win gave missy franklin, allison schmitt and dana vollmer, their second gold medal of the games. shannon reland won her first gold as part of the relay. for men s gymnastics, gymnast danell leyva won the bronze, he was one of just two american men to win the all-around medal since 1984. after winning the bronze, he who was born in cuba, actually, promised to come back to the games in 2016 and 2020 to win the gold. and that won t be easy to do because japan s koji yuchimora, widely considered one of the best male gymnasts in history. and i have to tell you, i m obsessed with the olympics. i ve been watching. he is fantastic. he is that good, huh? yes, fantastic. we also have a big di disappointment for the flag bearer, for team usa, mariel
zagunis, on the verge of winning a medal but ended up losing in the semifinal. she came into the competition as the number one seed. zagunis carried the american flag for our country in the opening ceremonies. that s disappointing. and some shady, shady behavior from the players on four badminton teams got them kicked out of the olympics. the players from china, south korea, and indonesia have been asked to leave the games after deliberately trying to throw matches in hopes of receiving more favorable placement later on in the tournament. scandal. here is a look at some events coming up later today. men s and women s swimming takes place throughout the day. later this morning the women will compete in the individual all-around gymnastics. and this evening, men s basketball. the u.s. versus nigeria. another blowout. how can you get kicked out of the olympics? it s kind of shady, just play. it was so obvious. all right, coming up next, where robert pattinson went to hid
win gave missy franklin, allison schmitt and dana vollmer, their second gold medal of the games. shannon reelin won her first gold as part of the relay. for men s gymnastics, gymnast danell leyva won the bronze, he was one of just two american men to win the all-around medal since 1984. after winning the bronze, he who was born in cuba promised to come back to the games in 2016 and 2020 to win the gold. and that won t be easy to do because japan s koji yuchimora, widely considered one of the best male gymnasts in history. i m obsessed with the olympics. i ve been watching. he is that good. fantastic. a disappointment for the flag bearer, for team usa, mariel zagunis, on the verge of winning a medal but ended up losing in the semifinal. she came into the competition as the number one seed. zagunis carried the american
very funny. all right, that s enough. off you go. we ll be right back. get off. russel brand. who knows what miegt happen. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. imagine a world in which a first lady divorces a philandering commander in chief and loses to a less experienced rival and then becomes secretary of state. ridiculous. well, not quite that ridiculous, but this is the world of political animals. who better to play that secretary of state than sigorney weaver. she grossed $4 billion worldwide. she s played the toughest female character in movies of the alien film. welcome. thank you so much. i m very flattered. i m delighted to be here. the $4 billion woman. that must make you feel great. i actually didn t know. now i ll know how to greet myself in the morning. that should be your number one thing on your calling card. i ll have a t-shirt made. what more do you need to know. let s talk about politics. this tv show that everyone is going crazy f
other in the head, too? of course it is. if they want to do it, why shouldn t they be able to do it? assumption of of the risk. here s a sport where they re not pounding each other. i want to know john s third athlete to watch. i was going to say, this is it s going off the rails. if you don t like boxing, i don t know about let s talk about mariel zagunis. she unexpectedly won gold in athens and then won gold in beijing. she s from oregon, went to notre dame. the u.s. has a lot of maris athletes, serena williams, phelps. i think it s great they picked a fencer. if we re talking about olympic spirit and honoring amateurism, i think there s not a much better choice. within a few hours we will all know mariel zagunis. i think it s great they chose her to carry the flag and not an