here again is mike tirico. >> katie ledecky! five-time olympic gold medalist katie ledecky is a lot of things. daughter. piano player. poolside goofball. and now a leader. what is the old, grizzled 24-year-old veteran tell a kid who says, what's it like to get on the blocks, jump in the water, and swim in the olympics? >> i think we have to remind them that it's just another swim meet. >> reporter: that quiet confidence is a big part of what makes katie, katie. even as a baby unfazed, playing peek-a-boo with michael jordan. >> i never dreamed i'd make to it the olympics, let alone three. i try to lean into that a as much as i can. and just enjoy it. >> reporter: another big thing that makes katie, katie -- stanford university. she graduated this year. and while she may have missed the ceremony, she celebrated, where else, poolside during the u.s. olympic trials. one thing about being a stanford student is you can hide a little bit, you can be just one of many. my favorite katie ledecky picture is you with the saxophone, playing

and they said katy ledecky, simone manual.id have them get ahold of me, which he did and i said have at it. >> reporter: training in his backyard for three months with their coach. >> we were hearing stories about people finding rivers. it's horrible. this filled the bill. >> he was an all-american swimmer where the aquatic center was named after him. so, the pool has special gutters and timers. >> basically, these are two competition lanes. >> reporter: while he was mostly gone, his daughter and grand kids were over often, bonding with the two women. >> having them here was such an honor. so fascinating watching them and seeing how fast they are in real life. >> reporter: when they gather on nights like tonight, when katy won gold in 1500, it's a special feeling knowing they played a role in helping team u.s.a. >> it sure adds a huge set of interest levels, when you knew they trained right here in a small backyard pool. >> nbc bay area news. >>> okay. tomorrow night, stanford and cal athletes representing the bay area in a nu

katie ledecky and erica sullivan going one, two in the 1500 meter freestyle, ledecky's first gold here in tokyo. and there was jubilation in charlottesville. >> it's a battle between ross. >> as a pair of swimmers from the university of virginia took silver and bronze in the individual 200 medley. while next door andrew capobiano. and the american women bringing home the first ever gold medal in three x three basketball making it 31 medals for team usa. >> tom, what are the u.s.'s chances for a medal in the all around white house simone biles? >> jade carey is going to replace biles in the all around. suni lee has a chance at a silver m teammates. >> tom llamas, thanks. >>> i spent some time visiting the swimming venue earlier today where first impressions can be deceiving. from the outside, the tokyo aquatic center almost looks abandoned. there are no lines of ticketholders ready to see events. it almost has the feel of a monument to an olympics that never was. but don't tell that to the swimmers, especially team usa who are rocking this house. >> ledecky is looking so good right now.

was swimming on a goldr for katie ledecky. >> reporter: katie ledecky won the 800 meter ending her run in tokyo with two silvers and two golds. >> gold medal number seven. congratulations. did it feel any different than, say, gold medal number six? >> yeah. i mean, each one has a special story behind it, i think. and um, you know, this one. i won that event three olympics in a row now and that is a pretty special story. >> reporter: caeleb dressel broke his own world record, his third gold medal in tokyo. >> do you feel like world-record pace when you are doing it? >> no. no. >> and the pain continues for dressel. he is the favorite in the 50-meter freestyle on sunday. >> about to tag morgan pierson for the u.s. >> reporter: and on dry ground, the u.s. picked up a couple of medals in mixed relays. a bronze in track and field. >> announcer: and now, the silver medal to the united states. >> reporter: and a silver in triathlons. bringing the u.s. medal count to 46. >> and stephanie joined me here in tokyo right now. i was at the bmx race on friday. connor fields, american, really an awfu

another g ledecky who just swam her last race in tokyo. is she are ready to hang up her goggles for good? >> we will find out and there's an update on simone biles. raj, a lot to talk about. >> there is. good afternoon to you. 3:00 p.m. here in tokyo. a lot of headlines. yes the olympians, the quarantine is over, and it's right now. we are on the town tonight. let's start with katie ledecky. is her olympic career over? say it ain't so. she was in the pool today for the final time here in tokyo. and you know what? her third straight olympic gold in the 800 meter free style. she is so fun to the event. dating back to the london olympics. she has ten olympic medals and seven of them gold. is this it? >> i know, i know you are in in pain and i know you are exhausted and happy. how will you decide if this was the last swim for katie ledecky. >> maybe 28, we will see, no, i knew it would be the last one here on. you never take anything for granted just take it all in. >> we love 2024 is parisand here you are l caleb his family at home in florida

katie ledecky, simone manual, have them get ahold of me. >> ledecky and manuel stan forand olympic swimmersth their coach. >> we were hearing stories about people training rivers and it was horrible so this has filled the bill. >> speaker was an all american swimmer at ucla where the aquatic center is named after him, so his 25-yard pool is built for the real thing with special gutters and timers >> basically these are two competition lanes. >> reporter: while he was mostly gone during the training, his daughter and grandkids were over often bonding with the two women. >> having them here was such an honor. it was so fascinating watching them and seeing how fast they are in real life >> reporter: when katie ledecky won gold in the 1500 it's a special feeling knowing they played a role in helping team usa. >> but it sure adds a huge extra set of interest levels when you knew they trained right here in a small little backyard pool >> reporter: for the news, i'm ian cole. >>> a newly minted holiday in the state of minnesota today is sunisa lee day. the governor made that proclamation after the

and american swimmer katie ledecky's gold medal win in the pool. no one else even coming close. and what was historic about this particular win. james longman in tokyo. >>> back here at home, dozens of fires in the west forcing authorities to issue new air quality alerts in six states from washington to wyoming to arizona. the alerts all the way east to boston this week. and we're tracking severe storms moving into the northeast tomorrow. washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york included. >>> the tragic death, the high school football player collapsing on the first day of practice. >>> in new york, shark sightings fo a third day in a row. authorities closing beaches outside new york city. on long island, where they're tracking the sharks tonight. >>> and made in america is back tonight. the clue -- we're sailing into a new idea. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with the coronavirus and the highly contagious delta variant racing across the country. we're now seeing nearly 57,000 new cases a day in this country, th

ledecky one of the faces of usa swimming.24 she's a veteran of the team, hoping to add five more olympic medals to her collection. nbc's mike tirico sat down with ledecky who says she still can't believe where she is right now. >> so as the profile and responsibility gets bigger, what happens to the joy? do you still love it as much? >> i do love it. i think i love it more and more every year almost. i think i love the challenges of the sport and the different phases of my career that i've been through from being a major underdog -- >> for a lot more great olympic stories, watch nightly news with lester holt at 3:30. >>> it is the biggest showcase in the world for athletes. the olympic games are also a big opportunity for hackers. local security companies say they're actively monitoring traffic on phones and computers looking for scams. our business and tech reporter scott budman reveals what they're looking for and how you can protect yourself. >> for fans, the olympics are always a giant global spectacle. for cyber criminal

ledecky is the first woman ever to do that in that event.f anyone has ever owned one event, it's ledecky in the 800 meter free. she owns more than 20 of the fastest times of all time in the event. the win gives ledecky her sixth individual gold, which is the most ever by a female swimmer. >> to win just even one gold at the past three olympics has been amazing, and i never dreamed of making it to one olympics when i first started swimming, when i was 6 years old. to have the opportunity to go to three now and to win medals and to hear your national anthem play, it's -- it's amazing. >> here's an updated look at the medal count. china in the lead with 20 gold medals. host japan in second with 17. the u.s. in third right now with 16, but they do have the most medals overall with 45. track and field, michael, really gets started this weekend. what is your favorite track and field event? >> high jump. that was sort of my thing back in the day. >> reporter: oh, yeah? >> 400 years ago, yeah. >> reporter: i like the 100 meter men's, just to see who

two of the meeting in the middle of the 400 metres and katie ledecky went out hard and katie ledeckyhard and fast, trying to pull the sting out of ariarne titmus's legs in it but the australian powered through with a final two lengths to go to steal the victory. she is a world champion and now the olympic champion and now the olympic champion and now the olympic champion and if you've been anywhere near social media you would have seen her coach celebrating in some style in the stands in tokyo and is just a quick note, to other minerals today, canada got theirfirst of the games with maggie mcneil in the 100m butterfly. she no doubt one from lane seven, the outer lane, so a surprise there. and the american men dominant is always in the four x100 dominant is always in the four x 100 metre freestyle relay, they won there. x100 metre freestyle relay, they won there.— x100 metre freestyle relay, they won there. 0k, well, let's discuss other _ they won there. 0k, well, let's discuss other swimming - they won there. 0k, well, let's discuss other swimming news i discuss other swimming news n

ledecky praising her rival >> i fought and did my best. can't be disappointed with that. >> reporter: you looked great out there. >> thank you >> reporter: how did you feel once you hit the water i've been feeling about in the water. just wanted to put together the best effort i could.yo a little short of gold, but it was a fabulous race for ariane so i can't be disappointed >> what did you say to her what did she say to you? >> she thanked me, she couldn't have done it without me and i can say the same to her and, yeah, i think we've moved out of it forward fun to have a grit race like that >> so both katie and caeleb have a long way to go ledecky going for gold in the 1500 meter event the first time women will be competing in that event. dressel has three more events including the start of the men's 100 meter freestyle and that is tonight primetime here on nbc. >> thank you >>> joining us now, some of the new faces of the swimming, bowe becker, brooks curry helped the men take gold in the men's 4x10 freestyle relay. jay raced to silver.

so double gold for ariarne titmus, but for katie ledecky, she was unable to go on and move into the 1500etres freestyle. that final was a little bit later. —— was then able. she had a very dominant performance in that, she was able to win her six 0lympic that, she was able to win her six olympic gold medal and art, and the tears flowed for katie ledecky after that win. there was also a second gold for hashi ofjapan, a brilliant result in the 200 metres individual medley and a storm of a performance for gigabits�*s men in the relay they were in, the 200 metres freestyle. —— great britain's men. tom, dean and duncan scott were part of the quartet yesterday to take a silver, and they stormed to victory in that, about three seconds clear of the russians and australians, who finished in silver and bronze medal. james guy was also in that, he has been around on the scene for ages and hejust has been around on the scene for ages and he just broke down in tears, he was so emotional he was finally able to get an olympic gold. and we also had matthew richards, just a young 18—year—old, i'm not qui

. >> katie ledecky won a silver for the u.s. it was a narrow loss to her australian rival. >>> of course one of the reasons we watch all of that action is to create incredible moments. thrill of victory and agony of defeat. >> garvin, another exciting day. >> jessica, janelle, you know, trying to keep up with everything that's happening in tokyo is, as they say, like trying to drink from a fire hose. i wanted to make sure you didn't miss special and fun moments from the games. you guys talked about caleb dressel winning gold. others completed in the preliminaries. that's why after winning dressel walked over from the podium and you see it right here, he literally tossed his gold medal to teammate brooks curry as a way of saying thank you. curry was already going to get his own medal but still a nice gesture nonetheless. >> the viral video of the olympics has to be this one. that's the australian swim coach. his swimmer had just beaten katie ledecky in the 400 meter freestyle. i love this tweet. it's not the quantity of the spect

katie ledecky making olympic history. she won gold in the first ever olympic women's 1500 meter. >> ledecky's teammate sullivan took silver. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by progressive, making it easy to bundle insurance. >> go team usa. >> yeah. >> a lot to cheer about, which is good. go katie ledecky. >> we'll be talking about the olympics in a moment. we begin with a major reversal by the cdc. it now recommends that all americans wear masks indoors where covid is surging, fueled by the delta variant. the cdc's guidance affects about 60% of u.s. counties, where there are substantial or high transmission rates. cbs news has also learned that all white house employees, regardless of their vaccination status, are now required to wear masks indoors. and as the new school year approaches, the cdc is also recommending all students, teachers and staff, wear masks. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud is in louisiana. louisiana just saw the biggest spike in hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic

katie grimes and katie ledecky will race this week in the prelims for the 800 free style. they will be racing in the same heat only two lanes apart from one another. the final will come on saturday. as for that other usa swimming we've been talking to you about, caleb drexel, he already has one medal and is hoping to reach the finals in in both the 50 and 100 free events he is favored in. >>> jamie yuccas at the games in tokyo. >>> half a world away, a small town in england is being credited with inspiring the modern olympic movement 170 years ago. this will town in england has a big sporting history. it all started with the town's doctor william brooks who worried residents were out of shape. >> he said, we can put on games and get people to get fit so they can compete in these games. >> reporte s in 1850, he created the winlock olympian games. >> you can see there is a program here listing all the events, one, two, three days. >> reporter: back then events were a bit different with athletes racing penny farthing bicycles. >> he started his campaign to revive the modern o

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she held it for 16 minutes until ledecky swam and broke it.y, who may be the greatest woman swimmer of all time, says she understands the pressure gymnast simone biles faces and says all olympic athletes have to watch out for it. >>> san jose's state's colton brown made it as far as round 16 in olympic judo competition. brown one of many olympians who come from the university's legendary program. >> we see the man who spent seven decades at the center of that program. >> reporter: whenever the words "united states judo" and "olympics" occupy the same sentence, chances are san jose state will also be part of that conversation. the school's dojo at the edge of campus has turned out numerous olympians. but you can't school's judo program without talking about this man. ushida, a student at san jose state in 1940 when the athletic director asked him to become the judo coach. >> i guess he thought that i was japanese. he said, do you know judo? and i said, a little bit. >> reporter: he remembers his first day on the job, a burly marine sergeant stu

heartbreak in the water for katie ledecky, losing gold by less than a second. a couple of rare missteps for gymnast simone biles and what she revealed. and the british diver winning gold and his message to children like him who have ever felt alone. james longman in tokyo tonight. >>> back here at home, news tonight involving a deadly standoff involving deputies. one killed, three others wounded. several family members dead. >>> and what was that in the sky over texas? there were reports coming in from several states. >>> and our made in america is back tonight. something old is something new something old is something new again. >>> good evenine aw week togethn tonight with the new covid surge across this country fueled by the highly transmissible delta variant. sweeping through the unvaccinated and tonight, the new mandates, from new york city workers to california state workers and health care workers in that state, to the v.a., the first federal workers, v.a. health care workers, given eight weeks to get vaccinated amid this surge. cases now up in 49 states

and katie ledecky looking to win a sixth gold medal in the 4 by 200 meter free style relay.t's a lot of action in the pool tonight. >> that ledecky is a machine. >> she is. >> a water machine. >> that 1,500 last night, it was like 15 minutes long. >> i know. and she dominated. it wasn't even close. she was going to nab et from the beginning. >> she's superhuman. >> my arms were tired just watching. >> that's going to do it for us. >>> the "olympic zone" is next with ross. stay tuned. >>> jacoby! >> jacoby up there in lane three. >> challenging schumacher. we've got ten meters left. lydia jacoby, the 17-year-old from alaska is going to win gold for the united states. alaska has an olympic gold medallist. >> the tokyo olympics, brought to you locally on nbc by nissan. >>> coming up on "the olympic zone." the sport that focuses more on mind than body. >> i think mentally is way more than most people assume. >> and he's come from the streets to the olympic stage. >> can he stick this trick? yes, he can. >> how skateboarding is uniting artists and athletes. >> i think a board and

meanwhile, katie ledecky has won two golds.al olympic golds of any female swimmer. take a listen to what she said. >> to win one gold at the past three olympics has been amazing. i never dreamed of making it to one olympics when i first started swimming at six years old. to have the opportunity to go to three now, to win medals, to hear the national anthem play, it is amazing. >> jessica, ledecky confirms she will keep competing, plans to be in paris, 2024. >> amazing. the number of coronavirus cases rising there in tokyo, what are you learning about that, what kind of impact is that having on games? >> right, jessica. cases continue to surge in tokyo, reaching a record of more than 4,000 cases reported saturday. the prime minister has extended the state of emergency in tokyo and expanded it to other preif he can turs. they're struggling to contain the delta variant, saying cases are growing at unprecedented speed. japan medical association says that if cases continue to climb, the medical system could collapse. officials insis

and katie ledecky winning her tenth medal, plus, team usa's latest victory on the women's soccer field. >>> good morning, america. it's saturday morning. it's good to see dan back. >> uh-huh. >> nice to be back. >> and we have a lot to talk about. there are new concerns about the threat about the delta variant as the cdc releases a report about how delta affects both unvaccinated and vaccinated people. u.s. daily cases are up more than 64% since last week, and that's nearly 481% since mid-june. >> as we come on this air this morning, 47 states and territories fall under the cdc's designation of areas with high or community transmission where the agency suggests masks be worn indoors by both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. >> we will have much more on all of that but we begin with the breaking news out of the olympics. a much more uplifting story here this morning. team usa scoring big victories in the pool overnight. katie ledecky scoring her third straight gold medal and caeleb dressel also getting the gold in a world record win. but this all comes as simone biles makes another major

a one-two finish you were just behind katie ledecky.u than she was for herself. >> it was so exciting. >> that was a beautiful moment what did it mean to you? >> it's awesome that i get to do this and set a landmark for women and do it in japan where i have half my family. it means a lot it's always an honor to do it beside katie because katie will forever be in the history books. the fact that i get to be a small footnote to that is awesome. >> erica, you're in the history books, too i wish i had three hours to tell your story reading about you, it touched me so much. you lost your father when you were 16. he was a collegiate swimmer. you have family here in japan. your grandfather was an architect who built some of these olympic venues this must be so meaningful to be here and to have competed and done so well you blew everybody out of the water. >> it's surprising and it's really cool that everything happened to line up and worked out. my mom would have loved to be here, but she's at home in vegas cheering us on >> alex and kate, loo

and heartbreak for reigning champ katie ledecky, fighting to defend her title in the 400 free. the recordholder losing by less than a second, coming in after australia's ariarne titmus. >> i knew it was just going to be a battle until the end. it's just an honor to race someone like ariarne, and for us to go two really, really fast times. you can't be disappointed with silver. >> reporter: but some of team usa not up to their usual level. upset in men's basketball. and women's gymnastics losing some of their invincible aura after finishing second in the qualifying round. even simone biles facing some stumbles. posting on instagram, "it wasn't an easy day or my best, but i got through it. i truly do feel like i have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times." biles has advanced to all finals and the chance to win six golds. overall you japan is leading in the number of gold medals. the united states falling just behind. 13-year-old shredder, momiji nishiya of japan, winning in the first ever street skateboarding competition. and emotions high for british diver tom daley w

and last night they were of course cheering extra hard when ledecky won gold in the 1500 meters. cool is that? >>> all right. tonight in prime time representing the bay area in numbers. and this is a lot of events out there. cara color looks to finals and then ryan murphy until backstroke. after that reagan smith looks to medal in the 200 meter butterfly. don't miss the men's team usa water polo team taking on italy here. >>> so you may have seen this in the social media feed. what do you think? she can pretty much do anything but can she compete in tokyo? many say olympic athlete is her doppelganger. what do you think? yeah. >> the fans twitter page. >> take the hairstyle off of lady gaga. >> she was born that way. >> that's true. >> can't tell how she feels because of the poker face. >> that was good. >> i like that. i have nothing for you, kari. >> i don't either. this morning starting with nice weather. beautiful day ahead. looking at warm valley temperatures. going to work in dublin it is all clear. temperatures are feeling nice and refreshing but will heat up fast so here i

swimmers certainly support her. >> the great female swimmer of all time, katie ledecky to the wall whol win gold! >> reporter: ledecky put on her best performance, making olympic history herself by taking the gold in the first-ever women's 1,500-meter freestyle. but all of it took place as the number of new covid cases in tokyo top 3,000 for the first time in the pandemic. what type of impact do you think the olympics are having on these covid numbers? >> well, i'm not saying that the olympics is the only one cause of the surge of infection, but it is certainly one factor, which is pushing the number of infections up. >> reporter: there are four individual gymnastic competitions left. biles qualified for all of them. if she competes, she will have a chance to match her debut in 2016 and win four gold medals. norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas in tokyo. thank you, jamie. wildfires out west have already burned more than three million acres this year. two states hard hit-- california and nevada. tonight, the governors of those states are sitting down in an exclusive interview with cbs' ann

for silver and ledecky's tenth career medal.mers have been, let's look at the overall medal count so far in tokyo, the united states has 28 and 21 are just from swimming. china is next there with 31 total medals and the russian olympic committee has 28. japan with 25. but as for the gold in gymnastics, suni lee is the fifth straight american women to win this event and to give you a sense of how close it was, it came down to within half a point between the first and the fourth competitor going into the last rotation and rebeca andrade, she stepped out during the routine during what was an absolutely spectacular routine. but each time that she steps out, that's 0.1 that gets deducted and that total was the difference between suni lee between winning and finishing second. a remarkable accomplish. we know her her family is so excited and trying to absorb the process, how incredible this was. it's something we'll all remember for a long, long time. a special night. craig, back to you. >> she needed to step back after she got lost in

superstar swimmer katie ledecky scoring silver.tics mat. all this as the number of positive covid cases climbs. amy is live in tokyo. >>> delta danger. the number of covid cases surge nationwide as crowds flock to this music festival in florida. one of the hardest hit states. could masks make a comeback? will this new wave change the upcoming school year? >>> picture perfect. jennifer lopez and ben affleck making it instagram official as the pop superstar celebrated her 52nd birthday. ♪ larger than life ♪ >>> matt damon is live in times suare taking us behind the scenes of his blockbuster new crime drama. >>> "rise & shine," and good morning from rhode island. we're diving into the ocean sate with 400 miles of stunning shoreline. get ready for a taste of the high life and the return of one of music's biggest traditions. lara is there live as we say -- >> good morning, america, from rhode island. >>> yes, we are on the air. yes, we're back. good morning, america. thanks for starting your week off with us. lara is kicking things off

reporter: you will know the pressure katie ledecky was under.a brilliant swimmer, she was picked for so many gold medals. she was picked metal. , could see her reaction. she spoke about the pressure she was under, the fact she is one of the faces of the games, everyone is talking about her, the fact that she would win every single gold. the pressure she put yourself under, the external. she did not want to put yourself in simone biles' choose but said she understood. that is what we are seeing. michael phelps, naomi osaka. it's a bit of a watershed moment, his athletes are talking about competing but also competing as humans. laura: i know the coronavirus cases are up in turkey a -- in tokyo. what is your favorite story of the olympics today? reporter: the fiji rugby team. they won the first ever olympic gold back in 2016, and the buildup has been so much tougher. they have been isolating since april. they have not seen any of their families, they were at a training camp, forced into lockdown, and basically continued themselves as a group all th

. >>> katie ledecky, the stanford alum was nowhere to be found in the 200 meter freestyle final.ook the gold but one hour later, the decade by a large margin won the 1500 freestyle, an olympic event available to women for the first time ever. it was her sixth career olympic gold medal and she still has more events. she is the most decorated female swimmer in history. she is the world record holder in that event and she seemed happier for erica sullivan. shows you a little bit about katie ledecky. >>> a northern california majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >>> tonight one northern california restaurant is struggling to find workers but hiring a new kind of help. >> the servers are all robots. they turn to these high-tech employees when business started picking back up. the food gets picked up and rolled out to designated areas where human servers can deliver to the table. the manag

she beat katie ledecky in the 2019 world championships, this is not katie ledecky�*s signature event,, so it may be ariarne titmus's best chance. tom daley in the diving pool, looking for his first gold medal in his fourth olympics. the best chance, in the men's ten metre synchro event in which he won bronze in rio five years ago. which he won bronze in rio five years age-— years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you very _ years ago. can he get the gold this time? thank you very much. - the head of the us central command, general kenneth mackenzie, has said in kabul that the us will continue airstrikes in support of afghan troops if the taliban continue their offensive. the taliban have made rapid territorial gains in recent months after international troops started withdrawing from the country. they are now gearing up to attack the big cities. secunder kermani reports from kabul. general mckenzie's visit to afghanistan comes amidst heightened concern over the country's fut

katie ledecky is enjoying the beautiful views. she posted a photo carousel with a lot of skyline photos with the caption "the sky's the limit" and ended with a picture of the olympic pool. i'm excited to watch her. >> ledecky killed it in rio, and you can expect that she's going to kill it in tokyo again. she was awesome. she rules that pool. >> last one here, an olympic fencer having a fun little time with a fellow member, leigh kiefer. they had a little fashion show of their ages." for sure, those videos having a lot of fun. >> sabrina has olympic pedigree. her brother alex won silver in rio, and his dad is the coach. and this is her first olympics competing. >> they're olympic family. >> they totally, totally are. thanks for being with us, abbey, abbey is posting a lot of olympic content. you can watch right now on nbcbayarea.com/rajtracker. watch it after the show. >>> still to come, preventing future fires. pg&e unveiling a new plan to make 100,000 miles of its power lines safer. and then carding for covid. hundreds of bars i

ledecky is the first woman ever to do that in that event. it will give her, her sixth individual gold, the most ever by a female swimmer and ledecky says while she has done it in this olympics, she plans to swim again in 2024, the fourth olympics and a chance to go for the four-peat in the 800 meter. >> thank you very much. >>> and blake, over to you now. certainly we have seen a busy few days for you as a reporter but for the athletes. i mean some real moments of highs and lows. >> yes, i mean look, the olympics are an exciting time, and you know, i actually had the chance to go to the track and field event last night, and it was a real surreal experience. 68,000 seat stadium with no one in it. but at the same time, watching these athletes compete was incredible. and they still maintained that level of performance and excitement that would have existed if there were tens of thousands of fans in the stands. very exciting, and to be expected, this is the lngs. it is exciting. but on the flip side, the covid situation here in japan is not exci

the first final of the game's first and france own katie ledecky, the 400 meter freestyle ledecky won gold in this event 5 years ago in rio and she got an early lead in her race today. but it was not a repeat like we're hoping for australian ari on took gold her time was the second fastest of all time. tennis has emerged as a big competitor for ledecky since rio. but deck he will still swim in 4 other events. the 200 free 800 p 1500 free and the 4 by 200 relay silver today. not a bad consolation prize. all right. things got off to a somewhat rocky start for the u.s. women's gymnastics team in tokyo as well. a surprise in today's qualifier as the defending gold medalist finished second to the russian olympic committee team a series of small mistakes on various events really added up as team usa finished a

katie ledecky won silver after losing to her australian rival. the u.s. men's swimming team is taking home gold and three teenagers shared the podium in the first women's skate boarding final. the 13-year-old girl who won the title is japan's youngest gold medal winner. china, usa and japan are currently holding the top medal winning spots. >>> time for a look at your weather. flash flooding is possible from tennessee to florida. mormon so more monsoon storms could trigger flooding there. in the midwest temperatures in the 90s. checking today's other temperatures slightly cooler in the northeast and 87 in miami. >>> coming up, the bizarre crash their boston. were two dogs to blame? >>> first the deadly rock slide caught on camera. massive boulders crashing through a bridge. >>> and the mystery of a >>> terrifying video of the a deadly rock slide in india. one of the boulders slamming into a bridge destroying the crossing. nine people were killed. many areas have been hit by landslides and flooding caused by heavy rain. the nation is under the second highe

. >>> a double standard for katie ledecky. she's going to compete in the 200 meter freestyle and then for the 1500 meter freestyle. then brown will face off in judo. then men's basketball will be on tonight at 9:40 on nbc team network. and the women's water polo team faces hungary tonight at 8:00 p.m. you can catch the highlights tonight on nbcbayarea.com and also on our trending bar. >>> we are getting closer to the recall election and a task for governor newsom. the reason why he chose a walgreen's to make his point. >>> another outbreak at a concert venue. now people are asking, are we opening too fast? >> you can see some storms longstanding. we'll talk about the heat and humidity. >>> we'll talk about the cdc's new mask-wearing guidance and a new concern about vaccinated people. we'll look at athletes under pressure at my conversation with the woman of golden surfing on "nightly news." >>> going into the first wave in the gold medal match. >> looking for something spectacular. he's broken his board, has he? >> drama we've

but there's one more chance at the games for katie ledecky. women's 800 meters as well. there's another chance for katie ledecky to add to her already extensive medal collection. >> steve, stay close. we have a little over a week left. lots more surprises could be ahead. i know i have olympic fever. steve, great to see you. hope to see you again. >>> we are also weeks away from something else, a few weeks from our kids going back to school. this morning, a new very upsetting report, sounding the alarm about the uphill climb our kids will have. research shows every one of them is behind in math and reading, compared to what they would be after a normal year. even worse for the most vulnerable kids, specifically students of color, kids living in poverty. it is part of a new report from the nonprofit education group nwea. i am talking about the kids that showed up. we have absolutely no idea about the many, many kids who have had no school since the pandemic began. joining me, lead author of the report, karen lewis. also with us, jeffrey canada.

arianne titmus getting a second gold medal and setting up her latest battle with katie ledecky.katie ledecky on monday in the 400 meter freestyle. >> stay with us on "outside source." lebanon's economic crisis is deepening. we will look at what has brought the country to the brink. ♪ >> japan, where the olympic's are being held, is experiencing a surge in covid infections across the country. a new record has been set, 9000. this is despite restrictions being in place in the capital. >> we have to remember this is the fourth stage of emergency that tokyo is under, and with the latest declaration, the number of people out and about has not exactly gone down. it is not a strict lockdown, there is no penalty, though the first state of emergency last april, people actually obliged. by the fourth time, people are rather fed up. people on the street say you cannot tell us to stay at home when the government forged ahead with the olympics despite public opposition. this surge is probably inevitable. it is past 8:00 now, when bars and restaurants have been asked to close, but you can see

. >> and a lot separates katie ledecky from the field again. >> katie ledecky, one ofst0 ames ts thatup this u.s. olympic team. but what happens when the cheering stops? >> this is our 2020, one of the few 2020s we have. >> this is natalie hall. the swim world knows her as natalie godwin. >> this is the first olympic trials in 21 years that i wasn't there, so that was weird in and of itself. >> reporter: over 5000 miles east of the tokyo games, in quiet st. helena, one of the most decorated american olympians, period, we found swimming around the tunnels of honeycutt lime company, her fifth year as a vintner. with her business partner shayna harding here, she has taken a deep dive with her own label, good darian winds. >> like many things in my life, i diving headfirst, without knowing what i'm doing, and i learned as i go. >> this does well with all sorts of seafood, anything friday. >> reporter: how was the transition from winning 12 olympic medals to wife and mother of two, from laps to labels? >> the transition to civilian life, i guess, as a non- athlete, i will be an olympian fore

. >>> happening overnight, at the olympics, as a typhoon closes in on japan, american katie ledecky in the pool. >>> plus, what is next for usa men's basketball after a loss over the weekend. >>> and a debate over this video of tom brady. is it real? it's monday, july 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> so -- >> tom brady again, setting social media world on fire. >> a storm. i saw that video. i didn't understand that it was a video. i thought it was a caption where he was like, can't wait to be throwing to real running backs. ooh, is he saying that the team has no good running backs? or the patriots -- >> he meant that training camp starts soon. he puts out this video. a lot of people think that the video is in reverse. that they shot it in reverse because -- we'll get to that more. >> oh, yeah. >> those receiver jugs are supposed to shoot out, from the back. so -- i don't know. we'll take a closer look at that a little later. it's probably fake. if it was -- if anybody can do this, it would be tom brady. he is 45? i don't know how old he is. >> you don't

. >>> swimmer katie ledecky at the tokyo olympics.he stanford alum was nowhere to be found in the 200 meter restyle final last night and did not metal. the one hour later, in front of a tokyo crowd, katie ledecky, led by a large margin in the 1500 freestyle. the olympic event offered to women for the first time ever. she has more events. the most decorated female swimmer in history. she is the world record holder in that event and lanit's in tokyo. that is enough. >>> the time is 4:56. >>> still ahead, thousands of new covid cases reported in tokyo during the olympics. >>> and coming up next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, governor newsom pulling his kids out of a maskless summer camp ♪ ♪ find a fridge that fits your budget. and your good taste. sie apiances. explore the showrooms of style at lowe's. [baby crying] i got it. i got it. ♪ ♪ give grandma kisses. mwah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ getting some help with the little one, from her biggest fan. some real face time. just an amtrak away. calirnia, you know our homes sharweto stay coole som

i talked to a team usa staffer afterwards and they said ledecky was saving her energy because she has two events to go here in tokyo. by the time the games are complete, she will have swam a stunning 3.7 miles. go stanford! erica sullivan, fellow american, took silver. and after dropping their opener to france, the u.s. men's basketball team taking out their frustrations on iran. they were on fire sinking 19 three pointers in the win. damian lillard led with 21 points. a win saturday against the czech republic will give the u.s. a berth in to the medal round next week. what a day here in tokyo and more to come as the sunrises there. later we'll see the first ever olympic golds in three on three basketball. >> that will be something to watch for sure. coy, it strikes me there is something of a common thread between all of our stories today. and in my mind it is trauma. different kinds of trauma, but you have simone biles, the emotional scars of these police officers who testified so bravely yesterday, you have mentally exhausted americans facing yet another round of mask wearing after

and it was titmus that beat the defending champion ledecky, to win her first—ever olympic gold, afterminated the pool over the last 5 years, winning 4 golds and one silver in rio. and just look what that victory meant to titmus's coach dean boxall — wil celebrations from him after that win. and his passion sparked a big reaction on social media, with many saying he represented "all of australia right now". and one of the world's very best — caeleb dressel — got his games off to the perfect start helping the usa to gold in the men's 4—by—100 meter freestyle relay. he set the pace in the opening leg with zach apple securing the win. italy took the silver with australia in third for the bronze. now, to team gb�*s third medal of the day and this one came from an unlikely source you'd be forgiven for not having heard of cyclist tom pidcock before, but the 21—year—old from leeds blew away the rest of the field, to take gold in the men's mountain bike cross country. at one stage it looked like he might not even make the games, after breaking his collar bone just two months ago. ben croucher

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katie ledecky stunned by arianna titmus. significant sums up reaction of australia's coach who was the second fastest time ever behind ledecky's world record. katie told me i'm mentally on to the next race. i could sense, though, the loss lit an even bigger fire under her with the best events to come the 800 and 1500 meter freestyles. >>> team usa gymnastics even the goat simone biles showing maybe they're human after all. she posted it wasn't an easy day. i feel have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. i know, brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn't affect me but, damn, sometimes it's hard. she wrote with a laugh. now the 24-year-old didn't seem to be on her a.-game during qualifications but advanced to the all around final as a clean sweep of the individual events. biles is trying to become the first woman to repeat as the all around olympic gymnastics champion in 53 years. and see this. is this a junior high class photo or an olympic podium? 13-year-old nishia winning gold. and another 13-year-ol

swimmer katie ledecky and australia's ayarnny titmus. was left off the podium finishing fifth as titmus to win the gold. an hour later, ledecky returned to claim gold in the debut of the women's 1500 freestyle race. and it was her sixth career gold and 15th gold medal for the u.s. team. and teammate erica sullivan picked up the silver. and another performance last night from alex walsh and katie douglass in the 200-meter medley. meanwhile, the fastest swimmer in the world, caeleb dressel is expected to bring home another medal with the fastest time recorded in the world this year. >>> and from the diving platform this morning, andrew capobianco and michael hixon earned silver in the synchronized final. >>> the u.s. men's basketball team returned to its ways this morning, bouncing back. a streak of 25 straight olympic wins come to an end with the 120-66 victory over iran. meanwhile, the women's 3x3 team. the u.s. currently leads the world with 30 total medals. >>> straight ahead, lawmakers say infracture deal within reach with the deal. b

in the women's swimming, usa's katie ledecky has dominated the pool over the last five years, winningupset taking gold in today's aoom freestyle final. ledecky led throughout, until the final 50 metres where titmus made her move, edging ahead and taking gold in her first ever olympics. she swam the best time of her career, 3:56.69, which was just 0.23 seconds off of ledecky�*s world record from the 2016 games. japan's naomi osaka cruised into the third round of the women's singles with a win that only took 65—minutes over viktorija golubic. osaka is the second seed, but also favourite for the gold medal now that ashleigh barty has been knocked out in the first—round. osaka beat golubic in straight sets, 6—3 6—2. it comes after she took an eight—week break in the lead—up to the games in order to protect her mental health, dropping out of the french open and wimbledon. that's all the sport for now. the average age in the imperium of that skateboarding competition, just 14! so that skateboarding competition, just 1a! so much to talk about there. what should we be looking out for next? .,