and nancy is there to cover it all. good morning, nancy. >> nancy: good morning to you. big night here. aly raisman has yet another gold medal to show off to her family and friends back home. huge night for u.s. women's gymnastics team. they were dominant tuesday night, finishing more than eight points ahead of russia, which took the silver. team u.s.a. now has won of course, aly raisman has been part of beth of those teams. she now has a total of three olympic gold medals. i had a chance the meet up with her last night after that victory. congratulations. i'm so happy for you. back-to-back olympic gold. how does it feel? >> it feels incredible. i'm just so excited. i was pretty nervous for vault, especially on beam and then floor. we knew we had a good lead. we just had to go out there and >> nancy: and 21 olympic gold medals and counting. michael phelps adding to the medal count for team u.s.a. and reclaiming a title he lost back in london. >> we had wonder woman a moment ago. now we have superman. >> nancy: gold medals filing up for team u.s.a. >> michael phelps is go

here's 7's nancy chen. nancy, you were there. tell us more about this. >> nancy: oh, my gosh, just incredibly emotional out there. the entire crowd rising to their feet when she finished that floor routine, but, yes, aly raisman wanted this after being kept off the podium in london four years ago, her comeback >> gold and silver medalists, one, two for team u.s.a. >> nancy: american dominance on display in the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. needham native aly raisman seizing silver. i was there when she stepped off the podium. >> thank you. >> nancy: the entire arena erupted for you. you seemed emotional, as well. >> yes, it was so special, they whole entire arena, they were screaming and cheering and standing up on their feet. it's not something you expect not being in the u.s. it's so amazing, i'll never ever forget it. >> that has been her destiny all along. >> nancy: teammate simone biles crowned the d >> i'm feeling a whirlwind of emotion, excited, happy, proud?e both went out there tonight and we both did o

let's send it to nancy chen now with more from rio. it's hard the watch, nancy. >> nancy: it is. but let's go to the women's gymnastics, but two members of the u.s. women's gymnastics team giving it their all, proving that there is no one better. aly raisman will be bringing even more hardware with her when she returns to needham. she earns a silver medal in the floor final on top of her silver in the all-around. and that five will have the second most decorated gymnast in u.s. history. >> shannon was the most decorated. she was one of my favorite gymnasts fng i always look up to her still. it's crazy. it doesn't feel real at all. this has definitely surpassed my expectations. it's the icing on top of the cake. i'm very proud. >> sarah: and while aly took silver, teammate simone biles won another gold medal here in rio. biles earning the top spot on the podium. four gold medals and a bronze. she was thrilled to enter competition by winning yet another gold. >> i felt pretty good and just ended on a good note. that's what me and aly were hoping for. i think that's exactly what we

here's nancy chen live in rio with more. good morning, nancy. >> nancy: hey, good morning to you. what a night for team u.s.a. michael phelps back with a vengeance. and the u.s. women's gymnastics team also coming it on top. >> that was the best we have ever seen aly raisman do in competition. >> nancy: needham native aly raisman and the u.s. women's gymnastics team off the a near perfect start. >> is she better than 2012? >> i actually she she might be. >> nancy: aly's strong performance solidified her place in the all-around final later this week. i talked to her right after she finished. congratulations. i'm so happy for you. how does it feel to qualify for the all-around again? >> it feels really special. i haven't sunk in yet. my mind is for the team final. we're really excited. we're going to do the same thing on tuesday. >> nancy: for her, confidence has been key. >> whether you think you can or you can't, you're right. the mental game is most important. >> nancy: aly finishing behind simone biles. the three-time world champion dominated in every event. >> she flies higher

here's 7's nancy chen with the latest from rio. >> better than the best. >> tremendous. >> nancy: another one-two finish for team u.s.a. >> she makes everyth easy. >> nancy: simone biles and needham native aly raisman owned the floor. >> that absolutely guarantees her a medal. >> nancy: aly sticking nearly every landing and every twist and tumble, a silver medal secured along with her place in history. >> i'm so happy for you. >> nancy: so now you stand alone as the second most-decorated american gymnast of all-time. how does that sound? >> it sounds awesome. it's amazing. decorated. i always looked up to her. it's crazy. it doesn't feel real. >> nancy: aly six medals to shannon miller's second. >> a few months ago i would have said i was done, but yesterday i was talking. i'm going to take a break and never say never. >> nancy: teammate simone bouncing back for a bronze medal on the beach to show her dominance. >> and once again >> nancy: how did you feel about all this? >> i felt good and end on a good note. that's what me and aly were hoping for. i think that's what we did. >> nancy: f

here's nancy chen with more on all the excitement from rio today. >> wow. >> nancy: a golden moment for needham native aly raisman. she and the rest of the u.s. women's gymnastics team living up to the hype, proving they are the best in the world. >> that medal-winning moment. >> nancy: i caught up with aly and the team moments after they got off the podium. back-to-back olympic gold. how does it feel? >> it feels incredible. i'm just so excited. >> nancy: once they knew they secured the top spot, the team revealed a closely kept secret, their new nickname. >> we are the final five. >> nancy: the final five. tell me about that team name? >> it's her last olympics. and we're the final team of five left. >> nancy: an emotional announcement for the retiring coordinator. >> i am never sentimental, and i heard "the final five," that was the moment i broke down. >> nancy: the final five went to work as soon as they entered the arena. >> you run out of superlatives when you're talking about the u.s. women. that was another great one. >> nancy: dominating every event. >> wow. >> that's what a c

let's head out to 7's nancy chen in rio. good morning, nancy. >> nancy: hey there, guys. yes, a rivalry for the ages. lilly king's win was preceded bay heavy dose of trash talking, but in the end she came out on top. we start this morning with the swimming highlights. an olympic record to win gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. it was a fight to the finish with king and russian swimmer yulia efimova. the team mocked efimova, who was allowed to swim in rio despite her history of positive drug tests and a suspension. efimova was allowed to swim in rio despite a positive drug test and a suspension. king was thrilled to beat the russian swimmer out. i'm so happy. i can't put it into words. i'm so glad to win for u.s.a. and swim clean and still come out on top. >> michael phelps still looking pretty good. >> nancy: king's teammates michael phelps and katie ledecky punching their tickets to gold medal races. michael phelps came in second in the 200m semifinal, which means he will advance to the finals tuesday night. it will be his first chance at an individual gold at these

nancy? >> nancy: absolutely. you know the saying that lightning never strikes the same place twice, but how about three times? because the world's fastest man is seeking his title. usain bolt won last night's 100m final with a time of 9.81 seconds. he has now won olympic gold in the 100 in beijing, in london and in rio. take first in the event. candidates andre degrasse took bronze. bolt trailed early in the race, but he still managed to win yet again. >> i took my time. i could see him. i knew i was catching him. and one thing my coach always says, don't panic, take you time, you will get back in the race. that's what i did. i took my time, i worked my way >> christa: and bolt is going for triple glory here in rio. he has two other gold medals to defend. he will next compete on tuesday. turning to gymnastics now, simone biles does it again, vaulting her way to gold on sunday. this is first olympic gold on vault for an american woman. the 19-year-old has already won the most golds by an american woman at a single

take a look. >> nancy: judo is not only a sport, but an art form. kayla harrison has now won two olympic golds in judo, so who better to teach me som than her coach. judo isn't for the weak. a fight only those mentally and physically strong can win. >> okay. >> nancy: the head coach of the u.s. judo team. the owner of the judo center in wakefield is also a former olympian. >> official olympian already. she gets one in five seconds. the rest of us work a lifetime for it. >> nancy: they showed me how to battle with the best of them. >> little person can be a big person provided you use the right technique. let me teach you a routine. >> nancy: a one-arm shoulder throw. >> i'm going to go underneath and catch this arm. >> nancy: it's not just about arm strength but balancing the lower body, too. back step and a 180-degree turn later throwing him, not me. with that important point clarified, one more time. wrap, back up and boom! unlike other martial arts, judo doesn't involve punching or kicking. the guiding principle, maximum efficiency with minimum e

and he's second. >> nancy: he won the event in night. the 100 backstroke belonged to ryan murphy. >> i guess i'm taking over because i was getting real tired at the end. i was able to hold it together. >> nancy: another gold for the first-time olympian. emanuel is going to do it. >> nancy: an olympic record for simone manual. the first african american womao in swimming. >> it's been a long journey. i'm so blessed to have a gold medal. i'm just so blessed. >> nancy: it looks like no one can stop katie ledecky. the 19-year-old phenom breaking the olympic record in the 800m free style. ledecky will swim the final friday night, trying to sweep the 200, 400 and 800 free styles for the first time since 1968. nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: so kayla harrison she repeated as olympic champ by dominating her competition in judo. harrison, who trains in wakefield, used an arm lock, forcing her opponent to submit. four years ago harrison became first american to win olympic gold in judo. now she's the first athlete from the u.

good morning, nancy. >> nancy: good morning to you both. big night at the aquatic stadium behind me here. the women's 4x200m relay. team good as gold. at one point they were trailing by nearly a body length. that is until katie ledecky dove >> a full second we hide and now she's a full second ahead. >> nancy: katie ledecky anchoring the women's free style relay. >> the u.s. women win gold. >> nancy: coming from behind and storming ahead of australia, leading teammates allison schmitt, leah smith and maya dirado to the top of the podium. >> i'm so excited. this is the most amazing thing i have ever done in my life. >> we're all so happy to be part of it. soaking it all in. >> nancy: a storied rivalry, the showdown is set between michael phelps and ryan lochte in the 200m i.m. phelps edging out his teammate in the semifinal last night. both ready for a final face-off. >> races like these i love the most. we get to go in and duke it out. >> we wring out the best in each other. we've been doing it. any time i race him, it's the west. prenot com

>> nancy: the world's fastest man holding on to his title. usain bolt becoming the first man to ever meet the 100m dash at the olympics three times in a row. >> usain belt best of all time. >> sarah: coming into the race, many thought american justin gatlin was the only man who could challenge bolt for the title. for a few seconds it looked like it might happen. gatlin came off the blocks strong, but in the final 40 meters bolt proved to the world again he is the best. >> i felt good. i felt smooth. i knew he would have a good start. all i have to do is stay cool and get back into the race at 60. >> nancy: moments after the "jamaica stand up. this for you, my people." >> and there it is. >> nancy: simone biles soaring to her third gold of the game. she easily took the top spot in the women's vault final. aly raisman and laurie hernandez were spotted cheering her on in the stand. biles is now the most decorated gymnast in history at world and olympic competition. >> i'm excited i met my own expectations. >> nancy: her final five teammate madis

the night team's nancy chen nancy? >> nancy: good evening. jimmy feigen now on his way back to the united states as two of his teammates issue apologies for their behavior. swimmers breaking their silence. ryan lochte posting on instagram, "i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend, for not being more careful and candid in how i described the event of that early morning." bentz also but bentz stressing he never lied. he writes, "i was never a suspect in the case from the beginning. brazilian law enforcement officials saw me only as a witness, and i never made a false statement to anyone at any time." he then went on to detail what happened that night, including how the swimmers relieved themselves on nearby bushes, how lochte tore a sign down and how ultimately they were forced to sit on the sidewalk by guards with guns drawn. money to leave. lochte originally told the "today show's" billy bush that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint by men posing as police officers. it didn't take long for officials to figure out that's not

let's head out live to rio with nancy checkpoint. >> nancy: good morning. today's floor final will likely be aly raisman's final olympic competition. she's been working very hard the make it a success. it's been a good games so far for aly raisman. so far she's earned a gold in the team final and a silver in the individual all-around. with her three medals from london she's now tied with nastia liukin and mary lou retton as the sex most decorated american gymnast of all time, guys. exercise tonight, she'll take that number-two spot for. yesterday alley posted this picture, "last workout in rio. floor final is tomorrow." she's stretching there with teammate madison kocian. on monday aly's teammates laurie hernandez and simone biles competed in the beam final, helping add to team u.s.a.'s success. they brought home a silver and a bronze. >> oh, boy. >> nancy: the women's team finals not going as planned for simone biles. >> she was completely straight, but her shoulders have just a little too far back. >> nancy: landing awkwardly while completing a front tuck

nancy. >> nancy: christa, sarah, good morning to you. we are down to the days of competition here in rio, but this scandal casting a shadow over these games. we have just learned this morning that james feigen, jimmy feigen was at a courthouse in rio de janeiro this morning. he was allowed to pay $10,000 in order to leave the country. that money is going to a that charity. feigen has provided a revised statement to officials and hopes to get his passport back to states olympic committee issued an apology. a robbery claim unravels. brazilian police saying four american swimmers are vandal, not victims. >> have you talked to lochte at all? >> sarah: last night we found out what really happened at a gas station sunday night. gunner bentz and jack conger, who were pulled off a plane wednesday, were allowed to leave the country. they were with gold medalist ryan lochte and jimmy feigen the night of an alleged robber >> we got pulled over. a guy pulled out a gun. he cocked it, put it to my head. he said, "get down." i put my hands up. i was li

nancy: right.nd i talk about that movie because it fits into a really important phenomena we tend to ignore. when we think about post-world war ii, this is where sociologists and historians have found united states was able to establish a more stable middle class, and part of the measure of being in the middle class, if we think about how we emphasize land ownership, that theme continues to be an important defining feature. even today, upward mobility is about owning a home. we had suburbia, the track homes. we have the government backing mortgages so that more people who would not have been able to buy a home are able to buy a home. i quote richard nixon saying, "finally, capitalism has made it possible to create a classless society." what is happening at the exact same time, we have a new form of the lower class that end up being identified as living in a trailer. what we would prefer to today as even "trailer trash." what i argue is the trailer has this kind of conflicting identity. one is the i

>> nancy: two u.s. swimmers headed home after hours of questioning by brazilian police about what really happened at a gas station sunday night. gunner bentz and jack conger back at rio's international airport a day after they were pulled off a plane. they were accused of lying about a robbery, along with two medalist ryan lochte. plus police say they're vandal, not victims. now the usoc is apologizing for their behavior, releasing a statement that read in part, "the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of team u.s.a. we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence." police say their proof is in a series of surveillance videos that start with the swimmers leaving a club just before 6:00 that's when they got into a taxi. by 6:06, they're at the gas station. they're sitting near a bathroom when an attendant walks over, they run. police say the swimmers broke a

nancy chen has more on today's hometown hero. >> nancy: as an olympic veteran, elizabeth beisel is used to being on the world's biggest stage. she has been here before. she says she is looking forward to making the best of it. in beisel was the youngest athlete on the u.s. olympic swim team. >> i was just so, you know, like, a deer in a headlights. on a team with michael phelps. and ryan lochte and stuff. i was so young. >> nancy: eight years later, it is her third olympic games as captain. >> for me, my role on the team is not necessarily winning the medals or being the face of the sport. >> nancy: this rhode island native first made a splash at the age of five. >> growing up in rhode island, the ocean state, i absolutely loved the water. i wouldn't sleep unless i got a workout. in my parents got that energy out of me by just, like, tossing me in a pool. thank god for my parents. they drove me there and back every single day. without a question. you know, just for me to, you know, live my olympic dream. successes to them. >> nancy: her parents in her home state supporting her all the w

nancy chen has details from rio. >> michael on the right. lochte on the left. >> nancy: a storied rivalry renewed in rio. michael phelps and ryan lochte both advancing o the gold medal race. phelps in command with the first-place finish. lochte a close second. >> i love it when we get to go in and duke it out. >> we bring the best out of each other. we've been doing it since 2004. any time i get up and embrace him, it's the best. >> nancy: more medals for 7/100ths of a second away from gold. bronze for nathan adrian in the 100m free, who took gold four years ago. >> that is it. the americans have survived switzerland. >> nancy: kerri walsh jennings and april ross defeat the swiss it. a third-sent injury interrupting the swiss momentum. ross jennings now 24-0 in strong showing but no medals for two members of the men's u.s. gymnastics team in the all-around final. japan came out on top. and a comeback for team u.s.a. on the basketball court. the men trailed at the half against australia, but they took their record to 3-0. with just two games

nancy chen has more from rio. >> nancy: hello from rio. and there was a grudge match in the pool. let's get over into the highlights. >> lilly king has the lead. she's going to win it! >> nancy: lilly king setting an olympic record to win gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. it was a fight to the finish with russian swimmer youk nova. she was allowed to swim in rio despite a hto she came in second. teammates michael phelps and katie ledecky punching their tickets to gold medal races. michael phelps came in second in the 200m fly semifinal, which means he will now advance to the finals tuesday night. it will be his first chance at an individual gold at these games. a second-place finish by ledecky sending her to the women's 200m free final. the semis but she didn't advance. >> yeah, big score here, big! >> nancy: the american diving team of steel johnson and david boudia taking silver in the 10m platform. johnson, who is making his olympic debut in rio, burst into tears of joy after their final dave diver. their silver is the highest the united states has ever placed in the event

nancy? >> nancy: christa, sarah, good morning to you. another robbery surfacing this morning, reigniting safety fears. in this case a british atlegal is reporting having been robbed while enjoying a night on the town. the team confirming that he or she did get robbed but is set to be okay. but this does come as ryan lochte, who is already back in the united states, defends his claim that he and some of his teammates were robbed a judge found contradictions in the reports from the swimmers and ordered that the passports of lochte as well as teammate jimmy feigen be seized. lochte had already left the country by that point. fellow swimmers jack conger and gunner bentz taken off their flight back to the united states. they are stuck in rio this morning. they left the airport early, though. they will not be allowed to leave brazil until they testify about this robbery. showed up to the airport. now, ryan lochte spoke with the "today show" host matt lauer last night and gave a slightdy different account of what happened during the robbery tha

let's go to 7's nancy chen who has the latest. >> nancy into question. now goad medalist ryan lochte, who claims he and teammates were robbed at gunpoint after a night of partying, is on the defense. he spoke with nbc's matt lauer. i said, "ryan, there are people out here, there is script similar that you made this story up along with these other swimmers to cover up some other form of embarrassing behavior." he stopped me quickly. he strongly denied that, said it's absolutely not the case. i wouldn't make up a story like this, nor would the others. it makes us look bad. we're victims in this. >> nancy: but now police say they haven't found evidence to support his account. a brazilian judge found contradictions in the swimmers' reports. lochte told the "today show" host that authorities never seemed to question his account. >> he said never during the questioning did they question his truthfulness. as a matter of fact, they seemed to support everything he said, and at one point they said, "thank you," and they congratulating him on his rf >> nancy: in se

hi nancy! >> nancy: hey guys i'm in the running away from the camera. we talked about the u.s. swim team coming to ri , no style but before they left they decided to have fun on the road. ? u.s. post, michael phelps, and rhode island's elizabeth joying the rest of the team, karaoke. they belted out miley cyrus's party in the usa among other songs. michael got a call from his mom and he commitly told her he would give her a cal back. >> adam: you spoke with the swim team captain before she left and singing and dancing is nothing new for her. we understand? bit about her prerace routine, something she does to get the juices flowing. she and her co-captain allison dance to rihanna's "cheers." >> we did it at trials and we are definitely going to do it. it is a tradition that we do it. and statistically swim faster when we do it. so that is something we want to do. and it is just something really helps us than joy it and keeps the mood light. it can death serious at the olympics. >> nancy: we will have to see how well it works when she races, saturday night in the 400 meter individ

released this report providing details to a shooting nancy wishes never happened. brother. >> nancy is a twin born 30 minutes before her brother. >> every time in school any time on the phone horacio. he was just 31 years old on the night of june 3rd. he was gunned down in front of his home. >> someone knows. >> part of nancy died that night. >> a twin without a twin. sometimes. >> they detail the shooting. he was shot multiple times nancy raced to the scene. >> i sat as closely to the tape as i sxould staired at him. >> no one saw the shooter. a suspect now keksed to -- connected to seven murders. >> he's a monster doing this for the thrill of it. this is his baby and the fact that i have this is amazing. >> she beams when talking about >> he had such an impact on everybody. >> a caregiver for five people with disabilities, he loved his job. >> i know he'll be proud of me. >> nancy wants justice for her brother and six other families. >>> as for that other report released today we know police have pulled surveillance video from several locations. at least one came

nancy chin has more now from the track. >> here's bolt. he makes it look easy. in a flash, getting second gold of the games racing only against time in the 200 meter final. he now won the 100 meter and d 200 meter dash in three con secty olympics. bolt in it to win it. but also hoped to beat world record time of 19.19 seconds. he ended up finishing with a slightly slower time of 19.78. >>> i want to run faster. the world's greatest athlete two-time olympic champion ashton one olympic title. ashton eaton becoming the third man ever to win back-to-back olympic dycathalons. he finished with 8,893 points. everyone behind me. this for them. it wasn't hard to keep going. no chance of bumping into anyone tonight. a relay redow giving the team a chance title. alison felix and her teammate but up the fastest tame of the day by any country. earlier it looked like it was over. a botched hand off had the u.s. finishing last if their heat. they successfully protested saying another runner made contact with felix during the transfer. in history made on the mat. three-team oly

nancy chen has the latest. >> nancy: swimmers break their saying he wanted to apologize. gunnar bentz apologizing to the united states olympic committee, usa swimming and team usa. bentz stressing he never lied. he writes, i was never a suspect in the case from the beginning. brazilian law enforcement officials saw me only as a witness, and i never made a false statement to anyone at any time. he then went on to detail what happened that night, themselves on nearby bushes and lochte tore a sign down and they were forced to sit on the sidewalk by guards with guns drawn. bentz says a translator assisted and told them they needed to pay money to leave. lochte originally told "today" show's billy bush they were robbed at gunpoint. it didn't take long for officials to figure out that's not what happened. they stopped bentz and conger after hours of questioning, they were cleared to head home on thursday night. teammate jimmy feigen didn't get his passport back until friday morning after he revised his original statement. >> they could have avoided all these problems. what they

good morning, nancy. >> nancy: good morning to you both. it's already been a solid start for team u.s.a. the u.s. women's soccer team kicking things off quite literally last night in the first day of olympic competition. the team cruised to victory thanks to goals from captain carli lloyd and star forward alex morgan. just nine minutes into the game, lloyd headed into the net on a cross from tobin heath. then just 34 seconds into the second half, morgan doubled the lead. and that was enough for the u the u.s. now looking ahead. they play france on saturday. so competition is going to be held all around the city of rio. and the city is showcasing its best locations to really make it shine. over the curse of 19 day, athletes are hoping to shine. rio is hoping to shine, as well. it's first south american city they're trying to make a splash, organizing its venues around their most iconic sites. there will be four competition clusters in the city itself with the journey officially kicking off americana, a legendary soccer stadium that will host

nancy: it was crucial.though the news media revised the nasty stories about the clintons come with a have seen to forgotten is that when bill clinton was running, he was viciously attacked as white trash, not only from republicans but the media who mocked him and made fun of him. he had to find a way of how can i make myself accessible so people will not dismiss me? what he started doing is tapping into the ghost of elvis. he even invoked it on the campaign tour. he is playing "heartbreak hotel." he was also doing the southern tradition of how southern politicians -- you probably remember frank clement, who was in the running to the adelaide stevens vice president. he put on a wild show and was kind of like a baptist preacher. people compared him to elvis. this idea that i am a southerner and you should not be afraid of me, which is what he is saying here, that there is something uniquely american about being able to communicate with music and being able to say, here's a more positive side that we can assoc

nancy chen is live once again in rio tonight. nancy? >> nancy: hey there, good morning. technically, it is morning here in rio. but apparently, you know what? whenever you have a lot of olympic medals, it can be hard to tell them apart. i got a chance to talk to ali raisman before we left for rio about how she was finally able to figure out which is which. >> well, actually, one of them i dropped it. like, right after. we got back from the olympics. i was like, leting a little girl try it on. i dropped it by accident. it is okay. it is very little. for the longest time, i couldn't tell my gold medals apart. i didn't know which one was from the final. on the rim of it, it says it. for, like, a few days, i couldn't figure it out. i read on-line you could see it at the bottom. >> anchor: yeah. you can google the a everything. right? now, of course, i got a chance to talk to ali before we came out here. she told me she is feeling confident about the team. five of the biggest stars at the olympics. the u.s. woman's gymnastic team. led by captain and needham may the tich ali r

we hear from nancy johnson and peter torqueleson. this is about 90 minutes. >> i'd like to thank you all for coming this morning to our session on former members of congress, our donors and audience. i'd like to introduce our moderator this morning, david cain, a senior lecturer and public policy, faculty chair and public administration programs in the john f. kennedy schools of government at harvard university. since joining the faculty in 1992, professor king's courses have focused on legislatures, political parties and interest groups. he is also a member of the core faculty within the car center for human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate of the toebman center for state and local government. in the wake of the 2000 presidential elections, professor king directed the task force on election administration for the national commission on election reform, chaired by former presidents gerald ford and jimmy carter. that effort culminated in landmark voting rights, legislation signed by president bush in late 2002. he later oversa

my mind is on nancy. did i give away something. >> anchor: we're not revealing how tall nancy is. >> anchor: she's 6'5" i think. look for her live reports starting thursday. inance seone of my best and closest friends on channel 7. >> anchor: long ways from home. >> anchor: tweeting pictures as she has in past olympics. of some of the international stars. >> anchor: i'm sure she's bringing us great reports. down i'm sure. i haven't been out yet jeremy. i'm hearing it's nice as well. >> reporter: i'm hearing that rumor as well. sunshine returned to southern new england. with us for 2 days. on portions of the south shore still clouds. warming trend. tropical storm earl no threat to november 30th. for all intents and purposes the height of the season is midaugust to midoctober. that's when you have most of the activity. quite the storm here continuing to barrel west. winds at 50 miles per hour. moving west at 16 miles per hour. might strengthen a bit before making it's first land full in the zucha tan penins

nancy chen is live with in rio with much more on the final night. nancy? >> reporter: nick and nicole, good evening. what a way to go out. brazil ending the olympic games with a spectacular show. from competition to celebrate one last time in rio de janeiro. dancers in colorful feathers kicked things off, forming the landmarks we've all come to know the last two weeks. sugar loaf mountain. creating the olympic rings. the voices of children then filling the stadium. 27 selected to sing the national anthem to represent brazil's states and federal district. in the opening ceremony, simone biles carried the flag for the united states. at 4'8", she's the shortest athlete but a giant at these games, leaving with four golds, one bronze. rain couldn't dampen the spirits inside the stadium. athletes came prepared with up jackets. one last ceremony for t marathon medals. the stadium turned red. a surprise appearance by japan's prime minister. japan putting the future on display. the olympic flame extinguished in rio. the torch headed to tokyo now. and also today, al

nancy? >> i think at the beginning i'll stand up. being short, you don't see a lot when you stand up. i would rather see you faces. it's a pleasure to be here with you and it's a great pleasure to work with the uconn library as we put my papers there and talk about accessibility and so on. i hope in a few months to completely retire, because i'm still working in washington. so a lot of my friends are there. and so i have a different perspective on what's happening. and it does pain me terribly that the press tells you practically nothing at all about the big changes that have taken place in restoring a deliberative body, particularly in the house in the last four years. but just to give you a little sense of the difference between then and now, let me just tell you that when i went down to washington, i was in my early 40s. i was a seasoned state senator. i had been the ranking member on all of the important committees, appropriations and bonding and education and planning and development and in connecticut that was a very, very impo

in rio, nancy chen, 7news. >> oh, nancy chen, you're still a winner our eyes. when i look for solutions, i don't start in washington, and i don't assume one party has all the answers. you know where i find common-sense ideas? where i'm fighting for the good-paying jobs that strengthen our economy. i worked to make childcare more affordable and make it easier to save for college. i've worked across party lines on clean air and energy efficiency efforts... and to strengthen social security and medicare. together, we're making new hampshire and america stronger. i'm kelly ayotte, low humidity dewpoint temperatures down into the we still have that breeze right now in some cities and towns. again, not everyone is reporting. that will fade away over the next few hours. mainly clear, there are a few a sprinkle brief in metro boston. good for the beach, boston 87. north of town, amesbury 85. back into worcester hills, pittsburgh at 88 with an isolated shower and out on the cape and mashby 86, chatham at 84. friday lots of sunshine. temps on friday along the coastline,

in rio nancy chen 7 news. >> reporter: more difficult than it looks. one of the joys of visiting a new city is stumbling on a rare place that speaks to a city's character and culture a place that takes visitors back to another time in rio history. >> reporter: under the glow of warm light columbo comes to specialty suites. they stay because it's magical here. people have gathered in this french and portuguese cafe in downtown rio. in the early days men dressed in suits and ladies wore hats. no one knows the stories these walls can tell like this man. orlando has worked here for 64 years. and invited me to share some holy cow. that's good. that might be the winner. as you might guess the stories he shared were just as sweet. i've been here since i was a kid he says. 14 years old. i adore this place. we are all family here. i started by sweeping the floors. then i cleaned the bathrooms, orlando has served poets and presidents and even the queen of england. but it was the woman who took the seat at orlando's table in 1962 that proves there's magic here. i

>> wow, nancy. good to see he's doing okay, all things considered. >> and nancy, we had a question after seeing phelps return to the pool, he and some of the others have small circular marks. can you explain what those are? >> reporter: it's part of a heal cupping. heated glass cups are put on their skin creating suction in an effort to simulate blood flow. phelps is not alone in doing this. another gymnast was spotted, you could say, with the marks as he petted saturday night. -- was spotted saturday night. we have much more ahead including how boston sport's what they have to say about calling her old at the age of 22. and a saturday night live star earning herself an olympic invite. i love this story. we'll show you the tweets that captured the tweets of the olympic producer. >> we'll be here. >>> also from the night team, a disturbing message here at home. it's left at a place where police are searching for the vandal who wrote, you can see it there, kill cops. this was at a state park. let's go

in rio, nancy chin. 7news. we will hear from the with this when she helped the women who tripped her up on the track. and that's coming your way at 9:30. we're following more news today. a repeat sex offender arrested for a new crime in norwood. police are wondering why he was on the street in the first place. victoria warren has more on the story. >> reporter: a repeat sex offender cuffed and in custody norwood police say they are fed up with 49-year-old chad he was wearing a mesh shirt around his waist. he lifted it and exposed himself. he's done this before. that record dates back to the 80s and includes 14 cases of exposing himself and he has two open cases right now. >> this is a family neighborhood. it's an elementary school around the corner. >> neighbors equally disgusted. door. the chief said he wishes why he would explain why a sex offender with open cases was allowed out. i think we're past rehabilitation. he's been to counselling. he's been through that stuff. at this point, family are trying to rai

nancy chin talked to him. even though he didn't get gold the olympics is something he will never et eliminated on wednesday against niji. that means nate ebner will be on his way back for training camp. he leaves with great memories. nate has made history in rio. first active nfl player to participate in the olympics. the dream of adding medal when the team lost to top ranked to move on if they lost by four points or less. late score by ebner tied the grab. but missed kick sealed the fate. >> hats off to fiji. they are great. that was a tough game. we didn't edge it out. ebner did it all from support from his team home. player had a watch party for his support on facebook and even cope bell belichick wore an ebner shirt at practice. there's so much love for you. what do you have to say to people back home? >> hard to put in words. can't say how much it means to me. not only the fans but my teammates and coaches. it just -- i keep saying. it just says so much about that organization. those people up there that

this is nancy. >> i'm nancy. >>> heading out to yash and check out markets there. singapore. >> hi there. it was about the china data today. the pmi data set is the rebalancing story in china large. we saw old economy manufacturing the industrial complex. services new economy that the chinese economy is transitioning towards consumer led growth expanding. i have always like to look at the forward looking indicators, especially new export orders. wasn't a pretty picture there. that speaks to overseas external demand especially with brexit in mind remaining quite sluggish. herein lies the problem for a lot of asian export oriented economies. the employment indicators edged up. you got to imagine that there are going to be more job losses on the table given the fact that manufacturing is under pressure. mainland equities are typically agnostic about the data series. however, the markets have been under pressure over the past week or so because of fears of more regulation, especially a crackdown on wealth management products. the small caps are under pressure and also,

nancy chin. 7news. >>> all right. nancy. thank you. here's a look at the medal count. team u.s.a. in the lead. they have total of 19 medals. china in second place with tote obviously 13 and japan a number third spot with ten. >>> coming up ali raisman's parents are gti nancy chin spoke with them about what they go through when watching their daughter compete. always entertaining to watch them when she's competing. >> feel like they burn a lot of calorie. >> nay are -- they are like doing it with her. the president reaching a milestone on the vineyard. >> a boat race to the rescue when a little dog is spotted lost at sea. >> a lot of sunshine today. we'll track some rain for dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. cause before i'm even ready, she'll be off to college. and though i've planned for it, i may need a loan to help her pay her way there. just like i do for my son. citizens bank student loans call 1-866-999-0154 as a leader in student lending, we have student loan options that others don't. including better alternatives to federa

nancy has more on that. but we're also hearing that needham's ali raceman is getting a lot of attention there in rio? >> reporter: yeah, she's not a big star not only for us in new england but across the united states. she's the captain. the u.s. olympics team. she spoke with ryan seacrest yesterday about what it means to ab leader. >> everyone's been asking what kind of advice i've given. th advice, because they're all so prepared. we've all been working so hard. again, give simone credit, because she says we are stronger as a team than we are individually. we use each other for support. we generally are having so much fun. >> the u.s. rugby team has been busy, as well. captain madison hughes who wept to dartmouth posting this picture. he wrote, having fun with our wardrobe in the olympic having a very good time. the whole team, and that includs the nate abner, the standout collegiate rugby star, sharing his experience, tweeting out this picture, capturing palm trees and a beautiful mountain. the caption, b

of course nancy chin spotted lesley at the gymnastic in rio. she snapped a few pictures of the comedian cheering on team u.s.a.. she's really close to her. i wonder what kind of commentary or will she just scream and cheer. that's what we did then we screaming. a few one liner in there that are funny. 7 on 7 forecast looks good. >> fastest forecast ever. >>> michael phelps is going to do it again! >> he did it! ? >> it has been a rainy friday morning in rio de janeiro so far. but action continues all across the city and begins today at olympic stadium on day seven of the 2016 games. and from inside our studio at copacabana beach, where the sun is doing its best to peep out, welcome along. i'm rebecca lowe. last night in rio, michael phelps won his 22nd olympic

. >> speaking out in a new interview, seventh nancy chen's life in rio with all the action, nancy. >> good evening to you. it is games. they are still firmly in the spotlight in it seems as if the apologies and the backtracking may not be over yet. they had issued statements detailing what they said happened at a gas station. lochte initial count of a late-night armed robbery unraveled dramatically this week as authorities reviewed surveillance and conducted interviews. tonight, we w is a sitdown on a one-on-one interview with matt lauer including the topic of why his story changed so much. >> when you talk to billy sunday afternoon, you didn't tell him the whole truth. when you spoke to me on wednesday night by phone, you didn't tell me the whole truth. >> i left details out, that's why am in this mess is i left certain things out. and i over exaggerated some parts of the of that interview later this evening on nightly news. competition. on the court, the us women's basketball team won their sixth straight olympic gold metal this afternoon. led by yukon head coach, the team women's v

nancy get us up to speed on everything. >> reporter: jadiann and nick. big day park for team usa on the court for the womens basketball team. they took gold. their 6th straight olympic gold medal. the team dominating spain 101-72. they have won 49 consecutives games in the olympics. and u.s. womens volleyball will be bringing home bronze. breaking defeat to serbia in the semifinals. a disappointing day for sarah true. with drew during the bike portion of the competition after not able to overcome a quadriceps injury in the swimming segment of it. it is the united states first olympic gold in the sport and of course can you believe it we are now in the last weekend of the summer games and we are ni here are must see moments coming up later today to tell you about. 2 big races on the track. a lot of excitement in the olympic park behind me. david bedia advancing to tonight's 10 meter platform final in diving. and the closing ceremony is tomorrow. simone biles has been chosen by her fellow team usa bearers to be the flag bearer. 4 golds and one bronze. shou

we hear from nancy johnson of connecticut and peter torkildsen of massachusetts. it's about 90 minutes. >>> thank you all for coming this morning to the session on former members of congress. i would like to introduce our moderator this morning, david king, senior lecturer in public policy, fact l chair, master in public administration programs in the john f. kennedy schools of government at harvard university. since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. in the wake of the 2000 presidential election bs, professor king directed the task force for the national commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. that culminated in land marc voting rights in 2002. he later oversaw the evaluation and new management structure for the boston election department and he served in the advisory board of americanelect.org. in the past professor king chaired the bipartisan program for newly elected members of the u.s. congress and he corre

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nancy chen reports from rio. to represent the united states in gymnastics at the olympic games, >> -- -- >>. >>> of course, it's not a regular day, alley and her team will be going for the gold in the team final late tore day. nancy chen, "7 news". biles thanked him. she's a big fan and said she hopes he can watch tonight. >>> much more to come as w (jet engine reving up) you hear that? that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com. low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students in underperforming areas succeed. cess and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. >>> showers are in the forecas forecast. and

. >> i think you might be in eloping with nancy. that's the theory. in the redbank area will be distraught. >> she stays up every night until this time so she could see you. >> i like nancy. >> she is no carol. >> carol wakes up with me every morning. >> carol stays up to see you. >> let's straighten that out. >> i haven't been down to the redbank in a wild. anymore. >> is none of your business. what are you auditioning for dmz? mind your business! >> you think about mayor diblasio giving out these fairly significant increases. curtis: diva girl ?haven't you connected the dots? robert moses junior? connect the shots! corruption at city hall in your mayor's administration. this is hush money. they are all being solicited in terms of what information they might know about. this contractor or this deed. it's the only way to guarantee that an employee will maintain the they are hall because it's shady down there! >> curtis lee watch a rod last game? >> i hate him! i am so happy that girardi who he thought would start him at third base. >> don't you think

nancy cordes has that. nancy. >> reporter: scott, clinton campaign said there is no disputing what trump meant, and campaign manager robby mook issued this statement: clinton's running mate, senator tim kaine, just weighed in a >> reporter: massachusetts senator elizabeth warren followed that up with this: interestingly,co democrats are not expressing tonight is surprise. they note that this is the same man who encouraged violence against protesters at his rallies and who joked that he could shoot someone and still not lose votes. >> pelley: nancy cordes reporting. nancy, thank you very much. clinton opened a rally near orlando yesterday by paying tribute to the 49 people who were murdered in june at the pulse nightclub. well, it turns out just a few was seddique mateen, the father of the orlando gunman. taed, the clinton campaign said mateen was not invite to the event. the event was open to the public. the divisions in the g.o.p. are playing out tonight in the primary election in wisconsin. paul ryan, the