>> the gauntlet has been thrown down. bob costas, michael phelps and company winning the 800 free relay. >> yet again. quick look at tonight's medal count. the united states continues to hold a commanding lead with 26 overall medals and they have pulled ahead in golds, as well, one more than china. the medal count brought to you by mcdonald's supporting athletes on their journey towards oic michael phelps' own personal medal count is 25, 21 gold, two silver, two bronze, historic tally highlighted by his remarkable run of eight golds in beijing in 2008. if you consider the full arc of phelps' olympic career his performance tonight in the 200 butterfly has to be way up there among the long list of victories because while there were a lot of personal reasons that drew

competitively coming back in 200 fly and reclaiming the title he owned in '04 and '08 was a big deal to him. tonight he became the oldest swimmer male or female to win individual gold medal in olympic history. we take one more look at michael phelps latest remarkable showing. so long from rio. >> take your mark. >> kenderesi in lane four. cseh in lane three. >> everybody on the planet has

leclos. the other two swimmers have a great chance to win. kenderesi probably because he is so young might not be able to do it. phelps had a great turn in the middle of the pool. >> cseh had the lead at the turn. michael phelps in lane five looks like the lead here at the half way point. >> phelps in lane five looking really good early on. that is a little long on that turn. not too bad. but out very quickly. he was 53 flat when he went 164. >> had half second lead on leclos. now they are inching up a little bit.

leclos looks like he is running a clear second. michael phelps has the lead with 50 meters left. he tracks that turn. leclos had a big turn. >> gaining on michael phelps a little bit. he is running second right now. michael phelps hanging on. 15 meters left for michael phelps is going to do it again. and leclos didn't even know. kenderesi got bronze.

back on top in the 200 fly.

it's certainly not the first u.s. w's olympics, however they have dom nated in a way never before seen. this team has won every olympic title since 2011. rio gave them their largest margin of victory. the final five was so far in front, they have could made several major mistakes and still won.

showing us a level not seen in our lifetime. the most decorated athlete in history added gold no. 20, then 21. he anchored the freestyle to win tonight. katie ledecky remains undefeated in internation 2012 games. the connections between the u.s. swim teams r the pools in which they race. >> reporter: michael phelps has had a goal bigger than a

swimming a prime time event and popular over the country. >> hard to remember a time when it wasn't. the changes in sports have influenced a lot of children along the way. >> reporter: you will not find a young swimmer who does not have an athlete they really look up to. that was sure true for swimmers who now make up the elite of team usa. katie ledecky was 6 years old and just starting to race when she met the swimmer the war high. >> he was walk his car and we spotted him. and he was so nice. it was crazy to think nine years after that, i was on a team with him in london were >> reporter: his teammate says they are glad to see him come out of retirement for one more games. >> he's such a leader on our team, obviously. >> we do really well as a team. >> when we pick it up and get the ball rolling, it's hard to

>> reporter: michael phelps says he's more ground now and fighting for his family. >> to be able to have our first-born watch my last time swim, it's something that nicolt and gotten emotional about. >> reporter: riso his chance to finish this legendary career with the joy he says he wants lost but has found again. >> to be able to overcome a lot of things. i think it just cleared my head and was age just to jump baczk in and feel like a kid. >> i truly feel swimming now more than he ever has. >> as long as i can hang up my suit how i want to. that's all i care. >> reporter: michael phelps is already helping to build future of team usa. he started coaching. >> another person about as tough as they come is emma

posting pics of her training right here in rio. she competed in london, she's gonna compete here, and she's ready. >> faster than she's ever been. right up there with the contenders. pugh became the youngest soccer the olympics for team usa. the next game other quarterfinals set for friday. an incident in rio on the street today involving a bus carrying some journalists. the winds were shattered as it went to the motorcycle park. some on the bus believe it was gunshots. police say the bus was hit by stones. 2 journalists were injured.

considering the trouble he's in, perhaps that's because this is his sixth drunk driving arrest. or because the trouble he's in only turned out to be probation. a closer look at why some prosecutors say mandatory prison time for repeat drunk drivers is needed. >> you gotta ask yourself how could he not go to prison? he had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit of the state law. >> reporter: it was 2:20 in the morning in march when arear police pulled over this 54-year-old man. >> i need to see your license and the insurance and registration on your car. >> reporter: the officer said doyle carmack had been weave. >> how much have you had to drink tonight? >> couple beers. >> more specifically. >> couple beers

>> you're not looking at the pen. >> reporter: it led to his sixth dui conviction, a conviction for which the repeat drunk driver was given no jail time. just probation and 75 hours of community service. >> i think that our 1-year-old felony dui law which was a step in the right direction just doesn't go far enough on a couple levels >> reporter: he had five previous dui convictions in missouri, convictions that count in colorado but t require time behind bars. >> on a class 4 felony, a judge is can sentence someone to probation and it doesn't have to be any incarceration as a condition of that probation >> reporter: prosecutors asked a judge is for a 4-year sentence to community corrections. >> it would have likely required 1-overresidential facility sentence so he would have been mandated to not drive,

and treatment. >> reporter: the exact conditions of his probation are not clear. not long after he was arrested, he bonded out and never went back. >> acres this afternoon near strasburg temperature only took an hour to eat up that much territory. no buildings were lost. firefighters had a lot of work to do. donald trump's campaign was forced to backtrack again today after the nominee made more

essentially abolish the second amendment. if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is. i don't know. >> a top trump advisory told nbcnies he was not talking about someone shoin voters exercising their power. at midnight tonight, colorado can roll out the barrel. rain barrels become legal at midnight. 110 gallon capacity is the maximum and you can only use it outdoors. they also have to be covered to prevent them from becoming

all the red dots represent a tree, plant, fruit, vegetable that you or i can harvest. urban forager have been taking advantage of this free food. >> reporter: if you ever need directions -- >> you don't have to go far to find apples in boulder >> reporter: to a tree bearing fruit. >> half a tree only. >> reporter: ethan and >> really great for making jam. >> reporter: will show you the way. >> maybe i can pass down some fruit to you. >> reporter: the urban foragers know this looks weird. >> you kind of look like a homeless guy. >> you get passerbies that stop and ask what you're doing and what you're picking. >> you want some plums? >> reporter: it usually doesn't take much convincing. >> durlz these are edible? >> yeah, they're plums. [ laughter ]

>> reporter: ethan and jefferhave been foraging for years. >> i think i was eating stuff off the ground when i was a kid >> reporter: they started following fruit in 2014. >> it always does. it's a new app for an old idea. >> reporter: the app is a map. red dots schott urban harvest compiled from city tree inventory asks thousand was people from all over the world. >> this tree is already on the map. >> jeff, guiding others to the harvest. >> each apcell a little different. >> reporter: so they can collect for themselves. >> my hands are full. [ laughter ] >> they mostly pick fruit from trees on public property. they always ask permission before

colorado alone there are at least 212,000 entries on that fallen fruit app. the pool in rio looks more set for st. patrick's day than the olympics. at 52, he is america's oldest olympian and bringing medals. >> the u.s. is widening its lead in the overall medal race. >> why the broncos have decide toin

the u.s.

the overall medal count and also the top country when it comes to gold medals. the u.s. is up to 26 medals. a majority which hadding at the pool so far. china is 2nd with 17. one of the medals belongs to phillip did you tellon. he is the oldest member in the games in rio. he competed in his first thee for his native australia and. in 1926 and 2000. this is his first medal for the u.s.. >> missy franklin will be back in the pool as part of the relay 400 team. we don't show a lot of new england patriots scoring touchdowns around here. but we'll allow it for nate ebner. he scored today in a win against brazil. ben pink dlel the man

for the rugby team. u.s. has critical game tomorrow. the diving pool has turned a deep shade of green. no one is quite sure what happened. the diving events went on. you may want to find somewhere cool that you can hang out tomorrow. we have another hot summer day coming up. today thunderstorms to cool us off. but the clouds did look ominous. cumulus clouds towering, actual rain and the clouds highlighted by the setting sun tonight. tomorrow morning, sunshine to greet you. it was already in the 80s by 10:00 tomorrow morning. 97 degrees today. our high

values on the rise. 71 degrees at the airport. downtown, a light southwesterly breeze. tracking showers tonight moving from the southwest to the northeast. a whole lot of lightning right now. storms thankfully nonsevere. bringing some brief heavy rainfall, and watching the wind too as the storms fall apart outside sterling. a tropical plume will moisture will be on its way northward into is colorado through the second half of this week. tracking your upper-level low sitting in the gulf. a multiday flooding event, 6 inch was rain across himis, loo louisiana, and florida. another 3-5 inch was rain is expected before it migrates westward. that tropical plume of moisture

into colorado, increasing our temps for rain thursday and friday. another warm, dry day before the front to the neither moves in -- north moves in. and the heat is on, especially across the central and southern plain states. but the severe weather threat will extend through rapids city, bismarck, and minneapolis tracking northeast out of the area. some areas of patchy fog early on. we got a mostly sunny start to the day. similar to what we saw today. but that plume of moisture coming in means storms early in the afternoon. by 2:00, the storms develop in the foothills. and is between 2:00 and 6:00, they push out across the northeastern plains. should be isolated in naich. stloor what we saw --

today. mid-60s out west. low 60s in downtown denver. almost 70 in lamar tonight. 100 in pueblo, lamar, a toasty day around burling, and the yuma area pretty warm as well. temperatures west of the continental divide will be cooler. those of you headed to idaho spring, high of 80. showers have come to an end with the excepti the city. thunder and lightning off to the east. starting a cooling troend thursday. cool, wet weather for friday and saturday. good chance of rain, storms, highs near 80 into the weekend. a cool weekend.

about the meteor shower this thursday and friday. it will peak around moonset 1:00 am on