have nastia and mom been reunited? >> not yet. absolutely no doubt nastia knows her mother is in the cage right next to her. sadly, that's not the case for the mother. we've flown in experts. we've showed videos to analyze the behavior. everyone agrees that in the kur current situation to get them to reunite will be much, much too dangerous. we've right at this very moment started to construct a new facility in ukraine. >> tell us about the facility you're building for them. >> it's an area which is a natural forest. we'll have climbing facilities and many places to hide. the main point for us is we construct a segmented area for both bears, so we can test reuniting the two. both will have a very suitable life for themselves. >> when do you hope to have them in this new sanctuary? >> we plans are we can move them within september. >> last time we talked about nastia, we found out her mom may have been pregnant. >> sadly, but true, we do not yet know whether the mother is pregnant or not. >> are you all just heartbroken over the fa

>> i think nastia can agree. other so much, take each other to the next level like gabby and aly. being friends and teammates, you're ultimately wearing the red, white, and blue so they have to be excited and, you know, cheering each other on. >> definitely. >> you agree, nastia? >> yeah, i do. i think it definitely brought out i know in our case in 2008, brought out the best of us because we just kept pushing each other to that ultimate limit where, you know, if we didn't have somebody that was kind of right underneath you or bright above you that you wouldn't even know how far you could push those limits. i think it's the same thing, and not just with gabby and aly but also jordyn. those three have been neck and neck all year, so it will be an amazing competition. >> carly, gabby douglas is in all four events tonight. the rest of the girls have one or two. that's really difficult. >> right. i know. a lot will be resting on her shoulders, but she's obviously proved she's completely ready. i think she's going to

what's to heartbreaking is nastia cries for her mother. she recognizes the smell and the sight of her mother. the mother will come to the area, she will sniff around, and she will charge the fence, but she's not sure if she's trying to attack another bear, or if she recognizes her. >> it's surprising she would forget the sent of her own cub. >> there's an x factor of why the mother is not reacting to the cub, the mother, apparently from reports of the zoo, is pregnant again. >> so what happens next? will they attempt to put them together eventually? >> that's the hope. >> no matter what happens, anything has to be better than being with the animal traders. >>> this is a fast italian sports car, and a 38-year-old man was driving one similar to this in hiroshima, japan. he was going very, very fast. here is the video from his car, he took it two years ago. >> not two years ago this minute. >> right this two years ago video two years later. >> the video was just posted. he was doing 100 miles per hour and the speed limit was about 37 miles pe

. >>> finally, it would have taken a miracle for nastia liukin to make the u.s. gymnastics team. the darling of the beijing games had a tough weekend and it only got worse on the uneven bars. couldn't find her drip, took a major spill. thankfully she was okay. a heart breaking moment for the five-time olympic medalists. she regrouped an she was able to finish h finish her routine. she won't make the olympics, but will be remembered as a true olympic champion. >>> kid friendly films and their reign at the box office. that's straight ahead. >>> and plus, a magical prom night for one couple and we are going to tell you why. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. let me get right to your forecast. not as many record highs today, but still very hot 90s from denver to the eastern seaboard. then as we look towards your tuesday, notice not a lot changes. almost every location has a similar forecast. we'll duck a few storms in the southeast again. the only spot that gets a break from the heat is up in new england and the great lakes over the next two days. now for the fourth of

and i can tell that nastia is thinking, "16-years-old my ass." [ laughter ] watch the language young say it. >> steve: she just think -- she didn't say out loud. >> jimmy: just thinking, yeah. take a look at another one here. here's a clip from the end of a boxing match between china and mongolia. i can tell the guy on the left won because he's thinking, "i won." [ laughter ] guy on the right is thinking, "i did my best." [ laughter ] well, this guy in the middle's thinking, "i sell ice cream in the 1950s." [ laughter ] just what they're thinking, just by looking at them, i can just tell. >> steve: you can tell that just from looking at them? >> jimmy: uh-huh. let's take a look at another one here. here we have some olympians receiving their medals. you can tell the woman on the left is thinking, "i thought i'd win." the women on the right are thinking, "what did you expect when you entered an ellen degeneres look-alike competition." [ laughter and applause ] there's only one ellen but you can try to look like her. one of the lesser known olympic sports, yeah. >> steve: exactly. >> j

. >>> finally, it would have taken a miracle for nastia liukin to make the u.s. gymnastics team. the darling of the beijing games had a tough weekend and it only got worse on the uneven bars. couldn't find her grip, took a major spill. thankfully she was okay. a heart breaking moment for the five-time olympic medalists. she regrouped and she was able to finish her routine. she won't make the olympics, but will be remembered as a true olympic champion. >>> kid friendly films and their reign at the box office. that's straight ahead. >>> and plus, a magical prom night for one couple and we are going to tell you why. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a lot of people are on vacation. here's your forecast this morning. 105 in vegas. 107 in phoenix. the heat continues along with the dangerous fire weather all through the intermountain west. the clouds and rain will be up in washington state. that's more or less tonight into tomorrow morning. temperatures will be very cool on tuesday in the northwest. then for the 4th of july, we'll try to dry most areas o

the 2008 olympic all around champion nastia liukin slipped on the uneven bars over the weekend fallingace down on the mat but picked herself up and finished the event then got a standing ovation. in the end, sadly, she did not make the team. >>> there is a new beginning tonight for an old icon and she may look familiar. this is a small scale replica of the statue of liberty cast in bronze by the same french artist who made america's statue more than a hundred years ago. this version has stood for years in the gardens in paris. it was in bad shape but now has been cleaned up and restored with the help of some americans in paris. today this lady liberty made her debut in a new home at the museum. >>> we've lost an invaluable member of the nbc family and a pioneer of this business. former nbc chairman of the board julian goodman died this morning. he started at nbc news back when television news began in the 1940s and helped create the hugely successful "huntley brinkley report" the forerunner to this broadcast. he went on to serve as nbc's president and then its chairman. in his 34 years

. >>> finally, it would have taken a miracle for nastia liukin to make the u.s. gymnastics team.ing of the beijing games had a tough weekend, and it only got worse on the uneven bars. couldn't find her grip, took a major spill. thankfully, she was okay. a heartbreaking moment for the five-time olympic medalist. amazingly, she regrouped and was able to finish her routine. liukin won't make the olympics, but she is always be remembered as a true american champion. and that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. is that heat wave going to continue right into the fourth? >> unfortunately, it continues, but not as intense. so, it's like a little silver lining, but not much. good morning, everyone. if you're just joining us, of course, the heat wave has been the story over the last week. we have seen numerous cities have record all-time temperatures. going back 100 years, the warmest they've ever recorded on their weather gauges. also in the states of tennessee and

meantime heartache for olympic athlete nastia liukin."e mat. she picked herself up to finish the event. she did not make the team, though. one more spot on the track and field team. after a finish even a photo couldn't call, aspirinsers aren't leaving their olympic destiny to fate. the women chose to compete in a runoff later on turning down the option the officials gave which would have been a coin toss. a raunchy teddy bear launched at the box office. $54 million, "magic mike," runner up followed by "brave," pixar animation disney fairy tale. >>> this strange commercial featuring lookalikes of the duke and duchess of cambridge has the queen of england, an ad for a taxi company in china. check it out. >> completely on time. wow, that's what i call service. thanks, panda. spice it up. >> pretty good lookalikes. brits took to the web and said only they have the right to mock their machine ae their monarchy. >> look at this sleepy alpaca fighting his case of the blahs on monday. getting lots of hits on youtube. capsed, where am i? who am i?

nastia luken. we watched her in beijing, rooting for her. she was going for a comeback. she was 22 years old. that's not old in real life. >> in gymnastics, it is. >> she was competing on the uneven bars. watch what happened. >> we should point out, as you can tell, she's okay. look what happens now. the crowd cheered her on. she gathered herself up. >> is that her father putting her back up? >> yes. her dad's the coach. look at this. >> wow. >> standing ovation. >> of course, what courage that takes. >> i got to tell you, that's her doing that makes her so much bigger to me than if she had just done it flawlessly. when you're down on your knees and you stand up. >> it's not the fall, it's who gets up. >> she didn't make the olympic team, we should say. >> she is a heroine. >> she is. mike phelps qualified to compete in eight events which means he could match his beijing. >> make it a nice sweet 16. >> remember that photo finish? two runners right there. >> vying for the third position in the track and field race. we didn't know who won. >> always looked like number 1. >

all around champion nastia liukin -- oh, my goodness falling face down on the mat. she picked herself up, finished the event, did not make the team. there's just one more spot on the women's track and field team. after a finish a photograph could not call, the sprinters aren't leave their olympic destiny to fate. these women chose to compete in a runoff later today, turning down the option officials gave for the tiebreaker which would have been a coin toss. 7:13. back to natalie, willie. i would have taken the -- >> it's going to be hot tonight. >> it is going to be a good one for sure. more olympic highlights. let's turn to stephanie abrams and take a look at our forecast. >> unfortunately we have more severe weather to talk about it or the chance in portions of north carolina and also south carolina and portions of virginia. let's have a look at our radar. nothing severe but we do see storms firing up. otherwise we do have threat for severe weather in portions of the upper midwest. a little bit cooler, especially >> good morning.ew england, ew we had some rain las

not unlike shawn johnson and nastia liukin in 2008. >> let's have some fun.y can pull it off. >> let's hear it for the flying squirrel and her teammates. >>> all right, now, as we scan the globe to bring you the constant variety of goofiness, we know now who was on her ma jesty's secret service, donning the queen's bloomers and jumping out of that helicopter the same guy who made this wingman suit back in may. the drink of choice, dan and bianna, at this games is the trendy power drink, beet juice. it's been tested and known now to increase endurance. but before you use it, don't be alarmed if you start to pee red. >> is that what you have been drinking in the pubs of london? >> yes. a little bit of asparagus. beet juice by guinness. and a little twitter trash talk yesterday, during the women's soccer match. brandi chastain was talking about the defense being lax. hope solo, the current u.s. goalie, tweeted, quote, lay off commentating and goalkeeping until you get more educated. the game has changed from a decade ago. >> ouch. >> yeah. bill weir, so great to

physical and mental. >> we just talk to nastia. what do you think her legacy would be?t a blow to the team. i wish they would do that great, amazing performance but -- >> we'll mention bella will help us out at nbc sports for gymnastics. always a pleasure. >>> back to the >> good morning. we're starting out with a quiet conditions. some thunderstorms may develop this >> what's your name, young lady? >> emma. >> where are you from? >> naples, florida. >> very nice. all right. savannah. >> all right, al, thanks. coming up next, called hillbilly hand fishing, catching a catfish with your bare hands. we'll introduce you to this spor coming up. this is today on nbc. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts! who are these guys? oh, that's just my buds. bacon, donuts. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] waffles. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? rookie. okay. ♪ nutty clusters and almonds, ♪ ♪ almonds. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one tty clusters and almonds. with 43%

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. >> no, no, nastia liukin has a wardrobe malfunction, i'm going to have to go. >> wow. >> no, no, no, mr. lauer. >> all right. go ahead. give it your best shot. >> what is the olympic motto in latin, please. >> in latin. >> higher, faster, stronger. >> that's called english. >> i have no idea in latin. highere, strongere. >> no, if you'd studied you'd find it on 32. i have my book. >> when was it introduced actually. that's another good question, which olympics? >> when was what, the motto introduced? >> the motto. >> the motto, today's first family was introduced back in 1992, i believe. >> it is swifter, faster, stronger. >> you're right, it is. it is. >> swifter, faster, stronger. >> all right. swiftly take it back to new york. >> kind of a letdown because he knew the motto. it's annoying. >> we'll stump him. >> we'll check in later. meantime coming up, the remarkable recovery of aimee copeland, the georgia woman who lost limbs to flesh-eating bacteria. a major milestone to her independence, her courageous story coming up. >>> play along with the athletes with cool games, gadgets

example c, nastia's olympic hopes crashed when she fell on the bars.than walk away in tears, she dusted herself down, wiped powder on her hands and went back with her team. i had no doubt i was going to finish, and walk out on my terms. right there that is the the true olympian spirit. right there that is the the true olympian spirit. >>> we're getting our first real look at what americans think about the supreme court's decision on health care reform. keeping them honest. we're also getting double talk from politicians on the ruling. the spin and there's plenty of it revolving around a single word, taxes. does the money you have to pay for not having health insurance amount to a tax? battle lines are drawn. >> it's a penalty for free riders. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi over the weekend, little slip of the tongue. did you hear it there? just straying from talking points that the mandate imposes a penalty, not a tax. >> the law is clear. it's called a penalty. >> the massive so-called tax increase they're talking about is the freeloader penalt

example c, nastia's olympic hopes crashed when she fell on the bars. walk away in tears, she dusted herself down, wiped

example c, nastia's olympic hopes crashed when she fell on the bars.

physical and mental. >> we just talk to nastia. what do you think her legacy would be? to the team. i wish they would do that great, amazing performance but -- >> we'll mention bella will help us out at nbc sports for gymnastics. always a pleasure. >>> back to the little bit. >> that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we are heating up already now climbing into the 80s and later today, we'll be hitting the 90s. could get some strong storms during the afternoon. actually, might have some thunderstorms coming towards the metro area around noontime and then the stronger storms after that. then tomorrow, lower humidity and cooler weather. we'll have another chance of storms, again, on thursday as we heat up and get humid, again. and maybe again on friday and saturday and cooler for the >> what's your name, young lady? >> emma. >> where are you from? >> naples, florida. >> very nice. all right. savannah. >> all right, al, thanks. coming up next, called hillbilly hand fishing, catching a catfish with your

example c, nastia's olympic hopes crashed when she fell on the bars.d herself down, wiped powder on her hands and went back with her team.

nastia liukin.ected to begin in federal court this morning in a patent trial pitting apple against samsung. a jury has to decide if samsung ripped off iphone and ipad apple wants 2 1/2 billion dollars in damages. we just want 90s in the east bay. >> full on summer, definitely in the east bay warmest mid to upper 90s today, a few 90s pup in the north bay, a few less in the south bay, 70s and 80s around the bay shore, 60s coast and san francisco. wait there's more hotter tomorrow and thursday. >>> going to the south bay, update northbound 17 at 101 stall just cleared south bay 280 at the intersection you have an accident blocking lanes there. >> ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> a great crowd out here in times square with us. showing their team usa spirit. and some of the athletes show the spirit in their style. some of the looks, what do you think of -- are we going to show the shoes right here? they're a limited edition olympic shoes. right here. can you see the olympic rings? >> blinged out. >> kind of

. >> we just talk to nastia. what do you think her legacy would be? >> wow, don't mention to me.that great, amazing performance but -- >> we'll mention bella will help us out at nbc sports for gymnastics. always a pleasure. >>> back to the >>> hey, good morning to you. 8:34 now. taking a live look at what's left of the cloud cover over the city by the bay. quickly clearing. going to get a lot of sunshine today and gorgeous conditions in san francisco. 59 degrees there. we're at 59 in san jose. by noon today, temperatures already climbing to the low 70s. we'll be at 75 degrees as you break for lunch in san jose. rounding out the day at 82. the warmer cities will hit the upper 80s. 88 in livermore today. >> what's your name, young lady? >> emma. >> where are you from? >> naples, florida. >> very nice. all right. savannah. >> all right, al, thanks. coming up next, called hillbilly hand fishing, catching a catfish with your bare hands. we'll introduce you to this sport coming up. this is today on nbc. reel. how would you like to catch a huge fish with a your bare hands. kerry sanders

nastia liukin. abc 7 news update. >> good morning once again at 7:56. pepco is grading itself and giving itself high marks to its response to the deadly storm in june that left hundreds of people without days. in a self assessment, pepco says it responded aggressively and quickly than other utilities. investigators are searching for clues s after a violent night. died after being shot in d.c. and two other people were wounded in southeast washington. to thesen what led shootings. xqínewschannel 8 will have an - depth report at the top of the hour. let's find out how your commute is with lisa baden. it is moving slowly with a delay out of dale city to woodbridge on northbound 95. i-395 will slow from the belt way to the 14th street bridge. is a live picture of bridge.across the had a crush on the other side that is now gone. we will go to maryland next and we have an ebb and flow on 270 from frederick and montgomery county. it is beautiful across the at the american legion bridge. >> it is not a bad

nastia liukin, though, who had a lilt built of a fall. >> well, you know, there's a short shelf lifecs. you get your one olympics to sort of shine and nowadays that tends to be it. nastia liukin, who of course won the all-around silver in beijing had a terrible fall at t trials on the uneven bars, missed the ball, ended up falling flat on her face, then showed some guts getting up and finishing her routine. but that did her in. so she's not going to go to london. she's probably done. >> but the team looks good? >> they do. you have a young team with a bunch of 16-year-olds, basically. jordyn wieber, who is really a potential gold medal winner all around is going to lead that team. you've got gabby douglas. you've got a young kyla ross, as well. they've got a very deep team. they won the gold at the world championships just in 2011. so they're going coming off of that performance. i think most people would look at the u.s. women as a pretty decent favorite to win gold in london. >> when the trials ended, i was, like, can't wait for the olympics. you'll be following that for us. thank

it was her teammate nastia liukin who walked away with the all around gold olympic medal.other to be better and better. >> these two have quite a dual. >> the competition was really good not just for me and gabby but the whole team. >> we have all bonded. we're kind of like a family, i think. >> it's that attitude and bond that may just make them the second group of american women to take home team gold. >> to have those ladies heading into lobbed as a one-two punch, wow, look out world. >> well, the women's qualification round stars sunday, matt. definitely the team should be watching. we did hear from u.s. gymnastics mckayla maroney has a slight toe injury. she's taking it easy for practice and she'll be fine for competition. >> when we come back we'll talk about team usa swimmer and cancer survivor going for the gold in london. i >>> welcome back to london as we count down to friday's opening ceremony. american swimmer eric shanteau hopes to take home the medal this weekend when he swims the 100 meter breaststroke. you may remember him from beijing, he narrowly missed g

nastia liukin.werful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >>> good morning. happy tuesday. satellite and radar picking up on clouds across the area. most of the wet weather still in southern maryland and we have it weakening over ocean city but lots of rain coming and we have a storm out into the atlantic lightning with the cell rightright there. another cell in pennsylvania and we have the possibility for scattered showers and storms to pop up going throughout the day as well. ellicott city showing the cloud cover trying to show a little bit of sunshine. but that cloud cover is holding tough this morning. we will get the sun-cloud mix throughout the day. moisture level is really up there. 72 for a dew point and we are feeling very sultry out there and balmy. we have reduce advice ability along the eastern shore -- visibility along the eastern shore. one mile in culpepper and wind chester around 5. temperatures warm and 73 in baltimore and we will get up to around 90

there's also this somewhat rivalry portrayed in the media with you and nastia liukin, although you wereu won the silver. were you disappointed? do you feel like you didn't get exactly what you went there for? >> not at all. i wouldn't take anything back. i wouldn't change anything. when we walk into that arena, we're wearing red, white, and blue, representing usa. i had to be proud and happy. she's a friend of mine. seeing her on the podium with a gold medal i couldn't have been more proud of her and more proud of myself getting the silver. >> did that make it harder, the pressure there was this portrayed rivalry between the two of you. >> it pushed both of us to work harder. we wanted to beat each other sour out. we were the toughest competitors. being there, wearing the flag, we wanted first and second. it didn't really matter who came on top or not. >> you recently announced you retired from gymnastics. that must be a hard choice and hard decision to make. >> it was incredibly hard. gymnastics has been in my life since i was three years old. shutting the door to that career of mine w

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