Who killed cecil the lion and the guide expresses remorse but calls the charges against him crazy. One year to rio, the open ceremony exactly 12 months away, natalie is on cope pa ka ban na beach. Today, wednesday, august 5th, 2015. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning, one year from today well be saying good morning d. , thats two years of the college portuguese. It will go by in a flash. Well tell you more about that later on. Well start with the top story, the field of ten now set for tomorrow nights highly anticipated republican debate. This morning it leaves one candidate not be on the big stage is slamming that process. Peter alexander is in cleveland. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt, good morning to you. Youve got the main event in prime time tomorrow night, the under card hour earlier. One candidate put on the earlier ticket is calling the entire proces
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
Lifted Jodi Hernandez has been tracking the fire all day and joins us now with the latest. Reporter despite all the good news this, fire is far from contained. Reporter thats right. Were waiting for updated information and word is this fire is just 15 contained. You may remember the skyline behind us was smoke and darky at this time yesterday and while it has cleared up tonight firefighters say that could change at any time and they are not about to let down their guard. They have done an awesome job, really done an awesome job. Reporter carolyn couldnt be more relieved after riding out a scary night at the Canyon Creek Campground where she watched. The fire crossed the contain line yesterday afternoon, igniting the nearby hillside and burning awfully close to the campground. The flames came right to the back of the cabin area so it was close. That was the height of it last night. Reporter cal fire says yesterdays wind caused the flareup and have been hammering the fire from the air ev
And expelling foreign funded turkey condemns the move calling it islamophobia and racist. And germany has the world cup with a win under their belts but its not all smooth sailing rather its a narrow win over lowly saudi arabia in their final warm up match before heading to russia. Im biased waiter welcome to the program to visions are on display at the g. Seven summit in canada u. S. President alsheim first railed against unfair trade practices and then proposed removing all tariffs and barriers to trade shortly before leaving the meeting hes missed the groups discussion on Climate Change as he departed for singapore for next weeks summit with north Koreas Kim Jong un the other g seven leaders meanwhile have been preparing a joint statement to be issued at the end of the two day meeting. The battle lines were drawn early in quebec. Six leaders sat down together for breakfast while the seventh turned up late a sure sign of the esteem in which he holds the summit. The advancement of wom