there is kobe bryant. the greatest swimming career of all time comes to an end.eek ago some question if you would even medal. what a difference. >> i refuse to believe this is the end. >> i am with you on that. we will see in four years. >> here is the latest count. united states has 54. china remains in second with 53. the host country is the third. now that the final race is over for phelps, he says he is retired. dear dear fitzpatrick is in london with reaction. >> i could not be more happy, but those words from michael phelps as he goes out with another gold medal. he and his teammates won a gold in the four by 100 medley. he says that is the perfect way to go out. >> i have been fortunate to look back at my career and say i have accomplished every goal i have wanted to. i think at that point, it is just time to move on. there are other things i want to do in my life. i am not sure staring at a black line for four hours a day is one of those. there are a lot of things i want to do for myself to be able to relax. even though i am retiring, there are still thin

kobe bryant, a spectator in london, taking in the championship game.timore native from state francis -- from st. francis, and the and phatic reaction. third quarter, sue byrd knocks it down. the americans win big over france, their fifth straight gold in women's basketball. >>> a couple of showers from baltimore to the north, heavier stuff moving into it anne arundel county and the south. that will continue to move to the east overnight. and the seven-day, tomorrow, lots of sunshine, 87. rain chances in ocean city. dry on monday. rain chances tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday. >> thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> in the most highly contested video process and beat a history of international olympic committee, the washington- baltimore region lost a bid for the 2012 olympics. however, the dream is still alive for the coalition that appears to be up for the task. the setting his sights for the 2024 games,

kobe bryant had 240 points in the second half, and lebron james had a triple double. so to the track now where allison got a gold medal by winning the 200 meter final last night. that runner conceded her spot so she moved on. she won in the previous olympics before breaking through for gold this time around. pole vaulting never looks safe when someone had his pole snap into three pieces. somehow, he walked away with no injury. and lolo jones finished fourth in the 1090 meter hurdles, her teammates who both medals in that event didn't hold back about the media's fascination with jones. >> to come away with the medal, and they're favorite didn't win, it hurt. >> i think on the podium, the three girls earned their spot, got their medals, worked hard, prevailed, and that's all that needs to be said. >> and it was questioned if jones ability lived up to her talent. jones responded. >> the fact that it was from a u.s. media, they should be supporting our athletes and they ripped me to shreds. i thought that was crazy because i worked six days a week, every day for four year

kobe bryant spent his off day watching the men's singles f inal. federer, sick backhand. bill gates on hand. match point -- short on the return. longest match in olympic history, four hours 20 minutes and federer moves on to face andy murray. tom tasselmyer will be back with a look at your seven-day forecast after this. >> after a string of murders in a baltimore community, the new acting police commissioner making some changes in the area. residents in a historic area say this will destroy their neighborhood. those stories and more those stories and more followin [ male announcer ] good paying jobs. better schools. that's what a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean for maryland. but it won't happen if the special interests get their way. with thousands of local jobs and millions for maryland's schools on the line. we need to fight back. call your lawmakers and tell them to put national harbor on the ballot this november. because it's not up to the special interests, it's up to you. >> i forget your word for it. >> dumpy? >> gloopy? [laughter] >> goopy?

. >> lebron james got a triple double and kobe bryant chipped in as the men's team routed australia.on argentina in the semifinals, 18 they have already beaten. americans are in a position to take a gold and silver in the decathlon. he shattered a 44-year old an olympic record in the deep-. he has a 220-point edge over teammate -- his teammate. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings won their third straight gold medal. they defeated two other americans, who will bring on the silver. in the women's 200-meter, allyson felix won her first individual gold with a strong finish. 1881 bronze. the u.s. had a one and to finish in the hurdle. aries merritt got gold. in the hurdles britney reese one of gold in the long jump. usain bolt is on track to become the first man to win back-to- back gold. >> the u.s. 3 takes the lead in overall medals. u.s. has 81, china has 77. that is followed by russia, great britain, and germany. >> fans with olympic-style nail art. stylists have 10 different styles of art. >> you knew that would catch on. 74 degrees. >> still ahead, weeks later the the dark kn

very quickly, harvey, i want to ask you about kobe bryant's wife, clarifying about things she said.hat is she saying about that? >> she took so much heat for this. so she's just come out with a new statement saying when she married kobe bryant, he had not won any championships. technically, it is true. but the fact is, we looked, she got engaged to him in may of 2000 and he won his first championship in june of 2000. so she didn't give him much time. >> i guess not. >> all right, harvey, you have a great weekend. we'll look for you at 6:30 right here for tmz on tv. thanks, as always. >>> a note to lady gaga fans. you do not want to mess with her body guards. this is what happened to an autograph seeker who tried to get too close to the singer. a takedown was caught on camera. lady gaga looking stunned, but she realized she was in good hands and kept on moving. >>> new on the news edge, because of the owner's conservative views, should chick-fil-a be kicked off the university of maryland's campus? hear what students have to say. >>> then, new startling details about the shooting at a

. >>> and nba legend kobe bryant turns 34 today. all day stay on top of the latest developments on those theories and other as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news", and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. from the london olympics to the red carpet, ryan lochte opens up to matt about his new celebrity lifestyle. >>> and carly ray jepsen performs her hit song "call me maybe" on the plaza. >>> keep an eye on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you for watching early today. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific thursday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

that's a big name, of course, leaving the lakers and dwight howard, when you look at the laker, kobe bryanthey don't have to lose paul. lakers right there with miewmmy as the favorite in the nba. for the first time in a couple of years, peyton manning, his denver debut in chicago against the bears, granted it is exhibition football. he was in there for one series. looked real sharp. 4-7 passing. driving the broncos down the field and his receiver misplayed one of his passes. broncos win 31-3. you're looking at a young lady, 42- year-old shannon easten became the first woman to officiate an nfl game tonight in san diego. a game won by the chargers 21- 13. again, the nfl real officials are on strike and shannon was right in there. no word of bad calls or anything going awry. she knows what she is doing. the 49ers practice opener is tomorrow night, 6:00. michael crabtree for the first time in his career will suit up for an exhibition game coming out of college in texas tech, the money went right, then he had injuries, but crabtree said to be ready to go. it will be a first time to be able to s

kobe bryant in his final game. a tight one throughout. local boy kevin durant, corner ball. 30 points for durant. 156 points for the games. that's a u.s. record. fourth quarter and look at the wizardry of chris paul. mike krzyzewski is loving that. his last game as usa head coach, usa goes on to win the gold, lebron giving his coach an h20 send off. coach k, 62-1 in olympic play. >> you know, this was a great game. wasn't a good game. it was a great game. i'm a happy guy. and proud. >> we knew it wasn't going to be easy. these guys played hard. they're a bigger team than us. every mistake they made, we capitalized on it. chris paul, lebron, kobe were great and you know, we got a really good win. >> so with the games coming to a close, here's a look at the medical count. usa, 104 medals. ladies bringing home 29 of those. host nation great britain the 65. funny that with all the subway and adidas commercials, robert griffin iii was the number two pick in the draft. the colts depending a lot on andrew luck. and the number one picks started t

lebron james scored 19 points, and kobe bryant hit 17 points for the americans. uganda held up their country's flag as they won the marathon. it is the second gold medal in uganda's history. >>> well, the man tapped for vp on the republican ticket is campaigning in his home state. this is waukesha, wisconsin. crowds gathered to embrace their congressman, paul ryan, and candidate mitt romney. the two men are traveling all weekend. this morning they fired up a gop meet-up in north carolina. our national political correspondent jim acosta was there. >> reporter: with paul ryan little more than 24 hours into his role as mitt romney's running mate, there is a race to define the wisconsin congressman with democrats stepping up their attacks and noting that ryan once proposed a partial privatization of the medicare program. mitt romney at two events here in north carolina described ryan as someone who came to washington reluctantly in his late 20s when he was elected to congress. >> he planned on doing something else with his career, but, you know, he looked at the coun

kobe bryant added 17 points to win his second gold medal along with his five nba championships. >> youerstand this is much, much bigger than yourself. it's much, much bigger than the sport of basketball. this is about our country. >> reporter: jake varner earned the second gold, winning the men's 96 kilogram freestyle wrestling. maybe he'll have another goal at gold in rio de janeiro. the brazilian metropolis is the next site of the olympics four years from now first time in south america of the. >>> and penn state trustees backing a decision to accept the tough ncaa penalties against the football program. the school president faced an impossible choice and acted in the best interest of the university. their comments were made during a sunday conference call. they agreed it was time to move on. >>> six-time pro bowl receiver chad johnson has been cut from the miami dolphins. it followed his arrest on a domestic battery charge. johnson formerly known as ochoa ci cinco. he was accused of head butting his wife. >>> and the final major tournament of the year, it wasn't close. rory mcilroy

kobe bryant was playing with us. didn't know anybody else, but at least she played along, so that was fun. rooting for these girls tonight, 7:45 here in london, 2:45 back home, that's when the u.s. takes on japan in the gold medal soccer game. eun? >> you're lucky she's gracious, dan. we'll be rooting for her and the rest of team usa this afternoon. thanks so much. see you soon. >> and the men's basketball team is on to the next round after a blowout win against australia, 119-86. kobe bryant finally came alive, scoring 20 points on the night, including three straight three-pointers in the fourth quarter. the team now moves to the semifinals against argentina, the team that they beat by 30 points earlier in this tournament. >>> google is about to get personal, but only for a select few. cnbc's sima mody has that. good morning. >> good morning to you. interesting story. google looks to get more personal. experimenting with including information from your gmail account and search results. users will see a list of relev

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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 and there was an rbi single as l.a. won it 6-4. philadelphia hosts pittsburgh tonight in pre-season action. eagles head coach, andy reid will be there

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kobe bryant, roger federer, lebron james. already established and very well endorsed. there's also some newbies. gabby douglas, aly raisman, missy franklin and dawn harper to name a few. what sort of money are we talking about here? >> well, it's interesting. it varies. it's big, big money, especially for, you know, gabby. she has the potential to earn somewhere between $2 million and $4 million a year, actually. and she's -- the allure is amazing. i mean, the smile. >> she's magnetic. >> very magnetic. aly raisman is very interesting. she is equally wonderful but may not earn as much money. she's a little bit older. she may not play in 2016. and then you have missy franklin, who may not -- >> does that play big, whether they're coming back for the next olympics? >> it does to a certain extent. i think what happens with aly is she might go into commentary. she's very good with interviews. somebody like missy franklin, she may not take any money. >> let's talk about missy franklin. she's got a tough decision now, take the mill

kobe bryant even signed an autograph for a tunisian player post-game. memorable moment for team usa gymnastics. the american women won the team gold. the gymnastics team that won back in 1996 was called the magnificent seven. this time around the women are called the fab five. >> whose record did michael phelps beat? >> it was a russian gymnast, larisa latynina. is 77 and was in the stands when michael phelps broke her record. >> thank you so much. teammates were' cheering him on from baltimore. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> pretty exciting watching this amazing athlete get 19 medals. pretty amazing. people were so exciting they could not wait for it to appear on tv. michael phelps has swam his way into the record books. his home-town pool club couldn't wait for his races to air live on tv. they crammed around a computer to watch him shatter a world record. >> very exciting. it was very loud. a lot of the kids are screaming and yelling. every time they saw michael or alison on the screen, everybody was erupting in cheers. >> especially the younger

>> nba star kobe bryant snapped this picture of his teammate anthony davis with an armenian wrestler lympics. kobe puts up a caption called "battle of the unit brownbrow." >> it does not look that bad. 70 degrees outside. the news continues at 5:30. >> some state employees in virginia could soon have more money in i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements atsall." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, a huge payoff in gambling in maryland. while many of you slept the general assembly passed a bill to expand gambling in the state and bring a casino to prince george's county. good morning, washington. it's wednesday, august 15. i am cynne

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one game to watch today, the gold medal basketball round, kobe bryant, going he says for a final gold. >> hard to argue that phelps hasn't earned a little time on the beach and maybe some moderate alcohol consumption, right, jeffery? >> you got that. >> thank you for your coverage throughout these games. >>> shifting gears, back here at home, a neighborhood in las vegas terrorized by a chimp again. they're seven strongers than us and very unpredictable. abc's john muller is on the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the chimp owner doubts that it's an accident. she may have powered her way out of her cage again. whatever the case the female chimp went alone this time. her male partner in crime was shot dead in the last breakout a few weeks ago. back behind bars and lucky to be alive in her second escape in about a month. >> and you said they're chimpanzees? >> i know these dangerous. >> reporter: and they were. one reached for a woman's car door handle. >> they're wandering down the street. they are dangerous. bring shotguns. i'm serious. they are wild animals. >> reporter: cops di

he is headed to the lakers to join kobe bryant. the magic also received five future draft picks.e 76ers' landed andrew bonham. whereunto of the pga championship, the weather was a factor. john daly shot a 68 yesterday, a different story today. he finished with a 77. tiger woods had the potter working early. he sings a long birdie putt on 4. he grabs a share of the lead. carl peterson began the day with a lead all to himself. peterson finishes with a 74. covered switches over to cbs tomorrow and stay tuned after words for the par-5 post-game show. still to come on the 49ers preview, jim harbaugh says his team has five no. 1 wide receivers but only one of the new weapons is headed tucana ohio some day >> >> if you do a good job and you think you're doing a good job you want to be appreciated and i don't think that i am personally appreciated >> the patriots did not take too kindly for randy moss is cry for more attention. they traded him to the vikings in the middle of this season but that only lasted four games. he was released by the vikings and finished the year on the titans be

. >> no, vanessa bryant married to kobe bryant. she just did this interview with new york magazine. this is interesting, she doesn't do interviews. back in the scandal when he cheated on her in 2003, she was media shy. this is viral. a gold digger? five championships, a gold medal. other people are saying, no, if he's away from the family she wants to make sure he's winning. >> interesting. let's move onto what's hot in hollywood. big movie buzz, everyone talking about the movie sparkle, stars the late whitney houston and jordin sparks. >> i saw the review. this is very much for whitney houston's fans. she sparkles. she sings and reminds you how talented she was. the rest leaves a lot to be desired. ap gave it two out of four stars. hollywood reporter, none of that matters, fans in the screening, they clapped in every screen s was in. >> interesting. music hot in hollywood. we know because we just saw her recently. emily at the closing ceremony. >> ahead of the trend. >> topping the charts now. >> she's huge. she's touring with coldplay. single next, she's a household name. simon co

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but three or a high-school student or a multimillion athlete like milt -- like kobe bryant the government its apiece. >> they're working their hearts out for years and years for the benefit of our country. >> athletes receive cash awards. for gold, $25,000. 15,000 for silver. bronzed its unit $10,000. here are the taxes and as we would have to pay. more than $8800 for gold. $5,300 for silver. 3504 bronze. >> if they know it going and then they understand that's the rules, so be it. if they didn't and it some new rule, that's different. >> paying taxes could change. florida senator introduced a bill that would eliminate tax american athletes must pay. >> why should they have to pay taxes on what they win for us? some people say they should pay taxes because they might make more money through lost the endorsement deals back home. >> all of the money should be paid with taxes. what you earn, there should be a certain amount of tax. everybody has to do that. >> the value of the olympic medal is also taxed. no action is expected on the proposed bill and tell congress returns from recess in sep

. >> kimberly: what i was going to say is kobe bryant has a big mouth saying they could beat the dreamt ever. no surprise. however, michael jordan popped back, absolutely not. what are you on? greg's medication. i disagree. to set the score, they should play each other. >> bob: that could be something. i don't know honestly enough about basketball. if i's not a football game i can't tell you much about it. 11 of 12 of those gays are i the '92 team. you are right about kobe. he has his own problems. >> kimberly: a lot. >> bob: never take each other on. american teams against american teams. >> kimberly: lebron did it, too. but he refused to come to new york and play. he didn't want to deal with the new york press. >> eric: did you notice that president obama was going have a big rundraiser with hoopsters? >> andrea: fundraisers with jordan and a number of others. he needs the money. he needs the money. needs the p.r. >> bob: they know where the power is and the best candidate is. >> greg: it's high school politics. obama hangs out with the cliques. this is beverly hills 90210. >> eric:

lebron james added 19 and kobe bryant had 17. nt had 17. >>> guess who's back? >> what's going on. >> how you been? where you been? >> i've been busy. we've got a lot to get to today. i came back with a doozy for you. we've had a weekend to marinade over rg iii's performance. what did you think? >> i thought it was a good performance. >> we didn't know what to expect. did you see and are you luck. the number one pick. i'm asking you right now f you could have rg iii or andrew luck after the first performance you saw, who do you take? 10 of 16, 1 # # yards and two touch downs last night. >> those are great numbers and based on that performance by andrew luck against the st. louis rams and newly coaching jeff fisher, this is one yard pass, 60-yards about the running bg to do after that. >> yards after the catch. >> exactly. >> look at this throw. >> this is all good again against the st. louis rams. not a machine in sight. so based on this, based on that great perform's by andrew luck and what i saw yesterday, i'm still taking rg iii. still taking rg iii. the samp

kobe bryant had it going on, six three-pointers. lebron james wracks up a triple double. the team plays argentina in a semifinal game tomorrow. whoever wins plays russia or spain. the game is on sunday. it's not just the men's team going for the gold. >> no. today the u.s. women's basketball team will try to move closer to the fifth consecutive gold medal. team usa plays australia. the winner will play france or russia in saturday's gold medal game. >> good luck to them. >> for some olympic athletes the competition already is over but the olympic popularity contest completely in full swing. >> you got to rate people on everything. the nbc olympics site released its most clicked upon athletes. any idea? gabby douglas taking the top distinction. the profile site had more than 18 million page views. the most decorated olympian, that being michael phelps, the swimmer coming in second, he had over 7 million page views. that's because he's been around a while. gabby's new. >> and what a story, for both of them amazing. >> the athletes collect medals, gold, silver bronze, the fa

afterward, kobe bryant puts his john hancock on the shoe of one of the tunisian players. through the line, handed him the shoe with a sharpie and ready to go. >>> first racist tweets and now charges of badminton teams trying to throw games. they charged them with trying to lose matches north to get a more favorable draw later in the tournament. the chinese team and two south korean teams are accused of tloiing games. apartment parentally it was so obvious fans picked up on it and started to boo the player several teams blamed the chinese for coming up with the idea. >>> 19 after the hour. after a disappointing team event men's gymnastics has a chance to overcome the demons today. team usa will look to add two its medal count at the pool as well. danella sealock is at the news4 super screen with more on today's events. >> it could be redemption day at the gym. the american men crumbled earlier this week falling to fifth in the team competition. today the team's two best gymnasts can rebound. danell lyva qualified with the highest score and is expected to challenge for gold

held scoreless in the first half, kobe bryant led the americans. next up, the semifinals against argentina tomorrow. >> the united states also hay big night in beach volleyball. misty may trainer and kerry walsh jennings became the first olympic gold medalists. >> the usa is now on track as far as the medals go he medals >> there are some more golds in our future. we've got women's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball. so more to come. >> still some more winning to do. >> all right. >> is the forecast a winner? >> not so much today. sticky, hot, 90s. going to be a winner. the temperatures will own be in the 80s with lower humidity by sunday. i know this stretch continues and today will be another day where the temperature -- it won't take much to get back into the upper 1r0 and low 90s. 57 right now in washington. there has been some fog developing particularly out to the west. dulles reporting fog. we've got fog at reagan national as stems in spots are cooling to the dew point temperatures. that is what is causing the fog. temperatures her

one game to watch today, the gold medal basketball round, kobe bryant going, he says, for a final gold. so, stay tuned. >> hard to argue that phelps hasn't earned a little time on the beach and maybe some moderate alcohol consumption, right, jeffery? >> you got that. >> all right, thank you for your coverage throughout these games. >>> shifting gears, back here at home, a neighborhood in las vegas terrorized by a marauding chimp again. these animals may look like us, but they are seven times stronger than us and very unpredictable. this is the second time this month that this chimp has escaped. abc's john muller is on the story. >> reporter: good morning, dan. the chimp owner doubts that it's an accident. she may have powered her way out of her cage again. that's for investigators to piece together. but whatever the case the female chimp went wilding alone this time. her male partner in crime was shot dead in the last breakout a few weeks ago. c.j. is back behind bars and lucky to be alive after her second escape in about a month. last time she escaped she was with her pal buddy. terro

kobe bryant took 20 points in the second half. u.s. beat australia 119-96. team u.s.a. faces argentina next. when those two teams met earlier this week, the u.s. won by 29 points. >>> here's a look at medal count this morning. team u.s.a. is on top now with 81 total medals. 34 are gold. china falls to second but has two more golds than the americans. russia is in third. >>> they're golden. the nationals are going for a four-game sweep of the astros tonight in houston. last night's win was all about one guy, gio gonzalez. the game was decided one in the 2nd inning. he got his first career home run. namtions take the lead 3 -- nationals tat lead 3-1. gonzalez said he wanted to give the team a night off. he pitched a second complete game of the season escaping a jam in the 9th. drk's lead in the division -- d.c.'s lead in the division stays at four games. >>> it's 6:24. still ahead, a preview of today's special session in annapolis. lawmakers talking gambling. >> a local soldier's struggle with ptsd after coming home. >> i would really just want treatment. i just want to g

. >> kobe bryant's team usa getting a workout in before today's big time semifinal showdown against argentina. the team has been crushing so far all of their opponents but players say they're not about to underestimate their opponents especially argentina. this is the third olympic semifinal between the countries. how big is this? you may remember in 2004 argentina won the gold medal in basketball. beating team usa on the way to the title. you can catch that game live on the nbc sports network at 8:45 this morning our time. or the women's side, basketball team usa has another win under its belt, the u.s. beat australia in the semifinals, 86-73. team usa now set to take on france going for the gold medal game on saturday. by the way, the u.s. women's basketball team has not lost an olympic gym in 20 years. everybody talks about the men. the ladies living the dream. a little bit after spoiler alert. the u.s. is holding strong in the medal count. >> if you do not want to see, we're going to play music while that count is up. when the music stops, it's safe for you to look at your television agai

whether you're a high school student like missy franklin or a big-time mega millionaire athlete like kobe bryantr michael phelps, you're going to have to pay the irs a piece of whatever you get. so, according to american taxpayers for reform, a gold medal winner could pay nearly $9,000 in taxes. the silver, nearly 5,400 and the bronze medals, 3,500 in taxes. now, to be clear, these numbers are based on the tax rate for an athlete that makes nearly $400,000 in income. we know that most of these athletes don't make that much money, kyra. so, that's how it's breaking down. uncle sam gets a piece of the pie. kyra? >> always does, right? even for our hard-working olympians. this has been the case for years now, now, why all of a sudden this talk about a tax break? >> well, kyra, dear we say it is an election year and all eyes are on the olympics. we keep that in mind, with that being said, i did put a call into senator marco rubio's office and he is one of several lawmakers who introduced that bill and asked this very question. why now? why now is this an issue you're paying attention to and the pres

. >> reporter: kobe bryant added 17 points to win his second gold medal to win his five nba championships. >> you understand this is much, much bigger than yourself, much, much bigger than the sport of basketball. this is about our country. >> reporter: jake varner earned the second gold on the final day of competition winning the men's 96 kilogram, freestyle wrestling. maybe another go at gold in rio. the brazilian city is the site of the next olympics four years from now for the first time in south america. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> so, what was that again, one more dig, how many golds? 46? >> 46. 104 medals. we smoked everybody. and the women really brought it in this olympic games for team usa. calling it the women's olympics really. >> should put that out there. >> fantastic. >> chick olympics. do you like that? >> i don't mind. gold medal. bring it on. chicks are great. >> so if you were in the eastern time zone, you probably didn't see any of the closing ceremony. a great performance by the who. >> the who, i know. awesome. >> people on the east coast didn't get a chance to

lakers star kobe bryant, who is over in london, mentioned howard's move on facebook, saying, quote, supermanur team's top five things of the day. number 5, an anonymous bidder dropping close to $2 million on a dime. rare coin minted in 1873. number 4, the rock band motley crue and kiss announcing they'll donate $100,000 to victims of the movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado. number 3, chevron bracing for a flood of lawsuits after a refinery fire in california sent thousands to the hospital. they're complaining of breathing problems. number 2, afghan police officer killing three u.s. marines in southern afghanistan. the third such attack in one week. number 1, the feds say corn farmers will have their worst crop output in 17 years as a historic drought hammers crucial farming states. that's a fox report top 5. and on this day in 1793, the lure museum in paris first opened to the public. museum is part of a palace built on the site of a 12th century fortress. nearly every french monarch in the nation's history contributed to its expansion. the revolutionary government was the first to tu

kobe bryant sign answer autograph for one of the tunisian players he just beats. the least he could do. nonchalant about it. going through the handshake line. take off your shoe and bring a sharp sharpie. kobe doesn't seem to mind. >> goodman. very nice thing to do. >> she's used to it. >>> america's best swimmer is waking up this morning with a new title, the winningest olympian in history. >> it adds to what is already been a stellar games for team usa in the pool. dan hellie live in london with more on mr. phelps and a run-in, i understand, dan, with ovie at the olympics. >> yeah, a lot going on yesterday, yun aeun and aaron. michael phelps, the most decorated olympian in the history of the games. he finally did it. two medals for phelps yesterday. he now has 19 total olympic medals. michael phelps got it started with signature event. 200 meter butterfly. he's held the world record in the butterfly since he was 15-year-old op. phelps led nearly the entire way. leading by more than a second at the final split. but at the very end he loses the same way he won at

i know that lebron james and kobe bryant talked before these games about comparing this team to the 1992ream team and we all remember that team and they think they can beat that team if they were to play them today. well, with this sort of result, people just sat back and applauded that u.s. team last night. they may not have as easy a run as they get into the knockout stages, but, boy, what a result. >> well, so far it's been pretty amazing for we americans here. so, we appreciate, becky, all the updates. >> we're doing all right. >> you're not doing so bad yourself. becky, thanks so much. >>> it's no surprise that these olympians need a lot of food to recharge their bodies for all that grueling competition. just a few examples. 16 bananas every 24 hours and 4 1/2 pounds of fish a day but one of the eateries in the olympic dining hall may surprise you. mcdonald's. one. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good driving can save you up to 30%. you could even try it without switching your insurance. why not give it a shot? carry

you see on the court kevin durant, lebron james, kobe bryant, chris paul, melo.> that's how i feel. >> jimmy: that's how you feel. >> well, me on the other hand, i was a little nervous. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. you are going in there, but how do you guys -- do you guys all get along? that's the weird thing i find with this. during the nba, you play against each other. and here you are on the same team. how do you learn to plays and stuff? >> well, we respect each other throughout the season. >> jimmy: do you really, though? >> yeah, we do. we do. we like each other. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: come on. >> i mean, a team, you have to be close. we came together about a month and a half ago. people were doubting us that we were too small. we played against two of the biggest guys in the tournament last game. you know, pau gasol and marc gasol. people were saying we were too small. we couldn't come together quick enough as a team. >> jimmy: but when you see james out there, do you wink at each other? "yeah, i'm going to pass you the ball?" >> no. [ laughter ]