an american shattered the record for the longest tennis match in history. ten grueling hours, 118 games in the fifth set alone, and at wimbledon it s not over yet, today, thursday, june 24th, wimbledon it s not over yet, today, thursday, june 24th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. confirmation of army general david petraeus as the new top commander in afghanistan is expected to come pretty quickly, after president obama accepted the resignation of general stanley mcchrystal during that brief meeting at the white house on wednesday. general petraeus is credited with turning around the war in iraq, and now president obama is banking on the fact that he can do the same thing in afghanistan. how are u.s. troops on the ground there reacting to shake-up in leadership? and does the man who wrote the rolling stone article that led to mcchrystal s firing, how does h
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. confirmation of army general david petraeus as the new top commander in afghanistan is expected to come pretty quickly, after president obama accepted the resignation of general stanley mcchrystal during that brief meeting at the white house on wednesday. general petraeus is credited with turning around the war in iraq, and now president obama is banking on the fact that he can do the same thing in afghanistan. how are u.s. troops on the ground there reacting to shake-up in leadership? and does the man who wrote the rolling stone article that led to mcchrystal s firing, how does he feel about it all? we ll ask him when he joins us live from kabul straight ahead. also friday, tomorrow, marks the one-year anniversary of farrah fawcett s death. this morning we will look back at her courageous battle against cancer and talk to her longt