Possibly do to top that . Well ask him in his first live interview since that remarkable stunt. Defending the decision. The president of the International Olympic committee explains why he did not ban all russian athletes from the games. You cannot punish a human being for the failure of his or her government. As more members of team usa arrive in rio and the countdown is on for the games to begin, today, tuesday, august 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Beautiful shots of rio. Boardwalk just off copacabana beach. Fridays Opening Ceremony just three short days away. I see you with the jacket there. We have to remember, this is winter in rio. It is winter. Were dead in the middle of winter. Temperatures during the day can get up into the 80s whe
Buyer of u. S. Weapons. Country that is invading other countries and actually killing lots of innocent people. It is saudi arabia. Look at yemen, the thousands of minute people killed. Crushed the uprising in bahrain where i have been teargassed and saudis crushing this beautiful nonviolent peoples uprisings, and where were most of the hijackers from on 9 11 . So i could go on and on. I should go on and on. I should say, what. The internal rerepresentation door re repression in saudi arainarch around allowed to drive, cant vote, lefthand ray loued to go out without a guardian, and we have didnt been doing we take on individual cases, peter, like am necessary city does, of work amnesty does, like working with particular critical prisoners inch saudi arabia we have been work only the case of the blogger, because of his blogging about things that he was considering might be good to change in the saudi government, he was sentenced to ten years in jail and a thousand lashes. So, i was very
Host Medea Benjamin, one of the books youre reading this peter schrag dares clinton cash. Why . I am reading that book because i have been looking at saudi arabia. And why is it that there is all this talk about iran and the bad regime, but if you want to look at a really bad regime, look at saudi arabia. A country that has been responsible for spreading extremist ideologies all over the world, the country that is the largest buyer of u. S. Weapons, the country invading other countries and killing lots of innocent people in saudi arabia. Look again and, thousands of innocent People Killed now crush the uprising in bahrain where i have been tear gassed inside is crashing the beautiful nonviolent peoples uprising. And almost the hijackers on 9 11. I could go on and on. I should say what about the internal repression of women in saudi arabia. They are not even allowed to drive, cant vote in national elections, arent allowed to go out without a guardian. I forgot to say weve been doing a l
Along with the hundreds of millions in iraq and the middle east, for what you have done. As the nation marks veterans day, we remember tomas young, the paralyzed iraq war veteran turned peace activist. He has just died at the age of 34. Last year he published, a message to george w. Bush and dick cheney from a dying veteran. We will hear tomas in his own words and speak to the legendary talkshow host phil donahue who codirected a film about tomas called body of war. , i had never seen a sacrifice this close up. And now that he is gone, i remember him now and always, especially on this veterans day. And i realize as i looked at him in bed inert, he was just one of thousands of young men and women who more than sacrificed for this nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has issued his strongest statement to date in favor of a free and open internet. In a video message, obama called for th
I along with that millions of my fellow citizens along with the hundreds of millions in iraq and the middle east, for what you have done. As the nation marks veterans day, we remember tomas young, the paralyzed iraq war veteran turned peace activist. He has just died at the age of 34. Last year he published, a message to george w. Bush and dick cheney from a dying veteran. We will hear tomas in his own words and speak to the legendary talkshow host phil donahue who codirected a film about tomas called body of war. , i had never seen a sacrifice this close up. And now that he is gone, i remember him now and always, especially on this veterans day. And i realize as i looked at him in bed inert, he was just one of thousands of young men and women who more than sacrificed for this nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has issued his strongest statement to date in favor of a free and open