2016. 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. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb. Savannah is in new york. We refuse to do a show without Medal Winners. Look at who we have today. That is Alison Schmidt part of that gold medal relay team in the 4x200 free and josh pernot is alongside her. Michael hickson and sam do dorman 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. By the way, their parents are all hanging out over here taking pictures of them. By the way, you know who else is joining us on the beach this morning . Its going to feel a little bit like tennessee because the band perry is coming down here to rio and theyll put on a live concert on the beach a little later in the show. Savannah, back in new york and i know theres a lot going on in your world as well. Good morning to you. Good to see you. The president ial race as hot as ever here. Is this the harshest criticism yet donald trump leveled against his opponent yet. He accused president obama of founding isis and naming Hillary Clinton as a can he founder. Well have the latest on all of that coming up. For now, back to you in rio. Savannah, thank you very much. We always begin with the biggest olympic moments and highlights from natalie. Good morning to you. Good morning, guys. Big night tonight. The duel in the pool. Michael phelps and ryan lochte will go head to head tonight. With swimmers, cyclist and divers racking up gold medals, team usa is on the cusp of a big milestone. Team usa is approaching a major milestone. Its shaping up into u. S. Vs. Australia. Adding to that is Katie Ledecky. Ledecky turned in a powerful performance trailing which bun second when she hit the water coming from behind with incredible closing speed to win by close to two seconds before hitting the pool the team, which included Alison Schmidt and lee smith took a preswim selfie. A stunning win defeating josh pernot. Biggest shock of these Olympic Games. First ever swimming medal for kazakhstan. Michael phelps and ryan lochte took first and second when they compete for gold. An event that phelps never lost at the olympics and lochtes final race of the games. We bring out the best of each other. Weve been doing it since 2004. Every time i race him, its the best. For olympians outside the aquatic center, it was a battle against mother nature. Armstrong wins her third consecutive gold. Armstrong now the oldest woman to medal in the sport winning just one day before her 43rd birthday sharing an emotional and tearful embrace with her young son moments after her victory and drama in Beach Volleyball. Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and april ross facing tough competition from the switzerland. The match taking a turn when one of the players smashed into the sand hurting her neck. It was a nail biter for the u. S. Mens basketball team. That will do it. Winning by just ten points. Australia came within striking distance in the last 30 seconds of the game. But superstars kyrie irving led the team to victory. And a quick check of the medal count. U. S. Team still leading by a lot beating out china and japan so far and coming up today, events to look out for. Golf returning to the olympics after 112 years. Matt is excited. In gymnastics, of course, womens allaround finals. Simone biles and harrison tries to make it back to back gold in judo and Michael Phelps and ryan lochte facing off in 200 i. M. Busy day. Thank you very much. Can we say hello to a few of team usas latest Medal Winners. Alison schmidt part of that gold winning relay and first time olympian josh pernot. How does it feel. You have a gold medal around your neck along with a silver, how does that feel for you, alison . Im speechless. Taking in the whole process. The journey has its ups and downs. And to have a gold around my neck again, an amazing feeling with three other girls. How much pressure were you feeling on the deck knowing its your job in the relay to get that team off to a very strong start. Knowing that you have Katie Ledecky theres not much pressure. Is it nerveracking at all to stand there after you swum your laps to watch the other girls and wringing your hands making sure it works out. I had complete faith in the other three girls. Like i said, having katie anchor our relay, i wouldnt have any other swimmer anchor our relay. Josh, first time olympian. You sit there with the silver medal around your neck. Is the way you played it out in your mind for the last ten years . Yeah. Its absolutely a dream come true. It feels awesome to represent my country that well. Kazakhstan got the gold. It was a touch. Did you realize how close you were at that moment . That dude was super far away from me. I could only see two surrounding me so i had no idea. Hes a good kid. Im happy for him. As we were talking about families a second ago before we went on the air and just briefly talk about what this has been like for your families to go through this. A lot of tears. Last night i was able to see my family for the First Time Since being in rio, and there were a lot of tears. Happy tears. Knowing that everything weve been through together, they are there every step of the way. They are standing right over there. I feel like my family has been loving every minute of this. Every day i get a text from mom or dad saying this is sick. We love being here. Im happy for them. We would like to give you a chance to say hi to folks at home. Youre from michigan . Yes. Josh . Whats up, berkeley . Guys, congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. Now more on team usas dominance in the pool and the big races to look forward to today. Mike tirico is daytime host of nbcs olympic coverage. Good morning to you. Lets talk about the duel in the pool. What are you expecting . My neighbor over there. I live in ann arbor. How can you beat one more time phelps and lochte in the pool in this race. These two guys have either one gold or World Championship for a decade in this event. One more time a showdown. They swim side by side. How do you think that affects the race . They have a great sense of where the other guy is at this point after competing in the same event for so long. You just look at lochte and you look at his career and its great. The problem is hes swimming in the era of the greatest and how will history remember him . In an event phelps won three times in a row in the olympics, if lochte can get this, that will add to the specter of his greatness. Lets talk about Katie Ledecky. Magnificent. I used that one. Give me the list, matt. Give me something to work off of. A second down as she gets in the pool last night in the relay you were talking about. You had the sense it was going to be no chance for anybody else from australia or canada to hold her off or catch her when she took the lead. Now the 800, were looking at a great gold haul for her. We dont expect anything but that . We learned in sports theres no guarantees. That one feels good. Ill ask you and ill lean back here and ask these two to weigh in as well. Could Katie Ledecky she holds the world record in the 800 and as allison will tell me thats 8 06. 68. Could Katie Ledecky become the first person to swim 800 meters under 8 minutes in her career . That would be a lot given the toll of the week. In her career . Why not . Ill defer to the person thats done it a few times more than me. If somebody is going to do it, its going to be Katie Ledecky. Im not betting against katie. Money holders here. What else are you looking forward to . You mentioned golf starting which were excited about. Over a century but gymnastics with the Great Success of women we saw them with you yesterday on the show. The opportunity now in the individual to have their success. Can you win the allaround the title americans have won before. Biles is good but keep an eye on raisman. I like how thats the rivalry. Biles versus raiseman. U. S. Versus u. S. They cant wait to travel as a team around america and inspire more dreams. America cant wait either. Mike tirico, as always, thank you. Folks, congratulations again. Well have more on what to expect in that gymnastics competition coming up. You can catch the showdown between Michael Phelps and ryan lochte during nbcs prime time coverage of these games. Lets send it to savannah in new york. In the president ial race this morning, donald trump stirring new controversy as he labeled president obama the founder of isis and Hillary Clinton its cofounder. This as we learn more about the man that captured a lot of attention on wednesday when he scaled the side of trump tower. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is in florida for us this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. All eyes were on that trump tower climber on fifth avenue. Here in florida, its donald trump in the spotlight. Escalating his attacks by accusing president obama of founding isis. In florida Late Wednesday at one of his rowdier rallies, donald trump on the attack with a new line against president obama. Isis is honoring president obama. He is the founder of isis. Hes the founder of isis. Reporter and on defense for controversial comments suggesting gun rights advocates could act against Hillary Clinton. If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people maybe there is. You look at the power they have in terms of votes and thats what i was referring to obviously. Reporter trump you pushing back against a report the secret service talked to his campaign about those remarks for the first time Hillary Clinton responds. That donald trump simply does not have the temperament to be president and commander in chief. Reporter clinton under fire herself. An email leak from a conservative Advocacy Group has questions whether access was purchased to the state department. Its called pay for play. Reporter bill clinton has defended the foundation with Hillary Clintons campaign telling nbc news the new emails dont relate to the foundations work. All of it coming amid a skyscraper standoff in new york city. Suction cups and all. Police busting glass to try to stop a man scaling trump tower. The climber quickly becoming a media spectacle on air and online requesting a meeting with donald trump before police hauled him in. Donald trump again hit clinton after the father of an orlando nightclub shooter attended one of her rallies. Even as one of his attendees raised eyebrows in the sunshine state. Mark foley sitting directly behind trump in his camera shot. Foley telling nbc he is a trump supporter and theyve been friends for 30 years and this new magazine out from time shows trump with the simple caption meltdown. Savannah . Hallie jackson on the campaign trail for us. Thank you. Breaking overnight, at least 25 people were injured and several others still missing after an explosion rocked an Apartment Building outside washington d. C. The fire in silver spring, maryland, started just before midnight. More than 150 firefighters were called to battle those flames. They were fueled by a natural gas line. Firefighters were able to rescue several people who were trapped inside their apartments. Nearly 100 people have been displaced by that fire. And what a bizarre story out of england this morning. Police are investigating allegations that a british player at wimbledon was poisoned. Taylor was midway through her quarterfinal match in the junior tournament last month when she became sick and was forced to pull out. Her mother tells the Daily Telegraph that her daughter was diagnosed with a rare bacterial disease and believes its not an accident and that she could have been targeted by a rival player or coach. Well follow that one. Well send it back to rio. Guys, hope youre having a good morning. We are, savannah. Nice to see you. The sea is less angry in rio here today. Youre talking about a rare event back home. We saw a tornado in connecticut yesterday. Another one in long island. Look at the video from connecticut. This is north haven. Ef0 tornado going through knocking down trees and splintering trees and debris. A real mess. Thankfully nobody injured and no serious damage. Still enough of a problem. Lets look at the heat were talking about right now. Were talking 70 Million People under some sort of heat advisory. 22 states stretching from the midwest and plains all of the way into the northeast and new england. Heat advisories for boston and new york city. Look at the temperatures what theyre going to feel like today well over 100 thanks to this bermuda high pushing up oppressive humidity. Air temperatures near 100. It will feel like well over 100 today into tomorrow northeast into the Midatlantic States and the gulf coast as well. Well get to your local forecast good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A steamy day ahead. A first alert for dangerous heat this afternoon. Temperatures into the 90s will feel more like 100 degrees in philadelphia. The suburbs will also feel that heat and humidity. Gordontown, 91. 80s there feel like the 90s at the shore. Delaware heading into the 90s. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. Guys . . Al, thanks so much. Well get to the bottom of that big olympic mystery. Why is the water in some of the pools turning green and were going to ask silver Medal WinnersMichael Hickson and sam romans what its like to dive into that. Kerri Walsh Jennings opens up about going for a fourth straight gold medal in Beach Volleyball this time with brand new partner, april ross. First, this is today on nbc. Its a Pretty Simple question is pat toomeys agenda your agenda . Toomey voted seven times to defund planned parenthood. He even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. And toomeys against a womans right to choose and supports overturning roe v. Wade which would allow states to criminalize abortion. Pat toomey hes focused on his own agenda, not us. 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