creating a game changing can this team of underdogs invention or any invention. it's not easy. advance to the next round. tensions are high as millions of it took james dyson 5,000 protoe americans gr up for the big match. surnd arrest, soccer star hope solo accused of assaulting types. >> why not start at a young age. members of her own family. that's what dyson is hoping incredible rescue, a day of future inventors do. fishing turns into a life saving >> they have started a program mission. a group was treading water for design, test, build. 14 hours. it's offered free of charge in we'll share their story of an attempt to get students thinking and creating. survival today, june 22nd, 2014. >> reporter: inside the chicago public school classroom,

possibility is only limited by the imagination. announcer: from nbc news, future engineers, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. mathematicians, scientists and leaders working together. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. the sixth graders at this school are part of the james dyson >> welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. foundation design, build, text >> i'm peter alexander along program. what is the take away? a project that provides thousands of young minds around jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. lester is gearing up for a huge the country with materials and supplies to solve problems in world cup this evening. their lives. >> without question. the most innovative designs -- >> we know lester. he's not doing that. >> we've known lester many years presented at the convention and he's not doing that. fair. rob green is a dyson senior he may not be upright now design engineer who works with watching us. >> i think we should call him. students to prototype their >> i'm going call him now. ideas. why invest so much in this >> while jenna calls -- >> i'm really going to call him. project? >> kids get that application of what they are learning. >> we have other things to get to today, i'm sure. >> reporter: this project gives them that practical application? >> in terms of the world cup, >> the project and design the face-off on the plaza, which lester is going to be sorry he process. >> reporter: from a

missed. three-wheeled backpack. if you have watched any of the >> it makes it safe. world cup or have a sense of how >> reporter: to bookends and window air conditioner. massive it is, people like to >> don't you hate it when you yell goal and see how long they walk out of a building and the hold that note or whatever you call it. air conditioner drips on you? >> where does the leaking go peter has beenra all now? night. >> there's a tilted plane to go >> the top story, if the u.s. through the water bed. victo wlt top of the worpti. >> reporter: proving with a little ingenuity, card board and glue can take any shape. cup known as thupfdeath. i love it. dyson engineers were so ll is in bzi this morng impressed with that team that outside the stadium where the made the air conditioner cover, game will get played. they made a prototype of it. bill, good morning to you. the girls had to solve a problem in their life. she walked through the back of from the amazon,r. this is t day when acan the building and got dripped on by the air conditioner. er pyers can lht their let's trap the water. why not? na i history, beat portugal make them look prettier and water the flowers. knut s y can go through to the this is the actual prototype. when i was there, i saw the card u.s. am. e coach is tal tough. board version of it. he say we want to put portugal dyson made the prototype.

t p >> as all great inventions, why didn't i think of that. clinem d is bruise his brilliant. >> water the flowers on their own. >> it's a no brainer. >> it's pretty. nose broken, b his thumb is she was trying to make everything look nicer. up. th u.s. team was given little >> such a great story. chance believes its time has come. thanks. still to come, catching up a final training session in the with a star of "royal pains" after these ♪ stadium where tonight they play a weakened portugal team. [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. the coach wants to weaken them and now telcos using hp big data solutions more. >> this is now the moment you can prove yourself. are feeling the love, too. this is the moment where you can save up and play those guys and by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- put them in place. so, we want to put their team in an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt, their place. if hp big data solutions >> reporter: portugal fans believe ronaldo can stop the can keep wireless customers smiling, imagine what they can do for yours. make it matter. u.s. he was wounded after portugal's first game. his coach was blunt. either we win, he says or if we

lose, we are packing our bags. >> we are going beat portugal. they are not as good as people think. >> i believe we can win! >> we are athletic. try zyrtec-d® to powerfully clear your blocked nose we have the condition for the and relieve your other allergy symptoms... heat. we're going to come out and win, so you can breathe easier all day. 3-1. zyrtec-d®. >> if you win, you're in. find it at the pharmacy counter. >> the usa is a force to be reckoned with. >> reporter: as for star carsthey're why we innovate. they're who we protect. they're why we make life less complicated. portugal players -- what about that guy -- >> is it the one that cry as it's about people. lot? >> reporter: the fans are more confident after watchi ining gey fail to beat ghana. the u.s. is alive and cking. we are volvo of sweden. andis on erica's . u.s and ptuga f other once before in the world cup 12 years ag the u.s. won 3-2, reached the

knockout stage kcked rtugalout. one other point here, pete it's 8:00 in the mornin0 degree it is stifling hot. hopefully the u.s. tm will cook with these conditions better than portugal. >> bring the heat. thank you very much. soccer legend knows about the pressures facing team usa tonight. she's won two world wo olympic goldmedals. nice to have you witus. >> thank youch, good morning. >> good morning to you. bill mentioned that he'sre d ere's talk that maybe the u.s. team is better suited for these conditions than portugal. what do you think about that? could it be an advantage for team usa? >> well, i think the weather and me a mental part of eer game. sian feel good goi game.

ulte iplay, you kn 11 players against 11 players. la who is a worldeater and obviously the wor worls best pler tea i feeling lot of confidence. if they think weather is on their si i think they should go with that. >> you mentioned confidence. it an ierestiix of pls. there's sned play unger players. how much has that been helpi them? >> it's a great mix. you have great veterans in br howard, dempsey. those players give confidence to the players who have never been there bere before we go this morning, it's the childlike naiveness of we want to talk to a star of the younger player that is give "royal pains." >> she's a physician assistant themhis why not? why can't weo out and get and single mom. thank you for being here this through this group and go to the morning. >> thank you for having me. knockout round. >> you are abtd to enter into an it's a nice, delicate blend of

arranged marriage. >> yeah. >> a single mom with a baby. veterans. >> we know plenty of people at >> and a career. >> and a career. home are saying why not. it must be fun to make all the we need to ask you aboutour changes in a character. former teammate hope solo. >> season one, i was put she was arrested on charges of together and now season six, i'm mesticviolence rd what w suddenly a mom and i have a kid. >> over t was for me. a you know, it's kind of a story s great talent. for women. she hro o the you want a career and want to continue, but your number one i think a litf th priority is the love of your tl bwrgnalh life, your child. it's cool. as an actress, awesome. hope. >> what do you enjoy about the i hope for her sake that s resoes the issues t face character? her and she can get on with the >> best part? i get to work with people. rest of her life. soccer is a wonderful game. always a good thing. we have been seeing such great she's fun, strong, go for it. play on the field in brazil and she's so nice and kind and she's the excitement and t kind of kind of perfect. cararie tha goes alongithing th >> just like you in real life. >> just like me. have watches >> you are in your sixth season. this u.s. tea with a lot of every single episode is a excitement and a lot of gorgeous blue sky and water. patriotism. they are very excited about what

this u.s. team is doing now. >> so much fun. the cast and crew are amazing. >> we should pnt out, you are in california this morning the only downside is sometimes because you didn't want to we are shooting in 40 degree leave. you are doing a party like when weather and you are wearing they won against ghana. things like this. it's hard to act cold, but you we hope that barbecue pays off. thanks. do it. in long island and brooklyn, the >> you are welcome. i'm proud to wear this crest people are the nicest people. here. i'm cheering on the usa all the >> so nice of you do get up way. >> thanks for getting up early. early and be with us. >> so fun. we want to turn to the potentially dangerous weather. so fun. >> a great crowd this morning. >> the next episode of "royal dylan has been tracking at. it's a ntuation. >> the entire area to the pain" at 9:00, 8:00 central on midwest has been under the gun with the slight risk over those usa. good morning david. >> good morning, peter. areas. this is some of the flooding president obama's war on terror in the middle east. i'll be joined exclusively by with saw from the crow river in minnesa. itis at the highest level in 50 israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu with his version of years. the rain has been endless. what's happening. what looks like road tt is and rand paul speaks out on iraq should be goinghrghere is and why benghazi, in his view, isn't going away anytime soon isexistent. for hillary clinton. it's coming up on "meet the wind damage, you canee trees onomes here.

press." >> thank you very much. the same t of threas that's going to do it for us on setting u again today in areas a sunday morning. before we go, everybody on the like illinois and als further plaza, we want them to hear us he south and westhrough texas. in brazil. it's the wind and the rain that on three, our best goal. is going to be the biggest >> before we do that -- concern. you can see right through >> yeah. northern iowa, that's where we >> we want to say thank you for being here. have the torrential downpours. always nice to have you up here. >> i'm geared up for tonight, we have had so far this month more than a foot of rain. sorry. >> we are excited about this it's filling up the rivers. massive goal. we have the flash flood warnings go, do your thing. and watches in effec in this >> okay, i apologize to the glass windows. on three, one, two, three, area in green. we have to keep a close eye on this. the slight risk area is iowa, nebraska, through kansas and parts of denver. we'll watch this area this gooooaaaalllllll! afternoon. peter? >> thank you very much. john kerry is in cairo, egypt as part of a middle east swing to talk with world leaders about the crisis in iraq. it comes as isis militants gain more ground crossing the borders into syria along the highway to

baghdad. this is a huge challenge for the obama administration. david gregory is the moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, peter. >> what are the expectations for secretary kerry as he arrives in egypt and what leverage does the u.s. have given the fact they have seen little willingness by prime minister al maliki to play ball. >> it's modest. according to the people i'm talking to, he has good support as he goes around the region and says nuri al maliki, the shiite leader of iraq needs to go. there needs to be a future beyond him. principally, think about iraq and who has not been fighting, sunni's in the military, the kurds. nobody wants to stand-up to isis unless they know there's a better political future in iraq. that's a big part of the calculation as kerry and the president have to deal with the

growing isis threat as a terror threat. >> about president obama, for a lot of critics, what's happening in iraq right now, he, in many ways is propell to power by this morning our first look at the man police say raped a his commitment of getting out of iraq and afghanistan. the crisis across the world, woman in rittenhouse square. investigators release videos they hope helps them catch a the ukraine, syria, now iraq. attacker. what political risk for him it was a violent night in philadelphia. eight people were shot. here? >> the american public does not want to get back into iraq. two of them killed in separate they understand if america faces a threat from terrorists and incidents. here's a live look outside. isis is that, it is an al qaeda sun and clouds today. it will be warmer than splinter group with access to the west and europe and yesterday. your sunday forecast is straight ultimately the united states, americans are going to care ahead. deeply about that. very good sunday morning to what's interesting to watch for you. i'm george spencer. here is not what the president it is 9:00. decides to do militarily in we'll begin with iraq, but what he might do in syria to deal with isis. >> thank you very much. we are going check back in with you ler pieat oomnet

es >> thanku. ew developments in obama administration plan to deal with the surge of immigrants come sboog the country. kristin has more on that. >> reporter: here is the latest, the u.s. border patrol is expected to fly migrants from south texas to california for processing. this move is part of the government's latest response to the surge of central americans entering through the rio grand arrested 174,000 people since october. officials tell the a.p., two flights carried 100 passengers each will head to san diego. it's an attempt to ease the workload as at the busy texas will be mostly families with young children. no unaccompanied minors. immigration and customs will decide whether to keep people in custody or release them in

ionde proceedings. administration officials said the surge is a do up tick poverty and violence in that region. there were rumors reaching central america that u.s. border authorities are offering permits to parents traveling here with young children. they hope by increasing the number of migrants detained it will dissuade others from trying to enter the country illegally. vice president biden traveled to guatemala to try to send that message. >> now we have the other top stories. >> jenna wolfe. >> we are going to start with a dramatic rescue in florida. after treading water 14 hours, a couple was pulled to safet three o duty oicersn fishing trip saw who looked like fish jumping in the water. they realized it wauz man and woman. they fell off their boat in key

largo. they had mild hypothermia and jellyf amazing. police in quebec say they ve arrestedhe men who escaped from prison elier this month by heli authorities say they were taken into custody earlier this morning and are scheduled to appear in court monday. police implied there may be more arrests. pope francis delivered harsh words to members oth mafia during a visit to y, a here mobsters try to show themselves as religious men. >> reporter: the pope delivered attack on the country. he and chcommunicated from the catholic the pope's mesge welcome e

base on one of the world's biggest drug traffking groups. earlier, pope francis went to a local prison and helped a father of a 3-year-old when his family got caught up in drug wars. in comments friday, the pope criticized the growing movement to legalize drugs. let me be clear, he said, the problem of drug use is not solved with drugs. for "today," nbc news, london. people in franklin are hitting the michael phelps is coming off saturday's second place finish. he fell to a french olympian who captured the gold at the london games. missy franklin won her 200 meter. phelps and franklin are set to swim later today. you can call her mrs.

molner. katie curic tied the knot in new york on saturday. she tweeted this picture with this capture, so excited to make my debut. they got engaged last september after two years of dating. this is couric's second trip down the aisle. her first husband died of cancer in 1988. >> nice to see her happy. thank you very much. searchers in california are desperately searching for a missing hiker tha has not been seen for a week. he's an experienced firefighter. miguel almaguer reports there's hope he could be found alive. >> reporter: in the dry, hot eutdeos hiin swingh >>een ahall o h res tomsa i errrd supplies and has not been seen heith no since. >> there's no trail. it's all big boulders going

through the brush. it is kind of tricky out there. >> reporter: with access and volunteers deployed across the region. a small army is searching around the clock for the missing hur pe mahe a arisogtely, rexp found. ner re noto stop s hovering i mid-80snd or water, surviving in the rugged bia ratna aobe than a in the icu. we had another member who inred h these are tough conditions. >>ep there is still hope, though it is now slowly fading. for "today," migueguer ne again. i bk withee

howerms onst storm from xa ha b urnd f l a itnot. good sunday morning esagai everyone. i'm meteorologist ted florendo. look good for the day today. more sunshine but clouds mixed in as well. by noon, 78 degrees. 83 will be our high. that's average for this time of year. warmer for tomorrow. we start to clear up. sunny skies monday. sun to clouds wednesday. the chance of showers and storms returns by wednesday, thursday, friday. the humidity will go up as well. have a great morning. that's your latest forecast. erica? >> thanks. just ahead, ask and you shall receive. a girl asked her dad's boss for him to have the day off for a very special [ male announcer ] if your kitchen could study you, what would it learn?

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back now on a sunday morning with what could put you in a great mood on a sunday morning. so will the next story. one of the most creative ways i have ever seen someone get a week of vacation. >> definitely high on the scale. this was a plea from an unlikely source. jenna is helping explain. >> a little girl wrote a note to her dad's boss to make sure he gets time off. she's specific. she suggests a wednesday would be nice. he really only gets off work on saturday, so that would be nice. his birthday is coming up, it's summer, you know? guess what happens? don't, i'm going to tell you. her dad's boss wrote back and said on the occasion of his birthday and taking wednesdays off during the summer, we are

giving him the first week of july as vacation time. nice work, katy. if your child wrote in, what would they ask for? we want you to let us know using #orangeroom. an extra gym or extra gym time. they are things i'm throwing out. >> harper can't write yet. >> this is something she should do. >> she sent this in this morning. it's a scribble for mommy. >> awww. she's so creative. she's brilliant. >> she is brliant. >> the best is summer, you know. >> obviously. >> all right, jenna, thanks. still to come on a sunday editionf "today." peter, it's you, come on. >> goooaaall! peter, it's you, come on. >>as a mother of two, it's really hard toork at home.

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the 26-year-old victim was attacked on her way home from ladder 15 bar not far from her home. investigators have not said if there was a weapon involved. we are coming off a violent night in philadelphia with at least eight shot across the city. one happened on montgomery avenue. one teen killed and another was injured when someone opened fire at a house party. a police suv was hit but no officers were injured. this happened last night along south black park. the officer is okay. now back to the "today" show. i'm george spencer. have a great sunday. male announcer: explore maryland's authentic stories

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another perfect weekend on the plaza. thank you for stopping by and sharing your pictures. i can guarantee they do not have a crowd like that. >> they do not. or math skills like you saw there going on getting ready for the game. >> you ran away with the ball. >> you used your hand. >> she did not use her hands. >> they threw it to me and told me to catch it. >> you follow too many directions. >> you can head it, you can chest it, but you never touch the ball with your hands. >> it is a song. >> there's a song for that. >> wait till your kids are 3. >> the morning's top adlines. we are talking a lot of soccer. america is hours away from the next match in the world cup. team usa taking on portugal in brazil. if they win, team usa moves on to the next round of the tournament. secretary of state john kerry is in egypt, arriving earlier where he plans to meet with world

leaders to discuss the growing crisis in iraq. a rare move and strong message from pope francis after visiting a region in italy. the pope saying members of the mafia will be excommunicated. >> still to come, friendly competition. >> peter, friendly competition in honor of the world cup. we are going to see who can yell goal -- >> you have been practicing. admit to america you have been practicing. >> people in the hotel room know, i have been practicing. >> not just the hotel room. three blocks to the north, four blocks to the south. 100%. >> we thought there was an animal in need. >> that's right. >> we are looking forward to that. also, a growing movement that started simply. one woman wanted to show her best friend she appreciated the way she was inspired every day and wasn't alone in her fight of

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