ali: i see.to put these things up all over the neighborhood as development is growing and demand is so high. rather than looking at boarded things, i would rather look at art. ali: yeah, yeah. exactly. >> if you look, they will write over everything other than the art. ali: yeah, that is true. it is good that they respect that, you know. narrator: while ali isn't involved in street art anymore, it's not hard to see the traces in his work. this painting is from 2008, where graffiti art seems to confront the persian miniatures. many artists make sketches in preparation for the big paintings. ali is turning that idea on its head. he is making charcoal drawings, some of them quite graffiti-like, derived from parts of his bigger oil paintings. this painting is taken from a section of the painting with sunset pinks that he has just finished working on. ali: here is the section where i wanted to capture in the drawing the little children of the painting, and then they sort of grow up and find their own

on. >> aly, aly, aly! >> sarah: this is the scene at newton's excel gym last night. gymnastics there. and of course the little girl had dreams of getting gold. >> christa: we saw that in one of her journal entries, a camp yearbook. well, last night the girls got to watch one of their heroes soaring to new heights. here's 7's kimberly bookman with more. >> kimberly: in the heart of newton's excel gym, a cheering section so full of love you have to believe aly raisman felt it she went to excel, of course. and excel really gave her good stuff to learn. >> kimberly: it is at this gym where the needham native got her start. >> we're so proud to be part of something big like that. it's so amazing how she keeps going and going. >> kimberly: they are team aly all the way. >> i think it's inspiring. >> kimberly: in fact, this instructor wore patriotic sneakers raisman gave her in charm during the women's individual gymnastics all-around competition. this aspiring gymnast from raisman's current practice facility, br

that's really, really good. >> aly, aly! >> kimberly: it looks like raisman's gyms are getting a boost. excel says after the last olympics four years ago, it had a 25% increase in business. children inspired by raisman wanted to sign up for gymnastics. the gym owner expects a similar increase this time around. >> sarah: leslie jones getting rowdy in rio. she posted this video of raisman dominating her floor routine. >> whoa, whoa! >> sarah: it looks like it has the snapchat filter on it. of course, nancy chen spotted leslie at the gymnastics event in rio. she snapped a few pictures of the comedian cheering on team u.s.a. looks like nancy was pretty close to her. >> christa: pretty awesome. i loved her statement. is that how the veterans do it? is that how the veterans do it? how about the weather for today, chris? >> chris: just like yrd i'm talking about high heat and humidity out there. used to it by now. mid-90ed this afternoon. temperatures 100 to 105. watch for scattered storms developing this afternoon into the early e

that's what me and aly w that's exactly what we did. >> nancy: as for aly, there's no better way for her time in rio to end. >> this has definitely surpassed my expectations. it's the icing on top of the cake. i'm very proud. >> nancy: i know a lot of people are hoping this is not the end for aly raisman. i think we're hoping she comes back, but now to a big upset in beach volleyball. this was a late game. americans kerri walsh jennings and april ross knocked out of gold medal contention, losing to brazil the reigning world champions needed just two sets to take the match. that is walsh jennings's first loss of her olympic career. she will not play for her fourth straight olympic gold medal. >> it always comes down to fundamentals. today the fundamental part of my game broke down, which was my passing. i didn't stick my passes. had i done, that it would have been a different match completely. >> we're not giving up. >> we' we have a lot more playing to do. we're going to come back and battle. >> yeah. >> nancy: and by that she means today. they will play again tonight. they take on t

i love you guys. >> nancy: and aly is not done yet. she competes again on thursday in the individual all-around final. in rio, nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: now to the pool. michael phelps adding two more gold medals. take a look at this. the world's most decorated olympian now has a total of 21 golds. phelps out-touching the swimmer from japan by just 4/100ths of butterfly. gold medal 21 came a short time later. phelps anchoring the 4x200 relay and clinching the big win. >> that was probably one of my most challenging doubles. that being my very first olympic event, to be able to win in my fifth olympics, it's pretty special. >> nancy: phelps will be back in the pool later on today. he'll complete in the we also saw another golden finish for katie ledecky. she held off sarah sjostrom in the 200m free style. she becomes the first woman since the '60s to win three free style events in the same olympics. >> christa: and a patriots' face making olympics history. nate ebner becoming the first active nfl player to comp

saturday, needham's own gold medal gymnast aly raisman is honored in her hometown. >> aly! aly! needham, but memories of the summer games in rio are much closer than the time and distance passed. >> what's your favorite part of rio outsides competing? aly: meeting zac efron, i guess. i've really accomplished everything i ever could have dreamed of, especially getting that all around medal -- medal. says she'll never stop dreaming about her goals and those of her fans. aly: to all the little girls that came out today, i hope one day i can watch you all in the olympics. todd: she plans on taking a break eventually. her near future includes touring with her teammates and presenting at the vma's tomorrow. reid: what beautiful gold medal weather. yesterday was kind of muggy. got this afternoon. we had a few spots, as we did yesterday, gets very close to the 90-degree mark. the humidity was much lower today than what it was yesterday. over towards marshfield, a little bit of a sea breeze kept things cooler. right now in boston, the sea breeze is in. it's only 75 degrees. now we are ta

>> i ran into ali at a party here. i was a freshman at u.c.l.a., and i went to a party, and ali was there. there was a little band there, and i was fooling around with the drums, and just goofing around, and muhammad ali and his photographer came up. so he picked up the guitar and started acting like he was playing the guitar. and i acted like i was playing the drums. >> stephen: ali was one of the most important both cultural and and political figures of the 20th century. why was he important to you? >> my dad boxed, so, you know, boxing was a big sport for me when i was a kid and knew that somebody to be respected. he handled all that. on top of that, he handled a whole lot of issues that had nothing to do with sports, you know, civil rights and human rights issues. >> stephen: as a champion yourself, talk to me a little bit like what his game was like before the contest ever started, the way he psyched out his opponents and used the mental game against the people he was about to box. >> one of the things that really

aly. >> hearing everyone chanting u.s.a., it was crazy. it seemed like the whole arena was pulling for us. it was awesome to be in brazil and hear everyone chanting "u.s.a." we didn't expect that at all. >> nancy: another gold for michael phelps in swimming. and some surprising tennis >> and michael phelps with olympic gold medal number 19. >> nancy: michael phelps showing the world he's not done yet. phelps swam the second leg, of the 4x100m relay, pushing the u.s. ahead of france. american swimming star katie ledecky also shining bright. the 19-year-old was the favorite in the women's free style final. >> ahead of the world record by a full second! she's going to break it! >> nancy: some tennis falling early in the first round during rio. number one-ranked novak djokovic lost his first match against juan martin del potro, who was ranked 145th in the world. >> a stunner in rio. >> nancy: a doubles defeat for defending gold medalists serena and venus williams. >> for the first time in thei

that's what me and aly were hoping for. i think that's what we did. >> nancy: for aly, it's better than she could have imagined. >> this has definitely surpassed my expectations. it's like the icing on top of the cake. i'm very proud. >> nancy: from rio to massachusetts, fans were rooting for team u.s.a. >> we both tried to end on a good note. >> nancy: at aly's gym in burlington, she's an inspiration. >> she works so hard every day work as hard as her. >> it makes me want to work harder. >> nancy: what's next for the needham native? total relaxation. >> i just want to lay in my backyard and just relax, lay by the pool, hang out with my doings and my family and not do anything. >> nancy: she may have finished last in the women's 5,000 m qualifying heat, but in the world's eye, topsfield east abby dag see know i she had her sights set on the finish line when u.n. runner nikki hamlin fell, taking dagastino down with her. >> oh. >> nancy: the dartmouth grad was able to get up, but instead of racing ahead, she turned her attent

i'm still rooting for aly. but nancy, you did a little bit of that yourself, admit it. >> nancy: the stress eating in yes, yes. it's cheese bread, and it is so wonderfully delicious and dangerous because it is just cheese and carbs. but we got a chance to watch the team finals earlier this week, and it was fantastic to see all these gymnastics in the best shape of their lives. it is like pure muscle. in the meantime i am eating cheese and carbs next to them. >> sarah: let's look at the medal count now. heading into today's action. the u.s. staying on top. americans have earned 32 medals, nine more than any other nation, including 11 golds. china is in second with 23 total medals. japan rounding out the so it's going to be another exciting day in rio. that's for sure. >> christa: all right. it's 6 which aren't 10 now, an donald trump angering democrats once again. coming up, how the imop candidate is connecting the president and hillary clinton to isis. >> sarah: high drama at trump tower. a climber arrested aft

she's watching aly raisman performing her floor routine. jones got a ticket live tweeting about the olympics. stick the landing. >> sarah: i can't wait to see her live reports. >> chris: should be fun. veterans and rookies on that team. all-around gold medal stuff. showers and storms back across upstate new york. this is going to be working on in. so we'll have some scattered showers and storms mid to late morning into the early afternoon. seven-day forecast bringing the heat tomorrow. mid-90s, high humidity. storms most widespread second half of the weekend into monday. back after this. when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your silver. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, liberty mutual insurance. . >> christa: all right. it's 5:00 a.m. we're headed off into the olympic zone. boy, they did it again, team u.s.a. taking home the team gold. aly raisman, t

aly raisman is back in competition in the floor on tuesday. and she is the defending olympic gold medalist in that event. she won it in london in 2012. >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of america. ? ? >> teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. that brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. presented by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. while the united states owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. a nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. children grow up with a ball in their hands. entire villages huddle around radios and small tvs to listen play. and today, fans packed the 15,000-seat national stadium. there you see it, in the capital city. and they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight. >>> meanwhile, turning back to th

need ham's aly raisman and floor. >> reporter: needham's aly raisman dethroned as the queen of the floor ritine but grabbing a silver biles. >> anchor: the night team's nancy chen live in rio with the dynamic duo, nancy. >> reporter: aly raisman, simone biles walking away with silver and gold standing high above all others. better than their best. >> tremendous. r for team usa. >> she makes everything looks so easy. >> reporter: biles and raiseman owned the floor. >> with that routine guarantees her a medal. >> reporter: alley sticking the landing of every twist and tumble. >> i'm so happy for you. so now you stand alone as the second most decorated american gymnast of all time. how does that sound? amazing shannon miller is the most decorated. she was one of my favorite gymnasts. i looked up to her. >> reporter: alley's olympic tally of 6 put next to shannon's 7. >> if you asked me a few months ago i would have said i was done. yesterday we were talking and i'm going to take a break and i mean never say never. >> reporter: team simone boun medal on the beam to show dominance. how did yo

. >>> still to come on wbz news at 6:00, needham flips for hometown girl aly raisman. we'll take you to the celebration for the olympic star who had a message for fans. >> and also ahead, trump's latest tweet controversy. the message sent from the republican candidate that is sparking more backlash. >> and a truck that was just too tall causes a bridge to [ sirens ] >>> needham rallies for raisman. hundreds of people gathered aly raisman was cheered along the streets where she grew up and now she has a special message for girls looking to follow in her footsteps as wbz's paul burton explains. [ chanting ] >> reporter: it was an olympic homecoming for needham's own aly raisman arriving on a fire truck with thunderous aplus. she took part in a rally for ali on the town common. >> thank you so much for coming today. >> reporter: she grew up in needham class of 2012. today august aly raisman today for the town of needham. >> the beautiful rio 2016 olympics right. >> there is all a dream and it doesn't feel like it's actually all happened because i've spent so much time you

aly, over to you. when you finished your floor routine it was such an emotional beautiful wonderful moment for everybody in the audience. what was it like for you at that last moment when you finally knew you did something beautiful? >> well, it was just a very special moment. i jus tears right away just thinking about all the hard work, you know, obviously four years ago when they broke the tie and i got fourth place it was very heart breaking but i just used it for motivation every single day in the gym and just being here in brazil it felt like we were in the arena in the u.s., everyone was standing up and cheering and screaming for us. it was a very special moment i will never ever forget. >> your parents were doing their signature moves, too, as they always do. was going to throw up the whole time. >> is that what she said? >> yes. >> gabby, you won this last year, i mean, last olympics. what did you say to your two teammates after they scored so well? >> i told them that they did an amazing job a

it's been a good games so far for aly raisman. so far she's earned a gold in the team final and a silver in the individual all-around. with her three medals from london she's now tied with nastia liukin and mary lou retton as the sex most decorated american gymnast of all time, guys. exercise tonight, she'll take that number-two spot for. yesterday alley posted this picture, "last workout in rio. floor final is tomorrow." she's stretching there with teammate madison kocian. on monday aly's teammates laurie hernandez and simone biles competed in the beam final, helping add to team u.s.a.'s success. they brought home a silver and a bronze. >> oh, boy. >> nancy: the women's team finals not going as planned for simone biles. >> she was completely straight, but her shoulders have just a little too far back. >> nancy: landing awkwardly while completing a front tuck, biles grabbed beam to avoid falling. a mistake not enough to cost her a spot at the podium, but enough to keep the all-around champion from gold. she finished in third place

moment the two caught on their emotional roller coaster. >> until the next event. >> they know for aly each competition in rio is culmination of yea sacrifice. >> it's hard to explain what goes into their work, and preparation. you are talking 15 years and you have one minute and 30 seconds to do your thing, if you don't do it, you are done. >> reporter: just as prominent they are weaving, and the red polo same in london at aly's request. >> have you washed your shirt? its magic with aly winning now and in london. >> the medal was the exclamation point to her career, the only thing that eluded it in whatever way it eluded her. but this is the one that i think meant the most to her, you know and it worked perfectly. >> reporter: one more time on tuesday, and everyone knows how talented aly is in gymnastics but however her skills don't stop there and her teammates told me about another talent of herself and tell you later. >> thank you. >> there is plenty of must-see moments in prime time here on nbc, the world's fastest man bolt. and douglas will look to get on the podium for the women

this silver sweet redemption for ali. four years ago in london she was knocked off the podium due to the tie-breaker rule. >> i'm on cloud nine. i'm so excited to finally have my all around medal. took me five times for this. and i finally did. i'm happy. support pouring from back home and around the world. sox slugger tweeting con grats the silver medal making boston proud as usual. boston strong. both young women still soaking it all in. it's just insane. i don't have words. >> nancy chin. 7news "today in new england." >>> now to pool where two of the greatest rivals in olympic swimming squared off. >> michael phelps proved his dominance swimming head to head in 200 individual medially t lochte. phelps claimed his fourth gold of the games. lochte losing steam and settling for fifth. winning 22 olympic gold medals. something you dream of. i said this before. i'm just living a dream come true. >>> before the race lochte posted a picture on instagram as well. i'll miss him. >> the two are friends after all. and so here's t

erika: aly's uncle and cousins could not be more proud. flying banners outsideir home and a new one on the way for the final five. and they have a message for her this morning. >> couldn't be more proud, good luck and we love you. erika: you'll remember, aly lost out on the bronze medal in the all-around in london after a tough tiebreaker. wrapping up wednesday's olympic action, if you had any doubt just how good katie ledecky is forget it. the american phenom's final leg helped team usa's swimmers win gold in the 4 by 200 freestyle biggest names in basketball had to prove their stuff fending off australia, 98-88. carmelo anthony is now the most prolific scorer ever to wear a usa jersey. ahead in our next half hour another local athlete to watch today. we caught up with judo champ kayla harrison. emily? emily: your economy headlines this thursday, a lawsuit against twitter dismissed. the family of two men killed in jordan sued the social media company accusing twitter of supporter the islamic state. allowing isis to sign up for and use twi

this reaction video of aly's exercise went viral. >> stick it! nice. >> we found out after that nbc put us on like live tv before the second night. we're like, oh, my god. >> who would have thought a 30-second video clip, watching her compete, it is crazy because we really didn't realize it. we didn't realize how crazy we were acting. >> nancy: four years later the raismans are reality stars. >> it's been a fun ride. >> nancy: aly isn't superstitious, but her family has rotating seating arrange. s to keep the mojo flowing. >> we're superstitious. >> nancy: all to give her an extra boost to win a second round of medals in rio. >> you need a little luck on your side, but i think all the hard work she's put in will help her with her luck. >> nancy: and aly looks to her parents for grounding. >> i deal. whenever i'm having a ref day or i'm nervous. they know how much i care, so they want me to be happy with the end result. >> she usually always calls us before she goes, like if she's on an assignment, she'll call us before she goes. we'll just say, "

aly raisman is back in competition in the floor on tuesday. and she is the defending olympic gold medalist in that event. she won it in london in 2012. >> ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. that brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. presented by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their journeys toward olympic gold. another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. while the united states owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. a nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. children grow up with a ball in their hands. entire villages huddle around radios and small tvs to listen to or watch the national team play. and today, fans packed the 15,000-seat national stadium. there you see it, in the capital city. and they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight.

. >> and aly raisman going for the gold again today. aes best in the world on the eye for this thursday morning. >> 6:00 a.m. on the eye. oppressive heat and humidity on the way today, there is a heat emergency in place in boston, cooling centers, they will be open across the city. good morning, i'm emily riemer. >> i'm randy price with cindy that is the case this morning. oh, it just came in there. >> it is comfortable. >> it is a tropical air in place, and that's a concern today because you go up into the 90s, and you add all that humidity. it's going to be pretty tough later on today, you can see the red color showing up here across southern new england, and this is the impact of the humidity, just oppressive, dewpoints about as high as they ever get here in southern new england, and this is with us all day long, and resulted in some fog here through the overnight hours, and southern new hampshire, the visibility a quarter of a mile from lawrence to beverly and back to orange, as well so keep in mind that fog may slow you down. look

her teammate aly raisman taking along with her fellow final five team members. friday, august 12th, 2016. >> this has been her destiny all along. >> one more time for the ages. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games. with matt lauer,o rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, everyone, welcome to a special split edition of "today," rio and new york, the games of the 31st olympiad and as you can see behind us it's dark and rainy and windy on copacabana beach, but it doesn't matter because yesterday was bright and cheery and fantastic for team u.s.a. >> it was crazy as we talked gold. i have a feeling in individual swimming i have a feeling if we mark our calendars in about nine months there will be a lot of sinones named as babies. >> simone biles turned in one of the most impressive performances ever to win gold in the women's all around. right on her heels of course teammate aly raisman who told the emotion pouring out of them both as they finished their floor routine. we

raisman do. >> reporter: aly raisman and the u.s. women's gymnastics team off to a near perfect start. >>> is she better than 20? >> reporter: aly's strong performance solidified her place in all around final later week. i talked to her right after she finished. >>> congratulations. i am so happy for you how does if feel to qualify for all around again? >>> it feels very special it. hasn't really sunk in yet but i think right now my mind is for we're really, really excited. we were really a team tonight and we'll be the same thing on tuesday night. >> reporter: for her confidence has been key. >>> just whether you think you can or you can't ask right. so just the mental game is the most important to be confident. >> reporter: aly fib iing behind simone biles. the three time world champion dominated in every event. >>> she flies higher than anybody else in this competition. >>> congratulations on everything. how are you feeling? >>> i am feeling very i am confident and i think we're just ready to go out and compete in the finals alrea

you can also the women's gymnastics team final with aly raisman tonight during prime time as well as michael phelps and katie ledecky going for individual gold. that should be awesome. 7news is your home for the summer games. nancy chen is still in rio. she's bringing you the latest results from competitions. i can't wait to see her. >> sarah: still ahead on "today in new england," donald trump taking on the economy. his plan for changing the tax bracket and what his rival things. >> christa: this ipad taking a plunge. dolphins are so smart. >> chris: hey, get off the ipad. stop taking video of me. beach day today. temperatures close to 80 at the coastline. near 90 inland. no humidity today. two years ago, silvertech had 40 to 50 employees. now we have 60 to 70. we took a big hit in the recession, but we're back, strong. we had about 70 employees a few years ago, we have over a hundred today. chynoweth: businesses like mine mary collins: she's controlled spending and she's balanced the budget. narrator: and cnbc named new hampshire the most business-friendly state in the country. i'm

was also hurt, ali died on saturday. aleppo's children are in crisis. 75,000 living in a war zone, no running water, no schools. this is what play time looks like now, kids playing war. like 11-year-old mohammed, his father ali says his son has nightmares about air strikes. i hold him and kiss him and tell him it's okay, ali said, on saturday, the bombs fell on his home. mohammed was inside with his two sisters and little brother. four children gone in one night. i want our voices, not just my voice, but all of our voices to reach the entire world, ali says, i want the whole world to hear us. >> much more of these powerful stories on our new nbc news digital feature, "aleppo: children of war" on our website. >> still ahead tonight, one of the fastest growing scams in the nation. how thieves are using computer pop-ups to get you to walk into their traps. we tracked down one of the companies behind the rip off and demand answers. >>> and why did the price of a life saving device skyrocket 400%? congress wants an explanatio

we're giving more insight into aly raiseman's quest for perfection. she is sharing one of her preperformance rituals with us. 's like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you. your bronze. your silver. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've earned in life. liberty stands with you. ? with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. >> anchor: we are back in thelic zone getting more insight into how aly raisman prepares to compete. >> anchor: that's right. the night team's nanny chen live for news rio throughout the game. so far i'm curious what's going on with this story. nancy? >> reporter: you know when aly raisman competes she is on a quest for perfection of she doesn't want evening a single h

aly raisman and the entire final no other country even coming close. nancy chen was inside the arena for that whole competition. >> what a night for team usa. the u.s. women's gymnastics team defending their olympic title. lives there for the whole session and when team usa took gold, the energy was electrifying. [ applause ] >> reporter: needham native aly raisman once again girl. leading the u.s. women's gymnastics team to two consecutive titles. >> an olympic gold medal winning moment. >> i was there went team stepped off the podium. >> back-to-back olympic golds, how does it feel? >> it feels incredible. >> reporter: the girls finally were feeling the secret name they've given themselves after the big win. >> we are the final five! >> tell me about the final five. we kind of want to dedicate it to her and the next olympics there's only a four girl team so we're basically the final five left. >> reporter: the dedication bringing the national coordinator to tears. >> i've never sentiment and i heard the final five, that was the moment that i broke do

this reaction video of aly's exercise went video. >>> catch it! nice. >>> we found out after that nbc put us on like live tv before the second night and we're like oh my god. second video watching her compete, it is crazy because we didn't realize it. you didn't realize how crazy we were acting. >> reporter: four years later they are reality stars. >>> it's been a fun ride. >>> aly isn't superstitious but her family has rotating seating arrangements to keep the mo joe floating. >>> we are a little superstitious. >>> all to give her an extra boost to give her a second round of medals. >>> you need a little luck on work that she has put in will help her with her luck. >>> aly looks to her parents for grounding. >>> i rely on them and use them whenever i am having a rough day or whenever i am nervous. they know how much i care about it so they just want me to be happy with the end result.. >>> she usually always calls us before she goes. like if she is on an assignment she will call us and we say love you, have fun. you got it. it's very brief but th

a crowd of people showing their support for aly raisman at the rally for aly. doug: hear from the olympic champion coming up next. also, a local town in mourning. narrator: let's put this political promise to the test. ayotte: i've been an independent, strong voice for new hampshire. narrator: then why does kelly ayotte still support donald trump for president? independent minded republicans across america put principle ahead of party and said no to trump. but not kelly ayotte. she says she still supports trump. ayotte: an independent, strong voice... narrator: if she's so independent, why is she still disclaimer: independence usa pac is responsible for the content of antoinette: it's 6:53. stories we're following right now. friends and family are mourning the loss of a recent high school graduate in lunenberg. austin a.j. robbins killed in a crash on hollis road early saturday morning. the driver, 19-year-old joseph kapp, is now behind bars and he'll be arraigned tomorrow. doug: right now, police are investigating a crash that left a woman in the hospital. thi

>>> and there's something about simone, we're with simone biles and aly world. "nightly news" from rio begins right now. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news with lester holt" reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. >>> good evening from copacabana beach. now one week into the rio olympic games, several big headlines from here that we will of course get to. >>> but we start back home in the deep south where many areas are under states of emergency tonight. record flooding is mississippi, leaving communities cut off, pressing rescuers into action and plunging many into the dark and it comes as other parts of the country suffer in devastating heat. nbc's gabe gutierrez is watching it all for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight much of louisiana is under water. >> this is my neighborhood right now. water everywhere. in the houses. parish, dozens of stranded residents rescued after being trapped in their homes by the rising water, in some areas, more than a foot of rain fell in 24 hours, this school bus stuck in floodwaters, no children injured. in e

september raisman a note about how proud he was of aly as well. they were captivating last night. aly grabbed the silver she always wanted in the all around after just missing in london back in 2012. biles continued her stunning olympic run getting gold for the american 1-2 finish. leslie jones was in the crowd last night. the comedian slash superfan tweeted this picture with aly and simone after the stops after arriving in rio. michael phelps last night further cemetarying his place in olympic history. phelps and teammate ryan lochte hit the pool for the individual medley in what many thought would be the last dual between the two syming legends. on the "today" show this morning lochte talked about his rivalry with phelps and dropped a bomb about a possible 2020 return. >>> he brings the best out of me. hopefully i can say the same to him. you have created and that friendship it's, i am going to cherish it for the rest of my life. >>> do you want to look in the camera and say michael, i will see you in tokyo? >>> do you know what? i can definitel

right on her heels of course teammate aly raisman who told the silver. emotion pouring out of them both as routine. we will talk to simone, aly, the rest of the final into i have in just a moment. >>> look who else is here, ryan lo lochte, a second ago he was greeting fans on our deck then the skies opened up so he came inside. we will talk to him. he won gold earlier in the week in the 4 x 200 free style relay, even though he missed the podium in his final face youf against michael phelps this is one of the greatest swimmers in u.s. coming from new york. >> you have everybody on the show this morning. we will do politics from here. is donald trump facing a republican revolt this morning. there is word that some republicans want the party to direct resources to spend money on those down ballot races instead of on the presidential race which they fear may be lost already. and just this morning trump is trying to explain his repeated new attack on president obama and hillary clinton, he called them the founders of isis. little bit? we will get into the pol

she outranks aly raisman.can win finish one-two, and a few moments ago, we heard from simone biles. >> feeling like a whirlwind of emotions. excited, happy, proud, of both me and aly. we both went out there and did our jobs, so i couldn't ask for anything more. >> reporter: and still ahead, we will take you inside the usa house here in rio. have you heard about it? you have to take a look at it. it's where the u.s. athletes go, corporate sponsorship and something you want to lay your eyes on. and a former eagle was there today. >> and we're going to talk about the face of the eagles' future. talking about carson wentz. an inconsistent performance, including an interception, but the birds did win their first preseason game under doug peterson. and nbc 10 is your official eagles station. but we start with drew smith. and how fans are feeling. >> reporter: it was a scorcher down here at the link. that didn't stop fans from welcominged rookie carson wentz. fans were all smiles in south philadelphia, even when the

aly raisman springing to the podium, too. biles moments ago. >> we just kept telling each other to have fun, it's only one more routine. and i think that's what we did. >> reporter: in guanabara bay, belgian evi van acker, a sailing front-runner, has fallen behind after falling ill. her coach says she got an infection while training in the polluted waters last month. olympic officials home gold and won the hearts of millions with this special mother and son embrace. >> when you become a mom, there's no reason to give up your goals and your passions and your dreams. >> reporter: in the pool, the americans needed wonder woman to come to the rescue after falling behind in the 4x200 relay. >> australia, i believe, has the lead right now. >> reporter: the australians had a nearly one-second advantage, a lifetime in the pool before rocket into the water. >> and you can see it already as she's just swimming right there with her. >> reporter: surging through the pool, ledecky needed only 50 meters to catch the aussie. >> and ledecky

usa shining is right that includes aly raisman and michael phelps. both making their debuts. routine, flying off the vault as well. she had no problem getting the points needed to advance team usa and aly will be moving onto the all-around final later this week. michael phelps, bringing more success toll swimming superstore. taking home the gold for the men's free-style relay. an katie ledecky schattin shattering her own record. and tennis trouble for the williams sisters. out of the doubles tournament in the first round. we'll start now with gymnastics. coming into these games, there was a lot of hype surrounding the women's team and when they made it on the stage, they did not disappoint. >> that was the best that we've ever seen aly raisman do in competition. >> reporter: aly raisman and the start. >> is she better than 2012? >> i actually think she might be. >> reporter: her strong performance solidifying her place in the all-around final this week. i talked to her after she finished. >> congratulations. i'm so happy for you. >> thank you. >> reporter: how does it feel to

footsteps as homecoming for needham's own aly raisman. arrivingen a fire truck with thunderous applause. >> thank you so much for coming today. >> reporter: she grew up in needham class of 2012. today august 27th was declared aly raisman today for the town of needham. >> the beautiful rio 2016 olympics right there. >> reporter: ali won two silver medals and at the 2016 olympics this month. >> it doesn't feel like it's -- actually all happened because i spent so much time you know stressing about competing and then it actually kind of just all came together. >> reporter: during the rally, ali took questions from her fans. >> what is it like being one of the best gymnasts in the world? >> it's very, very incredible. very rewarding. but a lot of hard work. >> just to see her put herself to this level and go to at it again is unbelievable. i give her so many back she doesn't plan to spend a lot of time here in needham. to show off the medals to the country and then come back and spend some much-needed time with her family. >> it's just great

ali and her team mates are one of tonight's must-see events. it will be a final battle between phelpsed and ryan lochte in the individual around for phelps as he looks to advance in the men's butterfly and an event that he won four times straight at this . take a look at the med al count. the red, white and blue leading the way. 33 medals including 12 gold and 11 viral. china has been study in the two spot. 25 total medals and japan has 18 medals. see if phelps the final rife and rest of our u.s. athletes can keep the medals coming beginning at 8:00 right here on reporting lye in the newsroom, joe amorosino, 7 news. >> adam: still a lot more to come in the olympic zone. >> kim: she is being called the best gymnast in the world. at 5:30 simon biles proving she is the one to watch. we're also watching ali riseman but we'll talk about how the gold medalist is going for another gold. coming up at 6:00 before she left for rio kayla harrison did talk about her days rhonda rawsy and how she pushed her to be bert. tonight at 11:00, more on the local gy