russian, american? >> it's so interesting because i grew up in russia for the first seven years in my life. i moved to the united states because of tennis, because tennis wasn't popular at all back then when i was that young. and there weren't many facilities. so the sport kind of took my family to the united states to develop a dream that we had. and it's amazing how comfortable i got in the states. how acuss topped i got to the culture, to the lifestyle. i love traveling the world but when i come here, i feel like it's home. when i go back home and i visit my grandparents and i'm sitting in an informal dining room eating my grandma's home cooked meal, i'm like, gosh, i'm so russian inside of me. this is the real me. when i'm home, i'm only speaking russian with my parents >> so you speak both equally. >> i get out of my house and most of my friends are english or french or whichever and they're speaking another language. so it's an interesting balance, yeah. >> and you have citizenship of both countri

russians like to call hooliganism. that's the official charge. hooliganism. they were sentenced to two years in prison for it. the charges stem from a performance that they gave. look at it. it's on the alter of the christ savior cathedral in moscow. the song they were performing included the lyrics mother mary, please drive putin away. interesting. political lyrics. the case has garnered international criticism of president putin's intolerance for political opposition. here's what the white house said in reaction today. >> the united states is disappointed by the verdict. we have serious concerns about the way these young women -- about the way these young women had been treated by the russian judicial system. >> well, "outfront" tonight, miriam elder, correspondent for britain's "guardian" newspaper. i spoke to her earlier. i started by asking her what it was like in the courtroom when the verdict came down. >> the main obviously subject of the room was the three women who were sitting in a glass cage on the left-han

are you russian? are you american? >> it's so interesting because i grew up in russia for the first seven years in my life. that's where i started playing tennis. i moved to the united states because of tennis, because tennis wasn't popular at all back then when i was that young. and there weren't many facilities. so the sport kind of took my family to the united states to develop a dream that we had. and it's amazing how comfortable i got in the states. how accustomed i got to the culture, to the lifestyle. i love traveling the world but when i come here, i feel like it's home. when i go back home and i visit my grandparents and i'm sitting in an informal dining room eating my grandma's home cooked meal, i'm like, gosh, i'm so russian inside of me. this is the real me. when i'm home, i'm only speaking russian with my parents. >> so you speak both equally. >> yeah. >> no accent? >> i get out of my house and most of my friends are english or french or whichever and they're speaking another language. so it's an interesti

russian, american? >> it's so interesting because i grew up in russia for the first seven years in my life. i moved to the united states because of tennis, because tennis wasn't popular at all back then when i was that young. and there weren't many facilities. so the sport kind of took my family to the united states to develop a dream that we had. and it's amazing how comfortable i got in the states. how accustomed i got to the culture, to the lifestyle. i love traveling the world but when i come here, i feel like it's home. when i go back home and i visit my grandparents and i'm sitting in an informal dining room eating my grandma's home cooked meal, i'm like, gosh, i'm so russian inside of me. this is the real me. when i'm home, i'm only speaking russian with my parents. >> so you speak both equally. >> i get out of my house and most of my friends are english or french or whichever and they're speaking another language. so it's an interesting balance, yeah. >> and you have citizenship of both countrie

the russians are arranging a russian businessman is buying this stuff, you mix it with oil in the sea. it's coming to refineries all around the world. it's a life line for the syrian regime and it's got state backing. >> david, to that point as well, how long on the ground can syria continue to survive with the sanctions imposed right now from the u.s. and eu? and what will it take in terms of broader sanctions for them to feel the pain and change their actions? >> that's the million-dollar question. how long can they survive? certainly they're struggling a little bit. military is spread thin, running out of resources. so they're on the run. but part of the question of how long they'll survive will depend on how many allies do they have that will help them evade sanctions. how can they continue to get funding and, and how can they continue to get refined products which they need to keep the country running and to keep the army running. those things were some of the things that really put a strangle hold on gadhafi in libya. with libya, we had a stronger sanctions regime, passed by the

madonna's russian concerts targeted. americans there are being warned after the material girl threw her support behind three jailed members of a russian punk rock band who maligned vladimir putin. >>> what's the slogan? better ingredients, pricier pizza? the head of pappa john's says it will cost more to make his pizza, and he is pointing the finger at obama care. >>> plus this. >> oh! >> iceberg tsunami. a glacier from greenland melting off the side of a cliff and causing the scare of a lifetime for a boatful of tourists. it's video you just have to see. "newsroom" begins right now. >>> and good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the police department is also on edge. the fear white supremacists might retaliate for the death of the temple gunman. cnn's brian todd is in oak creek, wisconsin.

the russians are arranging a russian businessman is buying this stuff, you mix it with oil in the sea. it's coming to refineries all around the world. it's a life line for the syrian regime and it's got state backing. >> david, to that point as well, how long on the ground can syria continue to survive with the sanctions imposed right now from the u.s. and eu? and what will it take in terms of broader sanctions for them to feel the pain and change their actions? >> that's the million-dollar question. w long can they survive? certainly they're struggling a little bit. military is spread thin, running out of resources. so they're on the run. but part of the question of how long they'll survive will depend on how many allies do they have that will help them evade sanctions. how can they continue to get funding and, and how can they continue to get refined products which they need to keep the country running and to keep the army running. those thinere some of the things that really put a strangle hold on gadhafi in libya. with libya, we had a stronger sanctions regime, passed by the u.n.

she beat russian maria sharapova for the women's singles tennis title and hardly broke a sweat. 6-0, 6-1 was the final score. and michael phelps swam his last race today the 4 x 100 meter relay, team usa won. it is his fourth gold medal of these games and 18th gold medal overall. the u.s. also racked up a gold in women's five-meter rifle marksmanship. >>> you know, for folks visiting london right now it isn't all about watching the actual event. you can spend time checking out one of the houses that's set up by visiting countries who are sparing no expense to give athletes a refuge and show off a little bit, too. >> reporter: there's food, fashion, history, and art. the dutch have set up a party house in a centuries old palace and the germans, well, they literally cruised on it. for some countries it's a chance to let olympic athletes and v.i.p.s mingle amidst the comforts of home. >> welcome to usa house. at any given moment you could have our legend olympians in the space, an actual competing athlete or their family. >> not everybody gets to come here. >> well, this is meant as a r

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all the russian specialists have examined them and taken all the analysis. tomorrow, the full analysis will be finish and we will give our final conclusion about the condition of their health. >> reporter: the islamist sect was unearthed last week in a suburb of the city of kazan in russia's mainly muslim region during the investigation into militant groups. amid chance of defiance, police detained some of its members, including its reclusive 84-year-old leader. saying he refused to recognize russian laws or the authority of mainstream muslim leaders. the raid on the sect's house came amid a wider investigation into militant groups in the area. as i mentioned, following a number of high-profile attacks against leading muslim figures in the region. there is no suggestion, though that this bizarre sect is in any way connected. erin. >> thanks to matthew. very bizarre story. >>> well, still "outfront," nasa gets a big win billions of miles away and suffers a big loss much closer to home today. and next we see for the first time inside the temple where a gunman

band faith no more also showed their support in the russian capital and invited other pussy riot members on stage. iceland's bjorg dedicated a song. and also, a group peaches wrote one. behind the colorful masks and music and dancing is a serious issue, and one that was highlighted provocatively and disturbingly by this supporter in st. petersburg who sewed his lips together. >> phil black is joining us from moscow, and phil when you look at that man and you see the lips sewn together, that is expressing snag is passionate a -- expressing something that is passionate and emotional with this group and why has this resonated across the world, and why are people coming to their defense? >> it is an interesting question, suzanne. particularly given that it has happened at a time in that big opposition movement that we saw in the piece has subsided to some effect, and these three women are the face of opposing the kremlin and the president vladimire putin and for that reason the message and the predicament has resonated around the planet. they performed in a church on othis occasion, because

the rover is carrying an instrument that is being supplied by the russian space agency. it will be used to detect and measure hydrogen beneath the surface. the possible presence of hydrogen would indicate the possibility there could be water or ice beneath the surface. that their involvement there. you are right in saying that rush why's experience under getting to mars, or trying to get to mars, is considerable. they know just how difficult it is to stage a mission like this. they've been trying to do it, well for some deblg aides, now. it was a long standing priority of the soviet space mission to explore the red planet. they had some successes. they had more failures. and post soviet union, there were two significant attempts to get there as well. both were unsuccessful. the most recent in november last year, the spacecraft was designed to travel the furtherest moon of mars, land, collect a sample from the ground there, and then return to earth. it was hugely ambitious. it had been years in the planning. but the failure was really quite embarrassing. it was not long a

i haven't heard any recent statements about the russian federation. and on that morning, i just thought, you know, i know mr. romney. i've known him for many years. i consider him a friend. when he said that, i just said, think, mit, think. how can this now longer superpower country that accepts nuclear weapons, has its own internal problems. it's not going to be the soviet union again. so to consider it our major geostrategic foe seemed to me to be something that he needs to think through more carefully. and whether he had or whether it was the advice he got from some advisers i don't know. but i think if he really studies that question, as russia, a strategic, a geostrategic foe of the united states, i think the answer is no. it's a problem from time to time. we don't like all the policies that mr. putin has or some of the actions that he has taken. and we can debate that with him. we can argue with him. i'm sorry, the russian federation is not going to be an enemy of the united states in the military sense or a foe in the send of what one normally

all the russian specialists have examined them and taken all the analysis. tomorrow, the full analysis will be finish and we will give our final conclusion about the condition of their health. >> reporter: the islamist sect was unearthed last week in a suburb of the city of kasan in russia's mainly muslim region during the investigation into militant groups. amid chance of defiance, police detained some of its members, including its recluive 84-year-old leader. saying he refused to recognize russian laws or the authority of mainstream muslim leaders. the raid on the sect's house came amid a wider investigation into militant groups in the area. as i mentioned, following a number of high-profile attacks against leading muslim figures in the region. there is no suggestion, though that this bizarre sect is in any way connected. erin. >> thanks to matthew. very bizarre story. >>> well, still "outfront," nasa gets a big win billions miles away and suffers a big loss much closer to home today. and next we see for the first time inside the temple where a gunman shot

russian police discovered members of a rogue sect of islam living deep under ground. with more than 2 dozen children, some of whom had never seen daylight. their leader called himself a prophet which is against the teachings of islam. our matthew chance investigates. >> reporter: erin, an astonishing discovery in russia where an obscure islamist religious sect has been found to have forced its members, including children, to live underground for more than a decade. the authorities in russia have charged the sect leaders and taken the children described as dirty but in good health into care. russian police say 27 children, along with more than 30 adults, lived in dacat catacomb-like cells. some of the children had never seen the light of day. >> translator: the premises consist of cells without natural light located in the foundation and dug into the ground as it was said in the official report. not only adults were living on these premises but also children. >> reporter: at least 19 of the children, aged between 1 and 17 years old, were removed by the authorities. som

. >>> revenge for the russian rockers. computer hackers attacking the website of the moscow court that tried and convicted three members of a female punk rock band last week. they were sentenced to two years in prison for a song ridiculing president vladimir putin and the russian orthodox church. there are reports a russian offshoot of the group anonymous is claiming responsibility. >>> nasa space scientists in maryland may have a clue to the prehistoric past right at their feet. a dinosaur tracker says he believes he found a footprint on the goddard space flight center campus. the plant eater roamed suburben washington, d.c. about 110 million years ago. >> over the 110 million years you think they'd see the footprint? hey, look, it's here. >> you've got to always know what you're looking for. >>> 18 minutes after the hour. coming up, the drought could affect food prices much worse than we thought. and your steak wk , it may be t next victim. you're watching "early start." plaque quickly starts to grow back. but new crest

front, madonna's show of solidarity with a russian punk band on trial for hooliganism. at her concert last night. >> i think that these three girls, masia, katia, nadia, yes, i think that they have done something courageous. i think they have paid the price for this act. and i pray for their freedom. >> if prosecutors have their way, members of the band will go to jail for three years just for showing up in february where they as you can see performed an anti-government protest song. the three women spoke in court today, they called their trial medieval and a fraud. i spoke with a moscow correspondenand she was in the courtroom and i asked what she saw. >> today we had the closing arguments in the trial of pussy riot and the three women each gave their closing statements. since there is a widespread understanding inside russia that it's a political decision that will decide the verdict rather than any other sort of exercise of justice, they used it as a chance to make these vast statements, these manifestos about the political situation in russia today. >> and what was

. >>> three members of the all-girl russian punk band pussy riot have been convicted by a russian judge of hooliganism. they face a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison. the band had criticized russian president vladimir putin while performing in a church earlier this year. >>> a labor department survey finds 90% of singles who lost jobs in the economic downturn are now working. just 22% of married people who were job else have found work. part of the reason is singles tend to be younger, more flexible with relocating, and possibly more desperate to find work. >>> best video of the day, a monument now marks the spot where barack and michelle obama first kissed. it was where an ice cream shop once stood in 1989 in suburban chicago. that's hyde park. she was a chicago lawyer. he was a summer associate at the same firm. the monument was commissioned by owners of a nearby shopping center. that will get people to go there. >>> well, a few companies are as tied to their ceo as mark zuckerberg. the hoodie-wearing ceo became a billionaire many times over creating facebook. but he i

those who passionately align themselves with the russian orthodox church who feel the church and their faith have been offended by this and they want to see these women september to prison for a period of time. there are also members of the church who feel mercy for them they feel they've already served a punishment and they deserve to be leased. but there are those who back the women and those who feel very strongly and choosing to prosecute these women, the government, the system has inadvertently done them a favor, by highlight what is they believe are many of the things that are wrong with the government, with the judicial system in this country. >> and it is amazing. no doubt, as we say, maybe the name got itself around the world paying attention to this in a way it might not have. you're talking about video to someone who's been an opposition leader to vladimir putin. here, the blocker you're talking about is a prominent opposition leader here. i interviewed him in that office and we talked at the time about the possibility of him being targeted by surveillance, by bugs within th

the russians, very quick to respond to all this. sergei lavrof, the foreign minister, was in beijing at the time. here's what he had to say. all right. sergei, what he had to say was that they believed that unilateral military action or even the threat of it was outside the bounds of the united nations charter and international law. they don't want to see anything. we saw back tracking right here from damascus saying, wait a minute, we weren't saying that we had chemical weapons, with e we we were saying we would only use those types of weapons if a foreign force invaded us. you saw sharp reaction from the russians, perhaps reflecting chinese position, but certainly coming from damascus as well. >> there's a lot of division over this. the russian and chinese don't like to hear the kind of language they heard from president obama. tell us, what is the situation on the ground in syria? before we did see some movement. there actually was a lot of concern whether or not nuclear or chemical weapons were being moved in that country. >> re

front, madonna's show of solidarity with a russian punk band on trial for hooliganism. at her concert last night. >> i think that these three girls, masia, katia, nadia, yes, i think that they have done something courageous. i think they have paid the price for this act. and i pray for their freedom. >> if prosecutors have their way, members of the band will go to jail for three years just for showing up in february where they as you can see performed an anti-government protest song. the three women spoke in court today, they called their trial medieval and a fraud. i spoke with a moscow correspondent and she was in the courtroom and i asked what she saw. >> today we had the closing arguments in the trial of pussy riot and the three women each gave their closing statements. since there is a widespread understanding inside russia that it's a political decision that will decide the verdict rather than any other sort of exercise of justice, they used it as a chance to make these vast statements, these manifestos about the political situation in russia today. >> and what wa

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russian media reports say his followers lived in isolation, refusing to recognize russian laws or the authority of mainstream muslim leaders. isolation that allowed them to keep their activities literally underground. well, the raid on the sect has come amid a wider investigation to militant groups in the area. following a number of high profile attacks against leading muslim figures in the region, there's no suggestion that this bizarre sect is in any way connected. wolf. >> matthew chance reporting for us. what a story. thank you. >>> we're seeing more negative ads in new lines of attack between democrats and republicans every day. but it's the creative slams that are catching our attention. we're going inside the name-calling political style. and it's harrowing video, the view from inside the cockpit as a plane goes down. we have the story behind the dramatic video. that's coming up in our next hour. living, breathing intelligence helping business, do more business. in here, opportunities are created and protected. gonna need more wool! demand is instantly recognized and securely a

women's gymnastics team, routing the russians. really routed everybody on their way to the gold medal in team competition. michael phelps as well. big night for him, where he was able to cement his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his record-breaking 19th medal, adding another gold to his count. sebastian coe says he is not the greatest olympian of all time. what? zain verjee is in london for us this morning. all right, zain. what? yes, he is. i just said it. >> how dare he. >> why does he think he's not? >> well, that's the debate that is actually raging here, ok? look, on numbers, no one can take it away from michael phelps. he's got 19, and he's even got three more races. so he could even get more in numbers. so he's got that hands down. but what sebastian coe is saying he is the most successful but not the greatest. why? because he says swimming is a sport that offers so many different opportunities to get medals. and there's so many different relays that one individual can just continue to ra

they were found by russian police living below ground in a caticomb-like structure. the space, described as eight levels deep, lacking ventilation and natural light. police said the adults and children were members of a small secretive islamic sect. matthew chance is in london with more details on this disturbing story. do we know why they were living underground for so long? >> this was a very isolationist sect it seems according to the authorities that basically broke it up within the last 48 hours or so. they kept themselves -- to themselves in a very extreme way. only a couple of members of this islamist sect were permitted to have contact with the outside world at all to work as market traders, presumably to earn money so they could buy some kind of food for themselves. the vast majority of the community, the women and children and the majority of the men as well, were confined to this compound on the outskirts of kazan, which is a relatively big city of about 1.5 million people in western russia. it's because of that isolation, anderson, that the true extent of

they're going ready for a new science lab that's going up there on the russian side in 2012. ashlei ashleigh, this is the 135th, when it takes place, space walk from the international space station over the last deck case, 15 years or so. >> i don't care, it never gets old, zarrella. >> no, it did not. >> they have nerves of steel. thing about what it would take to step on out into space, no matter their gear. >>> my favorite space nerd, can i ask you about these incredible photographs, clear as though they were taken with your best nikon, from the mars curiosity. pardon the pun, they are out of this world. >> curiosity continues to be your most terrific nasa story out there. there's no question about it. over the weekend, went a bit unheralded. they used their kem cam, and zapped a rock by the laser. they hit it about 30 times with the tiny laser shot, and the plasma emitted is photographed by a telescope. they can analyze that rock, which which i named coronation rock, there's another image, coronation rock. another one they released was called the promised land. that's mt.

russian officials charged them with hooliganism. it's what it's called and today, a judge has found all three members of the band guilty and had sentenced them to two years in prison. this has sparked outright concern not only in russia, but right around the world. about freedom of speech in russia. phil black is outside the courthouse and joins us now live. two years in prison? are they kidding? >> no, they're not according to supporters, they think that's pretty steep. the performance only lasted an hour and 30 seconds. only got through one verse and one corious. could have been a lot worse. they could have been sentenced to seven years. the prosecutor asked they receive a three year sentence. they've been in custody for five months since they were arrested and through the the duration, so that will count against time served and it's possible it could be reduced further on appeal. so certainly a big chunk, but it could have been worse. >> we're having a bit of problems with your signal, but i think we got the gis of it. madonna al

. >> we have chose traditional russian shows and it includes dances and also have the kids' zone and also have coffee here with traditional russian food. >> reporter: a place to celebrate the olympics and to boost national pride. a little bit of home away from home. cara mclaughlin reporting from london. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> we begin with the latest on the deadly ebola virus in uganda. we know at least 16 people have died and 30 more are suspected of having the disease and are being treated. this is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world and there is no cure. earlier i spoke with dr. olympia de la rosa. she's the emergency coordinator for doctors without borders. she's on the ground in uganda and has been treating patients. i asked her if some of them can work through it and survive. >> yes, of course. in case in ebola outbreaks we don't speak of 100% mortality rates. we are speak of very high mortality rates and it can run from 50% to 90%, but there are survivors. in fact, in these outbreaks, the mortality we're facing is about 60%. this means there are

they were found by russian police living below ground in a caticome-like structure. the space, described as ght levels deep, lacking ventilation and natural light. police said the adults and children were members of a small secretive islamic sect. matthew chance. do we know why they were living underground for so long? >> this was a very isolationist sect it seems according to the authorities that basically broke it up within the last 48 hours or so. they kept themselves -- to themselves in a very extreme way. only a couple of members of this islamist sect were committed to have contact with the outside world at all to work as market traders, presumably to earn money so they could buy some kind of food for themselves. the vast majority the community, the women and children and the majority of the men as well, were confined to this compound on the outskirts of kazan, which is a relatively big city of about 1 1/2 million people in western russia. it's because of that isolation, anderson, that the true extent of what they were up to wasn't really identified, as you ment

. >>> the punk prayer landed three of the members in a russian prison, so two of the members of the band pussy riot, they are not taking their chance. they have left moscow to avoid prosecution. we are joined by phil black from moscow to explain and first of all, i want to remind the viewers what this is about. it is something that happened in february, five band members and the band pussy riot performed a song that is critical of vladimire putin which happened in an orthodox church. three of the members were caught, and do we know what happened to the other two band members? >> well, suzanne, pussy riot has acknowledged five members who took part in the punk prayer as you say was moscow's main cathedral and performed a song calling for the virgin mary to free russia of vladimire putin and three members were arrested shortly thereafter, and the members of the band always thought they knew the identities of the women, but decided to prosecute three of them. the other two have been keeping a low profile and part because they did not want to an ttagoni the authorities and to in spite change

they were found by russian police living below ground in a caticome-like structure. the space, described as eight levels deep, lacking ventilation and natural light. police said the adults and children were members of a small secretive islamic sect. matthew chance. do we know why they were living underground for so long? >> this was a very isolationist sect it seems according to the authorities that basically broke it uwithin the last 48 hours or so. they kept themselves -- to themselves in a very extreme way. only a couple of members of this islamist sect were committed to have contact with the outside world at all to work as market traders, presumably to earn money so they could buy some kind of food for themselves. the vast majority of the community, the women and children and the majority of the men as well, were confined to this compound on the outskirts of kazan, which is a relatively big city of about 1 1/2 million people in western russia. it's because of that isolation, anderson, that the true extent of what they were up to wasn't really identified, as you m

they were found by russian police living below ground in a catty com-like structure. the spashce, described as eight levels deep, lacking ventilation and natural light. police said the adults and children were members of a small secretive islamic sect. matthew chance. do we know why they were living underground for so long? >> this was a very isolationist sect it seems according to the authorities that basically broke it up within the last 48 hours or so. they kept themselves -- to themselves in a very extreme way. only a couple of members of this islamist sect were committed to have contact with the outside world at all to work as market traders, presumably to earn money so they could buy some kind of food for themselves. the vast majority of the community, the women and children and the majority of the men as well, were confined to this compound on the outskirts of kazan, which is a relatively big city of about 1 1/2 million people in western russia. it's because of that isolation, andersonthat the true extent of what they were up to wasn't really identified, as you

segment back to the russian segment to provide power for a module they'll put up in the future. the only big thing is wearing that big emu or space suit that you saw pretty up front and close. that's still a little bit hard to work in and that's why we work out pretty much a lot every day while we're on the space station to make sure we're physically ready to do the spacewalk. >> that is a perfect transition, being physically ready. you and i also have decided to do this triathlon together mid september, the malibu triathlon. you're going to do it in space. it was one of the most fascinating things for me to watch you train. you've done the boston marathon before from space back in 2007 i believe. how is your training going? what's it like up there? >> well, you know, the adaptation is great for space. up here everything feels a little bit easier. you just saw him floating by. it just takes one hand to move yourself. but then when you start simulating gravity, you get on the treadmill and you have a harness on pulling you down or you get on the weight lifting machine and you're

. >> these men, we know, one believed to be turkish, one believed to be russian, chechnyan. do we know which cells specifically the police believe they had ties to? >> the spanish are saying this group may have been had ties to a pakistani militant group called lashkar-e-tayyiba. this is the group responsible for the 2008 mumbai attacks when almost 200 people were killed. it is not a group that has launched a plot yet against the west, and this may be the first instance of that. it's a very powerful jihadist group based in pakistan. so if that link is concerned with, it will be of deep concern to u.s. counterterrorism officials, brooke. >> and it sounds in terms of planning, paul, that the suspects had information on remote-controlled planes, they were even learning about paragliding, motorized paragliding. isn't that a new tactic? we've seen attempts, obviously, on planes, cargo planes, but what about, you know, paragliding. how would they have pulled that off? >> that's right, brooke. from what we're hearing from sources close to the investigation, they were actually getti

russians have very much been tuning in and weighing in about just how they should be punished. many believe that -- >> phil, i'm going to interrupt you there because we are losing your audio. you're cutting in and out. but you're saying that essentially they are facing seven years now. that they have been found guilty. and we will know soon exactly what is their punishment. seven years would be on the high end of a very severe sentence. vladimir putin himself has actually put out calls to lessen -- you know, not so tough because a lot of the backlash, what was sort of a domestic story in russia has become an international story with major rockers weighing in on behalf of the women. and it's become very messy certainly from a p.r. perspective for him. so that's been very problematic. we'll continue to watch that story develop and figure out what their sentences are as well. >>> still ahead this morning, our "tough call," the story of a 12-year-old boy in texas. he's been told he's too big to play peewee football. is it fair? the kid is 6 feet tall and weighs nearly 300 pounds. i

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segment back to the russian segment to provide power for a module they'll put up in the future. the only big thing is where that big emu or space suit that you saw up front and close, that's still hard to work in, and that's why we work out pretty much a lot, every day, while we're here up on the space station to make sure we're physically ready to do the spacewalk. >> that's a perfect transition, being physically ready. you and i also have decided to do this triathlon together in september in malibu. you're going to do it in space. i'm going to do it on earth. it was one of the most fascinating things for me to watch you train on earth. and you've done the boston marathon from space, i believe, back in 2007. how is your training going? >> the adeptation is great for space. up here, everything feels a little bit easier. but then when you start simulating gravity, and you have a harness pulling you down, or on the weight lifting machine and you're doing squats and dead lifts against a weight based on vacuum, it hurts. so this first two weeks, we've sort of used as a just get used

they were also members of the russian orthodox church. this is why russia's religious were offended. a 30-second performance praying for president vladimir putin to go. the judgment took three hours to read. and throughout, there was little doubt it would find them guilty. the judge referred to the behavior insulting and disrespectful to the church and all of russia's faithful. criticized their short skirts and high kicks and said they were motivated by hatred for religion. she ruled they remain a danger to society and sentenced them to two years. the women smiled but looked a little stunned as people in the court shouted shame. outside, much of the crowd also reacted angrily. this woman was clearlynspired by the example. the police waited for her to come down until she pulled on a pink cap. the women's families were in court. the father said his innocent daughter was being sent to jail. one of the husbands said he wasn't surprised by the outcome despite vladimir putin saying he hoped they wouldn't be punished harshly. >> two years of pri

the russians jumping in saying they and the chinese are adamantly aposed to u.s. unilateral military action to intervene in syria, saying that would violate both u.n. and international law. you see a lot of sides reacting to what the president had to say. clearly his sharpest most pointed statement on this subject to date. back to you. >> no doubt, john mccain has been advocating for more presence there and particularly troop presence there. let's talk about the humanitarian aid. there's a lot of talk about aid being sent but what actually reaches the people there could be different. can you tell us about that? >> well, we talk with the free syrian army's representatives, they would say very, very little is arriving to assist the people on the ground inside syria, yes, camps have been set up in northern iraq, in turkey, aid is reaching those groups. many more people though have fled to unofficial sites they are staying with families and in very poor areas of lebanon, jordan and other countries in the region seeking shelter there. they are afraid to give their name

>> well, we don't often get a look at the russian side of the space station, and most of the time when we see the space walks, it is the u.s. guysb and briefly on the live pictures and some of the tape are two of them outside, and they are moving a handheld crank. a handheld crane out of the way, and moving it to another location, and then they are going to put in a shield for some micro meteorite deflection, because even the tiny, tiny specks flying through space at 12,000 miles an hour can put a horrible hole in the space station, so they are working to put up a deflector out there as well, and they are doing the stuff for the arrival in 2013 of a new science module that they are going to put up on the russian side. so it's pretty interesting to see the, you know, the russian team out there, and you know, suzanne, this is the 135th space walk from the international space station and hard to believe there are that many. >> you have covered most of those. >> yes. >> and tell us about the conditions of of the guys there, because they are in a situation to not go to the bathroom or eat o

two of them believed to be chechn chechnyan, or of russian decent. they didn't have any identification papers on them when they were arrested. they were on a bus traveling north, but they put up a ferocious resistance to being arrested when they were caught. how close were they to being caught isn't clear. but these two men on the bus had both had training in afghanistan or pakistan jihadi camps and are believed to be affiliated with the terrorist group lashkar-e-tayyiba, so these men very, very well trained in explosives and weapons according to spanish officials. >> so they're in spain. this is where they're caught, in southern spain. were they planning on attacking spain, other parts of europe, somehow targeting the u.s.? do we know? >> what the spanish are saying right now is they think that these men were trying some kind of aerial attack. the police said they had some kind of light aerial flight manuals. another source is telling us that the police were saying that they were going to fly a motorized paraglider into a joint spanish u.s. naval ba

you have two russian cosmonauts. here you see they are spending six and a half hours in space. they are installing debris shields and deploying a small science satellite. a commander and flight engineer performing the spice walk with a six member international crew. it includes space travelers from the u.s. and japan. i want to go to my fellow space geek with the details there from miami. the morning it was delayed. what happened? >> about an hour and a half delay. he's the only one of the two that's wearing a helmet cam. usually both have them but in this case it's only one. they had a problem sealing an air lock hatch in between a couple of the compartments. they had to work through that. it delayed them about an hour and a half. they are out there now. they've opinion working a good three and a half hours and expected to be outside accomplishing those missions over a period of about six and a half hours. another three hours to go. >> let's talk x i want to move off of that, let's talk about mars curiosity. we're still waiting for curiosity to head toward mount sharp. >> firs

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