have a great friday. making news in america, president obama helping the military fight the militants taking over the country. what role will they play and the chilling warning about the terror group causing the chaos. anthrax scare. a safety lapse at the cdc. dozens of people exposed to the dangerous bacteria. what's being done to help those potentially at risk. deadly blast. an explosion rocks a neighborhood leveling a home and spreading debris on an entire block. the investigation under way right now to find out what happened. and smooth criminal. a man's mug shot is going viral this morning. can you tell why?

good friday morning to you. we begin this friday with growing pressure on iraq's leaders to unite the country. secretary of state john kerry is expected to deliver that message in person. >> and 300 u.s. military advisers will soon be on the ground in iraq hoping to help stem the rising tide of violence there. abc's tahman bradley has more from washington. >> reporter: u.s. aircraft are flying over iraq 24 hours a day collecting intelligence as iraqi soldiers battle militants. additional american help will begin arriving within days. president obama has dispatched 300 u.s. troops who will serve as military advisers. the president ruled out sending in combat troops but left the door open for possible air strikes. >> we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it. >> reporter: on capitol hill, many republicans are skeptical. senator john mccain wants air strikes immediately. >> the president of the united states goes for fund-raising and

golfing and now is fiddling while iraq burns. >> reporter: sources tell abc news secretary of state john kerry is likely to travel to iraq soon for face-to-face meetings. >> this is the time to ensure that iraq receives the help that is needed to break the momentum of extremist groups and to bolster the capabilities of iraq's security forces. >> reporter: u.s. officials have become increasingly concerned about iraqi president nuri al maliki who has failed to unite his country's religious and ethnic factions. >> only leaders that can govern with an inclusive ajgenda are going to be able to truly bring the iraqi people together. >> reporter: the military advisers the president is sending in will be embedded with iraqi security forces to train and advise them. reena and devin. >> thanks so much, tahman. live in washington. thank you. there are also new details this morning about the terror group trying to make their way to baghdad. >> that's right. a former u.s. ambassador to iraq

who served in the obama administration tells abc news that isis is more formidable than al qaeda was at the time of the september 11th attacks. in february of this year, al qaeda formally severed its ties with the group. al qaeda claimed isis was damaging their brand. and this morning, a serious scare for dozens of scientists at the cdc. about 75 workers at the government labs in atlanta may have been accidentally exposed to anthrax. investigators say the risk of infection seems very low but the employees are being monitored and offered antibiotics. abc's dr. richard besser explains why the precautions are necessary. >> this is a very unusual organism. it can live in your body for 60 days and then it can infect you. that can be deadly. there's why 60 days of antibiotics plus a vaccine. >> a cdc spokesman tells dr. besser "we are devastated. it is unacceptable. we're going to find out what happened and we're going to fix it." there is no danger to the public.

this morning minnesota seems to be the land of 10,000 floods. the governor has declared a state of emergency in 35 counties after an historic rainfall. this has been the wettest year in the twin cities area in more than 140 years. more than 4 inches of rain fell there yesterday and flash flood warnings are in effect. the people of a small south dakota town are cleaning up after a tornado but thankful there were no injuries or fatalities. officials credit tornado alarms, which sounded just motors before the twister plowed through the heart of the town. residents scrambled for shelter and survived. nearly two dozen homes were destroyed and another 20 were damaged. in the forecast on this last day of spring, the upper midwest will see heavy rain. it'll be pleasant along the west coast and hot in the southwest and south. in seattle, the high today won't crack 70, but phoenix will be well over 100. the center of the country will be in the lower 90s, hotter in kansas city than in miami. a california lawmaker is the

second most powerful republican in the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has been elected majority leader. he's replacing eric cantor who steps down at the end of july. after his victory mccarthy promised to help republicans advance their agenda for the country. well, one year after the supreme court struck down a key provision of the defense of marriage act, president obama is set to extend a wide range of benefits to day couples. most federal agencies will now treat married couples equally regardless of gender. among the new benefits recognition of gay couples by federal immigration and the irs. president obama has presented the nation's highest military award to a 24-year-old veteran who almost lost his life in afghanistan. marine corporal william kyle carpenter received the medal of honor for jumping on an exploding grenade to protect a fellow marine from the blast. carpenter, a mississippi native, was severely injured. he lost an eye and spent 2 1/2 years in the hospital.

and the world of music has lost one of its most prolific songwriters. gerry goffin collaborated on the most enduring hits including "the locomotion," "a natural woman and this carole king classic. ♪ but will you love me tomorrow ♪ >> that song, by the way, hit the charts when he was only 20. she was 17. carole king called goffin her first love whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to come. gerry goffin was 75 years old. turning now to what most of the rest of the world is focused on right now, the world cup. >> we have some headlines to tell you about this morning. uruguay and colombia earn 2-1 victories yesterday. uruguay's victory over england has likely knocked that country out of the tournament completely. >> and team usa takes the field sunday night at 6:00 p.m. facing off against portugal. you can watch the action on our sister network espn.

there is a lot of buzz that ronaldo, the big portugal player, he injured his knee and that they're saying, a doctor, there are reports a doctor said he can't come back because it'll ruin his career for life. i think this is a head fake. i'm not believing the rumors. >> it might be team usa telling us they're ready, they're expecting anything out of ronaldo. >> they'll bring it. >> we'll be watching on sunday. still ahead, our look at the electric harley-davidson. and a pile of debris where a house once stood that leveled a house. the investigation under way at this hour to find a person that could have been inside. plus, new tools being used in the search for a firefighter. could it change the way rescuers look for missing people in the future?

welcome back. with gasoline prices at their highest level in six years, even motorcyclists may be looking to go green so harley-davidson is introducing the live wire. an electric motorcycle harley says the bike does 0 to 60 in just 4 seconds and roars like a jet fighter plane. it can go as far as 53 miles before needing to be recharged and is expected in harley showrooms within two years. apple's decision to add a kill switch to its iphone seems to be paying off. cell phone thefts over the past year have dropped dramatically thanks in part to the switch which can render a stolen phone useless. google and microsoft says they will add a kill switch to their new phones. apple, google and microsoft control 97% of the u.s. smartphone market. upscale retailer coach is planning to close 70 stores over the next year. the company known for its pricey leather bags recovered after the recession, but sales have since

slumped. the company's stock is down 37% this year. comic actor kevin hart will likely prove his box office power this weekend. his film, "think like a man too" will open in theaters and it's expected to gross $30 million this weekend. another debut, "jersey boys" isn't expected to do as well because it appeals to an older generation. well, a cheesy snack is coming to you. the doritos loaded is a mozzarella stick hybrid with melted cheese encrusted with doritos nacho cheese flavor, 7-eleven will carry them by the box nationwide starting july 2nd. i would try it. >> let's get some of those for the world cup party sunday. >> your place. >> exactly. be there. when we come back, stealing the show, the 11-year-old at the u.s. women's open has her first round in the books. a close-up look at an intense flame and smoke as we get a wild perspective of a yacht on fire. plus, soak up the sun, but be careful how much.

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you'd probably write it off as a staged stunt. but it's real. a motorcycle ran into a car making a left turn flipping the driver into the air. and look at that. he gets up and walks away unhurt. when he saw the videotape, even the motorcyclist couldn't believe it. your ride should be much smoother anywhere else in the west, south, atlantic coast and new england but watch out for flooding in the south to gulf coast. and if you're flying, airport delays possible in chicago, detroit, washington and charlotte. back to the news this morning. a suburban denver man is feared dead after his house exploded. >> that's right. officials are using a cadaver dog, which they say has picked up a scent. his roommates say his car and motorcycle are still parked nearby. it's not known what caused the

blast, which knocked neighbors off their feet and sent debris flying. meanwhile, a yacht near san diego has been reduced to ashes after going up in flames. the 110-foot pleasure boat was undergoing repairs at a shipyard when this fire broke out sending thick, black smoke into the air. 100 workers were evacuated but a drone mounted with a camera was able to get close enough to capture these amazing images. no one was seriously hurt. a high-tech new tool has been brought into the search for a firefighter missing in the southern california mountains. mike herdman vanished a week ago chasing after his dog during a backpacking trip. a homeland security team is now using drones hoping to pinpoint his exact location in the rugged terrain. >> one of the major things that these things are going to be used for i think in the public sector is search and rescue and this will definitely raise the bar. >> searchers are also using harmonicas to lure herdman's dog duke. the dog has been spotted twice but ran away each time.

now to a warning to anyone who has bought a lottery ticket and told it was a loser. four people including these two women have been arrested in florida as part of a sweeping investigation into nearly 100 retailers. investigators discovered that nine of the top ten winners of scrapoff games in the tampa bay area were convenience store owners like this man who talked to her matt gutman. >> reporter: you've won 38 times for about $50,000. >> in four years maybe. >> reporter: how much money have you put into it, do you think? >> maybe 60 or 70. >> the scams are not limited to florida. this clerk from syracuse, new york, was convicted of swindling a customer telling him he had a $5,000 ticket when it was really worth $5 million. if you have a winning ticket, using the scanning machines at the scores. don't simply give it to the clerk. we now know more about the crash that critically injured tracy morgan. investigators say the tractor trailer that hit the limousine was speeding more than 20 miles an hour over the speed limit in a construction zone.

the preliminary report also says the truck driver had been working more than 13 hours straight and hadn't slept in more than 24 hours. topping our health headlines this morning, a new warning that tanning could lead to a tanning addiction. a new study from harvard finds that chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation triggers the release of endorphins, those so-called fee-good hormones similar to highly addict iive opiate drugs such as heroin and morphine. critics are quick to point out that exercise also releases endorphins and that the sun is still the best source of vitamin d. donald sterling of the l.a. clippers has been caught on tape again in a voice mail to one of his psychiatrists who declared him mentally incapacitated. the recording was used in court yesterday as the dispute heats up over his estranged wife's pending $2 billion sale of their team. shelly sterling's lawyers asked the judge to order her husband to stop making harassing calls like this one. >> they hired you for the purpose of finding me incompetent. i'm not incompetent.

you're [ bleep ] incompetent. you stupid [ bleep ]. how dare you. i want to see your records. >> one of his wife's attorneys said donald sterling also threatened his life saying i'm going to take you out. the judge has urged both sides to tone it down. lucy li's historic u.s. women's open debut has hit a few stumbles. the 11-year-old li, the youngest girl ever to qualify for the tournament, shot an 8 over 78. she carded a triple bogey and a pair of double bogeys but missing only one fairway and still she seemed to take it all in stride pausing only to hand over her pink ice cream bar to her aunt to answer a few reporters' questions. >> got to watch that pink ice cream bar. >> good for her. more sports. there's a new team with the best record in baseball. >> that's right. in a walkoff grand slam in cleveland, here's our team at espn with the highlights. >> good morning, america. steve levy with john buccigross. here on the set of espn "sportscenter" for the final time before we move into our new home. we have baseball highlights to share. >> yeah. red sox and a's from oakland.

scott kazmir, what a nice year he's having. his team already has a 1-0 lead and yoenis cespedes, makes it 2-0 with his 14th home run of the year. that one off jake peavey and the a's lead, 2-0. top of the sixth. red sox down, 3-0. man on and, whoops, kazmir got that up a bit and dustin pedroia toward the giant headed dennis eckersley on the stairs there. not sure what's going on. kazmir upset at that mistake. top of the ninth a.j. pierzynski trying to tie that with a two-run homer but coco crisp there and the a's best record in baseball. the angels visiting the indians. pick it up in the tenth in a 1-1 game. albert pujols, he is a machine. singles through the hole into right. two runs score and lead 3-1. in the bottom of the tenth two outs, base loaded for nick swisher. get out of town, and he means it. walkoff grand slam. swisher's fifth home run of the

season. fourth career walkoff home run. that's how the indians win, 5-3. >> and that is it for us. don't forget world cup action continues on espn on friday. again, we bid you a fond adieu from this old "sportscenter" set. talk to you next time from the new place. okay, up next, "the pulse," one fine felon. what? this guy's mug shot is going viral and you can probably tell why. plus, are you brave enough? the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster set to open today. grandma! mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke. rome? sure! before xarelto®, mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. but that's history. back to the museum? not this time! now that her doctor switched her to once-a-day xarelto®, mary can leave those monthly trips behind. domestic flight? not today! like warfarin, xarelto® is proven

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felon, jeremy meeks, one of several mug shots posted online by police in california showing men arrested on weapons charges. now, this guy's eye, lips and chiseled face were a hit with the ladies. thousands of them posting comments on facebook and twitter. >> oh, boy. some of the comments, ashley says, "what is he guilty of, first degree sexiness?" erica says, "they can lock me up with him and throw the key away." another says "he may be good looking but in the end he has done the wrong thing, stay behind bars." >> some people are shocked how quickly this photo has gone viral. tell us what you think at atmfans.com. >> i mean, maybe this could be the next bachelor behind bars. >> it's kind of an unexpected match.com for this guy. the police putting him up there for an auction of sorts. >> it was probably the best mug shot. now screech, slater and the rest of the bayside high gang are about to hit the small screen again and this time in

not so innocent a version of the popular series that they initially appeared in. >> the unauthorized "saved by the bell" story is scheduled to air on lifetime on labor day. according to buzzfeed the tv movie will go behind the scenes touching on some of the stories of sex and drugs mentioned in the book by dustin diamond who, of course, played screech. >> well, i want to know if kelly kapowski and zack morris really hooked up. >> i want the details. >> i want to know who did drugs. >> it was a great show, wasn't it? all right. there's a whole lot of shaking going on right now. shaky knees probably at an amusement park in the midwest. take a look at this. the goliath wooden roller coaster is set to open at six flags america in gurney, illinois, midway between chicago and milwaukee there. >> at 72 miles an hour, it's the world's fastest roller coaster, goliath also has the longest and steepest vertical drop, almost 90 degrees and turns riders upside down twice but even though it's a wooden roller coaster, goliath is smoother than most. >> i'm not quite sure i have the stomach for that one. >> i am not a big fan of roller coasters at all. >> looks cool, though. >> it certainly does. for some of you, your local

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone. guess what day it is? >> june...wait...wait...friday! we will find out more about the friday and week weather. >> not hump day. guess what day it is? guess what day it is? >> we have clouds along the coast. we have live doppler 7 hd showing today we will have a cold front moving through. the clouds the mix out we will have high clouds and sun for better part of the afternoon and the coast is in the mid-60's to low 60's in downtown san francisco and inland from warm 82 up north to hot knee in the east bay and 72 around the bay

to 85 in the south bay. sue is back with traffic. >> i'm baaaak. we have road work. heading outside, we will look at the central valley 50 of 580 pleasanton and dublin/pleasanton southbound 680 to south 80, we have some road work until 5:00. to the north, road work there, as well, and moving away from the maze, eastbound, the good direction, eastbound 80, to willow road, there is road work. bay bridge toll plaza shows road work but it is etchly. watch out for the cone zone. katiand eric? >> in the news, crews stayed into the night keeping an cry out for hotspots after a mast fiving fire that destroyed two homes in santa clara county. you can see the damage over the

scene eat of san jose, crews were still on the scene until after 9:00 last night five hours after the fire started. the flames spread rapid through toward another home destroying it. the same family has owned that rot insurance the 1930's. >> my aunt will not have a house. it will be tough. >> i am sick. >> access was difficult. it is a two-lane road. we had to single track this to get up here and relay water. >> the family member told us the squatters were living on part of the property but investigators don't know if that sparked the fire. >> arson investigators spent several hours searching for evidence in the garage of a south of market high-rise are a car was set on fire. san francisco police have not said if the investigators found anything suspicious but before