hey, what else can it do? ? teching argues arrests -- connecting arrests right side -- connecting aron starts right now. the most decorated olympian, the valley's michael phelps ending his olympic career and earning a 23rd gold medal in rio. the medal count continues to grow. we're ready to watch alex go for the gold here in rio, while micaela skinner is back home. she's sharing what her memories are all about. >> we are with some of the student journalists who are

covering a major "world news" event. a shooting and then a barricade situation turned into a canine being injured. we are one-on-one with larry fitzgerald next on 12 news at 10:00. he is going out with a gold medal finish before swimmer michael phelps begins a new career at asu, tonight in rio, he picked up his 23rd and what he says is his final olympic gold medal. >> michael phelps just one the many stories from this olympics that shows how complete dedication can lead to the medal podium. we have 12 news team coverage with vanessa ruiz where alex is preparing for his moment on the pom he will horse. >> and monique just caught up with micaela skinner after her arrival back in the valley. that historic moment in the pool from brian moore. >> michael phelps raced for gold one last time and was

record with the help from his teammates. he stands alone with his 23rd gold medals, more than any olympic athlete in history. >> it's not the end of a career, it's the beginning of a new journey. >> jeff helpedder son had a -- henderson had a jump worthy of gold. men's basketball against france and the women against china tomorrow. the final round of golf, tennis the sprinter. guys, we can't wait until tomorrow. that is when valley gymnast alex will be going for the gold. although it didn't go well for team u.s.a. in men's gymnastics all around, earlier this week, we hope that tomorrow will be alex's chance once again to achieve his olympic dream. meanwhile, micaela is back

at an team u.s.a. she has tons of memories to share. our very own team 12's monique caught up with her and spoke with her tonight. >> reporter: skinner flew in this morning. tonight she talked with us about her time in rio and what's she's ex tighted to do -- excited to do next. fresh off the plane from the olympics, she is back home reflecting on her whirlwind trip to rio. >> it was cool degree the different cultures and being around there with everyone. >> reporter: she placed 4th at the trials, but still narrowly missed making the team. she traveled to rio as an altern at which means training as hard in case team u.s.a. called on her. >> definitely knowing i could have a chance to go in there just like this is my last shot to give it my all. if they need me i'll be ready to go. >> she was there cheering them on. >> we're in the stands shaking, just hoping the best that we

>> and they did. >> they came out with their medals and that was so cool. we got to take pictures with them. they were excited to see us. >> she never got to wear her leotard in a competition, it was a once in a people lifetime experience. after years and dedication, she also looking forward to some free time and a few indulgences. >> you want to watch what you eat, but at the same time, i'm going to pig out, eat -- i love french fries i'm going to be eating a lot of that. >> she's weighing her option when's it comes to how much longer she'll be competing. she does plan to attend the university of utah. reporting from sky harbor, 12 news. it's been a big night for one of the newest faces of u.s. swimming, days after picking up a gold medal, simone manuel was back at it. she won a medal in the 50 meter freestyle and swam the

relay earning her second gold medal of the games. she is ready to help inspire the next generation of swimmer no matter what their skin color. as she won her first gold medal, simone manuel made history, complicated history. >> this medal is not just for me. it's for some of the african- americans that have come before me and been inspirations and mentors to me. >> she's the first female black wants to get an example. >> for the people who come behind me and get into the sport -- >> she doesn't shy away from issues in our country. >> especially what's going on in the world today, just -- i mean w some of the issues in police brie brew tall. >> i her race should not be how she's described. >> the titled of black swimmer makes it sound like i'm not supposed to be able to win a medal or break records, and that's not true. >> her mind-set, she learned

>> that doesn't define who you are. it's part of who you are. it's a very real part of who you are. >> she will forever be a marker of history and she defines what it means to be on olympic athlete. >> just hearing your national anthem and knowing that you gave your heart into that race and you represented your country in the best way you know how, i think that meant a lot. >> definitely one of the most memorable parts of this games so far of the rio games. simone will leave with a pair of go silver medals. joe. switching gears, a dog is dead tonight after a barricade situation. a swat team fired off tear gas and stormed a home to end a stand-off. the sheriff's office says the team was forced to take down the dog in the process. brian is in mesa with new details. >> reporter: not only is one man in custody after barricading himself inside a home in mesa, but sheriff's deputies had to shoot and kill his pit bull to save one of

mauled. >> you're looking at a k9 dog is also an officer. it's an extension of our deputies, and the life of that dog was being threatened. >> the sheriff's department says this man shot at his girlfriend. >> when deputies arrived on scene, we did have the girlfriend out of the home and safe. she stated that shots were fired at her. she is okay and unharmed. >> reporter: her boyfriend house for two hours before deputies forced their way in. that's when three dogs attacked deputies and their canine. >> cop cars showing up everywhere. >> they heard the original gunshot, bub they do not know the -- but they do not know the couple personally. >> everyone knows everyone from the end to the end on the street going that way. those were the only people we didn't know. >> reporter: amber did know

>> there's nothing else you can do. i have a pit bull. it's sad they had to shoot it, but they had to. >> reporter: as for the suspect. he's in custody charged with aggravated assault and domestic violence. while the sheriffs canine is being treated for bite wounds. 12 news. he can hadding your hot headlines now, the investigation begins in a deadly officer-involved shooting in phoenix. this morning, police shot and killed a man wanted in connection to a recent homicide. cornered the suspect, he drew a knife and cut an officer. the officer fired his weapon killing the suspect. the officer suffered a sliced hand but will be okay. he's now on administrative leave. at number two, tonight, mesa police identified a man killed by officers last night. he is 22-year-old carrillo. it happened near country club drive. the suspect was armed, but it's unclear if he fired any shots. and number three, fire guts

afternoon. the flames starting in a kitchen and quickly moving into the attic. the heat from the fire destroyed the roof causing extensive damage. thankfully no one was hurt. vanessa is back with us from rio and she's following the next generation of journalists from the valley covering every aspect of the olympics. and team 12 one-on-one with the one and only cardinals wide receiver larry fitzgerald. parts of louisiana completely covered by flood waters after two feet of rain fell in just one day. matt. no rain here in the valley. the sun, just a lot of heat out there. the temperatures will continue to raise. i'll let you know -- rise.

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with an event the size of the olympics, there are thousands of journalists of lifts here from all -- here from all over the world. amongst this group, there's a very select few actually from asu's school getting the chance of a lifetime to come here to rio as well and get a taste of what some real life reporting experience is all about. it's in the olympic the streets of rio, and inside training facilities like this one where future journalists from arizona are being bred. three of them are all students at the school of journalist and they're in rio earning their chops. >> i can't put it into words. we've been able to interview athletes, access to practices. it's not always easy, but i think that's with everything. we've had so many experiences smear it's awesome. >> reporter: awesome and real. these three are part of a

beginning to end. although not officially graduated just yet, these reporters, writers, and journalists are already turning stories that are turning heads. >> it's getting close to the worked class athletes and having a chance to talk to him, hear their story and write about them so other people can understand where they're coming from. that's been the greatest experience so far for me. then just also being in this great city of rio. it's not as bad as people make it out to be. >> reporter: it's a eastbound lead them toward a career filled with passion and dedication. >> i get to report. i get to take photos. i get to do videos that are being published around all of the arizona websites from a u.s.a. ventral and -- az central and abc and pac 12. i didn't think i would be able to get close and personal to the attelets. i thought i would be in the stands taking photo, but i get to be up next to them talking to them. >> reporter: this group is

some of the reports that are being done right now by the students, well, you're going to get a chance to see them right here on 12 news. i was incredibly impressed by them. joe, back to you. >> they've begun done a great -- they've done a great job. we'll see you tomorrow. the united states is running away with the medal count. >> right now, team u.s.a. has 60, 20 of them gold. china is in with 41 medals. the cardinals had the day off, but not larry fitzgerald. >> that's right. cameron cox here with more. larry is keeping busy. he spent part of his day holding a media day for a fundraising dinner that's going to happen at the end of the month. it will take place at the steak house and will benefit his foundation. no talk about his contract extension. in other words, retirement is

>> i know how to prepare it, the seasoning, the temperatures. you have to sear it first and then you put it on the stove. i don't know once it comes out how good it's going to be. i'm hoping -- i've prepared this one here, and i'm going to try it after a little bit. hopefully if i'm not at practice tomorrow, you know something went wrong. >> what's been the biggest difference for you since draft day when the cardinals darted you? >> my hair on couple graze from here to here. i mean, a lot of things have changed in life, but the basics have stayed the same. i still enjoy going out and practicing and being around the guys and going to the preparation of getting ready to play at a high level. that's a lot of fun for me. again you get to go out and play in front of 70,000 people at the stadium. it's like being a kid every single weekend, but that hasn't

>> one of my tart linings when we were at the open, your son told you after the nfc championship game, why did you drop so many balls? what has he told you so far? apparently he's the biggest critic. right? >> he's always on me. what he does is he hears his classmates or other people talking, and he just relays the message to me. so whatever the people are saying out on the streets, he's got his ear to the street. i know what they're saying. incompetent said, son, listen to me. you have opinion. i'm not daddy the football player right now. i'm just dad. i'm telling to you get your homework done. >> do your homework. >> do your homework. >> thanks. well, parts of louisiana remain under water after hey he heavy rainfall continues. it's unimaginable, but some spots have received 24 inches of rain in just 24 hours. the death toll continues to climb with at least three people dead tonight and more

vehicles and believe it or not, the rain is continuing to fall in that particular region. in fact, the latest radar and satellite, look at all of this rain that continues to come down and moves off to the east. when you look at the estimated rainfall totals, anywhere you see that gray shading from new orleans back to the west, that is areas that have seen over 20 inches of rainfall, a very large area here that we're talking about. back here at home, not a whole lot to talk about. we did see an out flow conditions this evening. a little bit of dust down in the south part of the valley. the state, it is now dry out there because here's the pattern. we've been talking about it for the last couple days. high pressure sitting over california and that's bringing some dryer air down in from the north and that means tomorrow, almost the exact same thing that we saw today. the high temperature right at about where we were today, 108 is our forecast high temperature. no chance of thunderstorms here in the valley. that sun will set at 7:15 and

really going to stick around over the next couple days. our monsoon high is over texas and we're dealing with this one. the good news is, by the middle of the week, that's going to shift and we're going to see thunderstorm chances. highest chances in the white mountains coming in at a 2 in northern arizona, a 1 here and in southwestern arizo looks like for you. 109 by monday and there comes the storm chances wednesday, thursday, and friday continuing right on into the weekend. that's weather. football season is now in full swing. cam's back with a historic night in the nfl. ever a 7,903 daybreak, football back in la first home game for the la rams back to

here comes the rams all the way back to begin if 28-24. nice homecoming for football in la. you know, in that same building, the olympics were held twice, '32 and '84. all this olympic talk got me to thinking, if the cardinals sent one player to the olympics, who would it be? my vote running back david johnson. >> david john is not is going to be my first pick in fantasy football. he looked amazing. >> no matt if it's a real game or just practice, david johnson is -- >> david is -- exactly. david is -- he's a freak. >> break egg ankles in the preseason. >> trying to do what i can to help out the team. >> he's humble to the core and can really good at football. >> if they're not aggressive, he's going to make them miss. >> he sat back a little bit and i knew i had leverage. >> it's not fair. >> i gave him one move and he hesitated. >> this guy is a big buff guy. if he can't headache any moves

does. >> when goes through your mind when you see him one-on-one with the defender? >> if you don't score, i'm going to get on him about it. we hold high he can peck takes for each other -- expectations to each other. >> you've got chris johnson, david johnson and andre all on the same team. those are starting running backs on everybody else's offense. that's a blessing. >> cardinals -- over 100 yards rushing combined. sunday. patrick peterson will be my olympian. just saying. >> that's a good one. a look ahead to tomorrow's competition up next. of remember, 12 news is your

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plenty of nbc action tomorrow morning. the united states women in >> we havey questran coverage in the individual jumping event. indoor volley wall coming off back-to-back silver medals. they are back on the court. michael phelps is going to get all the headlines, but we can't go tonight without showing you this moment. this is the true definition of getting knocked down and getting back up. that's mo right there in the final. he gets back up and goes on to win the race.

to-back gold medals in a distance race. that is truly incredible. put another ring on it. our 12 sports mvp of the night, the rattlers are heading back to the arena bowl for the 5th time. they won 82-41 tonight. get this, the rattlers are now 66-7 at home since 2001 1, even better news, they're going to host the arena bowl at the arena on friday, august 26th. they are going for their fifth title in 6 seasons. >> just as the olympics are over, we can focus on that, the arena bowl. >> hopefully the cardinals will follow. just saying. 12 news is always on these. >> cell phones, all of it. you can get the latest 12 news

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ryan seacrest here on copacabana beach. we are live. these are the three things you need to know. rio, day eight. at olympic tonight in the highly anticipated women's 100 meter. >> it was no contest. elaine thompson of jamaica put away the fielderly and often. >> in the men's 10,000 meters, mo farah won in dramatic fashion. >> oh, no. it's farah that went down. >> coming back from an early fall to defend his olympic title. >> to the roar of the crowd,