an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. we re going to chat about that this morning. we re going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. men s gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in the pommel horse and a fall on the vault undid team usa. halfway through six rotations they were in last place. last. but they rallied at the last minute to finish in fifth place. better, but still not great. amanda davies joins us from london. they were talking so big going into the finals. what happened? i think the mood in london at the olympic park today probably reflects the mood of the u.s. men s gymnastics team. gray and gloomy is the best way to sum it up. they were hotly tipped for a
with four days before congress high-tails it out of washington, there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the cold war was winding down. those cuts continued under former president george h.w. bush, about 18% in cuts. and
right for america to stand with you. mitt romney trailing in polls when they are asked which candidate would handle foreign policy better. it s a critical time for him to recover from what some say were big gaffes made in britain. michelle is the co-chair of the obama campaign s national security committee and former defense secretary under president obama and in the situation room during the osama bin laden raid. nice to see you. thank you for talking us with this morning. do you see a big difference between mitt romney s foreign policy stance when it comes to iran and president obama s foreign policy stance when it comes to iran? they both talked about no option being off the table. there really isn t that much substantive difference, soledad. the president has made clear his policy is to prevent iran from gaining a nuclear weapon and that all options are on the table. right now we re focused on imposing the most crippling sanctions in the history of any country. those
it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. first, it s a super soaker. tropical storm hammering florida with extreme weather. the slow-moving snow sith off the coast of alabama and the florida panhandle. the outer bands whipping up dangerous surf and triggering this huge water spout off juneau beach. also spawn ag deadly tornado in florida as it drenches the coast. officials say a woman was found dead in a home in venus located in the middle of the state between port st. lucie and sarasota. a child in one of the damaged homes was also injured and taken by the hospital. people say they were blind-sided by the twisters. i got my wife and my dog put them in a hallway there and said it s coming. about that time it started blowing real hard. it happened real fast, in a matter of 30 seconds. we saw a bunch of wind pick up. shoved into the bathroom. scared half to death. it was pretty traumatic. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking the storm for us. slow and fierce.
llama? oh, yes. his candid word on the leaders. i like president bush. which one? the younger one. his policies may not be but as a person, human being, very nice person. i love him. his unexpected views on women. do you ever feel temptations when you see a woman? yeah. sometimes. this is very nice. as a humorous side of the dalai lama, you may have never seen before. i love your accent, british accent. thank you, your holiness. i like your accent. this is piers morgan tonight. a big story tonight, the dalai lama spiritual leader in exile one of the world s most visible and honored holy men, a nobel prize peace winner and in the united states. it s my pleasure to interview his holiness, dalai lama. your holiness, how are you? fine. you re at the mayo clinic, had your regular check-up, everything healthy? everything good. the last seven years annually i got checked here and my physical condition remain more-or-less same. that s good. you a