bill clinton about the economy. that's all for us today. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." good monday morning to you. i'm frances rivera. right now on "first look," world cup fever spreads over america. >> only dempsey. nearly got him. he has gone to bradley, and dempsey! it's 2-1 to the u.s.! >> that hurt! a shocking finish. and we'll tell you what's next for the american upstarts. militants in iraq vowing to march to baghdad where secretary of state kerry has just arrived seeking a solution. plus, katie couric ties the knot. pope francis ex-communicates organized crime members. and summer celebrations are

in full swing. breaking news this morning, secretary of state john kerry has arrived in baghdad to meet with iraq's shiite prime minister and top sunni and kurdish leaders. kerry is touring the middle east for talks on the conflict in iraq. isis, an al qaeda breakaway group, has seized territory including the city of mosul. over the weekend kerry said isis remains a threat to all countries in the region. nbc's tracie potts is in washington. what can we expect to see from secretary kerry's diplomatic tour this week? >> reporter: a lot of meetings in baghdad today, frances. we just got word early this morning that he hit the ground in baghdad. he is due to meet with several leaders there today. his goal is twofold. not only to deal with the violence and the u.s. response to that but also underline problems as the u.s. sees it with iraq's government. >> reporter: in iraq today, secretary of state john kerry meets with the prime minister, sunni and kurdish leaders.

while he was in jordan, isis militants launched a new attack near the iraqi/jourdardanian bo. >> he's going to meet with the qatar, with saudi arabia, with other sunni nations and say, look, we need your help. >> reporter: in egypt, secretary kerry hinted iraq needs a new leader. >> the united states would like to see the iraqi people find leadership that is prepared to represent all of the people of iraq. >> the time may very well be arriving when he should step aside and allow someone else who can help unify the country to take hold there. >> reporter: back home, washington is debating whether sending 300 military advisers to iraq is enough. >> when we're arguing over 300 advisers when the request had been for 20,000 in order to do the job right, i'm not sure we've really addressed the problem. >> do we want to send 100,000 troops in or are we willing to have 4500 young americans die to

save a city like mosul that the shiites won't even save? >> reporter: president obama defended his decision. >> what we can't do is think that we're just going to play whack-a-mole and send u.s. troops occupying various countries wherever these organizations pop up. >> reporter: iraq's airstrikes don't seem to be enough. isis militants cap tatured two e towns near the syrian border. let's talk about why that's a concern. it's because having those strongholds right on the border of iraq and syria, it gives the militants a better supply line of people and equipment into iraq. so that's a concern this morning, frances. >> we'll see the outcome of that visit. tracie potts for us from washington, thank you. the israeli military has bombed a series of targets in syria in response to what officials are calling an intentional attack. a spokesman for the israeli military says a 13-year-old boy was traveling with his father when they were targeted by forces in syria. the attack killed the boy and injured two other israeli

civilians. the israeli military says its warplanes struck nine targets including a syrian military headquarters and direct hits were confirmed. there has been a breakthrough in the search for a missing firefighter. search teams found the dog belonging to a california firefighter mike hurdman on sunday but still no sign of its owner. the 36-year-old fireman has been missing for more than a week in the forest. he had been on a camping trip with a friend when he disappeared. he was last seen chasing after his dog when it ran off. search crews have scoured more than 50 square miles in the past week. they say the efforts will be scaled back in the coming days. the pilot of malaysia airlines flight 370 is reportedly the chief suspect in the disappearance of the plane. according to "the sunday times on or about malaysian police say if foul play was a factor, captain shaw is the main suspect. investigators say he made no future work or social plans after the march 8th flight. as part of the inquiry into the

missing jet, investigators carried out more than 100 interviews, and they have cleared all the other passengers on board. but police say they haven't ruled out mechanical failure or terrorism. mh370 was carrying 239 people on board when it vanished. and now to sports. a whole lot of it and the multitalented mr. richard lui. good morning, richard. and the dagger to the hearts of so many team usa fans, right? >> it did hurt, but what a great game. good morning to you, frances. america's passion for the world cup, despite that running high, watch parties from all over the country, patriotic cheering of the red, white and blue drawing large crowds together for team usa's second match against portugal. i think you're in one of those there. and of course, their red-hot ronaldo, but no one was prepared for this stunning finish. >> jones. oh, yes! jones! to bradley! and then jozi and dempsey!

it's 2-1! ronaldo! it's a great cross, and it is an equalizer! >> i don't like the word equalizer. do you? i don't. the u.s. had a promising 2-1 lead. the clock ticking down in regulation. the ref added five minutes. portugal netting the latest goal ever. u.s. fans shattered ending in a 2-2 draw. the next step for america, if the u.s. wins or draws against germany, they advance to the knockout round. if they lose, they can still advance if portugal and ghana draw. or if they win a tiebreaker versus the winner of portugal/ghana. let's just beat germany. by the way, that happens thursday noon eastern. expect business to be not had all throughout the country. former olympian and soccer star hope solo arrested. kirkland police say the solo allegedly assaulted her sister and nephew at her home in seattle. officers say a woman would not stop hitting people and appeared

intoxicated and upset. former baylor center isaiah austin will never play basketball again. during genetic testing for the draft, austin was diagnosed with marfan system, a genetic disorder that could put him at life-threatening risk if he plays. the potential second-rounder has the longest wingspan of any prospect. guess how big. 7 1/2 feet. >> too bad. >> get out of his way. carmelo anthony may be a new york knick no more. he wants to terminate the one year left on his contract. who could be vying for him? chicago, houston, miami, dallas. who else? you can guess it. anthony wants to be on a championship-contending team, he says. the same goes for lebron james. more speculation over returning to cleveland fueled by a photo recently posted by his wife, savannah james, posting this photo to her instagram with the caption "home sweet home: the count down is real #330."

well, he wants this even though he has two rings with miami. oh, but he says not this last season. boo hoo. and 24-year-old michelle wie, the new u.s. women's open champion. 2 under par. she beat the number one women's player, stacy lewis. wie was ranked 11th before the win. it took some years but got it done. >> i know, it was great watching her grow up. richard, thank you. five days of rainstorms in southern china have left at least 26 dead and 3 missing. government officials say massive flooding and landslides have toppled more than 8700 homes and damaged another 66,000 costing almost $1 billion in damage. and in nebraska at least one death is being blamed on flash flooding. police say a man was swept away after his car crashed into a drainage ditch. it happened late friday into saturday when seven inches of rain fell in just a few hours here. but there is good news in all of this, especially for the week ahead. nbc meteorologist bill karins is

here. >> they need a break. omaha, sioux falls, sioux city, minneapolis. that was a rough week last week. some incredible amounts of rain that fell. and now we're watching it further to the south. and that's great because right now we still have a bad drought. northern texas. that area of red and dark red is where we're in extreme or exceptional drought conditions. that's where we need the rain. and guess what? last night we saw it, and it still continues this morning over this area. we'll take a half inch in oklahoma city. we'll take an inch in amarillo. wichita falls is one of the driest places in this region, and they have strong thunderstorms at this hour occurring. so, you know, we don't want any damage, and we're not going to get a lot with these, but we are going to see beneficial rains especially throughout the next two days in oklahoma and north texas. we have a lot of other areas with a chance of rain on this monday. more of your typical afternoon thunderstorms in the deep south, florida, right through the middle of the country. we hold on to another day, maybe two great days. new england and areas from baltimore to new york city, i mean, what a great stretch.

>> this is our payback for the winter we had up here in the northeast, right? >> it was. the low humidity has been fantastic. >> we deserved it. bill, thanks. american p.o.w. bowe bergdahl enters treatment. plus, the thousands of kids pouring over the border apparently here to stay. details in three minutes. the lowest price book any flight or hotel and if you find it for less, we'll match it and give you 50 dollars off your next trip expedia, find yours

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let's get down to business with cnbc's courtney reagan. hey, courtney, happy monday to you. >> hi, happy monday to you as well. futures are lower as markets come off a positive week with the dow up for six straight sessions. the dow is just about 50 points away from another milestone, 17,000. a new survey finds we're not saving enough. bankrate.com says more than a quarter of americans have no emergency savings. of those that do, two-thirds have less than six months of expenses set aside. bankrate says low wages and student loan debt made it hard to make saving a priority. well, companies spent $5 billion with ads on facebook and twitter last year, but consumers aren't buying.

a new gallup poll finds 62% of americans say social media sites have no influence on their buying habits. gallup says brands mistakenly said consumers would welcome them into their online lives. i don't know if we ever really welcome ads. we just know it's just a part of life. >> maybe we're immune. courtney, thank you. many some stories making news, army sergeant bowe bergdahl has been released from the hospital. the army says he's receiving outpatient care at a texas military base. this is the next phase in the so-called reintegration process for the former taliban p.o.w. pope francis denounced members of these groups during mass saying, quote, those who go down the evil path as the ma mafioso are ex-communicated. and a collision on the right of your screen sending both plunging into a river below. they were okay thanks to good

samaritans. the tens of thousands of children illegally crossing into america could be here to stay. a.p. is reporting that currently laws and overburdened courts make it hard to immediately deport those fleeing crime in central america. they'll be able to live, learn and work here for years without consequence. and remarkable images from summer solstice celebrations around the globe. 30,000 people flocked ed ted t stonehenge to catch the sunrise before the longest day of the year. and at sunset over in austria, amazing displays of bonfires, fireworks and torch-lit images. lots to celebrate, especially katie couric who says "i do." the former "today" anchor married financier john mulner. she lost her first husband 16 years ago. she tweeted "so twited to make my debut as mrs. john mulner." the hillary wealth factor and who's the real thorn in new

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if that fundamentally changes in november, i think it will be a new day for america and a new direction. after making headlines for telling abc's diane sawyer that she and bill were dead broke after leaving the white house, hillary clinton has been asked about her net worth. in an interview with "the guard," clinton said she and bill pay ordinary income tax, and like a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names, and we've done it through dint of hard work. the house committee is holding a hearing today to find out why a number of e-mails relating to activities of lois lerner were lost. she has yet to testify concerning the irs targeting the tea party and other groups. it's a little easier for recent criminals to buy a gun in west virginia thanks to a change in gun laws. now anyone with a concealed weapons permit issued after june 4th can buy a gun from a licensed dealer without having to go through a federal background check. representative john-patrick

maloney of new york has become the second member of congress to legally wed his same-sex partner while in office. maloney married his partner of 22 years over the weekend with their three children by their side. and new york city mayor bill de blasio and his family took part in the annual coney island mermaid parade over the weekend. organizers say de blasio is the first mayor to come in full costume. there's the family photo right there. and of course they went all out. de blasio sported a pirate outfit complete with hat, puffy shirt and fake sword. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." that's the way you do it. you go big or go home. joining us this morning is "washington post" reporter. thanks for being with us this morning. >> hi, frances. >> let's start with this. secretary of state john kerry landed in baghdad just a few hours ago in that unannounced visit. and this is being described as a high-stakes mission to press iraqi prime minister al maliki and other leaders to quickly form a government, especially with insurgents there making progress with more towns, border

crossings. so what is most at stake here? >> well, frances, this is something that president obama has emphasized several times now in the past couple weeks. he said that if president maliki and the iraqi government expects the u.s. to come with more military force, maybe airstrikes to help support their government and the country, the united states expects something in return, and that is for the maliki government to become more inclusive of the sunni minority population. the u.s. believes that because he has not been, that has contributed to the country sort of -- that population being more isolated and parts of the country have now been overrun by this isis group. i think what you're going to have to see is how maliki responds with u.s. pressure from john kerry. >> let's consider the 300 u.s. military personnel advisers headed to iraq. in that sense, is the president doing too little, too much, or is it just enough? >> well, this is a difficult position for obama who's tried to obviously bring back u.s. forces. he's been criticized now by republicans for not leaving some

sort of smaller force in the country three years ago when he sort of declared an end to the u.s. participation in that war. and that sort of led to sort of the weakening of iraq's defenses. i think from the president's point of view, he's still acting somewhat cautiously, you know, and saying if we're going to do airstrikes, we're going to first send in this group. they're going to do intelligence gathering and maybe pick out some targets before we do anything more. >> all right, david. let's turn to this now. we are getting to learn more, hear more from kevin mccarthy. he told fox news that it is harry reid and the senate, not president obama, who is hard to work with. so what's your takeaway with the finger-pointing towards reid in the senate and not the president? >> well, you heard him say in that clip that, you know, if we could make a change and have republicans take over the senate in the fall, it will be a new day for america. certainly a new day for republicans. you know, the house looks at harry reid and says, look, he moved to end the filibusters by employing the so-called nuclear option. he got that through the senate

and confirms president obama's nominees much quicker. harry reid also moved aside the white house during some of the financial talks and said joe biden had been involved in some of that before. harry reid said no, let me handle this. he's a tough negotiator. i think it would be a dream for the house republican leadership if they could replace him with a republican. but for now, harry reid's in charge and democrats are going to certainly try to keep it that way. >> i would imagine so. david nakamura, we appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks, frances. first buzz just ahead including a father/daughter dance like you've never seen before. plus, they have faces only a mama could love. meet this year's world's ugliest dog next. go ahead. run in the halls, put your feet on the furniture,

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starting off with "first buzz" with the aww factor and maybe a little bit of tissue when it comes to daddies and daughters. >> if you want to start your monday off with four minutes of a beautiful dance video. this is mckenzie and her dad, mike, at their summer pageant. he's done this before. he's proud. he loves to go out there on stage with her and to spread the message. she can't walk. she's not paralyzed. she can smile. and he does this wonderful dance with his daughter there. and she has a great big smile on her face for most of the time. >> she does. and what's great is at the end, she doesn't move much, right? but what she does do when she does move her legs a little and her head and her arms, see? >> isn't that great? >> aww. >> just amazing. >> she's actually done pageants since she was 5. she's in fifth grade right now. it is a life-threatening disease that she does have. every moment. >> that right there, just a few seconds of dad's true love.

is that a tear coming out of bill karins a little bit? >> oh, yeah. >> is something glimmering there in the corner of your eye? >> he's a softy. >> this will change that really quickly. >> oh, great. >> when you say you are so ugly, in this case it's a great thing, especially when it comes to the ugliest dog contest here in california. and it's the 26th annual one. >> that's bad. >> this is our winner. these are all the contenders here. >> give that one a haircut. >> the winner is a little one named peanut. that's peanut right there. they won $1500 as far as that prize and it goes towards the vet bills. the owners actually abused peanut. the owners saying we'll make it all better. peanut, you're so ugly. it's a great thing. and richard, can you summarize here a sport? >> peanut probably does a lot of running, but since we're watching so much soccer lately, i was interested in statistics in terms of which sport runs the most during a game.

it's soccer, 7 to 9 1/2 miles according to data from stats. the sport that does the least running, baseball. >> i would have thought it would have been a marathon. >> less than half a mile. >> football. >> we've got to run now. i'm frances rivera. this is "first look." "way too early with thomas roberts" starts right now. can they do something here? it's cristiano ronaldo. it's a great cross, and it is an equalizer! >> equalizer is right. u.s. soccer fans stunned after the red, white and blue squanders its lead against portugal in the final seconds. what the u.s. has to do to advance in the world cup. plus secretary of state john kerry has just arrived in baghdad as militants make major advancements over the weekend, but is there a diplomatic solution to this crisis that's already spiraled out of control? and prelude to 2016. republicans pounce on hillary clinton as she tries to distance

herself from those who are, quote, truly well off. this is "way too early." good morning. i'm mika brzezinski. welcome to "way too early," the show that never celebrates before the clock runs out. we do not do that, jen, do we? we begin with secretary of state john kerry arriving in baghdad this morning as the u.s. tries to bolster iraq's security forces in the face of a raging insurgency. militants from the isis now control two keyboarder posts in the west, easing the flow of fighters and weapons into the war zone. those checkpoints are among several targets toppled by the sunni gunmen over the weekend. american-made humvees seized in iraq are now being used in their syrian campaign as well, crossing a boundary the group tends to