good morning. americans rule the pool. >> going to give them a significant lead. >> a big night for michael phelps and katie ledecky. phelps adding a 19th gold medal to his record olympic haul in the 4 by 100 relay, while kat ledecky shatters her own world record in her own free, leaving her competition way behind. >> ledecky is on the way to history in these games. the u.s. gymnastics team dominant as they begin their quest for gold. >> beautifully executed. >> but a stunner in tennis. three-time doubles champ serena and venus williams out in the first round. "today," monday, august 8th,

>> all by herself down the stretch. >> you are seeing the greatest of all time. >> that's going to give them a significant lead. >> announcer: 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. ?? >> it is a party on the beach in rio. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. take a look and listen to some of the performers from the third

we're happy to have them here with us this morning. as if hoda needed another excuse to dance. >> wait a minute. i want to point something out. there's something for you. and then there's something for the girls. do you remember on opening ceremony night the guy who kind of stole it? oiled up and beautiful man from conga. >> that was friday night. >> that was friday night. >> and this is monday morning. >> hlo come here, mr. tonga. >> come to mama. >> how about this guy, right? >> that's pita. >> wow. >> we knew there was a lot of oil on there. he looks beautiful. beautiful. >> wait a second, give me your hand. you know you wanted to do that. >> wow. >> oh my. >> he like exploded into a sensation. everybody was talking about this

there's really nowhere to put the mike so we'll talk to him later. >> congratulations. >> is that canola oil with high heat? >> lot to get to in rio including a number of athletes who won medals. they will be joining us here live and savannah is back in new york, and i know you have a busy morning with a huge travel story. >> we do. we don't have an oiled up guy from conga but we'll try to survive. a big travel nightmare. delta system crashed overnight so coming up we'lll delta flight booked today. back to the party in rio for now. okay? >> thanks. we miss you here. let's begin with a very big night in rio. for some of the biggest names on tammy -- team usa. natalie has all of the action. good morning to you. >> sorry i'm not the conga guy myself. huge night for the u.s. olympic swim team. michael phelps returning to the olympic stage and katie ledecky

>> no one loves the relays more than michael phelps and in the water he goes. >> for tammy -- for team usa, it was a night of stunning moments. michael phelps made his rio debut in spectacular finish swimming second leg of the relay phelps burst past the french team, after an incredible turn off the wall giving his team the lead and the gold. his mother, fiancee, and newborn son, boomer, cheering from the stands. >> they are unable to contain their emotions during the medal ceremony. on the women's side, superstar katie ledecky made it look easy

competition. >> katie ledecky smashes her own world record. >> her world record just one of many sunday night. and sweden's sword databaset -- strom breaking the record for 100 meter butterfly the previous champion who came in third. >> to be at the olympics again is amazing and all i wanted was to get a medal. i'm extremely happy with that. >> and earlier in the day it was the end of an era on the court. >> for the first time in their olympic doubles career, the williams sisters lose. >> venus and serena williams losing their first ever olympic match as a duo. the three-time gold medal winners falling in the opening round to the czech republic. >> there's a little bit of moisture starting to appear on the camera lens. >> this morning one olympian is recovering after suffering severe injuries flipping over her handle bars in a terrifying accident. >> she's down. >> the 33-year-old dutch cyclist losing control during the

time. the wet pavement a possible cause of her horrific crash tweeting from her hospital bed, she says "i'm now in the hospital with injuries and fractures but will be fine. most of all super disappointed after best race of my career" and this week all eyes are on the u.s. women's gymnastics team led by simone biles who even has a move named after her. she'll be competing along with aly raisman in the overall finals later this week. >> taking a look at the medal count. team usa leading by a lot followed by china, italy and japan. right now a lot of olympic action. we're just getting started. >> that is awesome. we like that beginning. michael phelps and katie ledecky entered the games with huge expectations and so far so good. jenna bush hager had a chance to

>> so how awesome was that with your team? >> the young bucks brought tears to our eyes. i was saying to nathan, i was trying to hold back as much as i could. he started shedding tears and then ryan started shedding tears and that's one of the coolest races to be part of. being part of the 400 free relay was a dream of mine and i've been on the good side and bad side of it. i'm happy we were able to win that relay as a team. >> and tni win gold in the 400 relay again. >> your son was in the audience. how awesome was that? >> i was trying to find him during the awards ceremony. i couldn't find him. i finally found him. he was asleep for the race. hopefully he was awake for the race. if not, i'll replay it when he's old enough. >> does it make this that much sweeter? >> a lot more emotional, yes. thinking of him constantly and pictures every day. it's an inspiration to have him here. >> you have a lot more races.

>> katie ledecky smashes her own world record. >> how does this medal feel? >> feels good. it's great to be up there on the podium and singing the national anthem. >> when you're out there beating your own world record and racing against yourself, what does that feel like? >> i don't know. i just focus on how i'm feeling personally and let the race play out as it will. i just focus on what i want to accomplish. >> congratulations. >> doesn't that make you feel so good? both phelps and ledecky will be back in the pool today. >> let us bring in ryan. >> yes! >> he got gold in the 400 meter freestyle relay. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you, matt. >> you were just saying to me first international competition, first race, you got a gold. >> yeah. 100%. swimming gold internationally.

know, i should just quit now. >> you swam the third leg of this, right? >> yes. >> when you were standing there watching your teammate tap that wall and you watch number one pop up, tell us what went through you at that moment. >> initial moment was i was just exhausted. my legs were killing me. my body was in so much pain but the split was just euphoria. like, yes, gold medal. we finally won. we brought gold medal back to team usa. i finally won a medal. >> a little refrench. the french won this event in the last two olympic games. team usa really wanted this. then i want to take you to the medal ceremony, ryan. okay. they start to play the national anthem and the flag goes up and for all of the right reasons, you lost it.

just -- the -- i don't know. i've heard the national anthem plenty of times before and i've received awards before as they played the national anthem but it's something this was different. the emotions, kindof manifested. >> how did it feel knowing not only were you doing something amazing for this relay team, for michael phelps, too, he got 19 thanks to a group effort. how did that make you feel? michael, he is a great lead e a great athlete. he kind of gives like a sense of confidence to the other swimmers. when i'm around him i stand a little taller. feel a little more confident. can we go back to that medal ceremony and the control room. people ask us all the time, ryan, why do we love covering the olympics? can i tell you, your face, that's why we love covering the

competing for his or her country and being able to let out that, it's so great. congratulations. >> we love you, honey. can i touch this. >> careful, she has grease all over from the conga guy. >> congratulations. that was a awesome. >> springfield, illinois. >> hi to the folks in springfield. >> h, >> we're joined by the host of nbc's day time coverage. that's what it's about. >> i bring no oiled body but i'm glad to be here. >> that's right, when he points out that moment, that does crystallize everything. i was getting emotional watching it a second and third time. >> guinea thrasher won the first gold medal in shooting her shooting career started five

hunting trip with her grandfather. she is the gold medalist. that's what the essence of the olympics is all about. >> we talked to ryan, we know what phelps did, what katie ledecky did this weekend so it's looking very good for the u.s. swim team. >> last night was big. we are used to seeing the swim team bring home medals. to see phelps and ledecky it gets everyone in that mode of going for it. what ledecky did, take a step back. she won by five seconds, shattered the world record and that's the start of -- >> her world record. >> the start of what people think. >> talk gymnastics. if the you look at the beginning portion, the u.s. is so far out in front, 10-point spread with china, how do you see this playing out? >> well, the great thing is interm competition. they have the best, simone biles, incredible. that competition forces everyone

qualification on the team yesterday, you saw that. everyone encouraging each other, pushing each other. they could have a massive win coming up, not just tonight, tomorrow night but the next several days. >> by the way, i get why there is so much attention on the women's team. let's give the men credit as well. they had a strong weekend. >> right. they have a legitimate chance to medal in tonight. they put themselves in great position with the qualifying. >> can we talk venus and serena williams. wh they didn't have a great night or the other team was dominant? >> a little of both. venus lost her singles match. serena struggled. those two embrace the olympics. venus kept going in tennis. she wanted to be here. got here, disappointing for them. but novak djokovic also lost. it's a tight tournament.

>> by the way, we have the body oil back stage. >> a closer look at the impressive debut for the women's gymnastics team. and you can catch nbc's prime time coverage all in action tonight. that's 7:00, 6 central here on nbc. let's go back to savannah in new york. >> guys, thank you. now this breaking news that's going to cause problems at airports all day. delta is dealing with a computer outage that forced the airline right to gabe gutierrez at hartsfield international in atlanta. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. delta's ground stop has been lifted and there are limited departures. still the airline is warning of large scale cancellations throughout the day. the line behind me has thinned out quite a bit from the overnight hours. the boards are back up and running and so are many of the

this the morning. a power outage in the atlanta area from storms overnight. that caused major issues worldwide for delta. there were problems as far as rome, london, lax, also had to deal with issues, also in dallas. delta is offering travel waivers for customers august 8-12. in case you have to make changes. effects throughout much of the country, and delta is warning all of its customers to get to the airport early and check on their status of their flight. we have spoken to several travelers that say their flights are delayed several hours. so savannah, major travel issues expected today. >> takes a long time to work that out of the system. gabe, thank you. politics now. the presidential race, a national poll showing that y for donald trump's

hallie jackson at mat manhattan for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the new numbers confirming the controversies over the last week have hurt donald trump as he looks to change the subject. he will head from new york to detroit for a speech on the economy, what a senior campaign source tells me something that will stitch together trump's vision on taxes and the economy as trump looks to change the subject and turn the page. trump hoping to rev up his stalled campaign, now getting new backing from a member of a presidential family that's so far stayed side lined. jeb bush's son telling texas republicans time to rally around the nominee. though stopping short of endosment. >> from team bsh, you get back up and you help the man that won and you make sure that we stop hillary clinton. >> reporter: new polls show a

thirds of voters saying he doesn't have the temperament and personality to be president. trump focusing on different numbers today. >> i employed tens of thousands of people. >> reporter: the business man talking jobs and the economy unwhat a top adviser describes to nbc news as a vision speech, outlining his plan for taxes, trade, energy, and regulatory reform. expected to offer parents a deduction on child care expenses and plan to cut the corporate for a reset hoping to rebound after fresh fallout from a week of controversy, hitting hillary clinton now with a new line of attack. >> honestly i don't think she's all there. >> reporter: his democratic rival still knocked off message over e-mails and fact checkers how she responded to questions about the controversy. >> i may have short circuited it and for that i you know will try to clarify.

don't want somebody that's going to short circuit up here. >> reporter: trump's top aide promising a pivot so far hasn't materialized. >> i'm confident he is going to start doing it and the media will start having to cover it. >> reporter: part of that message not just to focus on jobs but national security, something that has been a cornerstone of trump's campaign, but the new poll numbers show potentially signs of concern. trump now trailing clinton by a would make america safer. >> hallie jackson, thank you. we'll send it back to you in rio. al, if you are shirtless and oiled up i'm not even looking. not looking. >> no, it's okay. no danger there. >> back to you. >> america breathes a sigh of relief. >> that's a work in progress. thanks. mr. roker does have a first check of the weather.

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>> and katie ledecky smashed her own record finishing five seconds ahead of the silver medalist. it was ledecky's second medal so far. she won silver in women's 4x100 free relay on saturday. >> and there was a huge upset in tennis. three-time doubles champ venus and serena williams out in the first round. lost to the czech republic. first loss ever, ever at the olympics. wow. >> a big story. there's another big highlight from last night. the remarkable start for the u.s. women's gymnastics team. that on the heels of saturday night's great debut from the u.s. men. nbc's keir simmons keeping an eye on that competition. good morning to you. >> good morning. if you had any indication that the women would have been

they showed the same strength, as they put the world on notice. team usa twisting, tumbling and vaulting to the finals. with the prelimb rounds down, both the u.s. men's and women's gymnastics teams now have gold within their grasp. aly raisman tweeting "we killed it." video of her parents going viral, barely keeping it together in the stands during the uneven bars. simone biles snapchating pictures of the team. gabby douglas soaring as only she knows how. the women's team the overall leaders heading into tomorrow's team finals. their excitement and incredible confidence evident during their routine. >> go usa! hours earlier -- >> we're ready to go. >> reporter: and with hoda last week. saturday their male teammates

in an impressive second place trailing only china. teammates sam mikulak and jacob dalton topping the leaderboard in floor exercise. today they face the all-around finals, a medal, they told natalie, well within their reach. >> we just do exactly what we know we can, we'll be on that podium. >> reporter: team usa riding a wave of hope and support. a record five gold medals predicted for simone biles. her mom tweeting encouragement. embrace the experience and have fun. i love you. mom. and men's all-around finalist the women's later in the week. in case, if there was any confusion with the accent, matt, i think the jacket would speak for itself there. >> strong statement. your friends at home are going to love you. no question. thanks very much. here to size up the gymnastics competition and what you can

to be the most decorated gymnast in u.s. history. shannon, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. thank you. >> the women's team has a ten-point lead. put that in perspective. if this were a basketball game, is that a 30-point lead at halftime? what is it? >> 30 points or more at halftime. this is unheard of. we've never seen this in gymnastics as a sport. they are the most dominant team we've ever seen in the history of gymnastics. >> can we say that simone biles is on fire? e >> i see five gold medals ahead for her. i mean, she is absolutely amazing, and i think what she brings to the table isn't just difficulty or artistry or power or talent. she just brings this unheard of thing. she's kind of this spontaneous little girl that just brings it every time out and she's so solid and so consistent.

at the top of her game. >> i love aly. think back to 2012. she was the sleeper. she was the under dog that snuck into that all-around final. she did it again here. it was all about simone and gabby, and even laura hernandez, and aly is in there again. >> i talked to their coach about how she keeps them calm. she tells them make sure you perform every day like it's every day in practice. don't do anything special during the olympics. seems like they're listening because they seem very cool throughout, right? >> they are. talk about this team that could come in relaxed and pull their punches and they could go in and basically walk through and win a gold medal. they didn't do that. they kept every ounce of difficulty in those routines because that's how they train. >> not to short change the men, but do you think they have a chance to get on the podium? >> i think they have a possibility of getting on the podium. i'm so excited for this team. they just finished off the podium in 2012.

thank you so much. >> see you a lot over the next couple days. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> it's a little cool here today. we are talking heat back through parts of the midwest and into the south. we are looking at a heat wave for 11 million folks under advisories. triple digit temperatures in dallas this week from southern texas. the heat and humidity continues to build. look at these feels-like temperatures. they just continue to -- >> you want me to take over, al. even in denver in the mountains, 96. look you said in friday that someone was running around rio pretending to be al roker. i'm filling the bill. >> tirico. my nemesis. >> nice outfit though. matchy, matchy. did we plan this? >> no, it was completely spontaneous. by the way, this doesn't just happen surface level. we both grew up in queens. we both got our start at wtvh in syracuse, new york.

>> >> might as well do that one too. >> you can find your forecast on the weather channel any time. >> tirico. >> all right, guys, thank you very much. up next, michael phelps and his emotional journey to these games as the most decorated olympian

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>> we're back now. it's 7:42. we're having "today's" olympic start this morning. the most decorated athlete in olympic history, michael phelps, strikes again. >> phelps for olympic gold medal number 19. >> the greatest olympian of all time is back and michael phelps made his return in typical fashion. >> we wanted to bring that relay back to american soil. >> now, 31, phelps is in rio competing in a record fifth olympic games. >> another strong finish by phelps. >> following a performance in london that did not live up to his high expectations, phelps is now showing the world what he's really made of. >> phelps is going to win it. he's going to get his fifth olympic berth. >> beginning at olympic trials. >> he did it. he does! >> phelps was the top qualifier in all three of his individual events.

after leaving a casino in september 2014, phelps was pulled over and arrested for dui. let's go back to september 29th. that's the night you were arrested. dui. not your first run-in with that subject. what led up to that? >> i set myself down a downward spiral. i think it was more of a sign than anything else that i had to get something under control, whatever it was. i look back at that night and everything happened for a reason. >> i believe so, yeah. i really do. >> honestly, sort of, at one point, i felt like i didn't want to see another day. i felt like it should be over. >> with mounting pressure from family and friends, phelps would eventually check himself into a rehab clinic in arizona. you checked yourself into the meadows for 45 days. you've said you don't know if you're an alcoholic. maybe you have a binch

>> i checked myself in because i think i was at a point in my life where something needed to change, and i needed to figure those things out. >> phelps says he figured those things out and now it's back to the pool. how is training going now? what's the difference? >> i want to be here. that's the difference. i had no desire to go to workout before. i want to retire how i want to retire. and i have a great opportunity to do that. i haven't trained like this in decades. >> and the results are speaking for themselves. >> phelps now has the lead for the americans. >> looking again like the most dominant swimmer in olympic history as his mother, fiancee, and son, boomer, cheer him on. and like the rest of us, waiting

?? ?? so we know what he's done so far. let's take a look at the rest of his program for this week. here's what happens. he'll be back at the pool today for the preliminaries of the 200-meter butterfly. the finals for that are tomorrow night. on thursday, the duel in the pool as phelps faces off against ryan in the 200 meter individual the 100 meter butterfly, and on saturday he'll swim the butterfly leg of the 4x100 meter medley relay. a lot coming up. up next, what's with those round bruises we're seeing on phelps and other olympic athletes? billy bush on the cupping craze right after this. relax, billy. it's rio. . i had a wonderful time tonight. me too! call me tomorrow? i'm gonna send a vague text in a couple of days,

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welcome back. carson has duties on "the voice" to deal with so he couldn't make it to rio. look who happens to be here in our orange room on the road to rio. billy bush. billy? >> i feel like a lion in a cage. i'm only 20 feet away from you. all eyes were on michael phelps as he made his rio debut last night taking hom gold medal was not enough to distract people from mysterious spots on his back. one tweet reads michael phelps just fell asleep with his medals. i like that one. i don't know whether phelps cuddles his his medals at night but the bruises are from the therapy cupping. we got a look at it in the recent ad. suction cups pull the skin back

you might need to get used to seeing spotted phelps and other athletes. dear physical therapist, prepare for a surge in demand for cupping. #thenewbadgeofhonor. >> you came a long way from rio >> i'm wear be leeches right now. >> old school version of it. >> ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

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. >> kim: at 7:56. good morning. i'm kim wagner. if you're just turning on your tv set, we'd love to remind everyone that watches channel 3 that we are your olympic station. we're going for gold right now in the sense of a winning forecast. for details, let's check in with kelly curran. >> thanks, kim, and we out there this morning as we take a live look on the boulder city camera. visibility reduced and a little bit of smoke in the air from the pilot fire in california. the temperatures heading out the door, 79 degrees, pahrump, boulder city, 86 and it's

showers for wednesday. >> in the north part of the valley, in the integration -- intersection of cheyenne and commerce with water spewing in the air. elsendtown, awfully busy and we have a new closure in effect. that is the exit from southbound 95 to rancho closed to mid-september. you have to go to martin luther king boulevard and backtrack via bonanza and elsewhere, just busy on the road and a lot of people on this back southbound 15, kim, a tough day on the freeways. >> kim: speaking of that, and back to bad news in this valley. having to do with this murder investigation taking place yesterday where we got word that a woman in her 70s in town was murdered and they believe it was a result of domestic violence. her roommate found her in a pool of blood in her home.

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, gold rush. >> phelps with olympic gold medal number 19. >> michael phelps does it again taking home gold and adding to the record books with an emotional win for team usa. katie ledecky breaks a world record of her own while on the tennis court a shocking outcome for venus and serena williams as the three-time gold medal champs are out of the competition in its opening round. ?? plus the walk seen around the world. supermodel gisele bundchen opens up to natalie about what it was like to be part of rio's opening ceremony. >> i just kept thinking to myself i can't cry.

i just wanted to make the brazilians proud because they chose me to represent them. ?? ant girl from ipamema. meet the girl behind the lyrics as hoda sits down with the woman who inspired brazil's most popular song. >> 1962 is happy. i want to know who is the girl from ipanema. >> "today," monday, auguth ? i got that sunshine in my pocket ? ? got that good song in my feet ? >> hello to my friends and family in boston, massachusetts. i'm in rio. >> big shout out to usa women's volleyball and our baby, kimberly hill! ? dance dance dance ?

>> good morning to our family in portland, oregon, washington, d.c., hartford, connecticut. >> my brother and my dad. >> hey, chicago! ? just dance dance dance come on ? welcome back, everyone, to a special split edition of "today" on a monday morning, the 8th day of august 2016. 9:00 in the morning here in rio. 8:00 back on the east coast of the united state we've got a big crowd gathered on copacabana beach. i'm here with hoda and al and billy bush while savannah is back home holding down the fort. savannah, we truly miss you >> we miss you. >> miss you guys too. >> i've got a present for everybody including you, savannah. here's a pair of glasses for you. look at these. usa.

look how cool they are. >> right. >> they're nice. >> you like? >> i feel like i'm looking through a screened door. >> we are assembling a goody bag of swag for you. >> yes, we are. >> to bring home to you. >> thanks, guys. appreciate it. >> all right. coming up -- i had to put my glasses back on. we're going to talk to some of the team usa swimmers who are taking home the hardware from rio. can't wait. >> most recognizable faces and legends. nice to have them here. we'll talk to them in just a little while. let's begin with the olympic action. swimming, gymnastics and more from nbc's peter alexander at olympic park this morning. peter, good morning. nice to see you. >> good morning to you. the olympic park already beginning to fill up on this monday morning. it is the americans still

a spectacular start for team usa in the pool with katie ledecky delivering another dominant performance and michael phelps part of that team of relay experts as it were on a tear in their 2016 olympic debut. >> michael phelps rockets out ahead. >> reporter: michael phelps grabbing his first gold at these games, adding to his record-setting olympic haul. >> phelps with olympic gold medal number 19. >> reporter: his 23rd medal and 19th gold helping to crush the competition in the men's 4x100 freestyle relay. >> it's one the coolest races to be part of. to be a part of the 400 free relay was a dream of mine. >> reporter: a gold rush at the aquatic center. >> as expected, ledecky is on her way to history at these rio games. >> reporter: katie ledecky shattering her own world record in the women's 400 meter free. >> the goal is 3:56.

>> cody miller has a shot at a medal. >> reporter: cody miller trailing but good enough to secure bronze in the men's 100 meter breaststroke. and huge upsets on the tennis courts. >> a stunner in rio. >> reporter: the top seeded williams sisters knocked out on their opening round match. their first olympics doubles loss after taking home gold in their last three games. while martin del potro won over djokovic. >> the golden slam will have to wait. djokovic sent packing. >> reporter: team usa women's basketball trouncing senegal. 121-56 the final. the team's highest point total ever. the first gold of these games safely in the hands of ginny thrasher, the 19-year-old right on target in the air rifle competition.

>> no, no, no, they're star struck by me. >> reporter: the college sophomore ready to return to class at west virginia university. >> talk about a life shift in a hurry. when you get back, what happens then? >> i get back the day before school starts and i'll drive to west virginia and then the next morning i'll be in class. >> reporter: what class? >> physics at 8:30. >> reporter: on the janice dickinson with emotion delivering the first ever olympic medal gold in its first games. and in fencing, alexander r massialas winning silver. >> plenty of joy and tears to go around here at the olympic park on the medals stand, ryan held,

relay team. his first international competition, breaking down in tears, his first gold. here's where the medal count stands today. team usa already way out in front ahead of china, italy and japan. and there's a lot more on tap today. 14 more golds up for grabs. that includes men's gymnastics, their team final as well as swimming, the men's 200 meter freestyle mens and womens and the women's 100et breaststroke. phelps, missy franklin and katie ledecky all swimming in semifinals again tonight. matt, back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll throw back to savannah. savannah, i want to tell you one thing about ryan held. we talked to him earlier. emotional on the medals stand. that's it. he came. one event. he raced. he won gold. he's done. >> he gets to enjoy. >> he won gold and he won so many hearts here in the u.s. on that medal stand. >> sure did.

news. delta airlines blaming an overnight power problem in atlanta for the massive computer outage that grounded flights around the world this morning. the airline tweeted overnight that flights awaiting departure were delayed everywhere. large scale cancellations are expected today. the kiosks were down so delta employees had to manually check in all passengers. people took to social media as you might expect to complain about long lines at airports from london to san francisco. a popular kansas city water park is closeday of a 10-year-old boy there. witnesses say kaleb schwab went airborne somehow on sunday while riding a raft on a 16-story water slide. kaleb was the son of a kansas state lawmaker scott schwab. a park official said they honestly don't know what happened. she said that slide is inspected

evacuations have been ordered in southern california after what started as a 30 acre wildfire in the san bernardino mountains on sunday spread to 1,500 acres by nightfall. additional crews are being sent now to help the 400 firefighters already on that scene. they've made little headway because flames keep racing up and down the hillsides which are covered in dry brush. in a rare televised address to his nation this morning, japan's emperor akihito said he's worried his age and health might make it difficult to fully carry out his duties. he's 82 years old. he stopped short of saying that he wanted to abdicate but he hinted that he's looking to put an orderly succession process in place. and a new statue of legendary comedian lucille ball. it was unveiled this weekend in her hometown of celeron, new york. it replaces the sculpture that many called scary lucy because they didn't think it looked

made of bronze. it weighs 750 pounds and so far, no one is calling it scary lucy. she looks great. you're all caught up at 8:09. back to matt and hoda and al down in rio, guys. >> three thumbs up on the new statue. we like that one a lot better. >> we do. all right. before we go, can we say hello to this gentleman. >> i know this guy. >> you know him? >> he knows me. >> how many olympics? >> everyne >> and i get a hug from meredith, katie couric, they all give me a hug. >> okay. >> okay, you can let go now, sir. >> can i tell you, he uses that same trick every olympic games. >> that's right. he did it with me. coming up next, supermodel gisele bundchen on her opening role in the opening ceremonies

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we're back now. welcome to rio. the 2016 olympic games kicked off on friday night with that incredible opening ceremony. played an important role in those festivities. >> yes, she did. natalie had a chance to sit down with her at a high point in her already unparalleled career. it must have been fun. >> the olympics the most viewed event on the planet and each opening ceremony seeks to showcase and highlight the culture of the host nation. for brazil, no song captures

ipanema and no woman embodies it more than a supermodel by the name of gisele bundchen. it was the walk seen around the world literally. for a full minute and 20 seconds the eyes of 3 billion plus was on brazil's gisele bundchen. shimmering in gold as she and her legendary catwalk strut took over the opening ceremonies. even for a woman used to being the center of attention, this was big. >> were you nervous? >> are you kidng nervous. i kept thinking, i can't cry. i just wanted to make the brazilians proud because they chose me to represent them. i didn't want to disappoint. >> reporter: she didn't. for just over 400 feet she walked the walk, sparkling in an alexander herkovic dress.

>> it has a long tail. whatever happens, please, tail, stay behind me. it was a beautiful mermaid moment. >> they chose you to be the girl from ipanema. >> imagine? the girl from ipanema. i feel humbled and honored. i couldn't have been happier. >> reporter: she wasn't the only one. her husband, tom brady accustomed to being on the world stage himself sent social media love to his wife after. >> he said, gisele, words't watch you represent your country. i love you. tom brady. >> he's so sweet. he's my husband, of course. thank you. thank you. love you. thank you. >> reporter: the opening ceremony was also a big first step for those who questioned brazil's readiness for these olympic games. >> everyone was saying brazil cannot make it. it's going to be terrible. the olympics in brazil will be a disaster.

the most beautiful show. so much heart and so much authenticity and so much of brazil is all about. >> reporter: and that authenticity, something gisele has been showing from maracana stadium. >> i'm so in love with brazil. always been. i miss it so much. i love that i was able to be here for this special, special moment for my country. i'm so happy i was able to go part of it. >> reporter: every bit the girl from ipanema. ?? ?? >> yes! gisele! >> wow! >> she's not only gorgeous, she can also sing.

pronunciation difference. >> ipanema. >> we say ipanema. >> natalie, thank you. let's talk about what's "trending." a rio edition of "what's trending." there's a lot of action in the stands as well. proud family members putting on a show of their own as their children compete. no one does this better. look at this. these are parents of gymnast aly raisman. emotions on full display. aly was on the uneven bars. that was such a hard event. it was her parents who seem to feel the most uneasy. they were shifting their weight. they were moving back and forth in their seats. the agony written all over their faces. one website saying give aly raisman's parents the gold medal for parenting. >> do you remember in london, she was the one that goes stick it, stick it, stick it! >> and dad, he gets a beatdown

in the sport,aly's parents are getting some fierce competition from the husband of a swimmer. there is the 400 medley. she took home her very first gold medal, shredding the world record. you can understand why her husband, shane, who is also her coach, couldn't keep calm. he was in the stands proving to be her biggest cheerleader. one tweet saying, find someone who loves you the way shane loves his wife. >> so sweet. >> that's how he gets those guns. >> he's ripped, that guy. your an olympic athlete, you have a big game coming up in a couple hours and then you get stuck in an elevator. that what happened to juan martin del potro. he sat there in the dark in the olympic village.

phone for 40 minutes. remember he has a match coming up. the argentinean handball team came to his rescue. he had a big match later in the day. who was his opponent? none other than the number one ranked player in the world, novak djokovic. it was an intense match. guess what? >> what? >> del potro, ranked 141 in the world, beat him. >> what? >> he won. after getting stuck in an elevator, he beats novak djokovic. after the game, they shared an emotional hu the elevator. >> every game, every match he'll be in an elevator if he's superstitious. >> over here i got stuck on an escalator for 30 minutes. >> you have "pop start"? i hear. >> i do. >> leslie jones. if you want a trip to rio, take a lesson from her. big star of "snl" and

like only she can. >> usa in the house! go rimt, go rio! go, go, go, go usa! if i did this, i'd be like oh, with oh, aaah. >> her play by play for swimming -- >> look at the outfit. >> oh, yes. >> her play by play for swimming i don't think we can put a sound up on this. her friend, writer mike shoemaker, suggests she gets an invite to rio. nbc olympic executive producer big jim bell tweeted, leslie, you're officially invited to rio. want to come? leslie's response, hmmmm, don't play cause y'all need me. stay tuned. leslie jones.

>> is rio ready for leslie jones? >> i think so. >> by the way, next leonardo dicaprio. has he suddenly taken up archery? is leo here? that archer looks like leo. it's not. it's 27-year-old brady ellison. he won silver. on twitter the talk is about his resemblance to leo. one is leo and one is an olympic he's nor of a "revernance" deal. >> let's get you started and show you what we have for your weather and you'll see that we are looking at wet stuff through the gulf. it's just going to dump anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain right along the nature's coast there. and we're also looking at

what could become javier. the moisture from this streaming up into the southwest causing massive flooding for parts of the southwest over the next five days could be 2 to 5 inches of rain before it's all over. we're going to be watching that as well very closely over the next several days. and as far as the olympics are concerned, over the next several days we're going to have some clouds today. we also look like for women's volleyball later this afternoon we're going to have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. temperature about 74 degrees.

>> and that's your latest weather. >> we'll need a bigger love seat, no question. >> or bunk beds. >> you snore really loudly. >> and you're on top. >> okay. just ahead, we'll introduce you to the woman who inspired the girl from -- >> ipanema. >> and the hippie market is a blast, as you'll see, after your

>> kim: it is 8:26 am on this monday morning. hello there, i am kim wagner. and i cannot step chanting usa, usa. kelly curran had perfect weather for sitting indoors and during the ac and team usa on the tv. you are exactly right, it's hot. let's stay inside and watch tv. also gusty wind this afternoon, a little he's out there. slightly reduced visibility and a little bit of smoke drifting and from the pilot fire burning in california.

the stand fire. temperatures as you step out the door, lakes at -- nellis at 90 and it will get a whole lot later this afternoon. we're talking 107 today. you might want to stay inside with the ac. breezy conditions developing the afternoon with gusts of 25 miles an hour. still breezy to mind a chance of showers on wednesday. >> kim: and unfortunately we have to cover a tragedy this it has to do with an awful accident very near the valley. from what we understand three people are dead as a result and to others critically hurt. after just 3:00 yesterday afternoon on the southbound lanes of the 15, according to nhp it was a single vehicle rollover here. the car drifting from one side of the road onto the other, crossing the two lanes of traffic eventually rolling over. four of the five people inside

scene and the other two airlifted to umc at last check, still in critical condition. the source has confirmed to us here at news 3 that the victim's were a family from

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they switch to progressive? did you brush your hair today? yes, mom. why? hmm. no reason. back now. 8:30 on a monday morning the 8th of august, 2016. the crowd is loud and proud helping with the f school in rio. ?? >> we'll see them in a little while. there they are right there. first, can we also mention, jenna bush hager joins us.

how are you? >> and can we say hi to medal winning swimmers on team usa. >> cody miller took the bronze in 100 meters breaststroke. congratulations. way to go. >> you keep adding to the collection. how does it feel? >> amazing. i had two golds. i thought i would add you're a mom. training harder. you have to kind of compartmentalize more. >> time management is definitely key. i get up super early in the morning. fit my training in and then still have a full day with my son. >> cody, very first olympics. you got a nice medal hanging around your neck. how does this experience feel for you here? >> it's really cool. >> who is watching you when you

my mom. my sister and my two club swimmers from when i was younger. the whole crew. >> how awesome. >> your event looked so hard. it looked so hard. eight laps, four different strokes. >> yes. >> how do you feel with that silver medal around your neck? >> it makes the pain of that go away. it's a tough race. it's just an honor to represent the u.s. and this amazing country. an awesome experience. >> this is it. no more competition. what do you do for the rest of your time here? >> i got to go front row and cheer everyone on. that was awesome. hopefully i'll lose my voice today with all of the screaming. it's awesome. >> what other events do you want to get to besides swimming? >> just mix it up with maybe some individuals with a butterfly or maybe a relay here and there. we'll see. >> how about the rest of you? what do you want to do? >> i get five days off to

last day. that's one of my favorite events in london. the girls are ready and excited to swim that. >> did you facetime with your son? >> i've been able to facetime and holds the phone. mama, mama. it's amazing. >> cody, what are you going to do? >> i have five days to prepare for another relay. hang out and have fun. >> come back and see us. >> will do. i'll take you up on that. >> all right. are we ready to i'm going to defer to natalie. we like to teach people some phrases. natalie, how do we say good morning? all right. how are you?

and then good-bye is ciao. very nice. there we go. let's show you what's going on as far as weather is concerned. weekend outlook. the weekday outlook wet weather through the southeast early part of the week. out west some rain in the pacific northwest. precipitation in the midweek period. eastern half of the cou as we get toward latter part of the week you can see rain from rockies all of the way into the east. stronger storms down through the gulf coast. temperaturewise stays warm in the northeast into new england area. out west it stays on the cool side and we get into latter part of the week temperatures start warming up from the great lakes all of the way down to the gulf coast.

>> one of the most talked about moments ceremony. conga's representative carrying the flag. peter, so the crowd erupts when you walk in. how did that feel?

there. sort of surreal. i can't describe it. crazy feeling. >> are you ready -- were you ready for all of the attention you received? >> the amount of attention has been crazy. pretty hard to -- >> wow. >> hoda is drifting over. >> all of the ladies are drifting over. i hear you're having a lot of fun and have problems with the females in the olympic village. >> do you have put on you. >> you hold that. >> protecting him from sunburn. >> peter, while they oil you down, you've had a lot of setbacks. a lot of injuries and stuff happened. you even had trouble getting here. >> yes. it took me 20 years. >> we're listening. >> we are. >> it took me 20 years. >> there are children watching. thank you so much.

next hour. good luck when you compete next on friday. >> congratulations. >> matt? >> announcer: "today's olympic moment" sponsored by walmart. this year we have everything you need to get ready for back to school all at our every day low prices. >> you guys are going to have a lot of questions to answer when you get home. olympic moment that comes from women's gymnastics featuring the oldest olympic female gymnast in history. take a look. at 5 feet tall she doesn't look very different from her competition. but when she won her first gold medal at the 1992 games in barcelona, most of her current competitors weren't even born. in a sport where athletes usually dominate in their teens

making history. >> she's not a legend. an icon in the sport of women's gymnastics. >> she's competed in every summer olympics since her first 24 years ago. and this year in rio she's setting the record for gymnasts with number seven. >> that makes it official. seven olympic games. her record. >> her expertise is in the vault and she has the medals to show for it. she planned to london games but it wasn't long before she was back in the gym training for rio and now on the world stage once again she's proven you're never too old to be a champion. >> almost three times older than the youngest gymnast. >> you have a bee on your shirt. sorry. >> maybe he's attracted to all of the oil on your hands. maybe that's what happened. anyway, she's not officially

>> wow. >> now to that famous song we've been talking about. the girl from ipanema was first released more than a half century ago and, hoda, you caught up with the woman that inspired it. >> it was fun. she told me that the song gave her fame. above all else, she's never known as the 17-year-old girl with the very well known features. take a look. it's been more than a half century since one of the most recorded songs in history was penned right here where the shores of the atlantic meet the sandy beaches of brazil's southeast coast. what i love is we're sitting at this table. the very table where you used to walk by in your bikini. did you know someone was sitting at this table watching you?

>> what did you think? >> i don't believe. you are crazy. i don't believe it. why? i'm so shy. and i don't believe. in 1962 this happened. after three years in 1965, blow up. i want to know who is from ipanema. >> the song, the girl from ipanema. she was 17 years old and a recognize fixture on the beaches of ipanema where they would write the classic. today there are estimated 150 versions. you like to hear frank sinatra

do you like to hear amy winehouse sing it? madonna? who is your favorite version? >> frank sinatra. >> of course. it has to be frank. ? when she passes i smile but she doesn't see ? >> what did this song give you? >> fame. >> how does it feel sitting here at this table underneath these famous notes and words that describe you. >> i think it's big emotion. this makes history. >> do you just sometimes sit in your house, turn on the music

>> sometimes, yeah. >> by the way, she's still such a star. when we left the restaurant, all these people were lining up to take pictures with her. there was a newsstand nearby. she's on the front cover of it and her entire family on the inside. gorgeous family. and she just was one of those great, great people to meet. >> 71 and >> beautiful. >> she walked up to every member of our crew and, hello, talked to them and hugging them like she had known them. i liked had her so much. >> coming up, elessandra and

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we're talking about a group of athletes that inspired a lot of people. they are ten athletes from all around the world and they are called the refugee athletes because there is so much difficulty in their home countries that they had to flee. take a look at what happened. from adver standing ovation at the opening ceremony. >> yusra mardini. >> mardini wins her heat. >> and their talents already achieving victories. it's history in the form of hope. ten athletes with ten incredible stories of survival making an olympic first. they are the refugee olympic team. >> when i'm in the water, i forget about everything. i feel like it's my home.

they've overcome odds and obstacles to realize their olympic dream. this athlete lives in the largest refugee camp in the world, with about the utah. it's been home to her for over 13 years since she was just 9 years old. >> and we ran away from my country. >> she'll be running in the 800 meters, an event she trained for without the money to afford shoes. >> we compete among the refugees. some of us without shoes, like me i was running barefoot. >> reporter: others like

from war-torn syria. when her family's boat lost power while fleeing to the haven of greece, they jumped in the water and spent three hours pushing it to shore. >> i was thinking me and my sister that it would be really shame for us because we are swimmers and in the end we all die in the sea. it was my biggest fear. yeah, i swim this whole life and then i will drown here? >> reporter: the historic first by the ioc comes at a critical time when refugees has sparked fears in europe and here in the united states. >> if i win, they're going back. they're going back. i'm telling you. they're going back. >> reporter: and when the government of kenya decided to close several of its refugee camps, including kikuma, later this year, against the protests of many humanitarian groups. in the middle of such uncertainty, the ten athletes hope to bring inspiration to those like them without a flag

>> i might be the face of the refugees, so a lot of people hoping that they will come out from what they have. they'll find hope from the war or from why they came here. i think all of them have dreams like i do. >> so nice when we were doing the opening ceremony on friday night and we stopped before they marched in and the roar from that crowd was just incredible. >> i think they were second to az it was spontaneous standing o. the whole place got up. >> really nice. >> it was beautiful. up next, we have a taste of brazil from two of the country's most famous faces, alessandra ambrosio and adriana lima.

we're back with "today food." varies region to region and reflects the country's different cultures. >> we have experts to tell us about their favorite dishes. you probably recognize these beautiful supermodels. adriana lima and alessandra ambrosio from the victoria secret fashion shows. feel good to be home? >> wonderful. >> what are you making up for us today? >> we have traditional cheese bread. that's one. do you want to try? >> cheese baked into it? >> yes. it's very delicious. >> usually we by the ready one. >> 20 minutes in and out. >> i do it in l.a. all the time for my kids. >> delicious. delicious.

we've been eating meat like crazy. >> this is a kind of meat. this is lamb. we barbecue only with salt and pepper. >> sometimes they dip it in other sauces at the table. the preparation is very simple. >> very simple. >> can we try that? do you want a fork? >> smells what's your favorite dish here? >> this is our favorite dish. >> how good is that? can i ask a question? what is this? >> flour. so you mix it up with meat. it's not a dressing. >> makes it crunchy.

with cilantro and a powder. >> we should try that. >> we're not going to get to dessert. we want to thank people that brought us this food. >> delicious. >> we got restaurant recommendations from rio's mayor last week. i have a feeling these two can hook us up better. >> thank you so much. morning from copacabana beach in rio. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ? ? ?

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>> so good. >> we stopped before we got to chocolate. that's like chocolate mousse in a ball. >> v >> delicious. >> before we go anywhere, we'll show you some highlights of our first few days in rio before your local news. it is a party on the beach. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." >> wins gold in the 400 relay.

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>> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today's take" live from the olympic games in rio de janeiro, brazil. ?? >> my gosh. >> we're stuck in traffic. learn to samba, billy.

?? >> this is how you make an entrance, guys. >> how are we doing? >> yes. >> i don't know about you but my head hurts from this. this is really heavy. >> welcome to "today" on this 2016. i'm billy bush. nba. n-b-a. here we are. beautiful rio. al just got in yesterday. you're the last one to arrive. >> that's right. >> already hit the hippy market. you've been going out. you buy these here? >> i did not buy these. natalie bought some other stuff for you.

that's coming tomorrow. >> what are you talking about? >> something good. nobody hits brazil better than billy bush. you've been making yourself well known here already. >> natalie came in on wednesday. i came in on thursday. right away both of us did the same thing. we went for a run. >> that's what you do. >> perhaps at home you have heard of zika here and whatever else. the water. i got to tell you, right off the bat, i go for a run. i took a bug right to the mouth. i swallowed a bug and then the next day i go for a swim, the undertoe is vicious. i get knocked over and basically drank a glass of water and i'm totally fine. by the way, this guy here has an attitude. he has a ship on his shoulder. right over there. it's a visual joke. >> you have to be able to see it. >> nat and i went to opening

>> we were seated right next to each other in the middle of these brazilians so you really felt -- this is you. i shot this of billy bush. he was stealing the moment. like i said, everybody around us on their feet. this is the way it was the entire time, right? >> it was. we loved it inside. yo >> i did not. i did sort of watch it on television. deborah and i were honored to be invited to president obama's 55th birthday. >> i saw your pictures on instagram. >> so you had to missed opening ceremonies to have a birthday party with the president. >> not a bad deal. >> how was the hippy market? >> hippy market was great. a little surprise for you. but it's a really cool place. i think you can pretty much find a little bit of everything for anyone there. >> it's like a craft fair.

>> i saw that bathing suit being held up there. that's not what you got me? >> not spoiling surprises. >> i see coconut oil. >> that can only mean one thing. >> this is what i'm a little interested in. a waxing. >> some ladies call it the brazilian. >> it's known as the brazilian here. i got talked into a brazilian. >> so where is the hair removed from? >> certain -- i was told -- you have three daughters. this is what they go through. you have a wife. >> not necessarily.

>> i was told that it is sweeping the nation down here and making its way to america. >> i don't think so. it's going to stop in new york city. >> where do you live? >> that's where i'm putting a wall up. >> describe the level of pain when the hot wax -- >> tremendous amounts of pain. >> by the way, whatever hair you have removed has to grow back. that's going to be itchy. r hairu have removed has to grow back. that's going to be itchy. >> that's going to tell you. now it's a life changer. i used to run 8:30 mile. i'm down to an 8:00. i'm moving like you wouldn't believe. i thought this would be something fun for the two of us. i made you an appointment for later on. >> you can go back and have anything grown back taken off again. >> i made the appoint.

happens. >> there you few givens in life. that's one of them. it's not going to happen. >> alessandra what a short she is. >> i couldn't partake in the cooking segment. >> alessandra ambrosio must think gisele gets to walk the walkway at the olympics and she gets to see that. >> speaking of gisele, what an incredible moment at the opening ceremo she walks out. girl from ipanema which is such an honor here. it's the most iconic song from brazil. and so i was able to sit down with her the very next day. she was still glowing. only television interview she did. she was still glowing and so swept up in the moment. she talked to me about tom brady and his reaction. >> don't they pronounce it differently here? >> tom brady.

afterwards. he had to watch it on an hour delay because the u.s. is an hour delay. he had to wait until it came on later. he's at training camp. he couldn't be here for it. >> did he send a note? >> he sent her a sweet message. he said how much he loved her and supports her and this is her reaction to that sweet message. >> congratulations, brazil, on incredible opening ceremony of the olympic games. gisele, words can't describe how proud i was represent your country. i love you. >> he's so sweet. he's my husband, of course. but if your husband doesn't love you, who will, right? right? thank you. thank you. love you. i appreciate it. he's so supportive. my mom was here. she was so -- i spoke with her this morning. she was so emotional. i just feel like, believe me, i

deeply not to cry. >> so sweet. she was getting emotional talking about the reaction. >> i can't even imagine the pride one must feel to represent one's country in an event like that. >> iconic moment like that. the advantage of watching on television is you get to see that up we're looking at an ant. >> she talked about how she picked the dress and nerves she felt. this is the most famous runway model in the world. retired from the runway coming back for her first walk across the runway here for this moment. she was actually very nervous that she was going to trip. fortunately did not happen. >> full interview tonight on "access hollywood."

the olympics of course -- >> including mine. >> congo's flag betterer stole the show. he walks out shirtless and of course well oiled. he's the country's first ever tae kwon do olympian competing next friday, august 19th. earlier natalie, hoda and were able to put a base coat of oil on earlier. >> coconut oil on the ready here. >> who is going? you or me? i think i've done enough. i think it's time -- >> people at home now kids have gone off to day camp or whatever, they're relaxing. moments they don't need seared into their memory and me getting oiled up is one of them. what they're asking for is the

shall we? and boy, my gosh, we talked about this on friday. the amount of rain that the gulf coast especially the florida coast from panama city down to ft. myers was going to see. we're talking abundant moisture, low pressure. rounds of storms over and over and over. so we could be talking about another 10 inches of rain over what's already fallen from cedar key to pensacola. flooding going to be a big, big problem there as we watch of course for the olympic park today at the aquatic centre, women's water polio at 10:40. looking at 77 degrees. partly sunny skies.

>> that is your latest weather. don't go anywhere. we've got the olympic swimmers who made a splash this weekend bringing home some serious hardware for models alessandra ambrosio and adriana lima and the tae kwon do athlete that stole the show at the opening ceremony. don't go anywhere.

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team usa with dana adding silver and bronze to already hefty collection. >> meantime, this is chase's olympic debut bringing the u.s. swim team its first medal. a silver. this past year he's been training with his idol michael phelps and clearly something rubbed off. >> cody miller has a bronze in men's 100 meter breaststroke. ryan held gets gold for the 4x100 good morning. one more time to mention, beautiful tears by ryan on the podium. >> thank you. >> did somebody whisper to you it's okay to cry. >> when the tears started rolling michael put his arm around me. take it easy. you're going to make me cry. take it all in. you're not going to have this feeling again for a while. >> people said that could be one of the best olympic moments

those tears meant something to those watching. >> the emotions of the past four years and transformation and pretty much the whole swimming community and the whole united states emotions manifest into tears there. >> you're hardware goes all of the way back to athens 2004 and now this time around you're a mom swimming. it's been an you. >> each olympics has been special in its own way and in some ways silver and bronze is a personal gold to me. it's been a really fun four years. really special moment last night. >> in march you give birth in 2015. how long did it take you to get back in the pool? >> i got back in when doctors said six weeks. i got in.

could even make it through my team's warmup. very humbling at the beginning. it's been step by step. >> and chase, you trained with michael as which mentioned. i know he actually said he was almost more emotional seeing you get that silver last night. what's it like to be part of his team? >> it's awesome. i've been with michael since i was 14 or 15 years old. he's like an older brother to me. i felt the same way with him swimming last night. just getting ar world underneath his giant wind span? >> i got thrown into it. a lot of years where i was significantly behind him and he would whoop up on me every single day. he won't let me forget that. but we've progressed throughout the years and we have a great relationship and things are going great right now. >> cody, you faced serious health issues coming in. and now you come in here and you say one of the things you told

surprised at how heavy that medal was. it must feel pretty light right now. >> it's pretty heavy. it's awesome. standing on that podium with that medal is something i'll never forget. an honor to be here and represent the united states. the coach said we're all here to unite the country and do something special and it's been surreal. >> did swimming save you as a kid because you did struggle a little bit. >> we had ups latched onto and always been my fallback. steady progress for a long time and finally made that breakthrough and to make my first olympic team and to medal, it means everything to me. >> you basically set an american record for the breaststroke. did you know when you were swimming that i'm setting a record. do you know that you're on track for that. >> i knew i was out fast and i had a shot at it based on my

the goal was to break the record. i was celebrating so hard when i got that bronze medal because i set that record. still trying to soak it in. >> are you a slower with that hair. >> you can't tell. it's not that much hair. >> beautiful hair. gorgeous. >> you're going to tokyo, right? >> we'll see. >> you're not done. >> i'm on a mission times two. >> go for congratulations. some of you still swimming. good luck on relays coming up later this week. coming up next, he puts the bear in flagbearer. the tae kwon do star that set the internet into a frenzy during the opening ceremony will

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one of the unexpected stars of friday night's opening ceremony tae kwon do athlete pita taufatofua. he stole the spotlight. coconut oil pecks. you are tore up. everyone asking who is this handsome man from tonga. pita is the first tae kwon do athlete ever to qualify for the olympics from tonga. he's here for good reason. >> you made one of the most memorable entrances. why did you decide to go with the traditional tufa made out of hammered tree bark instead of what your teammates do. >> for us it was important to

my ancestors wore to war 200 years ago. >> it's part of culture. coconut oil that you're glistening with. >> a lot of stuff out there. definitely coconut oil. we use it culturally for all sorts of things. >> the australian accent. when did you find out that you would be the guy to carry the flag in? when did you get the three or four weeks ago they decided. >> when did it come to you i'll walk in with the traditional -- >> as soon as we got the nod. >> when did you realize you were the social media superstar. >> i was walking through the opening ceremony and someone came up to me taking photos and they said to me, you know, you're trending on twitter in every major country? i haven't had a chance to look.

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found that single people tend to have richer social lives, show more psychological growth and are more self-sufficient their married peers and more likely to be resilient during hard times. "suicide squad" broke in 135 million at the box office. "jason bourne" second at $22 million and "bad moms" was third. let'ea has some company. good morning to you. >> thanks so much. we're thrilled to have these two olympic medalists with us. a three-time olympian who can call her a two-time bronze medalist in women's trap shooting and alexander massialias with a silver medal

you know, your first taste of the olympics was 2008 in beijing. but you're on the podium now. you hear that anthem. it still has to be as thrilling as it was the first time. >> it really is. it hadn't changed at all. such an amazing moment to see your flag being raised and know that you're here representing your country and that all of the work you put in has paid off and resulted in a medal. >> so terrific. alexander, this has been a dream of youin young. you're young now. but it's been over 30 years since men had a medal in fencing and you bring home a silver. that's got to feel so special. >> it's amazing feeling being able to bring it back for the u.s. fencing in particular and also in particular just my friends and family. my dad has been there every step of the way. >> your dad is your coach.

never medaled. i can bring one back to the household. >> that's terrific. what a great support system. your support system your husband to plays for the chicago bears couldn't make it because they're in training. i understand he and the team have been sending you support. >> they have. their kicker was kind enough to make these great t-shirts and the whole team including the coaches put them on and sent me out tweets and facebook posts and it's incredible to have publicly support me. it really just pushed me and gave me that extra boost i needed. >> we're proud of you. congratulations. thanks so much. enjoy the rest of the games. >> thank you.

>> and that's your latest weather. >> all right. this morning in "today food" in rio, victoria secret supermodels serving up some of brazil's most ambrosio. probably not always recognized on the cat walk and victoria secret shows but you're legends here. you're a local hero. you guys -- >> now we're the kitchen masters.

what is this? >> it's white beans and then it is fried in oil and salad and shrimp inside. >> this is your food right there. i love this. >> basically any kind of seafood and any kind of stew and then it's lots of spices. >> we have some right here. i'm trying it. >> 5,000 miles here of coastline. >> we've had this many times out at dinner already. it's so delicious. >> everybody is addicted to. tell us what's in this. >> it's made with sugar cane

any kind of passion fruit. >> here you go. >> good morning. no time like the present. >> the dessert, you have to talk about the cake. >> this is basically chocolate with coconut filling. >> lots of coconut here. >> coconut oil. >> you're not a big coconut fan. >> i might be no just for this. >> delicious. >> you go from cake into -- >> can i tell you, we spent some nice quality time together this weekend at christ the redeemer which is one of the most beautiful sites in all of rio. you said it was christ giving

anybody that goes up there feels it, too. >> we're going up there later today. looking forward to it. >> and you had a spiritual moment with billy. >> she led me to the -- >> apparently she told me that it's sweeping america and it's coming to america. the adriana lima and alessandra ambrosio, thank you so much. thanks for all of this terrific food. coming up next, an incredible night in the pool to team usa. katie ledecky, michael phelps, once again clinching gold. the moment you might have missed or want to see again and a look ahead to the big event for

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it's been a terrific start for team usa at the olympic aquatic stadium in rio. things are only going to get better. >> katie ledecky broke her own world record swimming away with gold. michael phelps added his title of most decorated olympian going for his 19th gold. >> here with all of the highlights and a look ahead is four-time individual olympic gold medalist and vice chair of

angeles 2024 olympic bid, go los angeles! welcome. i know that you're part of the 2024 bid. do you think it's going to happen? we hope it's going to happen. >> our l.a. team is here listening and learning about the games. we're excited because l.a. has 97% of our venues built in our city. ready to go. we are infrastructure. 88% support. >> who else is in the running? i only heard l.a.? >> budapest and rome. >> great cities. l.a. right up there. let's talk about the highlights sunday night. katie ledecky. unbelievable. breaking the world record winning gold in women's 400 meter and it seems again she's a professional -- she made it look so easy. >> she does. i was sitting with the group from los angeles including our mayor and they just said the race is for second. she's incredible. her swimming speaks to herself.

i've never -- >> ahead by like five seconds from everybody else. >> i love watch her swim. more importantly, i think she's just an amazing woman. she's kind. she's humble. i texted her beforehand and i said good luck. she said i hope leah smith wins a medal. she's worried about medal instead of herself. >> not a professional. she's the amateur. she doesn't have to show up with the watch company or whatever it is. she can stay in her zone. >> she wants to go to she's going to stanford next year to get her education and swim for a team and does it because she loves it. >> michael phelps 19th gold medal. this is the first of perhaps many here. how many more golds does he really have a shot at? >> i think he could win three or four more gold medals. watching him swim last night in my swimmer capacity, he looked very good in the water. you see swimming. i see high in the water.

>> he's going up against lochte. >> thursday night. >> 200 i.m. >> katie ledecky 200 freestyle. 400, 800 and the 200 is a sprint for her. there's an italian that's good. i think she can do it. closest race though. >> when you talk about what she's able to do, you talk about sprints and then a marathon in swimming. that's my races were 400 and 800. i couldn't swim 100 to save my life. i couldn't sprint. so the fact that she can be on a silver medal winning relay and then swim the 800 meter and break the world record by ten seconds is amazing. >> before coming here, didn't she come here in 1,500 which is giant, didn't she beat the next person by 13?

seconds. she's a pool length ahead. >> lochte has thursday coming up. >> he looked great at trials. he swam with a join injury at trials. i suspect that it's healed now. >> and he has the gray hair. >> silver. i don't know. silverish. >> i love that he and phelps are roommates here. >> the other individual medley. she's incredible. >> second in the 400 individual medley. 200 coming up and 200 backstroke. she's also a class act. we have this amazing team of older for our swimmers. average age is 23. leaders. experienced. i think that's showing in the pool last night when we did so well. >> watching that pang sometimes you wish you were in that water?

i'm happy just talking about them and cheering for them. i'm good. >> l.a. 2024. >> let's get it going. we're all staying at natalie's house. coming up next, the tonga who has tongues wagging all over the world with his bear chest displayed at the opening ceremony.

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it's the all-day 360 cat eye ten times volume, darkness and no smudging katy kat eye and new katy kat matte lipstick from me and easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl we're back with the man who set the world into a frenzy. pita taufatofua. i did it right. first ever athlete from tonga to qualify in tae kwon do for the olympics and is going to show us a couple moves starting with natalie. >> he can only show us a couple moves because of what he's wearing. >> not wearing the right thing

couple punching moves. >> it's a form of martial arts. >> make a fist. >> horse stance. throw out your left hand and right hand and on the next one when you throw it you have to yell as loud as you can. ready. >> what are we yelling? pita? we're yelling pita. >> one, two, three, pita! >> is yelling crucial? what if you want to do that i think it scares the other person as well. >> how many years -- how old were you when you discovered your passion and love of tae kwon do? >> five years old. >> this guy has been through it all. six knee operations. it's a total beat down. >> it's one of the toughest sports. to get into the ring and fight someone you don't even hate. we do it because we love it.

my son actually just got his black belt about a year ago. show us a block. >> punch him. >> ready. i got your back. one more time. ready. >> hold on a second. >> guys, come on over here. >> get over here. >> individual medley. >> look at that. in their uniforms. billy is so jealous. >> here's a who wore between these guys. >> how many calories a day are you eating? >> whatever i want. >> how are you doing? >> say hello to the guy from tongo. he's a global sensation. >> is it hard to swim with a medal around your neck? >> i haven't tried that yet. >> you're making money for speedo out there. pita, thank you very much. >> the world of olympics, ladies and gentlemen.

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what a morning it's been and only getting better from rio. we want to thank our drummers. >> that's right. we've had a good time. we're going to continue the fun. another full day of olympic competition heating up excitement here in my nemesis, tirico, right after

no one has won more! the most dominant in olympic history, and it's pure gold! monday morning in rio de janeiro. the world famous copacabana beach one of the many spectacular settings for these games, as another big day of olympic competition lies ahead. and from our daytime home at copacabana, welcome along, i'm rebecca lowe. what thrilling swimming we saw last night with katie ledecky's