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Hello, russia. Meet my finish. U. S. Swimmer lilly king sends a message with olympic gold. We can still compete clean and do well at the olympic games. Ryan murphy also strikes gold for team usa. Look at him go all eyes on the womens Gymnastics Team as they prepare to hit the mat, the beams and the bar. Will simone biles lead them to victory . Were live in rio for all the action. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. An big night in rio for team usa. Two gold medals last night, lilly king, ryan murphy, they dominated in the pool. Unbelievable. And everybody is talking about Michael Phelps and that game face. You have to take a look at it. I was watching. It never changed. He was clearly in the zone and wait till you see what was going on around him. He remained unfazed. Amy at our olympic desk in rio with all that and an exclusive before their competition tonight. That is all coming up but first that scary ferris wheel accident in tennessee. Three young girls rushed to the hospital after their basket flipped. Abcs Steve Osunsami is in greenville, tennessee, with the latest. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning, to you, george. Local police are treating this ferris wheel directly behind me where the accident occurred as a crime scene until they can figure out what caused this ride to go so wrong. It wasnt what anyone wanted to see at the county fair, families were screaming for help. I from the ferris wheel. Three kids. Reporter three children were thrown from this ferris wheel at the Greene County fair in tennessee and fell 30 to 45 feet. I felt real bad for the little kids. They screamed a little bit and hit the ground, just laying there. Reporter investigators say one of the passengers cabins with the three children rose in caught against the cabin directly below it. The cabin with the children turned more than 90 degrees hanging upside down horizontally when the children spilled to the ground. I was hollering, please stop, stop, stop the machine. Seemed like it was a millennium before it stopped. Reporter it was around 6 15 p. M. Paramedics raced to the carnival and found the young victims lying on the deck. I didnt see movement. I see blood coming from their mouth. I actually thought they were dead. It was so horrific. Reporter two had to be airlifted to a nearby medical center. The third rushed in an ambulance. This is rescue command. Theres a forklift i think on the way to the scene now. Reporter rescue crews had to bring in a fire truck ladder and forklift to reach and ultimately free the rest of the riders trapped on the ride. This morning an investigation into the incident is underway. The three children are in recovery. But all carnival rides closed until further notice. Police are already on the scene this morning continuing their they are not, as of now, releasing the names of those children. Lara. All right, steve, hope theyre okay. From that accident to the latest on the 10yearold boy killed at a kansas water park on what is known ased as the worlds tallest water slide. That slide closed as we learn new details about the tragedy and investigators try to determine what went wrong. Abcs alex perez is in kansas city with the very latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, lara. Investigators have not said what they believe went wrong here. Witnesses say people were scrambling to try to h boy but it was simply too late. This morning, new startling details on that terrifying accident that killed 10yearold caleb schwab. Police saying he died of a fatal neck injury at the end of the ride. There was a very loud, just a boom, boom. I knew immediately that somebody had fallen off the raft. Eyewitness steve casteneda representative scott schwab, riding with two adult women when the boy somehow fell out. Steve, a registered nurse, raced to help and police say both got minor facial injuries. One of the guys was still screaming, and so i told him, i said theres nothing we can do. Reporter abc news was at the jawdropping ride verruckt german for insane, when it happened two years ago. You must be at least 46 to ride and two of the r the raft must weigh a combined minimum of 400 pounds. Plummeting 17 stories in seconds sending tubers racing down it at nearly 70 miles per hour. But before its big debut major questions about the rides safety. Early tests showing sandbag dummies going airborne. Officials adjusting adding seat belts and safety nets. Loved ones now remembering the freckle faced 10yearold who they say loved baseball and giving hugs. Hes going to be missed for his smile. Reporter and the pastor there saying this has just been unthinkable time for the family. The slide will be closed indefinitely but the park set to reopen tomorrow. George. Okay, alex, thanks very much. We move on to those travel delays. Delta canceling 250 flights this morning after a power outage shut down their systems worldwide on monday sparking long lines like this one at newark. Abcs david kerley is at Reagan National airport with the latest. Reporter another tough morning already for look at this. Heres a delay of three hours if anybody wants to go from d. C. A. To lexington. Heres the reason why, long lines again. Here at delta this morning, as you mentioned, they have already canceled 250 flights today. Thats on top of the 1,000 Flights Canceled yesterday. The airline is trying to move aircraft and crews into position so they can clear out the backlog and get people moving. Heres some good news, george, anybody whos been delayed three hours or more can now get a i guess this all started with a power outrage but how come theres no backup generator . Reporter delta is not being forthcoming. The Georgia Power company said electricity was never interrupted so the question is a piece failed. Why wasnt there a backup or a workaround with tens of thousands affected delta is not telling us why so far. Answers to come, thanks very much. Absolutely. Turning now to the devastating wildfires in the west, burning thousands of acres, forcing massive evacuations. Firefighters working hard to contain them at this hour and abcs Kayna Whitworth is right there in silverwood, california, with the latest. Good morning, kayna. Reporter lara, good morning to you. We have multiple road closures and 5200 families under evacuation orders. And the air quality is now so bad, two neighboring cities have cancelled school today. This morning, a wildfire raging in the mountains of San Bernardino county. Triggering the evacuation of thousands of residents. Im very shaken up. This is like my dream house. Reporter for me its scary. Fire. Reporter smoke stretching for miles across more than 6,000 acres of burning land. It is absolutely ripe to burn. The fire is chewing right through the vegetation. Reporter the winddriven wildfire quadrupling in size since it first started on sunday. Ive been through several fires but never one this close. Reporter nearly 900 firefighters battling the intern know from the air. Dropping fire retardant from air tankers in the sky. And on the ground they saved homes coating them in fireproof gel. But this morning, the fire is showing no sign of slowing down. And this morning, that fire is just 6 contained. George, still a long way to go. Okay, kayna, thanks very much. We move on to the race for the white house. Donald trump tried a campaign the economy, but a new poll shows a 12point lead for Hillary Clinton, and overnight the most prominent republican senator yet says she will not support trump and tom llamas is here and that blistering statement from maine senator Susan Collins comes on top of a tough letter from 50 former National Security experts. Another bad week for donald trump as his campaign tries to keep him on message some damaging developments. Prominent republicans now coming together to say they will not vote for trump, this as a new conservative candidate enters the race to take on clinton, but also trump. Overnight, a republican senator delivering a stinging blow to donald trump. In an oped in the Washington Post maine senator Susan Collins saying she will not vote for trump because, quote, mr. Trump lacks the temperament, selfdiscipline and judgment required to be president. This as 50 former National Security officials, all republican, signing a letter stating trump would be the most history. Among the most prominent names former cia and nsa director general Michael Hayden and two former secretaries of homeland security, Michael Chertoff and tom ridge. In the past, ridge saying he was in disbelief about trumps cozy relationship with vladimir putin. I dont think too Many Americans are pretty excited about donald trump being getting all those wonderful sweet words from putin. Reporter trump responding calling it politically motivated saying the people on the list deserve the blame for making the world such a dangerous place and that they are nothing more than the failed washington elite. I think hes inhuman. I think he doesnt care about anyone but himself. I do believe hes a fraud and hes a con man. Reporter now former cia operative Evan Mcmullin launching an independent bid for the white house. Mcmullin who recently worked on policy with House Republicans is being funded and helped by gop members unhappy with trump. For you is going to be a vote for Hillary Clinton . Hes alienated broad swaths of our population. Donald trump cannot win. Reporter but if it comes to a few states will you feel guilty if you handed Hillary Clinton to the election . He is going to lose to hillary regardless. Hes demonstrated that already. Reporter trump facing new battles as he tries to focus on the economy. I want to jumpstart america on be that hard. Reporter the republican nominee refusing to be knocked off message in detroit. But still taking some shots. I will say the Bernie Sanders people had far more energy and spirit. I will say that. Reporter Hillary Clinton also dealing with Campaign Event issues, as clinton was remembering those killed in the pulse nightclub shooting at her rally in kissimmee just south of orlando, the father of the shooting was directly behind her. Its unclear how the clinton mateen, a controversial figure who has made antigay comments wearing a red hat sitting just behind the candidate. Also overnight, parents of two of the four benghazi victims are now suing Hillary Clinton in their suit they claim clintons, quote, reckless handling of classified information contributed to their deaths. The clinton Team Responding this morning saying while no one can imagine the pain of the families of the brave americans we lost at benghazi there have been nine different investigations into this attack and none found any evidence whatsoever of any wrongdoing on the part of Hillary Clinton. Guys. Tom, thanks very much. Lets bring this to matt dowd, our political analyst, and matt, lets begin with that refusal to endorse from maine senator Susan Collins, prominent republican. Shes the latest in a series there. You have a couple of other republican senator, ben sasse, mark kirk and several others withholding their endorsements. Weve talked in the past about whether these endorsements matter. How about these refusals to endorse . Well, i mean like delta, republicans stranded with nowhere to go in the course of this race, george. This is like a dam and the dam has held this from happening up until this point but donald trump through his own actions has punched holes in that dam and now these republicans are bleeding support whether they are endorsing Hillary Clinton or somebody else or just withholding support. It begins to be this flood out and donald trump has to figure out a way to patch that dam. I think thats what his speech was yesterday. Thats what i was going to ask you about because it did seem like the speech yesterday he was trying to get back republic republican proposals on the economy. Thats what he emphasized trying to heal that breach. Well, thats exactly what he was trying to do, but the problem, george, is were 90 days left. He should be speaking to independents. Hes still figuring out a way to patch the Party Together so he has a uniform Republican Party in the course of this. Thats a huge problem. As Hillary Clinton talks to independents, donald trump is still trying to figure out a way to keep team gop together. Democrats talking about expanding the electoral map and you hear them talking about resources into places like North Carolina and arizona which of course went to mitt romney last time around. Yeah, i mean obviously this map expands widely when youre ahead by 8 or 10 points. Really as we know geography doesnt matter in the course of the race unless youre within two or three points. Donald trump has to figure out a way to get it close for the map to matter. Because its a flood of electoral votes for Hillary Clinton until it closes. Matt dowd, thanks very much. We want to go now to team usa going for gold at the olympics. America dominating in the pool overnight boosting the medal count after another dramatic day of action. Lets go right to amy at our olympics desk in rio with the very latest. Good morning to you, amy. Hey, good morning, lara. So many big performances and surprises for team usa on day three, especially in the olympic pool and at the gymnastics pavilion. Lets take a look. Overnight the u. S. Swim Team Breaking records and winning big in rio. Reporter but the hottest race of the night didnt involve the teams big guns, phelps and ledecky. Instead all eyes were on 19yearold lilly king. During the semifinals of the 100meter breaststroke king wagging her finger at an image p of yulia efimova. She once served a 16month doping explanation. King, later explaining. Shaking your finger number one and caught for drug cheating, not a fan. Right before monday nights final, both women avoiding eye contact. The race coming down to the wire. But king just edging out the russian to take her first gold. We can still compete clean and do well. Reporter american katie meili taking the bronze. The american domination in the 100meter backstroke continues as ryan murray takes gold. The u. S. Winning the event six welcome reporter 30yearold american David Plummer taking the bronze. Kathleen baker making her olympic debut and winning silver in the 100meter breaststroke. Her hungarian competitor taking gold. Her husband and coach going wild with excitement. And in the mens 200meter freestyle final conor dwyer winning bronze. Katie ledecky and Michael Phelps both already striking gold in rio hoping to add more medals to their collections after swimming strong in the semifinals bor game face on even as a rival appears to try to psych him out. One swimmer who didnt make the cut, fourtime Gold Medalist missy franklin, olympic darling four years ago finishing last in the womens 200meter freestyle semifinals. She has another shot with backstroke later this week. The men trying to end their 32year gold medal drought in gymnastics. Performances, their mistakes piling up. Japan taking home gold. The americans faring better in diving. 2012 bronze medalist david boudia and Steele Johnson win silver in synchronized diving. Tonight Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky are going for gold but all eyes will be on the womens Gymnastics Team. I got to sit down with some of their moms before the big event this afternoon. They are excited. Theyre nervous. Well have that exclusive coming back to you. Cannot wait for that. Thank you, amy. Now to jesse for the medal count . Thanks so much. Heading into day four at the summer games and team usa right now has the most overall medals. Take a look. Theyre tied right now with china with most golds at five apiece. When you consider the americans also have seven bronze, seven silver, that gives then the leading total right now of 19 total medals. China in second place with 13, japan and the Russian Federation tied for third at 10 apiece and italy rounds out the top five you just heard amy say today a chance for more gold for team usa. Cant wait, george. With the weather, rob is here with more on Tropical Storm haif yar. A lot of rain in Cabo San Lucas and they had evacuation, some of the lowlying areas. Four to five inches of rain falling but did damage and weakening to a weak Tropical Storm but the moisture will get into the Desert Southwest over the next couple of days. 2 to 3 inches is all it takes to get flash floods going east of phoenix so watching that, these Flash Flood Watches extend until tomorrow night. Your local forecast coming another nice day across the northeast with low levels of humidity. Kind of rare for the first week of august but well take what we can get. Coming up on Good Morning America a mile from her mothers home. Second in less than a week. Two communities on edge. Nancy grace is with us live. Could eating behind the wheel or Drinking Coffee be against the law . More on that headline this morning. Its getting backlash. Could cursing actually be good for your kids . 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Its the only fiber that supports mirafiber is less likely to cause unwanted gas. Love your fiber. New mirafiber. Youre looking live at that ferris wheel in tennessee shut down now after three young girls plunged nearly 50 feet to the ground when their basket tipped over. They are recovering in the hospital and an investigation is under way. Also right now, delta canceling at least 250 flights this morning after that massive power outage monday creating a of passengers. Delta now offering refunds and vouchers. More than 6,000 acres are burning from wildfires out west sparking massive evacuations. Firefighters battling the blazes from the air, on the ground, and we are tracking it all this morning. We also have im sorry. No, just saying its tough out there. Horrible. The latest on the olympics in rio. Amy is standing by. She has a closeup on the athletes best game faces and that. Mckayla maroney, she had one of the most famous game faces there it is, the im not there you go. There you go, girl. Well talk to her coming up, george. Not impressed by us either. That is all coming up. First we have the second jogging murder in a week this time in massachusetts where a young woman runner was killed in broad daylight drawing comparisons to last weeks killing in queens, new york. Linsey davis has more. Reporter striking similarities. Both around the same age and lived in new york. Both out for a jog in broad daylight, and it appears both were sexually assaulted. Authorities are saying nothing at this point connecting the two cases but both communities are not only grieving but fearful a killer is on the loose. This morning, residents in princeton, massachusetts, are on edge as Police Search for a killer. We have a young woman who appears to be a murder victim reporter the victim, 27yearold Vanessa Marcotte went for a jog on sunday at 1 00 p. M. And never came back. Marcotte lived in new york city where she worked for google as an account manager. Her social media pages showcase her life including photos with her mother who she was visiting in massachusetts. We do not know if this was a random act. We are asking the residents of princeton and the surrounding areas to use an abundance of caution. Were asking the public to be careful and to be vigilant. If you have seen anything, or seen someone within the last 24 hours that is suspicious to you we are asking you to report it to the massachusetts state police. Reporter Police Sources tell abc news investigators are looking into signs of sexual assault. This is the second highprofile case in less than a week involving a young woman murdered while going out for a jog in one week ago and 193 miles away last week Karina Vetranos body was found by her father in queens, new york. On monday night, the nypd held a Public Meeting in veteranos howard beach neighborhood to keep residents informed of the latest developments. So far we have collected several pieces of evidence from the crime scene that are being forensically processed as we speak. We hope to have all of the results back very soon. Reporter the working theory in the queens case is that karinas killer may have been a stranger, which is somewhat unusual. In 2014, for example, of all homicide victims only 11 were killed by someone they did not know. Both cases remain unsolved. Authorities in massachusetts are now telling people to jog in pairs. You got to be safe. Lets talk to nancy grace about this. Our friend from hln. Nancy, police say theres nothing to suggest the cases are linked at all but it is a striking coincidence. Well, i would not go that far i believe part of the reason that theyre saying that is the geographical distance between the two. Youve got about a threehour drive between them, but look at the similarities as you have pointed out. Both women avid runners visiting their parents on a local jogging path. Already into their jog. I believe that the second victim was sexually assaulted because she was found unclothed. Just like Karina Vetrano, both of them, i believe, were dragged. The second victim was found deep into the woods while Karina Vetrano had grass in her hands. Im wondering right now where is the iphone . Where is the cell phone belonging to Vanessa Marcotte . Because if they have that, that would give them so much evidence. If they dont have it, that would suggest to me that the killer has retained it. Another issue is theyre saying killer. Interesting, why would a random killer take the time in broad daylight this is sunday at 1 00 in the afternoon to burn the fingertips, the feet and facial features of the victim . All the identifying characteristics. Why . If you kill somebody you want to leave the scene immediately. Why stick around to do that and take the time to drag the body into the woods . Think about it. I am thinking about it and im listening to you and sounds your working theory would be these are tied together until its disproved . Well, again, the threehour distance is a problem because in the first one Karina Vetrano, it suggests that it is random. At first we thought the killer had taken souvenirs or mementos. Thats very common especially amongst serial killers but those headphones and left shoe were found ten feet away. Im very concerned about the second one not being random. Ill tell you why. Both of them were on secluded jogging paths known mostly to locals. But this second one, thats out basically in a very, very rural area. There were no vague rants. There were no transients. There were no people out on the beach having a bonfire. This is a half a mile in a very rural area. I wouldnt even call it a subdivision. Who would be there . Who would know about that jogging route . Just a half a mile from her moms home. Its got to be a local. You say thats quite different from queens where there had been that area had been known to be a place where varants and others congregated . Yeah, and you know what, in fact, i can emphasize that in another way. Police have gone to another measure. Its a little unusual in Karina Vetranos case, they have actually pulled up all the or so. Transients, people out there smoking pot, littering, whatever they can find. That was done in the son of sam case. He was caught because he got a ticket by a fire hydrant and they are pulling up everybody they know in the vetrano area that had been out there loitering, so to speak, not so in this case out of boston in princeton. Its so rural, it points to a local. Thats why i think they may not be connected. Also, theyre not telling us whether second case but my bet is there is. Okay, nancy grace, thanks very much. Now lets go over to lara. George, thank you. Coming up on our big board, headsup. 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Our team of insiders standing by live for more on this mornings top stories and t. J. Holmes is with us for our first story talking about drinking and driving but not alcohol. Kind of, sort of. Talking about coffee so heres the thing. New jerseys considering a bill that would outlaw eating, Drinking Coffee while behind the wheel. If does it mean for Jersey Drivers . 200 up to 600 to 800 for a second offense. For a sip of coffee . For a sip of coffee. Up to 800 for a second offense. Focused on the Drinking Coffee but this bans all distracted driving. I cant put my mascara on either . You cant do that. The thing about the law written to say any activity unrelated to the actual operation of a car. What is that . Everything. Carrots. Talking to a fellow passenger. Putting on the makeup. Turning the radio up. Turning it down. Taking off a jacket. Anything you do in the car can be seen as distracted driving. Sounds like you think it will be hard to enforce. Might be. It is a good idea. Im sure weve all seen some crazy stuff people do while driving . But thats part of the criticism. How are you going to enforce it . A cop can see you do anything and say thats distracted driving. Its not just a matter of enforcement but a matter of getting the message out and getting ingrained in our head its all dangerous. It comes from a good place and we know that distracted driving costs lives. 2400 people no 2014 killed by distracted driving. Its serious. Even if the law doesnt pass and gets us talking about it, thinking bit and not just a matter of texting anymore. Its a lot of stuff you do. Thanks very much. Lets move on now to some medical news. Dr. Richard besser is here now and theres a brandnew study that says, rich, that people under 39 years old might not cholesterol. Tell us about it. Yeah, so a lot of people feel if you go to the doctor and dont get a blood test youre not getting good care. The committee that makes recommendations wanted to see whats the evidence that testing people under 39 for high cholesterol makes a difference . What they found there have been no studies to look at that. You want everybody to eat right, to exercise, maintain a good weight. And its not clear you want to start younger people on statins so what theyre saying is there really isnt good evidence to test healthy young adults for cholesterol. So, rich, if yore younger, you go to a doctor for yo physical, they suggest it, should you say no . I wouldnt say no. But id say why . And there are some reasons, theres certain medical conditions that can run in families that do make it worthwhile, but it shouldnt be one of these routine tests that you get your checkup and talk to your doctor and boom, they check your cholesterol. Why not get your blood checked . Its recommended for kids that are between 9 and 11 check your cholesterol to see if you have a family condition, but then after that the recommendation are that you dont start men until age 35, women until age 45 then only if they have high risk of letter disease. You end up risking labeling people. Ive seen kids labeled with, oh, they have high cholesterol when you want everybody to be doing the same thing and only do it at a point where youll decide this is when you would start a staten and do something very different. It doesnt lead to good health and theres no evidence that it really changes peoples behavior. All right, ask why. Dr. B. , thank you very much. Moving on well talk about kids and cursing now. Is it okay to let your kids slip a little bit . The author of a new book argues using profanity is actually good for us, even for our kids. Joining us now clinical psychologist dr. Elizabeth lombardo but before we get started we want to show you a favorite movies, a Little Christmas in august for you. Go ahead, roll em. Oh, fffudge, only i didnt say fudge. I said the big one. The queen mother of dirty words. The f, dash, dash, dash word. What did you say . I mean, never gets old. Never gets old. So i want to ask you, dr. Lombardo, would that have been good for him if he if we had heard the real mcc is it okay for kids to say it and if so, why . I dont think we want to encourage our children to swear. Poor ralphie was so frustrated what we want to do is give our kids the tools to express themselves and regulate their emotion. Swearing has really aggressive undertones and what we want to do is to help our children be assertive. To express themselves in a respectful way. Means what theyre trying to say. I find with my kids the times that they do it and we have not allowed it but like everybody slips like you say. Theyre doing it more for effect and almost start laughing the minute they use the word. Yeah, yeah, and so what we want to do is a, you know, what are some effective ways. If your child does verbally transgress, you know, what are you going to do about it . Has anyone else experienced that . Well, i have a 3yearold at the house and she slipped before with a fourletter word before. She did . Yes. I wonder where she got it. Im more so proud that it was used properly. Im like, its a bad word but thats good word usage. Id love to know how but im sure we cant share. I know i may have slipped. My kids are afraid to curse and yeah . Yeah. They actually yell at me and its gotten to the point where we do the dollar jar. We do the dollar jar but i dont hear it from them which im glad and i dont want to hear them say it. Dr. B. , what do you think . In that movie when ralphie slipped they stuck a bar of soap in his mouth. You definitely do not want to go with the wash their mouth out with soap approach. My wife slips a lot more than our kids slip and we dont make a big deal dr. B. We were playing miniature golf on saturday night down at the shore and she slipped a lot and it was our son who called her out and said, hey, mom, there are kids around so, you know, you set the standard and everyone calls each other t when rich, if i threw my wife under the bus like that, id get in so much trouble. Im going to be in big trouble after the show. She doesnt get the bar of soap. Thats not the answer. At the end of the day, where do we stand on this . Is it ever okay for kids to use expressions like that . I personally say no. I prefer they wait until theyre a little more its really its a personal thing and want to communicate what your beliefs are to your children and make sure they abide by your rules. Thanks to all of you. Coming up a faceoff at the olympics. Who has the best game face . 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Gymnasts are known for their gravitydefying fl you see their facial expressions caught on camera, you get an idea of just how much theyre putting their bodies through. Take a look at this north korean gymnast as she competes in a qualifier. She is really concentrating. A lot going on there. Then this gymnast from india captured making we can call it an interesting face while performing on the vault. And shes upside down. Thats the japanese gymnast screaming on the inside. There we have the indian gymnast making that face while performing on the vault and then even we have u. S. Favorite simone biles, yep, there she is. Midflip, making a very comedic face, im not sure whats going through her mind but shes definitely concentrating. With moves like she has she can make whatever face she wants. We just want to see her take home gold. I understand, lara, you have someone with you in new york who might know a thing or two about being caught on camera with an interesting expression. Heck yeah, we have gymnast Mckayla Maroney. Hi, guys. Your game face launched a million memes. It seemed like you were saying, hmm, not impressed. Definitely. Was that what you were trying to say. No. I wasnt in the moment thinking this was a face i was trying to make. It was a feeling. It was an emotion and i got back to the village and my dad was like you might want to now about everything thats happening because in london its like we i was focused the next day i was like, we had to go to the allaround and support those girls so it its like i wasnt ready for that. Weve got more with you coming up. Stick around. Pregnancy is an exciting time, but you may experience common discomforts. Introducing trunatal from one a day. Trunatal is a new line of products designed to address discomforts with nausea relief and regularity support. Add trunatal from one a day a leading consumer testing publication recently tested the top laundry detergents. 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Nobody was living in the mobile home at the time. The roof collapsed and they had to make sure it wouldnt catch anything else on fire. It is going to be a hot and humid day, we are warming up to the 8 00 hour, from there we keep climbing to 94 by 9 00 a. M. Hundreds set in by 1 00 this afternoon. Before we hit a high of 104 today. We are going to get a surge in monsoon moisture the next 24 hours, and that is going to bring up the Storm Chances. A slight chance of storms in the phoenix metro area by this evening but a better chance for storms as we go into tonight and through the day tomorrow. That chance up to 70 , and any storms that do manage to develop will have potential of producing so, make sure that you are staying alert and turn around, dont drown. Avoid driving through flooded roads or watches. 100 today. Dropping to 90s as Storm Chances go up. Drive time, sluggish on it 10, earlier crash. 17minute desert drive time eastbound from 101 to 17. Bulk eases near 51st avenue. A look from a dot, a crash in loop 101, southbound and you are not really seeing too much extra slowing because of that. Coming up, the mothers of 3 u. S. Gymnast stars speaking out aboult their daughters as about their daughters as they go good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking overnight, terror on the ferris wheel. I have three kids that fell from the ferris wheel, three kids. Three girls rushed by helicopter to a hospital after falling nearly 50 feet. Well have the latest on their recovery and the investigation this morning. Two women joggers killed. Both out on a run in broad daylight. The danger they didnt see our safety expert here with how you can protect yourself. . Cant stop me no . And oscar winner meryl streep live in times square singing a new tune and opening up about her biggest role yet. Whats next for the queen of the big screen . Meryl and orge oneonone. . Time to get the chains out . All eyes on team usa. The gymnasts dazzling the world in a gma exclusive just hours performance of their lives. Amy talks with their moms before the competition. Are they going to take home the gold . For sure. No doubts . No doubts. Plus, olympic medalist Dominique Dawes and Mckayla Maroney are here live as we say both good morning, america. And good morning, america. It is great to have paula and jesse here with us today. Olympics, amy is in rio as well and has an exclusive with the moms of the game nationals competing today. Also, you may have noticed some marks on Michael Phelps back. Its part of a literally hot therapy trend. Its calling cupping and well get into the Science Behind it. A lot of athletes are using it and people swear by it. Well talk about why it works, does it work, all that. Well share it here but we did not give paula enough time in a new olympic event. The new one is sprinting from the news desk or from the anchor desk to the news desk. Judges awards. Well done. Thanks, guys. Good morning to you, and the big story this morning, another terrifying incident at an Amusement Park in tennessee where a ferris wheel car flipped over sending three girls plummeting 30 to 45 feet to the ground. Authorities say the girls were alert and talking to police last night. At least one of them is in serious condition with a head injury. Ride inspectors are due on the scene today to determine what went wrong. And we do have new details about that young boy who died on a water slide in kansas. Police say 10yearold caleb schwab suffered a fatal neck injury. Witnesses say that his body was not in the threeperson raft when it reached the bottom. Now, the two women in the raft with him only suffered minor facial injuries. There is a 400weight minimum for each raft. But investigators are not saying if that was a factor in the accident. Voiced concerns in the past about the water slides lap belts not working properly. And a fastmoving wildfire in Southern California has now spread across ten square miles. Thousands of homes are threatened about 60 miles east of los angeles. Schools and some roads are closed. Dry brush is fueling that fire. In politics in morning donald trump faces stinging new criticism from members of his own party. Republican senator Susan Collins of maine is refusing to vote for trump saying that he shows disregard for common decency and 50 prominent gop National Security experts have signed a letter claiming that trump is unqualified, dangerous and reckless. Trump fired back calling them part of the failed washington elite and saying they are the reason why the world is, quote, such a mess. And the parents of two americans killed in benghazi are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. Patricia smith and Charles Woods private email server contributed to the deaths of their sons. Smith is a trump supporter who spoke at the republican convention. And delta has canceled hundreds of flights again today in the aftermath of that computer failure blamed on a power outage. Aging technology could be to blame. The airline is offering refunds, as well as vouchers. And some shocking video for you from a colorado highway. This woman, she was not just texting while driving. Look at this, she also has her leg up on the dashboard. A passenger in another car shot the video saying she couldnt believe that anyone could be that reckless. And it is time for an olympic update this morning, so lets go back to amy at the olympics desk with the headlines from rio where, amy, it could be a really big day for the americans. Oh, lets hope it is. Its definitely a busy day for team usa, paula. Simone biles and the womens Gymnastics Team going for gold today, and Michael Phelps will try to win his 20th gold medal. Record winning gold in the 100meter backstroke and 30yearold David Plummer won bronze. Plummer is the oldest swimmer since 1912 to medal during his olympic debut. And 19yearold lilly king won gold in the 100meter breaststroke setting an olympic record and defeating her russian rival. Lilly said, quote, i did it clean, backing up her tough talk in reference to the russian doping scandal. Lets take a look at the medal count, the u. S. Has the lead this morning with 19 including five golds. China is in second Place Overall with 13 medals, and we had to share this, ryan lochte tweeted video of his 95yearold grandmother carrying the olympic torch or a version of it anyway to cheer him on. Lochte competes in the 200meter medley tomorrow, but there is so much to look forward to today. Go, team usa, everybody. Indeed, lets go. Thanks, amy. Jesse, what you got . We got time for pop news, guys. Announcement in the air this morning from phil collins. You hear that. You gave me the great tip. The grammy winner was going to be performing at the Opening Night ceremonies at the u. S. Open tennis august 29th, awesome kicking off with none other than in the air tonight. Collins has two more upcoming projects, an autobiography called not dead yet and a new album entitled the singles. Both expected in october. You guys ready . . . I can feel it coming in the air of tonight . Hold, hold on, hold on. Not hold on there. It aint happening. We never saw that one coming. Im so never can see that. Never anticipated that one. Anyway, next up, more exciting news, and it aint no lie, guys. nsync is reuniting, but its okay. . Bye bye bye . I think ginger is the number one nsync fan. Ginger . Where is she when you need her the most . On vacation in michigan. Timberlake snapped in epic photo. At a 40th Birthday Party to say the least ginger is singing to herself . This is tearing up my heart. The photo wracking up almost 400,000 likes in five hours and ginger and so many others miss that boy band and the epic fashion. You got a thing going on this week. A lot of singing. You just did two in a row with singing. Thats for sure but now you have to figure out a way to sing in this next story. One thing youre not doing is singing. Thats for sure. You have to figure out a way to sing in this next spot. I dont know if i can do this. Rio news. Something in rio news. So you thought you saw Leonardo Dicaprio competing at the games. Maybe . Seems like a lot of other people saw potentially leo doppelganger. The silver medal in the mens team archery event. Fans were convinced the threetime olympian looks just like the Academy Award winner. Let me see. We got a picture of him anywhere, guys . No . Its not me. I cant shoot archery. There was actually a real celebrity there, though, and that was matthew mcconaughey. All right, all right, all right. He was proudly wearing a team jersey. No photos here, just take my word for it. You did two of those without the photos. Thanks, upstairs. Not that theres anything wrong theres nothing wrong with visualizing Leonardo Dicaprio and matthew mcconaughey. Especially with an archery situation. I got george making fun of me about that. Im left out to dry. I was feeling for you. And then no video. No pictures. No video. Maybe you could sketch what he looked like. Can you sketch him . Do this for you. Show you. My best usain bolt. All right. Speaking of rugby, the australians may have taken home brazilian player went home with something better. And that was a proposal. An olympian stepped out of the pitch. It did not look like she expected that at all. Im being told to bail out by the producer. Its done. In my ear, jesse, get out. Weve got no video. Imagine that too. That was valiant, guys. Valiant. Thank you. Whoo participation medal. Yes. This rioinspired olympic spot news. Now read the morning menu. Yeah, we got a look at whats coming up. Ill walk and talk now, everybody. Heres whats coming up on the gma morning menu. We got a safety alert about protecting yourself while jogging. After all those tragic murders, our safety expert is here to show you that. Plus, were talking a little bit about the science and one of the hottest Olympic Health trends, cupping, does it really work . It looks painful. Not painful at all. But its got a lot of benefits, i understand. As team usa goes for gold, Dominique Dawes and Mckayla Maroney are here kicking off the a lot of teams find the rhythm. All that coming up live on gma. Unless someone got buried. To the fullbacks. Gearheads. And those with green thumbs. Even those who get a little icky. To all the beautiful mess makers, keep it up. With delta in2ition plus h2okinetic, you can. See what delta can do. Ve my students. I want them to be successful. I cant imagine doing anything else. I was twentyeight years old when i felt my first lump. A year later i found out i had breast cancer. 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I mean, theres no way of saying why it happened but in your experience, what advice do you have in light of these two crimes . You know, when looking at womens survival and safety kind of a twopronged approach. How do you prevent the situation from happening and then if you cant prevent it how do you physically defend yourself. When you looking at the prevention side, you can do some preliminary work like really pick a safe route. Dont pick something thats remote. Pick something that you can actually go to a safe location if you are caught off guard and en be with someone. Dont go alone. Go with someone you know or your dog and also dont do the same thing every day. Right . Yeah, best routine is no routine when it comes to your personal security. I thought that was a great line. Definitely because you dont want to be predictable and dont want a potential stalker to be able to catch you off guard. All these tips are so important. And also, if you dont feel like the path is safe, dont go. Listen to that intuition inside. Either get to a treadmill, get to your gym and still get your workout in. Also when youre running, you its called Situational Awareness so youre tactically more aware of your surroundings. It can save your life. Great example with running, cut the distractions out. Dont be listening to your ear phones. Everyone loves listening to your favorite track list but i challenge you to go out and have a new mindful experience and experience nature and just be aware. You were listening if you hear footsteps, if something doesnt feel right and also i like the no routine is the best routine. Really good advice and also just the fact youve got to do it with somebody, i mean, in light of these two theyre both women jogging alone. If for some reason you come across a problem, do you have some simple moves that we could learn from you right now . I have a lot. Im going to highlight sought combatives for you. Its some basic upper and lower body moves. Im going to invite my attacker. Dont worry, im not going to hurt him. The first just to let you know combatives, form your body eyes but for a woman whos much shorter its going to be hard to necessarily get to access someones face so the first thing i want to show you is a lower body combative. Its a defensive push kick, and im taking the ball of my foot into the groin of the attacker. And im using my hip as a power force to gather as much power and strength i can. Its just an example. When i do that do that defensive body kick, the body came down and now i can use upper body combatives like a palm strike which is better for women. The heel of your palm is much less fragile than the fist, for example, the knuckles. A palm strike obviously not to his face but to the pad im driving through. You would want us to do that to the face. Exactly. Onetwo punch, the lower and then rate to the face. Its a great way just to highlight strategy. How do i actually use these combatives to work so im going for the lower body and going for the face with my palm strike and also another example is a hammer fist, its similar to banging on its another great adaptation for the side of your fist to target the back of someones head. For example, if i had him down here and i had access to the back of the head, i could use it and then escape to a safe location. Theres a lot i could show you. Its a great start, though. It is a great start. Definitely a great start and women can see they can use their bodies. Okay, avital, thanks so much. Thank you. We will be right back and were going to talk about Michael Phelps making a mark in the pool. You saw those marks on his shoulder and back so well talk whats behind the cupping and whethe neutrogena . Hydro boost water gel. Instantly quenches skin to keep it. Supple and hydrated. Day. After day. With hydrating hyaluronic acid, which retains up to 1000 times its weight. In water. 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Everything old is enough again. Im going to ask you, jill, its like an inverse massage. Whats it doing for our muscles and bodies . Its like doing massage in reverse. Its pulling up and if you can imagine a tight, tense muscle, how good that feels when it pulls up and loosens the fascia, it also brings lots of blood to the area so its clearing away debris and its repairing tissue. Its a good thing. But couldnt you just do that with massage . To see Michael Phelps with those big circles on his shoulder and back, why wouldnt he have his physical trainer massaging it . The circles are all the blood thats moved to the area. And if you can imagine taking debris away and realigning muscle fibers, its a much deeper modality than massage in some ways. We should be clear, though, lara, in western medicine we forgot to mention theres heat involved. Hot cupping. Theres fire involved. There is. Why is there heat involved . Oxygen out of the cup and then it sucks up the air. And literally sucks your skin. Logan, your skin looks like a ball of your skin. How does it feel . Its great. Its super relaxing. It is . Uhhuh. Youre in the zone right now. In the zone. You know youre on Live National television. Its very comfortable. Just checking. Hes getting body hickeys. Those are not the medical term. What are you going to say, jen . We have to be clear, in western peer review medical literature, there is scant to no Scientific Data to support whether or not it works. There are some reports that people feel better but need to remember this has been done for thousands of years and just because we havent studied it doesnt mean theres no validity there. You just have to proceed with caution, go to a licensed therapist, one who specializes in traditional chinese medicine or acupuncture or cupping and understand that it needs more study auto oh, but its all and myofascial decompression, that tight band of tissue that encapsulates our muscles and the thinking is that suction cup loosens it up and brings more blood flow to the area and speeds recovery and flexibility and bring more blood flow to the area but it definitely needs more study. Logan seems happy and comfortable and, jill, this is for people who have tight muscles. Just for athletes or is it a great way to just decompress . Traditionally its been used for all sorts of things including gynecology and digestive problems but we use it a lot for people with muscular problems. And you will have those little red marks if you do it, but logan ses it. I want to say thank you to jill and thank you to dr. Jen and want to get right out to rob for a look at the weather. All right, lara, those red marks means you are committed. This crowd is committed. What time did you get here . 3 00 a. M. 3 00 a. M. Eastern time. My goodness. Take a look of this. Southeast coast including the florida panhandle. This is what happened in st. Petersburg west of tampa. Bigtime rain there and pain in pasco county, as well. That stubborn low continues to sit and spin so flooding rain along the coastline, locally over six inches over the next and coming up, amys exclusive interview with team usas moms as their gymnasts go for the gold today in rio. And meryl streep singing a new tune on the big screen. There she is. Cant wait to talk to her live. The time is 8 27, this morning we are learning more about a deadly rescue in the valley, a veterinarian died after he was trapped in an underground storage unit, the 2 people who tried to rescue him are in critical condition. This happening late last night near 3rd and carefree highway, mcso and fire officials were calld reports of 3 people found unconscious. We are told the unit in question held grain and water from last weeks rain was drained, it caused oxygen levels to drop to less than 4 , impossible for the men to breathe. Family and friends say bill tryon will be missed. The greatest person you are known. As close to a jesus figure as you can get. You, do not go to confined spaces. Our top story, the rain on its way, iris. Storm chances going up later today. Right now the valley is all dry. I am, though, tracking a few storms, we will watch those over the next few hours, casa grande, a chance of a sea storm through the next few hours as well. The dust threat will be there as storms develop to the south but the flooding threat will by this evening. Phoenix metro area under a Flash Flood Watch after 5 00, Flash Flood Watch until 11 00 tomorrow. We could get flash flooding especially tonight and through the day tomorrow. Malory. You are going to see delays right now as you are headed northbound on the 101, we had a stalled vehicle. It has been cleared, but still, 15 minute desert drive time 202 until shay boulevard. Right hand side, loop 101, 35th avenue, you will see a little . I got the eye of the tiger . Welcome back to gma. There you see them right there, team usa going for the gold today in rio. Biggest night of the lives of the gymnasts and well hear from their moms in just a moment. Yeah, the women behind the women. And former gymnast Dominique Dawes and Mckayla Maroney are with us on how to handle all that pressure those women are going through at the olympics and also how to get the gold. Theyre going to help us kick off our own gma games with a battle of rhythmic gymnastics and there are some of the competitors warming up. Were going to see a lot more of that coming up. Tory johnson is here with Innovative New foods for your family. Chili granola. Ooh. Coffee foam and a whole lot more. I hope youre doing the tasting on that. Going for the gold in the allaround competition today and amy sat down exclusively with the ones they rely on more than their coaches, their moms. Shes in rio for us. Hello, amy, again. Hey, lara, thats right. For these five young women going for gold today everything theyve done in their lives has led up to this moment but, you know, they are not the only ones feeling the pressure, their moms are feeling it too but could not be more prouof three of the most ferocious fighters on the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team. Simone biles. Masterfully put together. Bar routine eighth a stuck landing. Gabby douglas. And laurie hernandez. All wowing the crowd sunday night in qualifying rounds. We caught up with their moms between the action at the p g family home in rio before they competition, fighting for the group gold medal. Youve been here before. Yeah. Youve been through all the excitement and nerves. How is rio been for you, natalie . I think its different because gabrielle is four years older and to see the way shes handling everything now. More settled. Move grounded. For nelly biles, her daughter simone stepping into the olympic spotlight for the first time. The pressure on simone, does she feel it and all the commentators are saying shes going to win five gold medals. Thats pressure. I think simone tries real hard not to Pay Attention to what the expectation is of others. I believe theres more pressure on me than on simone because i am so nervous. I mean, i am just a wreck. I want to know what it was like when you were with your daughters and saw their commercials run for the first time. The first time i saw simones commercial it really brought tears to my eyes. Oh, yeah, i can go bigger. I said she really has moves i was just overwhelmed by the beauty which she portrayed. And as their daughters prepare to compete tonight the moms are taking it all in, laurie, the first u. S. Hispanic born gymnast to make the olympic team in 30 years. Talk about being a proud mom. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] proud, very proud of laurie and grateful for the moment. There were days i would get discouraged and shed be like, lets do this, mom with a big smile. U. S. Womens Gymnastics Team. Are they going to take home the gold . For sure. Were contemplating it. No doubt . No doubt. No doubt. The one thing this team still need, guys, is a nickname. The 1996 Gold Medal Team was known as the magnificent seven and you may remember the 2012 crew was called the fierce five so what happens on that floor tonight could shape what we call the ladies of 2016. But, lara, i love this one they they said glam quad because it spells out their names, i like it. We have two former olympic gymnasts, Dominique Dawes, Mckayla Maroney, guys, so happy to hear your perspective. Ill start with you, dominique. Youve been there and know exactly what these girls are feeling right now. How do you think that theyre handling the pressure . Whats it like for them as they approach this massive competition today . I would s t last night they did not get a very good sound sleep. I remember being extremely nervous before the 96 olympic games. However, throughout the day, theyre really going to do their normal routine. Theyre have their normal training, eat what they normally eat and dom back and theyll focus on certain affirmations to make sure they have the right mindset but i guarantee those moms did not have a great night of sleep either. What was it like for your mom . Do you remember . I can only imagine. I cant watch my daughter play im a mother of two girls and i get nervous when my two and a half years and 11monthold many times. I cant speak for my mothers perspective but my coach was nervous. She was a huge support system to me as well. They spend more time with their coaches than their mothers. Mckayla, i want to ask. You had that game face. We love having you with us. You were a member of the 2012 team that won gold. I know injuries derailed you from being at this olympics. You know these girls personally. How would you say that the girls, the glam squad i love that name. What you know about them. Theyre doing amazing. I talked to aly today. Its their normal. Its their everyday routine and theyll go out and do their thing. Theyll have fun and enjoy it and hope flooe at the end of the day come home with a gold medal. What do you think they do in the moments before . I was a competitive diver. How do you control your out there and have to look totally composed and we talked about game faces were seeing. How do they do it today . For myself i always relied on my faith. I always had a prayer in my head, i can do all things through christ who strengthens me. Many of those girls may have the same and affirmations and prelims they were ten point as head of the nearest competition so they dont have pressure. Theres no competitors out there that are close to them. Their biggest competition is between themselves. Yeah. You guys will be watching, i know. Definitely. So excited. So excited. They are amazing and so are you. Please come back. Be with us. We want your insight throughout the games. Mckayla, give us the face. There it is. Shes not impressed. We are so impressed with you guys. I want to say you can see lightning r lightn lightning round interviews with on our website goodmorningamerica. Com and you can see rob right now. Doing weather and doing rhythmic gymnastics. You guys fans of gymnastics . Yes, i love gymnastics. Lets talk about the weather. We have Severe Weather across the northern tier. Later on this afternoon could see big hail and strong wind, maybe a few tornadoes. Northeast another Beautiful Day but starting to heat things up from chicago to boston over the next three days. So enjoy the dry levels of humidity. We will start to crank it up later. West coast looks to be nice. And this Weather Report is brought to you by neutrogena. We have a brand new episode of gingers original series food forecast exploring how to how climate and weather affects the grapes in napa valley. Are you kidding me . And what those vintners are doing to adapt to a changing climate. That out. You can see that on the abcnews. Com. And the abc news app on your smartphone devices. She did not bring back any samples for us. Thank you, ron. Back to meryl streep, the saw of the new so kind. She asked how my wife is doing. Thank you for being so courteous. Playing Florence Foster jenkins and an heiress who charmed a sold out concert at Carnegie Hall. Sold all kinds o despite the fact she couldnt sing. I think madam florence might need a little more preparation before she sings in public. Weve been rehearsing for a month. I know, but from time to time she can be a little hmm. Flat. Flat . A tad. Just a tad. Carlo edwards didnt mention any flatness and he is the we cant be talking about the same singer. As for her subblocking pressure, it defies medical science. And meryl streep joins us right now. I thought the same thing when i heard you sing in that movie yesterday. Defies medical science. How do you do it . Well, it was to sing badly. To sing badly . To sing badly, yeah. Surprisingly easy, sadly. No, it was great fun. She was very specific in how she sang. Tell people about her because she was actually quite famous for a little while in her day. She was. She was someone who was it was 1944. Middle of the war. And she was a woman who just loved music. And she gave lots of money away to the symphony and to all sorts of Musical Enterprises in the whats the word sucked up to her a little bit and she was encouraged in her in her pursuit of music. She was like a lot of people in the audience who basically would love to be on stage, but she had the money to do it. She could do it. Alsos give everybody a little bit of a taste of what the voice sounded like. Lets listen. Lets get started. . Ah, aaah . Shes remarkable, isnt she . Remarkablis it. But youre actually a great singer. Oh. In real life. Is it harder to sing well or badly . Its harder to sing well. Yeah. I did these are very difficult arias. She picked the toughest music, the highest soprano, and so i learned to sing them as well as i could and then let myself go i love the idea you had because she did get to sing at Carnegie Hall and you guys recreated that and you said for the first take you wanted the camera to be all on the audience. Yes, we had 500 unsuspecting they had no idea. Yes, extras there and i thought we should go out and just do a concert because that reaction would never be the same. You know, they thought meryl streep is going to sing and and they got meryl streep singing. Those reactions in the movie are actual, honest reactions. You caused kind of a reaction for me at the democratic convention. We were there covering it. I had my back turned to the stage when i heard this incredible high pitch scream. Wooo sounds like someone is being murdered. Very primal. You enjoyed it up there, huh . Like as a cheerleader in bernards high school. I didnt realize that i had done that actually. I just was swept up with the moment. It was pretty amazing. Well, it was clear moment in history. And you swept up a lot of people in the moment. The movie is charming. Thanks for coming in today. Thanks. Florence Foster Jenkins hits theaters friday. Were going to be right back with tory johnson. She has so . 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And back now with our gma games inspired by the olympics. We have some of the worlds most talented journalists athletes and theyre going headtohead this morning. Its all about the rhythmic gymnastics. Yes, looking for the rhythm, people. Lets bring out our teams. First up the ladies, team star, weve got sara haines, paula faris and rachel smith. Representing, these ladies have been training all year for this demanding event. Can they do it . Can they beat the team of rob marciano, gio benitez and secret weapon 2012 olympic Gold Medalist Mckayla Maroney. Team stripes. However both teams will have to impress our esteemed judge. She is 1996 olympic Gold Medalist none other than the gymnast Dominique Dawes. So are we ready . We are going to kick this thing off and start with team stars. Take your spots, and, of course. Very gymnast strut out to the main strange performing to katie perrys fireworks. . cause, baby youre a firework . . Come on show em what youre worth . . Make em go oh, oh, oh . . As you shoot across the sky . Wow. Flexibility by paula faris. Centerpiece. They did not get wrapped up in there. S what do you think, dominique. Very impressive. I can tell they practiced all morning for this. At least for 45 minutes. Any no, not yet. Now we introduce team stripes out onto the platform. You have a secret weapon. You have an actual olympian, so please. Performing to eye of the tiger. Take it away, guys. . Its the eye of the tiger its the thrill of the fight . . Rising up to the challenge of our rival . . And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night . . And hes watching us all with the eye of the tiger . Whoa i was very impressed with that front walkover and rhythmic gymnastics. This is obviously going to be something, very, very tight. I understand there is a deduction. Im just going to deduct the flip. That was a little too impressive, mckayla. You can deduct because it was impressive . Thats a thing . It was great. 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