it's day 11 of the games of the xxx olympiad. they have been here rn or shine. right now a cloudy sky. we thank people for stopping by. matt lauer, savannah guthrie, al roker, ryan seacrest and one other man here, mr. jenner. we're going to talk to you.

good to have you back. >> good to be back with the team. good morning. big day for track and field. usain bolt races the 200 after defending his gold on sunday. lolo jones as well. we'll have a preview just ahead. >> all right. another remarkable olympian, the first african-american woman to win a gold medal. she did it here in london back in 1948. >> the royals have been front and center these games cheering on team gb. which royal would american athletes like to share a spot of tea with. we asked, they answered. >> we'll get to that. but first let's say hello again to bruce jenner. back in 1976, he won the decathlon at the montreal games. these days he's busy keeping up with the kardashians. he's here with the athletes. what's more fun competing or interviewing the people competing. >> it's a lot more pressure interviewing than competing. it brings back some great memories. it's been a long time.

i actually haven't been to the games since atlanta in '96. e! our network asked if i would come and do this because they are going to have a presence with e! news. i thought, why not. i would love to come back and do it. i've had so much fun. >> usain bolt, sanya richards-ross before her win. must be exciting. >> we've had some really great ones. i just did jessica ennis in the back, which will be on tonight's show. i was hoping nbc covered it. obviously we don't see american coverage here, just the british coverage. the british coverage was just phenomenal for her, the stadium, the excitement. i wanted our audiences, primarily young women, i wanted them to see those athletes and images. >> she's very charming. >> very charming girl. >> are you more well-known for being the superhero athlete or being a father on keeping up with the kardashians. >> that's a good question. if i'm in matt's generation and my generation, our group, they

kind of know you for the old days, for all the wheaties commercials and games and all those things i did. certainly the younger group, primarily female, all about kim and chloe's dad, which is fine with me. being a parent is more important than winning gold medals. >> do you work together or is there one -- >> technically i'm executive producer. >> this is a fantastic synergy moment for us. >> we went to ryan, my wife, kris, went to ryan with an idea for the show. he brought it to e! and the rest is history. little did we know -- >> performance review. >> well done. way to go. >> you get another season, i hope, right? >> yes. >> straight from the boss. good to see you as always. >> good to see you. i'm excited decathlon starting tomorrow, i'm looking forward to it. ashton is by far the best in the world, broke the world record at

the trials. the greatest decathlete we've produced. any athlete you know, any sport, training for 10 years, he can not do what ashton will do in the next few days. the most phenomenal athlete i've seen. >> a check of the olympic headlines from natalie morales. >> good morning to you guys once again. i'll start with the excitement on the track and field including the first ever gold medal for one country and a nailbiter for the u.s. women in soccer. >> here comes -- it's in! >> a thrilling victory for team usa in the finals in soccer. alex morgan headed in the winning goal in the game giving the u.s. a 4-3 win over canada. >> i was saying the whole time i don't care who scores, as long as we score and win, that's all that matters. i got my head on it and i didn't

even see it go in. >> u.s. women face japan for gold on thursday, a rematch of the world cup game. >> she next over the bar. >> track and field american jenn suhr took a gold medal in the pole vault after clearing 1'57". going for her third gold medal in the event but settled for bronze. felix sanchez of the dominican republic won gold in the 400 meter hurdles. american michael tinsley came flying off the last hurdle to win silver. >> here comes the finish. >> in the men's 400 meter final kirani james wins the first ever olympic medal for grenada, a gold. as the sprinting champion celebrated the historic moment, fans of grenada went wild. jamaica's usain bolt got his gold medal for this spectacular

win in the 100 meter dash. after the race sunday night he tweeted this photo celebrating with the swedish women's handball team. bolt competes in the 200 meter heats later today. gymnastics all around gold medalist gabby douglas had a tough time on the uneven bars monday finishing last in the event final. russia took gold. douglas gets another shot at the medal in the individual balance beam today. a hero's homecoming for the youngest member of the u.s. olympic team. 15-year-old katie ledecky arrived at dulles airport monday night to a cheering crowd of high school classmates from bethesda, maryland. more excitement on the track today with the women's 100 meter hurdle. three american women compete in that event, including lolo jones. now to the rest of today's top stories. wade michael page, the man

accused of opening fire in a wisconsin sikh temple. comments made by page, neo-nazi skinheads pushed for fellow white supremacist members to act on their beliefs. 40-year-old page was shot to death by police after he allegedly killed six worshippers at the sikh temple. investigators say they are trying to determine why the dishonorably discharged veteran targeted the temple. new video from nasa shows rover curiosity landing on mars. this is the first glimpse of a spacecraft landing on another world. this morning a new view of the martian landscape. very cool. mitt romney campaign release as new ad today that accuses president obama of gutting welfare reform started by clinton administration. the obama campaign counters the president is giving states stability to make welfare for efficient. actress anne hathaway at a fundraiser last night.

he joked hathaway's performance of "catwoman" was the best thing in the summer blockbuster "the dark knight rises." has facebook become a reel of baby pictures. now turns out you can filter out mini mes of buddies with a plug-in that replaces all baby pictures with adorable animal photos. available on google chrome and racked up tens of thousands of likes on facebook. i'm not sure your friends would like that too much. 9:08 now. let's get a check of the weather now. >> got to see the baby. thanks so much, natalie. got some friends coming in. where are you guys in from? >> from midland, england. >> wow, we're in the middle. let's see what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. we are looking at a lot of wet weather down through the gulf into the mid-atlantic states, southeastern atlantic, stationary front laying there,

going to dump a ton of rain from the mid-atlantic, hatteras, all the way down to tallahassee. a lot of hot weather to talk about. out west temperatures well over 100 degrees. even as under the circumstances into the midsection, air temperatures anywhere from the mid-90s to the low 100s in >> good morning. we have a front stalled south of baltimore. 20% chance for a thunderstorm today. >> and that's your latest weather. ryan. >> al, thanks. track and field is taking center stage during the second week of the olympic games. the world watched the highlight

race on sunday, usain bolt winning gold in the 100 meters. he'll be back on the track in the 200 today. lewis johnson trackside reporter for nbc space, allan abrahamson. morning, gentlemen, nice to see you. let's go back to the 101st, incredible performance. there were questions coming into this because he placed second in the trials. did he answer all those questions emphatically? >> in my opinion he did. that loss in the trial in jamaica both the 100 and 200, blake then rose up as the guy to beat. bolt understands the stage, history. he knew he had to come here and be ready for everything. he absolutely answered the question. >> sebastian, chairman of the london 2012 committee, for all the noise, the other stuff, the man knows how to seal the deal. >> did you see a different athlete than you saw four years

ago. >> a week before the race, i had a chance to talk with him. in our discussion, he said i want to be a legend. you say that, that means you have to repeat the performance you've done, 100 meter gold, i knew he had a sense of history and wanted to come and win. i'm telling you, unbelievable track side to watch the speed, the power. he knows how to manage the stage. >> so he's on his way to winning the 100 and 200, first athlete ever in consecutive olympics. what are the challenges he faces? >> i don't think he faces any challenge from any other human being on the planet, to tell you the truth. the challenge he faces is actually a challenge of expectation. he has done something that nobody else has done, that is to redefine what we all think is possible. that is an extraordinary thing. think about that. to run a nine five. can you run a nine four.

not here. it's too cold. can you run a .94. >> maybe the losses at the trials may be the best thing. when bolt broke the record, did everything he did in beijing, he became one of the greatest athletes in the world, top five in the planet, traveling around, a rock star wherever he went. how do you find a way to get regrounded for the training to come back to this stage and do it again. >> let's talk about women, 100 meter hurd elehurdels, lolo stu back in beijing. is she ready for redemption. >> i know we're not going to agree on this. i think she is. here is the i think everybody has to remember. you must stop counting lolo out. yes, there's always a lot of drama around her. we saw her run through the season unblemished, u.s. outdoor champion, led her way all the way through rounds in the games, then the ninth hurdle in beijing

where it came apart. her making the team, i saw raw emotion, the chance to be back. she looked great in the first round. the hurdles are too unpredictable. i won't count her out, be in the final. >> i'm going to take the opposite, smart money on australia. she means business. sally pearson ought to win this race. smart money says five, six, ten other people ought to win besides lolo jones. i agree anything can happen in the hurdles, like watching skiing. lolo jones can't be counted out but probably not the smrt money favorite. >> no shortage of drama. gentlemen, thank you very much. can you catch track and field coverage throughout the day on nbc. more from london including which royal would you want to have over for tea. we're going to ask members of team usa. first these messages.

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it is an im probable journey alice dreams about but it was her own. >> did you ever dream about going to the olympics. >> i didn't know what the olympics was. i never dreamed i would be here today. >> at the 1948 summer games in london, alice became the first black woman to ever win olympic gold. her life forever changed in an instant. long before london, alice was one of ten children growing up in albany, georgia. although poor, she and her siblings found ways to have fun. >> the road we just tied together and made our own high jump poles. >> did your father approve? >> no. he said sit on the porch and act like a lady. i couldn't do that.

>> even though her father disapproved, alice continued to hone her high jumping skills despite many obstacles facing her, segregation and poverty. >> you trained yourself in a way with just rags, no shoes even, growing up in the segregated south. do you think that made you a better athlete? >> i don't know, maybe the boys made me a better one. they were going to beat me, and i wasn't going to let the boys beat me. >> she never did. her talent so impressive she was recruited to the prestigious tuskegee institute where alice received her first pair of shoes. she would go on to win 25 national championship titles. the second world war forced two summer olympics to be canceled while alice was at her peak. she would finally get her shot at the 1948 games in london.

>> here i am, a black woman from the deep south, georgia peach, born here, to represent the united states of america. >> did you see yourself as a black athlete? >> no matter where you are, who you are, you're a teammate. not only because i'm alice and i'm black. you went to win as a team. >> and win she did, all on her own. she earned a gold in the high jump. we watched that moment together. >> do you remember clearing that high bar at 5'6", even a little more than that, i believe? >> yes, indeed. >> did you know you won? >> the honor alice said she fully grasped. >> when you see that flag go up and they are playing the national anthem, it does something to your heart. you just pound inside with joy.

>> you said your father disapproved of you doing these kinds of things early on. did he end up approving in the end. >> he loved it. he had me walking down the street. this is my daughter. this is my daughter. she's the one that won the gold medal. >> well, alice's high jump also broke the olympic record that year. it was a mark that stood for eight years. she retired after the 1948 games to teach and coach young people. although she couldn't make it to london, she told me she would be watching and she hoped our athletes would do their very best and they certainly are. up next, olympians reveal which royal they would most like to have tea with right after this. it starts off as a gel... transforms into a foam and actually surrounds your teeth. it gets into all those nooks and crannies. dentists recommend pronamel.

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top. >> oh boy, can i choose all of them? okay. all of them. >> kate because i think that she's a very great person. it seems like her and i would get along very well. >> no-brainer. i want to have tea with kate. she's the hot, hot topic of london. so it would be interesting to pi her brain. >> what is it like to be the next queen of england. >> i think she's got some great style. >> i'd probably want to go out on the town with pippa and harry. they are way cooler than the other two. >> prince harry, i would like to have tea with you, because i'm single, you're single, let's make this happen. >> okay. lolo is the smart one. >> lolo has a one-track mind. >> have some fun. >> coming up. jenna bush hager takes you on a tour of london from above. >> first we'll get your local news and weather. [ cellphone rings ] hey honey!

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> the humidity will be lower than it was yesterday. temperature will make it to about the same level, though. baxter of sunshine and clouds and a slight chance of a thunderstorm. 20% chance of a thunderstorm on wednesday. chance for rain goes up at the end of a week.

lolo jones has the lead. she hit hurdle number nine. lolo jones hit the hurdle and harper wins it. lolo jones hit the hurdle and did not get a medal. >> hard moment. but can lolo redeem herself after missing out on that medal in beijing four years ago. she gets her shot later today. lolo will be with us live here tomorrow on "today." lolo live. >> we hope some good news to bring you.

>> meanwhile great shots of olympic park, a bird's eye view. >> what is it about synchronized swimming? takes center stage every four years. a subject of fascination and ridicule. i quite like it. more on that coming up. >> i find it mesmerizing. >> all about technical difficulties. >> having tried and almost having drowned. >> we're glad you're with us. >> makes two of us. >> you can't touch your feet to the bottom. >> british chef jamie oliver will be back to show us how to serve. he made couscous salad in the last hour, he'll show us what to make with it. >> rifle event here with his wife. >> matt and katie. >> that has a nice ring to it.

>> want a reality show. >> always working. >> matt, congratulations. >> thank you. >> i know this event has given you trouble in the past. how good did it feel. >> just a relief. probably the toughest match of my whole life. to walk away with the bronze was pretty darn cool. >> you had battled, including thyroid cancer, i imagine to have a medal of any color around your neck is an incredible achievement. but most importantly your health and being back here. >> being back to the olympic is a pleasure for me. when i found out i had cancer, did it mean i was going to die, see my daughter grow up, be with my wife but i'm back here. >> didn't you guys meet at a beer garden in athens? tell us, who picked up on who. she picked up on you. what was the opening line? >> you know, i just wanted to

say that he's the best for me, because i watched his final. when he missed his gold medal after he already won one before in one event, i just wanted to say how sorry i was, but that in my heart he still was the champion by far. it actually was a year later that we really met to have a bigger talk and actually get to know each other. there just was something in between us. we like to call it magic. so there's no better word for it. it just really clicked. we started chatting and decided to give it a chance. >> with all the sacrifice that it takes, does it help to each be olympic athletes, to know what the other needs? >> it certainly helps. it's definitely been a huge asset. sometimes challenging, especially being from two different countries. a lot of the travel, a lot of times we have to be apart. having somebody next to you especially here that knows what you're going through, that's

awesome. >> matt, we know katie is proud of you, we are proud of you. th >> good morning. we have a 20% chance for a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. that's your latest weather. why don't you ever say that to me. >> you are a champion. >> great weather forecasters. >> silver medal for that forecast. >> i'm starting to feel uncomfortable. >> coming up next thrill seeker jenna bush hager that a bird's

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this historic city, you have to get above it. when you think of london attractions, one standout immediately comes to mind, the london eye. at over 400 feet tall, it can be seen from all over the city. but let's face it -- >> there's big ben. >> the eye is for those who like to play it safe. anybody can ride this. but feast your eyes on this. to really get a rush, i decided to kick it up a notch on the london skyrocket. who better to go with me than gold medalist nastia liukin. she doesn't have a problem with heights. >> nastia, nice to meet you. >> you, too. >> this is so cool. >> are you up for it? >> i guess so. >> you're used to heights. >> i am. i am. not swinging heights. i'm mostly in control.

>> we made it alive! >> with our feet back firmly on the ground, we decided to do something a little more stable. >> this is pretty. >> how about transportation at its finest. the london airline is the newest addition to london's transportation carrying 2500 passengers an hour across the river thames. so pretty. >> seeing the whole city from above, so cool. >> the short ride over the thames drops us off a few feet from the arena, home to the gymnastics competition. while there's plenty of action going on inside, the action on top of the arena is just as exciting. welcome to base camp. yes, we were about to join the ranks of great climbers before us. sir edmond hillary, george lee mallory, liukin, hager. >> try to put these on.

can we leave them open like this? >> mine are a little big, i think. wait, i didn't put my feet through it. they are seriously m.c. hammer pants. >> getting a little fresh. >> let's go. >> this feel like right before a competition? >> yeah, i'm getting a little nervous. >> all right. strapping myself in. >> look at you, jenna. >> are we halfway? >> no. >> it's slippery. don't look down. that was the hardest part. thank goodness. hey! that's gymnastics. we're here. yea! >> wow, it looks beautiful.

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it's a popular event at the olympic games famous for glittering makeup, costumes and ballet moves. no, we're not talking about gymnastics but synchronized swimming. michelle kosinski has more with the fascination on the sport. >> hi, natalie. the first time this burst into the olympics in 1984, the u.s. took goal. even while you mention synchronized swimming, you might get a mixed reaction or jokes. however, wild makeup and costumes aside, there's no disputing these athletes are in incredible shape.

the siren song, synchronized swimming brought them marching, strutting, lurching from 24 countries. for this unparalleled brew of ballet, gymnastics, cheerleading, sculpture, drama, and vegas. part esther williams, part ironman, elated and angry. a little bit sunshine, a little bit rock and roll. russia chose michael jackson as a theme one day and a doll the next. brazil favored an exposed brain and organ, sparkly, of course. but heather olson, who was on the gold medal team in 1996 says the athleticism here, the intensity, the technical difficulty have doubled since then. >> liken it to a gymnastic floor routine with half the oxygen. >> reporter: matt and al gave it a whirl before athens in '04

just missing making the team by a hair. since 2000, the russians have dominated, took analyst's breath away. still ask around -- you must be so excited for the synchronized swimming. >> unbelievably hard. >> reporter: partly because of all that embellishment that built up, sparkle, faces, eye shadow. >> i think it's gone a little bit too far. >> reporter: still the sport seems to entrance the world. teams from egypt, israel, mexico, south and north korea. united in their quest for absolute perfection while holding their breath.

wow that crowd a little more. the finals rush into the lead. they range in age from 17 to -- guess how old, natalie, is the oldest one. >> i'm going to say 32. >> 36. >> not too far off. i think it's beautiful. no ridicule. i think they look amazing. >> exactly. >> they do a great job. it's hard to do that. thank you. anyway, coming up next, want to get into a pickle, sort of, with jamie oliver. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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jamie oliver back to show us how to make pickled vegetables to go with our couscous salad. why do you pickle the vegetables. tell us. >> where we're at with pickles. pickles are basically like the

viagra of the cooking world. we are talking about stepping up flavor. we're talking about cooking. >> i feel uncomfortable. >> don't feel uncomfortable. a wonderful way for fish, meat, rice dishes, you name it. i'm going to show you this. a quick way to do it, a great way for bits and pieces. a great way to get veges into stuff. first beautiful helpers, one bowl, measurements, white wine, side of vinegar. >> how much? >> all of it. >> then season heavily with salt and sugar. we can put some fragrant things in there. al, season it heavily. you want it to taste salty. >> salt. >> sugar for balance. >> then any flavors, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, chili. >> darling, if you can take this cucumber and scrape it with the

fork. >> am i darling. >> you are. >> this is georgia style. a beautiful thing. scratch it nicely. >> the cameraman's close up come here, show you a knife. >> thank goodness our director left. >> come down. if you notice -- >> when you're done down the way and your fingers are tucked in, there's no need to look or cut yourself. >> so you say. >> no, that's how it works. >> how long are they going to pickle. >> here is the great thing. what we put in, the onions, cucumber. can you put the carrots in for me, tiger. the cucumbers in, my love. you look scared. >> a large chopper. >> you deserve an emmy. >> never mind. >> i would love to. she's a beautiful lady. basically any veg earthquake, anything crunchy.

herbs, mint, coriander, mexican, spanish, italian. now, put a plate on top, hold it down. within half an hour you have something beautiful. >> half an hour. >> this will last one month in your frig. >> now you're interested. >> i am. >> this is not a husband. this is a pickle. >> what have they told you about me? >> now, the point of this, get the vege in there, use up veg. it's delicious. you can put it on burgers, grilled fish. don't eat the bay leaf. >> i thought it was a magnolia. >> i'm not sure what happens if you have a whole bay leaf. >> that is the wonderful world of pickles. >> so good. >> jamie oliver. >> a month in the refrigerator.

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