later, olympic lenggend natalie coughlin breaks down what's going right and wrong for missy franklin. >>> other headlines tonight, attacks on police officers across the country has the richmond police chief asking for help. there have been no threats against richmond officers. the chief doesn't want to wait. he is asking for new equipment and a lot of it. jodi hernandez is in richmond. he has quite a wish list. will he get it? >> reporter: he certainly has a big wish list. ballistic blankets and long guns are a couple of the items that the chief says this department needs. he says that while not cheap, it may save lives of officers and others. he says it's every bit worth it. >> this is a ballistic shield. >> reporter: he shows us protective equipment he says is an absolute must for officers patrolling the streets of richmond. >> we need this equipment to save our lives, but more importantly save the lives we're sworn to protect. >> reporter: they don't have enough to equip everyone who needs it. the chief says that's got to change. >> i'm super concerned about my officers. >> reporte

natalie coughlin is in studio with us. joins us in about 15 minutes to share just how valuable having mom and dad support you is in the olympics. >> for sure. >> parents, you don't want to miss this story. it impacts the nearly 1 million school-aged children here in the bay area. >> it has to do with how children's schools use police officers on campus. when should an officer be called and could it result in a child getting a criminal record? >> to find out we spent the last five months gathering information from every school district in the school district. >> guys, when school districts fail to have clear policies on when to involve police, children can be left with criminal records for what is called childish misbehavior. now we're uncovering which school districts are leaving those decisions up to chance and which are taking real steps to protect not only your children but also law enforcement. at just 13 years old, erin gonzalez has done a lot of growing up here in oakland. >> we really don't have like a perfect life.

when we return, olympic legend natalie coughlin joins us.hare how emotions can get the best of you after winning gold. stay with us. nbc bay area olympic team. actually, not new at all.she's be >>> okay. we have a new member of our nbc bay area olympic team. not new at all. she's been with us for years. we should say, we have been following her around the world for years. there's the natalie coughlin you think you know. the powerhouse cal swimmer. sf >> is she going to have enough? >> the natalie coughlin who made history as the first american woman to win six medals in a single olympics, bringing her total to 12. it's out of the water where we really got to know her, including her asian heritage. >> i have big calves that are very filipino. >> we watch eed her transform herself. author, wife. >> i do want to start a family at some point. >> and cook. she's competed on the food network. then there's that time she nearly broke the internet choreographing part of usa swimming viral video. all this pales in comparison to the contributions she's

tonight our nbc bay area olympics analyst natalie coughlin looks at what went so wrong.s right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm raj mathai. a different tone tonight. a racial barrier was shattered by a stanford swimmer, and lofty expectations are weighing down a cal swimmer. >> we have live team coverage from the bay area to rio. let's begin with nbc bay area's laura melfort. >> it's hard to pinpoint why franklin wasn't at her best, but we all need to keep perspective. she says franklin still swam well. but because she swam so well in london, we all expected a lot more. former cal student missy franklin won our hearts and five medals in the london olympics, setting world records. she was the star of the u.s. women's team, lip-synching a video that went viral. but it's a different story in rio. a string of disappointments ending tonight after she finished 14th in the 200 meter backstroke, knocking her out of the games completely. >> it's hard to say why missy isn't at her top form right now. >> reporter: 12-time olympic medalist

up next another great olympian, natalie cou natalie coughlin will join us to talk about ryan lochte'sir own lofty expectations - >>> welcome back. i'm colin resh. the top-ranked u.s. women's water polo team lived up to their lofty expectations. they repeat at gold medal champions. the three goals, the cardinal contingent accounted for seven goals. a celebratory dip in the pool, and then with current stanford star maggie steffans at his side. joyful remarks afterwards. >> i'm blown away by the group and how we played under pressure in the biggest moment and how well we did defensively and how well we executed. it couldn't be more perfect. >> with clay thompson leading the way, the u.s. men's basketball advanced to gold medal team after defeating spain 82-74. clay hit 43, andre jordan a fourth inside, u.s. record 16 rebounds, 9 points and four blocks. gold medal team on sunday. the men's volleyball team not as fortunate. leading italy two sets to one, they were unable to hold the lead in the fourth set as the italians ripped off sixth straight points to force a fifth set where it was su

caught on with prominent athletes like 12-time plm medalist natalie coughlin. >> i have always responded well to it and it spread amongst the swim team over the years. >> reporter: centers like a acupuncture in san jose is thanking olympians for the increased call. >> it feels exactly exactly what i expected it would. >> reporter: it doesn't hurt. there's some pressure but, hey, in the end you leave looking like an olympian. well, you know what i mean. ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> a cupping badge. >>> 4:40. do not, we repeat, do in the try this at home. >> it's hard because i don't have that at home. >> we don't have the luxury. looking at a popular climbing destination in norway known for a shape called goat horns tower. one brave man you see right there some theatrics mid-air. he took a step further to get from one horn to the other. basically somersaulting across a five-foot gap. he says his heart was pounding even though he was tethered to a safety line. he said his mom is not terribly happy. mothers everywhere. >> that's what i was thinking. >> when she heard about his risky litt

but caught on with prominent athletes like 12-time olympic medalist natalie coughlin. >> i have alwayswell to it. and it kind of spread amongst the swim team over the years. >> reporter: centers like locia accupuncture in san jose is thanking olympians today for the increased calls. >> it feels exactly what i expected it would feel like. >> reporter: it actually doesn't hurt. there's some pressure but, hey, in the end you leave looking like an olympian. well, you know what i mean. ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> all right. badges of honor, i guess. >> exactly. red, white, blue, and purple. >> there you go. >> laura has her yellow on today. >> you kind of can't miss it. >> from the sky as well. heat on the way. >> we will have some very warm temperatures over the next couple days. we're talking about 90s as we go through this week. today we will see a couple of spots inland. we'll talk about that. live look outside from emeryville looking at the bay bridge. you can see at the very top span of the bridge you see it's covered by some low clouds. but as far as the drivers go visibility loo

and dan coughlin for the season premiere on friday august 26 co at 11:00 p.m., edition of the update with natalie herbick there's lots to talk about. >> also want to sayna first of all good job to the two of you. >> federal judge in texas is blocking the obama administration directive on transgender bathrooms. the ministration directed public schools to allow transgender access to the restroom of their choice, a judge on sunday granted a temporary, nationwide injunction against the policy, that means that for now m federal agencies are not allowed to take action against schools that do not follow the bathroom policy. >> t investigation reveals found in ills his mansion after his death were mislabeled, that those marked as hydrocodone contained fentanyl, it is a much stronger drug june from an accidental overdose. >> dropolice are allowed live grenade from inside of a car and the middle of a kansas neighborhood.rdd the grenade found inside of an unlocked car was removed fromas it by the bomb squad it was discovered a stolen out of missouri , they're trying to track down the owners and who stole it