sending a message of hope to all the many millions of refugees around the globe. you had to flee from your homes because of violence, hunger or just because you were different. now, with your greatest talent and human spirit, you are making a great con in this olympic world, we do not just tolerate diversity. in this olympic world, we welcome you as an enrichment to our unity in diversity.

there are millions of people around the world who contribute in different ways to make our world a better place through sport. to honor such outstanding personalities who put sport at the service of humanity, the international olympic committee has created a unique time now. ladies and gentlemen, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the fields of education, culture, development, and peace through sport, in the true olympic spirit, the olympic

olympic philanthropist. i am an olympian gold medalist and oic it is a home of athletes. when i was young, 8 years old, i used to run all way from my home to school. so i was really training without knowing.

my dad is the only one who would take care of me. so after my running, what i did, i started the children home with my wife. taking care of orphan kids to give them shelter and education. having a children's home, started a school. high school. and also the training center. and through sports, we can produce peaceful life in this world. ? ? >> hello. good afternoon. >> education is a weapon.

destruction, instead it can create peace. ? ? we came into the world with nothing, we will leave this world with nothing. all we need is peace, love and unity. ? ? >> ladies and gentlemen, kip

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>> now, let us celebrate altogether. olympic games, a la brazil. [ speaking portuguese ]

sky. the opening ceremony now, more formal protocol section. we are waiting for the arrival of the olympic flag, the olympic flame. >> lighting of the caldron. >> ladies and gentlemen, the olympic flag. always a beautiful moment at any olympic opening ceremony. eight prominent people from the host country having a chance to carry the olympic flag into the

this is emanuel rego, beach volleyball, three medals including gold. in five straight olympics starting in 1996. rosa celia pimentel. doctor and activist. offering kids with health disease. >> sandra pires. beach volleyball player. won gold in olympic beach volleyball competition in 1996. also won the bronze medal in 2000. sandra pires.

five medals. golds in 1996. and in 2004. joaquim cruz, next, track star. won 800 meter gold in l.a. 800 meter silver in seoul. the brazil flagbearer in the 1996 atlanta games. next is marta soccer. pele once called her "pele with a skirt." player of the year. an olympic silver medalist. all time leading scorer in

ellen gracie northeilles. first woman that went to the brazil supreme court. first female president of the brazil's supreme court. that rousing round of applause is for the basketball player, all-time leading scorer in olympic basketball history. let's listen. oscar schmidt. he basketball hall of fame in 2013. ladies and gentlemen, please

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back in rio, who is ready for a party? >> i am. >> i am. >> if you have never been to

get a very good sample of what the energy is like. ? ? [ speaking portuguese ] >> this is a rio-born percussionist, 80 years old. >> dejuan lucas, dancing samba since he could walk, he was "born in samba" the expression that brazilians use.

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? ? >> all of these people you see marching in, samba dancing, they're from samba school. meredith is busy googling where she can buy the outfit. they actually compete every carnival. but tonight they're not competing with each i love the costumes. ? ? >> this is anitta, 23-year-old

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all in the mind. in my mind i am just doing really well. >> anitta, caetano veloso, and gilberto gil, with the samba here in rio. >> ladies and gentlemen, the olympic flame. here comes the olympic flame now into this stadium. after a relay that has lasted for a very long time.

visited 500 towns. all state capitals of brazil. 12,000 torch bearers have brought it to this final point. the man carrying the torch, gustavo kuerten, tennis star, three time french open champ, ranked number one. he is entering the stadium right now. >> the olympic flame is being

gustavo kuerten, two time champion, former number one in the world. gustavo kuerten! [ cheers and applause ] >> now, he passes the torch to one of the greatest female

? ? and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home

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? ? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now.

seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ?

so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody.

rio is setting an early alarm to catch the action tomorrow after the party of the year on this planet. you just watched the opening ceremony. told the story of brazil through time, history, culture, struggles. colorful. vibrant. filled with music and dance. brazil is being brought into focus for us in colorado during these games by the 9 news of cheryl preheim and matt reneau. the message, enough, stop fighting. time to celebrate. 206 nations part of the celebration inside the stadium tonight. an historic moment as the first ever refugee team entered the

courage. >> a moment that translated into a spike of surges for a spike of searches for gi sell bundc -- gisele bundchen. the song playing, the girl from impanema. and michael phelps carrying the flag in his first opening ceremony. he couldn't stay long after he led the team in. athlete village. he will be swimming soon. michael phelps has been vocal about the issue of athletes cheating. he wants the olympic committee to do more to keep athletes from doping. a greek athlete that hasn't been name is on its way home because of bands substance. they were told they had to leave when they went to check in at the village.

three. the samples are kept for 10 years. because as technology improves they keep retesting. a lost great competition this weekend with colorado athletes right in the middle of some games and matches you're going to want to see. two women on the soccer team playing tomorrow. taylor finney will cycling. jillian is going to be one of the team captains and best players out there. but in 2010 she broke her neck playing rugby. in 2014 she was diagnosed with soft tissue cancer under her jaw. once again fighting and coming back. taking those two massive challenges as any good rugby player would. >> i think you know in rugby, it is a sport where you get tackled. you get knocked down.

and you know for me, i have had a couple of challenges i had to do that with. while she was undergoing chemo, her teammates would come out and help her walk around the building and now she is in the olympics. cheryl preheim, 9 news. team u.s.a. hit social media tonight. a night fo game faces can wait for two weeks. our olympians posed for photos not just with fellow teammates about with a lot of brazillian fans. why were some members of team u.s.a. in colorado tonight and not in rio? coming up. and storms today. most of the rain, though, has stayed away from our part of the state. what we did have was a relatively cool day with lots of clouds and are a few

how long the 70s might be sticking around. the clouds created a cool scene at the eisenhower johnson tunnel. this is the time lapse before 5:00 this evening. the loveland ski area not even visible through the low-hanging clouds. they did end up moving out. temperatures were in the 40s today for most of the afternoon. it is a mystery tonight why a man traveling on i-70 was shot several times by another driver who pulled up next to him. all happened before 1:00 in the morning. the victim man from kansas alongside him and next thing he remembers, gunshots paramedics took him to the hospital. investigators don't know the motive for the shooting. they are look at surveillance videos from businesses near i- 70 but they are not saying what they might be looking for in those videos. lakewood police investigating a fatal accident. investigators are wondering if