well mr red head of the measuring of the twenty four team thought she olympics one thing you didn't mention as well that is going to rush to formula one now you seem very spoiled for choice as well now after formula one the olympics and the world cup coming here but the experience that's going from those to the before we won on the olympics coming before the world cup can only serve to help the preparations that will be put in place over the next eight years to make sure that those finals are the best finals that russia could put forward and one of the main statements has been made in the build up to the decision to choose russia for the finals as peter said that they wanted to have a tournament that would be remembered for generations to come now that's now up to russia to put that in place now they've said that they can do it it's out there to try and do it but the reaction has been from a political level this is really touched the hearts and minds of of people here in russia where i'm still right now it's just in front of the stadium in moscow where the final will take place in eight yea

mr. potato head. >> as the team the red sox are very much interested in fi philanthro philanthropy, i know you haveulations. >> i have to ask a baseball question. i have a nephew who i think is your biggest fan. he has a lot of competition for that. he wants to know what's the most memorable no-hitter you have ever caught. he told me to ask it just that what i. >> i think it was the first one, it was really surreal. all you can hear is different players who have gone through it in your ear. >> we have got a rangers fan, a yankees fan. >> a yankees fan who doesn't want to get hit. >> that's all right, we have got something for meredith since he wasn't here. >> there you go, meredith, that's coming home to you. >> thank you so much for having us. >> happy holidays, we appreciate it. >> good luck this season. >>> we have much more ahead on a monday morning, but first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] safeway talks the main course. mmm. you smell that? yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ male announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients f