i'm craig melvin in rio. stephanie ruhle and sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer holding down the fort in new york. >> we are all smiling at the intro and we are not even there. >> i am under the weather, craig. i have olympic fever. >> you were at the opening ceremony last night. how was it? brazilian people over the past nine days or so, they know how to throw a party. and last night, they threw one heck of a party. they were dancing in the aisles. there was singing. it was a fantastic show. the highlight probably seeing team usa, 550 members strong, with michael phelps coming in. the crowd went wild. we'll have lots more of the highlights in a bit. >> i'm pretty sure craig, you have important guests joining you this morning. >> we do. we will talk to secretary of state john kerry in a moment. we will talk to one of the most decorated athletes in olympic history. gold medal winning swimmer mark spitz. let's start with the opening ceremony we were talking about. a special night. brazil can throw a party to kick

. >> melvin didn't want to show his face but he invitted -- invited me in. >> they trashed the whole house. it took three days to clean it up. they went in our attic and went through my tax papers. my old tax papers. >> but what hurt the most was 40 years worth of jewelry that is gone without a trace. >> i'm happy nothing happened to us and everything can be replace replaced expect the jewelry. that's why it's the worst. >> a police report shows a window was removed, furniture thrown. a large stolen. >> some pieces of jewelry can't be replaced. they're invaluable, they're hair looms. >> they -- heirlooms. >> they report two other burglaries in granger and state roads that are similar. a reminder to watch out for suspicious people in neighborhoods and this warning all of the burglaries were to homes set back off the road with little to no view from the road. hole. >> i hope they -- home. >> i hope they get caught. please find them. >> deputies are following fresh leads and if captured melvin would like to deliver this message. >> there's better ways to make a living. >> in richfield b

david mcveigh confessed to shooting melvin roberts in the leg during an argument. no charges have been filed. david mcvay was taken to the hospital for being taken into custody for an outstanding warrant . >>> the gunmen in the baton rouge police killings did not gavin long killed three officers outside of a convenient store. he previously posted a video calling for violence against officers in response to police treatment of african-americans. the new document did say that long had an adjustment disorder with depressed mood. that meant he took stressful events harder than expected. law never said combat when he set -- served as a marine in iraq. >>> a controversial decision to not game. the quarterback criticized police officers for what he said is getting paid to you for killing people. he said he will not stand for the star-spangled and her while first hand look at how officers are trained. "we would rather have mr. kaepernick come out and observe what we do and we could learn from him and he could learn from us. dialogue is a good thing.are you going to be a pe

it doesn't happen, mainly because josh tomlin can't keep this three run homer by melvin up to junior, the second for the jays in the inning. the indians come back in the fifth. chisenhall, amazing one about as long as the olympic games. he takes this three run homer to tie it at five. tomlin still end, admin takes him out. bomb. he to the bleachers. tomlin has lost four straight and three homers leading 42. -- 32. this time the closer wins and the indians lose 6-5. they are 70 and 51. tigers red sox just went final, the tigers lose, this -- so the indians still up by seven games.>>> preseason game number three for the texans. they added to the running back today by signing joe edwards, pounds. he finished his career as the school's all-time leader in touchdowns. he was originally signed by san diego in 2015 as an undrafted free agent.>>> rio olympics, the last full day of competition, let's go to the track. men's 1500 m gold medal final, nate brannan from avon lake running for canada in that group. he was finished 10th. the story american matthew centro it's taking gold. 50.0 athlete

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the olympic zone's craig melvin has more. >> the olympic zone brought to you by x-finity the future of you might remember her from this. >> lloyd steps up reverse shot. >> reporter: or this. >> lloyd like a hot knife through butter. >> reporter: i live for those crusher moments. the moment where everything is on the line and someone needs to come up big. this is why i train as hard as i do. i've had people who have written me off. those things give me this burning desire to want to people wrong. >> reporter: that desire was never more powerful than at the london olympics where at the start of the tournament lloyd found herself passed over for younger talent. and benched. >> i was devastated but i chose to turn it into a positive and train harder. >> today's first round match comes from glas cow scotland. >> reporter: arrived 16 minutes >> she has been replaced here by carly lloyd. >> reporter: team u.s.a. fought back from behind. >> absolutely magnificent. carly lloyd. >> reporter: and ended up victorious. >> it was a statement i wanted to prove my coach wrong. i wanted her to know tha

they chatted with the manager of melvin before the game -- bob melvin before the game.ey say that he saved a woman as a man pepper sprayed her and try to drag her into a car. they are still looking for that suspect. they now say that he may be linked to at least two other kidnapping attempts. >>> we are hearing from the mother of a woman who died while trying to save the life of another person. the paramedic died july 29 in the medical plane that she was in crashed. the pilot, a nurse, and the patient were also killed. we were flying from crescent city's oakland when that plane went down. two days after that plane crash, the stepfather found a letter that she had written to her mother in case she died. >> this is going to be hard to read. if you are reading this, that something has happened and you have gotten a phone call that no parent should ever have to get. you're going to feel lonely and sad and cry a whole bunch. but i want you to remember this, i died doing what i love and helping people. >> they wrote that letter several years ago. her mother now reads it at le

i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dave price here from wnbc. he is here for dylan. to work in the sos song. >> it is perfect. >>> let's get to the top story. the breaking news overnight. police in mississippi say they arrested a man accused of killing two nuns in their home. nbc's janet shambian is in mississippi this morning. >> reporter: good morning. he is a 46-year-old man from the nearby town of durant. he is charged with two counts capital murder. rodney sanders was a suspect, but now they have enough to charge him. police say they have their man. 46-year-old rodney earl sanders of kosciusko, mississippi. charged with killing two nuns in durant this week. >> devastating. >> reporter: they were well known by their first names. in one of the poorest counties, they settled with a wish. to serve. >> we make a difference in people's lives. we never know what that differs is. >> reporter: for many of little means, the nuns, both 68, were the only health care providers people have known. serving as doctors and nurses and friends. for years, they

deputies arrived at palo auto salvage on old ferry road around 4:45 pm yesterday, they found 45 year old melvin roberts with a gunshot wound in the leg. the sheriff's office says a man found roberts trespassing, and shot him when they started arguing and it got heated. they expect roberts to be okay. the deputies eventually arrested not face charges at this time. a judge has denied bond to the man accused of killing 2 nuns in rural mississippi. 46-year-old rodney sanders is charged with capital murder as well as grand larceny and burglary. officials aren't sure yet if sanders intentionally targeted the nuns. the two nuns who were killed, sisters paula merrill and margaret held, have iowa connections. sister rose hacker of sacred heart parrish in boone knew both women. she helped start project effort by students to collect school supplies to send to mississippi. when sister margaret first moved to mississippi, sister rose joined her. "we lived together for 4/4 years and that's when i met sister paula because they worked at the same clinic so we became friends " " sister rose says her faith is ge

i'm craig melvin right now here on msnbc live. does their story hold water?night, police in brazil pulled two team usa gold medalists off a plane in rio and confiscated their passports. all of this as ryan lochte's harrowing account of a robbery at gunpoint is now at second guess. here's part of what the olympian told today's billy bush sunday. >> i was with a couple swimmers, we were coming back from. and we got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, they pulled us over. they pulled out their guns and told the other swimmers to get down on the ground. they got down on the ground. i refused. and the guy pulled out his gun. heocd it. put it to my forehead. he said, get down. >> all right. so that was sunday. some differences between that account and what lochte told matt lauer. >> he told me that the car was sideswiped when it went over -- and then pulled over to a gas station. i think when you spoke to him it was not sideswiped. >> the car was standing still and the people came up with guns and badgers. >> and he talks about how the pe

the olympic zone's craig melvin has more. >> the olympic zone prout to you ? >> reporter: this is carli lloyd. you might remember her from this. >> lloyd steps up. >> reporter: or this. >> carli lloyd. >> i live for those pressure moments, the moments where everything is on the line, somebody needs to come up big. >> u.s. leads. >> this is why i train as hard as i do. >> i've had people who have burning desire to want to prove people wrong. ? >> reporter: that desire was never more powerful than at the london olympics where at the start of the tournament, lloyd found herself passed over for younger talent. >> i was devastated. but i chose to turn it into a positive and train harder. >> reporter: today's first round >> reporter: lloyd's chance arrived 16 minutes into the opening games. >> she has been replaced here by carli lloyd. >> reporter: with her help on the field, team usa fought back from behind. >> absolutely magnificent! carli lloyd! >> reporter: ended up victorious. >> it was a statement, you know. i wanted to prove my coach wrong. i wanted her to kn

. >> reporter: the van belonged to a laura and melvin bartelt. records showed that melvin was too old to be melissa's attacker, but detectives learned the bartelts had a 19-year-old son who matched melissa's called that son's cell number, it rang somewhere that would surprise everyone. >> he answered. i introduced myself. i said i needed to speak with him. his name had come up in a incident. i asked him where he was. he told me he was at the blodgett house. and i said, where? >> reporter: coming up -- was this the break detectives so desperately needed, or just a strange coincidence? >> we were saying, no, not this kid. >> there's no way that he could continues. ues. proof of less joi. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the number #1 prescribed biologic includi

arrived at palo auto salvage on old ferry road around 4:45 this afternoon, they found 45 year old melvin roberts with a gunshot wound in the leg. the sheriff's office says another man found roberts trespassing, and shot him when an argument got heated. they expect roberts to be okay. the deputies eventually arrested him on an outstanding warrant. the man who shot him does iowa today. are we seeing a lot of storms still tonight joe? back to you. state lawmakers heard about privatized medicaid, as the health policy oversight committee held its first meeting since the transition. three private insurance companies, called m-c-o's, took over in april. lawmakers spent much of the four hour meeting reviewing a report on the first months of the new system. state overseers said m-c-o's are meeting obligated benchmarks and many payment issues are being worked out. they also reported iowa has saved millions of dollars. whi seemed satisfied with the results, democrats weren't buying it. senator amanda ragan told us many care providers and users are still struggling. she said democrats will likely pu

host: all right, melvin, we'll hear from matthew rojansky. caller: i think that this point about trump calling for the russians to, you know, locate, uncover the 30,000 emails that hillary allegedly deleted, what's interesting to me about this point is that it's so illustrative of campaign rhetoric versus governing. i have no doubt, whatever anyone may think of donald trump, i have no doubt that a sitting american president is not going to be calling for any kind of foreign intervention in confidential american government communications. fine those communications belong to someone that he or she doesn't very much like, like, for example, opponents in the congress or something like that. and this is key to understand, because i think this is why putin is intervening now during the election, in the way that he's intervening, because causing chaos in the election is something that actually has ripple effects. it's something that the other candidates -- the candidates themselves are actually going to echo and increase his effectiveness, versus if

stephanie: in nfl preseason today, the vikings opening the brand new us bank stadium today hosting melvin gordon and the chargers. fellow former badger derek watt also plays for san diego gordon didn't score any touchdown during his rookie season in the nfl last year, but the former kenosha bradford star did today. check it out, rushes up the middle for a 39-yard touchdown run. chargers leading the vikings at that, 7-6. brand new us bank stadium sunday, hosting the chargers. teddy bridgewater went 12 of 16 for 161 yards, 1 td. sold out crowd for vikings of 66,143 was the largest at home in franchise history. philip rivers went 5 for 9 with -- the packers play in week two of their season. get your uw gear ready -- we are six days away from the season opener against the lsu tigers at lambeau field. a game you can see right here this afternoon at miller park, the brewers trying to avoid a four-game sweep to the pirates. chase anderson on the mound for the crew. getting some help from his teammate in the second inning gregory palonco with a shot to deep right center field but hernan perez mak

he useless grew this one to melvin upton jr. yankees drop 2 of 3 to the jays. they're 5.5 back in the wildcard chase. >> there's no reason we should have given up more than four today. and we had a tough day know we can't give them extra basemen. they can turn that into big innings today, and they did it to us yesterday. and it really hurt us. >> yankees have tomorrow off. they head to anaheim friday. when we return, a giant with a giant problem off the field. and we'll check in on the olympics ?slow, building african-style m? it's the little moments that make the biggest waves. kalahari resorts & conventis the world's coolest indoor wate. >>> josh brown suspended for violating the personal conduct policy. it stems from a may 2015 incident when brown grabbed the wrist of a victim while she was trying to make a phone call. she then called 911 and said an assault happened. >>> victor cruz didn't practi to the side with the training staff. we saw him playing catch with odell beckham jr. mcadoo called it a bounceback day and said cruz looked pretty good. >> i wante

they say 59-year-old david mcvague admitted to shooting 45- year-old melvin roberts. mcvague told deputies -- mcveigh told deputies roberts was trespassing. no charges roberts has was take tonight hospital before being taken into custody. >>> smokers in john county may seen soon have to go somewhere else to light pup if approved, a city ordinance would not allow anyone to light up within 25 feet of a building. >>> county leaders in lin county met to discuss the minimum wage. 100 letters from minimum wage workers detailing their own personal struggles. the supervisors planned to meet workingmost of this week to transform kinnick from a concert venue back to a football stadium. nearly 50- thousand fans packed the stadium to hear a number on country acts, including blake shelton.actor and eastern iowa native ashton kutcher and former hawkeye and n-f-l great dallas clark also took the stage.kutcher and clark fund charity.the concert raised money for the group designed to help iowans help other iowans. cleanup is now complete after another big event in cedar rapi. rapids.t

melvin gordon, last year's number one pick, pretty good run there and takes the lead 7-6. bridge water comes back and finds kyle rudolph. they win it 23-20. the chargers lose to my vikings so you get the tiss. hang on to those for now. >> we all know you can't walk on water. apparently you can't bike on it either. some people did try. >> the story when live i pledge allegiance, to the flag [continues in background] they're bringing drugs, they're brigning crime, they're rapists... you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes... i wouldn't lose any voters... get him the hell out of here... get him out of here! get out! >>> all right, continuing to monitor the situation at l.a.x. just look at that scene there. it is a back up as you can los angeles international airport closed due to police activity. according to the l.a. airport police searched the airport after hearing reports of an active shooter. these reports were unconfirmed. the l.a. airport police posted that they are holding l.a.x. flights and that includes to las vegas. we will continue to monitor that weig

melvin had a three-run home. sabathia gave up seven runs in six innings. toronto drops them six games back in the wild card for the moment. the mets playhe arizona tonight. they got some reassuring news regarding zach wheeler today. no further ligament damage. >>> victor cruz didn't practice with the giants today, but he did work to the side as he recovers from an injured grown. bounceback day. he tells skeptics who think he's done to tune in. >> i just want to play. however many snaps, whatever that number is, i'm not trying to eye any specific number. i'm just want to go out there and play and prove that i can still play this game and go from there. >> the giants will be without josh brown for their season opener. the nfl suspended him one game for violating the personal conduct policy. what exactly he violated we are not sure. back to the rio olympics where a medal stand in show jumping. brewster brought home the silver in team jumping competition today. ward was the anchor for the u.s. team. he and his horse azure had a flawless run. mclane will go for

melvin oliver is the president. can we put that up on the screen?areva just noted he said while pitser is a community of individuals passionately engaged in intracultural safe spaces for a marginalized group, several subsequent comments are inconsistent with our mission and values. he then went on to say, our shared goal is to create a balanced approach to engaging complex intercultural issues, not to isolate individuals on the bases of any protected status. carol, didn't he get it right? melvin oliver, the president. >> well, not completely. and i agree with part of what areva stated. it's much bigger than the individual student. it's part of a trend of resegregation that's taken place on campuses across america. and it does show that people -- minority students feel that there can be a double standard when it comes to codes of behavior. had that been a white student, that student would be forced to undergo mandatory sensitivity training and may find his or herself in a position where they would be under some type of penalty on that campus. they wo

craig melvin is here picking it up on msnbc. >> craig melvin here on primary day for msnbc live. good afternoon to you. john mccain, marco rubio and debbie wasserman schultz and others trying to hold on to their seats today. the trick, of course, is to win the hearts of the fired up deeply partisan base republicans facing the tougher trick this time around and they distanced themselves from some of the campaign's controversial policies and statements. the latest, which we'll get to in a moment, involves a sur gate. let's start with the primaries. reports from tee key contests across the country. nbc's kelly o'donnell is in phoenix where john mccain is hoping for a blowout in his arizona primary. kelly, what is it that makes this race different for john mccain. mccain is in the vice grip of being a nominee himself, wanting to support the nominee long before it was known that donald trump would be the person, not wanting to go back on that and yet at the same time, having differences with how donald trump has conducted himself, the things he said. so the environment plays large her

homework assignments and i'm like, no, >> reporter: withlismed education funding for classroom supplies melvin says she and other teachers often foot the bills for items that students need. >> sometimes we get carried away and that kind of takes a couple of paychecks to get caught up wftv but it's something that you have to do, because you have heart to do it. it's not that you do it for the paycheck. >> reporter: adding it's nice to know that others care just as much as they do and want to pay teachers like her back in whatever way they can. >> they have a customer for life. >> as teachers we and these little perks and being recognized and appreciated means of world to all of us. >> one bright spot for the cardinal in their preseason loss to the chargers was the play of the first team defense and looking at 49ers and rams one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, ? amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. th

stephanie: in nfl preseason action today, the vikings opening the brand new us bank stadium, hosting melvin gordon and the chargers. fellow former badger derek watt also plays for san diego. gordon didn't score any touchdowns during his rookie season in the nfl last year, but the former kenosha bradford star did today. he rushes up the middle for a 39 yard touchdown run. chargers leading the vikings at that point, but teddy bridewater -- teddy bridgewater and the vikings fight back. bridgewater threw for 161 ya minnesota wins 23-10. by the way, a sold out crowd for the vikings. more than 66,000 fans on hand -- their largest home crowd in franchise history. the packers play there in week two of the regular season. the week before the packers open the regular season on the road at jacksonville. the jaguars have a swimming pool in their stadium. tonight, jacksonville are the jags won their first preseason game tonight 26-21. we are six days away from the badgers' season opener against the lsu tigers at lambeau field, a game you can see right here on wisn 12 at 2:30 on saturday. dave aranda hel

craig melvin is here picking it up on msnbc. >> craig melvin here on primary day for msnbc live.nd debbie wasserman schultz and others trying to hold on to their seats today. the trick, of course, is to win the hearts of the fired up deeply partisan base republicans facing the tougher trick this time around and they distanced themselves from some of the campaign's controversial policies and statements. the latest, w w

have a great weekend, craig melvin is up next right here on msnbc. >> you have a great weekend.ve a great weekend. always good to see you. >>> right now on msnbc live. the blistering race-fueled attacks heating up between donald trump and hillary clinton. she tells "morning joe," she's mow making a play for republican voters put off by trump. >> i am reaching out to everyone, republicans, democrats, independents, everyone, who is as troubled as i am by the bigotry and the divisiveness of donald trump's campaign. >> clinton's interview follows that point by point denunciation of trump's ties to white nationalism thursday trump once again calling clinton a bigot, a charge that the party's top communications official would not back during an interview right here on msnbc. >> do you think hillary clinton's a bigot? >> no, i mean, i think some of the policies that she supported have not helped the african american, but i think anybody who knows me, i just don't tend to use certain words. but again, i'm not -- so that's not something that i might personally say, no. >> kasie hunt, hal

i'm sheinelle jones alongside craig melvin and stephanie ruhle and dave price here from wnbc. he is here for dylan. >> we were looking for a reason to work in that sos song. >> we've been dancing all morning to it. >> it's perfect. it fits. >>> let's get to the top story. the breaking news overnight. police in mississippi say they arrested a man accused of killing two nuns in their home. nbc's janet shamlian is in durant, mississippi, this morning, following all the overnight developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. he is a 46-year-old man from the nearby town. he is charged with two counts of capital murder. rodney sanders was a suspect, but after questioning last night, they had enough to charge him. this morning, police say they have their man, 46-year-old rodney earl sanders of kosciusko, mississippi. charged with two counts of capital murder in the killing of two funs in nearby durant this week. >> it's worse than a tragedy within it's devastating. >> reporter: they were well margaret. in one of the poorest counties, they settled with a wish. to serve. >> we

but he also grooved one to melvin utley. three-run pop. cc picks up the loss. yankees drop two of three to the blue jays, 7-4 the final from the bronx they are now 6 back in the wild card chase. jonathan niese starts in the series finale tonight. >>> you've heard of pitchers helping their own cause? noah syndergaard did that last night. his third home run of the year. that ties tom seaver and walter rell for the most in one season for a mets pitcher, also the most for a pitcher in the big this is year. the mets won 7-5. >>> at giants camp, kicker josh brown suspended for the season opener for violating personal conduct can still participate in preseason games and practices. >> victor cruz didn't practice again today but did a little more off to the side with the training staff. the most action we witnessed was him playing catch with o'dell beckham, jr. but the coach called it a bounce-back day even said cruz looked pretty good. cruz expounded on the heart to heart conversation he had with his coach this week. needed to have with him just to let him know where i

melvin gordon will take their hand going up the middle untouched for the 39-yard touchdown run. they are up 7-6 in the second quarter. teddy bridgewater goes up on top finding kyle rudolph for 27 yards with a pitching catch putting the vikings up good. minnesota wins that is a look at sports. let's send it back to you. >>> that was frank hanrahan. giving us all of our sports and everything that we need to know. >> yeah, a nice evening out there. temperatures falling to the 80s. it looks like a hot start to the weekend, but boy the second half of the week. i know it's the big labor day holiday weekend coming up. a lot of people have an extended weekend and it'll start out just awesome. >> i like all -- adjectives that you have up. there thanks for joining us, we'll se it's a great day for an adventure. surprises are hiding around each corner. yet somehow bring us all back together. busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. vacation packages start at $50 per person. a whole other world awaits. captioning funded by cbs and