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
Behind a long path of destruction. Gusty winds knocked downi rees and power lines. Some 80,000 customers lost power ring the storm and this morning, Cindy Hubbard and thousands of contomers id not have electricity. Its a little rough but, you know, you get through it. Its a little hot at night. See what you can do. You open your windows and try and keep cool. Im fine, i have a gas stove, so weve been able to boil water d heat things up and cook but we a threw out everything in the idge this morning. Reporter crews were on standby overnight to help restore power today. While crews worked on overheadlinewh pseg ong island helped customers by setting up a cell phone charging station at their office. They handed out bottled water and bags of ice. Longtime customers like nick are still outraged that service has been interrupted for so long. Ive been here for 42 years, i bought my house new, and never did i have this many hours out with eightminute storm that created this. Reporter i just go
[ cheers and applause ] larry thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Welcome to the nightly show. Let me tell you guys, there is nothing like getting a one person standing ovation. Thank you, sir. bleep ing awesome, man. One guy is going, larry. I am larry wilmore. Oh, tonight comedians Craig Robinson and Jerrod Carmichael will join us on the panel tonight. Very exciting. Very exciting. Hilarious. But first id really like to take a moment to acknowledge the man who made this show happen, jon stewart. Tomorrow jon will host his final daily show and i want to absolute him for a truly remarkable run. I mean he doesnt have anything lined up at the moment but jons brotherinlaw manages a bennigans back in jersey, i am just saying. He says they may have some openings at the end of august when kids go back to college so maybe that will turn into something. I dont know. But as a viewer, i am grateful for all the laughs and sanity he has provided over the years. And as a performer
Do this [ cheers and applause ] larry thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Welcome to the nightly show. Let me tell you guys, there is nothing like getting a one person standing ovation. Thank you, sir. bleep ing awesome, man. One guy is going, larry. I am larry wilmore. Oh, tonight comedians Craig Robinson and Jerrod Carmichael will join us on the panel tonight. Very exciting. Very exciting. Hilarious. But first id really like to take a moment to acknowledge the man who made this show happen, jon stewart. Tomorrow jon will host his final daily show and i want to absolute him for a truly remarkable run. I mean he doesnt have anything lined up at the moment but jons brotherinlaw manages a bennigans back in jersey, i am just saying. He says they may have some openings at the end of august when kids go back to college so maybe that will turn into something. I dont know. But as a viewer, i am grateful for all the laughs and sanity he has provided over the years. And as a pe