Cheer the u. S. Mens soccer team to world cup victory today. Monday, june 16, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Nice to have you along on a monday morning. It is 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Matts off this morning. We have willie here. You know what i like . The way you get into the team. U. S. Plays today in the world cup. Is that the bounce we should all do . That is the u. S. Bounce. They tell you all the chants you need to know. These are the soccer superfans who travel to brazil today. I was an honorary member. I wont ask how many beers were involved in that shoot. We will start with our top story. The crisis in iraq. The marines are brought in to help the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Just this morning, secretary of state john kerry said he will not rule out working with iran to help end the violence. Lets get to chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. He made his way to baghd
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