they took home 16 medals at the beijing olympics and are aiming to do the same in london. the swimmer won two gold medals in 2008 and is back in top form and recently picked up the three european titles. but the big favorite is the german eight-man rowing team. they have been world champions for three years running and have continually improve their performance. their motto -- go for gold. >> we have not been beaten for three years. we put in the hard work and now are going to make it count. >> the sprint team is also shooting for glory. she is already a four-time champion and now wants to add the individual kyack title claim london. germany will be competitive in many different disciplines. in beijing, there was a winner on the podium in 19 different sports. the triathlon team will also be top contenders in london. four years ago, he was a surprise gold medalist and is now considered a favorite. >> one-day race is definitely my thing. i can focus myself 100% on that day and be very disciplined. >> germany's chances are limited this time around in ball sports. only the fie

boycotted the beijing games. from national treasure to enemy of the state. >>> goon. i'm cynthia mcfadden in new york. tonight, joined by my coanchor bill weir from london. he's been there for the opening ceremonies of the twchl olympic games. i just want to say, we're all jealous back here. what a show. >> my friend, i don't want to rub it in, but if you could be on this town in this night. this was seven years, 40 million dollars in the making and boy did it show. interesting four years ago we got a sample of chinese greats. tonight it was all about british intelligence. their cultural contributions from this island nation over the centuries here. danny boyle who won an oscar for slum dog millionaire who brought the world train spotting and 28 days later, this may be his crowning achievement. it began with a lush island villages. transformed by a bit of kenneth bra that shakespeare and industrial revolution. rivers form rings, olympic rings that rise in spark in the london night. and in a sweeping rambling narrative, danny boyle gave tribute to james bond and the qu

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the second part in the summit in beijing or to me if it would still. break send asio and what distinguishes these two organizations is that the u.s. . there's not a member while russia and china are with well the u.s. just can't be everywhere russia is also missing in some organizations where the us is a member. but . only in the. us. when i was talking about russia's in china stand on international issues i deliberately used words like similar orienting in this case i would see where in tune with each other there is no disagreement with regard to the logic of the future su enlargement. there are certain differences in approach as far as specifics are concerned such as the time frame and the preconditions for enlargement that have to be met which includes legal financial and institutional issues. but there are joint expert panels working on these issues and i think the organization will definitely expand in a few years those will. russia is evolving relationship with china is getting a lot of attention these days diplomats are evidently doing a lot to p

numbers came from the internet. beijing residents themselves started a search for missing people on line after the catastrophic flooding. it became more and more clear that the official figures from the government were not correct. the mayor of beijing has since resigned after sharp criticism of his crisis management. heavy rain last week and brought chaos to the chinese capital. the city's storm water drainage systems were overwhelmed collapsing in several places. some areas in the city had standing water 1 meter deep. up to 66,000 people had to be evacuated in beijing's worst weather disaster in 60 years. >> we will have more on the olympic games after a short break. >> that is right. we will be talking to our very own sports correspondent down there in london, so stay with us. >> welcome back. facebook is not winning any new friends on the markets. shares sold to a new low after its first earnings report since going public. >> it was a loss of $157 million for the quarter. the site has an enormous user base but analysts

physically, over the last year, he's become more powerful than he was in beijing. like never before. gone is the grumpy, disinterested swimmer of the last few years who desperately wanted to trash his alarm clock. back is a sense of urgency. bob bowman is michael's longtime coach. >> bowman: ey-oh. >> cooper: how does his shape now compare to the way he was a year ago? >> bowman: oh, much better, much better. a year ago, on a scale of one to ten, was a two. this is a nine, eight or nine. .> cooper: two? >> bowman: yeah. oh, yeah. >> cooper: i mean, that... >> bowman: that was a low, really low. >> cooper: how worried were you? >> bowman: very worried, at that point. to cooper: what was the fear? >> bowman: that we had so far to come, he couldn't get back. michael! >> cooper: it's hard to imagine michael phelps not being in shape. ndt after his exploits in beijing, he stopped training and started living. >> michael! michael! >> cooper: by early 2009, phelps had a decision to make-- retire for good, or jump back into the pool for a fourth olympics and 0.ars of early m

i think the 2008 beijing olympics are a great example. i was living in hong kong working for "the wall street journal" at the time, and we ran this great op-ed, great op-ed but on a terrible subject, and it was every time the international olympic committee would visit beijing, the communist party would go crazy making the place look like disney world. they did things like would put paper leaves on trees in winter to make it look, you know, happy and not sad and depressing which beijing is in winter. they'd spray paint the grass green when the grass was dead. so they'd do these funny things. but then they'd do a lot of horrible things too. for example, they would go round up all the physically and mentally handicapped adults and children and throw them in jail because they didn't want anyone to see any sign of weakness in the chinese people. and in some of these cases, there's this one case where this 8 or 9-year-old boy didn't come home from school, he was mentally retarded. and his parents were, obviously, concerned and freaking out. and

the death toll from beijing's heaviest rain storm in 60 years is more than doubled to 77. the storm on saturday sent torrents of water into underpasses. a number of drivers were drowned after being caught in the flooded streets. many residents took to china's popular microblogging sites to criticize the poorly managed drainage system inside the capital city. the british prime minister, david cameron, has pledged that london is ready for what he calls the greatest show on earth. while oscar-winning director danny boyle, who is a mastermind behind the opening ceremony, and we'll see him in a few hours' time, while he prefers the final jots and everything else he needs to do for the curtain raise in the stadium. there will be many people trying to, in a sense, make a comparison between where london 2012 stands in its opening ceremony alongside others we've seen in the recent and the more distant past. that brings me to my desk, janie hampton, an olympic historian, author of "london olympics 1908 and 1948," so let's not forget, london has held the olympics twice before. just te

the chinese authorities are still investigating more. susumu kojima, nhk world, beijing. >>> the mystery of who is north korea's first lady appears to be solved. observers now believe kim jong-un's new wife is a former singer ranamed ri sol ju. the country's media has been continuously screening footage of her. at this ri sol ju concert in north korea two years ago, the singer looks very much like kim's wife. ♪ >> and at the asian athletics championships in south korea seven years ago, a woman cheerleader looks very much like the first lady. soutd south korean government officials say the woman is kim jong-un's wife. north koreans arriving in beijing from pyongyang appear to know ri. north korean tv is repeatedly showing ri accompanying her husband. analysts say the north korean leadership is trying to underline similarities between kim and his late grandfather, and the country's founder, kim il-sung. the elder kim's wife accompanied him when former u.s. president jimmy carter visited the north in 1994. analysts also suggest north korean authorities are hoping that by po

we will continue to see heavy rain to the north and the south. beijing will see thundershowers from today and that will continue into tomorrow and hong kong and surrounding areas. coastal areas of guangdong will see up to 150 millimeters of rain over the next 48 hours or so. these areas will continue to deal with the serious flooding situation at least for the next couple of days. as for japan, a high pressure system is keeping things dry and hot across the western half of the country. a heat advisory is in place. it looks like rain in the northern half of the country wi be dissipating as we head into tomorrow and sunny weather will return. down to the south, widespread showers are covering much of the philippines because a system situated to the east of the country is passing the monsoon. heading into the americas. the eastern half of the u.s. is still dealing with hot and wet conditions. we are still seeing a line of thundershowers stretching from the northern plains into the eastern u.s. we will see a flooding rain continuing across minnesota and wisc

he did it with the beijing and we can be proud and not have the kind of crisis we are reporting on now >>eric: so they should have taken his advice in a nice way? >>guest: rare than saying, well, of course we are prepared they should have said we. >> the to take it under advisement. we are doing what we can to be off and running, but we take the criticism to one who has been there. rather than jumping all over him and he has been proven right. >>eric: monica crowley, what the (bleep) just happened. what happens when the games are over and the venues are empty? and now to london. >>guest: london's legacy corporation says six of the eight venues have been sorted out. in a five double dip recession, no one wants a lot white elephants laying around, so a lot of thought was put into the future of the venues from the very beginning. here is the scoop. >> london's olympic sites have cost more than $1.5 billion to build from the sleek center designed by world renown architect to the iconic tower. >> which do i like best? that is a choice between a tiger's cubs. they are all beautiful and disti

out towards the west, 29 in beijing because of the heavy rain. all right, moving into the americas, many areas are experiencing stormy weather and hot conditions. we've got still -- we've got a low-pressure system and frontal line stretching from the northern plains into the eastern u.s., spreading thundershowers. it looks like over the next 24 hours, severe weather will be shifting towards the great lakes region and we'll likely see flooding rain in parts of minnesota and wisconsin. well, down towards the south, monsoonal moisture is still providing -- still producing rain across the central and southern rockies today. and to the north, stormy weather's continuing in alberta and saskatchewan, but that will be shifting towards the east. temperature wise, to the south of the front, heat is still continuing, 40 degrees in which cheetah, ten degrees higher than average, 37 degrees expected in chicago on your wednesday. all right, finally let's take a look at what's happening across europe. ongoing thunderstorms and heavy rain in italy and the wester

the united states. that was a bronze in beijing four years ago. ll and jessica, i should tell you, it is pouring down rain here in london this morning and that is expected to extend well into the day when the sun comes up later today on tuesday. >> hopefully it won't affect any of the competitions. >>> phil just mentioned marty malloy, she's from san jose state, known for producing olympic athletes. malloy has spent a lifetime waiting for her olympic moment. >> reporter: looks can be deceiving, 26-year-old marty malloy is usually all smiles, but don't let that smile or her small 5'3" frame deceive you. thud after thud, you can see and hear that she's a fierce combination of agility, speed and perhaps most importantly strength. >> my strength is definitely my strength. i'm pretty physical so i have that advantage in my weight category. >> she takes 60 kilo guys and throws them around. literally. >> reporter: in london, malloy will complete in the 57 kilo division, aka 125 pounds. >> malloy broke the mold when they made the 27 kilo woman. >> she has

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a world champion at 15, a veteran of the beijing games, and with added pressure to perform. >> going into this competition is the same as any other world events. it means a bit more because of the five rings on the wall. >> as the sun went down on a two two -- a bronze medal. a british silver, too. >> [speaking foreign language] pretty much a golden rule in the olympics that the host nation performs far better that it might normally expect to do. after what could be called a sputtering start, it seems team gb may now beginning into its stride. >> a set of securities has gone missing from the london stadium hosted olympic football matches. the keys were used by police officers during searches of the stadium. in london 2012 official says the locks have been changed and security has not been compromised. that is somewhat embarrassing. you've been watching london live from the bbc. a reminder of the main news. a huge power failure in northern india has badly disrupted the transport network. the power cuts affected large parts of northern india. officials say electricity supplies in the ca

in the run-up to the beijing olympics four years ago when she won bronze, the mood was bland, but this time around, it is all very different against the backdrop of the greek debt crisis. >> we can carry on training here until we go to london. then the entire sports center is going to be privatized. because the state has to sell off lots of its assets. this is our second home. we have no idea what we will do after that. >> this pole vaulter one bronze at this year's european championship in helsinki. she obtained her personal best last year in london. both the aging facilities and the lack of funds are making greek olympic athletes pretty gloomy. >> things are getting worse by the day. every month, new problems emerge. who knows where it will land. many people my age have no money, not even enough to buy food. how can you concentrate on sports or train for the olympics under such conditions? >> nicoletta is fairly lucky. the olympics commission has convince private sector sponsors to set -- to step forward after her funds were cut. >> to make it to the olympics, you have to have been p

before the last summer olympics in beijing in 2008, the u.s. men's basketball team before those games, they prepositioned themselves before beijing. they pre-positioned themselves close to beijing but not in beijing. in order to acclimate themselves to what it was like to play in the olympics, the u.s. men's team before the games moved themselves to macau about three hours from beijing. specifically they moved there for the bad weather. quoting from news reports at the time, macau is mostly hot and humid and blanketed by thick smog. exactly what competitors are expecting in beijing. so the u.s. men's basketball team was there before the beijing games and almost the whole british team was there and brazil and argentina. all of these countries sent their olympic athletes to macau in advance to get used to how disgusting it would feel to play in beijing. china is, of course, the largest country on earth by population. that's our population and theirs. china has 1.34 billion people. you could subtract our entire population from their population, and

well, after the chilling onslaught of the beijing opening ceremony, london had a tough act to follow. would the british people be as willing to spend their lives living in tiny boxes? (laughter) the director of the ceremony academy award winner danny boyle answered beijing's majesty with his salute to landscaping. (laughter) i did not know the british had so many mexicans. i tell you t is time to build a bridge in the chunnel. for one part of the show really twisted my tea bags. a song and dance number celebrating the nhs, britain's socialist national health service. look at that. that kid's not even six. he's faking it to get free health care. get ready for obamacare, folks. instead of taking you to a hospital, they throw you on a rolling disco bed and cram you a thousand at a time into a stadium while spectatorser. >> when your colonoscopy gets thrown up on the cam. it's coming. don't kid yourself. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: that's what's coming. kiss, i can! (laughter) but you know what, that's over. the games are on and america is doing great. right now the united states an

i remember having a conversation with people straight after the beijing olympics saying look, guys, there's no way in terms of the spectacular of that type, you know, we're not going to compete with that. but let's do it in our own way. i haven't seen it myself, but people who have seen it say it is a magnificent opening ceremony. so -- >> we're celebrating the olympics in london, but at the same time, it's the 40th anniversary of the munich games. and we all remember those harrowing scenes. the slaughter of so many israeli athletes and officials. when you look at what's happening in the middle east right now, are we any nearer peace between particularly israel and palestine? but also just generally that region. >> well, it's a very good question and a difficult one to answer. i think, because i'm there a lot now. i just come back from, i think, my 85th visit now since leaving office. i think we're further along what is now i believe an inevitable process of sort of change and modernization in that region. so i think where you're getting rid of these very repressive regimes and them being r

two thousand and twelve olympic games are fish really underway well everyone was talking about the beijing olympics four years ago and what an opening ceremony but they were able to put on it that could never be repeated again in history how the london perhaps one of exceeded that opening ceremony and all things must go to director danny boyle who put on absolutely fantastic show showing both history and culture of a great britain has given to the world over the last few centuries always a lympics have been really long awaited by the british public it became known seven years ago more than had one point the whole billion became spur whisper biggest sporting event ever been hosting the country some of the largest since for my nine hundred sixty six world cup because all the attention when i returned to the athletes for over two hundred nations competing at these games including a russian delegation and a four hundred and it was a very special moment for maria sharapova or she may be one of the world's most famous women most decorated athletes but obviously she's probably never had an experi

name for himself when he was part of the four by two hundred meter relay team that won silver at the beijing olympics since then he's racked up a bunch of medals at both the european and world championships making him one of russia's bright stars in swimming but nikita admits the upcoming games in london are far different prospect than those in beijing back in two thousand and eight just finished the sentence over the wall but this time around everything is different because i'm twenty three years old now not nineteen years old my whole approach to the sport has changed so i've become more professional started watching my diet do additional training in the gym but expectation is much higher now than four years ago honestly it's much harder now that's not to say nikita shies away from hard work he believes a good start to the day can make any daunting task seem like fun to watch our main goal is to complete all the tasks you set out and a lot depends on how you begin your day how you started it you need to get up in a good mood train well and enjoy yourself while doing it and then you can sle

me that he trained five consecutive years for up to eight hours a day without a day off before the beijing games and that is the dedication that people don't look at. >> i looked at the tapes of him with the strongman and i cringed when he pulled out the tie and i would say, stop doing that. and he had four years before beijing and obvious ly he got tapered for beijing and right back to it and he has picked up the weight lifting program. >> well, i wish you all of the best and i am torn, because i like michael phelps and he was gracious the give me interview, but i like your boy, too, and it is going to be a hell of a swim off. >> a yes, and you want the best to win. >> yes. and actually a brit shall win. no, well, there is not a contender. >>> and london has been absolutely fuming about what mitt romney had to say, and i sat down to talk to him about what head to say. >> i love london! yay. >> we are having such a great time getting up super early and seeing the torch. ♪ ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch

the beijing drainage system has for 37 deaths across the country.till dealing with the follow a, we could have picked better day. -- could not have picked a better day. marching, the heat is our way. but we can enjoy today? it outside, take the kids to the park. tomorrow you will want jump in the pool. at this beautiful of sunrise. starting at 6:04 a.m., a beautiful sunrise. nothing but sunshine. clear, gorgeous conditions, high pressure over head. that big blue a check on the weather map generally causes the sticky motion in the atmosphere. thejust locally, but over bay. the chesapeake beach resort is exception on the waterway. normally the wind is light and variable. the low humidity today, the down in the 50's. even better at reagan national. 49 degrees. you can pull that off in the means it isthat feeling good. course, that will change once that warmg, through from the will notice the heat by the midday afternoon hours come tomorrow. 75 degrees in winchester. very comfortable out to the west. the metro area, 84 degrees. notice where the heat and

the darling of the beijing games had a tough weekend and it only got worse on the uneven bars. couldn't find her grip, took a major spill. thankfully she was okay. a heart breaking moment for the five-time olympic medalists. she regrouped and she was able to finish her routine. she won't make the olympics, but will be remembered as a true olympic champion. >>> kid friendly films and their reign at the box office. that's straight ahead. >>> and plus, a magical prom night for one couple and we are going to tell you why. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a lot of people are on vacation. here's your forecast this morning. 105 in vegas. 107 in phoenix. the heat continues along with the dangerous fire weather all through the intermountain west. the clouds and rain will be up in washington state. that's more or less tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures will be very cool on tuesday in the northwest. then for the 4th of july, we'll try to dry most areas out. that will be good for all the fireworks displays. >>> if you're watching us in klbi nbc 5,

as for the beijing area, staying dry. coping with the aftermath of the weekend storm. here is the situation on monday. after the heaviest rain in more than 60 years fell in beijing, killing 37 people, residents yesterday returned to their homes to survey the damage. floodwaters have mostly receded on monday leaving a muddy mess. and lack of food and drinking water. some homes have been complety destroyed and their contents, washed away. so again it is very, again, dry here today. unfortunately, thundershowers and some gusty winds are expected on your wednesday and thursday. so that could -- worsen the situation i am afraid. all right, moving into the americas, staying stormy across the northern portions of the u.s. and on both sides of canada. severe storm warnings are posted across many locations. and actually hail the size of a golf ball has been reported in montana. unfortunately, we are going to see the same picture as we head into tomorrow. downpours. most of the moisture is created scattered showers around the four corners region and central rockies. all right, a