In India, 620-million people are without power after three regional power grids collapsed, creating one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. The blackout has raised concerns about the country's outdated electric system and its inability to meet the huge energy demand.
Olympic officials have relented, and will allow a Saudi woman to to be part of the Judo competition while wearing a traditional hijab. It's the latest controversy involving women, and what they wear as athletes.
Texas Tribune reporter Julian Aguilar joins the show to discuss the Democratic party's decision to select San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as the keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention.
As the Olympic games take place in London, reporter Jed Kim takes us inside the world of the unusual and not-so-well known sport of the Filipino martial art of Eskrima.
