saying? we'll go to israel for the latest on the search. we begin with the man whose career and voice were both known as legendary around the world. casey kasem has died at the age of 82. he had been suffering from dementia and had been hospitalized in washington state and his daughter was given the authority to have doctors end his infusion of water, food, and medicine. kasem had said he would not want to be kept alive if it resulted in a mere biological existence. many are reflecting on his life and music. nischelle turner has more on the man that some call the world's best radio host. >> reporter: radio personality casey kasem was best known as the host of "america's top 40."

he counted down the nation's hit songs. >> we'll find out as we count down the 40 hottest hits in the usa. >> reporter: his radio show featured kasem's long distance dedication that tugged at america's heartstrings. kasem, born to lebanonese parents, after his discharge in the military he worked as a deejay before landing in los angeles. ♪ american top 40 >> reporter: in 1970 he co-founded the american top 40 franchise. he was passionate about radio and music. during the countdown he told audiences fun facts about the artist before the songs were played. it became his trademark. >> the police with the number song in the land last week "every breath you take."

>> reporter: his music countdown was brought to television. >> welcome to america's top ten. >> reporter: he led countless commercials and several cartoon characters, most notably shaggy in "scooby doo." he gave back to several charities and was never shy about voicing his political views. his final years were not peaceful. dementia and other health problems and ex tanded battles between his wife and his children over his care. but with a career spanning 60 years, casey kasem will be remembered as one of the legendary voices of american radio. >> my name is casey kasem, reminding you to keep your feet on the ground and to keep reaching for the stars. >> cnn entertainment correspondent nischelle turner

is joining me by phone. what is the family saying about his passing? >> reporter: well, fred, we are hearing from his elder children today, carrie, mike, and julie. they released a statement to us saying that early this father's day morning our dad, casey kasem, passed away surrounded by family and friends. even though we know he's no longer suffering, we are heartbroken. thank you for all of your love, support, and prayers. the world will miss casey and we will miss our dad. with love, kerri, mike, and julie. that's from his elder children from his first marriage. we have not heard from his wife jean kasem and we have not heard from his daughter liberty as of yet. >> nischelle, even though it's been such a difficult past few months and people have been watching it from afar, so many of us grew up listening to his voice, you know, that iconic, distin distinctive voice.

what kind of reaction is coming from those in hollywood, those who worked with him and those who grew up like i did and you did listening to him? >> reporter: exactly, fred. you heard in the piece how he did his signature signoff, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. i think a lot of us remember that from our childhood and stars are reacting. ryan seacrest is reacting on social media today and put out a statement. he was talking about how he grew up like so many of us listening to the radio every weekend, listening to the top 40, listening to casey kasem and he always sat there and wished that he could be a radio deejay. when he took over for him, he said it was a surreal moment. like you said, i remember as a lounge girl sitting there with my cassette tapes all in a row ready to record the countdown

and ready to hear my favorite song. his voice was a footprint for a lot of our childhood and how a lot of us fell in love with music. >> right. so true. his voices nearly as compelling and sometimes more compelling than the song. >> yes. >> than he was describing that you were ready to play, ready to listen to after he would play it. all right. thanks so much, nischelle turner, appreciate that. >> absolutely. turning now to the crisis in iraq, disturbing statements from isis, it says it has taken iraqi soldiers prisoner and executed them. i want to warn you, the pictures that they are releasing are very disturbing. it shows people isis claims to be iraqi forces being held as prisoners in trucks and then led by men with guns to their death. cnn cannot confirm the

authenticity of the pictures or the claims. the iraqi government, meantime, says it is fighting back. thousands of volunteer fighters have responded to calls to take back their territory. isis claims it is moving closer to baghdad. we're covering the story in iraq and the u.s. nic robertson is live for us in baghdad and athena jones is at the white house with reaction from washington. let's get started in baghdad. nic, what do we know about these latest moves by isis and where they might be heading now as a group? >> reporter: sure. i mean, the video of the still pictures that they claim -- the images do appear to be in iraq and do appear to show iraqi-type buildings and the men that you see bunched in a truck, crowded in a truck then made to walk somewhere, their heads are forced down, then they are lying

on the ground and there is very clear execution, it's all branded isis, their flags in the background there. you know, this is imagery that is going to fuel the sectarian nature of the fight here and at the same time we heard the prime minister drawing the line in the sand saying that isis was not going to pass that, was not going to come any further south. we've seen the government, they put out video of attack helicopters targeting buildings that they contain isis. if you look carefully, you don't see any fighters around the buildings but at the same time that that is happening, isis has gotten closer to baghdad. they took over parts of a town which is only a 45 minutes drive northeast of baghdad and that was after the army was told to collect its weapons and isis is

on the advance and we're seeing the brutality of their attacks here, fredricka. >> nic robertson, thank you. at 5:00 eastern, michael holmes will be talking to the prime minister. you want to tune in for that. the crisis in iraq has caused a political fight in washington. e athena, what has been the reaction in washington today after the violence taking place in baghdad and these new images? >> reporter: well, good afternoon, fredricka. i can tell you that there's a lot of republican criticism, generally speaking, about the overall situation in iraq. republicans have been blasting the president, blasting his national security team and the entire administration for days. and one of the loudest voices in those criticisms has been south carolina senator lindsey graham.

he said on "the state of the union," that this crisis in iraq was as predictable as the sun rising in the east and he blames president obama. let's hear some more of what lindsey graham had to say. >> we were well on our way, this stubborn-headed president we have who thinks he knows better than everybody else who withdrew troops and exposed this country to the inevitable needs to change his policies quickly. if he does, we can still save this. >> so, strong words from senator graham. he also said he agrees with former ambassador ryan crawford that secretary kerry should go to iraq to be on the ground and show leadership on the ground with iraq's leaders. he says it's important that iran not be the one to save baghdad and that we should be having discussions with iran to make sure they don't use this as an opportunity. graham wants to see american

power use, so yes to the u.s. air strikes. and what he said last week was al maliki must go. certainly no shortage of opinion as to what he believes the president should do, fredricka. >> okay. but what will matter most is what indeed the white house is weighing in, what it decides to do. athena jones, thanks so much from the white house. all right. thei the israeli military is going house to house looking for three teenagers who disappeared in the west bank. were they kidnapped by hamas? their parents are holding out hope for their safe return. >> we know that everybody is doing everything humanly possible to bring them home safely as soon as possible. >> we'll take you live to israel, next.

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israel's military has detained some 80 palestinians as part of an intense effort to find three teenagers. they disappeared late last week. the mother of one of the missing boys is speaking out. our ben wedeman is speaking out. >> reporter: one of the three israeli teen and u.s. citizen. >> we wanted to express the utmost thanks that everybody is doing and the security forces, the american embassy in tel-aviv is very supportive and we just feel waves and waves of prayers

and support and positive energy in this direction. >> netanyahu says it's the work of hamas warning of serious consequences if the boys are not returned safely. this attack should surprise no one. and carrying out attacking on even children. >> reporter: neither hamas or credible organization has made a public claim of responsibility the search for any clues on the whereabouts for the missing teens, more than 100 palestinians by israeli soldiers and coordinated with pal

continue general police. the kidnappings continue the contentious relationship between the israeli government and palestinian president abbas which includes the support of hamas. instead of abiding by his agreement, president abbas has chosen to make hamas his partner. israel holds president abbas responsible for any attacks against israel that emanate from palestinian-controlled territory. >> reporter: for the parents of the missing, they just want to see their sons come home. >> we trust that they we will hug them soon. >> our ben wedeman is in the area where the boys disappeared after they went hitchhikerining.

explain where you are. >> reporter: this is up the street from where the police believe these three boys were abducted at about -- between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. on thursday night. south of here is where really this search is most intense. now, just in the last few minutes we've noticed the military here has really sort of kicked into action. they are afraid that there's been some shootings into the area. a lot of the vehicles are deployed around here, the soldiers seem to be pretty tense. we are expecting more search operations in the palestinian towns and cities to the south of here in the coming hours. fredricka? >> ben, the prime minister, as you said in your piece, is pretty certain that hamas had something to do with this but what kind of response is coming from hamas or the palestinian

authority. >> reporter: we heard someone characterize the prime minister claims in his words as stupid. as far as the palestinian authority, they have protested what they feel is collective punishment against the p palestinians in this part of the west bank but we know that there is coordination going on between the israeli military and the palestinian police as well. not necessarily cooperation in terms of working together but they are in contact with one another and they are sharing information. fredricka? >> ben wedeman, thank you so much. keep us posted. we'll have more on this story straight ahead. i'll speak with the former israeli ambassador to the united states michael orrin. we're moving our company to new york state.

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the u.s. state department today strongly condemned the kidnapping of three israeli teenagers and demanded their immediate release. u.s. secretary of state john kerry called it a despicable terrorist act. two of the boys are 16 years old and the other is 19. they went missing after

hitchhikering home from school. a former israeli ambassador to the united states is joining us from tel-aviv. good to see you, mr. ambassador. so are you convinced that hamas is behind this? >> good evening, fredricka. military has come out and said that hamas activists are responsible for the kidnapping. so, yes. >> so, is it your feeling that the palestinian authority might be able to have leverage with hamas by the urging of the prime minister? >> well, if they had leverage, they are going to try to use it because the palestinian authority is in a difficult position. mahmoud abbas several weeks ago

portrayed it as an accomplishment for the palestinians but now sees that there is a price to come along with it. hamas, a terrorist organization, recognized as a terrorist organization by the united states and by most of the international community has wings that are still actively engaged in terror. and if it is indeed true that the hamas organization, not just its activists, were in some way involved in this kidnapping, it will be very difficult for mr. abbas. >> so one of the three teenage boys has u.s. citizenship. does that in any way provoke the u.s. to get involved in the search for these young boys? >> well, naftali frenkel is indeed a citizen of the united

states. three days ago the reaction by the assistant at the state department was concern for the fate of the three israeli young people who presumably were kidnapped at the time but no explicit condemnation, certainly no explicit condemnation of hamas because the obama administration quickly rec f recognized hamas and abbas and put the administration in a very uncomfortable position. there was one prominent israeli minister from the right wing who came out and accused the white house of abetting terror for not coming out more explicitly and condemning the action. only tonight, three days after the kidnapping, did secretary of state kerry come out and completely condemn the action, condemn the terrorists. >> and you think it should be taken a step forward? >> and his return hopefully peacefully. >> it's your feeling that the u.s. should do more. >> it's a step further. pardon me? >> it's your feeling the u.s.

should do more than present this lip service condemn this terrorist activity? >> i think the israeli public was very disturbed by the rather luke warm initial reaction of washington to the kidnapping. truth be told, it wasn't a big issue in the united states. it didn't make the front page of the newspapers until today. certainly the situation in ir i iraq eclipsed this issue but now the administration has taken steps to come out and condemn this in a way that will speak to the israeli public and relieve some of that anger. >> ambassador oren, thank you so much. coming up, he was the second most powerful congressman in the country but majority leader eric cantor was defeated in a primary by a tea party challenger. for the first time, he's telling us what happened and what is next for him and his party.

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all right. bottom of the hour now. i'm fredricka whitfield. radio and television icon casey kasem has died at the age of 82. a memorial service has been planned for friday. he was suffering from dementia and last week his daughter was given the authority to end his infusions of water, food, and medicine. to many, kcasem was the best radio host. he worked for nearly four decades. a militant group in iraq appears to be getting closer to baghdad, a city they threaten to

storm. today there are reports of clashes between iraqi forces and gunmen believed to be with isis near the city of baquba. that's 40 miles from baghdad. isis wants to get near the airport and northern suburbs. a two-star army general has been appointed to investigate how and why sergeant bowe bergdahl left his base in afghanistan. bergdahl was freed two weeks ago after being held nearly five years by the taliban. a senior defense official declined to name the general before a formal announcement is made but said he would begin working on the case this week. and lots of people stood in line. i mean, big lines to meet hillary clinton during a book signing at a costco in northern virginia. and one of the folks in the crowd just happened to be u.s. supreme court justice sonia

sotomayor. she was just shopping at costco when she found out that clinton was there signing her new book "hard choices." more pivotal shifts in politics this week. on thursday, house republicans will choose their next majority leader. the winner will replace eric cantor who was defeated in a stunning upset in the primary seventh district by a tea party inspired college professor. >> reporter: are you going to vote for david brat? >> listen, i want a republican to hold this seat. of course. of course. this is about making sure that we have a strong republican majority in the house. i'm hopeful we'll take it in the senate as well. very optimistic about that. >> let's bring in cnn's political analyst ron brownstein in los angeles.

he's director "the national journal." what is at the root of the defeat? is it eric cantor taking too much for granted or is this a bigger message in his defeat? >> it's a little bit of both. the causes of the defeat are largely local and they have to do with a variety of factors, including as a member of the leadership can for inevitably spending less time in the district but the effect is going to be national and it's going to reinforce the concern of house republicans, many of whom are in very safe republican-leaning districts, they have more to fear from a primary challenge and they are compromising too much in a general election challenge rooted in the idea that they are compromising too little. it makes for a polarized washington and a bigger split between the congressional and presidential wing of the republican party. >> let's shift gears now. let's talk about the crisis in iraq and what the white house is trying to tackle here. it really is in a no-win situation, is it not? if the white house does nothing

with iraq, then there may be more chaos. if the white house engages, then this president risks taking sides with the shia-led government and perhaps iran. what is this president weighs overall? >> as you point out, you're being looking at a pair of really incompatible absolutes that are shaping this debate. on the one hand, there is no appetite anywhere in the american political system for the reintroduction of combat forces into iraq to help stabilize the situation. on the other hand, it's very difficult for us to imagine a radical jihadist and sunni movement consolidating its control in iraq which would allow it to create the kind of basis that al qaeda had in afghanistan over a decade ago. when you put those things together, it pushes you in the direction of imagining that if the maliki government cannot hold the line, there will be increasing pressure on the u.s.

to provide air support but even that won't be available in the government. >> it's a mess no matter which way you look at it. ron brownstein, thank you. always good to see you. >> thank you. if a billion dollar lawsuit wasn't enough now, donald sterling has hired private investigators to dig up some dirt on the nba. find out what he's after exactly. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®.

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well l.a. clippers co-owner donald sterling said that the nba has a history of discriminatory practices and then called the league, quote, a band of hypocrites and bullies, he meant it. now sterling is reaching into his wallet to dig up dirt on the nba. a source tells cnn that sterling has hired several firms to investigate the 29 other owners and former and current commissioners. he will give each firm a budget of $50,000 and 30 days to finish an investigation. i want to talk to my legal ladies about this. mo ivory is a tv personality and judge glenda hatchett. judge hatchett, the private investigator will look into discrimination cases, a host of things. >> they will. >> but you have don sterling saying i'm launching this investigation because i'm sending the message out there

that i'm not alone. >> i'm not the only one. >> uh-huh. i'll tell you, first of all, he's got six different components doing this at $50,000 apiece. i find that interesting. $50,000 in this kind of an investigation is not a lot of money. >> no. >> it really isn't. because they are going to be looking at all of the finances and franchises. i mean, each and every one of the franchises in the nba. >> but they need cooperation on the other side to give up information. >> and legally they don't have to do it. >> so it's a matter of cooperation? >> it's a matter of saying and dropping dirt and dropping a dime. that's what it is going to come down to. >> and if someone goes back to him and says i need more money because i think i found something, i think donald sterling will give them more money. we're not stuck on the $50,000. he wants information, if it's out there. >> is it your view, mo, that he's doing this because he feels like he's going to have the

goods, you know, that he knows that there are -- whether it's past commissioners or other team owner who is are guilty of the same kind of behavior? or is it simply a distraction, a way in which to drag this out? >> i think it's both. i do think -- think about the nba owners and the little club that it is and the kind of conversations that they've had over the years. he's been an owner for a very long time. i'm sure he's heard some stuff in those years and then he's thinking to himself, okay, i got caught but what about everybody else that didn't get caught? >> and there were number of owners who were quiet on where do we go from here. >> i think it's an intimidation factor. i really do. >> he was actually very vocal about this. >> very vocal. >> i think the intimidation factor, because the owners are going to be like, oh, my goodness, what has been said, what are people going to say about me? >> sure. >> and at the end of the day, sterling also gave that interview to cnn, to anderson

cooper. he made some very, very poignant points. >> he did. i think he's trying to say, i know other people have done the same thing that i did but now i got caught and i'm going to let everybody else get caught and see the way nba would be able to handle it. can you just imagine what a problem this is going to be for the nba if one, just one other owner is caught on tape saying racially charged or homophobic or anything like that. >> if there's a timetable that they are trying to adhere to, sterling says i want this done by this date and that date. i can't imagine that the nba is going to wait for donald sterling's investigation to -- >> he could disrupt the timeline, though. >> i think what is going to happen. >> even without any court involvement? this is something that he's doing on the side. >> i don't think this is ultimately going to have any bearing on the sale of this franchise. i think what he's doing now, i think he's just throwing dirt and mud to say, okay, listen, if

it happens to me, it's going to happen to other people. >> does that increase his chances of keeping the team? >> i think -- >> removing the fine? >> listen, i think it depends on what they find. if his investigators, just imagine in the next week they come up with another tape on another owner, i think it's going to have a huge impact on what happens with him and the future of the nba. >> and they haven't even mentioned shelly sterling and where she is in all of this or her role. >> i think even if there's something later, that's going to have to be dealt with. i think there is going to have to be a sell of this team just because of the way this thing is going down and, remember, shelly -- >> before the next season begins? >> absolutely. >> and shelly has indemnified the nba against any lawsuit, including donald sterling coming in and -- >> what do you mean? >> but that's after -- so she has -- >> she has to have the right to sell. >> right. and she's saying that he has been considered legally incompetent by physicians so

she's able to make decisions on his behalf but he's also fighting that. if he fights that and prevails. >> absolutely. if he prevails in that, she cannot make decisions for him and she cannot sell the team off for him. >> well, but, the magical piece is that the owners can still vote. >> that's true. >> the owners can still vote, fred and mo, and all they have to do -- >> and that's enough because it's a league, it's a franchise. >> it's a league. their bylaws -- i have read this clearly. they have the right. all they have to do is get two-thirds of the vote to come in and they can remove him as owner of the team. >> unless three other owners have found to have inflammatory things. >> we need a whole half hour to talk about this. >> yes, we do. whew. thanks so much, mo, judge, good to see you both. we've learned a lot. i've learned a lot. thank you. still to come, team usa will finally play its world cup

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at the world cup, a big upset and big goal highlighted last night's matches. costa rica fell behind 1-0 behind uruguay. mario bellatelli gave italy the 2-1 win. in brazil covering the world cup for us is laura. let's talk the u.s. versus

ghana. >> reporter: anything can happen in the 90 minutes of soccer. that's a good sign for the usa when they play ghana. they are the underdogs in the world cup opener. it could be something that goes their way if that's what happens. but i have to tell you this, this is the ultimate match for the usa. the last two world cups they have been -- they have lost to ghana, the usa, that is, and in 2010, the last world cup, they were knocked out of the world cup by ghana. there is a lot on the line here and a lot of those guys certainly want a little redemption when they meet. >> team usa said out loud that it's not realistic to win the world cup. trying to take some pressure off the players or is he saying i'm

a realist, let's call it like i see it? >> reporter: i don't think it's mind games whatsoever. it's honesty and we're not used to seeing this honesty, especially when it comes to the american sports team. it's true. the usa doesn't have that great of a chance to win the world cup. the odds are at 100 to 1. that being said, they are going into every single game expecting to win. that's what professional soccer player do. he knows tomorrow they are going to face ghana and expects the usa to win. it's going to be really interesting to see if they are able to manage that. we have to remember that this team is made up of 16 guys who have no world cup experience. and sometimes that experience can be the biggest day in soccer, which is the world cup. i think it's going to be very, very interesting. and whenever there's redempion

involved in a match, they are going to try extra hard. >> lara, thank you so much and enjoy the game tomorrow night, you lucky dog. you'll be in there. >> reporter: i will. >> take care. and it was total dominance by the san antonio spurs over the miami heat in games 3 and 4 in the nba finals. san antonio swept the heat with a 3-1 series lead and tonight the spurs can close out their fifth nba championship with the game five win at home. from the world cup frenzy to orange overload, a major buzz overse over season 2 of "orange is the new black." is binge watching healthy?

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dire situation. time now for the science behind basically we look at the why behind the what and this might be you. people clearing out their schedules and staying up into the wee hours to get their fill of season two of the netflix hit "orange is in the new black." but is binge watching healthy and why do so many of you do it? cnn's alexander field takes a look. >> hours and hours. >> six, seven hour days. >> reporter: face it, we've all done it. >> you should be proud of it. >> i'm not proud of it. >> you should be proud of binging. >> reporter: i did it once. 13 hours of "orange is the new black." and i'm not alone. >> once upon a time, the killing. >> walking dead, arrested

development. >> i binge watch most television shows. >> reporter: netflix found a recipe for success with the original series "orange is the new black" and "the house of cards" giving them what they want all at once, an entire season's worth. >> now i'm only three feet away. >> there are some hardcore viewers who will absolutely devour the show and then a bigger number in the first 24 and then an even bigger number in the next 48. >> you want to cook crystal meth? >> reporter: but is binging the best way to watch the best television? a new york piece argues against binging, urging us to take a stand against it for our own sake. research and psychologist -- >> research suggests that the anticipation period is really pleasurable and if you take the anticipation and the kind of

looking forward time out of the equation, then you won't actually generate as much happiness. >> reporter: that's the science behind it and, yes, it makes some sense. >> if you interrupt a positive experience, you actually get more pleasure from it than if you don't interrupt it. >> there's something said to be slowing down, letting the episode sink in and then processing it. >> and letting yourself sleep. >> it's addicting, i guess. >> reporter: alexander field, cnn, new york. we have much more straight ahead and it all starts right now. hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. chilling images out of iraq. militants claiming they have executed dozens of iraqi

soldiers in providing pictures. they say for proof we'll take you live to baghdad. also, radio's television voice casey kasem dead at 82 and the bitter family feud that came to a head in his final days. and is bowe bergdahl a war hero or a deserter? a two-star army general is tasked with finding out why and why sergeant bergdahl left his base in afghanistan and got captured. what we know about the investigation, next. we begin with the crisis in iraq. disturbing claims today from the militant group the islamic state of iraq and syria, also called isis. it says it has taken iraqi soldiers prisoner and executed them. i want to warn you, the pictures they have released are very disturbing. itho