to early start. thank you for being with us. i m john berman. 5:00 in the east and counting down to the big jobs report that has huge political and economic implications. what we can expect and the health hazard that forced the first family of one state to move out of the governor s mansion. it is flat on the gross. something truly fantastic. we are talking about the olympics and that s her. the flying squirrel who is now the golden girl. 16-year-old gabby douglas cemented her legacy as the first straight american and the first african-american to win the women s all-around gymnastics gold medal. started with a vault and ended with the dazzling floor routine and completed a rise to olympic champion. amanda, you must be able to hear our enthusiasm. that was electric last night. it was, john. good morning. the greenwich arena turned into club gaby with the fantastic techno floor routine. the flying squirrel flamed the most coveted gold medal there is and it has been qui
another race tomorrow and that one was close today. oh, close today. the race tomorrow is the 100 butterfly which michael phelps has really been his strongest event through the years. but today s race ryan lochte was billed as the duel in the pool. it could come down to a hand touch and it did with michael flech touching phelps touching the wall .6 hundred hundredths seconds. picked up time in the back stroke which is ryan lochte s strongest stroke. again phelps steals lochte s spotlight. i was not surprised seeing how michael phelps has been getting stronger through these olympic games. he is the master at planning his regiments through the olympics. think back to beijing. how does anyone swim 8 events and get 8 gold medals that s the genius of him. ryan lochte also lost the 200-meter back stroke.
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time. wall street journal poking fun how nbc is delaying coverage until prime time. take a look at this prime time 100-meter back stroke. here comes missy. here going to be close coming down to the touch. and the winner is missy. missy the missile. at 17 years of age missy franklin has won first individual gold at the olympic games and she can t keep that million-dollar smile off her face. shepard: love you wall street journal. american missy franklin winning the gold. before we go, our team s top five things of the day. number five, accusations of doping. second gold medal today asked if she ever doped she said absolutely not. the olympic committee says she is not. some fans of the rock band the who traded in tickets for 1979 rhode island show for passes to rescheduled performance next year. number three, triple a reports the price of gas nationwide shot up to 3. auto for the first time in more than a
she s won again. she s dedicating her entire showing to the victims of the colorado massacre. watch. lane 5! brian: gold medal in the 100-meter back stroke. she finished 58.33 seconds. new u.s. record. her parents even there to cheer her on. the current medal count, china in front. tied with us with 17. but they have more golds. then you got france, north korea, and italy rounding out the top five. let s talk about china for a second. are they cheating again? there is increasing calls to investigate after china has been blowing out the competition in the water. now you got the 16-year-old, she s got to be under 50, setting a world record to the 40 medley, breaking it by a full five seconds. she use an engine? she swam the 50 meters faster than ryan lochte who won the