i'm embarrassed. for myself, my family, especially those guys. the usa swimming, the whole olympic games. american olympic swimmer ryan lochte comes clean about the robbery that never happened matt lauer. the xi olympic games came to a close as team usa dominated with 121 medals. shocking details as authorities say isis used a child to carry out a mass suicide attack at a wedding that killed 50. >> donald trump tries a new approach but hillary clinton maintains her lead with just 77 days before the election. plus a massive haboob covers arizona.

feet in the air? "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. and thank you, rio. 17 days of eye-popping competition involving 11,000 of the world's best athletes, the carnival-inspired closing ceremonies carried on in the wind and in the rain in a dazzle display of color and dance. amid the celebrations, a notable athlete remained absent. back in the u.s. 12-time medalist ryan lochte sat down by nbc's matt lauer on saturday and apologized for his now defunct tale of a run point robbery in rio. >> what i'm trying to get at, the first story you told, ryan, is much more about the mean streets of rio. >> yeah. >> and the version we're hearing now is much more of a negotiated settlement to cover up some dumb behavior. >> and that's why i'm taking full responsibility for it. is because i overexaggerated that story. >> despite the embarrassing

an emotional carmelo anthony america's all-time leading olympic scorer to cap off his fourth olympics. a bizarre incident marked the end of the bronze medal wrestling match, a mongolian athlete believed he had won that match and celebrated with his coaches only to find uzbekistan was given the victory. in protest, his coaches stripped off their clothes and then hurled their shoes. so gymnast simone biles, team usa's little giant proudly carried the u.s. flag in the xxxi olympic games. finishing with a record-breaking 121 medals including 46 gold. and while the olympic flame was extinguished rio proved it knew thousand throw a party a, even super mario. the prime minister offering the

authorities are now blaming isis this morning at as the most likely perpetrators of a suicide attack that shattered a wedding party. at least 51 people are dead. and many of them children. he now said the extremist who carried out that suicide attack was for more than 14 years old. for more, we're joined by nbc's kelly cobiella in london. kelly, what's the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: well, they have vowing to continue the fight against isis. it is the deadliest so far near the syrian border. the party was just ending, the party was just ending. the guests dancing in the street when that blast went off.

children under the edge of the victims were kurds. at the funerals on sunday, people were shouting shame on there was a gun and bomb attack left 44 dead and scores attacks blamed on kurdish. over the weekend the president said there was no difference between isis and the cue trying to destabilize turkey. they blamed the latest attack on isis. the terrorist group has not

it typically does not blame attacks on turkey. thank you so much as ohio goes, so goes the officials are telling residents telling to leave. officials racing to gain so far no injuries reported. as ohio goes so goes the nation. officials insist their nominee is getting back on track. and while last week included a rare moment for trump when he provided an instance of regret

manager kellyanne conway could not pinpoint what trump was regretful for. >> he wants to regret anybody that he's caused personal pain by saying that he didn't intend to cause personal pain. i think those who have received privately should take that expression of regret. >> so he's called the khan family, he's called john mccain and apologize. >> no, he's expressed his regret publicly saying if i caused you pain, that could include you, that can include you. but he regrets that. >> so rudy giuliani may not have favors when he made this controversial remark regarding hillary clinton's health. >> i fail to point out several signs of illness about her. >> wait, her campaign and people defending her are saying there's nothing factual about her claims of her health. and that speculation about it. >> go online and put down hillary clinton's illness, take a look at the video for

trump established his national hispanic advisory council in new york and called on african-americans to support his campaign. >> you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs. 58% of your youth is unemployed. what the hell do you have to lose? >> the clinton campaign bashed trump for that last week. or that remark. putting out this statement. donald trump asks what the african-american community has to lose by voting for him. the answer is everything from a man who questions the citizenship of the first african-american president, courts white supremacists and has been sued for housing discrimination against communities of color. however, trump has attempted to make inroads with african-americans. he visited flood stricken louisiana and at some point, he donated much needed supplies to the area even unloading a truck

donation from trump. our most recent nbc news poll has trump with just 1% of the african-american vote to clinton's 91%. nationally, trump trails clinton by 5% or more. meanwhile, clinton continues to spend her time in fund-raising states like martha's vineyard. and nantucket. >> duopeople two people are seriously injured. seven o including a driver. a 74-year-old woman accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes. she panicked striking a telephone pole and a second vehicle. the driver could face several chashlgs including vehicular assault and vehicular homicide.

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just ahead, south korea and the u.s. conducting their drills. threatening a nuclear strike if the two countries show any signs of aggression. president obama and the first family are back at the white house this morning after wrapping up a two-week vacation on nar cease vineyard. they will survey damage from last year's deadly floods. james carval is here to talk about the campaign reset. you're watching "early today." but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ? tomorrow, tomorrow... ? ? i love ya, tomorrow ? in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and

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