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Well its going to be a terrific school year and a welcome back to my students and their family eric gordon optimistic about the start of classes today. Also looking forward to a bright new school year. But behind the scenes trouble was brug. The teach bruing brewing. The Teachers Union is planning to strike. On monday night news was made the district and the Teachers Union have been they are working under a deal that expired on july 1st. The Teacher Union so frustrated saying they are going to go on stwriek may go on strike may gon strike within ten days. May go on strike. Families can prepare...

good to have you back. >> good to be back with the team. good morning. big day for track and field. usain bolt races the 200 after defending his gold on sunday. lolo jones as well. we'll have a preview just ahead. >> all right. another remarkable olympian, the first african-american woman to win a gold medal. she did it here in london back in 1948. >> the royals have been front and center these games cheering on team gb. which royal would american athletes like to share a spot of tea with. we asked, they answered. >> we'll get to that. but first let's say hello again to bruce jenner....

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from olympic park with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from olympic park in london, england. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning and welcome to "today" from london a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. unfortunately savannah was getting a man iri and pedi whene u.s. soccer team advanced to the final. it was unbelievable. double overtime. winning with just about a minute to go, maybe a little bit less. ...

He seems on his game. his body fat right now, by the way, is down to 3%. he's lost 25 pounds. he is skinny and powerful and ready to rocks. >> allan abrahamson with msnbc.com. thanks for joining us. >> no problem. thank you. we're tipping our hats to the canadians that we know and love. rick moranis who taught us the term "yea" and in the movie "strange brew." and then he not only shrank the kids, he later blew them up. rick moranis, one of canada's finest, we salute you. and we've got olympic hockey action on msnbc today. we begin at 3:00 p.m. eastern

one year ago today. the administration argues it's been taxpayer money well spent, with 2 million jobs created or saved. and they point to economists to note that the country would be even in worse shape had it not been for the stimulus. the stimulus continues to climb from 8.2% a year ago, to 9.7% of. in the past year, nearly 4 million jobs have been slashed. republicans argue we have not gotten the bang for our buck. john is live at the white house. john, i want to start with the biggest challenge the white house has. t"the new york times"/cbs poll, has created job, 6%. will create...