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The game in the net one more time. now, carol, that was likely portugal's last chance at scoring because when the game is nearing the end in stoppage time, an official is not going to blow the whistle when the team is attacking the other team, he's not going to blow the whistle until they clear the ball out. soccer officials have more power because they decide when a game is officially over. >> wow. my head is going to explode. thank you, andy. i appreciate that lesson. one soccer mystery solved. here's another we won't know the answer to for a while. does soccer finally have a toe hold in the...

Serious and studied this for a long time. it is hard to argue with what we are seeing on the ground in iraq. it is a nightmare that was made whether you agree with the war in iraq or not all of the gains and accomplishments are being lost in a matter of days. our worst enemies are taking over, whether you like the war or not, they were allies and it was our toe hold in the middle east and it appears we will lose control of iraq's largest oil field or our allies. this is a result of untold ramifications and president obama allies are going to have a

Kick, an accomplished professional climber in his own right. but even he occasionally worries about alex. >> he is an extremely accomplished athlete. but at the same time, there are things he can't account for. say a rock could break or maybe a bird flies out of a crack or something. he is playing at a game where the ultimate stake is to lose your life. >> reporter: he insists he gets too much attention for what is called free soloing, going without ropes, arguing that 90% of his climbs are with ropes. but it's hard to argue with the impression people get watching a person cling ropeless to a ...

And the historic rivalries are very much at work as militants launch crippling offensives across the country. here to show us how this is p y playing out on the ground. the insurgents have been active for months. how much ground did they gain? >> a pretty good bit. i will mark off the border between iraq and syria. all the red is basically either controlled by the insurgents or heavily contested by them. this matches fairly well to the collection of the sunni population. yes, they are a minority in this country but they have been able to prey off the fact these people feel they have been margi...

They can maintain security control over their country and whether al qaeda can get back into afghanistan and get a toe hold. the president talked about making that full circle. the 9/11 generation that began that service on that warning and now 13 years later. he got huge applause when he talked about the need for american employers to hire a vet, hire a vet, hire a vet. that's what the president said. the troops responding to that know that they are on their way home. these young troops need jobs, homes, the economic support a big road ahead, the long-term road for them starts. >> candy crowl...