Of his thrilling skydive to celebrate his 90th birthday. I think i landed a little hot, but other than that, it was great. And hes already planning to do it again today, friday, june 13th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Friday the 13th. Feeling superstitious . Not me. Not me. You have a black cat. Thats every day. I have a superstition. Whenever its drizzly, we get a huge crowd on the plaza. Train is here. There is a little bit of rain. It has not stopped the crowd from getting out. Were going to get a great concert from them coming up in our 8 30 halfhour. Well look forward to that. Lets get right to this mornings breaking news. Bowe bergdahl returned to the u. S. To take the next steps in his recovery. Nbcs katy tur is outside Brooke Army Medical center in san antonio. Katy, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. He got here to san antonio around 3 30 this morning. He was taken directly to the medical center. And while its unclear how long he will be here, the circumstances surrounding his capture and subsequent release are still being hotly debated. This homecoming has been five years in the making, but theres no fanfare celebrations in bergdahls hometown in idaho, cancelled because of controversy. Two weeks after bergdahl was exchanged for five guantanamo detainees, many are still looking for answers. That includes members of congress who grilled defense secretary chuck hagel, asking what took so long to bring bergdahl back to the u. S. Have you ever seen a traumatically injured Service Member brought to the United States immediately upon being stabilized at landstuhl . We do it all the time. This isnt just about a physical situation, congressman. This guy was held for almost five years in god knows what kind of conditions. Reporter bergdahl has been through the first two phases of the armys reintegration process that include initial medical care and intelligence debriefings. Now hes set to begin phase three, which typically means reuniting with family and possibly being returned to duty. Its still unclear when bergdahl will see his parents. His return to duty in question, as the military investigates how he ended up in enemy hands in the first place. And just this morning, the daily beast released letters purportedly from bergdahl during his time in captivity where he asked for people to reserve judgment, writing if this letter makes it to the usa, tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the situation. Please tell d. C. To wait for all evidence to come in. Now those letters have not been independently verified by nbc news. Matt and savannah. All right, katy tur on the story. Katy, thanks very much. Another big story were following is this new turmoil raging in iraq this morning. Its getting worse there. Al qaeda inspired militants seizing control of two more cities overnight. In a province to the northeast of baghdad. This as the president is weighing u. S. Military options. This is a road the country has been down before, as we know. 293 americans died, another 467 were wounded in action during 1991s desert storm. And then, of course, 12 years later, we had the war in iraq. That would have forces there spending more than eight years on the ground. At its height in 2007, more than 166,000 american Service Members were in iraq. 4,477 died in that war. More than 32,000 were wounded, and the overall price tag, 732 billion. All of that in the background as the u. S. Considers what to do next. Nbcs chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engel is in Northern Iraq for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. We are now about 30 miles outside the city of mosul. The city is controlled by sunni extremists from that al qaeda offshoot. The mayor of mosul just told us a short while ago that the sunni extremists have begun to impose sharia law. That means sharia law being imposed in the second largest city in iraq. Those militants have their sights set on baghdad and are now just about 40 miles away. Baghdad is bracing for an attack. The u. S. Backed government is rounding up recruits and open air enlistments, desperately signing anyone willing to fight the al qaeda offshoot thats vowed to capture the city and is closing in. The u. S. Trained and equipped iraqi army has been surrendering in droves, handing the militants from isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria, weapons, including humvees once used by american troops. And more than weapons. The militants are flush with cash. They robbed mosuls central bank, taking over 400 million, according to the citys governor. It makes them arguably the Richest Terrorist Group in the world. We are celebrating. We took over mosul. Reporter this man was one of the iraqi soldiers who surrendered to isis in mosul. Hes ashamed of it, but says he was ordered to by his commanding officer. Alshibli claims the officers in l appeared to have a deal with the isis. Maybe they were bribed. Maybe sympathetic. He says hes not sure. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing. Entire families loaded into cars. 13 from one family told me they were leaving mosul after they heard gunshots near their home. Others left on foot. Iraq is collapsing. The country is breaking apart along ethnic and religious lines. The sectarian divides that u. S. Troops tried to contain for years are exploding. This seems to be the start of a civil war. In Northern Iraq, kurdish fighters seize the city of kirkuk. It has one of the countrys richest oil fields. Iraq is now up for grabs with baghdad the next target. The militants now converging on baghdad say their goal is to impose sharia law, or hard line islamic law across all of this country, all of syria, and beyond. In the middle of all of this are still several thousand american diplomats and contractors. Some are being evacuated. Those evacuations are continuing today. Matt, savannah . All right, richard, thank you so much. Lets turn to congressman mike rogers, he chairs the house intelligence committee. Chairman rog everybodies, rogers, good morning to you, sir. Good morning. Thanks for having me. This is an incredibly complex situation, as you well know. But the bottom line question the white house is facing right now is should the u. S. Intervene and get involved. Whats your view of that . I think we have to do something. You have to stop and slow their momentum. And you have to remember who were dealing with. This is an up close and personal look at what the whole al qaeda political aim is, and thats to gain ground, hold it, Institute Sharia law, the very tough muslim brand of legal enforcement that puts women back in the house, means that women cant come out of the house without a male escort. This is as bad as it gets. And weve seen them fight in other places. Thats why this is so dangerous, savannah. This is not just about iraq for them. Its about the lavant, all across the middle east, about syria, about other places as well. Let me pick up on that, because there are a lot of people watching this that are very warweary in this country. They think its awful whats happening, theres this sectarian divide and theyre fighting each other. Can you explain why it is in americas interests to intervene . This is an al qaeda offshoot. This was a group that actually fought with some other al qaeda elements because they wanted to be more aggressive outside of their boundaries, outside of iraq. And so its dangerous because if you believe al qaeda is still planning operations, they are. If you believe that this group wants to do terrorist activities outside of the area, including europe and the United States, they do. And so you cant just allow them to get safe haven. And theyre getting stronger by the day. Theyre getting weapons. Theyre getting money. That gives them huge swaths of land to train al qaeda operatives to come over to the United States or europe or somewhere else. So the whole goal of our counterterrorism plans in the past has been deny them safe haven. Continue to disrupt their operations for external to the area of which they operate. But how deeply should the u. S. Get involved . Its not a simple matter of doing a few air strikes and being done with it. I think the question is if you take one step toward intervention, how far in are you . Well, again, i think we have lots of options. Theres nobody talking about putting troops on the ground. I think people should understand that completely. But there are lots of options. One of the things that so many of us said, be careful about just an unconditional pullout, because you need to give their soldiers, their troops enough time to season, to harden, to get their commanding control down, to get their effectiveness up. So the important thing here is can we disrupt the momentum that you see on the battlefield today, which is taking mosul, huge problem for iraq. I argue huge problem for the United States. These are al qaeda minded individuals. They would kill americans in a heartbeat. And so we need to disrupt that momentum. I think there are interim steps we can take, including possible air support operations for iraq, and there are intelligences packages and robust training of certain types of forces that we can do very quickly to get them back into the fight and trying to turn the tide of what is really al qaeda moving out and holding more ground than weve ever seen them hold. Thats dangerous. It is a dangerous situation indeed. Chairman mike rogers. Always good to have you, sir. Thank you. Natalies here now with an emerging crisis. This ones tied to an immigration debate. Children caught in the middle of this as well. Transportation secretary jay johnson says immigrant children caught trying to cross the border illegally are being cared for humanely. The Obama Administration is scrambling to handle the spike in young Border Crossers who are traveling alone. More than 47,000 children have been apprehended at the Mexican Border since october. Most are coming from central america. Los angeles clippers owner Donald Sterling is ramping up his fight against the nba as the league tries to strip him of the team over his racist remarks. Sterlings team of lawyers has hired four private investigation firms to reportedly dig up dirt on the nbas former and current commissioners and its 29 other owners. Investigators also are looking into whether other owners made any off color jokes or racist or sexist remarks. A luxury home dangling over a cliff in texas will be intentionally set on fire this morning, hopefully before another landslide drops the home into the water. As you see a large portion of the bluff fell into the lake below on tuesday. Thankfully, the home was vacant at the time. One of americas legendary stage and screen actresses has passed away. Ruby dee died wednesday. Dee earned acclaim during her long career of stage, television, radio, and film. She earned an oscar nomination in 2008 for the role in american gangster. Ruby dee was 91 years old. The world cup resumes today with three more matches in brazil. On thursday, the tournament got off to an exciting start when the home country survived a brief scare from croatia. Brazil was down by a goal in the first half when a brazilian player accidentally scored for the other team, oops. They did come back to win it, though. 31. And a bumpy ride on the millennium falcon lands Harrison Ford in the hospital. And disney says Harrison Ford was injured on the set of Star Wars Episode 7. According to reports, a hydraulic door from his fictional spaceship fell on his ankle and broke it. The 71yearold actor is reprising his role as han solo. The film is set for release for the end of 2015. Wish him well. Hopefully quick recovery there. Theyre going to set it in carbonite. Thats what i was just thinking. I was thinking, what does that mean. I know. Well explain later. Mr. Roker. Weve got some Severe Weather to talk about. Listen to what was happening. Thats hail in abilene, texas. You pull over, and look at the damage its done. Police cars, vans, all sorts of problems with hail up to baseball size, and really caused big problems. More Severe Weather today. Look at that. Tennis ballsized hail. We are looking for more storms making their way in ahead of this cold front. Were going to see this activity pushing in. Houston, youre going to be looking at showers and thunderstorms this morning. Then things clear out rather nicely. We do have this risk of Severe Weather up in the Northern Plains today. Also, from new mexico on into texas, with the risk of strong storms, isolated tornados. Tomorrow, though, weve got a much more dangerous risk of Severe Weather, especially parts of nebraska on into iowa, parts of kansas as well. These could be generating these superstorms could be generating a lot of tornado activity by tomorrow, into tomorrow night, and heavy rain also in the midwest, anywhere from two to four inches of rain. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Nbc bay area mike are climate Weather Forecast sponsored by yakult probiotic drink. 7 15. You made it to the end of the week and another gorgeous day to get through. Temperatures will end up from the 50s right now into the upper 70s, low 80s at best. And that means temperatures are going to be just a touch below average all across the board, but this is the last day. Well see those numbers really start to climb as we get into your fathers day weekend. For today, the clouds cling the coast and the ocean air comes all the way inland. Tobe parents. How about some news that could be reassuring or a little bit disturbing . Its about risky teenage behavior. It comes from a new report from the centers for disease control. Heres the headlines. The number of kids smoking is down, thats good news. But an Alarming Number of teenagers are texting while driving and carrying weapons. Nbcs tom costello has more on this. Tom, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt, good morning. More than 13,000 High School Students nationwide participated in the study. Some of the risky behavior might be surprising to parents. Among the risky teenage behaviors, weapons. The cdc found nearly 18 of the High School Students asked had carried a weapon, a gun, a knife, or a club at least once in the previous 30 days. One student is deceased as a result of a lone gunman who entered the school. Reporter the news coming just days after a 15yearold gunman killed a classmate and wounded a teacher in oregon. Another risky behavior, texting while driving. 41 of students who are driving had texted or emailed while driving in the past 30 days. Turn signal. Right mirror check. Reporter in maryland, 17yearold jazma stein is practicing for her driving test. Shes already promised her mom, no drinking, no texting, no distractions. Are you worried . Im concerned. She has her life ahead of her, full life. And it can all be changed in a heartbeat. Reporter the cdc report also found 10 of teens admitted to drinking and driving. Nearly 22 had been in a car with another driver who was drinking. Sex is also on the list of risky teenage behavior. 34 of teens admitted to being sexually active, down from 38 in 1991. But among those kids, condom use had declined to 59 from 63 ten years ago. Were very concerned to see the decrease in condom use. We worked hard, we educated and we had a steady increase in condom use until recent years. Reporter still, there is good news. Smoking among teens is now at the lowest rate on record, 15. 7 . Alcohol use has dropped dramatically among teens, from 50 in 1999 to 35 today. And fights on School Property have been cut in half over the past 20 years, with 8 reporting theyd been in a school fight. A few more stats that may be concerning to parents of teens. Nearly 15 of kids reported being electronically bullied. 17 have considered attempting suicide. And nearly one in five teens have taken prescription drugs without a prescription. So as we said, some good news and some concerning news for parents and educators. Matt, savannah, back to you. Im just writing down all the conversations i need to have with my kids this weekend. Thank you, tom. Meantime, shifting gears, theres a little bit of a controversy pitting chicagos mayor rahm emanuel against donald trump. Tamron is here. Weve been asking viewers what they think about this. Weve all been to chicago, one of the most beautiful skylines i think in the world. And theres a big controversy regarding the citys skyline, because lets take a look at it. This trump sign is on the side of trumps 96story hotel, smack in the middle of the city. Youll recognize this on the side. This is the iconic marina tower, and heres trumps building. Now, the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, says that the sign is architecturally tasteless. This is the beautiful chicago river. Many people know this boat tour, which is the chicago architecture tour, where you can get the feel of chicago. In the next halfhour, were going to talk with donald trump, but before we do, what do you think . Trump sign, fine by me, or is it in poor taste . Well let you know, today. Com survey answers when we come back, guys. All right, tamron, thanks. Were going to have more on that controversy. Were going to talk to donald trump live. I think the signs okay. Its his giant head on the top. Thanks for your help. Also ahead, is luck on your side . Its friday the 13th, theres a full moon, nat is freaking out. Well tell you about some superstitions. And what were your favorites . The commercials just crowned the best of the year. But first, this is today on nbc. The world of fashion is split in two. You can either have highend or lowprice. 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. And a great friday concert on our plaza. 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