possibly do to top that? we ll 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. friday s 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. we re dead in the middle of win
possibly do to top that? we ll 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. friday s 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. we re dead in the middle of winter. temperatures during the
possibly do to top that? we ll 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. friday s 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. we re dead in the middle of winter. temperatures during the
let s welcome our guests. her name has too many vowels to not be italian. madison gesiotto. he s happy to be here, and that his parents didn t name him michael. comedian and david angelo. he was born to be a republican, i mean, his name is rich. rich lowry. and his book is called follow that car. sitting right next to me, comedian jimmy failla. okay, let s start the show. the leaks are real. the news is fake. i m getting that tattooed on my thigh. on thursday in his first solo press conference, president trump addressed the damaging leaks information about his administration. are these fake news or real news question works because leaks are absolutely real, the news is fake. tom: earlier in the day, the president had tweeted it later, he talked about how he would root out those wretches. i ve gone to all of the folks in charge of the agencies and i ve actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. tom: his eagerness to
people that can t get to us. stay on the line. what we also initiated last night is a voice activated system that notifies people if they call 911, their call is being processed. that s significant that citizens were experiencing a constant ring. our system has not been down. stay on the line. we are encouraging citizens, if they have received calls from relatives, if they have contacted 911 previously, do not follow up on that. do not test 911. we are experiencing a bundle of calls. we have a grasp on that. we are encouraging people, if they need 911, stay on the line and we will process that call. status reports, what should people call for and not call for? extreme emergencies, life-threatening situations. a status report is not life threatening. okay? we discourage those types of calls. we really want to keep those lines open for life-threatening situations. do not follow up with it. we are receiving all messages from around the region. we are processing them and putt