it will do it well, in a way that what s the most important thing for them to get through in the opening ceremony or is it just to get through? that s a good question. usually whatever manner in which they plan to get the torch lit is the key. remember in vancouver when there was actually a problem getting the structure raised, it was actually going to house the olympic flame, that s always the biggest fear, somehow they can t get the fire to the torch. we have any idea who is going to light it? roger banister would be pretty cool. the london bookies, apparently he shot to the lead in odds over the last 48 hours, since rehearsal started. he s the hot favorite right now but there has been talk of david beckham, there has been talk about somehow queen elizabeth lighting it. there is also talk of maybe not a person, but somehow a thing or a mechanism somehow lighting it. a pack of corgis? i m with you on danny boyle, too. i m a beckham fan but you
region. and terrified tourists running into the streets of acapulco. reports of damage and power outages as far as 100 miles away in mexico city. australia, a tanker truck, loaded with gasoline explodes. the driver was offloading fuel at a gas sayings when it ignited and people running for cover, fearing the entire station could blow. it took firefighters more than an hour to control the flames. the driver suffered burns to his arms and legs, no one else was hurt. indones indonesia. (cheers) more than 3700 people joining together to form the world s largest torch parade and the largest torch lit image. and rain keeping many away, but organizers say the numbers were enough for a new guinness record. people from every continent and more than 50 countries participated. france.
it was a really powerful illustration you put together there of not just the predicament that the president is in, but the moral hypocrisy and the failings of the president. but that s not new, don. i mean, we saw moral failings around charlottesville when the president likened said there are good people on both sides of the neo-nazi torch lit, you know, fascist protests in charlottesville. we ve seen him call true american heroes, you know, not tough enough because they got captured, john mccain. we ve seen him, frankly, attack the women who have spoken out about him. this is a man who hasn t been the moral leader in chief of the country. and so not to normalize it, but it isn t a surprise that he is failing here. and now that we need it and this isn t about, again, democrat or republican. we need that moral leadership, as i said, from the top. chris, look, you get to the heart of this and you have a new piece at cnn.com and you lay out a lot of blame on president trump as to
nation reflecting on one of the greatest moments in our history. and a guiding light for our future. the faces of those carrying the torch lit by dr. martin luther king jr. were back today, retraitsing the steps taken by a quarter million americans seeking equality and jobs. it s also today where the first african-american president, arguably the personification of dr. king s dream addressed the crowd in the shadow of greatness. dr. king s speech was incredibly just under 17 minutes long. 1651 words, he was only 34 years old. a speech delivered in a different age at the time carried by just a few networks without the power of the internet or twitter or facebook to help spread that message. it is a speech that the king family closely protects, making sure to preserve the legacy of an iconic leader. now, 50 years later, on this historic anniversary as we