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
Nick no. I am back here. More important things to do. Jim over to two. Steve marino up the hill for his birdie at the second. Playing on a Major Medical extension this season. He played six times last year. He has been flying by the edge on a number of occasions today. That was a bonus coming from the rough with his second. His caddie there, a little low five. Lets go to the third. Jim and nick watney. Nick ok. Different hole location. It has been left for the three days. For the two days that they play it. Now they have it in the front righthand corner. Here she comes. Jim starting to crawl back a little bit. Nick keep looking. It is coming. Jim tiger is in the clear there over at two. Yeah. He is just in the semi rough wherever that is. The sixth, i believe. There is nothing really, spectator mounds and some pine trees there, but no real problem. While tiger waits, erik compton with his second putt for the par. Straight to the middle. Good 2putt from longrange for erik compton. Disap
Watney. And he got another mud ball. Boy, he had a horrendous mud ball yesterday on 15. Had another one there. I tell you, the condition of the golf course given the weather that weve had is absolutely issue push. Not much you can do about mud balls. Tiger woods with a touchdown and extra point lead. Hes played spotty in the fourth round no, question about it. A lot of foul balls and he still has a sevenshot lead. Ian great weather for the para gliders. Great view. If you remember last year kyle stanley came to the last hole with a threeshot advantage and thought hed lay up short of the lake and play his third into the middle of the green. Nick smart play but he hit that unbelievable spot. Looked like it was going to stop three times but no. Now hes in panic mode. He hit it long and then threeputted for an eight and snedeker made a four and then all of a sudden they were tied. Snedeker was already in the clubhouse thinking thank you very much, maybe finish second. Ian could it happen t
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Has to go. And call her never say die dieana diana. Marathon swimmer diana nyad will say never say never. Thats up next on cbs this morning for saturday, august 31st, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend, a long holiday weekend. I hope its a good one for everyone. Well get right to syria. President obama says he has not yet made a final decision to launch a military strike but if he does order one, it will be limited in scope. Early this morning a team of u. N. Chemical weapons inspectors left syria after completing its investigation and crossed into neighboring lebanon. We have Team Coverage including Elizabeth Palmer in syrias capital, but we start with jeff pegues at the white house. Good morning to you, jeff. Good morning, vinita. Later today republicans are going to get a briefing on the state of syria. They believe the case is strong against the Syrian Government. The president says the military strike would not include Ground Troops but he believes something