an ipad. >> no moon beams, sadly. at least the ipad was recovered. we got to hear the story from a man in full clown regail ya. those are some pretty big shoes to fill on the ridiciulist. thanks for watching. "outfront" next, a republican senate candidate in hot water after comments about legitimate rape. will the chairman of the party call for him to drop out? an autopsy just released in the case of a handcuffed man who was shot and killed in the pack of back of a police car in handcuffs. and mariah sharapova, one of the most recognizable faces in tennis, the highest paid female athlete in the world, and she has a big plan off the court? she tells us about it. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett.

"outfront" tonight, a migraine for republicans. >> i was calling you and letting you know that i'm announcing today that we are going to stay in. >> not what a lot of republicans wanted to hear today. that's a little known congressman from missouri. and he's thrown his entire party for a loop. instead of talking about jobs or medicare tonight, the republican party is talking about abortion. republican congressman todd akin who's running for senate against democratic incumbent claire mccaskill says he will not step aside despite widespread outrage over this -- >> what about in the case of rape? should it be legal or not? >> from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. i think there should be some punishment but the bunishment ought to be in the rapist and not aattacking the child.

>> today, akin tried to backtrack. >> i used the wrong words in the wrong way. what i said was ill-conceived and it was wrong. it's hard to think how you could come up with a statement that specific and tortured if you didn't actually believe in it. and even if it was a mistake, it's hard to know which word he was talking about when he apologized. rare, legitimate, when it comes to rape? rape, of course,s never legitimate. and the fbi says one forcible rape actually occurs every 6.2 minutes in the united states of america. and as for pregnancy, a study published in the american journal of obstetrics and gynecology estimates that 32,101 pregnancies result from rape each year. both parties have jumped on akin's comments. mitt romney said this late this afternoon. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him.

>> that was an a cnn affiliate. the president also agreed. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> democrats were then quick to make this about the coveted women's vote. the chairwoman of the democratic national committee said, quote, the real issue is a republican party led by mitt romney and paul ryan whose policies on women and their health are dangerously wrong. i'm outraged at the republicans trying to take women back to the dark ages. seizing one comment and turning into something about the entire party. but this isn't a small problem for mitt romney because he currently trailed president obama by eight points among women voters. if this gets traction among them, it could matter. in 2008, women made up 53% of the electorate and they voted for president obama over john mccain. i'll show you the numbers in a moment. but now democrats are trying to

link akin's position on abortion to that of paul ryan. this is where it gets dangerously close to home for mitt romney. paul ryan, along with akin, co-sponsored the sanctity of human life act, a so-called personhood amendment. the bill made no exception for rape or incest or anything else. paul ryan himself in terms of his personal views on abortion has long said he is opposed to abortion in all cases, except for when the life of the mother is at risk, meaning he's opposed to it in the cases of rape and incest. this isn't something paul ryan or mitt romney want to become a major issue? now ryan and akin are now linked. what will the republican party today? "outfront" tonight, reince priebus. good to see you, sir. i know not what you want to be talking about right now. but let me just say, senator scott brown, senator mcconnell have called it outrageous, saying that mr. akin should step

out of this race within the next 24 hours, tea party express has urged him to step aside. republican senatorial campaign committee is saying, get out, we're not giving you more money. he could get out by tuesday before the general election. that's tomorrow. shoulde get out? >> well, certainly, first of all, if it was me and -- i wouldn't say anything that dumb as he has. but if it was me and i had an opportunity to let someone else run to actually give ourselves a better chance of winning, i would step aside. and so, listen, what he said, erin, was biologically stupid. it's something that nobody on either side of the aisle agrees with. it's a bizarre statement and it's something that i think he needs to seriously think about. and like i said, if it was me, i would step aside and let someone else run for that office. >> all right. so you're making that pretty clear. the answer is, yes.

>> that's pretty clear, erin. >> all right. just have to make it loud and clear. make it painfully obvious. let me ask you this this, then -- what can you do? you heard him say -- he's saying he doesn't plan to get out. obviously he's got 24 hours. he can still do it. but what are you going to do to get him to make the right choice? who's going to make those calls to him? >> ultimately he has to make these calls, right? we all understand that. and we're hopeful that he hears these things that people are saying on both sides of the aisle and that -- this is not mainstream talk that he's referring to in his descriptions of whatever an illegitimate rape is. we're getting ready for a big election and this is not what the election is going to turn on. this is going to turn on the president's promises, what he delivered, where this economy's

at and these are the things that people care about. but in the meantime, we've got to deal with this situation and we are. >> so let me ask you this -- i want to make the point first of all, something you know painfully well. but i want to put it up here. the latest gallup poll registered voters choice for president, this is broken down by gender. right now, the president leads among women 50% and trails among men. women, 50% plan to vote for president obama. 42% for governor romney. now, when you just do the math on this, it comes out to statistical edge between women and men that this election would go for barack obama. if you move the women vote by 1%, statistical edge goes to romney. if you move it by two, he wins the whole thing. so women really matter, right? this issue of abortion -- you don't want the whole thing to revolve around this. but if it did, it could mean the whole election. >> right. but, erin, i think you're making a false assumption here.

and that is that you're making the assumption that women are pro-abortion. and i don't believe that. i actually think that most women are pro life. i happen to believe you can be pro women and pro life. you're making a leap that isn't so right. you're assuming that it's because of abortion. and i just don't believe that. >> let me -- hold on. >> pro life, pro women and at the end, what women really care about is the economy and where we're going in this country. >> all right. i agree with you, you can be pro life and pro women. but let me give you this because i do have more numbers for you. paul ryan co-sponsors with akin the amendment that say abortion shouldn't be allowed in any case. and paul ryan says he thinks only in the life of the mother. not in cases of rape or insist. gallup poll taken in june of last year, abortion in cases of rape or incest. 75% of americans think that should be okay. so that means in this dramatic

case, most people, 75% of americans of whom i'm sure a lot are women, do not agree with paul ryan. >> first of all, that's not true. paul ryan and mitt romney's position is that they're pro life with the exceptions of rape, incest and the life of the mother. >> paul ryan's position historically has been, according to cnn's reporting, that he does not support it in the cases of rape or incest. >> that's not true. first of all, that's not true. but the point that i'm making is that what you're referring to and what these reporters are referring to in this bill is the question of whether or not you should be able to use taxpayer money to fund abortions. that's a totally separate issue. and on that issue, that's an 80% winner for us. so you can pick and choose all these numbers all day long. the fact of the matter is, most women are pro life. this election is not coming down to this particular todd akin

issue. we're very proud to be a pro life party and we are. and i'm pro life. and i think it's a winning issue. but the problem with todd akin is that he's taken it to a level that no one in the mainstream is in agreement with. and you're seeing both parties say that. >> and so the bottom line is you say that -- i understand your point on todd akin, that you think he is not -- someone that anyone would support in the mainstream. i would imagine he's not welcome at the republican convention where you are right now either? >> well, listen, if it was up to me, erin, i will tell you, i would prefer that todd akin do the right thing for our party and our candidates and i would prefer him not come. >> all right. thank you very much, chairman priebus. i appreciate you taking the time. hopefully next time we can talk about the economy which i know is what you wanted to talk about. "outfront" now is john avlon. this is interesting and especially given the tension that we had there over the position. they don't want to talk about

the specifics of when someone supports abortion or doesn't support abortion. that is not something the republican party wants to talk about. >> no. and you could feel the force of the pivot with reince priebus' word right there, dumb, biologically stupid, bizarre, that ain't subtle language. he wants to get off this topic as fast as possible and just say, he wants this to be in yesterday's papers because he knows at the end of the day, the longer this is in the headlines, the more of a loser it is. but the real question is, as you said, the real implication of the position of oppositional abortion even in cases of rape and incest. today, the romney/ryan ticket made it crystal clear that that ticket opposes -- is pro life with exceptions for rape and incest. >> which is what chairman priebus was trying to say, that's the ticket. >> as of today. but historically what he was saying hadn't been accurate. paul ryan throughout his career opposed abortion even in cases of rape and incest. this bill he co-sponsored with todd akin that introduced the phrase forcible rape. that's what's raising a lot of question marks.

it's not the conversation the romney ticket wants to have. but until and if this guy gets out of the race tomorrow -- and that was a less-than-subtle nudge by the chairman of his party -- this is going to be in the conversation. they don't want to have this conversation because of these pivotal women voters. they want to have a conversation all about the economy. >> if legitimate and illegitimate rape are words that they think are biologically stupid, forcible rape would go in the same tegory. thanks very much to john avlon. just to be using your words and inconsistent. ahead, why the president is afraid he could lose to mitt romney. just one of the surprising details to emerge from a new book on the obama reelection campaign which sort of reads like the "us weekly" of the campaign, which is why we really enjoyed it. and a new record tonight for apple. but the achievement may not be as good as it sounds? and a man who was shot and killed while handcuffed in the back of a police car, the autopsy report out late today. does it add up? ♪

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his words, stands for nothing. "outfront" tonight, glenn thrush and author of the new book "obama's last stand." and cnn contributor james carville. you had him in that beach shot in hawaii where the president was in no shirt, it's great reading and has all the inside gossip you want to know about. >> you're giving me "us weekly." this is devastating. >> tell me a little bit about what you found. there's infighting at the highest levels of the campaign. there was infighting between the president and between joe biden. what are some of the kind of biggest takeaways about the dysfunction in the campaign? >> well, i think the first thing to note, i covered the hillary clinton campaign in 2008. if you want to talk about real dysfunction, i think you have to refer to that. that's the granddaddy of them all. this is a by-product of the fact that in general, reelection

campaigns are lousy. ask james. and this one in particular is lousy because the difference between 2008 in terms of what president obama can run on and 2012 are so great. so i think a lot of this dissonance, of this friction has a lot to do with the nature of this campaign. but that said, a lot of these folks have not been singing according to the same hymnal. >> and so some of these -- you're talking about that there's fights between david axelrod and stephanie cutter, the two most senior members of reelection campaign. at least your reporting, there was one instance where ax, as he's called in the campaign, thought that stephanie cutter was trying to undercut him in terms of publicity and tv appearances. >> right. and that was the cause -- my reporting bore out of a fight that took place in the early spring. that was patched up fairly quickly. but the larger issue between

those two are, they have very complementary personalities and skill sets. axelrod is very good with words and messaging, not the most organized guy. not somebody who likes confrontation. cutter as you know is the opposite. she's a powerful implementer. what we're dealing with is these large complementary personalities. and i think things have improved recently. but during the spring when things were not going very well, it was putting a real drag on chicago. >> james carville, what's your takeaway seeing this? saying there's infighting in the campaign and in particular some of glenn's reporting that there was real tension between the president and the vice president. >> i guess first of all, i know glenn and i think he is a first-rate reporter. and i'm sure that that's true. saying there's infighting in a campaign is like saying there's humidity in louisiana in august. of course there's infighting in a campaign. be a hell of a buck that says, no infighting in this campaign.

but people have been together less time and it's more fun. when you've been sitting in the white house for four years and these are tough times for anybody, people get frayed, nerves get frayed. there are more times for people to irritate other people. and that would happen. i haven't read the book. but like everybody else around politics was discussing this number with any number of people, and a lot of the stuff frankly to me sounds true. it's kind of interesting to political junkies. i'm sure glenn worked hard on his book and congratulations to him. >> well, we'll leave it there. i want to tell everyone, though, please go out and get the book. it talks about what happened when joe biden came out ahead of the president on gay marriage. well, it's a pretty interesting story on what happened then. it's worth giving it a read. thanks to both.

still "outfront," apple has reached a new record. but is it as good as it sounds? we compare apples to apples. and the highest paid female athlete on earth is trying to conquer something off the court. maria sharapova "outfront" tonight. those surprising little things she does

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today apple set another record for america. it is officially the most valuable company ever, ever in human history. so as of today's close, apple's market value is -- and this is a pretty hard-to-imagine number -- $623.5 billion. that is higher than the previous record which was $618.9 billion set by microsoft back in december 1999. so people were all celebrating this today. apple has had a pretty great run because it only took 19 months to have its value go from $300 billion to over $600 billion. so forget for a second if you're

an apple lover who thinks it can surge forever or you're waiting for the next bubble to pop and it's going to crash, it's quite the achievement when you consider that while apple's stock price tumbled, the world was in crisis. microsoft, though, hit its peak near the height of what we now know was an unsustainable tech bubble. but before celebrating for apple, one thing about this milestone bugged us. on this show, we like to compare apples to apples. that means taking a look at the real numbers. the number tonight is $908. that's the price that apple's stock uld actually have to hit in order to reach microsoft's inflation adjusted record value. that was $851 billion. apple isn't anywhere close. its stock only closed at $665 today. so it has to rise at 37% because it can -- before it can, in our opinion, claim to be the most

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we start the second half of our show with stories we care about where we focus on our own reporting from the front lines. reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee, came "outfront" to say representative todd akin should drop out of the race for the missouri senate seat after making controversial remarks about rape. >> if it was me, i would step aside and let someone else run for that office. >> so you're making that pretty clear.

the answer is yes. >> that's pretty clear, erin. >> he also said this about akin attending the convention in tampa next week. >> i would prefer that todd akin do the right thing for our party and our candidates and i would prefer him not come. >> first lady michelle obama will travel to wisconsin on thursday to meet with the survivors and families of the six people killed at the sikh temple shooting. "outfront" spoke with a man whose uncle was killedn the shooting. he said the community has mixed reactions to the first lady's visit, telling us that he and others are frustrated that president obama and the federal government haven't done more to support them. two victims of the shooting remain hospitalized tonight. iraq is denying a "new york times" report that says it's helping iran avoid american sanctions. the newspaper report that had iraq is helping iran secretly move to cash and smuggle oil to avoid sanctions, targeting tehran's nuclear program. international law expert told

"outfront" the u.s. has helped iraq modernize its banking systems but iran remains one of of iraq's biggest trading partners and says that iraq wants to keep both relationships. be interesting to see if they can keep doing it. anti-japan protesters took to the streets of china over the week. the protest was launched after a group of japanese activists landed on a cluster of islands controlled by japan. but it's an area that both countries claim as theirs. the islands are uninhabited but are important for fishing and could hold valuable oil and natural gas deposits. we were told the united states doesn't want to get involved adding there's little evidence either side wants this to escalate. but this is a crucial reason why the run place we're adding money in our defense budget is in asia. it's been 382 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it? europe continues to be a problem. european leaders, angela merkel and francois hollande, are

meeting this week to hammer out the problems that europe is having again. our third story "outfront," an autopsy report just released shedding light on the mysterious death of 21-year-old chavis carter. a medical examiner says that carter committed suicide on july 29th after he was arrested f marijuana possession. he died from a gunshot wound to his head as he sat in the back of a police cruiser with his hands cuffed. something his family says is not possible. benjamin irwin is the attorney for chavis' mother and grandmother and he came "outfront" earlier today. i started by asking him his reaction to the autopsy report. >> i think it's important to note what's in the medical examiner's report. what's in there is an evaluation of what actually occurred medically to chavis that night with a gunshot wound, the gun was very close to his head. what we don't know from the medical examiner's report is who fired that gun? there was no gun residue test that was done that was made

available to us. was he tested for gun residue? were the officers on the scene tested for gun residue? if so, when? also if you notice in the results in the opinion part of his exam, he also talks about this is based upon the conclusions of the investigation by the jonesboro police department. so what information was he provided by the jonesboro police department that he then determined that this was a suicide? i think we're still all up against the difficulties that we see with handcuffed and now we know that this gun was either touching or was very, very close to his right temple. listen, we've tried to duplicate it. that's a difficult feat at best. and we've all seen the video. that was a great stunt. but who was that? is that person double-jointed? and as you and i both know, what really matters is what could ha happened to chavis that night. could he have done that? it's just so many questions left

to be answered. >> fair point. and let me ask you a couple of things from our conversations with the medical examiner. he's saying, in terms of being able to do this with handcuffs, they're saying it is possible that he did it. in fact, they're choosing to use the word suicide when they could have labeled this a homicide, an accident or a natural death. and they're saying there is no such thing as an accidental suicide. yet they chose that word. >> seems to me that ever since this has begun, jonesboro police department has said, listen, this is a suicide, this is a suicide. what happened to an investigation? since when did we start with a conclusion and then find facts to support that conclusion? the video is very important because there's three, three and a half minutes of video missing -- >> you're saying it's possible they turned off the cameras or they deleted it or something -- i'm just saying hypotheticalically, you're saying it's possible that they did that because they had killed him, right? >> no, no, not saying they killed him.

what i'm saying is if i'm with the jonesboro police department and what i want is to show that i have done an accurate and fair depiction of an investigation, what i'm going to do is i'm going to lay it out all on the table. >> you're saying their incompetence could be the reason that he died but you're not saying that one of the police officers held the gun and killed him? >> absolutely. incompetence is clear. i think that's evident. the question is, where does it go from there? but we're not ready to draw conclusions. i think that's the problem that we have here is too many conclusions are already being made when all the facts haven't even been released. >> one other thing i wanted to ask you about in terms of the facts that are coming out, something else from the autopsy report today. again, talking to the medical examiner, was telling us that at the time of chavis' death he was under the active influence, quote, of an intoxicating dose of methamphetamines. obviously methamphetamines can be obtained -- usually obtained illegally and can allow people

to do or have at the moment superhuman strength. something like that, do you think, could possibly explain not why he had that gun and they failed to find it but how he was able to maneuver himself in such a way that he could shoot it at himself? >> that would be beyond my scope to be able to say how that occurred. what i'm concerned with is -- let's say, where did those come from? were those missed in a search again, as well, along with the weapon? when did those get introduced into his body? i can't say with certainty what happened there. >> benjamin, thanks very much. appreciate your taking the time, sir. now our fourth story "outfront," russia tonight warning western countries ainst, quote, unquote, his teshics over the pussy riot sentencing. this as russian police are on the lookout for two more members of the band. three band members have been found guilty of hooliganism of an anti-putin performance in a moscow cathedral. they have been sentenced to jail for two years drawing worldwide condemnation and criticism of

vladimir putin's strong thunderstorm-arm tactics. nadezhda tolokonnikov reportedly yelled, we have happy because we brought the revolution closer. as she was led away by police officers to serve her sentence. "outfront" tonight, her husband, pyotr. i spoke to him earlier. i started by asking him if he was surprised by that statement from his wife. >> no, it doesn't surprise me because during these five months the girls were locked up in a brutal rusan prison, they've been role models for millions of russians and millions of people around the world because they've been acting so heroically brave and in these brutal circumstances they're put in, they're just showing amazing courage and the amazing ability to make these political speeches and show their amazing behavior while behind bars and in court. so it does label them as true revolutionaries.

>> when was the last time you were able to speak to nadia and to see her? >> i saw her two weeks ago. but before that, we didn't have a meeting for five months. >> what was it like when you saw her? i mean, it's not just you, of course, that she hasn't seen but her 4-year-old child. >> it has been incredibly emotional. by law, we have just one hour to talk to each other through this phone and through a glass cage during the meeting. and this one hour lasted like three minutes. >> and what about your daughter? does she understand at all what's happening? i'm sure after all this time, she can't understand where her mother is. >> well, our 4-year-old daughter completely understands what's happening because i've been telling her a lot, that russian politics are very much like a fairy tale. it's very black and white and she tells people that putin has locked up nadia in a cage and we have to find a way to free her out of there. >> well, tell me a bit about what -- you' here tonight

talking to us. you're in moscow. i'm trying to think about how we should understand this. your wife has been put in jail for two years for singing a protest song against vladimir putin. you, though, are here speaking out against him and free in moscow. is that something that is hopeful, that contradict what is your wife is going through? how do you make sense of those two things? >> the russian government obviously loves to oppress, harass and imprison anyone who makes critical and loud statements of putin's and the government's activities. but there are limit that is this government can and cannot do right now. and basically this amazing international outcry which we've seen over the past several months, directed at the pussy riot case happened because the whole world didn't expect putin to cross this line and start to arrest people for singing protest songs inside a church. >> and, pyotr, i know there's an

appeal. how hopeful are you that that appeal might go the other way, that nadia might be free? is there any hope? >> we think that putin has said his word. he's voiced the girls' sentence. and it's very unlikely that that's going to change in any way. >> will you stay if nadia wins this appeal or even when she is released in two years -- you have dual citizenship in canada. you would have a choice. >> i do have a choice. but my choice is to stay in russia and to fight for russia's future and to fight putin and hopefully in two, three years, putin won't be the head of this country and trials like that will no longer be possible. that's our goal and we're willing to feig for it. >> pyotr, thank you so much for taking the time to tell us your story. >> thank you. "outfront" next, one of the biggest stars in tennis, highest paid female athlete on earth and, hey, she's 25 years old.

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we're back with tonight's outer circle where we reach out to our sources around the world and we begin in pakistan where an 11-year-old christian girl has been arrested. she's accused of blasphemy for burning pages of the koran. local media reports say the girl has down syndrome. cnn has been unable to independently confirm the reports. but our reporter is "outfront" in islamabad tonight. >> reporter: the girl's name is ramsh and she could be in jail for up to 14 days while police try to figure out exactly happened. her family says she was burning paper for cooking fuel, not unusual for poorer families here in pakistan. but neighbors claim she was burning pages of the koran, which is a violation of the blasphemy law. they were outraged, surrounded her, allegedly threatened her. police came, took her away. the family fled and that's where things stand. police say they're confident they can resolve this, that this was a misunderstanding. but in the past, these blasphemy case haven't been very easy for

authorities to solve here. so things could get tricky. many rights activists point out this is an example of bigger problems, like government corruption and an ineffective justice system that leads to the persecution of many women, not just christians. erin? >> thanks to you. our fifth story "outfront," sharapova's sweetness. we all know 25-year-old russian olympic silver medalist maria sharapova, currently ranked number three this the world. a fierce competitor on the tennis court. but she's no longer just a grand slam champion. she's a brand. people around the world know her face. she's the highest paid female athlete in the world. and today fans mobbed her as she launched her own business. for the first time, it's a candy line called sugarpova sold at stores. i met sharapova today. she said she plans to play tennis for many more years but being successful in business is crucial to her. >> when i'm on the tennis court and i'm in that cubical in a way, thoes my own little work

space, i commit so much physical energy and mental preparation. then i go out on the court and i compete. but when i leave the court, i feel like i need something that gets your mind off of what you do there that is so intense, that is so competitive. therefore, i have a lot of fun with the businesses -- the collections and the collaborations that i work with. it keeps my mind on other things. >> i see your face everywhere, everywhere in europe last week. i see your face here, whether it's cole haan. now you have this candy line that you're starting. what made you decide to do candy? by the way, i think the name is very cute. >> thank you. >> what made you choose -- a lot of people would say, this young woman could have done anything and she picked candy. why? >> i'm such a big foodie. i have the biggest sweet tooth. i see candy as this treat. my earliest memories is i would have a good week of practice and i would ask my parents to get me this lollipop that was tough to find in russia. i saw it as a reward.

that's kind of how i see candy. my sport is physical and of course i want to take care of my body but it's like that indulgence that everybody wants to have. when i heard of the name and then i put the two together, and then i always wanted to own my own business. i've been part of great collaborations, but i wanted to own something. i wanted to make all the final decisions. and it's a lot of responsibility -- >> so this is your baby? >> this is my baby. i feel like i've had two pregnancies and the candy's my baby, that's my kid. >> you worked so hard, you rose so quickly. you had the injury. sort of wondering what would happen next. >> yeah. >> now you're back. >> right. >> so is tennis, are you going to be going for grand slams, playing in the olympics the next time around? >> you know, it's interesting, through this whole process of doing the candy, the last couple of years, coming back from my injury and winning the french

open this year, so i felt like it's almost been my good luck charm because i had the great balance of working on something i was passionate about and being on the court to regain my number one ranking, to win the french open. so it's been a really fulfilled year. >> how much time do you spend working? people look at you and say a lot of it comes naturally, you're so long and lean -- >> well, i'm so fortunate that i do play tennis for a living and i play a sport and that i'm active because i don't like the gym, you know. i try to stay outside and i try to exercise outside. i love my food and i love my -- all the indulgences and candy and cakes and all of that. so i must work out. i mean this doesn't -- it's not like everyone gets a good body by sitting on the couch and eating candy all day. i mean, you have to put in the physical effort. everyone knows that. so i'm very fortunate that i do play sports for a livi, yeah.

>> and your personal story is an amazing one. obviously, growing up in russia, family a victim of the chernobyl crisis. you came here, you were a young child. >> yeah, i was 7 years old. >> spoke no english. >> no, not at all. >> in the olympics, you play for russia. how do you think of yourself? russian, american? >> it's so interesting because i grew up in russia for the first seven years in my life. i moved to the united states because of tennis, because tennis wasn't popular at all back then when i was that young. and there weren't many facilities. so the sport kind of took my family to the united states to develop a dream that we had. and it's amazing how comfortable i got in the states. how accustomed i got to the culture, to the lifestyle. i love traveling the world but when i come here, i feel like it's home. when i go back home and i visit my grandparents and i'm sitting in an informal dining room eating my grandma's home cooked

meal, i'm like, gosh, i'm so russian inside of me. this is the real me. when i'm home, i'm only speaking russian with my parents. >> so you speak both equally. >> i get out of my house and most of my friends are english or french or whichever and they're speaking another language. so it's an interesting balance, yeah. >> and you have citizenship of both countries? >> just russia. just russia. >> you're going to keep it that way? >> yeah. i mean, right now, that's the way i feel. i'm so happy to represent my country. especially seeing the way that the sport has grown in my country. i grew up watching the olympics on tv and russia because it's such a huge part of our culture. i thought, oh, one day, it would be amazing to be there and maybe hold the flag. this year, i had this incredible opportunity of carrying the flag in the olympic ceremony. it's just so many things you think of as a child. there's no reason right now to change citizenship. >> up next, a trivia question for you so take a guess, i have the answer, why bubba is going

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he is now the answer to a trivia question. who was the last golfer to win the masters before women were accepted as members at augusta national? yep, that's what happened. here's what we said on "outfront" about this four months ago. this week the masters golf tournament kicks off in augusta. there's nothing like winning a masters and donning that fabled green jacket. members get jackets too but there are only 300 of them and they're there by invitation only. as a result,he club has been slow to admit members that don't look like other members. the first black member wasn't invited till 1990 and women still can't join. but this year that could change well, change it has. former secretary of state condoleezza rice and investor darla moore were accepted as members of augusta national. they both put out statements that were very eloquent. the tournament chairman said, quote, these accomplished women share our passion for the game

of golf and both are well known and respected by our membership. it will be a proud moment when we present condoleezza and darla their green jackets when the club opens this fall. it's a new frontier in augusta. but why now? i mean, remember chairman payne's predecessor when he said in 2003, quote, there may be a day when women are invited to join our membership. so did augusta just happen to decide now is the right time? the answer to that is no. in january of this year, jenny became the first women president and ceo of ibm. one of the top three sponsors of the masters. all four of her male predecessors got membership to augusta and were presented with a green jacket just because they were ceo of ibm and she was denied that. i'd like to think that while she was publicly silent, she made her point behind closed doors. making a difference.