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Today, friday june 20th, 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. Raise your hand if theres some soccer in your immediate future this weekend . Absolutely. And by the way, not to give anything away, i think well all be making a fashion statement when we watch on sunday. The shameless plug. The begging. That paid off. We have fall out boy here. We have a huge crowd outside for them for a concert in a few minutes. Thank you for that, mr. Roker. Now to the top story. The delicate situation unfolding in minnesota where a saturated hill along the Mississippi River has collapsed. This after heavy rain drenched that region. Dave berggren from minneapolis has the latest on this. Dave, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Minnesota governor mark dayton has issued a state of emergency for counties dealing w ....
Little to enhance security in benghazi. It wasnt an intelligence failure. It is a policy and leadership failure on the part of the administration. With regard to iraq, intelligence including director clappers testimony at a january 29, 2014 hearing has been clear that iraq was vulnerable to the threat from isil. I encourage any member to read the intelligence if they are questions regarding the assessment about security in iraq and the rise of isil. It was clear in 2011 as u. S. Forces were withdrawing that iraq was vulnerable to resurgeance and we have seen the violence escalate during the administrations failed policy. This was easily predicted but we have stood by and watched as it has occurred. Again, this is a policy failure. Not an intelligence failure. Perhaps the most concerning aspect of the Foreign Policy is the counterterrorism strategy. I hear them touting the dissire of them being on the run. But nothing could be furt ....
People dont come to madison so their kids can rot in a prison cell. Dreamers come to madison and when they feel excluded from the dream they become nightmares ifill plus, the story of Lance CorporalKyle Carpenter. Who fell on a grenade to save his fellow marines. An act of courage and selflessness that earned him the medal of honor. I feel like im on an even Playing Field and an even platform with everybody else, awards or not, with everybody else that raised their right hand and said, you know ill going into harms way. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And the ....
Past. Reporter now back here live no word on what led to this incident. Police are also still looking for a weapon. They say it could be as small as a razor or the size of a box cutter they just dont know. Theyre also still enter viewing here on campus teachers and students about what may have led to this. Dawn, back to you. All right, thank you, shawnette. New developments surrounding the crisis in iraq. The United States is beefing up its military efforts to help stop the insurgency by a militant group bent on taking over iraq. The president making the announce many this afternoon after meeting with his National Security team. Foxs doug mc elway reports from washington. Reporter at the white house president obama announces the u. S. Will send up to 300 military advisors to iraq. As sunni fighters rapidly gain ground. Theyll work with the iraqi army to coordinate intellige ....
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