some of the comments, they have reacted on the surprised expressions on the trainers. julian michaels and bob harper went to twitter to which michael replied on behalf of both of them, bob and i want to take a moment to congratulate all the contestants for their hard work. michael s tweet he we are not comfortable commenting on rachael s journey because what he weren t her trainers. any questions should be directed to the show s producers. so at this point they say they do support all of the contestants. we ll have to wait and see. bill: i think she looks great. martha: she he she feels energetic and alive. we wish her well. bill: we are learning of
0 but officials are playing down all of these threats saying this is just the way of the world these days. terrorism and insecurity is a global phenomenon. we have seen that in london, rehave seen that in atlanta, we have seen that in boston. we have seen that in many places so it, initial you we all have to be aware of. we are reassured by the russian authorities. i think you will agree security here is pretty comprehensive and not too intrusive. so we are very happy that what was promised would be delivered. reporter: russian president put vladimir putin guaranteed a safe olympic games. first events already underway amid very tight security. first event of these olympics was the so board slope style. the u.s. snowboarding legend shaun white dropped out of that event yesterday because he said he was not happy with the safety of the course. a lot of spectators have traveled from the united states to see these games. they are very excited they are finally underway. i just came t
0 surrounding areas yesterday. lets talk about tomorrow. is it going to stay as cold? reporter: yeah, it s going to be cold. it s going to be in the teens across much of massachusetts and all the way up into the canadian border, we ll still see teens. what it means, a lot of snow will stick around. a big meltoff. stay and blocking corners. tough to see around the edges of different roads. still a dangerous scenario in that regard. dangerous temperatures, talking about windchills. that will be something to watch out for as well. still cold next couple of days. gretchen. molly, thanks so much. going now to international news, syrian peace talks getting off to a rocky start in geneva, reflecting bitter division in a civil war leaving 130,000 dead so far forcing millions from their homes. meantime united states and russia co-sponsors of these talks, they are very much at odds as well. further talks may be in with environmental actions, climate actions that may be coming from this whi
tributes are pouring in from some of hollywood s biggest names today, tuesday, some of hollywood s biggest names today, tuesday, september 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today tuesday morning, i m savannah guthrie in charlotte, north carolina. i m matt lauer in new york. savannah, republicans had their moment in the spotlight last week. starting today, down there in charlotte, the democrats will try to grab some of that spotlight for themselves. that s right. this convention is opening to a very close poll for the white house. tonight michelle obama s marquis speaker visited hall on monday and got a walkthrough. the president arrives tomorrow. former president bill clinton is set to address the 6,000 delegates. much more here straight ahead. also, savannah, are you wasting your money if you go out and buy organic food. it cost as lot more, supposed to be better for you. according to a study that s apparently for
rent their house up and pack the kids and see the world. and at 5:00 a comic s take from the man called the new mr. las vegas. we start with this breaking story out of mexico. right now an explosion at a popular tourist hotel called the grand rivera rinse sees hotel in plaa del carmen mexico. that is just south of cancun. we ll bring you the latest on this breaking story as we get them. we re following another developing story. a british couple has arrived safely in kenya more than a year after being taken hostage by somalia pirates. the pirates released paul and rachel chandler earlier today. we re get new video of this couple now. david mackenzie is in nairobi. why were they released? reporter: finally, came down to one thing that was money. around $750,000, according to local elders of paid for the couple to be released after 388 days in captivity. by far the longest anyone in recent memory has been held by somalia pirates. they were taken from their yacht over a yea