olympic medal winning swimmers you leave the mother and and us to see is all we have or even miss fornational championships to prepare for. the world hectare from champion tatyana chernova easily won her event. for the budget in the month the first of all i feel great and just before the world championships too i really needed that as with the secondly i had to armstrong the manuscript points going into that tournament and of course it's a very nice training session for me in one of my favorite stadiums with the support of great fans however gold doesn't always guarantee success just ask even one of who was so impressive in london last year winning the high jump yet he missed out on the medals aid to gather here coming home fifth to master liam was started as expected was successful in khazan billion become even boss champion his father hails from a host region to the star is delighted to be competing especially given her roots and she took gold in the bars and the women's individual round events. basketball player so good kind of show of might not be an olympic champion but the ninet

basketball player so good kind of show of might not be an olympic champion but the nineteen year oldshooting guard has a very bright future ahead of him after being drafted in the first round by the cleveland cavaliers to become the fourth russian currently playing in the n.b.a. they're picking a team. i like. i'm going to go with getting me like a player. boxing has long been a russian strength and always earns a country some medals come any olympics yet with no champions competing here i gave a new generation a chance to shine something gold medalists michael made a motto of and you've given need to show a both looking to do i this tournament has been a stunning success for the russian squad who smashed the previous record of seventy five golds set by china at their home games and change in two years ago and with a couple of days to go russia will be aiming for even more medals to make the twenty seventh university eight a sporting triumph to remember. richard from portly tarty. and one of russia's big stars shining in cars and was javelin thrower maria arbuckle of the it is now lo

or winter olympics. >> cenk: winter olympics. >> the winter olympics ironically could be "snowed in. oh, oh, into winter olympics. let me skip ahead because i got to get to this portion. john conyers the democratic congressman, he was asking the folks at nsa hey what are you doing with all this--to paraphrase. let's watch in. >> i feel very uncomfortable about using aggregated aggregated meta-data on hundreds of millions of americans, everybody, including every member of congress and every citizen who has a phone in the united states of america. this is unsustainable. it's outrageous. and must be stopped immediately. >> cenk: now i love that john conyers is speaking out here, and i talked to him a long time ago. we ended up randomly having dinner, it really was random, but he had this building frustration for the lack of policies in the obama administration. why are we ignoring the fourth amendment, and why are we wiretapping everybody. everybody you go to blake rare raholt. this is fascinating when they agree. usually they're not going to agree. >> how is having every phone call tha

boxing has long been a russian strength and always earns a country some medals come any olympics yet with no champions can be done here he gave a new generation a chance to shine something gold medalists michael made a martyr of a new guinea to show are both looking to do. this tournament has been a stunning success for the russian squad who smashed the previous record of seventy five golds set by china at their home games and change in two years ago and with a couple of days to go russia will be aiming for even more medals to make the twenty seventh university eight a sporting triumph to remember. richard from portly tarty. and one of russia's big stars shining in cars and was javelin thrower maria abaco mother is now looking to defend her title at the world that letter championships here in moscow next month and she spoke with constantine but half of. with this javelin throwing twenty eleven in south korea maria back home and made history by becoming the first they were rushing to win a world championships and setting in the national record in the process however she didn't just co

to house its first ever formal one found in sochi in two thousand and fourteen shortly after the olympic games is really good for tracking people but we will never turn is he a wonderful or. i don't know is going to continue in the future i do hope you will so you will have is some of the shadow of the fall i was addressing so this year i think you have been talking to them so it's in russia very great for us and great news for all of you could. have it for an unknown r.t. moscow. and in two weeks time the german touring car series will also make its russian debut and this weekend local fans were given a taste of what's to come as nikolai chose explains first hand. in the year two thousand of the reform season break and by popular demand the german touring car series made a triumphant return in its native country and next month the expanding de t.m. talk will make its made an appearance in russia so to give local friends at taste of what to expect german car manufacturers our message id's and b.m.w. sent a group of high profile drivers to burn up the drizzling streets of central moscow .

do i want to cancel the olympics? no. but would i go to moscow if they were continuing to support assad, and the king of jordan had been toppled because of the civil war in syria, iraq is falling apart, the arms that the russians are selling assad falls into hezbollah's hands? they give snowden asylum and help the iranians march toward a nuclear weapon. would i accept an invitation to sit by putin? no. i don't want to boycott the olympics, but i want a policy that will get the russians' attention. i see a pretty dark figure, and at the independence of the day, the obama 5d mrgs's policies, whatever it is, is not working to john boehner, john mccain, my great good friends, we have to up or game when it comes to russia before it's too late. >> senator, is there more about snowden or more about syria, this discussion of boycotting the olympics? >> it's all about russia, and what they're doing in the world at a time when it matters. would assad stay in power if russia stopped selling him arms? no. if he left, would the world

the olympics to tehran.on't think we have to worry. they were given to china. china's record on human rights is nothing to write home about. >> and the opening ceremonies. >> the trading and selling good, but the point is we're never going to find the perfect model. there are extremes here. >> john: karen americans have a lot of rage over these anti-gay propaganda in russia. what do we say to these countries we do business with, where it's not just gay propaganda, but countries we're very cosy w but being gay is illegal. >> i've said this before, the chickens come home to roost sticks out in my mind. at some point we'll have to face that hypocrisy sit or get off the pot. >> john: considering america's shaky record on civil rights. >> i hate to bring up bill clinton in your presence. >> i'm okay. >> you know, he used to say there is only so much we can make and sell to each other. we necessarily have to be out there in the world doing commerce but i think we are--we're not at the place where we're willing to

six gold yet the squad includes olympic champions like paul wall to you and they seem by a high jumper on the cheat sure and hammer thrower that channel is shanker and so would the weights of the home crowd also behind them the host nation has the potential to repeat their edmonton success of two thousand and one where the edge the u.s. to finish top of the medal table athletes of this country will be at their peak and will indeed lever deliver their best performances in front of the all. you know non olympic yeah that is also without a big formal tournament the world of political campaign ships are one of the twenty third teams biggest events and moscow is ready to do a cousin by showing it can successfully host a global sporting show bits consented by the above r t. o meanwhile the russian volleyball team became the world league champions for the third time after a straight sets victory of the top seeds brazil in argentina the match was a repeat of last year's olympic final and with four members about russian squad still playing their experience help the second seeds take yet he said

those were hitler's olympics in berlin. surely, lindsay graham isn't raising the specter of nazi germany. >> something like the olympics is not supposed to be political. it's supposed to be the world coming together. >> right. >> why do you think that this issue is big enough to perhaps threaten the olympics? >> if you could go back in time, would you have allowed adolph hitler to host the olympics in germany? >> well, destroying a lifetime of work for hundreds of u.s. athletes, it must just be one of those things that has a lot of support on the hill and we don't know about it yet. >> listen, i love senator graham. we've been close friends for 20 years, but i think he's dead wrong. listen, why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home? >> ladies and gentlemen, that's john boehner there getting the gold medal for being the voice of reason. >> what? >> let's spin on this. you know, look, i think we could probably

will russia's relationship lead to an american olympic boycott? let's go outfront. >>> good evening everyone. i'm erin burnett. outrage over this. that is not a rock star. that is what is called on the front cover of "rolling stone" the bomber. dzhokhar tsarnaev on the front cover. a photo massachusetts governor calls quote out of taste. boston's mayor slammed the cover writing that it quote rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. it is ill conceived at best and reaffirms a terrible message that destruction gains fame for killers and their causes. motley crew drummer has been on the cover of "rolling stone" more than once tweeted really rolling stone wtff. and country music star john rich. you always think if i get on "rolling stone" i will know i have made it until they started promoting terrorists. cvs, wall greens and stop and shop all say they will not carry this issue of "rolling stone" on their shelves. was the cover in bad taste or is this journalism? erica joins me now. i want to start off with this. we had an interview all day sched

and pair olympics. they are asking people from the tourism and transport industry for help. groups from tokyo, istanbul and madrid are competing to host the games. members of the international olympic committee will announce the winner in september. about 250 people attended a lecture in tokyo, including members of the transport, tourism and hotel industries. >> i want to ask the participants for their help in encouraging the public to support our bid to host the games. >> one participant pointed out that hosting the olympics produces ripple effects. host cities invest in upgrading rhodes and other infrastructure and they drive an increase in travelers from abroad. >>> leaders in the republic of sudan are betting an a new venture. their economy has struggled since they lost oil wells. they are hoping to tap into something else that is below their feet. as nhk world reports, some are questioning who will benefit in the end. >> a large part of the republic of sudan's 1.8 million square ki kilometers is sa

but would you have the olympics iran? >> should we allow a country like russia who engaged in bad behavior all over the world to be rewarded with hosting a game of peace? i don't want to destroy the lifetime goal of athletes, i want a world not about to blow up. and i want russia to change and if you have a better idea of how to handle putin let me know. he's running all over us and the world and i am willing to stand up and make it hurt in >> this is what speaker john boehner said in response to the proposal. septemberor graham is dead wrong and he asked why the u.s. would want to punish athletes who trained for years over a traitor who can't find a home. in other words, pulling them out of the olympics elevates now den on a level he doesn't deserve. >> it is not snowden alone. it is russia aligning with iran and allowing ah sawed stay in power and hurt the interest in the middle east. how do you get people's attention? what are we doing to putin? i don't want to punish the athletes, but i don't want to reward putin. wou

olympics. anyone who is gay or is suspected of maybe being gay, any tourists can be thrown into prison for that now in russia. >>> actor and playwright harvey fair steen is angry about it to say the least. he wrote a brilliant park about it. he'll join me for an exclusive interview coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. revealed that anthony weiner used the name carlos danger

i am the winter olympics. >> what is your favorite? the luge? >> no it wasn't a good point, lyndsay graham, boycott the olympics because they are housing a stupid computer dork. lyndsay graham says this stuff because he looks as patriotic as his stupid flag pin lapel. he can say that because he knows it is not going to happen and then lyndsay graham has more sway or just as much sway on the olympics as lyndsay lohan. he can say whatever he wants. it does -- doesn't matter. >> putin is enjoying all of the attention. >>> from films to fans he would leave his seat if he got enough tweets. during the allstar game on tuesday some guy ran on to the diamond and turns out he had a very good reason. last weekend he post owed twitter that he would storm the field if he got 1,000 retweets. spoiler alert, take a look. >> dillon later posted a text of his mom threatening to, quote, kick his ass -- can you say ass? >> you just said it twice. >> his -- tweeting i should be upset, but from dillon's perspective, this is the best day of his life. >> loser. >> hol

olympics. anyone who is gay or is suspected of maybe being gay, any tourists can be thrown into prison for that now in russia. >>> actor and playwright harvey fair steen is angry about it to say the least. he wrote a brilliant park about it. he'll join me for an exclusive interview coming up. wi drive a ford fusion. who is healthier, you or your car? i would say my car. probably the car. cause as you get older you start breaking down. i love my car. i want to take care of it. i have a bad wheel - i must say. my car is running quite well. keep your car healthy with the works. $29.95 or less after $10 mail-in rebate at your participating ford dealer. so you gotta take care of yourself? yes you do. you gotta take care of your baby? oh yeah! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. r

for two reasons, no olympic boycott has ever accomplished anything.look at the 1980 usoc boycott of the moscow games. soviet stayed in afghanistan for nine more years. this punishes the athletes most, not the soviets. >> you have been talking to some openly gay athletes, some that are going to be participating in the olympics. what are their thoughts. >> blake skiller is an openly gay speed skater. he said what i have said, i have been working so hard for the last four years, living thousands of miles from his family. he has sacrificed so much for the opportunity to make his olympic team and participate in sochi. he wants to go there and be a beacon of hope for the lgbt people in russia. you win by participating. he wants to go there, wear a rainbow pin and say, i'm here, i'm gay and i'm okay. >> we could be seeing symbolic protests. do you believe that there is any danger for some of the openly gay athletes? >> i don't believe there is any danger. blake doesn't believe there is any danger. the russian government and everyone who hosts the olympics kn

of the blocks though eventually at close the field in the closing stages of the race the six time olympic champion clocked nine point eight five seconds doesn't rule out another world record in moscow. he did much better already better maybe i don't know i believe this point where i need to work harder before it's going to be hard but i do want to do it to be where moscow is good hopefully to do that to get out there and done so with the. wall rushes fast rising alexander men call posted eight meters thirty one centimeters to take his third win of the season in the men's long jump. while back in moscow hi joe but you've been all called added another accolade to his gold medal from the london olympics after the twenty seven year old won the russian championship absolutely cyrena took up played two meters thirty centimeters at his first attempt to claim the title while there was also success of course as the two thousand and four olympic champion again prevailed in the men's eight hundred meters and even more stars battled it out for a spot on the national scene with the world championships

i don't think we should take it out on russia, and ruin the olympics for all the people would worked to hard to get the opportunity to go there. i don't think we should take it out on russia and use the olympics as a diplomatic tool. >> yesterday a caller said the department of justice will not seek the death penalty in the ed snowden case. should that be enough for him to come back or would you like to hear more? >> i feel bad for him. he has to live in russia right now. and i already boycott russia. i don't inve there i don't travel there. the per capita income she thousand. it's 50,000 in the u.s. i feel bad he is not able to live in this great country. but i don't think boycotting russia is the best idea, ishe right idea. it just hurts people who want to buy caviar, volunteered da and nesting dolls. russia is a thug, not a military threat. >> let's talk about what they're talking about boycotting. lindsey gray a.m. ham said we some boycott the olympics. 25% of americans devil -- disagree. >> whoa would we allow this punk, snowden -- he wants to be a hero, bring yourutt back to th

i don't think i liked it but once you start skipping olympics, you ruin the olympic games principle whichon't get involved in politics. >> there's truth to that. nobody thinks the united states will boycott the olympics over this. but the mere threat to do it, the mere suggestion it might become a debating point in the united states does hit vladimir putin in a place where it hurts. he has poured millions of dollars into that city in southern russia to get things ready for the olympic games. it was a city that needed millions of dollars in development. many of those business contracts have gone to people close to vladimir putin. so the idea that there might be some scrutiny over u.s. participation in the games may give vladimir putin -- may give him some pause for thought. >> one thing's clear is snowden still has many supporters in the united states. former new hampshire senator gordon humphries lobbying to give him asylum. grand snowden asylum. he would do the people of the united states a great favor to resist their government in this matter and at this moment. mean whooim, a quinnipi

. >> i love the olympics but i hate what the russian government is doing throughout the world. if they give asylum to a person who i believe has committed treason against the united states, that's taking to a new level. if you could go back in time would you have allowed adolf hitler to host the olympics in germany? >> stephen: yes, yes, good point. if you could go back in time and stop hitler from doing anything-- (laughter) >> it would surely be hosting the 1936 berlin games. (cheers and applause) no, that is without question my number one hitler related time travel fantasy. in fact, folks, i wrote a speculative fiction novel on this very subject entitled operation javelin. in which a time travelingeousie owens now trained as a sniper. goes back to the critical moment where hitler is about to sign his contract with the olympic committee, raises his life el and shoots the pen right out of hitler's hand. now obviously in the book hitler goes on to still do the other stuff but-- (laughter) >> but he never gets over the sting of seeing the olympic its move to baltimore. that's ju

future olympic hopefuls jessica and abby.they were in the same spot themselves. >> not only is she showing the world what ski jumping is but she's showing the world from her perspective. but for her, it was something that i think not a lot of people feel. you know that adrenalin rush and being scared, but excited at the same time. and the first time i met her, i was just -- i was so excited that this little girl could bring herself to do that. >> when we're going to a new hill or we're jumping a bigger hill there's always a little bit of adrenalin rush, and you're really questioning what you're doing. and then you jump and you land, and you want to cheer every time. >> yay! whoo! >> back on the mountain, student and coach savour the moment. >> i thought it was like really scary at the top. but then at the bottom i'm not sure if you heard this, but i was kind of exploding. >> really? >> yeah. i was like, yeah! >> oh, yeah. i saw the video. >> whoo! >> that was awesome. >> it's so moving to the u.s. team members, they surprise

moscow hi joe but you've been all called added another accolade to his gold medal from the london olympics after the twenty seven year old won the russian championships absolutely cyrena who copied two meters of thirty centimeters at his first attempt to claim the title while there was also success of course gave as the two thousand and four olympic champion again prevailed in the men's eight hundred meters and even more stars battle it out for a spot on the national team with the world championships here in the capital less than a fortnight away were given portland has more. it's been a busy some of the rushes are fleet since about to get even busier a number of the country's athletes recently competed at the university age and design and with less than a week's rest it was banks are trying to compete at the national championships not the finishing touches so they made solution to the stadium with championships in moscow less than two weeks away the number of russian stars have sized have missed their home national championships but there have been a few to the summit so i tell you luis a

who said america should consider boycotting the olympic games next year. >> i love the olympics, but i don't like what the russian government is doing. >> that suggestion was rebuked by many people, including the u.s. olympic committee spokesman who tweeted, boycotts don't work in the '80s. simon marks let me hear from him, i work for jimmy carter as a speech writer. i don't think i liked it, i didn't say at the time i was loyal. i think once you start skipping owe limb bigs because you don't like politics you ruin the olympic games. >> i think there's truth to that, chris. i would say, nobody thinks realistically the united states is going to boycott the olympics. the mere threat to do it, the mere suggestion that it might become a debating point in the united states does hit vladimir putin in a place where it hurts. he has poured millions of dollars into that city in southern russia to get things ready for the olympic games. it was a city that needed millions of dollars in development. and many of those business contracts you'll be stunned to discover have gone to people close to v

boycott the 2014 olympics in russia?or lindsey graham told jake tapper it should at least get it on the table. >> bush and obama has it wrong with putin. congress is doing nothing. if a year from now there are 200,000 deaths in syria and iraq goes up in flames i guess we should go to russia and have a party and celebrate the olympics. that seems disconnected to me. >> we'll talk more about this with john king. that's a pretty back grouped. seems like you choose a new background every time you join us. >> moving around on you. >> exactly. we're talking about lindsey graham says let's boycott, at least be on the table. john boehner called his "my very good friend is dead wrong on this" and jay carney almost made fun of it when reporters asked they were following a superficial headline. doesn't lindsey graham have a point though? >> it's not going to happen. the united states is most unlikely unless something else disastrous in this relationship has happened to boycott the olympics. there is increasing deterioration of this

is suffering as a strong favorite and a much more degraded veteran two time european champion and olympic medalist sid love affair for an hour. both made their debbie advance it was something who won and proved that she could handle the pressure on home soil. pressure and responsibility are always there it is very important to control it and thrive in it then it can only help bring out your best back to track. where ukraine's ham the to do math defeated russia's european jumpin you could sit in the in the women's four hundred metres hurdles with another russian hurdler and the odd. just about the just as i first competed here in two thousand and nine the field was very strong been with a world record holder usually at beach one can in the spotlight but i won that final and i'm still very proud of it so when they invited me to compete here again i did not hesitate to return. r t moscow region. that time for a quick break but more important so don't go away. south carolina is playing around with the idea of using shame plates which are license plates that can display special messages the de

the 2014 olympics. 25% of americans disagree. where do you stand?ould, why would we allow this punk snowden, if he wants to be a hero, i agree michelle. bring your bullet back to the south and stand up to these charges. why would -- >> did you see the numbers we're putting up here if there is -- there is an overwhelming majority that say don't boycottd the olympics. >> he can come back and face those charges. but the hopes and dreams of the greatest americans to be dashedo because of him and because of president putin trying to sticks it to us the way he does onit every issue, not on this watch. >> trying to get a little news in here. did you hear the shot that -- going back and forth between chris christie and rand paul over some of the stuff. thoughts?f? >> well, i think it's widely debated. there is a lot of division even within so-called conservative republican circles on this. it will be interesting how it plays out. i think wayne makes the crucial point here. the issue is our own policies, our own lack of protection ofdi individualvi rights, t

sea assuption as a strong favorite and a much more degraded veteran two time european champion and olympic medalist sid love affair for an hour. both made their debbie advance it was something who won and proved that she could handle the pressure on home soil. pressure and responsibility are always there it is very important to control it and thrive in it then it can only help bring out your best back to track. where ukraine's ham the to do math defeated russia's european gem ban you because you know that we were in the women's four hundred metres hurdles with another russian hurdler and this this year ought. to stick out because as i first competed here in two thousand and nine the field was very strong been with the world record holder you can in the spotlight but i won that final and i'm still very proud of it so when they invited me to compete here again i did not hesitate to return. r t moscow region. that time for a quick break but more important so don't go away. south carolina is playing around with the idea of using shame plates which are license plates that can display special me

. >> it's almost a year since london hosted the 2012 olympic games. for many, the glory has truly one off. the british government promised a lasting national sporting legacy but not all communities are reaping the benefits. lawrence lee explains. >> a year since the london games and euphoria has given way to planning. the place is full of trucks and diggers turning the entire site into a play ground for londoners. the pool will be open until next spring, the indoor arenas as well to be shared by the elites and ordinary. all this takes lots of political boxes. it's very multicultural and bridges social divides and it's healthy and what the legacy people promised all along. >> the stadium with athletics coming up this weekend and the north of the park becomes a public park from this weekend as well, a place for people to come and stroll and have a picnic, walk the dog. >> the top-class athletes love this place for training and elite event. for amateurs, to be able to do the sport alongside the best will be like a tennis player going for a knock at wimbl

on hitler to host the olympics in germany?comparing snowden's asylum to the ground work for genocide isn't just causing graham to lose his friends on the bob sled team. the senator's comments were soakering enough for speaker bainer to become the voice of reason. >> i think he is dead wrong. why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home? >> the u.s. has one olympic boycott in its history. it wasn't over a leaker. it was over a war and an invasion. all business purchases. so you can capture your receipts, and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from chase. so you can. because what you dont know can hurt you.urance, what if you didn't know that it's smart to replace washing-machine hoses every five years? what if you didn't know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items? and what if you didn't know that t

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the olympics are a unique example.d.ht up on my walking how does everyone make up -- make money off of that? >> we had something, the highest seriesnd, 100 television , several episodes, the biggest week of on-demand viewing we have ever had. we said let's focus on giving people more choices to catch up, and to follow along with series. that has been great for their series for next year. -- we are nowvel able to have targeted ads. it brings forward a relative had. ad. we are going to that every 90 days. >> the advertisers get it? >> i think so. >> the consumers obviously wanted. >> maybe it is not the traditional way people view, but they want that content. when you give it to them in an easy way to get it, more viewing than ever before. >> it is only the cable and the delivery of television. it is how you reach out to people in terms of the internet. i know that comcast has increased his internet service provider speed every year for 11 years. there have been offerings out there, like google fiber. canle look at that

year following an accident during a training run just recently she was inducted into the canadian olympic hall of fame how they get you want to do the splash thing i think it was just a little bit of luck for the right place the right time and someone asked me if i wanted to jump off some platforms with some people in the hollywood hills home sounds ok was it fun it was fun and super fun i learned a lot just watch and other people go from nothing you know like no skill jumping into the water at all and and overcoming their you know fear of water fear of heights did you have any of those fears not really coming into it i had i've been jumping off of things my whole life so what worry is extreme scheme extreme skiing and things just in the mountains not so much i mean on the ski hill but it's not it's like cliffs skiing through chutes and ski stuff that might not necessarily look possible to ski what's the most dangerous place of speed. i think probably. the team most dangerous place is close to where i grew up where it is for avalanche as close to golden b.c. just like you never know as a

boycotting the olympics in russia. plus, a shootout shaping up for the gop as former vice president's dick cheney's daughter, liz cheney, officially announces a bid to oust wyoming republican senator mike enzi. reaction from the man who will talk about the winner. a lot to get to today. including creators of drunk history. more on that. my first reads the morning. today, the senate judiciary committee holds the first congressional hearing on the voting rights act to review the impact of the supreme court's decision last month to strike down the coverage formula under the law. among the witnesses, georgia congressman john lewis who still has the pen president lyndon johnson used to sign the act into law. and has said the decision put a, quote, dagger in the heart of voting rights in this country. also, republican congressman jim sensenbrenner who chaired the committee when they last reauthorized the voting rights fact 2006. tuesday attorney general holder told the naacp convention in orlando that the u.s. has rare and h

following an accident during a training run and just recently she was inducted into the ten navy and olympic hall of fame how they get you want to do the splash thing i think it was just a little bit of luck for the right place the right time and someone asked me if i wanted to jump off some platforms with some people in the hollywood hills home sounds ok was it fun it was fun and super fun i learned a lot to watch in other people go from nothing you know like no skill jumping into the water at all and and overcoming their you know fear of water fear of heights did you have any of those fears not really coming into it i had i've been jumping off of things my whole life so what worry is extreme scheme extreme skiing and things just in the mountains not so much i mean on the ski hill but it's not it's like cliffs skiing through chutes and ski stuff that might not necessarily look possible to ski what's the most dangerous place of speed. i think probably. the team most dangerous places close to where i grew up where it is for avalanches it close to golden b.c. just like you never know is a lot

. >>> lindsey graham sticking by his call for a possible boycott for the 2014 olympic games in russia. a plan met with backlash. >> if you could go back in time, would you allow hitler to host the olympics in germany? i'm not saying that russia is nazi germany but i am saying that the russian government is empowering some of the most evil, hateful people in the world. >> i love senator graham, we have been close friends for 20 years, but i think he is dead wrong. why would we want to punish u.s. athletes who have been training for three years to compete in the olympics over a traitor who can't find a place to call home. >> plus, i really want to cover it for nbc. it would be huge. >>> talking about backlash, editors of rolling stone now speaking out about its latest cover. national chains like cvs and walmart will not sell it on stores and bostonians have been outraged. the mayor of boston slamming the issue, writing the magazine founder, rewards a terrorist with celebrity treatment. reaffirms a terrible message that destruction. the cover story falls within the traditions of journali

that is a conversation that i think olympic athletes have with non-olympic athlete. be iconic like mohammed ali or -- charles: like you. >> i walked away from the sport with $100 million. everyone will be talking about lance armstrong, barry bonds and mark mcgwire. stuart: you are a great guy. you are performing on sunday. you are going up against wall street guys. fatcats. [ laughter ] >> they are very fit and they are very competitive. stuart: you will kill them. i know you will. dan o'briant -- dan o'briant, a good guy. stuart: they want to get rid of jail. what? we have it on the show next. ♪ ♪ stuart: a sudden turn for the worse this friday morning. down about 98 to 99. within a couple of minutes we are not down 144 points. charles, you will still tell us how to make some money out of that -- >> i will share this with lori rothman. a special i had last night she was beating me up. i have been watching it. there are rumors that there might be a takeover candidate. there were acquired years ago. al west the other was a benefit. but the original company back on the

so having lost the olympics he didn't have a big exciting project. would also say his approval ratings were at an all time low. 35%. i actually think he was beatable. in 2011 but if rahm would have ran against him in 2011 i think rahm would have b-game. >> can you even imagine rahm running against richard m. daley? >> i could. [laughter] then finally i would say he surpassed his father to become the longest serving mayor in history of chicago. i think that was important to him personally. and by staying for another four years, you can't get that notch in your belt. >> i would like to ask the walter what is his perspective of the state of media right now? especially the "chicago sun-times" laying off all of its photographers and probably the question whether or not are we hanging to a one newspaper town, what's your perspective? what you like about the current state of me and what you don't like, especially with social media, seems like taking things over. >> i'm sorry, maybe i'm not hearing it. i don't get skittish the current state of the media. som

boycott the up coming winter olympics in sochi, russia, but the white house isn't playing. >> i won'tage in speculation. you aren't jumping to a superficial headline, are you. >> reporter: while not speculating on an olympic boycott jay carney seemed to be deliberately vague about his plans to travel to a powwow in moscow tried to the g20 summit in st. petersburg. >> the president intends to go to russia. >> you won't say months cow. >> deliberately vague. >> that's for you to decide. >> last month the president was firm he didn't want russia's refusal to extradite snow deb den to adversely affect relations with the u.s. >> i won't have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where i have to start doing we'll wheeling and dealing. >> putin seems to agree saying he wants the snowden situation resolved. >> translator: we have warned mr. snowden that any harm he might do to russian-u.s. relations is unacceptable. >> reporter: president obama made clear he has bigger issues with moscow than edward snowden. russia has thwarted u.s. attempts

torch the olympic flame which began its journey in paris just under a year ago and has traveled from fifty different russian cities on its way to this evening president vladimir putin is also in attendance in the stadium behind me to witness this the opening of the twenty seventh university. games. this has been five years in the planning. was awarded the games back in two thousand and eight and since then the city has gone undergone a scene of complete overhaul of its infrastructure in terms of the number of competitive these games second only to the summer olympics so it is a huge undertaking. for a couple of days to see how preparations are coming along. over the course of the next fortnight more than thirteen thousand athletes from one hundred seventy different countries to descend on the majority of them staying here this is the university village a purpose built brand new university complex in the city center now despite the fact that the authorities say the finishing touches are still being applied to some of the venues the message is clear. is ready. every time. it's their mo

there's a lot of concern because the country is getting ready to host the olympics.here will be no discrimination. a local politician is contradicting that. the national legislation exists it must be enforced regardless of who is breaking it or whether or not there's an international sporting event going on at the time. ultimately he's just a local politician and it's not his call. russian president is personally overseeing r inin ining prepara games and want them considered an international success. it's unlikely to appease international concern about the laws existence. that's why activists around the world are calling for a boycott of the games and other russian product. back to you. >>> an 11-year-old girl says her family tried to fort her to get married and she responded with a video plea that went viral. >> there's some doubts of her story but she's definitely putting the issue on child brides. she's a remarkable young lady. wait until you meet her after the break. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymb