Women and simone biles prepare to go for gold, today, 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 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 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 ri 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 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. Lillia king going h with a russian swimmer in the 100 meter breaststroke. 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 thats how it should be. 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 entire life. I hope ill break the world 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, and the father of olympic diver Steele Johnson was fired up. Watching his son and diving partner david boudia take silver in mens synchronized diving. For the u. S. Mens gymnastic team. Heartbreak. Failing to make finishing fifth in the team final. Sticking together despite the fall. And in judo, silva came out on 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. Katie ledecky qualified 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 dont you want to wear those . These are heaviest medals 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 the venue yesterday. What i like most about this silver medal is you guys had 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. This is not the Perfect Match perfectly for sychronized diving. It works because we have the same mechanics and we have the same coach. 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 family sacrifices . Thats what so hard for 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, boilermakers . David boudia and Steele Johnson. Over to hoda. To some team usa swimmers. The 100 meter backstroke and katie meile scored in the breaststroke. Good morning all you Medal Winners. You get out of the water. 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 pure joy. Coming into this, it was a complete surprise. Im super happy i swam this well and have my family there to support me. What other big deal . There was earringgate. One of your earrings was lost. A scuba did you swim with two earrings for good luck . 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 . Amazing to be part of the greatest team of all time. It is awesome to be here. You have kids. 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 what was that moment like when the anthem played and you were . That was cool. 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. Hoda, thank you. Lets turn to gymnastics. 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 tim daggett and nastia luken. Was their substandard . Without question, the men 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. Dannell do that. 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 yeah, absolutely. They finished the qualifications 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. The pressure is high for her. She is expected to win. She delivered when she needed to. Tim, lets ask you about that. Nastia asked about the lead. If you are coaching the womens team going into the competition tonight, what do you tell them how do you tell them to handle it mentally . Take it one step at a time and do what you do on day one. The team from the very beginning, they have been put under so many different situations and so much stress and pressure. Day in and day out. It is not a they know how to rise to that occasion. They, you know, they are the most dominant team in gymnastics ever. Simone biles is the greatest gymnast whoever walked the planet. No pressure. She will go away with the games with five gold medals. There are only six to be had. Wow. High praise from a couple of people who know the sport. Nastia, tim, thank you. We will hear from simone biles womens team go for gold along 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. The new poll out this morning Shows Hillary clinton opening up a double digit advantage. 51 to 41 over donald trump. This is clintons largest lead yet. In our nbc news surveymonkey tracking poll. Hallie jackson is in North Carolina where clinton has two events this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. We are looking at donald trump losing support from his own party. Another member of congress now saying she cannot back him. It is a move that could open the door for others in the gop to break with the nominee. The republican from maine. Susan collins writing, there is no new donald trump. The same candidate who will slash and burn and trample anything and anyone. The oped on the heels of a warning from 50 National Security experts that donald trump would be the most reckless president in history. The former cia director a t policies are making a statement as trump makes one of his own. Politically motivated written by the ones the American People should look to for answers on why the world is a mess. Trump on defense online too. Floating a debunked Conspiracy Theory over the Iranian Nuclear scientist who spent time in the mr. Trump to stop saying crazy and offensive things for the next three months . Well, you know, i tell you this campaign has head down and going after it hard. Reporter trump is going after the middle class vote now. Revealing a tax plan on regulations and a plan to renegotiate trade deals. Taking aim at his rival. One feature of the Hillary Clinton idea i it punishing you for working and doing business in the United States. Reporter trumps getting a bit more competition in the race with a new independent candidate looking to throw his hat in the ring. Former congressional staffer evan mcmullin. He has zero name recognition and he is a long shot. Savannah. Thank you, hallie. In the meantime, the parents of the two soldiers killed in benghazi have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. Parents of sean smith and tyrone woods claiming her use of the private email server contributed to the attacks. It is showing her carelessness correspondents. 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Dry slow downs on 894 northbound near zippermerg on zippermerge on sunnyslope road, use those alternate were back now. 7 30 on a Tuesday Morning, august 9th, 2016. 8 30 in ri and weve got a great crowd keeping us company on copacabana beach. Yes, we do. Thats a rocking crowd. Theres a woman there, do you see her there with a big cut out face of her daughter . Her daughter is playing basketball for serbia and they are both u. S. Air force vets. Cool story. Thank you for coming down every morning. Todays olympic headlines. More medals for team usa in swimming last night led by ryan murphys gold and a new record in 100 meter backstroke. Lilly king did the same in 100 meter breaststroke. Just down the beach, kerry wsh jennings and mens rugby returns to the olympics. Technically they are the reigning champs. Theyll face argentina. Okay. Weve got a lot to get to. Another american in the spotlight. Katie ledecky swims for another gold medal tonight. Katie ledecky already one of faces has become the woman to watch in rio. Likely not the last time Katie Ledecky will stand atop the medal podium. Do you mind if i read you some of the things ive read about you lately. Most dominant swimmer in the world. Greatest swimmer of alltime. Greatest athlete on the planet. I dont have a question but whats your reaction to that . Thats kind of crazy for me to hear. Just having fun in the pool. 15yearold Katie Ledecky. At 15 years old, a young Katie Ledecky made her olympic debut and she remembers 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 was 11 or it was a surreal experience. At age 10 katie was competitive not letting setbacks stand in 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 special plastic bag that was tight on my arm a