no, not the gold medals...we mean the kiss from actor zac efron... (nat sound) a kiss that in this floor performance. simone had famously tweeted about her crush. "zac efron gives me breathing problems." ellen teased her months ago... ("ellen") "so i got you something to wear at the olympics." a leotard with zac's face all over it. (jeanne moos/cnn national correspondent) "actually simone has been kissing zac on a regular basis since christmas of 2014." that's when she received this lifesize cutout of efron that she (simone and reporter) "sometimes i used to kiss him on the cheek. you'd come in and give him a little kiss? yes. you realize that's a little strange? yes." instead of her cutout, simone got the real zac when nbc flew him down to rio, hid him as he watched simone's performance... (nat sound) then had him surprise the gymnastics team... (nat sound) and zac seemed honored to meet them. (zac efron/actor) "their story just blew my mind." multiple times... (zac and simone) "tell me when it's going. it's going. okay. awww!" simone kissed him, pr

"zac efron gives me breathing problems." ellen teased her months ago... ("ellen") "so i got you something to wear at the olympics." a leotard with zac's face all over it. (jeanne moos/cnn national correspondent) "actually simone has been kissing zac on a regular basis since christmas of 2014." that's when she received this lifesize cutout of efron that she keeps in her bedroom. (simone and reporter) kiss him on the cheek. you'd come in and give him a little kiss? yes. you realize that's a little strange? yes." instead of her cutout, simone got the real zac when nbc flew him down to rio, hid him as he watched simone's performance... (nat sound) then had him surprise the gymnastics team... (nat sound) and zac seemed honored to meet them. (zac efron/actor) "their story just blew my mind." (zac and simone) "tell me when it's going. it's going. okay. awww!" simone kissed him, pronouncing herself on cloud 9. she may not have needed a lift but she got one. "just call me mrs. efron already" tweeted simone. replied a fan, "no honey, we'll call him mr. biles!!!" si

efron already tweeted simon. no honey, we'll call him mr. biles. her gymnist boyfriend instagramed at zach i saw her first. simon won four gold medals and there was only o which would she rather kiss? both. >> kim: still to come this morning a mom uses tooth paste to teach her daughter a lesson as she heads back to school. what is this about and how is it >> dana: welcome in on this thursday august 18. it is 5:00 straight up. we see a little bit of haze out there obscuring the view of the moo is that smoke? we will get answers coming up in a little bit from kelly curran. >> kim: welcome in. we're the wagners, kim and dana here. this break news is the top story locally. just a dire situation. they are calling this a ferocious wildfire swallowing up

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efron? oh, no, it's al. >> not yet. >> sorry. sorry. >> you've got that heat out west. >> oh, my gosh, it's not going to help the firefighters out there. let's show you what we've got. a big dome of high pressure. red flag warnings stretching just to the east of san diego up into los angeles, and we are going to see temperatures that are going to be brutal, anywhere from 95 to 100 degrees in some and as you get into central california, that is repeated. in fact, this record-setting heat moving all the way up into the pacific northwest right on into the weekend. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. poor foster kid black small muslim the only label that matters is olympian. >>> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al. thanks so much. >>> coming up, so excited, how we pulled off our big surprise on the final five with the help efron. >> and zac is here on copacabana beach live hanging with the crowd. but first, this is "today" on >>> coming up, a collision on the track putting th

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efron already. >> reporter: moving fast there apparently. another member of the final 5 is laurie hernandez at 16 years old. is her first olympics. with all the success she's had it likely will not be her last. it's quite a we hernandez. the youngest member of the final 5 walking away with 2 medals. >> it's amazing. >> team gold is amazing. because you get to experience it with everyone. we're all so connected to each other. whatever they do i do too. if someone's crying happy tears i'm crying happy tears. >> reporter: the 5 friends support each other in and out of >> we sit together in the room and blast music. if we need red lip stick or eye shadow that the other person has ask for it. >> reporter: in her individual debut laurie delivered a solid performance on the balance beam to take silver. the medal is a present to herself. >> i felt like i got to go out there. i control what i do. i was able to perform to my >> reporter: laurie is known for her facial expressions and got the name the human emoji. something i got to witness first hand.

efron already she tweeted and a fan said "no honey, we'll call him mr. biles". simone won four gold medals and there was only one zac efron. >>> kerry walsh jennings looked to walk away with a volleyball medal last night. the americans took down brazil to win bronze in the third set. walsh jennings is now the most decorated beach volleyball player with four medals and she's 38 years old and has not yet. the brazilian team ended up with silver. germany took the gold. >>> for the first time ever, a country sweeps all the medals in the women's 100-meter hurdles and this was a close race. >> at the gun they go over the first hurdle and rollins has a slight lead. ali is there as well. rollins wins it. >> wow, the medals and rollins takes gold and ali takes the silver and in a clo,, everyone complains about millennials. nonsense. millennials, i salute you. my grandson bought a pair of pants with me. today's his pants day. no baby boomer ever shared a pair of pants with me. start saving with the anywhere account today. an unprecedented natural outburst seems to have ta

efron already"the meeting comes after biles announced she had a crush on efron. a look at the leader board. team u-s-a is the rest of the competition with 84 medals. china who's in second... has 51 medals.great britain is in third with 50. russia in fourth with 38 medals.and france has made it in the top five with 29. coming up on live at daybreak on today's tmj4...your insurance coverage could be more big name companies backing out of obama care. what that could mean for your health care. more live at yesterday was partly cloudy, warm and humid with highs in the lower 80s, while the lakefront stayed in the 70s thanks to a light se breeze. scattered t'showers developed overnight with lows in the that rain will be out of here before 9am, then today is partly cloudy, warm and humid with highs in the mid 80s and an isolated late afternoon and early evening t'shower popping up. tonight is partly cloudy, warm and humid with lows near 70, and patchy fog. this is the true defnition of a "cat lady" in monroe dozen cats from a woman's home after reports of a "noxious odor

efron already. >> she was talking about the celebrity she wanted to meet, and zac efron came out of herth. so excited. >> off he went to rio, and the girls now say they can't -- earlier said they couldn't wait to eat pizza, now they can't wait to eat pizza with zac efron. >> another step. >>> as we take a look at the medal count, the united states leading over china. now 33. the lead is now 33. the u.s. picked up nine medals tuesday bringing the total to 84. >> 28, 28, 28 is the lucky number. 28 gold medals to lead the competition. great britain is second with 19. >>> there was some drama at a medal ceremony. now controversy after the home crowd booed one of the winners. >> this was not a pretty moment at all. tuesday, brazil received the gold medal. he won the night before in pole vault. the frenchman that took the silver and the american got the bronze. the crowd was not happy with him. he compared the booing he received monday night to the reaction that jesse owens received in germany back in 1936. 1936. he apologized, but the crowd booed him again tuesday night leaving the frenchman

your move, efron. >>> zelda speaking out about how she's coping with the loss of her father. >> i just kept going and said today i'm going to wake up and love what i do, and tomorrow i'm going to wake up and love what i do and then the next day because that's all you can do. >> the 27-year-old sitting down it's been two years since robin took his own life, but the actress did manage to find a silver lining in his tragic passing. >> a lot of great stuff came out of that. i ended up writing 12 scripts which is great and then you're, with me and i didn't see wrong - daylight for a while. >>> new video, adele stripping off her makeup and apologizing fo i've had a cold and i've been pushing through it and i loved it and i pushed too hard. >> sending this message after rescheduling her second phoenix show to november. >> i'll come back and i'll smash it for you. >>> beyonce taking a terrifying plunge off the side of a gigantic yacht. here's queen b jumping off a luxury liner and some estimating a 30-foot drop and that's like stepping off the top of a from the return of some of our favorite t

>> the rock is black. >> oh, yeah. >> zac efron.

the fourth-time gold medalist surprised by her celebrity crush zac efron. the "today" show pulling off the cloak ask dagger mission, simone who has a life-sized cutout of the star in her room. >> didn't even do my signature wink. >> the star-struck teen still on cloud nine. >> i met zac efron. >> i'm asking. >> now michael phelps' new interview ready for dad and son time with little boomer who has hissen instagram account. >> over 100,000 followers and nicole, i need a picture. i have to keep everybody many. >> it's been a huge year for comedian eddie you ever inny who just became a father again for the ninth time earlier this summer and he has a brand new movie coming out. >> oh, years and he's showing off his dramatic side. he's worth $85 million. his movies have banked nearly $4 billion at the bock office and eddie murphy's happy place is not on a hollywood red carpet. >> my life revolved around being home and nobody's tripping or nothing. you have your kids and family around, and i can just go like that every day. >> that's very special. >> the father o

for that she can thank zac efron. >> that's right.ou might have heard she admitted to having a huge crush on him. he made a surprise trip to rio. he gave her a kiss on the cheek. one of her tweets read just call me mrs. ephron. >> she was talking about the celebrity she wanted to meet, and zac efron came out of her mouth. so excited. >> off he went to rio, and the girls now say they can't -- earlier said they couldn't wait to eat pizza, now they can't wait to eat pizza with zac efron. >> another step. >>> as we take a look at the medal count, the united states leading over china. now 33. the lead is now 33. the u.s. picked up nine medals tuesday bringing the total to 84. >> 28, 28, 28 is the lucky number. 28 gold medals to lead the competition. great britain is second with 19. >>> there was some drama at a medal ceremony. now controversy after the home crowd booed one of the winners. >> tuesday brazil received the gold medal. he won the night before in pole vault. the frenchman that took the silver and an american that got the bronze,

simone biles and zac efron finally met and we couldn't be happier. that's coming ???adlib welcome ???toss weather now for a check of today's hot headlines... a man is on the run this morning.. after a stand-off in the florence area. pinal county sheriff's deputies say john bowman is a registered sex offender.. wanted for violating several laws. yesterday.. deputies swarmed bowman's home.. after his girlfriend reported he had threatened her with a gun. he was last seen driving away in a stolen.. silver pick-up truck with the license plate 3- 7-0-z-z-y. a suspect is dead after being shot by a sheriff's swat team in apache junction. officials say deputies were serving a high risk search warrant at a home near idaho and superstition. deputies say the suspect -- now identified as larry kurtley junior -- showed a weapon and was shot by a deputy. he later died at the hospital. today.. an 11-year-old from mississippi is being questioned after he killed his younger brother. officials say the boys were home alone.. when the 11-year- old shot his 9-year-old brother twice in thei

efron already"biles had announced she had a big crush on efron. looking at the olympic medals race this morning... the united states now up to 84. russia in fourth with 38 medals.and france has made it in the top five with 29.that's just one more than the number of u-s gold medals. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4 --getting a second chance.. what a group of ex-convicts are doing to now at 6:30-- deadly hit and run. the crash that claimed the life of a woman just crossing the street... and who police are still looking for this morning. then -- the new allegations against a former u-s attorney in milwaukee who resigned after he was accused of using his government credit card for personal expenses. and taking a live look outside-- welcome to live at daybreak. it's i'm susan kim.and - i'm vince vitrano.we want to start with a check of your weather and traffic together with meteorologist brian gotter. yesterday was partly cloudy, lakefront stayed in the 70s thanks to a light se breeze. scattered t'showers developed overnight with lows in the

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is that zac efron. >> oh, my god. >> nancy: efron was in rio to biles tweeting, "he kissed me on the cheek. just letting you all know." their lovefest was well documented. another tweet reading, "i had to do a retake because i thawing we were taking a picture and he kissed me instead." the world champion on cloud neighbor. we also saw big ?iels from the rest of the final five when they met the actor. but as for biles, her future with the star looks bright, tweetling, "just call me a great way the cap off the olympic experience, guys. >> her reaction is just priceless. i love it. for all the girls really. >> christa: so nancy, we have the ask you tact latest trend in rio. we talked about the cupping craze, this is the new one. >> nancy: yes, it's a different kind of cupping craze, if you will. this has become the most sought-after souvenir of the rio games. take a look. this is a picture of people are selling them, trading them, even apparently stealing them. each cup has the orange yellow blue and green color pattern that has marked these rio games. they also include the name and sil

zac efron, the movie star coming over.o the games, she didn't talk at all about how many medals she had. she wanted to meet zac efron. she got a kiss on the cheek. on a personal note, i'm glad he came over. so many people in the olympic village had been confusing me for zac efron. i'm glad we got that worked out. >> glad we cleared that up right there. >> you should get a t-shirt, i'm not zac. >> clarisa shields is stepping into the ring today. >> amazing to see. she was a surprise winner of the gold in london. she is just a powerful and skillful boxer. she's the favorite coming into these games, claressa shields. boxing as you talk about with shields and wrestling also kicking off today. and they should get a medal in the wrestling as well. on that note, we've been showing you the gear. this is the wrestling singlet they wear. >> once again, we ask why you don't have it on. >> well, but you tell me this is vai's çcolor, it would bring o his eyes. i'll ship is it over and make sure he gets that. >> i knew you would come t

saying "just call me misses efron already" biles announced she has a crush on the actor. thanks for joining us today at four.there's more news we continue to follow breaking news from the freeway system right now where that has since been put out is still causing some lingering traffic issues. you can see cars on i-43 slowdown as they approach good hope.... and eventually come to a stop. at one point, traffic was backed up for three miles. you may still want to avoid the area if you can. storm team 4 now... - it's a beautiful day at bradford beach on the shores of lake michigan in milwaukee. sun, sand and surf - can't ask for

the silver goes to zac efron. he's gymnastics sweetheart simone biles biggest celebrity crush.nd after her competition he tweeted her, so phenomenal, a skil named after her. congratulations on sticking the biles and qualifying. >> the biles is twice in the straight body and at the end i do a half-turn. >> tell us about this obsession with zac efron. >> think he's really hot. i like his face and he has a body. >> kim k takes theebronze medal for being an olympics wannabe. seeing these shots of olympians of michael phelps an painful red cupping marks, she snapped getting the chinese therapy used to increase circulation. kim said she did it to help the pain in her neck. >> my choker, my neck hurts. >> and another gold to our favorite celeb turned olympic commentator leslie jones. she's leaving for rio in the next few days. but she snapped a preview of what's to come. >> don't y'all agree that the volleyball players should have on these outfits right here? i'm just saying, let's talk about it. >> her snapchat is worth it to follow. while list eslie is booking gig thre her castmates

blair efron is known as one of the biggest dealmakers on wall street.f mccracken asked efron about the ceos perspective when pursuing deals. with athe day starts micro question. do something to either stabilize my portfolio or enhance my portfolio? >> growth does factor in importantly. when you can't grow your business is as much as you want to, it is a way to bolster growth, certainly for synergy. the ceo wants to know here she can take the business and do something more with it to grow that enterprise. the most important time for the success of a transaction is the first 18 months following a close. to make an assumption on overall , yound then the wrong start off in a very difficult decision. is difficult. beyond the window of when you might have a sense of when that would be. and then what will that look like under various macro scenarios once you own it? and what will you do once you -- what we do to correct? it seems and a day has slowed down from 2015, which was a record year. view 2016 at 2017? fine, down 20% from last year, which was a record.

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 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. >> reporter: then we walked into her bedroom and met the cardboard cutout. >> sometimes i used to -- used to kiss him on the cheek. >> reporter: a few gold medals later. >> how did you make this happen? thank you so much. >> reporter: the real efron gave her a kiss on the cheek. the indisputable proof, just in case simone biles needed it, life as she knew it was over. stephanie gosk, nbc news, rio. >> you never know who you will meet around here. coverage starts at 8:00, 7:00 central. i'm lester holt for all of us at nbc news. thanks for watching. good night from rio. >> jim: right now on news 3

[laughter] >> zac efron landing in rio to surprise simone biles, who is a huge zac efron fan. >> you're being objectified. the ultimate objectification. if they did that to a woman -- >> it would be a little weird on the other side. >> if ryan lochte wins a medal and said i want to get with -- >> courteney cox. >> courteney cox? [laughter] >> amy schumer going into barnes & noble where she's going to sign copies of her book and then the protesters show up. amy schumer god forbid once wore a coat that had a tiny bit of fur on the collar. >> she said somebody gave her the coat. she put it on, wore it one time. >> it was like one animal. it was nothing!

now we're going to have more of if efron's surprise tomorrow morning on "today." >>> competition isn't the only thing here, so is >>> welcome back. we have stepped off the beach. folks enjoying a lovely evening here in copacabana. finally tonight, not everything about the olympics is about gold medals. for some gold rings will be the most cherished memory of the 2016 rio games. and soaring mountains aren't just a great backdrop for olympic competition but it turns out also for romance. here's peter alexander. >> reporter: turns out maybe there is something in the water in rio. this morning just moments after securing silver in the triple jump, american will claye took an even bigger leap, jumping into the stands, stunning his girlfriend, now fiance, queen harrison. their friends and family erupted. >> man, i don't know what was saying yes. >> reporter: clay's queen still glowing when we reached her this afternoon. >> first, let me put my hands here. i'm kind of still in shock. >> reporter: it's not the first time at these games one set of rings has led to another. immediately after a c

efron. >> tia: who's 28 years old. little older. >> brian: he's a movie guy. what did he do? >> tia: i don't remember all the movies but he's had a lot of run. >> brian: high school musical. thank you so much for joining >> paul: what the hell is this? >> kevin: spring grove bus station. same locker dylan got an anonymous tip about. except this footage is less than an hour old. >> paul: kevin! >> kevin: paul, come on. this could be a huge break. >> paul: there are no breaks. the case is closed. i told you that. adam pled guilty. >> kevin: this is about more than clearing adam. it could prove that chloe is innocent, too. >> chloe: [ sighs ]

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and now she played it cooler tweeting, just zac efron. it looks like he is a dedicated fan of team usa. he actually posted this picture more than a week ago, sending love to the girls. very cute. time for weather and traffic on the 8s. because again, simone biles has said, she's a huge fan. she does have that card board cutout in the house. i'm glad they got together. >>> clear skies right now. sunny, steamy for sure. 79degrees at 8:00 a.m. and now at lunchtime, maybe one or two showers in inland areas. most of us dry around 8 9 degrees. now at 4:00 p.m., it's either going to be really hot at 39 or you're going to be dealing with a thunderstorm. about a 40% rain chance. 78 in bartow. and 78 in bradenton. notice we have that general east to west wind flow, all because of this area of high pressure in the atlantic. and this has been the pattern for a while. and it's going to stick around through friday. storms push toward the coast and out into the gulf of mexico by the evening. but the pattern shift happens this weekend. high begins to sin