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former special counsel lanny davis, mark spitz, we'll look back on his seven-gold performance at the munich games 40 years ago and from the new movie "abraham lincoln vampire hunter" actora anthony mackie will be here. >> john heilemann, is this not one of the -- >> mr. blue sky. so many -- >> let's just let this bleed for five seconds before we go to bill. ♪ >> this is an amazing [ inaudible ]. >> are we going to have "living thing" later. >> miserable -- >> let's have weather. >> angry, unhappy. all day long. >> i once said this was like middle school lunch. that may be pushing it. good morning, everyone. heat wave continues over the northeast and as we go through this afternoon, today will be the hottest day we've seen in a while. we're talking triple digits. it's already in the 80s in boston and new york and this afternoon, we're going to go up to near 100, if not 100 degrees today from boston to i-95 southward, providence, hartford, new york, philly, baltimore and d.c. everyone's going to get into it today. a little worse than yesterday. heat advisories are in effect for most ar

but by 2004, he was already a headliner and linked to another famous olympian, mark spitz whose 36-yearseven gold medals in single games seemed impossible to beat. but it was in beijing where michael's career exploded as he won an unprecedented eight gold medals, shattering spitz's record. coming down from the biggest hive his career wasn't easy. michael admits the last four years have been the toughest for him, both personally and professionally. >> you see a lot of athletes go through ups and downs, a lot of olympic athletes do, post olympic depression. you're so up on this big competitive level. then after that you just fall off. you have four years to build up and you're at this peak. then you just kind of roll down the hill. >> you say you let yourself go, and you admit it. >> yeah. i literally didn't come for six months. i would come for a week or two straight and then take two weeks off. >> during the time you were going to practice, not going to practice, not taking it seriously, why didn't you quit. >> i had made the commitment to not quit. at that point i was more than halfway

. >> we look forward to hearing more from you, mark spitz. >> what a great honor.e on nbc. additional coverage throughout the week on nbc sports network. out the week on the sports network. >>> now, let's get a check of the weather. >> that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> tom kierein, storm center 4. still hud. to the west, though, quite cloudy and as well as to our north, quite a few sprinkles there. little stormy here this afternoon, in fact, some of the storms 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. could produce damaging winds. before then, climb low to mid-90s and then into the 80s during the rest of the afternoon and then 60s tomorrow morning and low humidity for the weekend and much more comfortable weather moving in and might get >> next, hang on for the brand-new transformers ride. really hang on, kenny chesney takes to our concert stage. ♪ >> you've probably seen blockbuster movies, now we'll talk about transformers ride 3d. we've seen our own version. we'll check it out. >> i like that. hey, ann, how are you? he

. >> we look forward to hearing more from you, mark spitz. >> what a great honor.. additional coverage throughout the week on nbc sports network. now a check of the weather. >> >>> well, believe it or not, yes, we are now well into summer, and we have rain on the way. getting some drizzle, a steady drizzle right at the coast this morning, but the showers still holding off for now. about 44 minutes away from places like santa rosa, 56 minutes away from novato, and then we'll get some very light pesky showers throughout the day today. we're not expecting a whole lot. temperatures will remain cool, 71 in redwood city. we'll stay cool all weekend long. >> next, hang on for the brand-new transformers ride. really hang on, kenny chesney takes to our concert stage. ♪ >> you've probably seen blockbuster movies, now we'll talk about transformers ride 3d. we've seen our own version. we'll check it out. >> i like that. hey, ann, how are you? here is the deal, there's a new formula for blockbuster in tinseltown, movie plus success plus sequel plus more success equals a theme p

but by 2004, he was already a headliner and linked to another famous olympian, mark spitz, whose seven in a single game seemed impossible to beat. but it was in beijing where michael's career exploded as he won an unprecedented eight gold medals, shattering spitz's record. coming down from the biggest tie of his career wasn't easy. michael admits that the last four years have been the toughest for him both personally and professionally. >> you see a lot of athletes go through ups and downs, a lot of olympic athletes, too, pos post-olympic depression. you're so up on this level and then you fall off. you have four years to build up and then you're at this peak and then you roll down the hill. >> you say you let yourself go and you admit it. >> oh, yeah. i didn't do anything for six months. i would come for a week or two and then take six weeks off. >> during the time you we going to practice and not taking it all that seriously, why didn't you quit? >> i made that commitment to go another four years. at that point i was more than halfway there and there was no turning back. >> it was ab