water with teeth marks etched into the right side of her back. as far as we know, katharine has not been involvemed in any of those attacks or others since being tagged. betsy, another great white, tagged in august, in cape cod, is now in the gulf of mexico. fred? >> pretty incredible. hopefully hunters won't take advantage of the information we're learning about betsy and katharine. thanks so much. hello, i'm fredricka whitfield. top story, two hours away from one of the most anticipated games ever for team usa at the world cup as they take on portugal, and if team usa wins they're guaranteed a spot in the next round. great coverage for you. lara is in rio de janeiro,

shasta darlington is in bra dill, and richard roth with fans in new york. and george howell is in chicago. straight out to brazil. so, laura, let's talk about how injuries are playing a role in these games, not just for team usa but for the portugal team. >> reporter: absolutely. chris t cristiano ronaldo, a left knee injure rip he's 100% fine. earlier this week he was seen leaving the training pitch with his knee wrapped up in ice, a brace on when he was out practicing. it not thought to be 100% but in my mind, ronaldo would not be playing if it wasn't 100%. stories coming out of spain, reports saying doctors have said

he'll be risking his career. i think what a great headline, ronaldo risking his career for his country. this is probably a fully fit ronaldo the american team has to deal with. >> interesting stuff. shasta, to you, where the game is about to be played, in your backyard there. fans have been commenting about the humidity factor, wonder if players are able to endure that. you give us an idea, how hot and humid is it there. what are players up against? >> 90 degrees in the shade, fredricka, and 90% humidity. you can imagine they are up against a big barrier there. but we -- they have had interesting things to say about than on the one hand they play games in houston in the summer, south florida. in some ways they're more prepared for the heat than some european teams. at the same time, they say the heat is going to be affecting

them both, it's not like it's just one team. they're prepared. and it's been great. we've been following around a bunch of fans. we've seen them out playing soccer on the beaches of the amazon river. people are getting used to it. >> shasta, we saw fans with you there. guess what? big fans in new york and chicago, as well. let's check in with richard. something tell me i need a bullhorn, richard. what are the fans doing? >> here at jack dempsey's bar, a hangout for u.s. men's team supporters. of course, revved up for a lot of reasons. they've been here for hours. it's hot, sweaty, waiting for the match. earlier as i toured the bar i got comment on the portuguese match and along with the portuguese star player, ronaldo. i mean, i know portugal's really great. hopefully we got some injury but go usa. >> i honestly hate ronaldo.

he's a great player i just don't like him. i think he's overrated. but i think usa has a great chance especially it's been the first team to score within 30 seconds of the opening match. i think usa has a great chance to win. >> ronaldo may surprise her. let's talk to a fun or two here. what about the u.s.-portuguese match. >> going to win. >> reporter: how do you know. >> it's the u.s. we came here to play, we're going to win. >> i think ronaldo's knee's going to swell up in the heat and we're not going have problems. >> the yanks will sweep them. >> reporter: no surprise, really. i don't see many portuguese fans here. back to you, fredricka. >> it's so quiet there. george, how can you top that? what are fans thinking and feeling there? >> fredricka, a lot of support for portugal here. not real lip look around, it's

all about usa. these guys, usa, right? what do you think about the game tonight? >> usa all the way. portugal has no chance. i'm estimating 5-0 win for usa, easy. >> what we're doing here, 10,000 people expected to be here in grant park. soccer in the round here, passing it around. want to put this guy on the spot. let's see what you got. >> see what you got. >> nice, nice, nice! >> keep going. keep going. >> like i said, 10,000 people expected here. jake, pan up to the big screen what we're watching, the game in the next hour. >> fun stuff. exciting, all the way around, all the way around the world, chicago, new york, rio. thanks so much. keep us posted. kick off just two hours away. all right. also, straight ahead, islamic

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>> reporter: fredricka, it's growing. al anbar province, they have over 70% control, they've just, we're told, taken control of a tribe supporting isis, of taking control of the tiny little border outpost right next to the jordanian border. talking about the syrian board, we're talking about the jordanian border. they've taken a large town, about 70 miles from the jordanian border and the saudi border, a town i've passed through many times. they are able to link up by a highway their strong holds inside syria with the outskirts of baghdad. this is an important, strategic gain for them. this has happened in the last 24 hours. the army's put down its weapons and run away, though the government says the army is merely making a tactical withdrawal so they can be redeployed and refocus on other

parts of the country. what this results in, isis is just much stronger and embedding itself much more firmly into this country, fredricka. >> in the northern town of mosul, explain what's been happening there. >> reporter: this is something that potentially could herald a split between isis and its other rebel allies here. isis radical islamists, tribes and other groups want the prime minister out and better government. aiming for different things. isis is so radical, it's been enforcing really hard, a hard enforcement, strict sharia law. they've even cut people's happeneds off as a punishment for thieving. now what have they done? not just banned alcohol, cigarettes, told women to cover up before they go out on streets, they've smashed down

statues in the city, a poet, the statue of a virgin mary at a church. this for the people of mosul is something that absolutely not used to. and it is, as i say, something that can potentially, potentially, drive isis from all of these tribal fighters that have helped it win these big gains in the country, maybe not yet, but something that we're probably going to see again and again in other parts of the country that they now control. >> nic robertson, thank you. iraq and the rest of the world are focussed on the crisis. what's the country's future wur al malaki as prime minister? does it have one ace unified democratic state or a chance, or will the sectarian violence, sunni against shiite, disintegrate into all-out civil war? joining us, vali nasser at john hopkins university and former

senior adviser to the state department. good to see you. is this the start of a new country building or simply chaos in the making? >> well, new country is long way off. but what we're seeing is iraq coming into -- coming apart along sort of the shia area, kurdish area, almost independent and sunni area defined by isis. the boundaries are fluid, and there's going to be a lot of fighting, but if it continues, obviously, future of iraq will be in question. >> is this something any other country, u.s. included or even neighboring countries of iraq can get involved in in a positive way? >> well, it's going to be difficult for us resolve this completely. but we could help the worst from happening. first, we want to prevent extremists and terrorists from gaining ground over there. we want to also create

circumstances that would encourage at least moderates on both sides, to able to come to some kind of political agreement that would -- could avoid all-out war between the shiites and sunni, require a shia politician other than prime minister malaki but requires us identify some sunni leaders that could be a partner in some kind of discussion with the future shia prime minister. >> are we at a point of no return when you hear a city of mosul being taken over by isis and already the start of imposing sharia law is under way? people are being punished in a brutal way, restrictions imposed on family there's? >> actually, we've seen this sent theriot play out before. we saw it in iraq, during u.s. occupation, initially al qaeda was welcomed into western iraq and imposed draconian islamic laws and the tribes turned

the -- against them and subscribed the sons of iraq and awakening movement that pushed them out and allowed for a come together of iraqis that allowed the united states to withdraw. longer that this goes on, the more the sunnis of iraq are going to tire of isis and angry as they are at prime minister malaki, they're going to find isis much more difficult to live under. >> vali nasr, thank you so much, appreciate it from washington. >> thank you. all right. when we come back, more world cup fever. a lot of people in u.s. are caught up in it. enthusiasm aside, how good is team usa? reality check, next. keeping a billion customers a year flying, means keeping seven billion transactions flowing. and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but airlines running hp end-to-end solutions are always calm during a storm.

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college basketball fever. the world cup has suddenly ignite a soccer frenzy among many americans, team usa takes on portugal in a couple of hours. their win over ghana fueled the frenzy last week. ironically, wall street doesn't have that same drive, according to data from last world cup. "business week" reports a significant drop in trading volume whenever a game is on tv. so now let's consider the team itself. generation of children growing up, playing the game, but does team usa have what it takes to go all the way? sport writer for the "wall street journal," outside the stadium in manaus where team usa will play in 90 minutes against portugal. okay. matt, team usa has what it takes to get this far. but do you see it going all the way? how much it take on portugal? what are the chances. >> going all the way, that's going to be a tall order for the

quarter finals to lock up. this is a golden opportunity for them against portugal. portugal's one of best in the world usually. but they're banged up at this point. and they're missing one of their main defenders, got a red card in the first game and suspended in this game. >> my goodness. the u.s., while it is an underdog, i think some people were -- a lot of people were very surprised in its victory over ghana. so, with the main player for the portugal team, ronaldo, being injured, does this assist the u.s. in proving its chances of a win? >> well, i mean, think about cristiano ronaldo, cristiano ronaldo 80% is still one of the best players in the world, if not the best player in the world. that's -- having said that take injured over fully fit cristiano ronaldo any day of the week, sure it helps.

at the same time, portugal's very talented. a lot of dangerous players then are desperate for a win here. if they don't get some kind of result, at least a draw, really a win, they're the ones packing their suitcases, and they don't want that at all. >> will it be the u.s., you know, strategy to try to further weaken ronaldo without being too nasty or julia krass about it but because he's injured, targeting him so perhaps he's not able to play his best, so to speak? >> i mean, i think they're going to give him a tremendous amount of attention. he's going to have two, three players around him. you have to believe that's going to happen. having said that, you know, you've got to be really careful when going up against a great player wit a great reputation like that. he knows how to draw fouls, just about as well as anyone. like mike the jordan in his day. last thing you want to do is be

fouling him and giving up great hits. >> of course, his own teams are going to be protecting him. to a point of distraction, potentially? >> not quite like american football where they have things like that but it's going to be a very tough game. if somebody sees on portugal sees ronaldo's getting banged around a bit, there will be some retribution. >> of course, looking at pictures of jozy altidore, will not be there for team usa. you want to give me a prediction? how do you see it ending tonight? >> low-scoring affair because it's scorching hot here in manaus, prevent both teams from attacking. i'll go 1-0, u.s. >> very good. i know the fans are thinking the same, hoping the same back in the usa. have fun at the game. just an hour and a half away

now. you better get to your seat. >> absolutely. thanks for having me. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. have fun. all right. let's talk again about iraq right around the bend. u.s. aggressively pursuing diplomatic solution to the crisis. secretary of state john kerry in the middle east and he's delivering a warning about the isis threat. but first, music, lights, and all of the noise at a baseball game can sometimes be way too much, especially for a child with autism. this week cnn hero is doing everything she can to help families with autistic children get past sensory overload and enjoy a night out at the game. >> going to new experiences with my son is a gamable. you are on edge all the time. >> help. >> just breathe. >> when he's having a meltdown on the floor and the entire's looking at you like you're a bad

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bottom of the hour now. welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield. australian officials will announce a new search area wednesday for missing flight 37 on transport safety bureau says it's been re-evaluating data that could move the search area hundreds of miles south. australia will hire a private company for the new search which could start as early as august. washington authorities have called off the search for missing mt. rainier hiker karen sykes, the travel writer last seen wednesday. they found a body during the search but have not identified it. u.s. women's national soccer

team goalie hope solo still in jail. she is being held without bail on domestic violence charges. solo arrested in seattle after allegedly assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew. her lawyer says she's not guilty. solo was intoxicated and aupset, she's appear to due in court tomorrow. in his strongest language, pope francis telling members of the italian mafia, they're ex-communicated from the catholic church. he warns them hell awaits you if you continue on this road. this is the first time any pope has threatened ex-communication for mafia members. some prosecutors are worried the mafia might target the pope. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is not responsible for the current conflict in iraq. he discussed the crisis today with leaders of egypt and jordan. jim sciutto traveling with the secretary. what is kerry saying about the

severity of the threat? >> reporter: well, a great deal. he's very concerned and the point he keeps hammering home, as he jumps around the region, first to egypt, now here in jordan, is that this is jot just iraq's problem, syria's problem, but the region's problem and it is, frankly a european and american problem as well because it's the judgment of the u.s. administration that foreign fighters emanating from syria and iraq threaten the u.s. and threaten the american homeland and europe as well. we are all in this together, as effect part of his message to the response has to be a regional one and international one. and a big focus of this administration is not just the 300 military advisers they're sending in, consideration of air strikes but reaching a political settlement quickly so it gets all of the sides, kurds, shias, sunnis together fighting isis as one and developing a government

that represents all of those groups equally, and in that process, he is saying, we're not going to pick and choose sides or future leaders of iraq. we're going to let iraqis decide. listen to how secretary kerry drove that point home earlier today. >> the united states is not engaged in picking or choosing or advocating for any one individual or series of individuals to assume leadership of iraq. that is up to the iraqi people. we have made that clear since day one. it is up to the people of iraq to choose their future leadership. >> there have been a lot of speculation in advance of the trip part of secretary's intention was to go to iraq and tell prime minister malaki it's time to go, we need another leader to develop this more includive, representative government. he's pushing back against that.

listening to his other public statements, and not just from secretary kerry, but even from ayatollah sistani, the most revered cleric in iraq, no one's expressing public support for malaki saying that he's the man for the job. no one is saying time to move on, no one is endorsing him oort. i think that in the background, when you speak to officials privately, they don't have much confidence in him that he's the man to do it. certainly secretary kerry, president obama's going to say we're going to make the choice for the iraqi people. the iraqi parties involved in this have to make the choice themselves. >> iran's supreme leader coming out today, saying to the u.s. or in response to the u.s. potential intervention, that iraq can take care of itself but it's iraq who actually asked for this kind of assistance. is it going to follow through by giving permission to allow advisers to come into iraq?

>> reporter: well, i think you know, certainly the u.s. is not waiting for iranian permission. speaking to u.s. officials, we asked them, you've had other iranians on the same page as americans saying they want an inclusive government for iraq, representative government, i've been asking u.s. officials, do you think you can work with iran on the way forward or do you have shared interest? is there overlap in your interest, in your priorities so you're not allies but at least have the same goal in mind? the impression i get, they will say we're not sure what iran wants here and their position is, if iran is in support of a more inclusive government, follows through on that, doesn't back the shiite as loan, they're willing to work together to some degree. but at this point, they don't know where iran's going to fall down. iran's a shiite country, malaki a shiite leader. in the past iran has given its support to the shiites and u.s.

wants to iran pushing for a unified iraq that represents all of the parties and they haven't seen that yet, at least evidence of that yet. >> jim sciutto, thanks so much. a young flyer gets ready for the trip of a lifetime. you will certainly recognize the name. amelia earhart number two, talking to her next. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in. with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises.

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when amelia earhart made her famous flight back in 1937, she was on her own, and she was sure that nobody would be following her on social media. a new amelia earhart is about to take to the skies, and this 21st century pilot paying tribute to the past while doing her thing in the digital age. >> reporter: the amelia project is the actual flight around the world. taking the first life of amelia mary earhart in 1937 and amelia rose earhart, myself. as pilots we want to close our flight plans and amelia never got a chance to do that. she left that plan open, i'm not her relative, i'm truly inspired. we've been doing info graphics. a flight around the world has never been socially documented. we can stay socially engaged around the equator.

#flyamelia. it's not just learning how to flight. part of the training the ocean survival course. boy, that training was unlike anything i'd ever gone through before. i had a bit of fear of the ocean my entire life. being in the water makes me nervous. my yoga training has been a huge part of my preparations for the flight. i get one hour to myself thinking about why am i doing this, the passion behind it. the flight with amelia foundation the charity i started to put young women through flight school. the board of directors here decided the girl whose get the scholarship. amelia one of the role models will get out and like, let's do this, let's get you your pilot's license. what better role model than a woman? >> i'm pilot amelia earhart, about to fly this plane around the world. only 24,000 nautical miles to go. i'll see you in oakland. >> okay.

very exciting trip she's about to embark on. joining me now from denver, colorado. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. thanks for having me on. >> fantastic. certainly appears your life plan was etched as soon as named amelia earhart. really, when did this passion to fly, when was it ignited? >> you know, it was ignited ten years ago when i took my first discovery flight in boulder, colorado. from that point on, a lot of people were saying you should be a pilot but that was the first time i felt i was meant to be a pilot. ten years later, a year and a half of solid training of the around the world flight, it's time to go. >> you feel ready? >> i do. i have a lost nervous energy. we're three days out. high house is a total wreck, packing, supplies, nutritional products, cameras, it's a blur. >> how will you socially engage

people while flying and doing it safely? >> so we've got a unique opportunity here. in the age 2014, we can live tweet from the cockpit. we're going to have photos, cameras on board, documenting all of beauty that we're seeing from the cockpit. we'll see the sunrise around the globe because we're taking off at sunrise every morning. we're encouraging everyone to use #flywithamelia, you'll know our altitude, heading, air speed, where we're going next, where we came from, and it's our first opportunity to do this. i feel like i go take everybody with me along the flight. >> tell me about the plane. sounds like you have rigged this flight you know so everybody can be there with you. >> you know we really have. flying the pc-12ng, single engine turbo, one engine, by the way. we're making our way 24,000 miles around the globe, going

through 14 countries, 17 stops and head back to oakland. one of the special things about the flight is we're leaving from the exact same hangar space where amelia did 77 years in 1937. >> exciting. this foundation that you started to help inspire other young girls to follow in your footsteps and be pilots, how's that coming along? >> really is my passion. i love to fly myself but i love to get other girls out to the airport. the fly with amelia foundation accepting applicants, girls at high school level who want to learn how to fly. i mentor them through the process, take them out to the airport, take their first discovery flight and feel what i did. trying to do the flight around the world, trying to lead by example, i'm not saying they should be pilots but you can accomplish this if you take the hard work and right steps to do it, anything's possible. you can truly go all the way around. >> fantastic, as you're about to do. we wish you the best, amelia

rose earhart. we'll be watching you, you've invited us, everybody, to be with you. we'll be socially engaged in your flight. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> fantastic. all the best. the countdown is on for team usa taking on portugal at the world cup in over an hour from now. they may be the underdogs in the tournament, but they say they've got the heart to win. ahead of today's game, the team took that idea to heart. they sewed an inspirational saying inside their jerseys. it reads, quote, the americans will -- wait a minute. the american will to win is stronger than any opponent in your way. okay. go, usa. we will see indeed later on tonight if that line helps them to victory. all right. they have been in congress as long as anyone can remember. some senior members are now

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district. alexandria field live in new york with more on this. what's go on here normally conditions are elected with overwhelming majorities but something's different this time. >> in this case, the district itself. the lines were redrawn before the 2012 election, and during the 2012 election, congressman rangel narrowly won his 22nd term. he beat out his primary competitor by 1100 votes. now facing the same opponent for a second time. state senator believes in the last two years he's gained ground, more well-known in the area and says after 43 years in office, he thinks that voters will think that wrangle's time is simply up. here what happens he told us. >> i feel that we're going to win, we're going to win big. i feel very strong we've got the wind behind us, people have finally said enough is enough and when the opportunity, a neighborhood says it's time for

change, it's difficult to spot that. >> congressman rangel taking this race seriously, out there, fighting hard. he believes he's more fit for this campaign than two years ago when he was having health problems and come off a house censure in 2010 over ethics vielations. he feels that his district, which includes harlem and part of the bronx, is firmly behind him and hope that voters will recognize his experience and support him for it. >> i don't want to say anything negative about anybody else except they don't know anything about the job. just saying that i've been around and i should leave, if you've got to -- by any interpretation i'm a winner. >> you're campaigning hard. are you feeling the heat a little bit? >> how can you feel the heat when everything's going your way? i'm not taking anything for

granted. of course not. the people have said they're going to vote for me, i appreciate that. i have to get them out to vote. so, hey, as a matter of fact, i'm not even tired. >> not even tired. both candidates say they are fighting hard just to get voters out to the polls on tuesday. of course, that's the most important thing for them. what's interesting about the district, fred, the demographics have change sod much. historically a district that had a majority black population. that majority has shifted and we see a hispanic majority. we'll take a closer look how the demographics can affect this election tuesday 4:00 on "the lead" with jake tapper. >> thanks so much. straight ahead, is laughter the best medicine? why one expert says yes. woman: this is not exactly what i expected. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com.

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a colorado woman took her first steps this week, a month and a half after a car accident took her feet. here are those steps. kristin hopkins, waited eight week for her specially made prosthetic legs to be finished. she says she's happy to be vertical again. finally, to go home. you may remember this woman. we reported on her crash back in may. she was found at bottom of an embankment five days after the crash. she survived with no food new york water and badly injured. firefighters thought that they were just recovering her body when they located that vehicle until she raised her hand to let them know she was alive. and very happy update indeed. we wish her well. so experts say, laughter is really the best medicine of all. and one guy figured it all out

and why. scott williams wrote a book called "ha! what makes us laugh and why" women are doing more of the giggling. dr. sanjay gupta talked with him and together they chuckled. >> this is always tricky because it's so hard to interpret some of the data. but there's some findings that you can't argue. one is that women laugh more than men. we know because scientist robert provine basically eavesdropped on people for a year and found women laugh did two women in a room will laugh twice as much as two men. women are outnumbered in professional comedy by quite a bit. great examples of professional female comedians, amy schumer, tina fey. they're the mean north. what's the disparity? one evolutionary theory, no way

to know, you know, where this comes from, but it could be that women are just kind of raised or encouraged to be the audience and men are encouraged to be the joke tellers from an early age. >> for me and everyone else out there, can you become funnier? can you become more humerorous? >> you can. not only -- that's good news -- but better news is, so many benefits from humor come from not being funny but exposed to humor. watching a comedy can make you perform better on things like intelligence tests and insight tests. watching a comedy can improve your blood pressure, it can improve your immune system response. i think it's good to be funny but better to surround yourself with humor because you get a lot benefits which is got for people, not professional

comedians, you don't have to be one to get the benefit. >> i'll surround myself with humor. not hard to do. fascinating book. good luck. thanks for joining us. >> thanks very much. i don't think anyone has to be sold on that. it would seem that laughter would ben if the all of us. next hour of the newsroom with deborah feyerick. you like to laugh, don't you? there i love to laugh. nothing that a good joke can't cure, if nothing else takes you out of your head and puts you into a funny situation. >> what you give is what you get. you give a lot of laughter, you'll have more joy in your life. >> thank you. great to see you. well, you are in the "cnn newsroom." i'm deborah feyerick. you are in the "cnn newsroom,"

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