among those is brandi chastain.eck do you wear and what do you wear when you sit next to the first lady of the united stat? here is brandi. >> i am so excited although i'm paranoid as can be about what to wear to the opening ceremonies to sit in the first lady's delegation. usually they give you your uniform so you don't have to do any thinking. it's been stressful trying to decide what to wear next to michelle obama. >> reporter: she is going to look smashing. we go back and wow, the last time we discussed brandi chastain's wardrobe, yep, you remember pretty well, don't you. the soccer bra incident. brandi chastain is now retired but here in london to be with the first lady and part of the delegation of being physically fit and fighting childhood obesity. first lady michelle obama will be attending the ceremonies, attending buckingham palace, a special ceremony there, and a short while ago she had fun with team usa. >> you all take advantage of everything, to stop, look around you. i know in my position sometimes i

nbc stood by brandi chastain, saying she's doing a great job.says i'm calling it like i see it. an interesting back and forth there. >>> another slate of olympics action today on the family of nbc networks. see solo and the women's soccer team against north korea in pool play, and later on the dream team will take the court to face tusisia. in nbc prime time, an historic night for michael phelps. could set the all-time mark for olympic medals for one man or woman. jordyn wieber looks to shake off the disappointment in individuals and lead team gymnastics to the first medal since 1996. a little controversy out of soccer. >> first summer olympics you have covered or been to? >> first summer. >> they are really good. terrific watching them from here. it must be even better walking around in the olympics village and stuff. having any fun? >> yeah, it's great. olympic park, a big fenced off area, swimming is right over there. basketball right over there. field hockey right there walk within 15, 20 minutes to any event you want to go see. it's a good

he spent some time with brandi chastain. so good to see you, raj. so good to have you there. >> yes. good to see you. and a good morning to you, jessica and janelle. we're halfway around the world and the last few days we've been here we've bumped into so many people from the bay area, a lot of families, a lot of fans, a lot of business people all here for the big three weeks ahead of us. and of course there will be a lot of dignitaries here as well, a lot of heads of state. but there is one notable exception. president obama will not be here. instead his wife, the first lady, michelle obama, is here. she arrived in london just a few hours ago. and at the opening ceremony she'll be sitting with a very familiar face from the bay area. usually, when we talk about wardrobe with brandi chastain it involves, well, her sports bra. but tonight's wardrobe a lot different. the bay area soccer legend was invited by the white house to sit with the first lady. >> i am so excited. although i'm paranoid as can be about what to wear to the opening ceremonies to si

if anyone knows soccer, it is brandi chastain. >> reporter: chastain defended her own comments tellingers, "i'm here to do my job, which is to be an honest and objective analyst at the olympics." according to reports, u.s. team coach pia sundage was concerned and met with solo on sunday but said she would not be disciplined. >> in the last three weeks, hope solo has failed a drug test. she has talked about a security breach in the olympics in 2008. now she's called out brandi chastain. and the question we all are asking is what is going on with hope solo? and the answer is we don't know. >> reporter: for now the u.s. team is looking ahead to today's game against north korea, hoping for a win and a chance to hearn their fourth gold medal. >> i don't really care to talk about it. >> reporter: for its part, nbc olympics released a statement saying "we are thrilled to be able to offer such complete and compelling coverage of the entire olympic soccer tournament, and brandi has been doing an outstanding job." savannah? >> let's hope the next story is about what happens on the field. >> that

hope solo took to twitter today on a rant against san jose native and commentator brandi chastain, apparently unhappy with chastain's comments during the broadcast. chastain was critical of the u.s. defender, saying that the defender needed to improve on winning the ball and keeping possession of it. chastain arguably is one of the top defenders of the u.s. team and is best known for taking off her jersey for celebrating a victory over china. solo ratelled off four tweets, ripping chastain. the first one reads it's too bad we can't have commentators who better represent the team and knows more about the game@brandi chastain. solo writes lay off commentating about defending and gking, which we are interpreting about goalkeeping until you get more educated@brandi chastain. the game has changed from more than a decade ago. that was a jab at chastain, when she competed in the olympics in 2004 and won a medal for her team. >>> first day of competition was not all controversial, however, including surprising wins and defeats. >> reporter: hi, diane. nice to see you. there are always story lines of

brandi chastain is doing her job, basically offering a critique. and you've got our goalie twittering while she is supposed to be focusing on winning a gold medal. which, by the way, they haven't done. at least brandi chastain can say, well, you know what? we won the gold medal. you have not yet. so win something first. >> all right. thank you, my friend. >>> colorado prosecutors threw the book at james holmes on monday. the alleged gunman in the aurora massacre was charged twice for each of the victims. 142 counts in all. >> we also heard from holmes in court for the first time. he said one word, yes, when an upcoming hearing. as john blackstone reports, the courtroom was packed. >> reporter: with their wounds still bandaged, some of the victims of the theater shooting entered the colorado courtroom to see the accused gunman formally charged. this time, cameras were barred from the courtroom. but holmes seemed the different from his first appearance a week ago. maryellen hansen said she had to be there. >> it made me very resentful and angry that

she will be sitting with bay area soccer legend brandi chastain. a couple miles from here is big ben, and big ben, the big clock tower along the river thames was very loud this morning. take a listen. at exactly 8:12 this morning big ben sounded 40 times kicking off the official day of celebration. by the way, the same foundry that made big ben made the liberty bell in philadelphia. a little london trivia as it relates to the united states. and now to the opening ceremony. the rehearsal, we have footage from inside the stadium. acclaimed danny boyle will be conducting all of this and producing this. danny boyle, you might have seen slum dog millionaire, a huge star here, what's the budget for the opening ceremony they are going to spend about $27 millio pounds. that's more than 40 million u.s. dollars. there is a heavy shakespearean theme and david beckham will be here as well. so we've got a lot to cover in the next day ahead of us. it's going to be very fun. guys, back to you in the bay area. >> it already is and it's great to have our local tie

brandy chastain says, i'm calling them like i see them. tweeting. you're at the olympics. and i know, willy, you would know this especially, a guy like me, i'm shocked and stunned that anybody would fire off angry tweets. >> who does that? who could text so impulsively? >> they take on north korea, so we'll see hope solo in action today. >> let's go right to mike barnacle with news. something so american as apple pie and, you name it, willie geist at the olympics may be a thing of the past soon. the u.s. post office in big trouble. >> that's our lead story. we're going to lead with the hard to believe it could happen news file. the u.s. postal service could default for the first time ever this week. the postal service is legally required to make two payments or roughly $5.5 billion to the treasury for the future retirement's benefits service. one is due wednesday, another one due late september. with only $1 million in the bank, our post office says those bills will go unpaid and other payments may be delayed as well. the mail will continu

plays today, and the star goalie, hope solo, a lot of people know has been in a twitter feud with brandi chastainrld cup. they have been fighting publicly ahead of the game today. it's getting interesting. we'll tell you about it. >> quick question. is that your camel hair jacket, or are you breaking that in for someone. where did you get that thing? >> just a rain you slicker, mike. might be able to use it when you go down to the senior center. you should start doping in the pool if you are coming in last. i have some stuff i could give you. >> we'll be back with you in a few minutes. >>> in the news, mitt romney ends his

today cut not brandi chastain came to sacramento and an assembly man stood up and told her that he did not agree with title 9. he told her that it should not have happened because it happened at the expense of male athletes. it makes me proud that we have a team of young girls that fought for their right to play sports. when they look around our community and think about what they want to do to help people, they wanted to help girls who were not on the soccer field. they created a survey to find out what people were not playing. they did research and discovered that girls who do not play sports are more likely to place cigarettes and not get as good grades. they held a carnival to have women athletes come out and play games. they invited the community. they presented what they found. these girls wrote an extra -- an excellent poem that captures the spirit of their generation that is not let -- that is not going to let anyone keep them on the sidelines. are you ready? do you have it memorized? i love this poem. it is one of my favorites. are you ready? all right. >> i am not scared of b

brandi chastain was talking about the defense being lax.weeted, quote, lay off commentating and goal keeping until you get more educated. . the game has changed from a decade ago. >> ouch. >> bill weir, so great to have you covering it. appreciate it. enjoy theest are rof the beet juice today. >> and we'll be right back here on "good morning america" with "fixation." keep it here. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. more generations of fleas. frontline plus uses two ingredients. one to kill adult fleas and ticks. plus another to kill the next generation, flea eggs and larvae. ask your vet about frontline plus. now, there's gentle, dependable constipation flereland mer me...e. and me. new dulcolax laxative tablets for women are comfort-coated... so they're gentle on sensitive stomachs. new dulcolax laxative for women the overnight relief

that's brandy chastain helping out with root beer float night. it was all earthquakes. driving header. and would get two more goals to earn the hat trick. san jose blanks real salt lake so the quakes remain in first place, the john john clear deere classic. maddison is your leader. carding a 66 today. >> that was your sports report brought to you by river rock casino. later in the show you'll hear from the new 49ers quark johnson. we rel show you why he oakland tech product was back in his old neighborhood today. >> ama: still to come, special honor for san francisco woman who became a national hero during the 9/11 attacks. >> alan: a settlement between credit card companies and merchants could cost you money. >> ama: like abc-7 news on base fook and you'll make a difference for foster kids. for every hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> ama: all lanes of the bay bridge just re-opened. three lanes of the upper deck were closed just bef

former player brandy chastain criticized the team and now current goalie hope solo told chastain to bet the tv on mute, don't listen to her. the old guard versus the new guard, may be jealousy involved. new to the forefront. >> harris: football is back? >> football is back, the indianapolis colts first time since 1997 they don't have a quarterback named peyton manning, andrew luck, the first nfl pick in the overall draft and as a hazing made him sing kupt roacountry roads. >> harris: oh, i'm harris falkner, shepard smith, for fox report weekdays, don't >> good monday morning to you. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather nauert. hope you had a great weekend. >> it is monday july the 30th. thanks for watching "fox & friends first". >> it is time now for your 5@5:00. the top five stories making news at this hour. the search has ended for the plane which vanished last week. ed described his family as a seasoned pilot. he took off in his homemade plane but never arrived at his destination. he was the only person on the plane. crews have searched areas around there that he might have flown

that's brandy chastain helping out with root beer float night. it was all earthquakes. driving header. and would get two more goals to earn the hat trick. san jose blanks real salt lake so the quakes remain in first place, the john john clear deere classic. maddison is your leader. carding a 66 today. >> that was your sports report brought to you by river rock casino. later in the show you'll hear from the new 49ers quark johnson. we rel show you why he oakland tech product was back in his old neighborhood today. >> ama: still to come, special honor for san francisco woman who became a national hero during the 9/11 attacks. >> alan: a settlement between credit card companies and merchants could cost you money. >> ama: like abc-7 news on base fook and you'll make a difference for foster kids. for every >> ama: all lanes of the bay bridge just re-opened. three lanes of the upper deck were closed just before 8:30 after a truck spilled afall -- asphalt. you can see in this live look there that the traffic is moving smoothly again. >>> i'm ama daetz. >> alan: i'm alan wang.

former player brandy chastain criticized the team and now current goalie hope solo told chastain to bet the tv on mute, don't listen to her. the old guard versus the new guard, may be jealousy involved. new to the forefront. >> harris: football is back? >> football is back, the indianapolis colts first time since 1997 they don't have a quarterback named peyton manning, andrew luck, the first nfl pick in the overall draft and as a hazing made him sing kupt

former player brandy chastain criticized the team and now current goalie hope solo told chastain to be. the old guard versus the new guard, may be jealousy involved. new to the forefront. >> harris: football is back? >> football is back, the indianapolis colts first time since 1997 they don't have a quarterback named peyton manning, andrew luck, the first nfl pick in the overall draft and as a hazing made him sing kupt roacountry roads. >> harris: oh, i'm harris falkner, shepard smith, for fox report weekdays, don't rigs outweigh americans rights. >> i'm chris wallace. supreme court justice antonin scalia speaks out on. so biggest issues facing the court and the country. a "fox news sunday" exclusive. >> chris: we'll discuss the court's recent decision upholding obama care. >> didn't justice roberts do exactly what you say a good judge should do. >> chris: in the wake of a colorado massacre, can government pass new gun laws. >> can a legislature are ban semi automatic weapons without violating an individual's constitutional right to bear arms. >> and just how political is the court. >>

the outspoken goalkeeper celebrating her 31st birthday took to twitter to criticize brandi chastain,analyst on tv and had harsh words for team usa's defense. solo had a meeting today to discuss the tweets. the game has changed from a decade ago. solo says she is not backing down from her comments and will not be disciplined by the team for her tweets to chastain who last played back in 2004. >> she never holds back. that's for sure. one of the most be loved parts of the olympics is the underdog story. coming up, we'll introduce you to the story of a bay area swimmer whose dream is coming true right before our eyes. ♪ >> we will show you this new music video about a u.s. swimmer that's going viral and let you know how to see even more behind the scenes pictures. >> can't wait for that. good afternoon. i'm jeff ranieri. it's a hot one out here in the east and also the south bay. take a look at some of the warmest. 97 in livermore and low to mid 90s in the north bay for santa rosa. for your tds forecast, hot here inland. let you know if there's anyone 00-degree temperatures in that seve

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former player brandy chastain criticized the team and now current goalie hope solo told chastain to bee, don't listen to her. the old guard versus the new guard, may be jealousy involved. new to the forefront. >> harris: football is back? >> football is back, the indianapolis colts first time since 1997 they don't have a quarterback named peyton manning, andrew luck, the first nfl pick in the overall draft and as a hazing made him sing kupt roacountry roads. >> harris: oh, i'm harris falkner, shepard smith, for fox report weekdays, don't miss an episode. and for now huckabee, have a great week everybody. >> tonight on huckabee. >> you didn't build that. >> jeb bush says the president should be encouraging innovation. >> you can't have a president that's always kind of looking down and saying that the entrepreneurs are really not that relevant. the next president needs to lead. >> and gives his take on current governors under attack for keeping their campaign promises. >> i admire what rick scott is doing in florida and scott walker went into a storm and came out stronger. >> the former

goalkeeper hope solo called out former player and analyst brandi chastain writing this to nearly 5,000 that we can't have xhen ta tors who better represent the team and know more about the game. no response from chastain on twitter. the team has one group game remaining against north korea and manchester tuesday and we will see how that goes. >>> all morning we are asking you who is your favorite athlete or athletes that you are rooting for. and here is what you are saying. thank you for the tweets. jena said my fellow hilltop er claire donahue in the women's 100 meter butterfly. and this one from sean saying definitely basketball and rooting for kobe bryant. and czar ya says favorite olympics is women's gymnastics. send them to me, because i am reading them. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> the e kconomy falters at ho, and romney trying to regain his footing abroad. today, mitt romney campaigns with photo-ops an unofficial talk on the world stage. >> the relationship between our nations is strong. >> and barack obama pushes back from home. >> i have made i

goalkeeper hope solo called out former player and analyst brandi chastain writing this to nearly 5,000 that we can't have xhen ta tors who better represent the team and know more about the game. no response from chastain on twitter. the team has one group game remaining against north korea and manchester tuesday and we will see how that goes. >>> all morning we are asking you who is your favorite athlete or athletes that you are rooting for. and here is what you are saying. thank you for the tweets. jena said my fellow

hope solo, fighting back against fellow soccer legend now, brandy chastain, who took her shirt off afterchampionship for the u.s. she wasn't happy with hope because brandy was very critical of their center back and defense early in that game. so she went to the twitter machine and she said, among many tweets, it's too bad we can't have commentators who better represent the team and know more about the game than brandy chastain. then tweeted to brandy, she did not fire back to brandy. by the way, she said lay off commenting until you get more educated about the game. the game has changed in from a beck cade ago. chastain responded saying, quote, i'm here to do my job, which is to be honest and objective as an analyst for the olympics. and you know what? brandy is 100% right. i don't mind that hope is tweeting her mind. i want to see if she's going to talk about that in a matter of hours when she meets with the press. >> gretchen: interesting. somebody else who always speaks his mind is donald trump and he joins us via phone as he does every monday. good morning to you. >> good morning. >>

women's olympic soccer goalie hope solo unleashed a twitter outburst against nbc commentator brandi chastainamerican victory saturday. solo tweeted it's too bad we can't have commentators who better represent the team and know more about the game. chastain said, i'm here to do my job which is to be an honest and objective analyst. >>> back to work today for the cast of "modern family" after a salary feud followed closely online. five adult cast members get nearly triple the old $65,000 per episode salary. last week we brought you a walrus who wanted to talk to you. this one just wants to walk with you. ♪ >> a little breakdancing there. the dancing walrus has been entertaining crowds for years in turkey. seven minutes past the hour. now to matt and savannah. >> thanks. >> from a water park to olympic park here on the east end of london. as we mentioned it's finally open. that's why we have these nice people behind us. nine gleaming venues. boy, big crowds turned out on this monday morning. that's good news for the london organizers. hopefully those people will be in the empty seats as events

. >> hope solo on twitter about brandi chastain. >> remember, people are talking about how this was going olympics of the social media games. and i think it was a reference going into it, that people would be on twitter around these live events. we saw that with the opening ceremony. the other degree that this is social media olympics. the interaction that we're seeing and the trouble that athletes are getting into. >> twitter is emotional. and i think the games are benefiting from that to a large degree. but as we have seen in all sort of stories, twitter has a dark side. >>> let's move on to seating as well. empty seats continues to be a story. david cameron said, that london can do better. they recovered 3800 tickets from national olympic committees, sports federation that went unused and have released those to the public. >> what else bothers people is the extent to which london being a bit empty the stadiums being a bit empty. we want to take part in this. why can't we take part in this? clearly, a big mismatch in the market. it's just too bad. there a lot of people, carl, who would

olympic star goalie hope solo continues to criticize former player brandy chastain.o is now an nbc commentator for what she said about team u.s.a. during a game this week saying chastain has nothing good to bring to the broadcast. she's not kept up with the times and she's not learned that the game of soccer has changed over the last ten years since she was in the olympics. commentators need to bring energy and excitement to their work which chastain has not done. >> she should just be quiet. stay off of twitter. the game of soccer has not changed that much in the last ten years. >> i don't think it's changed much. >> what is she talking about? >> bill: also this sniping among -- you know, among olympians or former and present not good. >> it is a distraction. win the gold then go back on twitter. okay? thank you. >> a conservative web site had a very embarrassing day yesterday. tucker carlson's conservative daily caller.com was hacked with porn ads. fishbowldc.com reports it was hit with a malware attack that resulted in explicit pornographic advertising being place

star, hope solo, not taking back some controversial comments about soccer legend and teammate brandy chastain press. so low saying the -- solo saying broadcasters should call the game with passion and chastain doesn't have that. tell chastain, the game changed and she needs to get more educated. that was on twitter in four straight tweets. she's become the story. no one is talking about the fact that the women's team is undefeated. >> gretchen: all right. let's talk about something else that's controversial. is the nanny mayor of new york city, mike bloomberg, or as somebody e-mailed in, mayor boob berg, new york city now, he's encouraging breast-feeding. is he a boob because he's encouraging breast-feeding and telling the nurses that before they hand out formula to new moms if they request it, that they have a get a lecture on how much more important it is to breast-feed. the interesting thing is stats show the number of women breast-feeding is on the uptick. more women are doing it. so mike bloomberg still apparently think this is is really important to not allow new moms to get their hands

after the 1999 women's world cup of soccer, there was this great outpouring enthusiasm brandi chastainng a professional women's soccer league that eventually fizzled. you wonder why it can't hang on after the flashes of brilliance why they can't have greater longevity and staying power afterwards. >> two soccer leagues fizzle. the one in may women's professional soccer isn't happening and i think if we want our young women in this country to have the same encouragement, same portraits of strength on tv that men get, think we have to make a commitment and the next time they try a women's soccer league, let's take our nieces and daughters and sisters there. >> they have all the money to pay for everything in the household, go ahead, heilemann. >> i was curious, what's the analysis for why this doesn't happen? do we li we live in a market economy, 50% is female, lot of them play sports in -- before they get to high school and in high school. you have something like the wnba that is -- exists but nothing like the kind of television viewership or attendance. why is that? what is the explana