it started with the suicide of a vegetable seller in tunisia. then libya started, egypt started and so forth. egypt was over in 18 days. but you know, libya, was the only true revolution. the leader of tunisia, it was as if he hijacked the state for a while and then now he is not in power. and then in egypt, the real powers haven't changed that much. in libya, everything was thrown up in the air. gaddafi was like the spider at the center of the web. the revolution cut the web away, and then there was nothing. it is year zero in libya. let me go back to how i got here. i have been in egypt and then we went over the border to libya. i say we because i am a television reporter and was with a producer and with cameras present. we saw on the walls of the border, a big sign in english that said welcome to free libya. there was a young man there who was perfect. he looked just like rambo. he had long brown hair, he had a bandanna, a vendor of bullets around them. he seemed to be our guide. we drove up, which is in eastern months on 10 city. one of the

his inspiration of tunisia. these moments in time, whether it is tunisia, egypt, the occupy movement in the u.s., they serve as important for actions -- as important functions of breaking the spell. but they aren't living at the end of history. the idea that change cannot happen. that we are stuck with whatever system we have, with whatever leader we have. in these moments with the spell was broken and you find out that a mass movement can change things. things. it also breaks the light of this great man theory of history. this idea that martin luther king or john f. kennedy jr. is responsible for the civil-rights movement. that is one person and that it ignores the masses of people. the fact that there is no one person in egypt, no one person and that the tunisia, of course we know of certain key figures in both those cases but this idea that there is a mass of people coming together. that is so important to be aware of that and open to that. and to hold on to these moments that open us up to looking at history

we heard in an e-mail from a user in tunisia. he is now the interior minister of youth and sports in tunisia. we found out how they were using twitter to organize protests until everyone where to meet. it kind of washes over you. it is nothing we anticipated or planned for or did anything to promote. it has all been us reacting to how people have used it. >> have you had difficult decisions? i know you said been called by the state department. what tough decisions have you had to make now that twitter has become such a political tool? >> there have been a bunch. we are blocked in iran and china. you have to make lots of decisions about what you will and will not do in those kinds of places. we remained blocked in iran and china. there are people in china who use it. >> what are you doing to push back? >> we are not going to go there in way we would have to go into the country to provide access to the government censors. we're not going to do that. with the new government, it will be much worse for a time. it will be worse for the

a landmark 1956 law granted women full equality in tunisia, but the governing islamist party want to replace its. women fear their status will be degraded. >> our goal is to make it clear, women did not just complement men. they are independent and equal. we are hard-working citizens, and we will never accept being referred to as mayor lee complementary to men. >> -- complementary to men. >> after the revolution, everything is moving in tunisia, and we have many new political movements that were not here before. those movements threatening women's rights. so now we're here to defend them. >> some men also joined the demonstration. during their march through the capital, protesters called on the government to focus instead on more pressing problems like unemployment and regional development. >> well, with its growing islamic population, the northern german city of hamburg has hammered out an agreement with muslim groups that is designed to promote integration. >> at the center of the agreement promoting respect for women, and in return, city a third is the promise to take into account

we didn't -- we sort of found out what was going on in too tunisia via e-mail. he is now the interior minister. you have to start somewhere, i guess. we sort of found out how they were using twitter to organize protests and tell everyone where to meet. so it's kind of washing over you. it's nothing we anticipated or planned for or were even do anything to promote. it's all been us reacting to how people have used it. >> have you had difficult decisions wn you say being called on the state department, i assume it was partly eric coauthor of the crowd to call you. what tough decisions have you had to make now that twitter has become such a [inaudible] tool in this world? >> there have been a bunch. we are locked in iran and china. you have to -- you know, as eric well familiar with. you have to make lots of decisions about what you will and won't do in those kinds of lace. places. we remain blocked? iran and china. there are . >> what will you do in china to push back? >> we're not going to go there in the way we would to go into the country now. provide access to

men return to the basketball court -- the american team defeated tunisia. american gymnasts achieve what they set out to do, gold medalir first since 1996. were favored to strong performances sealed the deal. was a bull's-eye for vincent hancock, who won the skeet cmopetition. tom rivers, abc news. >> here are the total medals. china and the u.s. are tied, but gold while the u.s. has nine. is next overall, with 13 total, followed by france with south korea with eight medals so far. for cubach good news gutting jr.. orleans police department has issued an arrest after he was -- he aggravated when other bar to take photos. the bartender said he pushed her twice. his representatives have not commented. >> it is hard being snoop dogg. he says he was born again during visit to jamaica, so he is snoop lion. name to he is releasing a reggae album in the fall. has nothing to do with promoting the album, i am sure. it does not quite have the same ring. >> 70 degrees outside. still ahead, do you want to be the first to know who mitt [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer

the tunisia team ended. i want to tell you my favorite olympic moment. let's go back to saturday, august 4, in the early morning hours, it was the middle of the day in london and the kour ages team electricity lithuanians. they took an improbable shocking 84-82 lead. the entire country believed anything was possible at that moment. >> then lebron took over and united states won. inspiring. >> you were rooting against your brothers from america. >> i was rooting for the und underdog. >> there's nothing more american than routing for america. >> go ahead, summer. >> you were rooting for a good game. wi want to see that in the olympics, especially in basketball and they definitely gave them a good game and it was a wakeup call and that's when team usa said, okay, we do have to bring our a-game, and they were really determined to bring the gold medal. there was a disgrace when they didn't and remember what it felt like. the fact that that was on the line was so great. lithuan lithuania, when you were cheering for them, did you cheer for the woman who brought

this goes from tunisia to burma and many places in between. take, for example, egypt, which i visited two weeks ago. i had a very emotional, personal conversation with christians who are anxious about what the future holds for them and their country. what egypt and other countries decide it will have a major impact on the lives of their people and will go a long way toward determining whether these countries are able to achieve democracy. this is an issue that transcends religious divide. all faiths have a stake in defending an expanding religious freedom. i feel strongly about this. because i have seen firsthand how religious freedom is an essential element of human dignity and of secure, thriving societies. it has been linked with economic development and stability. and it creates a climate in which people from different religions can move beyond distrusted work together to solve their shared problems. i have also seen how the opposite operates. the absence of religious freedom can create a climate of fear and suspicion that weakens the soci

also kept watchers apprise apprised of a hurricane in new orleans along with the exchange rates in tunisia. >> the worst things for a republican is the split screen of partisan speeches as people are being evacuated. >> jon: really? not only do i not think that would be with the worst thing in the world for republicans, i don't think that is the worst human evacuation based split screen for republicans. >> this convention will come to order. [bar noises] ♪ swing music plays ♪ >> jon: wow! wow! welcome back! i'm sorry. i am exhausted. i just gave myself a lap dance. it is not as easy as it sounds. as you may know, last week before we got to tampa, there was a bit of an uproar cause bid the republican senate candidate in the great state of missouri, an interesting position on the question of pregnancies resulting from rape. >> first of all, at that what i understand from doctors that is really rare, if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> jon: stop it. that is science. >> it is so true, the female body is amazing. did you know that th

also kept watchers apprise apprised of a hurricane in new orleans along with the exchange rates in tunisia. >> the worst things for a republican is the split screen of partisan speeches as people are being evacuated. >> jon: really? not only do i not think that would be with the worst thing in the world for republicans, i don't think that is the worst human evacuation based split screen for republicans. >> this convention will come to order. >> jon: wow! wow! welcome back! i'm sorry. i am exhausted. i just gave myself a lap dance. it is not as easy as it sounds. as you may know, last week before we got to tampa, there was a bit of an uproar cause bid the republican senate candidate in the great state of missouri, an interesting position on the question of pregnancies resulting from rape. >> first of all, at that what i understand from doctors that is really rare, if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> jon: stop it. that is science. >> it is so true, the female body is amazing. did you know that the human vagina -- besides being able to

for example, this recent revolution in tunisia. it is logistically impossible. so instead, our organization delegates its excess source material to other journalists who will have more impact and who will do a better job. >> there is an element of the press--most of the mainstream press--nobody wants to see you prosecuted. because it could affect the way that they do their business. but there's also a feeling within the community that you're not one of them, that you play a different game. >> we do play a different game. and i hope we're a new way. >> the point that they're making, i think, is that you're not a--you're a publisher, but you're also an activist. >> wait, whoa. we're a particular type of activist. in the u.s. context, there seems to be communist activists or something, so it's a-- >> right, agitator. >> it's a dirty word in the u.s. >> it's a dirty word. and people think that what you're trying to do is to sabotage the workings of government. >> no. we're not that type of activists. we are free press activists. it's not about saving the whales. it'

i do think it played a role in leading people in tunisia and egypt to look at some of the cables and see what people already knew in their gut the soccer field in wikileaks about the alliances between u.s. foreign policy with the most repressive elements in those countries. let's hope that changes as the uprisings continue. anytime you can learn more about what is being done in our name, it is critical. that is part of what transparency is about. the freedom of information act is still not working well under the obama administration. some of that is pos/t 9/11. in los war will lead to a decline in information transparency access. anytime you can have less sequence -- secrecy, that is good. less secrecy is needed. it was handled at the outset by partnering with newspapers like "the guardian," traditional newspapers of distinction. wikileaks released documents around the world to newspapers in india, haiti, the middle east, latin america. it has had an impact in countries we do not know enough about. we're doing a project with six editors in latin america to look at how wikileaks has p

>> first, they have come to power in tunisia and egypt. the obama administration has notified the egyptian generals, listen, you better turn over power to the muslim brotherhood or we're going to cut off u.s. aid. i'm not saying obama caused the arab spring but i'm saying he is acted quite vigorously. to reduce american influence, to weaken, mubarak was clearly an american ally. who can deny the muslim brotherhood is the largest organization of radical islam in the world. >> right, but suggesting that he's not very worried about radical muslims acquiring a nuclear bomb. i mean, that is an absolute load of phooey, isn't it? >> first of all, we're talking about obama's motives. they can only be inferred by looking at his actions. if you look at obama's actions, what has he done to prevent iran from getting a nuclear bomb? every several months there are reports iran gets closer, closer, closer. the israelis are in panic about it. but obama seems unconcerned. obama's energy and efforts have been focused on slashing america's -- >> out of inter

they played tunisia and they won big time. you'd expect that. but this you might not expect. after the game, one of the players of tunisia humbly pulled out a sharpie, took off the shoe and had kobe bryant sign it. he obliged. >>> we move now from the fields, the courts and the pools of play to the kitchen feeding the fans. sue, go ahead. >> indeed, we do. and kelly evans joins us, she's live in london with a great story for us. hi, kelly. >> reporter: sue, hi. you know, ahead of the games so much of the focus was here on security around olympic park but, you know, today's the safety of food that's increasingly in focus. thousand loaves of bread. 19,000 gallons of milk and 250 tons of eggs will be served to the athletes in olympic village in these games. overall, 14 million meals will be served at olympic park this summer. u.s. bio tech company life technologies does the bulk of its business in dna coding but here in london the company's machines are being used to test for bacteria like salmonella in the food served to both athletes and visitors. the company provided a simila

also kept watchers apprise apprised of a hurricane in new orleans along with the exchange rates in tunisia. >> the worst things for a republican is the split screen of partisan speeches as people are being evacuated. >> jon: really? not only do i not think that would be with the worst thing in the world for republicans, i don't think that is the worst human evacuation based split screen for republicans. >> this convention will come to order. #l#l,x >> jon: wow! wow! welcome back! i'm sorry. i am exhausted. i just gave myself a lap dance. it is not as easy as it sounds. as you may know, last week before we got to tampa, there was a bit of an uproar cause bid the republican senate candidate in the great state of missouri, an interesting position on the question of pregnancies resulting from rape. >> first of all, at that what i understand from doctors that is really rare, if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> jon: stop it. that is science. >> it is so true, the female body is amazing. did you know that the human vagina -- besides being

team usa defeated tunisia, giving them their second win in a row. american women gymnasts achieved what they set out to do. flipping, spinning and soaring their way to a gold medal, the first since 1996. and it wasn't even close. the americans were favored to win. but superstrong performances from top-to-bottom sealed the deal. and it was a bull's eye for vince vincent hancock. he struck gold, giving the u.s. a sweep, after kimberly roadie won the women's competition. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> as tom said, michael phelps' 19 medals make him the king of the olympics. no athlete has ever won in a many. >> and phelps shattered a record that stood for 48 years. a gymnast for the former soviet union. and between the 1956, 1960 and 1964 games, she hauled in 18 medals. she's now 77 years old. and she was actually on-hand in london to see michael phelps eclipse her great achievement. look at that. >> what a great moment in olympic history. very cool that she was there. >>> also, the investigation is on into an olympic badminton controversy that is bo

team usa defeated tunisia, giving them their second win in a row. american women gymnasts achieved what they set out to do. flipping, spinning and soaring their way to a gold medal, the first since 1996. and it wasn't even close. the americans were favored to win. but superstrong performances from top-to-bottom sealed the deal. and it was a bull's eye for vince vincent hancock. he struck gold, giving the u.s. a sweep, after kimberly roadie won the women's competition. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> as tom said, michael phelps' 19 medals make him the king of the olympics. no athlete has ever won in a many. >> and phelps shattered a record that stood for 48 years. a gymnast for the former soviet union. and between the 1956, 1960 and 1964 games, she hauled in 18 medals. she's now 77 years old. and she was actually on-hand in london to see michael phelps eclipse her great achievement. look at that. great moment in olympic history. very cool that she was there. >>> also, the investigation is on into an olympic badminton controversy that is boiling over

in the same in tunisia. and just same from our c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense ministry center france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario possible no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the reut i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so philip for the moment you are just kidding kidding and this. bomb stuffed all bombs. and no mercy here for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's not the main

in the same in tunisia. and just same tomorrow on c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense minister who said the france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the reut i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that it's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have just kidding after hitting and this. bomb soft of bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of the demo of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's

in the same in tunisia. and just same tomorrow in syria yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense minister he said the france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the roads i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have just kidding after killing and this. bomb stuffed up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of the demo of course you have a parliame

in the same in tunisia. and the same tomorrow in syria yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense ministry center france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone actually very clearly no one in the leaders of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the roads i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that it's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have just kidding after killing and this. bomb stepped up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of the demo of course you have a pr

team usa defeated tunisia, giving them their second win in a row. american women gymnasts achieved exactly what they set out to do. flipping, spinning and soaring their way to a gold medal, the first since 1996. and it wasn't even close. the americans were favored to win. but superstrong performances from top-to-bottom sealed the deal. and it was a bull's eye for vincent hancock. he struck gold in the men's skeet competition, his second straight, giving the u.s. a sweep, after kimberly won the women's competition. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> as tom said, michael phelps' 19 medals make him the king of the olympics. no athlete has ever won in a many. >> and phelps shattered a record that stood for 48 years. 48 years. now, larisa latynina was a gymnast for the former soviet union. and between the 1956, 1960 and 1964 games, she hauled in 18 medals. she's now 77 years old. and she was actually on-hand in london to see michael phelps eclipse her great achievement. look at that. >> what a great moment in olympic history. very cool that she was there.

team usa crushing tunisia, 110-63. it was actually only a 13-point game at halftime. but the third quarter was not pretty. they opened the third, team usa, with a 21-3 rally. they get nigeria wednesday. >>> women's soccer, team usa getting a 1-0 victory over. >> nick:. th north korea. they move into the knockout round. the quarterfinals, they get new zealand on friday. they outplayed north korea the entire game. only put one in the back of the net. that's all they needed. >>> here's the story i told you about at the top of the show. badminton, teams from china, indonesia and south korea, charged with trying to throw matches. watch this. intentionally hitting it into the net time after time or letting the shuttlecock drop or hitting it wide on purpose. why? everybody's trying to avoid this chinese tandem, the number one pairing in the world. they don't want to be on the same side in the bracket. they want to at least make it to the gold medal game before they have to see them throwing the matches. the umpire eventually came out and warned them that they would both be d

for the quarterfinals from second place rather than first should be usa when their fixture against tunisia. now elsewhere it is a sweeter because you doubted me those are the words of you saying bolt after the jamaican sprinter successfully defended his one hundred metres crown on sunday evening the most anticipated event at the games was billed as jamaica versus the united states bolt and compared to a yohan blake aiming to show their superiority over the usa pairing of justin gatlin and tyson gang on despite a less than stellar start it was bold to cross the line in an olympic record time of nine point six three seconds like silver while gatlin. typing offense secure. i came here thirty five my legend my legend c. and i started out good stuff happy myself now. no not to push our people to go to work hard what is this whole experience me it's a great experience for me it's one of the crowd it's just amazing i knew was going to be going to record my name to be here what you would think to be the energy there is just wonderful now the chairman of the london twenty organizing committee in or

the quarter finals from second place rather than first should the usa win their picture later against tunisia. so gold in the gymnastics added to sunday's gold in the wrestling means russia are slowly working their way up the medals table winding up all of sunday's action has andrew farmer. ramon blastoff winning gold in greco-roman seventy four kilogram category beating armenia's arson and points to add to his world title and before that russian minion semyonov took bronze in a fifty five kilogram section so not a bad day on the mat overall russian now have four gold medals it might not sound like an awful lot with just a week to go but russian olympic chiefs remain calm and confident. everything is going according to our medal at the same stage in beijing we had five gold and twenty three medals overall so the results are pretty much the same four years ago we had twenty three gold. by the end of the games so our aim is to gain at least as many again well russia did come within touching distance of another gold medal weightlifter tatiana broke our own world record in the snatch to lead the

in the same in tunisia. and just same from our c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense ministry center france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the roads i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that it's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment where the just kidding after killing and this. bomb stuffed up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's not the m

in the same in tunisia. and just seen from our c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense ministry center france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i can he very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the reut i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we'll see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that it's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have just kidding after hitting and this. bomb stepped up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of the of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's not the m

in the same in tunisia. and just same from our c.n.n. yes we're looking at the syrian crisis it is complicated and it's far from over and we've heard the last of turkey talking about starting a no fly zone and we've also heard from the french defense minister he said the france is willing to help in looking at this effort do you think this is where it's headed a similar reagan scenario is a no fly zone i tell you very clearly no one. of the western world the one the one to go in syria but maybe at one point it would be in both even to avoid the roads i don't think so but it's possible if we go into syria i think it would be a nightmare. but we see. for the moment we don't see any clear. evolution in syria it seems that's clearly the government going to two in. particular tools. so to look for the moment you have just kidding after killing and this. bomb stepped up bombs. and no mercy for consideration because of the base of the problem you don't have the problem of dimock of course you have a problem of democrats and so yes but it's not

people into the streets in both tunisia and egypt and which we saw here with the occupy movement you were just i believe you're in court today and this is about the n.b.a. issues that you've been challenging so far have been successful at challenging the indefinite provision in the n.b.a. you've talked about the indefinite provision as well as the the data that's being collected on all americans in utah through the n.s.a. and things like that as a means to criminalize dissent. why is it necessary for the elite today to begin creating mechanisms to criminalize dissent. well you talk about indefinite detention and i was in court today for the final hearing in our challenge our lawsuit against barack obama and leon panetta federal judge catherine forrest had issued a temporary injunction this was the last day. in which both sides presented briefs to see whether or not she will issue a permanent injunction section ten twenty one allows the military to seize american citizens hold them in military facilities including our offshore pealed penal colonies without due process and in the langu

to the atrocities in bahrain and you know what they want is what anyone else wants like in egypt or tunisia i mean the brand of american democracy is undermined when you have hypocrisy like that. yeah and i think you highlight one of the tensions and soft power right in an era of global media transparency when international actors can monitor what you do those kinds of actions which i think are at cross purposes with other efforts to promote soft power really undermine efforts of soft power but i don't think this is actually unique to the united states and i think this also highlights a problem with soft power as a tool of statecraft you know we talked about today about this the idea of using soft power to promote the society to promote culture right but it doesn't necessarily. mean it's not really that useful very often in short term kinds of exercises. and in terms of achieving a specific foreign policy outcome on a very short timetable exchange programs long term public diplomacy the promotion of society through pop culture these all have i think positive outcomes in the long term but th

blind eye to the atrocities in bahrain and what they want is what anyone else wants like in egypt or tunisia i mean the brand of american democracy is undermined when you have hypocrisy like that. yeah and i think you highlight one of the tensions and soft power right in an era of global media transparency when international actors can monitor what you do those kinds of actions which i think are at cross purposes with other efforts to promote soft power really undermine efforts of soft power but i don't think this is actually unique to the united states and i think this also highlights a problem with soft power as a tool of statecraft you know we talked about today about this the idea of using soft power to promote the society to promote culture right but it doesn't necessarily. mean it's not really that useful very often in short term kinds of exercises. and in terms of achieving a specific foreign policy outcome on a very short timetable exchange programs long term public diplomacy the promotion of society through pop culture these all have i think positive outcomes in the long term but th

into the streets in both tunisia and egypt and which we saw here with the occupy movement you were just i believe you're in court today and this is about the n.b.a. issues that you've been challenging so far have been successful at challenging the indefinite provision in the n.b.a. you've talked about the indefinite provision as well as the the data that's being collected on all americans in utah through the n.s.a. and things like that as a means to criminalize dissent. why is it necessary for the elite today to begin creating mechanisms to criminalize dissent. well you talk about indefinite detention and i was in court today for the final hearing in our challenge our lawsuit against barack obama and leon panetta federal judge catherine forrest had issued a temporary injunction this was the last day. in which both sides presented briefs to see whether or not she will issue a permanent injunction section ten twenty one allows the military to seize american citizens hold them in military facilities including our offshore pealed penal colonies without due process and in the language of the

to the atrocities in bahrain and you know what they want is what anyone else wants like in egypt or tunisia i mean the brand of american democracy is undermined when you have hypocrisy like that. yeah and i think you highlight you know one of the tensions and soft power right in an era of global media transparency when international actors can monitor what you do those kinds of actions which i think are at cross purposes with other efforts to promote soft power really undermine efforts of soft power but i don't think this is actually unique to the united states and i think this also highlights a problem with soft power as a tool of statecraft you know we've talked about today about this the idea of using soft power to promote the society to promote culture right but it doesn't necessarily it's good but it's not really that useful very often in short term kinds of exercises. and in terms of achieving a specific foreign policy outcome on a very short timetable exchange programs long term public diplomacy the promotion of society through pop culture these all have i think positive outcomes in

american men returned to the basketball court, team usa defeated tunisia. america's women gymnasts achieved what they set out to do. flipping, spinning, soaring their way to a gold medal, their first since 1996. it wasn't close. the americans were favored to win. super strong performances top to bottom sealed the deal. and it was a bull's eye for vincent hancock, he struck gold in the men's escondido competition. his second straight, giving the u.s. a sweep after kimberly rhode won the competition. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> oh, skeet-skeet. >> it's hard skeeting. >> ha-ha. >>> let's check the medal table. >> oh, yeah. china and u.s. still tied at the top. both now have 23 total. but china has won four more golds than america has. japan, they're in third with 13. >> skeeting. skeet, i don't know. >> oh, skeet-skeet. >>> well, getting back to michael phelps. president obama chimed in with his congratulations. he took to twitter. >> mr. obama tweeted congratulations to michael phelps for breaking the all time olympic medical record the you've made your

men's basketball was a blowout when team usa played tunisia. kobe bryant even signed an autograph for a tunisian player post-game. memorable moment for team usa gymnastics. the american women won the team gold. the gymnastics team that won back in 1996 was called the magnificent seven. this time around the women are called the fab five. >> whose record did michael phelps beat? >> it was a russian gymnast, larisa latynina. is 77 and was in the stands when michael phelps broke her record. >> thank you so much. teammates were' cheering him on from baltimore. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> pretty exciting watching this amazing athlete get 19 medals. pretty amazing. people were so exciting they could not wait for it to appear on tv. michael phelps has swam his way into the record books. his home-town pool club couldn't wait for his races to air live on tv. they crammed around a computer to watch him shatter a world record. >> very exciting. it was very loud. a lot of the kids are screaming and yelling. every time they saw michael or alison on t

to the atrocities in bahrain and you know what they want is what anyone else wants like in egypt or tunisia i mean the brand of american democracy is undermined when you have hypocrisy like that. yeah and i think you highlight you know one of the tensions in soft power right in an era of global media transparency when international actors can monitor what you do those kinds of actions which i think are at cross purposes with other efforts to promote soft power really undermine efforts of soft power but i don't think this is actually unique to the united states and i think this also highlights a problem with soft power as a tool of statecraft you know we talked about today about this the idea of using soft power to promote the society to promote culture right but it doesn't necessarily. mean it's not really that useful very often in short term kinds of exercises. and in terms of achieving a specific foreign policy outcome on a very short timetable exchange programs long term public diplomacy the promotion of society through pop culture these all have i think positive outcomes in the long ter

african democracies like zambia and botswana can play in supporting the newest democracies, egypt, tunisia, south sudan, and others. they are looking for advice and models. you can point to a university like this one that insisted on the freedom to teach whomever and however they saw fit. you can point to the independent trade union that stood up for workers' rights and the civil society groups that provided the legal counsel. you can point to the courageous journalists who insisted on telling the truth, it even when it invited the government's wrath. here in africa, the international community has made it clear that the people of zimbabwe deserve the right to have their voices and folks heard and counted in a free and fair election. thanks to the efforts of the president along with zimbabwe's civil society, a draft of a new constitution is nearly complete. now, at the same leaders can help accelerate progress towards finalizing and adopting the resolution. holding a free and fair election, monitored by the international community. [applause] if zimbabwe's leaders meet these commitments, t

african democracies like zambia and botswana can play in supporting the newest democracies, egypt, tunisia, south sudan, and others. they are looking for advice and models. you can point to a university like this one that insisted on the freedom to teach whomever and however they saw fit. you can point to the independent trade union that stood up for workers' rights and the civil society groups that provided the legal counsel. you can point to the courageous journalists who insisted on telling the truth, it even when it invited the government's wrath. here in africa, the international community has made it clear that the people of zimbabwe deserve the right to have their voices and folks heard and counted in a free and fair election. thanks to the efforts of the president along with zimbabwe's civil society, a draft of a new constitution is nearly complete. now, at the same leaders can help accelerate progress towards finalizing and adopting the resolution. holding a free and fair election, monitored by the international community. [applause] leaders meet these commitments, the united stat

play tunisia? 110-63. >> ding, ding, ding. >> you're in the competition, certainly watching other players. you know they're walking on to the court with some swagger. you know they're going to be good. but some of the nigerian top players were trash talking. we don't have any reason to be overwhelmed. probably not the real accent. >> let me get you involved in this. as a cultural critic, what does this say about american culture? >> the headline is not that we added more points. the headline should be, what if we did add more points and and a question mark at the end of that? and you know i would add a question mark because i'm a published author. >> what does that mean? >> mine is not to ask, mine is to tell. >> well said, sir. >> it was well saved. >> i don't thing 83 is that big of a spread. when i was in high school we would get crushed. if we ever scored, the party we threw under the net lasted so long that the other team just ran away. >> i just think -- again, i think this proves my point. w