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ted koppel, harry smith, lester holt will be part of it tonight. other things, an interview with madonna who is among the many artists who made their tv splash on dick clark's "american bandstand." we hope to see you, of course, back here tomorrow evening. for all of us here, good night. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. a life changing event followed immediately by a lesson in politics. new citizens being recruited by republicans and democrats. and with the presidential election on the horizon, the competition is fierce. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us from oakland. jodi, all is fair in politics but these recruiters crossing the line here. >> reporter: well, they seem to be acting pretty

ted koppel, larry smith, lester holt will be part of it.er things, an interview with madonna who is among the many artists who made their tv splash on dick clark's "american bandstand." we hope to see you back here,ac

ted koppel. u can see more of ted's report on "rock center with brian williams" tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central time. always good to have you here. >> i'm glad to be here. >> turning now to the olympics. as we mentioned today marks 100 days until the opening ceremony in london. we've got our countdown clock up and running and there's a live look at olympic stadium where the host country is gearing up to welcome the world's best athletes. in london this morning, they're saying it with flowers, only 100 days to go before the games finally come to town. >> london will be ready. on time. and on budget. ready to welcome the greatest sporting events on the planet. >> reporter: more than 200 countries will compete. 15,000 athletes. 9 million tickets, largely sold. the main olympic stadium in more than 30 venues throughout the united kingdom are all but ready. among them, iconic new and venerable old buildings. still to come, some temporary structures like the beach volleyball arena. just a stone's throw fr

tomorrow, ted koppel joins us.eague tamron hall joins us. >>> are the gas prices we're witnessing real or artificial? president obama announces new steps to crack down on oil market manipulation, is that the real reason we see these spikes with the gas prices? the daily beast will join me live. plus, take a look at this. what a sight. space shuttle "discovery" takes its final journey into retirement over the nation's capitol. we'll have information on that. and an emergency room nurse, nurse jackie and her hugely popular show but that's not where life ends for her. she is about overcoming breast cancer and reaching out to other women. with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more inves

as ted koppel says in his foreword, we gave american television viewers a week of the need to know, not necessarily what they would have selected for themselves that there is was a gun. we have sources of news today, but they've largely billowing provide a common starting point for our national dialogue. very fortunate to have barry dunsmoore here with us today. he has an illustrious and long background. i have provided his background for you to be read. i would think you want to hear him rather than me, but let me just say that he covered foreign affairs for abc news for 30 years of reporting from washington and abroad of the policies of seven u.s. presidents from lyndon johnson to bill clinton. he traveled with the mall overseas and was a regular on planes and their secretaries of state for 96 -- to 95, more than 100 countries are virtually every major international event from worst to seventh to have some instead diplomatic shuttles. as i said to him on the phone call to international affairs jerky up with very envious of the people he is best or is he has covered and witnessed . aft