. -- for olympic greatness. >> for a couple of hours in the afternoon, it looks like some storms started to move across the area, but it did not last long. the storms brought up in central maryland and then fizzled out pretty quickly. a few high thin clouds drifting through the region. mostly clear conditions. at the airport, no rain. the august total, only 1600 -- 1/600 of an inch. the temperatures topped 90 degrees at the airport. 86 is normal. we will be running above that through the weekend. it is 86 degrees in downtown baltimore. 84 at the naval academy, you can see these warm temperatures are holding on. the stage is set for another hot one tomorrow. temperatures in the 70's to 80's. not much of a breeze overnight. high-pressure, the bermuda highs is starting to show up. once that high pressure system gets set up, it just pumps in the air through the gulf of mexico. expect warm conditions to continue through the weekend. the potential for a thunderstorm each day. 89-94 tomorrow. sunrise on saturday morning coming up at 6:10, setting at 8:15. notice the sun setting a little bit ear

the all-time olympic great has a girlfriend.odel and actress megan rossi from l.a. reports say they have been quietly dating since the start of the year, while he kept his focus on conquering the london games. >> of course, she's a model. now he's rewritten the record books and retired, phelps and rossi are out on the town. they're seen everywhere from red carpets. >>> and another couple in the news for the wrong reasons. >> american judo fighter nick dell poppalo has been thrown out of the games wheel testing positive for drugs. offering a simple explanation. >> yes. he apparently inadvertently ate something that had been baked with marijuana before leaving the u.s. for the games. he's been removed from the final standings in his weight class. >> be careful, dude. not all brownies are made the same. >> it was an accident. >> of course. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, we'll be back with your chance to send a celebrity to "dancing with the stars." [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for ever

and we gather around the water cooler to watch more from the olympics. greatoying their best day of the games capped by a thrilling winning by mo farrah. he gave great britain their first gold medal ever in the men's 10,000 meters. as he came down the home stretch, a couple bbc announcers gave a kind of measured, stoic response we've come to expect from gb. [ inaudible ] >> oh, my god! >> that's michael johnson in the middle there. >>> all right, here in the u.s., it's common knowledge that president obama is a big fan of sports, but for some politicians in turkey, diplomacy and baseball do not go hand in hand. leaders of the turkish opposition were angered when the white house released this picture of president obama talking on the phone last week with turkey's prime minister. the president is holding a baseball bat signed by hall of famer hank aaron. one politician in turkey called the photo a "implicit insult." another suggested the president was giving orders to turkey's leaders. after the criticism erupted, the white house issued a statement saying the ph

the olympic competition in full swing. and, boy, it's been great for team usa. back at olympic park. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. call them what you want, golden girls, the fab five, just don't leave out the title olympic champions. >> that's right. the fierce five is another name they like. they stopped by our plaza to show off their newly minted gold medals. we'll share that interview a little later on. >>> there's another swimmer making waves called the missile, but it's not missy franklin. no. that's right. we're going to introduce you to him a little bit later on. >>> a lot to get to. let's get the latest olympic news. for that, we turn to natalie morales. >> all right, guys. good morning once again. the gold medals just keep on coming after the biggest night so far for team usa. >> oh! unbelievable! >> reporter: the american women thundered their way to victory tuesday, striking gold in the gymnastics team finals. >> with a good landing. >> reporter: one by one, the fab five took the floor and nailed every routine. >> get the gol

olympics in terms of the global attention it gives you and everything else. >> i think winning the olympics is a great thing to do because you're basically, you start as an amateur boxer and to complete your amateur tutelage, you have to be an olympic gold medallist. winning that is like winning a gold medal, a gold ticket to the professionals. it is a pedigree thing. once you won an olympic gold medal, you're supposed to go on and win heavy weight championship of the world. >> do you agree with that? >> i do believe that -- just like graduated with a degree. you get paid more money, you springboard into your professional career and it showed that because you went to the olympics, all the adjustments you had to make through amateur to allow you to be the complete fighter to be the champion. >> huge debate raging about who the greatest olympian of all time is because of michael phelps breaking the medal record. forget that. i don't want to ask you that. i am more interested in what will be a more lively debate. who is the greatest heavy weight boxer of all. you two would be mentioned on many people's l

we'll see you back in new york. >>> up next olympic great natalie coughlin stops by.n. >>> this morning on "today's" olympic kitchen, natalie coughlin tied as the most decorated olympian of all time, happens to be a great cook. >> thanks for having me. >> you're making shawarma, a favorite of the u.s. women's swim team after your all night pub crawls. >> it wasn't a pub crawl. we were at a party. all in good fun. no, this is one of the -- it's middle eastern, and it's street food, which has become really popular here in london. so it's super, super easy. >> it's been marinating. >> this is prime rib. it's been marinating overnight in yogurt, garlic, lemon, then we cooked it in that, boiled it. now we're going to take it out and slice it. >> you're using ribs but you could use chicken, a lot of different proteins. >> a lot of times it's more like a meat loaf but we used prime rib. i'm going to slice it up. can you shred it. >> i know how much time you love cooking, i spent time with you. you made me kale and eggs. >> this is hummus, a garlic sauce, add the meat. all so

just to be able to be in the same sentence with some of the olympic greats. >> there's a very high probabilityat. you will be the greatest olympian in the history of the olympics. >> pretty cool. >> pretty cool? i would have been able to complete everything that i've ever wanted. if i can look back on my career and say that, it doesn't matter with anything else. i consider my career a success. >> how would you like to be remembered? whatever happens? >> being the first michael phelps. that's really the only thing. doing something that nobody else has ever done before. >> michael, all the vr best to you. it's been a pleasure sitting dounl. >>> michael phelps says he's now officially retired. he everyone told "us weekly" he wouldn't rule out appearing on dancing with the stars. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're a

the sense it is his last olympics and gold is great. to be an individual gold medallist is fantastic. would have been a footnote in a bad way if phelps hadn't gotten that. >> do you think ryan thought psychologically got the glory at the top. >> all gone downhill from there. >> only won two golds. >> he started with an important race and beat michael phelps. for all, it is a bit of an uneven story for lochte and phelps. some great moments. they'll take those away. what really shows is again what an amazing thing we saw four years ago from michael phelps. this is reality in swimming. someone wins here and there. the french men reel in the americans at the end. phelps doesn't win individual races. it even shows how much more remarkable what phelps did. >> i couldn't agree more, a fantastic champion. talk gymnastics. a great day for gabby douglas. aly raisman, i am sure she's disappointed, supremely talented girl, jordan weiber. what do you think about the americans? >> gabby douglas, first time a woman of color has won the individual all

so what a great -- obviously the olympics are great all across the board but katie ledecky, stone ridgeigh school. 15 years old. >> all the girls do major community service. they go to anacostia high. to see them come off the bus going there with they mentor -- incredible. recap for us. >> okayment folks need to hit the pool today. hot and humid tomorrow as well. but we could see a few isolated showers and maybe even a heavy storm move through the area later on tonight. more of the same tomorrow and on monday, the rain will end and then we'll be partly sunny. >> okay everybody. thanks for watching. you can get updates anytime online wusa9.com. we're going to see you back here tonight at 11:00. bye. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes tha

from great olympic starts come great things. >> misty may-treanor and kerri walsh-jennings will try toalked last night. >> they are the most decorated beach volleyball team in history. a dynamic duo. tonight they play what could very well be their last match together. >> and it's over! >> reporter: gold medals in 2004 and 2008 and a break from the court after beijing, kerri walsh-jennings and misty may-treanor are back for their ninth gold medal match. >> words? i don't have words. so overwhelming. we were down in game one and we fought with everything we have. >> when you guys reunited, did you think you would make it to this point? did you know you'd make it to this point? >> kerri and i bloebl in each other and our ability. >> we never took it for granted. >> the only thing standing in the way of the third consecutive gold medal, the other american team. >> the americans have upset the brazilians. they are headed to the gold meteorologist match. >> either way people at home are going to be proud. i'm happy either way. >> your husband is playing baseball and can't be here. do you hav

great putt for par here on the the12th. furyk nearly had a birdie on night but the ball hits the flagstick and stays out. 11-under. >> with just oweek to go in the olympics, the -- team usa has -- great grittan has 29 total. and this sports report was bog to you by river rock casino. >> michael phelps, adamant that tonight's event was his last. >> yes, to 22 medals total. a record. 18 golds, probably a mark that will never be broken. >> ama: still to coverage nasa's mission to mars and the seven

just to be able to be in the same sentence with the olympic greats that are the best. >> if you were three and there is a high probability of that, you will be officially the greatest olympian in the history of the olympics. >> pretty cool. >> pretty cool? >> i'm laid back. >> you are the michael jordan of the olympics. >> i would have been able to complete everything i ever would have wanted. if i can look back at my career and say i have done everything i wanted no matter how many medals and how many records or this or that or whatever, if i can look back and say that, doesn't matter anything else. i consider my career a success. >> how would you like to be remembered? what happens? >> being the first michael phelps is the only thing. doing something that nobody else had done before. changing the sport for someone. that's what i hope to walk out with. >> all the very best. it has been a pleasure sitting down with you. i really enjoyed it. >> thank you. >> he said he is retired and he will include endorsements and a possible job as a commentator. he wouldn't mind appearing on "danci

plenty of action in the olympics. great super saturday was amazing. >> the tennis i still can't get over. >> amazing weekend of action. tennis final of the tournament was a repeat of latino month's wimbledon. andy murray came up against roger federer. he stormed in a commanding lead and became the first british man to win olympics singles gold since the first time london held the olympics back in 1908. >> redemption from that lost to federer a month ago. final men's 100 meter saw usain bolt reclaim the title. he won gold also with an olympic record time, teammate yohan blake took silver. >> china tops the overall medal board. great britain jumped up into third place, 16 gold medals. three below beijing. >> that's third place by quite a margin i would add. you got some work to do. >> if you did the gold medals per gdp or gold medals -- >> per capita. >> we did per capita on china we would be about 100 -- >> your gold medal take per capita you're probably leading that one. i'll give you that one. >> not just athletes winning

olympics. >> monday, great britain and 13 more gold medals with the track and cycling team sprinting to a new world record. >> michael phelps scored another medal, his 17th olympic gold. and it was also a good day for germany. >> the rowing team struck gold on friday. they took the race by 2.4 seconds, trailed by croatia and australia. it was third time is the charm for germany. the heavy way -- the heavyweight earned a bronze. the five-time world champion. in women's judo, the heavyweight took to but's first gold medal of the olympic games -- took the first gold medal of the olympic games. and planning for switzerland, roger federer moves into the men's final. >> but it is not all gold and glory. we have controversy from the gains after the break. >> stay with us. >> all rights. will come back, everyone. an embarrassing departure for one member team germany at the olympics. >> nadja drygalla has left the games after details emerged that she was dating a member of germany's extreme right wing party. >> nadja drygalla has left the olympics after it emerged that she is dating a member of the ri

for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news. >> mary carillo is the host of the late night olympic coverage. >> greatlot to talk about. >> michael phelps rolls off of everyone's tongues, but we think of his retirement as a loss to the olympic team, but what about overall? >> i think he's inspired so many people, and that's what the signs around great britain are saying, inspired the generation. not only has great britain has had great results of his own, but frankly and ledecky taking his place. this guy made swimming into the art form. >> plamissy franklin, she's 17 years old and she has a long, great future ahead of her. >> and she's a nice kid. i like all the swimmers. i thought they was a great collection of humanity. they didn't stay on message like some others, but they were so exuberant. she's got many, many medals ahead of her. >> so down to earth. this was the year of the woman as everyone -- team usa, 53 medals of whatever our medal count is now. 94 medals. >> not only that, natalie, but if you just took the american women, the gold medals they won, if you took the american women as a natio

it's been a great olympics so far. so far we've seen swimming and gymnastics dominate the headlines from a competition standpoint but today was an opportunity for a lower profile sport to bask in the olympic glow. great britain awoke to see its tower bridge bathed in olympic gold celebrating the nation's first gold medals of the games yesterday. but early today the american gold mush continued. >> america versus great britain. >> reporter: at excel arena, more olympic gold and history as kayla harrison won the first ever american gold medal in judo. brought to tears as she received a medal and heard her national anthem. >> i pictured it every night for the last four years. it feels real. >> reporter: at the same hall, russian president vladimir put en, who's written a book on judy, cheered their competitor and his gold medal performance. at the equestrian arena ann romney was cheering her horse, rafalca, in early rounds of dressage. american archer came up short in her quest for the medal but provided one of the most m

olympics. another great night of tv ahead. we are showing you the results from today. the home stretch has begun on his career. only two vans left after today for -- events left after today for michael phelps. the next generation of swimming stars are continuing to write their chapter. you will see it all tonight on primetime. the u.s. olympic team's youngest member goes for the gold tomorrow in london. she qualified for the hundred meter final freestyle today. not a lot of high school students have a story to share about this summer break. >> just being here watching all the events, i will be ready to go for tomorrow. >> the change of pace for the ravens at training camp. the first indoor practice. pete gilbert joins us with the latest. >> a very popular decision to go inside. the players rewarded him and give him a clean practice. it is only one field so you have to be efficient and effective. that is what they got. the guys who are not here will miss the preseason with a -- joe flacco is there and as long as he is there and it does not matter. >> he treats everybody

hosting the olympics is certainly a great honor, but let's be real. n honor i'm generous enough to leave for other cities. to paraphrase an old saying, the olympics are a great place to visit, but you probably don't want tomorrow this live here. >>> we will start with ernesto. still a tropical storm and headed for the yucatan peninsula probably in the morning on wednesday. probably category one storm when it hits. then it goes back to the gulf of mexico and goes through central mexico itself. that could produce big time flooding. it may actually traverse the entire country in mexico, get back in the pacific, regenerate. that happens, but not too often. a live look outside brought to you by michael and son. it's 82. our high was 93. dew point 71. dew point's in the 70s, bad thing. winds out of the south at 5 and pressure rising a little bit 30 inches of mercury and even. satellite picture radar combined. most of the activity was south and east of us today. we had one warning. the reason why, a little frontal boundary draped to the south of us. it's goin

. >> you want to catch up on the olympics, another great day for americans in jolly old england. now is the time to put the volume on mute and turn away. good news for michael phelps. he added to his record for most medals you a time. michael swam the gold in the individual medley beating out ryan lochte, who took home the silver. gabby douglas took a huge win in the women's individual competition. she notched the highest on the beam and the vault, boating out russia for the gold. the women's rowing teams will picked up another nothing mosmght kayla hairy son won the first ever gold medal in judo. >>> while michael phelps made a splash in london, he is taking a bath in real estate. according to tmz.com the best olympian ever lost more than $400,000 on his fells point condo. he bought it for less than $1.7 million but sold it last week for one and a quarter million dollars. >>> all right. what do sleep and slots have to do with your health? >> are you offered sick leave? if your job doesn't, you may want to record this report and take it to the office in the morning. >>> a new stu

. >> the great thing about sports and the great thing about the olympic movement of olympic sport is it's actually a metaphor for life. it's not about patronage, charms, not about circumstance, it's about hard work. it's about diligence. it's about great coaching. it's about friendship and respect. >> diligence is something coe knows all too well. his work almost done with these olympic games, he next hosts the paralympic games. >> then you're going on vacation. >> then i'll take a short vacation. >> ann curry with sebastian coe. still to come, history making u.s. women's water polo team plus ryan lochte and ryan seacrest. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ [ rob ] i'm rob fluhr, and i work at ge. our team builds advanced imaging technology that can show why biceps need triceps... how shoulders create torque... and why a longer muscle is a swifter muscle. ♪ there is so much we know about the human body. ♪ but we're still amazed... by the human spirit. ge works. ♪ i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book

great britain. she has been there for the last three olympic games. another 114 great britain. gold yesterday in the cycling. the event of controversy. they blasted the competition away. in a preliminary round of, you may recall seeing hines stumbling off his bike. they said it was a mechanical failure. he himself said he deliberately fell to the track. a bad start. he needed to crush to get a restart. that is fairly unambiguous. philistines is german. hines is german and they say a lot has been lost in translation. the gold medal is safe. interesting quote from the ioc saying people are not deprived of a contest. that refers to the badminton contest, where they said people were not trying. on another day, this could have gone against great britain. the team gold stays in the cycling. the women's gold. >> thank you very much. we hope the weather improves a little bit. it keeps changing every moment. you may have noticed that these games the athletes have been allowed to use twitter to send photos and express their individuality. lochte won a diamond-encrusted grill to the podiu

great example. he's now taking the olympic flag back to his city. the curtain closed on the games with a star-studded music ceremony in the main olympic stadium. >> after the warm welcome and embrace of london 2012, a slightly bizarre sendoff. heathrow created a games terminal to help the international troops of thousands but tired athletes heading home. >> for me i just thought about all the work that i put into it, that my teammates put into it and thinking about all the people that helped us get here. it's such a special thing to look at this. i know everybody always says this is what it's worth, this is what it's worth what we've sacrificed and what every athlete has put in here just to be here is amazing. for me, that's why this is so special. >> but for the last night party, a closing ceremony, the athletes in the olympic stadium were really the supporting cast. one direction, madness, the pet shop boys and others kicked off the wonderful symphony. annie lennox provided the most memorizeing entrance and the spice girls. then there was the hand

these will be the most successful olympics for great britain in more than a century.t sparked huge national pride. more stiff upper lip. we are british. it's really great this year we can actually get behind everybody. , the 100is week hurdles and the u.s. beach toleyball teams will try advance. et's look at the medal count. china continues to lead the way but the u.s. is not far behind. great britain is in third place. japan holding onto fifth place. that show of businesses sex marriage. and online lesbian and gay magazine put out the idea to support businesses that are for marriage quality. starbucks is one of many listed as supporters of lgbt rights. still ahead, a final look at the i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwiwis. i've always s had that issue with the seeds getting ununder my denture. super pogrip free -- it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well-tting dentures let in food particles. susuper poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food

also, as george mentioned a few minutes ago, a long way for the olympics host. great britain has picked up their first gold medal of london 2012. again, it is in the rolling. -- it is in rowing with helen glover and heather stanning. they cruised to victory ahead of the australian pair. new zealand claim to the bronze. it is quite an amazing story. four years ago, she had barely picked up an oar. her partner was an army captain. just to recap, ukraine. the united states win another medal with the bronx. the london olympics chairman has described tuesday's controversial badminton matches as depressing and unacceptable. the badminton world federation is still meeting behind doors. there's no indication of the timing of any announcement. it's now just a few hours until the eight women are due to compete in the quarterfinals. remember, expulsions are an option at this stage. it will have to decide whether the competition is more damage by the absence or by keeping them in. obviously, it must be proved that the all intended to lose. that is all for now. >> thank you very m

market for reasonable price. >>> the olympics not reasonably priced and with the closing ceremonies for two wins wars recessions and revolutions compete with the greatolympic distraction now it is over the athletes go home back to reality and so does everyone else. mark phillips cbs news london.

he turned around the olympics at a time when a great institution was collapsing under the weight of bad management. and over spending and corruption. sounds kind of kent -- kind of familiar, doesn't it? he was a republican governor of a state where almost nine in 10 legislators are democrats and yet he balanced the budget without raising taxes. unemployment went down. household incomes went up. massachusetts saw its credit

great relationship. misty may-treanor is retiring. this was her final match. as for kerri walsh, she says no way. i am not retiring. she wants to be in rio for the next olympicsn 2016. we mentioned two great stories. the other story is not about winning any type of medal. instead it is about perseverance. a lot of people were in tears for this event. the 800 meter race in track and field. sarah attar, she finished dead last in her qualifying heat. dead last. and more than a half minute slower than the rest of the field. but it didn't matter shelf got a standing ovation from more than 80,000 fans. she was born in escondido in san diego. but is representing saudi arabia. she is the first ever female olympian in saudi history. her body covered, as you can see, she did not qualify but really is the symbol of the olympic spirit. >> such an honor to be here and an incredible experience running in this kind of environment. to have so many people supporting me is such a huge honor. i can't believe i'm here really. >> a standing ovation from that crowd. her father was born in saudi arabia. she was born in the san diego area. she is a dual citizen of both countries and

office of peers the could return the man who revived innocent olympics and sport are the first modern games in eight hundred ninety six. so. it's great to. see. the olympic journey reaches its pinnacle in the hall of fame featuring some of the most outstanding own bands of the era with one of those twenty turning up herself too pushy the unit is a bishan. they use a source four time olympic champion or the korbut who is also the first gymnast to become a global star in this incredible gradated. dealing with this atmosphere it's so common you can see history one hundred years that way and covered it and not only here but it's very happy to be applied to this. i mean all the corvette. amazing i remember watching. legend absolute legend and i'm so pleased to be able to see her today it's just wonderful it really is amazing. but a bit further in your own party london. finally let's move away from the olympics because in our cave have booked a playoff spot for football's champions league crane inside claiming a late one nil victory at fernald in rotterdam going into the match the hosts knew they needed girls to progress after losing the a

i have great olympic action. an incredible game. they are calling it one of the best soccer games ever. canada leads the loss to the u.s. one player saying the referee should have been wearing an american jersey because that's who she was playing for. high lielgts from london a little later. >> it was a nail biter. a great one to watch. thank you. we'll talk to you soon. >>> we are learning more about the suspected shooter who killed six people in wisconsin before he was gunned down by police. he's identified as 40-year-old army vet wade michael page. he walked into this temple on sunday morning, opened fire with a handgun. civil rights groups have been tracking him for a decade because of his ties to white supremacy groups. while in the military, records show page struggled with alcohol abuse. after six years of service he was discharged because of a drinking problem. police say he had an arrest record in four different states mostly for drunk driving. federal authorities say they believe he acted alone is and the shootings are bei

olympic park. tonight, a closing ceremony billed as the best aftershow party that's ever been. an homage to the host city, big ben, the london eye, the great music of british generations. a foot stomping acrobatic visual extravaganza. 10,800 athletes marched in to olympic stadium, double amputee oscar pistorius carrying south africa's flag and a jubilant team usa, medal winners of the medal's race. a fitting end to the day which kicked off with the men's marathon which began and ended at the quaen's door. crowds here outside buckingham palace are five, six, seven deep. nobody seems to care. they're straining to get a view of the marathoners. and in between, three loops past big ben along the thames, racing to the sounds of st. paul's cathedral. >> london. >> go, london. >> city's electric right now. >> and a new world record. >> it's been a game for the history books. 44 world records, 117 olympic records. this was also a cleagames. 4,000 drug tests and just 1 positive. >> i think that's the sign that the system worked. >> reporter: and safe games. not a single security headline. >> we wanted the focus on the sport. we wanted the focus to

the olympics not reasonably priced end with a closing ceremony tonight. with 2 weeks wars and revolutions have had to compete with the great olympic distraction. now it's over and the athletes go home, back to reality and so does everyone else. >> mark phillips cbs london. >> that is the cbs evening news tonight i'm jeff glor, in new york, good night. ,,,,

they've enjoyed the olympic games so far and they're hoping great britain may well set a new best timeht as a new world record and an olympic one. >> the mark to beat put up moments ago by new zealand. >> well, if that crowd is not going to push these riders on to something special this afternoon, i don't think they can do anything else. ed clancy. darren thomas. steven burke. and the crowd are trying to push