here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: smiles and cheers. team spirit and ticker tape. and history. the u.s. women's world champion soccer team honored with the parade through the heart of new york city. ending at city hall with an electric rally. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in the 129 year history of new york city's ticker tape parade never before a women's team honored. something the ladies don't take lightly. >> abc's robin roberts was there to introduce the team. >> best player in the world cup, carli lloyd. >> the world cup is a dream come true. having the parade in new york city was one of the best moments of my entire life. >> reporter: the little faces waving flags and smiling in the crowd. >> usa! >> reporter: shining bright everywhere we looked. raise your hand if you play soccer? i can't discount how important you guys were the fans of bringing home this world cup for us. >> reporter: being paraded along the so-called canyon of heroes an honor reserved for an elite few. john glenn, soldiers returning home from world war ii and the country's president. the last time a ticker tape par

paula faris takes us down the route. >> reporter: today, history was made. among the smiles and the cheers, the team spirit, and the ticker tape, the u.s. women's champion soccer team honored with a parade right through the big apple. ending at city hall with an electric rally. >> i can't discount how important you guys were, the fans, bringing home this world cup for us. >> reporter: and it was those little faces, waving flags, smiling in the crowd. >> usa! >> reporter: -- that shined bright everywhere we looked. >> raise your hand if you play soccer. >> reporter: in the 129-year history of new york city ticker tape parades, never before has a women's team been honored. that's something the team don't take lightly. this so-called canyon of heroes is an honor reserved for our nation's heroes. astronaut john glenn. soldiers returning from world war ii. our country's presidents. in fact, the last time a ticker tape parade was held solely for a female achievement was in 1960, for gold medal figure skater carol heiss. and 55 years later, team usa is proudly taki

here's paula faris. >> reporter: it started out as a relaxing day at the beach. relaxing swim with her dad while bringing a selfie stick. her mom yelling from the beach. >> put your wrist band on. >> reporter: that wrist band would keep the selfie stick attached to her. that fun and frolicking quickly turned into fear. erin was caught in a rip tide. >> i felt extremely helpless. getting tossed into the waves especially. >> reporter: those dangerous waters sucking her under. but then dad grabs the selfie stick, still attached by that wristband, and like a baton, passes her to mom. >> give me your hand! >> reporter: a group of good samaritans and life guards rescuing her dad, too. paula faris, abc news new york. >> we're just glad erin is >> >>> breaking news tonight. two people trapped on a san francisco cliff. >> developing news tonight on the death of raiders legend. we're gathering local reaction to the passing of the quarterback. >> six pedestrians hit by a car on a sidewalk. the driver, arrested. is his car to blame? it's only on abc7 news. >> and making bay

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abc's paula faris is in montreal. hey, paula. >> well, reena and t.j. they are back in the finals.ed to be one of the greatest women's world cup matches ever and it certainly didn't disappoint. number one versus number two, the top offense in germany versus the top defense in team usa. you know this was a very pro american crowd here at montreal. and the momentum finally started to shift in the second half towards the americans when carli lloyd nailed that penalty kick putting it in the back of the net. she was moved by her teammates and team usa did it. they beat the mighty germans. >> it was a pk that i needed to sink and my teammates were graciously waiting for me to sink that. so it was great. >> and there was a lot of concern early in the game for morgan brian after she incurred that nasty collision with a german player leaving her very woozy. she tells us that she was evaluated immediately afterwards on the field and again at halftime and the team will continue to monitor her for concussion-like symptoms. but they say she did not suffer a concussion. so up next team usa trave

paula faris puts it to the test. >> reporter: in the all-out battle for your business, there's a newlayer online. jet, which is a cross between costco and amazon launching today. promising club price savings on millions of items from tvs to toiletries. as easy as it is for consumers to shop online, jet is making it easier. we looked up some of the more popular items on amazon. a set of sheets, dishwasher gel. and a tablet. jet listed amazon's price next to theirs. they beat it. they said they can make it cheaper, waving the option for free returns. and depending on what you buy, the more you buy, the more you save. the company says its profits are not coming from products. they are making their money on a $50 membership fee. jet's founder who sold diapers.com for a half billion is called a rock star by industry experts. he said they will undercut everyone on price. now, amazon has massive warehouses. jet is working with retailers close to your zip code, cutting down on the shipping costs, david, the savings get passed on to you. >> all right, thanks. >>> a new study with women and me

here's paula faris. >> reporter: aaron john heading out for a swim with her dad while bringing alongs go out farther! >> reporter: her mom yelling from the beach. >> put your wristband on. >> reporter: that wristband would keep the selfie stick attached. the fun and frolicking quickly turning into fear. erynn caught in a riptide. >> i felt extremely helpless. getting tossed into the waves especially. >> reporter: those dangerous waters sucking her under. but then dad grabs the selfie stick, still attached by that wristband, and like a baton, passes her to mom. >> give me your hand! >> reporter: a group of good samaritans and life guards rescuing her dad, too. >> glad she's okay and i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. look, i know it seems like easy work. we're in paradise, we're doing 20 shows here, bubut it's -- it's taxing. i mean this is what happens when you fly out to an island to do 20 television shows. [ both sigh ] wheel... of... forte! [ cheers and applause ] from the hilton waikoloa village on the island of hawaii, here are the stars of america's game --

the two best teams in the world, and abc's paula faris in montreal tonight. >> reporter: we saw them all over town tonight, americans cheering for team usa. alex morgan's shot stopped by the keeper. morgan brian went down after a nasty collision. number one versus number two, germany and team usa, and america the under dog. going into tonight's game the german squad with its high flying offense scoring 20 goals. they're the tournament's top offense, taking on team usa, the top defense. and top goalkeeper. hope solo, allowing just one goal. as for team usa scoring, some calling it boring, only seven goals to speak of. to that, american carly lloyd says -- >> i don't see them out here so it might be a little easier said than done. >> reporter: as team usa fights in that stadium for a chance to play in sunday's championship game they're fighting for history, to become the first country to win the world cup three times. amy? >> paula, thanks so much. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the distracted driver, no idea what's right in front of him, caught

abc's paula faris was at the match in montreal. hey, ball la good morning. >> reporter: well reena and t.j., they did it. they are back in the finals. you know this was billed to be one of the greatest women's world cup matches ever and it certainly didn't disappoint. number one versus number two, the top offense in germany versus the top defense in team usa. you know this was a very pro-american crowd here in montreal and the momentum finally started to shift in the second half towards the americans when carli lloyd nailed that penalty kick putting it in the back of the net she was mobbed by her teammates and team usa did it. they beat the mighty germans. >> it was a pk that i needed to sink and my teammates were you know graciously waiting for me to sink that so it was great. >> reporter: so up next team usa, they travel to vancouver, they will play in sunday's championship game against either japan or england and team usa going for history trying to become the first country to ever win three world cup titles. t.j. and reena. >>

here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: team usa, the underdogs, winning 2-0 against ne team in the worldall came down to this. >> this is her first major mistake. >> reporter: the germans who had never missed a penalty kick in a world cup game ever the defining moment just 93 seconds. the u.s. goalkeeper hope solo, doing everything she can think of to stall. drinking some water. the announcers sure noticing. listen. >> solo took a stroll away from the goal. it's mind games between goalkeeper and shooting. >> with the opponent ready to go solo trying to throw germany off, pushing the limits of what's allowed. listen again. >> solo is just trying to freeze, make her think about missing. >> reporter: and then the moment. >> she shot, she missed! >> reporter: solo admitting it to fox sports after the game. >> you do what you can. i did the stall tactic. it worked. >> reporter: team usa punching their ticket to the final where they'll face japan or england on sunday. >> paula, thank you. and thank you for watching. i'm amy robach. good night. i love the new place. thank you. we used a designe

here's paula faris. >> reporter: aaron john heading out for a swim with her dad while bringing along's go out farther! >> reporter: her mom yelling from the beach. >> put your wristband on. >> reporter: that wristband would keep the selfie stick attached. the fun and frolicking quickly turning into fear. erynn caught in a riptide. >> i felt extremely helpless. getting tossed into the waves especially. >> reporter: those dangerous waters sucking her under. but then dad grabs the selfie stick, still attached by that wristband, and like a baton, passes her to mom. >> give me your hand! >> reporter: a group of good samaritans and life guards rescuing her dad, too. >> glad she's okay and i hope to see hey, honey. day dreaming? [laughing] sorry. about being at the beach? uh... yeah. in the caribbean? that's odd... at our very own beach house? how do you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. oh, yeah! $1,000,000 big money with top prizes of a million dollars. [male announcer] want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning.

>> reporter: paula faris, abc news new york. >> how do you respond?f you're a woman and you're being cat called down the street what would you do? >> really i think that question goes to you. it's kind i have difficult for me to put myself in that position. >> really? >> yeah. i see this on the streets. i'm shocked at some of the things that guys -- >> what would the appropriate response be? >> probably to ignore them. you don't want to get into a confrontation. sometimes you've got to respond to ignorance. >> they're saying you should maybe tell them you're harassing me and i don't like it and an walk away. maybe the person theres they're flattering you and you're going to appreciate it. that sort of shuts them down. >> maybe that helps the next woman walking by. he'll think about that. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. ♪ ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may

the hashtag we started, you helped build the momentum for this event and paula faris is in the socialabout it. paula. >> oh robin, the power of social media. exhibit a. [ cheers and applause ] the champions, they are back on u.s. soil the party is just getting started. already a call from the commander in chief and now a trip to the big apple where on friday they will become the first women team ever to be honored with a new york city ticker tape parade. >> we won the world cup, baby! >> reporter: on the heels of their epic world cup win, the women's u.s. national team is on their next tournament. their victory tour. >> i believe that we just won. >> reporter: they're taking to the stage tuesday in los angeles. >> it feels great to wake up as a world champion and that feeling won't get old. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: their first stop since arriving back home in the u.s. >> i'm honored to be american. i'm honored to be on this team and honored to play for you guys. >> reporter: thousands of die-hard fans following this team from the field of dreams to triumph. >> i think it's

that's the point. >>> let's get the morning rundown from paula faris. >> thank you, george.ing storm as cross the country unleashing killer floods and hurricane-force winds. lightning blew up transformers across the south. tornadoes tore apart homes and snapped trees in tennessee and in western new york some areas were swamped by up to 2 inches of rain per hour. this is the result of the severe flooding that w away homes in kentucky six people are missing and we're going to have ginger's forecast straight ahead. >>> president obama will be making his case for the nuclear agreement with iran at a news conference later this afternoon. congressional republicans are slamming this deal. some calling it unacceptable. the president says he will veto any effort to derail the deal. opponents however need a two-thirds majority in congress to override that presidential veto. >>> new video showing the moment the mexican drug lord known as el chapo escaped from prison. see him pacing in his cell right here. he takes off his electric monitoring bracelet and ducks behind the wall of his sh

here's paula faris. >> today i get to do a cover shoot for "glamour."shot yet? i can only make three faces. >> reporter: "glamour" magazine getting inside the comedian's head. >> there it is the signature look that men can't say no to. >> reporter: comedy's bad girl giving good tips to women in a candid interview conducted by the star's very own sister. >> i was wondering what advice you would give. >> reporter: sometimes co-star on her hit comedy central show "inside amy schumer." the self-deprecating superstar tell egg the magazine i want to make women laugh. i want to make them feel beautiful in their own skin. i want to empower them to use their own voice and not apologize. >> she says things that you're not thinking. sometimes you don't know you're thinking them until she says them. yes, that is what i've been noticing. >> reporter: schumer has found great success in saying the things that most other women don't dare to. >> boo, work, we hate work. >> reporter: getting attention recently at the uk glamour women of the year awards by saying in her o

here's more from abc's paula faris. >> reporter: in the all-out battle for your business, there's a new player online. jet, which is basically a cross between costco and amazon, promising club price savings on millions of items from tvs to toiletries. as easy as it is for consumers to shop online, jet is trying to mauck make it even easier. we looked up some of the more popular items on amazon -- a set of sheets, dishwasher gel and a tablet. jet not only listed amazon's price next to theirs, they beat it. and jet says it can make those prices even cheaper, including waiving the option for free returns. and depending on what you buy, the more you buy, the more you save. the company says its profits are not coming from products, rather they're making their money solely on a $50 membership fee. jet's founder, mark lurie, who sold diapers.com for over $500 million, has been called a rock star by industry experts. he says they'll undercut everybody on price. while amazon has warehouses jet is working primarily with retailers close to your zip code cutting down on those shipping costs and pas

abc's paula faris with the details now. >> that's it. >> reporter: team usa the underdogs, winning 2-l came down to this. >> this is our first major mistake. >> reporter: the germans, who had never missed a penalty kick in a world cup game ever. the defining moment, just 93 seconds. the u.s. goalkeeper hope solo doing everything she could think of to stall, drinking some water. the announcers sure noticing, listen. >> and solo took a stroll away from the goal. it's mind games between goalkeeper and shooter. >> reporter: her opponent ready to go. solo trying to throw germany off, pushing the limits of what's allowed. listen again. >> solo's just trying to make her think about missing. >> reporter: and then the moment. >> sasha's shot. she missed! >> reporter: solo admitting it to fox sports after the game. >> you do what you can. i did the stall tactic. it worked. >> reporter: team usa punching its ticket to the finals, where they'll face japan on sunday. paula faris, abc news, montreal. >> we're looking forward to the game. [ inaudible ] >> no. >> all right, you know what, folks? i ju

huge crowds expected and paula faris is on the parade route in lower manhattan for us. od morning, paula. >> reporter: and good morning to you, robin. as you said they are expecting massive crowds. already you can see right here a massive police presence building. now, the floats will start arriving behind me all 12 of them decked out in red white and blue all before the u.s. women's soccer team makes history one more time. the floats are being built and the confetti gathered for team usa's epic ticker tape parade this morning. the u.s. women's soccer team making history once more. while new york has hosted 205 of these parades since 1886 this will be the first women's team ever to get a ride down new york city's famed canyon of heroes. starting in downtown manhattan the team will make their way up broadway ending at new york city's hall where the mayor will address them and their crowd of adoring fans. the parade costing $2 million is expected to draw huge crowds. this capping off a week of celebrations for the u.s. women's soccer team following their world cup win agai

abc's paula faris is here with more on the story. od morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, lara. you know, we are going to see something that has never before happened in women's world cup history. a championship game repeat, rematch. the u.s. team learning they will have a chance to avenge their heartbreak from four years ago. >> goal. >> reporter: they're back in the finals and this time with a score to settle. >> that's it. the usa is going to the finals. >> reporter: after shutting out the mighty germans, team usa touching down in vancouver learning they've earned a rematch and a chance at revenge four years in the making. >> japan has done it again. >> reporter: they'll be facing the reigning champ, japan, the country that dealt them that devastating finals loss in the last world cup. the japanese cinderella squad winning in penalty kicks earning its place in this finals however against a tough england club on wednesday. >> she played it and did it go in the goal? >> reporter: after england devastatingly kicked the ball into

paula faris has the story. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is really unchartered territory. jet is part costco, part amazon and the goal, according to its founder, is to undercut everyone on price. this morning, there's a new option for online shoppers. jet.com, which launched at midnight, is hoping to rival retail giants amazon and walmart adds the cheapest web retailer. the company describing itself as an online price club saving members 10% to 15% on more than 10 million products. shoppers on jet.com will pay a $50 yearly membership fee for access to those low prices. >> we only profit from the membership. once we know what products the consumer wants to buy, we can figure out what's the cheapest most efficient way to get that basket to the consumer. >> reporter: the low-cost promise seems to be true. jet.com charging $7.49 for this women's schick quattro they sell on amazon for $8.20. and this dell laptop is selling for over $40 less on jet.com than walmart and more than there are 200 less than am don. but this hamilton beach slow co

men a sense of what it's like showing them what happens when their loved ones are the target and paula farishock and anger. to see how these women were treated really caught their boyfriends off guard and might surprise you, as well. >> hey, red. you making me wish i was those jeans. >> well i wish i was your yellow hat. >> reporter: when it comes to catcalling we can't all get instant respect like "the unbreakable kimmy schmidt." >> reporter: so cosmopolitan.com decided to raise awareness by following three women on the streets of new york city then flipping their boyfriend's reaction to some of the c rachel mcadams ass -- >> i'm getting a -- >> reporter: and brazen. >> get back to work and do your job. >> reporter: -- catcalls. >> thank you sir. >> what's your name? >> that's so messed up. >> i think that men are really surprised that we face this because they don't face the same issue when they go walk to the drugstore or go out to run an ear err errand. >> reporter: one is tesh that hirsch an actress. >> i get catcalled. i feel scared and angry at them but also like angry that this is my

abc's paula faris was there for all of the action and good morning, paula. how are you?porter: good morning, michael. what a game. you know team usa didn't want to wait another four years to seize the moment. they capitalized on that pro-american crowd in that stadium which i got to tell you was deafening at times and here they are finally playing their best soccer. a clash of two world cup titans. leading to an unexpected win. >> that's it the usa is going to the final. >> reporter: thundering chants of usa ard around the stadium. >> all: usa, usa. >> reporter: as team usa defeats germany in the women's world cup semifinals with the road to victory, a vicious one. >> two players are down. >> reporter: this frightening moment when two players butt heads just one of many close calls in this highly physical game. >> medical personnel came out and did all the right tests and i feel fine. >> reporter: morgan brien playing on will continue to be evaluated for concussion-like symptoms. the u.s. going into tuesday's game ranked number two. not expected to beat out top seed germ

. >>> to paula faris with the other top stories.ig news in the health care industry. >> good morning. this is a big deal that could affect the health care that millions of americans receive. there's word that health insurer anthem is close to announcing a deal to buy cigna for $48 billion. critics say it would mean even less competition in this industry. the companies, however, arguing they need to consolidate to reduce costs. >>> and the director of the fbi says isis now poses a greater risk to the united states than al qaeda. director james comey told the aspen security forum the big concern is the social media campaign by isis that aims to inspire troubled americans to carry out attacks. comey says he's especially concerned about isis recruiters using encrypted communication software to evade u.s. surveillance efforts. >>> well the suspect in the charleston church massacre now facing federal hate crime charges clearing the way for prosecutors to seek the death penalty. investigators say dylann roof was motivated by racial hatred.

. >>> first let's turn to paula faris with the morning rundown. >> thanks. movie theater in louisiana. a gunman killing two people and injuring nine others before taking his own life. we are learning new details about the shooter an the hero schoolteacher who helped to save lives in the theater. abc's ryan owens is is there. ryan. >> reporter: paula, good morning to you. let's start with what we know about the gunman the 58-year-old man who killed himself and two other people in the movie needer behind me. police say he does have a criminal record but at this point this morning they still have no idea what his motive is. the governor of this state did tell us that the gunman parked at an emergency exit and tried to escape with other moviegoers and says the lafayette police got here so quickly when he saw them he went back inside and that's when he shot himself. the governor saying he apparently wanted to live through this but was not able to do so. all we do know really about this man is that 20 minutes into this comedy he stood up and started shooting first

paula faris has the story. good morning. >> reporter: this is really uncharted territory.et is part costco part amazon and goal according to its founder is to undercut everyone on price. this morning, there's a new option for online shoppers jet.com which launched at midnight is hoping to rival retail giants amazon and walmart as the cheapest web retailer. the company describing itself as an online price club saving members 10% to 15% on more than 10 million products. shoppers on jet.com will pay a $50 yearly membership fee for access to those low prices. >> we only profit from the membership. once we know what products the consumer wants to buy we can figure out what's the cheapest most efficient way to that to the consumer. >> the low cost promise seems to be true. jet.com charging 7.49 for this women's schictquattro they sell for $15 and this is selling for over $40 less than walmart and more than $200 less than amazon but this hamilton beach slow cooker is $70 less than walmart and amazon. while there is a study found jet's prices were 27% lower on average and performe

paula faris here with the story. >> reporter: hey there, this started with one simple but very powerfulhat she saw in that store and the goal now is that this story empowers women from all over the globe to speak up to retailers and say, this isn't right. i want to be reflected in your stores. they're the widely popular clothing store known for their kinney jeans and even skinnier mannequins but topshop with an about-face this morning after one concerned shopper posted this photo on facebook. laura berry's message was poignant writing every day i am surrounded by strong women and men who struggle with the daily battle of body image. i'd love to hear how you can justify the ridiculously tiny mannequin adding, perhaps it's about time you became responsible for the impression you have on women and young girls. topshop heard her loud and clear. responding almost immediately saying, "going forward we are not placing any further orders on this style of pan quinn." and that we've taken yours and other customers' opinions and feedback on board. >> the more people are exposed to very thin manneq