Details on injuries. Good morning, everybody. A live picture from our camera in brooklyn over Lower Manhattan, and another gorgeous shot to cap off a gorgeous second half of the weekend. To me it was pretty much spectacular, and its on repeat today. We are just lucky. You know what . Thank you thank you all for watching, thats all we have. Nice, nice, nice. Im toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. And im rob nelson. Always glad to have you. It is. Is this going to be like a 20 weekend . I think it may be a 19 weekend. It may be a 19. Yesterday was a 10, and today may be a 9. A few more clouds are coming our way, and it all has to end. Nothing scientific to make it that much worse. Just high thin clouds, leftovers for yesterday, and 68 degrees right now in central park. Looking at the numbers across the board it appears as though we could get back into the low to mid80s again. A high of 82 degrees yesterday afternoon. 68 humidity. Winds are calm right now, and cold spring is sat 53.
Breaks his ankle on the set of the film in the uk. We start this hour with breaking news, disturbing details emerges of the impact of the rapid islamist advance the in iraq. The Human Rights Commission says it has evidence theres executions carried out in the city. The spokesman has confirmed execution of 17 civilians working for police and courts. We hope to join our conscientious respo our correspondent there. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are trying to find shelter. Others have decided to return. A family looking for somewhere to stay. Most fled the city headed to the region in iraq spreading out between the main cities. This is where they run up against the first obstacle. Even under ordinary circumstances let alone during the wave of mass displacement, iraqis were not residents of the region and need to apply for residency permit to cross over to the region. Many that fail to get the permit end up in this camp. The camp is expanding and could provide shelter up to 12,000 inter
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
They have rapidly gained control of key areas. Those thats where isis is in control in the red area. And iraqs neighbors, the Iraqi Government says thousands of volunteers have stepped up to defend their homeland. Even irans president said it will consider helping if iraq requests it. A u. S. Official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. Were covering this story from multiple angles. And cnns arwa damon is in the Northern Iraqi city of erbil. And cnns jones in the white house. Arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. The question is, will they make it to baghdad . Will they take over the city . Where are they now . Right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, theyre about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with Iraqi Security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 Police Officers who had been shot and then burned. Those bodies were found in an orchard. They suspect that isis was behi
and boots is misthat comes in further in the description of his citation. you know, and the continued comments throughout his hospitalization at brook medical center, where they take all the burn patients. he repeatedly woke up and said, with 72% of his body burned, are my guys okay? that was his only interesting. when you talk about sergeant first-class celiz, a member of the first of the 75th ranger, a storied unit. the things he did to protect a helicopters taking away his fellow wounded soldiers, and he stays next to it to ensure the pilot wasn t shot, phenomenal. and plumlee basically diving into an attack where all the enemy were wearing suicide vests. you know, the surgeon, the