i'm francis rivera. a deteriorating situation in yemen has forced the state department to relocate its already skeletal staff at the u.s. embassy and suspend operations. the british embassy has taken it a step further, telling its nationals to leave yemen immediately. meanwhile the associated press learned in an exclusive interview with u.s. intelligence officials as many as 20,000 foreign fighters are pouring into syria and iraq to join isis and other terrorist groups. officials will testify before the house homeland security committee today that that estimated figure includes 150 americans. meanwhile president obama is set to ask congress to authorize the use of military force to fight isis over the next three years. >>> for the first time, the president discussed the death of isis captive kayla mueller, and the government's position on ransom. >> my immediate reaction is heartbreak. i've been in touch with kayla's family. it's as tough as anything that i do having a conversation with parents who under

. >> now sports, for that we go to francis rivera.rning. >> the all-star game that kicked off the weekend at ma son garden. lebron james moved into second place on the nba's all time scoring list after scoring his 263rd price. russell west ooh brook took the mvp title leading the west to a win over the east. westbrook scored 41 points one shy of wilt chamberlain's record set in 1962. the game drew an all-star crowd as well from nba legends to a slew of entertainers jay z and bill clinton. to the golf course now and bretd snedeker ended a 17 month title doubt winning the pebble beach proam for the second time in ten years. he pocketed nearly $1.3 million along with a spot in april's u.s. masters. >>> well the qualifying session for nascar's biggest race of the year was criticized by tony stewart. what i the criticism? nascar abandoned single car ruins for the group session. the knockout format ended with jeff gordon on the pole for the final daytona 500 of his career. >>> and that big fight may be one step closer. manny pack cow and fl

i'm francis rivera. breaking overnight, a verdict in the american sniper murder trial. >> we the jury find the defendant eddie ray routh guilty. >> the jury's decision capping off an emotional day. at one point the widow of chris kyle stormed out of the courtroom. nbc's jay gray with more from stephenville texas. >> reporter: the decision came quickly, 2 1/2 hours after it began. routh watched quietly as the jury was polled. their decision june announce and then stood as he was sentenced to life in prison without par role for the murder of american sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. >> many including members of the jury were openly weeping do you recall an emotional victim's impact statement from littlefield's father don immediately following the verdict, which ended with him staring staring directly at routh. you said you didn't know chad's name when you brutally murdered him. you will have the rest of your waefted life each and every day to remember his name. let me remind you, his name

. >>> to sports and my friend francis rivera. >> good morning to you. not really a good outcome here. they used players living outside their district to defeat nevada for the u.s. little league world series championship. reaction to the jackie robinson west team being stripped. first from one of the players dads and from one of the players. >> they worked hard to win that title and for them to be stripped away -- >> i wanted this since the beginning of the year. i was so happy -- i was so happy when we got the title. i was sad for jackie robinson little league, but i made a lot of friends on that team. i was heartbroken for them. >> no word yet if the team from nevada will get a vision to it the white house. >>> to tiger woods and his unacceptable golf game after shooting an 82 in phoenix and pulling out of torrey pines with back injuries he plans to continue physical therapy and is hoping to return in a few weeks for the honda classic. >>> anthony davis officially pulled out of this week's nba all-star game. the pelican's star forward was injured when

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. >>> hi, i'm francis rivera with the top stories. believed to be heading for syria to join isis. 15-year-old amir abasii disappeared with two friends. they boarded a flight to turkey. the death toll from the siberian express weather system is up to 37 nationwide. in tennessee where 18 people died, dangerous snow and ice caused the governor to declare a level 2 state of emergency. another update in an hour. back to "caught on camera." >> welcome back to caught on camera. i'm contessa brewer. would you risk your life to save a stranger who seemingly wants to die? it's a question few people ever have to contemplate. but in our next story, strangers spending a day in the park are suddenly faced with that very situation and have to make a decision in an instant. a man perched at the end of a bridge contemplates life or death. >> oh, man. >> but as minutes tick by, the question soon becomes one for witnesses on the ground. what should they do? >> we're skating across the bridge here. >> tara johnson is roller-blading through fairmont park

francis rivera in for jose. >>> developing now, testimony is about to resume in the murder trial of eddier" trial. follows a dramatic day in court, police testified about routh's words and actions on the day he allegedly gunned down chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. among pieces of evidence dash cam video shows the arrest following a police chase that reached speeds of 100 miles per hour. lancaster police lieutenant testified that quote, he told us he had taken a couple of souls and he had more souls to take. nbc's charles hadlock is live. certainly a big day yesterday. what can you tell us about that and what we are expecting today? >> reporter: it was a big day yesterday, francis, good morning. yesterday the jurors heard video and listened to conversation between a police detective and eddie ray routh, sitting in his truck outside his home. the judge will not let us play that video or let us play that audio from the video, but what he says could be described as bizarre by most people. eddie ray routh said he was surrounded by voodoo and anarchy. said he was living hell on eart