group of that moment when you were staring a huge defeat in the face? i think for me personally when we were down 6-1, we didn t have any boat speed and it felt like we never had a chance. but in the two races we lost after that to go 8-1 down, we actually showed some real glimpses of speed. even though we lost those, two it was very close. as soon as we put a roll on, won a few in a row, the momentum kept building. and they just couldn t stop us. joe spoonithill what does it take to win the america s cup especially coming from so far beyond? it s a hard slog over three years for us in this campaign. and then to get at the end at the death to get so far behind it made it even harder. as a group, as a team we rose together and really fought back hard. we re all good mates. we get on well. we just took it on the chin and
in just a few hours we re expecting to hear from the family who got a helping hand from george zimmerman last week. the family s suv skidded off a road in sanford, florida, roll on to its side. two good samaritans stopped to help the couple and their children get out of that car. one of the good samaritans was george zimmerman. joining me by phone from sanford is cnn s victor blackwell. what more do we know about this family, victor. reporter: we know they are two parents, two kids who were driving on to i-4 wednesday, just four days after the verdict. mark and dana will be speaking at the office of mark o mara, the defense attorney of george zimmerman. we re told the reason they called this press conference is because they got so many calls at their home to speak they want to have a news conference once and for all to tell what they know. there is a considerable amount of skepticism here in sanford
one of the most fascinating things in the world. before cars were invented one of the modern wonders of the world. besides the history. on a summer night, if you are ever in new york, not like a touristy thing to do, walk the bridge, look at the views, 90 degree day, go to grimaldi s pizza on the brooklyn side, a wonderful brick oven pizza that frank sinatra used to go to. one of my favorite things to do walking the brooklyn bridge. just fantastic. number two. roll on. let me see what the video is. central park down the block from us. here on 66th street in manhattan i love central park. funny i wound up at abc. i have lived all over the upper west side neighborhood. this park is phenomenal. again on a summer day. when it pops like it should. and in spring. it is just a magical place. sheep s meadow right off 70, 66th and 72nd street. just a great place to put down a blanket.
are cope dealing with two different changes of weather in a single day it will be interesting to see how we ll handle the first big snowfall . year. reporting live and anita back to you in new york. steve: if you are will ifing the adrice fragretchin told us. if you are flying to chicago today wear your rain and snow clothes as well gretchen: can you imagine. brian: you will be sweating. gretchen: oh, my guard. it is not allowed to check in if it is liquid. brian: i have the roll on. by the way, why would you get the ports scent. steve: you are a ports guy. brian: that s true. gretchen: next up on the run down, take it away. brian: go ahead. gretchen: you take it brian: i will go. eat your burger would you want taking your wrapper off. can you say lazy. now you guys go. steve: turbotax tim may be leaving the days of secretary of treasury behind him.
boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman for gove