from hillary clinton to amy poehler to mary j. blige, celebrities shouting out to bring back our girls after nearly 300 students are kidnapped from their school by gunmen. tonight tonight, millions joining the fight to bring them home safe. >>> but first, the "nightline" five. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm rebecca jarvis. taking revenge on a cheating lover used to require at least some degree of energy. but not anymore. tonight we're going behind the scenes of an extremely controversial new website, a place where anyone betrayed in love can expose and humiliate, raising pressing new questions about fairness and privacy in the digital age. here's abc's linsey davis. >> i really, really am sorry about it. i really am. >> reporter: dana scott's tears and apologies were not enough for the woman who claims dana almost ruined her marriage by having a year and a half affair with her husband. >> if dana can't handle the humiliation of all this, then you shouldn't have slept with someone else's husband. >> reporter: insults, de

government is causing a fire storm on social media bring back our girl campaign supported by singer mary j blige and chris brown. at this barber shop in san jose the kidnappings are all nigerian customers talk about. >> i don't think the nigerian government, federal government is diagnose enough. >> more than 30,000 nigerian living in northern california and members of the bay area nigerian association are planning a protest in newark, this saturday. this is abc 7 news. >> embattled l.a. clipper owner sterling has cancer. according to espn.com sterling has been battling prostate cancer for some time this comes as the nba advisory committee today decided to move forward with the plans to force sterling to sell the clippers. sale requires approval by 3 fourth of the league 30 owners and president of the los angeles naacp has resigned after the group was criticized for plans to give sterling a civil rights award. that award was resundayed after racist rant by sterling the tape surfaced over the weekend. >> you don't have to miss out on first class comfort. >> no still quite cozy. we have more. >> t

government is causing a fire storm on social media bring back our girl campaign supported by singer mary j blige and chris brown. at this barber shop in san jose the kidnappings are all nigerian customers talk about. >> i don't think the nigerian government, federal government is diagnose enough. >> more than 30,000 nigerian living in northern california and members of the bay area nigerian association are planning a protest in newark, this saturday. this is abc 7 news. >> embattled l.a. clipper owner sterling has cancer. according to espn.com sterling has been battling prostate cancer for some time this comes as the nba advisory committee today decided to move forward with the plans to force sterling to sell the clippers. sale requires approval by 3 fourth of the league 30 owners and president of the los angeles naacp has resigned after the group was criticized for plans to give sterling a civil rights award. that award was resundayed after racist rant by sterling the tape surfaced over the weekend. >> you don't have to miss out on first class comfort. >> no still quite cozy. we have more. >> t

joined by hillary clinton, mary j. blige, and malala yousafzai, the pakistani student shot by the taliban. today for the first time a christian group released what it said were the names of many of the missing girls. nigeria's government seems powerless to take on the militants who have been terrorizing the country since 2009, killing thousands. >> they operate like their own country within a country. and they do not care. and they have more power in some ways than the government at this point. >> reporter: and the boko haram leader's comments and actions in this video suggests he cannot be easily reasoned with. western-style education should end, he said. girls, you should all go and get married. the u.s. calls the kidnappings an outrage and a tragedy but is not involved militarily and is not providing overhead surveillance saying nigeria hasn't asked. >> the state department has been in regular touch with the nigerian government about what we might do to help support its efforts to find and free these young women. >> repor

activists and celebrities joined the online movement, including singer mary j. bligend hillary clinton posted demands for action. new york university professor beth noveck follows social media's impact on government. >> what this has done is brought it to popular attention by using essentially a bumper sticker, a hashtag, that gets people talking and that gets people sharing the idea with one another. >> reporter: it's a lesson the students at ursuline are learning. veronique ntumba is about to graduate. without social media, would you have even known about this? >> probably not, which is really sad. as the days went on, like, you see more and more people tweeting about it. >> reporter: as of today, the slogan "bring back our girls" has been tweeted more than 1.3 million times, and, scott, what really seemed to hit home for these students, the students we met, was that the kidnap victims are their own age. >> pelley: michelle, thanks. in another major story tonight, the secretary of veterans affairs eric shinseki is defending his record and his job. he is under fire.

government is causing a fire storm on social media bring back our girl campaign supported by singer mary j blige and chris brown. at this barber shop in san jose the kidnappings are all nigerian customers talk about. >> i don't think the nigerian government, federal government is diagnose enough. >> more than 30,000 nigerian living in northern california and members of the bay area nigerian association are planning a protest in newark, this saturday. this is abc 7 news. >> embattled l.a. clipper owner sterling has cancer. according to espn.com sterling has been battling prostate cancer for some time this comes as the nba advisory committee today decided to move forward stth the plans to force sterling to sell the clippers. sale requires approval by 3 fourth of the league 30 owners and president of the los angeles naacp has resigned after the group was criticized for plans to give sterling a civil rights award. that award was resundayed after racist rant by sterling the tape surfaced over the weekend. >> you don't have to miss out on first class comfort. >> no still quite cozy. we have more. >> t

former secretary of state hillary clinton and celebrity like amy poehler and mary j blige taken to 20thto the kidnappings. karen abc news washington. >> another girl who knows what it is like to stare in the face of evil and survive. tl posted this picture on instagram with the hash tag bring back our girls. >> civilian diver searching for victims of the south korean ferry disaster has died. officials say the diver was pulled to the surface after fellow divers lost communication with him. he had passed out. diver was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. the ferry disaster left 260 people dead with about 40 others still missing. >> residents evacuated by a maim wildfire in oklahoma returning to survey the damage tonight. 1,000 people left the homes yesterday in oklahoma. 35 miles north of oklahoma city. it has burned more than 3000 acres at this point and now 75 percent contained but destroyed at least 60 homes. >> this is my life. i'm 67 years old. lack at it. can you tell me what was in the home. >> flames killed 56-year-old man who refused to evacuate his house. several re

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former secretary of state hillary clinton and celebrities like amy poehler and mary j. bligebring attention to the kidnappings. in a videotape released yesterday, the leader of the extremist group threatened to sell the missing girls and abduct more. john and diana. >> karen travers, thank you for that. >>> we know the reason the air traffic control system in southern california malfunctioned last week. a u-2 spy plane, the faa says airport computers were not able to process the spy plane's flight plan and the software became overwhelmed. hundreds of planes across the nation headed for southern california were ordered not to take off as an air traffic control facility had to be rebooted. >>> a small plane towing an advertising banner developed engine trouble and crashed into a house north of denver. no one home at the time. although the plane caught fire, the pilot was uninjured. he found a garden hose and tried to put out the flames but had to back off when it was too hot. the pilot was aiming for a nearby field. he was unable to reach it. >>> three base jumpers will be in a

she's also mary j. blige'sf. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you have an appreciative crowd already. i don't think they even started digging in. go ahead and dig in. >> feel free. >> eat. >> your style is called soul fusion. a modern and healthy take on traditional soul food, right? >> yes, it is. >> tell me what's on the menu. >> first a southern inspired dish. a lobster shrimp and grits. a take on a southern classic. i do it my way. it's a little elevated. there's no butter. we use coconut oil instead. highlighting ingredients that elevate it but don't alter the taste of the dish. no cream. again, no cream, no butter. just an elevated way to serve this southern classic. >> what are they drinking? >> they're drinking a fresh press juiced cocktail. made of ruby red beets. ginger, mint, green apple and carrot. fresh pressed. we top it off with a champagne. really good champagne, i should say. >> we see erica partaking. >> ingredients, dried nuts, dried fruit. the highlight, again, there's no butter. there

hillary clinton, malala, the pakistani girl who survived a taliban attack, mary j. bligeall joining in a social media campaign with the #bringbackourgirls. >> give kudos to all the brave people that pushed it on social media. now it's not only about social media activism but people are going out there to protest, raise their voices, sign the petitions and push for accountability. >> reporter: nigerian senior jennifer helped organize a rally later today in washington. but so far the u.s. has limited its involvement. >> is the president considering sending american troops or perhaps special forces into nigeria if asked to help find these young women? >> i have not heard of such a request or consideration. >> if it's requested would the president consider that? >> it's speculation but i have not heard even -- >> u.s. officials say they would help, but as you heard there from jay carney, nigeria simply hasn't asked. the world economic forum is gathering this week in, guess what, nigeria's capital, so there are a lot of international leaders that are expected to put even more

. >> reporter: kerry's predecessor, hilly clinton, and celebrities like mary j. blige, also bringing attention to the horrific abduction through social media with the #bringbackourgirls going viral on twitter. the girls, aged 15 to 18, are likely part of a massive human trafficking operation sold into marriage for mere dollars. despite the promises by nigeria's president to intensify the search this morning, his wife reportedly ordered the arrest of the leaders of the protest against the kidnapping. it is also not clear what help the u.s. will give but secretary kerry says he will keep up the pressure and those parents, they chased after the abductors, amy, who were armed with ak-47s using only bows and arrows and were forced to turn back. >> heartbreaking story, martha. thank you for helping shed light on what is happening right now. >>> in the meantime, dramatic pictures from the u.s. air force this morning as these airmen parachuted into the pacific to rescue sailors from a fishing boat sinking off the coast of mexico. the airmen carried inflatable boats and medical

everyone from hillary clinton and senator barbara boxer to mary j. bligegn editor for "the daily beast," chris. the #bring back our girls has come on like a tidal wave as you say. why this cause, why the girls? >> i think there are a couple of reasons. first of all, the incident itself is so dramatic, that you have 250 girls or so taken away, out into the jungle, sold as slaves, taken as wives, whatever is happening to them. some of them probably dead. that's just a horrible incident. but i think the fact that the world was not paying attention also horrified people as they realized slowly what was going on. so this campaign began to build, and the people who are behind it, groups like girls rising, and amy foaler's smart girls, these girls recognize that this is also a way to bring attention to a much bigger issue, which is the treatment of women and girls generally. their need for an education, their need to find different ways of life. the need to change the society around them so that they can have a future. >> and as we talked about, these girls, the

singer mary j. bligery there. >>> an air show disaster, a pilot killed when his small vintage plane crashes and explodes into flames. look. >> oh! >> everybody stand still. do not move. we have had an incident. >> a lot of folks witnessing that. you can see the fire, the thick black smoke rising into the sky. the 77-year-old stunt pilot was flying upside down at the time. he was doing that on purpose performing a trick when the plane slammed into the tarmac in front of thousands at travis air force base in california. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of mr. eddie andrade, flying since he was 16 years old and has been perform not guilty air shows for the past 25 years. >> very well respected. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> and finally, this talking turkey, a truck carrying more than 700 turkeys crashes into a reservoir in utah. this morning peta demanding a memorial for the turkeys. peta requested the utah department of transportation put up a road side memorial commemor

great musical acts prince, mary j. blige. lionel richie.icia keys. steve harvey. fantastic way to spend fourth of july. >> closing out july, "wish i were here." >> that's the zach braff movie. he wrote this with his brother to talk about life and loss with heir father. a 35-year-old facing existential crisis about what to do with his life. ends up home schooling his children. it is a kick-start movie. a lot of fans that watched garden state are excited for this to come out. >> let's go to august now, flying flew the summer. "guardians of the galaxy." >> marvel has a good track record. from parks & recreation, he got ripped for this role. an interesting character. he's a comedic character. like a han solo swashbuckler. comes in possession of an object called the orb which may or may not control the universe. he's banded together with a group of characters that include vin diesel as the voice of a talking free. bradley cooper. >> let's go back to music. the outlands festival. >> really excited about this one. i smell the bacon in the studio.

hillary clinton, malala yousafzai, the pakistani girl who survived a taliban attack, mary j. blige, all joining in a social media campaign that has brought attention to the issue with the #bringbackourgirls. >> i give kudos to all the brave people who push on social media. people are taking the step to really go out there, protest, raise their voices, sign the petitions and push for accountability. >> nigerian university of maryland senior jennifer soba pearse helped organize a rally later today in washington, but so far the u.s. has limited its involvement. >> is the president considering sending american troops or perhaps special forces into nigeria? if asked. >> i have not had such a request. >> if requested -- would the president be willing to consider that? >> that's considered speculation. >> u.s. officials say they would help, but nigeria hasn't asked. now the world economic forum is gathering this week in nigeria's capital. international leaders are expected to put more pressure on nigeria's president to try to bring these girls home. willie? >>> breaking news out of ukrain

in fact, this was tweeted out by mary j. blige, #bringbackourgirls.his is from the european students union. they joined in as well with their sign. so, you can do the very same. #bringbackourgirls. go online, learn more about what's happening there. it is absolutely a tragedy there. >> all right, tamron, thank you very much. >>> coming up, michelle knight, one of the cleveland kidnapping survivors joins us exclusively on the eve of the first anniversary of her escape. >>> and the big laughs at this weekend's white house correspondents dinner. plus, the punch line to one presidential joke that was missing. until this morning. but first, this is "today" on nbc. the world of fashion is split in two. you can either have high-end or low-price. or you can go to t.j.maxx and you can have it all for up to 50% off department store prices. t.j. maxx. >>> coming up, we're going to kick off a week-long celebration of moms with a big surprise for a great group of women. >>> and on "trending," the "snl" skit that reveals what happens when you diss. after your local