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Team visa athlete and having a great sponsor like visa, they are definitely helping to financially fund my journey to rio. they have a crowd funding campaign that we launched to help, you know, kind of subsidize our family costs to get myself and my four siblings and my parents to rio. >> ready? fence. >> whats so cool about the sport is that it, you know, was just uniquely accommodating to my faith. im covered but im also pursuing my desire to be involved in sport. >> we have some sad news to r...

Landslide. >> all right, well pick up right where were leaving off here. jeffrey, stay with us. quick break. well be right back. im terrible at golf.

Wisconsin. so i just had a great conversation, and trump blow torched it. it is great that he is endorsing paul ryan, but way later. >> we have more breaking news. we have to take a quick break, well be right back.

Those with direct knowledge tell us trump campaign manager paul manafort has given up trying to shape or discipline trumps rhetoric, confining himself to day-to-day campaign mechanics. >> first of all, the candidate is in control of his campaign. thats number one. and im in control of doing the things that he wants me to do in the campaign. >> reporter: as the campaign falters and trumps remarks have drawn even more scrutiny, prominent republicans have begun turning to his democratic opponent. t...

Ibtihaj muhammad is not ordinary member of team usa. the rio bound saber fencer is making history, becoming the first american woman to compete in the olympics wearing a hijab. >> i wish there had been tons of women before me who had achieved this. >> reporter: getting to this point hasnt been easy. muhammad grew up in a big family in maplewood, new jersey, and is a devout muslim, only allows her face and hands to show. >> my mom was always, you know, changing the uniform for me by adding long s...

Those are all swing states. as a friend of all three of them, thank god trump is not endorsing them. that means they dont owe him a thing. once this is over, they can be free of those chains that bind them. they can be free of trump. they can speak their mind. they can speak their conscience. so as far as im concerned, trump not endorsing paul ryan, not endorsing john mccain, attacking kelly ayotte, good for them. badge of honor. >> all right. i really have to go. julie, anna, john avlon, thanks...

>> always randomly selected. for like special screening. and when you travel as much as i do as an athlete, it can be frustrating. >> the current political environment also frustrates muhammad, driving her to do something usually athletes avoid, talking politics, taking on republican presidential nominee, donald trump. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> starting with his call in december for a temporary ban on muslims enteri...

Things one can do, particularly for pregnant women, but for everyone. when youre in an area where there are mosquito activity, you protect yourself from mosquitos by the following. if you live in an area that you have some control over, get rid of standing water in pots, pans, tires, anything that has standing water to prevent them from breeding. to the extent possible, stay indoors with air-conditioning. if you live in a place where you have windows and doors that have screens, make sure that t...

We are just a couple of days away from rio. opening ceremonies on are friday. win, lose or draw, one american athlete is guaranteed to make history when she becomes the first u.s. olympian to compete wearing a hijab. cnn special correspondent jamie talked to her. >> reporter: under that star spangled mask lies a fierce competitor whos lightning fast with a ferocious yell. >> i enjoy chasing my opponent down the strip to score the point. >> reporter: but 30-year-old

Saying, you know, i have no idea what that is but when you get to high school i want you to try it out. >> reporter: she did. with huge success. >> it was the first time in my athletic career that i could remember, you know, being seen solely for my skill set. >> reporter: muhammad went on to compete at duke, a three-time all-american, and win gold as part of team usa in the 2014 world fencing championships. but she couldnt change how people looked at her off the fencing strip. when you walked d...