delores mcgee, margaret gray, marcia, karen, joan, mira, janice, jennifer walsh, fudyjud, candice. are you in the room or are you busy in the other spots? if you are here, please stand up. and a round of applause. [applause] so, all of these folks are listed in your book, and you all have nametags and so do they. as you go out throughout the day, if you see any of these people, i really encourage you to thank them for all the work they have done because it has been an enormous amount of work to a poll today off. but there are two people that i want us to single out for today's event. that is marie jopling and judy otto. [cheers and applause] you know how you read in the paper about most famous folks in technology? there are those names, right? those companies and those names we read about every day. but we should all hope for having one of those famous people in our lives, and that is to marie and judy really are. these other two women who i think single-handedly moved me into social networking, kicking and fighting the hallway. because i was not born into technology. i really had

two time olympic champions, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings face jennifer kessy and april amazing. >> all red, white, and blue final there. >>> well, it was a tough final day of gymnastic competition for team usa. first the good, aly raisman flipped her way to the gold in the floor. earlier the bronze for balance beam. gabby douglas slipped off the beam. jordyn wieber may have suffered a stress fracture in her right leg. >> the 100-meter hurdles, americans were edged out by australian sally pearson. they took silver and bronze. and lolo jones, my ex-wife, she finished fourth despite being the favorite. >> some of the big events on tap, track and field, 400 hurdles, women's 200 meter. both of those are finals. other medals include women's beach volleyball where the two american team will face off for the gold. >> back to lolo, "the new york times" did a scathing profile of her saying she is more about hype than talent. you wonder, took fourth in the event, does that lend credence to the article. that's my girl. >> i thought she did pretty well. it was a scathing article. co

two time olympic champions, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings face jennifer kessy and aprilgh final day of gymnastic competition for team usa. first the good, aly raisman flipped her way to the gold in the floor. earlier the bronze for balance beam. gabby douglas slipped off the beam. jordyn wieber may have suffered a stress fracture in her right leg. >> the 100-meter hurdles, americans were edged out by sally pearson. they took silver and bronze. and lolo jones, my ex-wife, she finished fourth despite being the favorite. >> some of the big events on tap, track and field, 400 hurdles, women's 200 meter. women's beach volleyball where the two american team will face off for the gold. >> back to lolo, "the new york times" did a scathing profile of her saying she is more about hype than talent. you wonder, took fourth in the event, does that lend credence to the article. that's my girl. >> i thought she did pretty well. it was a scathing article. coming out during the olympics. come on. >> next, remembering the life of a celebrated american composer. and harshness of bleach. an

ker kerri walsh is pairing off against april ross and jennifer kessy. right now let's bring in "today in the bay"'s raj mathai. he's live in london. team usa guaranteed a gold medal in the all-american final. doesn't get much better than that. >> reporter: it's an incredible stair. regarding misty may-treanor and kerri walsh, they've never lost an olympic match. it's an all-american final in london. last night, did you stee this? it was not easy. they am lost their first match of their career. kerri walsh and misty may-treanor after trailing early in the match come back and beat their opponents, the chinese team in straight sets, 22-20, 22-20. it's the 20th straight olympic victory and it sets up the final tonight. just getting out of last night was difficult. here's watch. >> i feel really proud and humbled. i just said we eeked it out because we had faith and never stopped believing. we stuck together

. >> all-american, after misty may-treanor and kerri walsh, will face the team of april walk and jennifery. it's the first time two u.s. teams have played for the gold. >> the gym nathsices competition is all over. it ended with mixed results for team usa. aly raisman took the gold for her floor routine. and she took the bronze on the balance beam. but gabby douglas struggled again. also, jordyn wieber placed seventh on the floor. she is likely dealing with a stress fracture in her leg. >> and give the tough guy award to german weightlifter, maathth stein es. he eventually got up and walked off under his own power. he had some x-rays and didn't attempt another lift. that looks painful. >> that's why i don't weightlift. there are 16 medal events today. here's a check on the all-important medal count. china leads the u.s. by three medals overall. >> much further back are the host nation, great britain, and russia. >>> today in london, the u.s. men's basketball team takes on australia in a quarterfinal game. it's the first day of the decathlon. >> very cool here. >>> back here at home, still

misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings won a third straight gold in beach volleyball beating jennifer kessy and april ross in an all-american final. kobe bryant scored 20 points hitting four straight three-pointers putting team usa over australia in basketball 119-86. >>> >>> the u.s. back on top after wednesday in the medal count with 81 including 34 gold. china second with 77 overall and 36 gold. russia now in third with 52 medals. 11 of them gold. >>> but most the most striking athlete in london yesterday, never came close to winning a medal at all in an outfit covering everything but her face. sarah attar became the first woman runner to represent saudi arabia at the olympics. she finished last in an 800-meter heat but drew a huge cheer from the crowd. attar has dual citizenship with saudi and the u.s. and is a student at pepperdine university in california. >>> to baseball now. rockies at the dodgers. eric young got things started with a bang. hitting a drive off the wall in center and racing around the bases for an inside the park homer. by the sixth, the dodgers had the lead an

in women's beach volleyball, kerri walsh and misty may- treanor took home gold against fellow americans april ross and jennifer gold in the women's 200 meters after getting silver in both athens and bejing. brittney reese placed first in the women's long jump. and aries merritt got gold in the men's 110 meter hurdles. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the fighting in syria grew more intense today. troops loyal to the government assaulted rebel strongholds in aleppo in one of their biggest ground attacks since rebels seized chunks of syria's biggest city three weeks ago. those left in this small town just outside aleppo climbed over rubble today even as the city itself came under a fierce ground assault. state tv reported government troops made a major push into aleppo's salaheddine district, southern gateway to the city. rebels claimed they repelled the attack. overhead, government warplanes kept up their strikes across the region, adding more bomb craters. indeed, these satellite images show hundreds of impact craters from bombing and shelling, in and around aleppo. am

the two-time gold medalists misty may-treanor and kerri walsh are teaming up later tonight to face their own american teammates, jennifer kessy and april ross. kessy and ross beat the number one seed brazil. it was a tough game for treanor and walsh. they said china got aggressive. as treanor said, they had to turn the heat up on them. then the other guaranteed medals for later today are in boxing. women's boxing. a new sport here at the olympics. take a look. the flyweight esparza is fighting and shields. both of them in different classes are in bronze medal matches. that means even if they lose, they at least get a bronze medal. as you said, arcaron, we're looking at three medals. we just don't know who is going to be on the top by the end of the day. >> tracie potts live in london. thank you. >>> 75 degrees. ahead, the final three names said to be left on mitt romney's vice presidential list. >>> an accident on the beltway. a mess in a few different spots already. the late nest your first 4 traffic. >>> next, some video you have to see this morning. hillary clinton's diplomatic hyou keep hearing amazing things about

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two-time defending gold medalists misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings and first-time olympians who upset the brazilians april ross and jennifer kessy. a trio of american stars, sanya richards-ross already with a gold medal goes with allyson felix and carmelita jeter in the women's 200 meter. earlier in the evening on the nbc sports network catch the dream team taking on australia in the first game of the single elimination knockout round. so that's the story from here in london. thomas, for you, it's hump day. only a couple more days of waking up in the darkness of night. >> i'm just getting used to it. i'm starting to get used to it, my body clock is shutting down by 7:30 at night. >> welcome to my world. >> kerri and misty, have you had a chance to see them play? because they are playing better than ever. >> i have not. i haven't been over there in person, i've been watching on tv. i'm trying to get over there, it's going to be one of the toughest tickets of the olympics. first of all because it's such a cool place. it's in this atmosphere that's hundreds and hundreds of years old. they're playing california-style beach vol

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may-trainor and carrie walsh took gold in beach volleyballl they extend their olympic win &pstreak to 21 straight... unbeated in athens, beijing and now london.they beat americans jenniferessy and april ross..it'' no more silver for sprinter allyson felixxshe took gold in the 200 meters..u-s men's basketball team moves to the semi-finals. they beat australia: 119-86. kobe bryant led with 20 points... melo added 17. and dylan bundy gets a pitching prossect...will start for double-a bowie on tuesday.. thaa's all for ssorts unlimited...i'm morgan adsit.go. goodnight. 3

add at least one gold and one silver when misty may trainer and kerry walsh jennings face off with teammates april ross and jennifersie in the women's beach volleyball final. >>> joining us live in studio this morning is one of team usa's gold medal winners, 15- year-old bethesda's katie ledecky a swimmer of course, the youngest u.s. olympian and american recordholder in the 800-meter freestyle. [ applause ] >> congratulations and welcome back home. >> thank you. >> can you tell how proud we are of you? we were talking earlier and i said to katie, of course, everybody is going to say how do you feel. it'ssurreal for me to be talking to you. so welcome. >> thank you. >> how do you feel now that you can breathe a little bit? >> it's very surreal. it's starting to sing in slowly but i'm sure it will take a full year probably to sink in fully. >> do you wear the gold everywhere you go or would that be too much of a distraction? >> no. >> it's really beautiful and i have never seen a gold medal period in person. i mean, how does that feel? this is years of training, katie. i know this doesn't happen overnight. how does

beach, olympic beach volleyball team misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings already have two golds and just added a third. they beat jennifer it was their last match together. >> that all american beach volleyball final along with solid track and field showings have pushed the u.s. past china in total medals 81 to 77. china still leads, however, 36-34. russia is in third with 52 total medals. lots of drama in store today as the u.s. and japan face off in the women's soccer finals and also today the men's 200 meter final. some other big events on tap include women's platform diving. poppy's favorite, and the men's beach volleyball final which everybody aroun here seems to love. >> you love beach volleyball. >> i am not a fan. i watched yesterday because that was history in the making. it was incredible. >> it was. it was. good for them. a major shakeup at the largest breast cancer foundation this morning. two executives at the susan g. komen for the cure out of their post. we'll talk about the politics behind it with the reporter that first broke the story straight ahead. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's,

kerri walsh jennings and misty may-treanor going for gold tonight taking on another pair from california, april ross and jennifer kessy. catch all the action during the olympic coverage starting at 8:00 tonight in primetime right here on nbc bay area. >> very exciting for athletes. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. >> we appreciate you joining us. that's a final look at the london games, the olympic caldron. see you tomorrow. competition. gymnast aly raisman becomes the first american to win gold in the floor exercise and adds a bronze on the beam. at olympic stadium, four more track and field medals for team usa. it will be an all american final in women's beach volleyball. >> the americans have upset the brazilians. >> it's over! >> it could be two-time olympic champions misty may-treanor and keri walsh-jennings last day today, wednesday, august 2012. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from olympic park in london, england. >>> always a nice view with which to start the day. welcome to today on wednesday

walsh jennings and misty mae- traenorer of the u.s. won their third olympic gold. they defeat fellow americans april ross and jennifer kessy. mae-traenorer will be retiring from the olympics after this year. >>> thanks to help from track the usa is on top in the medal county: >>> julie zetlin is showing off her skills in the rhythmic all around. we talked with her last month before she left for london. bethesda boasts another big name, as well. let not forget katie ledecky's gold medal win. we are keeping an eye out for the results in today's right mim all around. we'll let you know how zetlin does. >>> from a local olympic athlete to a push to bring the olympics here to the d.c. region. the same group that pushed for the 2012 olympics now wants to hold the 2024 olympics right here in our area. so what are the pros and cons of this? joining us with more insight is metro columnist with the "washington post" robert mccartney. good morning, welcome back. >> good to see you. >> your viewers and your readers miss you. so welcome back. >> i was only away for a week. >> we still missed you. [ laughter ] >> let's talk about the col

april ross and jennifer kessy are set to compete against fellow americans and two-time defending olympic champions, kerri walsh and misty may treanor >> i'm proud of how we came out. we fought hard and together. ism speechless. for once in my life. >>> the undisputed king of the track, usain bolt is hoping to defend a title of his own. he runs in the 200 semifinals after winning gold in beijing. >> but the joy of winning was perhaps no greater than on the face of germany's robert heart ig. after winning gold in distance, he ripped off his shirt, flexed his muscles and took a jog on the course for the women's 100-meter hurdles. >> i saw that. that's happiness. thank you, bigad. >>> jared loughner will avoid the death penalty after a plea deal in the tucson shooting rampage that killed six and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he pled guilty tuesday to 19 counts after the judge determined he understood the charges against him. it calls for seven consecutive life terms followed by 140 years in prison with no chance at parole. >>> this morning, rebel fighters in syria have been forced to reteet from one fr

kerry walsh jennings and misty trainer who dominated for a decade dominated again, beating jennifer kesse and misty ross. and it was an evening of intense rivalry on the track between the united states and jamaica. the smooth running allyson felix got her long awaited retribution after being beaten out my veronica campbell brown in the 200 meter sprints in the last two games. felix found enough down the straight to finally win her gold. aris merritt won his gold in the 200 meter hurdles. brittany reese was so distracted by the u.s. success on the track she lomb falmost forgot to make last long jump. the u.s. track and field team may be on track for what it wants to accomplish here, a 30-medal haul. gold in the men's 200 meter, though, may be an unreachable dream. jamaican usain bolt, the fastest man in the world in the 100 meters, jogged to win his heat. the rest of the world is running for second. and the ioc seems poised to take a gold medal away from the u.s. from cyclist tyler hamilton, who won his gold at the athens olympics eight years ago. eight years is the statute of limitation o

kerri walsh jennings and misty may treanor who dominated for a decade, dominated again beating jennifer kessy and april ross. >> olympic gold. >> and it was an evening of intense rivalry on the track between the united states and jamaica. the smooth running allyson felix got her long-awaited retribution after being beaten out by jamaican campbell brown in the 200-meter sprint at the last two games. felix found enough down the straight to finally win her gold. >>> aries merritt won his gold in the 110-meter hurdles, the first u.s. win in this event in four olympics. brittany reese was so distracted by the u.s. success on the track, she almost forgot to make her last long jump. it didn't matter. her best earlier jump was good enough for gold. >> that's a big jump. >> the u.s. track and field team may be on track for what it wants to accomplish here, a 30 medal haul. >>> gold in the men's 200 meter, though, may be unreachable. jamaican usain bolt, the fastest man in the world in the 100 meters jogged to win his heat. the rest of the world is running for second. and the ioc seems poised to