and pbs newscaster jim lehrer is 80. >>> i'm frances rivera.ll, happy monday morning to you. it's 4:30 in the morning, i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's first say good monday morning to christina. >> good morning to you scott, laura, everybody at home. kicking off the workweek with pretty comfortable temperatures out there. mostly mid to upper 50s and interesting changes coming your way including some thunderstorms. brought in that forecast in just a minute and right now check your drive back to work monday. >> we have to warn folks. we have some wind out there and that makes the view of our bay bridge so clear. the san mateo bridge. the wind advisory issue for

i'm frances rivera. it has been almost three weeks since hundreds of school girls were abducted by islamic terrorist necessary nigeria. now the united states is sending a team of technical experts to the country to help bring those girls home. there's been international uproar following last month's kidnapping. 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 international list of terror groups. nbc's ann curry has more. >> 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 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 ou

i'm frances rivera. happy super tuesday, 2014. the polls are open this morning in six states from coast to coast. the key races to watch are in kentucky, idaho, and georgia. the primaries there will highlight the republican establishment versus tea party battle. in kentucky, state republican leader mitch mcconnell is up against tea party challenger matt bevan. mcconnell leads him by 20 points in the latest bluegrass poll from the career journal. a win for senator mcconnell today would set the stage for one of november's top senate races against democrat allison lund lundergan grimes. in georgia today, a crowded seven way senate primary field will be narrowed down to two with a runoff to be held on july 22nd. recent polling suggests david purdue and jack kingston are most likely to face off then. and finally in idaho, matt sincen is poised to defeat brian smith. today, primaries will shape the ballots for critical contests this november. >>> new this morning, in a surprise move, thailand's army has declared martial law nationwide.

. >> i'm frances rivera and we begin with developing news.he 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. >>

i'm frances rivera. this morning we're learning more about the 22-year-old gunman behind a deadly attack in isla vista, california. authorities say elliot rodger killed six people and injured another 13 before turning the gun on himself near the university of california santa barbara. according to police, the manifesto he left behind indicates he had been planning the attack for quite some time. nbc's jennifer bjorkland has the latest. >> reporter: chaos and a convoluted chain of events. people scramble. this was the third murder scene left in the wake of alleged gunman elliot rodger. >> tomorrow is the day of retributi retribution. the day in which i will have my revenge against humanity. >> reporter: the video of what he planned uploading even as he was embarking on his killing spree. earlier videos last month alarmed his family who called mental health experts for a welfare check. and as rodger recalled in a 140-page manifesto he sent to his parents minutes before the shooting, he told deputies at his

i'm frances rivera. breaking news out of south africa where the judge in the oscar pistorius murder trial has ordered the olympic track star to undergo an evaluation for mental illness. the move will likely delay the trial for more than a month. the judge argues that a psychological evaluation would ensure that pistorius gets a fair trial. pistorius has admitted to shooting his girlfriend, viva steenkamp, last year. a psychiatrist told the court this week that he suffered from an anxiety disorder. >>> at least 20 workers at two hospitals in orlando are being monitored after coming in contact with a patient infected by mers, or the middle east respiratory syndrome. so far, only two cases have been confirmed in the u.s. a patient in indiana was hospitalized 12 days and released last week. the second, a saudi resident, who was visiting family remains hospitalized in orlando this morning in good condition. a health advisory is now in effect at all major u.s. airports in an effort to prevent the spread of the

good wednesday morning to you, i'm frances rivera. after a decade of fighting in avenue zan stan, today, we should rern more about america's vision for an end to war. there he is expected to describe plans for what he calls a new capture in the story of american leadership. nbc tracie potts is live in washington with more. tracey, what can we expect to hear from the president? >> reporter: well, frances we're told he'll have a middle of the road course, unafraid to team up with the rest of the world against russia, but also careful for a military not to be overly aggressive. this morning's west point speech comes after president obama announced 9,800 troops will stay in afghanistan after the war ends in december. that war will gradually drop to about 1,000 over the next two years. their job, training training forces. >> this will a allow us to redirect some of the resources saved in these wars tour respond more nimbly to the changing threat of terrorism. >> reporter: leaving boots on the ground for result in the president signing a bi

i'm frances rivera. the global campaign to bring home hundreds of kidnapped school girls in nigeria is growing. but boca haram, the group behind the attack, is showing no signs of freeing the girls anytime soon. first lady michelle obama is one of several big names lending support to the abducted girls. she tweeted, our prayers are with the missing nigerian girls and their families. it is time to bring back our girls. former secretary of state hillary clinton is calling the kidnapping an act of terrorism. malala yousufzai, the pakistani teen who survived an assassination attempt by the taliban is calling the kidnapped girls her sisters. she offers a message saying never lose hope because we are with you. other celebrities like amy pole a poehler and chris brown are lending their support as well. there are more than a million tweets being published using the hash tag. nigerian police are offering a $300,000 reward for information leading to the rescue of the kidnapped girls. the u.s., china, canada and ot

good wednesday morning to you, i'm frances rivera.decade of fighting in avenue zan stan, today, we

i'm frances rivera. the university of richmond now says two members of that school's women's basketball staff were aboard the hot air balloon that went down in a fiery crash friday. the body of the balloon's pilot and one of the passengers have been recovered. the other passenger's body is still missing. >>> there was history at the nfl draft. the st. louis rams picked michael sam. if he makes the team in training camp, sam will become the first openly gay player in the nfl. now back to lockup. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ ♪ i'm in this and i'm catching more fish than a gordon ♪ ♪ so everybody bounce your head like a b-ball ♪ ♪ coming and i chew them up like a gumball ♪ ♪ selling more platinum than a harry potter ♪ ♪ we got it buy food in california and when i open my mouth you know what i'm talking about ♪ ♪ now i'm catching more fish than the gordon's ♪ ♪ i'm the king of the arena so bounce your head like a b-ball ♪ there you go. >> to the inmate in san quentin, it

. ♪ >>> i'm frances rivera. here is what is happening.dent obama plans to meet with ukraine's president-elect on wednesday. the billionaire chocolate tycoon was the winner of last week's vote. >>> secretary john kerry does not need to testify before the house oversight committee. he was to appear to answer questions about the 2012 attack in benghazi. instead, he will appear before the house select committee on benghazi which was created earlier this month. see you in an hour. now back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> inmate chris shiverdecker was recently approved for a transfer out of level six to level five. that was until today. >> christopher shiverdecker this morning when i was escorting him said to make sure they don't have a rookie with me, and he said to make sure i came and to make sure to watch myself today. >> and usually when he tells us something, we knew that there was business or there was something that was going to happen. >> his intention was to assault the inmate that was d

. >>> hi, i'm frances rivera. here's what's happening.ed an execution of a missouri inmate that was to be put to death by lethal injection. >>> wicked weather in colorado grounded flights earlier at denver international airport. some areas remain on alert for storms. >>> protesters demanding higher pay for mcdonald's workers demonstrated in oakbrook, illinois. the chain holds its annual share holder meeting tomorrow. now we take you back to "hardball." >>> so when i hear allegations of misconduct, any misconduct, whether it's allegations of va staff -- i will not stand for it. not as commander in chief, but also not as an american. none of us should. so, if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and i will not tolerate it, period. >> welcome back to "hardball." president obama today, as you saw, addressed a growing scandal that unlike the phoney, if you will, scandals like fast and furious and benghazi, has the potential, the real potential, to cause some real political damage. those problems at the vet

i'm frances rivera.