Possibly do to top that . Well ask him in his first live interview since that remarkable stunt. Defending the decision. The president of the International Olympic committee explains why he did not ban all russian athletes from the games. You cannot punish a human being for the failure of his or her government. As more members of team usa arrive in rio and the countdown is on for the games to begin, today, tuesday, august 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Beautiful shots of rio. Matt has made his way to the boardwalk just off copacabana beach. Fridays Opening Ceremony just three short days away. I see you with the jacket there. We have to remember, this is winter in rio. It is winter. Were dead in the middle of winter. Temperatures during the da
We have olympics coming up. When are you going to rio . Leaving saturday. We start monday doing the shows. Everything from what matt and hoda were showing looks great. Hoda has your drink ready. At the end of our 8 00 hour, hoda didnt know we were on. Its 9 30 down there. Going to be a long day for wheres the song . A little lauryn hill. Shes so good. I thought she would put out a new album. I love her. Her and Missy Elliott. Have you seen the commercial with Missy Elliott and alec baldwin . Her video she has that and do todays take as a puppet show. We all have bobbleheads. We want to start with incredible news this morning. Part of our extended family, ellie kemper, our dear friend and her husband, michael, welcomed their first baby. Congratulations. Ellie was here a month or so ago. She was already to go. I interviewed her. We talked about shopping for baby clothes and that stuff. Shes going to be an mom. We dont have information yet. I texted her. I suspect shes busy at the moment.
Possibly do to top that . Well ask him in his first live interview since that remarkable stunt. Defending the decision. The president of the International Olympic committee explains why he did not ban all russian athletes from the games. You cannot punish a human being for the failure of his or her government. As more members of team usa arrive in rio and the countdown is on for the games to begin, today, tuesday, august 2nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today countdown to rio with matt lauer live from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and savannah guthrie, live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Beautiful shots of rio. Boardwalk just off copacabana beach. Fridays Opening Ceremony just three short days away. I see you with the jacket there. We have to remember, this is winter in rio. It is winter. Were dead in the middle of winter. Temperatures during the day can get up into the 80s whe
H he place ed himself at the scene of the crime. Reporter twists and turns from 40 years, now theres another. There was nothing connecting him to that crime. Was the wrong man sent to prison . Who killed Martha Moxley. We know who killed martha. We have proved it. It was a very intense case. Its a throw down now. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Is it hard for you to fathom that 40 years after the murder of your sister, theres still legal issues surrounding this case. 41 years is a long time and i cant tell you how many times we have been in the courtroom and its mind boggling in a lot of ways. Every time theres a legal twist or turn, what does it do to your peace of mind . I dont know that there are legal uncertainties, we have proved it and he was convicted and he was sent the jail. But the case has been turned upside down. The man convicted of killing 15yearold martha is out of prison. Michael skakels conviction has been set aside and judges are got to decide whether he gets to