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In overseas. Americans are being evacuated in iraq as militants linked to al qaeda storm toward the capitol of bagdad. After nine years of war would u. S. Forces go back in . Abcs Foreign Correspondent terry moran leads us off with the developments right now. Reporter ferocious fighting in northern iraq. Soldier trying to hold off the ji ha disastdists. These scenes showing thousands of iraqi soldiers and now prisoners. They have wracked up victory after victory. Major cities falling under their...

Its the kickoff of the hollywood awards season with the Golden Globes. Who will be named the best in tv and film and who will they be wearing . Well peer into our crystal ball as we head to the head carpet today, sunday, january 12, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. And im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. All is calm and clear here in th...

Launch an offensive against the city of baqubah less than 40 miles from baghdad. We will speak to professor juan cole of the university of michigan. He just wrote a piece titled dont trust the bombers on iraq shock and awe never works. Then 50 years after freedom summer, Voting Rights are under attack again in the south. They have attacked early voting, making it harder to vote with voter id laws. Every one of those reforms voter repression laws and tactics have the same effect of driving down t...

Children. And the german chancellor praises greece. Plus running for the right to free movement. The west Bank Marathon where not everyone is allowed to run. I have plenty of sport to update you on including the masters in augusta. Plus some intriguing matchups coming out of Fridays Champions League semifinals. More details later in the program. Welcome to the program. The Prime Minister of ukraine has offered greater devolved powers to the east of his country as protesters continue to occupy st...

An answer to that centurys old, just who is the face behind mona lisas smile . The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says it is sending a new factfinding team to syria to investigate the allegation of using chlorine gas to attack. Tell us more about these alleged chlorine attacks. Well, we know that the opposition is claiming at least three attacks used by the government where the government used chlorine. The chlorine was dropped from military helicopters in barrel bombs, and...

Deal. And well look at how safe people feel in abou ja. Im tim frengd friend in rome, where the major is appealing for millions of dollar from donors to help save the historic sites. Ukraine has joined georgia and moldova in joining theeu. The pact will bind the three countries more closely to the west both politically and economically. Vladimir putin is warning of serious consequences. He said making ukraine choose between rush a the eu would split it in two. But ukraines president called it hi...

The government of ukraine says separatists have shot down two of their fighter jets. Plus, final voyage, the Kostka Concordia leaves the island where it was wrecked more than two years ago. Hello, the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry says International Efforts to broker a ceasefire in gaza have made some progress. Israeli soldiers are battling with hamas fighterings near the southern strip. Dozens of families have been forced to leave the area due to fighting. The Palestinian Death toll now s...

Nba. We begin with that execution gone wrong in oklahoma. Inmate clayton locket, dying not from lethal injection, but from a heart attack on tuesday. Pronounced dead more than 40 minutes after his execution halted. Minutes after the first drugs were administered he began con as a resulting. That botched execution becausing the state to postpone the execution of a second inmate. Several states including oklahoma are now being sued to reveal the drugs used. Reporter minuteses after he was given a ...

Prisoners detained without trial. Plus im phil lavelle at the Venice Film Festival where theres a syrian wedding taking place, but its not quite what it seems. Find out what i mean shortly. Hello, there, welcome to the program. A ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine is now in its third hour, and so far it appears largely to be holding. But after nato meeting in wales, pressure continues to pile on russia. Well hear the latest from there in a moment. But first paul brennan reports on the ceasefire deal s...

Real money. This is real money, you are the most important part of the show, tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me or hitting me up on facebook. Sunny insurgenths lead by isel seized two more border crossings, including one on the border of syria and the border of jordan. Iraqis fled both posts in panic. Isil has now cemented its hold. It started off as an alqaedainspired terrorist group, but has morphed into a regional Insurgent Force that now has de facto control from the outskirts of ba...