jordan burroughs will compete this morning with hopes of becoming a legend in his sport. also today.. it's the semi-finals in men's basketball. team u-s-a takes on spain at 11-30. and in track and field.. the 4 by 100 meter relay could be the great -- usain bolt's last olympic usain bolt's last olympic race ever. you don't want to miss that. because if you miss an event.. we've got everything you need to know on 12-news-dot-com. exclusive rio content is just a click away. the cereal the cereal aisle tends to be a no-no for health nuts -- but not anymore.. we have four cereals that are actually good for you.. in your 12 today health check.. every olympics has its scandal.. and this time around -- ryan lochte is at the center of it all. how the world is reacting to the news -- that's in the morning juice. 12 today will be back in 2 minutes. 2 minutes.will be back in 12 today morning juice.that's in the the news -- reacting to world is how the it all. the center of it all. how the reacting to the news -- mo minutes. ###break### ###break### in your hot headlines.. the u-s sta

jordan burroughs stole a pic with serena williams. as did nba star kyle lowry. and a pic with michael phelps. fireworks illuminated the night skies. finally, it was time for the parade of nations. team usa announced in portuguese. led by the most decorated olympian of all time, michael phelps. the delegation with the most women. sharing their quest for gold, it's an american dream. rio olympic organizers worked with a tiny budget. they had $56 million for four ceremonies. to put that in perspective for you, the 2008 olympic games in beijing spent 20 times more than that. over the last few days, we've seen a lot of security in rio de janeiro, brazil, gearing up for the games to make sure everything goes smoothly. we are joined live from an opening ceremony watch party. here's more on that. >> reporter: one of the olympic watch parties here at the pea ah sa wrapped up. you can see behind us, this was one of many watch parties in our area. now we all know that the olympics are a global-planned event. it's very complex. what we want to know is how these games go off

highlights include jordan burroughs going for gold in freestyle wrestling. read up on the athletes, get highlights and details on the must-see match-ups ahead. >>> a multimillion dollar plan to transform the ohika castle may get scrapped. the castle's owner has been in talks with jack nicklaus and a developer but news day said the talks have stalled. they had planned to turn oheka castle into a clubhouse for the course. >>> after a tour of flood ravaged southern louisiana, the u.s. homeland security secretary is pledging full support from the federal government. jay johnson says more than 900 emergency personnel are on the ground there. at least 13 people have died in the flooding. johnson said president obama is getting daily briefings on the floods. he's on vacation in new england right now. many are calling for him to cut his vacation short and visit louisiana. >>> gop presidential nominee mate governor mike pence of indiana will go to louisiana today. at a rally in north carolina yesterday, trump made it clear he's taking advice from his new campaign tea

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my name is jordan burroughs. haley anderson. connor fields. i'm ryan lochte. ...and i'm an olympic athlete. >>> michael phelps had just about done everything in his career, but never had done this. >> give him the honor of carrying the flag by his teammates. >> plus, it takes a steady hand, a keen eye and a calm mind to hang with these olympians. find out if mario lopez has what it takes. >>> and this world champion is a bundle of athleticism and a bundle of joy. meet simone biles, a young woman poised to become the next big thing in olympic gymnastics, next on "the olympic zone."

jordan burroughs stunned in a pace to win more medals here in rio than any other modern nonboycotted olympic games. and perhaps another gold medal could be coming sunday with team usa basketball. in a semifinal today with spain, the americans win again, 82-76. pretty strong in that game. they had the lead up to double digits as they move through the second half. spain is an excellent team. the second ranked team in the world. they will get australia or serbia come sunday. congrats to the water polo women's team. they beat italy. >> all right, cleaning up. how likely is it that team usa will win the gold in track and field? >> reporter: there is a possibility for a gold. jamaica is the favorite in both. but usa had that one team runoff on the women's side. battle for the gold medal. women's pole vault. a couple of contenders. >> thank you jarod. live from rio. >>> athlete ifs the sunshine state continue to shine in rio. last night, karan clemente won in the 400-meter hurdles. he won two medals at the summer olympics in beijing in gainsville shape you as the man you become? >> good que

my name is jordan burroughs. haley anderson. connor fields. i'm ryan lochte. ...and i'm an olympic athlete. =janelle/vo= history in rio. michael phelps strikes gold ... while our bay area olympians also shine in the spotlight. >>> history in rio. michael phelps while the bay area olympians shined in the spotlight. >> our complete coverage starts right now. thanks for joining us. >> i'm raj mathai. a magical night for team usa. phelps was a headliner, but we saw other familiar faces. >> first let's go to colin and a big night for team usa. >> sure was. michael phelps already cemented his status as the greatest swimmer of all time when he left the games in london as 18 time olympic gold medalists. except as it turned out, himself. he couldn't shake the memory of the loss in london. he expected his revenge in the butterfly. the 20th gold medal. four by 200 relay. ear must haves and all with chaos around him. cool as a cucumber. katie ledecky's star continues to rise. she was able to hold off a game and this was in the 200 freestyle to claim her s

jordan burroughs, carli lloyd, joy malloy and vashti cunningham falling short during the high jump. for some, a chapter closed. for others, a new beginning as the games of the xxxi olympiad are now history. and what a cinderella story for english gardner who you saw at the top of the piece. not only did she lose her right shoe during the 4x100 relay and had to borrow allyson felix's, who was much bigger, and she still won gold. also because she had a project in high school to draw an attainable goal and all she drew were olympic rings. teachers did not think it was possible and she proved them wrong. elena delle donne not only an olympic gold medalist but also a woman of her word. the wilmington native said if she and her teammates were to win basketball gold in rio, she would buy every baby born in christiania hospital this weekend a pair of nikes. here's a look at delle donne's gift with a note from the wnba's mvp and now gold medalist. what a sweet touch. >> what a special gift for all those families. all right, jacqueline. >>> back here in philadelphia, a call for change after a

highlights include jordan burroughs going for gold in freestyle wrestles. read up on the athletes, get highlights and details on the must-see match-ups >>> still to come, a different type of wrestling in new jersey. >>> and new information on the jogger killed in queens. why police are searching one area of brooklyn. >>> and we'll have weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. >> follow us on facebook, twitter and on instagram, michaelg4ny and darlene4ny. you're watching "today in new fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. >>> four things to know on this friday morning. 21 people were hurt in a staten island fire that damaged seven homes. firefighte

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. >> nancy: american wrestler jordan burroughs dealing with defeat. 129-2 in international competition. but after an upset in the quarterfinals and another loss in his next match, burroughs will leave rio empty handed. >> the u.s. wins gold again. >> nancy: the u.s. women's water polo team making a splash, grabbing their second straight olympic gold. the team giving all their medals to their head coach, whose brother passed away unexpectedly days before the games began. and david boudia diving in to defend his olympic men's individual 10m platform. boudia, who already won silver at the games with partner steele johnson, placed fourth in a qualifier after a missed entry in the third round. johnson barely made it through to the semis, finishing 18th after a faulty fork dive. and british diver tom daley is currently in the lead heading into saturday's semifinal. still to come later tonight, we are seeing double. amherst native and olympic silver medalist michael hixon celebrity heart-throb. and today they came face to face. also needham native aly raisman never miss a step in her routine,

my name is jordan burroughs. haley anderson. connor fields. i'm ryan lochte. >>> firefighters down. a fierce inferno nearly takes the lives of three of new york's bravest, and now we know what sparked it. >>> then stumbling, vomiting, passing out. the emergency that had paramedics racing to a snoop dogg concert on long island tonight. >>> but first. >> dominating the games. team usa jumps, spins, and swims to gold. and one of the athletes is now a >>> news 4 new york starts now. i'm sibila vargas. >> and i'm chuck scarborough. it was a filled with anticipated events, and team usa came through. >> tonight celebrating with gold. >> news 4's bruce beck is live in rio with the history-making moments. bruce. >> reporter: chuck and sibila, it was a little bit of ledecky and a lot of phelps. a little bit of hernandez and a t and night in rio both in the pool and in the gym. it was a coronation for the final five. a gold medal in the team competition. simone biles was simply spectacular. the 19-year-old phenom proving why she is the best gymnast in the world. and 16-year-old laurie hernande

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his name is jordan burroughs and he's from sicklerville in camden county. >> every time i step on the mat, i get to see what i'm made of. >> reporter: he's confident. >> i think my best stuff is better than anyone else in the world's best stuff. i'm not afraid to make my plans and goals public. >> reporter: he's going for his second consecutive gold medal in the olympics. he's not just trying to win, he's trying to create a legacy. >> someone told me they were like, man, if you win this gold medal here, you are an absolute legend. >> reporter: despite his four world championships, there's one title he cherishes above all. >> it's harder to be a dad than an olympic champion. >> reporter: burroughs and his wife lauren have two children. burroughs posted this photo on instagram saying, my babies made it to rio. wouldn't want to do it without them. >> i want to be representative for all fathers. like you can still be exceptional at your field and be a great dad. >> reporter: burroughs grew up in sicklerville, camden county. he wrestled at winslow high school which didn't have enough wrest

and american wrestler jordan burroughs lost his quest for gold. the london games champion fell in the quarterfinals of men's freestyle wrestling in just his third international loss. one bright spot, women's water polo team earned a repeat gold, crushing italy by a score of 12-5. >> lots still to come in primetime, the world's fastest man will try and go for his third threepeat of the summer games. usain bolt will anchor jaume can a in the 4 x 100 relay against justin gaitlin and team usa. we're also going to see the american women in the same women after they got an unprecedented do-over in the semis and pull off the fastest time yet. and trying for repeat gold in the pole vault and it's men's platform diving qualifying. >> three of the seven people killed in the silver spring apartment explosion have been identified and we now have confirmation that natural gas caused the explosion and then fueled the fire. news 4's chris gordon is live outside the flower branch apartments where the investigation is far from over. chris? >> reporter: well, doree

sticklerville's jordan burroughs gets on the mat today. tell us about it. >> it should be exciting. look, we know that he's got a good chance here as the wrestling continues an a good chance to grab gold for team usa. he grabbed gold in london and became an outspoken advocate for keeping wrestling in the olympics. no better way to voice that than to come in here and have a strong performance. >> let's talk about the semifinals in men's basketball. give us a preview of the matchup between usa and spain. >> yes, i think we can sum it up pretty quickly. usa seemed to really get into their game in their last match against argentina. they understand it's winner go home time. the men doing a good job. we lookç for them to win. 'spe and speaking of a good job, you've done a great job covering the olympics. i'm glad to have been a part of it. a taste of rio, behind the scenes. i've tried to pick up some of the native tongue. here we go. >> okay. >> it's a little rusty but there you go. thanks. >> i love the team usa outfits you've been showing us, except for that jacket today. are you bri

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in any michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. hoping for a bronze in that competition. on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. engli

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in a with more than nine golds is michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. all eyes, you know this, will be on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqd disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in any >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. hoping for a bronze in that on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. english gardner, good mornin

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in any with more than nine golds is michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. competition. all eyes, you know this, will be on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be j

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only a with more than nine golds is michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women competition. all eyes, you know this, will be on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. english gardne

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualid disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only a with more than nine golds is michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women competition. all eyes, you know this, will be on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. engl

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in any michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. hoping for a bronze in that on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton hand off two days ago. we're thrilled to be joined by one of the runners. english gardner, g

. >> jordan burroughs leaving rio empty handed. >> reporter: this has been one exhilarated games. the u.s. track and field team officially challenging the disqualidi disqualification. the win by usain bolt moves him into a tie with lewis for the most track and field medals for all time. the only athlete in any sport with more than nine golds is michael phelps. >> of course. peter alexander for us in rio. thank you. >>> we're going to get you a bigger check on the medal count as the competition gets underway today. the u.s. dominating with a total of 105 medals followed by china and great britain. take a look at the action coming up. the u.s. ladies will battle spain for the gold medal in basketball. in volleyball the u.s. women will take on the netherlands. hoping for a bronze in that competition. all eyes, you know this, will be on men's soccer. the final is today as the home team brazil takes on germany. that's going to be fun. >>> let's go back to one of the best moments of last night. the u.s. women took gold in the 4 x 100 relay. a remarkable come back from the botched baton

. >> how would you say jordan burroughs going for gold? [ speaking portuguese ] the coun >>> today's olympic start is sponsored by kellogg's. what gets you started? >> and this morning on today's olympic start, the remarkable story of allison schmitt. the u.s. women's swim captain. >> we have jenna bush hager with more on that. nice to see you. >> good morning. it's three gold medals in london. looking at her today, it's hard to belief her struggle with depression nearly kept her out of the pool for good. >> there has been times in practice that i have never made in my life. mentally i think i'm stronger than i've ever been. >> reporter: today allison schmitt is feeling strong. everything she's been through in the last four years. just ask her coach, bob bowman. >> you're an american record holder and then you don't make the championship team the next year? that's a big fall. she didn't make it the next year or the next year. four years later to be on an olympic team, that's some perseverance. >> perseverance that took place mostly outside

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. >> how would you say jordan burroughs going for gold? >>> getting some clearing across the bay area. look at some sunshine today. a live look -- live look outside from berkeley at 61 degrees. 60s starting to make it on to the map here. 62 in concord. 66 degrees in san jose. and as well 56 degrees in palo alto. into this afternoon, it will be slightly cooler for the inland areas. won't notice much of a difference along the coastline. high of 67 degrees in san francisco. 71 in oakland. and in san jose and morgan hill, high of 80 degrees. >>> today's olympic start is sponsored by kellogg's. what gets you started? >> and this morning on today's olympic start, the remarkable story of allison schmitt. the u.s. women's swim captain. >> we have jenna bush hager with more on that. nice to see you. >> good morning. it's amazing. 26-year-old allison schmitt won three gold medals in london. looking at her today, it's hard to belief her struggle with depression nearly kept her out of the pool for good. >> there has been times in practice that i have

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