sochi has long been family us for its hot springs. many leaders spend their holidays here, including josef stalin. ever since it was chosen to host for the olympics, sochi has been undergoing a major facelift. a group of volunteers is studying english in preparation for the arrival of the olympic tourists. excuse me, why are you studying english? >> communication. >> i hope to study english better. in three months about, people from all world comes to my town and we must ready. >> reporter: not every in so he schi happy about the games. police complain how prices of almost everything has soared. the less wealthy are hurting. >> new apartments sold for unusually high prices for a small russian up to by sochi. this condominium with three bedrooms is on sale for $2 million. the average price of property has risen by 30%. even high end properties sold quickly. >> translator: even after the olympics, i think the demand for property will continue. >> reporter: consumer prices have jumped 15% since the announcement sochi was hosting the game

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the general with the limited bill with one hundred days to go before the paralympians take over the sochi winter games are teammates amanda managed to turn his life around on the ice rink plus. i egypt all these the rest are two problems activists who spearheaded regime change in twenty eleven as police chase anyone define the new law which restricts public gatherings. and crackdown on terror here in the russian capital where police say they've arrested a group of heavily armed islamic extremists. very good even for me kevin it's eight pm here in moscow this is r.t. how top story this is an eastern european economy get together starting on thursday but there's one country in the wings having trouble making up its mind ukraine is seeing days of violence and protest abounding that the president signs closer ties with the e.u. even though he knows being hasty could be costly. been following the protests. protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now several thousand people are besieging the government building in central

live from sochi thank. while the olympic torch continues its record breaking trip to sochi disabled athletes are getting psyched up for them moment to shine with the winter paralympics now less than one hundred days away. some of russia's medal hopes. i was talking to should be intense fierce determined and. like you. just with two sticks one in each hand with extra risks. for you miss you're constantly flying around at high speeds collisions and everything for it's all crazy fast and tireless commitment which is. training all the time morning to night every day of these seventeen paralympic athletes are in the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey team and thirty six year old by doing so you can is their captain he was injured in two thousand and two while serving in the russian military in chechnya. still does more before the age of twenty five i used to have a completely different life were also for both of them but after the injury i turned to sports to realize my potential. he went from swimming to taki

i'd like to point out that the twenty four thousand sochi winter olympics will be games for the whole country we've been striving towards this goal for seven years now and i think now is the time to unite once more i'm sure our athletes will do their utmost best and it's our duty as funds to support them the best we can and this is just one of the ways. and that's all sport for another show. if you got nothing and you got no opportunity. to start to construct your own little current. kilgallen be bad give don't want to meet gangsters you don't want to be drug dealers they don't want to blow with all the time that a kid came to be we can see. you just needs a hundred dollars a night in the hood. he said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young age. if you are targeting only one scapegoat that would be responsible five with you say that you think the banks the commercial banks then what about the non banks what about the highly leveraged institutions nora responsible what about the fights so what about all the special so you see it's more. you know he banks are

with less than one hundred days to go before the winter olympics in sochi russia. is training harder than ever. and i welcome you watching me. now the eastern partnership summit is kicking off in the lithuanian capital viewing us ukraine's president will be attending the gathering where he promised to explain why kiev rejected a european trade pact that is pro e.u. demonstrations continue in ukraine against the government's decision. is in kiev for us. protests continue in kiev they have been very peaceful over the past several days but this may well be calm before the storm because everyone is waiting for the eastern partnership summit in vilnius and the biggest question is whether the e.u.'s o.c.a. should deal between brussels and key if will be signed the opposition already said that if it will not be signed they'll be taking people into the streets on a massive national wide strike and inside what they describe as a euro revolution would in any case the euro association deal is not only causing a tension on the ground here in kiev but also the diplomatic level

and fantasy downy i'd like to point out that the twenty four thousand sochi winter olympics will begin school the whole country we've been striving towards this goal for seven years now and i think now is the time to unite once more i'm sure our athletes will do their utmost best and it's our duty as funds to support them the best we can and this is just one of the ways. and that's all support for another show by. well not talking about language or what are lovely react to such a way i haven't read the reports but i'm like the players i know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point to say. to carry out a car is on the job here no guy right there joe no more weasel words. when you made a direct question are you prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for a. freedom of speech and a little bit of the freedom to watch. the diplomacy that seems to be coming from washington it appears to be. falling short of expectations of the united states as a superior negotiator as a superior diplomatic player but we see what happened in egypt after the ar

manned systems have a big future let's not forget it's not all about the military it's also about sochi which is the host city for the upcoming olympics for twenty fourteen it's also the city that's going to host the paralympics not on the one hundredth day countdown for the paralympics president putin was he had to look for himself and how far the infrastructure has gone he gave the thumbs up saying essentially sochi is ready to welcome the world as well as the athletes in terms of the infrastructure as well as the stadiums they've all been tested in the last couple of months of international competitions they've added two thousand more buses as well as vehicles for guests and athletes at the transport system is running a smoothly as they wanted to add more roads in terms of hotels and and all the restaurants that have been preparing for the last couple of months everything seems to be on a point particularly for be able to also be joining us out here in sochi twenty fourteen they've also been added the amendments that they need to have a comfortable a limpy game so we just need to put

we are in sochi where everything is ready and just about to go but does the village pass the president. will tell you shortly. are you watching r.t. with may and tree farm. now the e.u.'s eastern recruits begin their summit shortly with ukraine's president firmly in the spotlight as he hesitates over signing up to closer ties with brussels meanwhile pro european demonstrations in kiev are into their fifth day with hundreds of people besieging the parliament building day and night. is there for us and looking by the demonstrations behind you the protesters look set to remain there for some time. indeed they will be staying here at least until the end of friday and the protests are continuing day and night despite it's getting very very cold. right now probably about ten or twelve thousand at the independence square in kiev and the idea here is that they're still hopeful that the deal with. will be signed in vilnius despite some very serious assurances coming from the ukrainian government that the deal will not be signed right now it's very peaceful it's been peaceful for the last two da

if you can to see it i'd like to point out that the twenty four thousand sochi winter olympics will be games for the whole country we've been striving towards this goal for seven years now and i think now is the time to unite once more i'm sure our athletes will do their utmost best find it it's our duty as funds to support them the best we can and this is just one of the ways we did. and that's all support for now the show i. will not talk about language at all but our lovely react to such right i have read the reports but like the players i know i will be back to the state department to comment on your latter point safe. secure yellow cards on the docket they'll fire. you no more weasel words. when you made a direct question are you prepared for a change when you know you should be ready for a. critical up speech a little out the freedom to watch. the diplomacy that seems to be coming from washington it appears to be just falling short of expectations of the united states as a superior negotiator as a superior diplomatic player but we see what happened in egypt after the arab spring

there you will find oakley's road to sochi including a slide show. >> we're watching a brief chance.s in the northbound already down to 39 degrees. san jose, 49 degrees. 46 inform oakland. 52 currently in san francisco. and a closer check of the temperatures right now. 37 degrees, patchy frost. some of the northbound valleys in tomorrow morning, not so much though in the inner bay. the temperatures mainly in the 40s. san jose could see some 30s as you wake up tomorrow morning. unfortunately tonight, you want to crank up the heater. but we have a spare the air alert as we head up to the alert. cut back on wood burning. or smoke in the sky, that's something you're probably going to want to avoid for the next couple of nights. we don't have cloud cover either. that's probably one of the reasons why. we have the chilly 30s and 40s. waking up to mostly sunny skies. then as we head into the afternoon, we're going to start to see some changes headed our way. first, clouds coming from the west, partly cloudy skies tomorrow. and then the weather system that's going to come in during the day o

then to the olympics in sochi, russia.avily decorated female skier in the history of the sport. >> in february when i crashed, you know, i had a lot of time. so i had enough time to be sad, disappointed and then get motivated. i don't have time for that now. i have to be motivated. i have to be ready. sochi is the thing that's really driving me. if i didn't have sochi, i would have most likely had another acl reconstruction and been out the entire season. sochi is definitely in the forefront of my mind. it's what keeps me going. >>> the winter olympic games begin in 11 weeks. >>> in a town that welcomes good news, newtown, connecticut, has some welcome good news. the newtown high school nighthawks have gone 12-0 after a season dedicate odd the victims in the same grammar school so many of them once attended. they finished undefeated. if they make the states, the championship game may fall on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy there. >>> a few days back we brought you a report from richard engel in afghanistan, the sto

another set back for one of america's best hopes for sochi. her spokesperson says she sustained a mild strain to her right knee, partial tear to her right acl. this doctor who is not treating her say these types of injury ks take a long time to heal. >> a partial tear, which is what they're reporting, could be fatherly serious, because it wasn't probably 100% strong yet anyway. >> reporter: in february, lindsey blew out the same knee in a devastating crash at the world championship. she has admitted she can take her training too far. >> i'm probably the most dangerous person for myself. >> reporter: it took six months for lindsey to get back on her skis. and when she finally did, nbc news was with her in the chilean andes. her publicist says she'll rest for a few days and pursue aggressive physical therapy. >> she is clearly a, if not the poster child of the olympic games. we saw her come through with an ininjure prior to 2010 in vancouver. she is as tough as tough gets. >> reporter: with less than three months to go before sochi, america's go

their own will with unlimited bills with a hundred days to go before the paralympians take over at the sochi winter games are teammates amount of money to turn his life around on the ice rink last. egypt orders the arrest of two prominent activists who spearheaded regime change in twenty eleven as police chase anyone defying the new law which restricts public gatherings. and the crackdown on terror here in the russian capital where police say they've arrested a group of heavily armed islamic extremists. good evening it's nine pm here my name is kevin owen this is our top story the breaking news the italian senate in the last hours voted to expel former first prime minister silvio berlusconi from parliament of his conviction for tax fraud a larger than life billionaires lead the country for most of the past two decades he addressed his supporters in rome before the vote saying it was a day of mourning for at least democracy before being removed from parliament rather bigger move from parliament means the seventy seven year old is now stripped of political immunity and could now be arrested on

countsthere as russia down to the sochi games. >> roaring off on its way. the olympic torch on board. you can feel it in your stomach. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. twitter, which has helped to fuel revolutions and bring us the latest from lady gaga, saw it stocks soar. can they keep the momentum going? twitter takes flight on the new york stock exchange. top tweeters including patrick stewart taking part in the social media phenomenon. one of twitter's founders on the floor of the exchange. the share price soars. simple tool. yet, people have done so many amazing things with it. team has spent the last few weeks of playing to investors why a company which is yet to make a profit will be a great bed. 26 with thisin tweet from one of the founders. than 230 million users ranging from the president celebrating election victory to celebrities like justin bieber telling his followers that of brazil has been incredible. twitter even treated the details of its own share sale but now it has to prove that it is

everything seems to be on point to particularly for the disabled to also be joining us out here in sochi twenty fourteen they've also been added the amendments that they need to have a comfortable a limpy game so we just need to put on the final nail on it and of course we're all waiting for that snow to start dropping and it's all the way to sochi twenty fourteen for the olympics as well as the paralympics ok we're going to return to our fracking story because we can talk to you and the fracking activist right now stephen hall he's based in the u.k. thank you very much for coming on to the program this evening now very much in the process of trying to ban fracking in britain how much progress you making. well not much of the moment but we do believe rule succeed in the longer. i'm why are you so certain can you outline the risks as you perceive them. well it's not just the risks which is life as you see incident yesterday in texas threats to under water pollution. reduced prices in the vicinity of the area that is taking place and the motor vehicles are going on the role that the destro

well why only a limbic torch continues its odyssey across russia routed file this nation into sochi the countdown to the winter paralympics is also on there's just one hundred days left before the games begin an artist i would say is there for us with the latest update. hello there tommy well i see it's raining where you are but do tell us what's happening preparation wise for the winter olympics. well hello to you yes indeed it is raining but that's not going to stop what's happening here today where adam. media center this is where the media will be house during the olympics and it's in a beautiful mountainous class even though it's raining today but kicking off that one hundred days before the para lympics winter games the paralympics into game will start from the seventh of march till the twenty six. months now that's almost ten days and then pick excitement as well as sportsmanship now russia has been taking a very important steps in making sure that those with disabilities are being cared for one of them is a read to find a un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

and russia will also host a maiden winter paralympics at sochi next month aiming to finish one better than the second overall place achieved in vancouver in two thousand and ten and some potential medal winners were among those on and at last friday's annual sporting awards as michael craft a reports. with less than one hundred days to go until russia's maiden winter olympics get underway in sochi the paralympic community came together to mark another event the eighth annual award ceremony to honor support and recognize a year's achievements from the country's top athletes and trainers. we created these awards to help make olympic sports not popular we don't have athletes or trainer of the year awards that each nominee has their own background story on them and we think the athletes not only with the best results but also the star stories are the most testing of thousands of kids who are maybe unaware of their own potential but can see just what can be achieved. there are ten awards and in addition to highlighting sporting excellence they also acknowledge personal challenges and overc

a countdown to the olympics in sochi. look at this tonight. the olympic torch taken on a space walk. flying high above the earth for the first time. but back on earth, growing controversy over the games. president putin sparing no expense, but just where is all that money going? abc's kirit radia in sochi tonight. >> reporter: the olympic torch. boldly going where no torch has gone before. part of relay as grand as vladimir putin's vision for the olympics. russia's hosting the winter games in sochi, a town best known as a beach resort. last year, there wasn't enough snow, so they stored big piles under insulated blankets, hoping enough would survive until the olympics. it's an example of how putin sparing no expense. over $50 billion. by far, the most expensive olympics ever. one reason they're so expensive, all of these stadiums are brand new. the sky resort in the nines back there, even a power plant and the roads were all built just for these olympics. but critics say there's another reason. massive corruption. one report claims up to $30 b

and russia will also host a maiden winter paralympics at sochi next month aiming to finish one better than the second overall place achieved in vancouver in two thousand and ten and some potential medal winners were among those on and at last friday's annual sporting awards as michael craft anchor reports. with less than one hundred days to go until russia's maiden winter olympics get underway in sochi the paralympic community came together to mark another event the eighth annual award ceremony to honor support and recognize a year's achievements from the country's top athletes and trainers. we created these awards to help make the olympics popular we don't have athletes or trainer of the year awards at the beach nominee has their own background story on them and we think their efforts not only with the best results but also there's a lot of stories of the most testing of thousands of kids who are maybe unaware of their own potential but i can see just what can be achieved. there are ten awards and in addition to highlighting sporting excellence they also acknowledge personal challeng

doesn't go with unlimited ability with one hundred days to go now before the paralympians take over the sochi winter games are teammates amount of managed to turn his life around on the ice rink. also tally in sentences expel former prime minister silvio berlusconi from parliament for tax fraud and a vote that the political veteran condemns calling it a day of mourning for democracy. and a crackdown on terror here in the russian capital where police say they've arrested a group of heavily armed islamic extremists. very good evening this is our to international it's just past eleven pm here in moscow where we're watching around the world it's good to have you company our top story there's an eastern european economic get together starting thursday but there's one country in the wings having trouble making up its mind ukraine is seen days of violence and protests demanding that their president signs closer ties with the e.u. even though he knows being hasty could be costly. protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now sever

we're here reporting to the road to sochi. you might wonder where sochi is. it is japanese seafood.e they're going to hold this. you were the 1998 gold medal winner, is that right? >> yes. >> you're going to sochi, right? >> i have never been to russia. >> you haven't? >> no. >> it's a dump but, no, st. petersberg is nice. how do you all jump into those things at the same time? >> it's finesse, a lot of speed and speed fearless. >> let me ask you this one, how fast will those things go? >> i've hit up to 90 miles per hour. >> what? are you on this team? >> i'm trying. we have our -- i was on 2010. i went to the 2010 olympics. i'm trying for this one, but we haven't started our qualifying process. >> were you on dancing with the stars? >> i was. >> really? >> yes. >> did you win? >> no, they were haters. those judges. >> do you watch "the five?" >> i've seen "the five." >> thank you, man. a hospital ward. you know, i thought it was called hurling but it's curling. >> good. >> back to my drinking days. you versus me? >> sure. >> okay, good. all right. fine. i'll bet you a buck. >> are

and the high altitude handover of the sochi olympic torch reaches the ice after historic launch from the baikonur cosmodrome that's it let's take a look at the live pictures there and take in the atmosphere of joy and happiness because this indeed is a historic moment there. you're watching r t i'm marina joshie thinker much for being with us now hot on the heels of american intelligence bosses trying to justify mass surveillance it's time for british spy chiefs to face a grilling has of the three you came teligent agencies are about to make and i'm president a public appearance to explain their spy operations are you sir first takes a look at what to expect. for the first time you're going to have the three heads of britain's spy agencies in the same room being questioned by m.p.'s now that's part of a session this is going to be broadcast satellite link is going to be live but there will be a short time delay just in case any things revealed that could be considered a threat to national security so who exactly do we have in these hot seat so we've got so in love in the direct g c h

countsthere as russia down to the sochi games. >> roaring off on its way. the olympic torch on board. you can feel it in your stomach. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. twitter, which has helped to fuel revolutions and bring us the latest from lady gaga, saw it stocks soar. can they keep the momentum going? twitter takes flight on the new york stock exchange. top tweeters including patrick stewart taking part in the social media phenomenon. one of twitter's founders on the floor of the exchange. the share price soars. simple tool. yet, people have done so many amazing things with it. team has spent the last few weeks of playing to investors why a company which is yet to make a profit will be a great bed. 2006 with this tweet from one of the founders. than 230 million users ranging from the president celebrating election victory to celebrities like justin bieber telling his followers that of brazil has been incredible. twitter even treated the details of its own share sale but now it has to prove that it is

the first russian to carry the olympic torch on his journey to sochi for the winter games. alex ovechkin once to complete the cycle by carrying home the gold for his nation. as he told a reporter, the big goal is living up to the expectations of 140 million people back home. >> he scores! number eight! rebound, he scores! alex ovechkin. andnown as the great eight, for good reason. ovechkin hasx scored more goals in the nhl than any other player. but the winter olympics and his homeland as ever -- never far from his heart. >> it is right now the biggest thing ever to happen to russian athletes. in front of millions and millions of fans. tv,of russia will watch, radio stations, everyone focusing on olympic games. >> the pressure on yourself and your teammates in front of the home crowd, that is going to be something else, isn't it? >> all the pressure is going to be from media. gamesure if we play a bad everyone is going to you yes right away -- eat us right away. but at the beginning there will be pressure from media. pressure to coach, to single player. a time whereo be we

oh wait all of them that are taking the olympic torch for the for the fourteen winter games in sochi fourth spacewalk all the very first time in history now the torch was reword to to take it into open space the gats claim has been replaced and engineers equipped the torch. so that it doesn't look like we're going to the torch was delivered to us on russian soil in rock kids which blasted off just by cosmodrome today. and its design was changed for the olympics it has a sochi twenty fourteen logo and a blue and white snowflake patton the rocket to. the tune platform just six hours later and it takes a couple of days to do that and it delivered three new crew men to the station from russia the u.s. and japan bringing the total number of people there to nine they see those pictures they're still out there with. us when we failed to really was the one to carry the torch from the soyuz rocket on board the i assess now for this isn't the first time the symbol of the human pigs has traveled our interests based been there twice to ninety six and. it has now been taken outside a spacecraft.

bronze medalist aim for another podium finish at their home games in sochi michael graff janko has more. skating together for almost a decade now because they're in a bubble over and to me to love your on the form of their lives this year they clinched their first european gold as well as bronze at the world championships and their latest triumph in moscow sees the three time russian champions peaking at the right time. with this because this apart from a couple of silly mistakes i think we're working well together right now the moscow grand prix gave us another chance to skate in front of a home crowd but it's just another step and we need to keep on working with us dollars. we've now got another grand prix under our belt and it's always good in hindsight as you keep gaining crucial experience experience needed to cut out those city mistakes in the future with a try in the women's event is considered to be russia's next to go after a successful spell as a junior the fifteen zero prodigy is now eligible to skate all senior vance gold at the moscow gravity was

he's getting ready for the winter olympics games in sochi.e a couch lizard. he didn't feel like working out for a few months. it's a good conversation with a fine guy. >> a good kid. >> sharon has wjz traffic cont. we have first warning weather and more coming up next. good morning nelly! woah. love 'em. neat! why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> good morning. it's a quarter to the hour. 33. barometer is at 30.57. normallw should be in the low 40s around the metro. even with a 23 in oakland, 30 cumberland, 29 hagerstown it's way below normal for this date. 30 elkton, 34 bel air, 28 westminster, 33 columbia, 36 rock hall, annapolis and kent island 38, 36 degrees in dc. it's going to be chilly the next day and over night. that's a big pool of warm air

and sochi is the thing that's driving me.e sochi, i'd most likely have an acl reconstruction and be out for the rest of the season. sochi is what's at the forefront of my mind and keeps me going. >> the winter games begin in 11 weeks. >>> in a town that welcomes good news, newtown, connecticut has good news. the nighthawks have gone 12-0. after a season dedicated to the victims at the grammer schoar so many of them attended. >>> a few days back we brought you a report from richard engle in afghanistan, the story of a young boy badly injured in a bombing. his home is far from his school, and his family have no way to get him to school in his wheelchair. thanks to the generosity of a nightly news viewer, that young man can now continue his physical therapy while attending the international school of kabul. >>> and richard engle is planning to be with american troops in afghanistan. the pentagon is supplying 45,000 meals, trying to make shower that everybody who is deployed gets a hot meal. we hope you remember them all at your

the sochi twenty four thousand torch relay has taken a cosmic twist in another memorable moment in the journey of the olympic symbol the multinational crew carried aboard the international space station lindy france with this event from mission control the soyuz has just joshing at the international space station and as you're seeing right now i think the new clue is disembarking they hatch has just opened and one crew member and the torch interview i would be the first to make it out now of course the crews are very much other it's very exciting where everyone sort of people very very excited to see this sort of praise and very quick trip just five hours so it's very exciting to see this actually happen live and a lot of smiling faces around here of course the family members are also being broadcast from baikonur of course they're very relieved to see their loved ones arrive safely over now of course the big event how did this is saturday when the torch will make history by going on a spacewalk it'll be tethered to two two cosmonauts before as to spend several hours in outer space of

constitution while the olympic torch continues its odyssey across russia its final destination in sochi the countdown to the winter paralympics is also on there's just one hundred days left before the games began are just a bomb would say is that a black sea resort for us. come rain or no sunshine at the olympics and the paralympics will go at. the paralympics they will begin here in sochi between the seventh and the sixteenth of march twenty fourth that's ten that's today's all the olympics as well as sportsmanship almost seven hundred athletes from forty five countries will take place in terms of the facilities everything has been prepared to cater for those with disabilities which will be above the transport themselves at the olympic stadium rems as well as live footage to make sure that they tend to be paid it will be a limp dick told to making its rounds around russia to some of the most exotic places like the two days of love. but the problem picture which is that race that we do will take place between the twenty six of february till the seventh of march and next day keeping up w

message from the russian president at a gathering devoted to the country's at defense industry in sochi it has been a busy few days from vladimir putin in the city that will host the winter olympics in just over two months to bang what site is that for ati. well at the presidential residence the president has had a very busy day sorry for now he went on to talk a little bit about to the defense and aviation industry particularly about the drone technology let's listen to what he had to say. the drones are finding an increasingly wide use all over the world but we are not going to operate them as other countries do it's not a video game however it's absolutely clear that on manned systems have a big future let's not forget it's not all about the military it's also about sochi which is the host city for the upcoming olympics for twenty fourteen it's also the city that's going to host the paralympics not on the one hundredth a day khandaan for the olympics president putin was here to look for yourselves the infrastructure has gone. up saying essentially. are ready to welcome the world as w

and i'm happy a note reaching for the stars the limpid torch for the winter games in sochi prepares for liftoff on its first ever space walk we're reporting from that launch site. very good even if you just joined us my name is kevin owen here with us this hour in moscow our top story from r.t. the guy fawkes night took on a global field this year activists of more than four hundred cities around the world turned out for that million mask march to show their anger at corrupt politicians corporate rule in states of aliens in london but i was mugged by bonfire scuffles and arrests crowds that started a fire near buckingham palace they blocked parliament square for a while as you see the police moved in the sarah firth was there. no you. are trying to the first one the greater the lithium on march the other cargo. read a lot of resistance from the protesters. sort of other people know more live as well mostly even more than that in the last operation they've been very very ugly right at. the right that's really not the rule and he told me that you know exactly that that it would be a. book

the paralympics they will begin here in sochi between the seventh and of the sixteenth of march twenty fourth ten extra days all the olympics as well as sportsmanship almost seven hundred athletes from forty five countries will take place in terms of the facilities everything has been prepared to cater for those with disabilities which will be above the transport tells as well as the limited stadium ramps as well as live footage to make sure that they can do will be paid it will be a little peculiar to make its long run roughshod to some of the most exotic places like the two days of love. but the problem fixed which is that phrase that we do will take place between the twenty six of february till the seventh of march and next day keeping up with that a limp experience in terms of the new sports that will be added for the paralympics for dig is something that everybody is why they like to pull the paralympics up a full team and now president vladimir putin will be here in sochi today will be following him around as you take a look at all the infrastructure and how far they've come and

is it sochi or sochi? >> sochi. we will put you on the map. >> thanks. good luck. 91 days. plate, it's nice of you to join us this morning. >> i look forward to meeting you in person there. >> you just did. a reminder. nbc's coverage will kick off and we will be there. >> i feel like a little sushi right now. we have a big storm system into the pacific northwest and we're watching that and what we're also watching is this front making its way into the east. right now through central pennsylvania and central new york. we are looking at clouds now moving into new york city. so, we're watching that as you see our top of the rock cam. we also look for those clouds and showers to make their way into boston. in fact, another area of rain and showers pushing their way into boston as we look at that shot, courtesy of earthcam. the bigger picture you can see for today, we do have that big storm system in the pacific northwest and rain around the great lakes with mixture of snow. plenty of sunshine through the >>> 7:39. happy thursday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren

and president of the russian resort city of sochi. art in our moral activity three times the hands of the winter olympics. chinese officials are tightening security in beijing ahead of the key meeting of the communist party. they increase measures follow last week's fatal car crash near tiananmen square which the government deemed an act of terror. security minister in motion coup he has ordered officials to quash acts of terrorism in the planning stage the ministry's web site said grow inspected police boxes and subway stations in the capital on monday the website reported that grow urge police officers to increase their visibility so citizens will feel safer gross said china faces a tough fight against terrorism he called for extra vigilance. last week a sport utility vehicle veered into a crowd of tourists then crashed and burst into flames the three passengers were killed along with to have my standards. chinese authorities arrested five people in connection with the incident. all are believed to be members of the weaker ethnic mi

we're here reporting on the road to sochi. you may wonder what sochi is. it is japanese seafood.ssia where they're going to hold this. >> you were the 1998 gold medal winner is that right? >> yes. >> are you going to sochi? >> yes. >> have you ever been? >> no. >> really? it's a dump. st. petersburg is nice. >> how do you fit in there at the same time? >> how fast do those go? >> i've hit up to 90 miles per hour. >> what? >> yeah. >> are you on the team? >> i'm trying. i was on 2010. went to 2010 olympics. i'm trying for this one. we haven't started the qualifying process. >> were you on dancing with the stars? >> i was. >> did you win? >> they were haters on me. >> they're all rigged. those judges -- >> have you seen the five? >> i have. >> thank you, man. >> i feel like i'm in a hospital ward. it's hurling right? >> back to my drinking days. all right. fine. i bet you a buck. >> are you kidding me? watch my form. watch everything i do and you'll be fine. i win. i'll break your faces. it was less dangerous when i took drugs. oh good idea. get out of the way. you're going to get

history of the winter olympics it's what will come in next in the opening ceremony of the games in sochi. well the black sea. org in the meantime the olympic torch meets the sparkle. you really we're. a moment promises to be truly out of this world most of them on t.v. but you know after just a few moments we can go back to those live pictures at the international space station where the olympic torch has just reached it well you see cosmonauts and astronauts gathered there they're all in a very jubilant mood there because in fact it is a historic moment for the olympic torch at the i assess we here on our team continue to follow the torch a spectacular journey before it gets to sochi the whole city of the olympic games in saburo and you know just bringing the olympic torch to space isn't enough of course because what we are looking forward to here is of course saturday one cosmonauts car of answer gear is on ski will be aboard the station who have been aboard the station since september they will be making a spacewalk during which they will display and photograph the torch outside the o

so the completely different now the sochi twenty fourteen torch relay is taking a cosmic twist earlier today in another memorable moment in the journey of the olympic symbol a multinational crew carried it on board the i assess the international space station the three new crewmembers then join the existing six man table on the orbiting platform after blasting off from baikonur cosmodrome thursday morning but it's not the final stop of course for torture in space as marty doctors explained. docking confirmed for four twenty seven am central time and now the crew and symbol of the upcoming winter games have met on the international space station cosmonauts cut off and so go to sun scheme will take the modified torch on a space walk roughly four hundred kilometers above earth fully docked with the current crew this will only be the second time in the isis history that three soyuz spacecraft and nine crew members have been aboard the lab complex at the same time millions will watch as the tought makes history safety and physics mean they card like the torch in space the design has also be

the president of the international olympic committee insists that the anti-doping program for the sochi olympics will be the topic of any olympic games. conductthe ioc would more in and out of competition tests for these olympics than in vancouver, stressing the increase commitment to stamping out doping. >> the anti-doping test programs for sochi will be the toughest ever applied in the olympic winter games. we have decided that for the games, we will increase the pretesting program by 57% compared to vancouver. dayse comments come just after the international olympic committee said it was retesting samples from the 2006 games. today, durant takes its case takes its case for nuclear energy to youtube. reuniting lost possessions. and, the bulldog, the latest web sensation. being told that you cannot do what everyone else is doing, what everyone else is allowed to do. do you back down? would you relent? iran foreign affairs minister spoke in english in solemn tones, defending the nuclear program, saying it will secure the future of iranian children and diversify the economy. the latest r

we were in sochi about two or three weeks ago and. what they could say so that we were very pleased with the preparations. that the athletes will have excellent conditions. and that's all from the sports day i can. you know there's one thing that i still can't understand i said i don't want to ruin your good mood but i have this one question doing this all for you that you had everything out of respect and so that you give them all up in the senate to go your way but what for. it was a way to inform he tried to restrain himself but look it will burst out anyway. if it really puts me off that i have such a father. it was one small but very great secret that i have to live with for his. language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports to the point is to know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month please say it please or carry out a car is on the docket no god. no more weasel words. when you have a direct question me prepared for a chase when you throw a punch be

it comes to controlling these kinds of things that coming up we'll take you to the lympics city of sochi at that time plenty more stories after a quick break. it was recently revealed that jamie diamond rented out blocking him palace in order to entertain his close friend tony blair the dinner took place only days before jamie dive in and agreed to give the us department of justice a very small. mortgage fraud and oh how the peasants outside buckingham palace gates rejoiced at the impossibly large number of thirteen billion dollars jamie. all over jamie don't you think your. pleasure to have you with us here today i'm sure. again i drones are not toys the message from the russian president to the gathering devoted to the country's defense industry in sochi it has been a busy few days for bloody me at the scene in the city that will host the winter olympics in just over two months time would say is that for us for the tubby what more can you tell us about the latest stage of the president's visit. well at the presidential residence the president has had a very busy day sorry for talking t

at the sochi twenty fourteen olympic torch relay goes into orbit to take the iconic symbol for its first ever space walk. this is actually coming to you live from moscow with me marina josh. heart of the heels of american intelligence bosses trying to justify mass surveillance it's time for british spy chiefs to face a grilling has of the three who came teligent agencies are about to make an unprecedented public appearance to explain their spy operations aren't you sir first takes a look at what to expect. for the first time you're going to have the three heads of britain's spy agencies in the same room being questioned by m.p.'s now that's part of the session this is going to be broadcast by satellite link it's going to be live but there will be a short time delay just in case any things revealed that could be considered a threat to national security so who exactly do we have in these hot seat so we've got so elope and the director of g c h q and parker he's the director general of m i five and we've got john soyuz who is the six chief now they are going to face questions from the intel

quilt with traditional motifs from across russia twenty five thousand volunteers are due to work in sochiin february and march says the final run up to the games is always the most challenging part of the time it's the stuff of the organizing committee the wall in two years and many of the people there know about this and they're very dedicated and committed so braze stormwater has been achieved already in the last couple of years we can be very confident that also the last lap these last one hundred will be successful. while the american ellen pick committee also celebrated one hundred days to go until such by taking over new york's time square with him think sports were on display at the world famous crossroads with a mini ski slope and an ice rink providing winter fun for the crowd in return man happened while a couple of american and then pick champions outline sketch lindsey vonn and figure skater evan lysacek oppose looking to shine in such a i'm really hoping i can defend my olympic title from vancouver you know obviously this is been the toughest journey for me so far coming back

we were in sochi about two or three weeks ago. but what they could say so that we were very pleased with the reparations. leads will have excellent conditions. and that's all from the sports day in and. you know there's one thing that i still can't understand it and i don't want to ruin your good mood but i have this one question what do you do it is so for you that you had everything they respect him that he gave them all up and decided to go your way but what for. it was a wait and for him he tried to restrain himself but look first out anyway. if it really puts me off that i have such a father. it was one small but very great secret that i have to live with. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years people came here twenty some years ago stablished and i asked her why on the silence. and people feel the love of christ all working. people say. something happens on this island that makes them return to it again and again they say that saves them. join me james brown on a journey for the sou