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The time and has never been penalized for it in his career. this time he was and it turned into one of the most controversial endings to a tennis match we have ever seen. at fleshing meadows, andy scholes, cnn. kristin brennan is joining us, she is also a sports columnist for usa today. kristin, thank you for talking to us. everyone knew it was a historic match no matter how it ended, but no one knew quite how historic and what would happen. it was epic. i want to get your thoughts on how it went down. when they are in the heat of the battle, natalie, all the players, we have seen it in every sport, obviously things can be said, emotions run high, people get hot and certain lisa rena was not happy and we know that. i think it s the job of the chair umpire at that moment to take a deep breath and to say, what is at stake here? and it s the grand slam final. it s serena williams going for ....
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m savannah gurthrie. and i m matt lauer. i d pay to watch. i like the free debates. it ll be fun. withless than 50 days to go to the election, mitt romney s ramping up his campaign schedule. he s hoping to turn the page on the controversy over his leaked remarks that nearly half of americans see themselves as victims. it s the latest in a series of stumbles that have one influential columnist using the word incompetent to describe the romney campaign. we re going to get reaction from the governor s camp straight ahead. also ahead, will a former green beret convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and daughters more than 30 years ago get a new trial? his story was made famous in fatal vision. today the author of that could testify at a key hearing in this case. we re going to be there live. then a very interesting legal battle. one mother s emotiona ....
tweet. and it was offensive. not even borderline. we ll tell you more about that straight ahead. but fortunately, the excitement still goes on. there is so much to look forward to. we now know who is going to carry the usa flag at the opening ceremony. that s right. yesterday i got schooled in fencing by two-time gold medal winner marial zagunis. she s going to be the flag bearer. she tweeted that she is speechless, excited beyond belief. that s a good tweet. she thought fencing with you was exciting. top that one off. also this morning, the royals have been out and about already this morning. spending time actually training britain s next generation of athletes. we ll have more on that coming up. but let s get right to the news of the day here from london as the games and countdown continues. nbc he s michelle kosinski is here in london as well. michelle, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. that s right, the games have begun. in order to fit ....
special edition of today, countdown to the olympic games with matt law are and savannah guthrie. we enjoyed our time so much at the tower of london that we decided, hey, why not hang out one more day. it s beautiful here. the weather, by the way, cooperating again. still now 36 hours away but, wow, what about the controversy and drama already at these games. they re not even under way. first of all, you ve got that mix up with the north korean and south korean, if you re going to make a mistake, that is not the mistake to make. then a greek triple jumper has already been dismissed from her team after she sent an offensive sweet. we ll tell you more about that straight ahead. fortunately the excitement still goes on. there s so much to look forward to. we now know who is going to carry the usa flag at the opening ceremony. that s right. yesterday i got schooled in fencing by two-time gold medal winner mariel zagunis. she tweeted she s speechless, excited beyond ....
and good morning, everyone. it seems like every, single night we get brand-new details on this operation, the takedown of osama bin laden. it turns out the firefight was a lot less intense than first described. and also this morning, the pakistanis may blow up the bin laden compound. they don t want it to be any kind of a shrine. there s a tug-of-war going on between the pakistanis and the americans over bin laden s wife and daughter. the americans are asking for access. and people asking the photos to be released, and the white house not releasing the photos, stirring up controversy. jake tapper has more on that. and he joins us from ground zero where the president will be later today. good morning, jake. reporter: good morning, robin. that s right. president obama will be here later today. he will lay a wreath at the survivors tree, which is a pear tree that survived the 9/11 attack. and he will also nearby meet with families of the strike times of 9/11. this is t ....