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[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. WOW!
WOW!
WOW! CARA
WOW! CARA DID A HAPPY WEDNESDAY
DANCE.
DANCE.
DANCE. WE
DANCE. WE ARE ABOUT TO GET THIS SHOW
STARTED WITH SOME "IT'S ALL
GOOD" STORIES ALTHOUGH ACTUALLY
IT'S ALL OLYMPICS IS WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
HOW CAN WE NOT?
I FEEL LIKE THE LAST FEW
MORNINGS, THE MINUTE I WAKE UP
AND CHECK MY PHONE, THERE'S
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF TOKYO.
THIS MORNING WAS NO DIFFERENT.
FOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO "IT'S
ALL GOOD" CORRESPONDENT, THE
OLYMPIC
ALL GOOD" CORRESPONDENT, THE OLY
OLY
OLY OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS. CARA: IT'S ON OUR GLORIOUS
CHANNEL AND YOU WERE AND CHERYL
WERE TALKING ABOUT SIMONE
BILES, AND TEAM USA STILL GOT
SILVER, PRECIOUS METAL OF ALL
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY.
ANYWAY. AND THIS MORNING, IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE IS PULLING
OUT OF THE ALL AROUND
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION.
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION. SHE CAN STILL COMPETE IF SHE
FEELS UP TO IT NEXT WEEK IN THE
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. SO IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.
CHRISTINE: RIGHT, IT IS
CONFUSING.
CONFUSING. CARA: BUT THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
AND USA TEAM SAID IN A JOINT
STATEMENT, SHE'S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE EVALUATED AND IF
SHE FEELS UP TO IT SHE MIGHT DO
THAT NEXT WEEK.
SHE'S THE DEFENDING CHAMPION,
OF COURSE, BUT IT COMES AS SHE
CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON HER
MENTAL HEALTH.
MENTAL HEALTH. IN A STATEMENT SIMONE SAYS WE
ALL HAVE TO FOCUS ON OURSELVES
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE'RE HUMAN, TOO.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR MIND AND
OUR BODY, RATHER THAN JUST GO
OUT THERE AND DO WHAT THE WORLD
WANTS US TO DO.
CHRISTINE: YES.
CHRISTINE: YES. CARA: SO, JUST, YOU KNOW, I
LOVED THIS TWEET I WAS READING
THAT SAID, SIMONE BILES WON
NATIONALS WITH BROKEN BONES IN
BOTH FEET AND WORLDS WITH THE
KIDNEY STONES AND AND THE
SEXUAL SURVIVORS AS THEY WERE,
AND THE G.O.A.T. AS YOU SAID
YESTERDAY AND IT'S SWITCHING
OUR PERSPECTIVE INTO WHAT WE
EXPECTED OF THESE ATHLETES AND
TO REMEMBER THAT THEY'RE JUST
YOUNG ADULTS AND THEY'RE TRYING
TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE.
PRESSURE. CHRISTINE: NO KIDDING.
AND BY THE WAY, WHO ARE THESE
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBAC
AND BY THE WAY, WHO ARE THESE MONDAY MORNING QUART
QUARTERBACK/HATERS.
QUARTERBACK/HATERS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT
SHE HAS GONE THROUGH
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND I
LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
TALKING TO ALI
LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING TO ALY RAISMAN, FORMER
OLYMPIAN AND FORMER TEAMMATE.
SHE SAYS I WANT EVERYBODY TO
REALIZE THIS IS JUST NOT A
SPORT YOU SAY I'M NOT FEELING
GREAT, BUT I WILL JUST GO OUT
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ONE FALSE MOVE IN THE AIR AND
SHE COULD, MY GOSH, SHE COULD
BREAK HER NECK.
SO, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO
TAKE LIGHTLY.
TAKE LIGHTLY. SHE DOES NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY.
CARA: RIGHT.
CARA: RIGHT. CHRISTINE: AND PEOPLE NEED TO
REALIZE THAT.
REALIZE THAT. I APPLAUD HER AND MICHAEL
PHELPS TWEETED OUT SUPPORTING
HER AND HE SPOKE OUT ABOUT HIS
OWN STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL
HEALTH AND THE WEIGHT OF THE
GOLD AS HE SAID.
CARA: YEAH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS
THIS PRODUCER, HAILEY SENT IT
TO ME THIS MORNING, THIS
TEACHER, EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER,
FATHER OF TWO IN IDAHO, I
BELIEVE, HIS NAME IS BYRON
HEATH AND LOOK IT UP ON
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK. IT WENT VIRAL.
AN OPEN LETTER AND MADE GOOD
POINTS A FEW DAYS AGO AND DID
THE EXACT SAME THING.
HE SHOWED THE VIDEOS OF CARRI
THE EXACT SAME THING. HE SHOWED THE VIDEOS OF CA CARRE
STRUG AND THEY HAD OPPOSITE
REACTIONS TO IT, IS SHE HURT
AND OK?
AND OK?
AND OK? AND SEE THE ANGUISH AND PAIN.
AND SHOWED IT TO MY BOYS AND
LOOK AT THE MOMENT AND I'M
CRYING BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT
MOMENT AND START LOOKING BACK
IN CONTEXT, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, MY
GOSH, AND THE FACT THAT SHE
COULDN'T COMPETE AGAIN AFTER
THAT SHE WAS PERMANENTLY
INJURED.
INJURED.
INJURED. CHRISTINE: EXACTLY.
CHRISTINE: EXACTLY. CARA: AND SO MANY OF THE YOUNG
WOMEN ON THAT TEAM HAD TO STOP
THEIR DREAMS AFTER THAT BECAUSE
THEY WERE COMPETING WHEN THEY
PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
COMPETING.
COMPETING. CHRISTINE: EXACTLY.
CHRISTINE: EXACTLY. CARA: I THINK THE GROWTH FOR
ALL OF US IN THIS, HOW WE'RE
TAKING INTO STOCK THE MENTAL
HEALTH THAT THESE PEOPLE GO
THROUGH AND ALL OF US GO
THROUGH AND HOW WE NEED TO
TREAT THAT AS A PHYSICAL
AILMENT THAT IT IS, IT CAN'T BE
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. CHRISTINE: NOT AT ALL.
THAT'S WHY IT SURPRISES ME
BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT,
ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THAT WE'VE
BEEN THROUGH.
BEEN THROUGH. CARA: YES.
CARA: YES. CHRISTINE: IN THE LAST 18
MONTHS THAT WE WOULD BE MORE EM
CHRISTINE: IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT WE WOULD BE MORE E
CHRISTINE: IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT WE WOULD BE MORE
EMPATHIC.
EMPATHIC.
EMPATHIC. CARA: AND HOW THE COVID
PROTOCOLS IN TOKYO HAVE CHANGED
THE GAME ALL AROUND.
THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE IN THE
STANDS.
STANDS.
STANDS. CHRISTINE: NO.
CHRISTINE: NO. CARA: WHICH PROBABLY GIVES THEM
SUCH AN INFUSION OF ENERGY,
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. THEIR PARENTS CAN'T BE THERE,
THEY'RE WATCHING EVERYTHING ON
SCREENS, EVERYTHING IS
DIGITIZED, AND I MEAN, IT'S
JUST, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT AND MY HUSBAND WAS
SAYING, TOO, YOU KNOW, THOSE
PROTOCOLS, THEY FLY FORDYCE TO
GET TO TOKYO AND THEN IF YOU'RE
A ONE EVENT OLYMPIAN, YOU HAVE
TO COMPETE AND LEAVE.
SO YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, NORMALLY
THEY'RE IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
AND GET ACCLIMATED TO WHAT'S
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. BUT THEY'RE SEQUESTERED AND
THERE'S JUST--
THERE'S JUST-- IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
EVEN PROBABLY WHAT THEY'VE
EXPERIENCED IN THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND DIFFERENT
COMPETITIONS, BUT IT'S A
DIFFERENT GAME THIS YEAR.
CHRISTINE: IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
AND I JUST I APPLAUD HER FOR
HER STRENGTH AND COURAGE AND
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FINAL
OUTCOME NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,
THE WOMEN WILL RISE TO THE
OCCASION AND SHE'S CHEERING ON
NOT JUST HER FEMALE COMRADES,
BUT ALSO THE MEN'S GYMNASTIC
TEAM LAST NIGHT AND INCREDIBLE.
CARA: AND LET'S TALK ABOUT
KATIE LEDECKY.
KATIE LEDECKY. >> HI, EVERYONE.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, KEEP UP
WITH ALL THINGS OLYMPICS RIGHT