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.
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
Some homes were lost, others spared. Paul, whats going on there right now . Reporter well, as you can see behind me, this is one of those homes that was lost in this fire, in this cocoa fire as they call it in san marcos. But the good news is we got 70 containment today and they say that number is sure to go up on this fire as well as other fires throughout the county. The largest on camp pendleton, for example, is a 15,000acre fire and thats now 40 contained. Not in this neighborhood but we are starting to see a trickle of residents return and our Andrew Peterson caught up with someone earlier today who is getting back into her home. Right as we finished packing our suitcases we heard a helicopter overhead saying get out, get out now walked out the door. Helicopter was hovering right over you saying you need to evacuate now. And you could see a plume of smoke and flames coming down the corridor, flying down the corridor this way. Like, when you see on pictures of stus and people runni