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so what could luke aikens 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
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
we have olympics coming up. when are you going to rio? leaving saturday. we start monday doing the shows. everything from what matt and hoda were showing looks great. hoda has your drink ready. at the end of our 8:00 hour, hoda didn t know we were on. it s 9:30 down there. going to be a long day for where s the song? a little lauryn hill. she s so good. i thought she would put out a new album. i love her. her and missy elliott. have you seen the commercial with missy elliott and alec baldwin? her video she has that and do today s take as a puppet show. we all have bobbleheads. we want to start with incredible news this morning. part of our extended family, ellie kemper, our dear friend and her husband, michael, welcomed their first baby. congratulations. ellie was here a month or so ago. she was already to go. i interviewed her. we talked about shopping for baby clothes and that stuff. she s going to be an mom. we don t have information yet. i texted
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