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This morning on "world news now," nigeria's nightmare. new inside information about the kidnapped girls, who's offering a big reward and who's demanding action. running for cover. the gunfire and close calls in ukraine. the turmoil and violence as russia pushes for peace. tough talk. veteran actress valerie harper takes her fight for life to capitol hill. her big demands as she fights cancer. and michelle obama, her appearance last night on the hit abc show "nashville." her star power and special message that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, may 8. >> announcer: from abc news, this is...

Nearly 31%. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, may 8. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good thursday morning, everybody. reena, good to have you. >> nice to be here, john. >> always a pleasure. we begin with wild weather in the nation's heartland. >> an early heat wave collided with a cold front triggering powerful storms. spawning tornadoes, baseball sized hail and wind gusts approaching 90 miles an hour. that derailed this train north of wichita, kansas. he's watching it a >> reporter: there are twisters in colorado. this tornado one of several. it t...

Letter to the governor saying, please, we really need help, i'm hearing we're not going to get hazard mitigation funding. i hope that's not the case. >> do you believe the may 10th -- >> two days later, their office calls friday afternoon and says, we want to do a sandy business ehaven't on monday? i feel like 10:00 in the morning the timing seemed strange. we had already gone the opening for at least a month before, but certainly wanted to welcome her. >> her reason for coming down was specifically in response to this letter of may 8? >> i do. i do believe it. i believe it was related. i thin...

Death. they are hoping to get criminal charges on the police officer who ran him over. on may 8, he was clased by police because they saw he was not wearing a seatbelt. he stopped his car and started running. the dashcam reported the incident showing a police car hit and run him over. cnn is not going to show the moment of impact. it's simply too graphic. a grand jury decided not to indict the officer. the family say that is is not acceptable. >> he went around the officers into the backyard at a high rate of speed and you determine if he revved up the engine with the intent of getting marlon ...

All right. let's head to washington. soon president obama will take his place behind that podium. he'll be talking mostly about richard cordray, who was finally the director of the consumer financial protection bureau. finally, i say. he was confirmed in a last-minute deal on tuesday but he's actually been running the agency for a very long time. of course, everybody is hoping president obama will address the george zimmerman case. we'll be watching and waiting. of course, we'll take you to washington then. 55 past the hour. time to check our top stories. the retrial of jodi arias will air i...