last night. smart strategy? yeah. i mean i think absolutely. i think you know and by the way, i will be one of the women helping other women like hillary clinton get elected. i think we are ready and i think the republicans are helping in their own special way. there was a republican legislator who asked a doctor at a hearing why women can t swallow a camera to have a gynecological exam. their understanding of lady and their lady bits can only help hillary. when she used the madeleine albright statement or quote, there s a special place in hell i mean she seems more aggressively going after women this time. and i think that is a smart strategy and she s absolutely right. there is a special place in hell. i understand that as a woman business owner. people want to see hillary be more progressive.
governor, chris christie. so, did they get through to voters, particularly, that female vote which is plaguing mitt romney at the moment. he is behind the polls and the president, when it comes to women. republicans are keenly. a very direct, not subtle, appeal to women last night. speeches last night. finally get started after distractions of isaac. this half-hour, anger in aurora, relatives who lost loved ones in the colorado movie theater massacre express their outrage over a fund-raising campaign. the money they were promised and in actuality how much they re actually getting. that story surprised me when i read about it. doesn t seem right. and taking no chances with a dangerous relic dating back to world war ii. the evacuations and precautions taken with a 500-pound explosive. all right. get to that in a second. first, of course, the big story of the day, really of the
plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. women s gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his record breaking 19th medal and adding another gold just for fun to his all-time mark. amanda davies is live in london. amanda, the debate is raging this morning. also here, mr. john berman and i have been debating this. is michael phelps the best olympian ever? reporter: morning. i ll tell you, there s no debate about the fact it was stars and stripes all the way here at the olympics last night. but it s a really difficult question to answer that. it is the topic of conversation across breakfast
so what will this mean for democrats in the future? fox news political analyst juan williams joins us now. i know he had a really late night. appreciate you joining us on the curvy couch this morning. let s go right to the balance of power in general and get your basic thoughts. well, i think the key thing if you are in the business of politics this morning is that the coalition that was so important at putting barack obama in office in 2008 really isn t there anymore. and specifically i m interested in, gretchen, at women. if you look at women last night according to the exit polls, it was exactly even but if you look at white women in particular, all of a sudden, white women swung heavily towards republicans and if you look at seniors, seniors also swung heavily towards republicans. what that tells you is the independents in this election said we re not happy with the president, we re not happy with the democrats. i know if some polls indicate they re not all that happy with repu