Machines are still in peoples homes. An exclusive report as breakfast hears claims of chaos in the special Educational Needs system in england. In sport, Johanna Konta looks back to her best. The british number one cruises through to the second round of the Australian Open, after a confident straight sets win. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. It is a cold start to the late for many of us. Cold start to the late for many of us. It will be a cold day generally. We have brisk wind in the forecast adding to the cold feel and as well as that we have snow showers for some even at low levels. And then the weather livens up. I will have more details in 15 minutes. That sounds exciting. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story, the future of some Major Construction projects and hundreds of Public Service contracts hang in the balance this morning after the collapse of carillion. Britains second Largest Construction Firm, which also holds cleaning and catering contrac
Change laws nationwide. The world cup reaches a fever pitch for americans, fans getting ready to cheer on team u. S. A. In a crucial game. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The fight for control of iraq is heating up this morning. The International Community is pressing baghdad to form a new, more inclusive government as isil fighters ramp up their offensive. Those rebels saying to be heading to a major dam that is a major power source. They have taken control of the oil site near tikrit. Almalaki ordering parliament to meet july 1 to form a new government. Libby casey is in washington. The Prime Minister is saying that syrians have been attacking isil forces. What is the u. S. Reaction. There are concerns by the u. S. About anything that in secretary of state john kerrys words could exacerbate the condition and make it worse on the ground. Yesterday, the secretary of state warned that nothing should take place to heighten extremism or act as a flash point
Living in new york is about as adventurous as ill get. A lot of people want to go on it. Matt gutman, the first ride on it. Brave guy, matt. Couldnt pay me. For a lot of money. He did sky dive. I dont know about that. Good morning, as you can see, dan harris is off. And we have nightline coanchor dan abrams. I think i need legal advice before going on that. Exactly. Leave it at that. It is a soggy morning in parts of the midwest, raises new flood concerns. And add tornados into the mix, and you have a wild weekend of weather ahead. What can we expect . We want to welcome bill kelly from is wsyx tracking it all for us. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Let me start you out. It has been very active over the last 24 hours. We are talking over 100 reports of Severe Weather. 12 of them tornados, a lot of hail and wind. Take you out to wallace, kansas, this super cell caught on camera, 60 to 70 mile per hour winds. Mostly in rural areas. And up north, colfax, wisconsin, a confirmed torn
And the final countdown. Its time. Just hours until team usa goes headtohead with germany. For the game of their lives. The entire country rooting them on. Will ferrell getting american fans all riled up in brazil. Were right in the center of the action. Get ready to believe. Good morning, america. In case you didnt recognize that man, that was will ferrell. Extreme closeup. There is so much excitement for the match against germany later this morning. This is a live shot. Theyre already ready in brazil. Theyre gathering there for the big game. All around the world, people are waiting for this one. George is traveling with the president for a major interview today. And he even plans on watching a little soccer with the president on air force one. Thats pretty cool. The tv should be pretty nice. We have great news involving both george and david. George is becoming chief anchor, as you know. Taking on this new role. Hell still be here on gma and this week. But hes going to lead the way i
Mr. Bothuell what . But this morning, there are many more questions than answers. And today exclusive. The woman at the top of gm in the companys moment of crisis. Mary barra in her first live tv interview since taking over that embattled company. With millions of recalls, mul multimillion dollar lawsuits and families demanding answers, can she turn the historic American Company around . Matt is live in detroit to ask her today, thursday, june 26th, 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 thursday morning. Were kind of scattered to the four winds today. We have natalie in brazil, where, by the way, its raining right now, so were going to ask her if the match will go on. And weve got matt live in detroit on a big story. Hell be talking live to gms ceo, mary barra, in just a few minutes. Matt, good morning to you. Hey, savannah and the gang. Good morning t