recovery. there's a crash on the shoulder of 92 but the lanes are clear. >> thanks, mike. that's what's happening on "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live update for you. >> leaving you with a live look at the olympic flame in beijing. our coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. good morning chen-sational. >> tired legs. >> quad legs, so good. >> figure skater nathan chen dominates the program with a record-shattering performance. >> that is the highest number that we have ever seen in a short program. >> inside his quest for olympic gold, with just one skate to go. shining moment team usa's ryan cochran-siegle races his way to a silver medal in the super-g. >> he's in the right spot. >> 0.2 ahead right now

>> his epic run one year after a near career-ending crash and nearly 50 years to the day after his mom won olympic gold and this morning ryan is with us live rivalry renewed. the u.s. women's hockey team falls to team canada overnight but advances to the knockout round. was the clash a preview of the gold medal game? those stories plus, golden girl 18 easterly direction -- 18-year-old eileen gu winning big air for china in dramatic fashion. straight ahead her message to fans and critics after choosing to represent her mother's homeland. and ride of his lifetime snowboarding icon shaun white soaking up every moment of his fifth and final olympics. >> i've kind of realized this sort of blissfulness of it all. >> what the legend is saying to us as he gets ready to wow the

world one last time. today, tuesday, february 8, 2022 ♪ >> from nbc news this is a special edition of "today." the winter olympics with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from rockefeller plaza hey, everybody welcome to "today. we're so happy you are joining us on this tuesday morning are you feeling it the olympic spirit it's day six of the games. >> what a night and morning of competition. including that remarkable comeback story for american skier ryan cochran-siegle, or rcs as we like to call him winning the super-g silver a year after he fractured his neck in another race. he comes from skiing royalty rcs, good morning. silver medalist.

we'll talk to him in a bit >> let's begin with nathan chen. we call him the quad king. posting the highest score ever in the men's short program to move closer to his dream of olympic gold we're going to break it all down, that performance with skating great scott hamilton but first, good morning craig there in beijing hey, craig >> hoda, savannah, good morning. as you know the olympics always gives us a ton of story lines. the joy of winning agony of defeat. powerful stories of redemption that's what's happening right now with team usa's figure skating star nathan chen, bouncing back from a disappointing 2018 winter olympics to now lead the competition, dazzled on the ice. pumped his fist in the air and broke a record here in beijing. >> a fist pump felt around the world. just days after helping the u.s. snag silver in the team event, american figure skating superstar nathan chen dominating the men's short program. setting a new world record ahead

of this week's free state portion. >> every opportunity i get in competition is one i should be grateful for i'm just really happy to be here. >> reporter: in a sport where every millisecond matters, ryan cochran-siegle making the most of his opportunity in the men's super-g. >> what a run by rcs. >> reporter: back on his skis just a year after fracturing his neck, rcs finishing only 400ths of a second behind the australian legend. his run 50 years of his mom won gold in the slalom at the '72 winter games >> he's loved it from the very beginning. >> reporter: mother and son celebrating together while far apart. >> as an athlete you are always charging and always trying to get better and i think sometimes you can use it as fuel, but never giving up in yourself

>> reporter: meanwhile, one american medal contender is stuck watching the men's singles competition from the side lines. vincent zhou out after testing positive for covid >> i have been doing everything in my power to stay free of covid since the start of the pandemic >> reporter: the 21-year-old posting an emotional message from quarantine, speaking to his younger self >> you had a dream and you followed it. you made sacrifices for it and u you dedicated your life to it. and today you are that person, vincent. >> reporter: images like these from inside an isolation facility offering a glimpse of the strict regulations that athletes who test positive are facing some competitors complaining about a lack of training space, bad food and poor hygiene options available in quarantine. overnight the two top squads in women's hockey renewing their rivalry.

with their loved ones cheering back in park city, utah, defending gold medalists, team usa, taking on 2018 runner-up canada in a pivotal preliminary game but this one goes to the canadians with both teams advancing to the quarterfinals entering the olympics as one of the stars to watch, eileen gu soaring to incredible heights in the debut of women's free ski big air. the 18-year-old phenome born in san francisco but competing for china, landing massive tricks on her way to gold. gu all smiles with even more medal chances on deck. and, guys, we just learned, ryan cochran-siegle is going to be competing in two more events, the giant slalom and the alpine combined tonight, mikaela shiffrin returns to action.

along with the beijing debuts of shaun white and chloe kim. as we send it back to new york, take a look at where the latest medal count stands right now savannah hoda >> that is sure to change. and we have our plan for tonight, sitting in front of the tv. >> olympic couch potatoes right here >> exactly >> the pressure on nathan chen and, boy, did he deliver for the second time in these games, we're going to talk about it all with scott hamilton in a minute first nbc's stephanie gosk on that unforgettable world record. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it really was. this was more than just a performance. this was nathan chen settling an old score with the last olympics he finished a disappointing fifth in pyeongchang in 2018 now in beijing he sits at the top of the leaderboard after the best short program, he or anyone else for that matter has ever skated.

u.s. figure skater nathan chen, the road to gold and redemption started monday night >> it's not 2018 anymore >> reporter: his emotional fist pump at the end of his program telling us all we need to know >> that performance was a stunner. he did everything he needed to do. >> reporter: did he ever >> nearly 114. >> reporter: chen receiving the highest score ever in a men's short program. >> not a guy who often shows a lot of emotion at the end of that you were visibly happy. >> it was a spur of the moment thing. just really happy with that skate. >> reporter: element after element, near perfection >> so good. >> reporter: the men's short program is one of two skates needed to win the individual gold medal 170 seconds of pressure and requires the skaters complete three jumping elements in three attempts because it is shorter, it is both easier and costlier to make errors but on this night, nathan chen made no errors

it is a far cry from chen's 2018 performance in pyeongchang where, as the gold medal favorite, he had a disastrous short program. >> wow a major mistake there on a triple axle. >> reporter: chen rallied to finished sixth landing a record six quads in the free skate but he didn't medal. since then he's been almost unbeatable winning 15 of 16 competitions. monday's performance was a continuance of that dominance. he helped lift the u.s. team to a silver medal in the team competition. chen's chief rival, japan's two time gold medalist hanyu, the last man to beat chen, made a major mistake leaving out an essential element during his routine now the door is wide open for chen if he wins it will be the first gold in the sport for the u.s. in over a decade and the young man will finally

have his hands on figure skating most coveted prize the next individual men's event and chen's chance for gold will be the free skate which takes place tomorrow night jason brown, he skated on monday night. he scored a personal best and sits in sixth place. guys, he's in sixth, but he's a lot of fun to watch. >> yeah, beautiful skater, known to be so artistic. thank you. >> let's bring in our good friend scott hamilton, the figure skating analyst for olympic ice on peacock and the 1984 gold medalist scott, could it have not gone better for nathan chen he was top drawer last night >> i'm ready to explode. it was so much fun to watch. you know what a difference four years makes. you see the way he takes the ice now. you see just that look in his eye. you see the way that he slowly, methodically just goes through each one of his. elements you never doubt for a second

that it is going to happen exactly the way he wants it to happen and it was just so much fun watching him deliver the goods on his redemption olympics and now he's got a big lead going into a long program where he doesn't need one. and he's going to be practically impossible to beat the only one that can beat him at this point is himself, and i don't see that happening >> it is so fun to watch as you said not only because of the artistry and sheer skill but because he has closed the door we are burning the 2018 tape and never showing it again because this supersedes everything talk to us about how the free skate plays out. is that harder is it longer how does -- you know, does he have more to prove there how does that play out >> well, nathan chen rewrote kind of how people build their long programs. he's forced everyone else to try to come up to his level of

ability. and so five quad passes. look at his closest competition and it is just like, they are capable of incredible things and they are phenomenal skaters but they are not quite at his level of proficiency and consistency so it is going to be nathan just going out and doing a program by the rules he's written for everyone else. and just seeing his demeanor, seeing his consistency, seeing his approach, seeing his confidence build with each performance. i just can't -- i mean, long program can't get here fast enough for me. >> well, scott, there is precedent for someone who doesn't do as well in the previous olympics and then they do super well four years later you were in that category. i think you finished fourth or fifth and then you ended up later. fifth? same with brian boitano. what happens in those years to change the way you skate and the

way he's skating >> well, you mature. you mature mature. it's almost like a refining happens what does a diamond look like when you take it out of the ground it is kind of that and over the four years you gain experience, perspective, confidence you just gain everything you need to be able to next time around with that previous experience take a whole different intentionality, a whole different mind set a whole different level of proficiency. and it's just remarkable what can happen after, you know, three world championships and an average, you know, victory of over 19 points against hanyu which is his biggest rival. hanyu basically took himself out of the competition last night and the other two japanese men are formidable but all nathan had to do -- i said it a million times and i'm

going to say it one more time -- if nathan chen is on his game, he is unbeatable, period >> love it >> unbeatable. unbeatable >> love it. >> we love to watch him shine. >> we sure do. and, scott, we like to hear you do your commentating too to see more of this figure skating expertise, check out our olympic ice streaming at 10:00 a.m. eastern on peacock. thank you, scott. now to some of the controversies that surround the winter olympics host nation. today senior international correspondent keir simmons is covering that part of the story for us keir, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, savannah. so much great sport but away from the competition and the olympic spirit, the sports world appears increasingly divided over how to respond to accusations made against china while the diplomatic divisions between the u.s. and china only deepening. this morning the rift widening over chinese tennis player peng shuai seen here in beijing sitting next to the international olympic committee president watching the big air

in a china jacket. the ioc insisting they are supporting her >> i think we need also to listen to her, and we need to read what she's saying >> reporter: at the weekend she told the french newspaper a sexual assault allegation against a former chinese government leader was an enormous misunderstanding. her original social media post was deleted soon after it was posted but now a series of photos emerging from the interview appearing to show a chinese olympic official accompanying her. the french newspaper calling the interview staged managed and the women's tennis association saying the interview does not alleviate its concerns. as we would do with any of our players, the wta ceo and chairman says we have called for a formal investigation into the allegations by the appropriate authorities.

and for the wta to meet with peng privately to discuss her situation. and this morning, continuing controversy over china's choice of athlete to light the caldron. a member of the uyghur minority took part in her second and last cross-country skiing event today. china angered by criticism by the u.s. ambassador to the united nations >> uyghurs are being tortured and uyghurs are the victims of human rights violations by the chinese and we have to keep that front and center >> reporter: china's u.n. envoy attacking, quote, wrongful, irresponsible remarks, and accusing u.s. of a disgraceful record in violating human rights but the president of the world uyghur congress, representing uyghurs around the world, telling nbc news this morning. >> all uyghur, athletes, is a hostage. >> china rejecting the accusation, and denying claims of human rights abuse against uyghurs.

but in her official olympic biography, it says chinese uyghur athlete speaks chinese mandarin many uyghurs tell me china prevents them from speaking their own uyghur language. china denies it, but we've seen for ourselves, uyghurs in camps expected to learn mandarin >> keir simmons. thank you very much. 17 minutes past the hour mr. roker, a little warmer, little nicer out here. >> our friends out west it is going to be even warmer still. take a look. we've got this huge ridge of high pressure in the west. and we're going to be expecting some record high later this week look at that more details in the next half hour but this warm dry air descends out of the plains and the rockies. memphis, 59 degrees. during the week we're going to be looking at temperatures

reaching the east coast. new york city 48 degrees by tomorrow 55 in d.c. charleston, 55 nashville will see temperatures 10 degrees above average cold front comes in, knocks those right back down again into the 30s in new york by the weekend. 20 in cleveland by sunday. 50 in charlotte. chicago, you are going to be in the low- to mid-20s. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. ooh yeah. this is a mcdonald's menu hack and those are the hands of a menu hacker! i can tell from the ring light. order the crunchy double by name. build it by hand. and hack the mcdonald's menu... like i'm about to. ♪♪ ♪ ba da ba ba ba ♪ good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. beautiful start to our day across the bay area.

it is just chilly and our temperatures have been dipping into the upper 30s. but this is where we're headed for today, quick warm-up with all of this sunshine and highs in the east bay, south bay reach the low 70s. we could see mid-70s in parts of the north bay and santa rosa and sonoma, could be record highs for this afternoon and more records expected over the next few days. >> and that's your latest weather. guys >> al, thank you. >> coming up team usa's newest star on skis we're going to talk to brand-new silver medalist, rcs, ryan cochran-siegle, about his incredible comeback to the sport he loves and what it means to shine 50 years after his own mom won gold. >> what a cool story. plus, shaun white is ready to hit the halfpipe tonight. how is he feeling ahead of his final competition of his epic final competition of his epic career

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>> reporter: i'm sharon katsuda in the south bay. employees who had covid earlier this year could see some money coming their way. a new bill passed by the state legislature will allow for two weeks paid time off for covid sickness. basically a similar law expired last september, but then omicron affected much of the workforce, so the legislature passed a new bill that includes two weeks paid time off if you are sick with covid or caring for a family member with covid. this applies to companies with more than 26 employees. let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> laura, it's about time to walk out the door, take the kids to school, and it's a day where you have to layer up. it's cold to start. in antioch we have temperatures in the low 40s. by pick-up time it's going to be in the mid to upper 60s and that's what we'll see as our temperatures head for the low 70s later this afternoon. we will also see very warm temperatures for our inland areas over the next few days,

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end in march local leaders will be allowed to make their own decisions on masks when those mandates expire president biden says they will bring end to the crucial gas pipeline from russia to germany if russia invades ukraine. the comments came yesterday as the president met with the german chancellor at the white house. schultz declined to take a stance on the pipeline the white house expressed increasing concern russia plans to invade ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has denied those intentions. former president trump has returned boxes of national archives sources told the "washington post" the documents included correspondence with north korean leader kim jong un and a handwritten letter former president barack obama left behind in the oval office for his successor. nbc news had not independently

confirmed the content of the boxes. >> let's move on to vermont native ryan cochran-siegle took silver in the super-g. >> his medal not only the first of the games in alpine seeing for team usa, it came 50 years after his mother won olympic gold in the slalom and we're delighted to have ryan joining us now good morning >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you have to tell me about that conversation with your mom. 50 years apart you come from skiing royalty the cochrans are famous in vermont and worldwide. what was that like when you said mom i did it >> it was super cool i mean, i think, you know, just embracing everything, being able to share that with my family and my mom, my sister. i think we were all crying a little bit it was definitely, i still can't believe it.

>> well, it is such a beautiful moment and it is hard to believe, ryan, that one year ago right now you were actually in a hospital bed. you were nursing an injury from a broken neck. here you stand now on the medal platform did you ever imagine back then in that day that there would be a shot at you coming back and getting a medal for team usa >> yeah, definitely. i think when i got injured last year i was skiing at the best i ever skied and, you know, that gives you motivation to come through an injury and give it your all when you come back. so i think it is wild looking back and seeing the year that i've had and standing here now is just full circle, and it's such a special moment. >> well, it's incredible what has the skiing been like there? we talk a lot about the courses and some of the complications and the challenges you did it anyway. you overcame them. but how was yours experience >> i've had an awesome time.

i think the past few days aside from today i was trying to figure a lot with my skiing between my setup and how to approach this hill it is definitely that type of hill where you have to put everything on the line the snow is reactive and it allows you as a skier to really push yourself and to ski with joy and love and embrace the moments. >> where is your medal, ryan where are you keeping it >> it's in my pocket right now. >> let's see >> come on. >> it's crazy how heavy it is though that's beauty, ryan. >> you earned it think about you in that hospital bed one year ago, incredible, your journey back. thank you so much for being with us you made your country proud. good luck in your next event. >> thank you thank you so much you guys. >> what a cool kid congrats he's got more to come. coming up next, shaun white, older, wiser, but is he still anxious to compete what he told craig about his

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point at the end of his olympic legacy >> this is the biggest moment of shaun's career right now >> reporter: from the first time we saw him take flight, how were we to know he would land here? the face of snowboarding three-time olympic gold medal champion now going to his fifth olympic game it's been a wild ride, one that is ending. white telling reporters over the weekend here that these would be his last olympics, confirming what he first told us when he talked to him ahead of these games. >> it is going to feel weird coming out of my mouth but this is i think my last run. >> reporter: no matter what this is it? >> yeah.ou know, >> reporter: why >> you know, it's -- so it's hard to talk about, you know, because my whole life i've kind of, you know, been looked at as somewhat, you know, super humand

because i do these things. realizing and admitting to myself is that i'm human, it's taken a toll there is wear and tear i think the motivation is definitely still there but the body, you know, the decline in the abilities with the sport still rising, it is just an inevitable sort of situation to be in >> all right opening ceremony, number five. >> reporter: white is savoring his current situation. and documenting it all on social media. leading a usa chant during opening ceremonies and getting some practice runs on the olympic course. >> shaun white for the gold. >> reporter: he's hoping to defend the gold medal he won in pyeongchang, a dramatic reversal after missing the medal stand in sochi. what is shaun white's expectation for beijing? >> i'm going to give it everything i've prepared myself where i'm like, gosh, if i could win again, oh my goodness. like what an amazing

accomplishment even to podium and to be an olympian at 35 too is a feat. >> it sounds like you have changed your expectations over the years? >> yes and no. >> shaun's moves right now are so much higher than the other riders >> reporter: obviously it changed my life. i've kind of realized this blissfulness of it all. >> reporter: the 35-year-old is the elder statesman of the u.s. snowboarding team. we will compete against a generation of athletes who look up to him, but who have taken the sport to new heights how has the training changed since your debut almost 20 years ago? it's totally different i used to just go. just me and the half pipe. and as time went on, i think sochi was that benchmark where i realized that like, i had been drawing from the same pool of motivation and that had just kind of run dry.

and so the journey to the next olympics wasn't so much a physical one but mental and emotional one. >> all right run number one >> reporter: shaun white sounds grounded these days. and yet he's been writing his olympic story in the sky, will he end it on the medal stand and what comes after that? the next chapter what does it look like? >> some part of me laughs and smiles it is like when you know that high school is ending and you're like what? i don't ever have to go to school again for me it is a wild concept. like this has been such a long and amazing journey in i my life. >> reporter: and such a joy to watch that journey too so competition is going to be stiff in the halfpipe. the world seems to have caught up with shaun white. in particular some of the japanese snowboarders, who have been working on a trick. and you will hear it during coverage it is this trick called the "triple cork."

no one has landed the triple cork in olympic competition ever it is expected that it will happen at some point in these games. as for life after these games for shaun white? he's got a lot going on including his relationship with his girlfriend he's quite smitten we'll have more on that part of our conversation in the third hour >> now i'm intrigued by this triple cork. how many guys are going to be attempting this? >> carson, around the world so far, there have been two or three who have tried it. one or two who have landed it. if someone does try it and land it here in the beijing, that person should win the gold. >> and i'm intrigued by this nina dobrev. >> exactly can't wait to get all up in that business, craig. >> don't forget, guys, you can catch shaun in action live during tonight's prime time

olympic coverage right here on nbc. let's get up in al roker's weather business >> during the holidays we all try a triple cork? >> that's different. >> anyway. for today some record-breaking temperatures heat alerts in southern california they have never issued heat alerts for this time of year temperatures up to 90 degrees. we're talking about this big pacific high generating warm easterly winds los angeles today, 87 degrees. san diego close to a record of 74 degrees tomorrow more of the same from reading to los angeles, flirting with records and over the next several days we're going to be looking at temperatures that are just about as warm. so all in all a hot time in the old towns out west tonight that's what's . good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to have some near record highs today, but it starts out cold and our

temperatures this morning in the tri-valley at about 40 degrees as you step out the door. then you can see the trend as we go into today, reaching into the upper 60s in dublin. we will see some inland valleys reach into the low 70s. the near record highs continue through the end of the week. as we head into the weekend, slightly cooler and a more significant cooldown into early next week. >> and that is your latest weather. coming up -- 18-year-old eileen gu, a california native but representing china, and winning big air with a historic trick. the unforgettable show she put on, her message to both fans and critics right after this dad, we got this. we got this. we got this.

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welcome back it is a tuesday morning. it is fun. we have a great crowd. it is our olympic crowd. decked out in red white and blue some skaters in the house too. >> skaters a birthday, anniversary out there. i see you. excited to have everybody. >> two weeks of this so please come and join us at 8:00, we are on day 6 of the winter olympics with u.s. athletes using their skills and courage to add to the team's medal count. nbc's steve patterson joins us with highlights and look at today's competition. good evening, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, hoda. it is another big day up here in the mountains with team usa so hungry for gold. but earlier we saw strong performs really all over the games, including on the ice. from one of our brightest stars. >> this era has belonged to nathan chen.

>> reporter: on ice, a stunning performance filled with passion and precision from nathan chen in the men's single short program. >> it was spectacular. >> reporter: beating records with the highest score ever in a men's short program and erasing any memory of his stumbles in 2018 while chen's teammate vincent zhou who earned a silver medal in the team event withdrew from the individual men's event after testing positive for covid-19 >> he is a silver medalist. >> from setbacks to a silver medal, team usa's comeback kid, ryan cochran-siegle, or rcs, once considered the fastest skier in the world. >> ryan cochran-siegle has been waiting a long time for a run like this. >> reporter: battling back from a neck injury from a horrific crash last year, taking a place on the podium in the men's super-g. the 29-year-old from vermont

coming within 400ths of a second of gold. >> it's a special moment. >> on the mountain top, breathtaking eileen gu grabbing gold for china, defying expectations. >> 93.75 eileen gu into first place what a start >> emotional after a record-setting performance and team usa's jessica diggins grabbing bronze. >> she gets the bronze in beijing tonight. >> in 2018, diggins one the first cross-country medal for the united states since 1986 now an soadvocate and a olympia. >> reporter: later today, all

eyes will be back here on the mountains for the men and women's halfpipe qualifiers. chloe kim looking to defend her crown while shaun white prepares for his last dance back to you. >> big night tonight steve, thank you. >> this morning, american ski racer nina o'brien is recovering from surgery after taking a hard fall of the four u.s. women in the event, only one competed the course craig joins us with more on that good morning. >> savannah, good morning, again. it is a heck of a course this morning, nina o'brien out of surgery she's going to be heading back to the united states for further medical evaluation, after breaking two bones but this morning she appears to be in good spirits assuring teammate and is supporters that she's on the mend and doing well >> reporter: american giant slalom racer nina o'brien on the mend after a horrific crash. overnight, sharing these photos from her hospital bed in china

on instagram writing, i keep replaying it in my head, wishing i had skied those last few gates differently. i'm a little heartbroken, but also feeling so much love. sustaining series compound fractures in her left tibia and fibula doctors in china were able to stabilize the leg. u.s. team officials say she will return to the united states for further evaluation and care. the day started with promise o'brien finishing her first run with the sixth fastest time. >> o'brien is flying on the top turns. >> reporter: on her second run, trying to make up precious seconds as she approached the finish, o'brien appeared to catch an edge and crashed hard, skidding uncontrollably down the steep pitch. o'brien screaming in pain. medical personnel rushing to her side o'brien managing to smile and lift her hand from the

stretcher. the team tweeting, she was worried about delaying the race and she also wanted to know how fast she was skiing. what a trooper o'brien was hardly the only racer to struggle with a difficult course out of 80 starters, 31 failed to finish, including mikaela shiffrin who hosted, we're so heartbroken for nina o'brien she showed so much heart and fire in her skiing today and it all got shredded to pieces on the final turns. >> talk to us about the conditions that are causing this. >> it's a grippy and icy athletes are having to make their skis sharp when they hit the grippy stuff, it can take them out of the race instantly. it's very difficult as an athlete to charge and be aggressive >> shiffrin still has a chance to compete in slalom and team event. o'brien faces a long road to

recovery in a sport with virtually no margin for error. again, we're certainly thinking about nina o'brien this morning. she was set to compete in the slalom tonight she's going to be replaced by teammate aj hurt and team usa's coach says hurt is ready by the way, guys, before we send it back, the honeycomb behind us, there's a medal ceremony that is happening inside that's one thing about this vantage point that we have in beijing. when there's a medal ceremony that is happening, you see a handful of folks clustering watching the jumbotron we think it might be the speed skating medal ceremony happening right now. >> and jessie diggens is going to join us next hour. let's get to our olympic boost, shall we? how about this the olympians of the future are inspired by watching the winter games right now.

we have a 3-year-old, goes for the gold in the backyard in curling. that was cool. let's check out this future skater here feet covered with slippery plastic wrap and this young lady is already an athlete she puts on her own gear as she takes on the hockey match. i mean, we love -- you know what, every time i picture -- >> look at this little baby. >> come on this is a beautiful, beautiful fan wearing her patriotic hats and a dad who has made his own olympic cheering section >> there are so many of our current olympians who talk about scenes just like that, watching the curling or skis. it's cool. still ahead, our conversation with snowboarding star chloe kim on why she actually needed a break after winning gold four years ago. how she found her love for

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he shared his heartbreak, his passion and also an inspirational message to his younger self here is a look. >> you had a dream and you followed it. you made sacrifices for it and you dedicated your life to it. and today you are that person, vincent. you made it happen >> yes, you did. >> vincent is joining us now you put your heart on the table right there, vincent you've had some -- several hours to sit with this decision. how are you feeling today? >> well, there is a mixed bag of emotions obviously but i'm still processing everything and letting things flow and fortunately i'm pretty good as seeing different perspectives at once and grounding myself so i'm using all the mental tactics that i learned to handle competition pressure and different circumstances and applying them now. >> let me tell you, i watched the whole video, vincent i was blown away by your composure and wisdom and

perspective. bravo to you both off and on the ice. how are you feeling physically and how are you looking at your future in skating now? >> well, you know, i was asymptomatic all up until the positive test. it did come as a shock right now i am -- i would say 99% asymptomatic still i'm hoping that i can recover very quickly and the world championships are not long from now, so i will be trying to make a quick recovery and hoping to represent team usa with all of my best over there at the world championships. >> the world championships are just around the corner, there's another olympic games that comes up in four years have you even allowed yourself to think about possibly competing in another olympics? >> well, you know, when i was young, i said that i would compete in four olympics, all the way until 2030 but, you know, we'll see

i've learned to take things one step at a time and pace myself >> yeah, with a lot to absorb and, as mentioned, you really have just handled it so well i think you're going to have even more fans than you imagine at the worlds and i hope we get to see you there let's not forget, you're a silver medalist, you're not going home empty-handed. >> i have not yet. we'll see. but, you know, i have -- i have all the time in the world now. i will be patiently following my schedule every day and trying to keep up a routine while i'm in isolation and whenever the medal comes, it comes. i don't think i'm in a position to be greedy or impatient here >> well, vincent, what a head on your shoulders >> i was thinking when you're speaking, there's someone who passed the test of life.

you did. a plus, good for you. >> thank you so much really appreciate it >> what a great attitude >> amazing young man he talked about in his video, he talked about being a little boy, just like the videos we saw, and skating across the floor, watching and dreaming of this moment he did everything he could to keep himself safe to the point where he was really lonely in isolation. it's just -- it's so unfair and then -- >> look at how well he's handled it >> all right they said, savannah, stop talking. going to weather you're right i'm blown away by him. >> let us show you what we have as far as today is concerned a little rainy, cool weather down through florida some snow, northern new england. sunshine in the western third of the country. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. if you're cold right now, you'll

be happy to know it will be a much warmer afternoon. we're headed for 70 degrees in martinez today, san francisco upper 60s, but we'll be watching santa rosa. we could set a new record high temperature for this afternoon, and those near record highs continue over the next several days as we still have a lot of dry weather in the forecast. and for our inland areas, some mid-70s and slightly cooler for the weekend as well as early next week. and that's your latest weather, guys >> al, thanks so much. in the buildup to the winter olympics, you had a chance to talk to chloe kim. >> we fell in love with her in pyeongchang. everybody did. she was 17 she struck halfpipe gold and after taking a break from a the sport, the now 21-year-old is ready to defend her title, this time on her own terms. >> chloe kim was just 17 at the games in pyeongchang when she made history >> back-to-back 1080.

>> becoming the youngest olympic gold medalist in snowboarding history. >> reporter: her spunky personality off the snow made her a star, like those tweets about eating and feeling hangry during competition. >> i just looked back at some of the footage from your run in 2018, you've changed so much. >> eyelash extensions. >> and what else >> i'm 21 now, which is cool >> one thing that hasn't changed fer chloe is her dominance in the sport. she's the favorite to win gold in beijing her road to olympic glory beginning as a young child. >> good job. >> my dad used to -- he would buy me oversized pants and i was like 7 he would cut up my mom's yoga mats and make, like, little butt

pads out of them. >> to cushion your falls >> to cushion my falls >> one of the things that people really remember from the 2018 olympics is your adorable family just cheering for you. they won't be able to come this year to beijing. >> i'm used to having my family at the bottom of the pipe at almost every competition it will be weird not having them there. but i think i got it i'm probably going to call them 1,000 times a day. call my dad if practice is stressing me out he'll always be there for me. >> reporter: but chloe admits she had reservations about competing again on the world stage. >> did you ever consider not going back for a second olympics >> definitely did. my first one was really overwhelming i was not expecting that kind of response

>> suddenly you were everywhere, you were famous. >> so then i kind of got scared. i was like, maybe, i can't do that again because i just don't know if i can handle it. that's why i went to school and that gave me a got reset >> reporter: chloe took a break from snowboarding to attend princeton university. >> the minute i stepped off the campus, people were asking me for photos and autographs. and i was like, no, i just want to be a student. and then after a while, it kind of blew over. >> you found a great group of friends. >> yeah. all of my close friends had no idea who i was. >> they had no idea that she was the olympic snowboarding champion who become the first woman snowboarder to hit back-to-back 1080s you were such a force at the olympics but i can see how that would also create pressure to always be that version of yourself.

>> and i think i was so happy the whole time i was at the olympics everything was so new to me. i was always on and superexcited after a while, i was like, oh, my god, people expect me to be like that all the time my cheeks were hurting so bad from fake smiling. >> how did it affect your relationship with snowboarding here's something you grew up with, you loved. >> honestly, i think i hated it for the first time in my life. post-olympics, every conversation i had was always about snowboarding nothing about myself if that's all you care about, >> here we go, chloe kim. >> reporter: chloe took two years off from snowboarding but it doesn't show with impressive performances in recent competitions, chloe is inching closer to defending her olympic title. >> how did you find your way back to snowboarding to, the sport you love >> if i missed it while i was at school i would go back >> what's it like getting ready

for another olympics >> i learned three new tricks. i'm really excited i'm hoping to put them all in a run at the olympics. >> if i ask you now what do you love about your sport? >> personally, i get to push myself and i can a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia. san francisco leaders pick up the debate over the mayor's emergency declaration for the troubled tender loin. supervisors initially approved the declaration in late december. some board members were not present for the vote. and the supervisor suggested the board delay approving the plan. some ideas have been launched including a new center to assist people struggling with addiction. the measure calls for more policing and behavioral health workers. let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari

hall. >> yeah, we're looking outside at a clear san francisco with a lot of sunshine across the bay area this morning. that will help warm us up quickly as the high pressure continues. we'll see temperatures reaching near record highs, well above normal, mostly low 70s. check out the north bay, where sonoma could reach 75 and santa rosa headed for 77 degrees. we could set some records not only today but the next few days as we continue to warm up in the valleys, just slightly cooler for the weekend, and much cooler by early next week. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update in half an hour.

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fun. before we do, can we just go over and see some really cute, cute kids. do you want to know what the future of olympic skates look like right here the young synchronized figure skaters. where is elle? did y'all just win a gold? >> yeah, we just did. >> wow. >> it was really exciting. in our last competition we didn't do that well but we were really excited because we did not expect it but we worked really hard. >> can i see your gold medal you have it right here >> yay. >> olympians, are you all glued to the olympics? how about nathan chen? are you freaking out is he going to do it he's going to do it. >> save the tape get everyone's face. we could have future olympians right here >> just ahead, we're going to chat with the woman who made olympic history again. jessie diggins, yes just took

bronze in the women's sprint we cannot wait to celebrate with her live. >> plus the major stars taking the winter olympics by storm that's if you can find them. we're going to tell you why everyone is eager to get their hands on this year's mascot. >> and today food returns to the plaza. we're going to learn the ins and outs of cooking with a wok. >> and we'll have a one on one with shaun white, plus an interview with figure superstar nathan chen, be sure to check out our streaming channel, today all day. >> mr. roker, how about a -- >> i worked my way through that. >> you always do >> power through kept going let's show you a look at your weather for today. some snow in northern new england. rain down through florida. mild in the plains and lots of sunshine out west.

as we take a look at the next seven days in beijing, temperatures warm up on thursday 51 degrees, sunshine, and we could see sunday a few snow showers. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to see our temperatures warming up today, and we will see near record high temperatures for the next several days with temperatures peaking on thursday. our valley temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, and just a little cooler for the weekend as our dry weather continues into next week. by monday we're going to see highs reaching into the upper 60s. for san francisco, we also have a warping trend under way with highs in the low 70s from now through at least saturday in the forecast. and by the way we want to say a congratulations and wish you a happy 100th birthday to ray hart. >> yes my father served in iwo jima he survived iwo jima and served the nypd for 36 years.

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we've been waiting come on, carson! >> let's do it >> look out for the triple cork, if i'm confident in the middle of this. i'm feeling good about this run. the ad all over beijing, souvenirs featuring the winter games icon are selling ou the beijing organizing committee said it would increase the supply of the snow suit-clad panda after shoppers were turned away for the weekend some people were waiting in lines for hours and they walked away empty-handed. no panda factory closures are one of the reasons for the shortage it's becoming one of the most popular olympic mascots yet.

next up, anna hoffman shared on tiktok, she's giving a peek inside security over at the olympic village. opening up about the unseen team behind team usa that is tasked with keeping our nation's athletes safe. >> the state department has dispatched special agents to come and be with the athletes to make sure that they're safe and everything this usually happens with most olympics it happens with other events in other countries as well. basically, he comes to us at any event we're at just to ensure our safety and make sure everything is going okay. >> special agents are working hard to protect team usa and we appreciate their efforts. next up, karen chen, on sunday, the 22-year-old figure skater spun her way into second place, earning a second medal in the team division and she's receiving the special designer behind her purple performance dress.

>> i'm wearing my figure skating dress that my mom made for me and she probably does 90% of the work and i do, like, 10% she does all the hard work and she puts in blood, sweat and tears into it. and i think my favorite part is probably this butterfly down here she put the stones on it in a way where it looks like a butterfly. >> i love it it's like being wrapped in a hug from mom >> huh >> karen skated in sunday's competition was to the song "butterfly lovers. that is not a smashing pumpkins song, by the way let's take a look at some olympic fashions have you wondered why skaters wear those long tights that go over their laces maybe it's for fashion "today" spoke with a skater

about the sport's unique wardrobe skaters cover their laces to avoid tripping over them on a fashion level, it might make their legs appear just a little bit longer, their laces are covered. what about all the spinning? i'm really going for it. this is the triple cork right here the skaters are just -- they are dizzy. but current and former teammates agreed, there's no way around getting dizzy, but they are used to it. there you have it. finally the force is strong with the french figure skater. in tuesday's singles short program, adam stepped onto the ice and into the dark side with his performance to the tune of an epic "star wars" medley

watch this >> get ready for a lightsaber fight. ♪ ♪ >> how about that? >> impressive. >> a hip-hop remix of the imperial march he finished 14th in the competition, but we could watch "star wars" on ice all day long. >> i would sign up for that. >> the laser sounds. still ahead, we got a taste of the olympics' host nation right here on the plaza with a right here on the plaza with a recipe for a classic noodle shdi

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we are back with the olympic drama that unfolded just this morning, ending team usa's first ever sprint medal in cross-country skiing >> jessie diggins is with us now live jessie, reactions are everything you got the medal. and then you got swarmed by a whole bunch of people after you won. just take us inside that moment for you. >> it's so special and so exciting because i really feel like this medal belongs for the entire team. it's taken so many people to give us this opportunity our coaches, our teammates, for generations, setting the stage and helping us get to this point. our volunteers and our families and loved ones i really felt the love and the cheering from back home, all the way from over here it's been overwhelming but in the best way. >> we just love watching you

make history you did it four years ago. now you've done it again what did it feel like when you crossed that finish line >> well, to be honest, i actually wasn't sure that i had definitely gotten the bronze i was a little bit scared to celebrate because i wasn't sure. i didn't want to -- i don't know, i guess i was just scared to celebrate too early i was just in a it's a really challenging course but i love that. and i finished with nothing left and i was so proud to say that i definitely did that. >> jessie, so many people with these olympics we've been finding out that you folks are just like us, and that you struggle with certain issues you've talked about -- you've been very vocal about eating disorders. what's the reaction been people have been so impressed

with your ability to be open about this >> thanks for asking i think it's so important for me to share all of my stories, the ups and downs. because i really think that we need to see heroes on tv who are vulnerable, who are imperfect, because i nearly tore myself apart trying to be perfect and i think that the only -- i mean, for sure, i know the only reason i'm here today competing, but more importantly that i'm happy and healthy is because i got help and because i let the people who love me into my life and let them help me and so i know that there's people back home who are struggling with something right now and i want them to know they have hope as well. because i think asking for help is the bravest thing you could ever do. it's so important for me to share that that's the reason i'm here today

>> jessie, you're amazing. you inspired us a few times over now. we're so proud of you. happy for you. congrats i hope you get a hot bath or something. that race is tough. >> i'm wearing a heated vest right now. >> good. enjoy. >> thank you we're going to have a treat before we go out on the plaza. we have the return of today food with actual food >> even better >> food in honor of the winter olympics whipping up a little beijing street food. happy olympics we're excited for this thank you. >> i wanted to show you a little bit of a recipe today. this is a very traditional beijing dish most people know beijing for two dishes, the first is pecking duck, which is a beautiful duck, tender skin in the middle.

these noodles -- it means fried noodles. means bean paste what this is, it's a traditional beijing noodle that is built off of three types of bean paste this is a spicy paste, and this is the crux of it. it's fermented wheat and soybeans it doesn't look very pretty right now. we're going to doctor it up. this is a little bit of brown id sugar to aid the caramelization process. >> are these pastes hard to find for people >> nowadays, you can get most of these things in chinese supermarkets all over. we got these from chinatown earlier the other day. all of this is going to come together

and a little of that savory umami sauce. >> are you mixing it fully or a light toss >> you want to get it mixed pretty well together with a little bit of this liquid. this is rice wine. deeply flavored sauce. what we're doing here, we're trying to harness all of that flavor from months and months of fermentation that's all it is and the cool thing about this dish, it's very, very popular in beijing, but this also became a superpopular dish for people to eat in korea it has a version -- >> and you do this sauce first so it can have this time to -- >> yeah, we're going to mix this all together >> we move over here magic of tv. >> this is the premade sauce but the reason why i love this sauce is because of how many layers of flavor there are this is pork belly and it's really quite fat, right? when we add this to the wok, we're going to keep it on medium

heat and start to slowly render out some of that liquid. >> what are the benefits of the wok? >> woks are amazing? the great thing about woks, they're high-walled, you can move them around and everything won't fall out you guys know about stir-fry, right? you can move things around and get things cooking evenly. woks are used for braises, boiling, used for -- >> because of that high wall. >> yeah. you can cook at high temperatures and low temperatures you can stir-fry up to 750 degrees or you can bring it down to a simmer. we're going to hope for some of this fat to leech out of the pork belly so we can activate some of the aromatics. you have ginger, garlic and we --

>> are you guys tasting the flavors? there's so much flavor. >> if we had a olympic sport for eating, we would be winning. this is unbelievable >> we got about 90 seconds left. i want to make sure we get this completed. >> this is what the sauce is going to look like the great thing about this oil layer, we might be able to skim off some of the layer. the oil will bring out the flavors. tell me about the noodles. >> nice and chewy and bouncy that sauce is going to go on top. >> we lost carson, entirely. don't worry, we're just getting it done over here. >> this is the work. this is the labor right here >> this could be served warm or cold. >> it's a little bit spicy and

intense sauce. >> just putting it on the side.h >> yeah, just around we go >> it is delicious >> it's unbelievable >> radishes. >> it's the greatest bowl you'll ever eat. >> and you have the spicy, sweet. >> what kind of beer would you serve with this? >> chinese beer is known as pail lagers we are back after a check of your local news. first, the sights and sounds from the winter olympics with help from our friends at getty images have a great day this looks good. >> that is insane. wow. >> brilliant >> so good >> this era has belonged to

nathan chen. >> wow >> this must feel like a dream right now for nathan chen. >> ryan cochran-siegle heading out right now. such a good comeback run from his performance yesterday. >> what a run by rcs g >> and eileen gu gets things going. eileen gu, a massive run >> eileen gu takes home the gold >> more olympic magic for team usa and jessie diggins who gets the bronze in beijing tonight. >> great comeback, summer britcher >> summer has done it so well.

>> score, alex carpenter ♪ ♪ ♪ a very good morning to you. 8:56 right now. i'm gars. parents and teachers in oakland will likely learn if their schools will be open next year in a matter of hours. the school board is expected to vote tonight to close and merge

as many as 15 schools. the district cites a massive budget deficit and record lows in enrollment. opponents question the timing arking the state could step in with its current budget surplus. this all comes as one oakland music teacher starts his 8th day of 100 strike to protest the plan. happening now, we are monitoring the lead-up to that vote. again, it is supposed to happen tonight. we'll post any decision once it comes into our twitter field. a chaotic scene playing out near the regional medical center. a police cruiser was stolen, smashed into another police cruiser yesterday after the driver did circles in an intersection. on our home page, the full back story and an update on the injured. parents say unwanted guests are popping up at a san francisco playground, rats. the playground is located within steps of city hall. the city says teams are working on eliminating the problem.

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this morning on the third hour of "today," one last one. snowboarder shaun white hours away from kicking off his fifth and final olympic, opening up to craig act his nerves and his future. and one of team usa's newest medal winners, ryan cochran-siegle on his dramatic race to silver and carrying on his family's olympic legacy. and later, the hilarious jennifer coolidge live with an exclusive look at her star studded new super bowl ad. and speaking of stars, the osc