investigated. we know it was under a car and that s about it. we ll continue to follow this for more information on that. a wild day in london from extreme disappoint to a golden moment for an american teenager, we start though with a 16-year-old chinese swimmer who did one lap faster than ryan lochte. it s raising doping suspicions. atika schubert is live in london. reporter: it was an incredible performance, she basically won at the 400 meter individual medley with stunning speed. she was literally for the last 50 meters faster than the u.s. gold winner in the same event, ryan lochte for the mens. as you can imagine, a lot of speculation into possible doping. here s what the international olympic committee had to say about it. so the sudden rise in the performance or a surprise win be primarily suspected for being acheat, sport is a danger for sure because it partially ruins the charm of competitive sport if a surprise win is surrounded by suspicions and question marks.
the olympics. that s right. a 16-year-old chinese swimmer wins the gold medal and denies that she is doping. ye shiwen set a record yesterday. on saturday, she won gold in the 400 meter individual medley. yesterday, the head of the world swimming association called her swim unbelievable. and suggested she may be doping. the young swimmer, she told reporters late last night and we are quoting here, my achievements derive from diligence and hard work. i will never use drugs. the chinese team is extremely strict on doping control. so i can assure you that it is not an issue with us. and women s gymnastics, the team finals happening right now. if the u.s. wins, it will be their first team gold since 1996. we ll keep you posted on that one. i want to go back to the swimming. the women s 200 meter freestyle happening in about two hours. 17-year-old american missy franklin, she is taking on the world record holder, that is fredricka pell greeny of italy. in men s swimming, michael p
from bringing home the gold and plenty of chances today. for the women it starts with soccer and then hit the mats for gymnast gymnastics. for the guys, nothing but net and swish. then swimmer michael phelps already a world record holder, but today this is a race like no other. not just going for the gold, he s trying to make history. once again, zain verjee, no pressure for phelps, right? no, it s just an easy, breezy thing. just a few hours back there in aquatics centre. a name you ll hear a lot today, she is a former soviet gymnast and she actually holds the world record for the most olympics ever. she had it for 48 years and has 18 medals. now, michael phelps has 17 and competing in two events today. he could either tie and get one medal or break that record and just make the history books, again. so, all eyes are on phelps to see how he does. he has not been performing as well as anyone expected he would, but today is a really big day for him. all right, well, speaki
good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the big scare. with just four days in the congress high tails it out of washingt washington, there was plenty of talk about the looming consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. we re talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that would be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secretary of defense, would devastate our national security. interesting, acting like a commander in chief, because a lot of the previous commanders in chief have done a lot more than barack obama may be about to do. we ve certainly been here before. former president ronald reagan during his second term cut defense spending by about 10%. the c
and other places. i ve seen the horrible things they ve done overseas and in this country as weapon. later in the broadcast, we re going to look at the role foreign jihadists are playing in syria right now. i m not defending radical islamists nor am i naive to their beliefs. but what i am talking about is people working in this government making allegations or spreading innuendos about them without any direct evidence. they re dragging people s names and reputations through the mud. here are the five people we are talking about, michele bachmann, trent franks and others. newt gingrich refers to the others as the national security five. he blames american elites for being blinded to the political threat. it verges on a psychosis. he goes on, the national security five are doing their duty and asking difficult questions designed to make america safer. we think you deserve a look at the people they ve been targeting and the tactics they ve been using. they ve named these two ask