and, oops, a building implosion goes off without a hitch until a huge cloud of dust and debris engulfs a crowd of onlookers. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the democratic national convention with matt lauer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, and savannah guthrie, live in charlotte, north carolina. and welcome to a special split edition of today on this thursday morning. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie at the democratic national convention in charlotte. and i m matt lauer in new york. savannah, you look at that implosion video. someone clearly forgot to do the old which way was the wind going? we ll show you more of that in just a little while. meanwhile, president obama already had a lot of pressure on him with his speech tonight. now he s got a really tough act to follow after what was an enthusiastic and powerful endorsement from former president bill clinton. this was a speech that was supposed to last about
little nervous because i think a friend of mine picked up a stray and i think it s a wolf. you re thinking it s a dog? thinking it s a dog. i have to talk to her. have you called her recently? i call, the wolf answers the phone, she s busy. especially if it s wearing a grandma outfit. you re going to co-host with us in this hour, which we re looking forward to. the first segment she s going to help us on is the e-buzz. we re going to get the inside scoop of everything hot in hollywood, kim kardashian. she s going to be revealing makeup secrets in a new gig with katie holmes. do you eat well when you re on the go? i try to, which means no. you re not a healthy snacker? no, no, i like chips, anything salty. fritos? oh! and chilli fries. president obama will accept his party s nomination for another term. his nape was placed into nomination by former president clinton who called him a man who is cool on the outside but burns for america on the insid
3 ((anim)) electton. democrats are settiig the tone for president obama this week at the national convention. convention.one of the key note speakers this year. s maryland s own governor martin o malley.megan gilliland is to say at the convention and what s on the schedule today. good morninggguys,goovrnor o malley took the podium last night during primeetime. emphasizing one key phrase. phrase.forward not backward backwardand he ssbeen getting some praise for it. one delegate said he fired them up and brought some energy to the convention.especcilly when he talked aaout their republicann opponents.here s what he said. 22:27:24mit romney ann paul ryan want to take america back. back to what? back to the failed poliiies that drove us into the deep recession back to the days oo record job loses back toodaas of nsurance companies being a woman a preexsisting ccndition i don t want to go back do you? you?we re expected to heaa &pfrom a few more speakers today. including former p
3 a violent 24 hours in baltimore. llaves police searching for clues. clues.we re now learning 9 men have been shot in 6 separate incidents across the city. just a fewwhours ago. a ned - double shooting in east baltimore.our crews captured this scene here along nnrth streeper street.police say two men were shot here around 3:15 this morning. 77others were shot over the holiday yesterday. yesterday.megan gilliland is here with more on their good morning guys,at this hourr.. one man has died from his ounds. but that number could grow as the other victims fight for lives.other victims fight could grow as the other victims fight for ives. the deadly shooting happened here in east baltimore along beryl avenue.police say a man in his early 20 s was shot around 11:45 yesterday morning. pe was taken to the hospital where he died just a short time later. there were also two ouble shootings yesterday.the first one happened here. on boone street around 9 o clock last night.you can ee th
3 just two days before the democratic national convention is set to begin. republicans and democrats speak out about election issues. as cristina mutchler explains. vice president biden campaigned in pennsylvania and wisconsin. and president obama continued his road to charlotte tour. which takes him through colorado and louisiana before the final top in north carolina. 3 with d-n-c ppeparatioos in full swing, his week, it s all about the democrats. downtown charlotte, north the convention. meanwhile, advisers to both president obama and mitt romney battled it out on the sunday talk shows. when he took office shortly after his inauguration, he said in an interview that if he didn t around in three years his presidency would be a one-term proposition, and the economy has not turned around. n tampa, we aw nothing but tired old ideas. in charlotte, the president is going toofocus on a plan to provide the middle-class in this country some necessary and needed security y investi