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>> reporter: athletes like miranda leek and jen sur who ended a russian winning streak in the pole vault in sports that rarely get attention are sending a message that transcends medals. >> strong is getting prettier and prettier. i think that will be the real legacy of this olympics is that its the last time anybody will tell a little girl, you know, girls dont really play that sport. >> reporter: whether 61" like missy franklin or 411" like gabby douglas strength, power, and athleticism are co...

And tv appearances. he took no prisoners, made a lot of enemies, but also loved a lot of art. robert hughes was 74. and the film critic judith crist has died. she was among the most widely read in our nation and millions got to know her as the movie reviewer on the "today" show from 1963 to 73. she was the first female critic for a big city newspaper in the united states. at her height, writing for "tv guide", she had 20 million readers. she loved woody and deniro and famously hated "the sound o...

Late in the day on thursday into friday morning across eastern parts of mexico. that is something we are going to keep an eye on. across the lower 48 cooler conditions across north central part of the country. rain from ohio valley into parts of the deep south. >> maria molina thank you so much for looking at the temperatures for us. take a look at sports now to roundup the sports stories making headlines at this hour. aly rise man marking the anniversary of the massacre as she kins the gold in ...

>> reporter: with team and all-around gold, gabby douglas has plenty to celebrate. came into the day, tweeting ahh, just one more, ladies, lets make it count. but her london fairy tale ended with a fall off the balance beam. and it was another tough day for jordyn wieber on the floor. her coach revealed it may have been a stress fractured leg that cost the world champ olympic glory. but a solid routine from aly raisman and successful protest of low scores gave her bronze on the beam. then after ...

At 8 minutes after the hour, lets talk about something thats not only heroic. you see ali raisman who on gold which is a rare thing for the u.s. in the floor exercise. it didnt stop there. her choice of music was aprop because it was have nagale. and that is a jewish song. she did her floor song playing in the background. afterwards, she went out of her way to do something they wouldnt do in the opening ceremony and no ioc official has done in a public forum. that is mark the killing, assassinat...

Womens beach volleyball. two-time olympic champions misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings looking for a three-peat when they take on u.s. team two, jennifer kessy and april ross they advanced with a win over top-seeded brazil. final day of gymnastics competition, aly raisman flipped her way to gold in the floor exercise. earlier took the bronze for the balance beam to become the most decorated of the fierce five. teammates gabby douglas who slipped off the beam and jordyn wieber who may hav...

Medals. here is abcs tom rivers with some more highlights. >> reporter: the u.s. will bring home the gold and silver in womens beach volleyball. two-time olympic champions misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings looking for a three-peat when they take on u.s. team two, jennifer kessy and april ross they advanced with a win over top-seeded brazil. final day of gymnastics competition, aly raisman flipped her way to gold in the floor exercise. earlier took the bronze for the balance beam to beco...

>> reporter: she absolutely did. she leaves here the most-decorated individual womens gymnast. she took gold last night in the floor exercise. becoming the first american, believe it or not, ever to win gold on the floor. three medals all together, two of them gold, the other one came in the team competition. and a bronze as well on the beam last night. what you have to love about the floor performance, her song, "havana gila." gabby douglas didnt do as well but she leaves a champion, individual...

store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we cant do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what ha...

>> oh! >> iceberg tsunami. a glacier from greenland melting off the side of a cliff and causing the scare of a lifetime for a boatful of tourists. its video you just have to see. "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining me. im carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the...