Now is six kenyan and its drivers reach Common Ground . We will have the latest on the contra dispute this morning. The Extremist Group isis takes control of another town and direct as advances toward baghdad. The line morning thanks for joining us. On James Fletcher it is tuesday june 17th. High winds are hitting the bay area bridges this morning. New this morning on direct government Officials Say theyre fighting back against the militant group known as isis. That comes amid news that the crew captured another town tal afar today. Last week, isis captured saddam husseins hometown of tikrit, along with mosul. Iraqs second largest city. Iraqs president claims mosul has now fallen to sunni militants and that the countrys air force has killed more than 200 militants in fallujah. As a precaution, the u. S. State department has moved some staffers in baghdad to several locations in iraq and jordan. The embassy has about 5000 personnel. President obama now has the task of deciding how to re
Severing her spinal cord in an accident, sixtime gold medal winner amy van dykenrouen speaks with us. I just want to thank you guys and everyone who watches the today show for all of your support, all of your prayers, your positive vibes. As she begins the next phase in her recovery today, wednesday, june 18th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. And how nice is it to see amy van dykenrouens smiling face after all shes been through. And her spirit is intact. Well show you that special message in just a moment. By the way, youve never looked better. Oh, wait, al and natalie are down in orlando this morning. How soon you forget. Were going to cast a spell on you. Oh, yeah. They are down in the Wizarding World of harry potter. Well see their newest attraction down there in just a couple of minutes. Our top story, those dangerous torna
And good morning to you. We begin with a town in nebraska in a state of emergency this morning. Thats right, a rare and deadly pair of tornadoes killed a young boy and nearly wiped the town of pilger right off the map, and that dangerous storm system is on the move this morning. Its headed east bearing down on iowa. There are reports of weatherrelated damage overnight in wisconsin. That storm now headed towards chicago. It was a terrifying sight rarely seen by the human eye caught on camera by intrepid storm chasers. We have multiple tornadoes on the ground. Ive never seen anything like this. Reporter at least two tornadoes touched down roughly within a mile of each other 100 miles northeast of omaha. The monster twisters reported to be deadly ef4s generating winds up to 200 miles per hour. One of them estimated to have been nearly a mile wide as it bore down on the tiny town of pilger. We started hearing everything rip apart and the rain and the house ripping apart. Yeah, pilger is in
Champions. Yes, they are, the best in the nba, dethroning the miami heat. The new mvp who was the king of the court in the finals. And do you believe . Team usa ready to take the field tonight, for the first time, in the biggest sporting event on the globe. Good morning, america. Make sure to watch us down here in brazil. And good morning, america, a little fun there for team usa. Omar gonzalez photobombing matt besler and graham zusi. They have their work cut out for them today. Facing ghana, they beat team usa in the last two world cups. Yes, they have. But team usa, they came prepared packing favorites from home. What . Oatmeal, cheerios. Peanut butter. Welcome back to amy. I spent a lot of this weekend in isolation, because, between the stanley cup and the world cup, my husband was nowhere to be seen. How about the nba finals . No love for the spurs . I caught up on walking dead and some other great staples. Thats what i did this weekend. Its wonderful to have you back. Thank you.
Alfonsi good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im sharyn alfonsi. The white house today announced a surge of spending to deal with the surge of illegal immigration. Just since october, the u. S. Has picked up 52,000 unaccompanied children crossing into the United States from mexico. Most are from central america. The u. S. Will spend 93 million to, among other things, repatriatate them and help Central American countries fight the violence that is driving young people here. Anna werner begins our coverage. Reporter Border Patrol officials in texas Rio Grande Valley catch as many as 1400 Illegal Immigrants crossing every day. The white house now plans to speed up processing by bringing in more immigration judges, moving more quickly to deport those not eligible for asylum, and expanding detention space. The white house blames the surge of border controllings on what it calls a deliberate Misinformation Campaign by Central American smugglers. Raul ortiz is a deputy chief Bo