it's all under way here in london tonight. this massive global event kicking off in spectacular style as our viewers in the u.s. are about to see. what we can show you concerning what's already transpired, the interesting choice of the same front page photos by the newspapers here, part of the pyro technics show in the stadium tonight. we can show you this much. the broadcast features an unusual james bond moment and a first for the queen of england who let's just say makes a rather dramatic entrance. now, tomorrow in the light of day, londoners will wake up in full olympics mode. tonight an estimated 1 billion people will watch these games kick off. a spectacular global show followed by the parade of nations. nbc's chris jansing is in the olympic village tonight to start things off for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. the long wait is finally over. athletes from 240 nations are here to compete for 906 medals including more than 500 athletes from team usa. i just saw them walking into t

of the london games. so, i just told you, the first world records have been broken, and the official opening ceremony hasn't even happened. so, we get all the latest olympic headlines and news. >> thank you very much, steve. yes, that is our top story. south korea has claimed the first two world records of london 2012 in that men's archery ranking round. a person who's legally blind, he broke his own individual world record for 72 arrows and joins kim to set a new team mark as well for 216 arrows. now, there are no medals to be won yet. this is the preliminary round to determine the rankings for the main draw, but world records set all the same. the first event of the day has started, but there have been a few issues already. cricket ground is where they are having those preliminary rounds of the archery, and they determine the seedings for the main, individual, and team events. but the unticketed name that went along with this venue means that people have arrived to watch, including the family of a dutch

"nightly news" from london to get here. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good eechk evening. we're coming to you from inside olympic park in london with the olympic stadium right behind us where we watched the opening ceremony and where the olympic flame is burning tonight. we begin the broadcast, however, far from here inside a courtroom in colorado, in fact. a state still trying to climb back and get stronger every day after witnessing one of the worst mass shootings in american history. whether the gunman was sane when he took all of those lives is something yet to be decided. for now he has been hit with a slew of charges including first-degree murder and this could be a death penalty case. our report tonight from nbc's mike taibbi in centennial, colorado. >> reporter: in the courtroom today was just a sketch artist but 24-year-old suspect james holmes and unengaged last week was alert and attentive as the judge told him he faced 142 separate felony charges including two death penalty counts one for fir

london's mayor. >> there is a guy called mitt romney who wants to note whether london is ready. blogger i am ready. are we ready? -- whether i am ready. are be ready? yes, we are. >> are north american editor gave as his take from central london just a short time ago. >> he is going to be here raising money for his campaign. most of the trip is showing pictures that he is meeting with people from senior government. when he emerged from that famous store, all of the american journalist wanted to know if had he offended his host. mr. romney said he had made mistakes. any errors would be overshadowed by the heroism of the athletes. he is probably got away with it, but the message has been obscured. it is not what he wanted. >> mitt romney has not won himself a very many friends in london today. we will have more olympic coverage later on in the program. in the syrian city of aleppo, government forces are amassing for a major assault. the opposition is meeting to discuss what might happen if president assad were to fall. our middle east editor reports. >> aleppo has been slipping ou

you can really feel the buzz in london. i'm at hyde park, and one of the big zones and one of the four acts that will connect into the opening ceremony which is at the olympic park of course in the east side of london. we have duran duran, and stereophonics and aptly named scot paola paccini who will be playing at the olympic stadium, and quite remarkable to think of what has gone on into the planning for this. they have been practicing months and months and danny boyle, the drek tor of "slumdog millionaire" has been organizing events and we won't tell you too much about that, because a lot of it is under wraps and when you get piers down, there he will give us more of a sense of what is going on, but, yeah, here at the center of london as it were at hyde park we got tens of thousands of people already pulling in. it reiained a little bit this morning, but the weather is cheering up and you know it is a bit inclement of late, but the weather has been a lot better, fredricka. we have had the olympic torch relay through londo

>> reporter: for london and its citizens -- >> welcome to london! >> reporter: -- the start of the games is a victory of its own. it almost goes without saying, that the bay area is becoming synonymous with olympic rowing. and for good reason. rowing coach mike patey is coaching the eight-man boat here in london and three of those athletes have bay area ties. zach vallejos went to cal. he is the crew member who sits in the back of the boat and yells commands. stanford grad david banks and jake cornell use are reuniting on this team in london. but remember tonight's opening ceremony, $42 million in the making, the prime minister david cameron promised today a spine-tingling experience. that's the latest from london. i'm phil rogers. live at the summer olympics. >> we are jazzed to see it in just a couple of hours. thank you so much, phil. >>> we are jazzed to tell you that we will give you an extra hour of news during the olympics featuring all the action in london, starting monday at 4:00. nbc bay area will bring you the stories that matter to you.

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"nightly news" from london memories with us. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it's all under way here in london tonight. this massive global event kicking off in spectacular style as our viewers in the u.s. are about to see. what we can show you concerning what's already transpired, the interesting choice of the same front page photos by the newspapers here, part of the pyro technics show in the stadium tonight. the broadcast features an unusual james bond moment and a first for the queen of england who let's just say makes a rather dramatic entrance. now, tomorrow in the light of day, londoners will wake up in full olympics mode. tonight an estimated 1 billion people will watch these games kick off. a spectacular global show followed by the parade of nations. nbc's chris jansing is in the olympic village tonight to start things off for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening you to, brian. the long wait is finally over. athletes from 240 nations are here to compete for 906 medal

tonight, you're sitting next to a very proud londoner. i was in trafalgar square seven years ago when london found out we were successful to get the 2012 olympics, and since that moment, there was conjecture -- what would be in the opening ceremony? having watched it for you tonight, it has been absolutely fabulous. we begin with bradley wiggins, the man of the moment, the first to britain to win -- briton to win tour de france. then, we have the national health care being depicted. real nurses coming in with volunteers and actors, but the really humorous moments will redeem all its people remember. daniel craig, actor who plays james bond -- fact mixed with fiction -- goes to visit the queen. we have behind-the-scenes footage from buckingham palace, and the moment when the helicopters stormed the field -- the helicopter cuts to a live helicopter over the stadium, and, of course, that's the double where we think -- is it the queen herself coming down descending by parachute? >> it has been the ark of british history over the last century

the best view of london behind us. we have news already of our favorite olympian. >> they have been rehearsing every night this week. i am already robbing my hands -- rubbing my hands. he is the reigning 200 meter champion. he had been beaten in the jamaican trials. the golden ticket for the olympics is to see the gold medal winner in the 100 meters final. he says he is about 95% fit. he has been speaking to our sports editor. >> there has been a lot to talk about your fitness. are you 100%? >> i want to say yes, but i think i am 95%. i am in great shape. i am ready to go. >> what has been the problem? >> my back. maybe i was basing it too far. i was trying not to pressure my back. that was the main problem. my hands. -- my hands -- my handspring was always causing a problem. >> you said in the press conference that you had been through a lot. what did you mean? >> there are so many things that i have to keep focus on. it is hard to keep having these problems over and over again. if you are not mentally strong, it is t

we're in london but you think of london you think of big ben, buckingham palace, the tower bridge. that's not here. that's about five miles away. we're in east london, a place revitalized thanks to the olympics. i'll step out of the way. this is olympic park. they have done a great job in transforming this place that was dilapidated for many decades. the site of tomorrow's opening ceremonies. should be pretty incredible. we have about three weeks of amazing competition and all of our local athletes, it has been so enjoyable not just the last couple days but weeks spending time with them and seeing and sharing their experiences that we'll share with you back in the bay area. so that's it for now. our first morning show live shot here from london. i like this. i've been up for hours waiting for you guys to wake up. i'll send it back to you. 4:30 a.m. bay area time. >> we'll have fun having you on the morning show. raj, we'll be back today all morning long. we'll see him again coming up at 5:00. thanks, raj. >> a nice clear shot from london. they have warm temps. christina loren is ch

i love london, yes! >> we are having such a great time and getting up super early to see the torch. >> and what was it like to see all of the other people coming out to support it? >> it is so exciting and we are so excited for the whole world to come together and compete in all of the sports. >> all right. green hair and all exciting, and here is a look at the part of the route that the torchbeares s have been carrying the flame from camden to westminster and passed st. paul's cathedral and shakespeare's globe theater and later it will pass through trafalgar square, and then in an hour past the prime minister's residence at 10 downing street, and then later, a big ben and then a royal welcome at buckingham palace. of course, you can see the route there to buckingham palace. of course, tomorrow, the torch is going to be taken to the olympic stadium for the opening ceremony and we are live along the route with the crowd in the route with the crowd in every moment. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>>

i'm lester holt in london. jenna wolfe is holding down the fort in new york. >> first with the london olympics five days away, i have to imagine, lester, people are super excited about the games. >> they are really getting excited about the sunshine. it stopped raining. people picnicking along the thames. the torch is here. the olympic fever is contagious. we will take you on a tour of this area. in our next half hour, who will be the next michael phelps? we will look at the break outstars. of course, english is the official language here, but you need to know what people are talking about. we will explain that coming up. jenna. >>> back here. new hope for the girls missing for more than a week. they are cousins who vanished. the police say there is an indication that they may be alive. >>> and michael jackson's mother may be missing. paris jackson sent a tweet saying she doesn't know where she is and jermaine says she is just fine. we will have more on that. >>> jenna. first jlo and now maraih? we will talk ab

that's it for london 2012. inspire a generation. >> reporter: already children at the primary school seem to be getting the olympic message to excel, a truly inspired performance. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> up next here tonight, so many people making the ultimate sacrifice for technology. why emergency rooms are busier these days because of something a lot of us are doing. >>> the democrats have let it be known former president bill clinton will be given a prominent speaking role at their upcoming convention in charlotte. he will formally place the president's name into nomination. it looks like a gay marriage plank will make it into the democrats's party platform for the first time in history. >>> because we are increasingly a nation of people with our noses buried in our technology and because that often means looking down when we should be looking straight ahead, new stats out tonight confirm what we've seen on our sidewalks all over the country -- emergency room visits caused by distracted walkin

"nightly news" from london team. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams, reporting tonight from >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams, reporting tonight from london. >>> and good evening. from tower bridge here in london, our arrival here today as the games are set to begin also coincides with mitt romney's arrival here in london. the first stop of his first overseas trip of this campaign season and a chance for us to sit down with the presumptive gop nominee. more on that in just a moment. >>> first again tonight our attention is focused on the aftermath and investigation in colorado. a huge development in the case today. something from the accused gunman himself that was sent before the shooting that if discovered earlier might have changed this story. it's where we begin, again, tonight with miguel almaguer in aurora, colorado. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. a judge issued a gag order in this case, s

welcome you back to london olympic park. just a few hours, the eyes of the world will be on the olympic stadium. they are going to see the pomp and the pageantry othe opening ceremony. we are so excited. >> can't wait. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie alongside natalie morales. al is at the u.s. ambassador's residence. he's hanging out with the first lady. matt is busy preparing. >> got a big job. everywhere we go we see the briefing he carries, probably weighs 10 pounds. >> we joke about it but it's a lot. >> all the athletes and stories. more than 60,000 people will be inside that stadium including presidential hopeful mitt romney who joined us here earlier this morning. we're going to hear from the governor on the games and some of the controversy over his criticism of london's readiness. >> of course we introduced you to the u.s. gymnastic team this morning led by jordyn wieber and gabby douglas. coming up we're going to talk to their beautiful and very proud moms. >> i have to imagine nervous as well. we'

amanda davies is live in london. i was listening to an interview where they said there is a no-fly zone over london and if you violate it, they will take you down. >> reporter: yes, welcome to the olympic park. this is what we've been waiting for for seven years and there' been seven years of an awful lot of planning for this. p but it has to be said we are day 70 of 70 of the torch relay, the final countdown. and the mood here really is one of excitement and pride and anticipation. but after the ringing of bells at 8 minutes past 12, big ben was striking and they were encouraging people to ring any bell they could. bicycle bells, door bells. we had a bell here on our balcony. just getting involved. getting excited about what's to come here in london over the next couple of weeks. the torch relay set off from hampton court palace, fantastic setting with the olympic champion, olympic rower carrying the flame. and then went on to the royal barge that was used during the jubilee celebration, 16 rowers rowing the flame o

at olive garden. >>> welcome back to london. michael phelps needs just three medaling to become the most decorated olympian ever. he was with us live. our special correspondent ryan seacrest asked how his arrival was different emotionally this time knowing this will be his last olympics. >> it's been weird, my last tuesday, my last double. it's cool to say. but i think back the last 20 years what happened over my career, it's been a lot of great memories. i think that's one thing i'm looking nord to this week, having a lot of good memories and moment and hopefully finish my career with some good swims. >> a few weeks back at the trials you said there's more work to be done, you wanted to get faster. what have you focused on. >> stroke control, getting back to my old strokes. really didn't feel that great at trials. just working on small things. breaststroke, i literally had to start from scratch and just work on the entry and my hands, keeping my hands together a lot of small things to tweak. >> where do you think you are physic

"nightly news" from london to get here. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. we're coming to you from inside olympic park in london with the olympic stadium right behind us where we watched the opening ceremony and where the olympic flame is burning tonight. we begin the broadcast, however, far from here inside a courtroom in colorado, in fact. a state still trying to climb back and get stronger every day after witnessing one of the worst mass shootings in american history. whether the gunman was sane when he took all of those lives is something yet to be decided. for now he has been hit with a slew of charges including first-degree murder and this could be a death penalty case. >> reporter: there was no camera in the courtroom today just a sketch artist but 24-year-old suspect james holmes so dazed and unengaged last week was alert and attentive as the judge told him he faced 142 separate felony charges. that includes two death penalty counts, one for first-degree murder after deliberation and a

mitt romney's trip to london has been overwhelmed by his comment on wednesday that london may not have been 100% prepared to host the games. it's not the first time romney has made an awkward comment that offended people and left others cringing. last year when he met with a group of unemployed floridians in a coffee shop, his effort to empathize was a little tone deaf. let's listen. >> i should also tell my story. i'm also unemployed. >> are you on linkedin? >> yes, actually. and i'm networking. >> a lot better than what we've got. >> so here he is yucking it up with people who are out of work, and he is worth well over a quarter billion. back in april, when romney visited a small town in pennsylvania, he was less than thrilled with the cookies he was served. believe it or not, cookies, didn't like them. let's listen. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. did you make those cookies? you didn't, did you. no, they came from the local -- >> bakery. >> 7-eleven or bakery or wherever. >> the cookies were the homemade pride of the local bakery. why does he

we're in london. back to you now in the bay area. >> another upset in olympic swimming centered on the u.s. men. ryan lochte won the 400 meter individual medley, beating fellow american michael phelps, who took gold in the event in the last two olympics. lochte won the event by an incredible three full seconds. phelps did not medal at all. he came in fourth. he still has six more chances to win. with just two more medals, will he become the world's most decorated olympian. >>> we're going to put up the winners overnight, but if you don't want to know who they are, we'll play some music so you can turn your head. when the music is over, it's safe to come back. ♪ >>> lochte did win the united states' only gold medal so far. that puts united states third overall, tied with italy. china is first with four gold medals and two bronze. you can find the entire list of bay area athletes competing today on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and scroll down to london 2012. click on weekend watch guide to find i

tonight, you're sitting next to a very proud londoner. i was in trafalgar square seven years ago when london found out we we successful to get the 2012 olympics, and since that moment, there was conjecture -- what would be in the opening ceremony? having watched it for you tonight, it has been absolutely fabulous. we begin with bradley wiggins, the man of the moment, the first to britain to win -- briton to win tour de france. then, we have the national health care being depicted. real nurses coming in with volunteers and actors, but the really humorous moments will redeem all its people remember. daniel craig, actor who plays james bond -- fact mixed with fiction -- goes to visit the queen. we have behind-the-scenes footage from buckingham palace, and the moment when the helicopters stormed the field -- the helicopter cuts to a live helicopter over the stadium, and, of course, that's the double where we think -- is it the queen herself coming down descending by parachute? >> it has been the ark of british history over the last century an

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now he's going to london. we'll explain. >> definitely my strength, you know. >> she's short, sweet and very dangerous on the judo mat. the san jose state student who has been preparing for the olympics her whole life and is finally there. >>> san jose is known for producing olympic athletes. this year is no exception. raj mathai introduces us to marti malloy. >> 26-year-old marti malloy is usually all smiles. don't let that smile or her small 5'3" frame deceive you. thud after thud, you can see and hear that she's a fierce combination of agility, speed and, perhaps most importantly, strength. >> my strength is definitely my strength, you know. i'm pretty physical. so i have that advantage in my weight category. >> she takes 60 kilo guys and throws them around, literally. >> reporter: in london, malloy will compete in the 67 kilo division. aka, about 125 pounds. >> marti malloy basically broke the mold when they made the 67 kilo woman. >> coached malloy for years and says she has the right stuff to medal. >> b

so here we are, london 2012. i remember back in 2002, ten years ago, we all went to chicago, the u.s. olympic committee had a news conference and they announced that san francisco was a finalist to host the 2012 games. here we are now in 2012 and it's not happening, san francisco was beat out obviously by london. we chatted with the head of the san francisco bid. here she is. >> we were extremely disappointed. i think surprised is the wrong word so we were very disappointed because we really thought we could win in the international phase of the competition. >> once london was chosen i was very happy about that as well. >> reporter: london is a beautiful city, no shame in losing out to this city. what's next for the bay area? maybe 2024, right now, though, no bids are being accepted but the bay area, the bay area sports committee wants the olympics to come to san francisco. they are waiting to quhat the usoc whenever they are ready to talk. that's going to do it from here for now. coming up later we're going to t

in actuality the rainfall is less in london than cities such as rome, london, new york, chicago, chicago, seattle, even tokyo. >> is that true, al, weatherman? >> absolutely true. >> according to weather.com, london sees an average of 23 inches of rain, new york an average of 50 inches of rain. >> why does it have that reputation? >> just a little bit at a time versus a lot of flash flood. >> london was more the center of things. >> it is. >> love this one. >> save the best for last. >> public life is integral part of life, social club, where people rally. london has 5,000 pubs that important 62 pints of beer, ale, sider. averages about 8 pints per person per month consumed in london pubs. >> that's going up, because it's a record that -- >> some of these pubs have been around for centuries. a couple have been around and they suspect mib shakaybe shake had a pint or two. >> we look forward to the history. thank you for informing us. getting into the spirit with the fun facts. >>> coming up, a case of goodies from across the pond. tea and crumpets. first, this is "today" on nbc. #f >>> th

the traffic will be gridlocked in and around central london. they haven't really feel about where the traffic going to go as long as the family can get around london can shuffle and it will shuffle to the twelve oldest london has been privileged to house summer olympics for the third time and most of people here are already joining an suv braving the suspect yes it's very very good it's going to be something which. we'll never see again i guess and it's very not so despite some little difficulties that may be the expense of common people being part of the olympics is just priceless well the weather alone is enough to make you cheerful at the moment because after the wettest june on record it's been lovely here in london over the last couple of days let's hope that continues for the ceremony on friday and beyond but whatever happens come rain or shine we will be here to keep you updated on russia's progress over the next seventeen days of competition and our take london. now staying on an olympic fame and moving to russia swimming prospects beca

"nightly news" from london affect the chances of the team. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams, reporting tonight from london. >>> and good evening. from tower bridge here in london, our arrival here today as the games are set to begin also come insiincides with mitt romney's visit to london, the first stop of his campaign trip this season and a chance for us to sit down with the presumptive gop nominee. nor on that in just a moment. >>> first again tonight our attention is focused on the aftermath and investigation in colorado. a huge development in the case today. something from the accused gunman himself that was sent before the shooting that if discovered earlier might have changed this story. it's where we begin, again, tonight with miguel almaguer in aurora, colorado. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. a judge issued a gag order in this case, so police cannot publicly comment on the evidence they have received and gathered. law enforcement tells

the mayor of london. make mayor, good morning to you. >> i'm doing well. >> we had you in new york a while back. nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> years of planning, a lot of ups and downs, here we are three days away from opening ceremony. you're going to go out to where the torch is being run through london. >> i'm in the going to carry it. >> are you not allowed to carry it. >> there's a no politicians rule. if i tried to grab the torch, policeman would haul me off of it. >> you should do it. you would be on every newscast. >> but not in a good way. >> when you see the torch, is that the moment it will hit home. >> for four years we've been getting this thing ready. i went down to the village yesterday and it was like an incredible time share except more luxurious and with a better economic prospect. i felt very floaty, it's something so huge for london and the whole city. >> you talk about economic prospects. obviously it's about the spirit of competition, the movement but big business for londo

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welcome to london. good to see you. >> great to be here. >> are you coming to bum out everybody on the world stage? >> this is a dangerous segment to do. i may get romneyed out of here. i'm going to be very careful and just show you gold caliber favorites of classic british pub fare. >> we are not talking about chain restaurants so we don't have accurate calorie counts on some of the dishes. >> close approximations. >> let's start with drinks. you say a pint of imperial stout can pack 350 calories. >> otherwise known as the official training drink of henry viii. i'm not sure if we should drink it or kayak through it. imperial means high in alcohol content. it's over 10%. be careful with the imperial stout. go for something more pale-colored. >> to work it off you have to do an hour and 25 minutes of weight lifting. if you were to lift another pint could that be considered weight lifting? >> that could do it. you have to do about 1,080 reps. >> okay. but you say ale is less fattening. >> the alcohol is 4

mitt romney's trip to london has been overwhelmed by his comment on wednesday that london may not have been 100% prepared to host the games. it's not the first time romney has made an awkward comment that offended people and left others cringing. last year when he met with a group of unemployed floridians in a coffee shop, his effort to empathize was a little tone deaf. let's listen. >> i should also tell my story. i'm also unemployed. >> are you on linkedin? >> yes, actually. and i'm networking. >> a lot better than what we've got. >> so here he is yukking it up with people who are out of work, and he is worth well over a quarter billion. back in april, when romney visited a small town in pennsylvania, he was less than thrilled with the cookies he was served. believe 80 not, cookie, didn't like them. let's listen. >> i'm not sure about these cookies. they don't look like you made them. did you make those cookies? you didn't, did you. . no they came from the local -- >> bakery, the 7-eleven or bakery. >> the cookies were the homemade pride of the local bakery. why does he keep saying t

but now all eyes are on london. big ben and bells across the united kingdom sounding off for three whole minutes this morning to mark the start of the summer games. the olympic torch has finished its final leg on the river thames. next time you'll see its flames it'll be tonight. the big london secret though, the opening ceremony and, better yet, piers morgan is not going to be missing the event. he is on his home turf for goodness' sake. lots of secrecy about the opening ceremonies. i know you've got your sources, my friend. probably family members. clue us in. >> reporter: i've been sneaking around. i've been putting my nose in everywhere it shouldn't be trying to get any information. it's going to be pretty spectacular. probably my favorite detail is they're going to recreate a british countryside scene using real animals, country animals, so pigs, sheep, cows, you name it. they're all going to be in there with muhammed ali, bran-gelina, paul mccartney, an extraordinary mix of animals and people. >> sounds like t

matt is already in london. matt, i know you've already given us a weather report, so next it's got to be a traffic report, right? >> in one second. i had a brainstorm. al, running into these olympic divers, the women's synchronized divers gave me a brainstorm. i'm thinking you and me and speedos and 3 meters. this could end in the emergency room. >> there's no good that can come of that. there's nothing, nothing, other than manhood blooper tapes. >> i'll keep thinking. >> be careful with our imagination, we don't want to visualize that. >> get that image out of your head. there has been a lot of talk and worry about traffic. the traffic only affects you if you take to the streets in a car. our friend and adventurer ben fogle will show us from the thames and also some treasure hunting. >> if you can't make it to london, some other ideas. five affordable destinations closer to home. they all have a bit of an olympic theme as well. >> then the rise of the manny with an m. families are choosing to hire male care ta

london. and had online to find out that london isn't the only place holding an eleven x. today in india. victims of the world's biggest chemical spill are staging an event in protest at the fact one of the sponsors of the london games was the company responsible for the accident back in the one nine hundred eighty s. . the pentagon's biggest conventional bomb is ready for use to wreak destruction upon the enemy is of the u.s. more details are waiting that are called. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its all you need is your mobile device more charts to be any time. hello and thank you for joining r.t. at thirteen minutes past the hour hundreds of human fetuses found in a forest in central russia may have been removed from a local medical university police are questioning every search area who worked with the feet assess the scientist however was fired last year and there speculation she could have taken the material with her that's now try and get some more on this lie from

mitt romney angers his london host questioning london's readiness. and a duchess straoeuz their hand at ping pong. and could this be the largest ever captured. good morning. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with damage control. this was supposed to be mitt romney's debut on the world stage, and instead after questioning whether london is up to task of hosting the 2012 olympics mitt romney's camp is doing an arguing with the english press. brian, good morning. >> good morning. mitt romney has been careful not to criticize the president or the u.s. government on the overseas list, and he probably should have added london to the list. questioning london's on the olympics. >> the story about the private security firm not having enough people. >> it was about boosting his foreign policy resume, and instead he was forced to practice a little diplomacy. >> it shows imagination and forethought and a loft organization and expect the games to be highly successful. >> president obama has london's back. >> he has the utmost co

the london eye. apparently, it's the best view in town of the beth volleyball stadium. >> veteran australian olympic natalie cook is used to competing on some of the world's most famous coastline. she won gold in australia during the sydney olympics. having won bronze at the atlanta games four years earlier. now, at 37, she's the oldest competitor on the stand but certainly still having fun. >> very proud that we qualified. we qualified very late. only a month ago. so the excitement is very high. when you get your australian green and gold uniform, it's the most proudest moment of your career. >> london will have her most unusual playing experiences. competition at the games this year is nestled between some of the city's most iconic landmarks of sanded imported from the parade. it's the best beach volleyball court of the olympics and the closest this part of the city has come to a beach culture complete with mexican waves and bikinis. by competing here, natalie becomes the first beach volleyballer t

she arrived in london just a few hours ago. and at the opening ceremony she'll be sitting with a very familiar face from the bay area. usually, when we talk about wardrobe with brandi chastain it involves, well, her sports bra. but tonight's wardrobe a lot different. the bay area soccer legend was invited by the white house to sit with the first lady. >> i am so excited. although i'm paranoid as can be about what to wear to the opening ceremonies to sit in the first lady's delegation. because you know, usually for the opening ceremonies they just give you your uniform and you wear it. so you don't have to do any thinking. so it's a little stressful trying to decide what to wear next to michelle obama. >> reporter: chastain will be part of michelle obama's delegation, which focuses on getting fit. >> i'm going to tell her about the bay area women's sports initiative. i'm going to tell her about how awesome it is that there's a woman in the white house that gets how important activity in young girls and young kids' lives. and any

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"nightly news" from london memories with us. "nightly news" from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it's all under way here in london tonight. this massive global event kicking off in spectacular style as our viewers in the u.s. are about to see. what we can show you concerning what's already transpired, the interesting choice of the same front page photos by the newspapers here, part of the pyro technics show in the stadium tonight. we can show you this much. the broadcast features an unusual james bond moment and a first for the queen of england who let's just say makes a rather dramatic entrance. now, tomorrow in the light of day, londoners will wake up in full olympics mode. tonight an estimated 1 billion people will watch these games kick off. a spectacular global show followed by the parade of nations. nbc's chris jansing is in the olympic village tonight to start things off for us tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening you to, brian. the long wait is finally over. athletes from 240 nations are he

for now, from london, i'm raj mathai. jessica, back to you. >> hopefully he grabs some olympic swag for himself as well. coming up at 6:30, we'll take you back to london for a look at how prince william and kate middleton greeted the olympic torch today. >>> plus a close call for one bay area family after a car slams into their home. >>> and a controversy monument removed from the local zoo. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. fog building at the coastline right now. it's cooling us down rapidly in the north bay with widespread 60s. here's the thing, though, for friday we'll start to see numbers go up a bit here in the east bay. it's all in advance to much hotter weather. we'll detail when that arrives in a few minutes. >>> a very troubling discovery after a high-speed chase and crash in east oakland. police found two young children in the back of a stolen white suv, as you see there. officers tried to pull over the driver, but say he sped up, forcing another car, a black camaro off the road and into the front of a ho

boxing queens thrushes women prepare to make a little big games in london. and the civil war is safe organizers keep olympic medals at the tower of london for security reasons. but first former england manager fabio capello says taking charge of the russian national team would be a wonderful adventure he's heading to. a two year deal worth up to twenty four million dollars with a possible two year extension russia will be made to give a card successor on monday and claim they now only need to agree on the fine print with italian capello's expected two point four fellow countrymen and two russians in his coaching staff and take charge in time for russia's friendly against over coast next month before cup qualifiers against northern ireland and israel in september. capello's achievements in management have seen him qualify england for the world cup in twenty ten and the recent european championships but biggest achievement at club level winning two bloody good times with real madrid and seven patella in the league titles with more you've entered a similar and

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they have been training for all climates that could descend on london as well. so there in hyde park, and hyde park has become multipurpose, ha hasn't it? you have a fan zone there, an concerts taking place, and i understand throughout the park, there are big screens so that if you don't have tickets to any of the events, you will get a chance to watch it, right? >> that is right. that is right. let me describe how dur ran dur r -- duran duran and this enormous british band of the 1980s were slightly disappointed they weren't playing at the opening ceremony and they have described it like this, this is the headman hill of the olympics as it were. if you haven't gotten a ticket to the opening ceremony, and let me tell you that the tickets were around $3,000 per person. >> no! >> and there are actually some left as a result of that. if you haven't gotten a ticket, this is one of the places in london and around the country that you can come and watch the ceremony so that the idea is that the four big bands tonight here will connect in with the ceremony and the cere

the traffic will be gridlocked in and around central london. they have a really full of well where the traffic going to go as long as you're limping family can get around london can suffer and it will suffer till the twelfth of august so it's very very good it's going to be something which i will never see again i guess and it's we're very lucky so despite some little difficulties that may be the expense of german people being part of the olympics is just priceless while the weather alone is enough to make you cheerful at the moment because after the wettest june on record it's been lovely here in london over the last couple of days let's hope that continues for the opening ceremony on friday and beyond but whatever happens come rain or shine we will be here to keep you updated on russia's progress over the next seventeen days of competition andrey farmer are taking london now staying on the olympic fame and moving to russia swimming prospects are tayside down and gauge the thoughts of the monster in the waves that's four time olympic champion.

let's go to nbc's michelle kosinski live in london. good day to you, it is an exciting day as we get things going. what's happening today? >> reporter: hi, alex, you mentioned the swimming heats taking place as we speak and last tonight we'll get to see ryan lochte face off with michael phelps, his teammate and rival right now. that individual medley, 400 meter event, michael phelps set the record in 2002 and broke his own record in 2008. that record still stands so he is now back. americans cannot wait to see him swim tonight but he has ryan lochte on his heels now. there's also a women's swimming event today, women's freestyle event where we'll see missy franklin in her first olympics. cycling today, as we speak we're mentioning the men's cycling road race, with bradley wig gins, less than a week ago he won the tour de france. all eyes are on him hoping for olympic gold in cycling. >> the brits were so happy and proud of him. tell me for you watching the opening ceremonies, what was the biggest thing that stood out to you? what was m

a live look at london as the 2012 olympics officially begin. the opening ceremonies are history and history is about to be made as athletes from around the world begin their quest for gold. good evening. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica a geara. it gave the world a tour of history with a homage and james bond thrown in. it's a new day. game day. raj mathai is live in london and it's 8:00 in the morning there and that means our bay area olympians are gearing up to compete on the global stage. >> yeah, it was a long night and an early morning. like you said, it is a brand-new day. i don't think there is any such thing as a bad opening ceremony. what we saw was incredible. this saturday morning is almost like a hangover feeling. nothing to do with drinking and more of an emotional hangover. the bbc after they broadcast the ceremony last night was quick to point out three ways to describe it. see if you agree. triumphant, staggering and quintessentially british with a lot of humor with the classic scene with the queen. >> good evening. >> good even