Forces under the United Nations. By the spring of 1950, only five short years after the last shot the World War Two had been fired, the United States army had been reduced active force of 600,000. A great number of these were scattered about the world on occupation duty. The armed forces of the communists, soviet russia, remained on a strong wartime footing, and in villager posture. Aggression was soon to come. America would be fighting against tyranny for the third time in 32 years. Korea. The crowded finger of land, but the key important to the free world in the far east. What happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the United States army. The war began here at the 38th parallel. Just how did this imaginary line become diffuse for a threeyear explosion . Before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were than our allies. When surrender came on the asian mainland, Russian Troops would accept the surrender of Japanese Fo
A lot to chew over as we watch our World Leaders deliver their messages over the course of the day as we said weve been tracking the opening of the general debate of the u. N. General Assembly Meeting in new york our chief International Editor Richard Walker with us here in studio and richard youll be keeping an eye on the u. N. G. A. For us thank you so much for joining us here in our studio. And lets move on to some other news now countries across europe are scrambling to contain the coronavirus pandemic after a surge in new infections british Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the u. K. Has reached a perilous turning point as he laid out new restrictions today people across the continent will be forced to curtail their activities in hopes of reopening later in the fall. Hes waited 6 months for this bear for the 1st time since march pops in islander again pulling pints but the industry remains wary of a virus that hasnt gone away because we didnt believe until this morning we tur
Cup we go behind the scenes of the effort to keep the players safe in france. Its monday, june 17th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. President Trumps Campaign has cut ties with several polling experts. This follows the damaging polling data. The president dumped pollsters ahead of his campaign launch. Spent 2 million on a poll and youre behind in 15 of 17 states. No one showed you those polls because they dont exist. Pentagon officials plan to release photos that they say prove iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers. These unprovoked attacks warrant a retaliatory military strike. Millions of protesters marching in hong kong to demand the withdrawal of the extradition bill. Demonstrators want the chief executive to resign. We will not keep silent. Severe storms across the country leaving behind a lot of damage. People in indiana are cleaning up after multiple tornadoes hit the state. I thought i was going to die. Target stores is blaming an internal Te
All that, plus, wild weather. Damaging tornadoes and new flooding fears in the south and midwest, and the threat is moving east today. Online outrage. I have a little getting even to do. O. J. Simpson joins twitter and sets off a fire storm. And cinderella story. Got it pga veteran Gary Woodland stunned the golf world, winning the u. S. Open, his first major championship. The inspirational words from a remarkable, young fan that helped carry him to victory today, monday, june 17th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a monday morning. Lots of folks are checking the dial, wait, lester holt on a monday morning . You didnt oversleep. It is good to be here. I did this weekends for 12 years. I come today, and im like, where do you go for makeup . There are all these hours before noon and you have to be awake for all of them. I know. I
Display. Dean sawyer on sophie is unveiled in london. We will tell you why she where a ken yang military plane has come down near the town. Lets go straight now to kathryn sawyer, who i believe is joining us on the line. Kathryn, what more can you tell us about this plane . Kenyas forced sent a statement, saying that the jet has had a lot of technical problems. They see they have carries out for air strikes. For the military, it has crashed around 3 15 p. M. Local time. Who spoke to us to the group down that fighter jet, has said that it was shot down the jet in an area called where the kenyan forces have their main days now. They say that is not true, that al sha bad does not have the capacity to shoot down a flight. Says to shoot down a plane, they say they didnt shoot down the plane, they would have pictures of the wreckage by now, but they have some because theres a big propaganda war that has been going on from both sides. We dont have any evidence or pictures, right now it is jus