joining me dominique dawes and jackie joiner kearsey.f the magnificent seven winning a gold and jackie in track and field. super athletes. in the '80s and '90s, jackie earned six medals, 2011 them gold, and still the world record holder for the decathlon. good morning. good to have you in studio. i wasn't to talk about the olympics and a comment causing quite a bit of frenzy of i'm sure you're familiar with the olympic soccer goalee and her interview with cnn saying the olympic village was basically a nonstop party. here is what she said. she said athletes are extremist. when they are training it's laser focus. when they go out for a drink it's 20 drinks. with a once in a lifetime experience you want to build memories whether sexual, partying or on the field. first, let me ask you first, are you surprised by her comments? >> she's right. athletes are disciplined and we do have laser focus. everything else i don't agree with because that was not my personal experience in 1992 when i stayed in the olympic village. my memory a swing set and

olympic gold medallist dominique daws talked about it this morning. >> i will see that athletes are focused and we have laser focus, but everythi else i don't agree with. that was not my experience in 1992 when i stayed in the olympic village. >> they begin july 27th. turning to politics, mitt romney and president obama are neck and neck except when it comes to race. take a look at this. among white voters romney has a 15-point advantage over the president. when it comes to black voters, only 5% of black voters in this survey said they would vote for romney. we talked with voters here in atlanta about why they think that is. >> you vote for people that you can relate to. that you feel walked in your shoes more than the other person. >> black and white is no support. that's the closest thing we have as far as being a black american. that's the closest thing we have to being in the white house. >> a few opinions. no the a full poll or study, but here to talk about this race for the races is republican strategist and contributor and a columbia university professor and director of the center on

dominique dawes talked about with our own randi kay this morning. >> i think that she was right that have laser focus, but that was not my experience when i stayed in the olympic village. >>> turning to politics now, overall mitt romney and president obama are neck and neck in the polls except when it comes down to race. look at this, among white voters romney has a 15 point advantage over the president. but when it comes to black voters, it's not only close, only 5% of black voters say they would vote for governor romney. we talked with voters here in atlanta about why they think that is. >> you vote for people that you think you can relate to. that you feel that can walk in your shoes a little bit more than the other. >> as far as being a black american, that's the closest thing we have to being in the white house. >> here to talk about this race for the races, anna navaro and frederick harris, he's director of the center on african-american politics and society. anna, let's start with you, because we all know right now, we have heard bits of mitt romney addressing the naacp this w

olympic gold medallist dominique daws talked about it this morning. >> i will see that athletes are focusedything else i don't agree with. that was not my experience in 1992 when i stayed in the olympic village. >> they begin july 27th. turning to politics, mitt romney and president obama are neck and neck except when it comes to race. take a look at this. among white voters romney has a 15-point advantage over the president. when it comes to black voters, only 5% of black voters in this survey said they would vote for romney. we talked with voters here in atlanta about why they think that is. >> you vote for people that you can relate to. that you feel walked in your shoes more than the other person. >> black and white is no support. that's the closest thing we have as far as being a black american. that's the closest thing we have to being in the white house. >> a few opinions. no the a full poll or study, but here to talk about this race for the races is republican strategist and contributor and a columbia university professor and director of the center on african-american politics and s

gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. >>> we begin with the search for two american tourists and their guides. they were kidnapped in the sinai peninsu peninsula. it's the third time american tourists have been kidnapped in that area this year. elise labott has been following the developments for us from jordan. she joins us by phone. elise, what is different would you say about this kidnapping compared to the others that we've reported on before? >> reporter: well, randi, in the past a lot of these kidnappings were about money. a lot of them were trying to make a little extra money. what they would do is kidnap americans or other westerners for ransom. and a short period of time they were released. this time they have some very specific demands. they have some relatives detained recently in alexandra on drug charges and they want them released in exchange for releasing these americans. >> so will the state department, will anybody in the u.s. government negotiate with them? >> reporter: well, that's not really u.s. policy, randi, to negotiate with k

gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. >>> we begin with the searchs and their guides. they were kidnapped in the sinai peninsu peninsula. it's the third time american tourists have been kidnapped in that area this year. elise labott has been following the developments for us from

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i am so pleased to welcome dominique dawes. here. >> thanks for having me on. >> i was talking about the 1996 team which, you know, that team looked like america. and do you know how much that meant to so many of us? you are younger than i am but yet you're so inspiring to me. >> well, thank you. that was 16 years ago and you're right the diversity on that team was enormous. there was an african-american, romanian american and a number of americans on the team that represented team usa quite well in making history with all six of those girls with a highlight from my athletic career. >> on that question of the way in which you served as a role model, i was thinking very simil similarly in watching serena williams. an african-american woman in a sport that is thought of an elite sport t. costs money to be part of, requires a lot of equipment, is there something about sort of you and serena williams and the not many others like you that feels like a role model responsibility for you? >> i don't think just being an african-american

tomorrow, olympic gold medal winning gymnast dominique dawes will join us. comedian dl hughley as well. >>> too good to be true. china's 16-year-old swimming phenom beating ryan lochte time. and now a prominent american swimming coach has his doubts. this morning, new questions, and new concerns, about what really happened in the pool. >>> losing his cool. an aide for mitt romney has a meltdown and starting cursing at reporters, asking questions about his gaffes. jim acosta is on the trail this morning pressing the candidate. >>> shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. >>> the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers won't know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning. thank you for joining us. it carol costello. we begin with a teenaged chines

tomorrow, olympic gold medal winning gymnast dominique dawes will join us.hley as well. >>> too good to be true. china's 16-year-old swimming phenom beating ryan lochte time. and now a prominent american swimming coach has his doubts. this morning, new questions, and new concerns, about what really happened in the pool. >>> losing his cool. an aide for mitt romney has a meltdown and starting cursing at reporters, asking questions about his gaffes. jim acosta is on the trail this morning pressing the candidate. >>> shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. >>> the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers won't know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> and good morning. thank you for joining us. it carol costello. we begin with a teenaged chinese supergirl who