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in the white house. and game on the world cup, the single biggest event on the planet getting under way in a matter of hours. and despite problems, organizers are promising an unforgettable show. we have an exclusive preview today, thursday, june 12th, 2014. abc this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone, nice to have you along on a thursday morning. for the next month or so, even people who don t normally follow soccer or football, depending on what you call it railroad going to be into the world cup. without the vuvuzuela. ready to go. the new violence raging in iraq, major parts of the country now in the hands of militants, once again. after all the years the u.s. spent there, all that was lost there, the white house once again being asked to intervene. we ll go live to nbc s jim miklaszewski at the pentagon in a moment. but we begin with richard engel who has made his way ....
(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. pam:a bay area piano teacher is under arrest. for allegedly molestating his students. investigators say, he inappropriately touched young teen girls during music class. kron 4 s scott rates is live in daly city, where the teacher was arrested. scott? . new at 8: reporter: s wednesday afternoon and every step to the school for comment sprit but they had nothing to yes i am relieved to know that he is locked up behind bars if he is guilty he should be. reporter: bill was set at $1.5 million. he is due in court on the 25th trip he is facing life in prison reporter: 90 tonight at 8 a peta petaluma husband and father of two. just up and disappears. his distraught family is desperately trying to find him. reporter:kron 4 s j-r stone spoke with the family. and has more on the circumstances ray martinez. he walked out the door. reporter: he hasn t been seen since more than two weeks ago ....
economy back on track. i m robin yos joseph. in sports. we begin in iraq, we re getting some breaking news. there has been a deadly attack in central baghdad, a parked car blew up in the carada neighborhoods, crossing over to imran khan who s joining us from baghdad to tell us if there s any reports on casualties. imran. reporter: that s right, just about an hour ago we heard an explosion here to the east of where i m standing. a very loud explosion, certainly louder than i ve ever heard. for the last couple of years now. what police sources are saying, it i do apologize to imran as well as our viewers. we have a bad connection to imran. imran khan, telling us about a car bomb going off in central baghdad. tunisia, a key moment in the country s three and a half yea years, facing defeet in historic elections. hashiim abelbarra, joining us. we are getting results on the preliminary results. defeat in the elections which is now the centrist is now in the lead ....
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: charles riley, known professionally as lil buck , can attest to the power of his doll of dancing is known as jookin . it has won him a devoted following as well as stints with madonna and cirque du soleil. let s take a look at lil buck performing with yo-yo ma at china s national theatre for the performing arts. tavis: it s hard to watch you and not look at your feet. i find myself just staring at some nice those are shoes you ve got on. thank you. these are made by designer name ricardo. he is an upscale designer. he just collaborated with kind of street sneaker where. they were a gift from madonna for my birthday. [laughter] madonna, i wear a size 12. i will take some of those, those are nice. that was nice of madonna. we will come back to madonna, maybe. let me start with my friend yo-yo ma. has been a guest on this program so many times. how did you hook up with him? we hook ....
this decision to curb the supply of micro chips may create a less stable world. that s how singapore is prime minister has responded to the u . s. move of imposing restrictions on tech exports to china with from moscow to the world. this is our team international. my name s you know, neil, you re welcome to the program. relentless shelling of danielle city by ukrainian forces has seen one civilian killed and 6 others injured in the past 24 hours according to local authorities. a local administrative office on a bank were also severely damaged earlier on thursday. shock waves from the shelling, sheltered windows, a nearby buildings with laughs and shrapnel strewn around the area. the tax gum, shortly after vladimir putin declared marshal low on the 4 new territories. that recently joined russia. the russian leader seized the decision to impose the measures comes in response to quote, terrorist threats from ukraine. meanwhile, on the other side of the front lines are raid ....