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are not getting too terribly excited. can you really feel the national pride. and especially over the last 70 days we've been watching the torch make an 8,000 mile run around the u.k. the emotion that it's generated even in the stoic brits has been truly touching. it's always fun to see that video of what the latest kind of event is and the brits are really getting a chance to showcase their national pride and showcase the history here. all of the amazing things that make this country what it is. even though this is the third time that england is hosting an olympics, 1908 it jumped i...

something he did during the darkest hours of world war ii. also tonight, a week after the tragedy in colorado, the lessons that a terrible massacre might have taught us all. >> at the end of this, this could be hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars. >> for one patient? >> for one patient. >> that and more as "rock center" gets under way from london. good evening. we are coming to you tonight from tower bridge in london as we prepare to cover the start of the summer olympic games. our preview begins a bit later on in this hour because we begin back home tonigh...

do you see any hints or what hints do you see that would give you a clue as to what numbers we're going to see next friday? >> well, retail sales have been flagging for the last three months in a row. my feelings just the numbers can't be much better than they were last month. consensus was 100,000, last month was 80,000. i think we're coming in at 80,000 again. >> peter it was reported the gdp grew at a dismal 1.5 clip, businesses are slowing investing, consumers are slowing spending. what action or activity do you expect to see over the summer and leading up to the election? >> i d...

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. i'm 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 of london. we have duran duran, and stereophonics and aptly named scot paola paccini who will be pl...

l out in london for a medal in the pool, back home he's fighting to reduce the shocking number of drowning cases among african-americans who haven't learned to swim, and he was once one of them. >> i remember what it feels like to be helpless. i was under water. i couldn't breathe. they pulled me out of the water. my parents told me i was clinically dead. >> also tonight, the instantly recognizable music of john williams. ♪ >> sometimes soaring, sometimes sad. ♪ [ "theme from e.t." ] >> he's added so much to the american soundtrack, even if he has not updated his own. do you own ...