♪ good tuesday morning. right now on "first look" -- missing no more? the nigerian military knows the whereabouts of the schoolgirls. weather madness for memorial day. tornadoes, even a texas-sized rainstorm. what is ahead for you? shooting rampage. the clues there, the parents acted but why wasn't this potential threat stopped? plus, the biggest snowden revelation yet to come. and -- >> oh, my god it's a sawshark, the rarest species of all, never even saw one in person.

>> i'm frances rivera and we begin with developing news. the nigerian military claims to have found the location of where nearly 300 kidnapped schoolgirls are being held seven weeks after they were taken by boko haram militants. here is nigeria's defense chief on the situation. >> the good news for the girls is we know where they are but we cannot tell you. we cannot tell you. military secret. just leave us alone, we are working. we will get the girls back. >> the defense official refused to elaborate on where they were allegedly found. he says nigeria will not use force to try to rescue them since a raid could be dangerous and threaten the girls' lives. senior u.s. defense officials cannot confirm that reported claim adding "we still don't know where the girls are." there was severe weather across the country this memorial day. a scary sight in north dakota. that's where at least one tornado was reported. severe storms moved over the midwest monday evening. the twister severely damaged an

oil worker's camp and injured nine people. in parts of texas, tornadic activity produced funnel clouds, damaged property and downed power lines. check out this time lapse. can you see the circulation over sterling city, texas, violent winds and also hail. in colorado, late season snow fell across portions of the rockies in full force. in just a few moments a look at the latest weather with nbc philadelphia meteorologist brittany shipp. firefighters in alaska are hoping for rain to gain a ham on the wildfire there. that blaze spread to 250 square miles larger than the city of chicago. about 1,000 homes have been evacuated south of anchorage. at this point the blaze can about 30 porras contained thanks to more than 600 firefighters on the scene. pope francis is planning a meeting with victims of sexual abuse. the pope announce d those while

on the plane. it comes as part of a zero tolerance plan for anyone in the catholic church who has abused children. he will meet with rate victims next month and cardinal sean patrick o'malley from boston who is head of the commission for the protection of minors. vigils taking place in isla vista, california, following a deadly rampage near the university of california santa barbara. as we learn more about those who were killed many are asking a painful question, could something have been done to prevent the attack. we have the latest now. >> reporter: a mother and father embraced in their doorway in anguish and tears. >> i just think god why don't take me, instead my son? >> reporter: their son way haha wang was among the first

victims. >> shots fired. >> reporter: it was a long planned outburst of staccato gunfire by the alleged killer, elliot rodger. in a matter of minutes he had taken the lives of six u.c. santa barbara students, three roommates, two young women, katie cooper and veronika weiss and chris michael-martinez. he hopes to meet with another grieving father, peter. >> he said, i want to work to try to prevent this from happening again. that's our common ground. >> reporter: in the continuing investigation a warrant was served on at least one of the three stores where rodger legally purchased his guns. and the sheriff's department is re-examining how rodger was able to fool trained deputies during an april 30th check on his well-being triggered by his parents' concerns. >> if they felt he was a danger

they would have taken additional steps but they didn't feel that because of the way they wehe wa to convince them. >> reporter: many tried to help. alyssa hopper rushing to martinez's fallen body. >> i was given him cpr and i looked down and i recognized his face. >> for those mourning the victims' families most of all it's a time to grieve and remember. >> she was amazing to watch. she just went into everything with such vitality and enthusiasm. >> that was nbc's mike taibbi reporting. school officials at u.c. santa barbara have declared today a day of mourning and reflection. the search will resume for three men who have been missing since a massive mudslide inundated western colorado. this video shows the estimated 4 miles long and 2 miles wide

mudslide. rescue teams said they found no sign of the missing men. the unstable search area is hampering their efforts. authorities believe recent rain triggered that slide. all right. time now to bring you the indomitable star who will bring you sports, richard lui. great seeing you. >> i don't even know what that means. >> it's a compliment, how about that? >> i'll take that, frances. >> good tuesday to you as we start off the week here. the miami heat take firm control of the nba eastern conference finals. take a look at this. >> not a pass fake. he did the same thing in game three. >> 3 for 3. >> did you see their jaws are kind of like what's happening there. chris bosh ending his scoring slump draining miami's first eight points and 25 in all. lebron james getting a game high 32 points, 10 rebounds. indiana closing the lead but miami win it 102-90 taking the lead in the series, 3-1.

nhl, l.a./chicago, l.a.'s jake muzzen strikes first and chicago can't come back. l.a. leads the finals, 3-1. well hit. right center field. and that ball is gone. a home run. >> gone! a.j. pollock's ninth inning two-run shot first career walkoff homer. arizona beating san diego, 7-5. l.a. dodgers pitchers almost gets a no-hitter. six outs from a perfect game. there you have it, cincinnati's todd frazier with that baby. shuts his dream game with a double. the dodgers win, 4-3. boston thanking the heavens above certainly. finally ending a ten-game losing streak, the longest by a defending champ since for -- 16 years back? dave "big papi" ortiz, boston

adds two more runs to beat atlanta, 8-6. in, blue. go, blue. the president giving an amazing shout-out to jordan morgan. you're not saying that with me but he got a congratulatory letter from president obama for receiving his masters in manufacturing engineering. it's not morgan's first president's big ups. he gave him a shout or for his a academics. >> go, blue. >> got it in there. >> to the acc tournament it's ms. loulou gear rit. the black lab, awesome to watch like her yankees famous namesake lou gehrig. >> we should all have one of those. >> slippers taken care of and a bat too. all right, richard, thank you very much. a check of today's weather

with brittany shipp. hopefully this will continue. >> it was great in the northeast. we are also going to see warmer temperatures but showers make their way in. look at dallas. we are going to continue to see soaking rains for parts of texas, as well as a flood watch in effect. temperatures at 80 degrees and closer look at the satellite radar. le see a few clouds now but take your umbrella. thunderstorms into the afternoon. as far as tomorrow, we are going to see temperatures dropping out of the 80s in new york, back down to the mid-60s, chicago will cool down a little bit, as well. take a look at boston dropping back down into the mid-50s. triple digits for phoenix. and a beautiful 78 in los angeles. >> okay. looking good. i know every time you come and visit we talk about where you're going to eat. what you ate. >> great restaurants.

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apple legislature unveil plans to let your ipad control all of your home appliances. users would do things like turn on lights or set their alarms. meanwhile, visa and mastercard doing a push for microchips to replace magnetic strips on debit and credit cards this. would cut down on fraud. chips are widely used in canada, mexico and europe but haven't been adopted here because of costs. for the fifth straight year, the honda accord ranks as the most stolen car. lojack says most of its cars on

its list are top sellers but already a few surprises. the acura integra, for instance, hasn't been available since the 2001 model year. frances, back to you. >> morgan, thank you very much. time for some other stories we're following this morning. naming names. the man who helped edward snowden leaked classified document something set to release another bombshell. glen greenwald reportedly told "the sunday times" he will publish the names of u.s. citizens target the by the nasa and believes this will help shape snowden's legacy. he called it the finishing piece. a reminder, you watch brian williams' exclusive interview with him on nbc wednesday at 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. a 34-year-old mother is the champ of the texas challenge. check out this video. the professional eater devoured this. a 72-ounce steak in a record

4:48. she had dessert, guess what it was? another 72-ounce steak all in less than 15 minutes. where does she put it? kind of an embarrassing situation for a man in california. fire officials say he tried to break into his estranged wife's house through the chimney and he got stuck. they disassembled it to get him out and the sheriff's department says no criminal charges were filed. sharks are now being used to help predict dangerous hurricanes. scientists at the university of miami are strapping sensors to these sharks. they hope it will help them get critical data like deep water temperature. oscar pistorius arrived at a state psychiatric hospital and will undergo a month-long evaluation to determine whether he had a mental disorder at the time of the shooting. dangerous rip currents made it a busy memorial day for lifeguards at daytona beach. more than 70 people had to be rescued. 220 rescues this weekend.

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nbr: scott - we're concerned. you just fed your lawn earlier this spring and now you're at it again. scott: (chuckles) indeed, a crucial late spring feeding helps defend the grass against the summer heat to come. nbr: we knew that - right guys? oh yeah! scott: feed your lawn. feed it! here is your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." the white house accidentally revealed the name of a top cia official in afghanistan. the officer was identified as chief of station in kabul on a staff list give ton reporters.

the obama administration says publishing the name could put the official's life in danger. nbc news is withholding that name. vice president joe biden has advice how to avoid the bfd slip-ups. know what that is? referring to his infamous comment about the health care law. here's a reminder. there it is. the road to recovery memorial challenge he told the crowd assume every microphone is on. he also added, thank god my mother was gone or i'd have been one dead vice president. when a litter of white tigers was born one of the baby cubs was given the name obama. the others were named lila, l uchlt lchlt uchu lululu and wally. president obama made a surprise visit to the active duty troops in afghanistan. for memorial day, governor martin o'malley spent time

playing a banjoo saying i love it as governor of maryland i can play street muse nick annapolis. hillary clinton was in chappaqua, new york. the former secretary of state marched in the annual new castle memorial day parade chatting up with residents and showing off her red, white and blue with a patriotic scarf and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." newsday columnist joins us here -- >> bfd. >> i'm surprised you know that. hillary clinton is marching in that parade and has the patriotic red, white and blue. if she's doing that there is a clear divide among the dems here of, you know, and the line is drawn. there are those who are ready for hillary and there are the others. wary of hillary. the latest making themselves

known and heard. does she really need 0 worry about these guys? >> well, of course she does. this is politics. there is always somebody ready to sink a dagger in your back. there is an inevitability. right? i everything is going hillary's way at this point. she will have the money, organization, endorsements but it's dangerous in politics no feel like it's a done deal. >> right, right. >> and, you know, yeah, she thought it was a done deal against oba against barack obama. >> you have jerry brown and governor patrick. it's offsetting to the average voter. >> you're right. be careful. it's not exactly they're opposing her. i think there's a lot of democrats -- >> making them anxious, they said. they're not anti-hillary but a little bit of angst. >> democrats would think it would be bitter if she gets the nomination which is a

likelihood. maybe it's good she go through a few rough primaries and learn her moves and fight those fights. go make those debates and she'll be a stronger candidate in november against whoever the republican nominee is. >> even with them chiming in that she is old and stale. >> 63-year-old bald guys should not call anybody old and stale. do not do that, karl. it makes you look bad. >> american politics there's a sense you want to be new. not too familiar. you want to be fresh. not old and stale. >> um, yes, consider the messenger. >> consider the source. in light of the u.c. santa barbara shootings, time for congress to go back at it. revisit this and take up this argument on gun control. what needs to happen for that to -- >> well, listen, it's nice that democrats like connecticut's blumenthal are pushing for it. more important, someone like peter king, the republican from long island who was saying.

the same thing yesterday, that, hey, this latest example really does hammer home the notion that we got to do something about this. guns, mental illness, background checks, come on. >> we'll see if that happens. as always we thank you for your perspective for being here, he will list. you're miked up. >> bfd. >> still ahead. brittany shipp and richard lui will be back for "first buzz" and the catch of the year. an 80-year-old's woman's final wishes carried out in an unusual fashion. find out what she was up to. congratulations. thank you. the success of your small business depends on results. go vests! all organic, and there's tons of info on our website. that's why you rely on the best for your business. and verizon delivers the best devices on the best network. you're all big toes to me. so go ahead, stream and download with confidence on america's largest, most reliable 4glte network.

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welcome back. time to bring the "first look" team together for "first buzz." a lot of people did over the memorial day holiday, did fishes. caught something here and there. what you have is something that most of us haven't seen. >> this is really interesting so it's always a dream for fishermen to make a big catch but not only did these guys make a huge catch. this is a 500-pound shark but it was a rare saw shark with a razor sharp saw. >> is that real? >> that's real. 11 feet. take a look at how huge that is. took them two hours to reel it in but since it's endangered they let it go. >> in the middle of the night. >> quite a story to tell from the weekend. >> most importantly got the picture. >> that was the one that did not get away. >> yeah, saw shark. never heard of that thing. let's talk about this. you talk -- you know, you plan ahead and plan about funerals, kind of morbid to think how you'll plan your wake but you know what, this woman, a puerto

rican woman, 80 years old planned everything out. she actually attends her own wake, sitting in a rocking chair and wearing the wedding dress from her second wedding. >> what was the idea. >> over 30 years ago? >> that 's how she wanted to do it. that's how she wanted to be remembered. >> the deal s. you know, you want to hear the good things, right? >> she still fits in her dress, right? after all those years. >> you have to give it to her. >> that's how they're going to remember her. good for her. all right, richard. >> was she awake though, i'm not sure if she was awake there. >> no. no. okay, so the ah factor. >> i had to bring this back, brittany and frances. five white tigers and everybody just wants to stair at hem. >> i want to hear you say ah. >> aw shucks. they're in austria. one is called obama. the only male of the entire group. you've got laila, lulu and --

>> look at the eyes. >> blue eyes. >> adorable. >> what's interesting because of their color they're targeted by poachers. nearly extinct, great to see them there. >> i'm frances rivera. this is "first look" on msnbc. to tell those young people that are there and alive that they should try to do -- the things my son won't ever have a chance to do. >> uc santa barbara community reeling with grief after a deranged college kid goes on a shooting rampage. family and friends now remembering six young lives cut incredibly short. pope francis finishes his trip to the middle east but the pontiff is making new headlines after a promise to church sexual abuse victims. incredible images out of north dakota. a rare twister caught on camera. the pop-up oil town that found

itself completely unprepared. this is "way too early." hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it is tuesday, may 27th. welcome to "way too early," the show that loves everything about long weekends except when they're over. so i hope you had a great memorial day weekend. and we get back to work here and we start off with this heartbreaking story out of california today. you probably have been following it over the weekend. classes are canceled today in preparation for a massive memorial service this afternoon on campus. after a college student killed six other kids before killing himself. on friday police say that elliot rodger stabbed his three roommates to death at their shared apartment. then he went on a shooting rampage in his black bmw firing inside