usain bolt clocked 9.63 as he won the 100-meters again. we all have stories where we watched the race. i was in a jamaica bar in south london. you can tweet your stories. in a minute, we'll see how the big man's fans reacted at his own bar in kingston and we'll take a more detailed look at the day's sporting schedule. first though we must turn to the situation in syria. the prime minister riad hijab has defected to jordan. also claims that other ministers have followed suit. but we'll hear from jim muir in a moment. our correspondent paul word and cameraman fred scott have been with rebel forces on the outskirts of damascus where reporting is severely restricted. this is their exclusive report for the bbc. >> we're in president assad's backyard. his palace is little more than three miles away. but here you find rebel fighters, not government troops. the rebels can't really be set to hold this ground. they only fear as long as government forces are not. but still the rebel forces are adamant they will try again to push into the capitol. for

. >> reporter: crowds cheered for the first appearance for usain bolt. the world's fastest man advanced to the 100-meter semis. and a lightning fast serve helps serena williams capture the one title missing from her impressive tennis resume, olympic champion. her reaction unadulterated joy. >> oh, my gosh, i got the gold. wow! >> reporter: organizers said today they have sold 4.4 million tickets to events. of course the hottest ticket was for phelps, where scalpers were reportedly asking $10,000, lester, for a ticket with a $700 face value. >> it was one to be at. chris jansing, thanks. >>> as the games progress the medal counts are climbing. if for you seeing the medal count would be a spoiler we invite you to look away for a moment. we'll show you the tally so far. for the top five countries here is where we stand. >>> now it's safe to look back. want to turn to severe weather back home. a line of storms raging across the u.s. tonight triggering flash floods in iowa and forcing officials to evacuate 100,000 people out of grant park in downtown chicago,

usain bolt did something never done before in the olympics. the consecutive games. he was joined by his teammates from jamaica on but winning stand. the american men dominated in the decathlon want with an -two finish in decades. well. eaton doing to trey hardee getting the medal. the u.s. women's basketball team are planning for a fifth straight gold medal. haley anderson swam for two straight miles and only to lose gold by half second. the u.s. women of water polo their first olympic gold. claressa shields, the 17-year- old middleweight punched her way .o the gold medal the first in olympic history. abc news, london. >> lots of great action yesterday. lead thecontinuing to pulling away from china with 90 overall. china has 80, followed by britain, and germany has 37. yesterday usain bolt generated a olympict kind of record, this one on twitter. he set a new olympic games record with 80,000 tweets per minute. him as the most naturally gifted athletes the world has ever seen. is self-described. he is amazing. i love when he broke down into a a

race ever. >> usain bolt!ose with long memories may remember another sprint. when ben johnson beat carl lewis at the '88 games in seoul. the world swooned over the superhuman speed until three days later when he tested positive for steroids and was sent home in a cloud of scandal. and now 24 years later that final is considered the dirtiest race in history, because as journalist richard moore points out in his new book, four other sprinters there that race went on to suffer doping standards of their own. so it wasn't just ben johnson? >> no. at the time, he was made a scapegoat. and i wanted to draw a distinction. he probably wasn't the only one. >> reporter: the man who ultimately won that race was carl lewis. after bolt's stunning appearance in beijing, he was the highest profile to raise suspicion, saying, quote, if you don't question bolt's times in a sport that has a reputation in the sport right now, you're a fool, period. but the doping control officer at the salt lake city games disagrees. >> usain bol

it is usain bolt, don't blink. 9.63 seconds, he dominated. back-to-back, 100 meter championships, usain bolt, the last person, the only other person to do that was carl lewis back in the 1980s. so a big day here in london. coming up ahead, two local athletes, shannon rowbury of san francisco, and the kerri walsh in the semifinals tomorrow in beach volleyball. that's going to do it for now. back to you. >> look forward to it. thank you. coming up tonight in prime time coverage on nbc, gold medal 9s in gymnastics and track and field. also you do not want to miss the beach volleyball quarter finals and all of that competition with our local star kerri walsh. for coverage of the games log on to nbcbayarea.com. if you scroll down to the london 2012 sexual findct 2012 section, the ad-on for the browser, click on olympic blocks olympic spoilers. >> new this morning look at this. we've got the first images beamed back to earth from the curiosity rover on mars. it landed last night after traveling more than 350 million miles. stephanie chuang joins us

usain bolt classic. he was injured. a lot of people thought he wouldn't win, maybe not even medal but obviously

watch very closely. >> usain bolt trying to come down. tyson gay, here's bolt, usain bolt explodes and still the king of the 100! >> he's number one. >> look at that. >> bolt may have the newest olympic record but bob beamon has the oldest. one of the greatest olympic moments of all time, seeming to defy physics he jumped 8.9 meters. >> that's more than 29 feet. >> his shoes touched the ground he set an olympic record that still stands today. >> i have trouble to getting to 29 feet on a ladder. >> bob beamon is live from london with us. so happy to have you. thank you very much. of course, we've got to talk about that crazy record-breaking speed of usain bolt. he obviously is the greatest sprinter in history. what were you thinking when you saw him? >> well, i just think that once in a blue moon, we get someone with some amazing and astonishing speed. the first that i can say would be jesse owens and then you have the carl lewis and now you have the usain bolt. every now and then we get a blessing of fantastic athletes doing something ext

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an interesting fact, if usain bolt wins the medal he'll be only the second man ever to win back-to-back medals in the 100 meters. the last one was carl lewis in 1984 and 1988 in seoul. alex? >> my goodness. it's like we're being bookended with great stuff. a lot of the buzz has been about this super saturday there, right? it seems like everywhere you looked there was something happening. >> yeah. another, another team gb athlete winning gold. they won six gold medals. and you know, just about four or five days ago, people here were talking about how underwhelmed they were with their home team performance and then out of the blue they have this unbelievable day. probably the highlight of it, jennifer ennis winning the heptathlon. she won the 800 meter event which is the last event and literally just fell to the ground. was incredibly emotional. cried throughout the national anthem. i mean the crowd in the stadium just went crazy. and now all of a sudden you have team gb jumping into third, and all of that talk of the home team advantage seeming to be coming true, at least yesterday. >> a

usain bolt explodes! and he's still the king of the hundred. >> there's never been somebody 6'5" tall that can turn his legs over like somebody 5'9". >> otto bolden has won two olympic medals in the 100 meters. for him, bolt's secret is simple. before the race has even started, bolt has less work to do to complete it. >> that stride that you're seeing there covers eight feet with every step. >> reporter: bolt took just 41 steps to win gold. it took the silver medalist 46 to finish. even though his size dictates a slower start, once bolt gets moving, he hits an unbeatable 27 miles per hour. and once the race was won, he struck his signature pose. back in the brickston market today the mini bolts were everywhere and at least one middle aged bolt. >> that good? >> yeah. >> reporter: and a message to boys and girls everywhere who just want to run. >> he's encouraging people to do it, to run like you. >> reporter: and tomorrow the world's fastest human begins his quest to win gold in the 200 meters. by the way

usain bolt and others. how do you see it all with the americans in track and field? >> swimming is bread and butter for the united states. that's where the u.s. should do well and medal count shows it. track and field, women more than the men. relays are always interesting, if the americans don't drop the baton. if all getting along -- >> we call it baton. we are in london. >> don't drop the baton. and they've all done it different times. track and field has taken a real hit over the years because of the steroid issue. if you can't trust a foot race, what can you trust. track and field is -- 20, 30 years ago was "the" sport in the olympics. still in the stadium, where the cauldron -- >> how important to american to reassume that after the chinese went ahead in beijing? >> it was important, not sure it will hpen. the chinese are having a great olympics, too. i often found the medal count is the most overrated thing in sports. i don't know if i change my opinion if the u.s. wins more medals or not. for the u.s. olympic committee, trying to get olympics in the 2020s, ju

the extraordinary usain bolt.astest human on earth, the pride of jamaica, and a bit of a personal hero of mine. a man who just before he smashed the olympic record ate at mcdonald's. that's my kind of athlete. that's all for us tonight "ac 360" starts now. for the second monday in two week, we are coming to you from a community in shock tonight. people here in oak creek, wisconsin, tonight, are just now beginning the painful journey the people in aurora, colorado, started a little more than two weeks ago. here tonight the wounds are just as raw, the anguish just as palpable. however, unlike in colorado, the victims here who will do our best to honor the victims in the hours ahead, the victims were not just facelet targets for a deranged gunman in a movie theater, but may have been because of the way they worshipped. they were members of the sikh community here in oak creek, wisconsin. at a temple preparing for sunday services when authorities say an army veteran named wade michael page appeared, took out a 9 milli

the extraordinary usain bolt.an on earth, the pride of jamaica, and a bit of a personal hero of mine. a man who just before he smashed the olympic record ate at mcdonald's. that's my kind of athlete. that's all for us tonight "ac 360" starts now. in two weeks, we're coming to you from a community in shock. people here in oak creek are just beginning the painful journey that people in aurora, colorado started a few weeks ago. the wounds are just as raw. unlike in colorado, the victims who we'll do our best to honor in this hour ahead, the victims were not just faceless targets, but they may have been murdered for who they were, how they worshipped, perhaps the color of their skin or the sound of their names. they were members of the sikh temple. wade michael page appeared, took out a nine millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. yes, that is a swastika of him. tonight the latest on efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. earlier today, president obama rea

marion, what a race, what a run from usain bolt. >> absolutely. predicted it right, didn't i, piers? it was just -- it was incredible to watch. i think it was a bit surprising that it was as close as it was. which i think made it even more exciting. but it's pretty phenomenal. only the second man in the history of the olympics to double and it was just a wonderful race. but great for the americans and justin gatlin who i'm personally pulling for obviously had some challenges in the past few years, but, you know, has benefited from his second chance and made the most of it. but this just tells you that today's semifinal runs of the 200 meters and of course tomorrow in the finals of the 200 meters are going to be even more spectacular. >> well what is it about usain bolt, to you think, that makes him so extraordinarily? apparently he even had a mcdonald's before running in the final last night. >> i think so many people are fascinated by this guy it beyond the fact that he's just lightning quick. no pun intended with the lightning bolt joke. but jus

we'll look at how fast usain bolt is as only our own bobry dell can. >> the food on your plate may haven picked by young children. nbc bay area investigative unit finds it's happening here in california and it is legal. >>> good afternoon, i'm jeff ranieri, the weather center. we're tracking cooler changes for today and even moisture moving up from the south. we'll talk about our chances of getting any showers and/or lightning strikes coming up. here's a little bit of a look into your saturday forecast for the south bay. >>> take a look at this. a crane came crashing down on the tenderloin neighborhood early today continues to tie up traffic tonight. police say the intersection of ellis and leavenworth street. the large forklift crane was part of the renovation project on a four-story hotel. it fell during the morning rush hour forcing railway buses to be rerouted along with all traffic. the falling crane took down scaffolding, a light post and damaged a pickup truck but police say miraculously, no one was hurt. >>> car thief is in jail tonight after leaving officers on a four-county ch

usain looked great in the preliminaries. he literally jogged to a 10:03. it's going to be exciting tonight. last night was incredible. they were calling it super saturday. there were so many great races. it's going to be a little hard to beat the energy that was in the stadium last night. >> fair to say, lot of pressure on usain bolt. all right, dan, we appreciate your commentary this morning and your expertise. >>> and in the next half-hour hear the inspirational of oskar pistorius. the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. >>> now, to a breaking story overnight, hundreds of new evacuations in oklahoma, where they are fighting a dozen wildfires amidst a perfect storm of drought, heat and high winds. and adding to the mystery -- did someone set one of these fires on purpose? abc meteorologist ginger zee is on the story. >> fresh flames, growing terror and manhunt. almost 50,000 acres have burned. in what could be one of to worst cluster clusters of wild fires in oklahoma history. dramatic new picture overnight. these homes totally engulfed by fl

usain bolt, johan blake, it's a showdown. many people have said usain is the underdog.that the wrong wording there? >> i think underdog is totally, totally the wrong word. that's until usain bolt loses, he is capital "t" the capital "m" man in the race. he's redefined what it is to be a human being. running 9:69 and 9:58, he's the guy. >> but he lost earlier in the summer in the trials. >> he has lost, he's been hurt, a little sketchy. we don't know quite what's wrong, but he is still the king of the sprint. >> let's talk about the americans, tyson gay and justin gatlin. i read an interview with tyson gay, who basically said it's time to redeem himself. >> moments ago, he ran 10:08 in his heat. i think that's a good start for him. tyson gay is the best american sprinter so far. >> will this live up to the hype? will it be the most exciting ten seconds that we've seen? >> yeah. the 100-meter dash is always the marquee event of any olympics. the 100-meter dash is the heavyweight fight of the olympic games. >> all right. this is the big one. let's switch to the women's 100

usain bolt. sbob a classic. what's happening, young lady? >> a good looking morning for a jog or a run. good morning to you. it's always easier to watch it on tv here on nbc. proud home of the summer games. and we're going to get that action started at 9:00. starting with this live look here, beautiful conditions over san jose. it's clear and crisp out there. great time for walking that dog as the sun comes up. let's get right to it. temperatures are comfortable. 54 in confran. and 54 degrees to start you out in novato and san francisco, 61 in sunnyvale. that's comfortable if you want to do outdoor activities it will get on the hot side later on. but you probably don't need your ac in the south bay with 82 degrees is the forecasted high. high pressure still in control. the jet stream has taken a drop to the south and for us what that means is we're going to see cooler conditions, courtesy of a stronger on shore flow. we'll see coastal low clouds and as a result the westerly wind will carry in the cool ocean breeze. a nice evening, great even

jamaican sprinter usain bolt won the 200 meter thursday to become the first man to win usain bolt won00 meter thursday to become the first man to win back-to-back gold in both the 100 and 200 meter. as always, bolt gave the crowd a show to celebrate his win. >> there's no words to explain how i feel. i came here to become a legend and i'm now a legend. i have shown the world i am the best without a doubt. they love me. thank you very much. >> one team no losses, gold medals! >> more celebrating in the pool with gold in women's water polo. team usa beat spain for its first olympic gold medal. maggie stefans scored five goals to lock in the win. >> we turned it on. we knew it was going to be a battle. we knew they were going to keep fighting until the last breath. >> in women's boxing, the claressa shields took the first u.s. medal, the 17-year-old high school student beat russia. back on the track, an incredible moment for american runner manteo mitchell, he broke his leg during the opening lap of the 4 x 400 preliminary. you can see him limping at the finish. he thought it was just a

usain bolt lead his country to clean sweep in the 200 meters. in egypt, reports of clashes between armed men in sinai. more reinforcements roll into town ready to join the battle against islamist militants. thousands of extra soldiers have been sent here in recent days. egypt is sending a message that is taking the security threat seriously. the heavy deployment of egyptian troops to this region continues. on the roads we have seen dozens of vehicles like this one bringing in more tanks. close to the border with the gaza strip, more heavy machinery. it is said to work destroying smuggling tunnels. egyptian officials believe extremists have also taken the passages to come from gaza and joy in local islamist fighters. ining local islamic fighters. al qaeda like groups have taken root here. >> the site has been invaded. there is not security or stability. they have become more organized and more powerful. we have sounded the alarm 10 times. >> the offensive is to continue for several days but long-term success will need a stronger permanent securit

usain bolt is still the man's fastest man.inspired him to push himself harder than ever the past few weeks. >>> on a lighter note. later from the olympics, one u.s. athlete's bizarre ritual -- >> what is he doing. >> -- that might -- hang on. maybe some hand sanitizer here. >> wow. okay. right now, though, at 6:30, a beautiful sky out there in the nation's capital. 77 degrees though. it's humid and stick i did. >> meteorologist tom kierein is out where it's humid and sticky on the storm4 weather deck. what do you have? >> it is humid. in fact, walking out here is like walking through warm jello. and it is going to be steamy here throughout much of the day. and right now we've got some low sort of ominous looking clouds that are threatening to dump some rain on us. not yet though on the metro area. you can see on storm4 radar we are getting showers. moving areas of color. right now along the blue ridge, central shenandoah valley and parts of east of there, just now moving into southern loudoun county. prince william, getting sh

usain bolt broke an olympic record on twitter. he was averaging 80,000 tweets minutes. >> coming up, the women's four- by 100 relay and bmx racing. >> 6:06. 76 degrees on tv hill. there will be shark-infested waters at martha's vineyard this weekend. >> google has to pay more than $22 million in fines. details in this morning's "consumer alert." >> a play-by-play of my olympic adventures after the break. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have some rain in areas and it is affecting your ride >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:10. 81 degrees downtown. still i humid start to the day. rain advancing from the west. i am finishing my olympic adventures. i've been going through all the different sports. we'll recap them for you in case you missed the highlights. my olympic adventures have come to an end. what an exciting two weeks it has been. >> i'm not going to mess with the meterology department anymore. >> the journey began with a splash with synchronized swimming. my next adventure took me to the trampoline, wh

usain bolt does it again. we will have highlights of his run away later. >> you know who else will get redemption? >> your alarm clock monday morning will get redemption on you. >> i'm not look being forward to it. >> mitt romney is in boston after wrapping up a two-day swing through morning and new jersey raking in an additional $5 million. woody johnson told romney supporters the campaign was halfway to the fund-raising goal of $800 million. two new polls show president obama with a 7-point lead and a 9-point lead respectively. the research poll fines that 64% of americans think romney favors the rich over the middle class. campaigning in pueblo, colorado, home of the largest manufacturing plant for wind powers. they talked about producing energy. >> at a moment when homegrown energy and renewable energy is creating jobs in iowa, my opponents wants to end tax credits for wind energy producers. think about what that means for a community like pueblo. the wind energy supports about 5,000 jobs across the state.

6'5" figure of usain bolt. >> the athlete known as the fastest man in the world, usain bolt, superstar sprinter from jamaica defending his title in one of the most highly anticipated events of the olympic games, the 100 meter final. >> it's bolt. and he's still the king of the 100 profit bolt finished in 9.63, olympic record. never short on personality he celebrateed with his signature pose, a little dancing and high-fives all around. >> so focused on winning, showing everybody i'm the best. i'm always going to be number one no matter what. >> his record finish was almost ruined. before the race someone through a bottle from the stands onto the track. police were called and a fan was arrested. >> in the women's 400 meters american richards ross won the first gold since 1984. a moment in history for michael phelps, the last race of his olympic career. phelps helped lead the u.s. men's team to a gold meteorologist saturday in the 4 x 100 medley relay. phelps, the most decorated athlete in olympic history finishing his career with 22 medals, 18 of them gold. >> couldn't ask to finish on a

and usain bolt will be back on the track as he begins defending his 200-meter title, and we will have the blue ribbon's men 200-meter final. some sports like swimming already in their closing stages. our australia correspondent will be here with his assessment on london 2012. for more on all this, let's go first to peter dobbie who is watching the triathlon at hyde narc london. pete center >> george, good afternoon from hyde park. we have some of the world's top tri@leets taking part in this iconic race because it goes past so many of the important parts you see in post cards and such. now brother jonathan brownlee is leading lap two. 1.5 kilometers to swim and come out 5 minutes later. later the runners and riders. we were joined by the editor of "2020 triathlon." who did you favor? >> alister ahead of jonathon. two years older. has two more championships under his bag. and perhaps has a little bit more than his brother. rivals? tricky with triathlons. one in the past has proved history books go out the window a blit. but looking at goes, he's a strong runner and has won the world ch

perhaps the fastest man in the world usain bolt raced today. don't worry, we won't give away the results as the men's 100 meter final will air in prime time tonight. there's plenty of excitement at the game as well. phil rogers joins us with the latest. >> reporter: hi, diane. you may remember last week there was a great deal of concern here in great britain over the country's seeming inability to win a gold medal. look at today's headline. happy and glorious. all of that concern seems to have changed in a big way. great britain's gold medal euphoria continues. the nation erupted with joy as andy furry beat roger federer. >> for me this is the biggest win of my life. that's for sure. >> it follows a super saturday that put britain in third place for medals, the best day in over 100 years. even some of the country's red royal mail boxes are turning to gold. after a singles championship saturday, serena williams paired with sister venus to win in doubles, their third olympic gold as a team. this morning the women's marathon raced past the city's

. >>> plus, usain bolt kmemts his title as the fastest man in the world. willie geist will join us live from loaned krohn with highlights from the race and other olympic action in a few minutes. first, let's get to our urgent, live news at 5:30 a.m. right here at 30 rock in new york city. this morning the fbi is leading an investigation into what police call a case of domestic terrorism after a gunman opened fire at a sikh temple in wisconsin. it happened yesterday morning in the town of oak creek, just south of milwaukee. seven people are dead, including that suspected gunman who was killed in the shoot-out with police. one officer is among the three people who were shot and injured. investigators are not releasing the name of the suspect or a possible motive yet. meanwhile, the investigation has moved to a nearby neighborhood where the suspect was living. nbc's craig melvin joins us by phone now from oak creek, wisconsin. craig, good morning. bring us up to speed on the latest. >> good morning to you. here is the latest. we are expecting to learn a great

usain bolt, 100 meters.ace, under ten seconds. >> the most amazing thing about that race, he had a bad start. he had a bad first 40. >> could you tell or did he admit it later? >> the starts are not the best part of his race. he did, he stumble out of the box. >> his trainer said, forget about the start. >> didn't the american come in number two? >> it's called second place. silver medal. >> number two. >> by the end of the second week, sam is going to be on top of everything. >> later in the show, we'll see your prowess of fencing. >> rob season on her summer break. amy robach here. >> thank you. >>> the man accused of faking his own death, his wife sighs she can prove he faked the whole thing. >>> and ellen page getting death threats on twitter. her stalker saying he'll go after her in public. coming up. >>> the extremes some women will go to to make sure they can fit into the hottest high heels. why they're turning to surgery to wear stilettos. on this one, i draw the line. i love a good shoe. >> get a bi

meanwhile, in track and field, jamaica's usain bolt won a qualifying heat today in the 200-meter raceaiming to repeat his gold medal performance from the beijing olympics just as he did sunday in the 100-meter dash when he set an olympic record. in fact, bolt is one of several carribbean athletes showing dominance in track and field at the london games. 34-year-old felix sanchez of the dominican republic won the 400 hurdles recapturing the 2004 olympics. and grenada won gold in the race. that victory gave the small carribbean island its first-ever olympic medal. more on the state's events with christine brennan and joins us from london and welcome back. let's start with gymnastics which americans have been so rivotted on. this is the last day and it seems that alley is going t allo home with as many medals as gabby douglas. >> gabby douglas has the most important one. she is the break out star of the games. not just in gymnastics but all sports in the united states. having said that after douglas won the all-around title and the u.s. team won the gold as well, it has -- there's been a

we have trk and field coming out, usain bolt and the others. >> well, swimming the bread and the butter for the united states, and that is where the u.s. should do well, and they have. the medal count shows it. track and field, and the women more than the men. and the relays are always interesting if the americans don't drop the baton. if they are all getting along and speaking. >> here we call it the bat-on. and when in rome. >> well, don't drop the baton. >> yes, and boys and girls and they have done it at different times. so the track and field has taken a real hit over the years because of the steroid issue, and if you can't trust a footrace, what can you trust? in track and field it is no longer, because 20 years ago it was still in the sport of the olympics and still in the stadium with the calderon, but it has been tainted over the years because of steroids. >> how important for america to reassume thes a sinden si of the chinese after they went ahead in beijing? >> well, it is important and i'm not sure it is going to happen, because the chinese are having a great olympics, too.