we are happy to be back with more of "today" on a thursday morning. it's thursday, the 9th of august 2012. it is a gorgeous day here in london. we don't get to say that all that often. it's blue skies, a nice crowd of people who are gathered here in olympic park. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up, misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings. what a night they had last night, they won their third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. they've only lost one set in their entire olympic careers. we'll find out what is next for

them in just a little while. >> very excited to hear from them. also ahead, jamie oliver is here. he's going to show us how to make certainly called slapshot. we're hoping it tastes better than it sounds. >> wasn't that a movie with paul newman? and the olympics draws all fans, the royals, the celebrities and even bigger, the muppets. elmer, grover and abby are here to tell us how they've been enjoying the games. >> i guess that's a yes. >> the voice sounds the same even on this side of the pond. let us first bring in brittney reese who won the woman's gold in the long jump. ladies, good morning, congratulations. you are the first american women to win gold in this event since jackie joyner kersey.

how does it feel? >> it feels really good. i'm honored. >> i know there was a moment in your life when you almost gave up on track and field. tell me about that. >> i was a basketball player. i was going to take a basketball scholarship but pmy mom sat me down and said track is where you need to be. >> janay, you won the long jump. how did that field? >> it was amazing. as soon as i realized i this enough for that bronze, it was amazing. >> you two are friends. does it make it more special to know you'll be up on the medal stand with a friend here? >> yes, it did. >> you get your medals -- >> tonight. >> congratulations. brittney, janay,

congratulations. gold and bronze. >> natalie, good morning. >> brittney and janay group two of the 11 medals won by the team usa on monday. two more came in in the all-american beach volleyball. they are still the queens of beachle havy ball. wednesday night misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings won their third straight olympic gold medal. >> it's celebration time once again for the golden girls. >> they beat fellow americans jen kessy and april ross for gold. london was the final farewell for may-treanor. >> this womd deserved to go out on top. she's the best player there ever has been. she's not going anywhere. we're friends for life. >> i wanted to finish this

journey with kerri. i believe in what she does and she believed in me. we knew that was possible. >> misty may's mus, matt, watched the match online from los angeles where he plays baseball for the dodgers. >> they stay focused. once they get their mind set on something, they're going to do it. >> for kessy and ross, it was their olympic debut. >> i can't believe we came out of it with a silver medal. i keep saying that, i can't believe it. >> a gold rush in track and field for the u.s. team. allyson felix fired down the stretch after taking silver in athens. gh her second attempt after a foul on the first. >> a victory in the long jump for brittney reese.

janay took the bronze. a close finish in the 400 meet are hurdles. lashinda demus took silver just behind natalia of russia. for the men a one-two finish in the 110 meter hurdles. and a moment in history, 19-year-old sarah atar became the first woman to represent saudi arabia at the olympics in track and field. she finished last in an 800 meet are qualifies heat but got a big round of applause from the crowd. >> and today's other big action, the u.s. women's soccer team takes on japan in the gold medal game and the u.s. women's water polo team goes for gold against spain. now for the rest of today's top stories, an american patient is undergoing treatment this morning in new zealand after a dramatic medical evacuation from antarctica during the night.

the patient, who has not been identified, is said to be in stable condition but may need immediate corrective surgery. the american was airlifted by an australian rescue team from the station where it is now the middle of winter and flights in and out are very dangerous. >> july was officially the hottest month on record in the continental u.s. the average temperature, 77.6 degrees, hotter even than during the dust bowl days of 1936. drought conditions confver 63% the lower united states. >> and kennedy told police that she called him and said she was everything. much of the statement was blacked out. it want clear what she meant by "everything." the two are in the midst of a

divorce. >> and the doctor who lost his wife and two daughters after a brutal home invasion has remarried. dr. petit was married in west hartford. >> the first man to walk on the moon, neal armstrong is recovering from heart surgery. he had quadruple bypass surgery this week. his wife says his spirits are high and he's doing great. buzz aldren took to facebook and to twitter to wish armstrong well. >> and an unusual guest checked in this week at a hotel in angle fire, new mexico. you see a bear just strolled right through an open door, wandered past the front desk, walked through the hallways for about ten minutes before then heading back outside. some expert say the high and dry summer is sending bears where they are don't normally go. i guess he checked in and

checked out. let go back outside to al with a check of your weather. maybe the accommodations were not to his liking. >> i know, he's smarter than the average bear. obviously some folks from pittsburgh. >> of course! >> that's the big terrible towel. can i borrow that a second? he'd never wash it? that's not a smart thing. >> let's show you what we have today. from rochester to pittsburgh, a risk of strong storms damaging hail, winds, dangerous lightning and even a tornado or two. on the radar you can already see from green bay, detroit, cleveland down to pittsburgh. rainfall amounts anywhere from three to five inches >> good morning. a mixture of sun and clouds.

about a 30% chance for a thunderstorm. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> thanks very much. now the undisputed queens of women's beach volleyball. misty may treanor and kerr consider made it three gold medals in a row at horse guards parade last night. they stopped by earlier. i started by asking them if this win was their best ever. >> without a doubt. from start to finish, london, they've been such gracious hosts here but misty and i have had a fantastic tournament. we've played the toughest k competitikp

competition in the world. and to hang out with you -- >> and the same for me. was it hard to play another u.s. competitor or was it just another competitor? >> we went through the same thing in athens. it's never easy playing your own countrymen. but way to represent usa beach volleyball is to have a gold medal match usa versus usa. you know, they helped elevate our game because they are such wonderful players and i couldn't be more proud to play jen and april. >> we were there last night. it seemed to me at that a turning point in the second set, there was a shot from ross and kessy that seemed like a winner. and all of a sudden up comes in one, sprawls to the ball and

gets the point. >> those are back breakers. it may not be the prettiest play ever but it reaches that objective. >> the medal ceremony was poignant. we're watching as we know it's going to be the last time you two stand there together. what was going through your mind? >> it was a bit overwhelming. you know, i'm personally ready for my next journey. but i have -- i will never leave her side. it was emotional but i think, you know, we learned so much about everything outside of volleyball. that's what this olympic signified of the journey off the court together. and it's something we're never going to forget and we're going to be in each other's lives forever. >> three-time olympic gold medalists kerri walsh jennings and misty may treanor. >> coming up, kate style. where the duchess of cambridge

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. this morning on "today"'s olympic kitchen, jamie oliver prepares a dish for us. welcome back. we love having you here. >> thank you. >> he loves you very much. >> i know he does. >> you wrote the book because you've been inspired by the olympics, right? >> the history of british field, the last 15 years it's gone pear shaped. just like in the u.s. there's been an amazing revelation.

i want to show you a dish, clap dcla clapshaw. >> what's clapshaw? >> can i come back to that? right here i have oysters. these don't knee partners. they make love to themselves. they have a simple life, no dog house. it's all good. >> anything you want to talk about going on at home, jamie? >> no, no. we're going to go in with these scallops. i scored these scallops halfway down. as they cook they will open out like a beautiful flower. it going to allow us to get seasoning in. also, there kind of cooking happens very, very quickly. in the pan, another little thing if i may give out to you, blood pudding. countries, spain, italy, france,

they have a black pudding. it's got barley in will. if you like sausage, if you look meat, this is a beautiful thing and of course smokey bacon. imagine all of these things cooking together, smokey bacon and the scallops. we're going to leave these scallops to cover up. back to the clapshaw. it's an old english name for ball bearings in the cartridge of a gun. when you have onions, green onions, scallions you call them -- >> we call it buck shots. >> buck shots. if you boil it up, season it, a little butter and chives, just have a little try, girls, you lovely, elegant ladies. al, you can have a go, too. it's beautiful. >> mmm. >> al, if i can ask you to be a little bit feminine now, do me a nice dollop of capshaw there.

mr. cameraman, back to the pan. these scallops have come from very cold, clean water. they live pretty much within about 500 meters of wherever they go and we're going to serve this up. a little bit more clapshaw, my darling. >> you said dainty. >> he a dollop. >> there's our scallop. >> look how it opens up! it's like a blooming scallop. >> and you have smokey bacon. that is a beautiful, delicate little dish. if you try that, that is amazing. it's been a pleasure being with you lovely americans. >> jamie oliver, thanks for being with us. we learned a lot. >> coming up next, you know who else is excited to be here? >> who else? >> the muppets are here. can you believe it? they're all here.

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>> get it? >> very cool. what about you, grover? >> grover like anthony carmelo, my good friend anthony. >> carmelo anthony. >> it's the other way around. >> yeah, whatever. >> what you have guys been doing since you've been in london? >> we just got in yesterday so we haven't been doing that much yet. >> we've been napping a lot. >> we're going to women's soccer tonight. >> cool. so am i! i'm going to be there, savannah and i. will you be our dates? >> i want mommy and daddy to be there because we're going to be there pretty late. >> what has inspired you guys about these games? >> everything! >> you bet. >> what did elmo learn about is sportsmanship. >> what else have you learned? >> teamwork. >> persistence. >> very nice. >> abby, are there any events for fairies? >> some of the events we get disqualified because of the wings, you know. >> you'd be great in the high jump.

>> yeah. >> i'd be great in the low jump, i think. >> have you guys had any british food? >> we tried not to. >> elmo likes to get some figgy pudding. >> do you want to grow up to be an olympian someday? >> i want to. if i can't be in the olympics, i want to be a coach, a motivator. >> well, thank you very much -- >> wait a minute, you mean we came all the way over to london and that's it? you gave jamie oliver more time. >> you guys have fun at the game tonight. >> what happened to perseverance and collaboration? >> teamwork! [ female announcer ] nature valley protein bars.

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wambach on the right-hand side ahead of o'reilly. morgan in the box. here comes the cross. other, it's in! >> can the gold medal game match that drama? we will find out later today when the u.s. women's soccer team takes on japan. it's a rematch of their 2011 world cup game that was won by japan on penalty kicks. matt and i are going over to wembley stadium a little bit later on. we will provide a full report on the game and the refreshments at wembley. >> uh-oh. >> i was there for the france-japan game. what a beautiful venue. the girls can't be more excited to be in the gold medal match.

for them it's a bit of redemption as well. we know the girls have moved on the field but have you seen them move off the field? they are dancers and when they like to relax, they like to relax. they're going to show us their steps. >> and the duchess of cambridge has been cheering on team g.b. and dressing pretty sporty to boot. we're going to show you some of her favorite places to shop in london as we great trick view from our friends add got goodye. >> this is the first time boxing has been an olympic event. congratulations, how does it feel? >> it is definitely a blessing, an example. i was really proud of my performance. i go home happy about that. it was definitely a blessing and a huge experience for me. you were really emotional when you found out you won the

bronze. describe what was going through you at the time. >> first that i was glad that we did something for the u.s. our team wasn't going very strong so i felt like an obligation to do that. i was up and i was the first one to go home with some hardware. so i was -- i was just really happy that i stood up for the united states mostly and then after that i was trying to get the gold but came up short. >> what made you start boxing? >> i started boxing very young for a female because i grew up around it. i would watch boxing on tv with my dad all the time when i was 5, 6 years old. he didn't let me try until i was 11 but i was trying until i was about 8. >> it changed your life, right? >> definitely it's taught me everything i know and it brought me really far and i fell in love with it really early. it was easier than it seems because i was so in love with it. it's me, i who i am. >> you have some prematch

superstitions, right? can you give us some examples? >> whoever puts my mouth piece on and my gloves on the first day has to do it the first time. if you put my left glove on first i have to do that. i have to take a shower before i fight and i have to put make-up on -- >> look good, look good. >> smell good, look good. >> i have to wear the bandanna, the flag bandanna. i can't get in the ring without it. >> it's obviously working for you because you are going home with the bronze medal. congratulations to you. i'm so proud. and your teammate clarissa is going for the gold later today. >> yes. >> tomorrow we have a risk of strong storms. this is the london three-day forecast, it's spectacular,

upper 70s into the mid 70s. here in the northeast we're going to be looking tomorrow at strong storms along the eastern seaboard. beautiful weather out west. more wet weather making its way through the great lakes. saturday we've got cloud and showers along the great lakes. sunday, sunday we've got more sunny, mild weather in the northeast in new england, warm in the pacific northwest, mild along the great lakes, sizzling in the mid plains, all the way >> good morning. it will be a warm and humid day today. you might want to take an umbrella with you.

>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. well, we have another medal winner with us here, sanya richard ross captured team usa's first gold in track and field. good morning, good to have you! amazing first medal for u.s. track and field of these games. what was that moment like for you, now that you've had some days to absorb it all? >> oh, my gosh, reliving that moment, there's so much emotion that goes on. first there's this huge sigh of relief, you believe can you do it for so long and then you publish it. and then a moment of disbelief, in front of 80,000 people did i do it and then tremendous joy, all the hard work paid off. >> for a while you were in third place and then you turned on the after burner. was that the race plan all along is it. >> this year i just wanted to go out and compete well. a lot of times you overthink the race and go out and it just

falls apart. this time i wanted to compete. i didn't know what race i was going to run but i wanted to cross first. >> and you did it and everyone was talking about how great you look, the hair. did you fake out your opponents but coming out looking so good? >> my entire family were all about fashion and hair. >> look at this. >> i have my own salon and hairline. it's part of who we are. i bring that to the track. i love looking good, running good, feeling good. >> we should all look so good after working out like that. and you've had a good time so far? >>, oh my, god, we've had a wonderful time. they've been so good, the village, the track, the stadium. >> team sanya is here. >> coming up, where does kate middleton go to shop here in london? we'll show you coming up.

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on a few spots in london to get her fashion fix. here with the scoop, zana. i've got my fascinateor on because i'm kate middleton inspired. this is a fiphillip tracy. >> she is a big fan, as is sara jessica parker and lady gaga. gate has been seen wearing them since 2006. she continues to wear them. he made over 36 hats for the royal wedding, all the guests. >> so she's really inspired this trend to continue to grow, right? >> absolutely. and i think sales are spiking in head gear across the board. zun of t >> one of the other brands we've seen her wearing, she wears these shoes all the time.

>> l.k. bennett. >> yes. >> tell me about this shop in france. >> this shoe is synonymous with kate now. the queen has her crown and kate has her shoes, the nude pump. they're so comfortable. >> we know why she wears them all the time. >> she has to walk miles. it's a four inch heel, it's a great high height. she's still got the lift but she's not tripping over them. these are around $300. >> you can buy them in the u.s. there are a couple stores you can buy them. >> flagship in u.s. just opened. >> the purse and handbags? >> she loves everything in l.k. bennett. >> and her links of london earrings. what's great about kate is i think she really mixes and matches the high street to less pricier labels but this one is

around $300 or so? >> yshs thes, this is one of th earrings she wears a lot. there was the hope earring she wore for the engagement. the kate effect has had a negative effect, they had such a demand. so this launch counterfeits globally. it cost the company around 8 million pounds. >> not good the counterfeiting. but beautiful earrings. >> let's move over to the dresses here. we have great examples of her style. she's been known to wear the brand reese a lot, which is also available in the u.s. and available on line. >> the love affair with kate and reese started with the official engagement picture. we saw her wear the same dress for the canadian tour and she restyled it differently. this was a similar dress to the one she wore when she met the obamas in the u.k., it sold out

over night. it drove their profits up around 10 million pounds in only last year. >> this is a little more updated version of the dress she wore from the engagement. and this lace dress as well. >> templi, one of my favorite gowns of all time she wore for the "war horse" premiere. >> and this is a top shot dress and she's been known to go in and shop around. >> she was reportedly in line waiting for the changing room. >> she's amazing. >> thank you so much. still much more to come here from london but first these messages. release me, momigus! that's mom to you. and you should eat something that's good for you before you go outside. never! come on james. it's a new fiber one chewy bar. chocolatey and delicious. fiber one chewy bar, huh?

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nbc's olympic late night host mary carillo went to the source, the folks who decide what is considered english. >> that's exactly right. you might think creating the definitive english dictionary, the oxford dictionary, is a boring endeavor. but it's an ever changing process with roots dating back more than a thousand years. it's the oldest university in the english speaking world with more than 900 years in the books and fittingly, oxford university is the home of the ultimate source of what is, isn't and should be english. the oxford english dictionary. in its second edition, 20 volumes, 21,730 page, weighing 137 pounds. >> and the word just keep coming. >> they don't stop, do they? >> the very first edition took 70 years to complete and the current staff is summoning the

stamina to frame the ever widening scope of our ever expanding tongue. the next version is expected to be done by the year 2034. >> is the word twitter in there? in the last three months are there word that have never been there before? >> brain candy is a new one. brain candy is undemanding entertainment. >> you just described my entire career. >> how do words make the cut? it's like high school, a popularity contest. a word may merely be adoptedly bayh sufficient number of members. they showed me a room of wall-to-wall file cabinets. >> none of the words in here have been able to make the cut? >> they might get in eventually.

this is a quote "problemaschlitika." >> it rolls off the tongue. i'm surprised it didn't make the cut. >> to find the words known meant to ask every person alive. this appeal earned the citation, earning murray his own mailbox. this project involved a strange american twist, an inmate at the broadmoore asylum, a convicted murderer, would become essential to the english bible. he flooded dr. murray with

200,000 citations in microscopic writing. >> every time they finished a letter, letter b or d or w, they'd have an enormous party and they'd invite everybody who contributed, including dr. w.c. miner. and he would write and say i regret i'm very sorry, i can't get away. no kidding. >> from the day dr. james murray asked the world to help him define english, our tongue has remained muddled, ever spoken words and news ones like bling and flash mob. you feel that english is the most important language and probably always will be? >> yes, of traffic control,

commodities, shipping, trade. yes, i think it has been for the last 500 year and probably will be forever english. >> so, al, as you know, english has no shame and i don't either. i'm making an appeal right now to the "today" show followers. i want one of my phrases included in the oxford dictionary. >> which one? >> big babe. hit it hard. you can use it like vocals, big babe vocals. >> how about mook? >> mook? i've already called you mook. >> up next, big babe soccer. but first this is

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the u.s. women's soccer team goes for the gold against japan tonight. but if they are feeling the pressure, they are not showing it off the field. take a look. >> abby's the worst dancer ever. but she really gets her heart into it. >> i own it. >> she puts a lot of effort into it. >> i'm the best worst dancer. >> teen-age music. i don't know, what music do we listen to? >> rihanna, lady gaga. but then we'll put some rock alternative in there and abby's like -- >> i think we need some music. ♪ just dance, it will be okay, just dance ♪ ♪ just dance, it will be okay, just dance ♪

>> kristy had the moves, the whole running man. >> the dancing is good, the soccer is better. you can catch it on the nbc network at 2:15.