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to be with you can you really really appreciate it thanks for coming i read you said you'd be the underdog candidate for the underdog boulder's who are these on the docket voters it's certainly most of the american public people are losing their jobs wages are declining millions have lost their home another million are in the pipeline to lose their homes this year the cost of health care is skyrocketing public higher education is increasingly out of reach we have thirty six million young people who are students or recent graduates who are effectively indentured servants because they don't have the jobs or the wages to repave these unforgiving debts and the political establishment is not doing anything about it while a very small segment of the american population the one percent we say is making out like bandits so neither party is fixing this i just want to make this clear you're going to be on ballots but not in all states can you explain what is it in the system in the us that makes it so hard for a third party to break into those two horse race exactly the american system is designed t

. >> from the start of this trial, legal experts and wall street analysts sold samsung as the underdog. apple headquarters is just 10 miles from the courthouse in san jose, and the jury was selected from the heart of silicon valley. >>> temperatures were warmer out there today thanks to the sunshine. 68 in san francisco, 66 in daly city. seeing reduced visibility in half moon bay. dense fog and drizzle out there through the overnight hours. mostly sunny tomorrow. details on that coming up. >>> my sister saw that they have a kawar, and they were starting to break into our house. >> the children said they were in their family home during the break-in. jeff bush has the story of the two young heroes who kept their cool in a tough situation. >> reporter: it was a burglary attempt on this quiet street. they were the only ones home. >> they started ringing our doorbells and knocking on our door. and they saw that they had a crowbar, and they were starting to break into our house. >> they hear the bad guys, go into a closet, dial 911 from the closet. while they're talking to the dispatcher, t

. >> i was rooting for the und underdog. >> there's nothing more american than routing for america. >ad, summer. >> you were rooting for a good game. wi want to see that in the olympics, especially in basketball and they definitely gave them a good game and it was a wakeup call and that's when team usa said, okay, we do have to bring our a-game, and they were really determined to bring the gold medal. there was a disgrace when they didn't and remember what it felt like. the fact that that was on the line was so great. lithuan lithuania, when you were cheering for them, did you cheer for the woman who brought the -- >> i'm retroactively -- >> the t-shirt will be ordered tonight do. they have t-shirts for swimmers? >> i bet you can get one. s.e., did you have a particular -- >> because i'm an american and a patriot, yes, i did and i had an american moment. that's when kim brody won the skeet shooting. she earned a gold in women's skeet tying a word record by hitting 99 of 100. if that doesn't sound hard you don't know how hard it is. it was an incredible moment to watch and she's an inc

>> i think underdog is totally, totally the wrong word.t's until usain bolt loses, he is capital "t" the capital "m" man in the race. he's redefined what it is to be a human being. running 9:69 and 9:58, he's the guy. >> but he lost earlier in the summer in the trials. >> he has lost, he's been hurt, a little sketchy. we don't know quite what's wrong, but he is still the king of the sprint. >> let's talk about the americans, tyson gay and justin gatlin. i read an interview with tyson gay, who basically said it's time to redeem himself. >> moments ago, he ran 10:08 in his heat. i think that's a good start for him. tyson gay is the best american sprinter so far. >> will this live up to the hype? will it be the most exciting ten seconds that we've seen? >> yeah. the 100-meter dash is always the marquee event of any olympics. the 100-meter dash is the heavyweight fight of the olympic games. >> all right. this is the big one. let's switch to the women's 100-meter. another head-to-head matchup, 2008 gold medalist shell ay-ann frazier-price versu

really a unique neighborhood and the demographic we serve, i think it's one -- we all feel like the underdogs to small neighborhood, but you know i've seen the work that the board has put forth, specifically with 55 laguna. and i think for, you know to have a neighborhood that's focused on the issues at hand, you know, we want to keep that intact. i understand there are always political reasons, and issues of why orders get drawn a certain way. i think we just ask that there's a rational justification for all the decisions that are made. you know, you can't really tell people what neighborhood belong to. they feel a sense of belonging to, you know, the community that they're close to, that they frequent, so we just are looking to keep that intact and we appreciate your work, thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, i'm a merchant on the lower street association. i just want to say it is probable as you all well know, very bad crime ridden, we had a lot of issues. we worked hard, very hard to make it a better neighborhood. the issue here today is about 55 laguna. we would really like that in

he's going to face democratic representative paul sadler who begin as as an underdog in one of america's reddest states. >> congressional leaders have reached a deal to keep the federal government running through march of 2013. they worked out the agreement to avoid a possible government shutdown before the election. it would extend funding for federal agencies for six months. the agreement would also make it a bit easier to great postelection deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts. the compromised deal would have to be approved in september by both houses of congress. >> now to the london summer games and u.s. swimmer michael phelps. he swam his way into the history books tuesday by winning his 19th career olympic medal. phelps picked up his 15th gold medal in the 4x200 meter free style relay after taking silver in the 200 meter butterfly by 0 .05. >> i saw the women's gymnastics, the u.s. got their gold. those fab five will be well known throughout -- i think they're going to be on the "today" show this morning. >> as far as today goes

>> i'm the underdog. >> we're rolling out the red carpet now. >> welcome to "on the red carpet" fromywood towers. i'm rachel smith. in 1929 this place was all about sophisticated living and hollywood's golden age. we're going to talk a look around in just a bit. first entertainment guru is living it up at the premiere of "total recall." >> rachel, the stars of "total recall" took over hollywood boulevard for the film's premiere. before they hoped to take over the box office. >> what's your fantasy? > we'll give you the memory. >> collin ferrell said the new "total recall" doesn't come with the same vibe as the 1990 arnold schwarzenegger version. >> totally felt different. i didn't feel like i was stepping into arnie's shoes. god knows the man casts a big shadow and little old me would fail miserably. >> kate beckinsale plays one tough woman in this movie, which was directed by her husband. where does that bad-assness come from? >> i don't know. i guess my husband may have come up with it at home. >> and kate isn't the only tough female here. >> you really know how to kick butt. >> th

satisfying, probably even more so than winning at l.a., because as i said, we had gone there slightly as underdogs, people doubting the horse was as good as he had been and doubted that i should have taken there and we went there and proved everybody wrong and won it in absolutely convincing style. so it was a brilliant result for me. >> this is "bbc world news." live from london. the headlines. the philippine capital of manila is at a standstill after flooding caused by a day of rainfall. and brothers bid for gold. britain's alistair and johnny brownlee are favorites for the medals in the men's triathlon taking place right now. >> now away from the olympics, the head of iran's national security council is in talks with president assad in what appears to be a new round of diplomatic activity and iran's foreign minister is due in turkey later for discussions about the release of a group of iranians believed to have been kidnapped by the free syrian army. and activists say there's been more heavy bombardment by forces government forces. now we can talk to our correspondent jim muir in beirut. let's

. >> i was kind of the underdog that it was a...ing my way up to the top so america always was the underdog so for me to come in as that a bold a play, it's definitely a great experience. >> brown: douglas' success was followed by team matealy raisman's performance in the floor exercise. 17-year-old missy franklin won five medals overall in the swim meet. and it's not just teenaged girls grabbing headlines. >> it's over here in london. misty and carrie. threepeat. >> yesterday, misty may-treanor and carrie walsh, both mothers, won their third straight gold medal. and women continue to add to the u.s. medal count in track and field. yesterday mississippi native brittney reese became the first american to win the women's long jump since jackie joiner kersey in 1988. >> that was a big jump! >> reporter: and alliyson felix and caramelita jeter won. overall, american women are on pace to win twice as many gold medals as men. 40 years after title ix banned gender discrimination in school parts. it's hardly an american phenomenon as women

>>> and olympic photo finish as an american underdog silences his trash-talking opponents in a thrillingestyle. the question is, can anyone stop the u.s. swimming team? it's "way too early" for this.

>>> and olympic photo finish as an american underdog silences his trash-talking opponents in a thrillingestyle. the question is, can anyone stop the u.s. swimming team? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, i'm jonathan capehart in for willie geist, and this is "way too early," the show that choreographed its floor routine to cher's "turn back time." i'm glad you're up with us watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radar. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me at willie's new twitter handle @williegeist and let me know why you're awake or do what dana vollmer does and text "awake" followed by your response to 622639. you guys. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, august 2nd. there's a lot going on today including a new secret order by the president authorizing support for the rebels in syria. we'll get a report from richard engel on the latest there. >>> plus, london mayor boris johnson proves once again that he's the world's most entertaining mayor. after a still lining stunt goes all wrong. we

of the beijing olympics final the americans struggling to contain spain early on the power of the underdogs and to some solid feel should be done jeans. however led a late surge for a one zero seven one hundred fifty the americans thus proving the hard won again for a fourth olympics men's basketball. written on three joshua meanwhile claim super heavyweight gold beijing winner roberto come a day early losing out on bok after the match was tied at eighteen points apiece lennox lewis on. the same title as i. squeezed in their second gold medal of the games out the very last event laura. taking top honors in the women's modern pentathlon thanks to a stunning display in the shoot run part of this. this is how the top of the medals table looked at the end rushes just behind the top three one goal shorts of their target of twenty five and place the standings to create a feeling for team usa the country back on top after china pushed them into second place four years ago this time it's the chinese who have to settle for over old silver all great britain and northern ireland's extraordinary games

seed got through to the final but there she did lose to the corinne kim gone who was the slight underdog but it is still a silver for the fences and the bronze they got in the men's individual saber in the week while another silver came in dramatic fashion in the diving chargers a pair of queen carnew young tongue one the three meters synchronized springboard rushes it really is that all of you can use nets or snatch silver from under the noses of the americans a spectacular four and a half somersault tuck enough for second place meanwhile the cyclists all visible in sky is celebrating her second bronze of the games it came in the time trial which was won by american christine armstrong who retains her olympic title and germany's world champion judith lance got the silver because it was able to get on the podium just by two seconds and that is the second medal for her after she picked up a bronze in the women's road race earlier in the week. but it was the first medal was the hardest to get the second one in the time trial was quite expected for me although it could have been better than

the number two seed reached the final but she lost last to green pugin young who was the slight underdog to the former world champion however it was still so but the russians tensors adding to the bronze they picked up in the men's individual safe while another silver came in dramatic fashion in the diving china spat of kin calmly and new you told me let's roll six rounds to claim gold but russia india is the heart of a new guinea because that stops not so hot from america on my very last dive with a spectacular four and a half somersault top while the road slightly over seven sky a celebrated her second bronze of the games in the twenty nine kilometer time trial won by american kristin armstrong retained the title germany as well champion you don't look so. good for the first medal was the hardest to get the second one in the time trial was quite expected for me although it could have been better than bronze i'm a bit disappointed with the fact it wasn't gold but i'm still proud of myself i gave my all at the olympics and it paid off. and in the meantime maria sharapova remains on cours

are winning only one game against ten see the tally and better luck for qualifier all get their underdogs rolling into the third round after a tough five seven six two seven five win over dutch kiki burton's a friendly fire all russian bottled meanwhile so you're covering the current overcome by pitting eleven best six three six. in the men's draw mardy fish overcame a two set deficit to beat russian nicholai done by danko hopes of a first ever grand slam title coming to a halt after a disappointing four six six seven six two six one six two goals. and another day another shock in new york which will fret some to heading home following his worst grand slam run since two thousand and seven the fifth seeded frenchman had lost before the third round of a major in by years but we're number fifty two martin please on and about run the slovak taking care of business six four one six six one six three in the second. i cyclist lance armstrong has been tending he still a seven time tour de france champion the american was stripped of all the titles he won since one thousand nine hundred eight stat

just the one game against the tenth seat of the telly and better luck for qualifying all get the underdog in to the third round after a tough five seven six two seven five win over judge. key burton sun all russian bottle meanwhile saw your company in my car of overcome compacted this nina in straight sets. in the menstrual mardy fish overcame a two set deficit to be. hopes of a first ever grand slam title coming to an abrupt end following their disappointing for six six seven six two six one six two this. another day another shock in new york with joel fred tsonga heading home following his worst grand slam run since two thousand and seven the fifth seeded frenchman hudden lost before reaching the third round of a major in five years what were number fifty two martin design and about rome still back taking care of the six one six six one six three in the second on. roger federer has maintained his status as the lord of darkness at flushing meadows improving to a term three zero record during night time marches in new york the thirty one year old on seeding fellow veteran you are in part

the ninth circuit removed the underdog frays and therefore from the year 2000 forward that was reversed on a technicality. it did not address the issue. since then it has been raised in eight different circuit courts of appeal, and the atheists challenge to pledge of allegiance has failed overtime. >> chair we take some questions. >> okay. >> anyone with any questions? [inaudible question] >> so part of what i'm trying to say to americans and to christians is stop wallowing in victimization. that is a victory we should be celebrating data rather than continuing this false rumor. i'll take any questions you have, but what caused me to actually begin to right to die by the lake, covers all the topics. the tenth amendment, prayer in school. supreme court cases, commentary, and some just if christian responses. what caused me derided is an e-mail story that goes around the may have seen. an elderly couple visited the world war ii memorial. but then noticed was so helpless, was not engraved. the elderly gentleman says, isn't that a shame. are not supposed to say things with daughter anymore.

agent who was posing as an underdog and as an arms dealer but what turned out to be the case was that there didn't have any money to buy their goods so they brokered a deal where derek would get a pair of old stereo speakers in exchange for a grenade and a plot like that is patently ridiculous because obviously no real arms dealer is going to take speakers for a black market weapon but that's an example of how the f.b.i. was able to build a terrorism conspiracy charge around someone who really had no capacity to commit terrorism on their own and that's just one of many examples but cover would you say for the most part i mean is the f.b.i. creating enemies or are the enemies already there and the f.b.i. is just you know trying to to bring it to light. what the f.b.i. would say is that these people who are caught in terrorism thing operation would have become terrorists on their own if given the opportunity by actually if the terrorists were there to say here's a bomb do you want to plant it in a shopping mall or in a public square but the truth of the matter is that there isn't any ev

young supporters and libertarian now they're preparing to make their voices heard for the republican underdog. the inside scoop on the ron paul shadow convention and pretrial hearings are set to begin next week for bradley manning could the u.s. soldier be closer to a release or indefinite sentencing those are just a few of the stories we have lined up for you this so keep it here on r.t. so that's going to wrap it up for now but for more on the stories we covered check out our youtube channel youtube dot com slash r t america or you can check out our website r t v dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall back your attack. reduced put a picture of me when i was like nine years old and you know with truth. i have a confession i am a total ghetto i love grabbing him because he is like the and pretty sure. i do this kind of attack yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place.