Allaround and aly raisman takes silver. Theyre with us today, friday, august 12th, 2016. Harrison wins gold again this has been her destiny all along. One more time for the ages. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today. Rio and new york. The games of the 31st olympiad. Dark and rainy and windy on copacabana beach. It doesnt matter because yesterday was bright and cheery and fantastic for team usa. AfricanAmerican Woman to win gold. I have a feeling in individual swimming if we mark our calendars in nine months there will be a lot of simone being named. No question about it. Its been a big olympics for simons. Another simone found success. Simone biles turned in one of the most impressive performances ever to win gold in the womens allaround. Right on her heels of course, teammate aly raisman who took silver. Emotion pouring out of them both as they routine. Well talk to simone and aly and the rest of the final five in just a moment. Look who else is here. Ryan lochte. Just a moment ago he was greeting fans on our deck and skies opened up and he came inside. He won gold earlier in the week in 4x200 relay. He missed the podium in his phelps. Well talk to him coming up. You have everybody on the show this morning. Well do politics from here. Donald trump facing a republican revolt this morning. Theres word that some republicans want the party to direct resources to spend money on those down ballot races instead of on the president ial race which they fear may be lost already and just this morning, trump is trying to explain his repeated new attack on president obama and Hillary Clinton. He called them the fer is he now walking that back a little bit . Well get into all of the political headlines just ahead, guys. Busy there as well, savannah. Lets bring in natalie and get at wrapup of the olympic action. Good morning. It certainly was a busy night and golden night for team usa highlighted by one last duel in the pool that historic gold for simone manual and the onetwo finish in the womens gymnastics. Michael phelps has done it again Michael Phelps grabbing his record 22nd gold medal in a clash of two olympic titans. For phelps it was the final showdown with ryan lochte in the 200 i. M. Lochte taking the lead midway through the race but phelps surging past him and the rest of the field and never looking back. This isnt even close. Phelps winning gold again. His fiance cheering his fourth straight olympic gold medal in for phelps rio roommate, ryan lochte, a disappointing finish. Failed to make the podium. Ill need time off. A break mentally and physically. Reporter ju in womens freestyle an unexpected moment. Two gold Medal Winners. Canadian penny. The first africanAmerican Woman to win an individual gold in swimming. Its definitely been a long journey these past fours years. Im so blessed to have a gold medal. Im so blessed. Her teammates cheering the incredible win. Manual opening weeping on the medal stand. Ryan murphy added to team usas dominance. Theres a right there. Winning gold in the 200 backstroke. In the gymnastics allaround competition, the favorites did not disappoint. Russians took the lead on uneven bars but faltered on balance beam and then raisman took the floor turning the tide. Bursting into tears after her incredible performance. Best in the world during her floor routine. The teammates supporting each other before taking the podium. Gold for biles. Silver for raisman. And it was a wild match in mens Beach Volleyball. A tense back and forth between italy and team usa with 2008 Gold Medalist winning aer a standing ovation for an incredible match. And checking the medal count. Team usa leads followed close by which china, japan and russia. On the menu tonight, Michael Phelps final individual swim as an olympian and Katie Ledecky in elimination round. Lets talk more about that impressive onetwo finish for simone biles and aly raisman in womens individual all around. Were going to talk to simone, five in just a first, lets see played out last night. A showdown between russia and the usa. All the players are in this group. And raisman tackled the same skill. Even with the step, biles nabbed the top score with raisman in second place. Simone biles has done the job here. The russians stepped up on the bars and biles fell behind. This hasnt happened very often in simone biles career. Raisman dropped to fourth on beam, biles stuck the landing. Back on top with raisman in third. A big routine for aly raisman. Then team usa took the floor. Raisman electrified. A return to the olympics has been worth it. No score needed for that routine. Biles defied gravity with every leap and her signature move brought down the house. Thi along. The night was theirs. Gold and silver medalist. Onetwo. Biles took gold, raisman silver. Yea all five members of u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team are with us. Good morning. Simone, tell me about your dream last night. What happened . You woke up . Did you dream about it . No, i didnt dream about it. As soon as i woke up yesterday i walkeded into alys room and i said i have a really good feeling about today. She said me too. You know, it was interesting. I was at the match watching you guys and you guys had done the vault and unevens and i looked up at the big scoreboard russia first. My hands got sweaty. Simone, what were you thinking when you knew where standings were at that point . I actually didnt really look at it because we just had to go to beam so quickly. Everyone told me afterwards that i dont even think it was a tenth apart. Its not something you can worry about. We can only worry about the routines and not what judges of steel. Your sister cried from the minute you struck the last landing until the anthem was over. It was beautiful. Aly, when you finished your floor routine, it was such an emotional, beautiful, wonderful moment for everyone in the audience. What was it like for you at that last moment when you finally needed something beautiful . It was a very special moment. I broke down i thinking about all of the hard work. Obviously four years ago when they broke the tie and i got fourth place, it was very heartbreaking. I used it for motivation every single day in the gym and just being here in brazil, it felt like we were in the u. S. Er standing up and cheering for us. It was a special moment im never forget. Your parents were doing their always do. Gabby, you won this last olympics. What did you say to your two teammates after they scored so well . I told them they did an amazing job and they deserved it. They worked so hard in the gym. Im so happy for them. I love them so much. It was a phenomenal competition to watch. Sunday on the unevens. We punish you the best of luck. Laurie wrote this. Its blowing my mind how the same little girl i used to see doing flips on my bed at age six now has a gold medal. And you know what, guys . We have something for you. Okay. Simone, i think theres a podium to your right. Do you see a podium with Something Like a covering over it or sheet over it. Stand up if you wouldnt mind under there. Just take the covering off for a second. Let us see whos under there. Its kelloggs box. You all look so good. We are so proud of you. Well let you check that out. Again final five, simone, aly, gabby, madison. You can see more tonight. Gang, thank you so much. Thank you. Lets throw it over to matt. Very cool. Thank you so much. To swimming and last night that highly anticipated duel in the pool between Michael Phelps and ryan lochte. Phelps took gold while lochte did not medal. Hell leave rio as the second most decorated swimmer of all time. Thats a huge deal. Ryan, good morning to you. You wanted last night. Were you feeling right before the race . Did you feel off . You know, i was definitely feeling great right before and just something happened in the middle of the race where, i dont know, it just fell apart. You were leading by a fraction and phelps surged and did you just not have anything in the tank to go after him . I think i used too much energy in the front half and that hurt me toward the end. You know, it happens. You said after the race that you need a break from the sport. Talk me through that and do you feel the same way this morning . I definitely feel the same way. I havent taken a break since i first started swimming. The longest break ive taken was a month and going day in and day out and beating up your body takes a toll and being at the age i am right now, its definitely time i need a break. Cant say its over. Im glad to hear that. Combination and rivalry and friendship between you and michael. Is it fair to say, ryan, that he in your career has served both as an inspiration and a frustration . Yes, you can definitely say that. Definitely an inspiration. Just what hes accomplished in the sport. You know, he brings the best out of me. Hopefully i can say the same for him. The definitely going to challenge it for the rest of my life. Do you want to look in the camera and say, michael, ill see you in tokyo . I can definitely say that because i guarantee he will be there. Do you really . I think so. I really think so. Michael, ill see you in tokyo. We make news here. Thats good. Thank you. A pleasure seeing you. Thanks very much. And before we send it to new york, a reminder you can catch nbcs prime time coverage of the central here on nbc. So they will see each other in tokyo, savannah. Back to you. I guys, thank you so much. And now to politics and the firestorm in the president ial race over Donald Trumps labeling of president obama as the founder of isis and Hillary Clinton its cofounder. Trump is tweeting about that controversy thisor bacng off am a possible party revolt as well . Good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. Good morning to you. This new defense now for donald trump tweeting just moments ago his accusations president obama founded isis were sarcasm asking why people didnt get it. This is very different from what trump has said over the last 24 hours when he repeated that false claim about the president even when asked about it again and again given the opportunity to walk it back, he did not. Staffers calling it nothing more than a standard meeting on ground game as trump tries to get his campaign back on track. This morning new pushback on reports of an emergency meeting planned for today between donald trump staffers and gop Party Leaders after several Straight Days of controversy from the candidate. The latest, labeling president obama an isis founder. He is the founded isis but doubling down doesnt begin to describe what trump has been doing. Hes the found errer of isis. Everyone in this country knows what donald trump means. You meant he created the vacuum. I meant hes the founder of isis. Reporter as trump takes aim at democrats, a new letter signed by Party Insiders ask the rnc to give up on trump and in a landslide. Theyll say we wont support trump. These are not the people i want. Reporter a top aide for Hillary Clinton travels for Clinton Foundation business while working at the state department. Clintons campaign now calling suggestions of a conflict of interest absurd saying the aide volunteered her time. Clinton also olympic theme attack on trump arguing hes not strong but scared. If team usa was as fearful as trump, Michael Phelps and simone biles would be cowering in the locker room. Instead theyre winning gold medals. Reporter as early as today clinton is expected to release her 2015 tax returns and ten years of her running mates. A move intended to put pressure on trump to release his. Video this morning featuring conservative voices reiterating that message. Trump has said hes under audit and will release his returns once that audit is wrapped up. Savannah . Hallie jackson in the florida battleground this morning for us. Thank you so much. 7 18. Lets head back to rio and the guys and gals. Savannah, thank you very much. Cold and rainy in rio. Youre talking dangerous heat back home. Really concerned about this. Under a heat advisory. 17 states under heat advisories and warnings. 75 Million People from texas all of the way into new england from washington, d. C. , philadelphia, new york, hartford, boston, albany under some sort of crippling heat advisory through the weekend. First time in new york excessive heat warning in over three years. Big air of High Pressure pumping up that moisture. Look at the feels like temperatures all weekend long feel like 100 degrees, over 100 degrees from new york city all of the way down to charleston and boston as well. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next chris good friday morning, everyone. More heat and more humidity. Heat advisory in place from 11 00 a. M. Until 7 00 p. M. For heat indices above 100 degrees. Well track scattered showers and storms this afternoon, as well. Locally heavy and and gusty winds. Not all towns will see it. Will certainly be out there. Heat high index thanks the high humidity. On 7 forecast, scattered storms throughout the weekend. A lot of dry hours. Keep an eye to the sky, especially in the afternoon. Thats your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Thanks so much. Still ahead, Michael Phelps biggest fans, his mom and fiance join us live to talk about phel phelps unparallel success. And a trip to the favela. On a friday morning, this is two years ago, silvertech had 40 to 50 employees. Now we have 60 to 70. We took a big hit in the recession, but were back, strong. We had about 70 employees a few years ago, we have over a hundred today. Chynoweth businesses like mine mary collins shes controlled spending and shes balanced the budget. Narrator and cnbc named New Hampshire the most businessfriendly state in the country. Im Maggie Hassan, and i approve this message because we need to show washington how we get things done in New Hampshire. Coming up, the unlikely stars of golf returns to the olympics. Usain bolt, ready to run in rio. Well talk to him after your local news. Poor foster kid black immigrant cancer patient small muslim the only label that matters is olympian. . Ask sherwinwilliams during the love for color sale. 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Sarah good friday morning, everybody. 7 26 as you take a live will be over boston. Its hot out there. Lets send it over the Chris Lambert with more on your forecast. Chris another warm and already close to 80 degrees. 79 in boston, high humidity in place. Spot shower to the south and west of franklin. One lone shower across rhode island. That bulk of the activity waiting for this afternoon. High heat, high humidity, back into the 90s. Going to feel more like 100 degrees. Scattered storms develop this afternoon. Locally heavy rain. Sarah lanes starting to open on the mass pike following a bad crash in charleton. Two track trails collided on the eastbound side, one rolled over and one even caught on fire. Closed for a time. One lane is now open eastbound and two lanes are open westbound. 22 passengers and two flight crew members had to go to the hospital after a jetblue plane hit turbulence while flying from boston to sacramento. The plane was diverted from south dakota. The victim suffered just minor injuries. Were back in 25 minutes with another update. Hope to see you then. Introducing dunkins new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. For the road. For the ride. For the early mornings. Long days. And late nights. For the love. Rough sea today along copacabana beach. Back 7 30 now on a friday morning. 12th day of august, 2016. In the sand cheering on team usa and actually athletes from all over the place. All right. I think somewhere out there we have debbie, Michael Phelps mom, nicole, his fiance, and hopefully boomer, too. Lets talk about headlines in the olympics from the last day. Another big night in the pool for team usa. Michael phelps won his fourth simone manual tied with canadian swimmer in the 100 meter freestyle and becomes the first africanamerican women to win gold in an individual swimming event and ryan murphy took the gold in the 200 meter backstroke. An elite club. A great night. In gymnastics it was onetwo finish for fiji celebrating its first medal after 60 years of competing in the Olympic Games. Its mens rugby team defeated britain to capture gold. Announcer todays athlete to watch is sponsored by citi. Proud partner of team usa. Proud ponsponsor of progress. Todays athlete to watch. One of the most recognized stars at these games. Sixtime olympic champ usain bolt, the track and field events begin today and the jamaican sprinter hopes to add to his record setting legacy. Peter alexander has more from olympic park. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The fastest man on earth almost missed these games. Bolt injured a hamstring and olympic trials. He said hes ready to run in rio and same sentiments he shared with us when we spoke with him in jamaicas national stadium. Rio de janeiro, usain bolts last lap as the greatest sprinter in olympic history. Having won the 100 and 200 meter races in the last two olympics, hes putting his winning streak on the line in brazil. After your 2012 performance in london, you said its what i athlete to live and i have nothing left to prove. Youre back. You have something left to prove. What is it . I want to do something no one has ever done before. Doing it three times is different. It sets myself apart from everyone else. He has to work harder than i did to be as great as i am. Reporter this time bolt heads to the starting line just days shy of his 30th birthday. What does0 yeah. It does. I remember when people say these young kids. No one calls me a kid anymore. Reporter bolt says maturity and mental toughness now help carry him as far and as fast as his 65 frame. How does your mind work that makes you superhuman like your physique does . People put pressure on when athletes get to these moments, my god, i need to win. Yes, you need to win. You cant stress yourself about it. If you think, you fail. Thank you very much. Reporter few things are more stressful for a top tier athlete than an injury. Prior to his recent hamstring injury, bolt told us how difficult it can be. First of all, track and field is unforgiving. If you get injured, you could train for six or seven months and you get injured and youll be out for two or three weeks and it feels like you havent trained a day in your life when you go back on the track. Reporter bolts startu stature makes him a target. How do you convince haters that you havent been doping . I want to show them what i go through. Its not easy. Reporter greatness never comes easy and bolts toughest opponent may be father time. Could you compete as a 33 year old . No. Hes hoping to do something no one has ever done. Run 200 meters in under 19 seconds. What are you going to do when you win gold in rio . Ive been thinking about it. I havent come up with anything so ill do something crazy for sure. Reporter bolts first race is here tomorrow. The first round of the 100 meters. If you listen to him in his press conference here, he sounded loose and confident. Hardly nervous which certainly means his competitors should be. Matt and hoda . All right, peter. Thanks so much. Lets check back with in with mr. Roker. You are talking about weather issuing flash flood emergencies which means flooding is happening. Parts of i10 are closed. I55 closed. A city in mississippi completely cutoff because of this rain going on. Rainfall rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour and its just going to continue. Lets put maps into motion and show you what we expect during the day today into tomorrow. Some areas could be looking at anywhere from 7 to 12 more inches of rain. Tropical moisture will fuel these thunderstorms today, tomorrow and on into the early part of the weekend. As you look at the rainfall totals that we expect through sunday, we talk about some areas upwards of a foot more on top of whats already fallen. Were very, very concerned about the situation in that region. Were going to get to your local chris good friday morning, everyone. More heat and more humidity. Heat advisory in place from heat indices above 100 degrees. Well track scattered showers and storms this afternoon, as well. Locally heavy and and gusty winds. Not all towns will see it. Theyll be hitandmiss, but it will certainly be out there. Heat high index thanks the high humidity. On 7 forecast, scattered storms throughout the weekend. A lot of dry hours. Keep an eye to the sky, especially in the afternoon. Cooler on whenever you need it. Go to the weather channel. We have Michael Phelps number one fans. His family here on copacabana beach. Well talk about them. Boomer will make an appearance. 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They climb up the hillsides. Theyre named for the favela tree that grows in this area and theyre synonymous with poverty and crime. Thats not the whole story. We went to one of rios oldest favela and found that life is both challenging and colorful. The redeemer sits a community named for a saint. What are challenges living in a favela . Health, education. Those are top priorities. Few residents would stop to speak with us on camera for fear of associating with our group traveling with a police escort. To an outsider but to people that live in them, they rebuilt the homes several times over three generations. You see Building Materials everywhere. You see stacks of cement. It looks chaotic. These are people who are developing plastering a wall. These are people who are slowly but surely improving their homes. We talked about basic services. Everywhere you look theres it is. It constantly piles up unless the government comes in and cleans it or Community Members do it, which both can happen and do happen occasionally but not frequently enough. You know, theres graffiti everywhere. Not only here in the pbut also n rio. In communities where they historically youll see that graffiti. Means thats their territory. Gangs still have a presence here. A program launched by police eight years ago promised to make things safer and to some extent it has. Heavily armed officers patrol the favela wearing body iron with their names and blood type stitched over their hearts. Community and Police Working he says the police and community are like a family. Sometimes he says they have problems but they try to solve them in a way that benefits both sides. I was talking to a member of the military police. I kept asking him, is it safe here . Is it safe here . He kept saying yes, yes, yes and yet hes wearing a bulletproof vest and two of his fellow officers followed him out of the Police Station and to be perfectly honest, they are following us everywhere we to make sure that everything is okay. Is it safe . It was much safer two years ago than it is now. Because the economy turned down its gone bad again . Part of it is economy decline. Part of it is policing program itself lost respect as it rolled out so in other places where there was widespread abuse and part of it is that people were much more hopeful. Hope remains. This man opened a shop six people outside of the paf have. What dont they understand . He said its become peaceful. He lived here for 50 years and now he sells snacks and drinks to tourists. The people here at the end of the day get ready to go to bed, they look down and see the lights of rio. Thats sugarloaf right over there. They see modern rio down here. Is there a sense here of envy, jealousy, how do they feel about life down there . I think theres both. People envy. Thats why you have high crime rates. Part of the reason and also the desperation and inequality. Do they want to be there . Not necessarily. People are born and raised in these communities. Theyre very culturally vibrant. They dont see the same sense of community in those neighborhoods. They may walk down during the day and work down there and at night this is where they want to return for their sense of community and comfort. Generations and this is where they can create their lives. This is where they have control over their outcomes. Often theres a cultural element where they dont even imagine what it would be like to live there and people who live there cant imagine what it is like to live here. Theyre right next to each other but theyre worlds apart. Its important as we sit on this beautiful beach on most days to remember there are two sides of rio. Absolutely. 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Christa 7 57 your time right now. Your hair can feel it. Chris, the frizz factor in full effect. Chris ponytail weather in effect. There is your frizz factor, dew points running into the low to mid70s. We also have the opportunity of scattered showers and storms developing midafternoon into the early evening. Theyll be scattered about. Locally heavy rain. The atmosphere has so much moisture. Temperatures mid90s, feeling more like 100. Christa chris, thank you. Lets get a check of your top that happened in charlton. Two tractortrailers collided on the eastbound side. One rolled over, the other caught fire. So far no word on injuries. Police are searching for the suspect who they say tried to break enter a home in lockland while a teenager was home alone. The 13yearold boy saw the man trying to pick the lock with a knife. The suspect ran off into the its 8 00 on today. Coming up, team usas golden night. Michael phelps has done it again Michael Phelps dominates the pool yet again while simone manual makes first africanamerican swimmer to win individual gold. Olympic gold. Manual is going to do it. Its definitely been a long journey these past four years. Im just so blessed to have a gold medal. On the floor, simone biles and aly raisman take the top two spots in the individual allaround bringing home gold plus, team phelps is in the house. Theyre the swimmers biggest fans. Well talk to michaels mom and fiance about his record breaking run in rio. And girls night out. Who is ready to dance . Natalie takes hoda and jenna out for a night on the town rio style. Good night, everybody today, friday, august 12th, 2016. . Good morning, montana. Sending love to our children. We love you hello to my mom and dad in massachusetts. Go womens gymnastics shout out to my family in florida. Were celebrating 30 in rio we welcome you back to a special split edition of today from rio and new york on day 7 of these Olympic Games. As weve been mentioning, Michael Phelps mom, fiance and adorable 3monthold boomer are here. Theres Nothing Better than having olympic families with us. You know who is with us . Simone biless older younger sister who is a ringer for her. You two are soaked. You are soaked to the bone. I dont think you care, do you . No. Have you been smiling for the past four or five or six days . Yes. Ever since trials. Its been fantastic. Well dry you up in just a little while and well talk more about your daughters accomplishments here. I was watching you guys last night when simone nailed it. Describe for us just that feeling you had when you were in the audience watching her. Very proud of her. She did it and thats all we could ask for. Ron, you came here and talked to matt with that big cutout head. Where is it . Thats a good luck charm . I have it in the back. Unfortunately it got rained on. It still works. He got the pants working. There you go. Thank you so much. A big thanks to all of you. Lets go to nbcs Peter Alexander up at olympic park with the highlights from one of the most exciting nights of the games so far. Peter, good morning again. Reporter good morning to you. I hustled over to the Aquatic Center last night and you could hear that place roaring before you got near it. Team usa dominant at the pool and on the mat. Michael phelps delivering as earning gold and american hearts. The american swimmers collecting gold and making history. Just when you think youve seen it all. 20yearold simone manual becoming the first africanAmerican Woman to earn gold in an individual swimming event. Manual tracked down everybody. Manual who tied penny oleksiak of canada in the 100 meter freestyle this medal is not just for me. Its for some of the africanamericans that have came before me and have been inspirations and mentors to me. For two longtime friends and swimming rivals, highly anticipated olympic finale. Ryan lochte starting strong. The race starts right here. Phelps eventually pulling away from the pack. This isnt even close. Winning a record fourth gold cementing his title as the most decorated olympian earning a record 22nd gold. Its very emotional event for me. And something that, its very special. Being able to win 22 olympic gold medals. Something you just dream of. Ryan murphy maintaining u. S. Dominance in the backstroke winning gold in the mens 200. Ryan murphy will sweep the backstrokes here in rio. The sixth consecutive games the club just got more exclusive, buddy, and youre in it. In gymnastics, a legendary performance. Simone biles soaring into history becoming the fifth American Woman to win the allaround competition. This has been her destiny all along. Her teammate, aly raisman surging ahead during her floor exercise to earn silver. Some say the sequel is never as good as the original. Win earlier on today. Just kind of broke down in tears right away thinking about all of the hard work. Obviously four years ago when they broke the tie and i got fourth place, it was very heartbreaking. I just used it for motivation every single day in the gym. The most decorated american fighter of alltime. Kayla harrison grabbing gold again in judo. Im going to retire as one of the greatest thats ever done judo. It hasnt sunk in. And first ever olympic medal. Fiji, olympic champions. Beating Great Britain in rugby for the gold. Singing in celebration. At home on the small pacific island, jubilation. Fijis first medal of any color. So cool for a country whose total population is just 900,000 people. Here is your medal count this 2012 pace firmly in front of china, japan and russia. And there are a ton of medals up for grabs again today. 24 golds including michael the magnificent. How else do you describe him . Phelps in 100 meter butterfly and back on the beach the thank you very much. Lets go back to new york where savannah has a check of the mornings other top stories. Savannah, good to see you. Good morning. Well start with politics again. Donald Trump Campaigning in pennsylvania a battleground state where he acknowledges hes struggling in the polls and trump is backing off his claim that president obama is the founder of isis. An accusation he made and defended multiple times over the last day or so. This morning he tweeted he meant Trump Campaign will meet with rnc officials amidst growing tension within the party. They have asked to suspend support for trump and instead focus on saving majority in congress. Severe turbulence forced a jetblue plane to make an Emergency Landing in south dakota. That plane was headed from boston to sacramento when it hit bad weather. Really rocky. We felt like a giant hand hit the plane. All 24 people were treated for minor injuries and were released. State safety inspectors returning to pennsylvania to an Amusement Park there where a 3yearold boy was hurt in a fall from the roller coaster on thursday. Officials say regulations did not require seat belts on the 78yearold wooden coaster. Boy killed on a water slide in kansas and also three girls injured in a fall from a ferris wheel in tennessee. And finally, a jaw dropping story this morning from the world of sharks. Scientists studied sharks caught accidentally by fishing boats. Eight of the sharks had lived for at least two centuries and one enormous female may have been 400 years old. Researchers say the survived so long because they have few predators and metabolisms so slow they only eat one or two huge meals each year. So now i have something in common with the green land shark. Slow metabolism. Not age though. Not age. Thank you very much. Thank you. Up next, team phelps live here on copacabana beach. Well talk to michaels mom and has changed him. Plus, forget about the golfers. Something else is getting most of the attention at the olympic golf course. Well tell you what that is. And how Olympic Super fan lezslie jones is although just 4 foot 8, simone biles is not to be underestimated. Refined, concentrated power. Thats why she trusts tide pods. She knows small, can be powerful. Tide. Number 1 rated. . You didnt listen to your parents. You ignored every piece of advice. Time to shine. Orbit. . . . . The new 2017 ford fusion is here. Its the beauty . . . . . . . . . Sfx boop 1 durable binder, durable construction, on rollback for 1. 92. Save money. Live better. Walmart. I had a wonderful time tonight. Me too call me tomorrow . Im gonna send a vague text in a couple of days, that leaves you confused about my level of interest. Ill wait a full two days before responding. Perfect were never gonna see each other again, will we . Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . Es it lets you earn double cash back. The citi double cash card. You pay. Double means double. Greatness can happen anywhere, even in your kitchen. Smuckers, proud sponsor of team usa and the allamerican pb j. With a name like smuckers, it has to be good. We asked real people to use cottonelle. On their bums. Why do you think the ripples make a difference . It gets it all clean. G m. Cleanripple texture is designed to clean better. Go cottonelle, go commando. Michael phelps came into rio so far this week hes added four mother gold medals to his record haul. No one was cheering for him harder or louder than his mom and fiance. Were joined now by Debbie Johnson and michaels son, boomer. Nice to see you. Good morning. How are you doing . Boomer, let me start with you debbie, another Olympic Games. How does its amazing to journey sinc age 15 and now 31 and its remarkable. Let me narrow that time frame a little bit. Think about 2014. We talked about this and how low it got. Could you imagined back then that you would be here in rio watching all this unfold . No. Driven. Driven to correct things that have gone wrong. To set goals for himself as to where he wants to be. And ive never seen him so happy as he is t race. Uy in the stands, debbie, i r from past races. Does it ever get any easier . Does it ever feel any less stressful . No. Even when you know hes got it. No. No. Yo you never know how it can turn out. I try to hold myself together. I really do. It doesnt always work though. Nicole, i think youre the major reason. And boomer as well. Whats it like for you to watch it unfold . Its incredible. Ive watched it firsthand, the training, the dedication, of that and its just really cool. Im kind of speechless over all of it. Do you think about what you guys will tell boomer when hes hold enough to realize what his dad has accomplished. For sure. Its amazing. To be able to share it with boomer although he wont remember outside of all of the pictures and videos. Its really neat. I just love that scene where michael came in the crowd and kissed everybody. By the way, real quickly. Ryan lochte was here earlier. He predicted without anybt each other in tokyo. How do you feel about tokyo, debbie . That would be wonderful. I already have the race picked out. Nice to see boomer without his headset on. A good look at that face. Congrats. Thank you. Have fun. Our best to michael. Lets get a check of the weather from al. Guys, thanks so much. Lets show you again dangerous situation going on right now down in the gulf especially inches per hour. Rainfall amounts and weve already got reports of i10 being closed. Roads washed out in parts of mississippi as well. The rainfall totals will equal 12 inches by sunday in some places where its already fallen and then the other big story is the massive heat thats going to be going on from the plains from texas all of the way into the northeast. Heat advisories in 17 states. 75 Million People under some sort of heat advisory or heat going into the weekend. Chris good friday morning, everyone. More heat and more humidity. Heat advisory in place from 11 00 a. M. Until 7 00 p. M. For heat indices above 100 degrees. Well track scattered showers and storms this afternoon, as well. Locally heavy and and gusty winds. Not all towns will see it. Theyll be hitandmiss, but it will certainly be out there. Heat high index thanks the high humidity. Keep an eye to the sky, especially in the afternoon. Cooler on thats your latest weather. Its time for another Special Olympics edition of whats trending today. A cool moment that didnt happen in rio but back in the United States. Last night the Baltimore Ravens kicked off their preseason with a home game against the carolina baltimore is Michael Phelps hometown. The two teams actually stopped right in the middle of the game to watch michael swim. They just stood there and watched him on the big screen. And of course we know what happened next. [ cheering ] i love this. I love this. Watching the hometown boy win gold and to top it off, ravens won too. Is that an olympic timeout . Time to check on our favorite unofficial olympic sports. Twist and turns of aly raismans parents. People love to watch them in the stands. Last night they did not disappoint. They were squirming in their parents. The internet has turned them into a meme once again. Why did i have that final tequila shot last night . Ended very well. You remember golf has returned to the olympics for the first time in 112 years. Theres an Unlikely Group of less than two feet tall. Not well proportioned. Meet the capybaras. Theyre a hit on social media thanks to golfers who have stopped to take photos of these creatures. They are found all over south america. They live near bodies of water making the olympic golf course a really nice venue for them. Didnt realize they were so big. So large. They dont look like it. Large guinea pigs. Thinking of bill murray showing up with in caddyshack. Mr. Bush . Here we go with pop starts. Final five have owned these games. Elizabeth banks is in town and wrote, aly raisman making me cry giving it her all. Congrats. Kim kardashian west tweeting back and forth with simone biles. She tweeted that simone is her low key crush. I dont know what that means. Best summed up by leslie jones. Champion champion champion champion leslie in the pool last night not in the pool but watching swimming as well. Surprised she didnt get in the pool. Now to celebrity olympians having fun with this. Weve seen athletes that look like kate. Kerri Walsh Jennings and lori. He looks more like jim carrey. Announcer todays olympic moment is sponsored by walmart. Save money, live better. Let us turn to todays olympic moment. This morning an epic match in mens Beach Volleyball that proved to be one for the record books. Take a look. Hiy match. United states eighth match point. Team usa and italy battling like it would never come. Lucena is there. Dalhuasser is there. Ill take it. An epic showdown in the sand finishing with marathon third set. Here we go. Match points for the americans. The longest in olympic Beach Volleyball history. United states has had two match points. Italy has had one. A typical third set goes to 15. Theres no cap in beach do. In a set to 15, it is2322. With eight match points, team usa finally serving up the dramatic conclusion. The United States has hung on to winning 2422 and bringing fans to their feet. Mastery skills by all four players. Both teams now advance to the knockout round. Victory sweet revenge for american i got my redemption. It was an epic match. Settling the score, making history, hoping to avoid any chance of rio deja vu. I was watching this match yesterday and the crowd was going crazy at the end. They really were. Congrats to both of them. Just ahead, a trio in rio. The triplets chasing their Olympic Dreams together. But first, some of our favorite new images from the Olympic Games so far. They come to us as always from our great friends at getty. This is 7news now. Ism good friday morning, everybody. Its 8 27 as you take a live look over boston. Lets send it over the Chris Lambert with more on your forecast. Its going to be a hot one out there. Chris triple h weather. Hazy, hot and humid. 80 right now in boston. We have a mix of sun and clouds this morning. Scattered storms developing this afternoon and early this evening. Not all towns get hit, but we will have locally heavy rain, a lot of cloudtoground lightning. Temps in the mid90s. Heat indices running above 100. Sarah now to your top stories. 22 passengers and two flight crew members had to go to the hospital after a jetblue plane hit turbulence while flying from boston to sacramento. The plane was diverted to south dakota. The victim suffered minor injuries. Flames lanes are starting to two tractortrailers collided on the eastbound side. One rolled over and one caught on fire. Right now on the pike eastbound the breakdown and right lane are open. Police in princeton say they are looking for man with injuries in the murder of a woman who went jogging last weekend. Police say Vanessa Marcotte fought back during the attack leaving possibly scrape, scratches or bruises on this suspect. Investigators searched the woods again yesterday where marcottes body was found. Today in new englan r at 9 00. We hope to see you then have. One day, history was made. Number 21 in the books. A dog, talked. Were decedent from the mighty wolf. A voice was heard. If you build it, he will come. A girl discovered magic. A revolution began. Welcome, to the wonders that happen, everyday. . Were back now. 8 30 on this friday morning. It is the 12th day of august, you know what . Into every life a little rain must fall but we have a wonderful crowd of people gathered here on the beach. We thank them very much. Coming up, we had some fun. We had our girls night out. Natalie took us on a tour. Well show you what happened when we hit the town and natalie knows how to hit the town. Of course weve enjoyed having all of the Medal Winners join us each morning. Things are just getting started. Next week with two of the biggest stars of these games. Michael phelps and Katie Ledecky will join us live on copacabana beach and well talk to the man called the greatest athlete in the world and which sport will matt and al take on this time around . Will it involve spandex . Who votes for raise your hands. I think we have a winner. It will be revealed when our dynamic duo goes for gold. Im not sure if were racking our brains here. We might have one. Meanwhile, another gold medal winner with us right now. This is kayla harrison. She made history winning second straight gold medal in judo thursday night. Congratulations. You repeated. Can you . I cant. I dont believe this is my life really. To go and win americas first gold medal, i didnt think that it could get better than that. Yesterday was the best day of my life. A lot of people from brazil wanted you to go head to head with their girl and it didnt really work out that way. It didnt. I was booed from the very beginning yesterday. How did that work out for them . Ive never been the bad girl before. I fed off that i liked it. In t can we talk about you on the podium singing the national anthem. You knew every single word. Ive heard it a lot to be fair. That might be the last time i ever stand on top of the podium and hear those beautiful notes and i wanted to really remember all of it. Show my true joy. I was so happy to be there. What are you going to do now . I dont know. I was going to sit on the beach. The first time you won a gold freddy. What are you naming this one . I spent a very long night. I didnt get much sleep. After much deliberation i decided to name her flavia. Theyre together forever. Yeah. Kayla, congratulations again. Thank you, guys, so much. If you could stick around and help us because now its time for natalies pgu were celebrating that the weekend is almost here. So to say thank god its friday you say what she said. And next. Have a great weekend. And finally, what nat will be right. And thats al and natalies portuguese class and now time for weather to show you what weve got for your weekend. Unfortunately the eastern half of the country into the plains it is going to be brutally hot. Look at wet weather. Gulf coast into the Midatlantic States and northeast. It will be drenched. Beautiful weather. Lots of sunshine out west on saturday. Then on sunday, sunday, the heat continues in the east. The rain. Torren through the gulf. Dangerous flooding possible. Chris good friday morning, everyone. More heat and more humidity. Heat advisory in place from 11 00 a. M. Until 7 00 p. M. For heat indices above 100 degrees. Well track scattered showers and storms this afternoon, as well. Locally heavy and and gusty winds. Not all towns will see it. Theyll be hitandmiss, but it will certainly be out there. Heat high index thanks the high humidity. Throughout the weekend. A lot of dry hours. Keep an eye to the sky, especially in the afternoon. Cooler on and thats your latest weather. Mr. Roker, thank you very much. A nice crowd of people here from the states. Lets talk about the olympic history thats going to be made over the weekend. Natalie has that story. Incredible story. On sunday the first triplets will compete against each other. They are they are set to run in the womens marathon. About to compete in the worlds biggest sporting arena, they put the finishing touches on their paces. We knew we to go to olympics together. Running the marathon in rio fulfilling a dream. We dreamed of Olympic Dreams and if you want something very big you can achieve it. Close as triplets can be each o . Taking sibling rivalry to the max. We try to run together. So much work and rio is a these sisters grew up always taught dancing and worked as lifeguards. A colleague encouraged them to train. Now 30, the triplets started running seriously just six years ago and each qualified for the olympics. We started at age 24 that we have big potential. Of course there are sacrifices. For the sisters, they say its worth it. And another benefit, they can eat whatever they want. You can eat everything. And you feel good and strong. A small goodbye ceremony but they are already famous well beyond estonia. An australian guy said he saw us on video. Famous and on sunday, all eyes will be trained on a single race half a world away. The race this sunday. Look for the sisters. Incredible accomplishment. Coming up, the girls go out in rio. Do they get in trouble . Well find out. First, this is today on nbc. For all those pokers, all stop shop produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My stop shop. . . . [ hip hop beat throughout ] [ fans cheering ] . Olympics 2016, let me get you on my level. . . So you never miss a moment, . . Miss a minute, miss a medal. . . Why settle when you can have it all . . . Soccer to wrestling. Track and field to basketball. . . Fencing to cycling. Diving to balance beam. . . All you have to say is, . Mat, . . To the couch where you at . . . Show me the latest medal count . . . Dang they even got that . Welcome to it all. Watch the rio olympics on nbc networks starting august 5th. Everything natures promise is so wholesome. And it doesnt take the whole paycheck. Stop shops exclusive natures promise. Announcer today at the p g house is sponsored by bounbou. Yen hey, jenna. The family house i alison told me its a place that served as home away from home for olympic families. This could be my only chance at beating an olympic athlete. Chances are high. I even lost this. Congratulations. This is a tour of the home. You can get your hair done. Of athletes families. For sure. This is a very important part of the house. Families can come and bring their laundry and get it done. Thats important when youre away from home for a long time. Its the little things. Fourtime olympic Gold Medalist alison felix knows a thing or two about sacrifice. Tell us what it takes to do what you do. Its a different kind of lifestyle. Its a lot of determination. You have to give up a lot of track and field is an individual sport. The moments when you make it and it all comes together, thats just when it all pays off. Talk to me about what it feels like to go into your fourth Olympic Games. Its amazing. Such a blessing. Now i have all of this experience. I feel like im able to use it and embrace it and take it in. Is it still just as exciting . It really is. That part never changes. Marching in opening ceremonies. I like traveling with an olympian. Perks. Nice that this place gives back to the people that supports the athletes. It means so much and is special for us to know that our family is being taken care of and we dont have to worry. Look here. That is me. Is it strange to see yourself in billboard form . Its different. For sure. Se what d o the olympics about everyone coming together and having this amazing celebration. You get to celebrate so many different athletes that have so many different stories and that olympic spirit is just special. Do you have a special ritual you do to get pumped right before you go . Music . Anything you do . I listen to my music. Get in my zone. I like to be by myself a little bit. I always take a moment when im at the blocks and look around and take it all in because i dont want to forget what this four years . I dont know about that. Well see. Shes so awesome. The families sacrifice so much and a lot to get here so a place that takes care of them is great. One of my favorite parts of the show is talking to the families. Up next, a few drinks, a little dancing, our girls night out on the town in rio. Not pretty. First, this is today on nbc. Introducing dunkins new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultrasmooth, fullbodied flavor. Discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. Moms know their kids need love. And encouragement. Ein, plus 8 other essential nutrients. Its no surprise 9 out of 10 u. S. Olympians grew up drinking milk. Moms know kids grow strong when they milk life. For the road. For the ride. For the early mornings. Long days. And late nights. For the love. . Announcer todays rio is sponsored by cocacola. Open a coke and enjoy the games. H rio. Were in the birth place of the samba. You knew the women of today thats exactly what natalie, jenna and i did. Lets just say, rio will never be the same. Theres an olympic tradition for all of us. Its our favorite. It is called girls night out. Were going in there. Dont take your life in your own hands when you cross. Hold onto the cocktails. Can we talk about the only thistrong. We have a long night. Dark natalie has to come out at some point. Dar natalie is already here. I i want to dance with a stranger. Henry, did you hear that . Awful. Say the night is young. What is this, poetry . Lets get going already. Lets samba. Who is ready to dance . You can feel the energy. Work the camera. Work it. Work it. There this is where were going to dance. Were going to dance here, girls. I feel the rhythm already. Lets go in the booth. My god. Thats so fun. Im like this with you. Flag. Flag. Flag. Im stealing your stranger. She stole my stranger. . Good night, everybody, from rio henry is at home taking care of the two kids. I meant a stranger woman with them. That doesnt make it any better. I just want you to know. When is boys night out is what i want to know . I think it would end differently. We wouldnt bring cameras. We are embarrassed. Thank you. Up next, one week down and favorite moments. That may be one of them from the first seven days of the rio olympics. First, on a friday morning, this announcer smuckers celebrates today is sponsored by smuckers. Birthdays with our friends at smuckers, we pay tribute to people with a lot of life experience. Today were going to the other end of the spectrum. A little younger here. We know a couple special little ladies turning two this month. Savannahs adorable daughter and carsons little girl london. Now in honor of their birthdays, viewers have been sharing pictures of their 2 year ol i learned so much from them. How to just laugh and almost how to go in t directions atnc wear shades and Walking Around the house saying cool, dude. Cute. Keep your toddler pics coming at today. Com celebrates. Back to you. One more to add to that list. Big birthday tomorrow. One year old tomorrow. Im going to cry. Favorite moment real quick of this week . Michael phelps. The girls gymnastics, baby. All the way. Mens Beach Volleyball win yesterday. Loved that. Japanese announcer calling swimming. How about the canadian announcer calling swimming. All right. We want to leave you this morning with a look back at the first week. The waiting is finally over. The Olympic Rings have made their to south america for the first time in history. Go usa the games are under way. . Katie ledecky looks like shell win another olympic gold. Get the roldy again. We are the final five that is an olympic gold medal winning moment. You nailed that floor routine and it was over. I was proud of the entire team. Ver medalists, for team u. Who has more pressure . You or her . Were in this together. It is a party on the beach in rio. Hello. How about this guy, right . Tirico and the United States will your face during that ceremony. Thats why we love covering the olympics. Can i just touch the gold. He won gold and he won so many hearts. Michael phelps, count them, 20 gold medals. Number 20 in the books. One more time for the ages. . Good morning all you Medal Winners. This event. You can let go now, sir. Take it off. Take it off. Katie ledecky smashes her own world record. Congratulations. Looks like shes going to win another olympic gold and she does. Are we ready to learn . How do we say good morning . . Happy birthday dear hoda . Happy birthday. . Two tractortrailers crash shutti morning. Were live with the latest on how traffic is doing now. Hitting severe turbulence and a reallife case of home alone. Rockland police hoping you can help them catch a wouldbe thief. And we take you on the road to rio. A Silver Lining for needham native ali raisman. She finds the podium in the gymnastics all around competition. A chance of scattered storms two tractortrailer collide shutting down the mass pike right before the morning commute. Two dozen people rush to the hospital after a jetblue flight from boston hits severe turbulence. And were headed into the olympic zone. Michael phelps winning another gold leaving ryan lotke in his wake. Four years. Happy friday everyone. I love your suggest about taking the dual in the pool. Outside. Did i say that. This is how tired i am. When did i say that. We been talking about beach and pool weather for days now