her life. also, he plays guitar. you wish you were the governor of oregon. or anywhere near that much of a bad ass. good wednesday, morning, everyone. right now on "first look," the girls kidnapped in nigeria. and the white house reports says the effects of climate change are already being felt in the u.s. and it warns of consequences if we don't act. plus, newly released video of a teen who stowed away on a hawaiian airlines flight. and the crack smoking mayor. and what would you do if you accidentally received a $350,000 middle tear drone. i'm betty nguyen.

it's 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. nbc's 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 weren't safe, the

soldiers turned out to be the very militants who thought they were saving. secretary of state john kerry called nigeria's president for help finding the girls. nigeria said yes. >> what we've done, we've offered and military and law enforcement officials we're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them. >> reporter: military and intelligence assistance and expert peace and hostage negotiations. international response to the kidnapping was slow at first, but this map shows how word spread on social media. the #bring back our girls exploding around the world over 12 days, reaching 1 million so far. the story of nigeria's missing school girls of ruthless terrorism has touched a nerve around the world. >> 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. >> that is nbc's ann curry reporting. climate change matters that is the message president obama is stressing following the national climate assessment. the report draws a connection between human activities and the uptake in global temperatures over the last several decades. president obama is highlighting the need for quick action. >> we want to emphasize to the public this is not just some distant problem with the future. it is a problem that is affecting americans right now. whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought. more severe wildfires. all these things are having an impact on americans as we speak. >> nbc's al roker was one of a handful of journalists who got to discuss climate issue with the president. and you can see more of his interview coming up on td.

midterm primary results are in this morning and major races in north carolina, thomas tillis claimed victory over the tea party challengers. he can take on democratic senator kate hague innocent fall. and foreign "american idol" star clay aiken holds the lead in the democratic house primary but the margin is just too narrow to declare victory just yet. and in ohio, republicans named john boehner the party's nominee. the white house was briefly on lockdown yesterday. a suspicious car was caught trailing the motorcade carrying the first daughters. the driver made it past the pennsylvania avenue barricade and made it into a restricted area. it turns out the driver had a pass to the treasury department but did not have security clearance at the white house checkpoint. he was taken into custody. the u.s. is urging the

ukraine to proceed with the may 25th election but russia wants it postponed. violence in the rege is threatening to sabotage the upcoming and pro-russian groups in eastern ukraine are planning to hold a may 11th vote to secede from ukraine-secretary of state john kerry dismissed that effort as bogus and contrived. >> we flatly reject this illegal effort to further divide ukraine. >> russia annexed crimea after a similar vote back in march. have you have to check this out. we have new video from a california teen's amazing stowaway journey and it surfaced. security showed the teen emerging from a wheel well april 20th after a 5 1/2-flight to hawaii. despite low oxygen and freezing temperatures at 35,000 feet, he managed to walk away from the aircraft seemingly unscathed.

the teen told investigators he was trying to return to somalia to see his mother while he's since been returned to california under protective custody. >> francis rivera. good morning. >> hi, betty. let's start with the nba conference finals. san antonio easily crushed portland. led by tony parker's 33 points, san antonio wins game one 116-92. miami finally gets the win against brooklyn. lebron james and the cavs go on a 29-0 run pop beating them 87-76 in game one. it's going to be a triple! here's the throw, he's gone! >> all right. so you're seeing extra innings, not so fast.

pittsburgh, they want a second look. so upon further review. the call, right there, it is over turned. pirates win 2-1. it's the first challenge to result in a walk-off win. >> my friends, he's not here. she went and laid in his bed and she's not leafing we asked her to leaf and told her he won't be here tonight. >> it's a 911 call, by ricardo lockette. it's the latest as the san francisco colin kaepernick and two nfl players. miami police released two calls but still no arrests. to the nhl ice here. montreal takes a 2-1 series lead at home. they scored they score the first goals to a 4-2 victory over

boston. minnesota and chicago, the 4-0 victory puts them up. and finally to slovakia here, visiting soccer fans, he gets stopped like he's running. that was in a home crowd. the home field. and look who hands out the punishment as you just saw. a fan of the home team. he keeps on running. he's got law enforcement with riot gear after him. now for a look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. how's it shaping up? >> it's getting a little more active. >> okay. >> not anything too horrible out there but there will be trouble with the weather, even this morning, diving through ohio valley, you can tell it's summertime where you get the late-night hops into early morning, this has summer written all over it and a lot of warm air out there.

lansing creeping through detroit, detroit and toledo right now. just to the south of cleveland near mansfield, ohio there there's some thunderstorms with rumbles in there. i mentioned how warm it is. we're starting our morning with the low to mid-70s. from kansas city. a typical spring morning in the central plains with a storm on its way. we have very windy conditions throughout. high-fire danger from else paso to central kansas. very windy and very dry throughout the day. so if any form, they would spread rapidly. late tonight, minneapolis to nebraska, maybe an isolated tornado or two, witch that to san angelo, texas. >> thank goodness, it's not like last week. >> yeah. up next, mayor rob ford, where is he? plus, details on the $350,000 government drone that was mistakenly delivered to

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now, for your first look at business, we turn to cnbc's seema mody, good morning. it was a tough day for wall street. today, look for data out on productivity and labor costs. plus, fed chief janet yellen is testifying before congress about the economy. chinese company alibaba with what could be the highest tech offering ever. analysts say the company could be valued at as much as $200 billion. alibaba makes more money than amazon and ebay combined. and reporting positive earnings thanks to the blockbuster hit "frozen" which has grofded $1.2 billion worldwide. disney will use "frozen" at its themes parks and is developing a

broadway show. thank you. here's other stories we're following for you the first of eight acrobats involved in sunday's circus act are out of the hospital this morning. the acrobats are attempting what was known as a human chandelier when the equipment snapped, seeing it right there, sending them to the ground. a performer heard a huge crack and she said she plans to return to the show. there is video and it shows new york city at night and it's an amendment to actually drive traffic to the trio's website which asks for money to help with legal fees. the men were in court facing charges that include burglary and reckless endangerment. >> after making numerous headlines, people are now asking just where is toronto mayor ford? well, it looked like he was headed to rehab in chicago though he never got off the plane. his brother says he is in rehab

but won't say where. we'll keep you posted. a college student got an unexpected delivery this week when he accidentally received packages containing part of a u.s.-owned drone. the student is in the process of returning the drone to the proper department. i think i would, too. next time you're outside, better look up and wave because you, my friend, will be on television. nasa is now streaming a live hd feed of the earth from cameras aboard the international space station. this feed is up and on their website, though you might have to look really hard to see yourself. coming up, the clinton affair. plus, could yog gust be banned as a snack in new york? politics is next.

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the minority leader tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and a "vanity fair" monica lewinsky breaks her lifelong with the affair with president clinton and deeps regrets what happened. congressman michael grimm speaking on geraldo rivera's radio show argued that those hard hit by sandy are facing worst circumstances than his own. >> in all sincerity, i'm one of the luckiest members of congress. and i say that because there are salt of the earth people in my district. hard working people. >> after a lengthy debate, the new york state senate voted 52-8 tuesday to make yogurt the

official state snack of new york. i didn't even know there was a state snack. a memo on the bill offers this justification says, quote, yogurt say healthy food that tastes great. yogurt is also an important economic driver across our state. in fact, new york is now the number one processor of yogurt in the country. forget about yogurt. hillary clinton was asked to name her guilty pleasure while at a health care conference. here's her answer. >> ahh, let's see -- [ laughter ] >> are there that many? >> i'm just trying to think of the g-rated ones. >> chocolate, so predictable. chocolate of any sort. >> whoa, the g-rated ones, huh? that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joins me now from our washington, d.c. bureau, ed o'keefe.

we'll keep this okay? >> are you a big yogurt fan? >> i guess. >> all right, let's shift over to midterms because those prime mothers will soon be a big win for republicans and it's tough to boost the gop confidence level when it comes to what they need for the majority? >> definitely. thom tillis winning big in his primary. staving off two charlies. that sets up one the most expensive and closely watched races of the year against incumbent kate hagan. republicans were hopeful he would pull it off, and it appears he did. and this from the outside spending from the super pacs, it's expected to be a humdinger and one of the two that republicans are going to need to take the majority. >> so this is a game plan for republicans who hold on to their

seats? >> yeah, tillis is only the second republican in the house in north carolina since reconstruction. so it's expected the democrats will focus in on that record. republicans likely to turn around and say, hey, at least this guy has accomplishments to talk about. kate hagan hasn't done necessarily as much as she could have in the past years. and where in the world is toronto mayor rob ford? you know, she's supposed to be in rehab. his brother said, no, no, he's there but won't say where. what the heck is going on, ed? >> well, to not disclose where he is probably makes sense because we'll show up and get him in even more trouble. >> no, we would never do that. what are you talking about? >> if he is doing that and he wants to get well, more power to him. certainly more months to go until his election if he intends to stick with it. i still scratch my heads to the

good people of toronto why they would want this guy to stick around considering all the bad publicity he's brought to their city. we'll see, i'm an american political guy but it's nice to scratch your head of a politician in another country because there's certainly a lot of interesting character. >> he is indeed interesting. we do wish him well. you make a good point there, if he wants to keep it a secret to get well more power to him on that. ed, thank you so much for joining us. >> good to see you, enjoy your yogurt. just ahead, bill karins and francis will be coming back for the "first buzz" and tell you how jimmy fallon and others are putting an end to the selfie. [e what i'm wearing,

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down to our "first buzz" today, for that, we got our buffers, francis and bill. this is not a buzz, though -- >> no, to get you in mood for mom's weekend. teddy bridgewater, a quarterback about to be rich, if he's drafted in the nfl draft. in third grade, allegedly, he made a promise to his mom that he would get her a pink cadillac when he became an nfl player. well, yesterday, that did happen. >> oh. >> your son just got awe pink escalade. >> a pink escalade cadillac. >> not just any other cadillac, a pinks ka calculated. that reminds me -- remember,

mary kaye? >> i've got a question, the draft is not here yet, right? >> i'm sure people forwarded him the money. and cadillac is involved, too, maybe he got a discount. >> we've got a sing along we want to show people. >> yeah, a selfie. we're all kind of guilty -- >> i've never taken a selfie, nope. >> anyway, this will put an end to all selfie. they did it last night on the "tonight show." you know when those girls are with us -- >> he's a pretty girl. the hair not so much. i love the braces. >> when people do that. a selfie -- they want to do the pucker. >> they do the pucker. >> well, they're puckering but for a different reason. they were dropped in a pool.

look at the lion cubs at the national zoo in d.c. they were passing their swim test and they all passed with flying colors. they were not happy about getting dunked in that pool. >> hey! >> what are you doing to me? thanks a lot. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. hillary clinton gave the keynote address at the national council for behavorial health conference in maryland. she also held a q & a session afterwards. i think it's surprisingly personal. >> what is your guilty pleasure? [ laughter ] let's see. >> are there that many? >> well i'm just trying to think of the, you know, g-rated ones. [ laughter ] >> oh, well, hello, madam secretary. >> all right. so hillary clinton remains front

and center in the news but a blast from the past is back. what monica lewinsky is saying in a new piece for "vanity fair." and north carolina politics gets sticky, and "american idol" weighs supreme. and rob ford, mia, new questions about where exactly is the politician is seek rege has been help. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. good morning, i'm thomas roberts. it is wednesday, may 7th. welcome to "way too early" the show that's informal and fun but knows when to be concise as well. so stay tuned for that. we want to begin in nigeria with reports of a massive kidnapping three weeks after girls were taken from their school by terrorists. according to reuters, at least eight additional girls are being held hostage