Started it all. Look. Youre laughing, but look. Announcer entrenched in human rights investigations. Since there are no allegations that some fifa executives took bribes to put the fwhup qatar and i hope thats true because otherwise it makes literally no sense. This morning swiss federal Authorities Say theyve opened up an investigation into the 2022 world cup. Were also learning that a search warrant has been issued to the equivalent of fifa in the United States. And went upstairs to arrest them. We continue with more details about the evidence and suspects Michael Schmit joins us from zurich. Michael good morning. Good morning, charlie. What are the implications of this for soccer and fifa . Its a devastating blow. These are the more Senior Executives at fifa and it brings together a lot of negative attention and confirms the worst fears of a lot of fans that there is rampant corruption. Lets talk about sepp bladder, the president of fifa. He hasnt been charged here. Is he in the cle
Years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rules change making it easier to force action on president ia
Woodruff Robert Macneil and jim lehrer were both there 50 years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rul
Today, he testified on a civil law against him on what happened new years morning 2009. Were live outside of the court house with the story. Vic . Reporter oscar grants father, oscar grant junior, in prison filed a lawsuit against mehser mehserle. This also, his best friend, also detained that fateful night. Caldwell is now dead, his lawsuit is alive the defendant today took the stand. Oscar grant junior is suing johannes mehserle, claim egg has been deprived of a relationship with his son, who was shot to death. Grant was in the plaintiffs table. He was transported from a prison, where he is serving a life sentence for murder the trial resumed this morning with a tax worker testifying as to what she saw of the altercation. Michael greer took the stand as well. But the dramatic moment of the day came when attorney mccoy showed this cell phone video of the shooting. Mehserle never looked up. Plaintiffs lawyer mccoy led mehserle through a lit tany of questions but the main line of questi
A thrilling Double Overtime victory for the Los Angeles Kings over the new york rangers in game five of the stanley cup finals, and now the kings are nhl champs once again. Today saturday, june 14th, 2014. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. We do want to get straight to todays top story, the growing cris in iraq. There have been a number of overnight developments. Lets get you caught up at this hour. Two of iraqs biggest cities, mosul and kirkuk have now fallen. Mosul is in the hands of islamic militants while kirkuk has been taken over by kurdish forces. Hundreds of iraqi men are joining the fight to protect their country. They have come to volunteer centers answering a call to defend iraq. Just a few hours ago, irans president offered his countrys help to iraq. Our chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in iraq this morning following