nbc cameras were able to get a sneak peek at last night s dress rehearsals inside the olympic stadium in the east end of london. of course, her majesty, the queen, will be at the big event and stephen colbert got a preview of royal protocol last night from the british ambassador to the united states. do you have to report to her? not very often. really? but sometimes? sometimes. is it true that you don t turn your back on her? that is true. you just back out of the room? do you have like mirrors on your palms and go does it go beep, beep, beep, when you re going away from her? it s not quite like that. what you do is you do a little neck bow to take your leave, then you can actually turn and walk out forward so you don t walk into the furniture backwards. there s no bowing here. joining me now, the british
i want to go back. piers morgan tonight from london. good evening and welcome to london where the olympic gameses are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, making sure the games run smoothly. the games, security, world affairs and tony blair, the british prime minister when the bid was first launched to bring the games to london. tony blair, let s start with the london olympics. you were instrumental in bringing this back to london after so long. why is it important for a country to get it? talk about the economics of it. talk about the impact positively if you lapped b the olympics. well, you are the center of attention. and so for london and for britain, this is an opportunity to be there in front of the whole world to say this is what we re about, say look at the great show we re putting on. you bring in a lot of investments. we have cited the olymp
be set right. that s why i want to go back. piers morgan tonight from london. good evening and welcome to london where the olympic games are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, hms ocean. security at a premium. making sure the games run smoothly. who better to talk to about this than tony blair who was the british prime minister when the bid was first launched to bring the games to london. tony blair, let s start with the london olympics. you were instrumental in bringing this back to london after so long. why is it important for a country to get it? talk about the economics of it. talk about the impact positively if you land the olympics. well, you are the center of attention. and so for london and for britain, this is an opportunity to be there in front of the whole world to say this is what we re about, say look at the great show we re putting on.
good evening and welcome to london where the olympic gameses are set to start in two days time. behind me is where the olympics stadium lurks in the east of london. over there is one of the centers of the security operation, making sure the games run smoothly. the games, security, world affairs and tony blair, the british prime minister when the bid was first launched to bring the games to london. tony blair, let s start with the london olympics. you were instrumental in bringing this back to london after so long. why is it important for a country to get it? talk about the economics of it. talk about the impact positively if you land the olympics. well, you are the center of attention. and so for london and for britain, this is an opportunity to be there in front of the whole world to say this is what we re about, say look at the great show we re putting on. you bring in a lot of investments. we have cited the olympic park in one of the worst parts of the east end of london
something. pat o malley. and i wondered all the months of shooting that moifrks w ing thi my friend julie or somebody say dick, that stinks? nobody said anything. it was a pretty comical accent. i know it. you ve been to the east end of london. have you been to the cockney part of london? yes. of course. do they laugh at you or with you? oh, yes. well, some people laugh with me, and some laugh at me. but three people were americans. everybody else in the cast was english. nobody ever said, dick, you could do better. never said anything. what do you think your great talent is? i don t know. i really don t know. working under pressure, i think. because i auditioned for for bye-bye birdie. with gallard champion. did a little soft shoe. he said have you the part on the spot. and i said, mr. champion, i can t dance. he said, we ll show you what you need to know. i learned to dance during rehearsal. have you always been good at