>> that's okay. you still with me, ed? >> yeah, i am. >> okay. great. sorry about that. we had a little technical issue. i apologize, ed. from what i see, we found out more about the final days before he actually withdrew from the ph.d program. what is it that we know about how he performed on his exams? did he show up to all of his exams? >> well, a source tells us he performed poorly on one of these last exams. all of this is interesting because if you kind of start piecing together the time line at the last few months, it raises questions about whether or not this was some sort of trigger perhaps to kind of make james holmes spiral out of control. we were told he had done poorly on the final exam. this was all around the same time that according to law enforcement sources he was buying weapons at various gun stores around the denver area

and also amassing all of the ammunition, the 6,000 rounds of ammunition as well as all the explosive materials found inside of his apartment. so those are big clues and obviously big issues that psychologists and investigators are taking a much closer look at. >> all right. ed lavendara, we'll be talking throughout the morning as we find out more about james holmes and the investigation taking place in particular with regard to this package that was sent to the university. okay. i want to make it very clear that james holmes has still not given police a motive. and we still do not understand his state of mind. this story, though, undoubtedly has left so many parents wondering about their own children and what could potentially go wrong. what are the warning signs? how do you even know that your child is capable of such unspeakable violence? and what, if anything, can be done to stop them? well, these are all questions that diane singer has struggled with and dealt with. her son, a typical young man

with a brilliant future, experienced a psychotic break and it changed his life forever. diane singer is here with me this morning because she saw our interview earlier this week on mental illness and desperately wanted to tell us her story. she joins me once again along with chris klein vp of clinical services at skyland trail here in atlanta which deals with mental health issues and also once again our b.j. bernstein for legal perspective on what rights parents have. so, diane, i know this has been so tough. you and i have talked daily and we're going to be very sensitive with regard to your son in this conversation. so let me just begin with what was going through your mind when you saw what happened on friday and then you saw james holmes for the first time in that courtroom? >> well, a couple things went through my mind. first of all, all of the victims, the tragedy they'll all

suffer, but more importantly there are wounds there that night that are transparent to us. there are wounds that aren't bullet holes, they're not visible injuries. they're mental health wounds, a huge cracks occurred to the group of folks that were in that theater. and then looking at mr. holmes and just wondering what happened to him, what was the event that caused him to break and then his parents and how must they feel and what kind of -- what kind of burden must they be facing? and because they love their child. and, yet, this happened. i know they feel horribly about everything that happened. >> and you know that because of your personal experience. we're not going to mention your son's name. we're also not going to say where he is right now because we want to protect his privacy and also protect him. i know you're very concerned about that. but explain to our viewers what

happened to your son and explain to them how this psychotic break really impacted your family as we know it now. >> well, my son was a good samaritan witness to a very violent crime. he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. as a result of him witnessing this crime, he broke. he was injured mentally in this -- by witnessing this. he broke. it wasn't evident right away because these kinds of injuries are not evident. they kind of appear later on and you see changes that are out of character and you worry about what was this? and i know in my son's case i wish we had taken him to the emergency room that night. we didn't because we didn't see any visible injuries. my son was very, very hurt.

he suffered a very great wound that night. >> and you were telling me, too, when you saw james holmes in that courtroom and you saw what he looked like at the age of 19, 20, and then you saw him in this courtroom with the red hair and the -- just the expression on his face that you -- it broke your heart because you've seen the changes in your son. we see this picture of him, a handsome young man in his tuxedo, and you told me, kyra, you would never even recognize my son now. what -- why are you wanting to tell this story? what is it about what you saw happen to your son that you want parents to realize it doesn't have to turn into what we saw happen on friday and it doesn't have to turn out the way things turned out with your son that we can be proactive as parents. >> that's what we need to do.

it's not only as parents but as a society we need to re-examine how we treat victims of crime and how we treat the mentally ill. you know, you watch the news over and over again and you see these news reports about violence and you see the changes i think of the gentleman, the person that shot gabby giffords, and you see before and after. and i've talked to many parents and how they have the same report, have the same report, you know, before and after. and these are symptomattic of the wound that the child has, the adult child or the young child has. they change. they change in ways that you wouldn't expect as a parent. but that's symptomattic of the wound, the breakdown, and i think it's important to remember that the word psychotic break, you know, the connotation is

this nervous breakdown, this craziness that is going to happen. it's going to be very silent. it can be transparent. it can occur -- it can sneak up on you. and the only way that we as parents can see that is we know how we raised our children and we know when they're not themselves and we need to be aware that these changes are serious and that we need to get help for our kids and lot of folks, they don't know that. they don't know they can get help. there's a stigma. people are embarrassed to talk about it. especially now with social media. gossip can be very hurtful. people are bullies. and families are afraid to talk about these kind of things. and i guess it's a little bit like betty ford. before betty ford came out alcoholism was a secret, family secret. i think we need to as a society acknowledge these things are wounds our kids have. they're illnesses and that it's

symptomattic of a bunch of things we're seeing in the news today. and if we treated those symptoms erl oin we could avert tragedies like happened in aurora. >> b.j. and chris, maybe i start with you, chris, in that families are embarrassed to talk about this and they don't want people to know that their child is struggling with mental illness. a lot of people can't afford treatment. you know how families struggle with this. it's very expensive to get really good help. so what do you do? >> well, i think getting started with an out patient provider is probably a great start. or the e.r. as diane mentioned. and in different areas there are different resources. sometimes there are programs that work with low income families especially and a lot of programs take insurance so there are lots of options for finding treatment. the problem is that sometimes

young adults don't want treatment and i think that's an especially challenging situation for our family. >> and that's where i want to bring you in, b.j. because diane's son, once he was past 18, and also if you look at james holmes, right, he's older than 18. you're a parent. you know your kid needs help. but you can't make him do anything if they're past 18 years old. so what do you do? >> every state is different in terms of their laws of conservativeship. in other words, that a court intervenes and appoints someone to enforce some sort of treatment. the legal standard is very high. we can see manipulation of families, people taking advantage for money or other reasons and trying to put someone away and thwe can also e conservatorships work really well. even on a pop icon, britney spears was under a

conservatorship for a period of time and seems to be doing incredibly well. having someone else take control but it takes a special balance. you can't necessarily just force those kids into the courts. they usually end up in my office because they've been arrested. what is really great that's starting to happen here in georgia and other states are mental health courts. you will see kids get in trouble for minor things, not anything that even indicates violence but that can be the triggering point that i have a conversation and say, wow. i am seeing signs that clinically i know may be leading to something else and a mental health court can force it because it is part of a sentence. so it is re-evaluating the laws on conservatorship, making things more available, and diane is a hundred percent, thousand percent right about how we feel about alcoholism and, honestly, how we treat cancer, aids. this is a cancer. and we have ignored it for too

long and again i want to be clear. we do not know what james holmes' status is. he may be like the unabomber. there are all different categories. he could be a sociopath and be criminally responsible. it's pieces of a puzzle to put together. there's more we'll find out about him, but the general conversation we're having, and diane's courage to having listened to us and send an e-mail in. >> right. >> i can't thank her enough because dianes are in my office every day. every single week. and i'll see it and it's really hard as a parent. you love your child and it's easy to say i'm going to take him to the hospital for a broken arm. it's much harder to say, i think my child is having some sort of psychosis. >> thanks. and, diane, thank you so much. i know that you mortgaged your house to pay for health for your son and that it's been reel hayward for you to, you know, go out in the public eye and talk about this, but you are making a

difference. that is for sure. and we just appreciate your strength coming forward and talking about this. i know it wasn't easy and i really, really appreciate you telling us your story. >> kyra, can i add one thing? >> absolutely. >> i think we're headed in the right direction. the affordable act, it has a mental health provision and that is very helpful to parents of adult children because they're covered now until they're 26. we have different -- police are getting smarter. long beach has a mental evaluation team, where a psych nurse and specially trained police officer go out to calls that may be psych oriented and that's reduced arrest rates and has gotten people more treatment. i think more than anything we need to just give parents more support and we need to find ways to help them with what resources are out there and that they're not alone and that -- not to be ashamed because this is just

another illness and we have to help our kids because all these tragedies can be averted with treatment. >> diane, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. according to the national institute of mental health more than 26% of mernls, 18 years and older, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year. that's one in four adults. >> of all the times i've been live in iraq what went through your mind? >> what do you do about this district attorney? >> this is the geographic south pole. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save.

supporters of more restrictive gun laws have faulted president obama for not taking up the cause even though he campaigned in 2008 for renewal of a federal ban on assault weapons. in a speech last night to the national urban league in new orleans the president reflected on the carnage in aurora, colorado in his bluntest language to date. >> i believe the majority of gun owners would agree we should do everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitives from purchasing weapons and we should check someone's criminal record before they can check out a gun seller. that a mentally unbalanced individual should not be able to

get his hands on a gun so easily. these steps shouldn't be controversial. they should be common sense. >> for the record james eagan holmes allegedly used a semiautomatic rifle, shotgun, and 40 caliber pistol, all of which he bought legally. and the president isn't proposing any new laws. mitt romney doesn't want any new gun laws either even though as massachusetts governor he signed an assaults weapon ban in quadruple. the gun license fee was quadrupled. that was a long time ago and new england is a long way away. today the gop candidate for president is in old engelland calling on government officials ahead of tomorrow night's opening ceremonies for the london summer games. jim acosta is standing by on downing street. i understand romney caused a few ripples with his remarks on olympic security. >> reporter: yeah, kyra. he made some waves here in london when he gave an interview to nbc yesterday. during that interview he talked about some of the problems that

london has encountered in preparing for the olympic games and he said that those problems were in his words disconcerting. he said it was hard to see how things would turn out here in london. well, the prime minister david cameron, who mitt romney just met with a short while ago took issue with those comments talking to reporters at an olympic venue earlier this morning. i'll read you just a bit of what he said to reporters. he said i think we'll show the whole world not just that we can come together as the united kingdom but we're also extremely good at welcoming people from across the world so i'll obviously make those points to mitt romney. we're not sure exactly how he made those points to mitt romney because much of their meeting was behind closed doors. within the last hour the gop contender did come out to talk to reporters. he certainly did walk the comments back somewhat and praised london for their olympic preparations. >> my experience as an olympic organizer is that there are always a few very small things that end up going not quite right in the first day or so

those get ironed out and then when the games themselves begin and the athletes take over, all the mistakes that the organizing committee -- and i made a few -- all of those are overwhelmed by the many things that the athletes carry out that capture the spirit of the games. >> now obviously mitt romney did talk about just the olympics in general and various meetings with british officials this morning. one of those british officials did praise the former massachusetts governor for his handling of the salt lake city olympic games. he is widely praised for rescuing those games when they hit some scandal and controversy in 2002. and so it's safe to say, kyra, after all of what we've heard this morning from the prime minister and what we're seeing in the british press today about this trip, that mitt romney's stewardship of the olympics in salt lake city has sort of been over shadowed somewhat by these comments that he made yesterday and how that's all trailed into the news coverage today, kyra.

>> all right. jim acosta, thank you so much. now i want to bring in cnn's becky anderson also there in london. so, becky, how is romney's visit going over with ordinary brits? have they even noticed he's there? >> i've just conducted my -- it's going to be said fairly unscientific straw poll on the streets of london here right outside the houses of parliament asking people whether they knew mitt romney was or whether they cared about what he says. and it's got to be said nobody knew who he was. that doesn't mean that not everybody in britain is interested in his comments but he's not really making headlines in the newspapers. for example the only paper mitt romney was quoted in or certainly his aides off the record were quoted in was the "daily telegraph" here and he made page 16. not even a full page. it's a very, very small part of

the newspaper here. the writer swon sway picking up on these comments from an aide of romney that he would restore anglo saxon understanding to the uk and the u.s.'s relationship in picking up on the fact that some people might read that as racist when given that the aide was reported as also saying that is something the white house doesn't necessarily understand. as i say, what mitt romney does and says here in the uk is not being well reported at all in the press. yet this afternoon's newspaper, "the standard" london becomes essentially the world of heads of state flying in. there is a tiny thing here saying mitt romney is also in town. that pretty much sums it up as far as i'm concerned. >> point well made. becky, thanks so much. up next on mitt romney's agenda is a conversation with our own piers morgan. see that tonight 9:00 eastern only on cnn. the greatest empires.

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a greek high jumper has failed a drug test and is out of the olympics. this comes just one day after another greek athlete, a triple

jumper, was kicked out of the games for a racist remark. zain vergeee live out of london. what the heck is up with the greek team? >> reporter: oh, my gosh, kyra. exactly right. they came up with the olympics and have been grabbing the headlines for all the wrong reasons this time. one of the things so many greeks were thinking was finally something positive. something to give us hope after the awful financial crisis they've been dealing with. but this is what's happening today. the world indoor champion high jumper is out. he was kicked out. they did a surprise drug test about ten days ago or so and discovered he tested positive for a drug. that's the same drug that the disgraced sprinter ben johnson was found positive for using back in 1988. his dad the coach said his son is not going to be participating. the news has totally shocked the family and he is going to live a dream unfulfilled. >> wow. unbelievably disappointing

obviously. >> i know. >> and i was reading about this athlete biological passport, this new testing method. can you tell us more about that? how does that work? how is it -- okay. >> yes. basically what happens is that an athlete's blood and urine profile is tested over time, right? and so because it's a long period of time. the scientists can look at it and what they look for are any physiological indications of any changes. if they see something is a little weird, something is a little bit off, then they use that as an indicator to test for doping. you got 150 scientists, 10,000 athletes here, half of those are going to be tested for drugs using this system. >> yeah. a lot of random testing. all right. so apparently you've been doing some of your own olympic training yourself? i know you're in good shape. i know you're all about being healthy. what's this about you and the london bus? >> me and the london bus had a showdown.

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fire power of the syrian military. but they vow to fight to their death. the british ambassador to the u.n. says reports of syrian war planes attacking aleppo only proves there is no stopping president bashar al assad's brutality. rebels are still determined to take a assad down. >> reporter: the country side here in northern syria is armed and mobilized. every village we've traveled to has sent fighters to the battle in aleppo which has been under way since last friday. and while there have been some gains on the part of the rebels there have also been lostes. we passed at least two fun he recalls in two days for two separate fighters killed by helicopter gun ships while battling for neighborhoods inside syria's commercial capital. in the meantime as we move closer to aleppo the villagers are increasingly empty of the

civilian population. if anything, we've seen cars loaded with civilians and their belongings, fleeing aleppo, in some cases these are residents of villages who fled their villages to aleppo when it was considered to be a safe haven prior to last friday's rebel offensive and now they're fleeing the latest round of fighting there giving a sense of how much the population has been impacted by this crisis by what is increasingly being called a civil war. the rebels are calling this the battle for aleppo. they see this as a critical battle, a way to cripple the regime once and for all. they also see this as an ex-i tension battle. it is life or death. they have to bring down this government because there is no other option. if the government is allowed to win that means their families, their homes, their villages will be targeted. throughout the countryside, the

pockets of syrian government forces appear to be hunkered down in various bases and outposts. they don't seem to be carrying out offensive attacks though we have been to one village ten kilometers west of aleppo that is coming under daily artillery and rocket strikes from a nearby syrian base. we saw at least a half dozen houses that had been directly hit by this indirect fire which of course can be very lethal. a suggestion that those soldiers hunkered down are trying to keep the civilian population, which is broadly supportive of the rebel movement, at bay. ivan watson, cnn, reporting from northern syria. ♪ ♪ ♪

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you get hit by it about every day, the scorching heat that is gripping just about every corner of this country right now. with it the worst drought in nearly a half century. the heat and drought combined are burning up the crops that we depend on and driving up the

prices of the food that we need to eat every day. take a look at this map. it shows just how extensive the drought is. the government says the drought is now affecting 88% of the nation's corn crop alone. allison kosic joining us out of new york. we've been talking about this. rob marciano was out there in the corn fields. >> right. >> within the past week. and why corn is so crucial to us for every day. >> reporter: and here's why, kyra, corn is so crucial. because it is in everything. wall paper paste, even twinkies. and that includes animal feed as well. so what would happen here is that because that animal feed is more expensive that cost gets passed on. so where should you see the biggest price hikes? in the meat you buy, in the dairy products like milk, eggs, those prices are going to be going up. in fact the agriculture department says expect food prices to go up from 3% to 4% next year and expect prices for poultry actually to go up first.

you'll notice that first at the grocery store. that is because chickens are smaller. they grow faster. they get to your supermarket faster. and then don't forget the middle aisles on the products on the shelves like ketchup, ramon noodles expected to rise 4.5% because all of those products have ingredients that are derived from corn and soybeans. kyra? >> wow. i had no idea. wall paper paste and twinkies. >> reporter: who knew? >> got my attention on that for sure. alison, we'll be talking about this in the next few weeks. other key points, u.s. officials say the countries that buy american animal feed made from corn and soybeans will be actually hardest hit by the drought in this country ever. wc low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day,

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style race. >> she's winning. she's winning. first race. >> come on, missy! >> go! go! >> missy franklin almost a body length ahead. >> 59. 89. she got it. >> reporter: now at age 17 she is the second youngest person on the u.s. olympic team. her back stroke and free style are what got her there. >> i've made the team, which is the most exciting thing i could ever imagine. i'm going to be an olympian for the rest of my life. >> reporter: franklin is going to compete in four individual events and three relays in london. at 6'1", she towers over most of her competition. her physique is ideal for swimming fast. she has a wing span 6'4" across, shoulders a foot and a half wide, size 13 feet, and flexible ankles that power her forward through the water. franklin may be on the verge of

worldwide fame. kind of like the female michael phelps. but up to now her family and her coach have taken pains to try and let her be a normal kid. sometimes that means taking her shopping during a break at a meet. >> there's not a lot of coaches that would go hey yeah let's take you prom dress shopping but then give her a night out for prom. >> she's confident beyond her years. >> to have an athlete like that that wants to take it all in and not get overwhelmed by it, it's pretty unbelievable. >> reporter: the attention fuels franklin. while most athletes find the ready room before a race to be stressful, franklin enjoys it. >> sometimes she'll talk to somebody that doesn't want to talk to her and sit there and they're like just, you know, she's like, giggling and laughing and they're like, no, no. don't. missy is like no, come on. let's enjoy this. come on. are you kidding me? we're going to walk out in front

of 10,000 people right now. >> i love music. i love dancing. >> there are very few athletes that are so comfortable in their own skin that'll do that in front of 70 of their peers and coaches and people that she doesn't even know. she's like, whatever. i'm going to bust a move and have fun with this. >> here is missy franklin. >> reporter: don't mistake fun for lack of focus. in the pool, franklin is all about doing what it takes to hit that wall first. >> i want to have an absolute blast there and i know i will. i know if i give 110% and leave everything i have in that pool then i'll be proud of myself. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting.

roads buckling, train tracks bending and stretching. asphalt literally melting. the extreme heat isn't just threatening the nation's crops and food prices but also has taken a huge toll on our

country's infrastructure. things like this are happening all across the country. chad . and the city construction kwos workers are called out and it is more dangerous in some neighborhoods. >> it is hotter this year than it has been, and the infrastructure is getting old. it is old. some of the roads and think about the eisenhower interstate system and how long ago was m mr.ize en hmr. ize en h eisenhower in the white house? well, things are happening. talking about train tracks that are getting so hot they weren't really melting, but when you bump into each other, there is no more room to expand and the train tracks bend a little bit and the bending tracks and the train goes off of the track and that is not a good thing. last year we talked about the drought in texas and the dirt was moving and it was almost becoming a brick and it is like

an adobe brick breaking and water pipes were breaking underground because the dirt was moving. you don't want dirt moving when you have solid water pipes underneath and it was breaking them. it is a tough summer, and i don't see any end to this. >> what about the highways and the nuclear plants -- >> yes. the nuclear plants are now getting to the point where they are cooling water has gotten to 100 degrees which is the cut off. after that t, the epa says you cannot dump any more cooling water in. and the outtakes of the mi mississippi river is the low eest in years and at the eighth lowest point ever. so that the water is so low that the power plants may not be able to drag water out of the mississippi river and cool the power plants and go back in. they have to go to the stack system, the internal system. it is really getting to the point where we are all saying to ourselves, when does this stop in when does it flrain in the

cornbelt, and what happens if it do doesn't because we like to export it and get some money, and if we don't, we won't get money into the united states, and then suddenly everything that we do will be in danger. >> we will keep talking about it. and according to "the new york times" federal authorities are rex re-examining and redesigning infrastructure across the country to adapt to the higher temps and the ek treem weathxtr normally elise labott is traveling and reporting for us around the world, and she loves jerusalem and not just for the international stories, but for one fabulous market. here is the insider. >> well, jerusalem is famous for the history and the culture, but i like to come to this market here on jaffa street, and this is where you will find the tastes and smells of israel. you have the fresh fruits and vegetables and the produce of

this country is incredible. inside of the market, they have all of the breads and sweets and dried fruits and nuts and all of the great nibbling things they call bisettes here. and there is an alley of different restaurants where people can come to eat lunch, but the thing i like the most about the market is that you can find the israelis and palestinians from all walks of life here. no matter the divisions in the country, everyone can agree on one thing, good food. elise labott, cnn, jerusalem. ♪

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well, another twist to the by now very public jackson family feud. michael jackson's mother, katherine jackson is finally home. daughter paris tweeted, grandma is here, thank you god. the 82-year-old arrived this morning and she has been gone since july 15th and has not

spoken to the grandchildren since tuesday and it was rumor ed she had been kidnapped by her children, but catherine jackson denies that. >> there are rumors going around about me that i was kidnapped and held against my will. i am here today to let everybody know that i am fine and i'm here with my children and my children would never do a thing like that, hold iing me against my wl is stupid for people to think that. kareen wynters is joining me live from l.a. what the heck is going on here? >> well, you know, kyra, catherine jackson left los angeles last week on doctor's orders to get away from the stress that involves her late son michael jackson's lucrative estate. now she is back in california and one can only imagine how she is dealing with this bitter feud. a spokesperson alerted me that catherine jackson got a police escort to her home once she arrived in cal labassas from he

daughter, and in that statement she read, my sources say she is at a loss of words over the incredible events that have unfolded in her absence and she is back in l.a. to take care of business. >> there is a tweet from michael jackson's son accusing the family of lying. what is the story behind that? >> well, it is scathing and in part reads although i am happy that my grandmother is back, and i realize how badly and misguided she is and lied to and i am angry and mishurt. so many sides to the story we are hearing and allegations from those close to the family that these children, michael's children are being used as pawns here and all comes down to money. and michael jackson's lucrative estate and it was the jackson children who fired off a letter that became public asking the executors of michael's estate to step aside and they were mishandling the affairs and that

prompted catherine's move to arizona, and that is just drama unfolding and getting nastier by the day. >> who is the guardian of these children? >> well, catherine was appointed the guardian and in lightf of all of the events t.j., the court ruled he is the temporary legal guardian and that prompted the move back to l.a., because catherine is flabbergasted by this, and they will be reconsidering this order at a hearing next month and it is like she is not going to step back into the picture and takeover and she is upset about that and she is not sedated or losing her mind, but she needed a break from the chaos, but quickly, t.j. jackson when catherine arrived back home was at her home in california so perhaps intense discussions going on behind the scenes right now, kyra. >> and the judge has also ordered that the children not be removed from california without a court order by any person for their safety. thanks for watching, everyone. you can continue the k

conversaticon vae conversation on twitter @kyracnn. newsroom international starts right now. the olympic torch is winding through london's historic landmarks right now. we are a day away from the opening ceremony and taking you there live. plus, why russian officials showed up at a montana ranch to check up on adopted children. and india bans tourists from getting a close look at endangered tigers. welcome to the newsroom international, i'm fredricka whitfield in for the suzanne malveaux, and we are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. this is what is going on. iran's ambassador to the u.n. blames israel for suicide bombing in bull guerra that killed five israeli tourists. the bulgarian bus driver also died in the bus attack last week. they have accused iran and hezbollah for the bombing. and ehud barack is asking the world to speed up efforts on

stopping the nuclear progress before it bombs israel. and to iran now. oh, that is some olympic excitement taking over the city today as the golden torch makes a victory lap past landmarks there, and thousands of people have lined the streets looking for a glimpse and many are calling it a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> it is lovely to see everybody here. it is just brilliant. brilliant. >> we wanted to see the torch, because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we wanted to get here earlier and show our support. >> reporter: was it worth it? >> very much so. we enjoyed it. the atmosphere and the fun, and people and everything, great. >> this is so awesome, i love it. i love london, yes! >> we are having such a great time and getting up super early to see the torch. >> and what was it like to see all of the other people coming out to support it? >> it is so exciting and we