Tonight live from Paris the first big day of competition of these Olympic

games and team USA scoring its first gold and it's a big one the epic rivalry

in the pool the American men blasting past Australia to win gold in the relay,

Caleb Dreso bringing it home, Katie Lideki taking bronze in what's being called the

race of the century and the nasty

weather sending this American cycle is skidding. The big question tonight

will they have to cancel the triathlon swim in the send after all that rain.

Back home the out-of-control wildfire in California.

Thousands evacuated.

Homes burned down and the fire NATO caught on camera,

our correspondent on the front lines.

A major escalation in the Middle East, the deadliest attack on Israeli territory since October 7th,

and rising fears a new front in the war is about to open.

Former President Trump sharpening his lines of attack on Vice President Kamala Harris

and what new battleground polls reveal about just how close the race is now.

Back here in Paris I go one-on-one with Michael Phelps, what he told me about the swimmers

chasing his records, plus what could be the greatest Olympic

comeback ever before Simone Biles epic returned tomorrow she sits down with us

this is NBC Nightly News.

Reporting tonight from the Olympics in Paris.

Here is Lester Holt.

Good evening from Paris on this first official day of competition of the Olympic Games.

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