enough, but it reminded americans have jfk's assassination less than five years before i was just a baby when my uncle bobby was killed, but i just know what a loss it was not only for their children, my cousins, but a loss for everybody that knew them and knew how much they wanted to change the world they had so much promise and so much inspiration shin and hope as part of their whole message hard to think of a more timely episode don't miss it. it's all knew the whole story with anderson cooper. airs tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern and pacific >> here on cnn. thanks so much for joining us. the news continues right here on cnn

welcome to all you watching us here in the u.s. canada and all around the world. >> i'm kim brunhuber. >> this is cnn newsroom harris officially opens the 2024 summer olympics with flash and fanfare kamala harris picks up a key endorsement from former us president barak obama and his wife. >> and it turns out that us federal agents had inside help in luring to top sinaloa cartel kingpins into custody live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber the 2024 summer olympic games are underway in france with the first gold medal set to be awarded in just a few hours and mixed team shooting and women's synchronized diving. >> the games opened friday with an elaborate opening ceremony that was breathtaking in size. sometimes wild and uniquely french. cnn's coy wire has today's highlights it was pouring down rain in paris.

>> it did not matter. france did their best to put on an olympics opening ceremony for the ages, the bells of notre dom ring for the first time since the cathedral was gutted by fire, water cannons blasting along the river, sand there were odes to the french revolution, a theatrical display with a bunch of beheaded mary antoinette's lady gaga, kick things off french cabaret style at one point, at artists from moulin rouge performing the iconic dance that dates back to the 1820s. it was part music festival, part fashion show, a diverse inclusive display that had something for everyone may seem over the top at times, but not for paris. as for the athletes, 85 boats float with nearly 7,000 athletes from more than 200 delegations, many of their uniforms were covered with a bunch of plastic ponchos, but they were still dancing and celebrating in the rain. this was the first ever opening ceremony outside of a stadium. then one of the most

iconic moments of any olympics, the torch making its way around the country here to paris with sporting legends from all over the world getting to touch it, roughen adele so serena williams, nauta koeman, each tony parker. finally made it to two french olympians, teddy arena and marries you say prereq, the olympic flame was ignited and the cauldron lifted up, floated up into the air, marking the start of the 2024 summer games in paris and after all that, doubt, four hours and legendary singer celine dion, who has been battling a rare neurological condition performed for the fans and athletes from the eiffel tower with that, the 2024 paris olympics are officially underway. >> back to you all right, so here's a look at some of the many competitions happening today. fiji takes on australia and south africa will face france in the semifinals in rugby sevens, the gold medal

match takes place later in the day, and i'll be several heats in men's and women's swimming, most notably, usa's katie ledecky will swim in the 400 meter freestyle her fourth olympics. he's hoping to win her eighth olympic gold medal basketball team france basis, brazil, and greece will battle canada some are france's high-speed train services have been restored hours after what officials say was coordinated sabotage, attacks to disrupt several rail lines before the opening ceremony, two trains carrying olympic athletes were affected. the paris prosecutor's office is investigating, but so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. cnn's melissa bell has more the organizers of the paris olympics believed that they were ready for anything. >> but it was early this morning, just hours from the opening ceremony. that is french authorities put it coordinated sabotage, arson, cause chaos with three of the nation's high-speed rail line today, all the information we

have clearly shows that it was deliberate to simultaneous nature everything happening at the same time. who's on everything now points to the fact that these were arson attacks, particularly the timing, which is more than suspicious security in paris is tight with authorities keen to make sure that things go smoothly. but this was one attack carried out simultaneously across the country that was impossible to imagine intelligence services say this tactic has been used before by far-left groups now biskupic was week on to lead playing against the games is playing against france. it's playing against your camp, is playing against your country. >> these are exactly the kinds of images that the organizers of paris 2024 to avoid with french authorities warning but it is 250,000 travelers likely to be impacted this friday. hundred thousand over the course of the weekend we mean the value i was supposed to go to the olympics this morning, they told us it would be three hours and 20 minutes late and

in the end, the train was canceled. >> so we had to take a bus to paris we won't tell you. >> i wanted to get to paris for the olympics. so i have no idea what i'm going to do because they told us there won't be any trends until this afternoon. and they don't know when it will start again. >> it wasn't just spectators affected with one official telling reporters that only two of the four trains carrying athletes were able to run as repairs get underway. the national railway companies, regional directors said it could take a day or more before lines start functioning again the latest drama likely to dampen the spirits of the french. many of them heading off on family holidays, even as paris mayor on adele go believed that enthusiasm for the games had finally gripped the country watch it was on, i felt that the enthusiasm arrived a little before during the passage of the flame in paris on july 14 and 15th the olympic flame was paraded in paris. >> and there were people everywhere. children, elderly

people, all social classes. everyone was really happy. and i said to myself that it's the magic of the games working we the olympics now firmly underway organizers will be ping that this will be a short-lived memory. melissa bell, cnn, paris trix, or no, is a regional security manager in paris and she joins us now. thanks so much for being here with us. so i want to start there with those attacks what do you make of them? who could be behind them and why wasn't i think at the moment investigations are ongoing. so it's obviously too soon to speculate on who could be behind here at international sos. our goal is to provide reliable information to our client and organizations who were also directly affected from a logistics perspective by these acts would appears to be sabotaged that terrorism is due by the authorities in addition

to that, from passing down reliable information to our organizations it's a goal of ours to also provide actionable advice and so we wanted to make sure that our clients were able to reconfirm their journeys and also just make them aware that the disruption was expected to last throughout throughout the weekend, given the volume of people affected. and i think this is certainly coinciding with, with the opening ceremony day it does appear initially to demonstrate that there was intent to create additional chaos on a day that presented very high-stakes for the french authority he's for the organizing committee. >> high high-stakes, indeed, the opening ceremony, as you mentioned, incredible display. also an incredible challenge from a security standpoint. so how were they able to secure

such a huge area of outdoor space from dangerous below aboveground on the water then the air right? >> well it's officially the morning after the opening ceremony, and i think we can all breathe a sigh of relief because the opening ceremony actually passed off without any security incidents. >> and of course, when the project of having an open air opening ceremony, which has never been done before, having a six kilometer long procession of boats on the river seine everybody thought that this contract was absolutely delirious. and especially within security industry an impossible challenge to address the, reality is that the security forces, the state, are also very much aware of different types of risks that were weighing on the opening ceremony. >> and then we'll continue to weigh on the olympic and paralympic games. this is just,

this is just the beginning and so as a result of this robust security measures had been implemented, have been implemented there are there were huge displays of manpower on the ground. there were 45,000 police and john down officers displayed, deployed, supported by private security agents supported by the military as well, there were very robust checks conducted prior to allowing anybody to enter the perimeter along the along the riverbanks supported by additional perimeters that had been implemented because i want i want to ask you about some of those checks because it's not just securing the area the visitors there are coming there. i mean, there are some 1 million people involved in the games are talking volunteers, security guards, people work in the stadiums and so on. how hard would it be to

accurately vet each and every one of those? because as well yeah. >> no, absolutely. and there have been close to 1 million background checks are conducted. >> and like you say, it wasn't just a matter of securing the general public, assisting physically present along the seine, but also securing underwater with military sonars securing the airspace as well. >> immediately above the river, but also in the vicinity. it fighting drones. and this was one of the prerogatives of the military and a lot of work that but, you goes, on seem to the general public. but i think it's also important to state that france was not alone in doing so and has partnered with over 85 intelligence agencies from allied countries just to make sure that should there be any threats, they're detected

but as soon as possible, and therefore, it and i think it's also interesting to see that there have been at least for terror plots that were directed towards the games that were thwarted. >> which means that the people behind these weren't able to actually materialize. there plans yeah. let's hope things remain safe, really appreciate getting your perspective. beatrix winnow in paris. thank you so much thanks for having me us vice president kamala harris is headed to a campaign fundraiser in massachusetts later today. that's on the heels of a new cnn poll showing she's closing the gap with donald trump among registered voters in the presidential race he's also clinched a major endorsement from two of the biggest names in the democratic party. karin caifa has more for you call to say michelle and i

couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. >> barakin, michelle obama endorsing vice president kamala harris as president and she'll bid friday capping off a week that transform the 2024 race. and raised democrats hopes of swaying swing voters. >> they wanted a choice other than donald trump or president biden, that may not be fair to president biden in my view, but that was the fact so the enthusiasm level is so much higher now than it was just a few weeks ago. and that's going to make a big difference. >> but republicans see the flood of endorsements and campaign cash since president joe biden ended his reelection bid on sunday and backed harris as a honeymoon. >> the more you go out there and talk about the bad policies that is the reason why joe oh, biden and kamala harris were the most unpopular president and vice president in the last 70 years. you keep reminding them of it. people will come back after this little honeymoon period and the campaign will continue just like it was going. polls this

week show no clear leader in the race between harris and former president donald trump and the campaigns are already in bates about a debate previously agreed to by the biden and trump campaigns on september 10, harris said she's in the trump campaign, says they won't agree to debate harris until she's confirmed as the democratic nominee at the white house. i'm karin caifa that's speculation is swirling around who kamala harris will choose to be her running mate. there's a long list of potential candidates, some of them being pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, arizona senator mark kelly, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, and california governor gavin newsom. and joining me now out of dubrovnik, croatia via skype is gevin reynolds. he's the former chief speech writer to kamala harris and first lady jill biden good to see you normally are here in atlanta with us now across the seas, there have really appreciate you being with us here. so i want to start with are we were just talking about kamala harris's running mate. do you have any insight into who might

be best to balance the ticket well, kim, thanks so much for having me and i want to make a slight correction. >> i was associate director of speech writing can vice president harris just wanted to correct my title for the record and not take any credit where it's not it's not do however, kim, you're right. this is so much excitement and so much chatter so far about the vice president since her entrance into this race. and of course, a lot of names in the mix in terms of who she might be considering for her running mate there's a long list of those she's betting right now that includes people like mark, kelly and you bashir roy cooper pete buttigieg, and others. but right now, a lot of folks have narrowed their search down to four candidates that would be josh shapiro, mark kelly roy cooper, and of course, andy beshear. now i think each one of these, kim brings distinct strengths to the table, which we can talk about. but i think overall, but the vice president is really looking before, right now, is someone who can not only bring balance to her ticket from an electoral

standpoint, but who also can serve as a true governing partner with her in the white house, much like as she served as a governing partner to president biden one of the things i guess she might be looking for is to help her in areas where is she might struggle now polls show that she has closed the distance with donald trump, but the question is, how is she going to capture that vital blue wall, those blue wall states, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania that went for trump in 2016. but biden was able to flip that's right. so kim, the path to the white house to path to 270 electoral votes for the democrat certainly must include those critical blue wall states. and i think that's why a lot of people have narrowed in on a candidate like josh shapiro, who was the governor of pennsylvania and could really help put them that state in play, just like it was and what's joe biden won four years ago. however, there's some candidates on that list as we, as i talked about a minute

ago, who don't necessarily come from the midwest, right? and don't come from that blue wall region. but instead come from the sun belt that someone like mark, kelly and i think i think strength of his that he comes from a border state is able to talk about that issue and just give additional credibility to the ticket when talking about that issue. and roy cooper, an example, another governor, governor of north carolina a state that democrats truly feel is winnable for them right now, joe biden was not able to win that state four years ago. instead, he won our home state i home state of georgia. but democrats really think they have a shot there until i do think that that's a big part of the calculus for the vice president in thinking through what state does this potential running mate bring to the table? and i think someone like andy beshear, who a lot of democrats like is from a state, the state of kentucky most democrats don't think kentucky's necessarily in play, but could he put all their surrounding states in play? that's the question yeah. >> you brought up the border, so i wanted to ask you about that issue. republicans, of

course, are trying to define kamala harris, donald trump had this to say in a speech last night, let's play she was a bum three weeks ago. >> she was able a failed vice president and a failed administration with millions of people crossing and she was the borders are now they're trying to say she'd never was the borders. she had nothing to do with the border all right. so let's put aside the childish bum in salts. >> i want to focus on the term border czar. this is something that donald trump and the gop had been hammering on. they feel that one of her weaknesses will be being tied to the biden administration immigration policies and sort of making herge, i guess, responsible for those that's an issue that biden obviously has polled poorly on. so how vulnerable issue on this issue specifically do you think so? >> i think it's really important died got the campaign and harris campaign really come out as they've been doing to set the record straight. the vice president has never been

the borders are that's a term that the republicans have thrown around to label her or in a very negative way, the vice president was tasked with thinking through and understanding the root causes of migration that's not that dissimilar from an issue that joe biden had in his portfolio when he was vice president. and i think it's important again that the democrats come out and remind the country which party, which candidate tank the bipartisan border bill that those in the congress had come to an agreement on. and that was donald trump remembers the republican party in congress, were ready to come to the table and to advocate for that bill. donald trump killed it at the last minute. and so i think it's going to be vitally important for the harris campaign to continuously been doing which is to set the record straight there to uplift the accomplishments on that issue, which is that the president took strong executive action. the president has taken action to support those who are in this country as daca recipients. the president and the vice president together

have also enacted strong steps that have helped reduce illegal the border crossings as well. so i think there's a lot of messaging standpoint, a lot that the campaign can do because simply set the record straight, right? >> all right. listen, we only have a minute left, but i did want to ask you this because of your unique perspective as one of the vice president's speech writers, you know, harris, i mean, how do you think she will have felt about that moment? she got the phone call, the endorsement from the obamas. it must have really all just kind of sunk in their being, being suddenly catapulted into this moment at this crucial time in our history i think that must have been an a huge moment for the vice president. there's a photo that's been circulating on social media and it shows the vice president and then certainly not the vice president during the obama campaign, it was new year's year's eve and then kamala harris, not yet vice president kamala harris, was there and one of the the obama field offices. and i think it must have different incredibly full circle moment for her. now,

receiving the phone call from someone, president obama, who's going to support our hers and who she has supported along the years as well just reminding her of the incredible gravity of this moment that she talks. many times how being a first, right, but not being the last, and she has the opportunity here to build on her incredible record and to build on the many firsts that he's accomplished and career in her career and become the first woman, the first black woman, the first woman of color to ever serve as president of the united states and to get that call from someone like brock obama who helped paved the way for her. and so many others falling after him. i can only imagine how stressful that moment must have been. and now it's time for the campaign to build on that momentum to continue doing the work to elect her as an ex president united states, we shall see always great to talk to you. thanks so much for joining us given rentals, really appreciate it. >> likewise, thanks, kim and the u.s. >> vice president's office is

rejecting the suggestion that hur critical remarks about israel's conduct in gaza could hurt ceasefire talks. kamala harris said on thursday, she won't be silent about the suffering and humanitarian crisis in gaza i also expressed with the prime minister mai serious concern about the scale of human suffering in gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians. now in response to senior israeli official told the times of israel, quote hopefully the remarks harris made in her press conference won't be interpreted by hamas as daylight between the u.s. and israel, thereby making a deal harder to secure an aide to the vice president dismissed that suggestion, telling cnn, harris delivered the same message as president biden when she met with nothing yahoo all right. this just into cnn, the israeli military has issued an evacuation order to people in southern khan younis in gaza. the idf warned it would quote, forcefully operate in the area and told residents to head to al mawasi. however, the

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attorney and it shows exactly what malika said that his mother was shot beneath her. and the bullet exited the back of her neck and her ear and what it tells us is that he shot her in a downward trajectory and, you know, we know that she was stupas as salary and he shot anyway the deputy who shot massey, sean grayson was later fired and now faces first degree murder and other charges. >> he has pleaded not guilty one of mexico's most notorious drug lords is now in us custody thanks to the help of el chapo's son cnn's polo sandoval has the latest details well, as we learn more about this takedown, it seems that betrayal is really one of the prevailing themes in this investigation. do oftentimes the heads of these drug cartels have to decide between fleeing from authorities and

potentially getting hunted down by them or do they choose to cooperate with them? and thus far based on information coming in, it seems that this may have been the latter, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation telling our colleague, evan perez, it is believed that one of the sons of joaquin guzman, who we know as el chapo, likely provided us authorities with critical information that allowed them to nab this narco my son bother known as el mayo remember myo and chapo guzman were two of the partners who created the sinaloa cartel decades ago. the doj, yet to confirm the following plot, but we have heard from multiple sources that briefed on the investigation who say that it's likely that mayo was led to believe that he would be flying to go see a property potentially to purchase it and not head to an airstrip near el paso where federal agents were waiting to actually detain him. so essentially, it is believed at this point of the doj has not confirmed it that he was

hand-delivered by the son of his former partner, by joaquin guzman lopez was the 38-year-old man who was also aboard that plane, also behind bars in federal custody, and also stands accused of taking part of this massive criminal enterprise responsible for quite literally tons of narcotics that have ended up in the united states, specifically fed no as for el mayo, he was in courts at the end of this week and entered a plea of not guilty. now in terms of what could be to come, the sinaloa cartel, certainly not going anywhere even though one of its leaders is now in federal custody. what we do know is that over the years that group has actually splintered into other factions. so the arrest of el mayo certainly leaves behind a massive power void, a vacuum, sort of speak. and it's very possible that we could see some infight, some infighting within the sinaloa cartel. so yes, this arrest of now a second founding member of the sinaloa cartel could be the end of one era. but this may

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to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around on the world. >> i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the fbi is now confirming that former us president donald trump was hit by a bullet at a pennsylvania rally two weeks ago. it's the most direct statement yet from federal law enforcement on trump's injury saying, quote what struck former president trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented

into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subjects rifle now it comes after trump pushed back on some officials who questioned whether he had been hit by a bullet at all, former fbi director, deputy director andrew mccabe says this new statement supports director christopher wray's testimony wanted to congress earlier this week the statement they just put out did it actually all they've done is basically said the same thing. >> they just emphasize the word bullet. they are saying, yes, he got hit by a bullet, either whole or in part, which is essentially what wray said the first time, whether he was hit by a bullet or from some shrapnel piece of a bullet. what have you we're still in the same spot here and i guess the main point is they can't be they can't be absolutely sure what hit him until they see things like the medical records, they'll probably never get those here. and at the end, it probably just doesn't matter because we all know what happened that day. >> trump announced friday that he will return to butler, pennsylvania where he was shot for quote, big and beautiful rally on friday the republican

presidential nominee targeted kamala harris before a crowd of conservative christian activists. he claimed, among other things, that harris quote, doesn't like israel cnn's kristen holmes has more from west palm beach, florida president donald trump speaking to a route up conservative to his attacks on kamala harris i say very different donald trump than the last couple of days trying to hone in on his messaging when it comes to rare as we had seen him trying out various line but this speech had more direct attacks, not just on her record as vice president, but also as a record as a senator, as a record in california now of course, it was still a donald trump's speech though it went here, there, there was a lot of briefing however, it was clear that there to complete this mission defining kamala harris in this race, she was a bum three weeks ago. she was a bum

failed, vice president, and a failed administration with millions of people crossing and she was the borders are now they're trying to say she never was the borders. she had nothing to do with the border. she was the boss what is we have a new candidate to defeat the most incompetent unpopular, and far-left vice president in american history. that's what she is the most incompetent, but certainly the most farleigh they were explaining to me, you can say camila, you could say kamala i said, don't worry about it, doesn't matter what i say. i couldn't care less if i mispronounced it or not, i couldn't care less some people think i mispronounced it on purpose, but actually, i've heard it said about seven different ways. >> yeah, one, other notable moments and i came as he was talking about abortion again, this was a christian conservative group he started talking about exceptions when it came to abortion in terms of mothers help incest and rape, there was a section of the route that began buoy what he was saying trump himself

didn't react to the booing, but he did start talking about the fact that you have to believe you have to follow what your heart believe. but that you also have to win election, something we have heard him say before kristen holmes, cnn, west palm beach, florida so as the trump campaign zeroes in its attacks on vice president harris, one thing that's often missing is the truth tom foreman explains i say, bring it on bring it amid cheers from fans and jeers from foes. vice president kamala harris is being pelted by republican claims about her life and career many unfounded that his first rally since harris became the presumptive nominee, former president donald trump tore into what he said are her views on social security. >> she's talking about read lifting the retirement issue on wet abortion should be legal

even after birth the execution of a baby and on his own legal cases, which he long blamed on president joe biden, that was all headed up by all three of those cases about his opponent are patently false, but never mind, by the way, on this show, our vetting has only begun while some right-wing media stars are erupting over the new democratic challenger others are accusing harris with no evidence of building her career primarily on race and gender. >> some on the right in the past, rebooted trump's birther claims against former president barak obama by falsely saying harris, who was born in california to immigrant parents, is not a us citizen. now they say switching biden to harris on balances full is illegal. listened to trump's running mate. >> this was fundamentally illegitimate, and republican speaker of the house, mike johnson, it would be wrong. >> and i think unlawful in accordance to some of these

states rules for a handful of people to go in a back room and switch it out because they're they now like the candidate any longer but that's false too. cnn contacted every state and aside from two which did not reply, they all said there are no obstacles to putting harris on the ballot and on it goes, camila can't have my gun. she can't have my gasoline engine and she sure as hell can't have my stakes and cheeseburgers suggestions that harris wants to outright banned guns gasoline, cars, and red meat that she couldn't pass the bar exam. and it's totally against jewish people all of those are false. harris has talked about some gun control, about alternative fuels, about everyone eating better. so there are real well issues that republicans can engage her on. but right now it looks like what they're doing is just throwing everything at her to see what sticks, whether it is true or not tom foreman, cnn, washington all right.

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by a 42-year-old man who they say was witnessed a pushing a burning car down about 60 feet into an embankment this man has been arrested and authorities say that there are witnesses who saw him doing this unfortunately, he did it at a park and this local park only has one way in, one way out firefighters telling me it was very hard to get to those flames and so that only helped the spread of these flames. they are working around the clock about 1,600 firefighters currently working this fire. and they say some of them are working 48 hours straight. they're calling this fire challenging and say they are prepared for a very difficult fire season. >> it is concerning that way having these larger fires earlier in the season based on my experience, it for having big fires like this in july and august, we may have bigger virus come the fall as the

fuels get drier and the winds start to pick up. >> these conditions affecting a large portion of the western us, the law are just fire currently burning is in eastern oregon and authorities there say they have made some containment progress, but there is still a lot of work to be done, at least two homes were destroyed there and at least a dozen more structures. it is not easy to come back to the property that looks like what you see here. behind me and it especially not easy for the people here in butte county. they already experienced the deadliest wildfire in california history in 2018, and some of these people are having to relive this again with evacuation orders and with having to deal with all of this happening to the community again, so it has not been easy for the people of this county camila bernal, cnn, butte county, california justin timberlake's defense team is

disputing that the star was intoxicated when he was arrested last month after a hearing on friday, timberlake's attorney claimed the police made a significant number of errors just in the case justin timberlake was not intoxicated and we're very confident that that charge that criminal charge will be dismissed timberlake was arrested in june when police initiated an early morning traffic stop in sag harbor in new york timberlake told police, he had one martini and followed his friends home according to court records the singer is currently on tour for his latest album and wasn't present at the hearing an arraignment in the case is scheduled for next month in irish museum will withdraw a wax work of late singer songwriter sinead o'connor just a day after putting it on display. >> the national wax museum plus in dublin unveiled a figure on thursday to coincide with the anniversary of o'connor's death. but her brother objected saying it looks nothing like

her fans chimed in as well with one calling the representation shockingly bad. the museum got the message and announced it would remove the current figure and work to create a more accurate likeness. singer officials in the u.s. >> of reunited more artwork still in by nazis to its rightful owners the manhattan district attorney and the department of homeland security announced the move on friday. they said the previous owners were unaware. they are work had been stolen decades ago and fully cooperated with officials. this is the 11th piece of part returned to the family of fritz grunbaum, an austrian jewish cabaret performer who is killed in nazi concentration camp 1918. artwork titled seated nude woman front view is by austrian expressionist painter, you gone, sheila one of the most anticipated events of the olympics kicks off today when we come back, look star-studded men's basketball competition who's the favorite to take home the gold state?

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golf just 20-years-old set to compete in her first ever olympics meanwhile, the 39-year-old james as a basketball two-time gold medalist, who made his olympic debut in 2004 that's the same year that golf was born. and one of the most anticipated events and every summer olympics is men's basketball. and this year could be even better than ever. the u.s. of course, heavy favorites to win their fifth straight gold medal. but this year's games have a number of nba superstars playing for their country. so could this finally be the year the americans are knocked off the top of the podium and he scholz has a preview despite a shaky exhibitions against south sudan and germany, team usa is still the team to be in paris. obviously, championship is on our mind. >> he can win the game on paper for us, we know we know what everybody is going to bring the competition in, the challenge to win is probably going to be as hard as it's ever been. and i think we're up for the u.s. has failed to win gold only

three times at the games. in 1972, they got silver, losing to the soviet union in one of the most controversial endings in olympic history. in 1988 day again lost the soviet union and that would be the last time the u.s. used amateur players is in 1992. we had the dream team with michael jordan, magic johnson, and larry bird was one of the most iconic and dominant teams in sports history. and the u.s. dominance continued until 2004. but that team, despite having a young lebron jameson dwayne wade and hall of famers allen iverson and tim duncan just didn't mesh. they lost three games in athens, the most ever by a men's olympic squad. the u.s. finishing a disappointing third place, watching manager nobili in argentina capture the goal. >> after that loss, the u.s. re-evaluated how they built the olympic roster stressing team chemistry as they vowed to not have another poor performance at the games. in 2008, kobe bryant led the redeem team to

an undefeated run to reclaim us dominance. and ever since, it's been nothing but goal for team usa at the games. but could this be the year the street? go four straight gold comes to an end. this team has lebron and steph curry playing together for the first time ever you know, we went a game at a high level. >> one, just wait again and we loved the right way. >> we're just want to win. go whatever that takes. so we are sorry about all matter what the status out o'malley ministry play, like everybody on the floor commits are just doing which is will be good. >> it also has former mvps, kevin durrant and joel embiid making this year's roster arguably one of the most talented groups ever. but the world is catching up more than 45 nba players players will be competing in paris. giannis antetokounmpo is an olympian for the first time, leading greece to the games as a team we had a very hungry the atmosphere is unbelievable. >> we have nothing to lose. >> we just got to play good basketball, doesn't go there, give him within that we have host france have five nba

players on their team, including defensive player of the year, rudy gobert, and rookie of the year victor wembanyama put your word. it's really a dream for me to be the olympics lifelong dream. >> serbia has four nba players led by three-time mvp nikola you okay, i kitchen, the hawks, bogdan bogdanovic delays favorites. and it's always, you know, chip on his shoulder playing against usa, every other team, australia who just narrowly beat the u.s in an exhibition game, has an mba players and are looking to make some noise lost olympics, we won a bronze medal, which we cohen the rose gold rose gold game. >> so we're looking to do one better there. >> and then there is canada with a whopping ten nba players on their roster led by thunder's superstar shai gilgeous, alexander goes to show the growth of basketball in the world not just canada, usa, america, whatever the world's is of basketball

basalt become a bigger sport or the game deserves the u.s. is, of course the heavy favorites. but this could be the most competitive and entertaining two weeks of international basketball that we've ever seen. >> and in just a little over an hour, australia and spain will get the ball rolling for the men's basketball competition. alright, that's it for me. i'm kim brunhuber, cnn newsroom continues with max foster tomorrow on the whole story, political violence has always threatened our democracy after the attempt on trump's life. >> where does america go from here? the whole story with anderson cooper, political violence, america as bloody history tomorrow at 8:00 on cnn what works i'm just telling

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