Raw video of NBC's Today Show host, Matt Lauer talking to the crowd, joking, getting emotional, and having a blast with people before getting the flame from journalism student Alwena Shirley from BCIT in Burnaby.
@rtayl If there were other countries involved, great. But all the news reports identified only Americans. Why? How many Canadians ran the torch in any of the US Olympics? My comment wasn't nasty, just a question. As to it being the Olympics, not the Canadian Olympics, well every Canadian including me will be paying for this for years, so yes it is "the Canadian Olympics". Also, as things go wrong, the world is calling it "the Canadian Olympics". It's "the Canadian Olympics".
@Canadianalways - Why single out Americans? The woman who passed the torch could be from the Philippines - should she be excluded too? In case you haven't notices it's not the Canada games, but the Olympics
@rtayl If there were other countries involved, great. But all the news reports identified only Americans. Why? How many Canadians ran the torch in any of the US Olympics? My comment wasn't nasty, just a question. As to it being the Olympics, not the Canadian Olympics, well every Canadian including me will be paying for this for years, so yes it is "the Canadian Olympics". Also, as things go wrong, the world is calling it "the Canadian Olympics". It's "the Canadian Olympics".
Canadianalways 1 year ago
@Canadianalways - Why single out Americans? The woman who passed the torch could be from the Philippines - should she be excluded too? In case you haven't notices it's not the Canada games, but the Olympics
rtayl 1 year ago
Why single out Americans? That other girl could be from the Phillipines. Should we exclude her too?
rtayl 1 year ago
Nice guy for sure eh! But why are are Americans involved?
Canadianalways 2 years ago
Yeah - seems genuine... very nice for the BCIT student - thrilling!
echoviddemo 2 years ago
Awesome. He has so much energy and seems so nice.
emfanti 2 years ago