keith miller reports. >> reporter: summer sundays in france and the living is easy. just a day of rest, but a way of life. disrupted only by the president reminding his countrymen they've got work to do. nicolas sarkozy campaigned for office on a platform of reform. work more, earn more. >> we have the obligation to change and work on sunday is a way of change. >> reporter: the opposition socialist party warned that a sunday opening law would destroy the fabric of french society. not being open is embarrassing, says the french president, who had to personally intervene so u.s. first lady michelle obama could shop for children's clothes on sunday during a recent visit. the issue has split the country right down the middle. >> the french have a very good quality of life. families have a collective day together. all cultures have one collective day of rest. >> reporter: the catholic church calls sunday sacred. so do the unions, and politicians fm all the political parties. >> they're terribly afraid if they start doing it like the americans, start doing it like the brit

nbc's keith miller picks up the story. >> reporter: it was a a swimming showdown with the overtone of a prize fight. right down to the premeet trash ta talk. >> i'm going to come back. i'm going to beat him. >> reporter: he barely lost the gold medal to michael phelps last august in beijing by a mere fraction of a second. >> i feel like i was there first. >> reporter: today's rematch had phelps, the 14-time olympic gold medalist as the underdog. >> there's cavic as expected. has the lead at the turn. >> reporter: cavic had the best time in the preliminaries also sportd the controversial polyurethane swimsuit that helped break dozens of records here, he even offered to buy phelps one to make it a fair match. phelps didn't need it. >> cavic settles for silver again. unbelievable. >> reporter: he popped out of the water like a man on fire. even tugging on his swimsuit to make a point. the prerace taunts he said got him swimming. >> the only thing it does for me is fire me up, i've always welcomed them in the past and in the present and future. >> reporter: >> reporter: n defeat, cavic wa

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nbc's keith miller reports. >> reporter: it was a swimming showdown with the overtone of a prize fight, right down to the premeet trash talk. >> you know, i'm gonna come back, i'm gonna beat him. >> he gets it! >> reporter: cavic barely lost to michael phelpss in the 100 meter butterfly in beijing last august by a mere fraction of a second. >> i feel like i was there first. >> reporter: cavic had the best time in the preliminaries and also sported the controversial all-polyurethane swimsuit that has helped break dozens of records here and even offered to buy phelps one to make this a fair match. >> to the wall! >> reporter: phelps didn't need it. >> yes, cavic settles for silver again. unbelievable. >> reporter: he popped out of the water like a man on fire, even tugging on his swimsuit to make a point. the prerace talk, he said, got him swimming. in defeat, cavic was humble. >> he is the comeback kid can. he can do it all. >> reporter: keith miller, nbc news, london. >> phelps will be back in the pool today. all the action from the world swimming championships starts at noon eastern r

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keith miller reports. >> it was the race of the year. >> reporter: it was a swimming showdown with thertone of a prize fight right down to the pre-meet trash talk. >> i'm going to come back and beat him. >> reporter: he barely lost the olympic gold medal to michael phelps in the 100 meter butterfly last august in beijing by a mere fraction of a second. >> i feel like i was there first. >> reporter: today it has him as the underdog. >> he ee going to have the lead at the term. >> reporter: kovich had the best time. he wore the polyeuro than swimsu swimsuit. he popped out of the water like a man on fire. even tugging on his swimsuit to make a point. the prerace a taunts, he said, got him swimming. >> the only thing it does for me is fire me up. i've always welcomed those in the past and welcome them in the present and in the future. >> in the defeat he was humble. >> he's the comeback king. he can do it all. there's nothing he cannot do f if i had to lose i'm most happy to lose to him. >> reporter: before today's showdown phelps said you live for races like this. now he could add -- and

paul mccartney, keith richards, pete townsend, joe walsh, they all played one. steve miller met les paul when he was five. ♪ this here's the story about billy joe and bobby sue ♪ >> les taught me my first chords mary taught me some chords, and i was five years old just absorbed every bit it. >> reporter: miller kept playing with him until the end. catching up with him sometimes at les paul's regular monday night gigs in new york. >> i love to play, love to entertain, love to make people laugh. make them happy. that's what keeps me going. >> reporter: les paul may be silenced tonig at 94, but what he's left behind assures that rock 'n' roll never will be. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news. i'm katie couric. good night. >>> this is "entertainment tonight" in high definition. >>> a michael jackson propofol bombshell. the startling new accusation against dr. murray. >>> plus, michael jackson's body moving from this marble tomb. >> i'll tell you what i uncovered about the family's reported new plan to bury the king of pop. >>> when did t

paul mccartney, keith richards, pete townsend, joe walsh, they all played one. steve miller met les paul when he was five. ♪ this here's the story about billy joe and bobby sue ♪ >> les taught me my first chords mary taught me some chords, and i was five years old just absorbed every bit it. >> reporter: miller kept playing with him until the end. catching up with him sometimes at les paul's regular monday night gigs in new york. >> i love to play, love to entertain, love to make people laugh. make them happy. that's what keeps me going. >> reporter: les paul may be silenced tonig at 94, but what he's left behind assures that rock 'n' roll never will be. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> couric: and that is the cbs evening news. i'm katie couric. good night. >>> let's get to brett heyer ho is standing live in baltimore. brett, you're dry and it looks like game time, just a minute away? >> reporter: yeah, the rain has passed through the sunny skies here in baltimore. we're ready for this preseason opener. you know as well as i do, come 11 tonight, we'll all be overreacting