. >> if you look at senators like patrick leahy or olympia snow, there so many individuals i admire. >> also my one-on-one inteiew with michael phelps. >> you want to be the best, you have to do things others are not willing to do. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >> as the olympics draw to a close, the games will be remembered for some of the most spectacular performances in history. michael phelps is a remarkable 22 medals in all, 18 were gold. we talked about the victories, mistakes both professional and personal. he speaks from the heart and holds back very little. >> michael, welcome. you said if you e ever tired, you get a bit grouchy and you can be very short. how are you feeling? >> i feel all right. >> grouchy and tired? >> not yet. maybe a couple of questions. >> you can answer the questions all day. then it will give me less time. >> i feel like a tape recorder though. >> london is my hometown. what is extraordinary is every american athlete i have interviewed, when i asked them about their role model, 90% said you. you are like a god-like figure. with that comes responsib

interesting development especially only a few days ago senior democratic figures in america like patrick leahy and rob roy run why did it come out and demanded the release so nobody wrote in and so you have to look at the situation from a western point of view and look at the president barack obama who won the nobel peace prize in two thousand and eight and wonder and really scratch our heads and say what really is the stance of the west in particular washington and london when it comes to actual democratic reforms in the middle east certainly there's a there's a big hypocrisy a big story of contradiction going on right now you know you talk about a big story of contradictions as you were saying a nineteen u.s. congressman wrote a letter to bahrain's king alleging him to free of a job that's less than five percent of the u.s. congress condemning the human rights situation in bahrain and why why why is america's stance on syria so different. i don't know but this you know that sort of be laid it moved by the u.s. congress really makes hillary clinton look clueless as the so-called secretary of

probably a malaise in the actual body politic, but i think if you look at individual senators like patrick leahyympia snow or chuck schumer, there so many individuals that i admire. i don't know why they can't seem to get things done, did you i know that senator snow is retiring because she said it was just too discouraging. >> how do you think president obama is doing? >> well, i think -- i thought it was interesting that he said he concentrated on policy. that makes sense to me with his character. one of the things that has come up with this show is to what extent any of these people are political animals. i have a feeling that for instance clinton, johnson, maybe nixon, some of these people were real political animals. i don't think obama is. >> more legal animal. >> i think he is policy. i think he is trying sincerely to get the policy correct to support people. it's a different kind of political animal that puts it through. >> i think that's the best observation i have heard about this because i keep asking politicians why the paralysis. that is probably why. you have to play the game in a

. >> if you look at senators like patrick leahy or olympia snow, there so many individuals i admire.also my one-on-one interview with michael phelps. >> you want to be the best, you have to do things others are not willing to do. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >> as the olympics draw to a close, the games will be remembered for some of the most spectacular performances in history. michael phelps is a remarkable 22 medals in all, 18 were gold. we talked about the victories, mistakes both professional and personal. he speaks from the heart and holds back very little. >> michael, welcome. you said if you are ever tired, you get a bit grouchy and you can be very short. how are you feeling? >> i feel all right. >> grouchy and tired? >> not yet. maybe a couple of questions. >> you can answer the questions all day. then it will give me less time. >> i feel like a tape recorder though. >> london is my hometown. what is extraordinary is every american athlete i have interviewed, when i asked them about their role model, 90% said you. you are like a god-like figure. with that comes responsib

. >> if you look at senators like patrick leahy or olympia snow, there so many individuals i admire.t to be the best, you have to do things others are not willing to do. >> this is piers morgan tonight. >> as the olympics draw to a close, the games will be remembered for some of the most spectacular performances in history. michael phelps is a remarkable 22 medals in all, 18 were gold. we talked about the victories, mistakes both professional and personal. he speaks from the heart and holds back very little. >> michael, welcome. you said if you are ever tired, you get a bit grouchy and you can be very short. how are you feeling? >> i feel all right. >> grouchy and tired? >> not yet. maybe a couple of questions. >> you can answer the questions all day. then it will give me less time. >> i feel like a tape recorder though. >> london is my hometown. what is extraordinary is every american athlete i have interviewed, when i asked them about their role model, 90% said you. you are like a god-like figure. with that comes responsibility. are you aware of that? what do you feel about that re