Insurgents control what was once saddam husseins main chemical weapons plant. Its located 45 miles northwest of baghdad and still contains stockpiles of deadly poisons including muz tastard and sarin. U. S. Officials believe it would be difficult for the rebels to use the weapon about but remain concerned. Yesterday president obama said hes sending military advisers to iraq. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Anne marie, good morning. The president s sending about 300 of these advisers over there. Combined with other announcements, this could mean about 600 additional u. S. Troops are being sent there. Now, the president is talking a lot about their limited mission, but to many it is really evident that the u. S. Is inching its way back into iraq. Islamist militants continue to battle for control of the biggest refinery as they try to take control of cities and towns on their way to baghdad. They are a threat to National Security so hes sending up to 300 military adv
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Today, friday june 20th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Raise your hand if theres some soccer in your immediate future this weekend . Absolutely. And by the way, not to give anything away, i think well all be making a fashion statement when we watch on sunday. The shameless plug. The begging. That paid off. We have fall out boy here. We have a huge crowd outside for them for a concert in a few minutes. Thank you for that, mr. Roker. Now to the top story. The delicate situation unfolding in minnesota where a saturated hill along the Mississippi River has collapsed. This after heavy rain drenched that region. Dave berggren from minneapolis has the latest on this. Dave, good morning to you. Reporter hi, matt. Minnesota governor mark dayton has issued a state of emergency for counties dealing with massive flooding. Torrential rain is the blame for the
This morning an escalation of the fighting in ukraine. It appears Ukrainian Military has launched a major assault against prorussian forces in eastern ukraine. The target is an insurgent stronghold about 100 miles west of russian. Fighting is ongoing around several points around the city. Theyve seized government buildings in and around a dozen cities. The government says at least one helicopter was shot down. One pilot was captured. The other was killed. Ukrainian government says surfacetoair missiles were used. Counteri ining russia claims th uprising was led by civilians. Yesterday vladimir putin. Hour after that ukraines military draft was renewed. Earlier this week ukraines acting president said his Security Forces were helpless against the prorussian insurgents. This morning the acting malaysian minister says hes sure the search for malaysian flight 370 is on the right track but yesterday he released a report on the disappearance. It documented the confusion on the jets location.