star of the green mile died after a heart attack. tributes are pouring in from some of hollywood s biggest names today, tuesday, some of hollywood s biggest names today, tuesday, september 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today tuesday morning, i m savannah guthrie in charlotte, north carolina. i m matt lauer in new york. savannah, republicans had their moment in the spotlight last week. starting today, down there in charlotte, the democrats will try to grab some of that spotlight for themselves. that s right. this convention is opening to a very close poll for the white house. tonight michelle obama s marquis speaker visited hall on monday and got a walkthrough. the president arrives tomorrow. former president bill clinton is set to address the 6,000 delegates. much more here straight ahead. also, savannah, are you wasting your money if you go out and buy organic food. it cost as lot more, supposed to be better
we re going to wear. oh, my gosh. tomorrow, we re doing our show on the plaza. friday. we re doing an olympic-themed show. we need you guys to show up for us, please. it would be humiliating if we go outside. if we do our olympic stuff with nobody cheering us on in the ugliest track suits you ve ever seen. they are hideous. like the old-fashioned from the 80s. jane lynch. and pull them up. never will we be more attractive than friday morning. come see us. we d love it. you are actually then going to the olympics. i heard that. your public demands it. we re doing a story. not sure what it will be. people are writing in with all kinds of ideas. see that? you re not going to look that good friday. lots of humidity, your hair won t be good. you ll be in the ugliest track suit ever. it will be fun. some people say maybe i should go to the gymnastics competition. i don t think that will be happening. why? i think it s later. while you re there. ka
the olympics are so fun to watch. and it s all the pregame right now. . and the weather! so glad the weather is good. you know what s more beautiful than the weather? matt lauer! we re in love. he was on the screen with a tan jacket on look. excuse us, for a second, let s live here. we had to clean up the drool. it was all over. all over hoda. i love that look on matt. don t you think he should do that all the time? all the time. right off the yacht look. and that tan on him. he s looking good. he looks great today, too. anyway, the opening ceremonies are two days ago. matt will host it with meredith. it must be weird for the two of them. because they know what s going to happen. it s a big secret for the rest of us. i m excited for friday to see. are you excited for us on friday? no, i m not. i tell you what, i saw what we re going to wear. oh, my gosh. tomorrow, we re doing our show on the plaza. friday. we re doing an olympic-themed show
and it s all the pregame right now. . and the weather! so glad the weather is good. you know what s more beautiful than the weather? matt lauer! we re in love. he was on the screen with a tan jacket on look. excuse us, for a second, let s live here. we had to clean up the drool. it was all over. all over hoda. i love that look on matt. don t you think he should do that all the time? all the time. right off the yacht look. and that tan on him. he s looking good. he looks great today, too. anyway, the opening ceremonies are two days ago. matt will host it with meredith. it must be weird for the two of them. because they know what s going to happen. it s a big secret for the rest of us. i m excited for friday to see. are you excited for us on friday? no, i m not. i tell you what, i saw what we re going to wear. oh, my gosh. tomorrow, we re doing our show on the plaza. friday. we re doing an olympic-themed show. we need you guys to show up for
days away we ve all made our way to london today, july 25th, 2012. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from london, england. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. my third day here in london during the buildup to the summer olympic games. we re standing here at the tower of london. behind me the famed tower bridge with the olympic ring hanging beneath it as this city gets prepared to welcome the world here in just a couple of days. now, savannah, al and natalie actually arrived a little earlier this morning. but in typical fashion they decided they wanted to make a grand entrance. here they come in a cab. hey, guys. good morning. how are you. mr. roker, sir. nice to see you guys. welcome. finally. is anyone g