Light the cauldron. Live from copacabana beach, nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from copacabana beach, the picturesque ocean front skyline ablaze in lights as this city, this country this, continent lighting the olympic torch began. A lot has happened from this country, in a zika pandemic. It starts just a few miles in from us, at the maracana stadium where the olympic opening ceremonies are taking place. Stephanie gosk, good evening. Reporter im standing in front of the russian teammates, they are among the more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries that are getting ready to march into maracana stadium. Tonight it will be on display like never before. For rio, it all comes down to this. Nearly seven years after winning the bid tonight their olympics kick off. Welcome to rio. Reporter this week, the first sneak peek of what the Opening Ceremony is going to look lik
Email server as early as today as the attorney general apologizes for meeting with bill clinton earlier this week. Were live outside the clintons d. C. Home. And olympic drama. The worlds fastest man, usain bolt, tearing his hamstring, pulling out of jamaicas track and field trials. Will he compete at the summer games . At the u. S. Olympic trials, Michael Phelps and ryan lochte face off for the last time ever on american soil. This is where the separation will come. Just about dead even. The race to the finish as both swimmers begin counting down to rio today, saturday, july 2, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside stephanie ruhls, jeff rossen in this morning. Can you feel it . You hear that olympic music. It makes me want to go for a run or jump into a pool. Or go for a swim like ryan lochte and Michael Phelps. It was a real nailbiter. We have the res
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Light the cauldron. Live from copacabana beach, nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening, from copacabana beach, the picturesque ocean front skyline ablaze in lights as this city, this country this, lighting the olympic torch began. A lot has happened from this country, in a zika pandemic. It starts just a few miles in from us, at the maracana stadium where the olympic opening ceremonies are standing in front of the russian teammates, they are among the more than 11,000 athletes from 207 countries that are getting ready to march into maracana stadium. Tonight it will be on display like never before. For rio, it all comes down to this. Nearly seven years after winning the welcome to rio. Reporter this week, the first sneak peek of what the Opening Ceremony is going to look like. From leaked photos of a dress rehearsal. The goal is to recreate that gold on unforgettable moment.
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