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monday, august 15, 2016. >> that's all there is to it. >> it doesn't matter who gets a lead. they are going to get caught. >> and she hammers it home. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games. with matt lauer, live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on this monday morning, another beautiful day at the beach, i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb. we'll check in with savannah in a moment. if you are looking to rub elbows with the greatest swimmers in the world this is where you want to do it today. >> yeah, we are talking about the greatest olympian of all time, just arrived here a few

katie ledecky is here, rewriting the record books and simone manuel. so many more of those medal winners are here from team usa, we're going to talk to all of them coming up. >> also we're going to talk about the scary incident the last 24 hours for another group of swimmers including ryan lochte. they were robbed but luckily unharmed. we'll hear from ryan. >> is a van narcotics let's send it back to you in new york. >> hi, guys. ther including a chaotic scene at jfk airport, reports of shots fired, mass evacuations and grounded flights. police now say the reports were unfounded but it was quite a frightening situation for thousands of passengers. we'll have the latest and wait until you hear what actually caused all of that ruckus. back to you. savannah, thank you very much. let's begin with natalie, a

>> good morning. last night a glamour event of track and field, the men's 100 meter dash and for the third straight olympics, usain bolt reigns supreme. >> still invincible. usain bolt. >> on the track winning with style, jamaica's usain bolt destroying the competition in the 100 meter dash. the first sprinter to ever do so. the crowd and the stadium and in his hometown erupting with cheers. after a slow start, bolt passed american justin gatlin in the final seconds. gatlin settling for silver while bolt took selfies of his fans and striking his signature pose. later, bolt embraing wade van de kirk who stunned the world

>> in his first olympics the 24-year-old set a world record in the 400 meters meeting the record set in 1999. his coach who also happens to be a great-grandmother looking on. >> in gymnastic simone biles once again taking gold. delivering an amazing performance on vault to become the first american gymnast male or female to win three golds in a single game. and she could win two more, competing on balance beam today and in the floor exercise tomorrow. her teammate madison kocian took silver on the uneven bars. alex la door won on pommel horse. great britain won its first gold in the floor exercise but it was brazil that stole the show on the floor. taking silver and bronze.

front of a hometown crowd. in the pool team usa showing its dominance, american swimmers racked up 33 medals, 16 gold, led by superstars michael phelps and katie ledecky. >> and she hammers it home. >> overnight team usa crushed australia in women's beach volley ball. kerri walsh-jennings and april ross celebrating in front of an ecstatic star including leslie jones and members of the u.s. men's basketball team. now they move to the semifinals against brazil. in tennis, triumph and disbelief. monica winning olympic gold for puerto rico. overcome after her two-hour match. and andy murray repeats as men's singles champion, becoming the first player to ever win

>> murray strikes gold again. and checking the medal count the u.s. still with a commanding lead followed by china, great britain and russia. so, what can you look forward to today? again the final of the women's balance beam with simone biles and the men's 800 meter final and the women's 400, plus the quarterfinals in men's beach volleyball. back to you, hoda and matt. >> thank you very much. the man responsible for x those medals you talked about here, michael phelps. won five gold and a silver. to cap off a record-setting olympic career. five games in autumn, 28 total medals including 23 gold. if phelps was a country he had more gold medals than all but 32 of the 205 countries competing in these games. michael, good morning. >> thank you. >> how you doing?

everything set in. it won't for a while. but seems pretty awesome being able to spend time with boomer and the family, seeing everybody before they took off this morning or yesterday. the best way to finish. >> you know that old expression ol me once name on you. fool me twice. four years ago almost to the day we sat in london and you said to me when i asked if you were to keep swimming you said done, done, done. response here, done, done, done. and this time i mean it. i think you know, like we talked earlier in the year, i wanted to come back and finish my career how i wanted. and this was a cherry on top of the cake. >> i was thinking about that. you also told me when we got together you fell in love with swimming again. i wonder if you won't miss it morement after london you weren't in love with swimming. i can understand.

>> for me now it's just being able to -- i think the biggest thing between now and london i was so much more emotional during these games, that showed at times. that's the difference. because i knew this was the last time. i knew this was the last race i ever had and the last olympics i had. and everything just really hit hard. and i guess some of it i guess some people at homwh mean, as soon as i walked into the warm down before that final night, the tears started coming filling up in my eyes and bob and i shared some of those emotional moments with one another. and you know, i was thinking my last warm-up, my last warm-down, last time putting on a suit. my last cold tub, i did all of that. now i question the question is this is last time? >> i have a feeling not. i don't know why. i have a feeling not. you always give me the straight

but what about your personal goals now? what do you want to do as a 31-year-old leaving swimming behind, with a long life ahead. >> this is a part of my life where i get to start this whole new chapter and continuing to build a family with nicole and continue to travel, continue to contribute to the sport of swimming. i want to try to not only in the u.s. but also change the drowning rate we have, something that is a goal of mine. we've been able to teach thousands of kids. i want the numbers higher so. we have a full plate and full schedule of things and i still have those. >> ryan lochte said you've been following on that, luckily he is okay. before the incident with the robbery, he stop bid here, i want to show you what he said. >> i heard what he said. >> you look in the camera and say michael, i'll see you in tokyo.

definitely say that because i guarantee he will be there. >> do you sflael. >> i think so. i really think so. so michael i'll see you in tokyo. >> he might be there but i won't. i'll be there watching, cheering everybody on but i will not be in the pool competing. >> last thing people wonder about the future of swimming without michael phelps. would you look across there for a second s. the future in good hands with katie ledecky? not only with katie but with the team that we have now. you know, kate's doing her thing and she's breaking records every time she gets in the pool. it's been an honor for me to be part of the team with her and some of the younger guys that we have coming up in the sport that are going to take over and you know, i told a bunch of them i won't be far away if they need anything to reach out.

mine and a big sport for me. and i want to help these guys. >> thank you for giving us the front row seat to a great run. thank you. congratulations. hoda. >> katie, while michael is still there. how about if you look at michael and tell us what impact has he had on swimming? he has been kind of your mentor. >> yeah, probably a huge impact on as you said, a lot of the young swimmers that are on the team this year, we all looked up to him when we were 6 years old and now to be on the team -- i didn't mean it like that. sorry. it's just i mean, i started watching him when i was 6 years old starting to get in the sport. to be on a team with him has been such an honor, not only to see his impact but out of the pool as well he has been a leader on this team and that's why we came away with these

the headline for when you leave the olympics. your headline was, katie ledecky had fun. tell us how much fun did you have when you were at the olympic games? >> i had a ton of fun. i had my goals in the water but one of those goals was to have fun. i couldn't have asked for a better time with my teammates, see them succeed and the fun outside of the water as well. the best. >> she looked like she was smiling sometimes in the pool when you were swimming. that shot of you and that smile. were you feeling that good when you were racing? >> it's fun to swim fast too. i'm happy with how this week has gone. >> you talk about swimming fast. the 800 you crushed the competition and you beat your own world record by two seconds. after you said something like i just thought i would go for it. makes it sound like you can drop a world record at will s. that the case these days? >> it's never easy to break a

it takes a lot of hard work and you know, every day getting in the pool and giving it my all. it's my last race of the meet and i wanted to remember it really well. >> a lot of hometown love, you are from maryland. the capitals were playing against the braves -- the nationals against the braves. and they decided to stop and watch you on the big screen. did you -- were you able to see a clip of that? >> i saw a clip. >> what does that make you feel like knowing the hometown crowd is cheering. >> it means so much to have the support from maryland and the d.c. area, i received so many messages from everybody back home. i can't wait to get back home and celebrate with them. >> katie, michael over there, usa is awfully proud. awfully proud. congrats. great olympic games. michael, thank you, bud. let's go back to savannah in new york city. >> guys, so fun to see those swimmers.

turning to the news, frightening moments for passengers at new york's jfk airport after reports shotted had been fired. police evacuated terminal 8, flights were temporarily grounded. multiple emergency agencies rushed to the scene. in about 45 minutes after that a second terminal, terminal 1, was evacuated. this all started when a woman coming off of a plane said she thought she heard gun fire. and loud celebrations from people watching, yes, the olympics, may have been misinterpreted as a fight and gun shots. things are back to normal there. to politics. major developments in the presidential race. the conservative op-ed page of "the wall street journal" is calling on the republican party to essentially abandon donald trump if the he doesn't change his ways on the campaign trail. hallie jackson with the latest on it.

donald trump is making clear where he stands, tweeting he will not change, that he is who he is, pushing back against any talk of a pivot as his campaign hits back now this morning, against a new report linking his top adviser to russia. this morning, new questions about trump's russia. a "new york times" report linking his top aide to a pro-russian party in ukraine. according to the paper paul manafort name appears, appearing to suggest he was paid $13 million in cash payments, over a 5-year period. the report not verified by nbc news. overnight the clinton camp pouncing, saying in a statement, trump has a responsibility to disclose any adviser's ties to russian or pro kremlin entities. paul man i fort himself responding telling nbc news i have never received a single off the books cash payment as

york times", nor i have done work for the government of ukraine or russia, calling the suggestion he accepted cash payments unfounded, silly, and nonsensical. it comes made a blistering ultimatum from "the wall street journal" writing if by labor day trump doesn't shape up the gop should give up to focus instead on keeping its senate majority. the editorial from the conservative cleaning paper wraps up with a warning. quote, trump needs to stop blaming everyone elsd if he wants to behave like someone who wants to be president or turn the nomination over to mike pence. another round of trump versus the media. >> i'm not running against crooked hillary clinton. i'm running against the crooked media. >> the candidate in a tweet storm argues he'd be winning by 20 points if it weren't for what he considers unfair coverage. >> he's appeared before 10, 15, 20,000.

working contrary to what the media is saying. >> trump will be out on the campaign trail focusing on foreign policy in a major national security speech, a senior adviser telling nbc trumle will paint the fight against isis as ideological battle. clinton will be joined by vice president joe biden in his hometown of scranton, a campaign official telling nbc biden will portray trump as in his words, >> thank you so much. we'll send it back to rio. i don't know if i missed you guys but you all look so cute this morning. >> well, thank you. >> so do you. >> thank you. you look great. let's get a first check of the weather. mr. roker is here after a late night for you. >> that's right but i got to tell you, our hearts and thoughts to everybody in louisiana. it's awful there. the president declaring a state

rescues, at least five deaths blamed on this flooding. and there is more on the way. with more heavy rain and flood waters will continue to rise. and we've got misery coming for other parts of the country. that tropical moisture gets pulled up into the midwest as wave after wave of upper low pressure systems develop and push in. rainfall amounts are going to equal from three to five inches of rain, stretching from texas all the way in to louisiana, and parts of arkansas as well. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. especially when it comes to snacking. with the laughing cow's nine flavorful varieties of creamy cheese, there's no end to what you can discover. and once you get a taste for the new, chances are you won't stop there.

>> that's your latest weather. guys? >> al, thank you very much. don't forget, you can catch nbc's prime time coverage of the olympic games tonight starting at 8:00, 7:00 central with gymnastics and track in the spotlight. coing up, guess who's here? simone manual is here with us

good. >> also ahead, billy bush's exclusive interview with ryan lochte. what happened when he and three fellow americans were held up at gunpoint here in rio.

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we thank them for doing that. >> the minute he steps out like the crowd starts going for it. we're going to begin this half hour with your olympic headlines. usain bolt proved again that he is the fastest man in the world. he sprinted into history last night, capturing unprecedented third straight gold in the 100 meter dash, american justin gatlin silver in that one. >> american made history as well, sarah robles won the first weightlifting in 16 years, she got a bronze in the over 75 kilograms category. >> and justin rose captured the first gold medal in golf in 112 years. sweden took silver and american took the bronze. matt is going to join us live. also women's golf, that starts on wednesday.

let's turn to an incident overshadowing some of the celebration here. four american swimmers including ryan lochte held up at gunpoint over the weekend. ryan is opening up about what happened. keir simmons has more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. ryan lochte was on friday morning within 48 hours he had a gun put to his head. we retraced the rount he took and guys, there are still many questions. where is the taxi driver they were with, why did he pull over. ryan lochte partying just hours before he was robbed at gunpoint. saying overnight, we are safe and unharmed. telling today's billy bush in an exclusive interview the robbers pretended to be police. >> we got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge. no lights, no nothing.

they pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground. they got down on the ground. >> forced to the ground, team usa john bens and jimmy fagan who had been celebrating with him. >> i refused. i was like we didn't do anything wrong. so i'm not getting down on the ground and the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down, and i was like i put my hands up like, whatever. he took our money, he took my wallet. >> witnesses say ryan lochte left pub france in the early hours and got in a cab. they bought popcorn outside the club. and looked normal, she says. then heading home. on this route lochte says he and his three teammates were forced off the road.

the swimmers handing over money. >> my cell phone, my credential but took my wallet and all of the guys cash. >> this former mess chief knows the area. >> you think it's possible to whoever stopped the vehicle knew who was in the vehicle. >> it's possible. >> he will be interviewed, investigating a high profile armed robbery after a largely crime-free olympics. tweeding thank you for your love and ryan lochte saying he is looking forward to getting home so he can map out his future with a night representing team usa and tokyo 2020. ryan lochte stood up to these guys, that was a brave and dangerous thing to do. >> no question. they tell you to do the opposite. no matter wa country you're in. thank you. we should mention billy will have much more with brian lochte tonight on "access hollywood." >> a turn and get a check of the weather.

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and don't forget get your forecast when youney need it. >> mr. roker. thank you. u.s. gymnast stick star simone biles was back in action along with several of the final five. >> biles struck gold, natalie is here with more on that. >> biles as you said won gold in that vault adding two more records to her name, the first and the first to win three gold medals in one olympics. the question now, can she complete her quest for five golds overall? >> five olympic gold medals is the most that american simone biles can win. she goes for number three today. >> simone biles vaulting her way toward olympic history sunday. russia, the 2015 world champion, was leading the pack. >> and the new leader is maria

>> but that was before biles. her first vault spectacular. >> she flies higher. that's all there is to it. >> she could do better. and she did. >> there it is. >> biles winning her third gold medal. >> this is the first time an american woman wins a gold. >> on the uneverybody bars it was madison conscientiousion and gabby douglas. >> disappointing for douglas. >> there is no room for major errors like that. >> in the battle for gold defending russia went first. >> it's a super hard routine done well. >> follow bid team usa's could seeian. >> gorgeous. floats. >> the level of difficulty reigned supreme. >> madison kocian is going to come up a little bit short. >> team usa stunned as koshen

>> now again biles is 3 for 3 in her gold medal quest, two more events to go. she goes for number four today. >> thanks, nat. >> can i ask you, i'm a golf fan. in his prime tiger woods not only physically dominated the sport but emotionally. he intimidated people they felt they could only win second. is simone biles in that area? >> without question. she is physically as you said, unbelievable. but she is so unaffected by all of her surroundings. she is able to thrive under the biggest circumstances and deliver. she's one of a kind. >> and she's got a couple of events coming up. you expect the same results? >> yeah, absolutely. after the all around competition after two events she had beam and floor. those are the two events to come. and she's three for three. no pressure. two more.

alex, were you surprised, what did you think? >> you know, as an athlete a gymnast certainly you dream of going in the olympic games and you hope and pray that somehow you can have the greatest routine of your life on your biggest day. that's what alex did. he had to wait four years for it. he was an alternate in 2012, and london. but he got the job done. >> congrats to madison kocian. she got silver by a sl >> she didn't have her best but i talked to madison this morning and like why are you awake? she said i couldn't sleep. i was so excited. so she obviously did an amazing routine. the best she could have done. >> why are you awake? because you called me. that's why. thank you. as always. great to cover this with us. up next t newest swimming

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medal but yet so much more. >> i'm so blessed to have a gold medal and i'm so blessed. >> simone manual, the first african-american woman to win gold in an individual swimming event. >> this gold means so much. it means so much more for our sport. i can't begin to tell you. >> in breaking through the sport's underwater ceiling, manual was just getting started. >> in she goes with a second lead >> swimming the anchor leg of the 4x100 medley relay, she made history again. >> give her a lead and there's no way she'll give it up. >> giving team usa its 1,000th ever gold medal. the journey to the podium starting at age four. her talent and determination taking her to stanford and then to rio where along with her gold, she's taken two silvers.

lebron games giving them both an instagram shout-out that says it all. inspiring for so many especially young black girls. my daughter was watching with me. how happy are we to have simone manual with us this morning. hi, simone. >> hi. >> okay. how crazy was it to see lebron james tweet like that realizing that his daughter is looking up to you? >> it was amazing. i looked time. just after watching him win the finals and hearing his postgame interview, it inspired me a lot. that's something i took with me the whole time in rio. >> random tweet from someone. this is from a mom with her daughter and do you see that little girl standing up front saying my little swimmer says i got next. do you realize how historic this win is not just for you but for a lot of people in the

>> i didn't have that many people to look up to when i was younger so hopefully it inspires other african-americans to get involved in the sport. >> do you see this -- i know it's historic. for you as a swimmer, was this something you were conscious of or were you just swimming your races? >> i swim for myself. i love it. i have fun. just representing my country is the greatest honor i could ever had. i went out and had fun. crying. after your last race when you made that historic moment, you won the 1,000th gold medal. you were looking for your family. that must be so important just to see them and to get that support from them. >> my family means everything to me. i have such a great support system. i wouldn't be here without them. i definitely have to thank them for everything they've done. >> can we bring in your posse. we have lilly king and kathleen baker here.

medal. you get this framed picture that will be hung up by usoc. how does that feel to know that you made history together. >> it's pretty special. relay medals mean more to us and to bring home 1,000th goal for usa happened by chance but a special moment for us. >> i saw you guys dancing when i was watching you after you were doing interviews. you were hanging out and dancing. do we have a little a little shoulder. can i hold this? we'll go out on break. ?? >> thank you, guys. coming up -- congratulations to these ladies. why al says i'm to blame for a lonely night in rio. i don't know what that's about

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, third time is the charm. >> here he is. still invincible. >> usain bolt does the unthinkable winning his third straight gold in the 100 meter dash. the first so. as simone biles dominates the vault winning her third gold of the games with a shot at more and after an unprecedented haul in the pool, michael phelps and his teammates join us live at the beach and hitting her stride. lester catches up with four-time gold medallist allyson felix about gearing up for her next

aggressive place and turn into someone else when it's time to compete. and al by himself. >> amazing match so far, isn't it? hoda, you're enjoying it, right? >> roker calls out willie and hoda on their olympic no show. will he get over the olympic size snub, "today," august 15th, 2016. ?? >> i'm happy to be in rio supporting team usa. >> shout out to my two children. sending you love from rio. ??

?? >> we are back now 8:00 on a monday morning, august 15th, 2016. look what's happened here on copacabana beach. first week we're at the olympics to get a few people here. mostly looking for doughnuts. and now this second week starts and look what we'at >> can we show the crazy crowd? >> let's take a walk. >> uncle sam is here. >> why are they here? this looks like the waiting room at the olympic cupping therapy room. greatest swimmers in the world here meeting with some of their fans and our fans and we can't thank you guys enough. we'll talk to all of them again in just a couple minutes.

>> talk about heavy medal. let's go back to savannah patiently waiting back in new york city. savannah, this is an impressive sight. >> i'm glad they have that upper body strength to carry their medals around their next. we'll tell you about a new report that claims donald trump's campaign manager got multimillion dollar cash payments from pro-russian forces. we'll tell you what the trump campaign has to say about that this morning. back t >> i think we just reminded the swimmers here there's an election going on back in the united states. >> they had forgotten. >> is that still going on? >> let's start this half hour with the latest olympic action including the highly anticipated crowning of the world's fastest man. nbc's peter alexander has more on that. hey, peter. >> good morning to you. lightning may not strike twice but usain bolt has now done it

unprecedented performance solidifying his place among the greatest olympians ever. >> here comes bolt. >> jamaica's usain bolt torching the track proing once again he's the world's fastest man. bolt overcoming a slow start surging past his american rival justin gatlin winning gold in the 100 meters for the third straight olympics. bolt's celebration included snapping selfies with fans. >> to be able to joke around and have fun. it goes together for me. >> in gymnastics, that girl is on fire. simone biles vaulting her way to victory. >> and there it is. she just flies higher. that's all there is to it. >> becoming the first american gymnast, male or female, to win three golds in a single olympics. her teammate, madison kocian taking silver on uneven bars.

>> you dream of that happening at the olympic games. he did it. >> the first u.s. men's gymnastics medal in rio and the first u.s. pummel horse medal since 1984. >> michael phelps. >> after collecting his record 23rd gold medal saturday, michael phelps is vowing this olympics is his last. >> phelps grabbed the lead. >> leaving fans with an epic finale, part of the men's 4x100 record. phelps talking about his olympic achievements earlier on "today." >> i was more emotional during these games. that showed at times on camera. that's the difference because i knew this was the last time. >> another record setter, katie ledecky, is the first woman to sweep 200, 400 and 800 meter freestyle events in 48 years taking home four golds and a silver.

in their 4x100 medley relay. simone manual also winning silver in 50 meter freestyle. >> justin rose under pressure coming up huge. >> in golf, great britain's justin rose securing gold in the first olympic tournament since 1904. the 36 year old squeezing by henrik and matt kuchar takes bronze and these games not without controversy after ryan lochte and three other american swimmers were robbed at gunpoint. lochte telling "today's" billy bush in an exclusive interview the robbers posed as police. >> i refused. we didn't do anything wrong. i'm not getting down on the ground. the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it.

i put my hands up. whatever. he took our money. he took my wallet. >> the good news most importantly the men and their medals are all safe this morning. brazilian police are now investigating. you can see more of billy's interview with ryan lochte tonight on "access hollywood." here's your medal count. team usa bolstering its lead. we have a full day including simone biles going for gold and allyson felix expected to add to her medal count and quickly back to usain bolt, this man is worth every second. he made $32 million while running just 274 seconds in competition so by our count,

$120,000 per second. not bad work if you can get it. matt and >> that's pretty cool. >> no kidding. >> peter, thank you. >> billy bush here with the scoop on this ryan lochte interview. how did that happen? >> i was shopping. i came down from christ the redeemer. went over to the usa house to do shopping. things have gone back and forth. we heard something happened to lochte and other guys and ioc said it didn't happen. then i see lochte as i walk of usa house. i went over and said did it happen? he said, yeah, it did. i said come with me. come with me. we went across the street. i pulled out the iphone and talked about it and he confirmed it. >> more on "access hollywood." did he say any more guaranteeing phelps would be in tokyo?

we've seen that before. savannah has the other headlines. >> good morning, guys. we'll start with the presidential race and this morning donald trump's campaign manager denying a report in "the new york times" that raises questions about his ties to russia. it appears to link manager paul manafort to almost $13 million in undisclosed cash payments from a pro-russian political party in ukraine where manafort was a consultant for many years. this report has not been verified by nbc news manafort says he has never received a single off the books cash payment. trump meanwhile is making a foreign policy speech today in ohio. hillary clinton campaigns with vice president joe biden in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. one more note, we'll sit down with democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine and his wife for an exclusive interview that airs wednesday morning on "today." a northern california town has been devastated by a

main street on sunday. nbc's joe kent is in lower lake county for us. good morning. >> good morning. a massive wildfire ripping through downtown along main street burning out residences, cars and businesses taking everything with it and right now we don't know the exact scope of this large fire, but we do know so far 3,000 acres have burned, more than 100 structures have been damaged. no injuries and no fatalities thousands. this is a community that's been lucky and spared in the past. just last year 12 months ago it was spared by two massive wildfires directly next to this town. fast forward and it's not so lucky. this continues to smell of ash. the fire continues to burn. no cause yet on what caused this wildfire. we do know it is 5% contained. looking ahead to this afternoon, the weather could change.

away from residential areas. it is likely to change if the winds shift. afternoon could totally change the game here in lower lake. savannah? >> all right. thank you. louisiana is braced for more flooding as heavy rains that fell this weekend drain downriver toward the gulf of mexico. at least four deaths are blamed on rivers and creeks that surged over their banks and trapped people in their cars and homes. 20,000 people had to be rescued. more than 10,000 spent part of the weekend in shelters. president obama issued a major disaster declaration on sunday. and finally, grammy award winning singer adele is not ready for some football. adele says she turned down an offer to perform at the 2017 super bowl halftime show. show told a los angeles audience

music." now back to matt and hoda. who else is there? al is here. >> yeah. we do have an impressive sight. coming up next. in the presence of greatness. the stars of the u.s. swim team take over copacabana beach. >> we love them being here. meet the athlete who left the medal stand with a silver and a diamond. the sweet story after these messages. eet story after these messages. poor foster kid black immigrant cancer patient small muslim

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buy and 1% as you pay. the citi double cash card. double means double. >> announcer: "today's" athlete to watch is sponsored by citi, proud partner of team usa, proud sponsor of progress. >> "today's" athlete to watch this morning, members of the winningest u.s. swim team in more than three decades. michael, nathan, ryan, lilly, simone, katie, conner, good morning. how are you? who wants to start off with the best moment of your olympics. nathan, why don't you start? >> best moment of my olympics? >> of the olympics for you? >> i think maybe it's selfish

after him laying down a monster split getting me in the lead and finish it off was great. >> anyone else? >> for me i think the team has been fun and my favorite moment was probably blasting music in the locker room and just really all of the countries staring at us. we had so much fun doing it. >> connor? >> the first time i saw the video of michael doing the face in the ready room. >> i don't even know what it is. >> did you have any idea how viral that thing was going to go? >> as soon as i heard somebody ask me about it, i thought, the camera is up there definitely getting all of this footage right now. i'm sure i have a couple looks on my face that aren't pretty. >> katie, you and simone are roommates. when you look back at how you'll remember these games, how are you going to remember them? >> i'm going to remember the collective effort by our team and how much fun we had doing it.

i was screaming back in the village watching on tv. i pretty much lost my voice and was so excited for her to get back to the dorm and give her a big hug. >> simone, for you? >> i have to agree with katie. the memories i've had. these are some of my best friends and to do it in a sport i love is the most amazing thing. >> can we ask a dumb question. ryan, you set a world record in the first leg of the 4x100 medley. does that count as the world record right now even though it's a relay? >> yeah. it was super special to do it with these guys and being on a relay with cody, michael and nathan gave me that extra adrenaline i needed to finish that off. >> michael says he's done, done, done. raise your hand if you believe it? >> we have a finger wag here. >> what's the over/under on this? >> i don't know. >> we hope not. >> guys, thanks for great moments here at the olympics.

>> let's go over to al now for a check of the weather. >> here it comes. all right, jimmy running all of the way over. show those nice people. show more people. there you go. what's going -- show more people. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening -- i'm moving jimmy around -- this is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> all righty, gang.

it's time for another olympic edition of "what's trending today." >> what's the first rule of athletics help your teammates, right? there was a soccer game. women's soccer. australia one of the teams. player goes down injured. they were tending to that player on the field when this happened. take a look. the team captain at the far right of the screen goes for a water bottle. there's the player down. the team captain at the far right of the screen asked for a water bottle. her teammate gives it to her. watch. you might want to drink out it the correct way or you squirt your teammate. >> that's a good save. >> americans falling in love with laurie hernandez nicknamed the human emoji. there was a time she mouthed to herself i got this before the

before hopping on the beam. laurie is 16 now but a video making the rounds on facebook shows her at an even younger age performing her little heart out. you can see that she had talent even back then. the video from flow gymnastics has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. she's always had it that little one. >> look at her. >> al, you were up late last night. >> went to team usa's beach volleyball. >> who did you go with? >> i was waiting for billy and hoda. we were going over there together to watch kerri and april. >> you know where i was. >> i didn't know at the time. >> he was under the weather. >> it was midnight when it started. i got a text that said i guess you're not coming at 11:58. >> is the segment called standing up al? >> what happened to supporting

amazing match so far, isn't it, billy? hoda, you're enjoying it, right? i guess they couldn't stay up late. >> al, we have men 4:30 local. >> it was midnight, baby. >> natalie, we weren't invited. >> i was. >> so i wasn't invited. great. >> billy, take it away. "pop starts." >> all right. we're talking about the stars getting into the olympic spirit. here is salma hayek. rio in the long jump. she's playing for mexico. they have never met but on instagram salma wished her cousin good luck. >> i like it. >> earlier we talked about puerto rico winning its first olympic gold medal thanks to tennis star monica puig. so she celebrated along with

and down posting this video and writing congratulations. >> first gold for puerto rico. and next to floyd mayweather. he's in town. he's not here to box. he's looking for new talent. he's scouting. found time to do sightseeing visit christ the redeemer snapping this selfie at the top. >> everybody has to go through christ the redeemer at some point and finally gisele showing everyone how it's done pos this stunning photo on instagram capturing rio in all its glory. terrific and for more pop culture news, head to "today's" facebook page. >> thanks, billy. >> announcer: "today's" olympic moment is sponsored by walmart, save money, live better. >> all right.

moment. this morning a diver who got more than she bargained for on the medal stand. take a look. china's he zi was all smiles after receiving her medal for springboard diving but then came the real surprise of her life. suddenly appearing with a glass encased rose and red box, boyfriend and teammate qin kai who won a bronze medal in his synchronized diving event last week, getting down on one knee, he took his biggest dive yet. >> wow. >> a proposal to cap off a gold medal performance. >> the proposal itself an olympic event. would she say yes? zi spent 57 seconds on bended knee before he got his answer. a head nod. the two met six years ago are the second high profile proposal of these olympic games. last week olympics volunteer

longtime girlfriend isadora cerullo, a member of brazil's rugby sevens women's team. >> everyone is crying. >> love taking over the olympics for an unforgettable moment. >> so sweet. >> she waited a long time. >> i think she was overcome. a lot going on. >> just ahead, team usa's men's golf team on the sports return to the olympics. >> we'll catch up with allyson felix after your local news and

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>> set me up for the header. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning! it's the "today" show live from the copacabana beach. and now first, from new york,

some noise for matt lauer. super spike, here comes the boom here comes the boom, boom, boom! so very nice. now she's terrific. come here, please, hoda kotb. >> hit me! very nice, guys. now, introducing partner, this guy over there, so amazing, come here and join us, al roker. ladies and gentlemen, please let it go, let it go, natalie morales! >> all right. we are back.

announcer of any sport anywhere in the world. >> we hear him every night from our hotel room. spectacular. >> phenomenal. >> good to have you here. we're going to take on a different type of sport in a while. footvolley. it's like beach volleyball but you can use everything but your hands. >> you can head it. >> what can go wrong with that? here we go. >> also ahead, sprinter about her big race tonight and challenging her alter ego as she goes for gold. >> salty, smoky and grilled for hours. hoda got the tough assignment of getting to go tracing it back to its birth place. >> can we do something and bring in four guys standing patiently in the background. golf made it back to the

sunday. >> congratulations. >> matt kuchar won the bronze. good morning, guys. good to have you. >> so did golf do itself proud after 112 years? what do you think? >> it was awesome. the event went so well. fan support was incredible. blown away by how many people turned out and to make the podium, just amazing. >> bubba, we got to see you a lot not only on the links but you were out and about with other athletes having fun. you really did enjoy your olympic experien of all-time. every four years to now be a part of it, to see other athletes. >> who did you love? >> the boxer said that i was kind of a big deal. when a boxer says that you're kind of a big deal, that's when you know you made it. >> he's known as booba in rio. >> have you made rahoda.

moment? >> getting off the plane. we got here and it felt surreal. you're an olympian onsite and golf hasn't been here for 100 and some years so just being part of it is amazing. >> rickie, what did you like? >> everything. i mean, i was the only one down here for opening ceremonies. i wish these guys would been able to join me for that. that was pretty special. bubba and i got a cool opportunity seeing some of the swimmers before they rang the bell for us as we walked away from the warmup pool. it was pretty cool to look back and hear them chanting usa for us. >> staying in the village. my wife wasn't here. rickie was in the village. for us to stay in the village and meet other athletes and hang on the floor where we all gather, healthy snacks there. we didn't eat much. got to hang out with other athletes and learn from them and talk to them and support them. it was really fun.

>> you're set up to spike, aren't you? >> i'm left handed. you have to come in there. >> bubba watson. >> here we go. >> all right. thanks. great to have you. >> here comes the boom. >> congratulations. rickie, great to see you. patrick, way to go. >> now, it's time for al and natalie's portuguese class known as natalie's portuguese class. olympic golf version. we thought we would figure out how to say hole in one. >> fore! >> you probably know this by now. buraco emum. >> everyone knew that. >> we talked about large rodents running around the olympic golf

capybaras. you thought you were ordering a drink. >> they're big, right? >> they were big. >> billy bush was riding one. >> and finally we heard so much about golfers that didn't come to rio. you might want to tell them wish you were here. there you go. that's al and natalie's -- mostly natalie's class. >> mr. roker, check of the weather? >> here comes the boom. let's show you what we have happening for you. for today looking ahead to the weekend, it's going to be a wet one. eastern half of the u.s. a real mess. heavy showers and thunderstorms. flooding makes its way into the mid mississippi river valley. as we get to midweek period, looking at the week ahead, we'll look by late week more wet weather mid mississippi river

atlantic states. sunshine in the northeast. toasty out west. you can see above normal temperatures early part of the weekend out west along the eastern seaboard. below normal midsection of the country as we get to the midweek period. on the cool side because it's raining so much in the lower mississippi river valley and by latter part. week we have plenty of sunshine and heat returns out west especially into the pacific northwest. this is pretty cool. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your

>> that is your latest weather. >> announcer: "today's" athlete to watch is sponsored by bount y, the quicker pick upper. >> another athlete to watch, allyson felix. lester holt is here with her story. lester, good to see you at the beach. >> good to see you. allyson felix h final after finishing first in the semifinals despite the fact she's still recovering from an injury, one she told me already cost her a race she badly wanted to run here. some wait years to hit their stride. for allyson felix, it takes just 20 seconds. >> i'm a super laid back person in my real life. you have to get to that aggressive place and kind of turn into someone else when it's

challenge herself like never before. >> the 200 has always been my favorite race. i always call it my baby. 400 is a new challenge to me. i'm not as comfortable with it. definitely outside of my usual realm. >> i caught up with her at ucla's drake stadium this past spring. for people who only follow track every four years of the olympics, to be clear 400 is one time around. >> one time around. >> doesn't look that hard. >> for 400 slow or fast, it's one of the most gruelling events out there. you just don't feel good in it. >> rio will be bittersweet though. at the olympic track and field events last night, felix nursing an ankle injury from april saw her hopes of a golden repeat in the 200 come to an end. she placed fourth losing by the

200 qualifying in your head. >> so many times. i mean, it was so close. it was unfortunate about the whole ankle thing and not quite enough time. >> the gun sends them on their way. >> a fierce competitor, felix has raced since 2004 collecting four gold medals and two silvers along the way. know you're going to win it. >> sometimes you don't know until the very, very end. when you know at that final moment and you zip for the line and you think you have it, it's just joy that all of the hard work has paid off. >> felix was known as chicken legs in high school but her parents call her by a sweeter moniker. >> shug. >> short for sugar? >> short for sugar. >> is she hard on herself?

she's a real competitor. and she hates losing, but i think she loses gracefully. >> her brother, wes, has always been by her side both at home and on her track. he's her agent. wes, how have you helped try to keep your sister focused given all she's been through? >> she has done the hard work. i keep her focused on her goals and all you have to do is break it down and stay focused on one step at a time you can. >> do you two ever bicker? >> we used to growing up but not anymore. >> we are close now. our mom loves that word bicker. we heard that a lot growing up. >> felix aims for the sky in rio. ? happy birthday to you ? >> her close and deeply spiritual family keeps her grounded. >> we have a tradition before the competition she does call if

terms of the outcome of the race. >> it helps me put everything in perspective. i love to have that prayer with her and know that it's bigger than track. it's bigger than winning a race. it's good to remember that. >> allyson felix will be on the track tonight. if she wins gold, she'll have more gold than any other female track olympian. >> i like the fact that it's a family affair too. >> very close. all han o up next, meat, meat and more meat.

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here? we're back at 8:44. time for "today's" rio. this morning there is a whole lot of meat on the menu. >> meat is on the menu. we took a trip to the birth place of beef, chicken, lamb and pork. it's a tradition spread all over brazil and beyond. meat is >> it's a simple way to cook meat on charcoal open fire. >> the tiny brazilian village of 3,500 people is thought to be the birth place. >> most is all over the country and abroad came from families

city. >> the tradition of salting meat and grilling it for hours over hot coals was brought to southern brazil in the 1800s by the south american cowboys and ranchers. >> the guys stop any place and put a fire in the ground and they cooked and have a meat and they keep going working and the country, it's just as important as religion. >> it is the most popular male in southern brazil. it's part of who they are, upbringing, for every family gathering, every festivity, it's present. it's part of their culture and tradition and their way of life. >> where you can find the restaurants on every corner and city block slicing up beef,

giving family and friends a chance to try a little bit of everything along with vegetables, rice and beans. an experience that's been brought to the united states with restaurants. >> it's now part of the lifestyle of brazilians from north to southeast and west. it brings people together. it's a celebration of life. >> where is the meat? >> exactly. >> we went the other night. >> how was it? >> we had meat sweats. >> took me four days to recover. >> best ever. >> we're going to try our hand and make that our feet at the brazilian sport of footvolley.

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we're back now in rio with a sport we first saw a couple weeks ago. we were walking down and hoda said there are guys in speedos. i said, wait, they're playing an interesting sport. it's called footvolley. not an olympic sport but you will see it on the beaches around here. >> we require different attire here. it was invented on copacabana beach in the '60s and these guys are actually going to teach u how to play professional footvolley. you are the top drawer footvolley player, right? and what's your name? >> roberto. >> you'll show us how to. >> no hands. >> no hands. use your chest. knees. foot. >> your head? shoulders. everything. >> no hands. >> how about your arms? >> no.

regular beach volleyball, right. that's good for us, right? >> 2.2 meters so about 6 1/2 feet. >> in the beginning, it was much higher. now, smaller. >> how do you serve since you can't use your hands. >> like this. >> show us. >> you make a mound like a sand tee and put the ball on top. are we playing for real? here. >> let's go. >> i'm next to you. >> got to make the mound. >> right here. >> stay with me. get it. >> hoda, you went right for the hands there. >> try again. come on. let's play. >> i'm with you. >> use your head, hoda. >> that can't end well.

>> go, matt! >> you got it. you made contact. >> you serve to him. >> get ready. >> natalie, come on in. >> that's you why see these little mounds. >> these guys are good. >> come on. >> go, hoda! >> good try. >> all right. he does something very special, right? >> do it. >> take the ball. throw it in the air. >> higher.

from rio on a monday morning.

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alex naddour. what did it mean to win that? >> it meant everything. it meant a lot to me and my family and my teammates. i smiled before i went. i thought of my daughter. i'm just going to go out there and do the best that i can and see where it ends up. >> when you're watching the scores come in, there had to be hand wringing making sure you made the podium, right? >> before i went, i knew i needed 15.7 before any happens. 15.7 came up and i knew it would come down to the last guy. >> tim daggett said there's something special about a guy that knows he has to do his very best at the end and that's what you did. nice job. so much more from rio and copacabana. take a look at some of these great images from our good

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michael phelps, a gold medal in the final olympic race of his career! ?? >> the second week of these olympics is under way. and it's begun with picture perfect weather here in rio, on day 10 of the 2016 olympic games. and from our studio on copacabana beach good morning welcome along, i'm rebecca lowe. anybody who saw usain bolt last night is still shaking their head, whether here in rio or wherever you were watching. his third straight 100 meter win just electrifying. today more track and field ahead