Bid committee. A beautiful place to be. Nightly news is next. At 5 00, the stanley cup finals. Good night. On our broadcast tonight, plan of action with heavily armed fighters working their way across iraq. President obama lays out the options for u. S. Military power. Tonight, whats on the table, whats not with iraq on the verge of collapse. Bergdahls return, the Army Sergeant held captive by the taliban for five years now back on u. S. Soil, tonight an update on his transition to American Life and what he knows about whats been said about him. The surge on the southern boarder with mexico, an exploding number of children flooding into the u. S. Illegally. Tonight were there with a firsthand look at this growing crisis. And dear dad on this fathers day weekend, a new father on our team gets a preview of what is to come. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, their name is isis, heavily armed, r
A few hours, en route at this instant. He is currently in the air being flown to Brooke Army Medical center in san antonio, texas. Thats where hell continue treatment following nearly five years in captivity with the taliban. Tonight were also learning new information about bergdahls time as a prisoner and why he may have left his platoon in the first place. The daily beast has obtained letters that are believed to be from bergdahl sent to his parents while he was being held. In a moment, were going to talk to the daily beast kimberly dozier. She is the one who got these letters from sources in contact with the taliban. She is going to tell us exactly what they say. First, though, we begin our coverage with Barbara Starr outfront at the pentagon. Barbara, what have you learned about when bergdahl is expected to return to the u. S. , the treatment that is going to await him, which i suppose could begin literally in a few hours . Thats right, erin. Good evening. All indications are he wi
No iraqi police, no troops. This map changes every few hours. Thats how moving this situation is. More red spots, more towns fall. New video shows the town of rch aula, the person that shot the video says smoke is coming from the Police Station overrun by isis militants and then set on fire. In baghdad, iraqis with their own weapons are in the streets saying they are ready to fight if isis militant extremists make a move on the city. These are the people who tell cnns nick robertson, theyre looking forward to the arrival of the americans, the time lean of the deployment, no clearer today than it was yesterday. The word from the pentagon, still is soon. Live to baghdad, and Nic Robertson in a minute. I want to talk to our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto in jordan. A man who commanded the Marine Division during the iraq war, james williams. General williams, youre a straight talking man. What is the first element of american advisers . What are they going into . Theyve
This is tikrit, iraq. Saddam husseins hometown but fighting like this is raging now in a lot of cities and towns between baghdad and the syrian border. So far in iraq, not much is stopping the group isis. The u. S. Watching carefully but, so far no involvement. This Aircraft Carrier group is moving into the persian orders with orders to get close to iraq and wait. President obama says he is considering options but he promises the u. S. Wont be dragged back in. Nic robertson, Cnn Senior International correspondent is there in baghdad. Al maliki says this is the end for the Extremist Group isis. Confident words when the extremists seem to be on the outskirts of baghdad. Reporter i think is that is why he is using language like that. He really wants to get people to come out and support the fight against isis. He is one of those leaders right now who is telling young iraqis that its time to get their houses and pick up a weapon and come join the fight. North of baghdad he said that in a t
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Once again, an american president is weighing military options in iraq, this time to try to preserve a democracy created at the cost of thousands of american lives and billions of american tax dollars. Islamic extremists have seized large parts of iraq. Theyre getting closer to baghdad this evening, and the government there is pleading with president obama for help. Today, the president responded. We will not be sending u. S. Troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my National Security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support Iraq Security forces, and ill be reviewing those options in the days ahead. Pelley hes confronting a war between two branches of islam, the sunnis and the shia. The democratically elected Iraqi Government, backed by the u. S. , is dominated by the shia; the attacking force is sunni. That force calls itself the Islamic State of iraq and syria. Isis, for short, now holds parts of bot