liukin won t make the olympics, but she is always be remembered as a true american champion. and that s your first look at sports. i m mario solis. now for another look at the weather, here s nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. is that heat wave going to continue right into the fourth? unfortunately, it continues, but not as intense. so, it s like a little silver lining, but not much. good morning, everyone. if you re just joining us, of course, the heat wave has been the story over the last week. we have seen numerous cities have record all-time temperatures. going back 100 years, the warmest they ve ever recorded on their weather gauges. also in the states of tennessee and south carolina, we broke the record for the hottest temperatures ever in those states. so, today is very warm, tomorrow is very warm, nothing really changes. we re not going to see the all-time shattering record heat, but still 90s from denver all the way to the east coast. then a