my name is jackie travis -- jackie charl as -- chavez.ent head, maybe it is time we take our neighborhoods back. summer is almost over and i have not seen and to many block parties in our communities. i think that is one of the easiest ways to come together. something sensible -- so simple. i feel silly even sang it to my bike the pta can -- even saying it, but the pga can get us together. -- the pta can get us together. at a community, start our own neighborhood watch program. start our own block parties. i would like the city to make block party permits a little more easy to obtain. encourage the community. get our neighbors out so we can have the police officers out and maybe in a presence that is more social. maybe have the police officers come out in more social attire, something not quite so intimidating, where we can actually go up and shake hands and get to know them by name. i have lived in the excelsior my whole life, and maybe one or two police officers -- and i cannot name any by name. that is pretty sad. let's take our blocks

charles barkley in the physical therapy lab. athletes are disciplined. and i think it comes down to self-control. it's about medals and not about partying. >> jackie do you think? what was your experience? >> my experience, i agree with dominique. i can honestly say as a laser focused athlete myself, i never dranked, i never sipped champagne, never had alcohol. so when you go to the olympic village, most of the athletes are there to focus on a job, trying to get the job done. and the one thing that the usoc has done is put this ambassador program together where they talk to the athletes about the dos and the don'ts bringing in former olympians and having them to share their experiences. but there are athletes there that lose focus. but for us it was always about i was trying to win a gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal and focus on what i had to do to get the job done. >> is she wrong? even if you two weren't involved in this behavior, she's talking about open sex. wherever you might see it. in the grass, in between buildings, wherever it might be. have you heard of anything like this? what kind of tone does that set for especially the young at

jacki that way. >> yes they do. >> and i'm barely a journalist. 23 minutes after the hour 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. let's go to charleso ahead. >> i was just wondering, i have hear, you know the republicans and -- running the campaign go after obama for not doing a lot in three and a half years, yet i have heard his campaign saying it would take eight years to fix the problem of the economy. and i was thinking out is there any way you can bring up that point on our radio. >> we -- i think we do every day. but i could be wrong. you can't miss another minute. sue in rockville, maryland. good morning. >> good morning. i have two important things to tell you. first of all calling russell pierce half-wits is a slack to hall-wits. >> wa wa. >> and rest in peace sally ride. she was one of the first quietly gay -- >> i did not know that. >> so take the chick fill a guys and get the hell out of town. >> that's right. >> you opened with russell pierce taking a giant -- >> yeah, but he -- >> all right. let's -- okay. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> jim a lot of people are having a really bad week. but it could be worse, you