100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. are the media inflaming the issue? plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network s coverage of the games. back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us, with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening ceremony is this promotion in the guise of news? we ll talk about that and more with veteran sports writer frank deford. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it s becoming standard practice for a presidential candidate to buttress his dippic credentials by meeting with world leaders when candidate obama did it in 2008, all three network anchors flew overseas to interview him. [ applause ] i ll be reporting next week from the middle east. we ll have the first one-on-one interview with senator obama. the coverage of mitt romney s visit to britain, pol
all the information coming out of here in colorado. a lot of it. just over a week ago i should tell you no one had any idea they d be trying to make sense of the huge tragedy out here in colorado. and least of all the family members of those shot and killed in theater nine last friday. well, today services were held to remember four of the victims. jessica ghawi was one of them. she was remembered today during a ceremony in san antonio, texas. she was remembered as a woman who celebrated everyone in her life. friends at her ceremony remembered light moments in the life of the aspiring sports broadcaster. even showing this video of her falling on the ice while wearing heels. now at the time just an intern trying to do an interview who had her whole life and career ahead of her. also matthew mcquinn. matt mcquinn was also remembered today when the gun fire began he threw himself in front of his girlfriend shielding her. he took three bullets but she survived. family and friends
before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. we ll talk to one politician that says not in my town. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games with an epic journey through the u.k. history. danny boyle was the creative mind behind the $42 million show. what got everyone talking is this skit. boyle used his movie magic to show the queen parachuting into the stadium with actor daniel craig who plays the spy in the franchise but stunt doubles were used. don t worry, the queen was not parachuting in herself. now onto the biggest competition at the olympics today, michael phelps hoping to be the first male swimmer to win the s
millions at stake. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we start in london, where the olympic games are under way right now. a 23-year-old chinese woman nicknamed shooting beauty competing in the 10-meter air rifle competition has won the first gold medal in london. meantime, u.s. swimmer michael phelps will compete against ryan lochte in the 400 individual medley tonight, but phelps narrowly qualified after a slow finish this morning. but it was queen elizabeth who almost certainly stole the show during last night s opening ceremony. take a look. good evening. good evening. the creative mind behind the ceremony, danny boyle, used his movie magic to show the queen teaming up with james bond actor daniel craig. in the scene, stunt doubles, not actually the queen, jumped from a helicopter portraying the two parachuting into the olympic stadium. mitt romney got to see an
this as new details surface on the mindset of the suspected killer. an unrelenting drought plants down on much of america. we ll show you by the numbers how it s affecting farmers and how it will hit your wallet in the months to come. and two american swimmers go head to head in one of the first big competitions at the olympic games. we ll bring you all the highlights straight from london. but we begin this morning on a somber note. memorial services are being held across the country today for three people killed in a hail of bullets one week ago inside a colorado movie theater. those victims are john larimer, navy petty officer 3rd class from crystal lake, illinois. larimer was stationed at buckley air force base in aurora, in a year. jessica ghawi, an aspiring sports reporter who went by the name of jessica redfield, narrowly escaped a shooting at a toronto mall just a month before. and matthew mcquinn, a hero whose last living act was protecting his girlfriend from t