Earthquakes showed up, decked out in red, white and blue. Hes become a great player. Everything hes done for the community. Hes made a contribution to the earthquakes is incredible. In this first game, wonnedo didnt see action, but that didnt dampen any spirits the earthquakes helped put this viewing event together, in part because of the world cup. Good game. Yes. Team usa now facing portugal on sunday, and germany next week. In san jose, abc7 news. And here is the ball being used in the competition undergoing aerodynamic testing in Mountain View the ball is developed by adidas. It has more dimples than the ball used four years ago. Nasas wind tunnel tests show this design allowing it to travel farther, faster, straighter than previously. They make it tougher to bend it like beckham. The president fired up about world cup soccer. The president celebrating the u. S. Victory. Here is the message online. Go, team usa. Show what were made of. And we did. Belguim plays russia and abc7 youl
Team usa pulls off a huge victory in the opening round of world cup soccer play. Good evening, thanks for joining us, im cheryl jennings. World cup as never drawn as much attention as it is getting right now especially in the bay area, bars are packed with fans and hundreds gathering to watch on big screens. Were live in san jose tonight. Sergio . This park now is cleared out. You can see a lot of the fans here left with big smiles on their face. They were very excited. A goal by team usa within the first minute of play, and then, they won. 21, against ghana. The team that sent them home in the last two world cups. This is one of the one of the fastest goals ever scored in u. S. Cup history and added high hopes for team usa. It was amazing. Were here downtown and everyone went wild. Crazy. Just fun to watch. Really. That guy made a difference. If you look around, this is by far the mostpopular player. Hes right. Fans of the earthquakes player chris wonnedolouski were everywhere. Even t
People are asking why more is not being done to protect them. Devastated and outrage, an al jazeera journalist calls his yist an injustice imprisonment an injust. And the world cup, lionel messi is team beats nigeria in the top group f. One of iraqs powerful shia clerics is calling for a National Emergency government inclusive of all factions and warns if it doesnt happen the country will descend into chaos Muqtada Alsadr says such a government will work to stop a rebellion. The president of the kurdish region agrees that iraqs Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki, who says those calling for a unity government are trying to stage a coup. The president ial office is calling for parliament to reconvene on 1 july. Here is Muqtada Alsadr making his case for unity. The Iraqi Government have to help the sunnis. We need to rush the formation of a National Government with new names and backgrounds, not based on sectarian quoters. Who is Muqtada Alsadr . He an an influential shia cleric. He formed the
Explorers ship that vanished in the arctic more than 160 years ago is found. Secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad to meet the new iraqi Prime Minister Haider Alabadi. The trip comes hours ahead of a live televised address by the u. S. President. President obama is expected to announce a new strategy to tackle the Islamic State group, which currently controls a third of iraq. Kerry will visit jordan, and saudi arabia, where King Abdullah is hosting a meeting. The coalition include nine mostly european counties, as well as the United States. In a moment well be speaking live to our correspondent in jordan. First to john hendren, in the iraqi city of erbil for us. There has been a lot of american pressure on the iraqis to form a government. John kerry in baghdad. What is on the agenda there. What is he hoping to achieve . John kerry is here, first of all, to show support for the 2day Old Administration of Haider Alabadi. He will likely continue to press Haider Alabadi to make this
Scottish independence no to the wire, as some opinion polls show the results could be too close to call. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in bagdad where he has met the new iraqi Prime Minister. The trip comes hours ahead of a live the vised address by the u. S. President. Barack obama is expected to announce a new strategy to tackle the Islamic State group. Kerry will also visit jordan and saudi arabia where the king is hosting a meeting of countries committed to fighting and dpeeting the Islamic State rebels. It includes nine mostly european countries. But the u. S. Is hoping that key arab states will also support a military campaign. Well be speaking to john in erbil, but first lets cross to imran khan. Imran what has been said between john kerry and the new Prime Minister . Well, there are two key points, really. The big one and the one that will have most effect on the ground here is the fact that the iraqis are insisting that the iraqi army are built. And the americans are