Simone Biles Out News Today

Being with us. if you were looking at "the new york times," when simone biles stepped back, suni lee stepped up. theres a lot riding on the shoulders of your daughter today. i wonder if you can react to the news of simone biles pulling out of these all around competitions. john? >> wow. we are very surprised. we dont know what to say. i mean, simone biles out. we dont know how thats going to turn out. jade carey stepping in. hope jade carey do just as well. >> wow. well, i hope simone is okay. i...

Yeah. i think she worries, but i think she can do okay. >> you mentioned when you got hurt. you actually suffered an accident in 2019 that left you paralyzed. thats what youre referring to. i know this has made the path for suni to olympics tough. tell me a little bit about her path towards really this big moment tomorrow when shell be competing in the individual all around. >> yeah. in the past when -- shes just been competing under pressure i think all the way -- ever since i got injured in 20...

With simone biles out, another american gymnast is facing the biggest spotlight of her career, and she is no stranger to obstacles. here is kate snow. >> reporter: sunisa lee, suni, knows a lot about how to handle lifes twists and turns. >> i mean, its just so fun, flying from one bar to the other bar. >> reporter: do you feel like youre flying? >> yeah, youre literally flying in between. >> reporter: she grew up in st. paul, minnesota, surrounded by siblings and a large extended family. her par...

World especially familiar to another olympic legend, michael phelps, who has been very public about his own mental health struggles. he sat down with me earlier this evening. michael, what was your first reaction when you heard about simone? >> i was taken aback, number one, because i had never really heard her kind of open up about some of the struggles, right. for me, i could tell she was going through something difficult. i dont know what that is. but i also know at this level, kit be overwhe...