announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m reena ninan. i m tahman bradley. oh, what a great soccer game. 120 minutes of pure excitement. all of the goals scored in extra time. the u.s. coach saying they took it to the limit. when it was over the americans did not go without pushing it to the limit. they were incredible. tim howard, bless his soul, tim howard. the most saves of any world cup in history. he is a u.s. hero. it broke my heart to read him say sorry, it hurts. it sucks. tim howard, we love you. we love him. we will be talking about him. also talking the future of u.s. soccer. keep in mind we were knocked out at the same place we were knocked out four years ago. that s coming up later. truly the only way to describe how most american soccer fans are feeling this morning is heartbroken. yes, millions of americans from coast to coast ditched work to watch the u.s. face-off against belgium.
remember with you. brian webb reporting from prescott, arizona. at the end of the memorial service, the lone survivor spoke to the crowd of mourners and recited a special hot shot prayer and told everyone, i miss my brothers. american troops eager to come home from the 12-year war in afghanistan may get their wish sooner than expected. now word that president obama is considering moving them out faster and completely. abc s martha raddatz has more on this. reporter: homecoming, america s warriors slowly returning. like army ranger daniel morgan meeting his 3-month-old daughter this week for the first time. at its height, 101,000 u.s. troops were fighting in afghanistan. today, 61,000 remain. the plan was to bring the bulk of our forces out by 2014.
stories on this wednesday, july 10th. announcer: from abc new, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good morning, everybody. hump day. hump day. july 10th. a special half-hour for you guys. favorite summertime songs. we are going to share them with you. we have a list made up of the best summertime songs out there. put together by rolling stone magazine. a few of our own. should be good. wonder if yours is on there. you have to tune in to see. i don t know what you picked. we ll wait. tease it. tease it. we ll wait. we ll wait. we ll begin this half-hour with details in the murder case against the former patriot player aaron hernandez. for the first time hernandez has been linked directly to the murder. sean kelly has the the latest from our station in boston. reporter: former patriot aaron hernandez admitted to shooting semipro football player odin lloyd according to court
the ntsb is not ready to give us a conclusion as to what caused the crash. they say it could take months to figure that out. diana. john. seems the airline is admitting there was no mechanical failure does that mean the ntsb is closer to saying this crash was caused by human error? no, not at all. the ntsb is warning us to be careful how we characterize what we know and the information we have so far. it is still very early in the investigation. there is a lot of work still left to be done. all right, abc s tahman bradley in san francisco. thank you for that. some of the people whose lives were forever changed by the boston marathon bombings will be in the same room as the the teenager accused in that attack. dzhokhar tsarnaev facing a 30-count indictment in court today. for the first time. juror hey kwir owing has the latest from boston. reporter: accused terrorist, 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev,
wednesday is here. we re happy about that. yes we are. hump day. hump day. we will get started. right to the news. we begin with new details in the san francisco crash investigation. pilots of asiana flight 214 apparently realized too late the jumbo jet was flying at the wrong speed and altitude. abc s tahman bradley live in san francisco with the very latest. good morning, tahman. john and diana, good morning. the wreckage from the crash landing is still on one of the runways here at san francisco international as the ntsb continues its investigation. we are learning remarkable new details from inside the cockpit and inside the cabin. we learned the pilot in training who was in control of the 777 jet as it approached the ru way was learning from a pilot making his first trip as an instructor. the ntsb revealed that none of the cockpit crew have been tested for drugs or alcohol. our foreign carriers there is no specific u.s. requirement. reporter: ntsb is especially interes