copacabana beach. sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. take a look at that. copacabana is beautiful on a perfect day and by the way, let's get something straight off the bat. in the united states, some people say rio de janeiro. here they call it rio de janeiro. tomato, tomato. it's freaking beautiful. >> you win the battle of backdrops this morning. college portuguese. we'll catch with you in a moment. looking forward to your tour of the venues and your live interview with the mayor. >>> the dust up between donald trump and the parents of a muslim american soldier killed in the iraq war. hallie jackson joins us with more. his running mate praised humayun khan for his service but trump is questioning why his parents have a right to criticize him. this controversy pitting the gop nominee against gold star parents going nowhere and now putting some republicans in the uncomfortable position again of supporting their candidate but not some of what he's saying. new fallout for donald trump as he questions why he's not allowed to respond to the khans, the parents of

we will get the latest from our correspondents on copacabana beach. the governor of the bank of england says he will take whatever action is necessary to prop up the sagging british economy. the first step, cut the benchmark interest rate to the lowest level in its 300 year history. and a german winemaking region crowns its new queen, a refugee from syria becomes the local goodwill ambassador. i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. one day to go until the biggest event in the world of sports, the olympic games in rio de janeiro. the excitement is mounting but the russian doping scandal just won't go away. now the president of the ioc says a final ruling will be announced soon on how many russian athletes will be allowed to compete. meanwhile some sporting fans have already been enjoying olympic competition. >> the olympic party has started early. the first competition kicked off on wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony. a good start after so much uncertainty about the venues being ready in time. >> it's great to see all the changes a

another great crowd on copacabana beach. beach volleyball in the background. another sunny, beautiful morning. >> what happened to your sweater? >> that sweater seemed like a good idea at 6:30 in the morning. not a good idea when the sun came out. >> what is the temp? >> about 80 degrees. it's gone up. showers tomorrow. >> by the way, here in rio, perfect sleeping weather. at night if you open the window, you get the nice sound of b about 65 degrees. meanwhile, we're still in the opening days of these olympic games. so far the aquatic stadium proving to be a very cool place for team usa. let's head over to nbc's peter alexander at olympic park. he's got more on the competition. peter? >> reporter: good morning to you. already a warm one here at olympic park and things are certainly going to get heated at the pool this evening. after a night showcasing the formation of at least one fierce for the culmination of another. on day three of these olympic games, poetry in motion. ryan murphy clinching gold. the sixth straight time an american has won this event. with

beach. we have copacabana. we have nice people. >> we have the band perry behind the official song of team usa. it's a great it's called "live forever." they're going to perform that right here for us live. >> and we have another star with us. camile alves. >> i miss that brazilian trouble a baseball fan got into going for a foul ball holding a plate of nachos. >> savannah, thanks. let's get into the morning's big olympic headlines. nbc's peter alexander is up at olympic park with everything. peter, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you, phelps, lochte, ledecky all in action tonight. katie ledecky has more gold than most armstrong setting records as the oldest female cyclist and the only one to win the event three times in a row. the closer golden girl katie ledecky getting it done again. an incredible come from behind win anchoring the 4x200 freestyle relay. ledecky has her third gold of these rio games. >> reporter: on the men's side, teammates who are also rivals. michael phelps and ryan locht

the brazilian navy patrolling just off the coast here at copacabana beach. e's a strong military and security presence. just to give you the lay of the land here. we're at the beach that moves right into copacabana. this entire stretch is copacabana beach. beach volleyball venue about a quarter mile straight down the beach behind me. tough for you to see. beyond the buildings in the distance, that's where you find another beach. take a look. taking selfies. hoda is out there because she saw that brazilian navy ship. she's yelling, sailors, and they kept going. >> my goodness. already making friends i see. all right. >> now you know what i'm in for for the next couple weeks. >> we'll check back in with you guys in just a moment. let's look at the headlines today. a new poll in the presidential race shows a post-convention bounce for hillary clinton and now leads 46% to 39%. that's a nationwide poll. last week that same poll showed the race tied following the republican convention. >>> at least two deaths are being blamed on devastating flash flooding in ellico

copacabana beach pair perfectly with an authentic brazilian meal. kiosks, like this one, offer an affordable lunch with a relaxing atmosphere. (( sound of coconut)) the perfect refreshment on a hot day.... coconut water, served straight from the coconut. 14;58 monica olivera, mexico city "it's very fresh here in rio you generally have a lot of sun and it's printed in portuguese...so pictures can help you place an order. ((aaron shrugs shoulders)) 07;02 chrissie baumann, west chester, pennsylvania "the food has been incredible." 06;18 anupam dutta, new york city "i have heard the fried shrimp on all these beach bars are to die for." shrimp it is! the food is prepared in an underground kitchen. ((food served)) 13;07 jasmine brooks "this is living the life. thank you so much. coconut water and a delicious animal cruelty case involving wild mustangs. ((mmm)) >> plus...dangerous ..., nuclear material...stolen from a northwest home. the frantic search to find the hanzardous material. . ((brian loftus)) >> and... the blue cut fire isn't slowing down. how m

welcome to the famous copacabana beach in rio de janeiro, a suburb about one hour bus ride from the main olympic park. >> one of the most iconic beaches in the world. 2.5 miles of sandy beautiful landscape. what is going on here. so, this spot in the morning is like work out heaven. >> we saw people first thing in the morning playing beach volleyball, there is little workout tents, you can do workouts. a lot of joggers. one thing that was interesting, people jogged in flip-flops. >> everyone does everything in their flip-flops. surfing section, we have seen surfers enjoying the waves already today. >> there are about 160,000 people who live in this area of rio on copacabana, 25% are retired, it is becoming a bit of a retirement community, during the olympics there has been a big boost in sales around the beach. >> you can hear the helier part of the coverage you get to enjoy at home. they have aerial cameras going over the beach volleyball venue, there is a match going on right now. >> a great venue, everyone is talking about it. the design built out of a company from denver called p

at the olympic village and also on copacabana beach. everyone trying to get the perfect picture with it as a memory. i do want to tell you about security. of course, security is so important. in terms of the personnel, authorities are ramping up security around rio, with about 85,000 security officers deployed around the city. barricades now line the streets along copacabana beach. the olympic flame, you always love to see it being carried, it continued its journey through rio today. brazilian surfer rico sousa surfs off the rio coast carrying the torch. it will plas through le bland, ipanima and copacabana today. the opening ceremony takes place tomorrow night. we're getting our first look at the rio olympic medals. the medals were created with sustainability in mind. the gold medal was made from gold, extracted without the use of mercury. and the silver and bronze medals were produced using 30% recycled materials. if you can't wait until the opening ceremony, we have a full night of olympic coverage ahead on nbc 10. we want to tell yo

look what's happened here on copacabana beach. first week we're at the olympics to get a few people here. mostly looking for doughnuts. and now this second week starts and look what we'at >> can we show the crazy crowd? >> let's take a walk. >> uncle sam is here. >> why are they here? this looks like the waiting room at the olympic cupping therapy room. greatest swimmers in the world here meeting with some of their fans and our fans and we can't thank you guys enough. we'll talk to all of them again in just a couple minutes. >> talk about heavy medal. let's go back to savannah patiently waiting back in new york city. savannah, this is an impressive sight. >> i'm glad they have that upper body strength to carry their medals around their next. we'll tell you about a new report that claims donald trump's campaign manager got multimillion dollar cash payments from pro-russian forces. we'll tell you what the trump campaign has to say about that this morning. back t >> i think we just reminded the swimmers here there's an election going

. >>> 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 ravaging parts of louisiana and 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. 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. insane. >> reporter: 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 east baton rouge, a 68-year-old man was kill when he fell into a ditch. several swollen rivers now at our near record levels in a region just recovering from recor

that's studio 1a rio style here on copacabana beach home of the 2016 summer games. >> that's really cool. >> that was beautiful by the >> we're getting ready for a live concert from the band perry here on that beach in just a couple of minutes. >> love them. they are right over there in the orange room hanging out. excited for that. >> we have a lot to get to in this half hour. let's go right to your olympic headlines. another night, another gold for katie ledecky in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. she was swimming last. she entered the pool in second place. guess what. she touched the wall nearly two seconds ahead of the competition. she's unreal. as for the men, michael phelps and ryan lochte qualified first and second for the 200 meter i.m. final, setting up one last duel in the pool, and that happens tonight. >> that's going to be a thriller. in men's gymnastics, japan repeated as gold medal winner in men's individual all-around. women get their turn today including the final five simone biles and aly raisman. we'll have more on that battle >> and after 112 year absence, golf return

. >> kris an sam i'm here at copacabana beach. behind me is the "today" show set. matt lauer spoke to ryan lochte. while lochte is sticking to his story they were robbed, he has tweaked some of the details. telling lawyer that they weren't stopped by a group of men but rather they were robbed at a gas station. and also saying that the robbers didn't actually point a gun to his head but rather in his direction. either way, brazilian authorities want to know more. >> were you guys robbed? >> after being pulled home american swimmers jack conger and gunnar bentz is expected to answer more questions later today. teammate jimmy feigen also cooperating with investigators who say their inconsistencies in the swimmers stories about being robbed at gun point by men posing as police early sunday morning in rio. police hoped to also talk with ryan lochte who was involved in that incident. buts he's already back in the u.s. lochte is denying that there's any sort of a cover-up. he told matt lauer that brazilian police are not questioning his truthfulness at all, rather that th

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. >>> here's a live look at copacabana beach in rio de janeiro. e site where beach volleyball capped off the first full day of competition at the 2016 summer olympics. nbc olympic correspondent jay gray joins us live from rio with a review of day one and a look ahead to day two. jay? >> reporter: good morning. love that music. every morning. good way to start the morning. day one of these olympics and already team usa is on the medal stand shooting for gold and finding a silver lining in the olympic pool. >> nice and gold. >> reporter: a golden start for team usa in rio thanks to 19-year-old jenny thrasher. and women's relay team setting a new american record and under the lights on copacabana beach, the americans have the first win of the olympic tournament. looking to keep up the momentum and medal hunt for team usa later today, women's gymnastics compete and williams cycling takes to the roads of rio and michael phelps will be in the pool for the first time in these olympics. now, also in the pool individually for the first time, katie ledecky,

at the olympic gam tomorrow morning join matt lauer, hoda kotb and the "today" show team from copacabana beach including interviews with michael phelps and katie ledecky. so long for tonight from rio de ?? i note the obvious differences in the human f family. some of us are sererious, some thrive on comedy. i've sailed upon the seven seas i've seen the wonders of the world not yet one common man. i know ten thousand women called jane and mary jane, i've not seen any two who really were the same. mirror twins are different although their features jibe, and lovers think quite different thoughts while lying side by side. but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. ? looking into two separate homicide cases. we are live on the scene with the latest. plus, narrowing down the options, one leader believe there is a frontrunner for a potential nfl stadium. a day at a worker park turns tragic for a 10-year-old boy. a look at the slide where the metro police as they begin to investigate two separate death investigations. welcome. we'll star

we have swimmers in the pool right now, and tonight all eyes are going to be on copacabana beach because of beach volleyball, and you can imagine the rivalry tonight between usa and brazil when those teams hit the sand. and for santa clara native, kerri walsh. >> kerri walsh jennings making her fifth appearance, but this time with a new partner, april ross. walsh says she is excited to play on copacabana beach. >> it's electric to play in copacabana and i can't wait to give the fans the best show in the world. >> and partner ross says she is ready to rumble. >> i am not going to hold back at all and get out there and unleash the beast. >> reporter: we're going to see her unleash the beast tonight. that match is tonight, copacabana, it starts at midnight. now, if when all of these matches are over kerri walsh jennings medals, she will have a lot. i will not be able to make it down to copacabana, so i am heading to the megastore after this so i can get myself some rio swag instead. >> get it early, because you don't know how long it's going to last. >> we will check with you later in the s

the camera here and we will give you a quick little spin-around to see all of the action on copacabana beach. a busy morning. so if you look, right down there, cheryl -- >> yup. >> about right there, it is the beach volleyball venue that you're seeing on tv. and that sport is like football to the americans here. huge sport. in brazil. team usa has a great team. we will tell you more about that venue but the coastline is really spectacular here. you can see that there are condominiums, apartments, and a lot of hotels, right along the coastline here. >> about 63 hotels actually run this coastline. huge tourist spot. and relatively safe, as far as you go, when you hear about the crime in rio. and you can hang out, sit in a chair, enjoy a drink, or right now, you could, here, we will step up here, cheryl and you right there. and in the background a lot of people taking advantage of some good surf this morning. a lot of surfers in the water here at cope copacabana. and you will see vendors along the beach. a couple up there selling swimsuits and fruit and wares and snacks and all kinds of things

from beautiful copacabana beach in rio de janiero, brazil. cheryl preheim and matt is here and we promised to bring you to the beach and here we are. >> this is the iconic copacabana beach and got its flame from the patron saint -- name from the patron saint here. and they named the chapel. and we wanted to show you more than the neighborhood. >> a suburb of rio. >> a suburb of rio de janiero. >> yes. and it is just as known for the real cool black and white sidewalks that an artist did back in the 70s. to represent the african- american and white cultures here. and sometimes you will see red inter-laced throughout there, for the native brazilian culture and about 63 hotels, along this 2.5 million stretch of beach. and it is obviously a very iconic place, where a lot of and party. and you think of young people here, and having such a good time, but about 25% of the residents here are over 60. so it is becoming a bit of a retirement community as well. >> and it it is amazing. first thing in the morning, so many people out. exercising. a lot of

. >>> just behind our set here on copacabana beach, you see the tvs on in the cafe, people settling inwatch another night of olympic coverage. it's been fun to watch young athletes become in some cases, overnight celebrities. take simone biles, for example. she got quite the surprise courtesy of the "today" show, that taught her being star struck can be a two-way street. here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: unshakable simone biles, winner of four gold medals. a 19-year-old gymnast with nerves of steel. what can possibly make an olympic champion like this fall to the ground in pieces? her achilles heel, her kryptonite. celebrity crush, zac efron. >> is that the final five? >> an opportunity the "today" show helped arrange the moment by bringing him down to rio. >> oh, my god, stop! i'm shaking. >> reporter: last spring, we heard rum rumors that the unstoppable biles had a weak spot. >> when i show you this picture, clear your head and tell me the first thing that pops into your mind. okay? >> okay. >> i can't clear my head. >> reporter: first word, what comes into your mind? >> he's hot.

morning from copacabana beach in rio. but first, this is "today" on >> so good. >> we stopped before we got to chocolate. that's like chocolate mousse in a ball. >> delicious. >> before we go anywhere, we'll show you some highlights of our first few days in rio before your local news. it is a party on the beach. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today." >>> no one has won more! the most dominant in olympic history, and it's pure gold! >>> monday morning in rio de janeiro. the world famous copacabana beach one of the many spectacular settings for these games, as another big day of olympic competition lies ahead. and from our daytime home at copacabana, welcome along, i'm rebecca lowe. what thrilling swimming we saw last night with katie ledecky's by michael phelps and nathan aiden. we have 19-year-old katie ledecky, already has two medals in rio and she's back in the pool in the 200 meter freestyle. in that same event we'll see missy franklin who won four gold medals in london, competing for the first time in these games

>> live from the copacabana beach! >> boomer, let me start with olympics? >> first time i saw the video of michael doing the face. >> usain bolt, the first man in history to win three 100 meter races in a row. >> a dive by miller for the line. >> that's allyson felix, the most decorated u.s. woman in olympic track and field history. >> it is a u.s. sweep. >> three. >> it's encouraging that a simple act of kindness resonates with people. >> he stumbled on that first hurdle. he gets up and he keeps going. >> having a parade. >> we did it. we got the shot. >> amazing match so far, isn't it, billy? >> standing up al. >> katie ledecky smashes her own world record. looks like she's going to win another olympic gold and she does. manual is going to do it. >> the americans have gold again. >> i didn't have that many people to look up to. hopefully it inspires other african-americans to get involved in the sport. >> seeing your face during that ceremony, that's covering the olympics. >> he won gold and he won so many hearts. >> the world's greatest athlete ashton ea