. . . . Teammates, close friends, medalists tonight in rio, biles and raisman. That brings us to a look at the medal count of day six. Presented by m journeys toward olympic gold. Another big day and night for the americans, with five golds overall. While the United States owns more gold medals than any other country in olympic history, fiji won a gold in rugby for its first medal of any kind. A nation with a population less than delaware, fiji loves rugby like no other sport. Children grow up with a ball in their hands. Entire villages huddle around radios and small tvs to listen play. And today, fans packed the 15,000seat national stadium. There you see it, in the capital city. And they watched the gold medal match won by their countrymen there tonight. Meanwhile, turning back to the headliners here in rio, a group that included aly raisman, winning a silver medal and the performance of her life in the all around. Raisman has five medals in her distinguished olympic career, three of them gold. Tonights silver for raisman, came on a a pair of athletes that clearly rank among the best ever in their respective sports. Over five olympics, Michael Phelps has set records that likely will never be broken. Maybe not even approached. While over merely five days, simone biles has left an impression that will never be forgotten. Two champions who once again tonight, not only won, but truly outdistanced their competition. Still, there was another Simone Manuel became the first africanamerican woman to win an individual olympic swimming medal. Manuel, a 20yearold from sugarland, texas, tied for the gold with canadian penny oleksiak, with Sarah Sjostrom of sweden winning the bronze. A rarity as the canadian and American National anthems are played. . . . . Ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of the United States of america. . . . . Ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of canada. . . . . And Ryan Seacrest is coming up on late night. After late local news. And that program will include my interview with simone biles and aly raisman. For now, so long from rio. Checking the big picture tonight from rio go Michael Phelps picking up goal number 22. Tonight we catch up with his neighbors were in rio. The pay tribute to those who got the olympic spotlight. I have the picture to prove it. An hours long chase involving a stolen tow truck on fire comes to an end. Woman battling Breast Cancer , as she fights for her life, she fights to get her job back. The cardinals preseason starting in a matter of hours. Hello from rio, its night full of thrilling competition. First of all, womens gymnastics, what a night. Simone biles with a onetwo punch, miles bring home the gold, reisman the silver, shining once again and also tonight, Michael Phelps and ryan laurendi the duel in the pool, getting in the water for the very last time. I know that we are following Michael Phelps is dominating in the pool and not even his biggest rival can stop him. Blowing away brian lahti and everyone else for that matter to win his or gold medal. The victory the 200 m individual medley means hes now picked up his 22nd gold medal in his olympic career. The race touted as the last showdown between two of americas greatest swimmer so theres really never been any question upper hand. Phelps finishing a full body length ahead of the field, dominating. He got emotional on the medal podium. Hes now the first swimmer ever to win the same event as for olympics in a row. Tonight he talked about the out of this world a competent. Winning four in a row, with the announcer said that, i had a hard time holding it together. And something, its very special , being able to win 22 olympic medals. Its something you dream up. Im just living a dream come true. Nice to see the moment on the podium is still meaningful. For so many. Now he owns a record fifth teen individual golds, 22 golds in all, he races tonight for fly which will only see on 12 years. I got caught up with his neighbors and they were here in rio to cheer him on. Youll hear from them in just a few moments. The other big story, simone biles taking on the gold, Allie Reisman the silver for womens gymnastics they were absolutely the gymnastics individual allaround, simone biles bounce back to win her second consecutive gold the near perfect 14. Excited, happy and proud. If there is a gold medal for best decorated home would have to go to every olympics, he puts up more and more decorations and flags to highlight his favorite events. Even puts tv in his driveway for neighbors to come by and watch the games. Tonight, we are joined with the watch party. Route here, theres a lot going on. A lot of cars stopping by to take a look at some of the video we shot earlier, lots of out your walking her dog. This is getting a lot of attention. He started decorating when he first got this house and is no longer limited by homeowners association. This year he put up numerous flags hanging from his garage as well as statue of liberty. The American Flag is always in the center, his wife is japanese so they keep the japanese flag prominently displayed as well. I would say the olympics are like christmas for some people. To. The thing that gives you a lift. Next olympics and took you so i will go to them. Believe it or not, these decorations dont compare to when he decorated for the past couple of the games but it looks like he went all out to me. These decorations will stay up until the monday after closing hopefully another arizona athlete will be bringing home the gold. Im talking about Brady Ellison who competes tomorrow in the individual challenge for archery. He happens to be living in close at the moment. The standard archer going for the gold tomorrow morning in the individual events. He beat out fellow us teammate and hunting buddy Jake Kaminsky earlier this week to advance to the finals. He was born taking part in his third olympics. He won a silver medal this past weekend and the team archery competition. Now brophy is a making a big debut on the olympic stage. Taking part in his first big olympic competing in the mens 110 m hurdles. Tonight, hes talking about his faith and his family back in my family and friends, they always pushed me and encouraged me and pushed me to be the best. Whether it be sports or any other aspect in life. There a big part of why im here today. Will be there, wishing him the very best. Lets talk about median is a jones. I dont know if if youve been following her. She is a huge olympics fan so she was basically documenting herself watching the lyrics from home, to all sorts of commentary and posting it on twitter and snapchat. Her post went viral. She is here, she writes today. I stalked her and found her and theres a picture, she was literally and i was the creeper that went up and said it think and gracious about the whole thing. I personally cant wait to see the coverage within our family. She is a right. Ive seen any of her . Ive only seen once appropriate for tv. You see the olympic spirit. I love her by but i love the nbc sought. So begins,. She called herself a stalker and the creeper. We have breaking news to get to right now. Fire judgment a fiery car chase team 12 is near the 202 where this all played out. It ended in a fiery ball of play. The tow truck is, you can see the damage and the mass that was left on the road. All this started around 4 pm when the suspect stole a tow truck, police say the tow truck was running when the suspect jumped in around 36th avenue. Would end here untiring boulevard. The suspect hailing out after dps officers used stop six used stop 625 and tires. Those tires would have eventually burst into flames which is when a suspect jumped out. That man was in his 30s drove from phoenix down south on the i tend. He came back north, got if all the suspect the entire time from the air, patrol officers stayed back about a mile or so before they moved in when the checkout fire. Police k9 assisted in arresting the suspects were catching them he bailed out. That man now in custody, hes charged with stealing a vehicle and aggravated assault. The good news, no one else was injured in this chase. Police need your help finding this man. They say he shot and killed a 7 eleven clerk during an Armed Robbery monday near 16th street. The 36yearold suspect the victims family pleading with the public to find the killer. Theres an 11,000 reward for any information that leads to his arrest. Another big story is elevated teacher battling she used to work at the Adobe Mountain school operated by the state department in phoenix. Her friend says the prison they cut her loose the cash needed to take time off to get treatment. We cant talk to her because shes in the hospital recovering from yet another surgery she has no idea how shes going to pay for because along with losing her job in the middle treatment, she is that without insurance as well. Shes halfway through Breast Cancer treatment, chemo, radiation, surgery and a life threatening staph infection. Fred said her boss at Adobe Mountain juvenile detention wouldnt give her the time off. The only approved partial day absences. Reporter she says terror burned through time off in a time. She offered to make it up during her lunch hour and they denied that. Reporter just to speak unpaid time off for another surgery. Fred tells 12 news, would not be coming back. Was a huge shock. Losing your job, losing your insurance, still going to the infection is not clearing up. She loves her job. She was hands down one of my best teachers. Reporter carissa supervised her and there in shock shes not coming back. Everyone is checking up on her making sure shes okay. Seeing how she was being treated by people to start to fill negatively in morale starting to decline. Check it decline so much, she quit. In a statement the department of juvenile corrections tells 12 news tara was separated from state employment for the statement says the department values every employee and is committed to the fair and equal treatment of employees according to the law. Recovering. She has more planned and still no insurance but even with all that, she still wants to go back to work at Adobe Mountain. She still wants to go back . Shes that committed. So the governor can see the story and say thats acceptable. Thats what they are encouraging. Anyone who wants to reach out and help contact the governor. I would hope he would do something. Its nice to see her fellow employees standing up next to her. Months in 2016 bringing flooding. And a toad in the road. We have all access to real games. Turns out Michael Phelps Paradise Valley neighbors came down to real to cheer him on and we caught up with them. Run ladies hair changing color like the diving pool. Summer olympics back. The Arizona Cardinals preseason getting under way and because an open road is always calling your name. Because every moment counts. Midfirst bank will always be true to your money with Convenient Services that help you maximize the joys in life. Midfirst bank. True to your money. Michael phelps and ryan and ryan lochte dueling in the pool for the very last time tonight. Here at the rio olympics and in the meantime, phelpss neighbors from Paradise Valley, were here also. I got a chance to catch up with them and talk to them about what its like to say a neighbor the most decorated olympian of then one clear destination, the Aquatic Center to watch their friend and neighbor Michael Phelps go after even more gold. Im involved with the coaching at asu. Im happy for all of them. They are neighbors to michael, his fiancie nicole and the baby boy boomer in Paradise Valley. Not even the concerns over zika or security could keep them away. If you live scared, youll never do anything thats enjoyable or memorable. Something that could happen anywhere. This is my fourth of the names and weve been fortunate and traveled around the world. The kids wanted to go to the olympics and made a great time in london. I want to show south america to them. Here they are, the whole family in rio. Watching the neighbor and friend make even more history. Talk about family neighbors, coming on which we out cheer Michael Phelps on. Thats pretty cool. Is time to sign off from the rio olympics but just for tonight because tomorrow, well be at archery, our very own Brady Ellison going for the gold and of course, well bring you the very best and only right here on 12 news. Weve all talked about green water in the pool in real but theres Something Else that has turned green. Ryan lochte hair. His silver hair became tinged, turned green after winning the gold. I guess he forgot what chlorine can do to the hair. Aggressive bid to host its third big games in 2024. They say they have an advantage because their end of district infrastructure. Is that housing to accommodate visitors 97 of the need venues are already there. We dont have any concerns about visitors coming to la to enjoy 6 billion and supporters the sponsorships, ticket sales and broadcast rights would easily cover the costs. Time to take a look at the medal count for the us. Theres dirty eight, 38, 16 goal, 12 silver 10 runs. They are leading in the count. China is second with 30. The Arizona Cardinals of phoenix stadium tonight at seven. Caplets are here. They will host the Oakland Raiders in their preseason opener. What can we expect. Keeping the streak alive, every game has been a sellout. 105 straight games and counting. Cardinals first round draft pick days until tomorrow night opener , number 74 is the Team Starting right tackle. This is saying a lot about player who didnt suit up for play a single game last year. Not anymore. Hes worked hard and earned the doing it like that and not revert to the old things. The starters are expected to play tennis 15 stamps. They could see more playing time. Mounts monsoon storms earlier this morning dropped heavy rain across the east valley. Flooding these court in mesa. In this is supposed to happen. This is how the Community Design the area to send floodwaters during heavy rain. Several crew spent the day cleaning storm drains so the water can flow freely through the sewer system. The flooding is carrying toads away from their homes, he appears to be calling out to find friends and family but will most likely have to wait for the land to dry. He sounds more like a duck. Thats why they want answering. [ laughter ]dcl big they get . Those things are gigantic. Unfortunately, the rain is trying out so we will see a cooling trend temperatures will go up as we head to the next couple days. Its been nice and cool out there. Look at some of these temperatures, today, 90 degrees. That was the high at phoenix sky harbor. Yesterday it was 101. Well go back for the next few days. Nothing happening on satellite and radar, completely different story for what we were talking about 24 hours ago. With very high rainfall totals for the first over mesa, 1. 65 inches, down in gilbert, the same and yesterday night we saw 1. 73 on the far west. Some locations a little bit of rainfall. For tomorrow, no one will see the rain, no chance whatsoever. High temperature 104, 100 degrees by the time that sun goes down. There is a slight storm chance of the white mountains, monsoon in the three over there, one in the valley and two of the northern arizona. For the next couple days heres a pattern High Pressure moving into the region, will see a huge warming trend. Temperatures 107 by tuesday. The good in, tonight it will be clear because were in for quite a show. The meteor shower will peak around midnight here in arizona. You can see 5200 m h and most northeast sky and this year, like they say almost every year, go in the record books for meteors. Minutes away, when the Arizona Cardinals mike bidwell is tonights mvp. Class and rope. The only thing keeping one wedding couple suspended in mid air. When people ask me what its like to win an olympic medal, i tell them, you already know. The medals youve earned are all around you. Your bronze. And Liberty Mutual insures them all. Liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals youve earned in life. Liberty stands with you. Liberty mutual insurance. 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