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Morning. Great being with us on this monday morning, august 15th. Im Frances Rivera alongside Louis Burgdorf. We begin with a state of emergency in flood ravaged louisiana this morning. More than 20,000 people have been rescued after historic floodwaters swept across parts of the state over the weekend. And at least four people have died. President obama has signed a disaster declaration and has ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts. Louisiana governor John Bell Edwards said in a News Conference yesterday that as many as 10,000 people were in shelters as a result of the flooding. I woke up this morning and i started screaming, i was like oh, my god. And it i mean it was just a few inches and then all of a sudden it, yeah oh, my god. We cant use any more rain. We dont need any more rain. We just got to get these people out here. Its devastating. You have no idea. The coast guard says they have rescued more than 100 people from rooftops, vehicles and trailers in the baton rouge area. And throughout the state, Good Samaritans have also been going door to door offering help. At this point it is still too early to tell how many homes have been damaged but governor edwards estimated yesterday that its probably in the thousands. The other big story were following this morning is from milwaukee. A second night of violence in that city after a Police Officer shot and killed a man saturday afternoon. This was the scene this morning as firefighters worked to extinguish a car fire. Within the last few hours Milwaukee Police have tweeted out several reports of shots fired. And that multiple arrests have been made. At least one person was shot. Though we dont know the circumstances, nor do we know their condition. And officers in Tactical Gear worked to clear the streets of protesters, and onlookers throughout the morning, warning people to go home. I am lieutenant mays, a member of the Milwaukee Police department. I hereby declare this assembly to be unlawful. And hereby order you to disperse. Refusal to disperse will be in violation of wisconsin state statute 947. 06. If you do not disperse immediately, you will be arrested. Milwaukee police have also tweeted out this picture, saying an officer was taken to the hospital after rocks were thrown at the windshield of his patrol car. No word on that officers condition this morning. Now the unrest started saturday night just hours after police shot and killed 23yearold smith. Police say he was pulled over because he was in a vehicle that was, quote, behaving in a suspicious manner. They say smith ran and then turned toward the pursuing officer, raising a loaded gun. Thats when the officer fired, killing the 23yearold. Police say the officer was wearing a body camera, and while demands mount for the video to be released, Officials Say it shows the suspect armed. I have not seen the video. I have, however, seen a still photo extracted from that. And that still photo demonstrates, without question, that he had a gun in his hand. And i want our community to know that. That he had a gun in his hand. Now the Police Officer didnt know it at the time, but there were 23 rounds in that gun. Which means that he had more bullets in his gun than the Police Officer had in his gun. Police also say smith had a lengthy arrest record. In the aftermath six businesses were set on fire, and four officers were also injured in the unrest on saturday night. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker has declared a state of emergency activating the National Guard but so far has not deployed them. Police are questioning a suspect in connection with a Fatal Shooting of a new york city imam and his assistant. This according to nbc news sources. He reportedly matches the description of the suspected shooter but so far no charges have been filed. And we want to warn you here the next video is shot from far away, but it could be upsetting to some of you. Surveillance footage shows a suspect approach 55yearold imam and his assistant as they were walking home from a Prayer Service saturday afternoon. According to the associated press, he was reportedly carrying about 1,000 cash at the time although it was not taken. Police say there is no evidence as of yet to indicate the men were targeted because of their religion, but also added they are not ruling it out. Turn to politics now, the latest wave of the swing state polling Shows Hillary clinton expanding her lead in some critical swing states, in colorado clinton has grown her lead to 14 points in the nbc news wall street journal marist poll up six points since before the conventions. She leads trump in the critical denver suburbs that can often shape elections by as much as 40 . In virginia clinton is up by 1 3 points leading trump 46 to 33 . She is up in North Carolina as well expanding her lead there to 9 . Trump has closed the gap in florida but clinton still leads there 45 to 40 . The picture is nearly identical in the cbs news Battle Ground tracker which puts the race in florida at 44 to 39. That poll has clinton up 45 to 36 over trump in New Hampshire and trump still leads by four in georgia 45 to 41 . No other recent polls have shown hillary in the lead. Now polling in pennsylvania has shown that race beginning to slip away from trump as well. The latest surveys there show clinton up by about nine or ten percent on average. But while campaigning in altoona friday night trump gave this call to action to prevent him from losing. Were going to watch pennsylvania very quickly were going to watch pennsylvania. Go down to certain areas and watch and study and make sure other people dont come in and vote five times. The only way we can lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. And we have to call up law enforcement, and we have to have the sheriffs and the police chiefs, and everybody watching. Because if we get cheated out of this election, if we get cheated out of a win in pennsylvania, which is such a vital state, especially when i know whats happening here, folks. I know she cant beat whats happening here. The only way they can beat us, in my opinion, and i mean this 100 , if in certain sections of the state they cheat. Okay . Go around and look and watch other polling places. And make sure that its 100 fine. Because, without voter identification, which is shocking, shocking that you dont have it. Im supposed to be a smart person. I have still ive yet to understand how you cannot approve voter identification, at least in some form. Right . Trump has added a place to sign up to be an election observer on his home page. Pennsylvania did have a voter i. D. Law, but it was struck down in 2014 by a state judge who ruled it interfered with the ability of hundreds of thousands to cast ballots, saying the need to combat fraud was not supported by facts. The states governor opted not to challenge the judges ruling its worth mentioning party poll watchers are pretty common during elections the Obama Campaign deployed poll watchers including in pennsylvania back in 2008 issuing a 29 official page excuse me 29 page official manual. Donald trump is stepping up his attacks against the media. Accusing the New York Times of bias after a front page report report a campaign drugling to control their own candidates message. The piece cites more than 20 trump allies, many anonymous, who describe their nominee as, quote, exhausted, frustrated and still bewildered by fine points of the political process. Trump himself vehemently denied the reporting calling the times a quote newspaper of fiction that uses nonexistent unnamed sources. And trump took it a step further at rallies throughout the weekend, threatening to revoke the papers press credentials. Im not running against crooked Hillary Clinton. Im running against the crooked media. Late lately, we have a newspaper thats failing badly, its losing a lot of money, its going to be out of business very soon, the New York Times, okay . I love it. These are the most dishonest people. The good news is, i love you know, i put down failing at New York Times. The newspapers going to hell. Theyve got a couple of reporters in that newspaper who are so bad, i mean lack of talent, but its going to hell. So i think maybe what well do, maybe well start thinking about taking their press credentials away from them. As far as Hillary Clinton, she has released her 2015 tax return along with ten years worth of records from running mate tim kaine. Clintons earned over 10. 5 million putting them in th top tenth of the top 1 . Though they are paid a higher effective tax rate than many of those top earners at about 34. 2 . About 6. 7 million of their income came from paid speeches. Nearly all of their own 1 million in charitable donations went to the clinton foundation. And the clintons have made public all of their returns since 1977. Upping the pressure on donald trump to release his records. Hitting him with this video this morning. We will only really know if hes a real deal or a phony if he releases this tax returns. The last 30 or 40 years every candidate for president has released their tax returns. And i think donald trump should, as well. You know if youre running, at a minimum, probably, youre going to have to show your returns. But if you didnt see the tax returns you think theres Something Like something wrong. Whats wrong . Donald can answer all of these questions. The Trump Campaign responded with a statement saying Hillary Clinton has turned over the only records nobody wants to see from her. The American Public wants to see the 33,000 emails she deleaded to obstruct an fbi investigation. Well this document release is nothing more than an attempt at distraction and misdirection by an individual who created and then purged an illegal private email server. Meanwhile trumps running mate governor mike pence told an interviewer friday that he will release his own returns soon. The relationship between Donald Trumps Campaign Manager Paul Manafort and ukraine are now under new scrutiny. According to the New York Times government investigators have found handwritten ledgers showing more than 12 million in undisclosed Cash Payments designated to manafort from ukraines prorussian party between the years 2007 and 2012. Investigators assert that the disbursements were part of an illegal offthebooks system these recep yents also included election officials. The times report corruption officials have yet to determine whether manafort actually received the money. Manafort has not responded to far to the story but his attorney reportedly said his client has not received any such cash payment. The Clinton Campaign has released a statement in response to the report, saying this, donald trump has a responsibility to disclose Campaign Chair Paul Manaforts and all other campaign employees and advisers ties to russian or procreme nine entities. Including whether any of trumps employees or advisers are currently representing and or being paid by them. Well still ahead this morning, members of team usa robbed in rio. And summer star ryan lochte with a firsthand account of that confrontation. A live look at Rio De Janeiro this morning, a check of our local weather here in our country when we come back. Wish your skin could bounce back like. It used to . 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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Almost 96,000 bottles of water, and 2300 readytoeat please have also been handed out to those in need. Im going to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. I follow your tweets. It is unbelievable some of these rescues that were so in need. Youre basically saying it is heartbreaking to watch these people so desperate for help. People were seconds away from losing their lives, being pulled out of cars and vehicles. The social media on this was incredible to follow. There was a Facebook Group of people saying please rescue me. There were like moms on top of rooftops with their children saying, please rescue me. And just waiting for the helicopters or someone with a boat to come get them. It was really harrowing. Especially as we went through saturday night into sunday morning. That was the worst of it. Thats when the water really came up over a lot of populated neighborhoods. Those people didnt get out in time. The water levels have peaked in most cases. A lot of the records were around 20 to 21 feet. The rivers went to 24 feet. This was four feet higher than anything these areas have experienced in 60 to 80 years since they started keeping these records. This was unchartered territory for this region. Thats why it was so bad and still is at this hour. As far as what happened. This was not even a named tropical system. It was a tropical entity. Never really got organized enough to be considered a tropical depression or storm. But it dumped the highest total we had was 31 inches of rain. Thats unimaginable, 2 1 2 feet of rain in one location over three to four days. That was just northeast of baton rouge. Thats why weve had this unprecedented rise in these rivers. Just an incredible situation. Thats what happens when you get tropical system that can just sit over one area, and it doesnt move, and it stalls. You can get rainfall totals like this. Its amazing. It wasnt even a named system. Again, as far as what were dealing with today the rain has moved to the north. Kind of broke in two pieces. One kind of shifts over to texas, one has moved to the north. We still have a flash flood threat. Just had a brand new Flash Flood Warning for the downtown st. Louis area. Well have to watch that this morning atd as heavy rain sits over the top of the city. This will move up to indiana, southern michigan, and ohio later today. We dont have the expectations of what happened in louisiana. We have a flash flood from grand rapids to south bend, indianapolis, the red is the areas of the Flash Flood Warning in st. Louis. Weve dropped much of the watches down in areas of louisiana. As far as other areas, broke into two pieces. We also have areas of texas that are still at risk of some flash flooding, too. In all 21. 5 Million People still under flash flood watches. Greatest threat now is illinois, indiana, and a little section here of missouri as we go through the morning. Our friends in texas, houston, san antonio and victoria are under a flash flood watch. The other story was that incredible heat. That is still with us. The humidity isnt quite as bad. Weve dropped a lot of the heat warnings out there, frances and louis. The stuff in louisiana is, you know, its like a 1 in 500 year flood event for that area. Really terrible for those people in louisiana. Its amazing we only lost four lives when you see how bad this floods and some of those rescues, its horrible to lose four people. Hopefully that number wont go up. Still ahead ryan lochte robbed at gunpoint and the fastest man an earth a bit slower than he once was but hes still the best on the track. Were back in a moment with Chris Jansing live from rio. 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You know, i was with a couple i was with a couple swimmers. We were coming back from [ inaudible ] and we got pulled over in our taxi. And these guys came out with a badge, a police badge, no lights, no nothing, just a police badge, they pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground, they got down on the ground, i refused. I was like, we didnt do anything wrong. So, im not getting down on the ground, and this guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead said get down, i put my hands up, i was like whatever. He took our money. He took my wallet. An absolutely stunning story there. Joining us live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, nbc news senior White House Correspondent Chris Jansing. Chris, im sure this story doesnt bode well for everything theyve tried to do for security in rio. Yeah, bad press that they didnt want to have. This is absolutely the story, louis, that rio officials and olympic officials had feared. In fact, it was usoc official that stopped that interview of lochte with billy bush. The threat of crime was always a concern for this olympics. Especially that it would hit in a very high profile way. Of course ryan lochte is an International Swimming star. Hes won 12 olympic medals and again he was with his teammates in a cab. They had left a party at club france. Kind of a hospitality house set up for the french for their team, for their guests. The other three swimmers are all members of usa relay teams. Jimmy fagan, gunner wednesday, jack conger. There are here at least 85,000 security officials. You do see them anywhere, including groups of armed military. Theyre concentrated in tourist areas and olympic park and other venues. For much of the day yesterday there were conflicting stories it took hours for the usoc to put out a statement and when they did it said in part that this happened according to four members of the u. S. Olympic swimming team. Some people raising their eyebrows at that wording. And the swimmers are cooperating with authorities. We learned late yesterday that at least one of them had already talked to authorities. Now, back in the games, usain bolt still the fastest man alive. The jamaican sprinter dashed to his record Third Straight mens 100 meter final victory last night. That is his seventh olympic gold medal. Second to last off the starting blocks, bolt zoomed ahead of the field catching his main competitor Justin Gatlin in the final 40 meters, pounding his chest as he crashed the finish line. Gatlin who won this event in 2004 and later served a suspension for doping, finished second. Bolt turns 30 next sunday. Hell return for the track on tuesday for the first round of the 200 meter where hell continue his quest to complete what he calls the tripletriple. Winning three gold medals at three consecutive olympics. While bolt learned his gold medal with the slowest time in history 100 meter finals, weighed van my kerk broke a 400 meter world record. He smashed what was thought to be a nearly unbeatable time. He beat the 17yearold record by 0. 15 seconds, all the other runners were left in the dust. Over the one lap race earning gold in just over 43 seconds. Looks pretty happy about it. And great Britains Andy Murray is now a trail blazer on the olympic tennis court. The world number two became the first player in olympic history to have two singles gold medals. Winning his second in a row after defeating Argentinas Juan Martin del potro. The best of five final which took more than four hours to complete began with murray narrowly claiming the first set then he dropped the second to the resurgent del potro, but won the following two, and the match. Del potro, who knocked off top ranked Novak Djokovic in the first round takes the silver. Louis . That was an incredible match to watch i watched yesterday tell woet row had an incredible olympics all four hours of it . Coming off a really bad wrist injury, well see how he place coming up in cincinnati and then the u. S. Open. But, god it was nice to see both players kind of embrace each other at the end of that crazy match. And thank you very much yeah, plenty of uk fans in the stands who were pretty happy about it. Oh, yeah oh, yeah. Chris thanks so much live from Rio De Janeiro there. Yep. And finally, love sometimes trumps all, even when its up against an olympic medal moments after the 25yearold chinese diver stepped off the podium with a silver medal from the womens three meter springboard yesterday another life changing moment. Her boyfriend and fellow diver surprised her with a marriage proposal. And with tears of joy, she said yes. Nice story there, frances. Thats so sweet. Theyre on their way to wedded bliss. Got your first Year Anniversary come up i think louis, right . 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He says if he loses the keystone state then someone cheated. What hes urging his supporters to do now. Good morning its monday, august 15th, im Louis Burgdorf alongside Frances Rivera. Well get to politics and louisiana flooding in a moment. First i want to tell you about the second night of violence in milwaukee after Police Officer shot and killed a man saturday afternoon. This was the scene this morning as firefighters worked to extinguish a car fire. Within the last few hours Milwaukee Police have tweeted out several reports of shots fired and that multiple arrests have been made. At least one person was shot but we dont know the circumstances. Nor do we know their condition. And officers in Tactical Gear worked to clear the streets of protesters and onlookers throughout the morning. Warning people to go home. I am lieutenant mays, a member of the Milwaukee Police department. I hereby declare this assembly to be unlawful. I hereby order you to disperse. Refusal to disperse will be in violation of wisconsin state statute. If you do not disperse immediately you will be arrested. Milwaukee police have also tweeted out this picture saying an officer was taken to the hospital after rocks were thrown at the windshield of his patrol car. No word on that officers condition this morning. Now the unrest started saturday night just hours after police shot and killed 23yearold sylville smith. Police say he was pulled over because he was in a vehicle that was, quote, behaving in a suspicious manner. They say smith ran and then turned toward the pursuing officer, raising a loaded gun. Thats when the officer fired, killing the 23yearold. Police say the officer was wearing a body camera, and while demands mount for the video to be released, Officials Say it shows the suspect armed. I have not seen the video. I have, however, seen a still photo extracted from that. And that still photo demonstrates, without question, that he had a gun in his hand. And i want our community to know that. That he had a gun in his hand. Now the Police Officer didnt know it at the time, but there were 23 rounds in that gun. Which means that he had more bullets in his gun than the Police Officer had in his gun. Police also say smith had a lengthy arrest record. In the aftermath six businesses were set on fire, and four officers were also injured in the unrest on saturday night. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker has declared a state of emergency activating the National Guard but so far has not deployed them. Its also a state of emergency in flood ravaged louisiana this morning. More than 20,000 people have been rescued after historic floodwaters swept across parts of the state over the weekend. And at least four people have died. President obama has signed a disaster declaration, and has ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts. Louisiana governor John Bell Edwards said in a News Conference yesterday that as many as 10,000 people were in shelters as a result of the flooding. I woke up this morning and i started screaming. I was like oh, my god. And it i mean it was just a few inches and then all of a sudden it, yeah oh, my god. We cant use any more rain. Bee dont need any more rain. We just got to get these people out of here. Its devastating. You have no idea. The coast guard says they have rescued more than 100 people from rooftops, automobiles, and trailers in the baton rouge area, and throughout the state Good Samaritans have also been seen going door to door offering help. At this point its too early to tell how many homes have been damaged. But governor edwards estimated yesterday that its probably in the thousands. Now to politics. And a new poll released just moments ago Shows Hillary clinton with a 30point lead over donald trump in new york. The Siena College Research Institute finds clinton leading trump i should say 57 to 27 in the state where both candidates live. Meanwhile a fresh controversy for Trumps Campaign chair in new york, Carl Palladino as a 2011 gubernatorial nominee floated conspiracy theories about khizr chan the outspoken father of a muslim u. S. Army captain who was killed in action. I dont care if hes a gold star parent he certainly doesnt deserve that title, okay. If hes anti is antiamerican as hes illustrated in his speeches, and in his discussion. I mean, if hes a member of the muslim brotherhood, or or supporting the you know, the isis type of attitude against america theres no reason for donald trump to have to honor this man. Palladino also questioned whether Hillary Clinton has, quote, got some sickness saying she is definitely impaired. And defended his comments insisting theres no doubt president obama is a muslim. Yesterday Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort responded to palladinos statement on khan. Do you think that by having mr. Palladino continue to serve as your new york cochair youre dishonoring the military . Look, i i ill follow up on im not sure what he said. I hear you saying that. I know i am concerned that the father of the pulse cabaret murderer killed a number of gays in florida two months ago was sitting in the vip section of Hillary Clintons speech last week in florida. Th concerns me. For the record the Clinton Campaign has disavowed support from the father of the orlando shooter, and said they were unaware he attended her rally until afterwards. And House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she is changing her phone number. It comes after a document dump of the personal contact info for house democrats, and their staffers by hackers believed to have ties to the russian intelligence. Aides were reportedly inundated with phishing emails laced with malware to infect and potentially expose their devices. On saturday pelosi sent a letter to her democratic colleagues in the house saying the cybersecurity intrusions amount to an electronic watergate breakin. Adding, quote, i was in the air flying from florida to california, when the news broke. Upon landing, i had received scores of mostly obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages. Please be careful not to allow your children or family members to answer your phone or read incoming text messages. The wall street journal reports that u. S. Officials are now debating whether to publicly accuse the russian government of conducting those attacks. Former president bill clinton called the Trump Campaigns accusations of his wife hillarys email usage as a National Security threat quote the biggest load of bull i have ever heard. Responding to a question at a forum in las vegas on friday the former president didnt mince words. The fbi director said when he testified before Congress Previous days statement that she had never received any emails marked classified. They saw two little notes with a c on it. This is the biggest load of bull i never heard. That were about telephone calls that she needed to make. And the state department typically puts a little c on it to discourage people from discussing it in public in the event the secretary of state, whoever it is, doesnt make the telephone call. Does that sound threatening to the National Security to you . The truth is, that her adversaries are very good at doing reverse plastic surgery. And the truth is that it was a mistake for her to use her personal email, even though her predecessors had and her successor john kerry did for a year until it was no longer legal. But she should have known there would be a different set of rules applied to her if she ever ran for president. Now to the latest polling out of pennsylvania. It is showing the race is beginning to slip away from donald trump. The latest survey shows clinton up by about 9 or 10 on average. While campaigning in altoona friday night trump gave this call to action to prevent him from losing. Were going to watch pennsylvania very quickly were going to watch pennsylvania. Go down to certain areas and watch and study and make sure other people dont come in and vote five times. The only way we can lose, in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. And we have to call up law enforcement, and we have to have the sheriffs and the police chiefs, and everybody watching. Because if we get cheated out of this election, if we get cheated out of a win in pennsylvania, which is such a vital state, especially when i know whats happening here, folks. I know she cant beat whats happening here. The only way they can beat us, in my opinion, and i mean this 100 , if in certain sections of the state they cheat. Okay . Go around and look and watch other polling places. And make sure that its 100 fine. Because, without voter identification, which is shocking, shocking that you dont have it. Im supposed to be a smart person. I have still ive yet to understand how you cannot approve voter identification, at least in some form. Right . Trump has added a place to sign up to be an election observer on his home page. Pennsylvania did have a voter i. D. Law, but it was struck down in 2014 by a state judge who ruled it interfered with the ability of hundreds of thousands to cast ballots, saying the need to combat fraud was not supported by facts. The states governor opted not to challenge the judges ruling its worth mentioning party poll watchers are common during elections. The Obama Campaign deployed poll watchers including in pennsylvania back in 2008 issuing a 29 official manual. Calling president obama the quote founder of isis, donald trump insisted that he was being sarcastic, and blamed the news media for misinterpreting his comments. On friday morning, trump tweeted this, ratings challenged cnn reports so seriously that i called president obama and clinton the founder of isis and mvp. They dont get sarcasm . Well later that day at a rally in pennsylvania the republican nominee attempted to clarify. I said that obama and of course im being sarcastic, and they know that, because after i said that i said hes the mvp, hes going to collect his mvp award. Okay. So i said, obama is the founder of isis. Okay. The founder. So i said the founder of isis. Obviously im being sarcastic. Then, then, but not that sarcastic, to be honest with you. And yesterday trumps running mate governor mike pence was challenged repeatedly to explain why he said trumps remarks were, in fact, serious. You and he spent a day defending his remarks. Saying that they were serious. Now trump says that he was being sarcastic. So governor, which is it . Well, i think hes being very serious and he was making a point that needs to be made. That there is no question that the failed policies of president barack obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the wider middle east created a vacuum within iraq in which isis was able to arise. Theres simply no question then why is he saying he was sarcastic . He was making a very serious point and but why did he say he was being sarcastic . He was making a very serious point. Donald trump has a way of talking that gets peoples attention. Isnt the sarcastic excuse getting a bit old . No, i dont think its getting old at all, chris. Donald trump made his way through a very competitive primary because he spoke not like your typical politician but just plainly like an everyday american. Meanwhile the leader of hezbollah accused both the United States and president obama of creating isis and used trumps word as proof. Well accding to a transcript of the speech, quote this american candidate who speaks in the name of the American Republican Party has facts that can support the claim that obama founded isis. He also echoed trump in claiming that Hillary Clinton helped to create the terrorist organization. Still ahead here this morning, the latest from the summer games in rio. Weve got the good, the bad from u. S. Swimmer ryan lochte and his teammates being robbed at gunpoint to team usa and the gold rush. Keep it right here. Well be right back. Weve just been hearing so much about how youre a digital company, yet here you are building a jet engine. Well, ge is digital and industrial. Like Peanut Butter and jelly. Yeah. Ham and cheese. Cops and robbers. Yeah. Nachos and karate. Ahh. Not that one so much. The rest were really good. Socks and shoes. Ok, ricky. I want my blood sugar i to stay in control. Ck. So i asked about tresiba®. Tresiba® ready tresiba® is a oncedaily, longacting insulin that lasts even longer than 24 hours. I want to trim my a1c. Tresiba® ready tresiba® provides powerful a1c reduction. Releases slow and steady. Works like your bodys insulin. When my schedule changes. I want something that delivers. Tresiba® ready i can take tresiba® any time of day. So if i miss or delay a dose, i take it when i remember, as long as theres at least 8 hours between doses. Once in use, it lasts 8 weeks without refrigeration. Twice as long as lantus®, which lasts 4 weeks. Tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. 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And those people cant even get back in their homes yet to see how bad the damage was. The rivers, a lot of them crested over the weekend. A few spots still are waiting for their high water mark. But they were so much higher than even like the records before this, its going to take another day or two. It may not even be until wednesday or thursday until residents can get back in their homes just to see how much damage was done. I mean, this horrendous flooding in this area. Unprecedented. Never before seen. And the records for those rivers go back 60 to 70 years in some cases. And no one has ever seen anything like what happened down there. Thats because a large area got one to two feet of rain in a short period of time. A piece of that has moved to the north now. We are watching the st. Louis area. You just put under a Flash Flood Warning. You picked up about three inches of rain in a very short period of time. Flash Flood Warning until 10 00 this morning. Well continue to watch that and we have flood watches that go from grand rapids to southern missouri. Theres still a potential for additional flooding. Were not going to see anything half as bad as what we dealt with down there to the south. In all 21. 5 Million People still underneath these flash flood watches. Additional rain, widespread about 2 to 3 inches here from detroit to indianapolis. And if we get any training of thunderstorms, thats where the totals could get a little bit higher. Then tomorrow, a lot of the heavy rain moves to northern new england. Also watch the mountainous areas there for isolated areas of very heavy rain. The heat wave, this is the tail end of it. Still have a heat warning for philly, heat advisory washington, d. C. , baltimore, new york and down in eastern North Carolina but its not as humid today, frances and louis so it looks like weve knocked it down a little bit. Instead of feeling like 105 to 110 it will feel like about 1 00 out there in many spots. Ill take 100. I know its amazing, that feels good, right . Its almost sticky factor with the humidity. Bill what do you say we do a little sports here. Its another record another recordbreaking excuse me here, day in rio. American gymnast simone biles continued to show why she is one of the worlds elite athletes becoming the first u. S. Woman to win gold on the vault biles earned her third gold medal of rio games scoring an average of 15. 966 in yesterdays vault finals to beat her competition by a wide margin. Biles is now eyeing her final two competitions, todays balance beam event and tuesdays floor exercise. And on the sand american women Beach Volleyball due row Kerri Walsh Jennings and april ross are one step closer to gold. They topped the team from australia 2114 and 2116 to advance in the semifinal round. The pair is now 50 in rio having dropped only one set in the entire olympic Beach Volleyball tournament. The u. S. Women will face off against the second seeded Brazilian Team in the semis. And golf hasnt been in the Olympic Games in 112 years britains justin rose just took home the first gold medal since the 1900s. Rose was headtohead with swedens Henrik Stenson in the final round. Neither player leading by more than a shot until a birdie on the final hole that gave rose a 4 under 67 and a twoshot victory. Rose is now the only player in history to win both a major championship, and an olympic gold medal for golf. The United States matt kuchar finished at minus 13 to capture a bronze and after the country faced a widespread controversy for doping among its completes, russians track and field star won her appeal to compete. According to the court of ash trigs for sport shes eligible to take part in tuesdays long jump qualifying round because she has been based outside of russia for the past three years and passed regular plug dresing. Pushina is the only russian track and field athlete allowed to compete. When we come back, ryan lochte and his teammates. Try duo fusion ing antacids . New, two in one heartburn relief. The antacid goes to work in seconds. And the acid reducer lasts up to 12 hours in one chewable tablet. Try new duo fusion. From the makers of zantac. At ally bank, no branches uals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like bill splitting equals nitpicking. But i only had a salad. It was a buffalo chicken salad. Salad. Thats not the head line anyone wants out of the olympics. A harrowing experience for american gold medal swimmer lion lochte and three of his teammates who were robbed at gunpoint in rio yesterday. Were told it happened by men posing as Police Officers who stopped the taxi they were riding in. Nbcs ron mott reports. Reporter a night of celebration shared on social media by ryan lochte turned dark and dangerous as he and his three teammates, gunnar bentz, jimmy feigen and jack conger were robbed at gunpoint. The group was in a taxi heading back to the athletes village when a vehicle pulled them over, which lochte detailed exclusive for today shows billy bush. We got pulled over in our taxi. And, these guys came out with a badge. Police badge. No lights, no nothing, just a police badge, they pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground, they got down on the ground. Reporter lochte says he refused to get on the ground at first saying theyd done nothing wrong. Then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead, he said, get down. And i was like, i put my hands up, i was like, whatever. He took our money, he took my wallet. Reporter gunnar bentz tweeted we are all safe but rio police have investigating and plan to interview the athletes. Still so scary. Nbcs ron mott reporting. Still ahead well take a look at the top stories in the day ahead. Youre not you. Tylenol® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. We give you a better night. Youre a better you all day. Tylenol®. She spent summer bingewatching. Now she writes mostly in emoji. Soon, shell type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. Today, the only spanish words he knows are burrito and enchilada. Soon, hell take notes en espanol. Get back to great with the right gear. From the place with the experts. Office depot officemax. Gear up for school. Gear up for great. Isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. Great show. Here you go. Now hes added a new routine. Making depositing a check seem so effortless. 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And a funeral will be held today for an imam and his assistant who were gunned down in queens, new york, over the weekend. Police say the say the suspect at large and that a motive has not been determined. Of course, keep it right here on msnbc all day as we continue to follow that story. That does it for us this morning and morning joe starts right now. Have you gotten him to lift the black list . I dont think donald trump is having any problem Getting Press at this point. I know you have a strong feeling about a free press, are you getting him to change his mind . Well keep our discussions private but thats an ongoing discussion in the campaign. What a beautiful view, i