we'll be back at 6:00. >> good night. on our broadcast tonight, taking action. u.s. teams now on their way to help find hundreds of school girls kidnapped by terrorists as we hear for the first time what happened from one of the girls who got away. it's already here. a new report says the effects of climate change are being felt right now across this country. it includes an alarming look at what's to come. tonight al roker takes on the topic with the president. breaking her silence after all these years. monica lewinsky has spoken out about the clintons, the scandal, and the unbearable shame. and battle in beverly hills. some of hollywood's biggest names take aim at one of the world's richest men and an american landmark gets caught in the middle. "nightly news" begins now.

good evening. tonight it now feels as if the world is aware and responding to the kidnapping of 276 school girls in kenya three weeks ago today. after a bold and scary video from the terrorists involved promising to sell the young women they have abducted, tonight the u.s. has a team en route to help find those still being held. they are all ages 15 to 18. in the meantime, we learn today eight more female students have been abducted there. and today thanks to a documentary film maker, we did hear from one of the kidnapped girls who managed to escape. it's where we begin again tonight with nbc's ann curry. >> reporter: a first glimpse at one of the school girls who escaped. her face obscured to hide her identity describing the night she and her classmates were kidnapped. we were sleeping at night. suddenly there were some

soldiers who came in and asked us all to get ready because we would be attacked by boko haram that night. we were happy to be in safe hands. but they weren't safe. the soldiers who took them turned out to be the very militants they thought they were fleeing. the same militants who terrorized nigeria for years killing thousands. today secretary of state kerry called nigeria's president to offer help finding the girls. and as president obama told al roker today, nigeria said yes. >> so what we've done is we have offered and it's been accepted, help from our military and law enforcement officials. we're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them. >> reporter: military, investigative, and intelligence assistance. and expertise in hostage negotiations. international response to the kidnapping was slow at first, but this map shows how word spread on social media. the #bringbackourgirls exploding

around the world over 12 days reaching a million so far. new rallies today in washington, d.c. and new york. and last night in los angeles. filmmaker rama a mosley was there. she not only rallied in the street, she started a facebook campaign. >> using social media, using facebook, using twitter to tell the world we will not accept school girls being kidnapped from school. >> reporter: the story of nigeria's missing school girls at the hands of terrorists has touched a nerve around the world. >> you don't have to be a mother to understand the seriousness. it's painful. it's outrage. >> reporter: the terrorists are bent on ending western education in nigeria. their biggest weapon is fear, and it may be working. the girl who escaped when asked if she would go back to school said, no, i cannot go back. i cannot. meantime, u.s. officials tell nbc news that there are u.s.

intelligence assets in the region including bases from which unarmed reconnaissance drones could be used in the hunt for the kidnapped girls, brian. >> ann curry with the latest on this scary story out of nigeria tonight. ann, thanks. a new white house report on climate change is out. and it's not about if or when, but the point of this report is to show it's happening here and now in this country. the report warns that climate extremes will become increasingly common. some point to places like lake piru north of l.a. where all the green you're seeing used to be covered by water which is now at a 30-year low. one more symptom of a devastating drought. and according to today's report, the kind of thing the next generation should be prepared for. we get more tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: if the projections are right, newborn nia will witness big environmental changes during her lifetime. just think of all the extreme

weather headlines in the last nine months. floods, tornadoes, record cold, and record drought. today's new white house report, the national climate assessment it's called, warns if we do nothing temperatures could rise up to ten degrees this century. president obama with nbc's al roker this afternoon. >> this is not some distant problem of the future. this is a problem that is affecting americans right now. >> reporter: across all regions. in the northeast heavier rainfalls and more heat waves are predicted. short winters are already affecting maple syrup producers. >> it didn't quite get cold enough at night. >> reporter: in the northwest, less snow and warmer more acidic ocean waterers cutting into oyster farmer bill taylor's catch. in the midwest, benefits of longer growing seasons may be wiped out by more extreme

weather. more droughts and floods that could affect harvests and food prices. the southwest will only get hotter and drier extending already devastating wildfire seasons and forcing water restrictions. finally in the southeast, an increased risk of hurricanes and coastal flooding. >> reporter: the price tag for flooding alone could run as high as $325 billion with more than a third of those damages happening here in florida. this is what last week's torrential rains did to pensacola's piedmont road. >> reporter: global sea levels that rose eight inches in the last century could rise one to four feet more by the year 2100, putting nearly 5 million americans and hundreds of billions of dollars worth of property at risk. a lifetime of potentially dramatic changes for nia and a new generation. >> i just hope that for nia's sake that she would be able to experience some of the joys that we have. taking long walks, going to the beach, enjoying life. >> reporter: and critics are already referring to this document as being alarmist. one republican lawmaker saying today he dismissed it as a political document that is

intended to frighten americans. >> peter alexander on the south lawn of the white house for us tonight. peter, thanks. in oklahoma, a very dangerous wildfire situation continues tonight with red flag warnings in much of the western and central parts of that state. and more evacuations now after several new outbreaks. and what has become an enormous hot and dry zone. and the big wildfire we reported on here last night in guthrie, oklahoma, has now burned over 3,000 acres, destroyed 30 different structures. nbc's janet shamlian remains on the story there with the latest tonight. janet, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. yeah. even if they get a handle on the fires in guthrie, they're facing a really tricky time of day. late afternoon, the temperatures are now in the 90s and the winds picking up. firefighters dousing another flare up in guthrie. this one 300 feet from shane's home. the flames threatened his property all night. >> i was getting up every hour to water my house and my yard. there are embers blowing all

around me. i had fires going on the back, on the side, all through here. >> reporter: crews from across the state are working 12-hour shifts. this team from edmonds is spent. >> it's been tough. we've been rotating crews out here every day. keep them out until 11:00 at night or so. >> reporter: investigators now say sunday's fire may have been deliberately set, arson, or an accident. 42 structures burned, 10 of them homes. it's 90% contained, but forecasters say conditions are ripe for a replay. >> once again fire danger in the extreme category over a large portion of our state. that is all of western and most of central oklahoma until 10:00 p.m. >> reporter: oklahoma and texas are facing extreme fire danger tonight. new mexico, arizona, utah, colorado, and kansas are at elevated risk levels.

shane isn't letting his guard down and hopes his neighbors also stay vigilant. >> we really have to rely on everyone out here to do the right thing. i'm still decompressing from all the stress of yesterday. and i am just -- i'm really ecstatic. >> reporter: homeowners say these fires would have taken a much bigger toll had it not been for firefighters. many of them volunteers who stayed up all night and doused residents' homes with water. brian? >> janet shamlian in guthrie, oklahoma, as the wind picks up yet again. janet, thanks. oklahoma is also in the news for another reason. the ground beneath that state has been very active of late. and the u.s. geological survey is warning the state it's at increased risk for what it called a damaging earthquake specifically in central oklahoma. quakes there have risen dramatically. the red areas on the map show earthquake activity over the last five years with more than 180 quakes with a magnitude 3 or higher in just the last six months. geologists say they fear fracking and the oil and gas industry is, quote, a likely contributing factor. overseas, the volatility continues in ukraine. a former u.s. ambassador to

russia says what's happening now is real and it's war. dozens more have been killed during a round of intense ed fighting in the eastern part of the country as ukrainian forces try to pull back from russian-backed insurgents. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has made his way to kiev tonight with a look at where things stand on the ground there. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it has been very volatile and violent here as the ukrainian government battles these pro-russian militias. and it could get a lot worse. the question is why. why are the militias taking over government buildings and setting up checkpoints? many fear the goal is to sabotage elections that are scheduled to take place on the 25th of this month. for the first time in a long time, there are only pro-u.s. and pro-european candidates. no pro-russian candidates. and russia does not want the election to take place. enter the militias. the militias are on the ground,

they're making it impossible for the vote to happen. or if the voting were to take place, it would be so violent that many would say it is not a credible election. >> richard engel starting what will be several days of reporting on the situation in ukraine. richard, thanks. back in this country tonight, there's a fight underway in the city of beverly hills that's getting a lot of attention across the country. on one side, some of the most famous names in hollywood and on the other one of the wealthiest men in the entire world. and an american hotel landmark is caught in the middle of this. we get the story tonight from los angeles. here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: the iconic beverly hills hotel, a popular home away from home for stars now being protested by stars. >> what year is this? what is this? 1814? come on. people, it's 2014. >> reporter: jay leno among those making his voice heard is upset with the sultan of brunei. who recently announced a new

penal code based on strict sharia law. those convicted of homosexuality and adultery will be stoned to death. >> his policies of murdering and torturing gay and lesbian people and women have no place in a civilized society. >> reporter: the beverly hills hotel and the hotel bel air are owned by the brunei investment agency which is an arm of brunei's government. ellen degeneres recently tweeted, i won't be visiting the hotel bel air or the beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. >> you don't blame those working at the hotel. i'm sure a lot might not be aware of what's going on. but you make people aware. >> reporter: brunei is an oil-rich country in southeast asia slightly smaller than delaware ranked the fifth richest country in the world. the beverly hills hotel has been a playground for celebrities like elizabeth taylor and frank sinatra. now some are calling for a boycott, but the hotel which generates millions for beverly

hills, says it's being unfairly targeted. >> this hurts our people. and most importantly it's not our fight. we have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: protesters say the only way to end this is for the brunei government to end its policies or sell its hotels. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. and the big business news late today. a chinese company called alibaba filed paperwork for a billion-dollar initial public offering. the tech industry's largest ipo since twitter. while you may not have heard of alibaba yet, it's a powerhouse in e-commerce making more money than amazon and ebay combined. after a break, still ahead monica lewinsky breaks her silence about the white house scandal, both of the clintons, and her life after all these years.

it has been almost two decades now since the clinton

white house was shaken by scandal involving the president and an intern named monica lewinsky. there was the denial of the affair, then admission, humiliation and then a presidential impeachment. in the years since, monica lewinsky has rarely spoken of it but she made news today for an article written for "vanity fair." we get our report tonight from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> any comments at all? >> reporter: it was a prototypical scandal in washington. the president and the internal. monica lewinsky trying to escape the media hordes. now 40 years old, she is finally speaking out about the humiliation telling "vanity fair" it's time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress. in excerpts from an article to be released next week, lewinsky defends the affair as being between consenting adults writing, sure my boss took advantage of me, but i will always remain firm on this point. it was a consensual relationship. any abuse came in the aftermath when i was made a scapegoat to protect his powerful position. what has she been doing all these years?

after an ad for jenny craig -- >> i've tried every diet in the world. >> reporter: -- and a masters degree from the london school of economics, she says finding a job has been a struggle because of what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my history, she writes, i was never quite right for the position. and she referred to diary entries from hillary clinton's friend diane blair who quoted hillary calling lewinsky a narcissistic loony toon in 1998 but blaming herself for being emotionally neglectful of her husband, the president. hillary clinton wanted it on the record that she was lashing out at her husband's mistress. she may have faulted her husband for being appropriate, but i find her impulse to blame the woman, not only me, but herself troubling. according to lewinsky, she turned down millions of dollars to tell her story to avoid the

political fray when hillary clint clinton ran for president. but now she wonders with clinton considering another race, should she put her life on hold for another eight to ten years? lewinsky's comments surfaced just as hillary clinton was asked today what she'd be giving up if she runs again. >> obviously i'm thinking about that right now. for me i am somebody who has to really mull things over. because there is a cost to everything. >> reporter: andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. after a break, we're back in a moment with something passengers could not believe they spotted at 30,000 feet. 6

tonight the white house is standing by the secretary of veterans affairs. a veteran army warrior himself who's under heavy fire right now. three gop senators and the american legion are calling for eric shinseki to step down after allegations that dozens may have died because of delays in care at the va hospital in phoenix and that the hospital kept a secret list of patients waiting for appointments to hide those delays. an investigation is underway. press secretary jay carney says

the president remains confident in shinseki's leadership. if you are a cable customer, it's a fair question. have you been up in the 500s and 600s? have you seen all that's going on up there in the nether reaches of channel numbers? well, the folks at neilson tell us despite all the channels we can possibly watch, we can only really handle 17 channels. they say more content doesn't always mean more consumption. and while it means more choice for us viewers, most of us stick to the same 17 or so channels that we like to watch. there are a couple of princes in the news tonight starting with prince, the veteran and venerated recording artist. he says he is no longer using dirty words in his music. when asked why, he said did you ever hear muhammad ali curse? would you curse in front of your kids or to your mother? he said women deserve better treatment especially. he went on to say, quote, we should treat all people like royalty. the other prince in the news is william spotted in coach on an american airlines flight from

memphis to dallas to make a connection home to london heathrow. he has to travel with security detail, but still there he was. future king of england right there in the bulk head window seat. there is a new town library in stanton, iowa. it's not far from the old one, but there was the matter of moving 4,000 books. while the people of stanton, iowa, have never met a problem that can't be solved by the people of stanton, iowa, they formed a human chain. they moved all the books in a little over 90 minutes. they learned a life lesson about neighbors and volunteerism. that is how it's done in stanton. when we come back tonight, a young man with a big idea and how so many are following his lead.

finally tonight, our "making a difference" report is from new england. it's about a college student who's about a graduate and is taking away a valuable lesson and giving back. community service became his passion, as you're about to see, it has become contagious. we get his story tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> so my name is jeffrey reppucci. >> reporter: the sound of silence is not music to jeff

reppucci's ears. >> today we will build seven playgrounds, create five new schoolyard basketball courts. give me a little noise here, people. >> reporter: but this is. a graduating senior at the college of the holy cross in worcester, massachusetts, reppucci's got people swinging hammers, pouring concrete, raking, and the down and dirty truth? it means as much as the degree he's earning. >> it's truly made me fall in love with this place. and it's completely changed my life. it's changed numerous students' involved in this project's lives. >> reporter: after spending a summer in a small russian village three years ago, reppucci returned with a mission. working for worcester, part of his new non-profit was born. about 700 fellow college students from ten schools joined him in an effort 1,100 strong this year including corporate volunteers for an annual day of community service. >> i think it's awesome that they're cleaning up the park, adding more things for the kids to do, a better place for the

kids to go. >> reporter: reppucci and his team spent much of the school year raising money and recruiting bodies for the big day. >> breaking down the gates of colleges, getting people off their campuses, and getting engaged in their community. >> when we first started, we thought we'll put some basketball hoops up at a school. and here we're building a $14,000 playground in a day. this is awesome that the kids got involved. >> reporter: though leaving town soon, the work he started will go on. >> how exciting the city is to work with the college kids in this way is something we're proud of and we're confident that it can be sustained. >> reporter: making the grade on and off campus. ron mott, nbc news, worcester, massachusetts. and that's our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

a remarkable story that was caught on tape. the santa clara stow away that survived that flight to hawaii. good evening, thanks for being with us. >> that teenager's journey is highlighting the need for better security. and passengers could end up paying for it. a proposed plan to charge passengers an extra fee for each leg of the flight could fund the

security measures san jose says it needs. >> reporter: how would you like to pay an extra $8.50 every time you fly? that is something that this airport and many other air papo across the nation are implementing. san jose police want to ask this boy exactly how he ended up here, climbing out of the wheel well of a flight that had just landed in maui. the airport security video shows the boy emerging from the wheel well and walking away dazed. now that the boy is back in the south bay in the custody of children and family services they need to interview him about what he did at this airport. >> he committed criminal trespass in our city. we will conduc