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we will see if that race is going on there. thank you so much, keir simmons. in a moment, just a snapshot in time but a new poll shows something remarkable about younger voters since kamala harris took over the top of the ticket. the numbers in just a moment. ♪♪ we begin with the breaking monee on vice president harris and her search for a running mate. nbc news has confirmed that she is having three more meetings today, the harris campaign has already planned a seven state swing with her new running mate, that starts on tuesday . >> there's a great democratic bench that we haven't seen for a while but now we are seeing three of those members, some of the best members of the bench, e on display for the american public. they are all great, i know marcus kelly and tim walz very well, i've heard wonderful things about governor shapiro. anyone of them would bring strength to this ticket and anyone of them would present a

very stark contrast with jd vance he's had one of the most crazy, odd rollouts of any politician i think, in history. >> harris campaign is also launching republicans for harris, a group it says will mobilize republican voters. also new today, a new cbs poll shows harris with a one point lead over donald trump's nationally while they are deadlocked in swing states. and growing concern after trump's rally in atlanta last night, republicans questioning his new attack on george's governor and the secretary of state over his election loss in 2020. >> i'm hoping that president trump and governor kemp can repair the damage to win georgia, a state, if we win, we are going to be well on our way, if we lose georgia, it could be a very long night, so, let's win this election, how about that? >> we have reporters in place

covering all of these new developments for us and we will start with emma barnett following the campaign for harris from philadelphia, we have the vice president getting a boost of support from an unlikely group, what can you tell us about the republicans for harris? >> reporter: alex, we are learning that dozens of republicans, including former trump white house republicans, are endorsing vice president harris for president, and the harris campaign, is flaunting these endorsements as part of a new initiative, republicans for harris, and there are nearly 30 gop members who are a part of it and some of the names are notable including stephanie gresham who was the former white house press secretary under trump and olivia troy who was vice president mike pence security advisor. i know you spoke to olivia troy in the last hour, for those just tuning in, take a listen.

>> i think a lot of us lean conservative, as you know, and a i think what is happening with the republican party, we believe it's dangerous and extreme. i think the coalition will grow. i'm having conversations with republican voters who privately will tell me they are very concerned and they are horrified about what is happening in the republican party. you may not hear them publicly that i can tell you behind closed doors, they are there. >> now vice president harris is focusing on one thing today and it's a pretty big one, choosing her running mate, and sources r tell nbc news that she has plans to meet with three of her top contenders today, that includes minnesota governor tim walz, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and arizona senator, mark kelly. and whoever she does choose as her running mate will be joining her here in philadelphia on tuesday, for a big rally that will kick off a tour around the battleground states. they will make stops in michigan, wisconsin, north carolina, georgia, and arizona.

alex? >> which apparently means that you can't leave where you are so thank you very much for that. joining me now is lindy lee, member of vice president harris's national finance committee, she's also a commissioner of the commonwealth of pennsylvania having been appointed by governor shapiro. nice to meet you on the broadcast, so talk about the most important qualities that you see for kamala harris when making this decision and to these meetings today, the ones we know about with the candidates, do this indicate that these are the final three? >> pennsylvania is a whole ballgame, the path to the white house runs right through this state, and that's why governor shapiro is at the top of the list. he will bring, if he brings pennsylvania, that's came over, essentially, with harris on the top of the ticket, she puts

states back in play that were formerly completely out of reach like georgia and michigan and so, all of the three names that you just mentioned, bring valuable traits to the table. governor shapiro demonstrated his tremendous leadership by fixing the i-95 highway collapse in just 12 days. that is absolutely unheard of. and then we have the philly fanatic in the live stream, it was so well done. his model leadership became the national model of how to handle her -- national crises then you have governor walz, whose weird attack line has come the attack line heard around the world and you have governor bashir who seems to be out of central casting, and mark kelly who has a formidable life story, he's a bona fide american hero, he was a fighter pilot and then he was an astronaut and then a senator and he is the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords who

survived an assassination attempt. all of these candidates will be phenomenal at least ahead of jd vance. >> look, you obviously have a close relationship were closer than the others to josh shapiro, you were appointed to r your positions commissioner by him. how do you see the chemistry between kamala harris and shapiro, if it comes down to that? >> i was with him a few weeks ago when they were speaking wh with the asian american town hall. the chemistry between them, it was absolutely phenomenal. i think they would be outstanding stumping across the country, and josh shapiro is a phenomenal speaker. i find myself mentally taking notes when i hear him speak. he's electrifying. and i've known him for 10 years, i was 24 when i ran for congress. i cold emailed him, he didn't ed know me but he responded and agreed to meet with a 24-year-

old and it's a testament to his character that he was willing to take time out of his schedule to give me guidance le and we've been friends ever since. he's a truly incredible public e servant but is also a fantastic and loyal friend. >> that's all well and good but let me suggest there are some people, progressives, say, we like the guy but that means moderates and people may be on the conservative end might think a little too much, do you worry about that at all? >> i also think the president will be guiding policy, right, so her policies on gaza, israel, that is what is going to be dictating national foreign-policy and she has already said that she is not going to remain silent in the face of the atrocities happening in gaza. there is daylight between her position and that of president biden. so i'm confident that she will lead us to a permanent cease-

fire into a long lasting peace in the region. >> i'm sorry, i flip the perspectives, that having been said, with your position as the national finance committee, you're on that, the harris campaign having raised $310 million in july, that is a huge number. i know you will be hosting a fundraising that's my fundraiser for harris, how do fu you spend the money most u effectively? >> three words essentially, pennsylvania, pennsylvania, pennsylvania. both campaigns committed to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the state because s this is the tipping point state, and also, as i mentioned before, she is now able to galvanize young people in is states that were formally completely out of play, michigan is back, young people who were disenchanted or two out our back, the energy behind her has been phenomenal. i don't remember this level of excitement since i was a kid, cheering for senator obama. this is truly incredible. and just for some perspective, it took me a year essentially,

to raise $1.1 million or president biden. it took me one week to raise $2 million for kamala harris. so this is astounding and completely unprecedented. >> that is an extraordinary stat. it certainly offers perspective. thank you. let's bring in campaign reporter jake trainor. last night we heard from talking about defining kamala harris, what does he mean? >> reporter: yeah, alex, georges been on the mind of former president trump and alsor vice president harris over the course of this week as they both held rallies in atlanta, georgia and not just the same city, the exact same venue just days apart and if you will remember a couple of weeks ago in the aftermath of the t attempted assassination against

trump, we heard from him and his campaign that we were going to see a unified donald trump, a new, softer trump that would unite the country. he said in his own words, that version of himself has long n gone. last night, donald trump said he was working hard to define vice president harris and it almost felt like he was saying the quiet part out loud because over the past few weeks we have watched as trump's campaign has worked to craft a message and really push it upon who vice president harris is. what they seem to have landed on is spreading her as a far left liberal, someone who opposes tracking and wants to defund the police, a lot of other progressive agendas that don't actually align with who t the vice president is. donald trump went as far as to say that if harris is elected, he believes there will be a e great depression the size of the one in 1929. what we are seeing is pretty true to form for trump especially when he has a fresh

opponent, he is throwing a lot of criticisms at the wall and seeing what sticks, what supporters engage with. i want our viewers to take a listen to some of the criticism he hurled at harris last night. >> four months ago, she was considered grossly incompetent by the fake news and now they're saying, oh, isn't she wonderful, no, she's not wonderful. so we have to work hard to define her. i don't even want to define her, i want to say who she is, she's a horror show and she will destroy our country. >> alex, looking ahead to this upcoming week in terms of campaigning, we have contrasting schedules for the former president and vice president harris, she will hit the campaign trail in seven different swing states and donald trump on the other hand, only hitting one place, both in montana, this friday, so we will hear and see a lot from the vice president this week and i believe she will seize on the opportunity to really define herself to the american e people as opposed to donald

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more fallout today on

donald trump's approach to facing vice president kamala harris. here's one of the strongest allies defending him today after trump accused vice president harris of suddenly, quote, becoming black. >> ap is the one that read the headline when she first came into the united states senate. didn't talk about her being black, it talked about her being the first indian american senator. the ap brought this up. we could have this conversation for the whole segment but none of this matters to the american people. >> if it doesn't matter, i don't know why you keep repeating it and why those introducing the president -- >> i'm not the one who keeps repeating it, george, you are bringing it up now. >> you've done it, you've done it three times every single answer you gave, now let me finish, sir. every single answer you gave you repeated the slur. >> with me now, ashley pratt of nbc think contributor and political commentator and should equal head of vote save america, why are they willing to defend trump on this we even had lindsey graham this morning say that he would encourage trump to focus on policy and

not these personal attacks. but not everyone is getting that message. >> sorry, they don't have anything else to talk about. i think we always knew or something i always knew, as soon as kamala harris became the democratic nominee, trump would not be able to help himself. he was going to go after race and gender and he's done that. and part of his reason for doing that is to convey to the world that she is unqualified in some way. you had republicans saying she's a dei vice president and again they're trying to say that she is unqualified but that's because their candidate is unqualified, donald trump stumbled into the presidency, he inherited money from his father to start his real estate business which he didn't do too well in but he continues to tell us he's a real estate mogul. and then he had the apprentice and then the ratings fell and that show got canceled and then he stumbled into the presidency. the same could be said for jd vance is not even been in the

senate for two years. they don't want us to talk about how they are and caught a -- unqualified. people see it right through it. >> we hear donald saying things like she claimed to be the first indian american senator, can't she be both, indian american and black because, she is. >> yeah, you know, he frustrates me generally, but as a black person living in this country especially, given her history, i think every black person in this country has somebody in this family who is mixed race so to pretend that they don't understand that you can be both indian and black, it's just, you know, byron donald is trying to curry favor with trump and willing to sacrifice his intelligence on national television to do that. >> okay, ashley, i want to play

a clip of how harris responded to trump's attacks at the conference as well as him ditching the plant debate in september, take a listen. >> well donald i do hope you will reconsider to meet me on the debate stage, because as the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face. >> what does it mean for the harris campaign to have this kind of energy, what we just sorry there. do you think she's going to be successful in baiting trump? >> yes, i do, and i think it's working in a sense that he will

not show up for the debate that he said he would be at. and also, if you look at this new poll that came out from cbs today, what you are also seeing is his campaign now refuting that polling saying that it was fake news, it's phony, the demographics were wrong, because she is leading him by one point nationally, so he is terrified of this, and biden's weaknesses are harris's strengths, which i think terrifies him the most. she is polling much better than biden was with demographics that can swing elections that are enthusiastic, young people, independent voters, who were reluctant to vote for biden given how he was generally appearing or willing to do it but now people are excited about a harris presidency and want to vote for the candidate, not just because they are never trump, people like myself who've been never trump since 2016 feel very invigorated by it and listening to her speak, she is reinvigorating this idea of taking donald trump head on and he does not like that one

bit. he does not like to be challenged. this is now a party of one man -- one man's ego, they don't stand for anything other than being the party of trump. they are now saying, right, that they are the party of limited government, how? they want government to control everything from women's bodies to schools, marriage, and it's really frightening when you look at project 2025, so harris is taking this head on knowing that she can win those demographics, so i hope when she's out on the campaign trail and thinking about who her vp is going to be, she's looking at that electoral map knowing that her weakness is with the mail vote, and hopefully figure out the swing states, someone like governor shapiro would be a great selection for for that very reason, same thing with governor tim walz, we will see where she goes but she have to -- she has brought more life to

this campaign. as a former republican, i can't wait to vote for her. >> to ashley's point, donald trump isn't liking this very much, shaniqua, you posted that you never seen trump the this hostile and in a debate with harris, he won't be able to keep his feeling suppressed. you think trump's team once to keep him off the debate stage but also given their decision to have him speak at the nabj conference, do you think they are just making strategic errors? >> i thought back to all the conversation around joe biden and the debate going really bad and people saying why didn't his -- why did his staff have been up there, i think the same thing happened to trump, he seemingly made all of these assumptions about what would happen on the essays, and when he wasn't able to control it, he just started lashing out, and the difference between the vice president debating him and rachel scott interviewing him and asking questions, journalists have to maintain their composure and focus on what they are doing.

vice president harris in a debate would actually be pushing back on his lies, and fighting fire with fire, and so, i don't think he would be able to handle that and he would crumble under pressure and i think that's why we are seeing him run away from the debate. ultimately, he is a coward and it's interesting now, he's used this strongman persona to tell voters why they should trust him and he would stand up for them and be their attack dog but we are seeing now, he can't demonstrate that because he's not even willing to debate the vice president. >> ashley, you are rattling off the different candidates under consideration and what their strengths are. her meeting today was on the top picks is being described as a chemistry test. how does she make this final decision? >> i think she really does need to take the electoral map into consideration. the polling is showing that she is again, that she has a significant lead, it appears, more so than biden did with cohorts such as independent voters and the former

republicans are a part of that mix, suburban women, and minorities, and young people, so those are demographics that are going to be enthusiastic and are going to turn out the vote and we can hear them chanting at the rallies but again, the mail vote is what she lacks. so she is really going to have to make some strides there, to really push her over the edge, especially in the battleground states. so i think the selection will be a smart one from the campaign, so far all signs are pointing to them thinking very strategically about this pick which is why it hasn't been rushed. right now, they're just showcasing the momentum for this campaign and i think that will continue even past to her selection, and i think with the

republicans the harris launch, that may signal that they are looking for someone a bit moderate, someone who progressives may not be all that thrilled about but will be able to tolerate because harris will be at the top of the ticket. >> i'm curious, your thoughts on all of this, the choosing of the vice president because, you can look at the statistics, you can look at polls, you can look at what you think they bring to this election, chemistry is important but here's the bottom line, you've got to win first before you look at developing policy and doing that together. where do you think the stands? >> you know, she's had a lot less time than any other candidate to make this decision. so i think she's really taking this time to find out as much as she can, and as you said, test the chemistry with these candidates, but ultimately, it will come down to you know, i think all these people can engage with voters on the campaign trail, and the three candidates have all won statewide office. so i think she has a tough decision but good choices to choose between and she will do that seemingly, by tomorrow. >> okay, i guess it's a good

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petersburg with tampa bay. that's about five miles from our location, and if you see the wind and the rain there, of course, it looks crazy. the storm appears to have settled where it's at for now. it hasn't moved much, we've got heavy rain earlier today and the rain practically stopped the downtown area but we are only about five miles from the location so when the rain and the wind gusts comes in, this is what it's been my, we saw the water rise here in the area in downtown tampa bay. the water was almost at the dock and it stops there. this is still much higher than normal according to the owners of these yachts here. we are still under the severe weather warning. where still under a tornado watch and much of this area, and we are just waiting for the

storm to make its way. there's a lot of heavy rain when you look at the radar and of authorities had warned before this even turned into a tropical storm that there was a lot of rain coming in with the storm, so people did preparations and they prepared in different ways in their homes, not just in areas next to the golf for the bay but next to the areas where they have rivers around their properties. let's hear from one of the individuals that we spoke with who was working with the county, having -- helping residents prepare for the storm. >> pretty steady until about 2:00 p.m. and then we had more storms roll through. it's pretty slow now. i think everybody who needs sandbags has made it out to get what they need.

>> reporter: that was part of the preparations happening yesterday. now, the storm, the eye of the storm is west of us, so let's keep in mind, it's still in the gulf, it's making its way north, parallel to the west coast of florida, expected to make landfall north of us but authorities want people to make sure that they understand that they do expect rain throughout the day and overnight, so the danger has not passed in tampa but as of now, as you can see the rain isn't as bad as we saw it earlier today, alex. very quickly, can you look in the sky and see where the dark clouds are, in that heavy, heavy rain and flooding area there question mark can you see it? >> reporter: yes, so when we look at the radar, we know the storm is coming from that direction, so it is spinning towards us. so i keep looking in that direction, of course it's overcast but it's been overcast for the last five hours, and you can feel the wind essentially when i look in that direction, i can feel it hitting me. we know that is where the rain is.

the image that you showed of the bridge, that is in this direction, about five miles that way, so, it feels like the storm hasn't moved much in the last hour but when it starts moving, we feel those wind gusts and that's when we see the water rise. it's not just because of the surge but also because the wind does push some of the water into the bay, alex. >> keep your eyes peeled to the sky. thank you. remarkable new poll numbers about young, female black and hispanic voters. hispanic voters. ellen pompeo i've never really been offered a beauty campaign when i was in my twenties or my thirties or my forties. it wasn't until i was 48 years old,

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new today, polling shows vice president harris isn't just closing the gap between her and donald trump among key demographics, she's actually surging ahead. according to cbs news, harris is leading by nine points among likely female voters and 26 points among voters under 30 years old. when it comes to hispanic voters, 52% say they are leaning towards harris. that's compared to 47% were prepared to vote for trump. and 81% of black voters say they will vote for the democratic ticket with which is eight points higher than when biden was expected to be the nominee. it joined me now is the reverend al sharpton post of politics nation and president of the national action network.

good to see you, ralph, i see you in your spot, you are on your way to work as usual. so here we go, these numbers, they are pretty impressive numbers for vice president harris considering she's only been a presidential candidate for two weeks now. how has her emergence as the democratic nominee change the nature of this race, the feeling around it? >> i think it has changed it tremendously. i think you see an energy that we have not seen in a long time. it reminds me of 2008, when senator barack obama was running and became president brock obama at the end of the race. and i think that it's a matter of them sustaining this kind of momentum and making sure they go forward. let us not forget that we are now looking at these numbers before the democratic convention, which is a couple of weeks away. it usually gives the democratic nominee a boost and we are looking at it before the sentencing date on september 18th of donald trump, and that is going to remind everyone that he is a convicted felon of 34 counts of felonies, so i think that this is good news,

but it's not news to relax, it'll probably be a tighter race than these present polls show but i think she has momentum on her side. she must maintain it. >> yep, the wind at her back. right now harris is in the final stage of picking her running mate from this shortlist as we presume it is, from six candidates, you never know if there is somebody else. she is meeting with three of those potential pics today. who do you think is the best choice to maintain the momentum in the campaign? >> i think the best choice is whoever she chooses. i don't think that vice presidential candidates necessarily tilt a race nationally but it could help in very close races, and the battleground states. and that is going to be her choosing. but she must also choose someone who really can work with her. it's the kind of energy and

synergy that they do together and no one knows that better than her, she's been a sitting vice president for 3 1/2 years and if there's not a connection between the president and the vice president, and trust, that they would be the last person in the room, it won't work. they are going to face several crises together. >> yes, see if they have the chemistry to work together. i wanted to ask you this question and i don't think we have done enough to look at it, and that is, since you were on air force one with president biden this week, you both went to texas and you were celebrating the civil rights act

at the lbj presidential library. do you have a sense of how the president is reacting to the excitement around harris? we know it was a hard decision to give up running for a second term. is this a moment of pride for him to see his number to have a real shot at the number 1 position? does he feel like yep, i made the right choice? >> the sense i got talking to him, as we all that were invited to be on the trip with him, spend some time with him in the conference room there on air force one, i sense, not only a real pride because let's not forget, had president joe biden not have the courage to choose a black woman for the first time in history to be his vice president, we wouldn't be sitting at this moment, so he rightfully can take a lot of pride in what he did and it was an historic pride and now to see her come into her own, it vindicates him for taking that step that many did not think he would or should take. so i think it's one of his

great legacies, aside from many great things he did in office. one of the things that occurred to me when we went to lyndon johnson library with him, johnson gave us everything from civil rights act to the voting rights act, to open housing act, too many things that came out of the great society was a consequential president. and when you look at what joe biden did with infrastructure, what he did bringing us back from covid, what he did in international affairs, he's a consequential president. it was to me, appropriate for one president to go to a president who changed american history with a president that saved american democracy and even as people talk about him getting older, the man we called old man, brought hostages home that everyone including donald trump, said he couldn't do and he did that, even after he said he wasn't going to run again. so joe biden can walk with his head held high and his shoulders back.

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israel is on high alert over the looming threat of retaliatory strikes from iran and hezbollah. the threat in response to the assassination of senior hamas and hezbollah leaders last week. the u.s. is moving warships and fighter jets into the region as fears rise that an all out regional conflict could break out. joining me now is matt bradley who's in beirut, and former cia senior intelligence officer and msnbc national security analyst matt.

how imminent might be this attack be? >> that's the big question and as you mentioned, the white house and the united states is moving military assets into the region, bracing for a war that could affect not just israel and iran, really israeli allies like the united states, here's john kirby commenting on this just today. >> when the supreme leader says that he will avenge, we have to take that seriously. i don't know what they are going to do or when they will do it but we have to make sure that we are ready and we have the capabilities in the region to be able to help israel defend itself and quite frankly, defend our own national securities. we've been consistent about not wanting to see this war escalate, we've been very consistent about proving not

just with words but with action, that we will stand up and defend israel. >> so alex, it's not just about iran attacking israel, the that is a major concern considering most recent escalation. it's also iran's so-called axis of resistance, all of the client states and militant groups like hezbollah which is based here in lebanon which took their own hit with a high profile assassination the israelis claimed just a few days ago, they could be brought in to also attack israel. and the big question is, will the iranian led axis of resistant act together, that could be stabilizing, alex? >> mark, israel, other nations, they are urging citizens not to travel to the region. what are your concerns that an all out regional war is eminent, what are you expecting, and when?

>> i've been on the show talking about this before. this has always been a concern and tensions are certainly high now. i think what the iranians certain believe they have to do is respond in some fashion, they were deeply humiliated with the assassination, so they believe for a variety of reasons that they have to respond. they also have to be very careful because israel, particularly after the 7th is in no mood to receive any kind of devastating blow. right now you have this incredible intelligence, american and israeli assets looking at everything going on in iran. this is satellite imagery, on the ground, if iran is moving things such as their drone launching sites, you know, cruise missiles, and the other worry is if they would activate

their overseas actions, the u.s. has warned iran strongly, there's been a lot of diplomacy but we will expect a response and the question is the degree of how hard it iran tries to strike israel. >> laying all that out, though, it's very concerning. so matt, here's the question, will bus in israel be able to fend off attacks the way they did last time? and what happens if iran strikes israel inside successfully? >> they very well might, i won't say that they won't be able to. there are additional weapons that are being moved into the region to do just that but the question is, this is a big difference from the time in april when i was speaking about

a similar incident. that time the u.s. had days to come up with a coalition including arab governments that they brought in and helped them fend off these attacks against the israelis but the iranian attack against the israelis, that was you know, a huge barrage of weapons but the iranians signaled that ahead of time and they warned everybody they would be doing that. it was almost as if they didn't want to start a wider war, as if they were just trying to appease their own people at home and throw red meat to their base within iran. that is not the case now. there's real anger here and a real risk that you know the conflict could become decoupled from the diplomacy and that is why this is so much more dangerous than the sort of, the one we saw back in april. >> you referenced this a bit but what is your sense of the intelligence sharing, the extent of it, with the u.s., giving to israel, i mean the kinds of intelligence, and is any diplomatic bump between the

u.s. and benjamin netanyahu, does that affect any of this under circumstances like these? >> the answer is no, you know, the israeli nus intelligence relationship, it's ironclad right now. there's going to be incredible amounts of sharing particularly in a situation like this. that's everything from technical intercepts of iranian communications to human sources on the ground, and of course, satellite imagery because all of this is designed to warn israel from what could be a strike, that would cause them to launch back. look in the middle east, so much happens under the table and i would say one other thing, you and i have talked about this, israel also has intelligence relationships with other countries, even when the political dimensions, the arab states are cooperating with israel and i would expect that

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there it is, the olympic flame in the city of light, on the ninth day of the paris olympics, team usa leading overall with the most medals with china dominating the gold medal count. last hour my friend, we are watching for team usa, noah liles in the final, did he run it yet? >> reporter: breaking news, he just ran it, and my goodness

it was close, noah liles came bouncing, jumping, into the arena, just fired up for this race, but it was a photo finish at the end. it looks like he did it and it was so close, noah liles, he led into the finish, and that's how he managed to get that edge.

so noah liles, is the fastest man in the world, the first time that team usa has won for two decades, and an almost moment, he shouted at the camera when finally, we knew, he said i told you i would do it, i did it. amazing moment right now. he was embraced by his family. i think he was embraced by his mom, incredible moments. what an incredible day, noah liles, to be able to pull this off, team usa, has always, you know once again team usa, getting that gold. >> that is so exciting! so excig