Announcer this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the Olympic Games in rio, peter alexander. Good evening on this wet and windy night the rio olympics will draw to a close. A carnival like closing ceremony. A fitting end to the first games in south mevg. Team usa with a historic performance securing 121 total medals the most won in three decades and the third most ever. And the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this countrys most popular sport. Reporter as the soccer team goes so goes the country. At least that is what Many Brazilians believe. Neymar has a chance to make history. Reporter in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium you could see it in their faces. Blows the whistle reporter two years ago in the semifinal of the world cup, brazil lost in the same stadium to the same team, a crushing, 71. Neymar right footed takes it and scores reporter when that final goal sailed in it wasnt just the countrys first soccer gold medal it was redemptio
Nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the Olympic Games in rio. Peter alexander. Good evening on this wet and windy night. The rio olympics will draw to a close with a final exclamation point. A carnivallike closing ceremony. A fitting end to the first games in south america. For its part, team usa punctuated an historic performance securing 1 most won by americans in three decades, the third most ever. Null and the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this countrys most popular sport. Heres nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter as the soccer team goes, so goes the country. At least that is what Many Brazilians believe. Neymar has a chance to make history. Reporter in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium, you could see it in their faces. Blows the whistle to put brazil out of their misery. Reporter only two years ago during the semifinal of the world the same team. A crushing 71. Neymar rightfooted takes it and scores reporter when that final goal sailed in, it
Announcer this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the Olympic Games in rio, peter alexander. Good evening on this wet and windy night the rio olympics will draw to a close. A carnival like closing ceremony. A fitting end to the first games in south mevg. Team usa with a historic performance securing 121 total medals the mos third most ever. And the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this countrys most popular sport. Reporter as the soccer team goes so goes the country. At least that is what Many Brazilians believe. Neymar has a chance to make history. Reporter in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium you could see it in their faces. Blows the whistle brazil lost in the same stadium to the same team, a crushing, 71. Neymar right footed takes it and scores reporter when that final goal sailed in it wasnt just the countrys first soccer gold medal it was redemption. Brazil strike olympic gold for the first time in their history. Reporter a fitting en
Law. A more subdued donald trump on the campaign trail. Republican candidate is tieing to turn a tough week around with new leadership. Coming up, how the Clinton Campaign is reacting. Good evening, thanks for joining us this morning. Were going to begin with the rio olympics. 31st olympiad is coming to a close, and tomorrow, really today, i guess is the best way to put that, is the lags day of competition. But lets not forget what last day. There were a lot of new medals for team usa. Jack, tell us about the games. Reporter it seems like every day here in rio, somebody from the United States is making history, and day 15 was no exception, but the loudest cheer had nothing to do with foremost a country that has won the world cup five times had never won olympic gold in soccer. Until tonight. Brazil and germany played to a 11 tie in regulation, couldnt decide it in over time, and had to go to penalty kicks. And when they found the net, the stadium went nuts. The rest of the the day, tha
Announcer this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the Olympic Games in rio, peter alexander. Good evening on this wet and windy night the rio olympics will draw to a close. A carnival like closing ceremony. A fitting end to the first games in south mevg. Team usa with a historic performance securing 121 total three decades and the third most ever. And the brazilian hosts are reveling after earning gold in this countrys most popular sport. Reporter as the soccer team goes so goes the country. At least that is what Many Brazilians believe. Neymar has a chance to make history. Reporter in the final moments of the shootout in maracana stadium you could see it in their faces. Reporter two years ago in the semifinal of the world cup, brazil lost in the same stadium to the same team, a crushing, 71. Neymar right footed takes it and scores reporter when that final goal sailed in it wasnt just the countrys first soccer gold medal it was redemption. Brazil strike olympic gold for the fir