Situation in iraq. You know, for days now, weve been hearing one thing from this administration, that options are being discussed. We know last night the president met with top congressional leaders to discuss that. What they said came out of that meeting was basically an assessment, it wasnt as some speculated, an opportunity for the president to lay all of those options out on the table, to pick apart each one and then make a decision. It was merely an update and agreement to work with congress throughout the process. So now it seems like were about to get an announcement of something changing, something happening, possibly a decision made that would come quickly given some of the guidance we were hearing yesterday. But for some, of course, many critics out there, this is not coming quickly at all. In fact, some have been waiting for this for weeks. All right. Michele at the white house, thank you so much. As you say, perhaps a development here because from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, we are now hearing the pentagon has made a proposal to send as many as 100 special forces to serve as advisors to the Iraqi Military inside iraq. Lets bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. So give us an idea, barbara, the president , has he signed off on this plan . We understand hes been made aware of. Good morning. What we are hearing from our sources is the pentagon is prepared now to very quickly send 100 or so military advisors to iraq to the ground in iraq, as soon and if the president signs off on this option. We have every reason to believe that is what is being discussed this afternoon and that is what the pentagon at least believes is in front of him and they are prepared to execute that option very quickly. So what are we talking about . Were talking about 100 special forces, green berets, army rangers, navy s. E. A. L. S, going to iraq and basically going to locations around the country. Iraqi brigade headquarters. And advising the iraqi troops, but also very much collecting intelligence, we are told, about isis, about the sun sun my militant fighters where their weapons are, how theyre moving around. One of the reasons were not seeing air strikes is because the u. S. Still lacks real clarity on the intelligence picture for the isis fighters. Its been very difficult to track them. They move around a lot. You know, the videos show its guys on the ground with, you know, pickup trucks and ak47s and machine guns. This is a very difficult thing to target. So the u. S. Wants to get more intelligence. These military advisors will do some of that we are told. Already, u. S. Military aircraft are flying over iraq, manned aircraft, off the deck of the carrier george h. W. Bush. They are collecting intelligence, purely a reconnaissance mission. I think the big question is going to be, if this is what the president is about to announce, it puts troops back on the ground in iraq, perhaps not in combat directly but as one Army Official said to me a short time ago, if somebody is shooting at you, its combat. Very good point, barbara. We appreciate that. We want to turn to our military analyst, retired colonel rick, military officer to the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. We heard you actually mouth and say the words out loud, if they shoot at you youre in combat. Sounds like boots on the ground to many people. Do you agree . I think theyre parsing the words not combat forces, theyre advisors. Its a combat mission. Meaningless decision nags. These are going to be Army Special Forces that trained for this mission, going to advise iraqi units. Unfortunately this is the first step and this is how you get drawn into these situations. So they have to make it clear what the mission actually is. Theyll also be in a great position if theyre going to be out with the iraqi units to call in any air strikes that are there. As we talked the other day, its always best to have a u. S. Person with american eyeballs on the ground to see what were trying to shoot at. Wont that sort of become apparent to you once youre there and do have eyes on the ground . What we have to guard against is mission creep. Were going to start advising and then calling in air strikes and while the air strikes arent enough, are we going to bring in additional u. S. Support. So this is a very tricky situation that were getting into right now. Look, theres a military issue as you say, what will they be doing and where will they be doing it and a political issue as well. The president has said, all options are on the table, except boots on the ground. And in 90 minutes at the white house he could be announcing there will be boots on the ground. Right. And once the air strikes start, then we get into what is the unintended consequences of that. Because now were going to start bombing the isis people, but no doubt, well be taking on some of the sunni tribes that have allied with isis, now going to be killing iraqi sunnis. To be clear from a military tactical standpoint why would you do this before any air strikes. There is some use to this. Oh, if they can get out there and get the iraqi forces to stand up and fight we may not need the air strikes. I suspect we will. But the iraqis need to stand up and fight and right now they are just having an abysmal time out there in the field. Another portion of this is, is the leadership in iraq. Weve talked about this. We know that many voices in washington are saying, maliki has to go. In fact, we just heard from secretary of state john kerry, address the question, listen to the sound an give us your reaction. Nothing that the president decides to do is going to be focused specifically on Prime Minister maliki. It is focused on the people of iraq. But it may benefit maliki. Sunni, kurd, well thats up to the people of iraq to decide, but the United States is deeply concerned about the Islamic State of iraq and the lavant, as we know it, that has moved in. They represent a threat to every country in the region. Theyre more extreme even than al qaeda and they are threatening the United States and western interests. So secretary kerry correct there in saying that the u. S. Cant force a regime change, it those come from within. Of course it those come from within and other people have called for maliki to step aside in the best interest of iraq. This is a twolayered problem. First we have to stop isis, we have to fix the tactical situation on the ground. This is the imminent problem. Removing maliki is not going to fix that. Thats something we need to look at to get iraq back and iraqs house back in order. Right now we have to address the initial threat to baghdad, the initial threat to that regime and weve got to contain isis. And if thats what the president is going to announce that the u. S. Is sending hundred odd special forces to iraq, it does seem like he will not wait for regime change or maliki to step aside before the u. S. Does take action. Let me ask you, have you ever served as a military adviser to troops overseas, other troops in other countries. I have in jordan. How close are you to potential danger then some. Well, it depends on what youre doing, but these guys are going to be in danger. Theyre going to be out in the field advising these guys. Thats what you want, because theres Nothing Better than a u. S. Army officer telling these guys what to do. Stick around because we have more questions on different issues. Reminder again, the president will be making a statement at 12 30 p. M. 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Our ed lavandera joins us with details about the suspects, the evidence, the cases and Authorities Say these are two separate cases. That seems hard to believe. What do we know. Kind of fascinating when you think about that. These are both men similar in age. Theres two Different Cases here. Well break them down individually. First you have Michael Todd Wolfe, this is interesting, he was arrested as he and his family were about to board a flight to europe and according to the criminal complaint filed against him, he was trying to travel through europe and turkey, to get into syria. And then you also have the case of rahatul khan who according to the criminal complaint filed against him, he was in chat rooms trying to recruit likeminded individuals and in the process of perhaps trying to support or get himself to somalia as well. So two Different Cases, two different destinations but highlights a common concern now which is u. S. Citizens being recruited and doing recruiting to get involved in jihadist movements with radical islamists overseas. We have to wonder, how does this happen that these young men get radicalized. A couple guys in austin, texas, what happened . Do we have any inkling . You know it doesnt come out and say exactly how this happened, but its interesting, in reading through these criminal complaints that are several dozen pages long, one of the things that ive noticed that kind of stands out between both of these cases is the use of the internet. For example, rahatul khan spent according to the criminal complaints a great deal of time in chat rooms speaking in coded language and thats how the government informants were able to communicate with him and build his trust. On the other case, Michael Todd Wolfe who apparently in the criminal complaint watched a lot of propaganda videos about fighters in syria and that sort of thing. This online world where a lot of this communication takes place, seems to be a common link and a common theme between both of these cases. Worrisome to say the least. Glad to know these two men are going to be questioned. Figure out what happened here and well get more information and pass it along to those at home. Ed lavandera, always a pleasure to have you with us. Curious when they pull on those, how far they go. Ahead at this hour, texas going alone, what it calls against a surge against people crossing the border illegally. Why now, will it work and is this a wakeup call for washington . A Gold Medalist swimmer, you may recall the story of her being paralyzed in an atv accident. She is talking about how she feels and i have to tell you this attitude she has, it is positive and it is absolutely inspiring. Means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing. G, and when weather hits, its data mayhem. But airlines running hp endtoend solutions are always calm during a storm. 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At this hour texas beefing up security at the Mexican Border to deal with the flood of undocumented immigrants coming into the United States. State officials plan to invest more than a Million Dollars per week in an operation they are calling a surge. Governor rick perry says the people coming into the u. S. Illegally are a threat to his state and he cannot wait on washington to do something about it. So texas will apparently handle the crisis itself. We want to speak with former new mexico governor and u. N. Ambassador Bill Richardson about this. He joins us on the phone. Thanks so much for joining us at this hour. Thank you. Nice to be with you. Well, look, we want to talk about this situation that we see going on in texas. Essentially governor rick perry taking things into his own hands saying the feds arent moving fast enough for him. Hes got to stem the flow of immigrants coming across the boarder. Is this a good solution . Well, its a temporary solution because the federal government, the congress, has not passed an immigration bill that brings more funds for Border Security, some kind of a legalization plan, and i have to admit, while i was governor of new mexico in 2005, i had a similar situation with a lot of violent cartels on my border and i declared a state emergency so i could get some funds to hire more Law Enforcement personnel. So i cant criticize governor perry. I do think its a wakeup call to the congress, to the administration, to try to get an immigration bill passed. Otherwise, were going to have these immense problems at the border, Central Americans coming in, because of loopholes and lack of any kind of technology and more security at the border. Were not going to have these problems, governor. In fact, we already do. And as a governor, a former governor of a border state, youve had to deal with this firsthand. How do you separate the plight of these children, these thousands of children now, being kept in these warehouses in some cases, detention center, how do you keep their plight separate from the issue of Border Security and can it be kept separate . Well, you cant separate it because states have limited funds. Theyre already strained at the border with taking care of a lot of undocumented workers, especially children, that are already coming through. And when you get this huge surge, you have conditions, as i saw a picture in arizona, where these kids are sleeping in a gym without any shelter, in very, very poor conditions. So this is when the state has to take a role, a humanitarian role, but also in the case of texas and in my case, a Law Enforcement role. You cant separate. We are a humane country. We care about human rights. But its important that it be a message to washington that we need more Border Security, we need rules of the road for a path to citizenship for the 12 million that are here illegally, but most importantly, with the human rights conditions of these young women and these men that are victimized by cartels, by shady operators, taking advantage of the situation. Well, and thats the thing. Weve had several people come on and talk about how the situation for these children specifically is certainly their treatment is unamerican and we certainly know that a lot more needs to be done in terms of policy with those countries that are essentially sending the children here. We want to say a big thank you to governor Bill Richardson. Really appreciate you joining us on the phone today making time for us. Its a conversation were going to continue on cnn. He lived it when he was governor of new mexico. And realizes what a delicate situation it is. Not an easy fix as we said before. 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In case you were hoping to see spain repeat at the world cup. Happening . You wont be. They lost yesterday. Two losses will not move on to the next round. We have one injury. Portugal has their injury with ronaldo. We dont know if he will play or not. Throngs of people have been traveling to brazil for the world cup competition there. This guy caught our attention. Why . Because it took him two years on a horse. Yeah. Fell lip who is from brazil rode more than 8,000 miles from calgary, canada, to brazil. He left the camp grounds with two horses, picked up a third in new mexico, called it dude, traveled through ten countries, encountered a grizzly bear in montana. Has a degree in journalism, has documented his trip. Were told hes about 1,000 kilometers away from sao paolo where he will be greeted by his family and friends. He is impressive. Im impressed by the horses. They did all the work. Just saying. You sit in a saddle for two years, fella, and then well talk. Also in some sports news, we know that this is a story weve been watching at this hour. It would appear the ball is in the Washington Redskins court. The team plans to appeal the Patent Office. The Patent Office ruling that stripped away six federal trade marks because theyre, quote, disparaging to native americans. Daniel snyder has refused to change the name calling it a badge of honor. They appealed a ruling in 2003 and won that one. We want to talk about this with a man who has an interest perspective. A former college star, he played in the pros and wfl, maybe the coolest part of all, you may know he starred in the original longest yard movie in 1974. Sonny, you are a football guy. Great to have you with us. You are also a native american. You have a unique perspective. Where do you stand on this . Well, i think its about time that it goes away myself. I think it kind of reflects on the whole nation and things weve been reading lately. If you look at middle schools and high schools and colleges have gone away with that as a mascot name. I think its about time the pros get it right and now is the time, perfect time, for them to do it. You know, its interesting, because, you know, any time theres controversy and debate, one side says this, one side says that, we have heard that supporters of the name say that they have heard from native american groups that are okay with the name. It does make you wonder, and i know this for a fact, within a group, theres not always consensus about issues, especially like this. Is there consensus among the native American Community that youre in that you know of, that the name should go . Well, i dont know. I get the sense of that in the northwest where i reside in seattle and its i think theres a lot of feeling about that. Weve had to endure things as a fishing rights and sovereignty and all those issues and i think this is i think it depends on who youre asking about if that name is proud. From my perspective, its not a pride thing. Its a racial thing. Its racist to me. You know, whats interesting, what has been interesting, sun sonny, for a long time now, the relative silence among nfl players. We dont hear much from them. You can juxtapose this, its a different situation with what happened in the nba, when Donald Sterling said what he said a lot of players, lebron james, and others came out. Very vocal. Were very vocal and helped force the change. Do you think it is that nfl players dont care about this . Do they disagree with the idea that the redskins name is offensive . Are they somehow scared to speak publicly . You know, i dont know if theyre afraid to speak publicly. And one thing for me is that the nfl is such a big business, that sometimes players may feel like they dont want to get in trouble or get on the trading block for speaking out against their team. You know, that could be part of it. I dont know. But thats just an opinion i have. Once you get to the nfl, you get cut or traded, all the players say, you know, its just a business. And i think thats the way they look at it. They dont really look at the mascot name as much of the city that theyre playing in. Sonny, i wonder also too, if because, you know, the most of the players, very few of the players, i dont know how many native american players there are in the nfl currently, but because, you know, most of the players arent having a personal connection to it, it isnt something that they feel personally, whereas with the Donald Sterling case, these people that have been affected, the guys on the team, likely have been called that, called some of those names before. Do you think theres a disconnect there . You know, i think so. You look at, you know, the numbers just purely the numbers of the native americans that are playing in the nfl are probably below 1 , and, you know, thats tough to get a consensus when you only have a small number competing and playing at that level. Whereas in the nba, obviously, its quite different situation and so you have a lot of solidarity there as far as an opinion is concerned. Theres certainly solidarity among other voices supporting a change in the name. Sonny sixkiller, thanks for joining us at this hour. Its been a delight my friend. Thank you very much. All right. Shall we take a look at other headlines making news at this hour. Were talking weather. Weve seen bad stretches over the past few days. A tornado hit a town in south dakota tearing apart homes trapping some in rubble. Amazingly only one person was injured. It was loud. The wind that kept going, we were hearing glass that was crashing, things hitting the house. It was this loud whirling noise. So eerie. The tornado hit just across the street from a hospital. Were told 11 homes, three businesses there, were damaged. All right. Facebook is back. While most of you were sleeping there was a problem that left users around the globe unable to post to the social media site. It happened between 4 00 and 5 00 eastern. I know because im awake at that hour. The site is back up to 100 . Facebook did not specify the cause of the problem or say how many users were affected. Got to tell you about an amazing rescue. A german researcher finally saw daylight after he spent, imagine this, 12 harrowing days trapped 3,000 feet underground. Joe han vesterhouser was exploring a cave complex in germany when a rock fell on his head injuring him. It wasnt just dangerous for him. It was difficult and dangerous for the rescue mission. 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His former roommate blamed bergdahl for his own capture saying if the soldier hadnt deserted he never would have been taken. Take a listen. Knowing that someone you needed to trust deserted you in war and did so on his own free will is the ultimate betrayal. You should not be able to dessert your fellow americans. Bowe bergdahl shuz not be characterized as having served with honor and distinction . In texas hes staying quiet. As far as we know he hasnt asked to see or speak to his parents. Ed lavandera has the details. Reporter after taliban captors handed sergeant Bowe Bergdahl over to a u. S. Special forces team in afghanistan, it seemed like an emotional reunion, five years in the making, would happen quickly between bergdahl and his parents. I love you bowe. Reporter looking back on the day after his release when his parents spoke publicly for the last time, there were clues that bergdahls homecoming might be a bumpy ride. The recovery and reintegration of Bowe Bergdahl is a work in progress. I want to really convey that. It isnt over for us. In many ways its just beginning for our family. Reporter bergdahls mother hinted her son would need time. Give yourself all of the time you need to recover and decompress. There is no hurry. You have your life ahead of you. Reporter shortly after Sergeant Bergdahl was freed, various military officials suggested that a reunion with his parents would happen quickly, but almost three weeks later, it still hasnt happened. Its been five years hes been in captivity. A lot has changed in his life and mind. A lot has changed in his familys lives. We need to give him time to recognize how they can come together and be patiently waiting for each other. Reporter the medical team treating bergdahl says he can call his parents at any moment and its been his choice to delay the reunion. Those around bergdahl arent saying why. According to a Washington Post report bergdahl picked a family friend to receive his remains if he were killed in afghanistan, not his parents. After bergdahls release, the Washington Post reported on a collection of journal entries bergdahl wrote before his capture and sent to a friend. Bergdahl wrote he was in an odd place, like im pulling away from the human world, i want to pull my mind out and drop kick it into a deep gorge. Its a snapshot into the mind of a young soldier struggling to make sense of the world. He will have even more to deal with now that his psychologists are beginning to tell him about the Media Firestorm surrounding his release and the scathing criticisms coming from his fellow soldiers like specialist cody full who served in bergd l bergdahls unit. From what i gathered from it, it was always leave no honorable man behind. We are prepared to have bowe is back and one Great Big Party and thats not going to happen. Reporter the reality any hope of a storybook home coming evaporated long before Bowe Bergdahl even set foot in the United States. Wow. It is complicated. Ed lavandera back with us from dallas. Ed, you know, we do know what a difficult process this is. Any sense if bergdahl has yet spoken with anyone from his past, anyone from his town, friends, family, if not his parents . You know, wave reached out to a series of people who might be kind of in that inner circle. We have not gotten any confirmation that some other phone call to perhaps not just his parents, but to old childhood friend, remember Bowe Bergdahl was home schooled, part of a Home Schooling Community there in hailey, idaho. We have not gotten any indication and no confirmation from Army Officials that any kind of conversation has taken place. Well, like we were saying, a really complex situation. All the more complex for the family involved. Sounds like the parents are being very patient. 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Com la quinta the 60s was a decade of change in the United States in our history, there was rock and roll, space race, but also the vietnam war and the death of thousands of americans in that country. Take a listen. This is a clip from the cnn special the 60s. I have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men almost immediately. This will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. This is the most agonizing and the most painful duty of your president. Agonizing for the president at the time, lyndon johnson. Some see the war in iraq is similar. Thousands dying for a purpose that is unclear to many since the country has plunged into anarchy. Want to bring in retired u. S. Army colonel, a vietnam veteran who lost his 27yearold son in the war in iraq, also a wonderful author of many, many books. Colonel, you have talked a lot about the comparison between the war in vietnam and whats gone on in iraq over the last ten years or so. Its striking today we may hear from the president shortly who is said to be considering whether to send 100 military krads visors to help advisors to help the Iraqi Military there. What are the most important lessons when we talk about comparing these two conflicts . Well, theyre quite different in many ways. We need to recall how much larger and more costly the vietnam war was. We had at the highest extent, well over a half million soldiers deployed to vietnam. I think in iraq, most we got to is about 175,000. More than 10 times more americans were killed in vietnam than were killed in iraq. So theres a difference in scale here. But what im struck by is, in retrospect, how little the country, our country, suffered as a consequence of this catastrophic defeat in vietnam. I dont mean to ignore the 58,000 americans who were killed, but in many respects, we tired of the vietnam war, we walked away from the vote fam war and virtually from the vietnam war and virtually none of the strategic consequences actually occurred. Contrast that with where we are now. In iraq we also walked away from the war when we tired of it. We didnt finish the war, we didnt win the war, but now were seeing that the strategic consequences of our failure there, are likely to be enormous, as iraq seemingly disintegrates and as the instability that we unleashed in iraq by invading that country spreads to neighboring countries as well. We just have a huge problem on our hands. We do. Its interesting, and it really appropriate that we would have you with us, we know that many are calling, you know, weve heard from washington leaders, in fact george w. Bush has referred to Nuri Al Maliki as a good guy, but weve heard a lot of washington leaders saying its time for him to go. What are your thoughts on that . Is he the best person to manage that nation . Well, i dont know that im in a position to judge that. But here again, the vietnam comparison may be instructive. Back in 1963, when john kennedy was still in the white house, and the war in vietnam was going badly, washingtons assessment was that the problem was the South Vietnamese leader, and washington concluded if they could just remove him and install some new South Vietnamese leader, that the war would turn around. And they acted on that impulse, became complicit in a coup in ziams murder but the leadership that succeeded in South Vietnam turned out to be even more the leadership that succeeded in South Vietnam turned out to be even more incompetent. Anybody who says, gosh, lets get rid of maliki and maybe things will be better, i think the question id ask would be who, then, will replace him, and how do we know that that person will be more effective at uniting the various iraqi sects, will be more effective in commanding an army that has performed so poorly over the past couple of weeks. I dont know who that leader would be. It is important to know our history. Andrew, retired colonel, thank you so much for being with us. A very, very interesting perspective. And thank you for your service and also we send our gratitude to you and for your sons service as well. Thanks so much, sir. Tonight, dont forget to watch the sixties, focusing on the war in vietnam. Jfk didnt want it, lbj couldnt stop it. See how it began and what it took to end it. Make sure you tune in 9 00 eastern tonight on cnn. Set your dvr. Ahead this hour, this amazing woman, this olympic swimmer, amy van dyken, is coping with a terrible accident that left her paralyzed. Youre going to hear the Gold Medalists inspiring words. And how about 11yearold being set to make history, competing at the u. S. Open. The youngest ever. Shes such a pro, though. Youll hear from her. Not on the banks of the mississippi, or even the coast of california. The new ram 1500 ecodiesel. With 9,200 pounds of towing and 28 highway miles per gallon. West will never end. Guts. Glory. Ram. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. Sometimes, life trips us up. Sometimes, we trip ourselves up. And although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. Like multipolicy discounts from Liberty Mutual insurance. Save up to 10 just for combining your auto and home insurance. Call Liberty Mutual insurance at. 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And if her comments are any indication, this champion plans on thriving. Yes, this injury sucks, and yes, things hurt, but im alive, and im so thankful to be alive. So thats why i can be positive about it, you know. It helps get me through the pain. Im going to get the best wheelchair ever. I am going to make it so cool. I am going to put skulls and crossbones on it because thats my thing, make it purple. Im going to do my hair to match my chair, and im going to rock it out. Thats my prognosis. Shes going to rock it out, what an attitude. She admits she does have bad days but is calling what happened to her a rebirth. Her father is also in a wheelchair, and she says one day hopefully they can race together. Another amazing story in golf. The youngest girl ever to qualify for the u. S. Womens open. Wow lucy li, sixth grader from redwood shores, california, in the bay area, shes playing in the biggest event in womens golf. Only 5 feet tall, wearing braces, but she handles it all like a pro. I mean, pinehurst and augusta national, like, two months, i mean, thats just amazing. Its mind blowing for me. Can your dad beat you . No. Laughing about qualifying for the u. S. Open at 11 years old. Thank you for making me feel inadequate. Andy scholes joins us now. How does an 11yearold qualify . Thats the question. You could qualify, michaela, you could qualify. I could qualify. All you have to do is go to one of those smaller qualifying tournaments around the country and win. Thats exactly what lucy li did. She went to the tournament in half moon bay, california. She didnt just win. She won by seven strokes. And now shes competing in the womens u. S. Open. Just an incredible female even to get there. Shes not having the best round today, and making the cuts probably not going to happen for her, but just the experience of playing in this tournaments got to be incredible. Whats the reaction from other golfers . Are they supportive . There are actually mixed reviews. Really . From other golfers. The number one player golfer in the world, stacy lewis, said im not a big fan. She qualified so she cant say anything about it. She said, quote, if it was my kid, i wouldnt let her play in the u. S. Open qualifier at 11. Thats just me. Now, lexy thompson, she played when she was 12 years old. She was much more encouraging to lucy li. She says she goes out there and just has a great learning experience. Some mixed reviews. Pretty surprising that the number one golfer in the world, stacy lewis, would come out and say shes not a big fan of it. I smell fear. I smell fear. I wonder if thats what it is, or just hateration. I dont know if shes smelling much fear because right now stacy lewis isnt first place halfway through her round in day one. Andy scholes, appreciate it. The scent of fear may be fading. I would like to leave you with world cup cable outrage. Like billions of people, i love the world cup. And like millions of people, i enjoy tweeting about the world cup. So imagine my outrage when people on twitter complain that they are stick of reading tweets about the world cup. Theres even an app now that lets you block all world cup tweets. Come on. Really . Youd rather read tweets about the Grilled Cheese someone had for lunch or the cable anchor whos too conservative or too liberal or both, youd rather see that than tweets about a beautiful game played by beautiful people. Oh. Lets face it, they are hot. They play in front of beautiful fans in a beautiful country. I dont think shes playing soccer. Even if the answer to that question is yes, even if you dont want to read about that, youre missing a huge opportunity. Do you know how easy it is to infuriate europeans . Just call the game soccer instead of football or football or futbol. Watch this. Soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer. You hear that . Thats the sound of 1800 dutch people throwing wooden shoes at the tv or 500 brits grunting in a language they claim to be english. All right. You ka call me when you win a game, beckham. Why would you pass up the chance to ridicule these people on twitter . Why would you pass up the chance to share these experiences . So for all of you who dont want to be part of this, who dont want to play in this great social conversation, why dont you just lock the doors, shut the windows and play with yourselves. johnberman on twitter. I have no part of this. I cant defend you. I cannot defend you on that one. You are on your own, my friend. You did not he said wooden shoe. Thanks for joining us this hour. I cant. I cant. Im sitting over here. Im john berman. Thats michaela pereira. Legal view with Ashleigh Banfield starts right now. Is the United States ready to take action in iraq . President obama is about to take to the podium as soon as he wraps up a meeting with toplevel National Security team members. Wait till you hear of the list of the people he is in many a room with at this moment. Were going to take that live as it happens. And also this hour, two men living in the middle of texas and accused of conspiring with middle east terrorists, both under arrest this hour, preparing to face a federal magistrate. Who are they . What were they up to . And better question, why
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