The conviction against Brendan Dassey overturned. The subject of the popular Netflix Documentary Series Making a murderer is set to go free. What it could mean for his uncle steven avery. Trial experts weighing in this morning. And gator attack. Florida woman fighting for her life after a trip to the everglades. As she reached in to retrieve the can, thats when she was bitten by the alligator. Airlifted to this hospital overnight. The witnesses who jumped in to save her. Good saturday morning, everyone. As you can see, dan has the weekend off. Ryan smith is here. Ryan, can we just say we always love it when youre at the news desk. Well, i love being here. Do you really . I really love being here. Im channeling my inner dan. Please dont. Dont go there. Good morning, everyone. It is a day when team usa is celebrating a slew of swimming victories. Oh, my goodness. Take a look at this incredible scene. Katie ledecky so far ahead in the 800 free, it looked like she was swimming alone. Got o
For simone biles, of course. Well get to it. No, she had a very exciting day. Yes, she did. Its a very busy morning for us. Well start with the breaking news from Southern California. A fastmoving wildfire forcing more than 80,000 people from their homes. It just started yesterday and already has burned more than 18,000 acres and despite their best efforts, firefighters say its still zero percent contained. Fire Officials Say dry brush and wind gusts caused the flames to race through the hillsides and are making them very hard to control. Just watch how quickly they engulfed this cross during that onslaught. Look at that. Theyre destroys just about everything in their path. You see how fast the winds were whipping up there. Humidity very low. That cross is gone just like that. The fires burring along an area, interstate 15, just outside los angeles. People familiar with this know vegas. That route parts of it shut down. Alex stone arriving in that area overnight. Good morning, alex. Re
The u. S. Women knocked out of the olympics in the quarterfinal round. Missing the opportunity to go for gold for the first time in olympic history. But there are previous other chance for team usa to add to that medal count as week two of the Olympic Games gets under way today, saturday, august 13th. 2016. Another gold med al of the 800. Gets the gold. Unbelievable. Threeway tie for the silver medal. Medal. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Natalie Morales and al roker is also here with us. What another fantastic night it was for team usa. Fantastic night, a gorgeous morning. So where do they come . Fresh off gold and silver and everything else, you come right here to the today show set. We have them in the house fresh off the first week in the stunning 800meter victory last night. Katie ledecky with the gold medal. Lots of gold medals around her neck this morning.
Golds and 84 overall. However, early wednesday morning, the United States stranglehold on one event came to an end at the beach. Reporter battle on the beach. Kerri Walsh Jennings and april ross taking on the World Champion brazil team in the semifinals. Sadly, the americans couldnt pull off the win. This is Walsh Jennings first match loss in four olympics games. The u. S. Will play for the bronze a she did it. She did it. Simone biles making history yet again, soaring to her fourth gold medal in rio. The 19yearold gymnast capping off her olympics by winning the floor exercise finals. That makes her the First American gymnast to when four gold medals in a single games. Teammate aly raisman got the silver. She was the reigning floor champ from london. And the mens team celebrating redemption. High bar. Missing a medal by fractions of a point landed sam in fourth. In track and field, the american women adding to the medal count in the 1500 meters. Jennifer simpson surging at the end to g
A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for jo im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. Residents say they barely had time to escape. 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight. But now the biggest threat those rivers are still rising and rising fast. Abcs phillip mena starts us off from hardhit baton rouge. Reporter flood waters ravaging louisian