but now she's back and, overnight, cheering on american jade carey, competing in the floor routine in search of her first olympic medal, carey winning gold biles' comeback coming on the heels of another display for team usa gymnastics. >> this is the moment that she has been waiting for >> mykala skinner soaring to silver in the vault. >> a great start for her >> reporter: a reliable teammate, the 24-year-old has been faithfully supporting her squad. once bile withdrew from the vault final, skinner got her chance, opening up to hoda about meeting with biles before hand >> she's like, don't do this for me, do this for you. i'm like, you know what? i'm doing it for us. >> reporter: and days after winning gold in the all-around, suni lee adding to her medal haul the minnesota native grabbing bronze on the uneven bars. >> i'm really proud of myself for sticking with it >> in the pool, americans caeleb dressel and katie ledecky took charge once again. >> another gold for dressel of the united states. >> reporter: dressel capturing two more golds, upping his tokyo total to five. ledecky dom

. >> all: we love you, jade carey and congratulations to the u.s. women's gymnastics team ♪ >> all: usa! >> suni. >> gordon. >> simone! >> welcome home! [ cheers ] >>> welcome back thank you for starting your thursday with us hey, guys, we've got a special day on the plaza don't we >> on this day, the u.s. women' gymnastics team returned to the u.s., returned triumphant and decided to make their very first stop right here to this plaza. >> shall we give them the introduction they deserve as they arrive? ladies and gentlemen -- grace mccallum [ cheers ]

jade carey, suni lee, and simone biles! [ cheers and applause >> this is the first time they really, meeting their fans after being in tokyo, and seeing empty stadiums well, they are getting the applause they could imagine. >> soak it in, ladies! >> all: usa! usa! usa! usa! >> it is so great to see, when we were competing in the arena it was fairly quiet, and it is fun to watch them get embraced by this crowd we love y'all so much. hi, jade [ cheers ] we're going to chat with them. a lot of fun. >> probably a little overwhelming too, considering they just got off the plane a few hours ago. >> but they were partying in times square we saw you we'll talk about that in a

. >>> women's floor exercise, jade carey, the 21-year-old from phoenix. >> wow, that was fabulous. >> she is so powerful. >> what a great moment for jade. >> jade carey is bringing a gold medal back to arizona. >> requiring the vaccine for everyone who works at a school, that is the message from state senator josh becker who represents the peninsula. the senator wants school districts to require vaikss for all staff before students go back to staff. if a staff member does not want to get vaccinated then they should have to be tested regularly for covid-19. >>> the long awaited new warriors jersey is finally here. prepare yourself. are you ready? >> this will be the team's new jersey when the season gets going in october. a lot of blue, a little bit of gold, blue jersey, red letters. the team says the throwback to a jersey it had back in the early '60s. they unveeld a 75th anniversary logo on the court. it's shaped like a diamond for the team's diamond anniversary. all right, we'll be right back. it's a new day. and it's coming at you fast. it could be the day your workforce doubles...

jade carey today winning gold in the floor routine. carey giving her dad, who is also her coach, a huge hug. >> it means everything to me to have my dad here. we've been working so hard for this together. >> reporter: over the weekend, 24-year-old mykayla skinner, on the verge of retirement, taking home a surprise silver in the individual vault. >> this has seriously been such an honor to be able to step in for simone and to win this medal and just to to it for myself. >> reporter: all-around gold medalist suni lee winning bronze in the uneven bars. but the u.s. women's soccer team defeated by canada. and what will be one of the defining moments of these games, for the first time, since 1912, the gold medal shared in athletics. mutaz barshim of qatar and gianmarco tamberi of italy tying each other in the men's high jump. >> can we have two golds? >> reporter: barshim asking if they could share first place, instead of continuing with a jumpoff. the official saying that it was possible. and the longtime friends then overcome with emotion.

simone biles set to return to competition here in tokyo as teammate jade carey wins gold. >>> a stunning upset for the u.s. women's soccer team. and the american track star with a defiant podium protest. >>> spirit airlines cancelling hundreds of flights, stranding thousands of travelers. why airline complaints are soaring this summer. >>> and my conversation with team usa superstar caeleb dressel. what's next after winning five gold medals here in tokyo? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from tokyo. >> hello, everyone from japan. we'll get to news coming out of the olympics in a few minutes. back home, more than 35 million americans have now tested positive for covid during the pandemic. and tonight the biden administration finally reaching its goal of getting a minimum of 70% of americans at least partially vaccinated as the country plunges deeper beneath a rising new wave of infections. but there are signs tonight vaccine resistance is beginning to crumble as the highly contagious delta variant gravitates to new epicenters. we are well into a

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biles' absence from the individual floor left that want wide even for a new champion american jade carey who took advantage of it produced a series of high flying tumbling combinations to get gold medal and make up for a not so inspiring perfornce in the vault. this was the fifth medal for the u.s. gymnastics team in tokyo and italian vanessa srer railroadry took silver. a south sudanese runner is gearing up to make his olympic debut after a longer than spec'd stay in japan. after arriving late 2019 almost it years ago the pandemic threatened to upunder his olympic training. luckily the japanese people stepped in with some support. >> this is the japanese city which is a long way from south sudan. athlete abraham came in november of 2019 it prepare for tokyo games. he didn't realize then that a year's delay to the olympics with mean he wod be training there for 21 months. luckily for the 22-year-old, they teammates and a coach, the city set up a fund it help them stay and train. the 1,500 meters runner has nothing but admiration for the people despite polls saying a majority wanted the o

jade carey, her competition on the floor exercise in the women's individual event is reare placing simoneiles that dropped out of that and the top u.s. women's beach volleyball team, april rosss will take on the team from germany in the quarterfinals. lots to follow tonight. >> exciting. >> all right, this will do it for us, thank you, we will see you tonight. >> bye. in the race to succeed, does somebody always have to fail? let's give everybody a fair shot. because when that happens, we've all made it. ♪ >>> coming up on the "olympic zone," the olympic stage and spotlight on the stage. >> you cannot under estimate the affect with the layer of fear. >> and the moms of team usa. their message for working women everywhere. >> you can have a family. you can have a career. >> how these champions are supporting each other. plus, natalie morales goes to sushi school. >> what grade do you give me? >> find out h

and then in women's gymnastics, american jade carey bouncing back after a stumble in the vault finalsbut this morning jade is a gold medalist winning the women's floor routine earning the 21-year-old her first gold medal, and finally american allyson felix won her first round heat of the women's 400 meters as she began her quest for a tenth olympic medal. she's now one step away from becoming the most winning women's track and field athlete of all time. and in terms of the medal count, the u.s. held first place overnight, but china has the most gold medals, mona. >> all right, thank you for that update, will ganss. >>> time now for a look at your tuesday morning weather. new video shows fire crews surrounded by flames as they drove through a wildfire near polson, montana. other areas of the west including northern california and oregon could see more fires erupt today due to dry lightning and gusty winds. meanwhile, a flash flood watch has been issued from new mexico to montana where several inches of rain could fall in less than one hour. checking today's high temperatures, heat warn

jade carey wins the gold in the gymnastics floor yeah. and without simone biles. but we just found out as well that simone is going to compete. yeah, we know she backed out for mental health reasons but balance beam. >> finals tomorrow. she says she's going to compete in that. we've got matt barnes with the very latest from tokyo. >> hello here from tokyo where the big news is that the goat is coming back. that's right. some own biles announcing that she will indeed participate in the last event. final of these games, the balance beam, of course he's had to sit out the last few event finals. the floor exercise the vault and the uneven bars or she is going to come back for the balance beam after handling or getting through some of the mental health issues. she has been going through in the meantime, team usa has stepped up in a big way. her fellow teammates winning some hardware as well as sunni lee winning bronze in the uneven bars mckayla skinner stepping in for at the vote and winning silver. and just moments ago, jay kerry winning gold in the floor exercise. bu

you could literally hear her from across the stadium cheering on her teammates, including jade carey,mistake and afterwards, simone biles gave her words of encouragement, said to absolutely kill it during floor exercise and that is what jade carey did, taking home gold on monday. before the u.s. women's soccer team, a historic loss, narrowly losing to canada, 1-0. this is the first time the u.s. has lost to candiada in 20 year and megan rapinoe said, quote, it sucks. >> i get it. sometimes just keep it short and simple. let's turn now to this case of the sprinter from belarus who has refused to board a flight home. she's seeking asylum and asked the international olympic committee for help. what's the latest on that case? >> reporter: now, we have learned that she has actually received a humanitarian visa from poland. she's set to leave for warsaw in the coming days. the poland foreign ministry said the country is prepared to do whatever she can so she can continue her sporting career. she was set to compete on monday in the 200 meter heat but on sunday, belarusian representatives of

congrats to jade carey. she also cheered on her teammates to individual medals yesterday.n tokyo. the day before the event, the beam, the last chance we had to see the goat compete in the games and it's news she will indeed go again. remember, it was on friday that biles revealed now deleted post that she couldn't tell up from down in a practice session here in tokyo. saying she had no idea where she was in the air or how she was going to land. it was a scary, scary video that we saw her post. the 24-year-old said that when she's had the twisties, as she called them in the past, taken two or more weeks for them to go away. not the case now. this is likely the last time we will see biles in olympic competition, so great to see her out there one last time. more importantly, it's great to see and to know that simone biles feels well again. >> coy, i think that is the most important thing. thank you very much for that. >>> this morning, the pandemic of the unvaccinated accelerating. 35 states have seen cases rise by more than 50% since last week. hospitalizations surging, near

jade carey from phoenix wins gold. later on nbc. and here is your monday morning jolt before you have your cup of coffee, here you go. team usa soccer loses to canada. the canadians in the red jersey, the lone goal on the penalty kick, canada advances to the gold medal match. the americans will play for bronze. meghan rapinoe from northern california telling everyone the americans, the team has been off this entire tournament. they haven't found their mojo here but there is still a chance to medal here in tokyo. coming up next hour, marcus and laura, we're going to take you behind the scenes of the world famous fish market here in tokyo. it might get a little smelly, but it's okay. we'll see you at 6:00. >> good thing it's at a distance. >> as long as it's fresh fish we'll take it. >> whaefl check back with you. >>> let's take a look at the medal count. u.s. leading wait with 61 followed by china and the russian olympic committee. china continues to have the most gold medals with 28. the u.s. is coming in second with 21. >>> switchi

american gymnast jade carey captured gold in the floor exercise in tokyo. but, the u.s.en's soccer team was upset by cana in the semifinals one-nil. meanwhile, poland took in a belarusian sprinter. she had balked at returning to her authoritarian country. we'll return to the olympics later in the program. and, on wall street, a day of choppy trading. the dow jones industrial average lost 97 points to close at 34,838. the nasdaq rose eight points. the s&p 500 slipped eight. still to come on the newshour: taliban insurgency increases ahead of the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan. historic drought exacerbates disputes between indigenous communities and farmers. triumph, heartbreak and the pursuit of gold. we get the latest twists from the tokyo olympics. and much more. >> woodruff: florida is experiencing one of the worst covid outbreaks in the country at the moment. over the weekend, the state reported more than 21,000 cases in a single day; its highest one day total since the start of the pandemic. and a quarter of the nation's hospitalized covid patients are in flo

jade carey has won the gold for the u.s.biles, which was great and we are going to see some on one more time. that's right. she says she is going to come back balance beam tomorrow. the finals so tuesday evening we get to watch her do that. matt barnes has more on what's happening out in tokyo. >> hello here from tokyo where the big news is that the goat is coming back. that's right. some own biles announcing that she will indeed participate in the last event. final of these games, the balance beam, of course he's had to sit out the last few event finals. the floor exercise the vault and the uneven bars she is going come back for the balance beam after handling or getting through some of mental health issues. she has been going through in the meantime, team usa has stepped up in a big way. her fellow teammates winning some hardware as well as sunni lee winning bronze in the uneven bars mckayla skinner stepping in for at the vote and winning silver. and just moments ago, jay kerry winning gold in the floor exercise. but now i

jade carey took the top spot on floor exercises. she bounced back from a frightening stumble from the fault to finish first on the floor. the u.s. women's soccer team did not fare as well. the canadians won 1-0 on a penalty kick in the 74th minute. the u.s. women will compete for the bronze medal thursday against australia. canada faces sweden in the gold medal match. and american rai benjamin took home a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles. he won gold setting a new world record. >>> well, coming up, a perfect storm. why spirit airlines canceled nearly half of its flights leaving passengers high and dry. >>> later, a medical shocker. comedian kathy griffin reveals a cancer diagnosis. this is the "cbs morning news." my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. it's my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes, without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its

and a lot of smiles from jade carey she wins gold in the floor finals t great part, her dad was heread is her coach. and she thanked her teammates. aka the hype girls. >> i think that was the best floor routine i have done in my life. that means everything to me to have them here with no crowd here especially. they were my hype girls and i'm really lucky to have them. >> we like the hype girls there. a few local notes. stanford gymnast, brody malone, he competes in 2-1/2 hours from now in the men's horizontal, and alex kleiman and her partner, april ross in beach sand volleyball look good, they play thursday, if they win they advance to the gold medal match on the sand. >>> here we talk about the weather, right? we have been here three weeks now. we have had rain, clouds and typhoon and it's playing out on the track. up, the heat and humidity, they are running through the rain, it's bizarre but they are doing it. she can't beat the rain but the 23-year-old was born in san ramon in the east bay. before she was growing up in north carolina. she advances to the finals in the rain. and a

jade carey, suni lee, and simone biles!ing their fans after being in tokyo, and seeing empty stadiums well, they are getting the applause they could imagine. >> soak it in, ladies! >> all: usa! usa! usa! usa! >> it is so great to see, when we were competing in the arena it was fairly quiet, and it is fun to watch them get embraced by this crowd we love y'all so much. hi, jade [ cheers ] we're going to chat with them. a lot of fun. >> probably a little overwhelming too, considering they just got off the plane a few hours ago. >> but they were partying in times square we saw you we'll talk about that in a little bit first, craig's in tokyo to get us caught up on the latest olympic action. hey, craig >> hey, hoda, savannah gymnastics wrapped up here in tokyo, but things are heating up in track and field for team usa including a really exciting one-two finish in one event in particular nbc's tom llamas over in olympic stadium covering it all for us hey, tom. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning again. team usa finally has a go

meanwhile, simone biles cheered on sunisa lee, jade carey and mykayla skinner. lee took home bronze in uneven bars, while skinner turned a second chance into a silver medal. >> this has been such an honor to be able to step in for simone. >> reporter: for swimming, superstar caeleb dressel once again winning gold in the men's 50 meter free style. >> i am proud of every swim, every effort i put in the water. >> reporter: u.s.a. swimming also picked up gold in the men's relay race and the women picked up silver. >> reporter: now, team u.s.a. turns its attention to track and field. including l.g.b.t.q. athlete raven saunders, who won silver in the shot put but also won hearts with her multicolored hair, hulk mask and self-love attitude. u.s. golfer xander schauffele won the first gold medal for the united states since 1904. meanwhile, simone biles will not compete in the individual floor final. she could still participate, though, in beam. jericka. >> duncan: jamie yuccas, covering it all for us in tokyo, thank you. smoke from wildfires in california and across the

jade carey takes home another gold medal for team usa. amy is live on the ground in tokyo. >>> new this morning, the u.s. now reaching president biden's vaccine goal, 70% of adults have at least one dose. this as the delta variant keeps tearing through the country. senator lindsey graham saying he has covid despite being vaccinated as classroom battles heat up over covid guidelines and mask mandates. >>> meltdown in midair. a travel nightmare for thousands. spirit airlines canceling hundreds of flights. passengers stranded. what the airline says is behind the trouble. >>> abc news exclusive. comedian kathy griffin opens up about her lung cancer diagnosis. >> i was definitely in shock. i'm still a little bit in shock. >> how sobriety may have saved her life and what she's saying about her future. >>> breaking their silence. the couple harassed by former ebay executives alleging they were victims of a campaign that left them fearing for their lives. now sharing their story on the on "gma." >>> it's august and there's already a christmas cru

jade carey back home in arizona tonight. she got quite the greeting at the airport.heer, applause, hugs. carey earned her first ever gold medal for her floor performance. some of these olympians are also mommies and daddies who have been away from their little ones. scenes like this were great to watch. >> number two, number three? >> welcomed home by three kiddos. >> and swimmer matt wit lock being surprised by his little girl at heathrow. >> i love these videos. >> so nice. >> it's good. >> that's going to do it for us. have a great evening. we'll be back tomorrow. >> and we're going to quiz you begin on monday. sydney's time a. it's a world rorld! ♪♪ >>> as the olympic games approach their final weekend, back state side the big names are coming home. a short time ago simone biles returning to texas with two medals. she is not the only gymnast back home. in the twin cities suni lee. and out in phoenix this reception, mykayla skinner welcomed home. the way she should be. in independence indiana, parade for their 3x3 basketball gold medalist jackie young. and in hawa

exercise you essays jade carey is a medal contender and team usa still trying to get that first gold medal in track and field. kendra harrison did incredible and the women's 100 meter hurdles winning silver. stay with us for all of your olympic headlines in tokyo. i'm melissa marino. us. >> now the pandemic has restricted many foreigners from enjoying the rich culture and history. japan has to offer now their next. our team has made it through their 14 day quarantine. justin surrency takes us on a journey with the best view in tokyo. >> and over 2080 feet tall. the tokyo skytree is the tallest tower in the world. let's take a walk amongst the clouds and learn some facts along the way. >> the elevator ride just 2 thirds the way out is an experience. it's >> 360 degree views of the most populated metro in the world. my a recommended is sunset at tokyo from took his country build in 2012 is equipped with seismic proofing and can absorb 50% of that earthquake synergy took us has that 2 of the vision dax the 400 meters in height of the sky tree will test just how high you can go. you can

mental health, simone biles announced she will compete in the beam finals just hours after teammate jade carey won the gold in the floor final. >> my hard work has paid off. and this is all i've ever dreamed of. having simone being back is great. i'm really proud of her. she's been through a lot this olympics, so it's going to be great to see her out there. >> reporter: performance consulh robert andrews who worked with biles nearly four years through the rio olympic games says biles' return to the balance beam will be tough especially when she's suffering from the twisties when a mental block hurts a gymnast during aerial moves. >> it's such a difficult event in aerial space and you have to know where you are on everything because you only have a-- a little 4-inch strip to land on. >> reporter: tonight marks the final gymnastics routine and simone biles' return to the competition floor. it will be the only time in these games she can win a medal in an individual event. in that quest biles joints suni lee. biles won bronze on the balance team in 2016. norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas, and hap

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jade carey's complicated tumbling routine in the floor exercise paid off in gold.the 21-year-old unleashing a spectacular performance. and sharing a celebratory hug with her dad and coach, brian. >> this is all i've ever dreamed of and all i've ever worked for and i'm really glad it paid off tonight. >> reporter: on the track -- nemesis, karsten warholm >> reporter: one of the greatest hurdling races in history. norway's karsten warholm holding off team usa's rai benjamin for gold in the team's 400 hurdles warholm shattering his own world record >> we have just witnessed something truly special. >> reporter: and making her olympic debut. >> felix has taken care of that, no problem >> reporter: u.s. sprinting legend allyson felix cruising into the 400 semifinals, come piecing in her fifth games and first as a mom felix attempting to take another medal home to her husband and daughter >> they're just proud of me. >> a quick update in the basketball world, the men's team knocking out spain kevin durant had 29 points they now advance to the semifinals the women's team

it follows yesterday's floor routine win with jade carey.sa men's basketball team took good with this morning's victory over spain. kerchlt durant scored 13 to help team usa to pull away after trailing by as many as ten. usa wins, 95-81. american record holder valarie allman took gold for the discus. american brittney reese secured her third olympic medal at her fourth around find games and team usa's rai benjamin won. american sara robles is now the first woman to win multiple medals. meanwhile on the sand, beach volleyball duo, ross and klineman are two wins away. they will face either brazil or switzerland in thursday's semifinal match. and in the pool this morning, arguably the most dominant u.s. team at the game, women's water polo is headed to the semifinals after beating continent rival canada. take that, canada. the last three world championships, the last world cups and last five pan american games, they are a dynasty. time now for the weather. and let's go to meteorologist janessa webb for the forecast. janessa, how's it looking ou

simone biles could be out of the competition and her teammates lee comes in and wins it, and then jade carey gold medal, as well. so it shows the depth of the u.s. women's gymnastics team. it shows just how strong they are and of course, their biggest cheerleader in the stands simone biles will finally leave the stands and come back to the floor a week, literally a week after she left and of course, the drama began after we heard her story about her struggles with mental health. >> what will you be looking for in the next week as these games continue and finally wrap up? >> you know, wolf, the issue of protesting, athletes protesting. ravin saunders won the shot put silver medal and did a protest on the medal stand. the u.s. olympic committee is defending her saying it was okay. officially it against their rules to do anything on the medal podium, even though she crossed her arms and asked for oppressed people. that was saunders from the united states. we'll see who wins that battle, the ioc or u.s. >> we shall see. thank you very, very much and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching.

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american gymnast jade carey won the gold medal on floor exercise today.who happens to be her dad. the medal is the fifth claimed by the u.s. women's gymnastics team and tomorrow, olympic super star simone biles plans to compete in the balance beam final in her return to the games it comes of course after she took a break from competition citing mental health concerns if you want to watch biles, and who doesn't, you have to be up early, it begins at 4:50 a.m. eastern. and quick reminder you can hear the latest news and updates from all of your favorite hosts any time, anywhere on any device with tune in, go to tune in.com/msnbc2021, to listen commercial free with tune-in premium. that is our broadcast, and our thanks for being with us. on behalf of my colleagues on the networks of nbc news, goodnight. deserved vacation, we have a lot to get to this hour just in a few moments, i will be speaking with retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. in 2019, he was taking notes on a call between president donald trump and the president of ukraine. it was those

jade carey winning the gold in the floor exercise.ng with her coach, who is her father as well. a great story for team usa gymnastics, as we get ready for the balance beam finals, which will include simone biles and suni lee, who won the all-around, a silver in the team finals and a bronze medal from the uneven bars. she has every single medal you can get here in tokyo. all eyes will be on simone biles, what has struggled with stress and anxiety and mental health issues here in tokyo. posting on social media, telling her fans what she's been going through, she calls it the twisties, where she sort of loses her place in the air when she's doing these flips and she's turns. incredibly dangerous, but she is there now and she says she'll be there for the balance beam. team usa say that we'll be rooting on both biles and suni lee. and we'll all be watching tomorrow night. stephanie, back to you. >> it's going to be a great moment around the world. tom llamas, thank you. >>> also this morning, a huge shocker. the u.s. women's soccer team wi

jade carey takes home another gold medal for team usa.s live on the ground in tokyo. >>> new this morning, the u.s. now reaching president biden's vaccine goal, 70% of adults have at least one dose. this as the delta variant keeps tearing through the country. senator lindsey graham saying he has covid despite being vaccinated as classroom battles heat up over covid guidelines and mask mandates. >>> meltdown in midair. a travel nightmare for thousands. spirit airlines canceling hundreds of flights.

american gnast jade carey captured gold in the flexor size in tokyo with the u.swomen's soccer team waset by canada in the semi finals, 1-0. poland's government took in belarusian sprinter. she had balked at returning to her authoritarian country. will return to the olympics later in the program. still to come, the taliban insurgency making gains ahead of the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan. historic drought exacerbates disputes between indigenous communities and farmers. triumph, heartbreak and the pursuit of gold. we get the latest twist from the tokyo olympics and much more. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. florida is experiencing one of the worst covid outbreaks in of the country at the moment. over the weekend, the state reported more than 21,000 cases in single day. its highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic. a quarter of the nations hospitalized covid patients are in flooded. the cdc and a number of public health officials say schools should

team competition jade carey is a top contender for gold in the floor event. lee earned bronze on the uneven bars yesterday and veteran gymnast mykayla skinner won silver for the vault, her very first. the track and field events also continue this morning. after keni harris won and kerley. earlier sun anders picked up silver with her 65-foot show. and the usa women's basketball team remains unbeaten in 52 straight olympic games beating france as they advance to the quarterfinals, and the u.s. women's soccer team against canada is currently tied at 0-0 at the half. now let's go to the weather. meteorologist janessa webb is here with the forecast. janessa, what have you got? >> good morning, jonathan. it's always nice to see a quiet weather france across the nation. that's what we're seeing. we're seeing a few raindrops starting to pick up across the deep south into the mid-atlantic going into your tuesday, but today the severe weather threat is very low across this area. this is a very sad rated area. you could see a possible 3 to 4 inches in the next 24 hours,

they have won gold on the floor with jade carey getting the gold and this is with the other story withoutone biles who is going to be back. >> how about that coming back. i think balance beam competition beginning on tuesday. it's going to be pretty exciting to watch us one soccer team also, as we said, big news yet they're out yeah, they lost to canada. so they're not going to go for the gold bronze, though. melissa marino is live in tokyo this morning with all of the latest. >> good morning, melissa. let's start with simone biles because we can look forward to seeing all the ballots being. >> yeah. you know, the moment we have all been waiting for for the entire games. ever since we saw her drop out of that first competition. very exciting news that go the greatest of all time back. and as you mentioned, she's going to be taking part in the balance beam competition. that's tuesday night. and just to give you an idea of what to look forward to when she competed in 2016 she won bronze despite falling off the beam, something that would normally kind of in some of these chances. but that ju

jade carey wins her first olympic gold just moments ago, and mykayla skinner launches

well earlier today she was on hand to see her teammate jade carey winning gold.rd to win the event following ali raisman and biles in 2016. spl of the best moments of the olympics are stories of the will of these athletes and we're seeing plenty of that here in tokyo. a shining example, dutch runner early on in the final lap of the 1500 meter qualifier, she bumped into another runner and falls to the track but hassan gets back up to her feet and finishes the heat in first place. pulling off one of the most impressive comebacks of these games to keep her medal chance as live. hasson showing why she was the fav favorite in that event and moments ago she won the meters final gold in a women's long distance event. incredible stuff here in tokyo. >> it was great to see that comeback, coy wire, thank you so much. >>> christine timman skia from belarus is seeking asylum in poland after refusing to get on a polite leaving tokyo for home. she said that she feared being arrested in her home country. cnn's selina wang is in tokyo with the latest and belarus is a country tha

on the balance beam making her olympic return tomorrow as her teammates bring home the hardware jade carey the bars >> dismount right here >>> and mykala skinner wins silver on vault one week after she thought her olympic career was over mykala will join u

they have won gold on the floor with jade carey getting the gold and this is with the other story without simone biles who is going to be back. >> how about that coming back. i think balance beam competition beginning on tuesday. it's going to be pretty exciting to watch us one soccer team also, as we said, big news yet they're out yeah, they lost to canada. so they're not going to go for the gold bronze, though. melissa marino is live in tokyo this morning with all of the latest. >> good morning, melissa. let's start with simone biles because we can look forward to seeing all the ballots be. >> yeah. you know, the moment we have all been waiting for for the entire games. ever since we saw her drop out of that first competition. very exciting news that go the greatest of all time back. and as you mentioned, she's going to be taking part in the balance beam competition. that's tuesday night. and just to give you an idea of what to look forward to when she competed in 2016 she won bronze despite falling off the beam, something that would normally kind of in some of these chances. but that j

and we're talking about the olympics just want to get an update on jade carey for the u.s. the american women team usa soccer not going go for the gold, unfortunately. but that's other events that we're following as well and other things, too, that are related to the olympics, not miss so the competition. but the culture of japan. and this morning we want to take a look at a cultural phenomenon with roots in japan. japanese my cap just. >> just to live me soco talking shima was born and raised in august significant part of her childhood and culture. some based on like real events like history so me, my brother, we use us and with textbook to latin world history. she may have grown up on books, but fell in love with the united states from watching american movies. i want a woman is going to arise my intellect as well as my through the new fund. such it >> he watched the movie coming to america. and then we fell in love in new york city. seeing how mongeau an anime were growing in popularity. she merged her love of art and her knowledge of the john are becoming among artists

suni lee, jade carey surprised everyone with a gold, and mykayla skinner who didn't think she was going silver herself. alicia, for me, the medals that stand out are the ones we don't expect and the athlete that stood out for me was in the pool, bobby fink is a long-distance freestyle swimmer. he ran these races where he was basically in fifth or third the entire race. and then pulled out the win remarkably in the last 50 meters. he won two gold medals. it was cool to see. >> there were images of protesters in japan who did not want the olympics to go on because of covid concerns. what more do we know about any possible case surges as the olympics wrap up? >> you know, outside of the so-called olympic bubble, the case numbers here in tokyo have been surging. when we first got here, the numbers were around 1,700 a day, more or less. they're now topping 4,000 a day. obviously rising very quickly. but within the olympic bubble, among those people who were accredited and there are over 100,000 of them, there have only been over 400 cases. it's a relatively small number, so organizers are ca

instead america�*s jade carey took the gold.wisties" — which is losing your sense of direction whilst mid—air — when completeing her vault routine. a world record has been broken in the women�*s team pursuit qualifying, but not by team gb. it had looked as though katie archibald, elinor barker, josie knight and laura kenny were going to beat the record set by germany earlier, they were half a second faster early on in the race. but it just fell apart at the end for britain. they held out to finish second in qualifying. they will race against the usa in the first round. and the british men qualified fourth fastest in their team pursuit. it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the first round — denmark. the winners of that will then progress to the final. on the track, history has been made with jasmine camacho-quinn winning puerto rico�*s first ever track and field gold in the women�*s 100m hurdles final. meanwhile, team gb�*s laura muir is aiming for her first olympic medal, sa

jade carey was the sole american competing on the floor. and she nailed it.er gold medal win followed a setback for usa gymnastics over the weekend when simone biles decided not to compete in the event after experiencing the twisties. a mental block hurting gymnasts' awareness of their body's position in the air during flips. performance consultant rob irt andrews worked with biles for nearly four years through the rio olympic games. >> what would you advise her to do? >> only interact with people that love and support you. minimize your time with the media. she's told her story. everybody knows what's going on now. she doesn't have to validate or explain it anymore. i wouldld just say, calm it dow. back out quite a bit. >> the four-time gold medalist also withdrew from the final vault event sunday. she was replaced by team usa's mykayla skinner. whose shaky landing but strong overall showing led the 24-year-old to a silver medal. it was an unlikely ending to an incredible career for skinner after going to rio as an alternate in 2016. the olympian fell behind

. >> jade carey, gold medal. >> it was like gymnastics palooza. >> being an og of the team, i want toeal emotions. >> hands in the air like you just don't care! >> carissa moore, aloha and congratulations. >> yes, he can >> wow >> jager eaton with a medal around his neck. >> proudly called team usa silver medalists >> bronze medal for the u.s. women's national team. >> that is it! the united states has won the gold medal >> i'm so happy i get to represent usa! >> michael phelps over here. >> jordyn, what do you think >> my mom's going to kill me >> oh. oh >> usa usa! >> put your hands together for hinode she's so sweet look who's here. >> hi! >> they wanted to say hi do you believe it? >> what? >> who are your role models right now? >> simone. >> simone. >> me too. ♪ >>> good morning. 8:56. i am marcus washington. governor newsom making a stop in southern california today to highlight safe reopening of schools. he will visit an elementary school. he is expected to update the ongoing effort to fund resources and support schools need to safely reopen. his visit is supposed to start at 1

america's jade carey took gold.a kenny were going to beat the record set by germany earlier, they were half a second faster early on in the race. but it just fell apart at the end for britain. they held out to finish second in qualifying. they will race against the usa in the first round tomorrow. and the british men qualified fourth fastest in their team pursuit. it means ed clancy, ethan hayter, ethan vernon and ollie wood will face the fastest team in the first round — denmark. the winners of that will then progress to the final. on to athletics, and great britain's laura muir eased into the semi—finals of the 1500 metres as she aims for a first olympic medal. the 28—year—old finished second in her heat — just behind canada's gabriela debues—stafford. muir had the option of contesting both the 800m and isoom events in tokyo, but opted to focus on the longer distance. she said she is "more prepared than ever". and away from the olympics, some football news to bring you. harry kane hasn't returned to tottenham's tr

with biles out of the competition, team usa's jade carey has won gold in the women's individual floor meanwhile, individual all around gold medalist suni lee earned bronze on the uneven bars yesterday. and veteran gymnast, mykala skinnard who thought she retired stepped up to win her first gold in vault. after breaking his own world record for gold in the 100 meter butter fly on saturday, caeleb dressel set a new record in his third individual gold medal of the games. he then joined the men's 4 by 100 medley relay team in a world record finish that sends the swimmer home with five gold medals from the tokyo olympics as the u.s. won the event for the 14th consecutive games. meanwhile, bobby finke charged in the final length once again to win the men's 1500 meter freestyle with along with katie ledecky's win completes a sweep of the distance swimming contests in tokyo. on the olympic hardwood, the u.s. women's basketball team remains unbeaten in 52 straight olympics games after defeating france 92-53 this morning as they advance to the quarter finals. on the pitch the u.s. women's socce

american gymnast jade carey wins gold in the individual floor exercises in tokyo.ng out of finals last week. see was concerned about her mental health and how that could affect her physical safety during the competition but she decided to take the plunge and compete. time for the word on wall street this morning, top investors watching your money. joining me now is spotlight asset group chief investment officer, shana sissel, david nicholas and michael lee strategy founder, michael lee. thank you for being here. we have a big deal to talk about, david, i want to kick things off with you. senators are finalizing the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, chuck schumer says he wants a bill in the next couple days, he wants two bills jammed in before the august 6th recess in the senate, with the infrastructure bill now on its way, investors are falling they're not concerned about -- l signaling they're not concerned about long-term inflation, despite all the spending. your thoughts bout inflation as well all of this spending hitting the economy once again. >> yeah, well, i'