michael phelps final duel in the pool today on thursday, october 2nd, 2012. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from london, england. good morning and welcome to tod today on this thursday morning. i m savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales. we have taken a little walk down the road to see these olympic rings. with the brouhaha over the olympic calderon where people can t get to it and get a view of it to take that icon being photograph, people have been looking for an alternative and has become the go-to place. we have olympic rings up on the hill. there s a line of people waiting to take foes owes. we stopped by just a few minutes ago and took a photo of our own. just to show you what an olympic animal has become, savannah doesn t even have to turn around to tell you the color of the olympic rings. i knew you were going to do this to me one day,
and a familiar chant of usa. we say good morning and welcome to today from london s public park on wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie. i m collecting autographs this morning. okay? we are surrounded by the women of the morning, the gold-medal-winning fab five. you look really good in gold. yeah. congratulations. [ applause ] how does it feel? has it sunk in yet? it s exciting. we vice president done much celebrating yet but hopefully after the competition s finished we ll have a lot of celebrating and we ll be really excited. who could sleep last night? or was it too much excite snm. i couldn t really sleep last night. who slept with their gold medal on? all of us. well, we are so excited to have you guys here. we re going to catch up a little bit more. much more with jordyn, mckayla, kayla, gabby, straight ahead. you were busy last night. did you hear about the michael phelps news also? michael phelps tied the all-time medal mark
it s exciting. we vice president done much celebrating yet but hopefully after the competition s finished we ll have a lot of celebrating and we ll be really excited. who could sleep last night? or was it too much excite snm. i couldn t really sleep last night. who slept with their gold medal on? all of us. well, we are so excited to have you guys here. we re going to catch up a little bit more. much more with jordyn, mckayla, kayla, gabby, straight ahead. you were busy last night. did you hear about the michael phelps news also? michael phelps tied the all-time medal mark with a silver in the 200 meter butterfly, then he broke that mark with a gold in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay. he now has more medals than any olympian ever. let me just say it again. he now has more medals than any olympian ever. we ll hear from michael and talk to two members of that gold-medal-winning relay team live. later on, team usa plays beach volleyball on our plaza against pht
and a familiar chant of usa. we say good morning and welcome to today from london s public park on wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie. i m collecting autographs this morning. okay? we are surrounded by the women of the morning, the gold-medal-winning fab five. you look really good in gold. yeah. congratulations. [ applause ] how does it feel? has it sunk in yet? it s exciting. we vice president done much celebrating yet but hopefully after the competition s finished we ll have a lot of celebrating and we ll be really excited. who could sleep last night? or was it too much excite snm. i couldn t really sleep last night. who slept with their gold medal on? all of us. well, we are so excited to have you guys here. we re going to catch up a little bit more. much more with jordyn, mckayla, kayla, gabby, straight ahead. you were busy last night. did you hear about the michael phelps news also? michael phelps tied the all-time medal mark
good morning. cold war. russia and the united states in the top two positions following the men s figure skating short program. evgeni plushenko, the defending gold medalist, in first, thanks to his athletic quadruple jump, but evan lysacek, the reigning world champ, came in less than a point behind after a wonderful and artistic program. it s power versus grace, plushenko versus lysacek. game on for the gold today, wednesday, february 17th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television > and nbc-universal television > an we are here on a mountain,our homountain,our ho me. and let s start the day with a cheer for al roker, who has cleared the skies after a crisp, cool morning here in vancouver. thank you. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. we ve actually had a cool night last night in men s figure skating, the best competition they ve had, one of the best ever. strongest group of men. and they did not disappoint last night. that s right. the russian, evgeni