100-round ammunition clip to kill and wound as many people as he possibly can, our government believes that we should do nothing. are the media inflaming the issue? plus, with the london olympics underway, nbc news pulls out the stops to promote the network s coverage of the games. back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us, with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening ceremony is this promotion in the guise of news? we ll talk about that and more with veteran sports writer frank deford. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it s becoming standard practice for a presidential candidate to buttress his dippic credentials by meeting with world leaders when candidate obama did it in 2008, all three network anchors flew overseas to interview him. [ applause ] i ll be reporting next week from the middle east. we ll have the first one-on-one interview with senator obama. the coverage of mitt romney s visit to britain, pol