sonia richards ross wins team usa first gold in 400 meters in 28 years. from speed on the track to speed in the pool, world record breaker missy franklin is going home with five medals, four of those gold. she s with us live today monday august 6th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from olympic park in london, england. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today in olympic park london monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m savannah guthrie. another big weekend for team usa and the host country as well in a few moments. we begin on monday morning with tragic news from back home, a temple shooting outside milwaukee, wisconsin. nbc s john yang in oak creek. john, what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, matt. this is the command center where the investigation is taking place. the semple itself is about three blocks awa
the crowd treated to music from one of our favorite bands, the script. thank you so much. you ll hear more music from them in a couple minutes. meanwhile i m matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up, we ll hear from one of the new sweet hearts from women s swimming. that can only be 17-year-old the missile. she s a regular high school girl, returns to senior year in two weeks. we caught up with her earlier and we ll play more of that. may seem like a slow start for team great britain but they were laying in the cut waiting. the host nation racking up the medals, in third place in the medal count. we re going to have more on that in just a little bit. also we re going to show you how you can enjoy these games. this is very popular with our crew with some british beer and pub food. oh yeah, the games go down better with beer. let s go over to natalie with the news. morning. the u.s. is bringing home more gold. last night was probably the most electri
captions paid for by nbc-universal television announcer: this is today with matt lauer and ann curry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. and i m matt lauer. advocates for and against same-sex marriage have been very quick to weigh in on president obama s new position or newly stated position. this is a first for a sitting american president. that s right. why did he do it now, just as the general election is heating up? did vice president biden s recent support of the issue force the president s hand? we ll get the latest from washington and also talk about this with msnbc s rachel maddow straight ahead. also ahead, prosecutors at the criminal trial of john edwards could rest their case as early as today. this after some extremely tearful testimony on wednesday centering on his late wife s final days. we re going to go live to the courthouse for more on that coming up in a couple of minutes. a
and it s already on its way to becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time today, becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time today, monday, may 7th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. good morning, everybody. want to follow this breaking news that he just mentioned. ear going to be talking about this hostage video showing 70-year-old maryland native warren weinstein. he was abducted more than eight months ago when gunmen broke into his home in pakistan where he was working as an adviser. the video is less than three minutes long and weinstein addresses president obama directly in it. we do not yet know when or where that tape was made. we re going to get the latest in a live report coming up. also there s an alarming turn in the search for a mother and her three daughters. they were abducted in tennessee. two unidentified bodies found in a
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann curry. good morning, everybody. want to follow this breaking news that he just mentioned. ear going to be talking about this hostage video showing 70-year-old maryland native warren weinstein. he was abducted more than eight months ago when gunmen broke into his home in pakistan where he was working as an adviser. the video is less than three minutes long and weinstein addresses president obama directly in it. we do not yet know when or where that tape was made. we re going to get the latest in a live report coming up. also there s an alarming turn in the search for a mother and her three daughters. they were abducted in tennessee. two unidentified bodies found in a home of the lone suspect who is still out on the loose. well now authorities fear that that man may have changed his appearance and perhaps even the appearance of some of thos