katie la decky able to pull through.race, she was telling the teammates, i got your back. they said, i got your back. upsetting news, sam kendricks from track & field. he tested positive for covid-19. this is a big hit to track & field. he has to isolate and miss the rest of the games. that's the latest from tokyo. >> thanks to tom for that update. a good day for team usa. that does it for us this hour. ayman mohyeldin picks up the next coverage of msnbc reports. e next coverage of msnbc reports ♪ ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why we'll stop at nothing to deliver our technology as-a-service. ♪ do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? to deliver our technology as-a-service. try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. re-entering data that employees could enter themselves? that's why i get up in the mor

let's start with katy la decky the headliner. she graduated from stanford last month. five gold medals coming into the tokyo. silver is almost like a let down. not bad today. she finishes second in the 400 free. australian wins gold. let's talk about the covid case count. it continues to rise. every day new athletes test positive. another heavy weight in golf will not be competing. this is the world's top ranked golfer of spain. testing positive. he won the u.s. open in san diego last month. updated numbers 16 new cases over night. we are at 153 total cases tied to the olympics. 16 of the 183 are athletes. here comes the heartbreak. all relates to san fra the fencing event. he was the favorite to win gold. this is a shock. he won silver in rio. this was supposed to be his time for gold. instead he's out. had lives and trains in san francisco. went to stanford. certainly a tough day for him. i spoke with his dad who is the head coach for team usa fencing. he tells me and quote all this isolation got to him and he tensed up. this modified quarantine has been hard on him.

katie la decky battling her way to a silver.his as usa soft ball stays undefeated with another walk-off win. >> deep fly ball, back it goes. it's gone! griff: they'll face japan again in the gold medal game tomorrow. here's a look at the medal count. team usa trailing china in total medal as u.s. viewership at a 33 year low. i suspect it's going to increase as the usa continues to bring home more gold medals. jillian: i know you're going to be watching every minute of it, griff. you'll keep us updated. griff: i love the olympics, what can i say. jillian: i always did. i'm just -- i don't know. i haven't seen it yet. i'm going to get into it, griff. you forced me to. griff: off you've got to get into it. jillian: hunter biden has an unlikely critic on the cnn panel. she's not critical of his art, she's being critical of his potential art deals. joe concha joins us live with reaction. griff: plus, san francisco is debating a congestion tax to help clear its streets. but that fee would be based on drivers' incomes which has some ca

swimmer katie la decky took gold in the 1500 meters, the american women won gold in the new olympic sportl. the men's basketball team defeated iran by 54 points in second round competition. the u.s. leads the overall medal competition, japan has the most golds with 13. china has 12. the united states with 11. texas republican jake ellzey has won a special election susan rice. rice had the support of former president trump. republican governor greg abbott says ellzey will be a strong and effective leader for the people of north texas. there is increasing pressure tonight on president biden who extend a pause on federal student lone payments or forgive the debt entirely. congressional correspondent chad per grams shows us tonight from capitol hill. >> >> liberals are demanding president biden make good on a campaign promise, cancel student debt on his own. >> tiktok, pick up the pen. >> some progressives hope alexandria ocasio-cortez will challenge senate majority leader chuck schumer in new york's democratic primary next year. schumer is increasingly responding to liberal demands. >> with