So what could luke aikens 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.
Lots of clouds and there will be some showers around so not perfect at 8 oclock, 75, by 10 oclock, 71 degrees but there is some heavy rain that will be moving in after the fireworks are over and this heavy rain moving in after midnight so the National Weather service has posted a Flash Flood Watch for entire viewing area from midnight until 10 oclock tomorrow morning. Some of the rain could be heavy enough to cause some localized flooding. This is what to expect. An overnight soaker and then middle of the week through the weekend were looking at a heat wave and this could be a tough one with a heat index near 100. Ill talk about the specifics in the full accuweather forecast. Walter. Does it always rain or july 4th . Seems like it happens all the time. Thank you cecily. This Holiday Weekend is certainly a big one for people to hit the jersey shore. Action cam on the scene in Sea Isle City this morning where some budding athletes. Kids ages three through 13 competed in a string of event
To stay up to date youll be able to forecast and see on the latest radar images. For the second time months, a denver the hospital after being shot on the job. The latest officer involved shooting happened yesterday afternoon in the highlands. Officer rachel eid was going after burglary suspects in the highlands. At last check the officer was in fair condition at denver health. One of the suspect killed after a short chase. Officer rachel eid joined Denver Police in 2014 after leaving another department. Shes often featured in the dpds youtube videos. Chief robert white says she has an outstanding work record. A verdict could come down today in the case against dynel lane the woman who attacked an expecting mother. Jurors will return to the Boulder County courthouse at nine this morning to start their deliberations again. Theyve talked through the evidence and witness testimoney for 6 hours already. Lane is on trial for attempted first degree murder. The pregnant woman, Michelle Wilkin
Castle county and salem county new jersey and little bit in delco and Camden County up to the north around allentown to the south around the delaware beaches you had rain and theres more to come on and off throughout not only today but the rest of the week. Really, 48 right now with 8 mile an hour winds out of east, northeast. Sunrise submitted before 6 this morning. Visibility not great in a lot of places. Two miles in millville. Mile in Atlantic City. Reduced visibility in wilmington. Lancaster, trenton, allentown, mount pocono. My earring just fell off. How does that happen. Temperatures in the 40s to the north of us and the south of us and its 51 degrees in dover, delaware. 48 as you saw is our current temperatures in philadelphia. Not much of a win. What we have is blowing out of the east, knowledge east which means it will keep us cloudy. At least with the early pat of the day. And we could see sunshine break through in the afternoon and its so humid that if we get to the 70 degr
Could this shark be standing in the way of you getting back to the future . And we do say good morning, america and from here in new york we can feel the excitement in the air in washington. Big crowds out to see the pope this morning, and, george, youre smack dab in the middle of it all. Right here on the south lawn. The kr0uds have been gathering for hours. Everyone excited, everyone smiling. Ready to greet pope francis. About 20,000 will be here when president obama greets him in about two hours from now and already there have been such memorable images on this trip. Yesterday the pope touching down around 4 00 p. M. On shepherd one, his plane and going down those steps to set foot on u. S. Soil for the first time in his life. The popes never been to america before. He was greeted, of course, by president obama who brought the whole family with him to Andrews Air Force base and four Young Children chosen from Catholic Schools here in washington, d. C. Presented the pope with flowers