Shootin shootings. Symbols symbols. The fight against isil. The group is making gains on two fronts. Iraqs anbar prevents, an urgent plea as isil draws closer to the western edge of baghdad. In kobane, 12,000 civilians mostly seniors are trapped. This shows the fighters in the center of the city yesterday. Kurdish forces were able to push back a predawn attack with the help of coalition attacks. Isil is on the advance moving in from the city from two sides. On the turkey syria border with the latest. Martyrs never die. The chant of a final fair well. The bodies of two fighters of the ypg fighting isil in kolbane are laid to rest across the border in turkey. These two people who we buried today were taken to hospital here in turkey when they were injured. Now, they have lost their lives. On saturday, the nonstop sound of that standoff, sources inside kolbane tell us there is now a fierce fight underway on the southwestern edge of the town. There have been more Coalition Airstrikes here
Lives who do so much. Today, sunday, may 11th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. I want to say happy mothers day to you two, my wife, my mom, all the mothers out there. Happy first mothers day to you. Thank you very much. Very exciting. Youve had a couple. Any advice . Take full advantage of people wanting you to take a break. You are wearing a gift from yes. My older son weston made this for me last year. This year he made me this beautiful bracelet. And another pin which youll see later. So thank you. Very nice. Weve got a big day planned for moms. We do. We have quite a morning out on our plaza. Pampering. Youre seeing it happening right now. So weve got manis, massages. We even have a brunch planned for moms joining us on the plaza a little bit later. A big celebration to come. Before we
If you think building with dna is only for mother nature, think again. Scientists have big ideas. Good sunday and a happy mothers day to you. So much to get to. We start with the search for nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria this week. Two Army Divisions were deployed to the northern border region in the hunt for the girls and the men who took them. International resources are on the ground to provide assistance. Stephanie gox is live for us today in cameroons capital city. First of all, what more do we know about the International Effort there . Reporter the Nigerian Government has said little about the operation. The United States is involved. The uk, france, china. Now we are hearing israel may get involved in assisting. Those efforts are really based on assisting the intelligence effort. The boots on the ground are coming from the nigerian military. The fact they announced they were moving two battalions is the first we have heard details specifically. They have flown some
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