second time in rio. we re celebrating with all of them, today, wednesday, august 10th, 2016. wonder woman is right there in the pool. we have here in rio. got the gold again. no way anybody is going to catch michael phelps tonight. this is a special editioof 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 special split edition of today from rio and new york on a wednesday morning and let me say right off the bat thanks to those folks behind us because it is windy, wet and nasty here in rio this morning. it s day five of the games. we re going to be talking about day four for a long time. an incredible day for team u.s.a., seven medals, four gold, led by a u.s. women s gold in the gymnastics finals. i had so much fun for them. we caught up with them after the big win. you were there for the competition, got to watch it. it had to be so exciting. i
and, chris, a refreshing morning out there. chris: it is. gold medal weather here, day two here. low humidity sticking around. sea breezes kicking in along the coastline. we ll track some scattered showers and storms tomorrow with locally heavy rains for towns that do get hit with showers and storms. it will increase the humidity and heat. we re talking about a hot and humid stretch with temperatures running close to 90 if not above it and dew point will levels into the 70s. a refreshing start outside this morning. indeed, we rere 54 in norwood. 58 in plymouth. 57 in bedford right now. 72 in the city of boston. the city retains the heat much wetter than the suburbs with that good radiational cooling on these cool, clear nights. dew point levels down into the 50s. we don t have much going on across new england. we have rain to the south. that will eventually bring us a shower chance tomorrow. sea breezes today. temperatures near 90 inland. christa: let s get to breaking ne
christa: today is just kind of like that droopy feeling you get. chris: we were saying earlier, arkansas, florida, mississippi, it feels like the deep south with that humidity in place. look at the rain totals yesterday. much needed. pelham, new hampshire, 1.7 inches. andover over an inch of rain. city of boston close to a quarter of an inch of rain. some towns didn t get a tremendous amounted of water, but overall good to see some of the rainfall out there. through 7:00 p.m., heat indices pushing 100 if not at times to 104. it will be a hot and humid day in terms of stifling humidity. we have that. low temperatures overnight and early this morning. 70s. dew point 75 in boston. that s that high humidity in place. right now we do expect more sunshine. cloud cover. isolated storm not out of the question. but overall hot and humid weather. sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle good morning, everyone. pretty quiet on the roads. the expressway, no issues to ta
competitively coming back in 200 fly and reclaiming the title he owned in 04 and 08 was a big deal to him. tonight he became the oldest swimmer male or female to win individual gold medal in olympic history. we take one more look at michael phelps latest remarkable showing. so long from rio. take your mark. kenderesi in lane four. cseh in lane three. everybody on the planet has leclos. the other two swimmers have a great chance to win. kenderesi probably because he is so young might not be able to do it. phelps had a great turn in the middle of the pool. cseh had the lead at the turn. michael phelps in lane five looks like the lead here at the half way point. phelps in lane five looking really good early on. that is a little long on that turn. not too bad. but out very quickly. he was 53 flat when he went 164. had half second lead on leclos. now they are inching up a little cseh two lanes above him. leclos looks like he is running a clear second. michael phelps
the mid to upper-90s, even up to 100 degrees this afternoon in the south. a stray shower or storm is possible but most of us will just be baking in the it s a little toasty at the wisconsin state fair today. that s where we find meteorologist brian niznansky with the today s tmj4 storm we have much coverage coming up from the wisconsin state fair.. you can also log onto our website at t-m-j-4 dot com for a full list of things to a child is in the hospital this afternoon after falling from a roller coaster. emergency crews were called to the idlewild and soakzone amusement park in pennsylvania. a dispatcher said the child was conscious. on sunday a 10 year old boy was killed on a water slide in missouri. and tuesday, three children were injured after falling from a ferris wheel at an amusement park in tennessee. more news now.the u.s. drug enforcement administration has decided it would not loosen with the majority of states. and rising calls from legislators, doctors, police