Against him crazy. And one year to rio. The Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games 12 months away. Natalie has the preparations. We are throwing an olympicsized celebration on the plaza. Today, wednesday, august 5, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. One year from today well be saying [ speaking in a Foreign Language ] thats how you pronounce it . Two years of college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. On this wednesday morning lets start with the top story. The field of ten set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning at least one candidate who will not be on the big stage is slamming the process. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hey, matt. Good morning to you. The republican contenders are converging on cleveland. We have the main event in primetime tomorrow. The undercard hours earlier. One candidate is already calling the process preposterous. John
Committee for what he called an incredibly flawed Selection Process adding they should not be picking winners and lose rs. Also, Rick Perry Donald trumps candidacy is a cancer on conservativism. And lindsey graham. Stop being a jackass. Reporter tomorrow night jeb bush will be asked about Womens Health programs after he reiterated the plan to defund planned parenthood. Im not sure we need half a billion dollars for Womens Health issues. I can assure you 500 million wont go to planned parenthood. Reporter Hillary Clinton pounced. He has no problem giving away billions to super corporations and the wealthy but Womens Health isnt a priority for him. Reporter bush said he misspoke adding he favors providing womens Critical Health Care Services but said federal money should not be spent on planned parenthood. Also bush released his Financial Disclosure forms and while hes not a billionaire like donald trump his net worth is estimated between 19 million and 22 million. Savannah . Peter, than
Along with hall of famer holly mcpeak, i am chris marlowe. 16 elite volleyball teams started in the tournament and now we are down to two. Its the classic. Brazil and the United States. We will talk about franco and talita. They won seven times. And they made it to the finals, to beat walkenhorst and beat the rest in canada and germany. And april ross and Lauren Fendrick playing their best volleyball here in 2017. Long time friends, both veterans, new Team Together but really hitting their stride. Their asices road to the finals, they defeated the rest of the field, including Kerri Walsh Jennings and Nicole Branagh to get to the final. Brazil and the United States. Lets get it started. It will be the best two out of three sets. Two sets to 21. Third set if necessary to 15. And the first big is a good one by Lauren Fendrick. The United States in red and blue and there is walsh with the dive. No, its not going to come up. Interesting starting off on larissa, the american, going to test l
Along with hall of famer holly mcpeak, i am chris marlowe. 16 elite volleyball teams started in the tournament and now we are down to two. Its the classic. Brazil and the United States. We will talk about franco and talita. They won seven times. And they made it to the finals, to beat walkenhorst and beat the rest in canada and germany. And april ross and Lauren Fendrick playing their best volleyball here in 2017. Long time friends, both veterans, new Team Together but really hitting their stride. Their asices road to the finals, they defeated the rest of the field, including Kerri Walsh Jennings and Nicole Branagh to get to the final. Brazil and the United States. Lets get it started. It will be the best two out of three sets. Two sets to 21. Third set if necessary to 15. And the first big is a good one by Lauren Fendrick. The United States in red and blue and there is walsh with the dive. No, its not going to come up. Interesting starting off on larissa, the american, going to test l
Mccain continues. And historic flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. All that plus what was she thinking . Why the wife of treasury secretary is now apologizing. Espn under fire for pulling this announcer from the game. You wouldnt believe the reason. And are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits a staggering 700 million with the drawing just hours away. Today wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. This is today with matt lau lauer. As he was speak, protests were raging in the streets outside of that arena. We have both sides of this story covered starting with Kristen Welker. Get us started. Good morning. Matt, good morning to you. President trump waking up here in arizona after delivering a 77 fiery, divisive speech overnight. He took aim after many of his detractors, a complete reversal after he called for the country to come together just one day earlier. As protesters lined the streets outside the Phoenix Convention center, inside a very fired up President Trump waging his own battle, aba