be and it was just a tremendous honor for me to -- look, it great to be here who am i kidding? this is just great fun. thank you very much. >> good morning, it's monday, february 23rder there a he is a man hunt on the way for three school girls. two are 15 and one is 16 they left their home and flew to turkey that is where british police are searching for them. a camera shows the three girls traveling together in the airport and the families are pleading for them to return home. >> she did not take anything with her. we are clinging on to the bits that we have. we want her to come home if you watch this baby please come home. mom needs you more than anything in the world. you are our baby. >> it comes as a new propaganda video from the islamic state

shows that isis is training young people. and there's news about the spring offensive to recapture mosul, they doubt that the forces can be trained in two months and iraq's defense minister repeated the concerns that he is stunned that the pentagon is showing the hand to the enemy by announcing the timeline. the senior military official opens that the u.s. hopes the isis fighters leave the city before the offensive begins. the parents of kayla mueller is breaking their silence. isis claimed the 26-year-old aide worker was killed in a jor jordanian air strike. she was captured in 2013 and her father has mixed feelings about

america's refusal to not negotiate with terrorists. >> we understand them not paying a ransom. but any parent out there understands that you want everything and anything done to bring your child home and we tried and we asked, but they put policy in front of american citizens' lives. >> um shoppers at malls across the country now are at the center of a new terror threat this morning. it's pause of a new video release of the al-shabaab terror group, they are calling for attacks at the malls in the u.s. canada and britain, they specifically mentioned three malls. including the mall of america, in minnesota that was the large heest est haul in the united states. mall officials say that security was increased and homeland

security says there's no credible threat linked to the mall right now. store employees are reporting typical customer traffic. and said it was typical yesterday. on nbc's "meet the press," homeland security jay johnson urged americans to remain vigilant. >> i'm sure that security at this particular mall will be enhanced in ways visible and not visible. but it also involves public vigilence and awareness, see something, say something is more than a slogan. >> you are not telling people to not go to the mall? >> no i'm not telling people to not go to the mall. there needs to be awareness and be careful, obviously. we are in a new phase right now. and that involves public participation in our efforts. >> you will remember that al-shabaab is the same group that claimed credit for the

siege in kenya, 67 people were killed in attack. former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani, what a busy week for the mayor. he had a busy week making a number of media appearances and doubling down on statements regarding president obama's up bringing and remarking that the president did not love america. well, this morning, in a new op-ed for the "wall street journal," giuliani attempts to clarify his comments. " "my language suggesting that the president does not love america, no withstanding i did not intend to question his motives or the content of his heart, my comments were about the words and actions has on the affect of the country and how it damages his performance, still he went on to criticize the president for his "inability or not stressing what is right with

america." on friday white house press secretary josh earnest responded to the earlier kmencomments. >> it's sad to see when you see someone that attained a level of stature, tarnishes that throughly. i do not take joy or satisfaction from that. i think really the only thing that i feel is i feel sorry for rudy giuliani. >> this weekend, giuliani told c cnn that his office was receiving threats and republicans have been called unpatriotic such things as not supporting the president's health care plan. "bird man" is the big winner at this year's academy awards the movie took home four oscars including best picture and best director. it wound up winning the showdown

against boyhood. lead star michael keaton missed out on his first oscar, however with the best actor going to the eddie redmayne for his portrayal of stephen hawking. >> i am aware that i'm a lucky, lucky man, this oscar -- this belongs to all of those people around the world battling als. it belongs [ applause ] it belongs to one exceptional family stephen, jane jonathan and the hawking children. and i will be its custodian, and i promise you, i will look after him, i will polish him. i will answer his beck and call i will wait on him hand and foot. >> okay so he was happy.

julianne moore is finally an oscar winner after four previous nominations she won for playing a woman in the early on set of alzheimer's. it's a role she researched for four months. >> so many people with this disease feel isolated and marginalized and one of the wonderful things about movies is it makes us feel seen. and not alone. and people with alzheimer's deserve to be seen so that we can find a cure. >> and j.k. simmons won best supporting actor for his performance as a tough music teacher in whiplash and patricia arquette won for boy hood. common and john legend brought the audience to their feet and tears for their performance of "glory" from "selma." their song focused on serious issues facing america.

>> the spirit of the bridge transknow transends, race, gender sexual orientation and social status. it connects the kid from the south side of chicago dreaming of a better life to those in france standing up for their freedom of expression and the people in hong kong protesting for demauk ras iocracy. >> i tried to kill myself at 16 because i felt weird and different and i did not belong. now i'm standing here. so i would like for this moment to be for that kid who feels like she's weird or different or does not fit anywhere yes you do. i promise you do. stay weird, stay different and then when it's your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the same message to the next person. thank you so much! [ applause ] >> to every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen is of this nation we have fought

for everybody else's equal rights. it's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> well, expectations are high for wisconsin's governor scott walker. in spite of winning three eelectrics in four years, his answers on a series of questions have is some doubting whether he is ready to run for the white house. he was asked over the weekend, and told the washington post reporters that he does not know if president obama is a christian. he said "i have never actually talked about it or i haven't read about that, i have not asked him that asked me to make statements about people that i have not had a conversation with about that. how could i say if i either of you are a christian". walker went on to say "to me this is a classic example of why

people hate washington and increasingly dislike the press. the things they care about do not remotely come close to what you asking about." but later a spokes woman told the paper, of course the governor thinks the president is a christian he thinks that the gottcha questions distract from what he is doing to make life better in his state. he struggled with other appears. two weeks ago, he declined to answer a question on evolution. are you comfortable with the idea of evolution, do you believe it in and accept it? >> for me auto i ami'm going to punt on that one as well. >> no? really? >> that is a question that politicians should not be involved in. >> and of course last week in a private event, rudy giuliani started that by saying the president does not love america.

>> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going comment on what the president thinks. i love america and i think plenty of people, democratic and republican who love this country. >> how might the governor answered the questions, the fix called senator marco rubio response saying almost perfect. saying "i don't feel i'm in a position to answer for every person in my party that makes a climb. democrats aren't asked to answer every time joe biden says something embarrassing so i don't know why i should answer every time a republican does. suffice it to say i think the president loves america and his ideas are bad." let's look at the stories making the front pages in america. we start in chicago much a final weekend of campaigning, mayor rahm emanuel tries to hold on to his seat against four challengers. he is hoping to get 50% tomorrow to avoid a run off.

and charleston, senator lyndsay graham donald trump and rick santorum visited there yesterday, fuelling expectations for 2015. they warned of the threat of isis and iran. and from the atlanta journal constitution, georgia lawmakers are all -- are going all out to steer new jobs to the state. the governor's budget proposal includes 10s of millions of dollars to help land job recruitment deals. turning to business, stocks are rallying late friday after word greece had extended the bail out for four months. the battle between greece and germany have been ongoing. jeff, what are the terms on of the deal and is it going to

hold? >> very good morning to you, of course, that is the critical question at this point. approximate but the smart money is on the deal holding, because in reality both sides need there to be someplace compromise here. the greeks need the money, and if the eu wants to maintain the integrity of the monetary uniton they have to keep the greeks inside. the smart money seems to be on the deal holding. but it will be critical that the greeks come up with a list of actions and measures they are going take to raise additional taxes and push through some of austerity measures. keep your eyes on it, the greeks have to come up with a list of proposals and it will have to be

signed off on. the smart money at the moment seems to be on their being deal that will at least kick the can down the road for another four months and you know how short the markets memory is on this stuff. if they get four months not to think about it. then we may be able to push this issue away to the side. >> jeff let's go from greece if we can to something more local for everybody watching. you have actually done our work for us and already read a "wall street journal" article on how to tell if you are a jerk at work. break it down for us, jeff. what are we looking for? >> well i mean come on. look we can look around the office and spot 1 or 2 managers or individuals that everybody feels is a little too pushy or too assertive or has habits that are hard to reconcile with a safe work environment.

the story suggests that the key for managers to understand if they are behaving like a are jerk is self awareness. it's a no brainer for me but they suggest the managers should go around seeking some kind of anonymous feedback from employees as to what kind of things they could do to improve their effectiveness as managers and quite frankly stop being viewed as jerks. so there's a bit of a tick box check list if all the managers who feel that they are not always getting the cooperation they are seeking height like to go and have a look at the piece, it may take us a step forward in to improving our general working environment. i don't know about you, but i guess, we can all spot 1 or 2 people around the who could probably do with more self awareness. >> no not at all. not at all. finally really quickly before with he go to break, quick market preview, how are we going start the week? >> nothing too big today.

existing home sales is the key data point. we are not expecting too much drama around that. flat call for the open of the markets this morning. the big story will be janet yellen's testimony due tomorrow. so is that is really what the markets are waiting for at this point. so don't expect some big movement unless we get news on a break down on a greek deal or indeed, something else that would be a surprise, back to you. >> all right, thank you so much jeff greatly appreciated. still ahead, my kind of town could chicago use the hometown advantage to win the rights to the president's presidential library and at just 30 years old, lebron james is in a hurry to climb the all time scoring list we will tell you who's record he has now beaten and who he has in sights next. that story and a check on the weather when "way too early" returns.

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illinois in chicago, columbia university here in new york city,ing where he went to under graduate and the university of hawaii in honolulu where he served. and did other things. the foundation is expected to announce the winner by the end of march. would you like to get in sneerhere? >> it will be in new york. the grand plan is to get to new york. >> really that would be heartbreaking of course, for a lot of people in chicago and the windy city who consider them one of his own. you think they will come here? >> it will happen. >> i adore a penthouse view. let's start with the daytona 500, that is where joey logano came out on top. logano is the second young estimate driver to win there. and the victory gives him the spot and the championship race. good for him. meanwhile, driver are kyle busch is recovering from surgery after

suffering a broken right leg and left foot in a hard crash in the xfinity series. there's to timetable for his return. this was a bad weekend for the busch brothers. kyle's brother kurt busch lost his appeal, as a result of his involvement in a domestic violence. he will not race or participate in anies that car events this year. let's go to the nba in new york, lebron james passes allen iverson on the all time scoring list. he is just 122 points away from ray allen at number 21. the cavs knocked off the knicks

101-83. and the "new york times" has a great article on lebron james this morning. and boy, he is in the hunt now. >> and again, his team is rolling too. cleveland all of a sudden is playing -- >> yeah you knew that was going to happen. everyone was whining at the beginning of the year it took a while to gel, how about my atlanta hawks? >> i forgot about your atlanta hawks. >> my atlanta hawks. >> they lost by 30 first game after the all-star break >> it's unbelievable. it's a team that has just languished for years. >> it's a fun time. >> exactly. they are doing better now. i think unfortunately they will go across the deep south -- >> it's a miserable winter. >> it's ugly. >> dallas could get thunder sheet. it's a thunderstorm that is cold

enough at the ground on get sleet. >> don't tell cantore. >> cantore is in dallas. >> will he scream again? seriously? he scared my dog. he that is to stop. >> we will see how it goes. schools were cancelled in texas areas, snow? little rock it's the deep south's turn to deal with the misery and it will get worse rather than better. 600 flights are cancelled in the dallas fort worth airport. and the wind chills every week dealing with negative 27, chicago thegnegative 21, and don't be fooled by this morning. it's colder this afternoon and tomorrow, it will be 5 or 3 in new york again tomorrow morning. >> oh, my gosh. >> we are late now, it's late february. it's time to turn the page. >> an expire credit card going

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