The dramatic rescue caught on tape. This morning, the construction worker who narrowly escaped death speaks out. What was going through his mind as that wall of flames closed in on him . Oh, no, oh, no. And we do say good morning, america. George wrapping up a Little Spring break for him. The weather is not helping this morning in the search for missing flight 370. New satellite images appear to show hundreds of pieces of debris. Weve known that, but nothing has been found yet and planes have been grounded today because of the weather. David kerley will have an update for us in just a moment. Also this morning, that historic meeting in the vatican city between president obama and the pope. Of course, you and i had the opportunity, the honor, a very humbling honor and there we are meeting pope francis just a few months ago, a beautiful and really quite peaceful experience. It really was. It was his wednesday audience shortly before christmas. Well, this morning, president obama is meeti
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The entire world about to tune in, as the world cup is hours away from getting under way. So, who are the redhot soccer stars about to hit the field at the biggest show on earth . Were live from rio, only on gma. Cant go wrong when you start with a little ricky martin. Am i right . Am i right . This is the official ball for the world cup. And, props, youre not getting it back. Its staying right here. Lets look at the stadium where everything is going to kick off today. Brazil versus croatia, that comes up later this afternoon. But right now, we have a lot of news to get to, beginning with the growing war in iraq. A mounting crisis posing new threats to our homeland. The government there asking for the u. S. Military to come back. They want american air strikes against al qaeda militants marching towards baghdad right now. Terry moran is in Northern Iraq with all of the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter iraq right now is gripped by desperation and fear. Radical islamist militants ha