The world cup. This morning, we are looking ahead to the u. S. Road to victory. You are going down, belgium. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans, it is friday, june 27th. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Happening today, the u. S. Looking to strike a delicate balance to slow the isis surge in iraq. John kerry went to meet with the king of saudi arabia to rally behind iraq. The situation getting more and more complicated by the minute. Iran is sending in military advisers to fight off militants. Iraq turning to russia for fighter jets saying the u. S. Is not moving fast enough. We have in baghdad this morning with more. Bring us up to speed. A lot of conflicting interest in iraq now. Although, everyone is trying to stop the flow of isis. Reporter it is very much a balancing act, christine. The u. S. Cannot be seen prop up a government under such criticism of whats been seen here. The marginalization of the sunni being drawn, threatened, pushe
A new arrest in the deadly south korean ferry disaster. The ceo of the company that operated the ferry is behind bars this morning. We are live with all the latest developments. Good morning. Great to see everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its thursday, may 8th, 4 00 a. M. On the nose in the east. Lets begin this morning in nigeria, where this morning it seems the Terror Group Boko Haram is on the offensive, unfazed by the International Calls to release hundreds of kidnapped girls, including a call from first Lady Michelle obama. The terrorists launching a brazen, grisly attack on a northern village, an attack that left at least 150 people dead. The details of that attack almost too disturbing to mention. Some of the victims were burned to death. Vladimir duthiers is in nigeria for us and joins us on the phone. Vlad, we understand this village was a staging ground for the military, the military out looking for those girls. Tell us what happened. Repo
Protesters. The country moves further into chaos. We are live in ukraine with whats happening right now. Also this morning, a new phase beginning in the search for missing Malaysian Airline 370. What comes next in the hunt for the missing jet liner . We go live to malaysia with the latest developments on that. Welcome to early start. Im poppy harlow. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin in nigeria. A group of armed terrorists abducting at least eight more girls. They try to track down more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school and held for weeks. President obama insisting bow c coe ha ram must be stopped. I cant imagine what the families are going through. This is one of the worst terrorist organizations in the world. We have long sought to work with nigeria on working with them. We are going to do whatever we can to assist them in recovering these young women. The u. S. Is sending in a team of military Law Enforcement experts. Is it enough three weeks after the girls were kidna
Independence. Some want to join russia, but is that what the majority of the people really want . Were live on the ground with the very latest there. Good morning. Good to have you with us. Welcome to early start. Im victor blackwell. And im deborah feyerick. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with Donald Sterling and his shocking comments to Anderson Cooper. He is apologizing for his remarks but also is blasting nba legend Magic Johnson, the very person he was talking about when he told v. Stiviano she shouldnt be seen with black people. Listen to part of what sterling said. I embarrassed the league. I humiliated them. I dont know how why i did it. I mean, its so terrible. So, you dont believe, though, that the owners would vote to have you removed as owner . I dont think so. The players dont hate me. The sponsors dont hate me. You dont believe the fans dont hate me. The media hates. Its the media. Its all the media pushing it. Honestly, you really believe that this is just the medi
Back to the crash site where they say dozens of bodies remain. We are live with what investigators are finding. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans. It is august 1, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, the sound of silence in gaza. We are three hours into a 72 hour ceasefire. A ceasefire brokered by the u. N. And the United States. So far, it appears to be holding. It is a much needed pause of a bloody, 24 day Israeli Offensive with hamas. During this period, civilian wills receive relief and op twopoint toy carry out vital functions, including burying the dead, taking care of the injured and restocking food supplies. Gaza is reeling after air strikes on schools, a marketplace and the regions only power plant. 400 palestinians have been killed in the conflict. That has tensions escalating between israel and the u. N. 103 u. N. Facilities have come under attack, including a school hosting over 3,300 displaced yesterday. 19 people were killed and over 100 injured. Th