whispers. some accusations about doping. some of it subtle, some not. for example, john leonard, a top u.s. coach, called the performance suspicious and not right. but ioc spokesman mark adams says the top five finishers of every event are tested to ensure clean wins. and ye was no different. suffice to say in this case, pure rumors, nothing at all of fact or substance, and i have heard no word at all from our drugs testing people. so i think people should really sit back and enjoy a great performance. wata, the world anti-doping agency and the ioc, they keep a close eye on drug use. athletes can be tested any time during the games, and their samples are sent to this lab. in east london, it s kept open 24 hours a day during the olympics. has a staff of 150 scientists. so with all the intense scrutiny, can you still game the system? victor conte says yes, and after all he did. he helped top athletes obtain steroids and went to prison for it. he says it s just as easy tod
u.s. coach, called the performance suspicious and, quote, not right. the ioc spokesman mark adam says the top five finishers of every event are tested to ensure clean wins. ye was no different. suffice to say in this case pure rumors, nothing at all of fact or substance and i have heard no word at all from our drugs testing people so i think people should really sit back and enjoy a great performance. the world antidoping agency and the ioc keep a very close eye on drug use. athletes can be tested any time during the games and their samples are sent to this lab. it s in east london. it s kept open 24 hours a day during the olympics. it has a staff of 150 scientists. so with all the intense scrutiny, can you still game the system? victor conti says yes. after all, he did. he helped top athletes obtain steroids and went to prison for it. he says it s just as easy today as it was ten years ago. he now advocates for a clean competition. welcome to the program. really apprecia
morning pressing the candidate. shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers won t know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. cnn newsroom starts right now. and good morning. thank you for joining us. it carol costello. we begin with a teenaged chinese supergirl who at age 16 swam at such an incredible speed some suspect she cheated. she won gold in the 400 meter. she swam the last 50 meters or 164 feet faster than american ryan lochte s time in the men s competition. amazing feat, considering according to the bbc that she is 5 6 and 141 pounds, and lochte is 6 1 and 194 pounds. john leonard, the director of the world s swimming coaches calls the win disturbing a
gains. they claim this video shows a police station they took over. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video, however. opening statements got under way today in the drew peterson trial. now, he is the former chicago area police officer accused of murdering his third wife, she was found dead in the bathtub in 2004. her death was treated as an accident. but peterson came under scrutiny when his fourth wife stacy disappeared. the trial is expected to last about a month. now to what is going on in the olympics. okay. we got a spoiler alert, though. so put your tv on mute if you don t want to know who the winner is. the u.s. women s gymnastics team now in first place in the finals after the first rotation. they just did the vault. now, if the u.s. wins, it is going to be their first team gold since 1996. we ll watch this one and keep you posted. now, in swimming, the women s 200 meter freestyle happens in about two hours. 17-year-old american missy frankl
jerusalem. in less than an hour, outgoing bp ceo tony hayward will testify before british lawmakers, looking into this summer s massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. other stories making headlines on a wednesday, american hiker sarah shourd is spending her first full day of freedom resting in oman, the nation that negotiated her release from iran. shourd says she will now work to win the release of her two companions, shane bauer and josh fattal. a delta airlines pilot is on suspension today as the company investigates whether he was too drunk to fly. the pilot was pulled out of the cockpit just before a flight from the netherlands to the u.s. he was found, according to investigators, to have a blood alcohol level of 0.023. that is above the maximum allowed by dutch law, but below the faa standard. well, more politics now. after last night, the senate s republican campaign committee has now had eight, possibly nine of its picks rejected by voters.