A trip to the podium. What you have to do is be competent and believe in yourself that i can do it and youre going to do it. Then some potential olympians of the future, young kids and extreme sports. To the parents who say youre too young to be doing this, what would you say . Ill beat you to the top. Plus the olympic idea from kerry strug winning on one leg and the british runner that wouldnt give up after tearing a ham stranstring hamstring. Enduring cultural moments. We got another great group assembled around the table. Well talk politics but lets start with the roundup of the olympic action from the first full day in rio. Team usa got it. 19yearold Jenny Thrasher making it look easy. This is the first u. S. Gold in that competition since the year 2000. The american Mens Basketball Team trumped china 11962 kevin durant leading the way. The womens soccer team won 1nil. Tennis super star Venus Williams out. The australians too much for the pool. Australia taking home the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter free style and the u. S. Women took silver. Taking a look at the meddle count as it stands this morning, a threeway tie for first after one day of competition. The u. S. , japan and china starting the day with five medals. Day two of olympic action getting underway in a couple hours. It includes preliminaries for swimming and team usa for basketball taking on sin that goal and the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team will take to the floor and big swimming finals on tap where we could see Michael Phelps for the first time in rio competition in the 4 x 100 style relay. You can catch it all at 7 00, 6 00 central here on nbc. Well have more on the olympics in a minute. Well turn to the race for the white house. Donald trump trying to come back from a difficult week. Trump was on the attack on saturday where among other things, he questioned Hillary Clintons mental stability. Hillary clinton made repeated false statements to the media, congress and the public, false statement number one, this stuff is so amazing. It amazing me, actually. Honestly, i dont think shes all there. Trump and clinton off the campaign trail today. The president ial election, by the way, is three months from tomorrow. Belgiums Prime Minister is calling a machete attack a likely act of terrorism in a city south of blessrussels. A man walked up to a Police Station and lunged and yelled ally al k bar. Pistorius was taken to the hospital from prison. We could get big news in the world of baseball today about one of the most controversial play earlies in the game. New york yankee star Alex Rodriguez holding a News Conference with the team. Hes been struggling mightily this season and there is speculation hell be retire or bea be released by the yankees. Kelly is the founder of the polling Inc Woman Trend and a pollster on Donald Trumps captain. Kelly ann as probably worked for any prominent. West moore, founder ceo of bridge edu a former captain of the United States army, road scholar and best heldiauthor. Hes not won a noble prize yet and Hallie Jackson steps off the road for us this morning where shes been covering the president ial campaign nonstop for a year and a half, rarely stopping for clean clothes. Thats true. Thats upsetting. Both things are true, rude and true. Thanks for being here, welcome. Kelly ann with the obvious cav yacht this is when we came out of the election and internal polling that may be painting a different picture but we got polls that Shows Hillary clinton up by nine points nationally and if you look inside the state by state swing twinstates, floridas six, michigan plus seven, pennsylvania plus 11, New Hampshire plus 17. How concerned are you with the Trump Campaign for these numbers. Were excited last friday mr. Trump seemed to readjust and get back on message realizing this is a competition against Hillary Clinton and hes taken the case directly to her. When we see internally, we see tighter races, but i would point out there are other polls this week that showed, for example, the reuters poll, which is online. Donald trump is three points behind Hillary Clinton nationally. The important point to note is when you have online polls, mr. Trump tends to be better because online polls approximate the ballot box where you issue your vote privately. We think there is a big hit in the trump vote in this country and were continuing to examine that. There is no question the combination of Hillary Clinton coming out of her convention where she had basically the stars of the Democratic Party vouching for her, willie and the beginning of a rough week. Were glad this happened in august and not november. Donald trump refused to endorse, can someone get to him and say this is getting away from us right now, we need to fix a few things here . The campaign knows what we need to do and what needs to be done to beat Hillary Clinton. If he makes it a change election or a clear choice between him and Hillary Clinton, its a choice who do you want to appoint justice into the Supreme Court and Hillary Clinton herself is a flawed individual when it comes to politics. Obviously, in the same polls shes not been able to turn the corner on trust worthiness and when the president and Hillary Clinton talk about interrogation, we ended the week showing exactly why Hillary Clinton does not face the press because when she tried to in a limited Friendly Forum it did not go well for her. Well get to that in one second but you know very well covering this campaign the frustration kelly ann was talking about. When you get bogged down in a fight and whether or not to endorse the speaker of the house and his Reelection Campaign and not talking about Hillary Clinton, thats not a winning way to go. It was frustrationing, what you doing, this could be a terrible week for Hillary Clinton and we could be hitting on emails and responses at the press conference and instead were talking about the cons and paul ryan and john mccain and i think there is a real direct reflection of the that to donald trump himself. Im told hes telling advisors listen, i get it. I know what i have to do. I know what has to be done. You have to do it. Over the last two or three days ive been on the road with him, hes opened all rallies hitting Hillary Clinton and talking about the things his campaign wants him to be talking about, some of these economic numbers but when you look at new polling, Washington Post poll and deep, shes up now leading him by a couple points on the issue of National Security and who makes you feel more safe at home. Thats something id watch because donald trump built his campaign on im the person that will make this country safer. Hes built his campaign on law and order and domestic terrorism. Wes, hes shifted and knows he has to focus on Hillary Clinton. Part of it is the way hes focussing on Hillary Clinton. Lets listen to what he said about her this week. Shes the devil. In one way shes a monster. In another way, shes a weak person. The queen of corruption and shes like an unbalanced person. Shes really pretty close to unhinged and youve seen it. Honestly, i dont think shes all there. I dont think shes all there. Shes a little unhinged. These are as add hottacks. Donald trump said famously i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot someone and not lose supporters. For the core group, that might be true but the problem is he is not going to win the general election with those numbers. The way donald trump is going and thinking about this, hes tapping into peoples primal fears without hope what actually needs to be done in ordinary tore address your pains. So what weve seen right now, this type of transition, im not sure how this transition translates into better poll numbers and a greater understanding. How does he do that, kelly and grow the pie. If you look inside nbc wall street journal numbers among white voters, its getting closer than you probably would like it to be. How does he grow from the base of support he won in the primary, how does he broaden that out in the general . Several ways, one is to talk about substance and i think the voters are way ahead of the p l politicia politicians. They demand we got onto the issues that they care about. A lot of americans are struggling and the questions are do you feel safe and prosperous. Those numbers in the swing states for folks struggling, i think having gone on the the road this week with governor pence you see that up close and personally in some of these cities and towns. Secondly, so going substance. Tomorrow donald trump will be in detroit to unveil his economic plan that substantive justice this week he started talking about hillary care and obamacare if it hasnt worked. 16 of the 23 occoops failed. He does well in the attributes on who is a strong leader. He does well with men and women on who is a strong leader. Thats really a great question as we head into the elections because people are nervous, they are very they could be reckuating the wrong park and standing in the wrong coffee line. People are nervous. There is a certain angst that he could which is different than primal fears he could tap into and third, remembering this is a binary race and are you for change the waybill clinton done and barack obama did. You pointed this out at an event she was interviewed by Kristen Welker talking to Chris Wallace about what director comey said about her being truthful or not when discussing whether she used classified email marked classified. Here is her response. Are you mischaracterizing director comeys testimony and is this under cutting efforts to rebuild trust. I may have short circuited that and for that i will try to clarify. What did she mean by that . Does that mean she short circuited that . Listen, i think she meant to say i didnt fully think through the answer before she said it. When you use phrasing like that, short circuited and have major issues with trustworthiness and question and response hits the very heart of that, thats a real problem for Hillary Clinton because it speaks to what people are concerned about with her and you are seeing this open the door for more taps from republicans. Donald trump is using this in a web video to go after her. So wes, that gives the favorability numbers, Hillary Clinton at 37 . The problem is donald trump, republicans is only at 28 . And to your point earlier, this is not a binary election and the challenge secretary clinton has to face is fear about the campaign is this would be a mandate on Hillary Clinton and in many ways, those ties shifted where this is more about stability and the ability for donald trump to be able to sit in that seat. She is trying to make such an effort to make people understand my favorability numbers should be higher. I should have more of an opportunity to understand who the real Hillary Clinton is part of the democratic convention. The challenge is when things like this continue to happen and wave up the fans. The great disconnect and cycle is the disconnect between the way the voters see the campaign, which is a referendum on Hillary Clinton who they have known for awhile and who is functionally the incumbent here and the way its being covered. Its being covered as a referendum on donald trump because hes more exciting to cover. Shes more boring. Many voters think she lies for a living and yet, thats a huge disconnect because i dont think it will change the way voters see this election. Do you want more of the same or trust her enough . Why doesnt he have a lead if thats the case . He will again. These will bounce back and forth. Even Hillary Clintons team who is smart and savvy put out a couple fundraising appeals saying look, this guy just raised 80 million you werent expecting that and hes going to go back in the polls. They said dont get comfortable. Hillarys team recognized this. The gender gap is her problem with men and in your polling, its a chronic problem. She cant break the fever among male voters that dont want her to be commander in chief. This is a referendum on donald trump and i heard that from closed a visors saying this comes down to our candidate and how people perceive him and that is actually why i think they believe they have an advantage on tone. Its almost im rubber youre glue defense. Hes turning and hitting her with and it comes down to the Supreme Court nominee versus who do you trust with the nuclear code. Stick with me, guys, well talk a little bit about a limb picks and apologies to rio, our favorite athlete of the week, the 9yearold who had a long fight to get to that moment on the mound in baltimore. And the once obscured athlete that became an International Star with a little help from the people at johnsons baby oil. We good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Heres a look at your neighborhood forecast. A constant on the board. Sunshine all over our region. Looking at 87 in allentown. New jersey, trenton, 87. 86 for ocean city. Atlantic city as well. Wilmington at 89 degrees. A lot of us mid to upper 80s today. Shore escape more close to the mid 80s. Poor foster kid black immi immigrant cancer patient small muslim the only label that matters is olympian. Beneful is really excellent. The first ingredient is chicken. riley man, this chicken is spectacular jessica i feel like when he eats beneful, he turns into a puppy again. You love it, dont you . 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Gisele was lit perfectly as the cameras managed to find her again and again and again and no sign of tom brady, unfortunately. Pretty solid, same press. The remaining supply of baby oil in the small nation of tonga after the opening ceremony. This is the man that stole the show during the parade of nations friday night. Hes pita taufotofua who got himself good and lubed up before leading the team into the stadium. Pita became a web sensation after his glistening appearance and he spent his life working with children in homeless shelters and raised the money on his own to train and qualify in rio. We have our first new star in the Olympic Games. Wes has that same outfit in the green room. Hes actually from brooklyn, thats the new scandal im just kidsiding. [ laughter ] can we roll that again. Well get you a copy, halle. Settle down. Zion through out the first pitch at the orioles. When he was two years old an infection cost him his hands. Last hour in a 10hour surgery zion became the first child to undergo a by lateral hand transplant. He threw out the first pitch to orioles star adam jones. Zion proved to be a good luck charm. He got it there, too. Its a great story for anyone still complaining about anything today. Absolutely. Look at this boy. Big smile on his face and very inspiring story. We love you, zion. The next low, Donald Trumps opinion of the media after he was accused of throwing a baby out of a rally. He said he did not. Trump was interrupted by a little bundle of joy with serious pipes. A moment trump addressed that day and throughout the week. Actually, i was only kidding, you can get the baby out of here. Believe me that i love having a baby crying while im speaking. I dont throw babies out, believe me. I love babies. Im going to make a deal with the parents because we can take that baby to Training School and it will be the next great. Complimenting the pipes. Did he throw the baby out . No, and the babys mom came out and said he didnt throw the baby out. I think this is a good example of every single thing donald trump says and does is scrutinized and Hillary Clinton had the week off. She didnt wear well. The mother brought the baby back in with a past fire. We welcome babies. The creepiness of gags the green bay clown. Residents called police when they spotted a clown roaming the streets late at night carrying only a bouquet of black ballo s balloons. Gags was spotted wearing horrified grease paint and a soil clown suit. A rep for the Police Department recognizes the creepiness and says this person is not breaking the law and its part of a horror short film. The clown was part of a viral campaign. Nightmares for days. The final low, when someone s