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tweet. and it was offensive. not even borderline. we ll tell you more about that straight ahead. but fortunately, the excitement still goes on. there is so much to look forward to. we now know who is going to carry the usa flag at the opening ceremony. that s right. yesterday i got schooled in fencing by two-time gold medal winner marial zagunis. she s going to be the flag bearer. she tweeted that she is speechless, excited beyond belief. that s a good tweet. she thought fencing with you was exciting. top that one off. also this morning, the royals have been out and about already this morning. spending time actually training britain s next generation of athletes. we ll have more on that coming up. but let s get right to the news of the day here from london as the games and countdown continues. nbc he s michelle kosinski is here in london as well. michelle, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. that s right, the games have begun. in order to fit all th
sacramento with the story. reporter: with the blessing of the obama administration, governor jerry brown says he figured out how to fix the sacramento san joaquin river delta problems so water from northern california can be delivered to the farmlands of the central valley and thirsty cities of southern california with three new pumps that divert water from the northern end instead of the southern end it involves building a massive twin tunnel system under the delta south of sacramento and then hooking them up with existing aquaducts. water users would pay for the $14 billion construction of the tunnels and taxpayers would pay the cost of habitat restoration through a water bond on the ballot in two years. a healthy delta eco system and a reliable water supply are profoundly important to california s future. reporter: the current system only has one pump and could kill hundreds of thousands of fish a year including the endangered delta smelt. a court order often stopped
we ll show you what they were up against, all the factors big and small that spelled the difference between life and death. also tonight as we continue to remember the victims, as they lived, not just as they died. tonight we speak to the mother of rebecca wingo. a young woman with a whole life ahead of her. she mastered mandarin by the age 20, raised two daughters, working her way through school, training to work with troubled teenagers. she joins us later. we begin with breaking news. a package from the alleged shooter found in the mail room at the university of colorado. he mailed it days before the massacre, addressing it to one of his professors at the university of colorado s campus in aurora. it arrived days before the shooting but was not discovered until monday afternoon when police found it in the mail room. they sent in the bomb squad, handled it by robot and x-rayed the parcel just in case. sources telling jo miller who joins us now that the letter inside spoke
this is in the hill newspaper this morning, this article now this is again, we want you to finish this sentence this morning on washington journal spending cuts should/should not happen because . we will start with an independent in lancaster, pennsylvania. john, what do you think? caller: yes, they should happen. budget cuts should be done. first and foremost, the defense department. it has doubled in the last 10 years. included in that or not included in that but under defense, nsa should be cut, homeland security should be cut, and oil subsidies should be cut. the defense department is the biggest waster of money in the government other than medicare. and medicare should be cut. cut by waste, fraud, and abuse. $70 million a year in waste right there or more. and there should be tax cuts that obama is asking for. host: finish this sentence, bob, a democrat. caller: they should happen. your first caller completely stole my thunder. instead of repeating what he ju