We have got a good bit of world cup fever here on world news now, especially when it comes to team usa. Last night completely psyched when we saw them beat ghana. Boy, a decisive win or what. Second into the game, team usa scored its first go. And Karen Travers has got to be one of the biggest sports fans on the abc news roster. She breaks down the game for us. Reporter it was an exciting start and finish for team usa. But in the middle, a tense physical game that was a nail biter for american soccer fans. The game winner came from an unlikely hero, john brooks, a 21yearold sub, who came in off the bench at halftime. Brooks gave the u. S. The lead with a header in the corner kick in the 86th minute. The exhausted American Defense hung on for the 21 win. We have a great spirit. The u. S. Team always has a great spirit and fights to the last second. Reporter the u. S. Struck first. Very early. Just 29 seconds on the clock when Clint Dempsey twists a shot in off the post. The fifth fastest goalen world cup history. For the next 80 minutes. The u. S. Defense led by goalkeeper tim howard held off a relentless ghana attack. Sometimes it hurts you when you score early. The other team tries to push the game. Reporter ghana finally got on the board in the 82 d minute. It seemed like the u. S. Would have to settle for the tie until brooks header from the back of the net. The two teams have history. Ghana knocked the u. S. Out of the last two world cups. Tonight, the americans got revenge. Next up for the u. S. , portugal, led by player of the year, christiano ronaldo. Theyre coming off a fourgoal loss to germany and have a key defender suspended and two starters out because of injury. Karen travers, abc news, washington. I love the john brooks story. The guy on the reserves brought into the game last minute. Scores this incredible goal. Right, part german. Dual citizenship. Chose to play with team usa because he loves the united states. It was so exciting. In fact here last night you could hear a collective roar in new york city when he made the header and scored the second goal. Unbelievable. People all around the country screaming out in joy when that happened. I tell you, portugal lost to germany, 40. Consider yourself on notice, portugal. Were coming after you. Thats right. The predictions of the game was pretty awesome. Thats right. Yeah. All right, our coverage is coming uppen a f ein a few minu. First the skinny. Encouraging news about tracy morgan and a first job for skinny so skinny welcome back. Time for the skinny, something new for both of us here. First time, an update on abcs the bachelorette. Here is our senior bachelorette analyst, jack sheehan. Team usa victory if you thought that was exciting. That is ohm where tnly where th started last night. We havent done this in a while. There were 11 guys that started last nights show. In marseille, france, the bachelorette Went International in marseille. Quite a different city it was when i was there for the 98 world cup. The first date with a guy named josh m. Theyre on a boat. There is he and andi. Josh m. Is doing well. They walked around a couple cliffs. They, they, had a good time with each other. Lets put it that way. Ultimately, josh gets the rose. He is going to he is sticking around. Next up was the group date. Where andi and the lads did some miming. Some of them, lets just say did better than others. As the it were. Excuse me. There was some sniping amongst the boys, some may call it agro, like there was in marseille in 98. Nonetheless. J. J. , the pantsepreneur, on the ferris wheel. J. J. Got the group date rose. Hell be sticking around. The second oneonone date, what i will declare cooking with brian. There was a problem on this date. Because brian doesnt cook. Oh, no. Uhoh. There is problems. We got to go out for dinner. Darn. They have a couple beers. All right. Brian gets the rose. Really . He is still in there. Win and dine. He might be short for the whole thing. Put it that way. Kiss count. Kiss count. Roll it. There it is. Andi, making up for lost time. Kiss count stops at six. Whoa, is that a record . No, i think that was high. But nonetheless, andi is making up for lost time. When it comes to the kiss count. There was, for the book keeping purposes there was no Cocktail Party last night. Three guys got ousted. Patrick, marcel, andrew. It should also be noted the analysts pick, i know you werent around for the analysts pick. Marcus also received a rose. There are eight gentlemen left. Theyre headed to venice next week. And the analyst is out. Go, england. Thank you for that one. Have to get his take. Not much time for that. Some good news we should tell everybody about. Comedian tracy morgan who had the terrible car accident is doing much better. A representative said morgans condition has been upgraded to fair and his personality is starting to come back. The actor comedian was critically hurt in an accident on the new jersey turnpike. It killed his riding partner, the driver who hit morgans limo charged with manslaughter. Dancing with the stars pro, mark ballast will not be jilter bugging. About to make a right turn, in los angeles, when a speeding car slammed into him. He was, treated for whiplash, back pain and released from the hospital. A bumpy ride for ballast, suffered a dislocated shoulder before the end of the season. Managed to perform, pulling off a third place finish with partner, Candace Cameron bure. You are watching world news now. More coming up. Well, shakira, how i love you. Shakira, one of the official songs of world cup 2014. Last night team usa noctched wht we hope will be the first of many victories. The first goal took 30 seconds. Clint dempsey, kicked the shot in off the post, the fifth fastest goal in world cup history. But the hero of the game was definitely 21yearold johnny brooks. I call him johnny, i love him so much. He came into the game in the second half. Brooks was only in because the starter was actually hurt. He made the amazing header into the net in the 86th minute. To put team usa ahead by a goal. The team piled on. Look at the doggy pile. In celebration. Take a look at the vine video posted by the houston dynamo soccer team, obviously taking their cheer there, soaked in beer. The only way to do it. To brooklyn, as they say, the crowd goes wild the entire bar raising a test to them. In chicago, thousands packed brandt park to watch the game on big screens there. What a crowd in chicago. In bethlehem, pennsylvania, fans came out to cheer team usa at a soccer fest event, complete with live musmusic. There in orlando, florida, so many turned out official had to turn the crowd away. Vice president bidens tweet, he tweeted out the great picture, there you see it there, of the locker room. Looks like he is pointing at something. He managed at some pin the oint something. President obamas Senior Adviser at the white house, tweeted out the picture of staff assembled there, cheering things on inside the west wing. From washington, take a look at this from hollywood, Ellen Degeneres was on twitter, tweeted, go, usa, fastest goal in u. S. World cup history in the u. S. ghana game. 32 second. If the took me up longer to look up where ghana is. Comedian Jamie Kennedy shared a hysterical celebratory message. We finally defeated ghanaria sorry, thought it was pretty funny. Come back to washington, the seat of power. President obama weighing in as well with a simple picture, summing it up. One nation, one team. He added, 11 on the field. More than 300 million cheering them on. Well said, mr. President. Well said. Ill be watching team usa sunday when they take on portugal t it will be a great game. World news now, coming up more. Stay with us. 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Troops to iraq to provide support and security at the American Embassy in baghdad, the president is considering sending in special forces. Dr. Oz is testifying today on capitol hill. He will be question add but false, deceptive advertising of weight loss products. One company claiming it was endorsed by dr. Oz is begs sued. An estimated 300,000 Los Angeles Kings fans lined a parade route to watch their team roll by with the stanley cup. The nhl champions were crowned last friday night after defeating the rangers. Those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, june 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Were excited about the soccer when. But we have serious news at the top of this broadcast. We will begin with a town in nebraska in a state of emergency this morning. At least one person is dead. 16 others in Critical Condition after a rare, deadly double tornado, effectively wiped at least half the town of pilger, nebraska right off the map. It was a terrifying sight, rarely seen by the human eye. Caught on camera by intrepid storm chasers. We have multiple tornados on the ground here. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter at least two tornados touched down roughly within a mile of one another. 100 miles northeast of omaha. The monster twisters reported to be deadly ef4s, generating wind up to 200 miles per hour. One of them estimated to have been nearly a mile wide as it bore down on the tinie l tiny t pil ge r. We started hearing everything rip apart and the rain and the house ripping apart. And pilger is in destruction now. Reporter by the time it was over, 3 4 of the town was damaged or destroyed. Many residents were stunned to be survivors. One man describing the frantic search for his friend. We thought he was gone for a long time. We kept yelling at him. Then we dug him out. Pulled the wood off him, pulled the bricks off him. And drug him out. And the three of us, somehow, were all fine. It killed my dog. Reporter the town of pil ge, evacuated for the night. The nebraska governor has declared a state of emergency, deploying the National Guard to assist with Emergency Response and cleanup. And storm warnings could go up today for a wide area from minneapolis all the way to detroit as this volatile system is on the move. Millions of americans are facing an early summer heat wave. Our coverage continues with Accuweather Meteorologist jim dickey. Good morning, jim. Good morning, devon, rina. Temperatures on the rise across the east. Today into wednesday as well. High pressure sits offshore. Acting as a heat pump. Warmth and humidity out of the west, i90 corridor. Expect widespread 90s, slightly warmer into the day tomorrow. On the fringes of the warmth, dangerous thunderstorms expected once again from dakotas, upper midwest, on to the great lakes. The good news not quite the tornado threat we saw on monday. Still storms today. Gusty wind. Large hail even. Some isolated tornados out there. Flooding rainfall. A major concern. Now between that warmth building in the nations midsection and cooler air moving into the west coast, we are going to see some strong gusty winds in the four corners, with that high fire danger once again. Devon, rina, back to you. Thank you, jim. Now that wildfire burning near bakersfield, california. All evacuation orders have been lifted clearing the way for hundred of people to return home. The fire is now 50 contained. But there is no projected date for full containment, the fire breck out friday night and burned through more than four square miles of rough, steep terrain in and around Sequoia National forest. 275 additional u. S. Soldiers and marines are now in or headed toward iraq, ready to help protect americans in baghdad. And president obama is even considering sending in u. S. Special forces, 100 in all, to help advise iraqi forces with more. Heres abcs Karen Travers. Reporter with the security situation in iraq worsening, the Obama Administration may turn to an unlikely ally. We are open to discussions if there is something constructive that can be contributed by iran. Reporter but the pentagon quickly ruled out joint military operations with iran. And republican senator john mccain said, bringing in the iranians would just make the situation in iraq dramatically worse. Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and syria, or isis have swiftly moved through iraq taking control of a vast swath of territory with ease. But iraqi forces are now striking back. Helicopters launched rocket attacks at targets near the main route into baghdad. Where thousand of young shiaa muslim men, some barelien their teens came out in droves to volunteer to fight back. Among the 170 soldiers and marines brought in to protect the u. S. Embassy in baghdad, another 100 more are being moved into the region. Four American Warships have moved into the persian gulf including a carrier packed with missiles and fighter jets. Secretary kerry said u. S. Air strike are not the whole answer. But an option to stop the extremists momentum. When you have people murdering, assassinating, in these, mass, massacres, you have to stop that. And you do what you need to do if you need to stop it from the air or otherwise. A senior white house official tells abc news sending a contingent of u. S. Special Operations Forces is an option. But as advisers not used in combat. Karen travers, abc news, washington. It is interesting, the man who chairs the house intel committee, mike rodgers, calls, Eastern Syria and iraq, a jihadist disneyland. And so, just to understate the importance of this area and how theyre trying to figure out what to do, there are 35,000 troops stationed in the middle east. There are. No easy answers to the crisis and interesting to see what president obama does in the next couple days we has to make a decision. A late night meeting tonight. See what happens. In the middle east. Palestinians arrested as israel intensifies the search for three missing students. Hamas is denying allegations. Israeli officials believe they were kidnapped in the west Bank Thursday night. Hitchhiking home. The difficult process of rescuing a trapped cave explorer well under way in the Bavarian Alps but not yet over. Joanna westhauser, 3300 feet underground, he suffered injuries in a rock fall more than a week ago. Rescuers have to maneuver his stretcher through tunnels and shafts. Doctors say that, so far, he is doing well. All right, General Motors issued a major recall. This time affecting an additional 3 million cars. The latest recall causes a similar problem to, caused by a similar problem linked to an earlier recall that was linked to 13 deaths. The ignition switches in some chevy impalas, cadillacs and five models can slip out of position if there is too much weight on the key chain. Blamed for six injuries. New details about the Unruly Airline Passenger that forced a jet blue flight to be diverted to detroit. Cell phone videos shows the man shouting and ignoring pleas to calm down. Now the fbi says the passenger had a medical evaluation and will not be charged in the incident. Investigators say there was never any danger to the aircraft. It looks like several circus acrobats hurt during the chandelier stunt last month may sue. Seven of aeeight have hired a l firm. They were injured when the apparatus fell when they were suspended. Sending them plummeting 20 feet. Two women suffering spinal cord injuries. Its not clear if they will walk again. We expect to learn more during a News Conference with the acrobats later today. A demonstration in washington, d. C. Yesterday, against a socalled yoga tax. Protesters are rallying to vote down a pro posed 75 tax on gym memberships and fitness and yoga classes. They say wellness should be encouraged. They shouldnt have to pay 5. 75 . Gym owners agree saying the tax could put them out of business. All right, a guy accused of stealing some small items at a store in New Hampshire left beef hind an important piece of evidence. Thats the guy there with the check that he wanted to cash in his hand. But the store doesnt cash checks. And thanks to this Surveillance System here, the owners knew the guy had stolen ice cream and a red bull. They tried to keep him at the store until Police Showed up. And in that little scuffle there you see his check was left behind. Well, the police were in touch with him. Never know what to do. Kind of scary. Im not sure never november fnovember november never know. Kind of ridiculous. Any one has ever known, an expectant mom knows you dont ever talk about weight with a pregnant woman. What if it involves an elephant . It does right now at the zoo in houston. Zookeepers are working with tess to keep her weight down. In fact they want her to lose about 500 pound. Oh, tess. Come on. Its just a halfway through her pregnancy which will last nearly two years. Ah. With her calf expected to weigh around 300 pounds at birth they want her to be, i guess you can say slim as possible going into the second trimester of her term. I just think thats wrong. No pregnant animal or woman should have to worry about being overweight during pregnancy. So, tess indulged in extra ice cream or whatever you are doing there, eating there. Hay, quality hay. Peanuts. She is making a noise for us this morning. All right. Coming up, hidden dangers at the shoe storm. A health alert from doctors next time you try on fancy shoes. Also ahead, the amazing team usa victory at the world cup. Does the usa have a chance as the world watches. You are watching world news now. 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Reporter team usa taking the field against ghana and wasting no time giving the red, white and blue fans who showed up a show. Dempsey has got it reporter captain Clint Dempsey scoring 34 seconds into the game. The sixth fastest goalen world cup history. Around the globe, celebrations from connecticut to chicago, even afghanistan. But americans are underdogs here and as the New York Times points out it could be because they have not embraced the art of the flop, which is a dramatic, exaggerated reaction hoping the refs will call a foul. Watch this, germanys thomas muler, chasing the portuguese player, collapsing to the ground. Watch again. Pepe is so angry he head butted muler and was ejected from the game. Pepe is off. Reporter do americans fail at the flop . Yes. When we talk about, flopping, diving, we look at it as cheating. Reporter in the first game of the world cup, brazil croatia, watch number 9. That is fred, right by the goal, he falls to the ground. Hands in the air. Take a closer look. Number 6 for croatia, barely touches freds back but he flpz to the ground dramatically. And brazil got to take a penalty shot. Thats huh they play here in brazil. Team usa wins 21. Marking the first time they had defeated ghana in world cup play. And now all eyes on this weekend, sunday, when theyll face portugal in the brazilian amazon. Paula faris, abc news, rio. Brooks. Stunned himself there. I cant look. Theyre divas, they have special demands at the world cup. Among them, france wants the hotel to replace its bar soap with liquid soap. And showering with their hand have to be fussy teams coming to the world cup. A fun fact. I didnt know the winner of the world cup gets 35 million. A big pot. Interesting. Well be right back. You are watching world news now. Can you take me higher well, taking one man higher and higher is sheer determination and nerves of steel. Thats right with no rope, no Safety Equipment and no turning back, alex honald is an extreme climber, he is taking on a feat in mexico. Reporter at 28, it is easily regarded as perhaps the worlds best mountain climber. He hold a number of speed records for climbing sheer faces in yosemite without ropes. But if you are going to see how he does it you have to visit his office, the mountains. Pull yourself up. Yep, good. Good. Reporter i did. And can tell you climbing even a little with alex is definitely a case of it looks a lot easier than it really is. Wow that was horrible. No, you did good. Are you hap py to be alive. Reporter yes, happy to be alive. We tagged along with him and his good friend and insanely talented climber, cedar wright. Im the king of the world reporter on a series of climbs. Perfect. Not too bad from here. Good. All right. Not a bad view. Yeah. Reporter wright is no side kick, an accomplished professional climber in his own right. But even he occasionally worries about alex. He is an extremely accomplished athlete. At the same time there are thing hes cant account for. Say a rock could break. Or maybe a bird flies out of a crack or something. He is playing at a game where the ultimate stake is to lose your life. Reporter he insists he gets too much attention for what is called free soloing, going without ropes, arguing that 90 of his climbs are with ropes. But it is hard to argue with the impression people get watching a person cling ropeless to a mountain. Something that seems so impossible to most of us. One slip and it is all over. Even alex has had his moments. Frozen on a mountain. Fear fighting for a toe hold alongside him. One of those things you stand there for a moment feeling sorry for yourself. And then you are like well i better pull it together i am standing on a blank face. So i stood there for a minute being like what have i done . And finished the climbing. Reporter his life is at once extreme, and extremely simple. With his endorsements including north face he makes a good living. But he says he spends virtually nothing on himself. Making Peanut Butter and tortilla wrap thing. Reporter during our time together. Alex and cedar were in the midst of a 700 mile bike and climbing trip which included stops for the charitable foundation, providing solar panels to native American Homes without electricity. It is about as far from a 9 00 to 5 00 lifestyle you can get. And alex, conquerer of mountains has no intention of slowing down. Is this a job you are going to retire from . Retire from this . Yeah, a lot of old climbers. This is cool. You can go in the mountains your whole life and enjoy. It is awesome. I am hoping to look retire with grand kids and stuff. Incredible story. I get sweaty palms looking at him hanging on the cliff. He says he chooses life is a bunch of risks and you choose the right one. Good for him. 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But sorry, carrie bradshaw. Now podiatrists are warning, shoe devotees need to pay attention, especially as we hit heat of summer. Think about it those Department Store racks, how many other people have tried those shoes on before. Okay this is morning television, so were going to keep this cherrios friendly and not get gross. Here is the basic information you need to know. This condition spread when spores transfer from one foot to the other. The classic case in the gym shower. Spores thrive in moist, warm, dark environments like inside boots or closed toe shoes. There are a lot of microorganisms that live on the shoes that are invisible to the eye. Reporter podiatrists say the little ped socks they offer in stores are there for just that reason. If you are sneaker shopping, byos, bring your own socks. If you feel look you have been exposed to opf, other peoples feet, soak in epsom salts, exfoliate and dry thoroughly. Use Something Like micromist and spray your shoes to clean them. 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And american victory. From team usas fastest goalen world cup history to the Soccer Player that made a difference. The spellbinding action and cheers heard worldwide. Its tuesday, june 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. My heart is still pounding. I am still revved up. I told you yesterday, i believe that team usa, despite the odd would take it. They sure did. You did call it. It was an epic game. Unbelievable. Everybody talking about it this morning here. We are psyched i know you are at home. Glad you are with us. The heat, humidity didnt affect it. We have serious news about weather and serious implications with it. We begin this halfhour with the state of emergency in one nebraska town, almost completely wiped off the map by deadly tornados. Thats right at least one person has been killed. 16 are now in Critical Condition at area hospitals. After that rare and terrifying double tornado slammed through the tiny town of pilger. Abcs mary bruce has the latest. Reporter storm trackers and rural residents nervously watched massive tornados racing through nebraska. We have multiple tornados on the ground here. Reporter then a rare and dangerous birth of another tornado right next to one that is already destroying farm lands and houses. Twin tornados rarely seen by the human eye and caught on tape. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter the National WeatherService Called it a particularly dangerous situation, the tornados infli inflicting heavy damage on pilger, 100 miles northwest of omaha, nebraska. Destroying homes. The shingles started blowing through my yard. Watching my hot tub slide. And then everything lifted off of us. And the heater smashed over me and my buddy. There were a couple houses on this side of the street. Across the street there were three houses which are gone. There were three houses on the opposite side of the block that are gone. Reporter another storm system barrelled through south dakota with heavy rains and wind up to 80 miles per hour. And hail as large as a half dollar. A weekend of rain swelled the rock river in iowa, sending a rush of water through the town of rock rapid. And rain and fld waoodwaters damaging a golf course in iowa, most of the greens underwater. Not going to be open to day, for walking, unplayable, unpassable. Awe ma the volatile storm system now moving to the east. Millions of americans will get an early, unpleasant taste of summer today. Thats right our coverage continues with accuweather with the latest from meteorologist jim dickey, good morning, jim. Good morning. A air mass continues to build across the midsection on tult east. The fringes of the air mass, dangerous storms fire from the dakota as cross the great lakes. Watch out here, twin cities into chicago, on towards detroit. Gusty winds. Large hail, not quite the tornado threat we saw yesterday. Isolated tornado thousands, not out of the question. On into the southwest. Between cooler air moving into california, nevada, and going to see gusty went with that. High fire danger once again in the four corners. Devon, rina, back to you. Jim, thank you so much. That wildfire that destroyed three homes near bakersfield, california is now 50 contained. Evacuation orders have been lifted. After hundred of people were forced from their homes over the weekend. But there is no projected date for full containment, the fire breck out friday night and burned through four square miles of trees and brush in and around the Sequoia National forest. It has been very hot. The wind have been slightly erratic. So that is going to be the toughest challenge that we have. With more than 1,000 Fire Fighters using air tanks and helicopters to battle the fire, theyre facing steep rugged terrain and elevations up to 4,000 feet. President obama has told congress he is sending up to 275 soldiers and marines to iraq including 170 to protect americans at the embassy in baghdad. President obama is promising that the u. S. Troops will not be engaged in any combat, meanwhile, secretary of state, john kerry confirmed the u. S. Could coordinate with iran, about ways to stop the islam militants from taking over iraq. We are open to discussions if there is something constructive that can be contributed by iran. We are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence. U. S. Officials said the subject of iraq came up briefly yesterday at talks between the u. S. And iran. Over that countrys controversial nuclear program. Well have much more from baghdad in our next halfhour. Stay with abc news as we cover the crisisen iraq online and on the air. President obama intends to sign an executive order that would ban federal contractors from discriminating against workers based on Sexual Orientation or gender identity. Not known when the president will sign the executive order. The president is scheduled to attend an lgbt gala in new york later today. Meanwhile at the world cup, match one that was played. One victory. One very big victory for team usa. Players are nursing injuries in brazil. Thanks to last nights bruising win against ghana. Abcs molly hunter has all the excitement. Reporter 29 seconds. Thats how long it took Clint Dempsey of team usa to score on ghana monday night. Dempsey scores the u. S. Ahead incredibly within seconds the fastest american goal in world cup history. Sometimes it hurts you when you score aefrmeearly. Reporter it didnt hurt team usa. From the kickoff, the 31yearold team captain hit the far post. Am can fans celebrated across the globe. In afghanistan. And here, watch as the u. S. Womens team goes wild when d dempsey scores. Ghana fought back taking 21 shots on goalkeeper howard. The u. S. Has great spirit. Reporter after josie altador was carried off the field with a hamstring injury. And dempsey got nailed in the nose. Down with a blow to the face. Reporter ghana scored in the 82nd minute. But three minutes later, a massive header from john brooks into the back of the net. Its john brooks for the usa reporter hailed as a hero, the 21yearold came off the bench at halftime becoming the First American subever to score a goal in the world cup. I told some teammates i had a dream like two days before. That i scored in the 88th minute. And now it is the 86th minute. But im happy about it. Reporter thats what revenge looks like. Ghana has knocked team usa out of the previous two world cup tuf tournaments. Next up is portugal on sunday. Led by star forward christiano ronaldo. Rina, devon. A great game. Excite add but thd about that. Whats the post game analysis . U. S. Wasnt at its best. 65 of the game, to the u. S. 35 possession to ghanas 21 shots on goal. The u. S. Only responded with eight so. They played well for the first minute. Played really well for the last five minutes. Thats all they needed to get through the game. Sure was painful. 70 minutes watching ghana in possession of the ball. Who is your favorite . Heard about the guys who scored the goals, any favorites on the team . The u. S. Defense was pretty good looking, i thought. Tim howard has my vote. Save after save, and looking good while doing it. Yeah, look at that. You are absolutely right. Another guy possibly, to buzz about. Thank you so much, molly. What an incredible match that was. And heres what we can expect on todays world cup on espn. First up, belgium algeria. 11 30 a. M. Eastern time. Brazil mexico. Both teams won their first games. At 2 30 p. M. Eastern. Finally russia south korea. Thats at 5 30 eastern. So seems like everybody is joining the soccer band wag gun these days including folks in michigan combining soccer with golf. Some people call it footgolf. Others call it kickgolf. We think you will get the idea from seeing the people play. You kick the ball until it hits a numbered flagpole. Fans of the game say it takes less time. It is less frustrating than regular golf. People of all ages can play too. For the coordination challenge like me, taking that stick, club out of my hand will do a lot to get rid of stress. Kids love miniature got. This is like the best of both worlds. Soccer golf mixed in together. Frisbee golf. Never played. Just as fun. Coming up in the mix, exciting news from the world news now, Early Morning mama. Wait until you see these pictures. Thats right. First, what millions of americans are getting said to see this week. Some sizzle. Expert advice on how to cut the sky high air conditioning bills during the heat wave. Youre watching world news now. 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Abcs Lindsay Janice has advice on how to slash the bill. The spurs are the 2014 nba champions. Reporter last night san antonio beat the heat on the court. And now, becky torres and her san antonio family are trying to beat the heat at home. They spend a hefty 130 every month to keep cool. But thanks to a new and free gadget from her local Energy Company, that is about to change. Im excited. Reporter this think eco smart ac kit connects to your air conditioning unitight make it smarter and save you money. Alug y allowing you to control your ac from your smart phone, when you are away from home and you forget to turn it up or off. And within second. Poof, its off. Awesome. Reporter it is free and it will save you money. And it was easy. Reporter why give these devices away for free . During peak times the Energy Company can remotely raise the temperature on your ac by up to 3 degrees. Helping them manage demand and prevent blackouts. And itch you dont like it, you have ability to override it. Patrick. Hello. Reporter patrick vick has been using the gadget on an ac unit in his bedroom as well as another system called nest that lets him control his central air. Over 1,000 this year in savings. Reporter you can save too. Utility providers in new york and baltimore are offering free smart ac kits. And direct energy is offering rebates on the nest thermostat in ohio and illinois. With new jersey, new york, pennsylvania to come. In all, the torres will beat the heat and save this year. Reporter the Torres Family will save 250 just this year. If your Energy Company doesnt offer one of the smart ac kits for free, you can buy one online starting from about 50. Which means, it will pay for itself in just one summer. Lindsay janice, abc news, new york. That cell phone got a little more powerful right there. Not sure how i feel about a company being able to come in and turn down your thermostat by 3 degrees. Although i would like it. Always forget. Running out with the kids. I never turn the ac down. My problem is i have individual units in the home. I have to buy, 50 a pop. Five rooms. A lot. Could save cash. If you turn it down a little built. Quit a bit. Coming up, it is the ultimate date. Oh, hello. I just missed that. From my days as a construction worker. Working at home depot. Or was that . Used to be a boy scout. Dont know what i was doing there. You look great. Great time. Tim allen. The helmet. The ultimate date movie. How a hot guy and adolescent humor and a winning combination at the box office. Ahead, our coverage of team usas big win at the world cup continues. Wait until you hear about the explosion of celebrations on social media. Thats it, you are watching world news now. Stay with us. Work hard play hard what do you get when you combine adolescent humor and a really hot guy. A widely successful movie. 22 jump start topped the box office. Oldfashioned without special effects and super heroes and proving to be a hit. Heres abcs dan harris. You never know. Why are you going to put it there . It feels right. There is one in my shorts thats my [ bleep ]. What about that . Thats my [ bleep ]. Reporter shakespeare this is not. Ba nnanas. Shoes. Quick sand. Reporter it may not be high art, it is highly profitable. 22 jump street raked in nearly 60 million according to estimates on its opening weekend. A live action, in other word, nonanimated, comedy hasnt opened this strong since the hangover 2 in 2011, which pulled in more than 85 million. To find another comedy that pulleden north of 60 million, opening weeken, you have to go back to 2003 and bruce al mighty. Yo, what up . Reporter whats the secret . Sequels tend to do well because audiences know what theyre getting. But in this flick, experts say it is really all about the stars. Jonah hill and Channing Tatum whose chemistry is palpable as they discussed in interviews on good morning america. Might as well just be friends. And not partners. Obviously i think it just makes it, when you are making a comedy, if you are friends and laughing, then, then, that will spill over into the work. Spring break [ bleep ]. I love him, man. We just, pretty much go and make fun of each other all day. They turn the cameras on. Its really nice. Will you give me a head start. I need absolute silence. Reporter the filmmakers managed to include enough action scenes and genital jokes to rope in the guys and attracting women, by making a movie that is at its core about relationships. When you have an r rated comedy testing well with women you will goen that direction for the sequel and make it relationship driven. We are brothers too. Reporter dan harris, abc new, new york. Essentially something of of a trend in hollywood. 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And its time for the mix. We are glad you are with us. Great news to share from one of our own, abcs lana zach, her husband, proud parents of twins. I think we have pictures. There they are. Lennox and zana adorable. Their shirts say roommates. Their mama officially an Early Morning mama. Look at her. She looks gorgeous. Looks great. The best part of being a mom is look at the big wide eyes and they make you want to pledge your life to their happiness. They look so happy and perfect together. Like the picture in the photo frame you get. The perfect couple. And the babies. Very own Early Morning mama. We love her. Well, its kind of suspect here. University of miami, recruiting a 9yearold. Really that good. 9yearold girl. You see her, jaden newman. Actually in the fourth grade, played Varsity High School basketball. Look at her there. Theyre recruiting her. Raising a little eyebrows on this one. Believe it or not. She is actually interested in playing for connecticut. She is only 9 years old. Not even in middle school yet. Yeah. It is crazy. How this has begun. The university of miami has come acalling. Pretty impressive to have the skills at 9. She looks like she certainly does. Good for her. Little early to get committed. You have heard about people selling their personal photos for cash on line, bunch of services. One woman from mississippi, stay at home mom has the companies coming to her in droves. She has been working with, nike, dos xs, national geographic. Melissa vincent, 37 years old from mississippi is selling instagram photos on instagram, 400,000 followers, making a business. Pretty great what you can do with your cell phone camera. They are pretty artistic. I like that. There is at one point, women, probably dont know this, dev, the brazilian blowout. They put chemicals, keratin in your hair, take a flat iron. A new thing in brazil, not the world cup, women are burning the end of their hair. They have a candle, end of their hairs. Apparently opens up the hair follicles. A new treatment for dry, damaged hair, if you can believe it. Have you tried it . Velaterapia. I have not tried it. Takes 3 1 2 hours to do. Do it every four months. No word on the smell. Apparently the women in brazil are raving about that treatment. Try it out. Come back tell us how it works. Man have donna who does my ha this morning on world news now military response. The president s decision to send troops to iraq. The explosive situation in the country on the brink of war. Twin tornados, a rare sight in the skies, the double danger on the ground. The human toll as the twisters wipe a town off the map. Impressive victory, team usas amazing win at the world cup, and unlikely American Hero getting so much attention this morning. Kiss after kiss oh, those steamy interactions on last nights bachelorette. Our Senior Analyst is here to show us which guys may have a chance and which ones will get the boot. Thats in the skinny on this tuesday, june 17th. Okay, just following on twitter, john brooks, Clint Dempsey, the world cup. Cannot get enough of this. Buzzing all morning. For john brooks off the bench. First substitute player in American History to get a goal in the world cup. Everybody loves an underdog. Unfortunately bad news situation in iraq, not looking so great. We actually begin with that. Our latest story, on the verge of an outright war. More american soldiers and marines are on their way to baghdad at this hour to keep americans safe. Special forces could also be deployed there as well. Abcs Martha Raddatz has the latest for us. Reporter president obama told congress he is sending up to 275 soldiers and marines to iraq, 170 to protect americans at the embassy in baghdad. It is a 700 million fortress, 80 football fields in size built to with stand attack. But we have learned a significant number of the 5,000 who live and work here have been evacuated. This as the ferocious terror group isis took down yet another city. They are sunni muslims driven to crush their bitter enemy the shiaa Muslim Forces of iraqs government. As they roll, they are getting help from sunnis across the country. It is why america added to its list of options the warship on the move has five osprey tiltrotor aircraft which could help in an evacuation. But if the u. S. Chooses to strike the militants, there is now in place a u. S. Carrier able to launch 40 fighter jets to bomb the militants and two ships that can fire cruise missiles. President obama is also considering sending 100 special Operations Forces to iraq as advisers to iraqi troops. But in baghdad, there was no waiting. We watched thousands of young men flood through the gates of an Army Recruiting center. The men have all just shown up , and from 12 year olds and up, some have already lost family members to the jihadi fighters. Young and old none given any training. But in baghdad we also found this. A celebration amidst the fear. A wedding. A new family that somehow through it all looks to the future. But the threat to baghdad is very real. There are Iraqi Security forces all over the streets, check points set up everywhere. Of course, the u. S. Says it will work with iran to try to stop the militants. But the people we have spoken to believe it is up to them to defend this city. Martha raddatz, abc news, baghdad. Stay with abc news as we cover the crisis in iraq, look for more live reports on america this morning and the latest from Martha Raddatz on good morning america. Now to our other major story this morning a state of emergency for a nebraska town nearly wiped off the map by deadly tornados. A rare and terrifying event, two monster twisters, touched down within roughly a mile of each other. Their winds reportedly topped 200 miles per hour. This morning, close to three quarters of the town is either heavily damaged or destroyed. At least one person is dead. 16 others are in Critical Condition. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the latest. Reporter tornados raking across the great plains. This one near wisner, nebraska is massive, nearly a mile wide. Look at that. Look at that. Reporter tearing across the landscape. We have multiple tornados on the ground here. Reporter when suddenly a second tornado forms out of the first. And touches down. Rarely seen by the human eye, caught on video. I have never seen anything like this. We started hearing everything rip apart and the rain and the house ripping apart yeah, pilger is in major destruction right now. Reporter the emergency crews are searching for people trapped under debris in pilger, wisner and stanton. Authorities say there are a significant number of injuries. Abc affiliate katv reports that one person has been killed. While this tornado outbreak hammers the plains, out west fires are raging. This blaze near woford heights, california, chewed through 2,200 acres since it began friday. 1,000 homes are threatened. From the air, helicopters skim the tree tops, waterbombing hot spots. And adding to an already expensive season, twice as many acres burned as this time last year. So the fire fight continues here, but in the middle part of the country there is still great danger. The chance for a large and destructive tornados continues. Clayton sandell, abc news, california. Now here is a look at todays weather. Severe storms covering the entire Northern Tier of the country with that deadly midwestern storm system now headed to the east. Bringing the threat of large hail, damaging winds and more tornados. To the south, see western texas, will see some scattered showers. Temperatures are heating up with much of the country in the orange or red zones. 80s, 90s, with the cool zone in the Pacific North west. Temperatures there only in the 50s and 60s. Well the baseball world is mourning hall of famer, tony gwynn, who has died after a battle with oral cancer. Gwynn spent his entire 20 year career with the san diego padres, racking up eight battling titles and 15 trips to the all star game. But it was his irresistible charm made him beloved on and off the field. Gwynn blamed his use of chewing tobacco for his cancer. He was just 54 years old. Tvs dr. Oz is set to testify before lawmakers looking into false and deceptive advertising for weight loss products. Green coffee bean extract was popularized on his show the dr. Oz show as potent weight loss treatment that burns fat. Now the federal trade commission is suing pure coffee green coffee, one of the companies that popped up using the claims made by dr. Oz. Dr. Oz, of course, no stranger to controversy. He says he has warned viewers of his show about the threats of this product. Even on the hill. A senator saying americans are falling prey to fad diets. Asking for doctors to be obligated to promote scientifically based products. Hard when you are in this zone, you are feeling vulnerable about your weight loss. The products pop up in magazines, and infomercials you feel a little bit vulnerable. You look to doctors. To give you the right information. Well see what he says today on the hill. Topping our Health Headlines a major advance in the fight against diabetes. Researchers have come up with a sort of bionic pancreas, under the skin sensor that constantly monitors blood levels, and dispenses insulin or sugar boosters as necessary. The best part, it eliminates the need for needles. More testing gets under way next week. If you are sitting on your sofa right now, you just may want to get up and take a stroll. Researchers say besides being genuinely unhealthy, the couch potato lifestyle may increase risk for colon and uterine cancer and that risk also applies to those long hours at your desk. The obvious answer every couple hours stand up. Move around. I guess it cant hurt. All right, well it was a big day of celebrating for l. A. Kings fans. Estimated 300,000 people lined the parade route there to cheer as the new stanley cup champions roll past on a doubledecker bus and flat bed truck. Look what theyre pouring. Celebration continues all the way to late nights jimmy kimmel show where kimmel and a couple kings mixed a big margarita in the cup itself. And new york mayor, bill de blasio, he made good on a bet singing i love l. A. I love l. A. We love it i love l. A. We love it wow. The kings won the cup last friday night, defeating the new york rangers ending their sear series in game five. It is l. A. s second cup in three seasons. Good for them. The big margarita looked good. Humbling experience for the new york city mayor there. Pretty funny. Pretty funny. We are missing our world news now cups. By the way, im kind of wondering if john muller exited with them last week. Have to give him a call. Well see. Tune in. We want to pour something in the cups. Coming up, the skinny the hollywood superstar hiring a member of president obamas family. Thats right. But first, team usas spellbinding win at the world cup. The players who took a beating and the guy who became an instant soccer star. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by bounce bursts. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by bounce bursts. Got a beard. laughs come on in. Ive been shaking these bounce bursts into my washer, they bring all the bounce freshness of the outdoors indoors, so. laughs i guess i just forgot i wasnt outside. Here see for yourself. harp music behold i love being outdoors. I love bark. Shake the outdoors, indoors. With new bounce bursts. The arteries of your dishwasher arwith grease and lime scale. Use finish dishwasher cleaner every month to keep your machine in sparkling health. For shining results. Finish dishwasher cleaner. We have got a good bit of world cup fever here on world news now, especially when it comes to team usa. Last night completely psyched when we saw them beat ghana. Boy, was ate decisive win or what. Second into the game, team usa scored its first go. And Karen Travers has got to be one of the biggest sports fans on the abc news roster. She breaks down the game for us. Reporter it was an exciting start and finish for team usa. But in the middle, a tense physical game that was a nail biter for american soccer fans. The game winner came from an unlikely hero, john brooks, a 21yearold sub, who came in off the bench at halftime. Brooks gave the u. S. The lead with a header in the corner kick in the 86th minute. The exhausted American Defense held on for the 21 win. We have a great spirit. The u. S. Team always has a great spirit and fights to the last second. Reporter the u. S. Struck first. Very early. Just 29 seconds on the clock when Clint Dempsey twists a shot in off the post. It was the fifth fastest goal in world cup history. For the next 80 minutes. The u. S. Defense led by goalkeeper tim howard held off a relentless ghana attack. Sometimes it hurts you when you score early. Because the other team tries to push the game. [ indiscernible ] reporter ghana finally got on the board in the 82nd minute. It seemed like the u. S. Would have to settle for the tie until brooks header from the back of the net. The two teams have history. Ghana knocked the u. S. Out of the last two world cups. Tonight, the americans got revenge. Next up for the u. S. , portugal, led by reigning player of the year, christiano ronaldo. Theyre coming off a fourgoal loss to germany and have a key defender suspended and two starters out because of injury. Karen travers, abc news, washington. I love the john brooks story. The guy on the reserves brought into the game last minute. Scores this incredible goal. Thats right. Hes part german. Dual citizenship. Chose to play with team usa because he loves the united states. It was so exciting. In fact here last night you could hear a collective roar in new york city when he made the header and scored the second goal. Unbelievable. People all around the country screaming out in joy when that happened. I tell you, portugal lost to germany, 40. Consider yourself on notice, portugal. Were coming after you. Thats right. The predictions of the game was pretty awesome. Thats right. Yeah. All right, our coverage is coming up in a few minutes. First the skinny. Encouraging news about tracy morgan and a first job for the morgan and a hollywood job for the first daughter. Youre watching world news now. Skinny so skinny skinny so skinny welcome back. Time for the skinny, something new for both of us here. First time, an update on abcs the bachelorette. Here is our senior bachelorette analyst, jack sheehan. Team usa victory if you thought that was exciting. That is only where the magic started last night. We havent done this in a while. There were 11 guys that started last nights show. In marseille, france, the bachelorette Went International in marseille. Quite a different city it was when i was there for the 98 world cup. The first date with a guy named josh m. Theyre on a boat. There is he and andi. Josh m. Is doing well. They walked around a couple cliffs. They, they, had a good time with each other. Lets put it that way. Ultimately, josh gets the rose. He is going to he is sticking around. Next up was the group date. Where andi and the lads did some miming. Some of them, lets just say did better than others. As the it were. Excuse me. There was some sniping amongst the boys, some may call it agro, like there was in marseille in 98. Nonetheless. J. J. , the pantsepreneur, on the ferris wheel. J. J. Got the group date rose. Hell be sticking around. The second oneonone date, what i will declare cooking with brian. There was a problem on this date. Because brian doesnt cook. Oh, no. Uhoh. There is problems. We got to go out for dinner. Darn. They have a couple beers. All right. Brian gets the rose. Really . He is still in there. Win and dine. He might be short for the whole thing. Put it that way. Kiss count. Kiss count. Roll it. There it is. Andi, making up for lost time. Kiss count stops at six. Whoa, is that a record . No, i think that was high. But nonetheless, andi is making up for lost time. When it comes to the kiss count. There was, for the book keeping purposes there was no Cocktail Party last night. Three guys got ousted. Patrick, marcel, andrew. It should also be noted the analysts pick, i know you werent around for the analysts pick. Marcus also received a rose. There are eight gentlemen left. Theyre headed to venice next week. And the analyst is out. Go, england. Thank you for that one. Have to get his take. Not much time for that. Some good news we should tell everybody about. Comedian tracy morgan who had the terrible car accident is doing much better. A representative said morgans condition has been upgraded to fair and his personality is starting to come back. The actor comedian was critically hurt in an accident on the new jersey turnpike. It killed his riding partner, the driver who hit morgans limo charged with manslaughter. Dancing with the stars pro, she landed a dancing assistant on halle berrys new tv show. She expressed an interest in the past. Malia helped with Computer Shop alignments on the show and was allowed to take a slate. Pretty good stuff. Nice job to be in hollywood over the summer. The president spends quite a lot of time out there. You are watching world news now. Up. Well, shakira, how i love well, shakira, how i love you. Shakira, one of the official songs of world cup 2014. Last night team usa notched what we hope will be the first of many victories. The first goal took 30 seconds. Clint dempsey, kicked the shot in off the post, the fifth fastest goal in world cup history. But the hero of the game was definitely 21yearold johnny brooks. I call him johnny, i love him so much. He came into the game in the second half. Brooks was only in because the starter was actually hurt. He made the amazing header into the net in the 86th minute. To put team usa ahead by a goal. The team piled on. Look at the doggy pile. In celebration. Take a look at the vine video posted by the houston dynamo soccer team, obviously taking their cheer there, soaked in beer. The only way to do it. To brooklyn, as they say, the crowd goes wild the entire bar raising a test to them. In chicago, thousands packed brandt park to watch the game on big screens there. What a crowd in chicago. In bethlehem, pennsylvania, fans came out to cheer team usa at a soccer fest event, complete with live music. There in orlando, florida, so many turned out official had to turn the crowd away. Vice president bidens tweet, he tweeted out the great picture, there you see it there, of the locker room. Looks like he is pointing at something. He managed at some pin the tooi to a National Security meeting. President obamas Senior Adviser at the white house, tweeted out the picture of staff assembled there, cheering things on inside the west wing. From washington, take a look at this from hollywood, Ellen Degeneres was on twitter, tweeted, go, usa, fastest goal in u. S. World cup history in the u. S. ghana game. 32 second. If the took me up longer to look up where ghana is. Comedian Jamie Kennedy shared a hysterical celebratory message. We finally defeated ghanaria sorry, thought it was pretty funny. Finally we come back to washington though, the seat of power. President obama weighing in as well with a simple picture, summing it up. One nation, one team. He added, 11 on the field. More than 300 million cheering them on. Well said, mr. President. Well said. 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