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This morning al qaedainspired militants are pushing deep into southern iraq headed toward baghdad. In about 48 hours the insurgent blitzkrieg has overrun cities once controlled by u. S. Forces during the nearly nineyear iraq war. First to fall, iraqs second largest city, mozul, then tikrit and this morning militants have reached the outskirts of samara, just 70 miles from baghdad. Iraqs u. S. Trained forces are offering little or no resistance. Many are laying down their arms and hundreds of thousands of iraqi citizens are on the run. Susan mcginnis is in washington where the Obama Administrat...

Ohare. A little over two for the month but basically all of it fell in the last 48 hours. To look, were in between systems early on. A mix of sun and clouds with average High Temperatures in the upper 70s and in some cases low 80s. Widely scattered showers are possible as a cold front comes through. 57 degrees at the lakefront. 61 at ohare. 62 in joliet. The remnant of the grain we saw, ipod is an issue. Kirk visibility is half a mile. Only three at ohare. As to get further out to the counties, we have more fog. The careful today. The good news is we are dry. Cold front makes its way through n...

A thrilling Double Overtime victory for the Los Angeles Kings over the new york rangers in game five of the stanley cup finals and now the kings are nhl champs once again. Today, saturday, june 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Verom studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get straight to todays top story, the growing crisis in iraq. There have been a number of overnight developments. Lets get you caug...

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 dont normally follow soccer or football, depending on what you call it Railroad Going to be into the world cup. Without the vuv...

As we learn new information about sergeant bergdahls past. Good morning, everyone. Great to see you this morning. This is early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its thursday, june 12th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news from iraq this morning. Staterun tv says the iraqi army is in full control of tikrit, a day after much of that city was seized by isis, the Islamic State of iraq and syria. Iraq has been under siege from the al qaedainspired militants, who displaced half a million iraqis and are said to be moving closer to baghdad. The white house is consideri...