Al this shouldnt take long. You wonder how many of the women will be shocked by what they hear. Tim Mykayla Skinner could be shocked and Maggie Nichols will be devastated. A year ago she was definitely on the team. Was the only athlete in the usa that competed all four events in the gold medal runs. Ragan smith with a tremendous future. It will be hard for her, for all of them. But you know what . I think the rationale is strong. Al you know, these young women have been hearing the word rio for four years now. In your world, nastia, the World Championships are great. The nationals are great. You are constantly surrounded by Olympic Rings every day. Nastia absolutely. You live your life to compete at the Olympic Games. No matter how many World Championship medals you have. Like simone biles. To complete the entire thing. She wants multiple gold medals at the Olympic Games. Al are you surprised it took this long . Tim i am a little bit. Al you had it wrapped up. Tim you know, think they
The u. S. Women knocked out of the olympics in the quarterfinal round. Missing the opportunity to go for gold for the first time in olympic history. But there are previous other chance for team usa to add to that medal count as week two of the Olympic Games gets under way today, saturday, august 13th. 2016. Another gold med al of the 800. Gets the gold. Unbelievable. Threeway tie for the silver medal. Medal. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Natalie Morales and al roker is also here with us. What another fantastic night it was for team usa. Fantastic night, a gorgeous morning. So where do they come . Fresh off gold and silver and everything else, you come right here to the today show set. We have them in the house fresh off the first week in the stunning 800meter victory last night. Katie ledecky with the gold medal. Lots of gold medals around her neck this morning.
The u. S. Women knocked out of the olympics in the quarterfinal round missing the opportunity to go for gold for the first time in olympic history. But there are plenty of other chances for team usa to add to the medal count as week two of the Olympic Games gets under way, today, saturday, august 13th, 2016. Another gold medal in the 800 and the world record. Dirado gets the gold. Unbelievable. Threeway tie for the silver medal. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Natalie Morales and al roker is here. What another fantastic night. And a gorgeous morning. Where do they come . You come to the today show set. We have them in the house fresh off the first week in the stunning 800meter victory last night. Katie ledecky with the gold medal. Lots of gold around her neck. And not to be outdone. We have two other gold athletes. Maya dirado with another win with the 200meter bac
Out. The u. S. Women knocked out of the olympics in the quarterfinal round missing the opportunity to go for gold for the first time in olympic history. But there are plenty of other chances for team usa to add to the medal count as week two of the Olympic Games gets under way, today, saturday, august 13th, 2016. Another gold medal in the 800 and the world record. Unbelievable. Threeway tie for the silver medal. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im craig melvin alongside Natalie Morales and al roker is here. Where do they come . You come to the today show set. We have them in the house fresh off the first week in the stunning 800meter victory last night. Katie ledecky with the gold medal. Lots of gold around her neck. And not to be outdone. We have two other gold athletes. Maya dirado with another win with the 200me amazing comeback in the 50meter free style. 16 years after he first won the g
Reeling from the start of the blue cut fire. A tornado full of embers torched homes, more than 80,000 people were ordered to get out, and 32,000 acres burned, but eric swanson decided to stay. Wrightwood kind of sits in a bowl, so when it burns on the ridges normally fire does not do real welcoming downhill against the wind. In the back of his mind he knows anything is possible. This is very important to me so, yes, i kept my helmet. Reporter he has his car packed with a few valuables just in case he has to escape a wall of fire. Ive just been around here for a very long time, and when i felt threatened ill leave, and i have only left one time. Reporter thats something firefighters dont want to hear. When people say ive lived here forever, ive seen fires, it is not the same. If youre asked to get out, you need to do so and you need to do so early. Reporter now, thats what firefighters are telling me tonight. They say it just takes one gust of wind and one ember to start a wildland fire