away. sense of closure, former president george w. bush shares his first public thoughts about the killing of osama bin laden. cancer connection. a new report can t prove the disease is linked to dust and smoke created from the terror attacks. i m going to get to talk to the wife of a 9/11 first responder who is diagnosed with cancer. uncharted territory. a 61-year-old woman is attempting to do something that no one has ever done before, and wait until you hear this one. i think you re going to like it. so, one year from today we ll be watching the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympic games in london, and right now we re showing you the live ceremony at trafalgar square to mark the one-year countdown. just heard from british prime minister david cameron and the president of the international olympic committee. nbc s peter alexander joins us now live from london to tell us what else is going on there. peter, it looks like everything is almost ready for 2012. reporter: yeah. they s
away. sense of closure, former president george w. bush shares his first public thoughts about the killing of osama bin laden. cancer connection. a new report can t prove the disease is linked to dust and smoke created from the terror attacks. i m going to get to talk to the wife of a 9/11 first responder who is diagnosed with cancer. uncharted territory. a 61-year-old woman is attempting to do something that no one has ever done before, and wait until you hear this one. i think you re going to like it. so, one year from today we ll be watching the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympic games in london, and right now we re showing you the live ceremony at trafalgar square to mark the one-year countdown. just heard from british prime minister david cameron and the president of the international olympic committee. nbc s peter alexander joins us now live from london to tell us what else is going on there. peter, it looks like everything is almost ready for 2012. reporter: yeah. they s
bret: in america s election headquarters the republican hopefuls are focused on making good impression in the upcoming straw poll. but others are looking past iowa. carl cameron examines the strategy for 2012. reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty kicked off three week of iowa barn storming in advance of the fox debate an straw poll with an r.v. tour and warning that iowanss should not waste their support on charismatic candidates who can t actually win. all but calling rival michele bachmann unelectable. it s of no value or little value if you pick someone who the rest of the party and the rest of the process and the rest of the country says that person can t really be president. reporter: iowa democrats accused pawlenty of driving minnesota s economy in ditch with press quotes on his record on governor. campaigning in iwhat where she
focused on making good impression in the upcoming straw poll. but others are looking past iowa. carl cameron examines the strategy for 2012. reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty kicked off three week of iowa barn storming in advance of the fox debate an straw poll with an r.v. tour and warning that iowanss should not waste their support on charismatic candidates who can t actually win. all but calling rival michele bachmann unelectable. it s of no value or little value if you pick someone who the rest of the party and the rest of the process and the rest of the country says that person can t really be president. reporter: iowa democrats accused pawlenty of driving minnesota s economy in ditch with press quotes on his record on governor. campaigning in iwhat where she leads first of the nation caucus polls, minnesota congresswoman bachmann largely ignores pawlenty. today she played up a close house partnership with popular iowa congressman steve kung to defund and repe
bret: in america s election headquarters the republican hopefuls are focused on making good impression in the upcoming straw poll. but others are looking past iowa. carl cameron examines the strategy for 2012. reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty kicked off three week of iowa barn storming in advance of the fox debate an straw poll with an r.v. tour and warning that iowanss should not waste their support on charismatic candidates who can t actually win. all but calling rival michele bachmann unelectable. it s of no value or little value if you pick someone who the rest of the party and the rest of the process and the rest of the country says that person can t really be president. reporter: iowa democrats accused pawlenty of driving minnesota s economy in ditch with press quotes on his record on governor. campaigning in iwhat where she