Run, the United States they won they get the job done and retain their olympics promise. And saying hes sorry. Ryan lochte apologizing online for the controversy surrounding his robbery tape. Is his career as a commercial pitch man over . Its the milliondollar question. Today saturday, august 20th, 2016. The u. S. Wins gold here is usain bolt three times three the triple triple they had something to prove and prove it they did. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympics games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Good morning. Welcome back. I did. Its great to be back. Good to be back with you guys. A lot of great action on friday. Lots more action to come today. Well talk to one of the winning members of the u. S. Womens 4 x 100 relay team. English gardner. There she is. Lets saturday with Peter Alexander. He has the highlights from olympics park. Good to see you, my friend. Hey, craig. Not the same without you. It was another thrilling in rio highlighted by the unstoppable usain bolt literally torching the track. Putting on a final show for the crowd and team usa wracking up another handful of medals to an impressive count. Reporter the final olympics race for the fastest man on earth, usain bolt. Usain bolt puts it away and charges to the lead here is usain bolt. Three times three the triple triple 100relay. The United States won get the job done. Also, running away with the gold the american ladies in the 4 x 100. Bringing Allison Felix her record fifth gold medal in track and field. The women almost didnt make the race. They were forced to rerun the race against only the clock in the qual its special to share with the ladies. We had fun tonight pchs it was about time something good happened. Heartbreak for the u. S. Men disqualified for passing the baton outside the designated area. In a repeat. The u. S. Wins gold again. Reporter u. S. Womens water poll low defending their gold medal. Evaluator sandy morris comes missing the podium jenny schur. Schur was coughing up blood after a week long illness. Right now the two americans out front. Reporter on the bikes the team usa medaling in the mens and womens bmx. Connor fields pulling ahead to take the gold. Knick long placing fourth after a photo finish. Fo silver blind behind colombia. Team usa beat out spain advancing to the gold medal game on sunday. Italy with a comeback will play for the gold. Reporter despite a difficult loss to italy, mens volleyball will get a chance at the bronze medal. Continues to assert himself in picking up another take down. Champion out maneuvered on the mat passing the opportunity. Jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. Reporter this has been one exhilarated games. The u. S. Track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. The win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. The only a with more than nine golds is Michael Phelps. Of course. Peter alexander for us in rio. Thank you. Were going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. The u. S. Dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. Take a look at the action coming up. The u. S. Ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. In volleyball the u. S. Women competition. All eyes, you know this, will be on mens soccer. The final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. Thats going to be fun. Lets go back to one of the best moments of last night. The u. S. Women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. A remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. Were thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. English gardner, good morning and good morning. Thank you very much. Your first gold medal and the second fastest time ever. Tell me this, i was thinking about this this morning. I dont know you. Ive never met you. Im tweeting your picture. My friends are tweeting your pictures. Im in new york city. Youre in rio. Do you feel my love with the rest of the world . Were so proud of you. What does it feel like to be on your end of it . Its amazing. The feeling is definitely something i wished and dreamed years old to get olympics and i told everyone in a press conference one day i was going get the olympics gold. It was exciting i was able to go out there with my team and three other girls and get a medal. You make me want to put down my snack cakes. Lets talk about the tense day on thursday. You were initially disqualified. You were bummed. In that moment, what were you thinking . Take me back . I remember in the allison was freaking out. Shes really normally a composed runner. When she was screaming and tears were in her eyes and hands in her head, i wasnt used to seeing her in that kind of way. I remember if i stayed calm she was able to, you know, get back to rational thinking in that moment. She went from all agony and straight face and said pick up the baton and run. Thats what we did. Its like something out of a to do it again. You qualified. Flying colors. Before you leave me this morning, i have to ask you, i heard through the grapevine you lost a shoe before the race . Yeah, ten minutes before i went to go, you know, check and put on my spikes to do a couple of run outs and lastminute things to fix up for the relay. I noticed only one of my shoes were in the bag. Im normally not a person to forget my shoes. Thats kind soldier shows up to war without his gun. So you definitely dont really see that much. When i went there i calmly went over to one of the coaches and i asked him and said i only have one shoe. And we were calmly asking everyone. Luckily, once again, allison, putted out an extra pair of shoes. Definitely was a half size too big but nothing that socks couldnt fix. And you pulled it off. Congratulations congratulations. Thank you. We should remind you can see all the olympics action on prime time. Coverage on nbc begins at 8 00 7 00 central. The latest controversy surrounding ryan lochte. This morning the final swimmer, jimmy feigen is on his way home. As gunnar bentz speaks out about the night in question. Keir simmons is on beach with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Gunnar bentz accusing ryan lochte saying he pulled advertisement from the world saying the guards did pull weapons but there was an interpreter there to interpret so they understood what the brazilians were saying. Get this, craig. Gunnar bentz said ryan lochte was yelling at the armed guards. The apologies and backtracking may not be over now that all bentz released a statement on friday elaborating saying i never made a full statement to anyone at any time. I cannot speak to his actions. But ryan stood up and began to yell at the guards. Lochte posting on social media, quote, i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend and not being more careful and candid and how i described the events early that morning. Unfortunately it stole the attention away from the great performances. Reporter from speedo to ralph lauren. Ryan lochtes future is drifting into uncertain waters. He and his fellow olympics swimmers are facing post olympics financial uncertainty after a week of tall tales in rio. They pulled out their guns. Reporter their initial accounts of late night armed week as authorities reviewed surveillance footage. Once lochtes robbery claims collapsed under his scrutiny. This incident is going to be, i believe, relatively fatal and detrimental to his endorsement. He becomes someone that is recognizable. Not necessarily for the right reasons. Reporter for the bignamed olympics athletes, corporate sponsorship after their olympics is key. She knows small can be powerful. Reporter the American Public perception of lochtes sincerity, in particular, will determine his future and the rest of the world may continue to judge. Hes done more than damage ryan lochte. He stands for a certain type of ugly american brotype, if you will. Reporter an international mess, to be sure. One of the folks from the states that i know who have been here said such style a shame of what happened at a gas station. Keir simmons in copacabana, thank you. Well have much more on the olympics action coming up in our next half hour. Now we go to a different kind of race. The race for the white house. Yet another shake up in Donald Trumps camp. His Controversial Campaign manager out of a job this morning and is in washington, d. C. , with more on that. Good morning, jacob pivot time for donald trump. Reporter trump effectively now on his Third Campaign chief in two months. Now, 80 days or so away from the election, just weeks away from the first early voting in the first states. And the Trump Campaign is hoping for a full reset. They hope this time will stick. There is little doubt this is a very different donald trump. Reporter a surprise visit to flood ravagedbaton rouge, personally donating a truckload a of supplies and telling no one. Scripted remarks in every rally this week. Youre living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . Reporter it is the trump re hardcore supporters follow thing dismal poll numbers and another Campaign Shake up. Trump effectively on his Third Campaign chief in two months after paul Hillary Clintons america, the system stays rigged. Also new, trump launching his first general election ad buy, spending 4 million to Hillary Clintons 60 million. A federal judge ruled that of a privet email server when she was secretary of state. Clinton told the fbi her predecessor personally recommended she use a private email account for unqualified communication. Powells office recognizes he wrote clinton. But they point out at time the state department didnt have an equivalent system within the department and he used state computer on his desk for Hillary Clinton meanwhile on a fundraising blitz, 20 events scheduled before months end. And dahlqvist later today will be in fredericksburg, virginia, which is down by double digits in the latest polls and back on the trail on monday in ohio. Stephanie . Thanks, jacob. A political reporter from the washington post, also an nbc news political analyst. Hes followed the Trump Campaign very closely from the very beginning. Thanks for being with me. Good morning. Paul manafort, he was going to make a dahlqvist appear more president ial. Was he forced out or did he resign on his own . Manaforts associations with prorussian forces eighth the ukraine has hovered over his time as the campaign chairman. According to my reporting, trump has grown frustrated with the flurry of news reports about manaforts various lobbying frustrated with manaforts strategy. He wanted more discipline, he wanted trump to follow a script, be more of a traditional republican. In these later days, hes looking for an extemporaneous approach. What does this mean for the campaign moving forward . Well see more populism, more raw nationalism. Had been running breitbart news. Well see an influence of the new campaign manager, kelly anne conway. We are 80 days away from the general election. We have a number of states that start early voting, two or three weeks from now, if im not mistaken. Is this the kind of move this a confidenam its the move of a candidate who knows that his only path really at this moment to the presidency is to have an aggressive approach in the media, in the swing states. When it comes to grass roots organizing, fundraising, Television Advertising as jacob was talking about, the Clinton Campaign and the democrats have an advantage just on paper in terms of the money being spent. Trump believes if he can be a populist, he has a shot. Robert costa, thanks for waking up with us, sir. Fears are growing by the day in south florida as new cases of zika emerge in one of the most popular tourist destinations in this country. Several cases have popped up in the miami beach area. Reporter in just a few hours, this sayria of south beach will be packed with tourists. This area is a destination for anybody who visits miami beach. South beach is now also in what they are calling the ultrahip south beach, an iconic tourist destination. Open your eyes. Now in the zika hot zone. I dont want to minimize this at all, in any shape, form or imagination. This is something we have to take seriously. Reporter a new travel warning for parts of south beach, a 1 1 2 square mile area in popular miami beach. Five individuals have been confirmed as cases of local transmissions of zika are connected to the miami beach area. Reporter tourists from new with two miami beach residents. Spraying continues as the cdc advises pregnant women to stay away from parts of miami beach. A warning that could have a Chilling Effect on the states 24 billion beach tourism industry. Just a report of this could have an impact, on a shortterm impact on tourism which is the golden goose. Thats our main industry. Reporter just over two weeks ago, zika discovered six miles away in the miami neighborhood of most of our businesses have taken a hit, close to 50 . Reporter since the news, empty store fronts, vacant streets, businesses hit hard. I have lost so many customers. The place is empty most of the time. We have to let go some of the workers. Reporter the fear that what happened in wynnwood could happen in miami beach. Detecting the spread of zika is extremely difficult. Thats why Health Officials are miamidade county. Thank you. The red cross is calling the flooding in louisiana the worst Natural Disaster to hit the United States since hurricane sandy. More rain added to the misery friday as folks returned to a scene of destruction. At least 13 people are dead, 40,000 homes are damaged or destroyed. And 4,000 people are living in shelters. Investigators are asking for the publics help in finding the cause of a evacuation orders have been lifted for a fire in san bernardino, california but many residents are returning to smoking ruins. 96 homes have been destroyed, 175 more have burned in lake county right near sacramento. Shots rang out at a High School Football game last night. Players, cheerleaders and spectators hit the ground during the kickoff classic at Miami South Ridge High School in florida. They were reacting to a volley of gunshots. No one was hurt. Shaken but apparently ready to get back in the air after a wild ride was caught on video. A man, attached to an instructor jumps from 16,000 feet over coldwell, idaho. When the parachute lines get tangled, the instructor has to cut the chute away and he goes for the backup. They hit the ground in a walmart parking lot. Miraculously both men walked away with just scratches. Thatld skydive. Thanks for flying. Hes ready to go back . He says hes getting back out there. Amazing. If youre going to get out there, you need to know the weather. How about a first look, dylan. Theres no more rain in the forecast today for louisiana. Awe that he we could use rain out in california, were not seeing rain on the west coast. Its basically isolated to the middle of the country from the upper midwest, stretching down into texas where we have flash flood watches in effect. Parts of tex tell over the last we could see with the slowmoving cold front another several inches as the moisture just tens to get pumped in from the south. This cold front is also going to trigger stronger storms today, especially across lower michigan. It will continue to move eastward as we go into sunday afternoon. We could see isolated stronger storms. Today the storms will be mostly across misch begun. We have 2 Million People under risk of these severe storms. The primary threat will be for damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. Want to foc around austin, san antonio. We have the ground completely saturated. We could see another 6 to 7 inches of rain through monday. And thats your latest forecast. Thank you so much. Still to come this morning looking back at week two of the most amazing athlete highlights from rio games. Plus like mother like daughter. Can you guess which super is mom to this teen pop star . . . Thrivent mutual funds. Managed by humans, not robots. At thriventfunds. Com. Still to come on today. I love this faces of victory. The incredible images of athletes at the moment when they realized they won an olympics medal. I love this thats the best. Yeah, that was the best. Plus so much more to brazil than rio. Trip to explore brazils largest when the Oil BillionaireKoch Brothers call senator johnson. [ cellphone ringing ]. What do you think they talk about . How the Koch Brothers companies polluted wisconsin, even green bay, their way 90 of the time and supported special tax breaks for Big Oil Polluters . Whatever senator johnson and the Koch Brothers talk about, it probably isnt you. Edf action is responsible good morning. Im julia fello. Its 7 27 well have a check of weather in moment. New this morning scene later today to try and figure out what caused a fire at a milwaukee Day Care Police tell us the fire broke out this morning at little Peoples Academy on 27th and capitol. The fire does not . Appear . To be suspicioussome of the contents were damaged but thankfully, no children were inside at the time and nobody was hurt heres meteorologist brian and heres a live look outside. Were back on this saturday morning, august 20th, 2016. Day 15 of the olympics games in rio. Some more action today and then its the closing ceremony tomorrow night putting the finishing touches on what has been an amazing 2016 olympics. Here is a look at todays olympics headlines. Usain bolt is the fastest man still. Bolt winning the tripletriple. A threetime win in the 100 and 200 and the rely. This is his ninth gold capping off what he claims is the end of his olympics career. The u. S. Mens basketball the men beating spain on friday by a score of 8276. Team usa will take on syria for the gold. And swimmers ryan lochte and gunnar bentz released statements apologizing for incidents earlier this week in rio. Lochte saying, quote, i wanted to apologize for my behavior last weekend for not being careful and candid how i described the events that gunnar bentz saying lochte was yelling at the guards. Jimmy feigen is on his way home after paying a fine and being given his passport back. To the download as we take a look back at what a triumphant week two its been. Theres been awesome surprises along the way. Thrills and chills in the final week of competition at the the final five wrapped up an unforgettable season. One of the greatest dynasties in gymnastics. Reporter simone biles dominated the sport. This has been her destiny. Reporter golds in all around. Shes a 48 giant. Reporter the unstoppable biles soar talked to her record fourth gold. Once again. Reporter the silver. On the track usain bolt making history with his third consecutive gold in the 100 meter dash. And his Third Straight gold in the 200meter. He makes it look easy reporter a Controversial Photo finish denied sprinter Allyson Felix the gold in her signature 400meter dash. Miller has the lead. Miller edging out felix at the finish line. A tough loss for Allyson Felix. Reporter near disaster for the american women in the 4 x 100meter relay. Dropping the baton after a collision with another runner. I felt contacted. It tripped me up. Reporter then a reprieve. A successful appeal allowing them to qualify for the finals. While racing only against the clock. We had unforeseen circumstance but we bounced back with confidence. Reporter its not all about the medals. Olympics spirit at its best. New zealand and american collided. Dag see know stopped to help hamlin up. Hamlin returned the favor seconds later. Its encouraging a simple act of kindness resonates with people. Reporter and a roller coaster week for womens beach volleyball. Brazil upset the United States. Reporter american super we earned the right to fight tomorrow. The americans are back in business. Its over the United States won the bronze reporter and its not just the competition that got hearts pumping. Rio also had its dose of romance. Moments after securing silver in the triple jump, american proposed to his girlfriend. I dont know more special. The medal or her saying yes. Reporter she might stick every landing. Theres one thing that can make simone biles tumble to the floor. Actor zach efron. Remember you said if a certain person showed up, you would need a defibrillator. Yes. Wait, do you remember that . Do you remember that . [ screaming ] ready . Yes and she put it on instagram and everything else. That was a moment. Ive been on end of a zac efron surprise before and she was so much cooler. She comes in for the hug. She did and i was too late. She was talking about him for so long. It was one of the things where how could we possibly in the olympics in rio end without having zac efron . Simone biles earned that surprise visit. She did. Im going to say she won the olympics. Right there. Olympics. Probably. We have to talk weather. How about a check . Its going to be very, very hot in the pacific northwest. We have excessive heat warnings in effect and red flag warnings. Not only hot but dry. We could see any fires that developed spread randly. We could break records today. The record in hillsborough was 101 in 1951. Were expected to tie it today. Eugene, oregon the old record was 99. Today we up into seattle the record is 87 degrees, and were forecasting a high of 91. So we could crush that old record. In salem, oregon could tip 100 as well. Its going to be hot but it wont last that long. It looks like were going to start to see the heat break down over the next couple of days. So it will be up to around, you know, 100 degrees today in most sunday in seattle, were dropping back into the 70s. Spokane drops to 70 on monday. Boise drops into the mid 80s by tuesday. Well see a cool down the next couple of days. The cold front through the middle of the country cooling things down. Minneapolis only 66 today. Also some rain and we could see several inches of rain through monday down through texas. Thank you. We have seen ally racemans parents squirm and grim mis. I love these two. During her performances in rio. Wait until you hear how a complete stranger wants to help her parents relax after rio. Up next from rio to when i have a headache, i dont want to put my life on hold. Ive got a big night planned with my friends. And i want to enjoy every moment of it. Thats why i use fastacting excedrin for my headaches. Excedrin has two pain fighters plus a booster. And for some, headache relief starts in just 15 minutes. Excedrin specializes in treating headaches. 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In some ways, i guess, if rio is the heart of the country, division not far below the surface that have been ripping into the fabric of this country. A city. The rich use helicopters to avoid the long lines of traffic flying over some of the poorest communities in south america. City. Close by many buildings have helicopter landing pads. On the ground another site the city is famous for. Graffiti. Politics is never far from here. So this one comes from the like money, you know, fancy controls, technology. Reporter the inspiration came a long time ago from a long way away. Youre inspired by the new york hiphop scene in the early 80s. Yeah. Im studying 84. Reporter this is a breakfast. Yeah. Its a funny wall. Reporter unlike many cities sao paulos community the artists. Old ladies say i like your graffiti. Its cool. Reporter vincent has been the l. A. Times correspondent here for years. This is the biggest most vibrant city in south america, right. This is kind of like new york in south america but bigger and messier. Reporter bigger than new york . Yeah. More people total. Reporter like new york, all the gambling. Reporter yeah. Theyre not going to like us too much. [ speaking spanish ]. Translator this is my music. When is it on tv . Reporter in sao paulo, they commute to work by the helicopter. A city where rich and poor are side by side. But often dont mix. In those two worlds you can meet welleducated people that have never had a conversation with somebody from the lower class. Reporter surprising, perhaps, in a city full of life where selfexpression comes easy. I tried my hand with his help to make my mark on this city. We have our own graffiti tag. Reporter and, you know, the hope is with the olympics, guys, that it leaves a legacy that helps a country like brazil and helps, for example, to alleviate the poverty that weve seen here. And, you know, were leaving just thinking we hope that is the effect this olympics has. I guess when you compare rio and sao paulo, its like comparing l. A. And new york. They argue here in the same way about which city is better. So ill leave you guys to fight among yourselves ove what was missing from the piece, i didnt see keir simmons doing the samba. Theres been lots of samba dancing. Reporter no, funny. Yeah. Strange. I need you with me, craig. Ive got that back issue. Yes. Keir, good to see you, my friend. Theres still time. Coming up next the ladies of team usa water polo honoring their coach after an emotional victory. Someones finally ready to start her day. Tada. Get gooeyflakyhappy. Toaster strudel. My girl cindy bought this fridge from lowes because of their worryfree 30day satisfaction guarantee on appliances. Thats what im talking about cindy. I like your style. Now get up to 20 off appliances 396 or more, at lowes. . . We all want whats best for our kids. Introducing mcdonalds new chicken mcnuggets. Made with 100 white meat chicken and no artificial colors, flavors and now no artificial preservatives. . . This morning in todays olympic moment, the dominance of the u. S. Womens water polo team. They have been overpowering in their last six maxes at the olympics they have outscored their opponents 7332. Fridays win meant so much for for a team and a coach that had suffered a tragic loss. The United States came in as defending olympic champions facing an undefeated italian team. Clear the americans were here to make olympic history. In hockey they would call that an exclamation point. Were dominant and were really smart about how we attack the game. They come in the first Womens Water Polo Team to win goal at consecutive summer olympics. The u. S. Wins gold again. They dominated italy with the score of 125, the most goals ever scored in a womens water polo final. Played on tonight and for this whole tournament for past four years is the best team ive ever been a part of. Reporter but fridays victory was as much for the player as it was for the coach whose brother died of a sudden heart attack the day before the opening ceremonies. For him to have gone through what he went through with his brother and be so strong for us, is a testament to his incredible character. On friday, an emotional scene one by one, the players took their gold medals and placed them around krikorians neck. He deserves it as much as any of us do. He deserves all 13 around his neck, the 30 pounds, whatever it is. A simple gesture of love and thanks. He said after that match that its not about me, its about the team. But that has actually helped me. Class act. Extraordinary team. Still to come, a relative newby in the triathlon world and her hopes for a gold medal in competition today. But first, this is today on feingold im Russ Feingold and i approve this message. Johnson ive always said ill be the calmest guy on my election night. I win either way. 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Drivers are being ured to find a different route during construction. The closure is expected to run until 6 am tomorrow. The dot says roads could open up sooner if the weather heres meteorologist brian good morning. Bolt of lightning. Usain bolt does it again helping jamaica win gold in the mens 4 x 100 relay in what he says will be his last ever olympic race. Heres u three times three. The triple triple. Cementing his place in history with that coveted triple triple, and the u. S. Women put a botched handoff in the qualifiers behind them to come out on top. Thats going to be the u. S. Jamaica second. Giving them backtoback olympic wins in the 4 x 100 relay. Going for gold. Team usas basketball players keeping their winning streak alive with another win to send them to the gold medal game. Durant, yes. The men spanking spain in the semifinal. And their side of the story. U. S. Swimmers ryan lochte and gunnar bentz speaking out in the wake of their robbery controversy, apologizing for their actions and saying they want to move on. This as jimmy feigen who paid nearly 11,000 to get his passport back from brazilian officials finally heads home, today, saturday, august 20th, 2016. And a good saturday morning to you. Welcome back to today. Folks out there on the plaza are going to get out there in just a bit. Its good to be back together. This is nice. Nice to be back. We missed you. I missed you guys. You guys did a great job though. Was it as fun as it looked . It was. 18 days is a long time. Yeah. To be away from your family. Youve got a little one at home and another on the way. Youll see what its like. Glad to have you back. That is true. In fact, we begin this hour with the latest out of rio. Another exciting night of action as ryan lochte apologizes for his behavior for that incident at a brazilian gas station. Lets go to nbcs Peter Alexander at olympic park with all of it. Peter, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning to you. Breaking news this morning. Just within the last several hours the last of the four american swimmers still stranded here in rio, jimmy feigen, jinlly landed back home in the u. S. After making what was 11,000 donation to a brazilian charity and getting his passport back and swimmer gunnar bentz is sharing his account what have happened that night out with swimmer ryan lochte. Gunnar bentz describing ryan lochtes actions last weekend. Ryan stood up and yelled at the guards. Ryan and the security guards had a heat had had physical exchange and no physical contact was made. This new statement from bentz offering a sincere apology saying he was never a suspect and never made a false statement earlier ryan lochte breaking his silence on instagram. I want to apologize for my behavior last weekend, for not being more careful and candid in how i described the events of that early morning. Now weighing in, decorated olympic swimmer mark spitz. In one sense it was not respectful to the host, but i still think that this will just die, and it should. Reporter episode, a blemish on an otherwise exhilarating games. Friday usain bolt etching his name in the history books. Heres usain three times three, the triple triple reporter leading jamaica to a 4 x 100 relay win after taking gold in both the 100 and 200meter races earlier this week. In desperation, she tries to throw the baton to english. Reporter the u. S. Women shaking off a near miss in the qualifying round. Here they come for the finish. Its going to be the u. S. Running away with gold in their 4 x 100 race. Thats special. Its so cool to share it with all these ladies. We went out there and had fun tonight and it was about time american men. Thats has to be passed on the other side of the yellow line. Reporter disqualified after Officials Say they passed their baton outside the designated area. On the bikes u. S. Medaling in both men and womens bmx. Connor fields pulled ahead to take the gold. Reporter and for the women alise post and hitting the bar on the way up the pole vaulter co medal and missing the podium teammate and defending champion jen scheuer. On the court usa beat out spain and now advances to the gold medal game sunday. Throughout these games the americans really have dominated. Lets show you where the medal count stands. Just a couple of days to go, the u. S. Well out in front. 105 medals in all followed by china and great britain, but neither of them is even close to the americans, and then taking a look at the action today. Basketball, and then in volleyball the american women will take on the netherlands hoping for a bronze in that competition, and plenty of eyes will be on the mens soccer field, the final today, host country brazil taking on germany. The best moment for me though was last night after his race, usain bolt saying to one reporter, there you go. I am the greatest. Just like that. Dropping the baton. He dropped it. Good one. Good to see you, peter. Safe travels back. We olympic action in a few minutes. Olympics action in a few minutes. We want to get some of the other big stories of the day. Pregnant women are being warned not to travel to certain parts of miami as the zika virus appears to have spread there. Five new cases of that disease are being reported in miami beach now. Some businesses claim their sales have dropped 50 after more than a dozen cases were reported in nearby wynwood. There are now fears that zika multibillion dollar tourism industry. Donald trump heads to virginia after the latest shake up in the republicans president ial camp. Trump toured the ruins in louisiana on friday. Trump criticized president obama for vacationing during the flood crisis. Obama will visit the area on tuesday. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has been ordered to answer written questions this time about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of those questions stemming from a lawsuit by conservative legal group. People are coming home to devastating loss in both louisiana and california this morning. 40,000 homes are damaged or destroyed by flooding in louisiana. At least 13 people are dead. The red cross calls it the worst Natural Disaster in the u. S. Since hurricane sandy. In california wild fires have burned hundreds of homes to the ground. Officials are asking for the publics help in investigating bernardino county. An alaska trail guide in Critical Condition after being attacked to a bear. The coast guard rescued the guide and their group. They somehow got between a brown bear and her cub. The bears action was defensive and theyre not hunting down the animal. Dylan is in the plaza with another check on the forecast and there. Hey, dylan. Reporter we have quite a crowd out here. Considering they dont think anybody realizing the whole crew is back from rio now. We have these guys out here. This young lady was the first one out here. What time did you wake up . 5 45. Today isnt my birthday which is birthday which isnt until tes. Lets take a look at the weather across the country. Well see the heat through the midwest continue to cool off. I mean, were looking at temperatures well below average thanks to the cold front that will eventually cool things down and wipe out the humidity in the northeast. Take a look minneapolis. 67 degrees for the high today. Sunday the temperatures will cool off back to the great lakes dropping into the 70s and well be in the upper 70s and lower 80s by the week through most of the midwest. Look at monday morning. 50s and 60s. Almost falllike monday morning so this guy over here said i said the wrong thing. Heres whats going on in your neck of the woods. Here is an al roker fan here. I like that. Thanks, dylan. We have to take you back to some olympics action at an event that no american has won gold in. Were triathlon. Theres one woman who is hoping to change that this morning. Yes. The triathlon is a sport with so many variables. Gwen jorgensen is changing all of that. . . Reporter the 30yearold wisconsin native is prime for the podium in rio. The favorite in a sport she barely knew about six years ago. When you got out of college, you no. I was getting my cpa license and had a fulltime job lined up. I hadnt known that triathlon was an olympics sport. Youd accounting. I did. Jorgensen clocking in 60 hours a week at the accounting firm. Usa came on the hunt for former College Swimmers and runners. I had neverid bike before 2010, and they came to me and said its the easiest to learn. Well give you a bike and help you out with a coach. I laughed and said youre nuts the pool was gwens first love leading to a modest swimming career at the university of wisconsin. Her true talent could be found on the track. She made the switch her senior year of college after nudging from her family. There is one moment in particular when my grandpa stanley, i remember he was know, gwen, i think if you change sports you could be an olympian. He told me this and i just i listened. Olympics dreams that unfolded faster than anyone expected. And a surprising second goes to the american gwen jorgensen. Just over a year after her first triathlon jorgensen came in second at a qualifier for the 2012 games. I crossed the finish line and i didnt believe it. D happening. Gold wasnt in the cards in london. Im looking around in the bike pack. Did i have a flat tire . The other girls were like yep. They said what kind of wheel do you need . I said i dont know i need one what does it look like . Its round it has spokes. Just give me one gwen ended upcoming in 38th. I crossed the finish line, and i had one thought. It was i want to go to rio. With the help of her husband, patrick, and coach jamie turner, jorgensen embarked on a intense training. Hamburg, first. Chicago, first. Ed monoton, is it getting old yet . Gwen went on an unprecedented 13race winning medal around the neck of gwen jorgensen. Shes pulling away from the competition. Turns out grandpa stanley who since passed away, was on to something. I still feel like, you know, hes up in heaven and watching me compete. Its inspiring to know i have him there believing in me. Amazing that was natalie morrellis reporting. Gwen jorgensen going for the gold on nbc. Triathlon coverage begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern this morning. She won 13 straight triathlons. Yeah you should see what she eats. Thats amazing. Still ahead here. Some of the best moments captured in a picture. That amazing instant these athletes realized they just medaled at olympic games. Well show you those some make it look easy. You cant stop the beat. Well show you i dont know. I dont know. Nbc next live musical hair. Soon, shell be bingestudying. 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. 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. S feed him to the sharks squuuuack, lets feed him to the sharks yay and take all of his gold and take all of his gold ya and hide it from the crew ya. . Squuuuack, theyre all morons anyway i never said that. They all smell bad too. 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You probably see this flashing that signature green as he blows past the competitions in the Kerry Walsh Jennings and april walsh celebrating when they took home the bronze. You got to check it out. You can actually feel the energy of Michael Phelps and Caeleb Dressel celebrating their big win. Who could possibly forget the First Time Team usa swept the track and field podium with this big win in the womens 10te hurdles. This is amazing. I love the shot. I dont lot a folks appreciated the dominance of team usa at the games. Dominates. It has been something. Do you want more gold or medals overall. Now we have them all. The pop start action this morning. Lets do it its been awhile. Im rusty. First up, we have your first look at nbcs upcoming live musical hair spray live. And the short teaser released last night . You cant stop the beat . I dont know if thats right. We have a peek at the starstudded cast. Jennifer hudson, kristin chenoweth, newcomer maddy bail owe. It airs live december 7th on nbc. We know jayz is a grammy winning artist. Theres one title hes instagram husband. You remember last month this photo of his wife beyonc . Went viral. Its beyonc . Looking fabulous. Because we see jayz working hard. There it is, to get the right angle in the background. Theyre at it again. While vacationing in italy, beyonc . Was seen jumping off her megayacht. The dive looks terrifying. Everyone is buzzing about jayzs dedication to capture the moment. Thats pretty high. He waits on a smaller boat taking pictures queen bey hes wearing a shirt so he didnt do that jump. No. Hes in the boat taking the picture. I cant wait to see the final picture he took. And Cindy Crawfords look alike daughter is following her mother. We saw kaia gerber share cover girl duties. Now kaia who is 14 first solo magazine cover. The young model appears on the September Issue of the londonbased magazine pop. Cindy crawford graced a magazine cover at 16. Kaia is ahead of the game. Wow. She has a great coach. Maybe she can do that and they can do a cute shoot. Still ahead, the story behind these photos at the rio one of the busiest shopping times of the year. Back to school. How one retailer is making its commercials different. A good deal on a lastminute a good deal on a lastminute trip for every coconut has a dream. To come out of its shell. To show all the world its true, inner beauty. And then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. Almond joy mounds. What every coconut wants. Hugo and princess arent morning people. Princess isnt even people, but he hasnt told her. Still, they wake up for new meow mix brushing bites, tasty treats that help care for teeth. No wonder its the only one cats ask for by name. Sfx boop is back to school, unleash their creativity. With this crayola 24pack for just . 50. Save money. Live better. Walmart. Theres nothing like trying something new. Especially when it comes to snacking. 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We have a small but mighty crowd we have another hour today enjoying this saturday morning. Were happy to be back together again. Small but strong. Still to come in this half hour of today. Youll probably see lots of back to school commercials running today. The unique spin one company is putting on theirs. Not too late to plan a lastminute gate away for labor day. We have great tips on tips that wont break the bank. And awesome brunch. I love when we eat on the show 99 of the time our attention focussed on the athletes, but there are plenty of other people you dont see at the games, and the experience for them is just as special. Yes. This was a cool one. I had a chance to meet a young photographer maddy maier before she left for rio. Dont see a lot of young sports photographers. Maddies focus on everyone else. We decided to focus on her. . . Her pictures capture moments in time. Moments of triumph, determination, pure emotion. At just 24 years old, maddy meyer has her dream job as a sports photographer. I was reading this morning marathon, two super bowls, kentucky derby, now rio. Thats insane. Yeah. When im at an event im focussing. Im not taking in the environment as much thinking, wow, how cool to be here. Im thinking, all right, serena is playing. How can i clean up the background . On a typical day maddy covers sports in boston. Days are long. Shes there six or seven hours before the games start. Capturing a winning s patience. A skill she learned from her mentor elsa garrison. She works hard. Shes a talented photographer. Reporter when we spoke the games were weeks away. What is great about the olympics the pure joy and agony and defeat. Everything you loved and wanted about sports is at the olympics. The poetry of emotion of sport is great. Maddies success didnt photography bug when she was a little girl watching her friendss dad take pictures at their soccer games. He was shooting our game and he showed me how a camera work. Ever since then i wanted to do photography. Reporter she literally worked her way up. Shooting games at school in the athletic departments. Interning at large newspapers. What is it about the emotion of a freeze frame . I think thats how our brains are wired. At least for me. Of muhammad ali, for example, i think that were tied to emotions and thats true with sports, as well. Reporter its almost the human experience. Definitely. Reporter and now moments like this. . . Shes taken thousands of photos over the years one click at a time. Today maddie has earned her right to capture moments in rio. Working the olympics is on tv. Its fun and chaotic. Theres so much going on simultaneously. Its definitely a really kind of surreal experience and cool to be around. Not only these great athletes but great photographers and people from all over the world. Its definitely a highlight. Both maddie and elsa say a big push at the olympics is the speed you can see an image they take. They can snap a picture out with a caption about 120 seconds. Youre thinking about it. No pressure. Everybody is waiting for the money shot. You cant take pictures that way. Just 24 years old . 24 years old i want to go. I love the shots but i want to experience it. A final reminder. You can see all the action from rio in prime time including the u. S. Mens and womens relay track teams going for gold in 8 00 7 00 p. M. Central tonight. Dylan drier has one more check on the forecast. Were keeping an eye on fiona. It doesnt look like it will be much of a threat to land. It winds about 40 miles per hour. You can see its over the water. But it is going to continue to the west and northwest approach ing bermuda. There are a couple of waves coming off western africa were keeping an eye on. Into a bigger system. And some of the models are taking it through puerto rico and the caribbean. Then it could take a turn. Perhaps into the gulf coast or the east of florida. Something we have to keep an eye on as we go into the end of the week. Its going to take awhile. We have heavy rain from the midwest through texas. That could lead to some more flash flooding. The ground is totally saturated. We could end up with another 7 inches of rain especially near thats your latest forecast. Up next the dream team im not talking hoops, just assembled to produce major back assembled to produce major back to school poor assembled to produce major back to school foster kid black muslim the only label that matters is olympian. General mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. My girl cindy bought this fridge from lowes because of their worryfree 30day satisfaction guarantee on appliances. Thats what im talking about cindy. I like your style. Now get up to 20 off appliances 396 or more, at lowes. 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On the first day of school i learned it only takes something small to go from not friends to totally friends. Among them claire. An experienced director. Cambria. Claire is 17 and cambria and kevin is 10. I was finish with casting, conference calls, getting prepped for the shoot, and, you know, actually on set giving our talent and our kids the direction. I was the junior stylist. So basically my job was to pick out what the talent was wearing. On set, i would be running in and out between takes and fixing things and making sure a tuck was right. I wrote the story. In third grade i learned we all make mistakes. Them mistakes, theyre not so scary. From the beginning to the end kids came up with the ideas, wrote the scripts, and starred in the commercials. Seven in all. I think the best thing is the fact there were a good balance of kids and adults. It was like nothing ive ever seen before. And most important thing they listened. I think not only did we learn from them, but i think they learned from us a lot. We were able to give a new vision. What did you teach them . I definitely think that gave them an open mind and perspective on just how to look at something a different way and look at the world from a kids perspective. In the scope of the things you have done in your life, how cool was this project . It was kind of like fan girling over this myself. Its a big deal im styling for a target commercial like how many kids can say they did that . Kevin, youre 10. Things in this world. How cool was this project . A plus plus. A plus plus thats cute. It was cool across the board. They wrote it, directed it, styled in it. They did more in addition to the marketing campaign. Target is using the kids for input into the clothing line. Oh i want you to wear this. These kids are involved in the design and also in a giving campaign donorschoose. Org. Ive noticed when kids are on the screen, they listen. I dont know what it is about kids watching other kids. I think theres another benefit. My kids dont listen when im talking. Exactly. There you go. Thank you, stefanie. Coming up next well help you take one last vacation this summer with labor day tips and trips. This morning on todays travel. Labor day, of course, two weeks away. If youre looking to get away for a few days, youll be happy to know its not too late to get a great deal. Sara is editor at large at four square. Good to see you. Stowe, vice pr theres great hiking and outdoors activity. Stowe, vermont is known for scenic views and theres a Beautiful Hotel called field guide. 30 rustic rooms with lawn games. Rates are 169 a night. Pretty reasonable. Stowe, vermont. Theres stowe. Lets move to the next spot. Its one of, if not my favorite cities in america. Washington, d. C. Exactly. Countrys 25 most popular landmarks are in washington, d. C. You can see the jefferson monument at the washington memorial. A great place to stay is the mason and roof hotel. From the pool on the rooftop you can see the washington monument. A unique amenity, if you want to borrow one of their fancy watches theyll let you borrow it. Rates 190. A steal. Exactly. And youre located in the hippest part of town 14th street neighborhood. Thats where i used to live before it was hip. Austin, texas. A popular travel destination. Always popular. Swarm data shows visits to austin wineries are up 250 . So something new for foodies right in austin, texas. You can stay at the omniaustin downtown. They have a rooftop pool and bar. They serve beer and drinks that use local austin distilleries. A great place if you want a different type of foodie adventures. There are great restaurants in austin. I didnt know it was a popular wine spot. This is san diego. San diego is actually it is the final choice today, but its not by no means last. Because of the epic sunsets. Were seeing visitors up 80 . Wonderful sunset photos and try their hands at cliff driving. The pearl hotel is a fun and unique hotel. Its a happening place with the lively bar scene, a lively pool scene. In fact, wednesday nights they show outdoor movies. Rates 159 a night. Again, an affordable choice. By beautiful beaches. A great way to squeeze the last bit out of summer. Place. Why live anywhere else . It mean we can visit. Go to today. Com for more of sarahs tips. Coming up well eat an amazing brunch using some of the summers best vegetables. Dylan drier will be here we go, come on. Was that our lunch . Sfx boop oscar mayer turkey american cheese basic lunchable, save money. Live better. Walmart wolves howling when heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth and fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. From tums. Im going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. Thats so interesting honey because im going to share a photo of my eggo waffle when it pops up. whispers leggo my eggo anncr golden crispy, warm and fluffy eggo waffles. Technology is useful. I just bought a book. And while i was telling you about the book, i downloaded a song. Oh, and full disclosure, when we were just chatting about that song thing, someone arranged a date. Digital. So, carmax, created a site where you can reserve a car online. Come in when its convenient, your car will be waiting. Just another thing to make buying a car better for you. Reads this tweet that i just posted. Oh, that appears to be trending. Lol. . . This morning in today food enjoying some of the Great Produce that summer has to offer with only a few weeks left in the season, the harvest is starting to dwindle, but wait until you see what you can make with what is left. Guys, i love having you on with us. Your food is fantastic. Its good to see you again. Were doing a little Summer Harvest pie. Pimento cheese. Its important to use dry potatoes. Thats right. I have grated potatoes and josh is going to dry them out. We shredded them, soaked them. We got them nice and dry. I squeeze and pat them dry. Why is that important . It keeps the crust crispy. When you take it out of the pan its crispy like a has i dont know about you, i know youre pregnant. Yes. You as well. At night i dream about hash browns, pancakes everything. Yeah. I get this early in the morning. Its breakfast time im like time to cook me something you come up with something amazing. My husband can make cinnamon toast. We add salt and pepper and butter. We slightly butter it. You have a little trick. Sure. Take the glass. Any glass would do. Anything with an edge. Get it pressed right around. Instead of making your regular pastry crust use hash browns. Get a serving of vegetables. Yeah. And the good thing, its gluten free, as well. Thats perf first. Right. Baked for about an hour. Then ill make a simplecustard here. I have eggs, milk, cream, and a little bit of salt. Dylan, give me a hand. I have the amazing vegetables we talking about earlier. I love squash blossoms. Layer it in. If you dont have summer goat cheese. Once you have the crust done its a free for all. Its great. Layer it in. Perfect. Tomatoes in here. We have beautiful ribbons the squash blossoms. How high do you fill it . As high as you like. You dont want to go over the potato. Im like dumping this in. Its important to fluff it a little bit when she pours it in. Make sure the egg kind of gets to the bottom. That was all the the egg. Yes. This is the custard. Exactly. Nice, light, fluffy, and airy. We have Pimento Cheese. You and craig were talking about it. Ive never heard of it before. Its a cheddar cheese. Someone said everything. Cheddar cheese, a little cream cheese, pimentos, pickles. Pickles . About 30 minutes and its done. You have to try this its one of the secrets. Its a tomato jam. What is it . Tomato and onion and cook it down. Add a little bit of vinegar and sugar. Oh, man. Its so good. Do you have any left . No i cant wait. I have to try this. Oh, my gosh hash i dont want to use a regular crust ever again. There you go. A great breakfast or brunch. Did you make that Pimento Cheese . Of course what is the recipe . Its cheddar cheese, cream cheese, pimento. We put pickles. Shes putting pickles on her ice cream lately. I know. To today. Com food. We appreciate you stopping by to join us. Enjoy the rest of the olympics. Good morning. Im julia fello. Right now all lanes are shut down between highway 100 interchange. Drivers are being ured to find a different route during construction. The closure is expected to run until 6 am tomorrow. The dot says roads could open up sooner if the weather cooperates. Heres meteorologist brian welcome. Good saturday morning. Here we are right next to one of braz sand, that beautiful atmosphere along copacabana beach. 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