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>> while cullen jones is going all 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...

Age of 17. another story line, usain bolt will he be the fastest man on the planet by the time he leaves these olympics. the 25-year-old became an international super star at the beijing olympics, ran a world record 9:69 and a record 9:30 in the 200 meter final and in 2009 broke both of those world records got huge endorsement deals, commands a reported quarter million dollar fee just to show up at a one day race nowadays. bolt will try here to become the first person to win gold in the 100 and 200 at consecutive olympics. he lost both of those events just a few weeks ago at the jamaican olymp...

welcome to the olympics. there's mitt romney who ran the salt lake city games waving to china, home to a billion people. thousand s owe their jobs to mit romney's companies. india which gained jobs thanks to mitt romney an outsourcing pioneer and ber ma where romney had the uniforms made for the 0 2002. the swiss have a special place in mitt romney's heart or wallet. the swiss know how to keep a secret. say this about mitt romney, he sure knows how to go for the gold. for himself. >> good morning. it's wednesday, july 25th. >> is that -- was that conan or letterman? >> kimmelp. >> wa...

galafinakis gets equal time with dave. i want to know what you're doing up this hour, email me or tweet me, @williegeist1. we begin with news at home. the suspect in the aurora, colorado movie theater shooting that took place just after midnight last friday, remains in solitary confinement as prosecutors build their case against him. nbc news has confirmed now the alleged shooter registered on at least one dating site calling himself classic jim on match.com. he describes his most notable feature as his soul-penetrating eyes. he says he spends a lot of time thinking about the futur...

more in syria. >> one of the concerns that many western observers have had, including people in the region is the transformation of the uprising taking place in syria. when it started a year and a half ago, it began as a peaceful protest led by syrians in peaceful capacities. in public squares. but as the government cracked down and became more militarized, so, too, did the opposition, it began with free syrian army, a group of loose-knit rebels, defectors from the syrian army. but then the nature of the attack started to change and as we saw more and more calls for foreign fighters ...