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KPIX CBS This Morning June 17, 2014

This powerful storm killed at least one person and injured 19 others. Oh, its ripping up a whole town. Up to 75 of the small town of pilger was heavily damaged or destroyed. We lost everything. President obama says up to 275 troops will be deployed to protect the embassy in baghdad. Government forces are engaged in fierce fighting 37 miles from the capital. Disturbing video allegedly shows isis taunting iraqi soldiers right before they assassinate them. How can you advocate any lives for that country . Because its in our interest. Its john brooks its john brooks for the u. S. A. they beat ghana, 21 in heroic style. I had a dream. You had a dream about that . Yeah, i had a dream. Fire along the new mexico arizona border continues to burn out of control. Hundreds of people forced to evacuate. Dramatic rescue thousands of feet underground as crews work to reach a german explorer inside a cave. Tracy morgan is getting better, upgraded to fair condition after a crash on the new jersey turnpike. Pete rose managing his first game in 25 years. They got talent. Lets go out and win some games. And all that matters. Mayor de blasio making good on a bet. This is a big [ bleep ] day. Way to go guys starbucks, offering Free College Tuition for its baristas. Starbucs is a peoplebased company. What i mean by that thats whats in the coffee . I thought it was a coffeebased company. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning, charlie. We begin with the weather. People from pilger nebraska face a dire scene this morning. Rare twin tornadoes monday destroyed most of the small town, population 350. A 5yearold child was killed. The School Superintendent says devastation is the only word to describe the damage. Our nebraska affiliate is in pilger, 900 miles west of omaha. Justin, good morning. Reporter good morning. Good morning to our viewers in the west. After being kept out of town overnight, residents in pilger are being let in to assess the damage. This is what theyll find complete devastation. Powerful tornadoes tore through eastern nebraska monday. I hope youre taking shelter. Please be taking shelter. Reporter it was a rare sight. Twin twisters forming a mile apart from each other. Ive been telling people for many, many years, ive never seen a tornado in my whole life. I grew up in eastern nebraska. It wasnt a wish but i got to see more than i wanted to. A 5yearold child is dead more than a dozen people injured. Tara reese and her husband took helter in their basement and braced for the worse. It sounded like a train, it was crazy with the windows bust busted in and walking out and seeing everything demolished, it was completely insane. Just a shocker. Reporter people in pilger emerged, they found complete destruction. Homes flattened, silos torn to shreds, more than half the town is gone. Neighbors worked with rescue crews, sifting through the wreckage for signs of people trapped underneath the debris. Three of our employees were covered up. We got them dug out. It looks like everybody is going to be okay but its nothing im going to ever forget. Reporter a local rancher says more than 300 of his cows are now dead. All our machinery in that machine shed is all gone. We cant farm the rest of the year. Our planter, combine, bailer everything is in there. Cant feed the cattle now. Its just a rebuild. Reporter about 75 of the homes here in pilger have been completely destroyed. The governor has declared a state of emergency for the area. He will be in pilger this morning to assess the damage. Justin thank you. U. S. Diplomats this morning are talking with iran about the advancing militant army in iraq. Officials from both sides say there will be no military cooperation with iran. Meanwhile, president obama sending some American Forces into iraq to protect United States interests. 275 troops are involved in the security mission. The white house may also send special forces to train iraqi soldiers. Air strikes are still a possibility. Holly williams is in Northern Iraq with more information on the rebel advance. Holly, good morning. Reporter good morning. Iraqs Biggest Oil Refinery has been shut down over security concerns as islamic militants continue to capture new territory. The extremists have posted more videos online showing gruesome acts of violence. Internet video appears to capture the islamic militants carrying out executions in the areas they now control in iraq. The extremists known as isis are sunni muslim. These men are shiites. In another video, he is shown dead. Its too disturbing for us to broadcast on television. Extremists seized mosul, iraq last week and announced they would impose strict islamic law. Hundreds of thousands of people fled, but now many are heading back. Like the militants, most people in mosul are sunni muslims and they told us they believe isis is not targeting civilians. This woman and her family drove back to mosul yesterday. We have no idea what to expect she told us. We just need to go home. As the militants march south toward baghdad they are pushing into areas where most people are shiite muslims. Shiite militias are already mobilizing, preparing to fight isis. This man is a shiite tribal leader. Theres a pressing need to defeat terrorism, he told cbs news. Iraq will not be broken. Iraq is strong. The truth is though that the islamic militants have shown that iraq is not strong but weak and deeply divide by its religious differences that are again turning deadly. Charlie . Thanks. With us from texas, ryan crocker, American Ambassador to iraq under president bush and president obama. Now at texas am university. Ambassador crocker, good morning. Good morning. We have worked with the iranians before in iraq. You were part of the conversations then. How can we cooperate now . We also workd with the iranians in afghanistan just before and after the fall of the taliban. So, its something we can do. But both of us need to be careful. This is a sectarian struggle. And if we are seen as cooperating too closely with iran it is going to further alienate the sunni element of the iraqi population. So, its good were talking. We just have to be careful. And theyre going to be cautious, too. What restraints would you like to see put on what iran does in iraq . First, not to exacerbate the situation. In other words not to support extremist shia militias. Weve already seen some indications of sectarian strife moving into baghdad with the murder overnight of some sunni, young men. What the iranians need to do is use all of their influence and effort to see that the isis effort to exacerbate a sectarian war do not succeed by a shia reaction. Ambassador the president said we would be sending 275 troops to iraq. Does this mean a deeper involvement of the u. S. Military in iraq . No not at all, norah. These small number of marines are going to iraq to support the defense of the embassy, not for any other purpose that im aware of. What should secretary kerry be doing . Should he be in the region . Secretary kerry, in my view should be on a plane right now for baghdad. The focus has been on the conflict that is indeed serious. But, you know diplomacy is what is crucial right now. We need to work with the iraqis at the highest level. That would be secretary kerry, backed by the president , so that they can demonstrate the national unity, kurdish, sunni and shia that is going to be essential if there is going to be any hope of turning back the isis threat. Ambassador crocker, has the United States and Obama Administration failed to pay sufficient attention to iraq since americans left . I would have liked to have seen more sustained, highlevel diplomatic engagement with the iraqis. This is a very young democracy that has a lot of challenges. We are hardwired into their political system. We helped create it. We cant walk away from it. So i would have preferred since 2011 to see us more deeply and intensively engaged at the highest levels of government. I dont think its too late but we better move now. Ambassador crocker, thank you. And the u. S. Is in great shape at the world cup after last nights thrilling 21 victory over ghana. Millions of americans are celebrating this morning. [ cheering ] thats how many of us felt yesterday. These were fans at a new york city bar. They erupted when the u. S. Scored the winning goal in the final minute. What a relief. So did nearly 13,000 fans of this outdoor venue in kansas city. My son was going nuts too. Elaine quijano is at copacabana beach in rio de janeiro. Elaine, good morning. Reporter good morning. Even though the players wont admit it last nights win over ghana was about payback. Thats because it was ghana that knocked the americans out of the last two world cups. The u. S. Incredibly within seconds. Reporter soccers biggest stage, just 29 seconds in their opening round match. With an aggressive move and a precision strike by captain clint dempsey, and it held for some 80 minutes when ghana responded with a nifty goal of their own. To break american hearts. Reporter and tied the score with less than ten minutes remaining. Team u. S. A. Rallied and in a stirring and most unexpected fashion. Its john brooks of the u. S. A. stolen it. Reporter world cup rookie john brooks came off the bench to head this kick into the net. It gave the u. S. A lead they would not relinquish and coach jurgen clin jurgenklinsmann gave them credit. It was a wonderful win at the end of the day. Reporter the american faithful made their presence felt in natal. An estimated 20,000 fans showed up in support, including Vice President joe biden, who addressed the team in the locker room after their emotional room. Americans celebrated from the streets of natal to this Popular American hangout in rio. The crowd exploded when brooks the game winner. For the first time in two hours, i can relax. We always win with a little bit of, you know complications. We pulled it out with seven minutes to go. And well advance in the group. Reporter now after the gamewinning goal scored john brooks said he had a dream a few days ago about just that kind of moment winning scoring that winning goal rather. He said that was the first dream like that ive had. Hopefully, its not the last. Norah . We hope so too, elaine. Thank you. And a wildfire on the new mexico arizona border is forcing people in two native American Communities out of their homes this morning. Look at this. The area is home to 400 people. The fire burned more than 17 square miles since friday gusting winds and high temperatures are expected through tomorrow. And then in california hundreds are returning home this morning after being forced out by a wildfire. High winds and Drought Conditions are still helping the flames spread. Sequoia National Forest the fire is 50 contained. More than 3. 5 million gm cars are being recalled because of another problem with the ignition switch. Gm will fix or replace the key. The automaker says the ignition switch may inadvertently move out of the run position if the key is carrying extra weight and experiences some jarring events. Various model years of the buick lacrosse, lucerne, regal ls and gs, Cadillac Deville and monte car lows. It is gms 34th recall this year. Debate over free speech with a 21st century twist. Justices will consider how social media is protected by the first amendment. The case involves a pennsylvania man sentenced to nearly four years in prison. He posted violent rants on facebook directed at his estranged wife and law enforcement. One said quote, im not going to rest until your body is a mess soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts. End quote. Legal analyst jack ford is here. Jack good morning. Good morning. Clearly, disturbing post. Why is the Supreme Court getting involved . Thats a good question. The Supreme Court rarely gets involved in cases. Theyll have 8,000 to 10,000 applications each term and of that theyll hear 70 or 80 cases. There has to be something here that grabs their attention. Clearly, what theyre saying here is they want to take a look. Doesnt mean theyll change anything but they want to take a look at the boundaries of free speech, especially now when were talking about social media. Its so much different, obviously, than when the law was evolving over the last few decades. Does it matter that he said look, i never intended to do this, it was just words. Thats the whole point of the trial. As things have evolved generally we dont punish thoughts or words. We punish conduct. But there are exceptions. Free speech is not absolute. As the law has evolved, when were looking at words, threatening words, the standard is what would a reasonable person feel person on the other end of it . Would a reasonable person under the circumstances generally feel threatened . If they would, somebody can be convicted. What theyre asking here defendants attorneys are saying we need to change that. Person to person communication used to be a phone call email letter. Now you hit send on one of these platforms or people go to rant and rave and its different. Now the argument is the standard should be what was the intent of the person who said those words . That would be a very big shift if the Supreme Court decides to follow it. Free speech generally speaking, is in the first amendment. Do they just want to get involved in the case on social media . I think what theyre doing the standard was always Supreme Court came out and said free speech protected except for example, if you yell fire in a theater when there is no fire, that he not protected. Words can be ranting and raving with no intent to do anything. They can be harmful, they can be difficult. Are they going to be criminal . Thats where theyre trying to figure out reasonable and intent. Exactly. Because reasonable we look for the reasonable person. But does that mean that you would have the same reaction to it that i would have to it . Thats why theyre trying to argue here i dont know what the court is going to do. Nobody knows what the court is going to do until they tell us. You should look at the factors around the persons intent rather than the factors surrounding the words. The Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on straw purchases. Thats when a person buys a firearm for someone else who could have bought one themselves legally. The law make it is easier to trace guns and the ruling came on the same day that richard markinis arrived in washington. His son, christopher, was killed in the Santa Barbara rampage. He blames it on the inaction of politicians. They are behaving like 5yearolds in a sand box. Im serious. If they cant act in the light of this tragedy, then how the hell can rely on them to take care of this country . Martinez will join survivors of gun violence this morning to carry his message that not one more american should die that way. Major league baseballers remembering tony gwynn this morning, just 54 when he died monday. San diego padre ss hung gwynns number, 19 in the dugout and wrote his number in the dirt. Gwynn won eight batting titles played in two world series and entered the Baseball Hall of fame in 2007. He died after a fouryear battle with oral cancer which he blamed on chewing tobacco. It is 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning, well check headlines from around the nation including this. 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