what a win for team usa tonight in tokyo. the men's basketball team, u.s.okyo. he caught up with coach steve kerr as soon as the game ended and he talked about everything from the future of the sport to k.d. and draymond. >> you look at all those guys on the floor for france, they're all basically nba players and, you know, all stars. i mean, you got gobert out there causing all kinds of halve only defensively. it is not easy. it is not like it used to be. so that's a good thing, you know, for the health of the game globally, but it makes it a lot tougher for us these days for sure. >> k.d. and then draymond. >> k.d. was amazing. you know, just an incredible force offensively and draymond, you know, the guy is a champion. he wins no matter where, high school, you know, college, nba, olympian. he's a hall of famer. he's just a champion and an incredible human

. >>> plus, unexpected gold for team usa in pole vaulting and the u. women's basketball and volleyball teams head for their gold medal games. >> out of bounds and the united states will play for gold. just ahead, the spotlight shining again on allyson felix, the legendary track star in her fifth olympics. we'll bring you her event live from olympic stadium as the games head into the final weekend. >>> back to school, health officials sound the alarm about the return to the classroom triggering even more outbreaks. >> the question is how many and how big will they get? to coast. and major companies like amazon pump the brakes on workers returning to the office. the very latest, straight ahead. >>> destroyed by dixie, a historic california town leveled by one of the most destructive wildfires in the state's history and it's still spreading. this morning, the desperate fight to control the flames and evacuees who have no idea what they'll return to. >> it's either standing or is a pile of ash. >> a live report from the front lines just ahead. >>> those sto

she has been around team usa the entire time, specifically the gymnastics team. she has been training as well. and she's been supporting her teammates. we see her in the crowd of every single competition matter of fact, the cameras show her all the time because she's a big supporter of her teammates and vice versa. they have been supporting her through this ordeal that you've been going through. so simone biles. we hope that mentally and physically, everything comes together. but she has been training. she has been ready for this moment. >> you she had the twisties. you obviously took some time off to focus on her mental health. any updates on how she's doing now. >> we do not. she has kept that information close to the vest. but obviously if usa gymnastics is releasing a statement that she is back and that all those go oh, jeez have been a part of social media since the announcement you have to assume that she's in a good head space right now to be able to compete at this level. the olympic level and of course she dominated in rio and the hope is that she can co

in the field for team usa.e second fastest woman ever behind florence grit griffette -- griffith joyner. if she wants a medal total, she has to summon some of that 21-second match that we saw at the u.s. trials. >> already a gold medal winner in these games, and going for gold again, elaine thrying to create some history here tonight. she's trying to become the first woman to go back to back, 100 and 200 meter golds at successive olympic games. >> speaking of gold medals, shelly-ann fraser-pryce, fellow jamaican knows all about that. >> she has won four golds in the 100 meters, she won the silver here and said it might be her sweetest after becoming a mom. the sprint jewel of jamaica, shelly-ann fraser-pryce is held in high regard on the island and has cemented herself as one of the greatest female sprinters in history. >> and let's not forget about the 400 meter olympic champion from the bahamas, miller-uibo. she'll be on the extreme outside in lane nine. >> she ran a 400 meter round this morning. i think she

team usa looking to add more medals in these final events. >> kevin durant leads the united states to the fourth straight gold medal. >> the men's basketball team avenged its early loss to franct to and found a way to get domin women's relay. allyson felix is now the most decorated female athlete of all time. previously that record was held by carl lewis. >>> nelly korda edged out japan for a gold medal. but in the baseball game, the u.s. fell to the host country with a 3-2 finish. on the mat, a silver from sarah hildebrand. in the equestrian team event, jessica springsteen made her olympic debut with a silver. >>> team usa water polo, those women came out with a big win, a gold. and seeing our hometown hero continue her scoring streak. there are more gold medals up for grabs. women's basketball, and women's volleyball. they will be taking on brazil hoping to get their first gold medal. >> liz, before we let you go, one more day. any more uniforms to show? you have a different outfit on every single day. >> i am wearing the close uniform jacket, but we never got to show you some weigh

team usa women's basketball. just like the men, the women win gold. usa against japan. megan rapinoe and some soccer players there. so school to see this. american legends, they ended their careers in style. the u.s. beats japan 90-75. this team, this program, you think about it, over the years, has inspired a lot of people, especially a lot of little girls. all right. just about, what, 15, 20 minutes ago, look who we were hanging out with. water polo star. we've seen her grow up. i remember when she won her first gold medal at the london olympics. here we are in tokyo. u.s. beats spain. she's the team leader. also a big congratulations to the head coach of this team, adam corian from mountain view. amazing what he continues to do. >> i had my like best friends from high school, all these people reaching out to me, stanford and sending me the love, sending me their support. to me, it just gave me extra wings. it truly helped me fly through this adversity in knowing we're not alone, even area very loud. >> danville, she feels the love. such great energy with maggie. congr

watch team usa on the women's side incredible on the 54-game run, undefeated throughout the entire time they're facing off against japan, a team they already beat. shep we watch the game but we expect them to bring home the gold >> thank you nancy liebermann silver medalist winner during the month treel olympics nancy an honor thanks for coming the u.s. going for gold against japan tomorrow night won 54 straight games. it's incredible. you think 55 is at fait acomply or what do you see >> thanks for having me on i'm so proud of our u.s. women's team so many future hall of famers on that team. and to be able to get the seventh consecutive gold medal nothing is ever a foregone conclusion but they are certainly on their way to making history. >> yeah, it's so much fun to watch them play. then there is the men, the rematch tonight taking on france in the gold medal game of course any lost to france earlier in the prelims do you think revenge is coming >> i know it's coming. k.d. and lillard, bam and booker, true holiday you got to remember booker and drew were just flying in from the nba fi

>> reporter: on the >> mommy tired. >> mommy tired >> reporter: on the court, team usa's men's basketball pulling away from australia in the second half, 97-78, led by kevin durant's 23 points the u.s. is now one win away from four straight golds. >> one, two, three. >> all: usa! >> reporter: in beach and alix klineman dominated volleyball, american's april ross and alix klineman dominated switzerland, playing through sweltering heat, now going for the gold and out of the hospital after suffering a head injury during this scary crash in last week's semifinal. that's the latest from track and field and all the olympics craig, i'm going to send it back to you >> thank you, tom. thank you, good sir. we point out many of those gold medal winners joining us live throughout the morning here in tokyo. and back to beach volleyball you can watch that a-team. april ross, alix klineman go for gold live tonight here on nbc. coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. ladies, back to you in new york. >> a good one. >>> a lot more to get to, including the latest effort on california's largest wildfire, so-ca

. >>> but, sadly, it is not all victories for team usa. he men's water polo team lost to spain in their quarter final match 12-8. yet, the games continue to provide with moments that leave us in awe of these athletes and their abilities and their perseverance. >> for sure. and there are moments that leave us smiles, laughing and often crying. we were crying watching diving and the people who didn't make it. garvin thomas has been keeping an eye out on these moments. he joins us now. >> we often call the olympics the world's biggest stage for athletes. some, it turns out, take that more literally than others. team usa's devon allen. after securing a spot in hurdles, he broke out some dance moves to celebrate. this is his second olympics. he admitted he took things way too seriously in 2016. this time it is all about being relaxed and having fun. when you play college football at or kbon, his teammate said he was one of the best dancers in the team. a not so happy moment running in the 200 meters lane four. you see at the top of your screen.

and if you want to watch team usa water polo take on team canada, it's 10:00 on the usa network. we have so is many local athletes in tokyo it's heart to keep up. >> a wild fire continues to burn on the bradford island, many on the island defied the evacuation order to protect the property. no fire service on the island, you can only get there by boat or ferry and some property owners did it in a hurry. >> i have ten acres of land, a boat house and a cabin. >> the island is a couple hundred acres. it lies below sea level. it is protected by leveeses and drainage canals and turning off pumps could flood the island and that could douse the fire. >>> firefighters made quick work on a fire in east bay. you can see crews got to work knocking down the fire. three of the stores have smoke and water damage, they are investigating what caused the fire. >> we are also tracking fires to the north. have a look at the smoke forecast, we can get haze moving, i will have it in eight minutes. >> and they started school and they have a dozen covid cases among the students. contra costa county sch

rooting for all the athletes in tokyo. >> go team usa >> hey, team usa >> we're here from the ohio stateome back to "today" on a wednesday morning. glad to have you with us hoda is in the air right now craig is holding it down in tokyo. he'll have the latest from the olympics, including a live race in just a moment >>> but we will begin with the news this half hour. big story here at home new york governor andrew cuomo facing increasing calls to resign this morning from president biden on down after a months' long investigation, the attorney general has alleged that cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, most current or former state employees. the report details multiple accusations of unwanted touching, inappropriate comments and creating a toxic and hostile work environment cuomo denies the allegations and says he has no plans to resign now we're going to send it to craig for an update on the tokyo olympics and a live final in track and field. >> tokyo live look in on "today" is sponsored by salesforce, proud partner of team usa. >> and we are joined now by mike tirico, nbc olympics prime t

then draymond green team usa take on australia. the winner goes to the gold medal match. you can watch that on peacock at 9:15. and finally stanford's maggie steffens leads the women's water polo team against russia. >>> while the u.s. women's gymnastics team has been the biggest story at the olympics for what they didn't do, what they did do and what they were able to accomplish and also the enlightenment they brought us. >> they've going from tokyo to the south bay. raj mathai joins us to explain. >> reporter: konichiwa from tokyo. team usa gymnastics now back in the united states. the next time we will see them in the bay area at least will be september 26th. this is pretty cool. it's one of those post-olympics gymnastics extravaganzas. these exhibitions they put on. simone biles, suni lee, all the members scheduled to appear. again, that's september 26th. we actually caught up behind the scenes with suni lee. 18 years old. she's coming home with the gold medal in the all-around individual. that's a big deal. we talked to her not only about her gymnastics but the impact

the youngest team member on team usa.> there was a point in time where i wanted to quit, and i just didn't think i would ever get here. >> reporter: her father, john, showing off the balance beam he built for his daughter when she was younger. >> couldn't afford a real one, so i built that for her. as a kid, she enjoyed it. >> reporter: no medal in her last event, but the shine of her accomplishments as bright as the spotlight she's brought to an often-overlooked community. >> we're in tears. because with one action, she explains everything. she put us out there. that we are people. we are human beings. we are good. we are successful. we can do things. >> before last week, before sunisa lee, who was the most famous hmong person? >> i can't name a person. >> reporter: now there's one name on everyone's lips. >> sunisa, whoo! >> go, sunisa, we love you so much! >> hi, welcome to the hmong-american festival. >> reporter: pride overplowing when thousands of hmong-americans from all corners of the country descended on wausau,

the performance getting ripped by one of america's greatest of all-time carl lewis wrote the usa teamwrong in the men's relay. passing system athletes running the wrong legs. it was clear there was no leadership it was a total embarrassment and completely unacceptable for the usa team to look worse than the aau kids i saw carl is here for his first interview since saying all of that how do you really feel >> i was pretty emotional last night. >> are you walking it back or do you stand by that? >> not walking it back at all. everything i said i stand by >> what was it for those of us that have not won a medal what went wrong? >> teams make mistakes what happened is that we have not had success in 20 years and it comes because we don't have a system designed for it >> whose fault is that >> that is where i am going. the federation sets up the team, coaches and the system they are failing the athletes. they work their whole lives, run fast and make the team and you put them in a position impossible to be successful. oftentimes we let politics and people on the outside get in i want to ma

cheer on team usa with xfinity x1.so you can watch in stunning 4k ultra hd. >>> of course, we are following breaking awesome news from the olympics. superstar gymnast simone biles returning to competition to win bronze during the balance beam final just days after she withdrew from several events due to her own mental health concerns. her teammate, all around gold medallist came in fifth. keir simmons is on the ground in tokyo. simone bounced back this morning. how is team usa reacting. i tell you, fans in the usa are thrilled. >> reporter: hey, steph, yeah. i feel like apologizing for interrupting the first 15 minutes of troubling news on your show with some exhilarating, exciting news of team spirit and individual accomplishment. it was her beaming smile afterwards when she was on the medal podium that everyone was talking about, the way she embraced other athletes, including the chinese athletes that took gold and silver, watching suni lee jump up and down with excitement when she saw simone biles perform. it was ju

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and with team usa firing a star athlete.p mocked david espino, a high school football star in college prospect who recently spent time in a florida hospital suffering from covid after a speedo went on television with his mother talking about his scary ordeal team usa paint color. jessica maiolo took to social media. >> your kid does not it shot. your kidneys. but right now. that's what he needs. >> maiolo quickly deleted her tiktok but not before another user named savannah sparks re posted it along with her own commentary. >> jessica as a member of team usa paint. all. i really don't think you're qualified to speak on public health issues, especially not when it's to fat. shame hospitalized teenager who probably didn't have a say in his vaccination sentence, savannah's response went viral. outrage growing on the platform. other tiktok users calling maiolo a vile human team usa noticed 2 investigated and now has fired maiolo a statement reads in part this our decision to dismiss miss maiolo from the team usa program is final

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but overnight team usa announcing biles will return for the balance beam finals later today. that would be biles' final chance for a medal. and the swimming events may be over, but the drama around the pool growing with another american raising allegations of doping. >> there were, i'm sure, a lot of people from certain countries competing this week that probably shouldn't have been here. >> reporter: five-time medalist lilly king speaking out after her teammate ryan murphy suggested the sport wasn't clean. the backstroke star finishing behind russian athlete evgeny rylov in both of his individual backstroke events. rylov as adamantly denied any doping, and murphy made it clear he wasn't specifically accusing him. >> i think the world needs to do better in terms of fighting doping. i never mentioned a specific athlete. i never mentioned a specific country. >> reporter: russian athletes are banned from competing under their own flag after a massive state-sponsored doping program was discovered after the 2014 sochi games. and this morning, the international olympic committee sa

. >>> redemption for team usa and the women's national soccer team earns a spot on the podium. >> that is what this team does. we never give up. we always fight. >> we will take you live for tokyo for what we can watch tonight in primetime. the news at 4:00 starts now, and thank you for joining us on this olympic edition of nbc bay area. >> and we will go live to tokyo in a few minutes, but right now, brace for a booster, because moderna said that while the covid vaccine protection is holding up, people will need a booster within months. and cdc has said that they are not ready to say that the boosters are ready. and we have this report that while some people are not waiting for the debate to come to a conclusion. >> it may seem a little confusing as moderna is saying that the covid vaccines are 90% effective six months after they are administered, but also recommending the booster shots within the next six months. the cdc is saying that the booster not needed yet, so who should the people listen to? ucf infectious disease expect dr. peter hong helps to cut through the clutter. >> they

this the first time the women were able to capture the gold and pretty cool, it is also what got team usa over the top in the gold medal count. the u.s. basketball team is a dynasty, they captured their seventh straight gold medal which tied the longest streak in any olympic team sport beating japan in the final. brittney griner setting a gold medal game record scoring 30 points to lead the team. and the usa basketball legends playing their final game together for the team, they go out winning their fifth gold medal which is the most by any player man or woman in olympic basketball history. so the u.s. hasn't lost a game in the olympics since 1992, 55 wins in a row, half of the team wasn't even born the last time they lost a game. just an incredible written from the women's basketball team. and elliott also winning the marathon on the last day of the competition by more than 80 sep seconds, largest margin since 1972. kipchoge is the oldest to win the men's marathon since 1984, he now has four olympic medals. he is the world record holder for a marathon and in 2019 became the first man to

. >>> good morning closing time an olympics like no other comes to a colorful end in tokyo team usa finishing on the top of the medal count after a final gold haul over the weekend and the world now looks ahead to the next olympics, lesthan six months away in beijing >>> states of emergency -- covid cases rising fast. some major cities cracking down, bringing back indoor mask mandates, even for the vaccinated >> we must act and we will act the pandemic is not over >> hospitals in texas running out of space and schools already starting to open across the country, raising fears the outbreak will only worsen everything you need to know, straight ahead >>> breaking overnight, stepping down -- the controversial embattled aide to and row cuomo stepping down while his former assistant comes forward publicly for the first time >> what he did to me was a crime. he broke the law >> details on her criminal complaint just ahead and state lawmakers meeting to discuss the next step in a potential impeachment today. >>> summer of sharks -- a 12-year-old girl recovering after a first of its kind attack in ma

cheer on team usa with xfinity x1. "show me the olympics in 4k" so you can watch in stunning 4k ultra hd. >>> welcome back good monday morning welcome to august. we are coming in strong. strong like ukraine. caterpillar and boeing and disney and nike and jpmorgan chase. all up this morning. not just the industrials and dow stocks technology names higher as well. nasdaq futures are up 90 points. higher on the percentage basis than the dow and s&p we are seeing baidu and chinese companies and moderna and tesla all doing well with all of the futures up. >>> speaking of china, their recent crackdown on the technology sector has turned one former stock market darling into one of the world's worst stocks in july. before last thursday's bounce back p, mfirm tencent got a bounce in july it wasn't just that company. nine of the ten destroyers of the capital were big chinese names. metyuan and alibaba and pinduoduo. is this fear, perhaps, overdone? joining us now is managing partner ben harburg. ben, good to have you back on the

but team usa should win on the men's side as well. so nice. what's the prediction for the women's game. so the women you could probably just give them the gold medal right now. sanaa's. i know they're not going to do that. but if they wanted to, i don't think there would be any objections. the u.s. olympic women's basketball team has not lost a game at the olympics since the semifinals back in 1992. they've won 54 straight olympic games 6 straight olympic gold medals. they should win easily. that's a safe bet. >> now the closing ceremony is this sunday. what can we expect from that ceremony. >> well, we assume that it's going to be pared down just like the opening ceremony was covid-19 protocols and restrictions in place. we can tell you that kara winger is going to be the flag bearer for team usa. she's a four-time olympian, a track and field athlete who finished 17th in the javelin here in tokyo. >> and so i'm so sad because this is going to be our live shot with you. when are you coming home. >> excellent question. i'm sure there are people

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a lot of people are extra special rooting for team usa baseball. when we come back a taste test of some of the flavors of kit kat in tokyo. green tea, chocolate, of course, and banana and soy sauce. see you in a few minutes. >> i'm intrigued. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. time to get a look at the medal count this morning. team usa is in the lead with the most overall medals at 77, china in second with 70, but when it comes to those gold medals and the roc with the top three with 53 medals. coming up this morning on "today," you can catch hoda's exclusive interview with simone biles on what she achieved in tokyo and what comes next, that's coming up at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >>> now to new covid concerns and this morning an outbreak in east contra costa county schools is expanding one week after students returned to the classroom. we have team coverage from the new numbers to new guidelines just handed down from the state. let's start out with bob redell live in brentwood this morning. parents are certainly watching the respo

a flurry of gold medals on the final day helped push team usa to the top of the standings. wire, the women's basketball team dunking on the competition. >> slam dunk. half of this year's team wasn't born the last time they lost an olympic game, august of 1992. the win streak at 55 after a comfortable win over japan. brittney griner, 30 points the most ever in a gold medal game. bird getting a big hug from megan rapinoe afterwards. bird on what it teensmeans to f. >> i'm happy for this group and rap pi for the things that we were able to do and it's been a long journey and i think everyone's going to go home happy. >> reporter: the u.s. women's volleyball team their first ever gold medal picking off brazil. they medaled five times before but none gold. karch kiraly the second as a player and as a coach. now to win by 80 seconds is unthinkable, no one in site, 80 seconds the largest victory since 1972. he cemented his place as one of the greatest moarathoner its we've seen. allyson felix another golden effort, the dominant run winning a seventh straight gold in the 4x400 meter

team usa basketball grabbing the gold. women's water polo, the amazing three-peat, and the wrestler who flipped over his big win. all the highlights coming up. >>> good morning, everybody. happy saturday. we're going to have the latest on the covid surge which is pushing cases to levels we haven't seen in months. right now every single state in the country is reporting high or substantial community transmission and some are warning that major hospital systems could be on the brink of collapse if this trend continues. >>> but first the immense battle for firefighters in the west this morning as they fight more than 100 wildfires including the third largest in california history. >> flames destroying homes, businesses and historic buildings. abc's zohreen shah is right there in greenville with the very latest. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. it is hard to believe your eyes out here. every house in this area has been brought to the ground including this one right here. you're looking at the stairs to w

cheer on team usa with xfinity x1.ow me the olympics in 4k" so you can watch in stunning 4k ultra hd. jillian: critics calling out cnn after release memo shows the channel 53 employees for coming to work on vaccinated, chris cuomo appears on air. todd: joe concha, good to see you. the leaked memo, quote, in the past week we have been made aware of 3 employees coming to the office and vaccinated. all three have been terminated. let me be clear, we have a 0-tolerance policy on this. what is your take? >> the greatest thing ever. let's say i am on a zoom all and doing an act you shouldn't be doing on a zoom call that females are on and you don't get the shaft as a result of doing that but if you are an vaccinated at cnn not only to get terminated but the president of the network says we have a 0-tolerance policy. if i am the 9:00 pm anchor who is the highest-rated anchor on the network which is like being the skinniest kid at fat camp you can advise your brother on how to beat sexual harassment allegations and smear those

is a montage here, college students who say they refuse to support team usa. > i'm not rooting for any team because it's a country i live in. triggers patriot are you going to go 15-psi? >> i don't, i root for athletes. >> would you go to usa kat? >> that's not going to be me, i'm sorry. >> no. dan: think about how bad this is. you've got conservatives angry team usa because you had a few mueller's and liberals college campus angry at team usa because there's a usa and their. >> a couple of them i talked to a reporter and said no you would see the university of southern florida and i asked somebody out and we both know her and she said it was never an anti- american campus, she doesn't know what happened so i asked the reporter, you cherry pick anti- american students? she said no. talk to two dozen, only to endorsement of the country. i have two recommendations. one, travel. if you find a better place, stay. number two, parent, you failed. you raise a kid like that doesn't appreciate what they have where they are going to school probably 50, $60000 in a beauti

team usa couldn't get anything going at the plate. japan beats the u.s. and they settle for silver. >> allyson felix with her 11th career olympic medal. she passes the great carl lewis as the most decorated american track athlete of one time. >> it means so much. obviously i am going to miss being out there, but no regrets. it was fun. >> 35 years old, her fifth olympic game and first as a mother. what a way to go out, on top. >> incredible. what a dream come true. joy talk about dream come true. for another athlete, team usa has chosen tara winger to be the flag bearer at the closing ceremony. she is so proud, she posted it on instagram. she is one of two track and fien tokyo. she had her second best performance in the javelin. you can catch the closing ceremony here starting at 5:00 p.m. >>> and we will be celebrating it at historic japan plaza. you have two chances, one at noon and the other at 3:00 p.m. this is just two weeks ago during the opening celebration, also in japan town. tomorrow robert will be emceeing the event and we hope to see you there

brittney griner setting a gold medal game record, scoring 30 points to lead the team. usaall legends 40-year-old sue bird, 39-year-old diana taurasi, playing their final game together as a team, they go out winning their fifth gold medal, the boast by any player, man or woman, in olympic basketball history. the u.s. hasn't lost a game in the olympics since 1992, kim. 55 wins in a row. half of the team wasn't even born the last time the women's usa basketball team lost a game. just an incredible run for them, seven straight gold medals. >> unbelievable. just owning that event. not a surprise in the men's marathon. ke kenyans elhid has his name at the top of the list in terms of men's marathon runners, elhid dip chokinggy winning by more than 80 seconds, the largest margin since 1972. dip chokinggy successfully defending his win from rio, the oldest to win the men's marathon since 1984. he won silver in 2008, bronze in 2004 in the 5,000 meters. kipchoge, the world record holder for a marathon. 2019 became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours. didn't count as a

i feel like team usa, every person on the team has a medal. >> which is so awesome. this was going to happen. even for me. i thought i would be the only one going home without one. that's really cool that i was able to place silver and watching jade tonight after that comeback was incredible. i'm so happy for her. she deserves it. >> mykala, your story is one for the ages. it tells you never to give up. when you think it is over, it is not over. you've got your medal. we're super proud of you and america is proud of you, too. >> thank you. thanks much. >> good talking to you. >> how about that, craig? >> yes, we are. >> how about mykala. >> come on. >> thank you, mykala. quick reminder, by the way, you can catch every minute of these tokyo olympics live. scan the qr code on your screen for the nbc sports app. >>> when we come back on a monday morning, our one-on-one with the star of swimming here in tokyo. caeleb dressel. he came into these olympics with high expectations and he met them. in fact, you could argue he exceeded them. five gold medals in all. what he is

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competing in the win or go home baseball section of the bracket after monday's loss to japan, team usad 3-1 the u.s. women's basketball team defeating australia 75 to 49. and the absence of two injured starters to defeat the dominican republic and advance to the semifinals. time for the weather. let's go to meteorologist janessa webb for the for raft, how, janessa, how is it looking? >> hi, jonathan, i wish i had better news, sloppy day on the east coast. yesterday, we were talking about that fall feel. things will start to change. we're in august and this is the hottest month. a few more days of cooler temperatures but the rain is still going to be impact across the east coast and we're talking potentially blooding rain across the carolina coast into southern new england. the forecast is calling for a foot of rain in the outer banks and florida panhandle with the possibility of 6 to 10 inches. the entire storm will bring warmer air, due to a warm front into the boston area into sections of southern maine. still another two to three inches in that area. so very wet conditions for your

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