right now on "ana cabrera reports," battleground blitz, kamala harris and her new running mate tim walz hitting the ground running, after his introduction to the nation. >> i'm here today because i found such a leader. >> these guys are creepy, and yes, just weird as hell, that's what you see. >> literally trailing them on the trail, republican j.d. vance, his solo shadow strategy against this new democratic duo. also ahead, another defeat are for another member of the squad, cori bush's contentious primary and the forces behind her loss. and later, catastrophic flooding. what's left of debby unleashing as it churns up the atlantic coast. we'll follow the storm's track. good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from

new york, and this morning the newly minted democratic ticket is hitting the road. vice president kamala harris and governor tim walz are set to stump in wisconsin and michigan today after a raucous rally in philly last night. in front of an over capacity crowd estimated around 12,000 people. meanwhile, j.d. vance flying solo continues his shadow strategy on behalf of the gop ticket. this morning he's in michigan where he's set to speak in just moments. then he'll travel to the same wisconsin city where harris and walz are starting their day. joining us now nbc's peter alexander from washington, garrett haake from michigan covering j.d. vance, also with us msnbc political analyst republican strategist susan del percio and democratic strategist basil smikle. quite an introduction, what can we expect today? >> we saw the newly minted vp pick tim walz alongside kamala harris. an opportunity to debut their

new message as a team and to introduce walz who nearly -- or more than seven in ten americans say they know very little about, if they know anything about him at all. a lot of this is going to continue to hammer home their message. kamala harris as we've reported believes that walz is a very effective messenger. it was his earlier use of that idea describing both trump and j.d. vance as weird that really resonated with harris, her team, and some democrats. it went viral as it was used by others within the party over the course of the next several days. i was struck by the language from david plouffe, the former campaign manager for barack obama describing the contrast between walz and j.d. vance saying that walz is normal, mainstream and happy. j.d. vance is weird, extreme and angry, and here's part of walz yesterday there in philadelphia delivering some of his plain spoken -- easy for them to say -- punch lines.

>> governor tim walz of the great state of minnesota! >> these guys are creepy, and, yes, just weird as hell. that's what you see. that's what you see. violent crime was up under donald trump. that's not even counting the crimes he committed. and i got to tell you, i can't wait to debate the guy. that is if he's willing to get off the couch and show up. so -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: i got to tell you what struck me being in that room yesterday with more than 10,000 people in attendance was really sort of the happy warrior mentality that tim walz brings to the ticket here. i heard that repeatedly from people in the room, by the way, we should note they are in michigan and wisconsin today. tomorrow they have an event that's going to focus on the uaw i'm told by sources close to the campaign. >> how is trump world reacting to harris chooses walz as her running mate?

>> with undisguised glee. the trump campaign was much more concerned about the possibility that harris might pick josh shapiro, the popular governor of pennsylvania as someone who might expand harris's ability to win perhaps the most critical swing state there. they view walz as a double down by harris by picking essentially a candidate who echoes her on some of her progressive positions and they believe doesn't expand her map or ideological tent in any significant way. donald trump himself reacted to the pick this morning on another network. here's what he had to say about it. >> i would say my reaction is i can't believe it. i never thought this was going to be the one that was picked. he's a very, very liberal man, and he's a shocking pick and i'm thrilled. i could not be more thrilled. >> and ana, they're putting the final touches on the set behind me. you can't really make it out. we were standing in front of a police station in shelby township, michigan. i suspect you're going to hear a lot about crime and about

minneapolis in 2020. those are issues on which they are hoping to tie the records of walz and kamala harris together in a negative way with j.d. vance being the messenger on that bracketing tour he's doing on every stop of the democratic ticket this week. >> we will monitor that j.d. vance event. peter alexander, thank you. susan it sounds like trump's happy about this pick. how do you think he feels seeing that energy in philly last night? >> that he does not like, especially the crowd size. it's my understanding that harris filled up that arena compared to the last time trump was there. >> harris was sort of trolling trump yesterday with her campaign posting on truth social, his own platform, the split screen of the two crowds, his and hers. >> and the energy is there. you can feel it among the democrats, but we also have to remember, you know what? this is a 50/50 world we're living in or at least a 45/45 country, and there's something about walz's record that is

going to help motivate republicans, and -- >> toward harris, do you think or toward trump? >> no, i think towards trump. i think that the harris campaign decided they're going to seek to pull more democrats out to vote, especially and maybe get some rural voters as well and that they're banking on moderate republicans or right leaning independents to either hold their nose and vote for harris or just stay home. they don't think they need to do anything to woo them away from trump. that's how i see it. >> basil, this was probably the biggest speech of tim walz's career last night. there is some reporting he hadn't even read off a teleprompter before last night. how do you think he did in introduing himself to the nation? >> i think he did very well. a lot of those lines were great lines, especially the couch line which i thought was very good. and listen, he is touting this record that certainly

republicans will label as progressive, but you know, when you go to the country and say that i provided meals for children k-12 breakfast and lunch every day. as he said in an earlier interview, like call me the monster if you think that's a monstrous policy. so i think there's a pushback to that. you know the fact that there was energy in the room, that there was, quote, joy in the room. you know, that's certainly a motivating factor for the democratic base. i do think it actually does help with independents, though, because where on the other side you'll see donald trump sort of doubling down on hate and fear and anger, i do think that on the democratic side in talking to independent voters, they're saying, look, for all of the concerns that donald trump will raise there's a policy solution for that. >> we are monitoring this event with j.d. vance, which is happening right now there in michigan. is that michigan, guys, or

wisconsin? michigan, forgive me. i get confused on which one they're in first, which city. i know he'll be in both michigan and wisconsin today and same with harris as well as walz. there is this new npr polling that i wanted to show you. it gives us a look at how americans are viewing harris's candidacy. trump is still more trusted on the economy, but harris is really gaining ground. she's only down three points on this issue compared to biden. he was down nine points in june. she's also doing better on the issue of immigration compared to biden, down just six points to trump on this issue. susan, why do you think her messaging appears to be working? >> because donald trump, we know what his ceiling is, and we know what his floor is when it comes it to his numbers on the issues. harris is basically new to the public, and they want to give her more of a chance. the best thing that the harris team has done, in my opinion, is somehow stay loyal to biden but not fall into taking all the

responsibilities of the biden administration that had a lot of people concerned. so i think the messaging there is here's what i have to say, not what the administration has to say, and that's playing extremely well. but we shall see. she's had a fantastic two that have -- two and a half weeks. it's only been two and a half weeks. and she will continue that role, whether it be the rally yesterday and the convention in two weeks. it comes down to harris and trump. >> in that same poll, harris is now leading trump, basil, by three points nationally among registered voters, still within the margin of error. that's better how biden was up against trump before he decided to step aside. also you mentioned independents. she's up with independents nine points compared to biden down against trump. harris said she was the

underdog. she called her and tim walz underdogs yesterday, are they? >> it's great to run from that perspective, right? it creates a different kind of energy, a kind of forcefulness, and that creates that momentum that susan talked about. this is a period you could not pay for, for her to have the kind of two weeks and potentially the next 91 days that she could have, you got to run a flawless campaign, but for voters to see 14,000 people in that arena yesterday and to be able to have the kind of energy that she's had going to these different rallies and now have walz be able to be that surrogate on the campaign trail, i mean, this is -- this is something that i think democrats after a 25-day period of just a lot of hand wringing really, really -- as independents are looking and saying, oh, let me -- because i think democrats didn't go to donald trump. they went to let me wait and see

what happens, and now harris and walz have said it's time to come back. and that's what you're seeing. >> can i just ask, how much do you think that excitement is about harris herself, and how much is it from democrats that this is sort of a fresh start? >> i have said this a couple of times in this studio, that reverend t.k. anderson in houston, texas, got up on a podium and said, you know, when he hears donald trump attack a highly qualified person like kamala harris, that he as a black man could not sit back and watch an unqualified white man attack a black woman that way, and to me, my 30 years of political experience went out the window because i felt that, and i think that's what -- that's the difference between, you know, last month and the last two weeks that a lot of voters feel this viscerally and that, i think, is the delta that you're seeing. >> i want to play the very first

thing tim walz said at his rally last night. >> wow, thank you, philadelphia. thank you, madam vice president for the trust you put in me, but maybe more so thank you for bringing back the joy. >> susan, your thoughts on that? >> he's right. there is -- you can feel it among democrats, and maybe even a little bit among the general public. they no longer have to face a trump/biden election, which was bringing everybody down frankly. to your earlier question about -- to basil, i think that part of it is that biden's not on the ticket and people feel energized. but that being said, vice president harris grabbed this opportunity. she seized on it. she -- i mean, she showed her political chops by coming in,

getting the party on board, raising the money, getting her vp choice done in record time. >> and was loyal to biden all the way up to when he made the decision to step aside. >> i'm so happy you said that. i think what harris has shown what a loyal vice president she really is, for a few years now. and there was also no -- there's loyalty to her. there were no leaks. no leaks on the vp chase. >> that's huge for a whole host of reasons. >> look, guys, you're coming back. thank you, susan, basil, j.d. vance already done with his remarks. we're going to take a deeper dive when we come back in to the new democratic ticket. i'll speak with a harris biographer who says she has always been underestimated. plus, another squad member just lost her primary. what it could mean for progressives and the battle for control of congress. fears of catastrophic flooding from a tropical storm that's already claimed at least six lives. we are in the potential path of

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coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. welcome back. we have new details this morning about what exactly went into kamala harris's decision to pick minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate over the other finalists. a source familiar with the vetting process detailed the weaknesses harris's team

believed they saw with both arizona senator mark kelly and pennsylvania governor josh shapiro adding that harris saw walz as someone she could trust during the campaign and in office. joining us now, nbc's monica alba from washington and dan mor rain, a long-time california journalist who wrote a biography of harris, it's called "kamala's way: an american life." harris chs going with her gut in choosing walz. >> that's right, ana, because she didn't have a lot of time. her gut, her immediate chemistry with tim walz was a key factor in her ultimate decision-making, and obviously they go through all of the key criteria. you want somebody who's going to be a good governing partner, we were told. somebody who is going to be loyal to you, somebody who's going to have your back, somebody who shares many of your values and vision and agenda, but overall, this was something that seemed to come down to the way that they were able to spend a little bit of time together on

sunday and the conversation that they had, and ultimately, vice president harris felt that this was someone who she really could build a trusting relationship with and that this was somebody who wanted to talk about getting access to more rights and freedoms for middle class families who she really enjoyed the fact that he is a former high school football coach, a veteran, a gun owner, a hunter, somebody who really has focused on areas that are kind of a complement and contrast to her own experience and, ultimately, i was told, ana, you have to think about this as is this somebody that i want to sit down and have lunch with every week for four years? is that the kind of person and ultimately for the vice president, governor walz was that individual. >> and who was her close inner circle? who was she relying on through this process? >> we know that there was a compressed time line for the vetting, but there were a couple of people who were brought in to do a little bit more of that and to really consult with her as

they went through and whittled down the list of candidates, and that includes people who were in the cabinet before like marty walsh. that includes people like cedric richmond who had been a cochair for the biden campaign who is now working with the harris campaign, and senator catherine cortez masto of nevada. these are people who bring different perspectives from their experience, from their past lives who were also really key in drilling down on some of the key potential drawbacks or vulnerabilities of some of the candidates we're told as well, and they had to really do this in the span of a couple of days. they had to do this in these really small meetings that were behind closed doors, but ultimately the decision was up to vice president harris. she said she wanted to kind of sleep on it, to solidify what she felt was right, again, in her gut. but she said that really this decision for her was an easy one based on the chemistry and connection she had with tim walz. >> thank you for the reporting. and dan, you've been covering harris for a long time.

what do you make of her decision-making process in choosing a running mate. does this sound like her usual m.o.? >> you know, she looks like the person i knew in california. you know, she's out there smiling. she's having a good time. and you know, when i look at governor walz, i don't know him, most americans don't, he looks -- big grins, big smiles. he's having a good time. seems to me familiar to the kamala harris i know. >> and so is it different, though, than the one you've been seeing since her time in california? >> i don't -- i haven't been covering her as a vice president, but the impression i have from reading and watching her on television has been -- has been at times rocky as vice president, much less so the last two years, but sure, she's under

a national spotlight. it's different than a spotlight in california, although we certainly pay attention to politics out here. it's different in washington. >> i want to know more about the kamala harris you know having studied her when she was there in california. she's held a lot of high profile roles from san francisco district attorney to california attorney general, to senator, now vice president, but the polls show a lot of voters still don't feel like they know her well. why do you think that's the case? >> well, i'm not sure that people especially knew mike pence or al gore when they were vice presidents. vice presidents are secondary roles. i do think that californians have a sense of her. i think they understand that she's a smart person, quick on her feet, has a set of core values. you know, this is not somebody who, you know, just fell out of a coconut tree.

>> which she likes to lean into that meme that you just referenced. you say she's been underestimated throughout her career. you write in the l.a. times i saw firsthand what kind of candidate she can be, tough, formidable, disciplined, without a doubt republicans should wish they had stopped her when they had their best chance. what's been key to her successful campaigns in the past? >> well, when she ran for district attorney and when she ran for california attorney general the first time in 2010 she was running scared. she was an underdog. she was running, you know, her opponent in 2010, which is the race i really paid most attention to was the district attorney of los angeles, had 40 years of courtroom experience, really experienced, very good candidate, and you know, on election night it was so close that he even declared victory. well, it didn't turn out that

way. she ended up winning by 70,000 votes, but you know, national republicans went after her. it was -- they knew that if she won that first race statewide that she was going to be who knows what she was going to run for, governor or senator, president, they wanted to stop her before she rose to that first statewide post as attorney general, and they spent a lot of money trying to do it, over a million bucks back when a million bucks meant something, and they almost beat her, but they didn't. and this was 2010 so that was really a red wave election. >> all very interesting and you talk about money, she's proven to be a formidable fundraiser at least so far in this campaign. she just raised another $20 million yesterday after tim walz being chosen as her running mate. thank you for providing your insights. appreciate your time.

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welcome back, we are following new threats from tropical storm debby crawling up the east coast. right now this storm is churning over the atlantic where it is expected to gain strength before making landfall once again. debby already dropping more than a foot of rain in some areas, flooding homes, washing away roads, even triggering tornados and leaving at least six people dead. nbc's priscilla thompson is in the storm zone in wilmington. what's still coming? >> yeah, ana, because debby is over the atlantic ocean, we're getting the rain in waves, but when it comes, it can be heavy, and so there is still the potential for flooding, and the other threat here are the rivers, many of which are expected to reach major flood stage by the end of the week. while things may look calm right now, the threat is not over just

yet. tropical storm debby unleashing its strength from florida to the carolinas. the powerful storm leaving much of the southeast under water this morning washing out roads in georgia and bringing down trees and power lines in south carolina, residents scrambling to prevent possible damage, some even clearing drains as the storm slams south carolina with heavy rain. >> they're our only lifeline. without those, there's nothing stopping the water coming up. >> reporter: but for many it's already too late, with residents in bluffton, south carolina, worried this is only the beginning. even more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. >> the bedrooms are soaking wet, the bathrooms are soaking wet. >> up to 25 inches is forecast to hit south carolina this week, and across the region, an urgent warning to stay off the roads. >> we have an suv that got swept

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today marks 17 days where she has been the presumptive

democratic nominee, and 17 days where she refused to answer questions from the media. president trump will go anywhere into hostile audiences and friendly audiences and answer tough questions. i will go anywhere and answer tough questions because i respect the american people enough to say that i should have to earn your vote. i shouldn't be expected to be given your vote while i hide in a basement or stand in front of a teleprompter, which is exactly what kamala harris has done. i'd ask all the reporter here to show a little bit of self-awareness. >> that is donald trump's running mate ohio senator j.d. vance speaking now in michigan. he's also gone directly after tim walz over his military record. back with us now republican strategist susan del percio and democratic strategist basil smikle. again, vance is on this shadow tour going where the democratic ticket is going. trump's not with him. what did you make of those comments we just heard? >> they weren't very good. the point of a vice president, there are two things it's to put forward the ticket's agenda, and

attack, frankly, the opponent, so him going after harris the way he has is just kind of pitiful. that's what he's got, she's in a basement? he should be -- if he wants to talk about her record, talk about her record. he's hiding because he's got nothing else, and so he says he goes into hostile territory. he still can't answer a straight question. so i mean, this is the guy who comes up with lines about single women and cats running the country. it just -- he's really flat in my opinion. >> your thoughts, basil. there's a through line here because he said that in this clip that the press should be more self-aware. when he talks about donald trump not being afraid to go into certain rooms, he went into nabj, the black journalists and waved his finger at the black journalists that were on stage with him. so this isn't about going into rooms and not caring. this is about -- this is about berating people and insulting folks. that's what they do. that's what they're good at.

so yeah, they'll go into any room that they need to that's necessary, but they're going to do with a more hateful message, not one where they're willing to actually engage and talk about issues. >> device, stay with us. we're also following the results of some key battleground primaries, battleground, michigan, a crucial rate set in the fight for senate there. current democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin will face trump ally and former republican congressman mike radiology e. on the house side, another race we're following, squad member cori bush on the outs. she was defeated. she faced nearly $9 million from pro-israel groups opposing her. steve kornacki is at the big board to break it down for us. what'd we learn last night? >> on the house side here, we had this about a month ago in new york, the story of a member of the so-called squad losing in the democratic primary. let me show you how it happened in the cori bush race. incumbent cori bush losing to

wesley bell. this is the first congressional district in missouri. it's geographically small but population dense here. basically the story here is there's st. louis, it's the city of st. louis is entirely within this district, but the population in st. louis has been really going down. it's under 300,000 now, the district isn't just st. louis, it's also st. louis county. again, it's more suburban areas, smaller cities. there's a bit of a significant contrast between the city of st. louis and st. louis county. in the city of st. louis last night, cori bush won by high single-digits over wesley bell. out in the st. louis county portion of the district, a very different story. wesley bell double-digits there over bush. when bush first won this seat four years ago she also unseated an incumbent member of congress, that was william lacy clay, and back then, she also lost st. louis county, but it was only by four points. while winning st. louis city by

about the margin she did last night. the difference for bush between when she won the seat and losing it in this primary last night was in st. louis county, the floor kind of falling out for her there. a close race here, but a six-point difference here. the other thing when i'm talking about the population declining in st. louis city, when bush won this seat in 2020, 60% of the vote in that primary came out of the city of st. louis. it's down to 53%. more kind of wait population voting wise in the county portion of the district. that is cori bush losing again another squad member there. and take a look quickly, you mentioned in michigan, no surprise in these primaries last night for the senate on the democratic side, elissa slotkin, this was expected winning the democratic nomination. on the republican side mike rogers, again, expected winning the republican nomination, but what this race, the significance of this race in november, obviously it's about senate control, but more specifically it's this, the democrats need to

win two of the three of montana, ohio, west virginia. two of the three red states that they now have seats in that they're trying to hang on to to have any realistic chance of controlling the senate. they got to win two of those three likely. you get to a state like michigan, this is one republicans would like potentially to pad a potential majority in the senate. this is the kind of seat for democrats that sort of must win in addition to finding a way to win in those red states. it's a huge race in terms of the senate here, but for democrats, it's much more if they have any chance of controlling the senate, this one's must win for them. republicans have passed to senate control that don't require them to win michigan. >> thank you. and susan and basil are still with us. looking at that missouri primary and cori bush's loss, how much do you think was about gaza and her stance, and how much do you think it was about her own perhaps specific

vulnerabilities. she was under federal investigation for use of campaign funds. >> i think a lots of it does relate to her stance on the war in gaza. you had pro-israel groups donating significant amounts of money to her as they did in the race against jamal bowman in new york city. so that is an important common thread. i would also say that those districts while centered in some ways in the urban areas in the new york district in the bronx, they're also largely suburban district, more moderate voters. in this particular case of cori bush, the sense that she wasn't as aligned as some of those voters would have liked her to be on the biden agenda i think also impacted that. >> susan we've seen two squad losses now. does that suggest that their impact or their power in the democratic party might be waning? >> not necessarily. i think because they are very vocal and put out their messaging, you know, loud and they don't care about their -- frankly, the other members of their caucus, they do get a lot of attention. they tend to be on the outer

left, whereas the same thing happens, by the way, on the right, when you have the more wacky conservatives go out there and they get the press attention. what at the end of the day it shows, though, is that we're starting to see people really wanting moderation. that's what it comes down to. >> let's look at that michigan senate race now, again, we've got elissa slotkin, mike rogers, both with foreign policy credentials, and this is a race that's been somewhat reshaped by what's happening in gaza, right? because of the arab and muslim population in michigan specifically. do you see this as a real chance for a gop pickup? >> absolutely. but i see it more importantly as probably one of the best races in the country, because i think it's going to be kind of an old school campaign. they're talking about issues. they're talking about national security. the thing that can really gum up the works are these big outside pacs who come in with these messages that could throw off either side, but overall, i

think basically whoever wins, it's a good thing for the country. >> remember the uncommitted vote, basil, in michigan when president biden was still on the ticket and there was such a turnout with uncommitted in his primary there, yet now we have a new democratic ticket, and there's been some suggestion by these groups, uncommit group, the black muslim leadership council fund was part of that push that endorsed kamala harris. do you see that becoming more of a safe space now for democrats, that state? >> i do, actually, and you know, to that very point, i think, and as we talked about before, the harris walz ticket resets the entire narrative for this race. so kamala harris has an opportunity to sort of carve out her own path forward, maybe not right right now, but a little bit after the convention but i do think there are a lot of voters that are taking another look. the fact that she's got strong

labor support and they were immediately on board with her, i think again gives democrats a good opportunity here. >> basil smikle, susan del percio, thank you both. there is a new hamas political leader, how this change could impact negotiations for a cease fire with israel. you're watching "ana cabrera reports." stay with us. us but sometimes it can start to slow down. but did you know prevagen can help keep your memory sharp? the secret is the powerful ingredient, apoaequorin, originally discovered in jellyfish and found only in prevagen. in a clinical study, prevagen was shown to improve memory in subgroups of individuals who were cognitively normal or mildly impaired. stay sharp and improve your memory with prevagen. prevagen. in stores everywhere without a prescription. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew. "paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insurance," hm.

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sinwar has been in hiding since october 7th. he's one of israel's biggest targets. how does this new role for him change the dynamics in the fight and what does it mean for the cease-fire talks? >> reporter: so, sinwar say hard-liner, the man who gave the order to attack on october 7th and now he is the undisputed leader of hamas. he has even fewer reasons than he did before to listen to the sort of quote, unquote more moderate voices from the political wing of the group, voices that appear at least to be outside world to be more open to a cease-fire. the perspective from the biden administration is this doesn't change a whole lot in terms of the cease-fire negotiations because the reality is sinwar is the one who was in charge on the ground or under the ground in gaza. he's the one who has the hostages in his custody and so ultimately he's the one making the decisions. take a listen to what secretary of state antony blinken had to say about that.

>> with regard to sinwar, he has been and remains the primary decider when it comes to concluding a cease-fire. and so i think this only underscores the fact that it is really on him. this is the decisive moment. the negotiations have reached their final stage. >> reporter: and those negotiations, a whole lot more complicated now, ana, as israel braces for potential retaliation from iran and hezbollah. >> to that point, we have seen a number of efforts in recent days to try to prevent further escalation of violence in the region. any signs of those diplomatic moves are working? >> reporter: so every night israelis are going to bed wondering is tonight the night that the iranian missiles are going to come. it hasn't happened so far. it still has been quiet here. people to some extent trying to go about their normal lives, but there is a lot of anxiety and i don't think anyone in israel

feels that iran has been dissuaded from taking revenge. the feeling here is this is more of a delay rather than a decision by iran that perhaps it isn't going to retaliate for the assassination in tehran the other week. >> raf sanchez, thank you for the update. keep us posted on all things as it is a developing situation. up next on "ana cabrera reports," an olympic gold rush, the hocker shocker as an american becomes the new gold medalist, winning the 1500 meter final on the track. we're also going to take you live to paris for more of the big moments after a quick break. big moments after a quick break.

america is running circles around the competition on the track in paris. american gabby thomas racing to gold in the 200 meter dash,

beating out st. lucia's julian alfred who won gold in the 100 meter race. and in the 1500 meter race, american cole hocker, an underdog, crossed the finish line with an olympic record winning his first gold medal followed by his teammate aaron neguse who won the bronze. this morning, america has surpassed china in the overall medal count and the gold medal count. joining us now, nbc news senior national tonight tom llamas. the women's soccer team also advanced to the gold medal match on saturday. we have more chances for gold today, sailing, weightlifting, synchronized swimming, skateboarding, several more track and field events. give us the latest. >> reporter: all the events right there. i want to start where you started, actually, u.s. women's soccer. this was so incredible, they're going to take on brazil in the gold medal match on saturday. and this is so incredible because this team came in, ranked fifth, and now they're going to head against brazil for the gold medal match on saturday. a team of a lot of young really

soccer players, and even though the u.s. women's team has been dominant in this event for a very long time, it has been a while since we have been on top and this is so great to see this team. people like trinity rodman, maori swanson, sophia smith are become household names now. they went through and beat some great teams like germany again. they'll play brazil on saturday, that gold medal match. to track and field, tonight, we're watching the man noah lyles, the fastest man in the world. we were there for the photo finish, so incredible. his real event is the 200 meters. he's got the semis tonight. the problem is he's got some americans he's got to beat including kung fu kenny, who is a great sprinter who wears this bandanna and he's actually posted some of the best times. noah is going to have a tough race. the semis are tonight to qualify for the finals which are tomorrow. we're talking about the 400 meters tonight. we'll have the finals there. that's one lap around the track, but we have three americans, so we have a great chance to pick up some medals here, quincy hall

will be the runner we're looking at, favored to win gold here, doing great throughout the olympics. we're in skateboarding today, the finals in park, so, if you think about skateboarding, park is an empty pool that they created, the skateboarders have 45 seconds to get into the pool, do a couple of tricks and see how they do. they'll get judged by the stunts they can perform. one we're watching here, we have three americans that could sweep the podium. but tate karou, he could win gold. we'll be out there rooting him on. skateboarding is such a fun event, it is an event that is bringing younger viewers to the game. >> the sports broadcaster, i see it. thank you for bringing us all the details. and that's going do it for us today. i'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. catch us online around the clock. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now.