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and cinderella story. an electronic world cup moment. the shot heard round the world. how the u.s. womens soccer team has put a new face on women. good evening, im cynthia mcfadden. in a remarkable abc news exclusive last night, jaycee dugard told diane sawyer the wrenching story of how she was kidnapped at age 11 by a convicted sex offender and held for 18 years. her self-possession and strength in telling her story in that interview and in the new book shes written made us all wond...

and respects people for whatever issues they come in for and if thereconflict, they refer elsewhere. national investigative reporter michael isikoff has a different story. he joins us now. michael, you interviewed a man behind a secret videotape which shows him quote getting reparative therapy, was he clear that this is a strategy to change his orientation? >> well, that is certainly the claim, and some of it is backed up by this undercover video sting of bachmann and associates done. ...

cup, that video was put together by a man named robbie donoho. one of the things that is sort of surprisingly satisfying, i dont know, maybe in a feminist context about this, is to see all of these dudes super psyched for the womens world cup victory. in womens sports it is so often charactered that the only people who care about womens sports is women. so the economics of womens sports are often i think categorized as untenable because women arent as into sports as men are, and you ca...

an electronic world cup moment. how the u.s. womens soccer team has put a new face on women. good evening, im cynthia mcfadden. in a remarkable abc news exclusive last night, jaycee dugard told diane sawyer the wrenching story of how she was kidnapped at age 11 by a convicted sex offender and held for 18 years. her self-possession and strength in telling her story in that interview and in the new book shes written made us all wonder how, how did she endure, display extraordinary cour...

babylon. and its election day in wisconsin. you know what that means. scott walkers republican friends are using some new dirty tricks. welcome to the show. im al sharpton. tonights lead, republicans try to pass the debt buck literally. today mitch mcconnell hatched an amazing plan even for him that would give president obama the power to raise the debt limit without congress. mcconnells plan would allow the president to do it with zero republican support. its designed to let the rep...

yes! and now hes the envy of the corps. this is "today" on july 12th, corps. this is "today" on july 12th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> im matt lauer. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. welcome back. we really missed you. partner in crime. >> i had perfect weather on vacation. now that perfect sunny weather has turned perfect, sunny and brutally hot. if youre in the new york area today, hopefull...

the drought. >> oouf never seen it like this. >> across the south temperatures are soaring and water levels are sinning. its so bad a south georgia man is sharing the water from his pool. >> were carrying buckets of water back and forth to the neighbors. >> in the midwest oppressive heat claimed one life. a man found dead inside his mobile home on sunday, the air conditioner wasnt working. >> this is oppressive and dangerous heat affecting more than 20 states and more than 90 million p...

media magnate and his son have been called before parliament to explain the phone-tapping scandal that could bring them down. im thomas roberts. we get to president obama preparing for another round of debt talks with congressional leaders as the clock continues to tick. speaker boehner reenforced his partys message and put pressure on the president this morning. take a listen. >> this debt limit increase is his problem. i think its time for him to lead by putting his plan on the tab...

humidity, with temperatures in the 70s, still going to be hot tomorrow. >> thank you, doug. the stifling summer height isnt just uncomfortable. its downright dangerous. down on the national mall, with a look at how people are coping there. craig? >> i just saw the garber family walk by, theyre from tallahassee, florida. youre here on vacation. >> we are. were here touring. >> what do you think of the nations capital? what do you think of our heat? >> weve had a great time, but i thin...

contained of they are still working on getting out all of the flames. if we zoom out, we can show you where the fence is to the evergreen oil company. thats where this explosion and subsequent fire happened. they have us cordoned -- cordened off here. we can see a haze in the air. thats left over from the explosion and the fire. we do have newschopper2 overhead who can give us an aerial view. there was heavy smoke out there and a large emergency presence out here. we just talked with a...