she looks good. she s got the moves, she can hold her own. back to the olympics where stephen colbert weighs in on those who have criticized the u.s. squad for not featuring enough flair on their uniforms. where s the american exceptionalism? those cheering fans and those athletes who ve dedicated their lives to represent american, standing on the podium with hands over their hearts fighting tears while the u.s. flag ascends to rafters and our national anthem echoes throughout the arena just don t seem that into it. would it kill you to give that flag patch a flag pin? and you, gabby douglas, america s sweetheart. the devil s magenta? you know who else wore purple? hitler. it s true. you don t see that because it s in black and white most of the
for both spectators and the athletes, they want to perform and probably feed off the enthusiasm of the crowd. do you think it s making a difference for the athletes not a good way? reporter: sure. you would think so. i mean, not only for the athletes but also for the london organizing committee. when you spend $14 billion to bring the olympics to your city, and then the cameras pan and you have empty seats, people think, is this really as successful of an event as they said that it would be? and so, yes. they want to see those stands full. they want to see cheering fans and why they re really sort of putting the big push out to their sponsors to say, give us the tickets back. so we can get people in the seats. people have been wanting to get tickets. just in this area, stratford, 16 arrests for what we call ticket scalpers. they call them tauters here. they re trying to make sure that
which all 30 teams must follow. the dodgers are in compliance with all of these guidelines. on this basis, it s hard to understand the action today. selig will appoint someone to run the team in the next few days. he ll have legal rights over the expenditures by the dodgers including trade and contract extensions until the dodgers can get the financial house in order. finally, soccer. real madrid has waited 18 years to win the spanish league and receive the coveted trophy. just hours after they won the silverware, they broke it. watch this. happened last night in front of thousands of cheering fans. sergio ramos is the guilty party no! not only does he drop it, then the bus runs over it. oh! the trophy weighs 30 pounds. he dropped it, it fell down to the street. and got run over by the bus.
bat baton. flips the tails and he is off. he bounces his head almost as fast as he dribbles the basket and the crowd roars. [ applause ] the athlete makes it look easy and tells us ordering musicians even the good sports among them is hard work. a little ri hearsal today. my arms are shot right now. reporter: don t worry, though. won t throw the game off. handles song number two. a michael jackson favorite. reporter: of all the guest performers, he is the tallest to stand before the orchestra. i also told him that he didn t really need the pose yum but since i would have it before that he would be stuck with it. reporter: in the crowd hundreds of cheering fans. for all of them, shaq picks a closing number that won t bring down the house but rather lift it up. the last song is a song hopefully the whole city of boston will be singing at the end of the year. we are the champions? i don t know what you re
phil collins and others watching in horror from the wings. trace gallagher has more. reporter: the show is one of the most popular shows over there. the average viewership, 10 million viewers. keep in mind justin bieber was on this show, he is 23-year-old samuel cotch. i want to show you the rehearsal first. he is wearing these stilts, spring-loaded shoes, jumps over the car. his father is driving the car. you can see there in slow motion, bounce up and over he goes. now i want to show you the next time he tries to do this, he kind of balks, right the first rehearsal went great, the cheering fans, now he s coming down, steps aside, something is wrong. the whole audience waiting that is his father in the car. this is the real deal right now. the audience on their feet, as you can see, and here he comes, the 23-year-old samuel cotch.