bryant gumbel is -- he has a point, doesn't he? they did blow the game.

was bryant gumbel correct when he said that we coddle losing female athletes?ho he was reading, but anyone i read and all my colleagues who we were fortunate enough to be there to cover the u.s. women's soccer team over the past week or so all reported very accurately and very fairly on the loss. my column in monday's stay"usa today." talked about losing, ugly way, all frittered away at the end so i certainly haven't coddled them. i don't think any of the good strong journalists who are covering the team did that, and i'm not sure what he was reading because the journalism that i saw was right on, and, in fact, i was probably softer on rory mcilroy shooting an 80 at the masters than i was -- i was harder i think on the women's soccer team. >> dot, what do you think? mean, what's your response to that? do you think that we're too easy on women and give the guys a harder time? >> i don't think we're too easy on the women. i think we give the guys, you know, we're pretty tough on the guys. if you lose a game, you might lose your job kind of drastic, but i'm really

you forgot to mention bryant gumbel was in the bathroom with us, too. >> oh, man! >> it's true. >> call page 6. >> it's true. >>> let's show you what's happening. the heat continues. an extensive upper level ridge building, and it just pushes the jet stream way up north and so we have got heat watches, heat warnings, and advisories, from texas in the southwest all the way up into minneapolis. 96 degrees in minneapolis today. 92 chicago. 99 in kansas city. we've got a risk of some strong storms through the upper midwest, including minneapolis. that's about the only really rough weather we're going to be looking at today if you're doing any traveling. that's what's going on around the country. h >> good morning to you. well, we're getting a nice marine influence right along the coastline this morning where it's mild. 54 in san mateo. 52 in novato. 55 san too ra is a. 56 in san francisco. the 60s already inland headed toward the 90s and the warmest spots across the bay. 90 in concord. 91 in fairfield and 92 degrees in gilroy. as we head through the next few days, temp