"melanie margalis" is flying home to tampa, after winning gold in rio. margalis was part of the team that won th4 meter freestyle relay. margalis will have a big homecoming crowd waiting for her at the airport.. including her friends from the st. pete aquatics club. margalis grew up in clearwater, and graduated from countryside high. today in largo... the "armed forces history museum" is celebrating its eighth anniversary. and customers.. are getting the gift. today through sunday the museum is offering admission for just eight dollars a person. that's a ten dollar discount. their tank rides are a separate price. the museum is open the annual "shriners twilight parade" is tonight in ybor city. it's one of many events for the annual gathering of shriners at the tampa convention center. about 25 thousand shriners are here from all 50 states, plus parts of western europe, japan and korea. the parade starts at 6-30 along seventh avenue. it features bands, floats, and clowns. and it's all free. homeless families in tampa are getting a special treat because th

wednesday will be a day melanie margalis will remember for a lifetime. the clearwater swimmer was part of the 4 by 200 relay team that qualified for the final tonight. that team ended up winning the gold. she did not swim in the final tonight, but she did swim, as i said, in the prelim, which should have earned her the right to a medal. after all, she finished fourth in the women's 200im, so that would be redemption. >>> a big night tonight for george cutter. his first nfl game as a head coach. yes, his check list of things to look for tonight, here's my top three. at the top of the list, poise. this team has been so penalized last year. that trend has got to reverse itself. so far, i have to say the jury is still second, the defense last year couldn't get off the field if their life depended on it. that has to be fixed as well. finally, i'd like to see if defensive end noah spence is as advertised. he look goods at the camp, but let's see what the kid can do in live action tonight at 7:00. >>> the blue jays last night in toronto. blake snell got into tr

. >>> clearwater's melanie margalis just missed out on a medal last night. tonight she is back at it and a great chance to win the gold with the four by 200 freestyle relay team. their preliminary time about two seconds faster than australia. that event is set for 10:55 tonight. i'll tell you what, it looks like drew smiley has turned the corner. he has got two wins under his belt and four >> thanks, tom. all of the top headlines are on abcactionnews.com. >> and we will see you back here at 11:00. have a great night. y22pny yy6y >>> tonight, breaking news. tense moments on the campaign trail. the secret service rushes the stage at a hillary clinton rally. as donald trump tonight stands by his words aimed at, quote, second amendment people, that they could do something. and late today, this image. a man climbing trump tower. police watching. >>> also tonight, the police officer who discharged a live round during a practice drill, killing a wife, a retired librarian. the news conference late today. >>> severe weather at this hour. a tornado just confirmed here

a big night for the bay area's own melanie margalis. moving on to the women's 200- meter individual medley. weight in the water, and katie ledecky was in the pool. fellow swimmer missy franklin was out. jared, what's your take on the events? >> reporter: team u.s.a. measures the pool in people. because there's so many quality swimmers and divers who represent team u.s.a. that's how the u.s.a. added to its already high medal count. >> yes! >> reporter: a star studded squad delivers in diving for team u.s.a. a silver medal performance. >> i try not to be appear emotional human, but i get emotional, i just can't control american pull in two gold medals. and american powerhouse, lily king surges at the finish to win a gold medal, and olympic record in the 100-meter breaststroke. u.s.a. also wins a bronze there. >> my life changing, i'm a gold medalist, pretty cool. >> reporter: kathleen baker comes sentimenters from gold in the backstroke. she takes the silver. kyrie irving u.s.a.'s dismissal of venezuela. that sets up a fantastic tuesday n

." >> now, 8 on your side special >> bay area swimmer melanie margalis was reluctant to dream about winning a medal. >> now she is coming home for gold. >> she helped secure a spot in the finals for the team. paul ryan is in rio and talked with her about her victory. >> reporter: i'm here with melanie margalist, gold medalist. has that sunk in yet? >> i done think so. i have to wait until i see the thing that went through your mind? >> well i was so happy for the four girls who got to swim. one of the girls really started crying immediately. i was just like so excited for her almost. it was a cool moment. >> reporter: you can be candid for me. what was the celebration like and when did it end? >> i wouldn't say there was any celebration. i tried to get a popcicle in the dining hall but they didn't that for breakfast. >> reporter: so when do you get your medal? >> i think i get it late tore night. >> reporter: when you do, we will post a picture for it on the twitter account so everyone at home can see it. now that your olympic experience is concluded, can you sum it up for me? >> reporter:

"melanie margalis" is flying home to tampa international, after winning gold in rio. margalis was part of the team that won the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay. she didn't compete round... but took part in the prelims that helped the u-s advance. margalis will have a big homecoming crowd waiting for her at the airport.. including her friends from the st. pete aquatics club. margalis grew up in clearwater, and graduated from countryside high. ((wally)) you could call it the ultimate dunk tank. but it's serious business: water training for police officers that could save their lives. ((jen)) and fox-13's lloyd sowers dove right in... with members of if you're on the tactical repsonse team in tampa.... taking the plunge comes with the territory.27:56 "we're surrounded by bodies of water / 28:16 "we have to know how our bodies are going to react and how our equipment is going to react." they call this "the chair" . it's training for a chopper crash. "flipping upside down , being upside down because that's typically what happens when a helpicopter goes in the water . "they s

that includes melanie margalis, swimming in the 200-meter individual relay as well as the 800-meter freestyle relay. we caught up with her for a quick interview. >> reporter: what are you hoping for realistically? >> love to be in the final of course. and just do the best i can for the united states. >> reporter: have you lets yourself medal? >> oh no not really. >> well, she is a three thyme state champ -- three-time state ham from pinellas county. see the full interview tonight at 5:00 on news channel 8. now there's one other place you can see melanie this morning. >> she and her fellow swimmers have a little fun when they passed through atlanta last month. they recorded their own version of carpool karaoke. ? >> so fun that video shows 43 of the 45 olympic u.s. swimmers all the big names missy franklin and michael phelps, katie ledecky, they piled into nine different carts and -- cars and drove around atlanta singing their hearts out. we wish them so much luck over the next two week asks surely it's a few if not more than a few medals waiting for them. >> is does anybody -- did nobody else