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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead on "cnn newsroom," the olympic doping scandal involving a russian figure skating star finally gets a ruling. we are live in beijing with the details. kyiv prepares to host another world leader hoping to diffuse tensions between ukraine and russia. we're live from kyiv in eastern ukraine and in moscow. and a halftime show featuring the titans of west coast rap. we'll break down the best musical performances from super bowl lvi. ♪ ♪ it is a storm of emotions in beijing right now amid news that russian figure skater kamila valieva will be allowed to continue competing in the winter

olympics. the 15-year-old skater tested positive for a banned heart drug in december, bringing back memories of russia's past doping scandals. the court of arbitration for sport did not suspend her, though, saying she had limited time to mount a defense in the case, and that the delayed test result was not her fault. >> they emphasized there were serious issues of untimely notification of the results of the athlete's antidoping test performed in december 2021. that impinged on the athlete's ability to establish certain legal requirements for her benefit while such late notification was not her fault in the middle of the olympic games. >> the u.s. antidoping agency isn't happy with the ruling saying, quote, for the sixth consecutive olympic games, russia has hijacked the competition and stolen the

moment from clean athletes and the public. instead, it appears it will be months before these athletes will know the final outcome of their competition well after the moment and the eyes of the world have passed. valieva is set to compete in tuesday's singles skating short program where she is expected to win the gold, but cnn sports analyst christine brennan says this doping scandal is far from over. >> reporter: what this means is kind of, i guess, kicking the can down the road. in other words, a bigger, more important case will be coming in front of the court of arbitration for sport no time for it between now and the women's short program on tuesday night here in beijing. but that case will be about the merits of the case. they'll look at the testing sample, they'll look at why the delay, and it will look at everything. and that, anything can happen there. we've seen gold medals taken away from athletes for all kinds of doping violations. >> cnn's steven jiang joins me

from beijing. will russian skater valieva be allowed to continue? as a minor she is protected under anti-doping rules. what has been the reaction so far? >> reporter: rosemary, the reactions have been swift, but also somewhat mixed. you just mentioned the u.s. anti-doping agency's reaction. the u.s. olympic committee has also reacted expressing their disappointment to this decision, saying how the olympic committee should be upholding the highest level of integrity, allowing athletes to compete on a level playing field, and this decision seems to be flying in the face of all that. but on china's closely monitored social media, there is a bit more cheering and support for valieva and her team. with many viewers or many users seem to be viewing the whole saga from a very geopolitical perspective, probably a sign of our time. but what needs to be stressed here is that decision is narrowly focused.

it is only addressing a very technical procedural issue. it does not address whether or not valieva has committed a doping offense, and also it's not addressing the issue of what's going to happen to the russian's gold medal from the team event last monday one day before this positive test result returned. now, as you mentioned, age is certainly a key factor here with the arbitrators mentioning her being a minor. they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt, showing her more sympathy. they also appear to be siding with the russians in some of their arguments, including how she has been testing negative since she arrived here in beijing as well as, of course, pointing to the length of time that sweden took to return this positive test result. now, all of this, of course, is resulting in a very unsatisfying situation for many parties, including the i.o.c., and they actually said they wanted to have all the issues settled once and for all. but they simply couldn't bring all the parties on board to make that happen. so now there are separate, more

thorough procedures going on to investigate, for example, the adults around valieva and their role in this and also to decide what is going to happen to the russians team event, gold medal. the i.o.c. acknowledged if valieva wins on tuesday, conceivably she could take home a medal, but that medal could be revoked if that separate process finds her guilty of doping at a later date. so with this decision really only one question answered, many others -- many other factors left hanging and also leaving many people quite upset about this, rosemary. >> they certainly are. steven jiang joining us with that. many thanks. stay with us for more on this story on world sport with patrick snell in about 30 minutes from now. and your super bowl champions are the los angeles rams, winning the title on their home turf in southern california. the rams beat the bengals 23 to 20 in a nail-biting close game. l.a. quarterback matthew stafford threw for three

touchdowns, including the game-winning pass in the final minutes to star wide receiver cooper kupp. but it was the rams' defense that ended it all. aaron donald brought down bengals quarterback joe burrow in the last minute. los angeles fans were elated. >> it was awesome, dude. i love the rams. i'm so happy that they won. >> oh, my god, we needed this. you know, the pandemic brought us down so bad. people wasn't even coming together. now we're together. we're happy and we can go on and still fight. thank you, rams. you know what, you guys work really hard. >> some very happy fans and the halftime show featured some of hip-hop's biggest stars, d dr. dre, eminem, mary j. blige, kendrick lamar, five emmy award-winning artists. it was designed to look like a house party and there was a surprise appearance. we'll have much more on that later in the show.

crowds filled the streets of l.a. after the game ended. police implored people to clear out and stop what they called violent and destructive behavior. well, germany's chancellor is headed to ukraine as much of europe tells its citizens to leave the country. olaf scholes will arrive in kyiv today for talks with president volodymyr zelensky. after that he's off to moscow aimed at warding off a russian invasion. u.s. officials warned an tack could happen any moment. russia has its neighbor surrounded and the white house says moscow's troop buildup is accelerating. >> we have good sources of intelligence and they're telling us that, you know, things are sort of building now to some sort of crescendo opportunity for mr. putin. >> cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have now been saying for sometime that we are in the window and an invasion could

begin, a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now. that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics. of course, it could take place after the end of the olympics, or it is still possible, we believe, that russia could choose the diplomatic path. but the way they have built up their forces, the way they have maneuvered things in place makes it a distinct possibility that there will be major military action very soon. >> the u.s. president spoke again with ukrainian president zelensky. the white house says mr. biden made clear that the u.s. would respond swiftly and decisively together with its allies and partners to any further russian aggression against ukraine. and the two leaders agreed on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to russia's military buildup along ukraine's borders. the u.s. is warning of new sanction and much of nato is sending weapons so ukraine can fight back. with 180 tons of u.s. ammunition

arriving over the weekend. but president biden says there is one thing the u.s. will not do if a russian invasion begins. >> what scenarios would you put american troops to rescue and get americans out? >> we're not. that's a world war. when americans and russians start shooting at one another, we're in a very different world than we've ever been in. >> cnn is covering this story from every angle. our fred pleitgen is standing by in moscow with the latest there. but let's start with cnn's sam kiley in ukraine near the russian border. good to see you, sam. so, 24 hours after speaking with president putin, mr. biden also talked with ukraine's leader, president zelensky. what more are you learning about that call and why zelensky asked mr. biden to visit his country when he knew that would not happen at this time? >> reporter: no, he knew it wouldn't happen, but he does like to have foreign visitors come down and see for themselves

just how divided his country is in terms of the invasion that was conducted by russian-backed rebels east of the country, carving off the donbas and crimea. that is something he likes to remind people and why the ukrainians are fairly sanguine at the moment, rosemary, about the prospect of a russian invasion. i am 50 miles, just 50 miles from inside russia where more than a division reportedly, according to the russian military defense and other analysis of russian troops, including huge amounts of armour, are building up. among those weapons are surface to surface missiles, tanks, mobile howitzers and invasion. people are fairly relaxed here, partly because there is an opportunity for diplomacy to advance itself somewhat. there's been hints coming from

the ukrainian ambassador in london that perhaps the future membership of ukraine to nato is something that they're prepared to perhaps shelf or dial back on. it is actually en shrined in the constitution. the government here in kyiv is saying that all paths to diplomacy are open. and in any case, the fact of the matter is that ukraine can't join nato any time soon whilst crimea is under russian occupation and donbas has rebels in it. same thing applies to georgia. you can't join nato if you're in an active territorial dispute, particularly one that involves weapons, rosemary. >> a very important point, fred. sam, what are you learning about russian troops and the buildup at the border and the call between president biden and vladimir putin? >> reporter: rosemary, the u.s. obviously says that buildup is continuing.

in fact, one of the things that the pentagon has said is that in the past week alone, thousands of additional russian troops have also arrived there near the border area. i think one of the things john kirby, the spokesman for the pentagon, said is important or one of the reasons why u.s. believes an invasion is something that could happen fairly quickly and fairly soon is not just the fact that you have that many russian troops on the border or near the border with ukraine, but also the posturing of those forces, the way that they are positioned, the style which they are positioned. the u.s. believes indicates that an invasion could happen any time that vladimir putin or if vladimir putin would order such an invasion. now, the view here from moscow is obviously a very different one, it has been throughout the buildup of this chris. the russians are saying all this is hysteria. senior aide to vladimir putin, after the call between u.s. president joe biden and vladimir putin which took place on saturday, were at the climax of

hysteria, as he put it. but he also said the call did take place in a very business-like atmosphere. and the u.s. for its side was saying that president biden reiterated there would be a swift and decisive response if russia were to further invade ukraine. the russians, for their side, for their part, are saying they also want these talks to continue. they would like to have further correspondences between president biden and russian president vladimir putin, but they also said the security concern and the demands that they had put forward to the united states and its allies so far have not even been answered, and they said they do want an answer of that. obviously not looking like there is going to be much in the way of de-escalation until that sort of process moves further, rosemary. >> all right. sam kiley and fred pleitgen, many thanks to you both. sighs of relief on both sides of the border. ahead on "cnn newsroom," after police clear a blockade by protesters, a vital link for

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zel well, trade is once again set to flow between canada and the u.s., north america's busiest land crossing. a short time ago officials in detroit announced the ambassador bridge linking the two countries is now open. it was closed for days by a blockade of protesters. but early on saturday, canadian police stepped up their crackdown on the demonstrations, arresting dozens of people and seizing vehicles. in new zealand protesters chanted that they want freedom from covid restrictions, just one example of how the sentiment in canada has spread globally. protests also took place in france, australia, and the netherlands against covid rules and vaccine mandates. well, we are getting a

better sense of why the fda decided to delay moving forward with a covid vaccine authorization for children under 5 years old. dr. scott gottlieb, former fda commissioner and current board member for pfizer says the decision was not because of any safety issues regarding the shot, but instead, about defining its level of efficacy amid an ongoing trial involving a third vaccine dose. >> given the fact that that is changing, that's evolving, new data is accruing, it's hard for the fda to give its advisers a fixed snapshot of what the absolute efficacy of this clinical trial of the data set. so if they wait a little longer, if they administer the third dose in that clinical trial, they're not only going to have a better measure of effectiveness from this trial, they'll also have a settled data set, a firm picture of what level of effectiveness the vaccine is delivering. >> the fda's vaccine's advisory

committee had initially been set to meet on tuesday, but it's unclear when the meeting will now take place. across the u.s., vaccine doses are still being administered daily, but cdc data shows that so far less than 30% of the u.s. population has received a booster shot. joining me now is dr. ashish jha, dean of brown school of public health. thank you for all you do. >> thank you for having me back, rosemary. >> let's start with sunday's event. 150,000 people gathering in l.a. for the super bowl, triggering covid concerns, although fans had to show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test. so many were not wearing masks. so how concerned are you that this could become a super spreader event? >> so, we've seen outdoor events like this. adds as long as people are

vaccinated, mostly vaccinated, we have not seen big spread. that part doesn't concern me as much. what i'd be a little more concerned about is, of course, people around the country having super bowl parties, probably not doing a vaccine check in their own homes. i think some of that is likely to lead to more spread in the days and weeks ahead. >> all right. so we'll keep an eye out for that. meantime, pfizer board member and former fda chief dr. scott gottlieb said the fda delayed shots for kids under 5 because it lacks a defined efficacy level. was that the right move to make? >> i think it was. i know it's a huge disappointment to a lot of parents with kids under 5. we've got to get this ride. all the safety signals right now are very strong that it's a very safe vaccine. i do think we want to see a bit of a stronger efficacy signal that the vaccine is going to protect kids. until that, i think the smarter thing is to hold off on authorization. >> and walmart stores in some states are planning to drop

indoor mask mandates even though there is still a high level of virus out there. but the canada trucker convoy, of course, other global anti-vaccine mandate protests show us that pandemic fatigue has reached such dangerous levels that a balance seems to be needed between what science tells us we need to do and what people can actually handle after two years of restrictions. so how can we successfully strike that balance, do you think? >> it's a really good question. there's always going to be more extreme views on both ends. but i think if we look at where we are in the united states, for instance, and many other parts of the country, the world as well, infections are coming down very quickly. that means i'm expecting a reasonably good spring. that means i think it's reasonable to lift back -- pull back on some of the mask mandates. until there is a future surge. obviously if there is one, we'll have to put those masks on again. i think right now pulling back is pretty reasonable thing to

do. >> right. and, doctor, the number of americans receiving their first vaccine dose has dropped by 73% in the last two months, leaving more than 80 million americans unvaccinated in a country with just 64% fully vaccinated. but what about those who have had omicron and recovered, how much higher might this country's immunity be as a result of those previous infections, and should that give us some comfort, do you think? >> yeah, no doubt about it. i think my best estimate is that maybe as high as 90% of americans have some immunity against 65% from gotten -- having gotten vaccinated, but another 25, 30% from having been previously infected. that means that we have a lot of population immunity. what i worry about, rosemary, is there are people who got infected a year and a half ago, almost two years ago. their protection may really have

wante wanted -- waned. they need do get vaccinated. >> do you think we have reached the point where we can expect that so much fewer americans will actually want to get vaccinated going forward? >> you know, we certainly i think have reached a point where there aren't going to be a lot of people voluntarily seeking out vaccines. that crowd is all vaccinated. we're going to have to use other policy efforts. i think vaccine mandates can be quite productive and effective. obviously we should continue doing outreach to people to try to make it easier. we can't quite give up yet. we need to keep working on vaccinating more people. >> dr. ashish jha, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. the u.s. is sending more military aid to ukraine, but some say it's too little too late. coming up, part of my interview with a regional expert. why he says president biden is learning the hard way that

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welcome back, everyone. well, we want to get you up to speed now on one of our top stories this hour. we're watching ukraine where german chancellor olaf scholz will be arriving in ukraine. it is meant to prevent russian invasion. germany has come under fire for not giving ukraine more weapons

unlike other european countries. joe biden spoke with mr. zelensky. cnn's alex marquart is in eastern ukraine with details on that phone call. >> reporter: when presidents zelensky and biden spoke on sunday, the ukrainian president made a request of his u.s. counterpart, that he come to the ukrainian capital as soon as possible to help calm the situation down. we are told by u.s. officials that is extremely unlikely, but this is what president zelensky's office said that he told president biden. i'm convinced that your arrival in kyiv in the coming days, which are crucial for stabilizing the situation, will be a powerful signal and contribute to de-escalation. now, that is a near impossibility because right now the u.s. is trying to get as many of its citizens out as possible. it is removing nonessential personnel from the embassy. it is moving other core diplomats to other parts of the

country and asking americans to leave ukraine as soon as possible. now, on this call, we are also told by a senior ukrainian official who spoke with our colleague matthew chance, that ukraine also asked for more financial aid and more military aid. we have been hearing from ukrainian military officials that despite the tons of military assistance that have come in from the u.s. and other countries in the past few days, they are in need of more sophisticated weaponry, in particular anti-aircraft weaponry that could be used against russian helicopters and fighter jets. this all highlights the careful line that president zelensky has been walking in agreeing with the u.s. assessment that there is a significant threat coming from russia, but at the same time downplaying that threat in order to not cause panic in his population and prevent chaos. we saw that on full display on saturday when president zelensky was visiting military ukrainian

exercises. in speaking of the new u.s. intelligence that talked about russia invading ukraine in the coming days, president zelensky said he still needs to analyze that information and that he has other information. so this difference in tone from ukraine and from the u.s. continues amid this growing threat from russia. alex marquart, cnn, ukraine. and earlier i spoke to the director of the eurasia democracy initiative which encourages democracy in post states. he said it should have started earlier. >> keep in mind the russian side says it has no plans to invade ukraine. so while there is some justification to biden's megaphone diplomacy, he can say he unified the west in a unified response and germany is on board

with the nostrand 2 project. i think we have to go back a few months ago and the buildup that your previous correspondent mentioneds in the spring to see this should have been done much earlier. joe biden should have started supplying weapons to ukraine much earlier. putin saw america's weakness after the withdrawal from afghanistan, and after that joe biden turns around and gives the green light to nord stream 2 to angela merkel, giving vladimir putin carte blanche. that led to the problem with belarus. he encouraged it, and now he is learning the tough way, that vladimir putin only respects strength. >> peter zalmayev there. he said as a ukrainian american, he is determined to stay in kyiv to fight for his country if he must. well, coming up here on "cnn newsroom," many are calling it the greatest super bowl halftime

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for sunday super bowl, u.s. president joe biden addressed the controversy of the lack of black coaches in the nfl in his interview with nbc news. >> the league that is made up of so many athletes of color as well as so diverse, that there's not enough african american qualified coaches to manage these nfl teams? it just seems to me that it's a standard that they'd want to live up to. it's not a requirement of law, but it's a requirement i think of just generic decency. >> the president's comments come

just two weeks after former miami dolphins coach brian flores sued the nfl and three teams alleging racial discrimination. they all deny the allegations and nfl commissioner roger goodell has promised to review the league's diversity, equity and inclusion policies. well, the stage at the super bowl lvi halftime show set a tone. it represented change and diversity with jay z's roc nation hosting the performances, and many are calling the hip-hop show the best in super bowl in history. ♪ >> it's the one and only d-r-e. ♪ ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> and along with the headliners like dr. dre and snoop dogg, there was even a surprise performance from rapper 50 cent. but the most defining moment on stage arguably came from eminem. here he is taking a knee, rebuking the nfl on its own stage, and supporting former player colin kaepernick. i spoke last hour with rebecca sung from the hollywood reporter about this. >> these are, these are legends, and that's another thing we should emphasize. this is the first time hip-hop has been allowed to be the headliner at the super bowl, which is a little bit shocking considering that, you know, the -- more than 70% of the league is black in terms of the players, in terms of the fact that hip-hop has been the most popular genre of music in the united states, if not the world for years, if not decades. you know, so these are beloved

extremely popular artists. all these songs are hits, you know. in the club, with 20 years ago. that's something that i guess we would be -- we're not really boomers. it's boomer music now. mary j. blige remains a legend. kendrick lamar the youngest performer on stage today, bringing out a little more of the current generation of the cutting edge of hip-hop. it was all extremely well received. >> and our thanks again to rebecca sun for her perspective there. an american airlines flight had to be diverted sunday afternoon because of an unruly passenger. the airline says a man was interfering with the flight crew. but a witness told cnn the plane began rapidly descending. the unruly man was trying to get into the cockpit and open the plane door. other passengers ran up front to help hold him down, and the flight attendant apparently used a coffeepot to hit the man over

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hi there. welcome to world sport. i'm patrick snell. all things super bowl lvi just ahead as the l.a. rams celebrate victory. we start with the highly contentious decision of the 15-year-old russian figure skater to continue competing at beijing's winter games.

kamila valieva tested positive for a heart drug, but was able to compete because the failed test only came to light after she helped the russian committee win gold in last week's figure skating team event. now on this monday, the court of arbitration for sport earlier declined to suspend the teen skater since she had limited time to mount a defense in the case, and -- >> first, the athlete is under 16 and is a protected person under the world anti-doping code. the anti-doping rules, and the world anti-doping code are silent with regard to suspension on protected persons. >> christine giving her reaction to cnn's john vause. >> i would have said she should not be competing here. total sympathy, it's the adults

in her life who did this. they should be looked at and they will be looked at, her coach and team around her. she's not making these decisions. the adults are, john. so for me i think this is a terrible black mark on the olympic games. a woman who had, even though she's 15 and we're very sympathetic, a woman who had a positive drug test less than two months ago will be competing in the women's competition and likely winning the women's competition. what a disastrous p.r. nightmare of a headline that is. >> christine brennan joined by cnn's steven jiang. steven, the next appearance of the games is expected to be on tuesday, the singles competition. she's the favorite to win gold in that one. a hugely controversial decision, many people will be asking, quite simply, why? >> reporter: the i think the three arbitrators seem to be anticipating the question. that's why they were trying to explain from several fronts. one is their decision is a very narrowly focused one.

they are only trying to address one technical very procedural issue. whether or not she can compete on tuesday. they are not trying to find out whether she has committed a doping offense, or what's going to happen to the russian team medal you mentioned from last monday. one day before this positive test result returned. now, they seem to be also emphasizing her age does play a key factor here. she is a minor, as you mentioned, so they seem to be trying to give her more benefit of the doubt to show her more sympathy and sort of mentioning how if later findings find her -- exonerate her from doping, the ban on her doing these olympic games could have severe impact on her career. and then, of course, you know, they are trying to say all of this is not saying they are trying to address issues, separate, more thorough findings going to find out later. this is not satisfying for a lot of parties including the i.o.c.

which said they wanted to have all the issues settled once and for all, but they just couldn't bring everybody on board to have that to happen. so that's why they are now saying they have all these other, more thorough procedures going on that could take longer to complete. they also said if valieva does win on tuesday, conceivably, he could take home a medal, but if later findings does find her guilty of doping, that medal could be revoked. so quite a complicated picture here and obviously this decision only answers one question with a lot more things left hanging, with a lot of people left quite upset, patrick. >> steven, thank you for the very latest. we appreciate your time today. much appreciated, indeed. ♪ a super bowl champion is crowned, a real hollywood ending it was, too, sunday night. as the los angeles rams winning

a thrilling contest against the cincinnati bengals 23-20 to vin the coveted vince lombardi trophy the second time in history. ed the second team ever to win a super bowl in their own stadium. the tampa bay buccaneers did it last season. andy scholes was there to take it in. >> super bowl in los angeles is going to go down as one of the best ever. it had it all, emotional lead changes, injury, an incredible halftime show people are saying it was the best ever. showing it how it went down. bengals joe burrow playing his first super bowl, showing up in style. check out that suit combo he was rocking. winn we had the rock to hype up the fans. they had a lot to cheer on early

on. odell beckham, jr., got them on the board. o.b.j. went down holding his knee. he would be unable to return to to game. pick it up in the third quarter, very first play of the second half, the bengals coming out hot. burrow going deep for t. higgins. he hauls it in. a lot of people wondering if that should have been offensive pass interference, but no flag. 75 yard touchdown. bengals take the lead 17-13. they'd have the lead till the fourth quarter. stafford putting together a 15-play, 79-yard drive. it was helped right there by another questionable call. defensive holding gave the rams a first down in the red zone. they took advantage. stafford to cooper, his second touchdown reception of the game. l.a. taking the lead 23-20. burrow would have one more chance to try to win this game. but aaron donald wrapping him up, forcing the incompletion on fourth down.

donald, vonn miller, sacking himself en times as the rams win 23-20. cooper kupp named the mvp of the game, and aaron donald, he said all week he'd done so much in his career except win a title. now he's got it. >> i'm just so happy. i wanted it so bad. i dreamed this, man. i dreamed this, and it's like, it's surreal. look at this. look at this, man. i feel amazing, it feels amazing, i feel great. >> those guys just did a great job. they took over that game, offensive line did a great job protecting. you knew we were pretty much throwing it. that second down and 2 run where he had the first down to get to the 8 yard line. so many contributions. it's about the team. i'm so happy about these players. >> world champs, baby! >> you know, pat, a big key to

this game, we talked about all week long was, was the bengals offensive line going to be able to stop aaron donald and vonn miller and keep burrow from getting sacked time after time? turned out when the rams needed to make a play and get a sack of burrow, they did and that ended up being the story of the game. >> andy, just some incredible story lines. the emotion there etched over the players' faces. it's life changing. when you win the super bowl, it is life changing, defining moments. and with that in mind, we have to talk about rams' quarterback matthew stafford in his first season with l.a. what will this mean so much to him and his family, too? >> it certainly means a lot to him and his family, pat, because he's had a long career of losing, you know. he was drafted first overall by the detroit lions, 13 years ago spent 12 seasons there in detroit and didn't have a lot of winning seasons. it was actually a vacation he took last offseason to cabo in

mexico. he met up with sean mcvay. they had a conversation. decided, you know what, we could team up and do something special. mcvay made a big trade to get stafford to the rams hoping he would be able to deliver a super bowl title. mission accomplished, and stafford obviously over the moon after the game being able to hold that lombardi trophy. st take a listen. >> i'm so proud of this team. so many guys on our team that deserve this. so many great players, guys that have just given their heart and soul to this team. guys playing in this game or not, because of injury or whatever it is. i'm so proud of this group. i mean, the game today is the story of our season. it's up and down, it's tough. we're a freaking tough team, showed up late, got it done. i'm excited. >> yeah, such a big win for stafford, pat. he even recognized earlier this week that, hey, if he won the super bowl, it would change the

entire narrative of his career. he would no longer be on the guy that was on a bunch of losing teams. he would be a super bowl champion. heefr we are. >> andy, many thanks to you there in california. you know, we can't talk super bowl, right, without talking about that halftime show, taking social media by storm. wow, what an occasion it was. the halftime show they have been talking about a long time to come. it's been the talk of the town or tinseltown, hip-hop for love, parents out there watching, showing the kids a thing or two. such storied names such as snoop dogg and dr. dre performing with mary j. blige, kendrick lamar and eminem as well. this marking the first time hip-hop artists were the main performers for the halftime show. and a surprise guest appearance from 50 cent, too. and lebron james with this tweet. omg, wow, wow, wow, the greatest

halftime show i've ever seen. also the greatest halftime show our producer marty has seen as well. he came into the office just raving about it. thank you so much for joining us on this monday. amanda davis is here with later editions of world sport. we leaving with the celebrations as they continue with the l.a. rams and their all-conquering players. thanks for joining us.

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good morning, everyone. it is monday, february 14th. it's valentine's day. it's 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with us. i'm laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with brand-new events at the olympics. kamila valieva is in following a test sample from december that showed traces of a banned performance enhancing drug. cnn sports analyst c