the money received is enough for them to recover if they emulate the national team. >> the national team progressed by having young players coming out, performing well through the national team, and establishing themselves by going to a club in order to play there at a club level game. we need to go down to the root levels, and we need to develop young players. >> in other words, it's time for talent over money. >> join us for al jazeera's brazil 2014 update on the air each day. >>> there's more on the website. check out aljazeera.com/brazil2014. >>> finally lucy lee is preparing to pay the biggest event in women's golf, the u.s. open. she became the youngest woman in history winning in may. the pre-teen has been playing for four years, so is not out to prove anything in pipe hurst. >>> that's all the sport for now. back to you. >>> thank you very much. lots of sport. lots of news coming up. stay with us on al jazeera. >> in canada, owning a gun is a privilege, not a guaranteed right... does this make their country safer than ours? 5 days: guns around the world a primetime news special s

despite the hardship, greece's national team is still finding success. we report from athens. >> even the greeks couldn't believe it, they had climbed their way up the ranks of european football, and snatched a title they hadn't dared hope for. the greek team came home to a heroes welcome, their bus took two hours to navigate the last clam at her to the welcome ceremony. since then, the national team has consistently been must not the top 15 and qualified for the last two european championships and last two world cups. >> that is an achievement in itself. >> before 2004, greece had gone only to two major championships in the past. it's a huge achievement of stability and playing against the odds. >> the greek game in contrast has been in a downward spiral, first division club went bank result after overpaying stars it couldn't afford. another bankrupted underinvesting, losing most of its television righties. a match fixing scandal put owners behind bars in 2011 and drove more fans from the game. >> there isn't enough competition in the greek tournament.

of course these prisoners and fans of mexico's national team were thrilled at the victory, but just asnt as the result, was the chance for a little bit of diverse toy break up the boredom of prison life. >> translator: it's a great distraction for us to be able to share this with our friends and support mexico. >> reporter: while prisoners were rushed to their cells, thousands celebrated in mexico city's mainland mark the angel of independence. mexico is a pry us country and at least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mechanics to mexicor biggest challenge so far the netherlands who had won all three of their matches. but for now the fans have beaten their expectation to his make it this far. >> translator: they gave us an inning manageable moment of happiness, this is the best gift our national team could have given us. >> reporter: the power of football to unite and if only briefly let people have a taste of freedom. >>> despite the dire predictions people in brazil loving the world cup. traffic on the other hand, that's a different story. brazil

money evidently to do well in this competition or do you is worth mentioning as well the spanish national team is worth thirty times more than the door and so what does this tell us about these big money teams with star players such as yesterday in red we're going to ask david coverdale from the sun these are now david this begs the question does money really make any difference a tour once those players are on the pitch. i think air and international football probably does it make as much different as it does it put football. live in the richest clubs do you dominate it they buy the best buyers they can coach them the best players are thirty rivals. to and it seems players going to be trying to get there to save the whole season but come on well kirk that mean it's a seven games two with a certain can do well without some of the expensive players depending on the tactics and their style of play. so that you will find a team that does win this turn and will probably have one of those really expensive players if you look at argentina they've got light on messi you look at brazil they've got ney

>> translator: just because we are in prison doesn't mean we are going to stop supporting our national teamcontemporary, we are icontrary,. >> reporter: for most of the match the game was scoreless. close calls thrilled and frustrated the prisoners. but in the 72nd minute, mexico began to dominate with the succession of three goals, of course these prisoners and fans of mexico's national team were thrilled at the victory. but just as important is the result which is a chance for a little bit of diversity to break up the boredom some prison life. >> translator: it's a great distraction for us to be able to share this with our friends and support mexico. >> reporter: while prisoners were rushed to their cells, thousands celebrated mexico city's mainland mark the angel of independence. mexico is a pius country and a the least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mexico their biggest challenge so far, the netherlands who have won all three matches. but for now, fans are buoyant, they have beaten expectation to his make it this far. >> translator: our boys gav

is in less than an hour and there is a huge amount of support for the brazilian national team. aking of the home team, they must be under pressure because they are the host and the favorite. about that.no doubt would they be the favorite if they were not the host? talented a lot of players, including neymar, who has finished his first season. proving a point of controversy and a lot of problems. he has had a good season on the pitch. he has been excellent with brazil, he scored in every single game last year, beating spain in the finals. emphatically as well, it has to be said. he's got a great record, 31 goals in 49 matches. he will have to perform on the big stage. hopefully he does. this team is managed by a safe pair of pounds -- hands, the man ,ho won the world cup in 2002 the last time they won it. he is a man who has a lot of experience and likes to drill a disciplined team. they won't be running all over the place. be wellll -- they will drilled and disciplined and aware. releasedlayer who was as a child in the last week or so, and now back with the force. he will play f

he says there is more to the national team's failures than just money.ays the mexican men are disadvantaged because they are smaller than africans and europeans. and they don't play well together as a unit. >> mexicans and not found their style yet. the germans are very precise. argentines are strong. brazilians are smooth. mexicans do not have a style. >> still, hope springs internal in mexico. >> i think the team can make the quarterfinals at the world cup for sure. no other team besides brazil will have as much support in the stadium as mexico. that hopeful outlook seems to be in the minority. the boy answered the way the most did when i ask if mexico could do well at the world cup. >> [indiscernible] now, more international youth victories may be as good as it gets for mexico, unless the man can again play like they did when they were boys. >> i bet that you are wondering what is happening in that opening game of the world cup down there in brazil, which is between the host and croatia. we are in the closing minutes of that game. is 3-1 to the host b

partly down to competition success from madrid they won the champions league this year while the national team triumphed of course in twenty ten at the world cup in south africa curve course we also have the european successes as well euro two thousand and eight twenty twelve unless there are we've got germany brazil but unfortunately england and italy they are our book big money spending it on the other end of the scale there's doris at the bottom just here with thirty one million dollars but these thieves these four teams just here that all still in the competition which demonstrates the fact that you don't need big money evidently to do well in this competition or do you is worth mentioning as well the spanish national team is worth thirty times more than the indoor and so what does this tell us about these big money to use with star players such as is today. going to ask david coverdale from the sun these are now david this begs the question does money really make any difference a tour once those players are on the pitch. i think air and international football probably does it make as much

he's been getting updates from his national security team, national security adviser susan rice. this team is strig to come up with a range of options to help iraq push back the insurgent forces. these options don't include troops on the ground, but they could include air strikes. this ship, the bush, is a shipped moved into the gulf because you can launch air strikes from the ship. the president is under pressure. he said on friday any u.s. arc shun will take several days to plan. he's under some pressure from members of congress, here at home, especially republicans, who want to see him act quickly. we heard from senate minority leader mish mcconnell saying the u.s. needs to act swiftly to help the iraqi government, before all the gains that the u.s. and allied forces made are lost. we heard from congressman peter king who says the u.s. should launch air strikes to help give the iraqi army the chance to consolidate and at least defend bagdad. we've also heard from republican members of congress like senator john mccain and the house armed services committee chairman buck mckeen

team u.s.a. i sat down one on one with head coach of the u.s. men's national soccer team to talk about the pressure and controversy. you will hear from two u.s. players chosen to go to brazil. later, security forces preparing for the worst at the world cup. controversy swirling around who may be training them. >> my digital producer is here bringing the feedback throughout the show. so much excitement percolating pretty much everywhere you go? >> "the stream" is kicking off world cup 2013. >> that's why they pay me big money. buzz says on twitter it will be one hell of a world cup but never better than south africa in 2014. an american journalist said the hubby is going to the world cup. i am going to brazil. he has a ticket, but i think the sport is going mainstream. >> it could be an outliar. the most watched sporting event away. team u.s.a. has one of the toughest firm rounds possible called "the group of death" facing off against the world's best from germany, portugal, ghana and i talked about how he is prepping his players for brazil, making tough choice

in brazil, the national team. a recent poll said 55% of brazil is the team to lose. i mean, i repeated again. so, this is what is happening. once again you put it in an american contact to the curmudgeon is washington put a team attempted to leave their facilities, and there were surrounded by striking teachers. teachers if you can do that, that would be great, who are just may be fed up with the fact they have a racist name or set up because of the amount of tax breaks the washington team get. or i don't know, fat because dan snyder is such a tool. imagine if people were expressing not towards the team. it's a remarkable thing to see happen. he's getting reports of a tap. he e-mailed me something. he said the word fifa in brazil is about as popular as the word fema and new orleans after hurricane katrina. that is how electric it is. take a back second and ask yourself why. why does all this protest happen in brazil? i could throw statistics at you to explain why it's happening. for example, the world cup estimates are to cost as much as 15 or $16 billion. no one kno

. >> two players from japan's national team have always been a tough test. they faced off against a team of 55 children and won. it's being seen as a good omen ahead of the world cup. >> if we manage to take a vantage of our strengths, we can beat anybody -- if we manage to take advantage of our strengths. >> the country is expecting big things from the men's squad. thousands have been cheering on their world cup team. >> i hope this team will be the pride of japan. >> the squad's nickname is the blue samurai. the best performance in a world cup tournament to date has been making it to the last 16. alberto zachary is expected to change that. the experienced coach has been training the team for four years now. three years ago, he let japan to the asian championship, and last year, this team was the first to qualify for the world cup. >> we now work together as a team. we moved like one body, and i want to score goals as part of this body. >> another of japan's top players also picked up experience in germany. he now plays for manchester united. 11 members of j

national team. they have taken the best part of it and combined it into this incredible atmosphere and experience. the culture is sort of opening eyes to people. it is about being supportive and having fun. all the reports i hear from people down in brazil is that peop want to hang out with the american fans because they are out there having so much fun. >> why aren't you in brazil? be down therearly having fun with the american fans. >> i am going down for the quarterfinals. >> we will be holding our breath for you and crossing our fingers. nouriaq he prime minister al-maliki has welcomed the syrian airstrike earlier this week on a border area between the two countries. insurgentsslamist who have taken over much of northern and western iraq. he also said he had signed contracts to buy russian fighter aircraft to help defeat those isys fighters. this report from the iraqi capital. but the bloody aftermath of a powerful explosion in a town close to the border with syria which is under the control of

and have that new national security team cool up with a strategy. -- come up with a strategy. rategy to do whatever we can to prevent this direct threat not national security of this nation. >> reporter: and so the question now, stephanie, this afternoon, what does the president have in mind when he says iraqis need more help and he's not leaving any options off the table. stephanie. >> my viqueira reporting from the white house. mike, thank you. >>> is has been three years since president obama withdrew the last contingent of u.s. forces from iraq. the u.s. paid a heavy financial price for the eight years of war. a report by brown universities institute for international study, the iraq war cost 1.7 drill i don't know dollars and more when you factor in the benefits to veterans and the expenses could grow to 6 trillion when you add interest. >>> breaking news out of ukraine. kiev says russia is sending tanks and military vehicles in to the part of the country. ukraine's interior ministry said russia sent the hardware to help anti-government fighters the three tanks pass in to

i think they are statistically better than a national team and now they play at home.s a huge responsibility for them. they have a great coach and players. we know we have an opportunity, a chance to change history. >>> millions of brazilians are expected to stop work to watch the team play. the national standstill is having an impact on the economy. >> reporter: brazilians packed into bars and restaurants. everywhere is waiting for this. chirchir >>> -- [ cheering ] . >> a brazil ball. brazilians can be hard working, but when the national team plays, they are not, and for good reason. >> translation: we can't work on days brazil plays because of the noise when brazil makes a goal, the horns. we can't work on the phone. it's great to get the day off. >> reporter: early afternoon, a few hours to kick-off, people are leaving work to watch the game. many change the work clothes or something more appropriate. a grandmother makes sure her son is appropriate. >> hours before kick-off employees check out early, that man telling his colleague he expects to win 3-0. >> a few la

for the germany national team over armenia. rice rice -- marco dropping out of the world cup team due to injury. >> picture poroshenko has been sworn in -- petro poroshenko has new sworn in as ukraine's president. ties witho mend russia, but would never bow to the annexation of crimea. >> ukrainians turned out in force to watch petrol persian petroake the oath -- poroshenko take the oath of office. foreign dignitaries were there to demonstrate their solidarity. the guests included the european council president and u.s. vice president joe biden. russia only sent its acting ambassador to kia for the -- kiev for the ceremony. with his hand resting on the ukrainian constitution, poroshenko took the oath of office. he stressed the need for a extended inne, and all of branch to pro-russian separatists. reset the russian language and offered amnesty to separatists that were not involved in bloodshed. >> i do not want war, and i do not want revenge. i want is and i want to achieve peace. >> he said he would never expect annexation ofi

it's hosting the italian national team during the upcoming world cup. >> translator: what really drew attention to the pro-con inspectors was to the hotel where the italian national team was set to stay, they had food that expired. in a statement a hotel representative says, executives are taking measures to fully comply with the law, but admits there was a failure in the disposal of food due to higher demand as the world cup approaches. >> translator: this hotel was notified and it now has 15 days to present a defense if it has one and then it will be fined. . amount of the fine will be decided only after the presentation of the defense. >> reporter: officials found expired food at the royal tulip hotel in rio which host the english national team. a hotel representative says it follows all external and internal standards of quality control of its food and drinks and is investigating the incident. to improve food safety, during the month-long world cup out of 13 establishments that have been inspected so far. >> reporter: other violations at restaurants, supermarkets and bakeries. the

women's nationals team. solo arrested on domestic violence charges after she allegedly assaulted both her sister and nephew at a home in seattle. officials say she appeared to be intoxicated and upset. she'll remain in jail until monday when she will make her first court appearance. details really just coming in about this story. >> thank you lesley. appreciate that. >>> the summer solstice celebrated in style. still ahead on "eyewitness news" we'll show you which majestic place people in england flock to to witness >> welcome back. what a way to mark the summer sole stills. this was the scene in england as hundreds gather d to watch the sunrise over stonehenge. the solstice marks the longest day of the year. stonehenge sits on the plain 80 miles southwest of london. why or how the stones are placed there is still unknown. we'll be right back. stay with us >> all right, that's "eyewitness news." i was going check in with justin one last time but let's do that later about the weather much # it's going to be l

the national team. a recent poll said 55% of brazil wants the team to lose. this is -- i'll repeat it again in brazil. this is what is happening. and once again, it's like you put it in an american context and it's like imagine if the washington football team attempted to leave their facilities to go to the big game and they were surrounded by striking teachers, teachers if you can do that, that would be great -- who are just -- i don't know -- maybe fed up with the fact that they have a racist name or fed up because of the amount of tax breaks the washington team gets, or just fed up because dan snyder is such a major tool. but imagine if people were -- [applause] -- were expressing that towards the team. it's a remarkable thing to see happen. and my friend, dylan stillwood, great person, you should friend on facebook, giving reports of what is happening in sao paulo, he e-mailed me something help said the word fifa in brazil is about as popular as the word fema in new orleans after hurricane katrina. that's how electric it is. and it's like you take a step

. >> sometimes they take practice with dreams of becoming a professional player or on a national team in the world cup takes help. the regular soccer system in the bay area and across the nation you have to play 9 pay, the better you are the more it coughs and sometimes best players don't have the money. that is where the organization comes in. >> the program attracts hispanic kids from all over the country and gives them an opportunity to show their skills as soccer players, advance their soccer career and their educational career. >> the san francisco-based objection says the open trial system is merit based and takes no money. this is video. scouts from professional, college, and the united states and mexico national teams look for standard count players. 31 kids have gone pro. santa rose's player went far. >> i was called to go to dallas and then i wanted to go pro and they gave me the opportunity to try out a couple of teams in mexico and it was a great experience. >> he wasn't signed but the dream still alib. the world cup in brazil is an incentive. brad thinks at least one of t

they admit when the national team plays, they are not, and for good reason. >> we can't work on days brazil plays because of the noise from the horns everyone blows when brazil makes a goal. we can't talk on the phone. because of this it's great we get the day off of work. >> reporter: early afternoon, a few hours to kick-off and people are leaving work to catch the metro to get home. many trade their work clothes for something more appropriate. even a grandmother makes sure her son is ready, even though he's not old enough to walk. >> this man told his colleague he expects brazil to win 3-0. a few last customers rush in, kiosks that sell newspapers are now places to buy merchandise. it's on the streets where the shutdown is evident. >> there are 5.4 million cars in the city of sao paulo. you'd never know it looking at the street behind you. it's one of the busiest streets in the city. it's almost empty because everybody is inside, watching the national team play. >> elsewhere the main street in the city is quiet. on brazil trade day the trading slows. many cities declaring a holiday

since i'm in brazil, i have to cheer for the brazil national team.ere's a game between brazil and japan, it's hard, i'd have to cheer for a tie to no one would fight. >> this being the world cup down the street, they gather to sing the national anthem before a repeat dame. while the japanese culture is different. the city proves one thing is the same - the euphoria when your native country scores. . >> hello. i am richard gismondi. three al jazeera employees are found guilty. according to their colleagues, all around the news industry, the crime they xrit committed is called journalism. the biggest conviction yet in the phone hacking scandal but

when ghana's national team played a farewell game before leaving, the entire group was watching.is is as close as the children get to the national team in the world cup. >> cheap, it's back to work. rock then, it's back to work. >>> and don't forget to join us every day for the daily wrap of everything going on at brazil 2014: >>> world number one rafael nadal is in action at wimbledon on thursday, taking on lucas rozzel in the second round. the man that knocked out the spaniard two years ago. andy murray thrashed his slovenian player. the brit dropped two games on the way to a straight sets victory over his 97-ranked opponent. >>> the international cricket council have officially elected indian vasan as chairman, confirming the constitutional change earlier this year for india, australia and england to have more control. he is suspended as englands cricket president while corruption allegations are investigated. >> that's it from me for now. >>> stay with us here on al jazeera. another full bulletin of news is ahead in a few minutes. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazee

one of the heroes of the last game, jermaine jones, he actually played on the german national team before coming over to play for the u.s. team, so a ton of connections here, these guys all know each other, but they all say the ones who now play for the u.s., they're going to be playing very hard against their former home country. they got a lot of personal stake in this game. it's not just for everything they're playing for in the world cup but come on, for bragging rights with the guys they grew up with. >> players are still trying to make it to the game, as is fred pleitgen. are the roadways flooded, fred? >> reporter: hi, carol. the roadways are turning into lakes at this point. we left our hotel in reci if fe to get to the stadium, about seven miles away and we got about 100 yards down the road and then we were in massive traffic, all the roads as i said are starting to flood. we've tried to go through several sort of small villages to avoid some of the roads that have been washed away, we're seeing police on the streets everywhere, redirecting traffic. lot of the traffic isn't movin

brazil's national team won the opening match 3-1 over croatia. the lights at world cup stadiums and cities are so bright that you can see them from space. a nasa astronaut snapped a picture over brazil from the international space station. the lights on the far right are sao paulo. and the lights in the middle are rio de janeiro. >> good morning. early today we have mostly clear conditions. we do have the full moon it's the strawberry and moon. it comes in the month of june. still lightninged things up nicely. outside refined temperatures moving through the low 60s. in gary is 61. cooler in valparaiso. lincoln park at 59. elsewhere, these are the temperatures. satellite and radar composite shows no rain in sight we stay dry. that just today. tomorrow as well expect showers and potential of thunderstorms. temperatures will be going up over the weekend. 74 today cooler along the lake. mar 81. father's day, 85 degrees. >> coming up ... the mayor of peoria is sued over his handling of a twitter account. we'll explain. plus -- the latest on thousands

fans of the mexican national team aren't that far behind. hat part of the story for you. >> reporter: of all the countries playing in the world cup, there is one team with two huge fan bases. the mexican national team. >> if the united states play portugal, i root for you, the u.s. if the u.s. plays mexico, i root for mexico. >> reporter: affectionately known as el tree, the team is not just supported by its country men and women, but also patriotic young americans love . i love the culture. and everything about it. >> reporter: in the u.s., games are often broadcast in english and in spanish. or a combination of both. there is definitely something about watching a match in spanish. >> just has a rich tradition, the way you do the play by play, the calling of the game, becomes a little more dramatic. >> the team is so popular in america that it played several games in the u.s. before the world cup. >> the attendance for the mexican national team games, for example, this year, ranged from 50 to 85,000 people, which are big figures, big numbers

. >> reporter: the japanese national team has been training. about 100 kilometers northwest of sao paulo. the players are staying at the hotel away from the city center. and many of the 160,000 strong population have been out to welcome team japan. th club held its first training session in public, winning over a few new supporters. more than 5,000 local soccer fans turned out. including brazilians of japanese descent, and japanese children living in sao paulo. the coach says his goal is to reach the quarterfinal which will represent japan's best-ever world cup performance. an italian coach has picked ac milan and kagawa of manchester united as his main strikers. after training, the players mingled with fans. >> translator: i'm so glad to see japan's national team. >> translator: i hope japan and brazil will both reach the final. >> translator: i really enjoy playing here. people react with excitement to every single shot. >> translator: a lot of fans are here in the stadium. it's such a great atmosphere. they give us energy. >> reporter: not ev

the suction session of three goals. >> reporter: of course these prisoners and fans of mexico's national teame victory. but just as important as the result was the whatness for a little bit of diversity to break up the boredom of prison life. >> it's a great chris tax to beo be able to share with "the stream" with our friends and support mexico. >> reporter: while prisoners were rushed to their cells, thousands celebrated mexico city's mainland mark the angel of independence. mexico say pius country and at least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mexico, their biggest challenge so far. the netherlands who have won all three matches. but for now, fans are bouyant, they have beaten expectations to make it this far. >> our boys gave us an unmanageable moment of happiness, this is the best gift our national team could have given us. >> reporter: the power of football to unite and if only briefly let people have a taste of freedom. adam rainy, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> rah way from the world cup examine to wimbledon, world number one rafael nadal had to com

national team, to say the least. how bad? well, for starters, the group that team usa is nicknamed the group of death. >> yikes. germany ranked number two in the world and portugal number four and ghana has eliminated team usa from the last two world cup competitions. this is the only group in which all four teams made it into the knockout round in 2010. america's first game is monday against ghana. yikes. >>> today is throwback thursday with a world cup theme, can you guess who this is? the game face may give it away. ronauldo, one of the most successful and hottest soccer players in the world. he will be playing for portugal. >> cute then and cute now. >> guys that star on the international stage. this picture taken back in 1991. tim howard, 35-year-old grew up in new jersey but currently plays for the english club everton. >>> this team usa soccer player posted this photo on instagram with the caption, the beginning. >> getting ready to make his first ever world cup appearance. that is a game face. >> no kidding. >>> 5:52

. >> i say to the president of the united states, get a new national security team in place. you have been ill served by the national security team that you have in place now. and that you may the have that team come one a strait yes. >> and are now calling for the president to recover the 2016 deadline for removing american troops. what you see in iraq, at a faster pace. >> this has democratic allies reject the critics and point the finger back at a republican president. if you wanted to talk about iraq, and the opposition they have had to our military engangment, we have to go back to 2003. we won't go back to 2002. and the fall of 2002, and the bush administration, misrepresented the facts to american people. took us into a war on a false premise. >> and one thing a variety of spokes people have been pointed out today, there will be no return of american ground troops in iraq. no more american boots on the ground. al jazeera, the white house. >> administration personals say three plane loads of americans are being evacuated from an air base in the north, to escape potential

splash of blue curaco to a glass of beer and you get a cocktail that's the same color as the national team's samurai blue. this appetizer set is a plate of tatoes and meatballs arranged to look like a soccer pitch. >> translator: the blue gets me excited. >> translator: i hope our team wins. >> translator: i think the excitement will build with each victory so i hope japan keeps winning. >>eporter: meanwhile, these high-definition 4k tvs are selling briskly in tokyo. the manufacturers have this year's world cup in mind when they launched the new product. with four times the resolution of normal high definition tvs, they're just the thing for fans who want to watch every detail of the action. just before the higher sales tax went into effect on april 1st, consumers rushed to buy new tvs. in april, tv sales dipped. then in may, they shot up by 30% over the year before. >> translator: many consumers want to get a large-screen tv. mainly a 4k tv. before japan plays its matches. the world cup is having a big impact on sales. >> reporter: department stores are also jumping onto the world cup bandw

men's national team.plays he could be that key guy for the u.s. >> we'll all be watching and rooting for them. be sure to stay with us the next hour. we'll be joined by a member of the u.s. national team and hear what he has to say about the american's chances in the world cup and i'll get his take on the heat factor as well. >> that's going to be -- >> wild. >> run all game, especially the americans. let's take a little break on "new day." you know, if that were a plot on "house of cards" people would say it's too far-fetched. the target, the irs investigati investigation, the irs commissioner saying her e-mails are missing. >> plus, talk about a hot mess. this guy's mug shot has blown up on social media. some say he's too sexy for jail. pause, think, and then you can react. others are outraged because bottom line he's there for a reason, getting a mug shot taken for a reason. he's a criminal. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul e

the action continues down here in brazil all thirty two national teams have already played at least two games in this world cup some of them like spain have already played three but the truth is that for the men coached by. their game against australia was just a formality because the reigning champs were knocked out already the world cup and a flying back to spain back to madrid after a great deception it's a very different story for team usa great game against portugal it was at the end a draw but the truth is the men coached by jurgen klinsmann could have well snatched a victory but the portuguese got the qualities in the last minute of the game but still it's a very good result for the american national team now they just need a draw against germany in the last game of the group stage to go to continue into the knockout stage we spoke to some of the thousands and thousands of soccer fans that are down here in brazil and they're very optimistic we have team usa swimming jimmie's absolutely is so mean we need all that money as well are going to do stars . but actually history was made

of course the prisoners and fans of mexico's national team were thrilled at the victory but just as importantich is a little breaking up the boredom of prison life. >> translator: it's a great distraction for us to be able to share this with our friends and support mexico. >> reporter: while prisoners were rushed to their cells, they celebrated mexico city's mark, the angel of independence. mexico is a pias country and at least today the football gods have answered the country's prayers. next up for mexico, their biggest challenge so far, the netherlands who have won all three matches. but for now fans are boyant and beat expectations to make it this far. >> translator: they gave us an unimaginable moment of happiness,s this is the best gift our national team could have given us. >> reporter: the power to unite and if only briefly let people have a taste of freedom. adam with al jazeera mexico city. >>> and don't forget to join us everyday for world cup update, the daily wrap of efrverything going on 1540 gmt and joined by african footballer of the year freddy. and costa the first women's cou

national team. they did a great job of getting to the next round. i think anyone going into this game knew we would have to be defensive, going against a very strong german side. and, of course, without having josi up front, we're going to look to do the counter. and for the most part what they look to do today. >> reporter: and i want to ask you about not having jozy altidore. obviously, some tense moments in that game. did not having him make a difference in terms of scoring? >> yeah, i mean, jozy, he started turning out right before the -- going into the world cup. and, you know, we kind of had to have a new look and put clay up by himself and he can be proficient but not necessarily his favorite. so definitely give us a different look. but i think, you know, the goal is to advance, and we were able to do so. >> reporter: and you know, yes, we are excited, because we are going through to the next round. but we are -- sort of relied heavily on the ghana-portugal game i was watching the game with you guys, and you were checking on your phone the go

but in fact the an actual get beyond let's get to school in the magic good book chatting with national team. yeah. i don't really believe we used the best tactics to come away with the victories musician didn't least a mature student that's just the amount of expected says train people that people with. the australian economy has to be everyone so we sailed through the gypsy. the pensions unemployment. by making up some crap about fiscal emergency. and even better things than the bad and the strategy should say getting to that is takes me next generation to strangers will most probably become a bunch of supposed to treat people the words it is for right to be spoken the truth would be kept straight he became the good but the result would be the david cameron physically all the best in the. really gives him a. little from the feeling of the city of london to thank his kids like this yes to the company's new clues so we can use them instead of the english people in a few ticks and impose a beach down the society can accept it plus be cool to do with education to discuss making those idiots th

while it should be pointed out that not one of the players on the men's national team is actually an l better because of the melting pot this country has become and so is the men's national soccer treatment. it's reflected in the team photo and in the photos of the viewing parties held in places like chicago's grant park. at 6:00 p.m., americans across the country myself included will once again be rooting for the u.s. as it takes on portugal in the second match. i will be among those cheer, but i will also be rooting for everything that i believe the team stands for and represents. we're joined now by someone who knows a little bit about soccer i think. she's former goalkeeper for the u.s. national team. brianna scurry. she won a gold cup and a pair of olympic gold medals. and mike pes ka of slate, also a sports contributor at npr. brianna, i want to start with you, thank you for joining us. it's always cool to have you here, mike. >> no gold meddles. >>. >> we still love you. everybody gets world cup fever. i watched that world cup that the u.s. women's team won with great excitemen

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i say to the president of the united states get a new national security team in place. you have been ill served by the national security team and the decisions that you have in place now and the decisions that you make, and have that new national security team come up with a strategy, a strategy to do whatever we can to prevent this direct threat to the national security of this nation, the security of this nation. so, mr. president, of all the visits that the senator -- the former senator from kentucky, joe lieberman and lindsey graham and i made every fourth of july, two or three times a year traveling the country and having been in the company of not just great leaders like general petraeus and ambassador crocker, but the young men, the privates, corporals, especially the sergeants. these brave, brave men and women who were serving, who were willing to sacrifice on behalf of somebody else's freedom, and they pleefd they won. the surge succeeded. any military expert will tell you the surge succeeded. but it was won at great sacrifice. among the cities, the black flags

. >> senators john mccain and army general jack kean have some advice. >> i say get a new national security team in place, you have been ill served by the national security team and the decisions that you have in place now and the decisions that you made. >> what needs to be done here is not really rocket science in terms of military operation. i would put general petraeus on an airplane. >> strong advice and words from two very experienced veterans suggesting how the president could better the situation and handle what's going on, which is a quickly disintegrating situation in the middle east. i already know we've got some different opinions how this should be handled. let's take it around. >> we should be fracking the heck of whatever we can in the united states of america and get ourselves off middle eastern oil. number one. number two, i don't think there's a lot of good talk here. i've heard talks about air strikes, in order to have an effective bombing campaign, we don't have troops on the ground. this has been an epic failure on so many different levels. kimberly, he announced numerous ti

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almost 100%mes fell when the national team plays. when it is another team, it is still down 80%.e not even a favorite. they have a 1-50 chance in winning. >> what's their obsession, why are they so religiously tied to these games if they have a snowballs chance? >> it's important to stress, chileans are hard workers. they work 15% more on average than oecd countries. it is really a form of escapism. 20 years under a dictatorship under pinochet which they were not allowed to stay out after a certain time, could not assemble , people were tortured and disappeared for having views against the government. even now they are trying to regain their freedom and soccer is a release for them. >> we are only talking about four weeks every four years, so it's not like they do this every time. >> exactly. >> do the market then get a world cup boost? >> goldman sachs found on average, the winning team outperforms by about four percent for about one month, fleeting, and an overall for the year, they underperformed by four percent. >> have not talked to any coworkers here because when the world