He actually bought his way into office. His name was drawn during a Food Festival out of a ballot bucket. Each entry cost 1. I smell a scandal. He took office last year. His then6yearold brother was his advisor. It was a family sort of affair. Robert served two terms of mayor when he was 3 and 4. They have a that young lady looks ambitious. Watch out, james. Coming up, the stories behind the story at the Olympic Games in rio. Why the team to beat this year is a bunch of superstars. The u. S. Womens gymnastics, and why is it the mens team doesnt get the same attention . And bringing the taste of rio home to you. Well check out a brazilian dish in our onsome ni insomnia world news now weather. Brought to you by colonial pen Life Insurance. R. Brought to you by colonial pen Life Insurance. Since i was a kid, ive done every t empty my pocket change into this old jar. Its never much, just whats left after i break a dollar. And i never thought i could get quality Life Insurance with my spare
A message with olympic gold. We can still compete clean and do well at the olympic games. Ryan murphy also strikes gold for team usa. Look at him go all eyes on the womens Gymnastics Team as they prepare to hit the mat, the beams and the bar. Will simone biles lead them to victory . Were live in rio for all the action. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is Good Morning America. And good morning, america. Big night in rio for team usa. Two gold medals last night, lilly king, ryan murphy, they dominated in the pool. Unbelievable. And everybody is talking about Michael Phelps and that game face. You have to take a look at it. I was watching. It never changed. He was clearly in the zone and wait till you see what was going on around him. He remained unfazed. Amy at our olympic desk in rio with all that and an exclusive with the Gymnastics Teams moms before their competition tonight. That is all coming up but accident in tennessee. Three young girls rushed to the hospit
For the weekend. How hot well be, coming right up. Okay, it is now up to donald trump tonight to try to unite a party still reeling from one of the most unexpected speeches in the history of the Republican National convention. Nbcs tracie potts is in cleveland. Tracie, what a night. But tonight for trump what are people going to be focusing in on, especially after what happened last night with senator ted cruz . Reporter well, hes got to pull it altogether. Interestingly, both trump and cruz are saying that the party is unified, even though while cruz was saying that at a texas delegation breakfast this morning, there were people from his own state cheering him and criticizing him for what happened last night. Theyre booing him. One final the public is booing ted cruz for not endorsing donald trump. Conscience. Reporter the reaction so rowdy, trump walked in early while cruz was still speaking and cruzs wife had to be escorted out. It made me uncomfortable, it truly did. I dont like it
There are an array of options and that is certainly one that is there. We are going to turn to membership for questions. Im told to remind you it is on the record. We ask you wait for a microphone. It will bring it to you. Speak directly into the microphone, stand stand up, tell us your name, affiliation and limit yourself to one question. Lets start over here with this gentleman. Hello. My memory on this may be hazy, but i was on the defense policy board at the time of the earliest crises. Somehow or another at the time the cold war was ending they made it possible for some of their records to be made available to us. One of the things i was surprised, for those of us who saw the records, where it took about a year to persuade the russian and chinese to get into this. They were very much afraid of the american response and they didnt want to go to war with america again. That was certainly an opening. I should back up and say, it was my opinion then that we simply had to send a person
Tom that move getting a thumbs up tonight from local treatment providers. Wmur political reporter adam sexton joins us now to explain. Adam at Serenity Place they estimate 70 of the people who come in the door seeking treatment started their path to addiction with a prescription from a doctor. They say it makes sense to focus more attention on that part of the problem. While First Responders and the Treatment Community are working harder than ever to combat the heroin and fentanyl epidemic progress remains hard to come by. It s getting worse here in new hampshire, more specifically right here in manchester. But Stephanie Bergeron of Serenity Place in manchester is encouraged by consensus coming out of the National Governors Association Winter meetings in washington. That s where the top leaders of the states are backing the adoption of National Standards for the prescription of opioid painkillers. We know that this is probably one of the main sources of the epidemic we re seeing right