who is the best? spits or phelps. the peak of both of you, who would win? selfishly maybe i might beat him. spits s inspiring advice and escape from a terror attack with the whole world watching. this is piers morgan tonight. mark spits is a true olympic legend long before michael phelps was swimming in the pool. he won seven gold medals and 40 years later he remains an icon and american hero. welcome. my pleasure. what s it like being an american icon? probably more than not being an icon. i thrusted into that opportunity in 1972 and didn t realize my performance would elevate to a level where people would look at something special. i remember it vividly. it was the first olympic games i ever watched on television with any kind of interest or be old enough to understand. all i remember is you were this incredible fish. every time you went in the water, everyone else had to get out. you destroyed everyone. you had the most incredible mustache. it s now gone.
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cnn saturday morning. it is saturday july 14th. i m randi kaye. egyptian security steps up its effort to find and free a kidnapped american couple and their tour guide. a staggering number of murders on the streets of chicago. 259 so far this year. we ll track how illegal weapons get into the hands of killers. and the anticipation builds for london 2012. gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. we begin with the search for two american tourists and their guides. they were kidnapped in the sinai peninsu peninsula. it s the third time american tourists have been kidnapped in that area this year. elise labott has been following the developments for us from jordan. she joins us by phone. elise, what is different would you say about this kidnapping compared to the others that we ve reported on before? reporter: well, randi, in the past a lot of these kidnappings were about money. a lot of them were trying to make a little extra money. what th