. ♪ ♪ and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former marathoner, 46-year-old. incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home country. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now. smaller caldron than we have seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. ♪ ♪ >>> let the games begin. brazil shows off to the planet with the opening ceremony. we're live in rio with access you didn't see on tv. >>> fbi raid. agencies truck loads of evidence in the city, and south jersey, connected to a power union boss. >>> con

and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home [ cheers and applause ] ? ? ? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now. seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ? so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. >>> rio is setting an early alarm to catch the action tomorrow after the party of the year on this planet. you just watched the opening ceremony. told the story of brazil through time, history, culture, struggle

and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former marathoner, 46-year-old. remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home [ cheers and applause ] ? ? ? ? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now. beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ? so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. i note the obvious differences in the human family. some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. i've sailed upon the seven seas and stopped in every land, i've seen the wonders of the world i kn

and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former ra remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home [ cheers and applause ] ?? ? ?? ?? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now. beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ? so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. >>> severe weather could disrupt your weekend plans. storm team 4 will tell you exactly when and where this is going to hit. >>> the solid clue police now have in the search for the killer of a queens jogger. >>> and a child falls two

and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de marathoner, 46-year-old. remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home [ cheers and applause ] ? ? ? ? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. z22qrz zy6z >>> right now on news channel 8 at 11 >>> the 2016 summer olympic games are officially underway. we're live tonight in rio. >> plus she's supposed to be watching over therefore charter's -- this charter school's m

and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima marathoner, 46-year-old. remember athens in 2004, he was leading the olympic marathon when a spectator attacked him. he went from first to third. he received an incredible sportsmanship award. but tonight, he gets something better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home [ cheers and applause ] ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ?? ?? so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. >> on this opening night of the olympics we march-a-thon run here, 50 years at cesar's party, we will take you to the party that is still going on and take a look and how it has managed to

. ♪ ♪ and she hands the flame to this man, vanderlei de lima, former marathoner, 46-year-old.ing better. tonight, he gets to light the olympic caldron in his home country. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there must be 20,000 portable phone cameras capturing this inside this stadium right now. smaller caldron than we have seen in the past, reflected beautifully in the mirrored chandelier almost behind it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so the caldron has been lit. the first full day of competition tomorrow. want to tell you to stay tuned for the emmy nominated tonight show with jimmy fall on, jerry seinfeld, seth rogan. for meredith vieira and hoda kotb, i'm matt lauer. we have had a blast in rio, the games are under way after an opening ceremony to remember. good night, everybody. ♪ ♪ magical moments in rio... the controversy and scandal took a back to seat to the culture and spirit of the brazilians. team u-s-a made a grand entrance >>> magical moments in rio. the controversy and scandal took a back seat to culture and spirit of the brazilians. team usa making a grand entrance, and smaller n

former marathon runner vanderlei de lima had the honor of lighting the olympic cauldron. the symbol that the games of the xxxi olympiad are under way. secretary of state john kerry attended the opening ceremony. his first in person. he is leading the u.s. delegation at the games. joined by gold medalist mark spitz. thank you gentlemen for getting up early or staying up late. >> this is a tough location. >> i could get used to this. the opening ceremonies, i know you were sitting next to french president hollande. >> it was beautiful. extraordinary. the only thing, the first time i have been to one of them. i missed some of the comments explaining this is what this is. it was beautiful and unbelievably well done. it was thrilling to be there. the u.s. delegation stretched the entire length. >> coming into the games, there was a lot of talk of security and safety. the political unrest in the country as well. the thousands of americans for the next two weeks or so. are they safe? >> nobody can make predictions in today's world, but i have never seen as much security and coor

that honor went to vanderlei de lima, a brazilian marathoner who was attacked during a race he was leadingn the 2004 athens olympics. he still won bronze in that event. what an exciting night, christi. i was going to take my shirt off and get all oiled up for this hit, because it was so exciting. producer dan said, don't do that. i'll get fired, he will too. but let's talk about some of the things up going on today. 12 gold medals up for grabs. you have swimming, you'll be holding the 400 individual medley relay. keep an eye out from chase kalisz. he went from coma to olympian. you have the women's 400 relay. gold medal will be handed out tonight, usa and australia likely the two going toe to toe in the pool to get that gold. >> all right. coy, i was going to say, you could have bare-chested it. you could have made that much talk, no doubt about it. thank you! >> he wouldn't let me. >> now you know why. >> he wouldn't let me. >> he doesn't like the competition! all right, coy, thank you! see you in a bit. >>> hillary clinton was with a room full of reporters. that hasn't happened in many m

its 95-day, 22,000-mile journey to its final resting place for the duration of the games lit by vanderlei de lima, bronze medalist in the 2004 athens games. the music, the light, the dancing and the energy coming together in a vibrant display that could only be complete with a fantastical fireworks display that took over the brazilian night sky. the cauldron but, unfortunately, he had to back out because of poor health. the show went on, and it was an incredible show, indeed. now we know rio is famous for its parties, but now as fans from all over the world gather on to cheer their teams, demonstrators are intent on making their voices heard too, and abc's matt gutman has more on the protests in rio. matt, they were hard to miss yesterday in the streets of rio. >> reporter: that's right, amy. you got to see it yourself up close and personal. they certainly made themselves heard banging pots and pans and chanting as they tried to make their way towards maracana stadium. of course, running into that human wall of riot police now. it's been a rough ride to rio the past couple of years. there

it was not it was vanderlei de lima.nds up getti t bronze. can you imagine? here he was last night at the opening ceremony, finally getting some olympic glory, joining legends like muhammad ali, wayne gretzky, the american on ice u.s. olympic team, getting that moment on a world stage. you want someone to cheer for, talk about getting knocked down and coming back stronger, u.s. swimmer chase kalisz, 8 years old, diagnosed with a rare auto immune disorder, goes to the hospital and slips into a coma. and here he is a u.s. medal contender. here he is reflecting on all those years in the hospital. >> i remember laying in the hospital bed and had a ventilator and a feeding tube and all i could do was blink. and if any other part of my body got moved, it was an excruciating amount of pain. >> letting your struggles strengthen you, that fighting spirit. got to love it, got to love chase. good luck to him tonight. what else? who else? the men's basketball team getting kicked off. the dream team facing china. we'll see that. we'l