Women and simone biles prepare to go for gold, today, tuesday, august 9th, 2016. Kerri gets the final block. Murphy took off like a rocket right there. Look at him go they made it look so effortless. From nbc news, this is a special edition of tod de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special edition, split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Were in Great Company here in Rio De Janeiro. Want to say hi to some folks who have come down to our set to join us. In the background here we have david boudia and Steele Johnson and Kathleen Baker, and other team usa swimmers that took home medals after another intense night at the aquatics. Were back here along copacabana beach on a nice morning and another event today. This one is a birthday. Happy birthday to you. Thank you, guys. Isnt it fun having these Medal Winners here. Something about turning around and seeing them holding their hardware which is awesome. Yeah. By the way, were here in rio. Were missing savannah ws savannah, you have a lot cooking there as well. Yesterday you guys had the oiled up flag bearer from tonga and the samba band. Yes, we did. Not to be outdone. This will last all morning long. Raising a glass to you, hoda, for your birthday. Thank you, savannah. Our big story will be another rough morning for delta passengers. Hundreds of Flights Canceled again today. The airline is recovering from that mass outage that grounded travel woes here. Guys, back to you. All right, savannah. Thank you very much. On this Tuesday Morning, lets start with your olympic highlights. Natalie is here with a roundup. Good morning once again. From triumph to heartbreak to new rivalries, team usa had another wild night in rio. This morning two more u. S. Swimmers are basking in the golden spotlight. Lilly king going head to head breaststroke. King has the lead. Shes going to win it. She did it king taking the gold medal over efimova whos been caught up in a doping scandal. On sunday, king took the russian to task, mocking her owe poent for claiming she was number one. Just moments before last nights race, the women refused to acknowledge each other but after her victory, king didnt hold back. We can compete clean and do murphy stretching to the wall. Gets it in the mens 100 meter back stroke american ryan murphy dominated, earning gold and a place in history. Welcome to the club, my friend murphys parents celebrated their sons win cementing him as one of the worlds most elite backstrokers, an achievement the 21yearold has had his eyes on his entire life. I hope my swimming life continues and i become an murphy wrote as a child. I hope ill break the world record. I want to be the best swimmer in the world. And tonight the drama will be centered on Michael Phelps, competing in the 200 butterfly against his nemesis, south africas chad le clos. Monday night phelps shot a nasty look at his rival, who was shadow boxing shortly before their semifinal. Phelps doing his best to stay focused. Its like hes going through like, are you kidding me . Bill johnson, the father of olympic diver Steele Johnson, was fired up. Watching his son and diving partner david boudia take silver in mens synchronized diving. The best result team usa has ever had in the event. The men becoming emotional after their final dave, celebrating the moment with their coach. But for the u. S. Mens gymnastics team, heartbreak. Failing to make the podium. Finishing fifth in the team final. Sticking together despite the fall. And in jude yo brazils Rafaela Silva came out on top. Earning the first gold medal of the games for the host nation. Her victory an inspiration for for the hometown crowd. Growing up in poverty in one of rios most dangerous neighborhoods. A fairy tale ending for the inspirational young woman. One more note from the pool. Katie ledecky qualified for tonights 200 free final while Missy Franklin who dominated in london failed to advance. Looking at the medal count. The United StatesHolding Strong increasing their lead with 19 total through monday followed by china, japan and russia. Matt, great start. It really is, natalie. Thanks very much. Lets bring in those divers behind the best u. S. Finish ever in mens synchronized 10 meter platform. Silver medalist david boudia and Steele Johnson. Guys, good morning, congratulations. Dont you want to wear those . These are heaviest medals ive seen. Do you mind . Please, it would be my pleasure. Those are fantastic. Can i repeat what i just said. The best u. S. Finish ever in this event. How does that feel . Its actually pretty cool. To do it alongside this guy. Weve created such a brotherhood. Weve trained day in and day out. Its pretty neat. Steele, we got a kick watching your dad go crazy at what i like most about this silver medal is you guys had your best score on your last dive so when it was all on the line, you came up with your best dive. Typically thats a dive that doesnt go well in training. Im so tall its hard for me to make. The fact that we were able to do it as well as we did, it was exciting for me. I want to warn our camera man about this. You mentioned youre so tall. Would you guys stand up for a second . I just want to show something. At first look, thi Perfect Match physically for synchronized diving. You can sit again. Why does it work so well . I think growing up we had the same coach and now we train at Purdue University and we have the same mechanics and obviously height doesnt matter. We walked away with a silver medal. It works for us. When you get the medal, do you stop and go back to all of the early mornings, all of the thats whats so hard about training for the Olympic Games. Its a daily sacrifice but this is a reward. My wife and my daughter and my family has been so supportive. Youre a couple hoosiers. Who do you want to say hi to home. Specifically boilermakers. No, i mean hoosiers as in the state. Boilermakers is your university. A lot of my family is here but boilermaker nation is out there and theyve been supportive of us. Whats up. David boudia and Steele Johnson, great job. Lets go over to hoda. Really great job. Now to some of team usas swimmers who won medals on monday. Kathleen baker took silver in womens 100 meter backstroke. David plummer is the bronze medalist in the 100 meter backstroke and katie meili scored a bronze in the 100 meter breaststroke. Good morning you Medal Winners. How are you . Kathleen, how did it feel . You get out of the water and you look up and see your family right there on the railing. What was it like during that moment for you . I think it was just pure joy. I couldnt be happier. I wasnt expecting to medal at all so coming into this it was like a complete surprise. Im happy that i swam this well. What was the ear big deal about this was earring gate. When you were swimming in the trials one of your earrings was lost and then some scuba diver found it and it became sort of just a story here. Did you end up swimming with two earrings for good luck or how did it work . I went to see my sister after prelims 100 back and i asked can i please borrow your earrings . I need to swim with pearls. I always do. So shes earringless right now and im wearing hearse still. Congratulations to you. This has been a long time coming. You wanted to be in the olympics for 12 years. I think in london you missed going to the olympics by 0. 12 of a second. How sweet was it winning bronze this year . Amazing to be part of the greatest team of alltime and its awesome to be here. You have kids. You have two and then a newborn, right . I have two. One and a newborn. Do you think your kids will hop in the pool early . I think we might. Well let them decide. Hopefully they enjoy it as much as i do. Katie, first olympics for you. You hit the bronze. Youre on the medal stand shared with lilly king. We found out afterwards that no two u. S. Women have been on the podium together in the breaststroke in the history of usa swimming. To have that moment and to share it with her, and i mean we really pushed each other to get better over the past two years so it was really cool to be able to experience that with her. Congratulations on your medals. Were so proud of you. Your country is proud of you. Thanks for coming. Lets turn to gymnastics as we said the u. S. Men finished fifth in the team competition. The women will get their turn at gold tonight. And here now with a look back and ahead nbc sports analyst and olympic Gold Medalist tim daggett and nastia liukin. Ladies, gentlemen, nice to see you. Let us start with the men. A little disappointing. A lot of talk they had a chance to get to the podium. They finished fifth. Was this about the other competitors being better or was their performance substandard yesterday . Without a question the u. S. Men were capable of winning a medal and contending even for gold but they started off really rough on the first event on floor exercise and then they kind of got it going and right at the end danell, who i never would have imagined he would come off the bar like that. He qualified for the individual event finals. Hes tremendous there. It just didnt get going. It ended poorly as well. Long, my first thought was he hurt, it was really that he couldnt believe what had just happened. He was in complete shock and devastation because he was the anchor. He was the last one to go up. They thought maybe they had a chance to at least clinch the bronze medal. So i think he just had no idea what was happening in that moment. Can we talk about the women, nastia, for a minute tonight . Its a big night. Theyre so far out in front. Everyone is expecting gold. Y they finished qualifications ten points ahead of the next country. Thats never been done before. It just goes to show how dominant they are. They continue to be so dominant. Have you ever seen anyone like simone biles . By the way . I mean youve seen it all over the years. How does she rank . She hasnt lost a single competition in her last four years. Just like team usa as a whole, simone biles, the world has been waiting to see her on the olympic stage. The pressure is so high for her. Shes expected to win. She delivered when she needed to. Tim, let me ask you about that. Nastia talked about the lead they had. If youre coaching the womens team going into this competition tonight, what do you tell them how do you tell them to handle this mentally . Take it one step at a time and do exactly what they did day one. This team from the very beginning they have been put under so many different situations, so much stress, so much pressure. Day in and day out. Its not a new thing for them. They are accustomed to occasion. They truly are the most dominant team in gymnastics ever. Simone biles is the greatest gymnast that ever walked this planet. No pressure. No buildup. I think shes going to go away from these games with five gold medals. There are only six to be had. Wow. High praise from a couple of people who really know the sport. Nastia, tim, thank you so much. Well hear from simone biles womens team go for that gold along with Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky during nbcs prime time coverage at 8 00, 7 00 central here on nbc. Right now lets send it back to new york and savannah. Lets start with the president ial race. Election day now just 90 days away and our new poll just out this morning Shows Hillary clinton opening up a double digit advantage. 5141 over donald trump. This is clintons largest lead yet in our nbc News Survey Monkey online tracking poll shes above 50 . Nbcs Hallie Jackson is in North Carolina where trump has two events today. Hallie, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. As we look at those new numbers, were also looking at donald trump losing more support from inside his own party. Another member of congress now saying she cant back him. Its a move that could open the door for others in the gop to break with their nominee. The newest never trump senator, new donald trump, just the same candidate who will slash and burn and trample everything and everyone. Her scathing oped on the heels of a different warning from 50 National Security experts that donald trump would be the most reckless president in american history. The experts, including former cia and nsa director michael hayden, and tom ridge and Michael Chertoff are all makes one of his own. Politically motivated, he calls the letter, written by the ones the American People should look to for answers on why the world is a mess. Trump on defense online too attempting to link Hillary Clintons email controversy to the execution of an Iranian Nuclear scientist who spent time in the u. S. Trumps running mate working to show the candidate can grow. Mr. Trump to stop saying crazy and offensive things for the next three months . Well, you know, ill tell you, this campaign is head down going after it hard. Trump is going after the middle class vote now in detroit unveiling a new streamlined tax plan proposing a moratorium on regulations and a plan to renegotiate trade deals taking aim at his democratic rival. One common feature of every hillary to punishes you for working and doing business in the United States. Reporter trump is getting a bit more competition in this race today, too chlt with a new independent candidate looking to throw his hat into the ring. Former congressional staffer Evan Mcmullin looking to put up a bid but with zero name recognition, virtually and ballot deadlines come and gone in about half the country, savannah, its a long shot, to battleground North Carolina for us. Thank you. In the meantime, the parents of two americans killed in the 2012 terrorist attacks in benghazi, libya, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. The parents of sean smith and tyrone woods say her use of the private email server contributed to the attack. In response to the suit, a Clinton Campaign spokesperson says none of the multiple evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Hillary Clinton. Another big story. Delta canceling nearly 250 more flights this morning as that Airline Tries to recover from a monstrous system outage on monday that saw nearly 900 Flights Canceled. Tens of thousands of passengers stranded. A power outage at its Atlanta Delta says it will hand out refunds and 200 travel vouchers to affected passengers. The airline urged customers who were flying today to check the status of their flights on their website. Or its mobile app. Three girls were injured after falling from a ferris wheel at a county fair ground in greenville, tennessee. The girls fell between 35 and 45 feet. Two of them were taken to the hospital by helicopter. Another one by ambulance. All three are alert this morning and said to be talking to hospital staff. Still unclear how this happened. And in the meantime, in kansas city, police say that a boy who was killed sunday while riding down the worlds tallest water slide died from a neck injury. Two adult women who were in the raft with him suffered minor facial injuries. Authorities still dont know what caused that accident. Its 7 18. Youre up to date. Lets send it back to the folks in rio. Sad story, savannah. Thank you very much. Al is here with a first check of the weather. Gulf and a real mess. Look at some of this video out of st. Petersburg just in. You can see the flooding just massive amounts of rain. Guy hanging around is going to spend time in the drunken clam because of the heavy rain. Its going to continue. Look at the radar. We have heavy showers and thunderstorms stretching from the big bend area of florida all of the way south of new orleans and itoi during the day today right on into friday. This gulf moisture High Pressure off the east coast pumping up that moisture. We could see rain totals approaching a foot of rain before its over. It continues through tomorrow, thursday, and probably comes to an end around friday. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Poor foster kid black small muslim the only label that matters is olympian. And thats your latest weather. Something cool just happened. On the beach, a guy walked up to our little fence area here, over randy stocloss. He made Beach Volleyball famous along with his partner. Hes one of the iconic figures of Beach Volleyball. He looks like he could still spike you across the net, al. The guy next to him looks like that. The little guy next to him. Good to see you, randy. Coming up, gymnast simone biles will open up about stayin focused and grounded, her signature move and her celebrity status. Prus plus, what swimming sensation Katie Ledecky thinks when shes called the most dominant swimmer ever. First, this is today on nbc. In 1803, a man ht the territory obougf louisiana for 42 cents an acre. L e that was the greatesver. Until i made this one. Scrambled eggs, eight mini pancakes, a sh brown,ha and your choice of bacon or sausage. Its the greest deal since the louisiana atpurchase. Sort of. The jumbo breaa kfast platter jt 2. 99 for limited time. Value, done my way. 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