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veep stakes. roy cooper takes himself out of contention as two others make an appearance if the key swing state of pennsylvania. we have the latest in the search for kamala harris' running mate. overseas, two children are dead after a teen goes on a stabbing stabbing spree at a dance event. we're live with the latest on the police investigation. the devastating park fire in california explodes in size, burning more than 370,000 acres. it's now the sixth largest fire in california history. the arson suspect linked to the blaze making his first court appearance. history made by team usa at the olympics. women's rugby reached their first semi-finals ever. while the u.s. gymnastics team ends a drought with stunning performances. plus all the highlights from day three of competition. and how one woman of the

u.s. women's water polo team is making a splash after facing the hardest challenge of her life with her fiance. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. team usa showed no signs of slowing down, as a new week dawned at the paris olympics monday. american athletes took home eight more medals from a third full day of events, remaining on top of the count with 20 total. among the day's historic performances were the women's rugby team. they will make their first-ever semifinals appearance this morning after their winning over great britain. it was just one of the many memorable moments that defined early olympic action for the u.s. nbc's tom llamas has the full recap. >> reporter: they deliver on electrifying routines after routine. fans here at the arena cheering

on team usa. they promised redemption and they delivered. stephen nedoroscik's performance, clenching the bronze for the american men. >> dismount! that's it! >> reporter: how's it feel? >> unreal. >> went up there, did my job, as soon as i landed, i thought, i think we might have just done it, baby. >> reporter: the drought now officially over. >> i think about all the people behind me. i know i had the whole u.s. behind me. >> reporter: one more big sport, redemption also in the air at skateboarding where nyjah huston won bronze after missing the podium in tokyo. his teammate, jagger landing it. over at the pool, the u.s. picking up four more medals, ryan murphy won bronze, then found out the gender of the baby on the way on a sign held up by

his wife. while team usa women's basketball made their paris debut, easily putting away japan. their 56th straight win at the olympics. the last time they lost, 1992. and a blockbuster matchup. novak djokovic knocking out raphael nadal. it could be the last time the two legends play each other at a major tournament. but the best celebration of the day has to go to an american fencer. >> this is why you love fencing, even when you're not sure exactly what's going on. >> reporter: tom llamas, nbc news, paris. let's turn to the latest round of veep stakes. governor roy cooper says he has told the harris campaign he no longer wants to be considered for the role of running mate. the north carolina governor says he fully supports kamala harris for president but says this is not the right time for him to join a national ticket.

kelly o'donnell has more on the governors still in consideration for the vp nomination. >> reporter: a 99-day sprint to november 5th. prop c p prominent governors on the trail for kamala harris. >> let's wake up in november and say the words, madam president! >> reporter: their messages provide a window into the running mate search, with about ten days left for the vice president to make her decision. >> kamala harris' name is going to be on that ballot, and i, for one, am going to be pushing that button for kamala harris. i know you will, too. >> reporter: her team calling for a week ofaction on the supreme court and abortion rights. as iowa's restriction on abortion, after about six weeks, goes into effect. harris on social media tied the law to trump. >> it makes them the 22nd state in the country to have a trump abortion ban.

>> reporter: former president trump called out harris on immigration. >> i will terminate every single open border policy of the biden-harris administration. and we will seal the board. >> reporter: both harris and biden say dramatic change is needed at the supreme court. >> we need these reforms to restore trust in the courts. >> reporter: the president calling for a constitutional amendment to hold presidents accountable for crimes committed in office after mr. trump's win on immunity. term limits to cap justices at 18 years on the court, a binding code of ethics. >> it's weak and even more frightening, voluntary. >> reporter: getting necessary congressional approval would be hard. >> president biden and his leftist allies who don't like the current composition of the court, so they want to shred the constitution to change it. >> reporter: formerpresident trump has his sights set on going back to pennsylvania. he posted on social media that he will return to the community

of butler where the assassination attempt happened two weeks ago. and we know that shooting killed a father and left two others in the crowd seriously injured. the trump campaign says it is no longer doing those big outdoor rallies. and mr. trump's post did not indicate a date for when he would return to butler. >> kelly, thank you. two children are gdead afte a stabbing rampage near liverpool, england. a 17-year-old boy hasbeen arrested in connection with the attack. they do not expect a terrorist or political motive. let's bring in megan fitzgerald in london. what more do we know? >> reporter: frances, good morning to you, good to be with you. look, we're talking about every parent's worst nightmare here. there was a group of kids, ages 7 to 11 monday morning that were in this facility for what's being described as a taylor swift-related dance event, when all of a sudden police say the

17-year-old suspect came inside on the stabbing rampage. we understand two children dead, nine others are injured. of those nine, six are critically injured. now we also understand, according to police, that two adults are also in critical condition this morning, after trying to step in, they believe, to try and protect these children. according to police, the 17-year-old suspect in custody, they believe he acted alone, and he is being held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. we're talking about a horrifying scene here. witnesses saying they saw these children covered in blood, being rushed out of this facility, being rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible. we are hearing from people all over the uniteunited kingdom, i keir starmer, and i want you to listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> our whole country is deeply

shocked at what they've seen and what they've heard. and i know i speak for everybody in the whole country in saying, our thoughts and condolences with the victims, their families, their friends and the wider community. >> reporter: now look, you know, the royal family is also coming in with their condolences, offering condolences to the family. and i want to read for you a tweet that the prince and princess of wales released not long after this event happened. they said as parents, we can dmot not begin to imagine what the family, friends and injured are going through. police believe the suspect acted alone, but they are still trying to search for a motive. >> just so senseless, megan, thank you. the man accused of starting the park fire in catho court. he has been formally charged

with arson, but he has not entered a plea. he will be back in court for arraignment on thursday. his lawyer has not responded to our request for comment. meanwhile, the fire rages on, growing more than 370 acres, and only 14% contained. in less than a week, the blaze has become the sixth largest in california history. dozens of homes are destroyed. let's turn to angie lassman with more on the smoke and the fire threats across the country. good morning, angie. >> unfortunately, that fire weather's going to continue in some spots across the country. notice the four corners region, cedar city all included in the red flag warnings with low humidity, elevated winds. prime conditions for the fires to spark and spread. we've got smoke from all those fires across the northwest working its way into the northern maplains and midwest. you notice haze in the sky in

those regions. as we look ahead to the next day or two, we're going to see some rain across parts of the midwest as the front works through. it will also bring scattered showers to parts of the northeast too. today we've got a good chunk of the country included in this, 18 million people. the biggest threat we're looking at, winds over 75 miles per hour from omaha to nashville, st. louis included in there has well o jacksonville dealing with showers and thunderstorms. high 90s for oklahoma city. dallas deals with mostly sunny skies today. that's a look at your forecast, back to you. coming up, how this popular new weight drug helps people

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leading the news. in houston, president biden paid his respects to sheila jackson lee. her body lying in state for ten hours in houston city hall. in the guest book, biden called her fearless, proud and bold. she died earlier this month at the age of 74 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. vice president kamala harris is scheduled to attend the congresswoman's funeral on thursday. fred goldman, the father of ron goldman, has filed a creditor's claim against the estate of o.j. simpson for $117 million. simpson was acquitted of the murders of his wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman in 1995. he was found liable in a civil case and ordered to pay the families nearly $34 million.

goldman's attorneys say the claim consists of the balance plus interest. flash flooding hit dolly parton's amusement park. there was one minor injury. the park is back open. but some of the areas of that park are still closed. still to come, the promising new test that could detect colon cancer earlier than ever. but first, the u.s. women's rugby team is on the hunt for the first-ever medal today. we'll take a look at what it takes to win. '6

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popularity in the u.s. you might not be so familiar with it. our national correspondent, steve kornacki is here with a look at that the look at the rules. >> let's talk about rugby sevens, it's an olympic sport. let's break down how to keep score in olympic rugby. sevens is the name of the game here. seven players on the field and two seven-minute halves. it's a short game. the goal of sevens is enough, to score points. the sim mesplest way of scoring points is getting a trial this is the layout of the rugby field. it does kind of look like a football field. the idea with the try is to get the ball into the other team's try zone.

it's a lot like possible. y football. this is the goal line, and this is the try zone, but what do you notice? players still running, that's because you don't score a try unless you actually put the ball on the ground in the try zone. so check this out. watch the play continue here in the try zone, and there, player at that point puts the ball on the ground. play stops. the try is scored. if the team gets a try, they then attempt a conversion. you've got to drop kick the ball, get it through the goalpost. the drop kick can be attempted from any distance you want from the goalpost. but here is the catch. it has to be in a direct line from where the try was scored. here's example where if the player had crossed into the try sh zone and puts the ball right here, you need to get a good angle to get the kick through the goalpost, which means you probably have to go back a pretty good distance to get that angle. this is why that player we just showed you kept running to the

middle of the try zone. look what happens, if you go down to the middle of the try zone you don't have to go far at all and you get a straight, simple conversion attempt. how many points is all this worth? the try itself is worth five points. if you can convert the try it's worth two points, a total possible of seven points. after a try, play restarts with one team drop kicking the ball toward the other team's end of the field. now, once someone has possession of the ball, there are three things they can do with it. this is one of them. they can kick the ball. the player kicks it straight downfield. this player kicks it hoping a teammate gets to it. you can pass the ball. the pass has to be either backwards to your teammate or lateral. this is like football. can y you cannot have a forward pass once you're running down the field. the other thing, you can run the ball yourself. take it all the way to the try zone or maybe you'll get missed

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and one teammate is finding inspiration in her husband, who is facing a tough fight of his own. morgan chesky has their olympic love story. >> reporter: amid the controlled chaos of an olympic water polo workout, you'll find maddie musselman, cool, calm and clutch. >> i just love it. i mean, i love playing. i just show up every day just thankful that i get to play this sport. >> reporter: the 26-year-old a crucial part of the u.s. women's team going for a record fourth gold medal in paris. >> she's one of the very few people who lives her values, literally literally every day. >> reporter: values tested more than any match this fall when maddie and her husband pat got a phone call following a ct scan for his nagging cough. >> they let us know it was cancer. it's a very rare, aggressive cancer, only like 200 people a year get it. >> reporter: doctors called it

nut carcinoma, sharing it spread from pat's lungs to his bones. he'd just swam across the english channel for his 30th birthday. now the couple that bonded over a shared faith and water polo were told the cancer was stage four. >> when we first found out, i didn't know if i wanted to come back and play. just, i, obviously, like he's my priority. what we're doing, you know, living your life and have a challenge like this, water polo seems really small. >> reporter: the two decided to move their wedding up that week. then tackled treatment with olympic dedication. maddie supporting pat through intense chemo, before heading to team workouts. >> they've done it with grace, and it's been amazing to watch them. >> you're there in a grueling practice, you know, your body is hurting. and you think of pat. >> yeah. >> and i tell myself i can do it. >> reporter: dreams of going to paris fueling them both. >> you think about that whenever

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