racist tweet. let s go straight to london. zane, you just told me this happened. we got you up top. what did it say? who are we talking about? reporter: hi, kyra. this is the first olympic casualty. she is a champion triple jumper from greece voula papachristo and is believed to have said on twitter, with so many africans in greece at least the west nile mosquito will eat home made food. the reaction to that was very quick and very angry. her tweet was deleted. she apologized shortly after that on her facebook page saying she was really sorry for her tasteless comment and that i respect all people and all races. she went on to say she really believes in the values and meaning of the olympics. now, this athlete is only 23 years old. this was to be her first ever olympic games. she is not even here yet, kyra. she was in athens on her way to london in the next couple days but was booted out almost instantly from the team after she posted that tweet. i m standing outside the ol
well, and we are keeping an eye on that women s olympic soccer happening right now in london. hello, everyone, i m fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux, and we are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. this is the scene in aleppo, syria, today. intense fighting between the rebel forces and government troops. the military is sending 2,000 more troops in an effort to retake the city. meanwhile, turkey announced, it is closing the border with syria, and thousands have fled across the border to escape the violence. the al qaeda-linked group known as the islamic state of iraq is claiming responsibility for the attack that killed and wounded hundreds of people this week alo alone. the group posted the claims online describing the attacks as a start of new state of jihad. monday was the deadliest day of the year. 103 people died in bombings and shootings throughout the country, and most of those targeted were shiite muslims. a spectacular view in southern japan. one of
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and i m john berman. and the economy taking the back seat for a moment to foreign policy when it comes to the presidential campaign. we ll talk about mitt romney s trip overseas and president obama s brand-new ad. plus we re getting an idea of what the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics will actually look like. but first, exclusive new details about the apartment of james holmes, the suspected colorado shooter. a law enforcement official has described to cnn video taken from inside the apartment. he said it was set up like something from iraq or afghanistan. 30 improvised grenades rigged to a control box in the kitchen and gas containers filled with ten gallons of gas, allegedly for the purpose of adding more fuel to the fire in an explosion. cnn s jim spelman is in aurora, colorado, right outside the theater where the shooting happened. the description of the apartment is extraordinary and terrifying. what else do you know about it? reporter: just trying to pict
says now is the time to hold president obama responsible for gun control. before the public goes to the streeting booth what they will do. an exclusive with new york city mayor michael bloomberg. this is piers morgan tonight. face-to-face with an accused killer. this is the public s first look. james holmes, his hair dyed red and orange, looking dazed and sitten unshaven and handcuffed beside one of the public defenders assigned to his case. he didn t speak. he didn t look at any of the family members. he never took tir eyes off him. more family members watched in an overflow courtroom on closed circuit television. want to remind you of exactly what this young man is accused of doing. striding into the darkness of a movie theater jammed packed with people waiting for a midnight screening of the dark knight rises. armed to the teeth. threw a gas can to the unsuspecting crowd. 58 people injured. 17 still in hospitals. the nation is left with the question, how could this