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Yesterday, but it did win because it advanced, thanks to portugals win over ghana. germany in control most of the game. the goalkeeper was amazing, tim howard, and well have him on the show to talk to us live about what it was like going against what is probably the best team in the tournament, germany and what he thinks will happen against belgium but first a little bit of background of what happened hon that game. >> reporter: they say winning isnt everything, and for team usa that certainly p...

♪ ole ole ole ♪ ole ole ola welcome back. the music can only mean one thing. we are here in what we call soccer stadium. i have my jersey on, representing. >> i like it. >> i am part of the expanding audience for soccer. i didnt pay any attention to it until a friend ironically from germany a couple weeks ago said, you got to get into this. i am addicted. i love it. i will be following the u.s. cant get enough. >> terrific. so much fun. >> really, really amazing. like a nail biter for me e...

>> well, you know what, i think we just played really bad football, to be honest with you. but im very impressed with the usas performance here. >> thats what i wanted to hear. thank you. >> bill, what have you got there? youve got five germans on the team. >> there we go. >> wasnt it? it was like the germans played the germans. who won? but the good thing is, both the germans and the usa go through to the next knockout round. ill be rooting for you guys because we are cousins, practically, aren...

This morning on "world news now" -- record flooding. so many rivers over their banks across the upper midwest. theyre bringing in massive sandbags. unfortunately, more rain is on the way. a stunning study about drinking and deaths. thousands dying every year from drinking too much. whos most at risk? details ahead. fans of team usa are ready for more action at the world cup, now that the team is headed into the knockout round. how they got there. and whos up next. and a changing "view" -- ...

Greta. i will tell you what, here in d.c., im sure as you well know, the dupont circle area in the district was just completely packed, thousands of fans out there today in and d rk they are certainly loving it. >> its more fun to win but at least we are still in it, right? >> right. you would like to go to the knockout round are all the momentum on your side. the guys in the locker room would say im in it it move on to the next round. came in todays match against germany. they needed either a w...

Garage collapsed in a houston suburb. police say 150 people gathered at the home for a religious service when the accident happened. the fire department said the floor was not built to hold that kind of weight. none of the injuries were serious. oh, now to the world cup. team usa is looking ahead to the tournaments knockout round. >> yes, the second straight world cup the americans have qualified for the final 16. the team put this picture on social media from the locker room after the game ag...

Klinsmann kept saying its not realistic to think that we can win. well, after this last match against germany, he was playing nobody believed in us, see were better than you think card. times have changed. >> i guess so. im glad. its fabulous. so andy has been going down like what are the chances of the u.s. team winning and what are the about the timers saying -- betters saying. >> we also like to be optimism. las vegas, they always keep it real when it comes to these things. they are giving th...

The team usa lost but still came out a winner advancing to the next round of 16 teams. rachel nichols is joining us now. how can this happen? i know how it happened but explain to the viewers how the united states loses but still moves on to the next round. >> reporter: in the states were used to the idea, its the playoffs, you win job you advance, you lose you go home. well in the world cup they have this round robin round at the beginning. and you can almost think of that like the regular seas...

>> usa, usa, usa! usa, usa, usa! >> the fans were loud. they were proud. they were patriotic, even as the u.s. team lost todays heart breaking match with germany, just by one goal. it was 1-0. and our commander in chief was just one of the millions of u.s. soccer fans around the world. take a look. this is the president traveling to minneapolis not too long ago, sitting around the table on air force one, watching. and the team, the team stood strong, goalkeeper tim howard made jaw-dropping save ...

>> you used to see you washington. good to have you. >> i have been scheduled to do this before. always had to cancel. told my dad earlier in the week, i am coming up. anchoring the show. he said ill believe it. mom, dad, i am here. reena, is here. she looks gorgeous. thanks for having me. >> were excited you are here. kicking off what i believe are pre-celebrations to the world cup. >> yes, exciting. >> what are we kicking off this half-hour? >> why dont we go ahead, begin the countdown to toda...