to jump-start her own weight los loss, she began training for the nautica malibu triathlon.ght months, she not only lost weight by swimming, baking, and running, she also gained a lot of confidence. on september 14th, she became a triathlete. >> i just feel like i'm a new person. i feel like i've been rebirthed, i've been baptized. >> reporter: not even a nasty bike crash could keep her from reaching the finish line. >> and they wanted to take me in the emergency vehicle, but i said, i can't do that! my family's out there, my team's out there! i cannot ride in a car! i came to do a race! >> reporter: she finished the race with her team by her side. >> my team was there. i mean, they were there and they brought me in. >> reporter: more than a hundred pounds lighter now, she's not ready to stop. >> i'll do it again. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, malbui. [ female announcer ] you change your style. why not your eye color? new air optix® colors prescription contact lenses enhance your eye color for a naturally beautiful look with consistent comfort. find your perfect color

to jump start her weight loss she joined the cnn fit nation team and began training for the malibu triathlon 14 she became a triathlete. >> i feel like a new person. i feel like i have been rebirthed. >> she finished the race with her team by her side. more than 100 pounds lighter now she is not ready to stop. >> i will do it again. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, malibu. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> we are back with a special sgmd. our focus how to bring out the best in babies and toddlers. with me secretary hillary clinton, cindy mccain. toddlers learn words from their parents. in poor families 616. it is a huge difference. >> it is a huge gap. one of the things we were trying to figure out is why does that gap exist? why aren't poor families talking? and so we started something we call baby college where we are sitting with parents tryin

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we're one week away from the malibu triathlon, six cnn viewers and i will be racing. a little nervous. but we've been training eight months now for this big day. in january these six cnn viewers were selected to join me on a journey to become triathletes. they all had one common goal. to make a change. and over the last eight months, i've seen them transform. swimming. dozens of hours. biking hundreds of miles. and running farther than they ever thought possible. >> today we're going to do a 400-yard swim on the ocean. >> with hard work comes rewards. they're healthier physically and mentally. connie's breakthrough it's not all about the scale. >> if weight loss would have been my only goal this year i may have quit within the first few weeks. this experience has given me so much more than weight loss. it's given me strength. confidence and endurance, new friends new sports and lots of spandex and a great tan. >> mike learned how to balance his new healthy lifestyle. >> the structure i have in my life now is amazing. i plan my meals a week ahead of time. eating out is

sanjay gupta and six viewers andgearing up for the malibu triathlon. we want to introduce you to our teammates. >> in january, these six cnn viewers were selected to join me on a journey to become triathletes. they all had one common goal. to make a change. over the last eight months, i've seen them transform swimming dozens of hours. biking hundreds of miles and running farther than they ever thought possible. >> today we're going to do a 400-yard swim in the ocean. >> reporter: with hard work comes rewards. they're healthier physically and mentally. connie's breakthrough, it's not all about the scale. >> if weight loss would have been my only goal this year, i may have quit within the first few weeks. this experience has given me so much more than weight loss. it's given me strength. confidence, endurance, new friends, new sports, lots of spandex and a great tan. >> mike learned how to balance his new healthy lifestyle. >> the structure i have in my life now is amazing. i plan my meals a week ahead of time. >> karen now makes herself a priority. >> i

own weight loss, she joined the 2014 cnn fit nation team and began training for the nautical malibu triathlononths, she lost weight and gained a lot of confidence. on september 14th, she became a triathlete. >> i feel like a new person. >> reporter: not even a nasty bike crash could reach her from finishing the finish line. >> they wanted to take me in the emergency vehicle but i said, i can't do that, my family's out there, my team's out there. i cannot ride in a car. i came to do a race. >> reporter: she finished the race with her team by her side. >> my team was there. they brought me in. >> reporter: more than 100 pounds lighter now, she's not ready to stop. >> i'll do it again. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, malibu. >>> back at the news, if you look at america's long track record in the middle east, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence that these latest air strikes in syria are going to end up fixing much of anything, in fact, some say the united states is going to regret this latest action in syria. joining me now is one of those sayers, brian cooper, national correspondent for th

home to hollywood stars and the malibu triathlon. i'm here.me i have butterflies. i've wanted to do this race so many years and along the way had so many excuses, until this. >> nearly everyone on our 2014 team has been through a major health crisis. >> inspiration and a nudge from cnn's resident super man dr. sanjay group that. >> anyone can get more fit, whether training for a triathlon or just training for life. and fred, maybe you can join us. back to you. >> okay. sanjay. yes i'm in. plunging in all the way. swimming countless lapse. from pool, to open water. runni ning at all hours between work and family time. biking. >> whew. we are going up it. i just have to talk myself through it the whole time. >> none of it easy but eventually feeling a thrilling adrenaline rush. >> feel great when i get to the top of the hill. whew, but going up it, killer. >> so this is what i signed up for. thousands of people at the start line, together in giant mass, into the pacific ocean, jockeying, elbowing, kicking for position. swimming a half mile, figh

. >>> this weekend more than 5,000 people will compete in the malibu triathlon.ng them the fit nation team. dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to one member of our team who has overcome a lot but sees himself crossing the finish line. >> 18 months ago, this man was in his prime. young, healthy and training for a triathlon but race day came and went. >> i was diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer that spread into my abdomen and chest. >> his triathlon dreams had to be put on hold as he battled cancer with chemotherapy and he was determined to get healthy again. >> i owe it to myself and to other cancer patients and survivors to let them know that you can be fit again. you can be healthy again. >> he started training and he joined the cnn fit nation triathlon team. over the past seven months, he's rebuilt his strength in the water, on the bike, on the run. he even held a cycling fund-raiser in new york raising money for the cancer center and now he's cancer free. ready for his next triathlon this weekend with the fit nation team. >> i feel good. i feel strong. i fee

i have always wanted to do the malibu triathlon, so i started my training. about seven months ago. know, i started it with baby steps. that's the key. then worked my way up to get myself ready for this, and then we all came out here and met some of us meeting for the first time earlier this week to get acclamated with the climate here and with the ocean swim. it was fantastic, invigorating, wonderful. swimming, i felt super wonderful. biking i was -- i surprised myself that i did pretty well, and i felt good along the way, but i really put all that i had into the swim and the biking because i knew my running would be the weakest, and, indeed, it was. my legs felt like lead once i was done with the biking, but, you know what, finished. i'm very happy about it. then to surprise me in all of this the incredible encounter. i can't believe i actually won third place in my division. >> well done. >> i missed the ceremony because i thought there's no way. i don't stand a chance. so i went to go get my stuff, and sanjay comes running out and said where were you for the medal ceremony. you

jump-start her own weight loss, she joined the 2014 cnn fit nation team and began training for the malibu triathlonained confidence. on september 14th, she became a triathlete. >> i feel like i'm a new person. i feel like i've been baptized. >> not even a nasty bike crash could keep her from reaching the finish line. >> they wanted to take me in the emergency vehicle. i said i can't do that. my family is out there. my team is out there. i cannot ride in a car. i came to do a race. >> she finished the race with her team by her side. >> my team was there. they brought me in. >> more than 100 pounds lighter now, she's not ready to stop. >> i'll do it again. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, malibu. >>> welcome to top of the hour. i'm anderson cooper. this is cnn's special live coverage on the threat of isis militants here in the u.s. and overseas. we have word that the fbi believes they have identified the masked man with the british accident speaking in the gruesome beheading videos used as isis propaganda. more on that in a moment. a bombshell dropped by iraq's brand new prime minister. he says a terror plo

. >>> more than 5,000 people will compete in the malibu triathlon.m cnn's fit nation team dr. sanjay gupta is introducing us to one member of the team who despite a cancer diagnosis plans to cross the finish line. >> reporter: 18 months ago jah mill was in his prime. but race day came and went. >> i was diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer and it had spread into my abdomen and chest. >> reporter: his triathlon dreams had to be put on hold. he was determined to get healthy again. >> i owe it to myself and i owe it to other cancer patients and survivors to let them know that you can be fit again. you can be healthy again. >> reporter: he started training and joined the cnn fit triathlon team. over the past seven months he's rebuilt his strength in the water, on the bike, on the run. even held a cycling fundraiser in new york raising more than $30,000 for the cancer center and now he's cancer free. ready for his next triathlon this weekend with the fit nation team. >> i feel good. i feel strong. i feel like i'm ready for next week. it's exciting

it was a triathlon, there in malibu. but fantastic people along the way.oss the finish line, you get this medal representative of the malibu classic and i got very lucky and i don't though how things came together, but i got the bronze medal in my division. >> it's your olympic dna. seven months of hard training. fabulous! >> thank you! that would be really great, however, my mom when she saw the videotape of me running, my mom was there, but she didn't see me coming across the finish line, so when she saw the videotape of me running, she said, oh, your form is terrible, i hope your father's not watching. so, there goes the whole olympic blood thing. my running form, not so pretty. >> a wonderful deal. congratulations. >> thanks so much. it was fun. you guys were in my thoughts. >> very proud of you. >> it was a great challenge to take part in. you can catch our legal guys every weekend at about this time, taking on the most intriguing legal cases of the day, week, month, you name it. they're always, they're always gold medal finishers! >> whoa! >> yeah! a

people have different reasons why they're inspired to do a triathlon, so next weekend is the malibu classicre i am training. i've been training since late this spring. and -- >> nice stroke there. >> oh, gosh. swimming, biking, running. you know, half mile swim. 18 mile bike. and then four mile run. my biking is horrible. look how embarrassing. i'm a terrible biker. >> but it's okay because so many people would never even attempt to do a triathlon. i've done two sprint triathlons, so i would consider myself a triathlete as well, so you should be giving me some tips. next weekend is the big race. it's a two-day event. there's the international, the olympic, distance and sprint distance is on sunday. that's the one i'm doing because you know -- graduated to the big two. i'm looking forward to it. >> pray. >> i've been saying that all along. people, pray for me. but the great thing is we're also doing this to raise money for our children's hospital los angeles, so i've been saying all along, support the children, pray for me. >> i love it. good luck. >> thank you. >>> of course, we'll have muc