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Another race tomorrow and that one was close today. >> oh, close today. the race tomorrow is the 100 butterfly which michael phelps has really been his strongest event through the years. but today's race ryan lochte was billed as the duel in the pool. it could come down to a hand touch and it did with michael flech touching phelps touching the wall .6 hundred hundredths seconds. picked up time in the back stroke which is ryan lochte's strongest stroke. again phelps steals lochte's spotlight. >> i was not surprised seeing how michael phelps has been getting stronger through these olympic games....

Happened so swiftly. check out the hottest new couple. taylor swift and the son of rfk junior, connor kennedy is his name. the two were seen kissing and holding hands at the family compound in massachusetts. the breakup between twilight stars and kristen stewart and rob pattinson is getting even uglier. the two are now in a bitter custody dispute over their dog. pattinson is said to be heartbroken after learning stewart cheated on him with her married director. >> with the starting lineup sports stories making headlines at this hour. 17-year-old missy franklin breaking the u.s. record in the 1...

Time. "wall street journal" poking fun how nbc is delaying coverage until prime time. take a look at this prime time 100-meter back stroke. >> here comes missy. here going to be close coming down to the touch. and the winner is missy. missy the missile. at 17 years of age missy franklin has won first individual gold at the olympic games and she can't keep that million-dollar smile off her face. >> shepard: love you "wall street journal." american missy franklin winning the gold. before we go, our team's top five things of the day. number five, accusations of doping. second gold medal today ask...

She's won again. she's dedicating her entire showing to the victims of the colorado massacre. watch. >> lane 5! >> brian: gold medal in the 100-meter back stroke. she finished 58.33 seconds. new u.s. record. her parents even there to cheer her on. the current medal count, china in front. tied with us with 17. but they have more golds. then you got france, north korea, and italy rounding out the top five. let's talk about china for a second. are they cheating again? there is increasing calls to investigate after china has been blowing out the competition in the water. now you got the 16-year-ol...

>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. we're going to chat about that this morning. >> we're going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. men's gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in the pommel horse and a fall on the vault -- undid team usa. halfway through six rotations they were...