devices like the samsung galaxy camera for $5 monthly access. >> bill: last summer, 16-year-old gabby douglas olympic gold medals in gymnastics. we are all very happy. her personality is warm and made her a star. ms. douglas has had a very very difficult home situation to overcome. she writes about it in a new book called grace, gold and glory my leap of faith. i talked with her about it last night. >> reading this book i felt sorry for you. i really did. 14-year-old girl, no dad around. mom trying to raise you and three siblings. >> yes. >> bill: all of a sudden you have to go to iowa to compete. that's really tough. did you see it that way when it was happening? >> i knew i had to accomplish a dream if i wanted to accomplish it then i had to sacrifice a lot more. >> bill: were you crying at night and stuff? >> i definitely was. when mom left, she stayed with me for a week in iowa. when she left, i about bawled for a few months, actually. and i had -- it was my decision. so i had to come to a conclusion saying it was my decision. >> you had enough discipline. it was unhappy. get in the groov

now you have gabby douglas here, who's made an impact on sports.ng their daughters and fathers when they're raising their daughters and they may be a great basketball player they want them to have the opportunities. it's really the next generation that has parents that have participated in sports that's going to help. >> i think to wendy's point as well. they can't lose sight. even though we made great strides. we have to be mindful that the gap is growing between men and women now. at one point we had closed and now it's growing. and so we need to make sure that we analyze the issue of title ix. we organized the issue of title ix, it was time for us to initiate and follow through. >> title ix was about giving women access to opportunity. are there any specific challenges that african-american women and african-american athletes face? >> definitely. i think when you look at any challenge, can you write a law. does it go into effect. that's because they're women. have you to understand, it wasn't just for sports, it was for math, science. the challe

recently, right, let's take gabby douglas, again, a young woman having a movement history, and now theng the olympic gold medal and having consistent commentary about her hair and her body. it does feel like in fact it happens particularly to girls and women of color. >> that is why our reaction was so emotional was because for thousands of millions of women of color across the country we see all the time in our communities, on tv, in movies, we see that constant attack daily, and so to see we were so very happy that you have a 9-year-old person of color. she did not have the weight of race on her shoulders. >> a puppy purse. >> and everybody thought she was adorable, not the adorable little black child. she was just an adorable child and then all of a sudden now we have this loaded word that's added to her, and so our reaction was one of protection because we finally have an opportunity to -- she's just a child, an adorable child and now we have to add that burden of race and that burden of sexism in everything to her in which she doesn't even have to understand, and i hope she doesn'

serena williams and gabby douglas teamed up with an event in chicago with the first lady. >> the firstted states of america, michelle obama. >> reporter: michelle obama set off flash blubs this week once again and drawing some of the country's top athletes and a $50 million donation from nike as she rallied to get school kids fully activity. >> my brother craig and i had countless opportunities to be activity every single day. we plays freeze tag on the playground before school. i jumped double dutch, still can, during recess. >> we need to get the kids across the nation to understand request if we want our children tor active we have to help them. >> reporter: according to the cdc only 4% of elementary schools and 2% of high schools offer detail physical education classes. >> definitely shocking and almost upsetting, i would say, because, you know, growing up, i grew up in l.a. and there was p.e. it's what we had. it was a relief. we get out, we have fun. those numbers are really, i think, a crisis. >> it's a problem these days when kids don't stay active so everyone comes together, t