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plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. >> pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. womens gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his rec...

a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. im candy crowley. and youre in "the situation room." the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with t...

layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this notification. as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. were talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2 snd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see thats three days before the presidential ele...

as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. were talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2nd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see thats three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the la...

morning pressing the candidate. shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers wont know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and good morning....

>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. were going to chat about that this morning. >> were 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. mens 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 th...

right now mitt romneys on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romneys top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all thats been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw t...

investigated. we know it was under a car and thats about it. well continue to follow this for more information on that. a wild day in london from extreme disappoint to a golden moment for an american teenager, we start though with a 16-year-old chinese swimmer who did one lap faster than ryan lochte. its raising doping suspicions. atika schubert is live in london. >> reporter: it was an incredible performance, she basically won at the 400 meter individual medley with stunning speed. sh...

the olympics. thats right. a 16-year-old chinese swimmer wins the gold medal and denies that she is doping. ye shiwen set a record yesterday. on saturday, she won gold in the 400 meter individual medley. yesterday, the head of the world swimming association called her swim unbelievable. and suggested she may be doping. the young swimmer, she told reporters late last night and we are quoting here, my achievements derive from diligence and hard work. i will never use drugs. the chinese t...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. were 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. >>...