Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting team usa, the guy standing down he flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to show you the epic surprise in a little bit. We love this guy, huh . Yeah,
Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, a guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting team usa, the guy standing down he flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to show you the epic surprise in a little bit. W
Copacabana beach today, wednesday, august 17th, 2016. Dont know if ive seen him do quite that good ever and that may there and then have been the gold medal jump. That one just about perfect announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special splitedition of today. [ cheers and applause ] hoda, were here to covering the olympics, so its all about the athletes. Were going to be talking about a lot of medalists this morning, but with we could give out an olympic gold medal for sportsmanship and supporting team usa, the guy standing down on the deck, get it this morning. He flew all the way from los angeles here to surprise the final five. Hes been watching simone biles tweet. He was keeping up with all of it. He said, what am i doing at home . He got on a plane. There was a lot of cloak and dagger. Were going to
Phone lines are open. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Pts, 2027488002. Very good monday morning to you. We begin with a few headlines stemming from the National Anthem protest. Heres yesterdays daily news out of new york, flagged. Niners quarterback wont stand for anthem in country that oppresses black people. And to todays sports section in the washington post, kaepernick says hell continue to sit during the National Anthem, defiant and determined, E Associated Press writes, San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick plans to sit through the National Anthem for as long as he feels is appropriate and until he sees significant progress in america, specifically when it comes to race relations. Yesterday Colin Kaepernick talked more about his protest. Heres some of that interview. Theres a lot of things that need to change. One specifically, Police Brutality. Theres people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. Cops are getting paid leave for killing peopl
156 your old men died in Marion County when a tree fell on the tent he was sleeping and during the storm. We just saw a massive alligator in the river. Its not something normally see, asking people to be vigilant though it may appear to be safe. The first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. Pounding floridas gold coast with heavy rain and high wind. This is one of the worst that we time. The hardhit island official say a storm surge of their has devastated the community. The majority of the businesses down there, they dont have the water comes through the back door, out the front. Officials across impacted area, telling people today stay indoors and off the roads. The flooded areas, keep out of play in the water there could be power lines in the water, there could be snakes in this area there could even be alligators. The storm has across florida toward georgia and the carolinas people being encouraged to get ready. Being over prepared, underwhelmed when it comes to the storm. Want e