Photo finish now heading for the finals and Carmelo Anthony sets a u. S. Olympic scoring record as they edge out australia in a nailbiter. Were live in rio for all the action. Good morning, america. Usa, usa. How about Katie Ledecky, pushing team usa to yet another gold medal in the pool. And look at her teammates, reach out, grab her hand at the end there. Another gold for team usa. Big day ahead. Amys tracking all the excitement in rio. It is so exciting here, guys. Team usa dominating in the water and on the bike. Gold medalist Kristin Armstrong who turns 43 today, by the way, finishing strong, celebrating there with her 5yearold son and we have her amazing story just ahead. Okay, amy. Well get back to you but first, we want to get to that breaking news, a massive fire in maryland taking down an apartment complex. Firefighters rushing to save survivors. More than two dozen people taken to the hospital. Abcs Gloria Rivera is on the scene in silver spring, maryland. Good morning, glor
Wheel at other parks across the country. And dangerous debris. An alarming rise in crashes caused by highway cargo breaking free. Drivers dodging missiles on the road. Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Here at olympic park, it is gold and silver for team usa tonight in womens gymnastics. Most coveted title, the allaround. Rookie simone biles seemingly unaffected by the pressure of High Expectations just delivered a jawdropping performance here to take the gold medal. With fellow american aly raisman taking the silver. We caught up with simone biles just a short time ago. Im feeling like a whirlwind of emotions, excited, happy, proud, of both me and aly because we both went out there tonight and we both did our jobs. So i couldnt ask for anything more. Evening. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more on an exciting day and an exciting night to come here. Reporter simone biles left little
Crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news america. Laura this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am Laura Trevelyan could comments by donald trump spark controversy. The republican nominee blames the media for blowing it out of proportion. His opponent accuses him of inspiring violence. Ms. Clinton yesterday we witnessed in the latest in a long line of casual comments from donald trump that crossed the line. Laura scathing report released on the Baltimore Police department criticizing offices for using Excessive Force and discriminating against black people. He is having a golden day in rio. The latest on the olympic action and what to watch for next. Welcome to world news america. Another day, another controversy in u. S. President ial campaign. Today donald trump hit back on those accusing his campaign of inspiring violence aga
The u. S. Women win gold in the 4x2. That was beautiful thats a gold medal for kirsten armstrong. Announcer this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Welcome to a special split edition of today. Thursday, morning, day 6 of the rio olympics. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Savannah is in new york. Well talk to her in a one second. You know what we refuse to do back on copacabano beach. What is that . We refuse to do a show look at who we have today. That is Alison Schmidt part of that gold medal relay team in the 4x200 free and josh prenot is alongside her. Congratulations. Also here, theres more, Michael Hixon and sam dorman they teamed up and took silver in synchronized diving, and well ask what it is like to compete in what is a big story here. The green water in the pool. Its so much fun to watch athletes and the crowd get to hang out a little bit. All hanging out ov
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