the national weather service confirming a tornado hit in jefferson county just to the north. janice, of course, tracking all of that meantime all students and staff in the los angeles unified school district will be required to take weekly covid tests regardless of their vaccination status. the district shifting its policy after initially requiring testing only for those who are unvaccinated. the superintendent says the district is, quote: adapting our response in preparation for our full return to in person learning. baseline testing will begin in august. let s go to tokyo where suni lee becomes the fifth straight american woman to win olympic gold in the individual all around gymnastics competition. the last american to do it simone biles cheering lee on from the stand. meanwhile team u.s.a. swimming racking up more medals, lily king and annie takes bronze in the 200-meter breast stroke. the u.s. leads with the most medals comes to gold.
get here. including injuries and stuff. so there are definitely a lot of emotions but i m super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself. let s go swimming. the u.s. continuing to stack up medals. training partners and friends lilly kill and annie laser competing in the 200 meter breast stroke and we saw a world record performance. the 26-year-old almost quit swimming after not making rio olympics. and even got in the cal athletic department. her family celebrated the win back in michigan. l lazor s father passed away but was her ardent cheerleader. finally, scary moment here during a semi final bmx racing. connor fields of the u.s.
she has won gold in the breast stroke. she learned to swim so that she d be safe. she is from alaska. and during the year long pandemic delay, her family moved about two hours away to anchorage so that they could find a pool that she could swim in. she said that she doesn t think that she would have been ready had the games gone on time. she really grew in that extra year. and people back home who watched her gave us one the best videos of the olympics so far. this watch party took party to a whole new level when she touched that wall making her home state and the entire nation pride. and naomi owe bsosaka s oly are over. she was eliminated in straight sets in the third round. her first tournament since withdrawing from the french open citing mental health. saying afterwards, she said i
screwups, because they worked way too hard for that. reporter: teammates suni lee, jordan chiles and grace mccallum stepping up. biles cheering them on from the sidelines, saying that she stepped aside to take care of her mental health. i say put mental health first. it s okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself. reporter: and japan s naomi osaka dealt a crushing blow. the tennis superstar, number two in the world, losing to czech republic s marketa vondrousova, ranked 42nd. osaka telling reporters, i definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure for this. reporter: the alaskan assassin, lydia jacoby, upsetting teammate lilly king in the 100-meter breast stroke. will simone biles compete in the individual competition? she s taking it one day at a time. james, thank you. when we come back tonight,
janice dean tracking that. all eyes on the u.s. women s gymnastics team as they look to defend their gold medal at the team s coach tuition. meanwhile lydia jacoby pulling off a huge upset in the women s 100-meter breast stroke to bring home gold. army first lieutenant men and women s. the u.s. is currently tied with china for the most gold medals at nine apiece. that is a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you. steve: was she 17 years old? teenager. jillian: yes. joel knows everything. when in doubt ask joel. steve: joel, who made that noise downstairs earlier that we were worried about joel joel a a gremlin. brian: amc who parked the car? steve: turn to the crisis at our