the decathlete took gold again -- he did it back in lo athlete kevin mayer - who took silver. eaton is just the third man to ever repeat a gold medal in the olympic decathlon. ' and today in rio -- u-s boxer claressa shields is set to defend her london gold medal. and colorado's janine beckie will take to the field. brazil in a bronze medal match. on the "blue cut" fire. but - there's still a lot of work ahead. it's a perfect 100 for team u-s-a -- nearly doubling the runner up on the medal count. the u-s has 35 gold, 33 silver, and 32 bronze medals -- 100 in total. china is next with 58... great britain with 56... russia has 44... and japan behind with 36. rain and cooler helped the crews battling the hertha ridge fire here in colorado. it's burned 73 acres near carter lan larimer county. the sheriff's office says its now 75 percent contained - thanks in part - to light rain and cooler weather this afternoon. let's hope that continues... crews have made progress on the massive blue cut fire in southern california.. even so -- tens of thousands of people are still under evacuat

edging francis's kevin mayer.e moment of the us that took the gold in the hundred meter hurdles was the first for the us event, american ashley spencer of the united states finished third. american gold and silver, ryan crowther's fifth attempt went 73 feet and set an olympic record, the first 1-numtwo finish for the united states since the 1996 atlanta games. the american women's basketball team announced the gold-medal team, they beat france last night 86-57, us women play spain tomorrow for what would be the sixth gold-medal in a row. let's check it out, the us has 100. next is china with 58 and great britain with 56. nicole: it will be hot and humid in parts of the country, severe thunderstorms in other parts. maria molina, how are you doing? maria: we are tracking severe weather across parts of the planes and hot temperatures across the southeast but i want to start across the west because we are dealing with multiple ongoing wildfires from california to montana and the threat for wildfires is elevated out th

eaten closed out the victory with a surge allowing him to beat kevin mayer of france. >> the decathlon winner the best athlete in the world. >>> team usa has hit a notable benchmark, exactly 100 medals. that's almost as many as china and great britain combined. 35 gold, 32 silver and 32 bronze. >> it's spectacular. >> it's great we've done so well in gymnastics and track and field. >> basketball, yeah. >> shot put. >> basketball yet to come. lots going on. >>> time for traffic and weather on the 2's. let's get over to vanessa murdock. >> good morning everybody. hope your day is off to a fantastic start. weather-wise it's cooperating. let's check in with our weather watchers. they have some nice reports. temperatures for the most part in the low and mid-70s this morning. first 75 degrees, this report skies skies, relative humidity at 86%. 77 degrees, clear skies and 77 in brooklyn. left us this comment, just love when the sky is the azure blue color, mother nature at her best. those beautiful blue skies finally showed themselves yesterday afternoon. it's going to be a partly cloudy day