UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The International Olympic committee has the honor of announcing that the games of the 32nd Olympiad in 2020 awarded to the city of Tokyo.</s>LEMON: All right. I think they're happy there? That's the announcement just moments ago. And that was the reaction by the International Olympic Committee, the president announced that Tokyo will host the 2020 summer games. It's a huge win for Tokyo. The city overcame competing bids by runner up Istanbul and third place finisher, Madrid. Let's go live straight to the winning city for reaction. Paula Hancocks, standing by for us, in Tokyo. Lots of excitement there, Paula.</s>PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Don, you know, you would not believe</s>LEMON: Very interesting. They have lots of mass transportation to be able to help the people get to and fro. Paula Hancocks, again, thank you very much. Last time Tokyo hosted the games back in 1964. The games will be in Tokyo in 2020. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Don Lemon here in New York. At the top of the hour make sure you come back to us here. The videos of that sarin gas attack in Syria that the White House is showing members of Congress to convince them of air strikes against Syria must happen. Our chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper is going to join us live. In the meantime, we're going go leave you for a little bit. We're going to CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta for a live report for you.
Tokyo Picked As Host City To 2020 Summer Olympics