boy, they did it again, team u.s.a. taking home the team gold. aly raisman, the captain of the team from needham, and 7's nancy chen call up with her right after that event. >> sarah: new england makes olympic history for team u.s.a. we have all of the highlights from the summer games. >> christa: and on just one station this morning, troubling incident at this hospital in worcester. did a surgeon operate on the wrong patient? >> sarah: and donald trump sets off a fierce new controversy, this time with his comments about the second amendment. why some people believe he's making a threat of violence against hillary clinton. >> this is 7news "today in new >> sarah: good morning, everybody. happy wednesday morning. it's 5:00 a.m. i'm sarah french. >> christa: golden dream, right? >> sarah: sticking those landings. >> christa: gymnastics back in the day. >> sarah: back in the day. i could never do it. >> christa: absolute powerhouse of a team. reason to be proud this morning. >> chris: i pulled a hamstring just watching them. it's amazing. in slow mo

team u.s.a. the winner capturing 46 medals. from beijing to london there's a list of olympic venues as recognizable as the athletes themselves. >> reporter: competition will be happening all over the city. rio show casing best locations to make it all shine. over the course of 19 days athletes are going for gold in rio de janeiro. rio is hoping to shine as well. it's the first south american city to host the olympic games. organizing venues around its most iconic city itself. it's legendary soccer stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the soccer finals. in the north home to rugby 7s and bmx and equestrian. and rio's famous copa cab anabeach will get a role in the home to beach volleyball. that's the home of the olympic park as well as the olympic staying. this is where the world's best gymnasts, tennis players compete behind me. where michael phelps will compete. one trait of the olympic park is how compact it is. these arenas will host judo, wrestling, fencing and basketball. and they're supposed to r

they decided to celebrate every medal team u.s.a. got by putting a flag in their team u.s.a. has more than 100 medals. they plan to plant flags to support the athletes at the 2018 games as well. they say that will be more difficult, because the ground will be frozen then. >> they'll have to figure that out. here's where the medal count stands this afternoon. team u.s.a. continues to dominate across the board with 111 total medals. great britain is in a distant second place with 26 gold round out the top five. >>> and in other news getting to mexico is getting easier, it's getting cheaper, when you could see flight plan changes. >>> did the hall of fame get it right? we're talking about the big pat >>> the incredible flooding in in the u.s. since hurricane sandy. at least 13 people died as a result of this flooding. officials estimate about 40,000 homes are damaged. republican presidential candidate donald trump has all ready visited the state. meanwhile president obama plans to travel to the flooded area tuesday. he says that he chose to wait a while before heading to the are

see you at 7:00. >> spending time with team u.s.a. flag bearer. a short will pes, as you can see. he's the most decorated olympian of all time, and towering over the 3 members of the u.s. gymnastics team. they weren't short on smiles there. >> anchor: and gymnastics at her gym in burlington -- showing support for -- more than 100 athlete decked out in red, white, blue. looking gorgeous there. wishing alley, her coach and all of team u.s.a. good luck in rio. rhode island native looking to go out on top. what will likely be her final game. left honden with a silver and bronze. >> hoping to capture that elusive gold medal in here is more on tonight's hometown hero. >> as a veteran, elizabeth beisel is use to being on the world's biggest stage. even though she's been here before she says she's looking forward to making the best of it. in 2008, 15-year old eliza on the u.s. olympics swim team. >> i was so, you know, like a deer in a headlights, on a team with michael phelps, i was so young. >> 8 years later she's running for her third olympic games as captain. >> i think for me wish my

team u.s.a. simply dominated. >> reporter: an unexpected gold medal in basketball to a second gold medal for claressa shield. to kyle's break through medal in wrestling. >> i'm happy i can put a gold stamp on the perfnc olympians. >> reporter: team u.s.a. won 121 medals overall. breaking their modern olympic record. we said so long to phelps, a hello to biles. 61 medals in these games were won by american women. another record. >> for team u.s.a., this was a fantastic games from a results standpoint. >> reporter: certainly were, at the closing ceremony tonight, that torch was officially passed to tokyo. going to be awfully hard for team u.s.a. to replicate the kind of dominant performance, they've put on here in rio. it has been an absolute pleasure to bring it to you. >> it's been a pleasure to have you, my dear. thank you so much for all of your excellent reports. we cannot wait for gymnastics. >>> of course over the past couple of weeks, american athletes showed off their sporting skills, but

team u.s.a. is back on the maps for all around gymnastics competition. that means biles is the favorite for rio gold again. former olympian champion said u.s.a.'s golden image draws the best coaches from around the world. . >> what's happened over the last several years is a lot of great coaches moved to united states for economic opportunities. coaches from romania and ukraine and china and russia have come to u.s. twist of fate. the u.s. team is getting better the rest of the world is simultaneously getting a little worse. all these top notch coaches came to the united states. >> we saw that with the eight point win in the women's gymnastics. >>> we give the honor to team u.s.a. swimmer katie ledecky. she rescued her team teammates in the relay. in the pool. turned a almost one second deficit into a win. ledecky's third gold of the olympic games. she has one more event, her best event, 800 free. she's the world record holder in that event. . >>> now that the summer games mitchell's ice cream is going for gold and giving you a taste of olympics. greg is

>>> gold rush for team u.s.a. in rio. we're live in brazil with a look at tonight's top event. >> and massive meltdown puts airports worldwide in chaos. the ongoing problem and when it could all be fixed. >> plus a comic book caper strikes at tampa bay's comic- con. the man who had $87,000 worth >> thank you for joining us tonight. it's going to be another long, sleepless night for people living in several pasco county neighborhoods, staring out their windows, listening to the rain, and worrying about what the morning will bring. this week got off to a soggy start to say the least. >> a repeat performance could be just what it takes to send flood waters up into living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. steve jerve is live for us. >> reporter: what is supposed to be a small retension pond has turned into a large lake. waters are now flowing into the street and into front lawns. neighbors out here have seen it time and again. but it doesn't make it any easier to take. richie. these ducklings and their mother are enjoying an expa

boy, they did it again, team u.s.a. taking home the team gold. aly raisman, the captain of the team from needham, and 7's nancy chen call up with her right after that event. >> sarah: new england makes olympic history for team u.s.a. we have all of the highlights from the summer games. >> christa: and on just one station this morning, troubling incident at this hospital in worcester. did a surgeon operate on the wrong patient? >> sarah: and donald trump sets off a fierce new controversy, this time with his comments about the second amendment. why some people believe he's making a threat of violence against hillary clinton. >> this is 7news "today in new

for team u.s.a.you talk about it's time to turn to business and taking care of the matter at hand. that's getting to the medal stap for team u.s.a. for the first time ever the summer games opened in brazil, shining in the olympic spotlight. >> they've done a great job for the liechs. >> reporter: supermodel gisele bundchen providing the star and grace. the marathoner the fire lighter the cauldron to open the 2016 rio summer games. for team u.s.a. led by flag bearer michael phelps. >> being my fifth olympics it's an honor and dream come true. >> reporter: that dream quickly shifts to reality and rigger of competition, men's basketball, soccer, beach volleyball, tennis and swimming are part of the action today as americans begin their quest for gold in rio. the men's archery also competing today. this is the style bow that they will use firing from 77 yards and trying to hit the 10 ring, the bull's-eye for those of us that aren't archers, the 10 ring the size of a dvd from 77 yards. i'm told the men's

team u.s.a. women gymnastic team having a great team already in rio. we have a live look at rio behind me and this is where a lot of the competition will take place in these various buildings behind me. to talk about their experience so far. >> you guys are having fun. tell me, are you enjoying yourself? >> we are. we're having a really good time. every time we're in the room we're screaming and laughing. >> you guys seem to be everywhere. it looks like fun. >> we are having so much fun. at homhe we've been training so hard and so intensely for the olympics and now we're together and we're better as a team than we are individually so we all feel so prepared and we feel so ready and we're training harder than ever in the gym but outside it's important to have fun and relax your mind. >> dana: i'm glad to see they are so loose because there is a lot of pressure on these kid. very young. team u.s.a. is expected to win the gold medal in the team competition and that young lady is expected to win the i

here is one member of team u.s.a. you may not have heard of. she made history last night becoming the first african-american woman to win a medal in an individual event tying for gold in the 100-meter free style event. both of them getting the gold. as they were playing the on the highest podium, tears were streaming down her face. then the other simon put to bed any doubt she is the best in the world, probably the best ever. she and aly gold and siller medal winners. the floor exercise finished this thing up last years ago but didn't get the bronze because of a tie-breaker situation she said i'm coming back to win a medal. she got the silver and simon got the gold. if this had been an nba game it michael helps in the 200-meter going against ryan lochte. these two have dock nateed this event in the world and at the olympics over the last 13 years. last night it was michael phelps winning this race and he did it easily and ryan lochte, probably his final olympic swim ever. watch him hold up the four. that means his won this event four straight >

now team u.s.a. basketball team is making headlines for the questionable >>> durango's mud covered roads are back open today. several closed yesterday after heavy rain pushed mud, water, and rocks into the street. the durango harald is reporting that one mud slide temporarily stranded folks on a county road. they're doing fine today. parts of colorado could see more mud slides this weekend as the chances for rain continue. >>> a colorado man died after getting caught in a flood in new mexico. the man was driving a ford f sank friday afternoon. investigators say he tried to cross a washed out area and the truck rolled several times. >>> winds ushering in all that tropical storm can be dangerous. you can see the thunderstorms that still exist across the southwestern side of the state. this is our camera in ridge way. we're looking at the san juans. you can see those dark daunting clouds in the far off distance. these thunderstorms are packed with water. so we've been watching some of them cruise by any

three more medals for team u.s.a. as we take a live look behind me. while there was amazing wins, there was a gymnist who had a hard time yesterday. dutchman was anything but. he fell on his face apparently. he did get another chance and did better the second time around simon biles will be on "the today show" this morning. >> kim: they as they did their thing on the mat and got the talking, there was someone in the mix who surprised them. >> that is zac efron. apparently they had been tweeting back and forth. he became their biggest fan. he decided to surprise them. he flew to rio and look at this. simon got that kiss from her holld throughout the morning as he surprises her in the locker room and joins them on "the today show" this morning. team u.s.a. keeps the lead in the medal count. we have it for you on our website. right now team u.s.a. sitting pretty with 84 overall. 28 gold. china in second with 51. grain remains in third with 50. >> dana: there was an upset as chloe. they have a lot of behind the scenes stuff on news3lv.com. there was an up

some members of team u.s.a. posting big wins today. >> anchor: despite the natural beauty of the host weather was causing some trouble on the second full day of competition. let's get to trey daerr for >> reporter: american athletes showing their medal in day two ofti. we start with serena williams. the defending olympic champion in women's tennis. williams is a four-time medalist at the games. winning three other gold medals in doubles with her sister serena. taking on the australian sunday. williams dealing with high winds during match. high gusts knocking over barricades, damaging some of other events also affected. including all of today's rowing canceled. the u.s. team opening its olympic run in impressive fashion today. team u.s.a. crushing senegal. 100 to 21 to 56. that is ridiculous. the largest margin of victory in u.s. olympic history. the u.s. will face spain on monday. coming up later in the show, nancy chen takes on a tour of rio de janeiro. the christ t she will show us the must-see sites down in r

a dominant win and a golden performance for team u.s.a. american dominance, a main theme of the games. >> anchor: the u.s.a. winning the final medal count by a huge margin. nancy chen takes a look at the highlights from the final day of competition. end. but it was an exciting final day of competition here in rio with the americans finishing strong. >> the united states has won the gold. >> reporter: team u.s.a. claiming their third straight gold in all the glory. the americans in total control on the court. serbia didn't stand a chance. >> durant with the bucket! >> reporter: kevin durant on fire. putti u emotional win. >> i have seen the worst. i have seen the best. i stuck with it. we stuck with it. i made it today. three gold medals later. >> reporter: call it a comeback. the u.s. men's volleyball team rallying against russia. fight. >> she is saying bring it on. time champ. can anyone dethrone me? not in these olympic games. >> reporter: shields never let her opponent get ahead on the scoreboard. f once it was over, the defending olym

team u.s.a. doing its best to collect some more hardware. here is our sports director joe amorsino with the day's top action. >> anchor: adam, team u.s.a. the basketball team is on its way to some more hardware after a win in the semi-finals today. team u.s.a. will play for its third straightlic title after beating spain 82-76 in the semifinal game. clay tomson was on fire leading the way with 2 points. kevin durant added 14. australia, serbia and sunday's goad medal game. history made in the pool by the american women's water polo team. the team capped off a truly dominant run in rio with a beat down of italy today in the gold medal game. they are the first women's water polo team ever to win back to back olympic gold. they didn't lose a single match in these games. american wrestler jordan burrows came to rio with a record of 129 and two in international competition but the reigning usual self-today losing two matches in a row including this one in the quarter final to the number two ranked wre

. >> reporter: what a night for team u.s.a.. the u.s. women's gymnastic team defending their olympic title. ist there for a whole competition when team u.s.a. told good the energy was electrifying. wow. >> needham native ali raisman once again a golden girl. leading the u.s. women's gymnastic team to two consecutive olympic tidals. that is an olympic goldwiing mo >> i was there when the team po. back-to-back olympic golds how does it field? >> it feels incredible. i'm so excited. >> the girls finally revealing e themselves after the big win. tell me about that team name. >>> it's her last olympics. the nexty four girl time. we're the final team of five left. >>> the dedication bringing the retiring national team coordinator to tears. >> i started to cry. i never sentimental. when i heard the final five. hat was the moment that i broke it. >> ali's parent have been cheering her on throughout the the stand after learning the team won gold was a special moment. i hadn't actually seen them since before i left. like a couple of weeks ago. i mi

records broken, team u.s.a. 121 medals overall. we'll get into all of that as far as recapping the golden i'm kim wagner alongside dana wagner on this monday morning. >> dana: kelly has the day off. we'll have a chance of showers in the forecast. we had rain move through last night. this is the current picture right now. current temperature is 79. winds at 4. look for plenty of clouds. we'll get sun breaks as well. slight chance of showers in the forecast and a high of 96. >> kim: a story happening today takes us back three years and responsible for killing a teenager according to local police. it was over an ipad. devastating not only the family but the community in general. that 15-year-old you're seeing pictures of was randomly targeted for his ipad he carried in the year 2013. you are seeing the faces of the men that local police believe are responsible for taking marcus' life. struggle over that ipad. he didn't want to give it up because he needed it for his homework and it was a gift from his father was dragged underneath the

no medals on the way for team u.s.a. tonight it is expected as michael phelps and ryan lochte take to the pool again. phelps edged out lochte in the semifinals to qualify for another showdown tonight. this is the semis last night. they both have qualified for the another milestone, most decorated oly olympian of a time in individual events. phelps won the 200-meter the last three olympic games. lochte finished second in those races. these are the two best racers on the planet in this event. katie capturing her second gold of the games in the women's 200-meter free s this is a relay so she had three other teammates swimming with her. she got into the pool on the anchor leg of this thing. she was behind by about a second. but ended up winning the race by about two seconds. this girl is like the michael jordan of swimmers. she's unbelievable. >> kim: i heard some of her fellow swimmers on "the today show" talking about how they a feeling that's a safe bet. never grow tired of seeing the olympic flame burning live from rio.

team u.s.a.'s success. he wrote: final win for phelps, word record for ledecky. three number one finishes for biles. that's how team u.s.a. gets america to 1,000 goals. way to make history. tonight on 7 nbc. four timelic gold medalistics will run in the 400 meter final, biles will go for a fourth medal against flurry hernandez in the balance beam final and michael dixon who already warned a viller is medal will dive back into the pool for the men's three meter springboard problems. now for a look at the medal count, the united states still leading the way, 72 total medals including 26 gold, 22 silver and 24 bronze. place all the way, 46 total medals, 125 gold and great britain rounding out the top three with 40 medals in all. team u.s.a. has a good shot at adding to that total tonight with simone boils and laurie hernandez as the favorites in tonight's balance beam final and there is plenty more action in the other events as well. reporting live, joe amorsino, 7 news. >> anchor: things heating ne

team u.s.a. >> sarah: an emotional raisman celebrating silver after being denied an all-around medal four years ago 7's nancy chen has all the highlights now from rio. >> 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 not being in the u.s. it's so amazing, i'll never ever forget it. >> nancy: teammate simone biles crowned the world champion. >> i'm feeling a whirlwind of emotion, excited, happy, proud of both me and aly, because we both went out there tonight and we both did our jobs. i couldn't ask for anything more. >> nancy: but this was a fight to the finish for the two members of the final five. half-way through biles, the three-time reigning world champion, found herself in unfamiliar

second place for team u.s.a. is the team captain aly. if it were not for the brilliance of her teammate, she could have scored gold. they are both golden girls. coming up we're going to hear the final five talk about her gold medal performance this morning because of the time difference we have it for you first here on news 3. >> dana: another simon on team becoming the first african-american woman to win the an olympic medal in an individual event. tears streaming down her face as they played the star spanningled >> kim: welcome back. this has legs, still being talked about. donald trump continues to claim that president obama and hillary clinton are the founders of isis. ands calls from his party leaders to back down on this controversial rhetoric. he is insisting that he is telling the truth. the republican presidential nominee in miami for a campaign event sitting down for a one on one interview with an nbc affiliate. here is how he explains the accusation. >> i was totally against the war obama takes over and instead of keeping some

although it didn't go well for team u.s.a. in men's gymnastics all around, earlier this week, we hope that tomorrow will be alex's chance once again to achieve his olympic dream. >>> meanwhile, micaela is back at an team u.s.a. she has tons of memories to share. our very own team 12's monique caught up with her and spoke with her tonight. >> reporter: skinner flew in this morning. tonight she talked with us about her time in rio and what's she's ex tighted to do -- excited to do next. fresh off the plane from the olympics, she is back home reflecting on her whirlwind trip to rio. >> it was cool degree the different cultures and being around there with everyone. >> reporter: she placed 4th at the trials, but still narrowly missed making the team. she traveled to rio as an altern at which means training as hard in case team u.s.a. called on her. >> definitely knowing i could have a chance to go in there just like this is my last shot to give it my all. if they need me i'll be ready to go. >> she was there cheering them on. >> we

team u.s.a. leading the pack in the medal count with a total of 43. china in second with 36 and japan in third presently with 25. >> anchor: staying at the games where bubba wattson is getting it done on the links. he throws this in reverse and take a look at that. drops it in for an eagle. elementary my dear wa bubba's beauty gets our play of the day. and the bills locking up quarterback tie rod taylor with a five year, $92 million extension that includes a guaranteed nine and a half million dollars in salary this season. that's sports. >> anchor: thanks so much, joe. >> anchor: 7 news at 6:00 will real milk vs. almond milk ingredient spelling bee lecithin lecithin. l-e-s (buzzer sound) your word is milk. m-i-l-k milk wins. moms know their kids need love, encouragement and milk. with 8 grams of protein, and 8 other nutrients. 9 out of 10 u.s. olympians grew up drinking milk. moms know kids grow strong when they milk life. >> anchor: we made it friday. thank you soap for joining us i'm ryan schulteis in for adam williams. >> anchor: i'm came kissy. ho

team u.s.a. posted this quick video, follow local rugby player and other team militaries. he's spoking about the risk. >> bad things can happen. there is risk involved. i have a career in football, what not. but those weren't good enough reasons for me to not try. once in a lifetime dream. >> today, the american athletes get settled into their home at the olympic village joining athletes from all around the world. in rio, nancy chen, 7 news. >> a local swimmer with her eye on the gold coming up, we'll introduce you to rhode island native elizabeth, her third time at the olympics. why she's awe probleming this race differently than the others. we're in rio for all the excitement. >> and the olympic zone begins tonight here on 7 news. everything you need to know see. it starts tonight, 7:30 right here on 7 news. >> talking about it so long, it's finally starting. >> summer has flown by. >> for sure. >> really fun to watch. >> much more ahead. amazing make over at boston medical center, all the result of generous donations and teamwork. >> heavy rainfall causing some serious

you can see he is wearing the illuminated jacket made just for team u.s.a. thing that bearer. he is that guy there. tennis superstar serena williams also ready. she posted this picture with other members of the u.s.a. tennis team. all of them wearing their opening ceremony outfits. of course brazilian supermodel giselle will be featured in tonight's opening ceremony. her role is being kept top-secret but the official rio 2016 instagram account posting this photo of her strutting down instagram today writing as i walk down tonight on the longest runway i have ever been on i will sent out all of my love an istity. she added to she is humbled to take part in this poem for her country. days pointing news for the people of brazil after years of battling health problems brazilian soccer legend pele said eis too sick to attend this year's opening say. the 75-year-old soccer star was rumored to be the person who was going to light the cauldron. ryan schulteis, 7 ne >> anchor: secretary of state john kerry doving u.s. at in rio today. kerry spent time taking some pictures and chatting w

it intensified when team u.s.a. got on the ground here earlier in the week. finally we're just a few hours away from the official opening of these games. >> as crews rush to finish last minute touch ups and cleanups around the venues and stadium, overnight rehearsals provide a flash of what to expect. brazil is keeping the specifics scale of beijing or other ceremonies. instead it will be more personal sharing the story of brazil and a big part of that story will include the music, moves and flair for a south american country that host the games. michael phelps will join in the opening ceremony carrying the flag for team u.s.a. >> this has to be one of the coolest things i've ever done. >> and phelps, the world's most some pretty cool things at the summer games. >> i guess it's pretty cool to have 22 olympic medals, 18 gold. >> kim: thank you jay for starting off our coverage. we'll see jay in our 6:00 hour let's check in with our weather authority and that would be kelly curran. >> kelly: i was putting together a rio forecast. we'll have that later in the sh

team u.s.a. but the pride offenses 3 is in place this morning live from rio. that would be chloe. i'm telling you people are going to have to go online and watch your interview with ryan. if they missed it and didn't wake up early enough, that was in our 5:00 hour. good to see you my friend. >> good to see you too kim. i must tell you that was such a last minute decision. he was standing right there and i was like come on over. that is how things have been rolling. we're seeing famous athletes walking around. a lot of exclusives. it's great to be down here reporting for you guys. speaking of exclusives, we got to talk to people at the house. just to give you background, these are beautiful buildings that have been put together for the athletes that are here before, after and during the games. their families can stay in these places. the u.s.a. house more specifically the temporary set up at the school where 600 children attend ages three to 17 years old. u.s.a. house will continue major renovatio

. >> dana: team u.s.a. getting its and field. team u.s.a. becoming the first nation in olympic history to win all three medals in the women's 100-meter hurdles. isn't that a great picture. and they are all in the air at the same time. >> kim: looks like it was planned b spontaneous. >> dana: they are going to be live on "the today show" this morning talking about this huge victory. we take to you beach volleyball, jennings and ross teaming up competing for the bronze medal. the might before they had the disappointment losing to the brazil team. three gold medals in beach volleyball. team u.s.a. with 93 medals, 30 gold, china second with 54 medals. news 3 digital taking you on the road to rio. they have been posting great things. i was on chloe's twitter feed. i couldn't believe all the things she was feeding back. behind the scenes stuff you don't see anywhere else. >> kim: there is only so much o it's great to follow her feed. you are going to see chloe live on the program starting in our 5:00 hour. still to come in this half hour, a boy is

you are here you are pat of team u.s.a. with all of these people, it's just incredible being in the ville a, competing, just everything is surreal. >> anchor: the pair is not in metal contention but they can finish as high as fifth overall tomorrow. coming up tonight in prime time allison felix the most decorated sprint father u.s. history will go for gold hot women's 400 meter and simone biles and laurie hernandez will represent the u.s. in the balance team final. earlier today biles posted this collage showing a throw back picture and a current picture of her and hernandez writing funny things is back then we never thought we would be competing at the littlics. biles would collect her fourth gold of these games. reporting live in the use room, joe amorsino, 7 news. >> anchor: our coverage of the 2016 summer games does continue coming up next what does it take to be a judo champion? 7's nancy chen takes a lesson from the man who taught kayla harrison her gold winning moves. >> anchor: and this guy? not in florida. little c

we keep a live look at the olympic caldron burning. >>> among the action for team u.s.a., the basketball team tipped off in group b action at 11:00 this morning. missy franklin and katie ledecky in the women's 200-meter free style. >> for men the 200 individual. action gets underway at 12:30. michael phelps along with his relay teammates struck gold in rio. phelps took over the race in second leg and they beat france. this was about revenge. they were not going to let france win again. his 23rd medal overall, a dominating u.s.a. . >> i get chills. when you were reading that story, i got chills. you see the emotional ceremonies of the gold medal ceremony. >> france had the lead until phelps got in the pool. then it was see you later. >> now let's check holly with more great news in the weather you're heading back to work, grabbing sun glasses and perhaps a light sweatshirt this morning. temperatures 50s to near 60 right now. mid-80s for highs today. lots of sun on the travel map. everything looks clear to partly cloudy. talking storm chances. john and lena i'll let you know the next chanc

it is 4:30 and another golden night for team u.s.a. and michael phelps beating chad in the 200-meter butterfly. >> kim: u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a. it makes you proud to be an american. welcome in on this wednesday morning. as parents we can totally relate >> dana: when you watch your kid compete. >> kim: more from rio as we have live team coverage throughout the morning. just heard from matt on "the today show," it is wet, rainy and nasty in rio. not going to be the forecast for us locally. >> kelly: not in las vegas but some showers around storms. dust blew in from storms in arizona last night. that's what we're going to deal with as the sun comes up today. hazy conditions, becoming breezy in the afternoon. that will help with the haze a little bit. highs today cooler, 98-degrees. we're going to talk about the rain chances in a few minutes. >> kim: let's get back to rio baby. another big night for team u.s.a. athletes from two moreop competing for their quest for gold. it is so exciting because we have such great news to report this morni

team home is a good story. >> reporter: team u.s.a. will leave behind a significant gift for hundreds of brazilian children. >> reporter: a lot of people staying in the usa house when they need a break. and it's also a school for 600 kids. this thing is a tall one. it has several stories in the air. >> reporter: the building is all -- >> all that will be left behind for the children so had they come back years to come. . >> reporter: team usa fixed broeken walls, set up internet, wi-fi, they did a lot of repair work to make this facility not only beautiful but very functional for these students. >> reporter: they'll leave a little bit behind, too. a picture of the athletes on team u.s.a., they'll leave that so the kids can look at it as they go through school as well. things wind down lot of tours try to squeeze in all the sights they can around rio. >> reporter: a lot of the places that are popular are seeing crowds unlike ever seen before and that is most differently true for christ the redeemer. we wanted to take you back to show th

for team u.s.a.led by flag bearer michael phelps. >> being my fifth olympics it's an honor and dream come true. >> that dream quickly shifts to reality. women's a basketball, women's soccer and gymnastics, beach volleyball and tennis are part of the action later today as americans begin their quest for gold in hf >>> that was jennifer burk listen reporting. quite a few watch parties for the opening ceremony. the family of sprinter english gardner invited nbc 10 to their party although the voorhees native doesn't compete in track and field until next week her family is thrilled that the olympic games have begun. >> it's been amazing and it's really surreal for us to be here right now. >> it's amazing to her her live out her dreams. >> the gardeners will join english in rio in a few days. coming up later this evening we will show you how english overcame a career threatening injury to become our nations fastest woman during our going for gold special that airs tonight at 7:00. >>> this morning in rio

team u.s.a. is in the lead with gold, five silver and four bronze. china is in second with eight medals. ism your must-see moments of the day involve the men's gymnastics finals. katie ledecky and michael phelps will both be back in the pool, and kerri walsh-jennings and april walsh take on china as they continue in the prelims for beach volleyball. >> christa: coming up, an "snl" star earning an olympic invite. the tweet that captured attention of the olympics producer. the death of a college baseball player originally from lowell was shot and killed playing pok?mon go near san francisco's fisherman's wharf. jennifer eagan is in lowell with more on what happened. >> jennifer: christa, good morning. investigate centers california are trying to figure out a motive. this young man's family says the shooting was random. he's being remembered this athlete. according to a fund-raising page set up by a cousin, the victim has been identified as 20-year-old calvin riley, a baseball player who was going to

gold for team u.s.a. we have record setting moments for michael phelps and katie ledecky. >>> live look at copacabana beach. after the break, we have more on what makes this special. locali? >> thanks. we've got weather -- holly? >> thanks. >> we've got weather now. we're calling this one black berries and robins. there's a combination of both. blackberry bushes in the yard there. robins have discovered the tree according to jackie. i don't blame them. how lovely. thanks for sending it in. time check 6:07. full forecast coming up to see ?? protecting your dreams goes beyond the car itself. for just the right insurance for you, get a quote at amfam.com. . >>> time now is 6:11. michael phelps along with his four by 100 relay teammates already struck gold in rio. phelps took over in the second leg. they beat the defending champs france. this was about revenge from fou 19th gold medal in phelps career and 23rd medal overall. a dominating performance by team u.s.a. . >>> let's go to rio. we've all heard the so

is the gold medallist, she shot her way to the top earning the first gold of the rio games for team u.s.a. the 19-year-old virginia native learned to shoot hunting with her dad i'm grateful to be able to stand up on that podium and here the anthem, the rug by team is hoping to do better after the first match in fuji. this started on a picturesque note. they have two finals. and katey ladeki for the free style relay. u.s. history. >> and kerry walsh jennings and april ross are hoping to go for the gold in beach volleyball. >>> the secretary of state is in rio leading the u.s. presidential delegation at the games. he attended the opening ceremony and up talking with nancy chen about supporting team >> the secretary of state is in brazil as the head of the u.s. presidential delegation. i got to catch up with him on the beach. >> he represents the united states. and the opening ceremony the first one at an olympic games. >> being there is thrilling watching the americans come in and marching, i mean they filled up the stadium from one end to >> but not quite. >> not quite. >> the formedder ma

i'm live in rio with team u.s.a. still on the hunt for hardware. >> this is 7news "today in new england." >> christa: much more from nancy chen coming up. good morning to you. it is not monday anymore. welcome to tuesday. it's 6:00 a.m. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. different weather in store today. some storm, right? >> chris: storms and the return of high humidity. nice day yesterday afternoon, enjoying a warm but comfortable day yesterday. scattered storms developing today and localized downpours and lyingning the main threat. but there will be isolated strong-to-severe thunderstorms this afternoon that we'll have to keep an eye on. temperatures right now running mid to upper 60s. rather quiet out there. the dew point starting to work back in. you can see that surge, 70 and above south of us. the warm front. out ahead of it we get a couple showers this morning, right now out through worcester. back into the western portions of the state. some of the storms locally strong this afternoon. high temperatures in the

tries to win and it six soccer team u.s.a. against columbia. this morning team u.s.a. sits on top of the leaderboard. five gold, seven settle -- silver and seven bronze. china is behind us including 13 and then japan with 10 metals. >> eight on your scott -- eight on your side is getting school. lindy -- lindsay shows us what an experienced teacher is going through as she gets ready to face the class. >>reporter: georgia butler is getting her room ready she begins the 23rd year of teaching. >> i think it's going to fly by. >> she is excited to see her new fifth-graders but she still gets butterflies in her sometimes more so than the school -- students and when you let kids know that it tends to relieve their anxiety. >> she's got other tricks as well. big smile. kids tune into body language. >> she will try to make them laugh. humor. humor is so important. keeps the kids busy. >> is the hallmark? >> yes. >> ohno. what kind of homework. >> reading. i was reading but a book of their choice. a new.richie lindsay masters newschannel he. >> i think it's a combination of ner

looking pretty good for team u.s.a. we will look at some of the most powerful moments from >>> and green land and sharks, the oldest living animals with back bones maybe, anyway. one shark estimated at 400 years old but science isn't always accurate and that may be a little bit premature to call that guy 400 but we will check in on that. >>> right now let's check the weather and the traffic with amelia and marty. >> thank you, gary. we have to talk about a serious crash up north where along the frontage road that parallels i- 25 near highway 52 pedestrian crash investigation is still ongoing. the northbound lanes of the frontage road are closed, the southbound opposing lanes on the opposite side of i-25 remain open. i-25 is also open but you can see everything happening from the highway drive which is why we are still sluggish, especially for northbound commuters so we will track the rest of our highway accidents and issues over on channel 20 when we are talking about downtown denver. >>> and around here today, dry, sta

what a game. >>> next up team u.s.a. takes on spain at 11:00. them to get for another medal. the mens basketball team plays venezuela a tonight at 6:00. we now our counties what 12. >> yeahy want to see you break down other countries are we leading, second place, third, no idea. >> we are leading. >> okay. >> i want to see how far behind the other countries are so we can see how we are doing. >> i think it is a fair bet we will probably beat venezuela in basketball. >> do you think so. >> i think we got this. >> girls have game. >> 121, seriously. >> unbelievable. >> yeah. >> thanks very much. 6:52. it is almost that time of the year, time for kids to get ready to get back to school and we have everything parents need to know for kid to be ready for their first big day back. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. how do we make the economy work for everyone? hillary clinton's plan starts here... by making big corporations and those at the top finally pay their fair share in taxes. and those companies that move overseas? she'd charge them

team u.s.a.passing the baton. the men were facing a problem earlier this week. tonight their fortunes were reversed. the u.s. kept it close until the last leg when bolt sprinted out ahead of the pack in the 4 by 100 relay. team u.s.a. took a tumble but thought they had the bronze but lead to a disqualification after another botched hand off that nearly kept the women out of the finals. they defended their olympic title with the second fastest time this event has ever been run. gardener gave the team the big lead in the third leg leading to a special moment at the finish. tonight more olympic drama happening away from rio as two u.s. swimmers break their silence on their behavior in this video footage. ryan lochte apologized for not being more careful and candid on what police describe as not a robbery. feigen paid up to a brazilian charity. we are waiting to hear what happens next for the swimmers. it could end up being probation or even being kicked off of the team. also look for impacts to the

team u.s.a. is getting closer to the golden basketball. today brings a huge game for them. >> they do. soccer may be the b too, i understand. >> reporter: yes, it is so popular, and growing in popularity all the time. and u.s.a. basketball getting closer to a gold medal game. they play again tonight and there have been big, big crowds for it. >> reporter: which explains something called the nba house. >> we brought the mascots, the cheerleaders, we have the legends . >> reporter: one look out the the basketball is popular around here. line has been two hours long most of the day. >> reporter: 40,000 visitors have come through the house. inside they get to have a great time with all kinds of interactive experiences. so very popular spot. you know, athletes here hope for a happy ending, but that doesn't always happen. that's part of sports and that's exactly what happened to denver's grey in wrestling who lost to a heart break. you know, shead round in her wrestling competition but then she lost in the final two seconds of her second round.

team u.s.a. is heading home with the most medals. ben tracy is covering the games for us in rio. >> reporter: it was a golden night on the court for the u.s. women's basketball team. they dominated spain and kept team u.s.a.'s 20 year long winning streak alive. as expected, the men's basketball team won its own gold today for knocking off serbia. american shocker stevenson punched his way to silver in bantam weight boxing. but the only competition that seemed to matter in rio this weekend was soccer. the host country beat germany it win gold and regain its national pride after a humiliating loss in the 2014 world cup. now all that's left is the closing ceremony. four-time gold medalist simone biles will carry the flag for team u.s.a. >> i'm very honored that they utt to select me but one of my biggest worries is i'm afraid the flag is going to be too heavy for me. i'm a little short, so i'm worried about that but i think they will guide me through it. >> biles was selected by teammates and will be the first female gymnast to lead the

team u.s.a. will athletes. nancy chen, 7news. >> sarah: in the olympic zone, competition may be winding down burke the athletes are giving it everything they've got. usain bolt proving yet again he's the fastest man in the world. by the end of last night's 200m final, bowl was racing only against himself. he easily grabbed gold. the jamaican athlete had hoped to beat his world record time but missed by about six-tenths of a second. >> my body would not res. but i'm happy. it's great. it's been wonderful here, so energetic. i love it. it was one of the best olympics ever. >> sarah: an olympic title for american ashton eaton, wrapping up a big decathlon win. he's only the third man ever to win back-to-back golds in the event. the 28-year-old american had the lead coming into day two. he finished with 8,893 points, tying the olympic record. to the final. but earlier in the day it looked like it was all over. a botched handoff causing the team to finish last in their heat. they were give an second ch

and former marquette basketball player jimmy butler is on team u.s.a. they play >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, team usa's golden night. >> michael phelps has done it again! >> michael phelps dominates the pool yet again while simone manuel makes history as the first african-american swimmer to win individual gold. >> olympic gold. manuel is going to do it! >> it's definitely been a long journey these past four years. i'm just so blessed to have a gold medal. >> on the floor, simone biles and aly raisman take the top two spots in the individual all-around bringing home gold plus, team phelps is in the house. they're the swimmer's biggest fans. we'll talk to michael's mom and fiance about his record breaking run in rio. and girls night out. >> who is ready to dance? >> natalie takes hoda and jenna out for a night on the town rio style. >> good night, everybody! >> "today," friday, august 12th, 2016. ?? >> good morning, montana. sending love to our children. we love you! >> hello to my mom and dad in massachusetts. go women's gymnastics! >> shout out

house, sign the wall. >> for olympic all stars and their families, all 550 featured here. >> as team u.s.a. everybody in the house cheers them on. >> the u.s.a. house is sanctuary and place to semioperate. >> we wanted to bring -- place to celebrate. >> we wanted to bring the warmth of brazil and beauty inside. >> we're not on the guest list. food and drink -- >> brazilian flair. >> and views over brazil. team u.s.a. is helping los to bring the games back on american soil. many parts of this head to toe make over will stay once the students are back from winter break. >> they'll have virtually a new school to come back and call home for years to come. they said can we keep? we said absolutely of course we can. that's the beauty of olympics movement. >> channel . >> that's pretty cool. best performance by an athlete brought by mercedes benz. the long jump won 23 feet and six and a quarter inch is how far she jumped on her fifth and she won gold in 2004 by the 4x100 relay. she was part of the bobsled team in 2012. last night she was golden. . >>> 5:26. checking the local forecast which inclu

team u.s.a. with 100 medals. 46 gold. congratulations to the united states. >> kim: carmelo anthony had me misty. he was proud to be an american and it was on full display. here is a portion of what people the games. we take to you rio for this one. the ceremony featuring that amazing fireworks display. and the torch was passed to tokyo in grand fashion. the prime minister of tokyo you'll see and a surprise moment. super mario problems is a part of that because that is japan's biggest export. simon biles was our golden girl the flag last night. she took a ton of selfies with everyone. we're not even done talking about the olympics because the >> dana: swimmer ryan lochte, his image has been tarnished because of the stories he was telling about being robbed with a gun aimed at his forehead , the story was not true. now ryan lochte is talking about that opening up to matt lauer in an exclusive interview. >> i'm embarrassed. for myself, my family, especially those guys, u.s.a. swimming, the wholely

team u.s.a. posted this video of ebener, madison hughes teammates. including special teams captain matthew slator. >> i text matt almost every other day. asking me what this is like. send him pictures let him know how it's all going. like i said on the stand man those guys showed me so much support through this. i can't say enough about that. >> reporter: ebener and team against argentina. >> anchor: tray will be back at 730 tonight for the first of our summer olympic zone special zones. >> anchor: and the opening ceremony in rio of course just around the corner tomorrow. >> anchor: in the hours to come venues will fill up with spectators watching athletes compete for olympic gold. nancy chen in rio looking at where the moments olympic games happen all over the city. rio showing best locations to make it all shine. 10,000 athletes are going for gold in rio degen arrow. rio itself is hoping to shine as well. first south american city to show case the games. there will be 4 competition clusters in the city itself. kicking off in americana. it's legendar

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