good good morning. on the brink. israel launching dozens of air strikes overnight as hamas leaders fire back sending residents in tel-aviv fleeing for safety. on the ground, israeli troops made their way into gaza for a raid raising concerns this could soon turn into an all-out war. we're live in gaza. wild weather, lightning strikes killed two people in a national park in colorado. while the midwest prepares for the possibility of more flash floods, damaging winds and the return of unseasonably cold weather. strength of a survivor. the teenage girl and only

survivor of a deadly massacre in texas speaks out for the first time since that day. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, bekka and zach are in a much better place and that i will be able to see them again one day. remembering her family as the community comes together to support her sunday, july 13th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt, and erica hill live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. we want to begin with our top story, the escalating crisis in the middle east. overnight, israeli troops led a brief into gaza as both sides. this could turn into an offensive on the ground.

>> amon in gaza. >> reporter: we said this time and time again. this isn't a war between two equal sides, one of the world's most advanced and sophisticated militaries fighting against a palestinian militant group. the concern is the growing casualty toll here on the ground. today, there is an indication by israel that a ground invasion is just within a matter of hours after it dropped leaflets on the northern part of gaza warning people to leave. day looit and the scope of israel's overnight attacks become clear. many palestinians waking up to scenes of destruction. israel's military dropped leaflets warning resident toss leave their home before it targets rockets it claims are in the area. we are being attacked by land, air, and sea. we have nowhere to hide, this man says. it was a close call in tel-aviv last night as well. as promised, they were going to

attack israel and it delivered on its word sending israelis running for cover. waiting was the defense system, iron dome, int accepting them in the skies above tel-aviv and saving lives. overnight, israel raided a rocket launching site in gaza with special forces. residents feared this was the beginning of the ground invasion. many fled. but it wasn't. while israeli troops are still on the border waiting for the order to launch, israel intensified its air strikes, targeting the home of gaza's police chief,s brother of an islamic jahaad leader. he survived by 18 people died, including women and children from his family. it was the single deadliest israeli attack since the war began. hospitals struggled to take care of the injuries. for some like this doctor and family, the violence has become unbearable. he, his wife, and two daughters

were evacuated by the u.n. and u.s. embassy. >> they've been giving them almost like 3 billion every year, 3.1 billion. >> reporter: they were here on summer vacation visiting family when the war broke out. leaving was a hard choice. >> my body is leaving. my heart is staying back home. my heart staying in ga. >>. >> reporter: an escape to safety for one american family that very few palestinians in gaza will have. now, erica, the united nations is calling on both sides to exercise restraint and put in place a cease-fire as quickly as possible. neither side shows signs of backing down. israel has amassed thousands of soldiers. hamas is releasing propaganda videos saying it will make gaza the graveyard of israeli soldiers if they enter. caught in the middle are the civilians where the death toll continues to rise every day.

>> thank you. david gregor is moderator of "meet the press." good to see you. >> good morning. >> we would like to talk about some of your conversation, your interview with the israeli foreign minister. let's play it and then questions on the other side. >> the united states and the rest of the members of the security council have a moral and legal responsibility to put an end to this and we regret the fact that they haven't taken any action to address this. >> david, that's often the call. where is the u.s.? what the u.s. role will be? what about the iranian role here? they have long been seen as a ben factor of hamas. >> they don't deny that. they have denied actually providing weapons that are being fired into israel but israel claims that, indeed, they are the source of those weapons. in our interview, that i did in vienna, this is certainly more moral support for hamas from a part of the world that's certainly influential. that's from iran. the administration has been

pretty strongly behind israel. i think there is high anxiety about a potential ground operation, anxiety about the mournting palestinian casualties. israel feels like it has a backing from the you states because they are responding. rockets being fired into the country. they may well take advantage to go in on the ground and take out as many of the rocket sites as they can. >> when we saw this play out back in 2012, hillary clinton helped broker this cease-fire deal. would the u.s. try to do the same in this case? >> i think there is every reason the united states would. you have seen a failed mideast policy in terms of negotiating a peace process by the administration. i will be speaking to the mideast envoy, martin indig. there is real fear you have gone from bad, that process failing, to now worse. the united states does not want

to see a further unraveling, specially with everything that's going on in iraq and the threat from iran and its nuclear weapons. it is a very tense time. >> we will look for more of your interview and join you a bit later to find out what's coming up on "meet the press." >> turning to the severe weather system in the middle of the country. strong storms expected to hit the midwest. that's not all. also, a bizarre cold snap in the forecast. some talk of a polar vortex. it seems a little earlier for the polar vortex. >> it is fun to call it the polar vortex, because it will be unseasonably cold and i will show you why it is a different of a phenomenon. in urbana, illinois, we had torrential downpours. people and residents were wading through the water trying to drive through it. that is always a bad idea. you never know how deep it will get. they saw inches of rain yesterday and then in dixon, illinois, a little bit further away, look at the storms we are

try t trying to gather. we didn't have any confirmed tornadoes. it was very ominous looking. more storms are likely as we go through the day today. we do have the chance of some storms producing isolated tornadoes. you could see moving through central illinois and indiana. our best chance of seeing some of these stronger storms today will be a little further eeflt. southern illinois, indiana and ohio, back into pennsylvania, we could see damaging wind gusts and hail and isolated tornadoes. then, it spreads east and expands a lot as we go into monday. from new york city, norfolk virginia, and arkansas, we will focus on that tomorrow along with this colder air that's going to move in. we will call it more of a polar intrusion. it is the same setup. not cold enough to be an official polar vortex. it originates not from siberia but from the northeastern pacific. it is going to be fairly cold. look at some of our temperatures

here. specially near fargo. 68 degrees on monday. duluth, 68 degrees. 69 on monday in chicago. so it certainly is going to cool down and we will talk more about that in just a couple of minutes, guys. dylan, turn that into the powerful words of the sole survivor of the horrific manslaughter last week. the 15-year-old spoke out for the first time at a memorial service for her family. we have more. >> reporter: 15-year-old cassidy's faith showed remarkable strength during a memorial as others wiped away tears. >> i am really thankful for all the people that have been praying for me and keeping me and my family in the thoughts. >> reporter: cassidy is the only one to survive the horrific attack at her spring texas home. >> i am on a straightforward path to a full recovery. >> reporter: police say she was shot execution style along with her parents and her four siblings, age 4-13.

she survived after putting her hands to her head as the bullet grazed her. the suspectsth gunman was reportedly looking for his ex-wife when he broke into his former sister-in-law's home. >> she had the presence of mind to remain quiet and to play dead. >> reporter: then, cassidy called 911. police say she saved her grandparents believed to be the shooter's next target. >> reporter: in court, his knees buckled. his defense will focus on his mental condition. a dramatic contrast to the resilience of a teenage girl. >> i knowhat my mom, dad, brian, emily, bekka, and zach are in a much better place and that i will be able to see them again one day. >> reporter: with cassidy's family gone, a community steps in. for "today," rehema ellis, nbc

news, los angeles. let's get you caught up on the rest of the morning's top stories. jenna is here with those. >> good morning, everyone. lightning strikes have claimed the lives of two people in two days at colorado rocky mountain national park. the most recent incident happened saturday afternoon. a group of people were struck while hiking a trail about 11,000 feet up. one man died on the way to a nearby medical center. three others were hurt. >> lightning remains one of the most dangerous things in rocky mountain national park. >> on friday, a woman from ohio was killed and several others hurt when they were struck by lightning as well. united airlines is investigating one of their newer jet liners, a boeing 747 after a harrowing ordeal. it was forced to make an emergency landing on a remote island in the pacific. we have that story. >> reporter: frightening moments inside the cabin of a united

airlines flight carrying 348 passengers and crew. the plane was on its way from honolulu, hawaii, to the u.s. territory of guam whether it had to be diverted to the remote island of midway on thursday. united issued a statement saying it was due to a mechanical issue. some reports of an odor in the cabin. the tiny island of midway was called on in 2011 when a delta flight had to make an emergency landing due to a cracked windshield. midway island is less than 2.5 square miles in size and was the sight of a key battle during world war ii. the latest incident comes on the heels of another mishap on board a united flight. just two weeks ago, the evacuation slide opened in the middle of a flight from chicago to southern california. no one was hurt and the plane landed safety. some have taken to twitter with this latest incidents. when united said they flew out of midway, i thought they meant chicago, not the pacific atoll! luckily, everyone is okay and

have since traveled on to their final destination. for today, charles hadlock, nbc news. comedian, tracy morgan, is finally out of rehab, a month after a deadly car crash on the new jersey turnpike left him with some serious injuries. morgan's spokesman said the former "saturday night live" star will continue his recovery at home. he suffered a broken leg and ribs when his limo was hit by a walmart truck. jimmy mack was killed in the crash and two others were injured. morgan has filed a lawsuit against walmart claiming the retailer was negligent in not knowing its driver had been awake for more than 24 hours at the time of the crash. we watched and waited and wondered, what would lebron james do. he chose to return home to cleveland to play basketball. now, it is time for the cavs to pay up. james signed a two-year, $42 million contract saturday. that's under the current salary cap. he could have taken a four-year contract worth more than $88

million. this allows him to negotiate a better contract in two years and gives him the option to become a free agent next summer to do this all over next year. that will be fun. good times. finally, the running of the bulls took place this weekend, exactly like the one you know only different. thousands of people turned out. that would be too obvious. this was in illinois, a close second. it took place just outside chicago in cicero. runners gathered inside the hawthorne race course and weren't supposed to move until the bulls got closer. they did. you would move too. i'm telling you. to finish off the event, they hurled thousands of rotting tomatoes, stewed, roasted and raw. i looked that up. >> i can't believe we missed that. we were off yesterday. we could have been there. >> we could have been in it. we could have tlun. >> running the bulls looked faster than the ones in paf low na. >> i am not going to get near any bulls. i don't want to get in it. >> dylan is back with a check at

the rest of the country's forecast and a look at last night's super moon. i forgot to look. >> don't worry. it is going to happen in august or september. it is the brighter of the full moons when you get that super moon. take a look at these incredible pictures. this is the super moon in greece. it looked bigger than normal last night. that's when the orbit is taking it closer to the earth at the same time it is a full moon. >> there were three of them. all timt. we changed plan et cetera during this too. a gorgeous shot. we will get i and you might not have been able to see that last night as we had the clouds, the fog, and some drizzle around the east bay and san francisco. skies beginning to clear at lunchtime. temperatures warming quickly today. low 90s in the warmest spots inland with cooler conditions at

the coast. san francisco, upper 60s. 82 in san jose. mid 80s in santa rosa and close to 90 in livermore and mount pleasanton. >> that's your latest forecast. erica? >> all right, dylan, thanks. we're getting a new look at the growing crisis at the u.s. border with mexico and the thousands of children coming into this country. many of them making that long journey alone without an adult to look after them. mark potter rode along with the border patrol. >> reporter: riding with the u.s. border patrol in south texas, it doesn't take long to find a group of immigrants who have crossed the rio grand. they are all women and kids from honduras. among them, 7-year-old amy, a nervous little girl who says she is traveling without relatives hoping to find her mother in the united states. when asked where she lives, she shows the agents a piece of paper that indicates her mom is

in north north. a few miles away innen area called devils corner, we run into a larger group that seems exhausted from their ten-day journey. >> we have a mixed bag of folks from guatemala, el salvador and honduras. >> reporter: after giving basic informations to the agents, they are taken by bus to a processing center. back on the road, we here about the apprehension of 19 more people who are awaiting transport when we alive. >> the difference between this group and the family units we have seen who turn themselves into the authorities. first, they are older. mostly male and they try to hide from the authorities. >> reporter: agents used atvs and a helicopter to find them. the border patrol says it has added more than 300 agents recently in the rio grand valley and is starting to see fewer immigrants. too early to tell if it is just temporary or the start of a downward trend. for today, mark potter, nbc news, mission, texas

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>> it is the way to say we are talking soccer. argentina and germany will face off in just hours z world cup has been in play for almost a month. we have seen a rise in the number of soccer fans here in the united states. today's match will undoubtedly be an intense showdown. with the u.s. run a distant memory. we are wondering if anyone here still really cares. >> reporter: it is one of the most watched sporting events on the planet with around 1 billion people expected to tune in. that's an audience about eight times that of the super bowl. two soccer powerhouses facing off, germany and argentina but with the u.s. long gone from the competition, is anyone in this country paying attention. >> i know argentina is still in it. >> i'm not going to watch the world cup. >> germany is playing the netherlands? >> germany is in it. they have been kicking butt. >> brazil and argentina. >> it is a sad thing. i don't know who is still in it.

>> reporter: argentina feigs arguably the world's best player in lionel messi. fresh off the defeat of brazil. >> not only the way germany dismantled brazil but the german national team being the most consistent world cup team we have ever seen and getting better game after game. >> reporter: some are calling it a game of two popes. pope francis from argentina. his predecessor, retired pope benedict hails from germany. don't expect the papal party. the two don't have plans. benedict isn't much of a sports fan. as for the home squad, insult to injury with brazil losing to the netherlands in the battle for third place. and now? >> the fact that the brazilians are going to have to go to the cathedral of soccer and watch

one of their bitter rivals play against germany is going to be tough to stomach. >> in case you are wondering, this week's most watched athlete, lebron james, wanted to get his deal wrapped up and finished to leave for brazil to watch the finals. he says, he believes in his heart of hearts germany has the better team. different from lester and erica who are going argentina and dylan, germany. >> and you? >> i'm going argentina. >>. you have all been into it post u.s. >> when the u.s. was in it, it was huge. >> it was a bit more exciting then. >> i got to watch brazil go down yesterday. >> this was a tough one. and models as you need to as ms find the perfect one. great for tim, who's quite a thorough man. he's a big fan of knowing what's out there. likes to weigh his options. no matter what he's deciding on.

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it is 6:26 onour sunday morning. rise and shine. you're looking there at a live picture of san jose on this sunday morning. thank you for being with us alongside meteorologist rob mayeda. >> by the afternoon we'll see clearing skies in san jose. this morning we have drizzle in parts of the east bay. and into dublin this morning. you can see the low clouds well to the north bay, into the tri-valley. and as we head to the afternoon, we'll go from the areas of drizzle and mist to some clearing skies in the valleys. by noon into the 80s. 80s to low 90s later on today.

so you have 60s closer to the coast. 80s in san jose. 90s in morgan hill. san francisco, upper 60s. around the north bay, highs in the 80s in santa rosa. livermore 92. by the afternoon, a half hour drive and 70s and 60s closer toe the inner bay. >> i'll take 80s and 90s. this morning police are beefing up patrols at city parks after a woman says she was groped. this all happened friday at 11:30 in the morning. this is not far from the stanford cam pus. police say a man came up to a woman in a small neighborhood park and started talking to her. he suddenly made agreaszive advances towards the woman. officers say she was able to shove him away. when she tried to call 911, she

could not get a signal. police say they describe the suspect as a middle eastern man between 45 and 55 years old. 5'3", 170 pounds with short salt and pepper hair. last seen wearing plaid button-down shirts. and a wildfire that threatened homes is now fully contained. that fire started after a car struck a utility pole around 10:00 p.m. none were damaged. 80 acres were burned. firefighters remain on the scene checking for hot spots. the greats of the san francisco 49ers hit the field for one final time at kendall state park. pro football hall of famers joe montana, jerry rice and steve young, you've probably heard of them, played along other star players. they played in front of a crowd of 30,000 fan who is braved the

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[ heart beats ] we're back on this sunday morning, july 13th, 2014, checking out the nice crowd on the plaza this beautiful morning. so glad they are here and sharing some of their pictures of how they are spending the day so far up on the big screen there. >> let's get you caught up on this morning's headlines. thousands of people fleeing gaza as the attacks between israel and hamas continue to escalate. israel launched dozens of air strikes while hamas sent air rides back. strong storms brought heavy rain and lightning. another round of severe weather is expected later today. dylan will have more in a few minutes. >> zt seoul survivor of a deadly massacre in texas speaking out for the first time in a memorial service to honor her family

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police officer, jesse peterson, it was voluntary. >> i can't imagine being strapped in here with no way to get out at all. >> reporter: a demonstration to show just what happens in a hot car. it is somewhere around 130 degrees inside the car. >> reporter: finally, after 30 minutes, it's too much for the grown man. >> my body is telling me to get out. >> reporter: he leaves with a warning to parents. >> pay attention, please, pay attention. >> reporter: the internet is now filled with videos of others putting themselves in danger to get out the life or death message. >> i want to know how it feels to be left in the car. >> reporter: there is north carolina dad, terry williams, on a sweat terg 90-degree day. >> that fool on the damn news talking about you left your kids in the back seat. >> reporter: this so-called hot car challenge has gone viral. >> this is as high as it will go, over o 120 degrees. >> as ripe as a tomato. >> reporter: the posts come from across the country. >> my name is angela. i live in portland, oregon.

>> we are coming from kansas city, missouri. >> reporter: this woman brought her children and dog. no one was hurt and that the dog wasn't with them long. >> being a child, i can't imagine right now what they would be feeling. >> reporter: putting themselves on the line to show just how hot it can get. >> i'm dripping sweat off of my body. >> reporter: for today, kristin dahlgren, nbc news, new york. corporal jesse peterson is with the highland village police department in texas. corporal peterson, how are you doing? >> i'm all right. it is nice to have you with us. we see all of these videos and this one challenge, as it is being referred to, that's what's disturbing to a lot of people, that someone would put this out there and there is concern of whether this could cause a copycat. why was it important to you to put that video out there? >> for me as a police officer and working for the highland village police department,

obviously, we are extremely focused on safety. for myself, with the way the media has been showing the children left in vehicles, specially with the large media story about the dad that did it, it was important for me to find out for myself how it felt and be able to put that on for other people to see. i did it in a safe environment, obviously. for me, that's the reason why i did it. >> but you wouldn't advocate someone else trying this, i would imagine? >> yeah, not at all. i know now that i have done it and i have had the experience, i know what it feels like for up to 30 minutes. i definitely wouldn't want other people to do it now that i've experienced it myself. i can see how it can be very dangerous for somebody, specially if they don't have any safety precautions with them. >> you documented this and it is all in that youtube video. a child's body temperature increases at five times the rate of that of an adult.

at 20 minutes, you said this was rough and breathing was getting harder. what was the moment surprising part of this experiment for lack of a better word for you? >> you know, i think just rate in which the temperature rose. you know, i started with td air conditioner on full blast just like it would be for a parent driving around with a child and turned the car off and left the child. so i started with it really cool in the car. i thought i was doing pretty good, 5, maybe up to 10 minutes wasn't too bad. it started getting really bad around the 15-minute mark. it was surprising to see how quickly the temperature rose inside the car and how my body started to feel. >> there is so much talk about awareness these days, specially in the wake of the death of little cooper. do you find as a police officer, is there more awareness that you are seeing, specially in a place like texas, where we know how hot it is? >> yeah. i think that parents and caregivers in general are aware

and, you know it is kind of like beating a dead horse. at the same time, in order to consistently get people to think and think and think and even though it might be common sense, to get people to pay attention over and over and over again, i think it is very important. just for the general message. again, not advocating going out and doing the hot car challenge. i would ask people not to do that but the message in general, i think, is something specially in texas and other states that it gets super hot. it is a good message and it is something people need to be consistently aware of and reminded of. >> corporal jesse peterson, appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> dylan is out on the plaza. let's check in with her again now. hey, good morning, erica. good morning, everyone. seems like everybody is celebrating a birthday from orlando. >> you are turning how old? >> we are turning 70. >> reporter: and you are turning? >> i'm turning 21. >> reporter: will you come back

on your 70th birthday? >> yes. >> we are going to see pretty warm temperatures in parts of the country, specially down through the southeast. it is humid too. that humidity is going to help fuel these storms. best chance of strong storms, western new york stretching back into western kentucky. we could see isolated tornadoes. it is more the hail and damaging wind gusts. we are looking for that to spread eastward. arkansas to new york city. it is going to be pretty chilly. marquette, michigan, 58 degrees in the heart of summer. that is that cold air surging in from the north. by tuesday, chicago should only top out in the 60s. it is going to be very much below average across the north and northeast as we and a peek out the window may have mist this morning. drizzle at times for the morning. especially in the east bay and san francisco. then we get clearing skies inland by noon as the valley temperatures make a run at the

80s. finishing today, 80s to low 90s in the tri valley. still cool close to san francisco. highs in the upper 60s. near 90 in saratoga. 82 in san jose. in north bay, temperatures in the mid 80s in santa rosa. that's your latest forecast. lester? dylan, thanks very much. coming up next, last-minute hotel deals that procrastinators will really love. mario is going to tell you how to save big bucks after these messages. i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd. i'm d-a-v-e and i have copd. i'm k-a-t-e and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. that's why i asked my doctor about b-r-e-o. once-daily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. and breo helps reduce symptom flare-ups that last several days and require oral steroids, antibiotics, or hospital stay.

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that's just one online network. we're going to see a lot more online networks making investments into their own original programming. the biggest thing that struck me was the chairman and television academy ceo said, wrote, said basically we are platform agnostic. in other words, everything is coming together and digital programming has had its strongest year since the rules changed in 2011. >> a lot of people like these shows. orange is the new black. when they come out, all the episodes are great. >> a lot of new services are showing up. you have xhed yens in cars with jerry seinfeld. amazon and hulu didn't get any nominations but i am sure this will change. people that are traveling, there are some cool apps that you can bid on the prices. >> i love this one. they have been out for a few years. it is called hotel tonight. we are looking at london hotels.

the deals happen the same day, as of 9:00 a.m., your current time. we are looking at london. if i wanted to pick on a particular hotel that i was interested in, i can just go ahead and click on that. i will see images. what's different about this service, they are not really trying to compete with the or bi bitz and hotel.com. they are try tog curate quality hotels at discounted rates. i like that you can get information instantly on what you need to know about the hotel. >> this is our low price and it is available right now. >> if you look at the beginning, you will see the discounted rate. it is normally $356 but now $258. significant savings but not as much as you would expect on some cheap booking sites. this isn't to me something for someone that is looking for a cheap site. >> they curate great hotels at quality prices. i'm intrigued by this for

charging your portable electronics while you are going to the great outdoors. it is a bit of a contradiction. >> let me explain how it works. i think it can be used not just for camping but also for natural disaster and in the chance of emergency or even the tailgate hacking if you are hanging out for football season. this is called the bio light. it is basically a camping stove made out of brooklyn, of all places, not some place in the middle of the country. you take small twigs and pines and put it inside of this stove. it has two componentsz, the charging unit and the stove. when the fire is made, the heat that generates lec triscy is captured by this generator. there is a little fan that blows the flame higher. >> it puts out a decent charge. ? >> you are not going to plug in your big screen tv but you can certainly plug in your phones

and other devices. >> and you can travel through tsa. there is no gas. it is also green. >> great stuff. let's turn it over to jenna. she is with today's plaza fan of the day. >> melissa, is it socire. >> melissa is here on a mommy's time-out. that means you want to leave your kids at home. i'm not at that point yet. i'm sure, give me a little bit of time. >> still to come on "today," from the battlefield to the ball field, dylan talks to inspiring heroes, including her own brother. but first, these messages! >> very nicely done. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea

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life pretty much. mike is now a pitcher for the wounded warriors amputee softball team. together with his band of brothers, they travel all across the countrien spiring people of all ages. one year ago, my brother, mike dryer, never could have imagined that he would be playing with his heroes. it all started with the moment that was bigger than any of us when he took to the field at fenway. >> mike dryer, you united states air force. >> reporter: invited to play with the wounded warrior amputee softball team. but it didn't end there. this time last year, you were a huge fan of this team and now all of the sudden, you are playing with them. what has that been like for you? >> i love it. playing with these guys, it is the greatest thing ever. >> reporter: this game, outside of new york city, neither has the fanfare. in its third year, the team has played more than 100 games in 85

cities. >> reporter: why do you think so many people are interested in you guys? >> well, we have got a pretty good comeback story. the guys have persevered to a certain extent. i think people are pleased to see that. >> reporter: each soldier, an amputee with a story of their own. lance corporal mattie yas ferrara was injured in afghanistan. >> i lost both legs, broke my pelvis, shattered my femur. when i saw them playing, it made me stronger fiscally and mentally. >> reporter: what has being on this team taught you? >> push through it. good things are going to happen. >> reporter: the players and the team, a lesson for everyone in the power of mind, body, and spirit. if you guys can go to their website and find a game near you, i promise you, it will be the coolest thing. it is not only inspiring but they are awesome to watch. there is this one guy, greg. he lost his left arm and he catches the ball and throws it up in the air, drops his glove

and then throws the ball. they are incredible to watch, not only insfiring abopiring bu to watch. >> it is fun to watch how proud you are. >> i get choked up. i am very proud. >> dylan, thanks. just ahead, if you are looking for a super, simple dinner for tonight, aren't you in luck. maybe you are going to be cooking along with us if you have already downloaded the recipe. we continue our super simple chicken series with a fantastic barbecue chicken recipe after these messages. [ jennifer ] do you really have time for brown spots?

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today, we tackle barbecue chicken with the host of man food fire on the cooking channel. our tasting panel is gearing up for the main event. okay. they're already sampling. >> they cheated. >> they are cheating. we're about to make this. this is your sweet chile barbecue chicken. >> super simple and it starts with the whole chicken. >> basically you take the back of the chicken. >> it breaks up pretty easily. >> you take out the backbone and separate the skin. >> i heard the bone there. if you're a little squeamish and that's not your deal, you can ask your butcher to do it for you, right? >> you can ask your butcher to do it. i just like to do it in havls like this because i like big

hunks of meat. >> so we have five ingredients. >> fish sauce here. soy sauce. this is a sweet thai chile sauce. i love this. this is the only thing -- they only make that in trinidad. >> how many drops do we do? >> three, four splashes. >> like that? >> just like that. now i'm going to mix that up really good. i'm going to score these. this, i learned from my grandmother. >> i love a tip from a grandparent. >> and it's super legit. >> so we scored the chicken. this is all mixed up. pour it over? >> pour two-thirds of that on this side. make sure you get it inside the

k cracks. >> this is going to marinate for how long? >> truth be told, to go back to the grandmother thing, she would put this in the fridge for 48 hours. >> 30 minutes is good? >> my grandmother says two days. >> when we have the time, we'll follow your grandmother's rules. >> absolutely. it's realry be rly best to do i outside to have the circulation of air. also the chile sauce has sugar in it. >> so we're going to check in with the panel downstairs. guys, what's the verdict? >> very good. >> i can't eat barbecue chicken without picking it up with my hands. this is delicious. >> so this is super simple to eat. >> very simple to eat. >> dip it in the sauce on the side too.

>> that's really good. >> we can find all of this at today.com. i love the added tidbits from the grandmother. you can catch him on the cooking channel. >> lester? >> they do cook in the kitchen. >> they do. > lest check in with david gregory. >> i'm never invited to brunch. serious news in the middle east this morning. israel bombs gaza. hamas fires back. and a key voice in the region, my exclusive interview with iran's foreign minister. plus, how cleveland is scoring wins. >> i'm told we're putting your chicken in the box for you now

that's going to do it for is. have a great day. than

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