face, my nose, my lips and my eyes, its all burning, feels like its almost on fire. So, i cant imagine what people who were actually in it feel, and im pretty far back at this point. Governor jay nixon, who had been criticized for staying quiet on the situation, released this statement overnight, saying the worsening situation in ferguson is deeply troubling. I ask that members of the community demonstrate patience and calm while the investigation continues. And i urge Law Enforcement agencies to keep the peace and respect the rights of residents and the press during this difficult time. Nbcs jenna hancher has more from ferguson. Reporter for a fourth straight day, prote
Flipping away yet. See the scores on your phone. Welcome to mtp daily. The Republican Party cute in a cross current fignightmare. Trump is well on his way, though not a slam dunk to potentially hit 1237 before the convention to win the nomination. Right now hes got 261delegate lead over cruz. He needs to win 54 of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. Its an achievable goal for trump. Consider he won 60 of the delegates this past tuesday. And that was in a fourman race. Now, its down to three. There are no good options for republicans when it comes to trump. Basis fractured, partys infrastructure is a mess, establishment hates the frontrunner, the tea party hates the establishment and everybody down ballot is caught in the cross fire. Republicans may have to choose between saving 2016 election and saving the party. According to nbc exit polls nearly 30 of the millions of republican primary voters this week said they would not vote for trump if hes the nominee in november. O
the double amputee olympic athlete underwent a month of psychiatric exams to assess his mental health when he shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, last year. new this morning, according to the official report from the panel of psychiatrists, pistorius did not suffer from mental disease or defect that affected his ability to know right from wrong at the time of the shooting. we ll be following this development to see how it affects the course of this trial. now to rumblings that are out there that major changes could be on the way for the troubled department of veterans affairs. today president obama expected to nominate robert mcdonald to take over. mcdonald graduated in the top 2% of his class at west point and served as ceo of corporate giant procter & gamble. house speaker john boehner issued a statement calling mcdonald a good man and saying, quote, he s the kind of person who s capable of implementing the kind of dramatic systemic change badly needed and lo
with the scandal, but standing by him. i know he cares about it deeply, and, you know, he has been a great public servant and a great warrior on behalf of the united states of america. we re going to work with him to solve the problem. but i am going make sure that there is accountability throughout the system. rick shinseki, i think, serve this is country because he cares deeply about veterans, and he cares deeply about the mission. and i know that rick s attitude is if he does not think he can do a good job on this, and if he thinks he has let our veterans down, then i m sure he s not interested in continuing to serb. he touted work that s been done to make the v.a. better, including treating ptsd and bringing it into the 21st century. it was not enough for many. top republican leaders calling it a national embarrassment. some saying he didn t create it with the gravity it deserves. it s expanded at 26 facilities nationwide. and john yang found more problems in albuquer