blazing through the auckland night, fireworks punctuated the start of one of football s biggest sporting events. maori and first nation dancers underlined the cultural roots of co hosts new zealand and australia. but as the players emerged, they paused to remember the victims of an unrelated shooting in auckland that morning, which had taken the lives of two innocent people. then a roar as new zealand got the 2023 women s world cup under way against norway. known as the football ferns, they had never before won a match at a world cup but a dream move, then a one touch finish. it s wilkinson! that was sensational. hannah wilkinson with the first goal of the tournament, sparking incredible scenes in front of a record new zealand crowd. they went on to miss a penalty, but it didn t matter. it s history for the football ferns! an historic and poignant win for a defiant nation.
tour to raise funds to support humanitarian efforts in ukraine following russia s invasion. one of those taking to the pitch will be everton s vitalii mykolenko. in an interview with breakfast s graham satchell ahead of the match, he s opened up for the first time about his fears for his family back in ukraine. vitaliy mykolenko being introduced to everton fans at goodison park injanuary. it was a dream move for the defenderfrom dynamo kyiv. but just a few weeks later, russia invaded ukraine. mykolenko has only been learning english for a few months. this, his first interview since the war started. what do you think about what is happening in your country? i cannot explain. why, why? how? how it s happened. i can t explain. are you angry about it, vitaliy?
inches per hour. we re in a neighborhood where president trump visited. you remember the flash flooding immediately after hurricane florence made land fall inundate third down neighborhood but not as bad as what we re seeing right now. the flash flooding is back. we ve been hearing from officials warning residents it s only going to get worse. we talked to a resident here in that home. she just bought that home about two weeks ago. she s dealing with all of this now. i ve walked over here every day to check on it and see where it s at. i m really there s nothing to do but wait and see if more water is going to come. i m devastated. we just bought the house. this was our big dream move. we went from 700 square feet, and we moved up to 2700 square feet, and now we can t even live in it. reporter: fortunately for erin, she got flood insurance. that s remarkable if only because this isn t in a