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from bringing home the gold and plenty of chances today. for the women it starts with soccer and then hit the mats for gymnast gymnastics. for the guys, nothing but net and swish. then swimmer michael phelps already a world record holder, but today this is a race like no other. not just going for the gold, hes trying to make history. once again, zain verjee, no pressure for phelps, right? >> no, its just an easy, breezy thing. just a few hours back there in aquatics centre. a name youl...

Israels adversaries. by history, and by conviction, our two countries are bound together. no individual, no nation, no world organization will pry us apart. as long as we stay together and stand together, there is no threat we cannot overcome and very little we cannot achieve. i love this country. i love america. i believe the friendship and passion we have for the values which we share. thank you for your support today. may god bless my country of america and may he bless and protect the nation...

prosecutor explains why. good morning, everyone. im randi kay. we start with mitt romneys eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an ine...

100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. >> are the media inflaming the issue? plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the networks coverage of the games. >> back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us, with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening ceremony -- >> is this promotion in the guise of news? well talk about that a...

Way of split decision, we have a winner. the number one contender in the light heavyweight division, give it up for angolas -- >> when they said the split decision, i knew he had it. i was like, oh, man, i knew he got it. they gonna give it to him cause he at home. >> it is now time for curtis merrells to step into the ring. the stakes are high, not only bragging rights but a title belt. both fighters start off slow in round one. neither impressing the judges. in round two curtis is aggressive a...

The way i fight and theyre into promoting and willing to help me fight, im willing to fight for free for two years. just get me out of jail. >> deriks nickname is the outlaw. he knows that winning his next fight is critical. >> im fighting the number one contender fight which if i win the next time i fight in september i get to fight for the belt, which is good. im going to win. because they aint seen me in a while. i aint fight in this year yet. i fought last year. i aint fight in this year. ev...

and you can see the folks poured out there. bec becky, give us a preview of what is happening with the countdown being on at least for the u.s. and other parts of the world to get a chance to see the opening ceremonies. >> that is right. we are what for hours away and counting now. you can really feel the buzz in london. im at hyde park, and one of the big zones and one of the four acts that will connect into the opening ceremony which is at the olympic park of course in the east side ...

unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. im wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. youre in "the situation room." theyre not the headlines mitt romneys campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britains prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about londons readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. whats going on with the republican candidat...

summer olympics. thats not what you want to see just before the games start. >> a bizarre one i never heard about either. the name. plus, a day of reckonning for facebook. we look ahead to the first earnings report as a public company later today with our christine romans. >> interesting. up first, the latest on the aftermath and investigation in aurora, colorado. law enforcement sources say the shooting suspect james holmes mailed a package to the university of colorado campus in auro...

only how holmes allegedly executed his rampage but also answer the one question no one knows or understands. why? lets get straight to ed lavendara on the ground for us in aurora, colorado. do we know who this package was actually sent to and when? >> reporter: our understanding is that it was sent to a psychology professor there at the university of colorado where james holmes had been studying for the past year in that ph.d neuro science program. we learned about the package at the u...