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injured. clashes escalated today as protesters broke oust the square and battled police on nearby streets. the fighting shattered a truce that had been declared just hours earlier. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel was inside a hotel lobby where multiple protesters died. >> reporter: the injure ready still streaming. we've seen volunteers using bed sheets to try and treat the wounds. some of the injuries appear to have come from live ammunition. >> meanwhile, all of this inflamed tensions between the united states and russia with russia accusing the united states of meddling in ukraine and white house spokesman josh ernest saying just a few moments ago president obama is looking at all his options. >> it is fair to say that a range of sopgss is being actively considered at the white house, but i don't have any specific things, any specific decisions about those options.

>> nbc's ayman has joined us. what can you tell us about the situation in kiev right now? >> well, to say the least it remains very tense. as you mentioned, it is night time there. there is diplomatic efforts being led by the european union and the rugs are getting involved to try to put an end to this crisis. there's the question of how to gain stability. the u.s. and the europeans are clearly putting that responsibility on the square of the ukrainian president, vic vi yanu yanukovych.

protesters are increasingly becoming more violent. 13 ukrainian police officers have been killed. the government are alleging these protesters are using live ammunition and that's why they have to defend themselves. it's a situation that can spiral out of control very quickly if there is no end to the violence in the coming hours. >> the european union has now reportedly decided to impose sanctions on ukraine. we learned a short time ago, what more can you tell us about that? >> that's correct. both of the european union and the united states taking very similar measures. the sanctions that the european union have now imposed target individuals who they believe are responsible for the violence. now, what we understand from that is that these include officers, perhaps, members of the ministry of interior and all the way up to the chain of command, including possibly the president. we understand from the european union that the assets of these individuals have been frozen. and visas have been imposed on

them, banning them from traveling inside the european union. we don't know who the individuals are yet. the u.s. has not released the names. they do say if in fact there is a truce that holds in a reversal of the actions on the ground that the names of these individuals can be reversed as well. >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you. i want to bring in the former governor of new mexico, bill richardson. always good to see you. european union foreign ministers are meeting in kiev, all of this while protesters are demanding that the president of ukraine design. how likely is that? i don't think he'll resign but i think the ultimate objective should be, craig, early elections, a reduction in the president's power, him sharing power with the opposition. most importantly an end to the violence this has gotten very, very bitter and violent.

you recall the velvet revolution killed thousands of people. so ukraine is important, both to the rest and to russia. it was the last bastian where they had their weapons. it's strategically located between europe and russia. it's an important country. i think what the u.s. is doing is it's staging the punitive measures, first individual sanctions, which do bite, because it means that their leaders can't travel. they freeze their individual assets and then perhaps the next step, commercial sanctions. from the european union, from the u.s. >> you know, for folks who have not been following this story closely, how did we get here? how did this conflict that we have seen play out really in

earnest over the past 72 hours, how did this conflict start? >> well, it started when it appeared that there was going to be a relationship between ukraine and the european union. the ukrainian people, a majority want to go with the european union. then putin and the russians stepped in and they put enormous pressure on the president saying you stay with russia. we don't want you to join the european union. it was a commercial relationship. we'll pressure you. we'll cut off your gas supplies, we'll on the good side, give you loans. it became a battle where putin is trying to keep control of the old soviet republics. ukraine is the big prize, the biggest, the most powerful. strong entrepreneurship in the ukraine. but the ukrainian people, the opposition, they want to decide where they want to go with the u.s., with europe.

and they seem to have chosen europe but then within their leader yanukovych backs the russians and says we're going to stay with russia, that's what the conflict is all about. >> it sounds like an old cold war struggle. >> that's what it is, craig. you see putin in his last term, he wants to cement his legacy. he regrets soviet union losing all the soviet republics. but he wants to keep this one that i think is the biggest prize. >> all right. we'll leave it there. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. former governor of new mexico, bill richardson. appreciate your insight, sir. >> thanks, craig. the department of homeland security is warning airlines of a potential new shoe bomb threat. airlines are specifically being urged to pay very close attention to flights coming to this country from overseas. homeland security citing, quote, they recent intelligence

pointing to a credible threat. pete williams joins us live with more on what all of this means for travelers. hey, pete. >> craig, officials say this is based on new intelligence, renewed chatter about trying to attack passenger flights using explosives hidden in shoes. officials familiar with the warning say it applies to airlines that fly from overseas to the united states. for flights at foreign airports that go directly to the u.s., passengers will see increased attention paid to their footwear. shoes that are warn and that are in carry-on bags, homeland security says, should be x-rayed. it's urging airlines to use the swabs that check for traces of explosives on passenger shoes as well. it will be a new experience for many foreign flyers. >> this is a change, unlike travelers in the united states who are used to taking their shoes off, at many airports overseas that is not required. this will, of course, require more screening of shoes both on people and potentially in their

carry-on. >> officials say the threat information is not specific to any particular airline, country of origin or time frame and they say there's no indication of a specific plot. airlines that fly from the middle east, north africa and some parts of europe are being advised to be extra cautious. two weeks ago, authorities warned that terrorists might try to hide explosive in toothpaste tubes on flights to russia from the united states and other countries. this new intelligence, officials say, is not connected to the olympics. the idea of hiding explosives in shoes has been tried before by an englishman, richard reid, who attempted to blow up a flight from paris to miami just before christmas in 2001. his shoes had a powerful, high explosive hid innocent soles. he's serving a life sentence at the super max prison in colorado. this affects only flights from overseas to the united states. so officials say there are no plans to change security

procedures here on domestic flights at home. they say they in fact have not been any such changes today, craig. >> pete, quick question here. at this point any idea how long this warning might last? >> no. you know, they do renew these things from time to time, they re-assess the intelligence and adjust the security based on that. they do it periodically. it will just be based on the intelligence. >> pete william for us from d.c. thank you. still ahead here, fallout from the miami dolphins bullying case, a coach fired, a trainer fired, both fired over the incident involving richie incognito and jonathan martin. >> there's a common decency that people need to have toward one another. when that gets violated, that's an issue. >> but do the firings go far enough? it's our "news nation" gut check. also, the shocking video out of russia today. members of this punk band, the footage is now part of the music

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the miami dolphins head coach is vowing to change the culture inside his team's locker room, following that alarming report on bullying claims by an independent investigator. coach joe philbin publicly addressed ted wells' report this

morning. that 144-page report found consistent harassment directed at at least two players. today philbin took responsibility of the scandal and said he would have intervened had he known what was going on. >> we're going to do things about it. we're going to make it better. we're going to look at every avenue and uncover every stone and we'll have a better workplace. >> philbin's comments coming a day after two were fired. we have a sports editor for "the nation." we have a coach fired, an athletic trainer who has been fired. it seems likely that richie incognito will not be joining that team again. philbin as you heard there, vowing to change the culture inside the dolphins locker room. this is what owner steven ross

said in a statement about those firings. in part, the language and behavior as described in the ted wells' report are against the core values of our organization. he goes on to say, jim turner and kevin o'neil are good people who care a great deal about their profession and the players whom they serve but both exhibited poor judgment at times, which led me to this conclusion. this dismissal, dave zarin, marks the first punitive action the organization has taken since dave wells' report. is this enough. >> that's a good question. the question everyone is asking, craig, how is joe philbin still employed at this point? if you are taking responsibility for a locker room that over 140 gruelling pages, i read every page, it is not for the feint of heart, it displays a locker room that was a polar vortex of racism, sexism and homophobia. there's been a lot of talk in

the nfl in the recent weeks about, quote, unquote, distractions. how is it not a distraction to have the head coach still there who is in charge of a locker room that had clearly gone off the rails. >> in your column last week after the wells report was released, you cited the portion of the report that outlines coach philbin and the front office knew nothing and about that you wrote, quote, i have never understood why being ignorant acts as a shield of blamelessness for those in power. if philbin did know what was happening, then he looks ignore and the. he says he wants to change the locker room culture. if he really did have no idea, do you see him ever being able to effectively change the locker room's culture? >> no, because where's the credibility then going to come from for him to do so? and the part of today's press conference that was so distressing is that for those

who watched it, joe philbin was attempting to have it both ways. i was saying i didn't know what was happening. that's the old george h.w. bush i was out of the loop approach to scandal. he was also saying it was on my watch, i take responsibility. so it's like does the buck stop with you or does it not? that's a very tough message to send if people want to take you seriously as the person who's going to lead this team going forward. >> switching gears slightly here. philbin made those comments at the nfl combine which kicks off today. i want to read something else to our viewers at least. this is something else you mentioned in your column. the timing of this report also comes just as the nfl is attempting to show the world that it is a save space for michael sam and any player who tells the world that he is gay. instead, we get a glimpse of a locker room that seems to be steeped in racist and homophobic violence, a bigoted gay barber's paradise. your words. >> yes. >> how does this look for the league as a whole to be talking

about these allegations? >> just so people -- viewers know the context of me writing that, if you look at the wells report, there's descriptions of things that wouldn't be called bullying. they'd be called results. the actual putting of hands of other players. i'll tell you why this is so bad for the nfl. every single nfl player i've interviewed about this says, whoa, whoa, whoa, that is a locker room run amuck. in a poll, 60% of fans said they believe every single locker room was like the miami dolphins locker room. the nfl is trying to break that perception. one way to do that is look like they're giving michael sam an honest shake, an honest opportunity to make the league. >> dave zarin, you always shoot straight, sir. enjoy having you. thank you. >> thank you, sir.

parts of the country are in for severe weather tonight. the national weather service warns that a powerful storm moving across the central part of the country is going to bring heavy thunderstorms, even tornadoes from the ohio valley all the way down to the golf coast. you can see it there. the greatest risk is going to be in tennessee, in kentucky and mississippi as well. those tornadoes are expected to be weak but still capable of bringing down trees, bringing down power lines as well. now, that same storm will also dole out yet another wallop of heavy snow to the upper midwest and new england, including some dangerous blizzard conditions to minnesota and iowa. next week, forecasters say we can expect yet another blast of serious cold air. the last time we saw temperatures this cold was when the polar vortex seen here in this new animation from our friends at nasa, with enthat polar vortex brought temperatures down to arctic levels all over the country with temperatures as much as 40 degrees below average.

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the chair of new york and new jersey's port authority is apologizing to the public over the shutting down of lanes on the george washington bridge last september. >> recently, there have been many comments and concerns about how the port authority operates. i cannot allow this agency to be mischaracterized by the actions of a few individuals when the day-to-day work of so many, including with this board, is so important. on behalf of the board of commissioners, we are deeply sorry for inconvenience caused to our travelers. >> all of this as governor chris christie just wrapped up his first town hall today, since the bridge scandal broke. that was a short time ago in port monmouth, new jersey. here with me now, state assembly wom

woman. thanks for stopping by. you held a news conference aimed at port authority reform. correct? >> correct. >> what was put forward. >> we put forward proposals to deal with all of the bistate agencies as well as in new jersey agencies and to be pro-active. certain things occurred that we can't allow to happen again. we won't know how, in particular with the fourth and fifth amendment issues and subpoenas and that moving to court. we decided it's time to be pro-active and offer up solutions to some of the problems we've seen. >> solutions like? >> it's a three-tiered type of approach. it will take the help of our colleagues in new york and delaware and on the democratic side. some of the things are to enhance accountability at the bistate agencies. for example, going forward, any

employees that are director level or above, the governors of both states need to sign off on. minimum terms of employment that go beyond just one governor's term. by way of example, five years. it's not as -- such a political process. >> right. >> implementing controls whereby if they do not comply with audits, they can't issue debt. >> i read the report earlier. a lot of this sounds like it makes sense. it also made me wonder, why not before? some of these things seem like they're fairly common sensical. >> absolutely. i think with the port authority and with some of our agencies, there have been problems that have gone back for decades. as to why these issuatives have not been put forth, actually initiatives have been put forth but have died. or just go into some sort of neverland of never moving forward. we are committed, and we believe that the timing is right, in light of what's taking place, that we can do parallel tracks.

we continue to do the investigation. we continue to do our jobs on that committee. but we put forth smart policy so that these type of things don't occur again. >> really quickly here before i let you go. >> yes. >> michael isikoff reported earlier that this subpoena standoff could ultimately end up at the supreme court. stepien and kelly refusing to turn over documents, citing their right not to incriminate themselves. you're an attorney. you have a legal background. how do you think this will play out? >> i think it will be many, many months of legal battles. >> this investigation is going to drag on? >> it's going to drag on. that's why we put forth policy solutions that we can implement immediately. so while those battles are dragging on and it could take years. we may never understand why. we may never get that answer. but it is incumbent upon us in the interim to protect our constituents, protect commuters, protect the people who we just took an oath of office to

protect. and these will help implement that. it's a great framework for moving forward. >> holly schepisi, thanks for coming by. >> thank you. still ahead, another problem for wisconsin governor scott walker. the embarrassing release of thousands of e-mails from a former aide and the investigation into possible campaign finance violations in the walker recall. we'll get the first read on that. also, we go live to sochi after this stunning video. security personnel attacking members of the russian punk band pussy riot. and now this con fed rate-themed license plate now available in georgia. as you can imagine, it's stirring up controversy. it's one of the things we thought you should know on this thursday afternoon.

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another republican governor and potential 2016 gop presidential candidate is facing fallout today, following the release of 27,000 pages of e-mails. wisconsin governor scott walker is downplaying the release of those e-mails ordered by a court. the documents show while walker was milwaukee county executive and running for governor in 2010 he asked for a daily conference call before his official county staff and campaign aides to coordinate strategy. the e-mails stem from an investigation that led to walker's former deputy chief of staff when he was county executive, pleading guilty to a felony count of performing political work on county time. nbc news senior political editor mark murray is here. we should start by noting that governor walker has always denied any wrongdoing. he was never charged. still, though, the first read team notes this could pose a problem for him if he runs for president. the e-mails contain some derogatory terms as well. how significant are these

e-mails? >> craig, they are significant. it's just not for 2016 that scott walker ends up running for president. he faces a tough election bid in this home state of wisconsin this november. in order for him to have a chance to run in 2016 he needs to run that race again. if he does win, it will be the third time in the last five years that he won in wisconsin. remember the recall he also had in 2012. this allows his political opponents to pounce on this stuff and like we've seen in new jersey, where all of a sudden things are getting bogged down in a release of e-mails, people getting subpoenaed, more investigates. that's never good news for any politician, no matter or not if people are directly tie you to those things. >> the e-mail stems from one investigation. i understand there's another investigation that's under way as well involving governor walker. what more can you tell us about that? >> that has to do with campaign finance, apparently regarding the 2012 recall election i was

talking about where outside groups may have and this is the allegation, may have coordinated with the governor's campaign during that recall election. the one thing, craig, i think it's important to make is that this doesn't seem to be as striking of a story as what we've seen out in new jersey with chris christie. it got everyone's attention in new jersey. it's time for traffic problems in ft. lee. that's what got everybody's attention. particularly, the first investigation comes in mixing official business at the county executive office, that was scott walker's job before he became governor with political activities. and one former walker deputy chief of staff pleaded guilty to something like that. the e-mails kind of seemed to suggest the situation where county executive officials as well as the governor's campaign office were coordinating at least on conference calls. that's a no-no in wisconsin. but it also doesn't seem to have the big striking effect that we've seen in new jersey. >> all right. nbc news senior political editor, mark murray.

always good to see you. thank you. >> thanks, craig. >> the russian punk band, pussy riot, is speaking out today, one day after they were seen being attacked by officials. they held a press conference where they look to clear the air about precisely why it is they were in sochi. earlier today, the banned also released a new music video criticizing the winter olympic games in their home country and president vladimir putin. the video called putin will teach you how to love the motherland includes footage from yesterday's attack. they are seen being attacked with horse whips as they tried to perform under an olympic sign. nbc's stephanie gosk is in sochi for us, joins us live with more on this story. stephanie, what did the banned have to say about the attack today? >> craig, they called this press conference. they wanted to detail the kind of harassment they've gotten since they arrived here on sunday. i think what you saw there in that video, that altercation

took even them by surprise. it even took russian officials by surprise. the governor of this region saying he's going to look into why they were treated that way and what he called an unsettled way. those pictures are of a militia group. they're not police. they're not military. they're not armed with guns but they obviously had whips and some kind of spray, possibly pepper spray. they used it. today at the press conference, the one male member of the group who clearly got the brunt of it, it seems, had a bandage on his forehead. he seemed to have been hit pretty hard. i asked the group why they came down here if they knew they would receive this kind of treatment. >> right. >> they said they wanted to shine a light on the restrictions of free speech in this country because of president putin. and they really face that when they were down here. they were detained at least twice. ten hours at a time. once accused for -- not accused but at least to be questioned about a theft in the hotel they were staying in.

they really were harassed and followed the entire time they were here. they wanted to show that to the world. they succeeded to a certain degree, possibly because of how dramatic those pictures were. >> yes. >> a little bit of irony there. >> completely unrelated here to the band and the attack and the video. you've been there for a number of weeks now, stephanie gosk. what's your favorite olympic event? just curious more than anything. >> you know what, it has to be ice hockey, craig. i played ice hockey in school. i love going to hockey games. as we are speaking right now, the u.s. and canada women are in a tiebreak for the gold medal. it may have ended already. you may even know the score. i don't know it. don't tell me. i want to surprise myself. it's great, so exciting. the arenas here are so much fun to watch a game in. you know, the russians love hockey. even if it's not their team, they love to go, they love to cheer it on. that for me has really been the highlight. >> stephanie gosk we'll leave it

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of her head. neighbors who witnessed the kidnapping are credited with helping track down the alleged murderer. two bodies found on captain phillips' former ship have been identified as americans. police say autopsies will be performed on two former navy s.e.a.l.s found dead on the "maersk alabama" on thursday. the gap has announced it will be raising minimum wage for its employees to $10 an hour. the move comes as many states are considering similar increases. meanwhile, walmart, the nation's largest employer, which backed an increase in 2007, says that a pay hike is, quote, something they're looking at. well, this winter's relentless weather has taken a toll on both air travelers and airlines, apparently. the rash of recent ice and snowstorms has led to the cancellation of month are than 75,000 flights in the last 2 1/2 months. that's the highest rate in more

than 25 years. the cancellations and delays often in airports far away from bad weather, we should note, has left thousands of frustrated travelers. time editor bill saporito got an inside look at the airline industry and who really decide which is flights get canceled. bill is here in the studio with me. this is fascinating to me. fascinating. you got a firsthand look at what you call the cans cancelator. >> it was the name that the employees gave it. >> okay. >> it's part of a series of programs that are used to determine what the list is. the cancelator produces a hit list. if you're on that list, you're not going anywhere. >> it's not just about the weather, right. >> no. there are many, many things.

before a storm, an airline will move jets out of an airport that's going to get hit. once you do that you have to figure out a way to get them back. there are pilots with them. these pilots have a limited number of hours they can run. they could run out of time. you have to consider the passengers, how many flights can we save. how many people are expecting. do we want to save the misconnects over people who are, say, what they call terminators. they're ending their flight. and you have to weigh the money. how much revenue can i say if i send -- or can i make if i send this plane but not this plane. >> is that really typically what it comes down to, is it always a financial consideration? >> no. it can't always be. they weigh all of these decisions. you feed all of these things into your program and then you get the hit list that does the most to preserve the schedule. >> who stands the best chance of always getting canceled?

who stands the best chance of being bumped and who doesn't? i feel like often times -- >> it's you. >> it's me. yes. >> i was on that flight. >> hub-to-hub flights, where there's a lot of service and where there's what they call re-accommodation are first candidates. if there are ten flights a day between new york and dallas, all right, i can nail two of them and probably reaction date the rest of the passengers. the problem is, in the industry, today, is that the planes are running 85% full. >> exactly. >> you get this backup. and so some people are going to sit there for a couple of days. and this is a real sore spot with passengers. >> how does airline consolidation come into play here? >> well, when we last looked at it, the airlines had taken out, i don't know, 12 million seats, available seats. >> 12 million? >> 12 million. consolidation you eliminate flights that are redundant, that are not profitable. so there are fewer seats available, too.

>> if you are trying to avoid booking a flight that's likely to get canceled, are there certain airports you should avoid. >> on any day that would be o'hare and newark. yes. you're also going to be flying out of these airports. for instance, international flights are less likely to be canceled. and if you're on a plane that's carrying a crew that's going to maybe run that international flight, that flight is not going to get canceled, then two flights go out. >> it's a fascinating article. thank you so much for stopping by to share some of it with us. >> thank you. >> jackpot in the golden state. california lottery officials just started a news conference in front of the store that sold that $425 million winning powerball ticket. we are going to go there live after this. another big move for facebook. the social networking site strikes a reported $19 billion deal to buy text messaging

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there's a whole lot going on today. here are some of the things we thought you should know. georgia is offering a new license plate that features the confederate flag displayed more prominent prominently.

is house speaker john boehner, is he thinking about retiring soon? sure to feel speculation, the speaker and his wife just bought what his office describes as a vacation condo in marco island, florida. and first lady michelle obama is here in new york city where she visited the new museum of contemporary art. she met with the eighth graders that created an exhibit that encourages all of us to drink more water. the first lady will be joining jimmy fallon as a guest on "the tonight show" as he celebrates his first week as the new host. the golden state is living up to its name today. one ticket, one, sold last night for $425 million. the powerball jackpot happened. the winning ticket was sold at a gas station in the heart of silicon valley. the man who owns the station is

on a preplanned trip to india but his son spoke a few moments ago. >> a lot of hard working folk come through here all the time. i really hope one of them won. we know most of our customers on a first-name basis. we have a conversation with them, let them go on with their day. they come here, get refreshments, play lotto. >> it's the second time since december someone from california is heir to a massive lottery prize. nbc's jennifer borkland is live outside. what's the word? at this point any idea who might be walking around with the golden ticket? >> nope. but it's a new gold rush here in california silicon valley. that's for sure. the way you put it, it's true. it's one in 175 million odds

that one of these tickets is the winner. it was one ticket bought here in this store. the patriarch of this store is on a plane right now to india. get this, his sons who are here who received the $1 million check from the lottery, they said that their dad left his phone behind because he just didn't want any headaches from the business. he just didn't want to hear any of it. they will not be able to reach him until he gets all settled in, until about 4:00 this afternoon. they can't hit him up on his cell phone. his family owns about seven chevron stations in the area. they definitely struck some gold here today. the store gets a million bucks for selling the winner. it's an estimated $425.3 million jackpot. the lump sum option, if whoever bought the ticket chose that, is

$242.2 million all at once. somebody's life to really about to change. >> you could live off that. >> sure. we could live off the interest. >> yes, i could live off a tenth of that. really quickly before i let you go, the rules vary from state to state, do powerball winners have to come forward and make themselves known? or is there a chance we may never know. >> we will find out. i looked this up in case i was the winner. i wanted to know if i would have to be public about it. i didn't want anyone to know about my big winnings. never happened for me. california is one of those states, you have to come up and say it was me. but they have a year to do it. if you bought a ticket, if you bought a ticket, before i let you go, don't give up all hope. there's one ticket out there worth $2 million. there are 17 tickets with enough numbers that will win you $1 million. all is not lost if you bought a powerball ticket last night.

>> time new for the "news nation" gut check. earlier in the show we reported on the miami dolphins. the miami dolphins have parted ways with offensive line coach jim turner, head athletic turner kevin o'neil in the wake of that bullying scandal. what does your gut tell you? do those firings go far enough? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to cast your vote. that will do it for this edition of "news nation." i'm craig melvin. tomorrow here on "news nation" i'll talk to the parents of jordan davis after a jury failed to convict michael dunn in the murder of their son. up next, "the cycle." before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparing for retirement. that's why when the time came he counted on merrill edge to streamline his investing and help him plan for the road ahead.

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i'm abby huntsman, live with new details as they break. the networks of nbc are the only place you're going to see olympic history. we're back with all the winners and the stories you won't see anywhere else. the heat is on. new jersey governor chris christie hosts his first town hall since bridgegate broke. there's a february thaw here in washington. i hear it was hot, hot, hot in jersey today. and cycling out of control, it's red hot in 43 states and that's a welcome change. i'm angela rye here for krystal. somebody just won almost half a billion dollars thanks to powerball. cha-ching. cycling now we start today in ukraine where it is the