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
Behind a long path of destruction. Gusty winds knocked downi rees and power lines. Some 80,000 customers lost power ring the storm and this morning, Cindy Hubbard and thousands of contomers id not have electricity. Its a little rough but, you know, you get through it. Its a little hot at night. See what you can do. You open your windows and try and keep cool. Im fine, i have a gas stove, so weve been able to boil water d heat things up and cook but we a threw out everything in the idge this morning. Reporter crews were on standby overnight to help restore power today. While crews worked on overheadlinewh pseg ong island helped customers by setting up a cell phone charging station at their office. They handed out bottled water and bags of ice. Longtime customers like nick are still outraged that service has been interrupted for so long. Ive been here for 42 years, i bought my house new, and never did i have this many hours out with eightminute storm that created this. Reporter i just go
Administration defend the respon to the unfoldi hunitariri crisis in puerto ri. Ne d dayafter r rricane mia dedestrod mu of f thslslands evererstructure, many ofhehe 3. 5 milllln residents remain without elecicicity d arare desperate for fresh water, food, and otr supplies. We will go to san juan f a an updatete fromhe cent for instigativ journalists. Th sayhe death toll is higherhan the goverent reports. Thenen wwill s snd the rt of thhour witmichael ore, the academy awawwinninfilmmake hindfahrenheit 11 and bowlingor columne. He is on broadway in h his theatricical debut in a play called the terms of my surrender. Basically, none of us are going to surrender. The actual terms are pretty extensive. It is not just getting rid of trump. We have to take a look at how we got trump. He did not just fall out of the sky. He is the end result of the decades of both dumbing down the country but also the widening gap between those with wealth and those who work to provide the wealth for those wh