He makes it look easy right now. And the United States is onto the quarterfinals. This was a tremendous routine. 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. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition from rio and new york. Can we start by saying its a Beautiful Day. Can we show you a shot of the most decorated u. S. Woman in olympic track and field history. That is Allyson Felix. She now has [ applause ] a dramatic finish to the 400 also it was the finish that people will be watching for a long, long time. It was a dive that ended in basically a photo finish. Today is also the final day of gymnastics. Simone biles is looking to bounce back on the floor. She finally proved by the way that shes human, all right. She lost her balance on the beam. En you have to give it to 16yearold Laurie Hernandez. She made the most of her lone individual event
Survivor in 2001. He punched the man so hard it left him brain dead at a hospital where he died days later. It all started with a fight in traffic. The victims friends spoke with news channel 8 what happened. It is hard to believe that something so senseless could happen. Reporter years later, another case of road rage drive on and mind your own business. Reporter the shooter in this case, Robert Padgett was on the scene administering cpr when paramedics arrived. He was trying to save the mans life. He was questioned and then anywhere from the victims wife from 2001 . Did she have anything to say . Reporter in addition to the shooter, we asked him what he thought about this situation. He tells us that it is difficult and he did not wa talk about it today. As for the wife of the victim from 2001, she tells us this is poetic justice. He spent years on the run. Now, a suspect in a deadly hit and run on i275 is in custody. The family of the victim finally has the been waiting for. Kandis m
Dcf. We will be working to get updates on this story throughout the evening. The police chief accepts responsibility for the tragic shooting of a librarian. We learn more about officer lee coles history. This officer is no stranger to controversy. Reporter good evening. Officer lee cole was involved in a controversial k9 incident that was caught became viral. Despite this, the police chief would not take any questions on the officer today saying that the case is still under investigation. In august, 2015, officer lee cole spotted Richard Schumacher riding a bike without a headlight. Stop now. Reporter after a brief pursuit, schumacher finally began complying with orders but cole sent his k9 to attack him. Stop resisting. Reporter schumacher pled and screamed while the dog bit him. His Attorney Says the animal hung on for nearly two minutes. I can tell you that officer cole the wreckless. Reporter cole abruptly resigned from the police department. He was a k9 handler and they say it was
That alligator then attacked his stepson. News channel 8s Jeff Paterson shows us now hes facing criminal charges. I dont know if he came out of that pond, theres another one over there by the fence. Reggie is 74 years old and has lived in florida all his life. He knew something was wrong when horses in this field started acting very strangely. I took my gun with me when i went out there. Because i didnt know what the heck was out there. Reporter he saw an alligator just a few from the horses. I think he was after the mini horses. Reporter he took out a nine millimeter and shot him. I shot at him four times and they said i hit him three. His son and law arrived and walked over close to the alligator. It was just a surprise. Reporter the gator clamped down on his leg. The next surprise came later when a deputy arrived arresting them, a report from the florida sites blanton for unlawfully killing the alligator. Blanton hired an attorney and he believes he has the right to protect his hors
These new tests make sure they are not hit with a onetwo punch. You are sitting in a chair. You can watch tv. Reporter rod millington has donated blood countless times over the past couple of years once every three months to be exact. You feel good about donating and helping your community and helping people out. Reporter today was a bit different. After one point of his blood was collected this afternoon, it will go through a set of new Screening Tests for a variety of pathogens including the zika virus. We are always concerned about the latest pathogens. For us, we do have pathogen inactivation of our platelets which has been proven effective to render the zika virus in the virus. Reporter these tests reduce the risk of tainted blood making its way into patients suncoast was the first blood center in the United States to adopt pathogen reduction. We want to provide the highest quality blood products to our community. Reporter bad products could have terrible effects on those who get