days away we ve all made our way to london today, july 25th, 2012. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from london, england. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. my third day here in london during the buildup to the summer olympic games. we re standing here at the tower of london. behind me the famed tower bridge with the olympic ring hanging beneath it as this city gets prepared to welcome the world here in just a couple of days. now, savannah, al and natalie actually arrived a little earlier this morning. but in typical fashion they decided they wanted to make a grand entrance. here they come in a cab. hey, guys. good morning. how are you. mr. roker, sir. nice to see you guys. welcome. finally. is anyone g
coming up we ll show you impressive new technology they are using to make sure everything goes off at planned. also catch up with some young u.s. olympians, five swimmers. one of them is the youngest member of team usa. you might be wondering, how will the royals spend the olympics, what venues will they be going to, can they get tickets? i don t know. the queen s granddaughter is competing. we re going to share their plans with you. good. we can follow them around, perhaps. first a check on the top news stories. we ve got hoda kotb holding down the fort in new york. hoda, good morning once again. reporter: single handedly. officials are trying to find out if any taxpayer money was used to pay for the massacre in colorado. james holmes, a former phd candidate at a medical college had been supported by a $26,000 federal grant before dropping out of school. officials are going over financial records. meantime, batman star christian bale visited wounded shooting victims