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

"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

the vast wealth held by the corporation of london were integrated to the rest of london it would be a very different city and in the poverty you see he would probably be eradicated with that money do you feel that the city of london corporation would be morally exonerated if they did more to help the poor buyers around them not really the because the corporation of london is kind of a true a stick it gives quite a bit of money to charities it has all sorts of charitable charitable foundations but this is putting band-aids putting plasters on wind it's not doing anything structurally to change the relationship between this state within a state government within london that no one knows about and the surrounding boroughs which are extraordinarily poor but how is it possible to democratize the corporation if the financial industry in the u.k. and the government are so closely connected when there's no political will it's impossible to impossible to make that change i mean there's all sorts of things that could possibly be done which is by packing the corporation of london with people ele

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

made off the london whale j.p. morgan london whale m.f. global all of these happened london they couldn't happen elsewhere that's exactly what we've been saying this for months for years now finally people are beginning to realize i think the m.f. global was really that what tripped it off finally they said you know why are all the major bank frauds always in the city of london you know in the city of london of course is the only place in the world in the banking world we can re hypothecate to infinity even in the west which is corrupt you could only read hypothecate one hundred forty percent say underlying marginal full security like the u.s. government treasury bond but in london you can do it infinity you can sell the same bond in london infinite number of times gee i wonder if that could lead to fraud and you know by the way regarding this london disease. and acting as a sort of haven for all sorts of ill gotten gains from around the world i do notice in the f.t. recently luxury homes boom in london. that of course is the way to launde

london and the rest of the u.k. like two different countries and london is basically built on finance and you know outside of london london is is quite hated by other parts of the u.k. particularly in the northwest and the financial sector in particular is loathed and you know what does the government do because on the one hand you know banks and so on are in many ways the agencies of governments that you know it's they control the where the government money goes but on the other hand the people want the financial sector to be taken down there is a there is a a massive amount of not unjustified loathing for the financial sector we'll see what happens during what about the housing sector of course the housing problem london was huge then we had the global housing crash but then in london of course prices haven't been affected too much to due to the influx of all the dark money that flows into london but that seems to be something that's unsustainable how do you see the aus market going forward and secondly what about

london and the rest of the u.k. like two different countries and london is basically built on finance and you know outside of london london is is quite hated by other parts of the way particularly in the northwest and the financial sector in particular is loathed and you know what does the government do because on the one hand you know banks and so on are in many ways the agencies of governments that you know it's that they control the where the government money goes but on the other hand the people want the financial sector to be taken down there is a there is a a massive amount of not unjustified loathing for the financial sector we'll see what happens during what about the housing sector of course the housing problem london was huge then we had the global housing crash but then in london of course prices haven't been affected too much to due to the influx of all the dark money that flows into london but that seems to be something that's unsustainable how do you see the housing market going forward and secondly wh

london, whether you like it or not, new york is a great transatlantic mirror of london. >> rose: come on. >> london, i'm proud to be a new yorker by birth. >> rose: that's a very interesting thing. you were born here. how did that happen? >> the details i think will be familiar to most people, but i wanted to be with my mother at the time obvious here. she was here in new york. my parents were students then, my mother was in columbia university. so i was born -- >> rose: so you're an american. >> i'm an american. >> rose: you have an american passport. >> i have an american passport. i was the possessor of an american pass port. to travel to america i must use an american passport. america is very very quite rightly very jealous of its children. >> rose: can't we argue that like the empire, london was the proud city and the king of the empire. now america and america is a great city is new york and new york now much more than london houses the largest and furthest and deepest extension of culture and fashion and film and finance. >> new york and london are very similar. in population

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 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

"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

made off the london whale j.p. morgan london whale m.f. global all of these happened london they couldn't happen elsewhere that's exactly right we've been saying this for months for years now finally people are beginning to realize i think the m.f. global was really that what tipped it off finally they said you know why are all the major bank frauds always in the city of london you know in the city of london of course is the only place in the world in the banking world we can really hypothecate to infinity even in the west which is corrupt you could only read hypothecate one hundred forty percent say underlying marginal full security like the u.s. government treasury bond but in london you can do it infinity you can sell the same bond in london infinite number of times gee i wonder if that could lead to fraud and you know by the way regarding the london disease. and acting as a sort of haven for all sorts of ill gotten gains from around the world i do notice in the f.t. recently luxury homes boom in london. that of course is the way to lau

the vast wealth held by the corporation of london were integrated to the rest of london it would be a very different city and in the poverty you see he would probably be eradicated with that money do you feel that the city of london corporation would be morally exonerated if they did more to help the poor buyers around them not really the because the corporation of london is kind of a true a stick it gives quite a bit of money to charities it has all sorts of charitable charitable foundations but this is putting band-aids putting plasters on whims it's not doing anything structurally to change the relationship between this state within a state government within london that no one knows about and the surrounding boroughs which are extraordinarily poor but how is it possible to democratize the corporation if the financial industry in the u.k. and the government are so closely connected when there's no political will it's impossible to impossible to make that change i mean there's all sorts of things that could possibly be done which is by packing the corporation of london with people el

london and the rest of the u.k. like two different countries and london is basically built on finance and you know outside of london london is is quite hated by other parts of the u.k. particularly in the northwest and the financial sector in particular is loathed and you know what does the government do because on the one hand you know banks and so on are in many ways the agencies of governments that you know it's there they control the where the government money goes but on the other hand the people want the financial sector to be taken down there is a there is a a massive amount of not unjustified loathing for the financial sector we'll see what happens what about the housing sector of course the housing bubble in london was huge then we had the global housing crash but then in london of course prices haven't been affected too much to due to the influx of all the dark money that flows into london but that seems to be something that's unsustainable how do you see the housing market going forward and secondly what

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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

made off the london whale j.p. morgan london whale m.f. global all of these happened via london they couldn't happen elsewhere that's exactly right we've been saying this for months for years now finally people are beginning to realize i think the m.f. global was really that what tripped it off finally they said you know why are all the major bank frauds always in the city of london you know in the city of london of course is the only place in the world in the banking world we can really hypothecate to infinity even in the west which is corrupt you could only read hypothecate one hundred forty percent say in a lying marginal bull security like the u.s. government treasury bond but in london you can do it infinity you can sell the same bond in london infinite number of times gee i wonder if that could lead to fraud and you know by the way regarding the london disease. and acting as a sort of haven for all sorts of ill gotten gains from around the world i do notice in the f.t. recently luxury homes boom in london. that of course is the way t

london and the rest of the u.k. like two different countries and london is basically built on finance and you know outside of london london is is quite hated by other parts of the u.k. particularly in the northwest and the financial sector in particular is loathed and you know what does the government do because on the one hand you know banks and so on are in many ways the agencies of governments that you know it's they control the where the government money goes but on the other hand the people want the financial sector to be taken down there is a there is a a massive amount of not unjustified loathing for the financial sector we'll see what happens during what about the housing sector of course the housing bubble in london was huge then we had the global housing crash but then in london of course prices haven't been affected too much to due to the influx of all of dark money that flows into london but that seems to be something that's unsustainable how do you see the housing market going forward and secondly what

london and the rest of the u.k. like two different countries and london is basically built on finance and you know outside of london london is is quite hated by other parts of the u.k. particularly in the northwest and the financial sector in particular is loathed and you know what does the government do because on the one hand you know banks and so on are in many ways the agencies of governments that you know it's they control the where the government money goes but on the other hand the people want the financial sector to be taken down there is a there is a a massive amount of not unjustified loathing for the financial sector we'll see what happens during what about the housing sector of course the housing problem london was huge then we had the global housing crash but then in london of course prices haven't been affected too much to due to the influx of all the dark money that flows into london but that seems to be something that's unsustainable how do you see the housing market going forward and secondly what a

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

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lack of regulations in london. when i talked to you about other financial institutions. i'm from new york also. i talk to them, they tell me if we put certain regulations in place, they'll leave new york and go to london because they have less regulations in london. i don't understand -- isn't there some kind of loophole in london other institutions, maybe not gorjpmorgan chase, they say we put these regulations in place, they will leave new york and take those jobs with them, that's what they tell me, to london. why is that if there's no london loophole? >> there are problems -- nothing to do with -- as far as i know, loopholes or -- >> we'll take a quick break once again and head back to capitol hill and listen to more testimony of jamie dimon. >> if a u.s. company -- if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards across the nation. let's get back to the head of the class. let's solve

made off the london whale j.p. morgan london whale m.f. global all of these happened london they couldn't happen elsewhere that's exactly right we've been saying this for months for years now finally people are beginning to realize i think the m.f. global was really that what tripped it off finally they said you know why are all the major bank frauds always in the city of london you know in the city of london of course is the only place in the world in the banking world we can really hypothecate to infinity even in the west which is corrupt you could only read hypothecate one hundred forty percent say underlying marginal bull security like the u.s. government treasury bond but in london you can do it infinity you can sell the same bond in london infinite number of times gee i wonder if that could lead to fraud and you know by the way regarding the london disease. and acting as a sort of haven for all sorts of ill gotten gains from around the world i do notice in the f.t. recently luxury homes boom in london. that of course is the way to la

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

back to london in a moment. but first, these messages. [ female announcer ] what makes florida's natural orange juice taste so uniquely fresh and delicious? is it the rich florida soil? or the perfect blend of sunshine, rain, and temperature? maybe it's the fact that florida's natural oranges are never imported. they're raised right here in florida, and passed with care from our hands to yours. 100% pure. 100% florida. florida's natural. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. >>> more than a million extra tourists are expected in london for the olympic games. and while english is the official language, of course, here, a few

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's 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

the vast wealth held by the corporation of london were integrated to the rest of london it would be a very different city and in the poverty you see he would probably be eradicated with that money gives you know that the city of london corporation would be morally exonerated if they did more to help the poor buyers around them not really the because the corporation of london is kind of ultra stick it gives quite a bit of money to charities it has all sorts of charitable charitable foundations but this is putting band-aids putting plasters on whims it's not doing anything structurally to change the relationship between this state within a state government within london that no one knows about and the surrounding boroughs which are extraordinarily poor but how is it possible to democratize the corporation if the financial industry in the u.k. and the government are so closely connected when there's no political will it's impossible to impossible to make that change i mean there's all sorts of things that could possibly be done which is by packing the corporation of london with people el

london. russia says it's drawing up a list of american officials it considers guilty of human rights abuses it's in response to the so-called. banned russians approved by washington lawmakers this week it's named after the lawyer who died in a russian police custody in two thousand and nine the u.s. blames moscow for his death a journalist says the raw exposes american people crecy russian foreign minister should respond to such an obvious insult where the united states probably the preeminent violator of human rights at this point in terms of scale magnitude and depth pointing its finger at anyone certainly the person who's having their finger that finger in their face should reply point out you have no standing to accuse us of anything and stand up for themselves canada has been voting and acting in concert with the united states for the last few years now if you look at the votes on israel for example you'll find the united states canada and you know like some small rock in the middle of t

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

the traffic will be gridlocked in and around central london. they have a really full of traffic going to go pick family to get around london and stuff and it will shuffle to the twelfth of august london has been privileged to house summer olympics for the third time and most of people here are already joining an suv braving the specter fierce he's very very good he's going to be. i mean which i will never see again i guess unless we're very lucky 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 each year for 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 and the arctic london. now staying on an olympic fame and moving to russia as a swimming prospect sat down

is london going to grind to a hat? >> it's not going to grind to a hat but it will be much, michigan busier than normal. we're expecting an additional one million people on some of the busiest days undertaking three million trips. public transport is going to be very busy in certain locations and in certain times and the roads are going to be very busy. we need to put in place the olympic route network to make sure the game's family to and from their venues on time. >> i love you say game's family, you get the sense of people wondering out to watch the sports. in fact, thee v.i.p.'s being whisked from five-star hotels and venues here. >> the biggest group is media. and then you've got athletes and they've got a job to do as well. obviously, when you host a game, you make commitments and one of our commitments is to make sure that we get everyone to where they need to be on time. >> what do you have to do that's extra over what you normally would have to do in london just to put these games on? >> we've been working for

london. let's leave the olympics behind now and talk russian premier league football where game week for concluded on sunday as in the past three weeks there was an auction to forget for dinner the historical powerhouse languishing at the bottom of the table following their fourth straight defeat rubin this time their victory but it wasn't until seventy eight minutes in that the hosts finally broke the deadlock the league's joint top scorer berbers not chilled firing on the for. the win sealed then right out the death. letting rip from the outside the area going to be no op the second while the nama are already looking like prime relegation common. task in moscow a return to winning ways the army men had suffered back to back defeats heading into their classroom. but john toss it eased c.s.k. worry somewhat with the winning strike fifteen minutes from time the goal also condemning the savings to their first defeat of the season. and sunday's first game on carney poised more davia finished goa

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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

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'

i'm brian williams reporting tonight from london. we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, the hangup for the oakland police department that has some questioning security during president obama's recent visit. >>> earnings higher, more users, but facebook investors crushed tonight. coming up, what happened with the earnings. >>> and shots are fired inside a bay area mall as shoppers smash and grab what police say they were targeting. >>> good thursday evening. thanks for joining u us. i'm janelle wang. >> tonight it appears a simple paperwork error could seriously damage or even end a program that's helped thousands of low income kids get into college in the south bay. parents held a protest and march at san jose state to demand an explanation from the people who dropped the money ball. kimberly perry is live at san jose state with a story you'll see only here. >> reporter: jessica, people are really concerned about what will happen to the program, which has been around for 36 years

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

from our studios in london, mary carillo. >> the bridges spanning central london are all aglow for these, the games of the xxx olympiad. hi again, everyone. and welcome to a jam-packed edition of "olympic late-night." ryan lochte won his fourth medal of these o'glamz and we'll show you his conversation with bob costas. we also have rowing semifinal action. and in table tennis an all chinese men's singles final. but we begin the night with track cycling and the qualifying round of team pursuit. tom harris and paul cher nguyen had the call from the velodrome here in olympic park. >> moments ago the thunderous welcome tore team great britain. here the team pursuit inside the velodrome. four riders going 16 laps. and if any extra motivation, the prince and princess in attendance. >> they've been to a number of venues. they've enjoyed the olympic games so far and they're hoping great britain may well set a new best time tonight as a new world record and an olympic one. >> the mark to beat put up moments ago by new zealand. >> well, if that crowd is not going to push these riders on to somethi

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

"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

stephanie gosk reporting in london. >>> up next you're looking at the moon over london. in a moment we're going to tell you what they discovered on the surface of that moon. did you know when heartburn, it's too late to take prilosec because... but it's but zantac® works differently. it relieves heartburn in as little as 30 minutes. in fact, so, when heartburn strikes, try zantac® this has been medifacts for zantac® >>> william staub has died. he created the famous treadmill. for folks who ever sweated on one, he's the guy to blame. we owe him a huge debt of thanks because his product made people more fit all ore the world. he developed it in a factory shop in new jersey understanding they had to be affordable. his early models were the first to come up with adjustable speeds and inclines. william staub was 96 years old. his family reports he was on the treadmill as recently as two months before his death. at 4:30 p.m. eastern time today a small piece of american history shut it's doors. gray's store was believed to be the oldest operating general store in america. ha

affordable, under $200. >> great to have you in london with us. we'll see you back in new york. >>> up next olympic great natalie coughlin stops by. she'll be cooking with us. first this is "today" on nbc. rs olympic kitchen. >>> this morning on "today's" olympic kitchen, natalie coughlin tied as the most decorated olympian of all time, happens to be a great cook. >> thanks for having me. >> you're making shawarma, a favorite of the u.s. women's swim team after your all night pub crawls. >> it wasn't a pub crawl. we were at a party. all in good fun. no, this is one of the -- it's middle eastern, and it's street food, which has become really popular here in london. so it's super, super easy. >> it's been marinating. >> this is prime rib. it's been marinating overnight in yogurt, garlic, lemon, then we cooked it in that, boiled it. now we're going to take it out and slice it. >> you're using ribs but you could use chicken, a lot of different proteins. >> a lot of times it's more like a meat loaf but we used prime rib. i'm going to slice it up. can y

london. ok let's leave the olympics behind now and talk russian premier league football where game week for concluded on sunday in the past three weeks there was an odd thing to forget. the historical powerhouse languishing at the bottom of the table following their fourth straight defeat rubin this time their victors but it wasn't until seventy eight minutes in the host finally broke a deadlock the league's joint tops were there but asked not to find home for. the win then sealed right out the death. letting work from outside the area rubino the second world in our ready looking black prime relegation candidates. just to moscow have returned to winning ways the army man had suffered back to back the fates heading into their classroom. but zoran tossed it e.c.s. the worry somewhat with the winning strike fifteen minutes from time the goal also condemning this having sound to their first defeat this. sunday's first game omkara your voice for dolphy it finished goalless and perm while in the la

made off the london whale j.p. morgan london whale m.f. global all of these happened london they couldn't happen elsewhere that's exactly right we've been saying this for months for years now finally people are beginning to realize i think the m.f. global was really that what tripped it off finally they said you know why are all the major bank frauds always in the city of london you know in the city of london of course is the only place in the world in the banking world we can re hypothecate to infinity even in the west which is corrupt so you could only read hypothecate one hundred forty percent say underlying marginal bull security like the u.s. government treasury bond but in london you can do it infinity you can sell the same bond in london infinite number of times gee i wonder if that could lead to fraud and you know by the way regarding the london disease. and acting as a sort of haven for all sorts of ill gotten gains from around the world i do notice in the f.t. recently luxury homes boom in london. that of course is the way to lau

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

they are here in london. ladies. >> team usa. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> and we've got other athletes, including ryan lochte on the bus. he had an amazing olympic games. five medals] from london. >> we've got the women's water polo team also took home gold last night. >> gold and silver medals decathlon. congratulations, guys. ryan lochte. the whole crew here. >> athletes and medal winners. coming down from the top there. >> when you're in london you arrive in a double-decker bus even if you're an olympic medalist. we thank them for being here. we're going to talk to a lot of these folks in a couple minutes. first let's find out the latest olympic news. natalie. >> another huge night for team usa with lots of gold to go around. >> it's all over. redemption for the united states. >> a golden night for the u.s. women's soccer team with a 2-1 victory over japan. not one but two goals from lloyd. the other star of the game, hope solo, an incredible save in the closing minutes. >> a save by hope solo.