sir roger bannister was once again on the track for he became the first man to run a mile in under fourinutes. >> i am really glad to be part of the relay. this symbolizes a national enthusiasm for the olympics. >> down the roads and lanes, word is spreading in the crowds were growing. all a bit too much for 12-year- old aaron steel. the famous rowing venue hosted a small group. transporting a torch and the olympic flame safely across the current required skills in horsemanship for some of the group. -- skills in oarsmanship. >> very special for the sport of rowing. >> by the time the torch found its way up the high street, the clouds were threatening, but the highlight of the day was never in doubt. >> it is the wrapped in some of our most famous man caves. you don't get the opportunity much better than this one, especially with the weather. >> as the rain pounded the castle roofs, which got a close- up view of the mechanics which accompany every transfer of the flame. then along what to the race course. would he manages olympic dismount with out embarrassment? >> we learned also today

the roger bannister stop watch which was used to time the four minute mile is on display.a relic here in london. >> got the opening ceremony today, phil. tell us about that. what can we expect? >> you know, richard, it's been a well guarded secret about some of the thing that are going to happen. they gave us this little peek of people bouncing on beds. danny boyle is producing it and he promises what he calls a live film. it's going to culminate and not a very well kept secret right now with the performance at the very end by sir mccartney. we heard him here rehearsing last night. we heard golden slumbers, 19 5e and "hey jude" and everyone will be on their feet singing right along. >> we're showing some of that video that was released of the practice sessions. should be good. phil rogers great report. thank you so much. you worked in old nessie for us on this friday. >> you're not going to see that anywhere else. >> no one will be able to top you on that one. reminder you can watch all 5,355 hours of coverage online at nbcolympics.com. they are streaming every single even

that young man's name was roger bannister, and he went on to make history six years later by runningirst sub four-minute mile. >> i didn't have a key. the sergeant restrained a policeman who thought i was a burglar and wanted to arrest me. then i managed to get this flag back to the british team just before they marched into the stadium. >> the '48 olympics were nick named the austerity games. athletes slept on cots inside military barracks. some teams had to fly in fresh food for their athletes. the u.s. arranged daily shipments of meat, chocolate, and bread. >> they flew over fresh bread every day and the fresh bread to the british it looked like cake to them. >> sammy lee of the u.s. diving team overcame a lot to get to london. as a nonwhite athlete, he wasn't allowed full training privileges back in the u.s. and could only practice one day a week. at age 91, he still remembers his olympic dive. >> hitting the water i thought i did a belly flop because i was tingling all over. i broke the record. >> it won him the gold medal, the first given to an asian american. another first at

>> roger bannister. >>> we turn to the desperate scramble at 13 hospitals in 8 states as hospital staff to identify tens of thousands of people possibly infected by a traveling medical technician. david kerley has more. >> reporter: this is a race right now to fig yr out how many people might have been infected with hepatitis c, by this traveling medical technician. he worked in eight states. the number of pabts could easily reach into the thousands. this man is accused of purposely infecting 30 people with a dangerous disease. and has launched a massive search of what could be an avalanche of more victims. 32-year-old david kwikowski is a traveling medical tech. he used needles, returned them to the hospital that were then used on patients. problem is authorities say he's contaminated the needles with hepatitis c. >> if he knew he was infected and he put those needles back on the shelf, that's the definition of evil. >> reporter: in new hampshire, nearly 5,000 people may have been exposed. the man was a temporary worker traveling around the country. in the past five years, he's worked

i hope it's roger bannister, you know what i'm talking about? you don't even know.oke the four-minute thing, back in, what -- you should remember that? >> yeah, i remember that. doreen remembers '45 -- >> you know payback will be really tough, dude. >>> for the record, i am old enough to have to a senators game as a kid in grade school, but i wasn't around in 1945. that's true. >> you want to make that clear? >> yes, i do. >> that's >>> cell phone video captured a history-making moment in sports. a woman named katie verbal bowled 33 strikes in a row. it hatched in wichita, kansas. she only let one pin standing in three games. the score was 879 breaking the national report by one point. verbal said the reality of the accomplishment is still sinking in. the ultimate goal is to be the first woman to bowl a 900 in three back-to-back games. >> good for her. >>> she needs to be on the tour. >> it must have been exciting. >> for sure. >>> another hot one. >> high temperature hit 95. not quite as hot tomorrow. we can get rid of the extreme heat and just call it hot and humi

>> roger bannister. >> all right, ron, thank you. >>> we turn to the desperate scramble at 13 hospitalsdifferent states as hospital staff try to identify the tens of thousands of people who might is been infected by a traveling medical technician. was he carrying a potentially deadly virus? abc's david kerley has more on this from washington. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. this really is a race right now to figure out home people might have been infected with hepatitis c by this traveling medical technician. he worked in eight states. the number of patients could easily reach into the thousands. this man is accused of purposely infecting 30 people with a dangerous disease. and has launched a massive search of what could be an avalanche of more victims. >> i referred to him as a serial infector. >> reporter: 32-year-old david kwitkowski is a traveling medical tech. he used needles, returned them to the hospital and they were then used on patients. problem is authorities say he's contaminated the needles with hepatitis c. which he's had for at least two years. >>

i think the smart money is on roger bannister, carol, who is an english athlete born in the '20s andhe first runner to ever break the four-minute mile. you remember back in 1996 muhammed ali lit the calderon in atlanta. he was the odds on favorite. >> what's all the screaming going on behind you? >> reporter: well, you know this place. we're right outside -- how many spots, carol, how many networks out there have an olympic park right outside their worldwide headquarters? nobody. all right? nbc's got nothing on us. well the kids, obviously. you know the kids come here in the summer time to enjoy the olympic rings which are the fountains that cool everybody off. so that's the screaming. and an entire bus load more is about to come in. so in the 90s right now here. it's been hot over there in london but now it's finally getting to be more english. take a look at some of the weather they have going over there. not too often i toss you a satellite photo right over the uk from across the pond. temperatures there tonight will be in the 60s. they had some showers earlier. it probably will b

there was a bit of odds suggesting it might be sir roger bannister, the first man to run the four minutemedal to have gotten us to this part. he's had two rehearsals in 60,000 people. but using that #save the surprise seems to have incredibly worked. >> it has. but it's nice because it builds all of the excitement. thank you very much. we'll check in with you again. >> and we're talking about early looks at what's going to happen. we have an early look at what some of our american athletes will be wearing tonight. we've been talking about the uniforms and see mock ups of them, but now some of the athletes actually wearing them and pretty famous ones, too. carmelo anthony on the right tweeted out this picture of himself and that's devon durant from the oklahoma city thunder. this is what they look like in their outfits. >> how do they look, what do you think? >> you know what i think . i'm not so hot on the berets. but they of course look very nice. >> if they were wearing a baseball cap, you'd be happy with that? >> totally what's american about a beret? rob has a look at today's weather