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
He is accused of hiding and stealing mail from customers. The mans arrest is the result of a federal investigation that dates back more than a year. Kron fours Philippe Djegal is live in san jose. With the latest on this investigation. Philippe. Pam. Quan howard was arrested last night, and booked here into the Santa Clara County main jail earlier this morning. He is accused of abusing his power as a postal inspector and ripping people off. This is a photo of 52yearold postal inspector quan howard taken back in 2012 after being awarded federal employee of the year by the San Francisco bay area federal executive board of the us postal inspection service. A far cry from what hes being recognized for now. Charged by the office of Inspector General for delaying, destroying, stealing and possessing stolen us mail. Sot im actually very surprised and shocked. Anne lauzon is a longtime neighbor of howards, living nextdoor to him in saratoga. Sot its dumbfounding. I just would not have even ant
Nearly 50 years. Put some 50 in your morning. And from da club to the park, 50 cent set out to smoke out our party in the park. The rap superstar now here live revealing what really happened with his infamous pitch seen round the world. Good morning, america. Its going to be wild. Good morning, everyone. The question for 50, is it going to be as wild as that pitch the other night . And how impromptu was that pitch . Was it planned . Thats the big question. A lot of questions out there. Hes going to be speaking out about the first time here on gma this morning, as we all head to the park. Everybody gathering already for what is going to be an epic friday morning. You know what also was epic . When george explained for me to say 50 and 50 cent. He knew. Did all my homework. I continue to learn from you daily. We have a busy news morning this morning. The president speaking out to kelly ripa and Michael Strahan, on the fastgrowing v. A. Scandal. With calls for the head of the v. A. To res
Flashlights shining them in her face. And again, she lives on the second floor. This happened around midnight. The bar was open at the time. Everyone downstairs, though, said that they didnt hear anything. Thats when she said that the men came inside, tide her up with clothing, and extension cords, bound her neck, her wrists, as well as her ankles, and demanded money. She told them that she didnt have any money, and thats when they ransacked her apartment, tipping over dressers, ripping closet doors off of their hinges, looking for anything that they could find in there. They then left. She tells police this is what she told police, how long she was up there by herself. At this time, when she inventory her property, the only thing she noticed that was missing was a handgun she has registered to her. So she actually was up there, for an hour, before she was able to free herself and then call police. You heard what chief inspector scott small said, she is miss ago handgun. They were not