misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings. and this will be their last match ever together tonight, you don't want to miss it. >> no, you don't. we'll get caught up on sports at home with the u.s. nationals and astros needing extra innings last night. tied 2-2 top of the 12th, runner on third for danny espinoza, he sneaks a grounder through to score the go-ahead run for the nationals. astros get runners on in the bottom of the inning. wallace deep into the gap. somehow bernadina gets there, hauls it in to save the game for nationals. this worth another look. bernadina comes flying in. he crashes into the wall to preserve that victory for the nationals. they win 3-2. >>> the other beltway team, the orio orioles, played extra innings at camden yards. bottom of the seventh, orioles trailing by three until hardy hits a shot over the left field wall to tie the game 7-7. same score in the bottom of the 14th. adam jones up with bases loaded. he delivers a base knock to the right field to bring hope the winning run. orioles walk off w

it was a story book ending to the olympic careers of misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings winning gold for the third straight time, pushing their career olympic record to a perfect 21-0. they only lost one set in all of their olympic competitions. misty and kerri, good morning. >> good morning. thank you. it's always a treat. >> it's a treat for us, too, for you to be here live. you guys thought '04 and '08 were great. you said london would be the best. did it finish out that way? >> without a doubt. misty and i have had a great tournament. we've played the toughest competition in the world. to be hanging with you today, dream come true. >> and for us. did it change your outlook because you were facing another u.s. team? or were they just two other competitors? >> we had a similar situation in athens. it's never easy playing your own countrymen but way to represent usa beach volleyball is to have a gold medal match usa versus usa. you know, they helped elevate our game because they are such wonderful players and i couldn't be more proud to face jen and april in the finals. >> we w

wednesday night misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings won their third straight olympic gold medal. >> it's celebration time once again for the golden girls. >> they beat fellow americans jen kessy and april ross for gold. london was the final farewell for may-treanor. >> this womd deserved to go out on top. she's the best player there ever has been. she's not going anywhere. we're friends for life. >> i wanted to finish this journey with kerri. i believe in what she does and she believed in me. we knew that was possible. >> misty may's mus, matt, watched the match online from los angeles where he plays baseball for the dodgers. >> they stay focused. once they get their mind set on something, they're going to do it. >> for kessy and ross, it was their olympic debut. >> i can't believe we came out of it with a silver medal. i keep saying that, i can't believe it. >> a gold rush in track and field for the u.s. team. allyson felix fired down the stretch after taking silver in athens. gh her second attempt after a foul on the first. >> a victory in the long jump for brittney reese. jan

misty may-treanor, kerri walsh-jennings going against april ross and jenn kessy.m, gold medal winners to silver medal winners will be here live today. >> pretty cool. the brits can be known to be a little on the quirky side. think monty python. in other words, the perfect person for them is meredith vieira. >> exactly. >> she's come across some real characters here. she's going to introduce them to us in just a little bit. >> a lot of fun coming up. first the olympic news. for that we go to michelle kosinski. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: morning. more of usain bolt, more women's boxing. as we needed further proof that american women dominate beach volleyball, tonight we'll watch the u.s. take on the u.s. for the final. a tough day for america yesterday. we still managed to walk away with more medals. >> what an olympic game for aly raisman. >> a glorious night for gymnast aly raisman winning two medals, a bronze for her balance beam routine and gold for her virtually flawless floor exercise. >> amazing. it feels really great. i've been dreaming of this for

misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings and in a third straight gold medal.hey will be here live along with jenn kessy and april ross. team usa dominates that on the tracks. we'll talk with allison felix. an inspirational story from back home. an athlete who was badly injured when she walked into a plane propeller. that is when we get started on a thursday morning. >> 6;50. 72 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> the water cooler is all about sports this morning. with the ravens' super bowl aspirations and the orioles' surprising season, how excited are you about baltimore sports right now? > >> i guess she is from boston. >> how generous of her. i think i'm supposed to sing this. >> go, mindy. >> we will post all answers on our website. i cannot carry a tune. >> a few problems. furness branch and point pleasant, watch for the accident wrapping up. the ramp to 175. we have some delays out of the northeast leftover from an earlier accident. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is 95 at the

on tuesday misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings beat china.his neck during the lift. the olympic champion managed to wave to the crowd as he left the platform. he had to withdraw from the prosecute heavyweight competition. doctors say he's going to be okay, although he does have a bit of back pain. one other note, ann romney's horse failed to make the cut in the dressage competition. now to the rest of the day's top stories. >>> admitted killer jared lee loughner faces life in prison after pleading guilty to last year's massacre in tucson. the shooting killed six people and wounded 16 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. his guilty plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors that will spare loughner the death penalty. giffords and her husband welcome the plea saying it will help the community recover. >>> former girlfriend of michael page is facing gun charges in wisconsin. page was killed after a shooting rampage at a sikh temple. there's no indication misty cook's arrest is london, england, to the shooting. last night hundre

as you mentioned it was a storybook ending to the olympic careers of misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings winning gold for the third straight time, pushing their career olympic record to a perfect 21-0. in fact, they only lost one set in all of their olympic competitions. misty and kerri, good morning. congratulations. >> oh, my goodness. >> thank you. >> always a treat. >> it's a treat for us too for you to be here live. you said look, '04 and '08 were great, you thought london would be the best yet. does it figure out that way? >> without a doubt. >> from start to finish, london, they've been such gracious hosts here but misty and i have had a fantastic tournament. toughest tournament in the world and withstood every challenge to come out on top and hanging with you today, dream come true. >> and for us as i said. did it change your outlook because you were facing the other american team or were they just other two competitors across the net standing in your way to the gold some. >> both. we've been in a similar situation in athens and had to meet holley and elaine earlier in the tourna

. >> kerri walsh jennings and her partner misty trainer.hey will be facing -- they will be facing off with another american duo. a great match. >> reporter: yes. you know that's going to be exciting. this has been a hot venue here at the games in london and you can be sure of two things as you watch the match tonight on nbc. number one some olympic history made and number, two the u.s. will come away with a gold medal. it will be a night at the beach tonight for the u.s. the scene of an all american show unfor beach volleyball gold. two-time defending champs kerri walsh jennings and misty may trainer against olympic rookies. >> we've only benton podium once and haven't been on the podium at all with them. it will be nice to hear the national anthem. >> reporter: no anthem for the u.s. men's volleyball team. they were eliminated today in the quarterfinals by italy. still in the hunt for a gold medal u.s. soccer women looking to avenge a world cup loss last year with an encore match-up against japan. >> definitely redemption but an opportunit

not the beach volleyball gold medalist kerry walsh jennings and misty may- vowed not to lose a singleon. they did in a preliminary match wednesday night against austria. but they went on to win in three sets and advanced to the knockout round. the u.s. women's basketball 30.scored rebecca set a world record in the 200 meter breaststroke wednesday.on that's escobar pretty high for thursday's final. win.ca's women continue to swam for the gold in the freestyle relay. nathan adrian took the gold for men's 100 meter freestyle by a slim margin. an american cyclist scored her second gold medal. she finished 15 seconds ahead of in the timese trial. players from four badminton teams have no chance of competing again in this olympics. players from china, south korea, and indonesia have been afterto leave the games throw a match is deliberately in hopes of getting more favorable placement. abc news, london. let's let's check out the total medal count. lead with 30. the u.s. with 29. china has 17 goals. the u.s. has a dozen. japan is next with 17 medals overall, followed by france and germany wi

three for three, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings make it a clean sweep for their olympic careersinning another gold in beach volleyball. >>> it is over here in london. misty and kerri, threepeat olympic gold. >> what's next for the olympic legends? we'll ask them live. it was a big night for team usa at track and field. americans capturing seven of 12 medals. >> allison peisoyson felix gets >> the u.s. women's soccer team goes for its third straight gold facing the reigning world champs today, thursday, august 9th, facing the reigning world champs today, thursday, august 9th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," at the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from olympic park in london, england. >> good morning and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, here in london's olympic park. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. want to cap off your olympic career do it the way misty and kerri did last night, third straight olympic gold medal. we were lucky enough to be there at the horse ga

kerri walsh-jennings and her partner misty may-treanor. >> the dynamic duo go out on top with a gold medal triple crown. you caught up with them after that dramatic victory so. great to watch. >> reporter: i did. it was so fun to watch whether in person or on television you really feel that energy. you know, going to a beach volleyball is a combination of going to a nightclub, a raiders game and olympic event. it has all sorts of hoopla but the fans love it. take a look. >> usa! u usa! >> reporter: we heard a lot of this. usa against usa so it was all red, white and blue. this venue is probably the best venue of all of the olympics, right in the backyard of 10 downing street in london. for the match itself now, it wasn't that close. kerri walsh-jennings, misty may-treanor they beat their american counterpart from orange county in straight sets. you know what, the touching scene came after the match when kerri walsh was holding her young sons. last time she won she didn't have her sons but this time she did. she is a working mother getting support from her family and support from her

also springboard diving and misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings. >> will the weather hold out in london? >> we hope so. meteorologist kim martucci joins us both here and abroad. >> guess what the high will be in london today? >> go for it. i don't know. >> 21. >> yes. celsius, right? >> celsius. around 70. around here, no doing. we'll be steamy once again. we're already off and running. look at this temperature. 80 degrees at reagan national. the sun will be up soon. the sticky necessary in the air, we'll feel that. especially as 90s come into town. closer to home, 81 in college park. and widening out the view, cumberland at 70. this afternoon, we're going to take you up to 94 in d.c. partly sunny most of the time. in the afternoon, 1:00 off to the west the thunderstorms develop. they will be here late in the day towards the evening hours. i do think there's a risk of heavy rainfall with these storms. don't cancel your outdoor plans this afternoon. i'll explain the rest of the weather details when i see you in just a few minutes. >> all right. see you soon, kimmie, thanks. >>

. >>> kerry walsh jennings won her third gold medal. she and others beat another team.hey ran track and field wining 7 metals including gold in the long jump and the -- jump and the 200-meter and alex morgan will lead the u.s. soccer team and japan in the gold medal match. the u.s. has 81 total metals. china is second, followed by russia, great britain and germany. >>> 454 is the time, our -- 4:54 is the time here is sal. >>> traffic is doing well around the bay area, we have one thing to talk about and that's northbound 680 and that's a crash where there is still blocking lanes. there is a small back up on northbound 680 and if you are driving nearby on the freeways, it looks good, this is a look at 880 in oakland and traffic is not all that bad coming through to downtown oakland and if you are driving on to the east shore freeway it looks good all the way to berkeley, let's go to steve. >>> good morning everybody, hot temperatures look like they are on the menu, not so much by the coast, it is too much fog and very shallow. 98 fairfield and we will go 100. hayward 79

an all-american women's beach volleyball final, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings proved theiright gold medal, defeating april ross and jen kessy, who will bring home the silver. the u.s. landed gold and more in track and field, in the 200 meters, allyson felix won her first individual gold with a strong finish. carmelita jeter won bronze. the u.s. had a one-two finish in the men's 110 hurdles, aries merritt took the gold ahead of jason richardson, silver. in the women's 400 meter, hurdles, lashinda demus finished second. brittney reese won the gold in long jump. and finally, usain bolt is on track to become the first man to win back-to-back olympic golds in the 200 meters. larry jacobs, abc news, new york. >> looks so effortless too, for l rlooks so effortless too, for >> that's all you can say about him. we're rooting for them. go out today, whatever you are doing, whatever time the game is on, all delayed that whole dram th1 o that's a game we all should check out, so -- >>> well, as the games started, of course, we reported on chaotic operations being done by the company hi

misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings won their third straight gold medal.ther americans, who will bring on the silver. in the women's 200-meter, allyson felix won her first individual gold with a strong finish. 1881 bronze. the u.s. had a one and to finish in the hurdle. aries merritt got gold. in the hurdles britney reese one of gold in the long jump. usain bolt is on track to become the first man to win back-to- back gold. >> the u.s. 3 takes the lead in overall medals. u.s. has 81, china has 77. that is followed by russia, great britain, and germany. >> fans with olympic-style nail art. stylists have 10 different styles of art. >> you knew that would catch on. 74 degrees. >> still ahead, weeks later the the dark knight is still rising you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. all i saw was smoke in the air and smoke bursting out the

kerri walsh-jennings and misty may-treanor beat their american counterparts in straight sets. the most touching, kerri walsh holding her two young sons, joe and sundance, a working mother who made such an impact on the bay area wins gold in london. balancing motherhood and this crazy career of your, how did it feel holding your boys? >> i think i scared them. that's what life is all about, family, and i feel so blessed that i have the support system i do, that my husband sacrificed, my boys sacrificed so much to accomplish this dream together. it truly was a family journey. my boys have allowed me to find my true self and the world is such a better place now, now it's up to me to make my world how i want it. >> we've seen you grow up. how much does that bay area support mean? >> i'm so proud of my roots. my dream is move there with my family. thank you so much. i can't tell you how much it fortifies me and gives me strength and courage. if i ever doubted i would look at tweets and get tweets on facebook and i had so much love, so much love and that helps you. i don't even have

she and kerry walsh jennings straight for three medals.d u.s. victory guaranteed. usain bolt on the track will likely not through the 200 meter around. favored to wins final. meter it's the first day for the olympics.rt of the the be mx be-- bmx event. the athletes can jump as high 40 feet in the air and hit curbs at 40 miles an hour. abc news, london. how is the battle going right now for the metals? china as a nation is still in place at 74 told. for the u.s., great britain place.sia tied in third germany in fifth place over japan. >> students and an indiana middle lessongot a very unusual bywords and not to say setting them out loud. teachernth grade encouraged students to write person words on the class room white board and then read class.oud to the entire i'm sure they came up with some words than this, but we cannot show them. in past years, this lesson has amount of bad language heard in the classroom. very effective. and yet, adam caskey [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding dow

two-time defending champs kerri walsh jennings and misty may trainer against olympic rookies. >> we've been on the podium once this year and we haven't been on the podium with them at all so a nice experience to hear the national anthem. >> reporter: no anthem for the u.s. men's indoor volleyball team. they were eliminated in the quarter finals by italy. still in the hunt the u.s. soccer women looking to avenge a world cup loss with an encore match-up tomorrow against japan. >> definitely redemption but also an opportunity, an opportunity to show the world that we're the number one team in the world. >> reporter: medals weren't the point for saudi runner sarah attar. she wrote a page in the history books. >> to have so many people supporting me is a huge honor and i can't believe i'm here. >> reporter: last in her heat in the 800 meters she was the first olympian in track and field for her nation. this is a piece of the track from track and field. it's made out of a new polymer. the organizers say even despite london's soggy weather it's designed to last at least ten years. 14 gold med

kerri walsh jennings and misty may-treanor against the chinese team, and they were trailing for much of the match but came back to win in their third consecutive gold medal match and it will happen at 9:00 p.m. london time tonight. not just one bay area star like kerri walsh, also maggie and jessica steffens, the steffens sisters from danville in water polo. team usa in the sem finifinals against australia. the most dramatic event came in extra time as the americans advance to the gold medal. jessica steffens scored in this match. the danville duo having a great time in london. team usa water polo takes on spain thursday. from the water polo and all the success we see, there was a downside. we'll show you what happened last night in terms of gabby douglas, one of the fierce five. this is a rare sight. you don't see this often. she faums and slips on the balance beam. she finished 7th. no big deal. she got right up. everything was fine. she's coming back to america with two gold medals. >> i definite didn't want to end this way, but you know what? if it wasn't my time to shine, it was

misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings winning a third straight gold medal.y'll be here live with april ross and jen kessy. >>> plus, u.s. dominated on the track, seven medals, three golds, including allyson felix in the 200-meters. we'll talk to her. and the olympics are filled with inspirational stories and this morning we'll share one from back home, the remarkable recovery of lauren scruggs, badly injured in december when she walked into a plane propeller. she'll speak out in her first live interview since that accident when we get started on a thursday morning here on "today." aaron, back to you. >> thank you, savannah. >>> it's 6:36, 73 degrees. it is possibly the most anticipated preseason game in redskins history. >> coaches give a little glimpse of what fans can expect tonight when rg3 and that era begins. >>> plus, google getting more personal. why it's going to start going through your e-mail. >>> hot and muggy and there are some storm chances coming our way, too. weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> and the important message firefighters will be spr

plus, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings on the beach. and tomorrow, don't miss 16 hours of coverage on the nbc sports network. live swimming heats featuring franklin, phelps, and lochte, plus, every event streamed live on nbcolympics.com. portions of nbc's coverage are also available in 3d presented by panasonic. check your local listings. the olympics continue on the networks of nbc universal. >>> so, tonight in london, big moments at either end of the olympic spectrum. gymnastics' five five, olympics rookies all, none older than 18, won the team gold. given the nature of gymnastics today, this olympics is quite possibly the only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did

tonight on the california beach where kerri walsh-jennings and misty may-treanor honed their skills, it was game on. while at the picturesque horse guard parade in london, the reigning champs dominated fellow country women april ross and jenn kessy from start to finish. the third straight olympic gold for the queens of the beach. >> tonight we're going to celebrate this amazing win. we went out on top. >> reporter: handshakes and hugs all around. not so in the women's 100 meters last night. medalist dawn harper and kellie wells let it be known they were not amused with the attention shown teammate and cover girl lolo jones. >> that hurt. it did. it hurt my feelings. >> jones finished out of the medals in fourth. >> the three girls that earned their spot and got their medals and worked hard and did what they needed to do prevailed, and that's all that needs to be said. >> wow, cut the tension in here with a knife. >> just this week jones' athletic abilities were also criticized in the media suggesting she wouldn't be able to live up to the hype. >> i work six days a week, every day fo

two-time defending olympic champ misty may trainer and kerry walsh jennings beat china for their 20th straight olympic victory. >>> be sure to stick with fox 5 all morning long. olympic gold medalist katie ledecky will join us live in the studio. the bethesda native will be here during the 8:00 a.m. hour. she won the gold in the 800 meter free style. she is the youngest american olympian in the games. >>> while many of you were asleep think another late night thrill north nats. they beat the houston astros in 12 innings. danny espinoza drove in the winning run with a single. in the bottom of the 12th, roger bernadina made an amazing catch for the final out. the nats win 3-2. >>> and the baltimore orioles also delivered some extra inning magic. they beat the mariners with a walk-off base hit. the orioles have now won 12 straight extra inning games. they are on fire, both of them. >> everybody is on fire. >> coming up next, the redskins wrapped up their final practice before the pre-season opener in buffalo. >> the head coach sat down with our dave ross to talk about rg iii. we'll have

>> that's where the team of misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings beat another pair of americanso win their third-straight beach volleyball gold medal. it was their last competitive match together. may-treanor is retiring from the sport. >>> the u.s. men's basketball team is rolling right along. lebron, kobe and team are into the finals, after destroying australia by 30 points. next up, argentina, which the u.s. beat in a preliminary match this last monday by 29 points. >>> and the u.s. women's soccer team fresh off their come-from-behind victory over canada, plays for the gold medal today. they take on japan with a score to settle. it was just last year that the japanese defeated the u.s. women in the world cup final. they say this is the game they wanted ever since. >> grudge match. that should be good. >>> day 13 of the games under way. here's the medal count. >> the u.s. is back on top ahead of china, by four medals overall. the russians, now in third. >>> and here at home, the first full weekend of nfl preseason games gets under way tonight. the league's first female officia

misty may treanor and kerri walsh jennings won a third straight gold in beach volleyball beating kessy and ross in an all-american final. kobe bryant scored 20 points hitting four straight three-pointers putting team usa over australia in basketball 119-86. >>> the u.s. back on top after wednesday in the medal count with 81 including 34 gold. china second with 77 overall and 36 gold. russia now in third with 52 medals. 11 of them gold. >>> but most the most striking athlete in london yesterday, never came close to winning a medal at all in an outfit covering everything but her face. sarah attar became the first woman runner to represent saudi arabia at the olympics. she finished last in an 800-meter heat but drew a muj cheer from the crowd. attar has dual citizenship with saudi and the u.s. and is a student at pepperdine university in california. >>> the rockies at the dodgers. eric young got things started with a bang. hitting a drive off the wall in center and racing around the bases for an inside the park homer. the dodgers led and victor -- l.a. won it 6-4. philadelphia hosts pitts

. >> all-american, after misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings beat a team from china, in 2-10 setswill face the team of april ross and jennifer kessy, who beat the team from brazil. it's the first time two u.s. teams have played for the gold. >> should be good. also, the gymnastics competition is all over. it ended with mixed results for team usa. there were medals only for aly raisman took the gold for her floor exercise routine. and she took the bronze on the balance beam. but gabby douglas struggled yet again. she actually slipped off that beam. also, jordyn wieber placed seventh on the floor. she is likely dealing with a stress fracture in her leg. >> and give the tough guy award to german weightlifter, matthias steiner. while attempting to lift more than 430 pounds, he wound up dropping the barbell on his head, neck and shoulders. after a few moments on the floor, he eventually got up and walked off under his own power. he had some x-rays and didn't attempt another lift. that looks painful. >> that's why i don't weightlift. there are 16 medal events today. here's a check on th

plus, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings on the beach. and tomorrow, don't miss 16 hours of coverage on the nbc sports network. live swimming heats featuring franklin, phelps, and lochte, plus, every event streamed live on nbcolympics.com. portions of nbc's coverage are also available in 3d presented by panasonic. check your local listings. the olympics continue on the networks of nbc universal. >>> so, tonight in london, big moments at either end of the olympic spectrum. gymnastics' five five, olympics rookies all, none older than 18, won the team gold. given the nature of gymnastics today, this olympics is quite possibly the only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did

kerri walsh jennings and misty may-treanor beat their american counterparts from southern californian straight sets. perhaps the most touching scene was after the match. walsh holding her two young sons. a mother who has made such an impact on the bay area and now wins gold in london. >> balancing motherhood and this crazy career of yours. how did it feel holding your boys in your arms? >> that's what life is all about. family. and i just feel so blessed. i have the support system of my husband. he sacrificed my boys. sacrificed so much to accomplish this dream together and it was a family journey. my boys have allowed me to find my true self and the world is such a better place now. it is up to me to make my world how i wantd want it. >> we've seen you grow up here from san jose to stanford. how much does it mean to you? >> i am so proud of my roots. my dream is to move back with my family. everyone at home, if you rooted for us, i know you did, i can't tell you how much it fortifies me and it gives me strength and courage. if i ever doubted, i would look at the tweets. i get the tw

. >> reporter: misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings retire with their third medal.ies myrrh it beat the world. and while lashinda demus whose twins may be the cutest in the house. >> go, mommy, go! >> reporter: gave it all for silver in the 400 meter hurdles. not as fast just as heroic, sarah attar, the first woman from saudi arabia to compete in track and field. a benchmark moment for women's rights. the stadium roared as she finished 45 seconds behind the winner. agony of defeat came with mathias steiner, lost his balance and dropped the bar on his neck. somehow, the german heavyweight walked away waving and smiling. bill weir, abc news, london. >> for the life of me, i don't know how he walked away from that. 400-plus pounds on your neck like that. >> it is terrible to see

kerri walsh jennings and misty may-treanor are headed for their third olympic final match.ll face ross and casey who beat brazil. you can see who takes home the gold tomorrow on news4. >> that will be fun to watch. >> we almost lost a number of times. great for them to pull it out. >> so are we going to have a calm night tonight and good rush tomorrow? >> calm night tonight and good rush tomorrow. >> thanks doug. coming up next. >> we're going to see storms. we're going to be fine. but if you have friends down around maybe cozumel, mexico, not so much. this is down to the south of cozumel on the yucatan peninsula, hurricane ernesto making its felt but is it the storm itself making its way on land. that storm has intensified. it now has winds of 85 miles an hour. it's just now to the south of cancun here. a well-defined hurricane at this hour. it was not so about 12 to 24 hours ago. it will bring heavy rains to this area. and winds gusting up to 100 miles an hour. they could see damage here. the one good thing here is south of cozumel which is right up here there is not a lo

misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings will go for a third consecutive gold medal. they on a remarkable run, only losing one set in their entire olympic career. they will face april ross and jen kessy. kessy is making her olympic debut but has experience. she and ross were the 2009 world champs. you can catch the gold medal match live online at 4:00 this afternoon or right here on nbc4 in prime time. it's also a huge day on the track. the race to watch today is the women's 200 meter final. team usa's allyson felix is determined to win gold. she won silver in the event in the last two olympics. and two other team usa sprinters will also be vying for a medal. carmelita jetter who already won a silver in the 100 meter dash and sonya richards-ross who won golds in the 400. they will all be challenged by the world's fastest woman, 100 meter gold medalist shelly ann frazier price from a jamaica. >>> the men will also be in action with the semifinals and finals with the 110 meter hurdles. 2011 world champion jason richardson is expected to compete for a spot on the podium

two time olympic champions, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings face jennifer kessy and april> well, it was a tough final day of gymnastic competition for team usa. first the good, aly raisman flipped her way to the gold in the floor. earlier the bronze for balance beam. gabby douglas slipped off the beam. jordyn wieber may have suffered a stress fracture in her right leg. >> the 100-meter hurdles, americans were edged out by australian sally pearson. they took silver and bronze. and lolo jones, my ex-wife, she finished fourth despite being the favorite. >> some of the big events on tap, track and field, 400 hurdles, women's 200 meter. both of those are finals. other medals include women's beach volleyball where the two american team will face off for the gold. >> back to lolo, "the new york times" did a scathing profile of her saying she is more about hype than talent. you wonder, took fourth in the event, does that lend credence to the article. that's my girl. >> i thought she did pretty well. it was a scathing article. coming out during the olympics. come on. >> next, remem

other stars like missy franklin, kerry walsh jennings and misty may-treanor are expected to be amongarketers. >> good luck. >>> still ahead at 11:00, cut do you think a cross-country flight. how about by five hours? that's right. the experiment that could make flying light speed. a reality. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> imagine this -- from san francisco to new york city in just one hour. >> i like the sound of that. >> me too. it could be a reality one day if a new test jet succeeds. >> kind of sounds like something out of, i don't know, "star trek." a key test flight is set for today near los angeles. it could be a reality. the wave rider. these rides last only 300 seconds, about five minutes, but engineers say that's enough to learn more about hypersonic flight. the craft will actually fly, get this, six times the speed of light. >> i love it. that would be a nice flight. >> i wonder if the flight goes faster, then they'll charge us less

plus, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings on the beach. and tomorrow, don't miss 16 hours of coverage on the nbc sports network. live swimming heats featuring franklin, phelps, and lochte, plus, every event streamed live on nbcolympics.com. portions of nbc's coverage are also available in 3d presented by panasonic. check your local listings. the olympics continue on the networks of nbc universal. >>> so, tonight in london, big moments at either end of the olympic spectrum. gymnastics' five five, olympics rookies all, none older than 18, won the team gold. given the nature of gymnastics today, this olympics is quite possibly the only shot for each of them, though it wasn't always that way in their sport, which brings us to larisa latynina, who won 18 medals from 1956 through '64. she was 21 at her first and nearly 30 at her last. changes in training and routines have made latynina's sport the realm of compact teenagers now, and given their short olympic shelf life, no modern gymnast will approach latynina's haul, but a swimmer could and did

defending gold medalist misty may-treanor and her partner kerri walsh jennings looks to move on to theold medal match today as will the second american team ross. if both teams win it it will set up the the first ever all-american gold medal final for the women. >>> and with just six days of competition left, china back on top of the medal count with 64. the u.s. trails by only one with 63. total including 29 gold. meanwhile, russia quickly climbing in the medal count now with 42 medals. >>> crowds lined up to see the youngest gold medal winner at the london games, katie ledecky. the 15-year-old bethesda native was mobbed by family and friends and fans at dulles airport yesterday. the 800 meter swimming sensation says it's all surreal. >> i am so excited to see katie. she is possibly the coolest person i've ever met. >> this is fun. >> do you feel like a movie star? >> i don't know about that. >> maryland's golden girl is stopping by our studio today. you can watch katie ledecky live right here at news4 at 6:00. i'm so happy for her. all the emotions. all this amazing experience. soaki

it's a three-peat for the world's best beach volleyball duo, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings took home the third consecutive gold medal. the pair won every match in olympi play and only dropped one set. despite the near flawless record, they say they were a bit unsure if they could win their third gold. >> we had our doubts, there was anxiety, there were fears, but you know, we stuck together and we do what we do best, which is play as a unit. and if we're fearful, we talked about it. if we had doubts, we talked about it, we expelled it and kept the positive coming in and we did it. >> may-treanor and walsh jennings say the gold medal match is their last match together. >>> amazing. get ready, football is back! the burgundy and gold play their first preseason game tonight. they're playing the buffalo bills in buffalo and it is our first chance to see rookie quarterback robert griffin iii in action. it's unknown how much you'll see of the field. kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 tonight because of our olympics coverage. tonight's game will be broadcast on nbc washington nonstop. a

. >> reporter: and let us not forget the three-peat of misty may traynor and kerri walsh jennings. how do you feel about the fact that across southern california, maybe even parts of iowa and oklahoma, there are girls saying, you know what, i'm dropping out of school to go to the beach -- >> ah, don't drop out of school. don't drop out of school. you can play in college. >> we're both college graduates and very proud. >> reporter: see, brains and braun right there for those two girls from the beach. fantastic performances out of the boys tonight. ashton eaton and tray hardee went gold-silver in the decathlon. and usain bolt, the fastest man in the world is just that. led a jamaican sweep, george, in the 200 meter. a dubouble-double to repeat. >> america back in the lead today? >> reporter: they're back in the lead, ten more than china in the total medal column. two more in the gold column and a big weekend ahead, including the dream team going for gold again. >> bill weir, thank you very much. >>> very different story now. late this afternoon, a dramatic development in the case of

two time olympic champions, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings face jennifer kessy and april amazing. >> all red, white, and blue final there. >>> well, it was a tough final day of gymnastic competition for team usa. first the good, aly raisman flipped her way to the gold in the floor. earlier the bronze for balance beam. gabby douglas slipped off the beam. jordyn wieber may have suffered a stress fracture in her right leg. >> the 100-meter hurdles, americans were edged out by australian sally pearson. they took silver and bronze. and lolo jones, my ex-wife, she finished fourth despite being the favorite. >> some of the big events on tap, track and field, 400 hurdles, women's 200 meter. both of those are finals. other medals include women's beach volleyball where the two american team will face off for the gold. >> back to lolo, "the new york times" did a scathing profile of her saying she is more about hype than talent. you wonder, took fourth in the event, does that lend credence to the article. that's my girl. >> i thought she did pretty well. it was a scathing article. co

. >> reporter: on the sand tonight, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings retire with their thirdtraight beach volleyball gold. while over on the track, american gold came in a big cluster tonight as sprinter allyson felix, hurdler aries merritt and long jumper brittney reese all beat the world, while lashinda demus, whose twins may be the cutest cheerleaders in the house -- >> go, mommy! >> reporter: -- gave it all for silver in the 400-meter hurdles. not as fast, but just as heroic, sarah attar became the first woman from saudi arabia to compete in olympic track and field, a benchmark moment for women's rights. the stadium roared as she finished 45 seconds behind the winner. and the most dramatic agony of defeat moment came with matthias steiner lost his balance and dropped a 423-pound barbell on his neck. somehow, the german heavyweight walked away smiling and waving. going to be soar for awhile there. also, the italian race walker who won gold in beijing but caught doping and expelled from these games held a tearful press conference today. he said he learn how to buy and use t