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we start with breaking news involving edward snowden. his lawyer reveals snowden has been granted a three-year extension for residency in russia. this sdbt mean he has political asylum. that still has to be decided as a separate matter altogether. we ll continue to follow that right here on nbc. back to back hurricanes are expected to make landfall in hawaii in the next 24 hours. hurricane julio was upgraded to category two today, now packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles an hour. it s expected to hit hawaii tomorrow. meanwhile, forecasters say hurricane iselle will touch down tonight. schools are closed, and people are emptying the supermarkets as they hunker down. it s been 22 years since a hurricane has hit the aloha state. reporter: residents are preparing for what could be a devastating blow. two hurricanes churning out in the pacific aiming directly at the hawaiian islands. it s very rare and it s the one-two punch we re worried about. i don t think e ....
i m so fancy from l.a. to tokyo to rockefeller plaza. iggy azalea is getting ready to perform live today, friday, august 8th, 2014. from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a. 7:00 on the west coast. good morning. we have breaking news from iraq. the u.s. involved militarily there. air strikes in the country with bombs dropped a few hours ago. we want to turn to our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. reporter: savannah, two f-18 fighter bombers dropped one 500 bomb apiece on this artillery piece on the out skirts of irbil taking out the artillery piece and truck being used to tow it. according to the military official, that artillery piece early in the day have been used to fire on kurdish forces who have been driven out of the irbil area by an aggressive assault by the isis militants. according to officials, today s attack was within the parameters set by president obama that if u.s. military personnel or f ....
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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: i ve been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved, staying engaged. they are not afraid to question the path they re on. because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here? i started schwab with those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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: secretary of state john kerry returned to afghanistan today, in an urgent bid to end the deadlock over the presidential election. in kabul, he ....
the consulate in erbil. dropping food and water to thousands of those trapped on the mountains near the syrian border. oh, my god. tropical storm iselle battling hawaii this morning packing 70-mile-an-hour winds. hurricane julio promising to be even bigger. let s be safe. the full brunt of the storm is still coming. rockets were fired into israel. the explosion has rocked gaza city. a 10-year-old is reported to be the first casualty. the final day of the oscar pistorius murder trial is under way. the defense team is presenting closing arguments. the world health organization has declared the ebola outbreak to be an emergency. it will be a lock hard fight but we can stop ebola. the woman has apparently become some kind of serial stowaway. arrested at l.a.x. one day after the judge ordered her to stay away. shutting down the white house, a tiny toddler managed to squeeze through the front gate sending security running. all that check this out ....