Colorful close in rio. Americas breakout star simone biles carrying the stars and stripes as team usa racks up more gold medals. Claressa shields making history in the ring. Now joining us live and the Mens Basketball Team a head above the rest closing out the games on top for team usa. And good morning, america. Great to start the week in times square and what a finish to those olympics. There you see the fireworks, waterfalls as well at the closing ceremonies and 121 medals for team usa. Incredible and then simone biles carrying the flag for america in maracana stadium and president obama saying he couldnt be prouder of team usa. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. You carried that flag high tonight, simone biles. Simone replying thank you, such a huge honor, go, usa. What a treat she was to watch during the whole olympics. Well have more on the olympics coming up. Also the latest from ryan lochte, but we begin with those massive wildfires in washington forcing eva
11 million undocumented immigrants. Would that new strategy help win back minority voters or is it too late . Wild weather. Damaging tornadoes in the midwest. A new round of devastating flooding in the south. While in california, a raging Wildfire Forces new evacuations and now threatens the historic hearst castle. Were getting a new puppy with a purpose raising a service dog for a deserving veteran. Our new friend is in that litter and youre about to meet him, today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Our first day back all of us in studio 1a. Wait, what . I hug you and you get new puppy smell. Were so happy to have you guys back. Its boring around here without you. Yeah. [ speaking portuguese ] i brought you a little puppy. I had to give you a welcome. I cannot wait to meet this little critter. It will be fun. Meanw
Nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the Olympic Games in rio. Peter alexander. Good evening on this wet and windy night. The rio olympics will draw to a close with a final exclamation point. A carnivallike closing ceremony. A fitting end to the first games in south america. For its part, team usa punctuated an historic performance securing 121 total medals, the most won by americans in three decades, the third most ever. Null and the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this countrys most popular sport. Heres nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter as the soccer team goes, so goes the country. At least that is what Many Brazilians believe. Neymar has a chance to make history. Reporter in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium, you could see it in their faces. Blows the whistle to put brazil out of their misery. Reporter only two years ago during the semifinal of the world cup, brazil lost in the same stadium to the same team. A crushing 71. Neymar rightfooted tak
In the country. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Our top story is developing here in Rio De Janeiro tonight, where Big Questions are suddenly being raised about the alleged Armed Robbery of american swimmer, ryan lochte and some of his teammates on the streets of rio last weekend. A judge here in brzezinski today has ordered the seizure of lochte and fellow american, jimmie feigen over alleged inconsistencies of their story over what happened and what was seen in a piece of Surveillance Video that recorded the athletes that night. Late details. Reporter the Surveillance Video obtained by daily mail. Com shows the american swimmers, ryan lochte, gunner bent and jack conger and jimmie feigen clearing the athletes village sunday morning after a long night out. Lochte sharing this video from a party. Hours later, he told todays show, billy bush on the way back to the ath
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