plus, olympic gold medal diver, david boudia and from man versus food, adam richman is our guest. and "starting point" begins right now. >>> welcome, our starting point is the very busy day on the political front today. we're learning that the new jersey governor, chris christie has been tapped to deliver the key note address at the republican national convention and says he's already been working on his speech, up to his fourth draft. he says america should expect very direct and hard truths when they hear it. paul ryan heads to the suburbs of denver today for his second solo campaign event since being tapped as mitt romney's running mate then head to vegas tonight for a campaign rally and private fundraiser at the venetian hotel. day one of the trail a little bump for ryan, he was heckled at the state fair and at one point protesters tried to climb on stage. they was dragged off by police. president obama is doing everything he can to link romney to paul ryan's controversial budget plan. he turned down the lure of face baked d cinnamon roles for pork and a beer. listen. >> i am

and this is what gold looks like in the pool, as american david boudia took the top spot and left hisese competitors stunned. these have been golden games for team usa. the top medal gold country has been seesawing back and forth between the u.s. and china throughout the games, but today, as it passed the 100 mark, the lead over china seems so impossible now impossible for china to catch up. one secret, vast improvements in sports science, nutrition and science gives the athletes the edge, especially in swimming where the u.s. has owned the pool. the other story, great britain, an impressive third place in the medal kourngts and and with these flawless games, this is what people here are telling you. >> so far for the games, i'm loving it. >> with 32 golds up for grabs, this was the biggest day for medals in the games. tomorrow, just 15 more left to be won as the xxx summer games come to an end. >> love that math. jeffrey, thanks to you. that is the broadcast on a saturday night. we're always online at abcnews.com "good morning america " i'll see you tomorrow night. good night.

what you might not know about david boudia, he is afraid of heights. he battled that.y are you a diver off of very tall things, david? >> i know. how ironic. >> yeah. >> olympic champion, scared of heights. when i first started my diving career, i was 11 years old, and i was stuck up there when i was 12. you stick a kid on a three-story building and tell him to do three or four flips and dive in, they are going to be scared out of their mind. but it went back to the support that i had, my gymnastics coaches, and drew out the dives on pieces of paper. so when i went to practice, i was able to already do the dives in my head a thousand times. >> wow. it's amazing. you were in 18th place going into the semis. is that right? and that's the last place that you can possibly be in to make it into the next level. >> how is that for drama? >> and then you went from that to gold. your story has a lot of drama this morning. how did you do it? >> that was a total crazy moment. you know, barely making it into the semifinal. and then i was walked over to my coach and i saw him when

. >> reporter: and david boudia bounced back from dead last to win ending a 20-year medal drought. >> i'm so astonished right now. i can't believe this is gold. >> the men's 4x100 relay team tried but couldn't beat the world's fastest runner. >> they got a lot of work to do. but, you got the stay positive. >> reporter: they will be a silver medal in hand. >> at the end of the day we can't take nothing from them. >> reporter: the u.s. women finished second in the high jump and volleyball and third in mountain biking and men's wrestling. eight more medals with one day to go. back live at olympic park. we do have the closing ceremony later tonight. but there is more competition today. 15 more medals to be awarded including men's basketball. >> can't wait. thanks. >>> it was disappointing for former cal star alicia montaÑo she finished fifty in the 800 meter final today. she led the pack for the first lap but last steam in the home stretch. a russian runner won the gold. >>> a local athlete, a stanford grad has a shot at a medal tomorrow morning. his marathon time was the secondest fastes

. >> reporter: and david boudia bounced back from last to end a 20-year medal drought. >> i'm so astonishedight now and in disbelief. i can't believe this is gold. >> reporter: the men's 4x100 relay team tried but couldn't beat the world's fastest runner. >> they got a lot of work to do. they got a lot of work to do but they have to stay posstiitive. >> reporter: they will with a silver medal in hand. >> and she's over it. >> reporter: the u.s. women finished second in the high jump and volleyball and third in mountain biking and men's wrestling. >> leaving with a medal. >> reporter: eight more medals with one day to go. >> coming up today the final competitions, 15 more medals to be awarded including men's basketball. from london i'm tracie potts, news4. >> it is today, right? and later tonight is the big finish. watch the closing ceremony starting at 7:00 p.m. it will feature adele, pink floyd and the who some of those expected to perform. and the olympic flag be handed over to the mayor of rio who is hosting the game in 2016. it starts later today at 7:00 p.m. >>> back here at home a lot

no one expected david boudia to get gold, but look at this.r plunge close to perfection. >> he has done it! he has done it. >> reporter: not bad for a guy who confess he's has a fear of heights. the world champion, qui bo was expecting to wear gold. when settled for silver he was shattered. boudia gets the first diving gold since greg louganis in 1988. in 16 days, 45 american gold medals, femme medals. phelps, franklin, household names. the best haul for team usa ever. and what an olympics. remember three weeks ago when the games were approaching and all the talk was about chaos, congestion and break down of security. what happened? well, nothing. even the weather cooperated. and they're calling these the golden games. >> so easy to maneuver. there were always people around. pointing us this way. i think it was well done. >> smashing success. >> reporter: and a huge party to celebrate. the athletes, the host city, the world, all came together to say to london "well done." and it is over to you, rio, in four years. brazil will host the very fir

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no one expected david boudia to get gold. but look a this, a ten meter plunge close to perfection. >> he's got it! >> reporter: not bad for a guy who confessed he had a fear of heights. the champion from china was expecting to wear gold. when he had to settle with silver, he was shattered. the first american diving gold since greg louganis in 1988. in 16 days, 45 american gold medals. phelps, franklin, so many others that are household names. the best medal hold for team usa at a full olympics ever. and what an olympics. remember three weeks an i ago when the olympics were approaching and all the talk was about chaos and congestion and a breakdown of security? what happened? nothing. even the weather cooperated. they are calling these the golden games. >> it's easy to maneuver. there are always people around pointing us this way. i think it was well done. >> smashing success. >> reporter: and tonight a huge party to celebrate. the athletes, the host city, the world came together to say to london, well done. and over to you, r

and then you mentioned david boudia. he won diving medal. he won gold.nd that was a big deal because the u.s. before these games had a 20-year medal drought when it came to diving. and so, now we're bringing some attention back to diving, and then also, the men's 4x100 meter relay, somewhat of a disappointment but not really, the u.s. won silver in that one. but, they were hoping for gold but the jamaican team, with usain bolt, fastest man in the world, man they just couldn't catch him. and afterwards they asked usain bolt about it. he said, yeah, the u.s. has got some work to do. we'll see them in four years. >> okay, laying it down right there, the gauntlet to the united states. closing ceremony unfortunately it is here, it is tonight, and what do you expect, what are you hearing right now? >> well, back here at the stadium, you know, 80,000 people in that stadium, it's expected to be packed. there were still some tickets but pretty expensive ones available. in terms of the program it's going to focus on british music. we expect a lot of people that yo

america david boudia. the chinese were sure they grabbed gold here. but boudia was near-perfect. chinese settled for silver. and he was not happy. these are proving to be golden games for team usa. the medal count already over 100. a gap too big for china to bridge. the usa women's basketball team did its part. beating france in its final game. collecting its fifth straight olympic good while in the 4x400 relay, team usa made it look easy, as they, too, claimed gold. okay, so the american man couldn't face that. facing the strides. the u.s. had to settle for silver, while bolt got his third gold of these games. >> who is it? >> it's me. >> reporter: and now, one guy, one olympian who will not be for the final festivities michael phelps and his 22 medals, how's escaped. tmz found in maldives. with his friend. he's just having fun and apparently doing a little drink. one game to watch today, the gold medal basketball round, kobe bryant, going he says for a final gold. >> hard to argue that phelps hasn't earned a little time on the beach and maybe some moderate alcohol consumption,

david boudia. >> david boudia, congratulations. >>> let's head over to natalie with a check of the day'sries. natalie, good morning. >> good morning to you, savannah and matt. we begin with a collision in the strait of hormuz. what caused the u.s. navy-guided missile destroyer and an oil tanker to slam into each other early sunday morning. the collision left a 10x10 foot hole in "the uss porter," but no was one injured and it was not combat related opinion >>> chad johnson formerly known as ochocinco is out of jail and out of a job this morning. the miami dolphins dropped the former wide receiver a day after his arrest in a domestic battery case against his wife. johnson is accused of head butting his wife during an argument, sending her to the hospital with a head laceration. he was released on a $2500 bond sunday, barely a month after he married losada in a lavish caribbean ceremony. >>> former congressman gabrielle giffords marks another major milestone in her recovery. on sunday, her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly, tweeted that they're moving back to giffords' hometown of tucs

american david boudia. barely made it into the diving finals. the chinese were sure they grabbed gold here. but boudia was near-perfect. the chinese settled for silver. and he was not happy. these are proving to be golden games for team usa. the medal count already over 100. a gap too big for china to bridge. american women's basketball team did its part. >> you can stamp the gold medal, made in the usa. >> reporter: beating france in its final game and collecting its fifth straight gold. while in the 4x400 relay, team usa made it look easy, as they, too, claimed gold. okay, so the american men couldn't match that, facing the massive strides of the jamaican team and usain bomt. the u.s. had to settle for silver, while bolt got his third gold of these games. >> who is it? it's me. >> reporter: and now, one guy, one olympian who will not be here for the final festivities michael phelps and his 22 medals, he's escaped. tmz found him in maldives. at a fancy resort. with his friends. he's just having fun and apparently doing a little drinking. one ga

. >> that is synchronized diving bronds medalist david boudia.> for all olympics coverage, turn to nbc bay area.com. click on the olympics live blog on the upper right corner of your screen for links to some of the great shots. >> also want to remind you, you can start your day with laura and i on today in the bay. we're 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. enjoy the olympics and check us out on today in the bay. >>> jeff is rolling in now with the weekend forecast. been waiting for this moment. >> it gets better and better. if you're sick of this hot weather, we're going to be cooling off. live look in the east bay. sun and clouds. talk about even a chance of thunderstorms coming up. >>> it's being called the seven minutes of terror. nasa's $2.5 billion project to find if life can exist on mars is well on its way. >> from mountainview, we're looking forward to an awesomely -- >> ahead of the sunday night landing of the curiosity rover, nasa hosted dozens of media faithful randomly selecting people to hear from the project engineers through satellite. a handfu

. >> a dramatic upset in the pool as david boudia edged out qui bo. since 2000. 12 years ago.nt. >> i cheated read that in the teleprompter. >>> all right. if you are rich and retired at 27 years old where else would you go? michael phelps hit the beach. >> lake michigan. >> at the beach. bunch of friends. snapped by tmz. phelps hanging with his buds. it featured lounging, boating, and drinking. >> which is he? >> far left. honestly, if i made my living in the pool, i would not wear a bathing suit. >> speedos. i wonder if he wears a normal bathing suit. >> maybe you want to be in a bathing suit at all times? >> i was in a bathing suit for eight days. wasn't fun. >> i'm sure you did. i'll be the judge. >> they do make spanx bathing suits. didn't bring mine. i should have, though. >> we've got to run. >>> okay, coming up, mckayla maroney, what she thinks of the olympics. >> big change in marital status for hollywood's a-listers. next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "wo

>> well, it would probably have to be david boudia.stage a little bit longer. he's more seasoned. he was silver medalist at the world championships last year. it's really -- they have their work cut out for them because they have china that's been really tough, very dom thant. we expected that. and then we also have tom daley from great britain where on his turf. so the crowd will be pulling for him. but there's also defending olympic champion matthew mitchum that will be in the contest, as well. there's about five contenders in there that can really be battling it out. >> well, we'll be rooting for boudia. but i read the enmeter dive is the give rent of diving off a three story balcony. and he says he didn't overcome his fear until after beijing of heights. have you been coaching him through that? >> i haven't really been coaching him through that. i leave the coaching to the coaches. i'm just athlete mentor. so i'm working with them in preparation for the olympic games, what to expect at the games, some of the practices that worked f

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i watched the men's swimming finals and david boudia, he overcame his fear of heights.e last spot for the semifinals. and look at what he was capable of doing. >> it is amazing. >> all those moments were spectacular. what was your favorite moment? tell us. tweet us at earlystartcnn. >> i'm going to miss the olympics and the jokes about tape delay also. >>> 18 minutes after the hour right now. what we're talking about in this country right now, politics. paul ryan is hitting the road two days after being introduced as mitt romney's running mate. the congressman will be campaigning by himself in des moines, iowa today. ryan enjoyed a rousing welcome when he campaigned yesterday in his home state of wisconsin. he was wiping away tears before taking the stage to thank his supporters. >>> switching gears here. let's get you up to date. gabrielle giffords is finally home again, 19 months after being shot during a political event. the former congresswoman and her husband moved back to tucson. they are there permanently. giffords had been spending most of her time in houston, r

american david boudia defeats the chinese favorite to take the gold medal.nd final preparations are going on this hour for tonight's closing ceremony. now let's take a look at where the medal count stands at the moment. these numbers just updated. the united states leads with 104 med deals, including 46 golds. china is in second with 87 total medals. russia rounds out the top three with 82. let's go to london now and nbc's mark barger, who's been watching this for us. just what happened is the men's basketball game final. the united states taking a win there. >> that's right. it's somewhat reminiscent of the game four years ago when team usa beat spain for the gold medal. in that game, the u.s. really was tight with spain until the final two minutes and they were able to finally put them away. like the u.s. team, the spanish team has a lot of nba players including the gasol brothers, pau and mark. they provide a lot of size up front that caused some problems for the u.s. the u.s. was only up by a point at halftime, a point going into the fourth quarter, but