Swimmer Diana Nyad to Attempt Havana to Key West Swim
LEMON: Look at that. Police in London investigating unrest in one of Europe's most ethnically diverse neighborhoods. This is what it looked like in the northern Tottenham neighborhood Saturday night. Riot police fought with crowds who pelted with them with bottles and bricks. When it was all over, 26 police officers were hurt. Dozens were arrested. The violence was sparked by a fatal shooting during a reported exchange of gunfire with police.</s>DIANA NYAD, SWIMMER: I may have been a bit faster back then, but in the water, I feel stronger. I feel stronger physically. I feel like I can walk through a brick wall.</s>LEMON: Can you believe that? She's 61 years old and set on doing a feat no swimmer has done before. The story of Diana Nyad in a moment. But first, I want to tell you about another astounding human achievement. This one is tough. It's not in the water, but it's in the air. We will go "Globe Trekking" right now with CNN's international desk editor, Azadeh Ansari. Azadeh, this sounds nuts, right? A man in China walked a high wire between two hot air balloons, really?</s>AZADEH ANSARI, CNN INTERNATIONAL DESK EDITOR: Right, why?</s>LEMON: Why?</s>ANSARI: Exactly.</s>LEMON: All right.</s>ANSARI: Yes.</s>LEMON: OK.</s>ANSARI: She's again trying to prove that age is not a deterrent to reach your dreams, to follow your goals, all this stuff. She wants to be the first person to swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Key West. She wants to do this to prove that you can do whatever you set your mind to. she tried to do this in 1978, and wasn't able to complete it because of, you know, weather conditions. But I want to say, look at this. She has been trying to practice for two years, swims, like, eight to 12 hours a day. We actually have a CNN crew following alongside her. The key is, she wants to do this because it's in open waters. There are not shark cages, but there's a shark shield. It sends out electrical impulses to scare the sharks away.</s>LEMON: Was it last year or the year before she tried something?</s>ANSARI: In 2010. Again, weather was a factor.</s>LEMON: All right, I've got you.</s>ANSARI: It will happen -- I mean, tick tock, I'm telling you, Don, in about 30 minutes, she will hit the water.</s>LEMON: All right. We wish her luck.</s>JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Conditions are better overall, Don. At nighttime, the winds calm down, so the seas will be calmer. Think about how hot it is in this area. 90 degree temperatures with the sun beating down on you is certainly uncomfortable. At nighttime, it will be a bit cooler. And the seas will be calmer. That's the good news. She'll be moving from Havana, heading up towards Key West. This is about a 103-mile swim for her and expected to take about 60 hours. That's three nights and two days that she will be taking this swim. We're expecting conditions to be good overall. Seas will be between one and three feet. Isolated thunderstorms will have to watch out for. And water temperatures are going to be warm. Closer to Cuba, water temperatures are averaging between 86 and 88 degrees. As you get closer to Key West, they're warmer, about 91 degrees. That's the water temperature in Key West. That is extremely warm. She will be encountering that Florida current. If you saw those arrows on my map earlier. So she'll have a bit of pull coming in from that. But overall, things are looking good weather-wise. We always watch the tropics this time of year. We don't see anything developing that could interfere with this. We have been tracking Emily off the coast of Florida. That's dissipated now. But those water temperatures are very ripe for more tropical development in the upcoming days. There you can see the satellite picture from Emily, which should not be a factor. In case you missed it earlier this week, I want to mention something really important about the hurricane season. While it may have seemed like it has been a slow start, it's been busy with five named storms. Now NOAA has come in with an upgraded forecast calling for a few more storms than they originally anticipated. They're expecting now between 14 and 19-named storms. Seven to 10 of those becoming hurricanes, three to five of those major hurricanes. So, Don, the heart of the hurricane season, between mid-August and mid-October. So things will start getting busy, we think, in the upcoming weeks.</s>LEMON: Good luck, Diana, but look out for Emily. We appreciate it.</s>JERAS: Sure.</s>LEMON: New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez under fire for reportedly playing a game he's not supposed to. How is he taking the heat and why? That discussion after the break.