with steve case, housing secretary, shaun donovan, and educator, jeffrey canada, and finance expert, suze orman, and then first john mccain spending the fourth with the troops in afghanistan. >>> minutes ago we were joined from kabul by the ranking republican on the armed forces committee, john mccain. you have been fearful that withdrawing the troops by september of next year is risky to the troops and advances made on the groupd. have you seen or heard anything on your visit there that causes you to rethink that? >> no, basically what i have seen and heard here, both from afghans as well as a number of americans is that it's an unnecessary risk, and it's not recommended by any of the milita military, and i hope it will work out, but it certainly deprives us of the troops that we need for the second fighting season. >> lieutenant general john allen, as you know, is the nominee to be the u.s. commander in afghanistan. he was testifying on capitol hill this week, and i want to play you part of what he said and basically his position is he supports the president's withdrawal plan. here

these charters and the leaders like the harlem children zone, led by jeffrey canada, like the academies, and the success charter schools will not and cannot replace all of the public schools. but they are a right now educational option for students and families who need and deserve a better education. not some day, but right now. they are also great educational laboratories, where innovative approaches to learning can be tried, tested, and refined before being taken to scale in the public school system. and because they are choice options for students who believe that they are ill served by the system, school they attend, they are a competitive force, pushing system schools to get better. again, not some day, but right away. that choice and that competition are absolutely vital forces in making our schools better. absolutely vital. our families need to be able to make a choice. and they need to have competitive options to choose from. and in giving our children the education they need to prosper, here in harlem or whenever they make their homes. that must be our goal. of course, charter

jeffrey. >>> thousands of concert fans in canada got much more than they bargained for. thunderstorm hit the ottawa blues fest as the band cheap trick took the stage. as that stage collapsed, the band had already run for cover. the musicians are fine and amazingly just one fan suffered a broken leg. >> you can't even explain how something like that can happen. and one person hurt, wow, amazing. >>> well, the star of the u.s. women's soccer team put their loss in the world cup final into a bit of a simple perspective. abby wambach said, "we were so close." the team lost to japan last night in one of the most dramatic finals in the competition's history. abc's deborah roberts reports now from frankfurt. >> it is japan! >> reporter: it was an ending no one expected. a team that came out of nowhere and became world champions. before the shattering loss, american fans were confident. >> it's going to be 3-1. honestly, i think it's going to be 3-1. >> reporter: this victory was supposed to belong to the americans. athletic and powerful, they were the favorites. but the japanes

jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >>> roilil newlyweds william an kate, the duke and duchess of cambridge, waved farewell to canada today, turning their honeymoon holly day to hollywood, where thousands of their american fans await. and abc's bob woodruff has been with them every step of the way, joining us from l.a. tonight. bob? >> reporter: well, good evening, diane. this is where we are right now. we are now hearing that prince william and kate are probably about to land right now at l.a.x. there was talk earlier they might be taking a helicopter here because of the traffic in the town. but they are going to be taking this by car and led by a very, very large escort. police here hit the sky early this morning, preparing for what some are calling the nextt british invasion. >> the opportunity to see a real life duke and duchess or prince and princess as they are called out here is really very special for everyone over here. >> reporter: for the duke and duchess, canada was nine days long with very little sleep. but the people didn't seem to notice. their last canadian stop, the calgary stampede. last night, the lls,