nbc michelle kaczynski reports. >> checking bags, guarding athletes and now being done by soldiers andolice scrambled from around the uk because a security company g4s the world's third largest employer cannot meet its target. it admits having half the guards ready. at a cycling event tuesday where 300 were needed, the company turned up 38. british lawmakers let the ceo have it. >> a fiasco and a shambles. >> it's a humiliating shambles, isn't it? >> it's not where we want to be, that is certain. >> it's a humiliating shamble to the company, yes or no? >> i cannot disagree with you. >> reporter: ceo nick buckle said he only learned july 3rd that they will fall well short. what happened? >> it was incredibly logistically challenging. >> reporter: in june, a memo talked about a system called "just in time phasing" saying it would have been an advantage to have everyone trained months in advance, but that was neither practical nor cost effective. many people want to look at the olympics went through interviews and training and didn't hear back for months. it is reassuring to many that the

>> michelle kaczynski in london for us. thank you. >> now to the texas graduate student attacked by chimps in south africa. today he's being moved to a new hospital in johannesburg. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, willie. andrew oberle is being checked into a new facility here in johannesburg this morning, a bigger hospital in a bigger city, one with an american consulate and perhaps a little more support for andrew and for his parents. still sedated andrew left the hospital where he's been treated for the last week. he was driven to an airfield to be flown to johannesburg, a step closer to home and perhaps a step closer to the recovery the doctors are hopeful he can make. >> we wish him a very speedy recovery and to his parents as well. >> he's being taken to one of the most highly regarded hospitals, where nelson mandela was treated. he was being treated for injuries head to toe. he's thought to have enraged the chimps when stepping beyond a warning fence. the director had to fire a hand gun at nicky. he's

michelle kaczynski is at olympic park with that. hi, michelle. >> reporter: hi.emony, women's games in scotland and whales, giving the us first win. olympics. in london, tens of thousands streamed into olympic stadium for another rehearsal of opening ceremonies. >> it is lovely. >> reporter: one newspaper said trying to pull details out of the sworn to secrecy attendees was like the lost city of atlantis. the torch was carried at one point by a 100-year-old, diana gould. and at one point, charles and camilla. athletes keep coming to the capital. women's soccer revved up in scotland and whales. a u.s. victory over france. the first national team ever also managed to win. but the north korean team, outraged they were introduced with a giant south korean flag. they returned when the correct flag was shown and they won. for a few athletes, olympic dreams ended before touching their fields of play. a top medal contender suspended from the games after allegedly testing positive for diuretic earlier this month. she could be banned for life. and a greek runner was kicked

just ahead a live michelle kaczynski, thank you. >>> good morning, breaking news at 8:26.le. you can see firefighters still dousing the flames with water right now. it looks like part of that fire is under control. here's what it looked like a little while ago, though. investigators tell us that crews rescued eight people from inside the building. no one else is inside right now and, fortunately, they say, no one was hurt. we do have a news 4 crew on the scene. look for the very latest on look for the very latest on "news 4 it's the perfect match for the perfect moment -- oreo the dunkin' way. introducing the new oreo coffee coolatta and new oreo vanilla bean coolatta. taste the fun today. america runs on dunkin'. hurry in to dunkin' and try the new oreo coolatta and donuts today. >>> good morning. cloudy and comfortable now. still not very humid. temperatures in the low and mid-70s and an isolated sprinkle this morning or this evening and then over the weekend, hot and humid. afternoon storms are likely. how's traffic now. >> serious accident slowing you down 66 westbound