helicopters and drones to secure baghdad's airport and keep travel routes clear. a situation getting all the more complicated each and every day. we go live to connor for more. >> reporter: the u.s. military presence in iraq has grown significantly in the last three weeks going from virtually nothing to as you said nearly 800 or so u.s. troops in baghdad. now, this all comes as increased fighting across the country continues and in a sign that's really how bad things are, u.s. military and pentagon and white house all saying more troops are going there. now, this is a result partly because the new leader or the leader of isis called on muslims around the world to unite declaring a new islamic state. he said all muslims around the world should travel to syria and iraq to help build. fighters aren't battling western troops in iraq but other muslims in both iraq and syria. the united nations saying fighting has taken more than 2,400 killed them in last 30 days alone and dispute all of this, iraq politicians continue to bicker and fight. hope they might come together and find a political compromise but they are doing just the opposite right now. sunni, shiite and kurdish leaders refused to pick a speaker of parliament. hope they would be united in paving the way to reflect a more inclusive leader to replace al maliki. just the opposite. they adjourned, many of them walked out of the meeting and they are now saying that they won't meet for several more days and maybe even as much as a week. a sign how divided the country is and despite pressing concerns they have and issues in iraq, lawmakers are walking away from it. >> interesting development there. thank you for kicking us off. as we mentioned, u.s. has 750 troops on the ground in iraq and now russian fighter jets will be in the skies above them. moscow delivering the first shipment of a dozen ground attack combat jets along with pilots and trainers to help iraq fight these terrorists. that report by way of the daily beast who wrote that news today. joining me is the senior national correspondent for the daily beast website. so a big question. what is russia up to today? >> i think that russia had a long standing relationship with saddam hussein's iraq where it provided most of the material and planes for its air force back in the 1970s and 1980s. it's reentering but acting like iran where iran and russia are allies in syria where maliki is in a very, very difficult situation in iraq. he's looking for all of the help he can get. the united states has been reluctant to try to help maliki as he's a polarizing future aid. >> do you think that changes our calculations al calculations all about what we're going to do in iraq? >> the total number of forces, 750, is really a drop in the bucket considering the enormity of the problem. and i think that there still is a lot of hesitation to become effectively iran or maliki's air force in iraq. the concern is that the united states has the ability to hit any target it wants in iraq. it just doesn't know what targets it should hit. there are many sunni fighters who are part of this who wouldn't be part of isis or this new caliphate that has been announced. the last time you saw this kind of civil war and fighting in iraq, eventually we're able to accept a role in the government and a minority voice for sunnis in the country if there's a chance to tamp down a solution, there needs to be a political approach and united states wants to make sure it doesn't provide airpower to hit people that ultimately would be part of a political solution in the country. >> brings up the question about coordination. if we have unmanned drones in the sky and russia has fighter jets up there with iraqi pilots, one wonders how we coordinate. you touched on something talking about iran. we know that russia sided with assad as he murdered his own peop people. now really backing the iranian friendly iraq government. is this because russia has a grand plan for the middle east or is russia simply going in there because we're not there? and that's creating a vacuum. >> i think certainly there's a vacuum. i would say that the obama administration committed more than $10 billion in foreign military sales to this particular government knowing its closeness to iran and knowing the political problems and knowing the fact that maliki has largely gutted all of the competent military officers out of the military. it continued to promise to sell f-16s and other advanced military equipment to be delivered this year, next year, and in following years. the difference is that the russians were able to provide much older model fighter jet sooner than the americans were when the government of maliki was in this crisis. russia, united states and iran have been supporting this government. >> very interesting to see some of the relationships develop. we always appreciate your reporting. thank you for the time today. >> thank you. now to other developments in the middle east. and equally big stories. murders of three israeli teenagers kidnapped last month on their way home from scarhool. today an emotional memorial service for all of the teens as they were buried side by side as israel launched a crackdown on hamas in the west bank as it hunts for the primary suspects in the murders. two well known operatives of the group. john is live and on this story since it broke. is this the start of a bigger fight since the teens' bodies were found? >> reporter: at this point let me tell you prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke a little while ago and said that israel has several goals including, number one, tracking down and bringing to justice those kidnappers. the murder suspects and number two, destroying the infrastructure of the militant group hamas in the west bank. as we've seen, there's already been attacks on hamas in the west bank and gaza strip including last night when israeli troops blasted into the home where one of the murder suspects lives and overnight israeli air force struck 34 hamas militant group targets. that's the most in several years. now, israel is blaming hamas for the teen's murder in response to benjamin netanyahu's statement last night that "hamas will pay." hamas said if prime minister netanyahu brings a war on gaza, the gates of hell will open to him. end quote. we hear that more rockets have been launched from the gaza strip into southern israeisrael. we'll continue to see violence more and more. >> a story we'll continue to watch. back at home, the department of homeland security moving on the sudden flood of illegal immigrants causing big problems across our southern border sending 150 agents to help along a strip in texas that's been a challenge. customs and border protection has apprehended thousands of children in that area alone since last october. that's most of 52,000 that crossed the border since then. new surveillance tape capturing moments two gunmen opened fire on the new orleans famous bourbon street as the manhunt is on for suspects there. stormy weather in the windy city resulting in spectacular images. lightning through the willis tower and torrential rain in other parts of the midwest. an iowa teenager missing after rushing water swept him into a storm drain. we're live at the scene with the rescue crew searching for him. if you wear a denture, touch it with your tongue. if your denture moves, it can irritate your gums. try fixodent plus gum care. it helps stop denture movement and prevents gum irritation. fixodent. and forget it. new images from the scene of a shooting in new orleans that sent sten people to the hospital. it shows people trying to run for safety as shots ran out. two men got into a shootout firing wildly. six women and four men were injured in the attack. two suspects remain at large. we'll keep you posted on that. fox news extreme weather alert. brand new video coming in moments ago of crews in iowa searching for a cedar rapids teenager. he and his friend were swept away in a storm drain during a powerful downpour. one of the teenage eventually emerged a mile and a half away but so far there's no sign of his friend. logan blake is missing today. joining us to discuss the search effort, mark english, fire chief in cedar rapids, iowa. chief english, just take us back to yesterday. how did this all happen? >> well, we've had torrential rains the last couple days and my understanding is boys were out and they were swept into the storm sewer and then the one boy was able to make it all of the way out to a lake at the end of the line and walk to a hospital for assistance and that's what alerted us to start searching for the other boy. >> chief, where do you even start that search? how do you even go about it? >> well, we started at the point of where they went in and then we've been searching with urban search and rescue teams, with dogs, and cameras through our solid waste and sewer department to explore every foot of that line that we can. we're running about 7,000 feet or 8,000 feet of line. we are a little over half done. we're searching with every effort we can. >> describe to us if you will the weather in the area. as we see behind you, you do have what looks like to be fairly clear skies today. what sort of conditions are you dealing with? >> today is actually good conditions. it's bright and breezy. the last several days have been cloudy. we've gotten a lot of rain. the part of cedar rapids i'm standing in right now yesterday got about 2 inches of rain the day before and got almost 5 inches of rain in a short period of time. the ground is saturated. sewers are still flowing. it's been a very wet spring from the beginning and especially wet lately. >> chief, i'm sure you have seen so much in your career. have you had to do this type of search before? how challenging is it for some of your rescue teams? >> we've never had to do anything this extensive. kids have got down into sewers or got stuck and can't get out and we monitor air and get them out but we just continue to keep doing this the way weeen. very systematic search around the lake, in the lake, in the storm sewer, et cetera. >> chief english, we wish you the best of luck. we are thinking about the family as well as you continue your search today. thank you so much for the time. we appreciate it very much. >> thank you very much. even more wild weather to tell you about as arthur, the first tropical storm of the season, takes aim at the east coast just days before the fourth of july holiday weekend. that's not all. a lot of crazy weather. >> the timing is not good for this storm and we have potential for severe weather across portions of the great lakes back through the ohio valley but this is the storm that everyone is paying close attention to because it could ruin some plans for the fourth of july and we're starting to see some of these storms wrap around the center of that storm and that would indicate some strengthening and this is a fairly large system so if we see those thunderstorms starting to wrap around, we could deal with a stronger storm than originally anticipated. we're already seeing wind gusts in excess of 20 to 30 miles per hour just offshore and then we expect the storm to intensify to hurricane strength in the next 24 to 48 hours. as we go through time here hugging along the coast and then we think potential for a landfall across the outer banks would be fourth of july early morning and it will scoot out to sea. if we see this track move to the west, it will affect more people and this actually could be a stronger hurricane. so a lot to watch for. one of the things we look at is the sea surface temperatures. this is gulf stream. we have very warm waters ahead of this storm that will support a hurricane or even strengthen it. so a lot to worry about. we'll certainly give you the latest. there's also potential for the storm to remain offshore, which would be the best case scenario but it looks like all of these computer models is showing potential landfall across north carolina, south carolina, virginia area on the fourth of july and wet one across the east coast unfortunately. >> we like to order up the offshore option if we can. >> absolutely. i'll do anything i can. i'll place phone calls to mother nature. >> we'll take all of it. j.d., thank you very much. stay close on that story certainly. who says lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice? check this out. huge bolts hitting the willis tower repeatedly as a fierce stormed pounded chicago last night with blinding rain, flooding streets and knocking out power to nearly 400,000 customers. as you can see putting on quite a show. incredible display lighting up the night sky. if you're not there, you can appreciate it. if you're there, some scary moments. this is also a scary thought. death by caffeine. is it a real thing? a teenager with his whole life ahead of him suddenly dies before high school graduation. how investigators say he ended up with a toxic amount of caffeine in his body. you do not want to miss this story. a sight out of this world. what we know about this fireball caught streaking through the sky. a new survey finds a whopping 47%, one out of two people, say they wouldn't last one day without their cell phones. that brings us to our question of the day. how long could you last without your phone? tweet me. use hash tag "the real story" we'll read your comments at the end of the show. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. veggies you're cool... reworking the menu. mayo, corn dogs...you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals. 9 grams of protein... with 30% less sugars than before. ensure, your #1 dr. recommended brand now introduces ensure active. muscle health. clear protein drink and high protein. targeted nutrition to feed your active life. ensure. take life in. pick a quick fox news aler. you can catch the president's speech streaming live on foxnews.com. serious new concerns about dangers of caffeine after this alarming story out of ohio. investigators say a teenager suddenly died before his high school graduation because of a.m. caffeine overdose. trace gallagher is live on this story. >> reporter: 18-year-old logan steiner was a good athlete and was prom king and friends say he did not do drugs and rarely even drank a cup of coffee but the coroner says he overdosed on caffeine. we're talking about powdered caffeine that you can buy in bulk on the internet and this stuff is very inexpensive. let me give you context. a cup of coffee has about five micrograms of caffeine. 50 micrograms is toxic. logan had 70 micrograms in his system leading to his heart racing and severe seizure that led to his death. the coroner had never heard about caffeine overdose but have now done some investigating. >> we found out this was being sold in bulk powder form and it was being used by young people, especially students, especially athletes, and it was just to give them edge because most of them, like all of us, thought it's innocuous. it can't hurt you. >> because he used it in powder form, he likely didn't know how much he used but a single te teaspoon can cause death. we can only find two other cases of caffeine overdoses but now a lot of people starting to look into this powdered caffeine and exactly how cheap it is and how dangerous this stuff really is. >> a quick survey of the crew because i thought i was the only one. we have never heard of it. have you ever seen it before? >> never heard about it until today. you can buy 100 micrograms for 13 bucks. the stuff is dirt cheap and very, very dangerous. >> just a small amount can really, really get you into trouble. trace, thank you. great to see you as always. appreciate that. we'll keep an eye on it. team usa is ready to kick their way into the next round of the world cup today. americans waiting for the game to begin are ready for a bruising battle against belgium. can america come out on top? it's a rhetorical question. we can, can't we? we'll take you live to brazil for a preview of the game and the hobby lobby decision likely to become a hot little issue in the upcoming 2014 elections while the court sided with gop, some now say democrats will make this a winning issue. we'll debate it next. >> religious freedom applies to males and females alike. this is not about a war on women. this is about a protection of first amendment rights. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. now to stories making headlines around the world. we'll start in detroit where half of the folks in city haven't paid their water bill so the city is sending shutoff notices that caught the attention of the united nations and the human rights council that now play to intervene. over to france, police took the former president into custody as part of a corruption investigation. under french law, he can be detained for up to 24 hours without charges. we'll see where that story goes. back here in the united states, extreme heat in san jose, california, complicating a wildfire fight. the wildfire briefly forced evacuation of some nearby homes but it's now 75% contained. brand new white house reaction to the supreme court's ruling against the administration. the high court yesterday siding with hobby lobby on the question of obamacare's birth control mandate. our chief white house correspondent ed henry has the latest. what's the latest reaction from the administration? are they still pushing back against this decision by the supreme court? >> reporter: no doubt about it. they are also now talking about opening the door to executive action to maybe expand contraception coverage to deal with this decision. interesting. the president earlier today had a cabinet meeting where he said he'll come up with creative ways to continue to go around congress. the white house spokesman josh earnest wrapped up the briefing. i asked on whether it would include expansion of contraception coverage. he left the door open to that. conservatives say after a series of setbacks before the supreme court not just on hobby lobby case but on recess appointments and other matters, they think its time for president to pull back on all of the executive orders. >> if congress won't act, the president will consider a range of options for addressing this problem. the fact of the matter is we're reviewing the decision and we're still reviewing how large the group the people is affected by the decision. once we determined how large that group is, we'll assess where they live in the country and what health plans they are covered by and that will allow us to drill down on what type of policy solution we can put in place to address this problem. >> the supreme court ruling i would have thought would have humbled the president and maybe make him think twice about possible executive overreach. it's just business as usual for the obama administration. hhs regulation, epa regulations, it's the way he does things. >> reporter: josh earnest saying the president isn't going to pull back on executive action. part of why they pushback on contraception coverage is to fire up their base. he says it's not about politics. we heard about the so-called republican war on women in 2012. seems like we'll hear more on that in 2014. >> the war on women, one, two, three, four, five, it just keeps on going with different evolutions. picking up what the white house sees as silver lining for this decision, how specifically do they think it's going to help them in the mid terms? >> reporter: you already heard debbie wasserman-schultz, dnc chairwoman and former secretary of state hillary clinton in colorado saying they believe this decision by male dominated conservative court suggests that women's rights are under assaults. when you have top democrats like hillary clinton who will be a player not just in 2014 but in 2016, it gives you an idea of the strategy we're going to see from democrats and they're already doing it hours after the decision. >> ed henry live at the white house. ed, great to see you, as always. thank you. will hobby lobby decision help the dems more than republicans? we have president of a democratic think tank and a former clinton presidential campaign adviser and matt is chairman of the american conservative union. matt, to you first. this is what folks are saying out there today. this is a great fund riser platform for democrats and it will help democrats in turnout during mid terms which are usually not the biggest turnout of elections. what is the republican answer to that? >> i just don't agree with that. this reminds everybody across the country why obama has been a failure as president. why his numbers are so low. it's because he fails to get a consensus on important issues. he passed obamacare only with democrat you can votes. couldn't get a moderate republican vote in the senate. he some kind of political consensus. there's a political consensus in this country on contraception. nobody is out there saying it should be illegal. the supreme court didn't make one form of contraception, not one form illegal. it's just a question of do we still have first amendment rights and religious rights in this country and americans believe in the first amendment and that's what this is about and that's why it's good politics for republicans. >> let's get simon's thoughts on this. matt says this is a losing issue for democrats because this is the president's signature legislation. it was knocked down slightly here, bits and pieces of it by the supreme court. does that make it a losing issue for democrats? >> i think that what matt said is not correct. i think the way this is going to be seen by many people including many women is there's now a chance that tens of millions of women in the united states will have employers being able to dictate to them what kind of healthcare they get. that's not a situation any of us should feel comfortable with. i don't as an employer. employers should have less involvement in healthcare of employees than we're contemplating. this is not abortion. this is contraception. a service available to 99% of women in the united states. we talk about taking away contraceptive services and not abortion services. this is seen in the medical community as contraception. >> the ruling is for some. some contraception. not all contraception. i want to be clear on that. matt, to simon's point. simon is putting out there what we heard from democrats all along about how the gop is against rights for women. what is the answer against that? >> the answer to this is to look at the facts, jenna. the fact is there were only four types of contraception that owners of hobby lobby had a problem with. it's forms of contraception that induce early abortion. this country is becoming more and more pro-life. it's an issue quite frankly that democrats are on the wrong side of history on. they can try to spin this as a contraception issue. it's not. it's about life in early stages in the womb. republicans will stand up for that life. i think that the american people believe that it's okay in this country to have religious beliefs that lead you to want to protect life. that's good politics as well. >> let me ask you both a final question. we see both of you in your corners speaking of "rocky" the movie. you talk about religious freedom. you talk about rights of women. what if this is about neither? this ruling is about the first chink in the armor for obamacare. there's 80 more plus pending cases that are coming against this legislation that could potentially be damaging for it. do you think this is potentially the beginning of the end of the new healthcare law? >> no. i think everyone knows this law is going to evolve and change over time as we figure out things that need to be fixed and improvements that need to be made and there may be other legal decisions. it is working well. tens of millions of people have health insurance now. healthcare costs are going down in the united states. i think that democrats expect that this law will evolve and change over time. no big surprise here. >> does gop want to give up that power to the legislative branch to figure out where healthcare goes from here or should they take a pro-active role? >> they need to take an active role. the american people don't like it. the fact is there will have to be a lots of changes to obamacare putting issue front and center in midterm elections and conversation we should have as a country. >> both of you do root for team usa. you are on opposite sides of this issue. we'll talk about the world cup. both of you, simon, matt, go team usa? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i'm going home to watch with my kids in a little bit. >> simon and i agree on this. >> great to see you both. thank you so much, matt and simon. it is a little under two hours before the world cup match and usa is taking on belgium in a highly anticipated knockout around. no ties. no second chances. the fans are going wild. brian is live in salvador, brazil, with all of the excitement. brian? >> reporter: that's right. welcome to salvador, brazil. a beautiful coastal city. it's all about the biggest game for america right now. usa versus belgium in the knockout round. win or go home. let's set the stage here for a bit. we're out in front of the stadium. this is 50,000 people that will be in that stadium to watch today's big game. if you go to my left over here, you'll see fans that are over here at the bar that were watching argentina/switzerland game. a win by usa will send the team to the quarterfinals for just the third time in history and they'll play either argentina or switzerland in the next round on saturday. team usa will tell you this is the biggest game of their lives. >> guys need to make plays. it's going to take a couple special moments and i think that we have plenty of guys on our team that are very capable of creating those special moments. >> hopefully we don't play too tight. the moment and enormity of the situation. sometimes puts a lot of pressure on players. just depends on how we handle it. >> reporter: we'll see if they can handle it. the u.s. is looking to go up against real strong offensive attack today. during the group stage, they ranked second to last in attacks and offensive attacks and they hope now that the u.s. star forward who is now available to play after being injured in the first group match game against ghana will come out today and hopefully provide a little offensive punch for the u.s. team against a strong belgium defense and their star player. of course expect a good american crowd like we've been seeing throughout the entire world cup. today shouldn't be any different. u.s. soccer has been hosting pregame parties throughout the major cities in which they have been playing and last night was no exception. over 1,000 u.s. fans enjoying music and cheers before today's big game. just a sign that this world cup is just different than the past. the excitement level is something we've never seen before whether at the ratings at home or in the seats in the stadiums here in brazil. just one last thing. the last time both belgium and the usa played in the world cup game, it was the usa's first world cup game here in 1930 and the usa won 3-0. back to you. >> if past is precedent, we got the edge up. we'll take it. bryan has the best assignment of any of us at fox. let's check in with john. >> the shocking conviction of a new york city cop accused of plotting to kidnap, cook and even eat women now overturned. why a federal judge says there just isn't enough evidence to keep this guy behind bars and what the cop himself says about all this. that's ahead in the next hour from knocks news deck. >> looking forward to it. thank you. possibly more troubles for obamacare. what we're learning from two new reports about how the site is running and being pregnant doesn't have to slow you down. this amazing woman racing in 800 meters while eight months plus pregnant. she's really fast. i gave it a go myself with not quite the same results. >> this is about as fast as i can go. >> that was about as fast as i could go. we'll talk to the woman behind the 800 meters race next. officials sinking two old fighter jets off the coast of florida. reason behind that coming up and $30,000 worth of snake disappear from a reptile store. who the owner suspects of stealing them. ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. 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>> because any number of changes in your family can affect the amount of subsidy you should get. but a family may not know how much they should have until they file taxes next year. listen to this. >> many people change jobs resulting in gains or losses of income. many people receive differences in compensation up or down. many people experience differences in real or expected overtime. >> or get married or divorced or have a child. people are supposed to notify the government of significant changes but most don't know that. some analysts say it will all work out fine. others fear chaos at tax filing time in 2015 when many find out they have to pay back they shouldn't have gotten in the first place. >> you lead us nicely into our next segment about having a child. we'll talk with quite an interesting -- >> a significant change. >> a significant change that's for sure. whether health insurance or otherwise. jim, thank you very much. appreciate it. an incredible sight in the sky. what caused that massive fireball we'll tell you. do you notice anything unusual about this olympian? 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>> well, it's the exact opposite, it's not the perfect excuse to kick your legs up. i'm starting a human life from their very beginning of its cellular makeup, and the best thing to do is continue what you were doing before your pregnancy and running is what i do and did before hand. it was the best thing i could do for my baby so i decided to continue forward. >> we're showing a picture of you running and just, again, how fast you were moving. if someone is in a car going 12 miles-per-hour, that's how fast she was running for two and a half minutes. how did it feel? >> it -- when i was running in my race? it felt so exhilarating. the crowd was cheering oon. i had such positive feedback. i just filthies bond with my child, and i couldn't stop smiling the entire time. my brother was making fun of me. i said, of you were in my body you would have felt just as amazing as i felt. >> i hear you say your baby actually crossed the finish line before you did which you thought was cool. >> exactly. i got beat by my child for the first time so we'll see what sort of competitive spirit we have. >> we have some great pictures of your family, louis, your husband, what did he think? >> he was 100% behind me. he is one of my greatest supporters, and when we talk about it, he was just 100% behind me. he is like, babe, you have to do this. this is exactly what you want to do. i'd been talking about the fire and desire i have been having to compete and a woman in pregnancy does not mean she has to dull down her desires and passion and dreams, and i really wanted for people to see, this is what it looks like for a woman in 2014 still going forward and doing her profession, and doing what she loves. while carrying her child. >> i found it very inspirational. i'm a couple weeks behind you, so, maybe sometime when i'm out in california, and the san francisco bay area, we can take our kids for a run together in our jogging strollers if you're up for it. if i can keep up for a little bit. i'm curious, out in that you have this race behind you, you i can take in being a mom, becoming a mom in a few weeks. what excites you most about that? >> you know, there are so many things that excite me. right now my baby is moving all felony there, and just want to see those movements on the outside, and i want to see this personality and who this person is going to be, and i just want to help mold that and if i can have been any sort of example, the example i want to be is i want for my child to have a passion and go 100% with their passion, go full force with it. and know that the sky is not the limit and that they can go far beyond whatever they choose to do. so i hope with me stepping on the starting line eight and a half months pregnant, my child knows i need to show up to the starting line, put my best foot forward and finish the race. that's the sort of example i want to set for my children. >> it's such a great message. i'm glad my little one can hear it now. i'm sure a lot of children and mothers are inspired by it as well. i know you don't know the gender. i know about mid-august so we'll check back in with you, show our viewers the little bambino when he arrives. >> yay. >> thank you very much for the time. an incredible story. what do you think about that? 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