Hoping for a trip to the podium. Youve got a lot to get there. And believe in yourself that i can do it. And youre going to do it. And then potential olympians of the future. Young kids and extreme sports. To the parents who say youre too young to be doing this, what would you say . Plus you the olympic ideal from winning the gold one way to the british runner who wouldnt give up even after tearing a hamstring. Terry smiths looks at the games. And weve got another great group assembled around our table. Well talk politics in a moment. Lets start with roundup of olympic action. Team usa got its first gold right out of the gate, 19yearold Ginny Thrasher making it look easy in the air rifle. This is the first u. S. Gold in that competition since 2000. The american Mens Basketball Team trumps china blowing them out by a score of 11962. Kevin durant leading the way with 25 points. The womens soccer team is moving on to the quarterfinals after beating france 1nil. Carli lloyd had the america
Special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer live from rio de janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to a split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games and i will be honest with you, im above. Youre nervous . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, do you know what, thats actually right. We are hosting the Opening Ceremony, what do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set up wonderful little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago, i was Walking Around talking to on copacabana beach and i walked up to this guy right here and i said, hey, love the tv, team u. S. A. , you got the simone b
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 split edition of today on a friday morning. Savannah, its great to see you. We have reached the final hours of our countdown to tonights Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games. And ill be honest with you, im excited, im nervous, im all of the above. Youre nervous . What . You dont have to do a back flip, do you . No, you know what, thats actually right. You know, we are hosting the Opening Ceremony. What do we have to be nervous about . Were not competing in the Olympic Games. I have to tell you, savannah, youve been to the olympics, you know sometimes in the morning when the crowd gathers here at an olympic set, you have wonderful, little moments, unexpected moments. I had one of those a second ago. I was Walking Around talking to some of the people who are here on copacabana beach, and i walked up to this guy right
A trip to the podium. What you have to do is be competent and believe in yourself that i can do it and youre going to do it. Then some potential olympians of the future, young kids and extreme sports. To the parents who say youre too young to be doing this, what would you say . Ill beat you to the top. Plus the olympic idea from kerry strug winning on one leg and the british runner that wouldnt give up after tearing a ham stranstring hamstring. Enduring cultural moments. We got another great group assembled around the table. Well talk politics but lets start with the roundup of the olympic action from the first full day in rio. Team usa got it. 19yearold Jenny Thrasher making it look easy. This is the first u. S. Gold in that competition since the year 2000. The american Mens Basketball Team trumped china 11962 kevin durant leading the way. The womens soccer team won 1nil. Tennis super star Venus Williams out. The australians too much for the pool. Australia taking home the gold medal
Honeybee by mr. Blake shelton. And we have the air cranked up because he broke into a sweat out there. He said hes hot. He said he didnt show up to watch gwen play because it was so hot, in a heat wave. But today it was what, 80s, and he was drenched. So, weve cranked the air up for him. Got the air going. Paper towels . Lets work it out. Work it out. Okay. If you go into a public restroom. Yeah . Theyve got these electronic hand sensors. That dispenses the towels. Have we gotten that lazy that we cant reach in and pull the paper towels . The ones here, first of all, they come out at about a mile per hour and then dispense a little piece like that. Yeah. So, now youre trying to, like if theyre even working, or the battery goes out. They are worthless well, its because when people when you have the ones that you pull out on your own, people pull out multiple, ends up littering the floor. So, its more about controlling the environment of it. I like the new, the super strong dyson one whe