>> it's friday. >> i thought you were saying today was friday. wait, it's friday? >> no. >> today is friday eve. >> all right. >> make it a great one. >> the "today" show is next. good morning. breaking news. solid gold. team usa suni lee, the gymnastics all-around olympic champion. an incredible moment for her that no one saw coming headed into tokyo and hoda is right there, live. emotional message. overnight tweet from simone biles thanking fans for their outpouring of love and support. what she's now realizing about herself as a result as the world waits to see if the super star will compete again on the

olympic stage. mike tirico weighs in on what could be next for simone. and caeleb dressel wins with a new record. one of five medals on the night for team usa including a stunner in a debut race. >> unbelievable. finke is going to win gold. and one more for katie ledecky's olympic case. >> the tenth olympic medal in her storied career. >> the newest stars are joining us live. mamask confusision. frusustration momounts over the cdc's newest guidance. >> they're sending mixed messages. >> the companies are eager for a return to the office, now scrambling to adjust, as the u.s. records the most new covid

cases over the last week. those stories, plus, golden voices. ♪♪ the unlikely and uplifting celebration from some of the toughest champions here in tokyo. ♪♪ today, thursday, july 29, 2021. and the american passes by everybody! >> and the united states of america is bringing home the gold. caeleb dressel from the united states is going to win gold. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from tokyo, japan. >> and good morning, everybody. welcome to "today," it's 7:00 a.m. on a thursday morning on the west coast.

11:00 at night here at tokyo. hoda is over at the gymnastics center and i'm sure we heard your screams of joy about an hour ago when suni lee won gold in the women's all-around. they probably heard it out on the west coast too, hoda. >> s.g., can you believe it? i mean, can you believe what suni lee did? it was a nail biter to the end. she took the gold. i'm choked up thinking about it. i had a chance to talk to her downstairs, tearing overflowing. the thing i love about her, the thing i love the most about her, she said i told my dad this was our dream. this is our medal. this is for us. this is for my coach who's not going to get one. like she is so selfless through it all. i never thought we'd be sitting here saying that suni lee would take the gold in the all-around, but you know, women's gymnastics

in the united states remains dominant in this moment and it's because of suni lee and we saw simone in the audience, cheering her on. in a moment we'll talk to her proud parents, s.g. >> i can't wait. so much celebration there. we were cheering here. you have got to believe that. we have mike tirico right now, and he'll break it all down. also joining us we have another proud group of medal winners. from another incredible day in the pool, i cannot wait to hear from them, hoda. >> all right. but of course we'll start here. we'll start with the champion in the women's all-around. we are talking about suni lee. tom llamas was here. if you thought i was yelling, you should have seen this guy. we had a whole nbc cheering section for her, but wasn't it amazing? >> it was so special, hoda. the olympics have been hit by a lot and this team have been hit by a lot.

there's not a lot of storybook endings until now. what suni lee delivered is a gold medal for team usa and it's the most thrilling night, capping off an incredible day. that started with caeleb dressel winning a gold and then having that special moment with his family. this morning a thrilling and triumphant return for team usa. gymnastics suni lee winning gold in the women's all-around. starting strong on vault and soaring to the top of the leaderboard with her bars routine. then nailing every flip and landing during her floor routine. earning the gold on the biggest night of her career. jade carey took over from superstar simone biles who was in the audience and who earlier thanked her supporters after dropping out to focus on her mental health. the outpouring of love and support i have received has made me realize i'm more of my accomplishments in gymnastics

which i never truly believed before. >> caeleb dressel from the united states is going to win gold. >> reporter: in swimming the men's 100 freestyle crown belongs to caeleb dressel. he celebrated in the pool and then with his family, soaking in the life-changing moment. >> i'm so proud of you. >> me too. thank you, guys. >> reporter: later telling me his goal going in was to keep pushing. >> i told myself on the box to make it hurt. usually if you make it hurt you're going fast so i must have been going pretty fast because i hurt pretty bad. >> reporr: no otbe outdone -- >> the american passes by everybody! >> reporter: bobby finke's epic comeback and that last 50 meters will be remembered for a long time. >> ledecky is putting the charge into the race. >> reporter: the american 4x200

relay team led by katie ledecky, the u.s. edging past the heavily favored australians d finishing behind china who set a world record. finally a tough blow for u.s. track and field. american pole vaulter sam kendricks testing positive for covid-19 knocking him out of tokyo. you may remember during the rio games, kendricks a member of the u.s. army reserves, stopped the vault mid attempt when he heard the national anthem playing. kendricks is such a class act. i want to go back to suni lee and everything we saw at the gymnastics center. we were talking about this, hoda, while she's competing for the gold medal and going from discipline to discipline, she actually sees hoda and she starts to smile. doing the heart emoji. it just showed that she was so cool under pressure that she was sort of in the zone, but she was still having a good time and you

were shouting back at her. i think she said don't cry. she said i'll start crying. >> i said happy tears and she did a thumbs up. i said, how do you stay so calm and she said her heart was pounding out of the chest. but somehow, she managed her emotions. we are super proud of suni, but no more is more proud than her excited parents, and guess what? john and yang are with us by phone. hi! >> hi. >> okay. we're bursting with joy over your daughter. can you just please explain to us when you realized that suni had clinched the gold. what did it feel like to be you, john? >> oh, my god, i almost cried and i never cry.

i'm so happy. >> i have -- >> well, you know -- i'm having a little bit of trouble hearing you, but i want to continue this conversation because, john and yeev, i know this is a dream of yours and your daughter's for so long. one of the things that struck me, john, was in your backyard, you actually built her a beam, just for her. when she was a little girl. you talked about it being your dream. and it started back then. so take us back to that point. tell me what that dream was about. >> well, when she made the host program, i said, okay, we have something special. so i knew that she could -- she's going to go pretty far. i highly expected gold and of course that being -- every time

she's on the beam is when i get worried, but i'm so glad that i built that beam for her. >> well, that beam that you build her was the foundation of this whole night. it played out on the national stage, on the biggest night of her life. she talked about how she felt nervous, but i know one thing you say to her, john. you say, just have fun. were you kind of trying to project that to suni? because i know you couldn't be here in the stands with her. >> yeah, i spoke to her last night. but i think when -- as you're watching her and i said, you know, just go out there and have fun. i think maybe she thought about that because we saw a smile on her face at one point and that was amazing. >> well, your daughter is a national treasury. the community came out in force and i heard you had so many people couldn't fit in your

house so you had to send everybody to the auditorium so you'd have enough room for all of the people cheering for your girl. that is a moment i know you won't forget and i know we won't forget it either. guys, congratulations. you are the parents of a u.s. olympian who is a gold medalist. thank you for everything that you have done for her and with her and like she said, this is not just her dream. it's your dream too. thank you so much. okay, we can't wait to see you in person. >> thank you. >> bye, guys. oh, my, savannah, i know it's difficult to have that conversation by phone. >> oh, no, it isn't, hoda. the joy just radiates out of the voices there. i love watching them celebrate. it's just so wonderful and i want to bring mike tirico into the conversation because of course he was watching this

unfold as well. we'll see it all in primetime tonight, but i mean, suni, she's a star. how did she pull it off? >> maybe it was the smile with hoda. >> isn't that amazing? she must be cool as a cucumber if she ask give hoda the heart emoji. >> well, i guess it's different because without simone biles, suni lee was either the favorite or the second choice so that changes all of the calculus. we were at the trials in st. louis and on the second night, she outperformed simone biles numerically. so you knew she could do it in a one-night situation like tonight but it's a different pressure. it's very close, very tight. came down to the last floor exercise and she was able to do it and the very talented woman

from brazil she had a couple of stumbles in her floor exercise. >> not to give everything away, but it came down to the wire. >> yes, absolutely. they were strong in all the other three apparatus, both suni lee and andrade, the athlete from brazil. andrade, she had a chance to win and she has a great, great routine but a couple of her jumps -- she doesn't stick the landing on them. at the end of the day, the tumbling -- at the end of the day, that gave the slight margin for suni lee to continue the american tradition. >> i want to ask you about the other athlete, jade carey, it wasn't her night but she has other chances to do her best and she's an excellent floor gymnast. >> yes. it was outstanding as well. she did not have a good night on the beam, so this was a situation where she is really at the last moment as simone biles goes out, she gets the opportunity. she finished ninth in the qualifying. as you said, another chance to medal.

>> i'm glad you mentioned simone biles, because there she was. she's been in practice, you mentioned earlier. we talked about it. she's gone to practice so there's a possibility she will decide to compete in the individual events. do you think she'll do that? >> i think there's a chance. there might be one or two that might be more comfortable for her, but this is a confusing system. you have the team, you have the individual and then each apparatus has its own title and she has a chance to compete in all of those. she could choose one by one to go or not go. she can add to her medal count. >> what about suni lee? >> yeah, she can walk out of her with three or four olympic medals. >> we have talked about gymnastics and for good reason. we're celebrating suni lee's big accomplishment, but we had some incredible action in the pool.

>> yeah. swimming she's done -- she swam in the relay for the women and came back with a tremendous -- if the race is three or four more meters they would have won. they finished second and katie is having a terrific olympics and it was highlighted by her performance in the race. >> i have to mention bobby finke who we'll talk to a little bit from now. that was a race that no one expected him to win and at the top of the list was bobby finke himself. he didn't think he could get a medal until he got into the qualifiers. the announcers weren't talking to him when he made the final turn and then suddenly, he comes out of nowhere. >> extraordinary last 50 meters. i called the olympic trials in swimming in omaha and when we were preparing, the word is that the u.s. is not a very good distance swimmers so bobby finke is a great racer and when he gets in the pool with a chance,

he pays off and he did. >> so proud of our team usa. lots to talk about. we'll see you -- get to sleep, my friend. >> we are on nine hours -- track and field stars coming up tomorrow or tonight. >> let's see how -- 5:00 p.m. pacific right here on nbc. let us get our first check of the weather today. say hello to mr. roker. >> thanks so much. we have a lot of heat, both in the mid section of the country and out west. we're talking about 62 million people impacted by this heat. we've got a big heat dome right now. temperatures are anywhere from 14 degrees above average in portland. 107 in redding. billings, 91. boise, flirting with 100 degrees. tomorrow, more of the same. 98 in portland. helena, montana, 7 degrees warmer than usual at 93.

we have all of this moisture coming up out of mexico. that monsoonal moisture we have been talking about. already, the ground is saturated. so another day of the strong moisture flow. more torrential rain on top of soil that is already saturated so we may be seeing some flash flooding developing from central california into the southwest. we are talking about anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain which doesn't sound like a lot, but the soil is already very saturated so it won't take much to push the rivers and the streams and the creeks over their beds. as far as the weather is concerned, we are looking at nice day as we work into the northeast. we have a few showers. some severe storms firing up today. we have a risk of severe weather from chicago all the way to the northeast. 66 million people at risk for that severe weather. hot, humid continuing along the coast. we are looking for that heat returning into the plains and

the heat also makes its way into the northern and central plains as well with again more scattered showers and thunderstorms down through florida on into the central gulf good morning. i am meteorologist, kari hall. we have hot temperatures for inland valleys expected today reaching into the upper 90s and a few spots over 100 degrees. will be hot tomorrow but we will start a cooling trend going forward at the end of the

weekend, and san francisco still with steady weather here, early morning clouds and fog, mist and drizzle at times, and this pattern sticking with us through at least next wednesday. >> that is your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al, thank you. craig's here. what do we have coming up? >> much more on one of the biggest moments of the olympics so far. of course, we're talking about suni lee winning the all-around olympic gold this morning and hoda will have a closer look at her inspiring story. her unexpected path to tokyo, and her really special bond with family. also reaction from another u.s. great in olympics, dominique dawes. plus, team usa is rolling along in the pool.

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it's 7:26. i'm marcus washington. here today are the top stories including growing likelihood, mask rules may return to parts of the bay area. >> i am cierra johnson in san francisco. according to "the chronicle," mayor london breed is discussing indoor masks.

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at more of the same. thanks, kari. we will have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. we'll meet you back here then.

welcome back. it's 7:30 on the west coast, 11:30 thursday night here in tokyo. day seven of the olympics and we have hoda over at the gymnastics center, basking in the glow of suni lee's all-around gold. what a night. >> yeah. before we get back to hoda kotb let's look at the other 7:30 headlines. >> we'll start with a massive 8.2 earthquake striking the alaskan peninsula overnight, prompting tsunami warnings across the state.

[ sirens ] that was the scene earlier in kodiak, alaska, just after 10:00 local time. police there and across the region advising people to head for higher ground. many residents took shelter at local high schools. the quake hit about 50 miles south of perryville. it was followed by several aftershocks. two above magnitude 6.0. officials say there are no reports of injuries and that tsunami warnings have now been lifted. a major infrastructure package passed a key test vote in the senate on wednesday after more than a month of negotiations. the senate voted 67-32 to start the debate on the measure, getting 17 republicans to sign on. that proposal includes some $550 billion in new spending to build roads, public transit and broadband. a infomercial pioneer and product inventor ron popeil has died at the age of 86. >> i'll match up this play. and now anybody can use this machine.

>> known for his catch phrase wait, there's more, popeil was a fixture on late night tv since the 1950s pitching the veg-o-matic, the pocket fisherman and show time rotisserie and mr. microphone. he died peacefully at a los angeles hospital and he's survived by his wife robin and four daughters. let's go back to hoda for the big breaking news there, at the gymnastics center. have you come down off cloud nine yourself yet? >> by the way, i can't believe it. i'm literally looking around at everybody and going i cannot believe that happened. it was one of the most beautiful days i can remember at the olympics. everybody is on cloud nine. suni lee, 18-year-old suni lee, first-time olympian, captured the gold medal in the all-around. that is the pinnacle of individual achievement in gymnastics. i mean, natalie is over here and she's hoarse too. you got a closer look at suni

lee's incredible performance. >> incredible performance. her incredible story. i mean, everything about her is remarkable. and as you heard, her family of course couldn't be more proud of what she's accomplished here. we have been checking in with them throughout suni's journey here which has been a tough one, but her gold also though is making history. she's the first american of mung heritage with a gold and she continues the dominance with a fifth straight gold. an incredible moment for team usa -- suni lee taking gold. a stunning victory for the 18-year-old who has stepped up and showed up after a long journey. all year, she's been the second best all-around gymnast in the u.s., finishing behind simone biles at the u.s. championships and trials. even before simone dropped out of the individual all-around competition here in tokyo, suni was a serious medal contender. a dream she and her family,

especially he were dad john, had been working towards for years. >> this has been our longest -- basically since i was a baby. he's been by my side through everything. >> reporter: just days before she competed at the nationals, john was paralyzed from the chest down after falling off a ladder. his long road to recovery inspiring suni to keep going. >> that's what i was thinking the whole time, and it helped me a lot. >> reporter: he told craig about the journey. >> i understand when she was starting out, that her dad was so committed to her success that he actually built a beam in the backyard. is that true? >> yeah, it is. it's still here. it's in the backyard right now. >> why did you do that? >> she goes to the gym, she practices. i have a beam here. so i couldn't afford a real beam so i built her one. >> reporter: after the pandemic

stopped her training in 2020, an ankle injury set her back even further, but she kept going to tokyo. representing her community. >> she will be the first mung american to be in the olympics. i'm proud, the family is proud. the community is very proud of her. >> reporter: now her proud family is looking on and waiting to be reunited. >> you know what i wanted to do, if you make it through the olympics, i'm going to run out there and do a back flip. i can't do it now. >> maybe not a back flip, but you can do some serious high fiving, right? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> oh, just so incredible. that moment with the mung community as well, celebrating her victory. now, simone biles and all the teammates were cheering her on and also jade carey who had a solid performance. suni still has two more events to compete in. she'll be competing sunday in

the beam final -- no tuesday is the beam finals, but the bar finals are on sunday. >> on sunday. >> so we're not even done. joining us now, gold medalist dominique dawes. she's the executive producer of golden, the journey of usa's elite gymnasts now streaming on peacock. you watched this thing, you witnessed it, the first time olympian, 18 year old, steps up. >> i'm so proud of suni. as you mentioned earlier, second place all behind simone biles. people weren't expecting her to take gold at these olympic games. however, she didn't give up and she persevered.

i'm thrilled to be the executive producer of golden because we did follow suni for a good amount of months on her journey to qualify for the olympics and never did we think that this would be possible. dreams do come true. >> well, listening to her dad say that he built that beam for her because he couldn't afford one and i interviewed him earlier in the show and he said, i'm so glad i built that beam. i mean, it was just like the most beautiful, touching thing because she has been up against a lot of odds. i mean, her dad again was paralyzed because he was trying to help a neighbor by cutting down a tree because they had a wedding going on. she lost several family members due to covid-19 and yet, here she stands, amid all the pressure. >> she did step up. probably feeling a good deal of pressure now that simone biles is no longer on the floor and knowing that we desperately needed an american on that podium for an all-around medal and she was able to withstand that pressure, stay focused, get

the job done. what i love about this young girl is that her community is supporting her every step of the way. whenever there's a shock to her family, it seems to multiply each and every time. throughout the docuseries i was producing, the relationship that she had with her coach, jess, i thought it was a special one. they were laughing together, smiling together. and she can naturally converse with him, and that's not so common in the sport of gymnastics. it ended with something special. >> well, she said to me she wanted to give her medal to her coach, to her dad, so many different people. i think this is incredible. because there's an american streak going on that we weren't quite frankly sure was going to continue. and we have won in this all-around for the past five consecutive olympics. and she won it again. what do you think this says about the u.s. domination in this sport? >> we are definitely still on

top. obviously, we fell a little short with the silver medal, but all four of the young girls are very proud of their achievements and now that we have the all-around gold i think it's special and she's the first individual of the mung community and i know that will inspire a number of young girls to pursue the sport of gymnastics and as people are talking about the mental health issues, listening to their inner voice and making smart decisions for them, it will be a much healthier environment down the road. >> yeah. well, dominique dawes, we want to say thank you. she made the mung community and the united states of america proud. it's a proud day for us when we're playing the national anthem. there wasn't a dry eye in the house. house. again, you can see suni's golden

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we have allison schmitt, katie mclaughlin, bella sims, hali flickinger good morning and congratulations. bobby, i have to start with you. we were just talking about your race, it's so epic it's so everyone's favorite race and you were surprised that you won gold today. >> oh, yeah. coming into the meet, i think i was seeded 12th, so my original goal was to make the finals and then when i saw how well i did in prelims i actually realized i have a shot to get a medal and i was just really excited to do that for team usa. >> it's being called one of the greatest finishes in olympic history. the announcers weren't even talking about you, bobby, and then you turned something on inside you what was going through your mind

>> my coaches just yelling at me in my head, constantly to switch gears. they have been harping on the u.s. team ever since the fall and spring so just a huge shout-out to them for doing that for us. >> well, you put it into hyperdrive did you see caeleb dressel's reaction he was in the warm-up pool and he looked so happy for you. >> yeah, i saw him i saw him. >> well, he looked so, so thrilled i thought kind of your -- i have your teammates here, and all of you got the silver in the relay. it was a stunner of a race and it came down to resilience you beat the australians who were heavily favored to win. you set a world record what did this race mean to you >> i woke up so ecstatic like, wow! i mean, it's an honor any time you get to wear the american

flag on your cap and i had so much faith in the three girls that were following me so i'm -- i can't put it into words what this means and i'm so excited for the team usa as a whole. >> katie ledecky she was the anchor leg and she came through in a pinch i mean, what does that mean to you? you guys got to cheer her on as she is coming down the stretch and just nails it. >> it was really cool. when i saw that we were close, i knew katie was going to close in she's a great anchor, a great swimmer. great teammate so i knew she had all of our backs. >> brooke, your dad is a sportswriter, he's -- he got to cover your race. you got to see him and he got to cheer you on. >> yeah, it's incredible i mean, couldn't have worked out better for both of us to be here when nobody else's family is here i was lucky enough to get to see my dad right away. that was a special moment. >> haley, you have two medals around your neck pretty good.

how are you feeling about these olympics >> i'm just so honored and thrilled to be here not only with this group of girls, be was team usa this team is very different for the whole world and for us to have the opportunity it's just -- it's a blessing and an honor. >> bella, i read that you learned to swim when you were 10 years old and six years later, you have a bright future how does that feel >> this is a dream come true and i was so honored to be here and to represent team usa is literally so awesome i can't wait for many more years to come. >> yeah. wewell can't wait either you have given us a real thrill and thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> congrats again. now we'll dive into the forecast

get it al roker - >> oh, she's here until thursday anyway, let's show you what we've got going on monsoonal moisture is going to cause some real problems as far as the flooding is concerned and severe storms ma i am meteorologist, kari hall. we still have hot temperatures in the forecast today for the inland valleys reaching into the upper 90s. it gets slightly cooler over the weekend but overall we are in for warm weather in the valleys. san francisco stays cool with highs in the upper 60s. at times clouds and fog will linger. next week we are still looking at the same weather pattern, keeping our valleys hot and our coastal areas cool and foggy. >> and that's your weather. >> so get a dive in. >> yeah. yeah. >> thank you, al golf is under way here at

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indoors regardless of vaccination status. mayor london breed is discussing with officials an indoor mask mandate. it's time to look at the forecast. meteorologist, kari hall, looking at the numbers. >> we wake up and head out this morning and see smoke settling into the south bay, and that may make for a day where you want to limit your time outside, and temperatures feeling comfortable. we're up to 102 in brentwood and upper 80s for parts of the north bay. our inland temperatures hot today and slightly cooler tomorrow, and we will have a cooler trend by the end of the week into early next week. >> we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. we will see you back here then.

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good morning. breaking news. solid gold. team usa suni lee, the all-around olympic champion. and an incredible moment for her that no one saw coming heading into tokyo. and hoda is right there. teeing off in tokyo. craig goes one-on-one with collin morikawa now on a quest for gold. >> i want team usa to do really well. for myself, i want to win. i want to win gold. >> how his drive for perfection

is keeping him under par. plus, slam dunk. we'll talk to the team of women making history as the first-ever gold medalist in the 3x3 basketball event. >> and the united states of america is bringing home the gold. >> how they celebrated the big moment. and taste of tokyo. from sushi -- how do i get into this politely? to tempura. we can't forget about the sake. >> the biggest -- >> we're giving some of japan's most traditional foods a try. today, thursday, july 29, 2021. ♪♪ >> we're back from st. louis. >> we're a fan of the u.s. gymnastics team.

>> we're checking out the competition. ♪♪ >> good morning! from lancaster, pennsylvania. >> we're making a splash in tokyo. >> go team usa! ♪♪ hey, guys, welcome back to "today," 8:00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. thursday night here in tokyo. we're so happy that you are starting your day with us, savannah. >> yeah. >> hoda, i know you're happy because you're at the center of the action, the gymnastics center. we are here on the set in tokyo. back home in new york, we have jenna, sheinelle and our fully vaccinated fans who are fans of team usa. they're filling up the plaza, cheering their hearts out for the athletes. they have a lot to cheer about. more from them just ahead. indeed, all right, guys, let's get to the unforgettable competition here today, right here at the gymnastics center.

the women's individual all-around. nbc's sam brock is here as well. good morning. >> hi, hoda, good morning. just to be in the building to see suni lee win the gold is something you'll never forget and this is rarefied air. now the difference between first and fourth place here was razor thin going into the final rotation. this could have ended a number of different ways and yet for an american squad right now down a crucial member, it was a picture-perfect outcome. in the end, it was an american gymnast standing triumphantly at the top of the podium for the all-around competition, suni lee outshined all of her opponents. capturing the most prestigious medal in women's gymnastics on an evening that came down to the final rotation, a floor routine. back home in minnesota -- lee's family and friends leaping for joy as the 18-year-old covered

her mouth in shock. the first american of mung heritage to compete and win at this level, lee had to overcome a devastating injury to her best friend and father who was paralyzed from the waist down after an accident. for a team missing the lead, simone biles, lee carried the burden on her back and emerged a hero. keeping america's streak of winning the all-around gold for nearly two decades alive. an unexpected ending for a script rich in story lines. >> from the united states -- going to win gold in lane 5. >> reporter: highlighted by a classic caeleb dressel moment. he notched and olympic record, leading first to the overwhelmed family and then a flood of emotions. >> it was surreal to be here. it's really hard sort of to have the results -- and i'm so happy.

>> reporter: he cried with his parents and wife on screen before brimming with pride and tears during the national anthem. on the women's side, hugs and medals flowing freely too. >> katie ledecky has come out charging. >> reporter: katie ledecky ripping off the fastest flip in the 2 x 400 relay that saw them surge past australia for silver and ledecky's tenth career medal. and guys, just to give you a sense right now of how dominant american swimmers have been, let's look at the overall medal count so far in tokyo, the united states has 28 and 21 are just from swimming. china is next there with 31 total medals and the russian olympic committee has 28. japan with 25. but as for the gold in gymnastics, suni lee is the fifth straight american women to win this event and to give you a

sense of how close it was, it came down to within half a point between the first and the fourth competitor going into the last rotation and rebeca andrade, she stepped out during the routine during what was an absolutely spectacular routine. but each time that she steps out, that's 0.1 that gets deducted and that total was the difference between suni lee between winning and finishing second. a remarkable accomplish. we know her her family is so excited and trying to absorb the process, how incredible this was. it's something we'll all remember for a long, long time. a special night. craig, back to you. >> she needed to step back after she got lost in the year during her first vault in the team final. they call it the twisties and nbc's stephanie gosk decided to look into that to give us more insight from her former coach in

rio. >> good morning. when the olympics come around, we have to relearn the terms but the twisties are a new one for most of us it's a cute name, but in reality, very serious. on the olympic stage, every flip and every spin is the result of a lifetime of training >> oh! >> reporter: well developed muscle memory that athletes like simone biles rely on as they hurtle through the air. >> wow perfect. >> reporter: biles often flawlessly performed the hardest skills in the world. so when she came up short on her vault tuesday, the world took notice. >> wow and that was not what was planned. >> i was trying to do a 2 1/2 and i did a 1 1/2 and i got lost in the air which is really unfortunate. >> reporter: fellow gymnasts immediately knew what happened. >> she got lost. any gymnast knows we call it the twisties. >> reporter: the twisties is a common phenomenon when gymnasts

are in midair and makes it difficult to land. biles has dealt with the twisties before. >> every once in a while, she would form the block and usually had nothing to do with gymnastics itself. it had to with other things going on in her universe. >> reporter: for gymnasts being off by a fraction can have catastrophic consequences. dominique, another gymnast tweeted a video of when she landed on her head when she was 14 they're known as the yips for the other athletes >> out of nowhere an athlete can't do the basic fundamentals of their sport. >> reporter: to overcome the twisties some gymnasts go back to the basics.

a process to trust again that can take time. >> normally, what would happen, we'd go back to training and we would stop doing the skills that were making her feel like she was in the twisties. >> reporter: biles now says she's taking it day by day a champion making it clear her mental and physical health is more valuable than any medal simone's former coach said it may take two days or two weeks for her to get comfortable again. one possibility is that she might switch out the problematic skills for something else. and maybe that gives her the confidence to come back. or she could just wake up tomorrow and be fine but there's no real rhyme or reason to how she works through this and entirely on simone's timetable. >> i think your comparison to the yips helps people understand what it means. >> if you know what the yips mean it's a golf thing.

>> it's a golf thing and a sport thing. it's a mental block, you can't do anything. the really scary thing is a mental block can lead to the catastrophic injury. >> she has an ability do the individual apparatus and maybe that's one making her feel unsure. >> maybe she goes back and does the floor. >> what do you think, hoda this is something fascinating, something we had never considered before. >> yeah. i mean, i was just learning about it through this, and yeah, you do think, well, what are the events that don't take that much flipping around in the air you think about the uneven bars or maybe the beam. maybe it's one of those two. you know, her team wants her to compete. it was interesting what tirico said, she's been practicing. you never know what's going to happen we have several days for her to decide in the meantime, here at the gymnastics center, you can cut the tension with a knife i can't wait until primetime set everything, get ready, get

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we are back with we are back with our athlete to watch after a century long wait, golf returned five years ago and it's back again here in tokyo. >> the opening round of the men's tournament teed off overnight with the representative from team usa stacked with young talent. and craig, before leaving for

tokyo, you got to catch up with one of the rising stars, collin morikawa. >> to call him an overnight success, a college kid who turns pro, and wins the open championship and the british open for morikawa, it's been a life long pursuit as he goes for olympic gold collin morikawa has taken the world of professional golf by storm. last summer, he won the pga championship. >> and a california kid is the new star in the game of golf >> and earlier this month, he won the british open. >> 1 for 1 at the open. >> that's what defines people, that's what defines a lot of careers, changes their careers the biggest thing i have learned it's not supposed to change me you know, i'm still choosing myself. >> reporter: there are high

expectations for morikawa, but you'd hardly know it when we talked at the liberty national golf club in new jersey. he's got the laid back ways of someone born and raised in southern california, but he has a fierce determination what is it about the sport that you find so enjoyable? if not exhilarating? >> i seek perfection and a lot of people do, but you can never perfect this game. there's never been a perfect round. yet, we strive every day to try and do it. it's not as physical as a lot of sports you don't have to be some size or weight, whatever, to compete. but that's what makes it complete. >> well, as someone who's tried to play for a number of years now, not everyone can play golf. >> you can try. >> reporter: many try, but few succeed like morikawa.

the only other golfer to win the championship and the open was a guy named tiger woods. perhaps you have heard you have been compared to the next tiger woods. what do you think? >> i haven't. >> you have heard it. >> no, i don't think it's a fair comparison for anyone. i think it's an honor to be ever categorized or talked about in the same manner. i don't think when you're saying someone is going to be like someone else that's not what we want to do we want to become our own person, but when you're compared in the same categories or something that he's done, it's meaningful. >> reporter: this third generation american will be playing in the land of his ancestors. you were born in california. your mother is of chinese descent, but your father i understand has japanese heritage what is it like being in tokyo playing for team usa, but yet at the same time, also remembering

your father's history there? >> yeah. you know, i think since i have turned professional and going to japan in the fall of 2019 to go play, i have embraced being an asian-american a lot more. to see the love for the game in japan and to see how they resonate with my and simply yes, i look like them, they may be a little kid or whatever, see the opportunity they want to be like me and to give hope to hopefully one person hopefully more and more, and it means a lot. >> reporter: when morikawa isn't on the golf club, he's in search of a next great meal he is a self-described foodie. his love of food on full display with breakfast meals emblazoned on his wedges. he keeps five tees in his right pocket every time he tees off at the first hole

i read that you can be a bit superstitious. five tees in the right pocket, right? >> let's change your word? >> it's not superstitious? >> it's a routine. routine. superstitions are routines. >> so you keep five tees in your pocket as part of the routine. >> five. >> why five? >> five is my favorite number. >> reporter: superstition or routine, whatever you call it, when morikawa steps up to first tee in tokyo he'll have one goal in mind. as we look ahead to tokyo, how are we defining success? >> gold medal. we're out there to win yeah i want my teammates to do well and i want team usa to do well, but for myself i want to win i want to win gold. >> yeah he does. so they tee off today. four days. he is 6 off the lead, finished at 2 under but he looked good. he has two days to turn it around for more of the conversation

with collin, you can tune in to the streaming challenge, 2:30 and 6:30 eastern find the stream at today.com/all day. >> some day we know what carson is doing up all night he's watching the golf we know that. >> you know it. >> all right, let's get a check of the weather. >> all right, let's show you what we have going on. the heat is returning to the southwestern flooding is probably going to be a problem over the next couple of days. severe storms making their way from the great lakes all the way into the northeast and plenty of dechambeau. good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. a live look outside. looking at the bay bridge. clouds and fog rolling by. temperatures are cool there and on the coast with upper 60s. oakland in the mid 70s today, and mid-80s for the south bay. but it will be hot, heading inland in brentwood, reaching 102 degrees. so mostly mid to upper 90s, but

cooler by the end of the weekend. >> that's your latest weathe even in tokyo you can find us on the radio. check out xm it's time for "talking tokyo." >> it's my favorite segment. >> mine too. we have a different sound cheering on the athletes here. take a listen. >> off the cup just yet. a chance for rory to unleash one here reachable par 5. >> did you hear a little hum >> yeah, when i was watching that, yeah it was a lot louder than that. >> well, cicadas, yes, they're here they have become the soundtrack of these games at some of the biggest competitions outside and in around the olympic venues in fact, the one-inch long insects are known as the sound of summer here in japan.

what do you think, better or worse than silence for the athletes >> i think worse because it sounds something wrong the sound is annoying. >> it is i think we have video just a moment ago when we were doing an interview and we had stephanie gosk here on set they're the giant green bugs, i don't think they're cicadas, but it landed right on craig quick reflexes, he flicked right at our cameraman and look at how steady the shot is he didn't flinch. >> you and stephanie too unflappable. >> it was amazing. in addition to the cicadas, the big green bugs were everywhere. >> i didn't want to flick it on you. >> you protected me. >> you took out the camera guy, but what the heck, we have five more. >> sorry, john. >> there you go. happy birthday to you. here's something catching our eye on the street in tokyo -- vending machine they're famous for the endless number of things you can buy in them

toys, clothes, office supplies all up for grabs if you wish to take a piece of the game, all types of our olympic memorabilia from mugs, hats, to our little friends -- little mascots they're in these things as well. so you guys have checked out the vending machines >> i love the vending machines they put everything in there. >> everything. >> everything. straight ahead, a golden group from the usa the firsrst-ever olylympic chams in 3x3 basasketball. they're e joining usus live.

good morning to you. it is 8:26. i am marcus washington. new this morning, caught on camera, mill valley police are in -- here is the video. they're spray painting the piece. they work the work is focused on justice. the case is being investigated as a hate crime. police are saying this is the second time it has been vandalized this summer. not yet clear if the same person is tied to both attacks. it is time to look at the forecast. kari hall is tracking that. >> a lot of sunshine today, a

little smoke. that may impact air quality today. temperatures range from upper 60s near the coast to 102 degrees in brentwood. as we go through the forecast, inland areas are going to be hot, but temperatures come down by end of the weekend and early next week, and we're looking at a mix of sun and clouds. san francisco saying in with the fog, no changes here. getting peaks of sunshine, especially for the afternoon. >> thanks. another local news update in 30 minutes. see you back here then.

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moment coming up in this half hour, our chat with the gold medal winning group of basketball stars. there they are, the u.s. women's 3x3 basketball team and the sport made the olympic debut here and they snagged the first gold medal. >> first, we have another very exciting program for you coming up on our streaming channel, it's a behind the scenes edition of "today." exploring how everything here comes together each day from our journey over to tokyo to the technical dance needed to get our broadcast to you we have got a lot going on. >> special guests including savannah, she was one of the guests. >> oh. >> kind of behind the scenes >> by the way, a reveal of who is in her mascot. >> no. >> yeah. yeah. >> yes we go behind the head, so to speak. head to "today" all day, our streaming channel.

today.com. you can catch it on peacock. >> that's right. in fact, you'll get to see the newest member of the "today" family we were excited and inspired by the love of mascots, and as you know, we have our own. you're going to pick the name. >> that's right. >> it another all the rage let's go to the board and see y sunrise and where the voting stands. and it's a tie at the top. you can see 18%. this is your favorite right through. >> mochi. >> then someone ate it. >> 15% for asa which means morning. >> morning is still out. today.com. make your pick we'll reveal the mascot's name tomorrow on the show. >> couldn't be any tighter before we do anything else, we'll go back to new york because jenna and sheinelle are standing by. they're at the watch party on the plaza. fully vaccinated crowd, team usa supporters

they seem pretty pumped up this morning. >> yeah. so much energy every morning we come out, we say, are they bog to be here they're here we have folks from memphis, chicago, san francisco and more. >> yeah, you know what we have a viewer question for you guys this morning. so let me introduce you to sue, kim and jim. they're a group of friends who reunited in the city just to join us in the plaza. >> oh, good morning. >> look, you have to do a little dance. here you are okay here the question is from sue. what do you want to ask? >> i'm jen, but -- >> jen here we go so far, not so good. >> we want to ask, what is the most interesting food you have had while in tokyo >> hey, guys what's the most interesting food you have had? >> i'm going with the sticky rice balls we had this morning, paste doughy thing and i liked

that. yeah. look at that. what about you guys? >> what was the stuff -- >> it was something you liked. >> fermented beans. >> soybeans. >> they were nasty. second only to that tokyo frappuccino with the -- >> no, i think those beans were worse than the frappuccino. >> something tells me you have been drinking a lot of sake. is that true? >> that's true. sake, every day. >> savannah, do you like -- >> all day sake. >> savannah, it is your new drink? >> i like sake, but i -- you won't be surprised to hear this, i brought my own tequila here and lime squeezer. >> i hope you're not having it without me. >> no way. i miss you. i miss my girl. >> i miss you. i want to mention this group, they're all navy veterans. thank you for your service and thank you for coming out here. it's a party. don't forget you can sign up to

join. head to today.com/plaza. somebody made a sign with our picture. >> here it is. >> from yesterday. >> took a picture of the television. >> you're on it too. >> oh, wow. >> i love it. i love it so much. >> we're missing y'all. see you in a bit. >> thank you. thanks so much. let's check your weather and see what we have going on for you. we'll start off with of course with your weekend ahead for friday, less humid in the great lakes. sizzling temps down south. we move into saturday we're looking at a great day in the northeast. mid-atlantic into new england and we have more wet weather in the southwest. sunday, sunday, below average temperatures through the great lakes and more wet weather in the southeast. slow-moving storms making their way through the rockies and on into the four corners. as we look ahead toward our friends in tokyo, it will be warm, humid and temperatures that are going to be staying up into the 90s next week with feels like temperatures in the

100s. the greatest thing is, craig doesn't sweat that much. >> yeah. >> so it's g good morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we have a hazy start to our day as we are seeing more of the smoke moving into the south bay. expect that to continue today. temperature wise, slightly warmer in a few inland spots, reaching into the upper 90s. then you see temperatures coming down a little for the weekend, but we'll continue to see warm weather for the valley, cool, coastal temperatures, san francisco seeing fog rolling in early but clearing for the afternoon. ♪♪ today's medal count is sponsored by mattress firm. >> now, back to the competition here in tokyo as we check out the latest medal count. we like this.

team usa still riding high on top followed by china. the russia delegation -- sounds like a rap group, and japan. >> yeah. all right. go team usa. up next, what do you typically have for lunch? >> salad, sandwich. >> well, the midday meal here in

welcome back to welcome back to tokyo. so yesterday, we got to see this beautiful city albeit by bus today, we finally got to enjoy a taste of tokyo. >> we sure did invited by the sykora restaurant for a traditional japanese lunch. >> yes sykora is japanese for cherry blossom and this was one of the cherries on top of an already amazing trip tokyo has an incredible culinary culture in which we were happily

about to partake >> here we are traditional japanese - >> why are you whispering? are we in the library? >> because they don't talk loudly in these restaurants. kind of like food's version of the golf tournament. >> what is it called >> sykora? >> please lead the way, al. >> okay. this is lovely >> nice. >> somebody went to town, wow. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> our chairs were pulled in, hands wiped clean and napkins folded elegantly in our lap. >> oh. >> oh, my goodness. >> beautiful that is gorgeous that's too pretty to eat. >> i know. >> some presentation. >> in preparation for the traditional japanese multicourse

meal >> cooking food that tastes fresh. >> and head chef explained today it was all about the small bites. but to us it looked like we were able to bite into a work of art. our first course of a small plates included the mashed turnip soup. >> stir it up. >> really good, the soup. >> almost like - >> yeah. >> cold beef >> you'll want a big bowl of this one. >> sashimi and tempura. >> yum very good. >> have you tried the tempura? >> and there was only one thing that could top this tempura. >> craig, would you like some sake >> as far as i can tell, you guys are living on sake here. >> we are. we are we thoroughly enjoy the sake. >> now we're talking. >> i love it. >> which is the biggest one?

>> hoda, you pioneered daytime drinking. >> first of all, it's great to share a meal with you and even better to share a sake with you. how do you say it again? >> pompeii. >> i might come by here again. >> such delectable delights deserved a round of applause, but the feast for the eyes was not over. >> oh. >> wow >> okay. that's buttal. >> like a food version of a nesting doll. >> a bento of sushi. >> seasonable vegetables and group. >> put the scallions in there. >> and a real crowd pleaser -- soba noodles what's your technique? >> hold it up high come on, let's see it. that's how you do it that looks much easier.

>> al's a classy guy. >> i need a bib. >> how do you say delicious? >> but we weren't quite done this wasn't just a meal but it was an experience. >> i wanted to try this. >> closing with the traditional tea ceremony that's said to promote peace, harmony and happiness. mission accomplished. >> okay. one, two -- when you're done, you do this. one, two >> all right, guys, awesome. >> awesome >> that was a lot of fun. >> it was fun. >> one part our producer cut out is when you and i did the lady and the tramp moment. >> with the noodles. >> i'm glad she left that out. >> you guys have really bonded here a lot of sake between you.

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the first team gets to 21 points and here are new champions stefanie dolson, allisha gray, kelsey plum and jackie young ladies, congrats, good morning. >> thank you >> i first saw this sport years ago in new york. it was at a park it's like street ball and then all of a sudden it kicks off it's so much fun to watch and then you ladies come to japan, first time it debuts in the olympics and you bring home gold i saw the video. you popping bottles. medals how are we feeling tonight >> good. >> great. >> yeah. it's surreal the whole experience has been amazing and we're just happy that we could come out with thel gold and to do it with these girls than incredible. >> you had dr. jill biden want one of the earlier rounds. what was that like >> it was an honor to have her and to have a win, that was just a plus and then being able to talk to her for a good little bit.

it was pretty cool as well. >> jackie, you're all wnba stars as well. but this is a different game for folks who want familiar with 3x3 compare it to traditional basketball that we're all familiar with. >> yeah, super fast paced, it's really physical. it's half court game like you said but really you're just going for ten minutes or until 21 points it's fun everybody likes it the nba players love it. >> i bet because it's a change of pace or what else -- i mean, what else do you like about it >> the pace is a lot faster. i mean, pretty much fast paced the whole time and you don't get a break except for a few subs. no, the pace is really fast and super physical so it makes it a lot harder, especially with the weather too. >> kelsey, it worked out for you you had an injury but because of the delay you were able to get

back into shape and now you have a gold medal. >> pretty sweet. i turn my achilles last june and i was in the rehab and then it was delayed and here we are. for it to come to fruition it's unbelievable. >> see the same squad in paris yeah i see you sitting there. >> we got beat up a lot. i don't know if you saw. >> oh, i did that's a really physical game. >> it's extremely physical that's probably the hardest part and for me, the most fun in the wnba everything is a foul, but here nothing is a foul. >> it's shorter. shorter, but harder and tougher? >> yeah. >> fun to watch. >> i heard you call out the wnba and that was nice. >> yeah. >> so you're the 3x3 gold medal winners, thank you. >> first gold medal winners so

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the plaza holding up a poster. from plaza fan to intern you were saying natalie, can i do the news with you and natalie said yes you did it what has this experience to be an intern mean to you? >> it's a dream come true. i still have the poster. it looks exactly the same. it was raining that day. it's sitting right here, i'm not kidding. i'm sentimental. it's a dream come true i can't even form the worlds >> it's a dream for us too we love it i'll tell natalie you said hi. >> where's fuddzi and i want to give a shout-out what's been the highlight so far? >> well, i think that just working for the "today" show in general is a dream come true but i have loved building relationships with my fellow interns here and i also really enjoyed being a fellow walker terrier in his

element. that's been super fun to see you in action. >> well, you're making the college proud and making your family proud so we're honored to have you all of you we have a great bunch. >> thank you for all you do. happy national intern day. >> national intern day, all right. we're just getting started here. we have the third and the fourth hour coming up on the third hour, you had a great conversation with olympic dads we spend some time talking to the fathers of olympians about watching their kids compete from afar and what it takes to rear an olympic child. >> that's a good one but first, sights and sounds from the games including special moments captured by our friends at getty images. ♪ >> [ cheers and applause

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for good.. live from tokyo, japan, this is a a special edition of the "3rd hour of today" at the olympic games. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to the "3rd hour of today". i'm here with craig in tokyo, sheinelle back in new york with our good pals jenna bush hager, jacob soberov. good to see you. >> so much fun watching. a really fun morning. >> right. in fact, a lot to get to here in tokyo as well, including, as you just alluded to, huge news from inside the women's gymnastics center. suni lee just winning g