this morning on gma. and the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for america s final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. and you ll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i can t return to work until he lands the one star that got away. can our team help him get to the finish line? announcer: live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. and we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. and what a stunning night at the olympics. simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. she is just incredible. and take a look at this, simone on the cover of sports illustrated along with katie ledecky and michael phelps and they simply just say the greatest. that they are. these athletes may not have won a medal but they
good evening. and we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. first, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. from virginia, up through new england, d.c., baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. it s a system that already brought several reported tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. this one in howard county, indiana. and in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. a state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down. and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. reporter: tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous are still swollen. some still rising. this is historic. it s unprecedented. flood levels, as the waters move south. reporter: south of baton evacuations and rescues.sh, n
and the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for america s final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. and you ll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i can t return to work until he lands the one star that got away. can our team help him get to the finish line? announcer: live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. and we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. what a stunning night at the olympics. simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. she is just incredible. and take a look at this, simone on the cover of sports illustrated along with katie that they are. these athletes may not have won a medal but won our hearts. and a lot of praise. abbey d agostino and nikki hamblin helping each other up on the t
good evening. and we begin tonight with the severe storm watch right now in the east, and the emergency playing out in the south at this hour. first, 65 million americans in some major east coast cities are bracing right now for heavy rain and high winds. from virginia, up through new england, d.c., baltimore, philly, pittsburgh and new york, all in the potential path of storms. it s a system that already brou tornadoes, at least seven confirmed twisters now. this one in howard county, indiana. and in the south right now, a slow motion disaster. a state of emergency in louisiana, as more rain comes down. and tonight, the urgent effort right there to put down sandbags in lake arthur. meteorologist rob marciano, leading us off. reporter: tonight across louisiana, the rivers and bayous are still swollen. some still rising. this is historic. it s unprecedented. flood levels, as the waters move south. reporter: south of baton rouge, in ascension parish, new evacuations and r
and the greatest, simone biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for america s final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. and you ll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i can t return to work until he lands the one star that got away. can our team help him get to the finish line? announcer: live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. and we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. and what a stunning night at the olympics. simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. she is just incredible. and take a look at this, simone on the cover of sports illustrated along with katie ledecky and michael phelps and that they are. these athletes may not have won a medal but they won our hearts and a lot of praise. abbey d agostino and nikki