one example, especially in football. sometimes it s not the teams with the most superstars that wins. it s the teams that have the best team that s what we are hoping for today, right? the final four group matches are today. group h, contrary against belgium and ghana squad group g they won t boycott the match against portugal. they needed mayor money and they wanted it now before the match. i don t know why. but they actually requested it be delivered in cash to brazil. a plane left ghana with $5 million and landed in brazil yesterday. like a big brinks truck pulled up to the runway. they got their money and they are going to play. we have interest in that match because of the different scenarios but the big match today is u.s./germany. could be a record number, noon is tougher for a true tv rating. break it out. really quickly, what we need.
if belgium wins group h, a possibility of algeria. what do you think of their chances there? there are a lot of tougher teams they could have ended up facing in the round of 16. there are. belgium is an excellent team. i think most people, most experts pick as the surprise team of this world cup, very talented although very young at the international staining. but players like eden hazard it, the list goes on and on. it s going to be a difficult task. there s no question. it looks like it s going to be belgium at the end of the day. but i look at it and say you look at the germany result and the portugal result. there s no reason why this team can t go and compete. i m convinced in knowing this group fairly well that they will go and compete. i ve got to ask you, because 20 years ago when the world cup was played here in the u.s., there were a lot of soccer fans. i was one of them. you were a big star at the time. but soccer has grown in that time period.
! we are still enjoying it! brazil play its second match of the world cup against mexico. out of group h russia up against south korea. you have to see this. brazil of mexico is going to be great. city of l.a. celebrating the kings stanley cup victory. the l.a. mayor came out. eric garcetti. my hometown. there are two rules in politics. they say never, ever be pictured with a drink in your hand and never swear. but this is a big [ bleep ] day. way to go, guys! oh, my gosh! it s a bfd. kind of like biden. kind of like biden, it is. a big. he did it on purpose here. he totally made everybody happy. kid, if you re watching at home, this is bad behavior but
that is impressive. that was easy. i could have done that. maybe not. ecuador needs to beat france by two goals bull the match ends in a scoreless draw. france on top of group e and they advance along with switzerland. switzerland was my dark horse in the tournament. four final group matches are today. group h, korea going against belgium. ghana won t boycott today s match against portugal and said they wouldn t play until they got their appearance fee and wanted it in cash. some airplane took off with $3 million in cash from ghana and flew to brazil and landed. it s like a brinks truck landing there in the runway. they say they have their money and will now play. good thing here.
is significant because right now, the finishing touches are being put on the afghanistan policy review that the president that should be coming out next week. assessing this surge. and he s just a very i was looking at one comment by vice president biden when holbrooke came in and was announced as a special representative and he called him powerful weapon in our diplomatic arsenal. and that s what ambassador holbrooke is. very powerful individual and this is significant. jill, can you tell us before we let you go here, just what kind of health he s been in? he s in his late 60s and he keeps a heck of a schedule. has he had some health problems in the past. i understand he did have some heart problems but he s a very vigorous man. one of our immediamedia group h down in the cafeteria of the