more on eaton's quest for back to back gold medals in rio. >> gold medalist and olympic champion ashton eaton. >> reporter: that feeling of being on top of the podium isn't the only thing that motivates eaton. >> i'm driven of my curiosity of how good can i be. i still feel i could do better than i have. it's the aim to reach that point where you know what i don't think i can run faster than that. >> reporter: maybe eaton will break the barrier in rio. eaton hopes to inspire those watching. >> i want them to feel like they're witnessing the result of what happens when somebody commits their life to something. 's display. the outcome of what humans can do when they commit to fully do something. >> reporter: the eaton family ranked in hardware in rio. his wife took home a bronze for canada in the women's hep tath lon. nancy chen 7 news. >> reporter: sarah true missed the podium in the women's triathalon by 10 seconds. that near miss made the hampshire medalist realize medaling in rio was a real possibility. here's more in tonight's fast 5. >> game of thrones. we always have eggs and apples and

tried to get his dad to make a deal that if he wins in rio his dad would like father. >> reporter: ashton eaton of the united states are a track and field power couple. ashton in the decathlon. brianne in. hep tath lon. with events to prepare for. packing and traveling to the games from portland, oregon was a challenge. alex flanig an has their story. >> the olympic zone brought to you by united. one journey 2 teams. united for over 35 years. >> reporter: most olympians would be happy to compete in one event. for canadian hept athlete it's 7. her husband 2012 decathlon gold medal ashton eaton of the u.s. 10. it's hard to pack for a vacation. imagine packing for 3 weeks and enough snacks to see you through 17 events. the food we're taking. serial, soup, beef jerky, granola. >> reporter: and clothes. each claim a floor of their house for gear. >> we have a bag full of shoes. a bag full of training clothes and regular clothes. for the olympics specifically we have one massive bag that weighs close to 100 pounds. >> reporter: then it's off to the airport for the first getting the pole into the airp

champion, ashton eaton. >> reporter: that feeling of being on top the podium isn't the only thing that motivates eaton. >> i'm driven like by my own curiosity of how good can i be, i wonder. i know when i run or jump or throw, what i've done so far, i feel like i can still do better than i have. it's always that aim to try to reach that point where i think, you know, what i don't think i can rung any faster thank that. i think that was it. so haven't reached it yet. >> reporter: maybe eat tonk will break the barrier in rio b beyond the world record eaton hopes to inspear those watching. >> i want them to feel like they're witnessing the results of what happens when somebody commits their entire life to something. because essentially that's what i've done. that's what i'm putting on display, the outcome of what humans can do when they commit fully to something. >> the eaton family is here in rio. his wife already took home a tedhalon. . >>> coming up at 6:00, we're taking a leap of faith with nancy chen. she tries out the olympic sport of trampoline and we'll see how she stacks up tonig

all right, you mentioned that gold for ashton eaton in the decathlon. the world's greatest athlete is on with us at copacabana beach. how does it feel, babe? waid wait, should we just say the world's greatest athlete times two? how does it feel the second time around? >> i'm a little bit more sore now. but it feels good. >> you know, this is one of these things that goes over two days. how were you feeling going into the second day? did you think you could hold the lead? >> you know what, i have to admit there were some times when i was a little bit doubtful, and it was a good thing because there's these young kids coming up really pushing me, and that challenge, though, is what i thrive on and i rose to the challenge, and i'm glad i did. >> well, on thursday, during the pole vault, you had that amazing pass, right? 5.2 meters. the emotion you showed after that kind of said it all. >> yeah. >> at that point, i was thinking, i'm not quite sure if this is in the bag. and i think at that moment, i knew that all my training, not just for the last four years

ashton eaton winning gold in the decathlon to retain title of the world's greatest athlete. book once again. >>> and vandals not victims. overnight two of the u.s. swimmers involved in the gas station incident with ryan lochte leave rio after surveillance video proves they weren't robbed. third swimmer agreeing to donate $11,000 to get passport back and u.s. officials issue an apology for their behavior today. >> now all by himself, comes to the home straight away. first ever olympic gold medal for a women's wrestler in u.s. history. >> now he's really working. >> and good in split edition of today during the summer olympics. i'm matt lauer on copa cabana beach. take a look down from the chopper above. some of our athletes from team usa spelling it out for us here on the beach. and including or included in that group, seven medal winners total to 100 medals, including ashton eaton, the world's greatest athlete times two. winning the decathlon yesterday. >> by the way, that's a beautiful sight. very nice. >> don't get me wrong. i'm looking forward to going home, but i'm going

champion ashton eaton. that feeling of being on top of the podium isn't the only thing that motivates eaton. >> i'm driven by my own curiosity how could i could be. what i've done so far i feel like i can do better than i have. it's the aim to try to reach that point where i think you know what i don't think i can run faster than that. i think that was it. have i haven't reached it in rio. eaton hopes to inspire those watching. i want them to feel like they are witnessing the results of what happens when somebody commits their entire life to something. because that's essentially what eye done. that's what i am putting on display in the outcome of what humans can do when they commit to fully to something. >> the eaton family has raked in hardware in rio. bronze for canada in women's. >> that's quite the time. those two will raise some olympic champion for sure. coming up next. patriot's preseason game number 2 tonight is jmy garoppolo ready to go. will donald trump staff help him ing new. >>> are red sox win

ashton eaton reclaiming olympic glory. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> andy: good friday morning, everybody. we made it. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah french. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. let's get a check of your friday forecast heading into the weekend. chris, you have that duty for us, right? >> chris: fortunately i don't have to talk about any inclement weather over the weekend. once we get into sunday night and monday, we'll have some rain on our hands. mid-60s in the suburbs. 75 in the city of boston. comfortable start to this friday morning. we have very quiet conditions across much of new england, and you can see that extending back into new york, down into pennsylvania. so not much will change here over the next few days. sea breezes kicking in this afternoon. so we'll warm into the middle to upper 80s inland, close to 80 degrees along the coastline. if you do have the day out to the beach, weather working out just fine for that. a comfortable amount of humidity, as well. we're not talking about dew points in the 70s. they'll fluctuate between the uppe

ashton eaton takes home gold in the decathlon, retaining his title as the world's athlete. and jamaica's usain bolt does it again. dashing to gold in the 200-meter race. his second three-peat of the game. and model behavior. >> wow. >> you look good. >> al and i shop until we drop with super models as we try on some of brazil's hottest trends. >> you forgot to try these. >>> approaching the finish line. >> a gold medal in the final olympic race of his career. >> from the medals and milestones to the surprises and sights on our final morning in rio we'll look back at the highlights and fun we've had "today," friday, august 19th, 2016. dads back in philly. let's go, team usa! >> gold in brazil! >> shoutout to columbia, south carolina. i'm on "today" in rio. >> we miss you, savannah! >> wow. >> all right. welcome back, everyone, to our final special split edition of "today" from rio and from new york. we're just hanging out with the people on copacabana beach. >> we need to vote on matt's shirt. this is debatable. a thumbs up for matt's shirt, let's hear an applause. thumbs do

you mentioned that gold for ashton eaton in the decathlon. the world's greatest athlete is on with us at copacabana beach. can we just say the world's greatest athlete times two. how does it feel the second time around? >> i'm a little bit more sore now. it feels good. >> this is one of these things that goes over two days. you're known for building up the lead. how were you feeling going into lead? >> i have to admit there were times when i was doubtful. it was a good thing because there's these young kids coming up really pushing me. that challenge is what i thrive on. i rose to the challenge. i'm glad i did. >> on thursday during pole vault you had that amazing pouch. i'm not sure if this is in the bag. i think at that moment i knew that all my training not just for the last four years but really my whole life, physical and mental, led up to that point. >> all comes down to the 1,500 meter. how much pressure were you feeling standing at the beginning of that race? >> you know what? normally i'm very nervous. i feel a lot of pressure. i'm w

ashton eaton talks about what inspired him to break his own record. >>> we're following breaking news right now, a messy seen in the town of harvard causing job delays right now. by looks of it, it will probably take a long time to clean that all up. is. >> authorities say the rampt will be closed here's video of the real mess out there. the truck was in an accident causing it to dump debris all over the road. this is the ramp off of route 2 westbound at exit 38b in the town of harvard. the debris is causing serious back-ups on the highway. traffic is slowed and stopped in a lot of places. crews working to clear up the debris and using shovels and rakes doing it the old fashion way. we'll bring you updates throughout the evening.

. >>> ashton eaton winning gold in the decathlon to retain his title as the world's greatest athlete and jamaica's usain bolt dashes into the record books once again. and vandals not victims. overnight two of the u.s. swimmers involved in that gas station incident with ryan lochte leave rio after surveillance video proves they weren't robbed. a swimmer agreeing to donate $11,000 to get his passport back and u.s. officials issue an apology for their behavior today, friday, august 19th, 2016. >> now by himself as he comes into the home straightaway. >> the first ever olympic gold medal for a woman's wrestler in u.s. history. >> bolt comes off with a lead and now he's really working. >> announcer: from nbc news this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to our last special split edition of "today" during the summer olympics. i'm matt lauer along with hoda kotb on copacabana beach. savannah is back in new york city. take a look down from th

clement grabbed gold in the 400 meter record holding ashton eaton. that's the second track gold the u.s. has earned so far in rio. allison felix running as she gets the exchange zone she trips up and drops the baton. as felix approaches teammate the brazilian runner in the lane next to her makes contact with felix. felix urged her teammate to keep after the race she explained what happened. >> i have to go back. i felt contacted. it tripped me up. >> where was the contact. >> just from a lane next to me right here. this is what i felt. it knocked me off. i was tripping. but i don't know i was trying to feel good at all. but i couldn't. >> one more look -- >> reporter: the protest was successful and the relay team will run unopposed tonit time to move on. they finished off with the best over all time. gay was part of the team that got it's 2012 silver medal stripped because of doping violations. the finals in the mens relay are tomorrow night. jessica parado goes for gold in the womens 10 meter platform final. bolt will be back on the track and ashton

in the, the world's fastest man usain bolt will be back on the track in the men's 20 meter and ashton eaton tries to become the othlon title, 95 medals in all including 32 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze. tune in right here on nbc to see if team u sr. a can add -- system -- team usa can add to that. reporting live in 9 newsroom news. >> adam: there is much more from the olympic zone. >> jadiann: coming up on 7 news at 6:00 we're taking a dive into the pool and by we i mean nancy chen. she is showing you when it takes to become a synchronized swimmer? >> will tom brady return to the field tonight? the patriot preparing to take on the chicago bears in >> adam: back in the olympic zone and today nance i chen is making a splash in the pool with her turn as a synchronized swimmer. this will be good, right. the women's only sport has been part of the olympics since 1984. >> jadiann: it has been dubbed aquatic ballet. >> reporter: big stars in the pool have included mikey all to music all while swimming. i'm talking about synchronized swimming and i got a chance to try it out. ester williams but the

his first ever gold medal getting congratulated by ashton eaton. that is the second track gold for the u.s. so far this rio. a place in the finals secured for jessica per atta, she, the diver placed second in the semis of the 10 meter platform. she will move on to compete against the top 12 divers overall with a chance of gold. you can see that in primetime tonight. plenty of must said, perata will go for gold. the world's farcest man bolt back on the track for the men's 200 meter final and ashton eaton looks to make history as he tries to become the third man ever to win back to backolympic deckathlon titles. the u.s. creeping up close to 100 with 94 meldals in china is next. rounding out the two three is great britain with 55 medals overall. tune in tonight right here on 7 nbc to see if the united states can add to that total. then stick around for 7 news. we'll have a recap of all the action and live reports from 7's nancy chen. joe amorosino, 7 news. >> adam: still a lot to come here in the olympic zone including finding gold for this particula

ashton eaton with his second consecutive gold in the dec@dhlon.onsidered the world's greatest athlete. that's a ten sport discipline. dalilah muhammad. and we took one, two in the shot put. an historic moment for wrestler hel helen margolis. just a great day for team usa. she took a medal in freestyle wrestling. they want to add more. look for men's basketball, women's basketball, the 4x100 relay. that team allowed to run a rerun because of interference in their qualifier. they'll be in the finals tonight. that's the latest live here in rio. much more a bit later. >> all right, jay, thanks so much. talk to you soon. >>> eight minutes before 6:00. statue controversy. take a look at these figures of donald trump. we'll tell you all about them and the artist who created them. ♪ there's a moment... when you push... past walls... and limits. panting... sweating... smiling. and you realize... you've just pushed past... what you ever thought possible. independence blue cross. live fearless. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you watching

increased daily suspensions by an american has held onto the title of the world's greatest athlete. >> ashton eaton. he's the first repeat winner of the decathalon in 32 years. thompson pulled off the feat in 1980 and 1984. eaton's win means he and his wife are now both bringing home medals from rio. she took the bronze in the heptathlon competing for canada. >>> americans wen men's shot put. ryan crouser took the gold. joe kovatz took the silver. >>> and jamaica's usain bolt is hinting that this olympics may be his last. if it is, he's going out in style. he's again pulled off the olympic double winning the 200 meters with his gold in the 100. he's now the second all-time track and field medals with eight. and bolt can tie the record tonight in the 4 by 100 meter relay. he says to do it back to back is difficult, so to do it three times is just impossible, but yet he was able to achieve that sort of success. >> he seems to manage the impossible all the time and makes it look easy. >> with a smile. >> that's the part that gets me. if i'm running a quarter mile, i'm not smiling. >> and the united st

the world's greatest athlete. >> nancy: ashton eaton winning a gold for team u.s.a. after a grueling two days of competition events. the 28-year-old goes down in history as the third man ever to win back-to-back olympic decathlons. he held the lead throughout much of the competition, wrapping up a total of 8,893 points, tying the olympic record. >> it's for my coach, my family, my support staff. it was a lot of time,en joy, but it's worth it. >> nancy: and usain bolt races again tonight in the 4x100m relay. he's going to be going for his third gold of these games. now to a mistake on the track that almost took four members of team u.s.a. out of medal contention. the women's 4x100m relay team botching a baton handoff, finishing last in their heat. but the team successfully protested, saying another runner had made contact with sprinter allyson felix during that transfer, so they were then given another chance and put up the fastest time of the day by any country advancing to the >> no doubt it's a test, but i have an amazing team. these ladies have lived me. they enco

. >> acht >> ashton eaton. a eaton's win means he and his wife are now both bringing home medals from rio. she competed for canada. >> americans went one, two ryan crouser took the gold. and joe co-vats took the silver. >>> and bolt is hinting this olympics may be his last. if it is, he's going out in style. he has pulled off the olympics double winning the 200 meters with his gold in the 100. person in the men's olympics track and field medalsing with eight. and bolt can tie the record tonight in the 4 by 100 meter relay. he says to do it back to back is difficult, so to do it three times is just impossible, but yet he was able to achieve that sort of success. >> he seems to manage the impossible all the time and makes it look easy. >> with a smile. >> that's the part that gets me. if i'm running a quarter mile, i'm not smiling. >> and the uni history on the mat, the first american woman to win gold in wrestling. she beat japan to take the 53 kilogram free style division. >> and the americans now have an even

american ashton eaton takes the honory title of world's greatest athlete winning the decathlon for the second straight olympics. he t final event--the 15-hundred meter. hes the first repeat decathlon champion since 1952! and now for the latest medal count. as of this morning, the united states is now up to 100 medals, with 35 golds. china remains in second with 58 medals. great britain still in third, and russia holding on to fourth. and seven is on your side all throughout the 2016 olympics. just text the word "rio" to 4-3-8-1-7 to sign up for text alerts about your favorite sports and athletes, as well as the latest medal counts. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen day 10 of our heat wave, but we're nearing the home stretch! by early next week, a refreshing airmass moves in and we'll finally get a break from the heat and humidity. until then, highs will top out in the low 90s today. it will also feel a bit better with slightly lower humidity. the humidity builds this weekend. highs remain around 90 degrees. storm chances are most likely sunday afternoon. some of the storms may be

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back to track and field and ashton eaton of the u.s. taking gold in the final event of the men's decathlon. the 1,500 meters. done in 1952. eaton takes the honorary title of world's greatest athlete. and more gold for the united states in the women's 400 meter hurdle. delilah muhammad dashes to victory, the first american woman to win gold in the event. ashley spencer barrels her way to bronze. usain bolt proved again he's the world's fastest man. he ran to gold in the men's 200-meter with an easy his third straight olympic medal in the 200. he's running in pursuit of a third straight triple. he just needs gold in tonight's 4x100 relay. >> that's probably just a thing that's already written. usain bolt will probably win that one. >> inevitable it seems. we've jinxed peoples like that before, not we, but announcers. forecaster victory prematurely. >> he's one for the history books, usain bolt. he's probably the biggest star in jamaica. he's the highest paid athlete around the world. and when you see the difference between him and the othe

ashton eaton in the decathlon. and women's indoor volleyball, u.s. versus serbia for a trip to the gold medal games. when we were back in jamaica, bolt told me at the end of the games which he said will be the last he wanted headlines around the world to read immortal. back to you. >> sounds about right. peter, thanks so much. >> let us go back to new york. savannah has the rest of the top stories of the morning. savannah? >> good morning again. we'll start with this devastating wildfire burning out of control in southern california. officials still can't say how many homes have been destroyed by the blue cut fire in san bernardino county but they warn that the number will be large. firefighters are being hampered by the dry rug gusting winds there. >>> homeland security secretary jeh johnson will tour louisiana today after a week of flooding that killed 13 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes. officials fear the state could face its worst housing crisis since hurricane katrina 11 years ago. fema says it's looking into lining up rental prope

i'm on the right track. >> ashton eaton does have the big lead now. >> nancy: ashton eaton finishing the first day of the dekhat lon on top. the 28-year-old is hope to become the third man to ever win back-to-back olympic decathlon titles. with five events down, he still has five to go. he ended yesterday on a high note with his strongest event. the 400m dash. >> of course i'm trying to win. yoow at the end, i'll try to go for it. but right now it's about getting the w. >> nancy: eaton will be back on the track today to compete the remaining five events. and tonight usain bolt will be going for his second gold of these games. now turning to beach volleyball. a win there last night. kerri walsh jennings and april ross coming back from a devastating loss two nights ago to win the bronze in beach volleyball. the team rallying after losing the first set to take down brazil. both athletes adding to their collection of olympic medals. and ross' second. >> this tournament has been so magical until last night. then we made it magical again. tonight did not start magical, but we stuck togethe

ashton eaton defended his decathlon title. the first to do so since 1984.core of 8,943 equalled the olympic record set in 2004. over at the basketball arenaren the women advanced over france. they will face spain on saturday and the men take on spain in the semifinal later today. no pressure, boys. earlier, we witnessed a strange scene. the u.s. women's 4x100-meter relay team competing by themselves in a time trial to qualify for the final on friday. this was after allyson felix was knocked by the brazilian runner who veered into her lane. they appealed and were able to compete and qualified faster than the brazilians. >> thank you, christina. >>> let's get an early start on your money. stock market has a chance to end the week at record highs. stock markets in europe are down. asia closed higher for the week. oil nearing $50 a barrel. when life is exciting, song writers thrive. these days, dolly parton is thriving writing about the crazy stuff. she releases her 43rd studio album. to politics to the bathroom bills and equal pay. th she is inspired to write

ashton eaton wins his second straight decathlon goals, the lipid highlights for you.an lochte is indicted in brazil, the limbic committee apologizes for a tale told by the american swimmers who they say were the ones who committed the crime, we have details there. you are watching "fbn a.m.," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. nicole: it is friday, 5:405 am in new york. two us olympic swimmers head home from rio. the limbic committee was forced to apologize to brazil, authorities released a new video that proves the swimmers's robbery claims were a lie. ryan lochte has been indicted for filing a false police report and his home in the united states. are you ready for a kinder gentler donald trump to give the republican nominee says he is sorry for things he may have said that may have hurt feelings. he goes to louisiana today to look at the devastation of the flood there. hillary clinton taking the day off. if hillary clinton is elected, it will not accept foreign or corporate donations. they are criticized for connections to wealthy international f

track and field team having one heck of a week starting with the world's best athlete ashton eaton. now won two golds in a row. >> yeah. how crazy is this. 10 disciplines part of the event. he's won this twice in a row, gold medals. he's the greatest athlete in the world. it's hard to argue. he's the cream of the crop here. he was far and away ahead in this event. it was g mohammad takes gold in the 400-meters. no american woman had done that. so that's a first. joe stands next on the podium with the silver. good show for team u.s.a. >> no doubt. we love seeing that. the fastest man on the planet, usain bolt did it again winning the 2000-meter. happen -- so happy. what happened? >> reporter: this guy is unbelievable. he went in saying i want to win this but set a new world record. didn't happen. we all get one more chance to see him in the 4 by 100 looking for his third gold medal i. may be the last time we see bolt running in the olympics. during these olympics matt and tram, we tried to bring an inside look, show you at athletes, a real taste of rio. i've come to embrace and enjoy

it will come down close with usa's ashton eaton to become the first to defend his decathlon medal. eaton put in a fine performance in the 400 expanding his lead at 121 points in the midway stage. he has five events this thursday. i don't know why anyone wants to do the decathlon. it sounds exhausting. >> we hope to see kerri for a long time. 40 is the new 30. >> decathlon. >>> it is not all fun and games in rio. we have been reporting two members of the u.s. swim team taken off their flight by police. what's next for them? "early start" continues after the break. >>> a stunning controversy at the rio games. two american swimmers taken off a plane and not allowed to leave brazil days after they claimed they were held up at gunpoint. why their story is now in doubt and what's in store for the americans? >>> the latest reboot of donald trump's campaign is off and running. what is his new campaign manager saying and will we see big changes on the trail for the republican nominee? >>> welcome back. good morning. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm george howell. 31 minut

ashton eaton also big yesterday.ning the decharacter -- decathlon for the second straight olympics. he's considered the best athlete in the world that ten-event venue there. muhammad taking gold in the 400 meter hurdle. then you've got ryan crouser and joe kovacs going 1, 2 in the shot put. crouser setting a new olympic record to take his throw. today, we'll siemen's basketball. a u.s. match-up. they got a rerun in the women's relay. away from the games and four american swimmers. we learned early this morning that jimmy feegen who is still here in rio will make a donation of about $10,000. he will get his passport back and be allowed to leave the country. he will do that on friday we're told. a little controversy away from the games. a big medal haul for team usa as we begin to wrap up the olympics here in rio. >> coming up right after news 4 today, all the new champions will be on the "today" show showing off their gold medal. >>> wendy rieger is in rio. she caught up with gold medal winner helen maroulis. >> so ex

the decathlon, ashton eaton, amazing 10 times over. once again made a case for walls greatest athletes. the portland native is just the third man is history to repeat as olympic decathlon champion. finally, just another day at the office for the us women's basketball team. they took apart 86-67 in the semi final to move on to the gold-medal game. team america led by 21 after the third order and did not let up. they will face spain on saturday. the men's team will face spain and tomorrow's semi final. >>> are problems with poor air quality will continue through friday. >> brittany ship is here to explain what you can do about it. >> the people that need to be concerned are those that suffer from respiratory illnesses, heart conditions, asthma you should exercise inside tomorrow versus outside. everyone can pitch in and help the air quality is if you carpool and maybe run all your errands as we get into the weekend. the help the ozone layer is due to the smoke from the fires heading to the north. areas of smoke possible for san jose tomo

called the most athletic man in the world, american ashton eaton leading the decathlon after five events. >> from the start ashton was not going to lose this race. >> going for back-to-back olympic gold in the competition. >> you really just have to be smooth, treat each attempt like with 90% effort in a way. >> finally the brazilian men celebrating a sweet soccer semifinal win. the host nation scoring the fastest goal in olympic history, just 15 seconds into the game. in the end, your final brazil trouncing honduras 6-0. now heading to the gold medal match against germany. >> that soccer player is a huge star in this country. let's look at the medal count right now. americans china, great britain and russia. 25 more golds up for grabs today, includes the men's 200 meter. as we told you ashton eaton decathlon, men's beach volleyball final and women's indoor volleyball u.s. versus serbia for a trip to the gold medal game. when we were back in jamaica, bolt told me at the he said of these games, which he repeatedly said were the last, that he wanted the headlines to read around the world i

ashton eaton won the gold medal in the unofficial world's greatest athlete competition. the decathlon. the win makes it two straight for eaton. no surprise in the men's 200 meter final. usain bolt took off in a flash and never looked back. bolt scored his third straight gold medal. he said this will be his last a near disaster for the women's 4x100 meter women relay team. allyson felix was bumped. the u.s. won its protest and re-ran the race on an empty track and logging the day's fastest time and putting them through to tonight's final. >>> the u.s. has hit the 100 medal mark with 35 gold and 33 silver and 32 bronze. >>> still to come on the "cbs morning news." the u.s. moves away from private prisons for federal inmates. and donald trump exposed? naked statues of the presidential candidate pop up across the country. this is the "cbs morning news." . it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. fact. people spend less time lying awake with aches and pains with advil pm er with the number one sleep aid. gentle,

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american ashton eaton ran faster, jumped higher and threw farther than his decathlon rivals to become one of the few men in olympic history to and another gold to team u-s-a's medal count...thanks to men's shot putter... ryan crouser he broke an olympic record throwing.... 22 point 52 meters.... 10th-best all- time... 6th best ever for an american. coming up on live at daybreak; why twitter suspended the accounts of 235-thousand users. and - a new website claims to 7.the two new changes that may be in store for apple customers.more live at daybreak-- on today's tmj4 is [ bell rings ] oh, hey, jamie, can you hang back a sec? ?? you wanna tell me about the boy in this painting? i dunno...maybe nobody understands him. well, if he were here, i'd say that being different is what makes him special. just like our discounts -- each one is unique, but together, they help save our customers a lot of money. okay. pop quiz, who's my favorite student? gwen? yeah! it's gwen. twitter is ramping up its war on terror.the social media company announced it has suspended 235-thousand accounts in the past

american "ashton eaton" just earned the title, "world's greatest athlete." that's because he won the mens decathlon. and he's now won the title... ?two olympics in a row. only two other olympians have ever done that. eaton held off in the final event thursday... the 15 hundred meter. and eaton had a lot to celebrate with his wife... "brianne thiesen-eaton." she won ?bronze in the heptahlon last week.. for team canada. and now, to the baseball diamond. but not the major leagues... ?little league. kicked off yesterday in williamsport, pennyslvania. and one of the teams... is from my home town! "warwick north" represented the new england region in the first day of competition thursday. they were taking on a team from new york, representing the mid-atlantic. and warwick got beat... by the other pitcher. and not just from pitching. new york's "ryan harlost" pitched five shutout innings... and also hit a three run homer in the first inning! oh and he inning. warwick loses the game, 7 -2. this is a double elimination tournament, so warwick plays again tomorrow afte

ashton eaton aims to defend his title as the world's greatest athlete.plus women's diving and volleyball.the u-s lost in the semifinal match to serbia earlier today so they'll play for the bronze medal saturday. you can catch men's beach volleyball tonight as well. a look at the medal count... the u-s continues to dominate china edges past great britain with 57 medals.russia has 42 medals.and japan back in the top five with 36. east troy native annie haeger and partner briana provancha miss out on a medal.they come in seventh... great britain wins the gold.that's your olympic update.we'll be right ?? ?? one soon-to-be-legendary winner will have the chance to lead their pack to green bay... ...with wisconsin lottery packers scratch games. instant cash prizes and a bonus drawing... ...for you and 24 friends, plus transportation. packers scratch games. be a legend. tonight's "badger five" jackpot is 40-thousand-dollars. the n-b-c nightly news is ? ? ? isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a ch

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why aren't people for ashton eaton? forget about this and go for this guy. >> yeah. 's a great question. jenner when he won in '76, the decathlon was looked at a little bit differently, liz, than it is today. what eaton has done is tremendous. he's certainly going to cash in to some degree. when i say some degree, we're talking about maybe a couple million a year for the next few years. it's not going to be the same take that the other athletes, certainly simone biles, i would expect her to do much better than eaton. liz: yeah, i think they're given a very tiny window due to the u.s. olympic committee. they pose such ridiculous onerous limits on when they can capitalize, and i don't think it's fair for these young athletes who are in debt many of the times to just be able to reach for their medals and represent the united states. pat, it's good to see you. thank you very much. >> thank you, liz. liz: saying lochte is done. calling it one of the most important spacewalks in human history. why today's work on the international space station could open up a new galaxy to