It. I thought somebody would have to touch it first. I guess the goalie. If he touched it does that make it count. Two people that dont know. We dont know the answers to these questions. Soccer fans out there. Cursing us going, give me a break i think we are not alone with our questions. We need our answers. If you know them send them in. Congratulations to them. I have a feeling we will see that on the professional soccer field. Somebody will have to do that later. Someone may want to imitate him. That would be cool. Coming up, its a good thing cats have nine lives. Wait until you see death defying antics in the mix. The miss america contestants show off their fancy footwear before the weekends pageant. You are watching world news now. World news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. World news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. To prove the skeptics wrong. Hi. Are you karen . 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Open the fridge to find veggies less than crisp. And some of it is still good. What should you chuck and what should you keep. Reporter we all do it, open the fridge and wonder if the food past its prime is safe to eat. We took our questions to gina roberts, one of the top food Safety Experts at the National Food lab. Would you still eat that . I would. Reporter turns out if you think you have to throw out the food in your fridge because the expiration dates have passed, think again. I dont think we can point a single food safety incident that happens because a food product was past the date. Reporter the only food that has a use by dates is infant formula. Some states also have their own rules on dates for things such as milk. But the rest are voluntary, put there by manufacturers to tell you when the food tastes best, not when it will make you sick. The use by, sell by, the code and best by dates are there for quality reasons. Theyre not there for food safety reasons. Good to meet you reporter we paid a visit to this home near san francisco. Well look in your fridge. Reporter to get real answers about the more important dates on packages. Eggs, you can make that omelet up to three weeks past the date on the carton. Just make sure you cook them all the way through. I wouldnt serve any sunny side up eggs. Reporter as for meat, toss it by the date on the package unless it is frozen. And all of those condiments, keep them. These products have very low ph factor. Bacteria isnt going to grow in them. Reporter as for the pantry with all those dry and processed foods. The use by or sell by date for many of these products is from six months to possibly two years out. Reporter good news for jennifer who gets to keep the crackers in her pantry and a few dollars in her wallet. Abc news, livermore, california. Theres a couple of tips to keep in mind. If it says expires by, which you heard cecilia say, it means its on products you have to use before the expiration date. Baby formula and baby food, but other stuff is voluntarily put on by the manufacturers. Its guidelines. So use by, best if used by, best buy, best before, the date is really just telling you how long the product is likely to remain at the peak quality. Right. You can still eat it afterward. It might not be as crisp as the first time you ate the cracker but not going to get you sick. Very good to know. Im going back to my pantry. Keep the old ketchup in there. Still to come, back on the beach. Miss america returns to Atlantic City at a time when the sandy ravaged shore town really needs a boost. And why three young girls rank in the top 2 of americans. Thats in our next half hour on world news now. Top 2 of americans. Miss america has gone home again and is back in Atlantic City after six years in las vegas. It comes at a great time for the shore town. It is bringing muchneeded dollars to a city badly hurt by superstorm sandy. It is still about the fun. More from amy buckman with our station in philadelphia. Reporter it has been nine years since miss america contestants paraded down the boardwalk answering fans calls of show us your shoes. From the looks of the shoe creations the fans will get an eyeful. From patriotic pumps to shorethemed shoes to glittering glass slippers, the 53 candidates have a chance to show creativity, personality and home state pride during the parade. They have been so creative. Not only do we have the shoes on display but they have created state costumes. Reporter the contestants that arrived in Atlantic City last week have been shooting for the telecast. The pageant after it left its home for las vegas is seen as a boost to the jersey shore. Economic Development Officials and pageant organizers alike are singing the same tune, thrilled to have miss america back where it all began. Like many communities around the United States that struggled the past five years due to the economy, the civic pride involved in having miss america come home cannot be under stated. This Something Wonderful will stay here for a long, long time. That was amy buckman reporting from philadelphia. A lot going on. You saw the shoes but wait until you see Everything Else they have to offer. Theres a tent part of it, swimwear, interviews. You are competing or giving up your crown for the new one. I just want world peace. What is your talent, do you play the flute or i can ad lib for the next 15 seconds. There you go, you win. Go ahead. Nicely done, diana. Hey crisp, fall Rocky Mountain air makes an epic journey through pines, wildflowers, and aspens. And is matched only by our journey to capture its scent. Crafted by expert perfumers for your home, air wick mountain woodlands and crisp air is part of our limited Edition National park collection. Airwick. The craft of fragrance. So i cant afford to have germy surfaces. But a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth. Its durable. And its 3 times cleaner. So ditch your dishcloth and switch to bounty duratowel. Mix time curiosity killed the cat. This time it got the cat wet. New viral video. Very cute. Zoe the cat, very curious about the faucet by the bathtub. Lets see it. Check it out. How cute. The water is coming out. Whats this, she asks . Getting more brave. Okay. Very good. A little wet. Oh, no. Now im getting wet. Now im getting wet. Now im soaked. Out anyway, shes cute, isnt she . She underestimated the power of the stream, but her owner says she loves the water and even after the runin with the bathtub she is still curious about the water. That is a cutie pie. Another story i think happens to be cute. Theres a couple, and the gentleman goes in for a hernia operation. He comes to and he sees a woman in his Recovery Room and he has no idea who this woman is. This is the man were talking about. I want you to listen to what he has to say to the woman he thinks he is meeting for the first time. Did the doctor send you . Man, you are eye candy. You are the prettiest woman ive ever seen. You eat the cracker. Who are you . Whats your name . My name is candace. Im your wife. You are my wife . How long have we been married . A long time. Oh, my god. I hit the jackpot. They have been married for six years. This is getting a lot of buzz on the internet. I think it is adorable and it is real but some are questioning if it could be a hoax. A great actor if it is not real. A doctor is telling slate. Com there are two types of amnesia, none of which fit this category. I think it is real. Love it. True lovebird. Very cute. He is a love bird. Sounds like jimmy stewart, you are my wife . Check out mcdonalds new offering for football season, the happy meal, the super size, check this out. It is the blitz box. Before you get too excited. Whats in it . Now that you ask, i will tell you two quarter pounders with cheese, fries, Chicken Nuggets and sells for 15 bucks. Only available kansas city area. Chiefs promotion. Its supposed to be a communal box. How much do you want to bet that everyone gets one and devour it during the game. What do you got in . Okay. Heres something a little unfortunate. So a parent apparently is upset that her daughter went to a school dance and twerked. The way she disciplined her daughter was she made her hold up a sign at the intersection that said i disrespected my parents by twerking at a school dance. Twerking is not illegal. This morning on world news now, the crisis in syria. President obamas options presented in primetime as he accuses the Bashar Alassad regime of atrocities. Will the u. S. Turn to military or diplomatic action . Remembering 9 11, paying tribute to the lives lost. The unforgettable memories and new commemorations. Apples assault, the new generation of iphones just unveiled and why they are so important to the computer giants success. No comeback for anthony weiner. The politician, surrounded by scandal, his lastplace finish in the new york mayors race primary. On his concession night, a surprise. It is all in the skinny on wednesday, september 11th. From abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good wednesday morning to you. We begin this halfhour with the president s address to the nation. President obama acknowledged that a diplomatic solution might be in the works. He also vowed the u. S. Military will be ready to strike against president Bashar Alassad if other measures fail. We have coverage from beirut. Reporter president obama strolled down the great hall in the white house to talk to the American People about war. Tonight, i want to talk to you about syria. Reporter he had taken the long walk once before under different circumstances announcing the killing of osama bin laden. Tonight, i can report to the American People and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. Reporter this was no victory in his demeanor. Now, i know that after the terrible toll of iraq and afghanistan, the idea of any military action, no matter how limited, is not going to be popular. Reporter the nation saw a president struggling to convince the country of the rightness of a dangerous course of action. A country that has shown skepticism toward a new war. And again and again the president tried to reassure americans of what his syria policy is not. I will not put american boots on the ground in syria. I will not pursue an openended action like iraq or afghanistan. Reporter this crisis is, in part, of the president s own making. A year ago, he somewhat offhandedly at a press conference drew a red line for president Bashar Alassad and for himself. A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation. Reporter then came august 21st this year and a terrible images, the unspeakable suffering, the dead children. The red line the u. S. And its allies believe has been crossed. Obamas calculus would now change and Bashar Alassad was winning the day, putting the u. S. President on a wrong diplomatic footing again. He is a strong survivor but his strength is deceptive. He doesnt look like a typical ruthless tyrant. Feel sorry for the lives that have been lost. You dont feel guilty. Reporter that soft, lisping voice. No government in the world kills its people unless it is led by a crazy person. Reporter president obama may have underestimated Bashar Al Assad whos been in power 13 years the cool, shrewd, inherited Family Business running syria like his father did for decades. Commentators say he may look like corleoni but he is really michael. Terry more an, abc news, beirut. The big effort gaining steam, the idea that russia could go in and supervise the chemical weapons being monitored along with the World Community and eventually destroyed. This is the hope of a lot of people there wont be military strikes if, in fact, this plan can be taken from an idea and put in to a reality. Thats where the details get a little tough. The problem is getting to that reality because destroying all of these weapons is absolutely not an easy task. We have to first of all, going in, whoever goes in is going in the middle of a brutal civil war. That means dozens of facilities to destroy these weapons have to be built, practically from scratch. Theres some of the very large stockpile that syria had. It could take a decade or more to complete that job alone and then it has to be done by specially trained military personnel. If you are asking yourself who in the world has the most military personnel trained to do such a thing, the answer you might already know is the United States. Yeah, it will be very complicated. Extremely complicated. Not only are we looking to russia to see they make this happen on paper and what options they will give us to make it happen and follow through. Thats right. Be sure to stay with abc news as we update developments from syria. Look for background any time at abcnews. Com. Well have more on good morning america. Moving on the this day of remembrance as we mark the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks. At new yorks ground zero, family members of those who died will one again read their loved ones names. The ceremony will stop for moments of silence marking when the planes hit the towers and when the towers fell. There will also be a ceremony at the pentagon. And in shanksville, pennsylvania some relatives of those who died on flight 93 took part in a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. It was the formal start of construction at the crash memorial of a Visitors Center. It will give people a clear view of the 93 crash site. One more item from amazing time lapse video from lower manhattan. It was captured between the last decade as the building now known as 1 World Trade Center climbed into the sky including itsspire. The building now stands as a symbolic 1776 feet. The tallest building in the western hemisphere. Thats incredible video and i drove around the battery to the holland tunnel and saw it slowly happen. Oh, yeah. To see it like this i like the type lapse better than the version i experienced in my car with the construction. Beautiful building, by the way. Not the first time i have seen this timelapse video, but no matter how many times you see it. Incredible. Key piece of evidence could help or hurt George Zimmerman in his latest legal tangle. The dash cam video shows the Moment Police detained him responding to a call from his estranged wife shellie. She said she feared for her life. Reporter good morning, john and diana. Although Shellie Zimmerman decided not to press charges police are still on the case in florida. Hes in his car and continually has his hand on his gun and keeps saying, step closer. Hes threatening all of us. Reporter the claims George Zimmermans estranged wife made in this call contradicted by police. There was no gun found. We searched him. We actually when we made contact with zimmerman, it was here in the front yard. We took him down at gunpoint, and we searched him physically. There was no weapon. Nor was there any weapon involved. Reporter detectives are trying to piece together the details of the dispute that thrust zimmerman in the spotlight, nearly two months after acquitted of murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. Shellie zimmerman, who filed for divorce last week, said it started after she showed up to pick up a few things from the home they shared in florida. He punched my dad in the nose. He has a mark on his face and he took my ipad out of my hands and smashed it and cut it with a pocket knife. Reporter shellie said she had video of the incident on the destroyed ipad, and computer experts are trying to salvage it. We want to get all of the information and footage off the ipad so we can have a good, clear picture of what was going on in the home at the time of the event. Reporter depending on what they find, police say either shellie or George Zimmerman could be charged. We also learned one of the attorneys who represented George Zimmerman in his murder trial mark omara is now dropping his client saying he will continue to represent him in an ongoing defamation lawsuit but nothing else. John and diana . All right. Thank you. The heat wave in the midwest has set new records in indianapolis and cleveland hitting 95 in chicago and causing power problems in milwaukee. With the mercury hitting 94 degrees, Power Company officials in milwaukee, say a failure at a Power Substation knocked out electricity to 8,200 customers. Luckily they managed to get the juice flowing again in less than two hours. Look at todays weather. Tropical moisture will likely bring flash flooding across parts of arizona, new mexico, utah, and nevada. Scattered thunderstorms in the upper midwest across the great lakes and ohio valley and new england. Temperatures will remain unseasonably h