This morning on gma. And the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for americas final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. And youll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i cant return to work until he lands the one star that got away. Can our team help him get to the finish line . Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. And what a stunning night at the olympics. Simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. She is just incredible. And take a look at this, simone on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps and they simply just say the greatest. That they are. These athletes may not have won a medal but they won our hearts and a lot of pra
Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting get it this morning. He flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to show you the epic surprise in a little bit. W
And the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for americas final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. And youll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i cant return to work until he lands the one star that got away. Can our team help him get to the finish line . Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. What a stunning night at the olympics. Simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. She is just incredible. And take a look at this, simone on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with katie that they are. These athletes may not have won a medal but won our hearts. And a lot of praise. Abbey dagostino and Nikki Hamblin helping each other up on the track. Boy, that was a mome
And the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for americas final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. And youll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i cant return to work until he lands the one star that got away. Can our team help him get to the finish line . Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. And we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. And what a stunning night at the olympics. Simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. She is just incredible. And take a look at this, simone on the cover of Sports Illustrated along with Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps and that they are. These athletes may not have won a medal but they won our hearts and a lot of praise. Abbey dagostino and Nikki Hamblin helping each othe
Good evening. And we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. First, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. From virginia, up through new england, d. C. , baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. Its a system that already brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. This one in howard county, indiana. And in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. A state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down. And tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. Meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. Reporter tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous are still swollen. Some still rising. This is historic. Its unprecedented. Flood levels, as the waters move south. Reporter south of baton evacuations and rescues. Sh, new at least 11 ar