Tuesday, august 9th, 2016. Murphy took off like a rocket right there. Look at him go. They made it look so effortless. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio dene 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 that have come down to our set to join us. In the background here we have david boudia and Steele Johnson 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. Isnt it fun having these Medal Winners here. Something about turning around and seeing them holding their hardware which is awesome. By the way, were here in rio. Were missing savannah who is back in new york city. Savannah, you have a lot cooking there as well. Yesterday you guys had the oiled up flag bearer from tonga and the zumba band. 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 flights worldwide. Well have the latest on the 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 lit. Lillia king going head to head with a russian swimmer in the king has the lead. Shes going to win it. King taking the gold medal. King took the russian to task mocking her opponent 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 well at the Olympic Games and murphy stretching to the wall. American ryan murphy dominated earning gold and a place in history. Murphys parents celebrated their sons win cementing him as one of the worlds most elite backstrokers, an achievement the 21 year old had his eyes on his entire life. I hope record. I want to be the best swimmer in the world. And tonight Michael Phelps will compete in the 200 butterfly against his nemesis. Monday night phelps shot a nasty look at his rival who was shadow boxing before their semifinal. Phelps doing his best to stay focused. Its like hes going through a boxing routine and phelps is, diver Steele Johnson was fired up. Watching his son and diving partner david boudia take silver in mike ens siynchronized divi. For the u. S. Mens gymnastic team. Heartbreak. Failing to make the podium. Finishing fifth i stking together despite in judo top earning the first gold medal of the games for the host nation. Her victory an inspiration for the hometown crowd growing up in poverty in one of rios most dangerous neighborhoods. A fairy tale ending for the inspirational young woman. So great for her. One more note from the pool. Ive seen. Do you mind . My goodness. Those are fantastic. Can i repeat what i just said. The best u. S. Finish ever in this event. How is that . Its great. To do it alongside this guy. Weve trained day in and day out. Steele, we got a kick watching your dad go crazy at the venue yesterday. What i like most about the medal is the score on the last dive. When it was all on the line, you came up with your best dive. Typically that is the dive that doesnt go well in training. Im so tall, it is hard for me to make. The fact we did it well when we need to do it, it was great. I want to warn the cameraman. You are so tall. I want to show something. Stand up. This diving. It works because we have the same mechanics and we have the same coach. Z . 6m . ; . V we walked away with the silver medal. It works for us. When you get the medal, do you stop and go back, guys, to all the early mornings and all the late nights and all the drives to the pool and all the training for the Olympic Games. Daily sacrifice. This is reward. My wife and daughter and my family have been so supportive. Both a couple of hoosiers . Thats right. Who do you want to say hi . Specifically boilermakers. I dont mean who, hoosiers as a state. A lot of my family is here. Boilermaker nation is here. They supported us. Whats up, david Steele Johnson. Over to hoda. To some team usa swimmers. The 00 meter backstroke and katie meile scored in the breaststroke. Good morning all you Medal Winners. Kathleen, how did it feel . You touched the wall. Right there on the railing. What was it like during that moment for you . I think it was pure joy. Coming into this, it . . Y there to s well support me. What otherig b deal . Your e . 2arrings was lost. A scuba deround it. Did you swim with two ein how did it work . I went to see my sister after the prelims. I said can i borrow your earrings. I need pearls. She is earringsless right now. Im wearing hers. David, congratulations to you. You have wanted to be in the olympics for 12 years. I think in london, you missed going to the olympics by. 12. How sweet was it winning bronze this year . It was just amazing. Greatest team of all time. It is awesome to be here. You have ids. You have two and a newborn . Is that right . I have two. One and a newborn. Do you think your kids will hop in the pool early . Will you get them started 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. On the medal stand shared with lilly king. What was that moment like when that was. We actually 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 share it with her. We push each other to get better the past two years. It was cool to experience that with her. You guys, congratulations on your medals. We are so proud of you. Thanks again for coming. The u. S. Men finished fifth in Team Competition. Women will get their turn at gold tonight. Here now with a look back and ahead, nbc sports analyst and olympic Gold Medalist is t tt tt tim daggett and nastia luken. Was their performance better or substanrd were capable of winning a medal and contending. They started off rough on floor exercise. They got it going, but leyva who i never would have imagined would have come off the bar like that. He qualified for the individual events. He is tremendous there. It just didnt get going and it ended poorly as well. I watched him on the mat. I thought he was hurt. He just couldnt believe it happened. He was in shock and devastation. He was the anchor and last to good up. They thought she had a chance to clinch the bronze medal. He had no idea what was happening in the moment. Can we talk about the women for a minute . It is a big night. They are so far out in front. Everyone is expecting gold. Do you see that in the future . Yeah, absolutely. They ten points ahead. That has never been done before. They are dominant. Have you seen any one like simone biles . How does she rank . She hasnt lost a competition in the last four years. The world has been waiting to see her on the olympic stage. She was finally able to do that. The pressure is high for her. To. With Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky swim tonight at 8 00 on our olympics coverage. Lets go back to new york and savannah. Lets start with the president ial race. Election day is 90 days away. 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Reporter trumps getting a bit more competition in the race with a new independent candidate looking to throw his hat in the ring. Formercmullin. Has zero name red meantime, the parents of the two soldiers killed in parents of sean smith and tyrone woods claimvate email server contributed to the attacks. It is showing her carelessness of the correspondents. The spokesperson said none of the investigations found any systems to crash. Delta will hand out refunds and in kansas city, the boy killed sunday riding down the worlds tallest water slide died from a neck injury. Two adult women in the raft with him suffered minor facial injuries. Authorities still dont know what caused that accident. It is 7 18. You are up to date. Back to the folks in rio. Sad story, savannah. Thank you very much. Al is here with the first check of the weather. Mr. Roker. A real mess. Look at some of the video out of st. Petersburg just in. You see the flooding with massive amounts of rain. 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We will do it again tomorrow before we have better chances were back now. 7 30 on a Tuesday Morning, august 9th, 2016. 8 30 in rio. Beach. Theres a woman there, do yo see her there with a big cut out face of her playing basketball for serbia and they are both u. S. Air force vets. Cool story. Thank you for coming downmo todays olympic headlines. Swimming last night led by ryan mu backstroke. Lilly king did the same in 100 meter breaststroke. Just down the beach, Kerry Walsh Jennings wins. Katie ledecky team usas most recognizable faces has become the woman to Katie Ledecky will standatop theedal podium. Do yousome of the things iv. Most dominant swimmer in the world. Greatest swimmer of alltime. Me to hear. I just think of just having fun in the pool. 15yr years old, a young Katie Ledecky made her olympic t and it as if it were yesterday. It was amazing being in london. I got to go to opening ceremonies. I walked into that stadium and saw all of the lights and it just took me back to watching on tv the olympics when i 11 or 7. All those years back when you it was a surreal experience. At age 10 katie was competitive not letng setbacks stand intm her way. In fourth grade i broke my arm playing basketball in gym class. One of the first questions i asked can i keep swimming . Can i still be in the water . He gave me this speciallastic bag that was tight on my arm and i could wear that and kickith the kic board. Bird taking off in t . U . . he . . Uter. Nownd Gold Medalist, katie . E comes to rio with a target on her back. Can you sast with that big target attached to your i dont think theres a my flick it off. Its not going to weigh me down. One of the most dominant forces in the world in any sport from any country. I always like to ask athletes before they head off to the olympics, write the headline for me. Write the headline that you would like to read, katie, as you swim your last race in rio. Katie ledecky has fun in rio. t i want to have fun both competing and just 4nenjoying every moment. Isnt that what its all about . Just having fun. Medals come, great. But just have a good time. That is pretty awesome. Really great. The interesting thing, we consider her a friend of the show, and shes been around a long time. I mean, check out her appearance on today more than 18 years ago. Where is this little one from . Maryland. 16 months. Katie ledecky and michael led ledecky. Can we say hi to our everybody got hellos. I look like i swallowed Katie Ledecky. Times. S so cool. Katies uncle john, we went to high school together. Dear friend of mine. Thats amazing. Thats how old i am now. People who are adults were children, babies, infants, they fantastic. All right. Heres your weather. Before they had satellites i was working. 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Womens team to the finals tonight. Natalie is here with more. Shes such a breakout star. She dominates. Her near Perfect Performance helped the u. S. Dominate on sunday and even before she goes for gold, shes already being compared to olympic legends like Michael Phelps and usain bolt. Its a lot of hard work when simone biles isnt just conquering the bar, shes raising it. I think the fun of the sports in knowing how wide range it is. We can do anything really. This 19yearold phenom is on olympic stage where a Spring Loaded simone delivered a near flawless performance during rios qualifying session sunday night. A combination of power and precision earning her event high marks on the vaul