Group marching through iraq confirmed what many suspected. Theyre goal is to seize baghdad. The crisis unfolding right now is threatening to undo the eightyear attempt by the United States military to stabilize the country. The al qaedainspired group has taken mosul and tikrit. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in the region and just filed this report. Reporter al qaeda on the move. The roads of Northern Iraq littered with the burned out carcasses of iraqi army vehicles. Soon after taking iraqs secondbiggest city, mosul, the al qaeda offshoot, known as i. S. I. S. , went to take tikrit, the home of saddam hussein. Were dealing with this situation. Were not going to allow this to carry on, said iraqs Prime Minister. Theres little evidence that i. S. I. S. , short of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, is facing little resistance. The Prime Minister has asked citizens to take up arms, as iraqi forces are fleeing. So, too, are normal iraqis. Around 500,000 people are believed to have left mosul. Fl
And what its like to raise kids in the white house. Game on, the big it single game in a matter of hours. Organizers are promising an unforgettable show. We have an exclusive preview today, thursday, june 12th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. If you even dont follow soccer or football, depending on what you call it, we will have more. We are already to go. First we want to get to todays top story, that new violence raging in iraq, now in the hands of militant once again. After all the years the u. S. Spent there, all that was lost there the white house once again is being asked to intervene. We will go live to jim miklazewski in a moment. Lets go to Richard Engel, who has made his way into Northern Iraq this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah, this very aggressive militant group is continuing its offensive. So far the Iraqi Government seems powerless to stop it.
Theyre goal is to seize baghdad. The crisis unfolding right now is threatening to undo the eightyear attempt by the United States military to stabilize the country. The al qaedainspired group has taken mosul and tikrit. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in the region and just filed this report. Reporter al qaeda on the move. The roads of Northern Iraq littered with the burned out carcasses of iraqi army vehicles. Soon after taking iraqs secondbiggest city, mosul, the al qaeda offshoot, known as i. S. I. S. , went to take tikrit, the home of saddam hussein. Were dealing with this situation. Were not going to allow this to carry on, said iraqs Prime Minister. Theres little evidence that i. S. I. S. , short of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, is facing little resistance. The Prime Minister has asked citizens to take up arms, as iraqi forces are fleeing. So, too, are normal iraqis. Around 500,000 people are believed to have left mosul. Fleeing not i. S. I. S. , but out of fear that iran will resp
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 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. Well go live to nbcs Jim Miklaszewski at the pentagon in a moment. But we begin with Richard Engel who has made his way to Northern Iraq this morning, rich