Interview before. Well tell you who that is today wednesday, june 25th, 2014. 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 wednesday morning. Im surrounded by fellas here. Weve got natalie on assignment at the world cup. Weve got Peter Alexander here. Carson, youre here because matt is in london with an undisclosed location, hes in london but he has an undisclosed guest. Good morning. Welcome to day one of where in the world is matt lauer. Although youve given it away. Im standing in front of this wall of foliage. Im in london and i flew overnight to sit down and talk to someone whos gotten an awful lot of attention over the last two or three years. Not only here in the uk but around the world. Yes, youre right, this person has never given a Television Interview before. It may be a person who could be known by just one name. Well sit down and do that interview as soon as i g
A month in june he ordered his empties to resign, saying direct political system is corrupt to right. Has not had a functioning government in nearly a year. And then you can see also to support his upside and lets me to manhood out what it is in baghdad and tell us more about those supporters and what their reaction has been with us. Oh, okay. My i was just asking robert of if you can hear me, what has the reaction of the supporters of notarial sort of being done . I dont know when it, when, as you can see right behind me here, these are supporters up see at leader looked at a souther only following his latest tweet. Quitting that political scene. I suppose. Those are trying to storm other buildings inside the green with its light to move toward his other estate and institutions. As they say to thornton. They want to go that way in the direction of the positional palace and other estate and potent facilities that are very angry. They say that they will not leave the area despite the fa
A reminder of the top stories and ill just 0. Its 6 months since russia invaded ukraine, which marks the milestone on its independence. Day, large gatherings of band because of warnings of russian attacks. Meanwhile, the Un Security Council held an open session to discuss the war. Both of the ukrainian president on russias ambassador to the United Nations had a chance to address the meeting to lensky. Use the moment to call attention to a possible nuclear catastrophe, and the russian held separation power plant. Whats happening right now is that russia has put the world on the brink of a radiation catastrophe. Its effect that the Russian Military has turned the territory of the Largest Nuclear power plant in europe. Does a parisian Nuclear Power plant into a war zone. Russia is responsible for our provocation, shelling and deployment of terrorists on the territory de station under de russian flag. Now, europe and neighboring regents faced the tread of radiation pollution on us a will,
Early around, 1 30 am local time between these rival, malicious and things escalated quite quickly. Or we saw a forces affiliated with the parallel government, led by for 2 bayshore advanced towards the west of tripoli. They also advanced in the south of tripoli, which saw, you know, crashes erupt in and around, around the capitol. Unprecedented flooding across pakistan has now killed more than 1000 people since mid june. More than 30000000 people have been affected. Same bas robbie has this on page where im standing right now is really a snapshot of whats happening all over the province of sin. Flood survivors are fleeing the affected areas and they are setting up camps make shift in at the waters edge in places all over the country. On the 1st piece of dry land they can find there just over my shoulder is a small group of tanza small encampment locally. Theyre calling this a 10 city. But these are barely tense. Theyre very, very rudimentary shelters. We spoke to people there who say
Government offices, and foreign embassies. It comes up to the most honorable sorta and thats what he was quitting politics and southern solvers of storm drunk government. Palace, hundreds were injured when Security Forces trying to drive protested out of the complex which houses the prime ministers office. Is that rather has gone on hunger strike. He says his protest will continue until Security Force has stopped using violence against his followers. So the hot, cold, early elections after the last fatal tabor failed to lead to the formation of a government mode of the head has more backed out. This whole escalation comes against the backdrop of the 10 months of political rivalry is of dispute that ive been derailing, forming the government, the dispute, namely, between the Southern Movement and the allies on the one hand. And the iranian begged a politicians on the other hand, for the past 2 months, the parliament has failed more than once to form a government or elect a new president