Rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside Natalie Morales, diylan as well. I love that music. Its kind of catchy. Weve been doing the drum beat for a long time. Welcome to the Alpine Village about 30 miles up in the caucacus mountains. Thats not some kind of a movie backdrop. Thats the real thing behind us. The mountains along the river, got some nice people Milling Around here. You mentioned that some of the games have gotten under way. Well be talking to some of the athletes fresh from their qualifying rounds in just a couple of minutes. And also unfortunately well have more on that security alert coming from the u. S. Government, ladies. Well, we look forward to catching up on all of that. The olympics are under way, the figure skating tonight, one of the favorite events. As you said, that top issue is this terror warning. Its a scary one. Yes, it really is. Im joined here by kyra simmons of nbc. He has more
The formula 1 driver whose world title chances may have gone up in smoke. And preparing for eid. Muslims across the world are ready to mark the end of ramadan ramadan. We begin the newshour in gaza. For a few short hours the israeli assaults on hamas came to a halt. Now that respite is over. Israel has resumed its bombardment of the palestinian territory. The army said it had no choice because of repeated violations of the ceasefire by hamas. The Palestinian Group fired several rockets into israel late saturday, into sunday. Some over the city of ashcalon. The total number of palestinian dead is 1,052. Thousands more have been injured. Now, in a moment well speak to diplomatic editor in west jerusalem. First to Nicole Johnson in gaza. Tell us what has been happening since the ceasefire ended. Reporter surely the number of palestinians killed in gaza increased. Its three in the khan younis, and two in musa rat, killed in the last few hours since israel decided to no longer continue with
Of football begins. Welcome to euro 2020. Its that time of year again, and theres a real buzz around this wimbledon. They call it the greatest show on earth. Take your marks for tokyo 2020. That was the sporting year that wasnt. A calendar with a line through it. 2020 showed sports irrelevance, but also strangely its importance. It all began fatefully in smoke. Fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. At one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. The whole competition was in doubt. But the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win her first, were the lucky ones. Things wouldnt be so normalfor long. Las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it would host a fighter whos anything but ordinary. Tyson fury. Tyson fury he was in town for a heavyweight title rematch. In the first fight, he and Deontay Wilder couldnt be separate
They call it the greatest show on earth. Take your marks for tokyo 2020. That was the sporting year that wasnt. A calendar with a line through it. 2020 showed sports irrelevance, but also strangely its importance. It all began fatefully in smoke. Fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. At one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. The whole competition was in doubt. But the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win her first, were the lucky ones. Things wouldnt be so normalfor long. Las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it would host a fighter whos anything but ordinary. Tyson fury. Tyson fury he was in town for a heavyweight title rematch. In the first fight, he and Deontay Wilder couldnt be separated. Before the second, they had to be separated. This fight didnt need pushing, the world was already watching. I thin
And lows of the year in sport. Weve got so much to look forward to in 2020. Europes festival of football begins. Welcome to euro 2020. Its that time of year again, and theres a real buzz around this wimbledon. They call it the greatest show on earth. Take your marks for tokyo 2020. That was the sporting year that wasnt. A calendar with a line through it. 2020 showed sports irrelevance, but also strangely its importance. It all began fatefully in smoke. Fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. At one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. The whole competition was in doubt. But the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw Novak Djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win her first, were the lucky ones. Things wouldnt be so normalfor long. Las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it would host a fighter whos anything but ordinary. Tyson fury. Tyson fury he was in town f