back to you, brian. >> meredith vieira, thanks. and we'll be watching tonight. >>> still ahead for us this evening, tom brokaw with the aforementioned bode miller. the outspoken american champ who has been at the center of controversy over the years tonight. you will see a changed man. >>> and later, cleaning up while on alert. tens of thousands evacuating at the same time as an angry volcano lets loose. . >>> back at these olympic winter games. bode miller at 36 years of age is both the oldest alpine skier on the u.s. team and the most heavily decorated with five career medals. and if he wins a medal at these games, he'll set an age record as well. tom brokaw has spent a lot of time with bode miller at the last several olympics and sat down with him before making the trip to russia. >> that was absolutely an outrageous run, you know, his best run of the season. >> the bode style, your personality and your skiing technique. out of the gate and let it rip all the way to the bottom. you've been a little critical of some of the other

while costas was gone, matt lauer and meredith vieira sat in with him. meredith made history, the first woman to host primetime olympic coverage. and you can see bob costas here on nbc 4 this evening. >> meredith and matt did a fine job. it will be nice to have bob back. >>> you will notice a big change on the "tonight show" tonight. have you been living under -- if you have been living under a rock, you haven't heard that jimmy fallon is taking over for jay leno. he says to expect all the fun from late night minus maybe a couple of games for the earlier hour. something that return fors for -- returns for sure, what jimmy calls the best music booking and best band in the world. >> i was talking to my friend and getting advice. he said, who's going to be the house band. i go, i don't know yet. he says, you should ask the roots. i said, you think they would be the house band? oh, no, they would never be the house band. duh. maybe they know someone. >> the roots do come back. they'll be back for the "tonight show." a dealbreaker for him. u2 is the musical gu

once again, by our own meredith vieira. once again, from nbc news, good night. >> we athlete.d the moment. hi everybody. welcome to our olympic theme special edition of "access hollywood". i'm shaun robinson and we get right to all the olympic action with billy in sochi, russian a.hi billy. >> shaun the flame burns britly here in olympic park at the halfway point of the game. and let's start off with multi-medal day with ladies and multi-medal day with ladies and the half pipe straight into the 5 40. come out swinging. do you remember when the score came in found out were you no. 1 gold kate lynn is america newest golden girl in the half pipe. do you remember what you did? >> i can't believe it. >>reporter: this is her going i can't believe it. >> we are all friend we are all in the same half pipe everywhere we go and so we are friend. >>reporter: what i love doing that time is the come republican and democrate. >> it's genuine. real. >>reporter: as if you need any more proof let's backtrack to the moment just before it was determined that kate lynn had won. >> judges taking t

reminder prime time olympic coverage begins at 8:00, 7:00 central, anchored tonight by our own meredith vieirafor all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> nearly brought to a stand still. thousands forced to find a new way to the annual chinese new year parade. >>> the largest bus since a ban took effect. >>> a hockey showdown in the winter olympics. the face-off against russia, a game for the amgs. a live report from sochi. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm diane dwyer. we're on a little bit later because of olympics coverage. we begin with hundreds of thousands of people gathered in downtown san francisco. it is the annual chinese

meredith vieira filled in friday and saturday. this is something i didn't realize. becoming the first woman to serve as the solo host of a primetime olympics broadcast in america. >> boy, you feel bad for bob. looking at that video just hurts to look at it. glad to know he's feeling better. one of the events costas will be talking about is curling. we'll show you how curling is gaining a lot of popularity right here in the bay area. >>> plus, a new era begins tonight. we'll have a preview of jimmy fallon's first time as "the tonight show" host. >> everybody's so excited about that. and we've got more rain in the forecast. as you know, we desperately need it. we're going to time out the next storm system and let you know what's in store for those headed out for ski week to that toe. -- tahoe. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> our coverage of the

meredith vieira filled in on friday and saturday t first woman to serve as the solo host of a prime time broadcast. >> bode miller tied for a bronze medal in the men's super g and then in tears during a post-race interview. after a turbulent year miller became the oldest medalist in olympic alpine history. he spoke with nbc's christin cooper after his run when asked several questions about his younger brother who died of a seizure last year at 29, miller eventually broke down, walked away from the interview into the arms of his wife. >> you are looking up in the sky at the start we see you there and it's just looks like you're talking to somebody. what's going on there? >> shortly after the interview the internet exploded in rage, many believing that cooper bombarded miller with questions in hopes of bringing him to tears. miller responded to the fans with a series of tweets defending the reporter saying my emotions were very, very raw, she asked me questions that every interviewer would v. pushing is part of it and she wasn't trying to cause pain. >> you feel for him though. he has been

costas missed six nights, because of an eye infection, and matt lauer and meredith vieira filled in for him, and he is going to join "nightly news" at 7:00 to talk about his return. we have more at nbcwashington.com, and look for olympics there, and also look at j jim handly blog as with well there. >>> we are a few hours away from the big debut of "tonight show" with jimmy fallon. some excited fans started to wait this line for tickets last night. he sat down to talk about his new premier as a gig as a father and who is on the guest wish list. >> hey, whiton. thank you for having me here. >> no, i am more. >> no, me. >> reporter: and who says that nice guys finish last? jimmy fallon is taking over the "tonight show" and bringing it back to new york. >> aim so nervous and excited to do this and i can't wait. i never thought i would do this, because it is not something that you think about when you are growing up. you never think that johnny carson would ever leave. >> reporter: and fans also thought that jay leno would never leave either. but he knew who to call. >> he said to make the

part of my job, sitting in between matt lauer and meredith vieira. some people thought i was debbie downer. here comes the march persians of 1937. there was an attempt, however macy'sque du soleil, day thanksgiving parade in terms to show the best face forward even historically. centuries afor legacy of rivers, blood, oppression, but part of his of theatism and building state is to reassert a different history, a glorious history. wonderful future. >> and to toboggan right past the unpleasantness because he feels we have heard that in the west has been dancing in the end zone about its victory in the cold war and the turmoil of russian history. >> it was the latest geostrategic tragedy of the century. >> what are we experiencing in the ukraine? >> this is another chapter in something that began in 1980 9-1991. the empire dissolves and that the solutions includes the most essential dissolution of all which is the relationship between russia and the ukraine. russian history begins in key, not moscow. that? is >> long story, but they began in kiev and r

we're starting 400 years ago with meredith vieira sitting next to me here on my left. >> oh. >> long way to go. >> sitting next to matt, all i can say is the stench of vodka is overwhelming.

meredith vieira will be the first to solo host. dith is making history, matt lauer gets sleep and jessica, they missed the boat on one thing here. on valentine's day, don't you think that would be the perfect day to play usa, russia hockey? >> that would be great. love and hate very close together. thank you, jack. >> jock from sochi. >>> how bad has this winter been in terms of flight delays and cancellations? historically bad. we'll show you a live picture of oakland international. it's been spared but sfo and hundreds of other airports haven't been so lucky. nationwide, more than 75,000 domestic flights have been cancelled since december 1st. 14,000 were cancelled this week alone because of the snow and ice storms back east and in the south. the number of cancelled flights is the most since the winter of 1987 and 19 88. >> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri with the micro climate forecast. >> much-needed rain coming our way. we'll take you to the live sky cam. drizzle line going in san francisco and i want to get to this came

. >> nbc says it will make olympic tv history when meredith vieira takes over the anchor chair in primen prime time. regular host, bob costas, is fighting an eye infection. this has been going on for a long time now. >> the timing is miserable. >>> turns out that team usa might have outsmarted itself. american speed skaters are wearing these specially designed, high-tech, made specially for the team suits. they are supposed to give the competitors an edge. a design flaw may be slowing them down by creating drag. no american speed skater has finished higher than 7. shani davis, favored to win, finishinging eighth. under armour says it is committed to providing team usa with the best possible gear. mach 39 is the most scientifically advanced and rigorously tested suit ever featured in olympic competition. it bears noting. they never got a chance to race in those suits. that's a big deal for those olympians. that's a tool for them. >> it seems bonkers to me. >> luckily, some of them did ship some of their own race suits. >> they are frantic to get this fixed because the competition is not

. >> and meredith vieira using the olympics to lobby for hillary clinton for president.ocked. >> you know as i was leaving, a guy from canada said you know if that hillary clinton mplans to run, she should have oshie for her running mate. >> do we have to get hillary in there -- >> it is a joke, you don't take anything as a joke -- >> you make me laugh all the time. you're very funny, but know annoys me. >> why? >> because that -- >> oshie -- >> i tune into the olympics for the same reason everybody else does. people want to see people crash on the hills, crash on the snowboard course. they want to see us check the russians and kill them in the rink, by the way. a and have a good time. that is why people watch. >> keep politics out of sports. it reminds me of the relative you invite to thanksgiving dinner, and they start talking about politics, i don't care it was a joke. >> you don't think a lot of people watch the olympics when the guys are doing huge jumps with skis, to see if they fall? that is what they're waiting to see. >> she said something in jest, it is like me

matt lauer and meredith vieira will have full coverage starting at 7:30 tonight. if you want to watch with a group check out our viewing party. just meet down at stanley's restaurant inside sharks ice in san jose. it's over on south tenth street. >> the delegation hand piblged to represent the united states in sochi is the other part of this story. peggy bunker joins us with you details. >> good morning. it really is cool russia is quite infamous for anti-gay laws and google standing up for gay rights the message of tolerance from the united states to russia is clear. president obama will not be attending the games but this morning september team usa a message you'll only see here on nbc. take a listen. >> inspire us. we're going to be watching and we are going to be rooting for you. so, on behalf of all your fans around the country, including everybody in the obama family, good luck and go team usa. >> that's right. the president appointed uc president janet napolitano and openly gay athletes including brian boitano to lead in the ceremonies. napolitano arrived w

. >> matt mauer, meredith vieira filled in for him. here is what costas said when he took the reigns back. >> my thanks to you and my apologies to everyone for the unavoidable but uncomfortable circumstance of a broadcasters ill-timed affliction getting in the way eve foreign a few moments for what we all came here for, the olympic games. >> ill-timed affliction. >> an awful case of pink eye to miss the work he missed. he still says he is not 100%. >> he has not missed a prime time olympic broadcast since the seoul olympic games in 1988. great he has such a good bench he can call upon to help out. i'm sure they chomped at the bit to go over there. >> the ironman the eyes not made of iron. >> not so much. >> ahead at this hour, president obama goes it alone. now, he wants to talk about fuel efficiency standards for big trucks. he is not waiting around for congress either. i can download anything i want. [ girl ] seriously? that's a lot of music. seriously. that's insane. and it's 15 bucks a month for the family. seriously? that's a lot

meredith vieira filled in on friday and saturday, the first woman to serve as the solo host of a prime in america. >> it's a few days late but slopestyle skier and silver medallist gus kenworthy has a valentine. after the u.s. sweep the three decid decidedto tweet out. he tweeted out to miley cyrus. took a couple of days but cyrus got wind ever it. she tweeted out with the words four reasons to follow gus kenworthy and the dogs that want to be rescued. kenworthy tweeting out well, this hit me like a wrecking ball. the other two skier, joss christenson, nick goepper tweeted emma watson and taylor swift. as far as we know they didn't get a response. >> there is time. 5:57. we continue to keep an eye on what is happening in sochi. the weather playing a big role. we'll check back in with janelle after this. >> plus, bode miller talks about an emotional and controversial interview following his bronze medal run. how he is defending the reporter. >> desperate measures in midair. why a plane was hijacked overnight bit its own copilot. >> plus, a shooting outside a busy bay area mall. we're li

you're going to watch meredith vieira's anchoring of coverage. i can't give away too much.verybody is crashing. so actually let's watch michelle caruso-cabrera right now. >> hey, brian. team c nbc is exciting for your arrival this weekend. so many exciting sports events still to come. hockey will be huge next week. tomorrow the men's team faces off against the russians. a huge rivalry, and then figure skating for the women next week with this superstar from russia. she's only 15 years old. yulia lit sky ya. it's pretty warm down here at sea level and even up in the mountains we've seen people walking around int shir t-shirt during some of the events. bring some boots, too. it's warmer than a lot of people expected and we have even seen some people swimming at the beach. looking forward to you arriving, brian. can't wait. see you on tuesday. >> as we've seen, you've already become familiar with bathing suits. in just a couple hours, you will be jetting off to sochi and broadcasting live there all next week and to prep for your trip, i hear you had a quick lesson on all thing

. >> and you know, meredith vieira is with us here in sochi doing some spots and co-hosting the ceremonies feeling fine but now my eyes are killing me. i watched you attempt the luge and i think that i'm going blind and i'm worried because i have to host prime time tonight. i'm filling in tonight which is exciting. >> you will do it tonight and maybe tomorrow night. bob costas' eyes have been kind of bothering him, as you know. >> yes, he has a message that he is feeling better and on the mend and he appreciates everybody's support, and he hopes he is going to be back soon, otherwise he will have to call kathie lee and hoda to fill in. >> well, you think of the olympic olympics and you think of the athletes and then bob costas. >> yeah, no. you will do a great job, and how long are you going to sleep before you have to head over there? >> well, i'm in the bar now, so i will probably pass out, and then carry me over. that is what i heard worked for you. so if it worked for you, it will work for me. >> you will be great, meredith. >> and meredith vieira hosting the prime time tonight at the

meredith vieira did a great job as the anchor of the olympics. >> that's true.rman is now the old guard. >> he is revered by both fallon and kimmel. they grew up watching david letterman. >> how long will they last? >> as long as he wants to. he has done a great job. that was a disaster before letterman moved there. he is there as long as he wants and he is ready to surpass carson for most years as a late-night talkshow host. >> hard to imagine david letterman still going on it. >> physical comedy is what he used to do in the 1980's. he has gotten a little older. >> thank you so much. peter, our temporary entertainment correspondent. vehemently opposed to the keystone pipeline, but we will tell you who is taking a stand on the other side of this historic battle. stay "in the loop or cope -- but "in the loop." ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop " on bloomberg television. canada's prime minister is at odds with president barack obama over his failure to approve the keystone oil pipeline. he will wait out the president's terms to get the pipeline built. three weeks

. >>> coming up, meredith vieira hits the slopes with skier ted ligety.l you why he likes to live in the shadows and let his skis speak for him. >>> let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. an internal memo obtained exclusively by nbc news shows that nsa leaker edward snowden was able to swipe a password from a civilian worker giving him even more access to classified information. that employee has now3 f2 >> y un gran acuerdo se anuncia $45 billion. dylan, good morning again. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we are about 20 miles northwest the worth west.3 c1 230 degrees. this snow is light and fluffy. three to four inches an hour.ald with a thin layer of ice. on top of that, it is going to start raining. now you see once it turns to rain we will start to see improvements but all of this snow is like a sponge and absorbs that water and weighs down on trees and power lines. we could see more extensive damage and more widespread power outages as this storm continues through the day and even into early tomorrow morning. matt? >> all right,

now it's meredith vieira's turn. prime time. they are the talk of sochi and today it was men's figure skating that was the ticket. you might want to close your ears for a minute. from the games with more. so ian, how did the americans do. >> americans didn't get a medal, kyra. there is one figure skater to be looking for. jason brown is a 19-year-old who finished ninth and he was kind of a surprise for team usa. they didn't expect him to do this well. he kind of came into this event nonchalantly. wasn't sure about doing it, but performed quite well. we will watch him closely when the winter games are in south korea. >> president putin had a busy time and made a surprise visit today, right? >> that's right, he visited team uas's house. he went there and the stoic president let his hair down a bit drinking wine and chatting with athletes. not about mom ticks, just about sports. it was a cordial event. they are wondering how they were. they responded it couldn't be better. they were happy with the accommodations and wit

i'm matt lauer here in fisht olympic stadium along with meredith vieira. we won't be on the floor, but they will be on the floor. meanwhile, take a look at what's happening back on the plaza in rockefeller plaza. got savannah and al and guests of their own. >> that's right. lindsey vonn and giada here. we're all wearing red to support the american heart association's go red for women campaign. and guys, you attended -- not only attended, participated in a special event last night. >> well, we had a lot of fun last night. >> we had a lot of fun. she looked amazing. i walked right behind her in my crutches. >> it's a fashion show to raise awareness about this issue. and you wear a red dress and strut your stuff. >> this is the number one killer of all women. i don't think it sinks in. >> that's totally not true. i was really proud to be a part of it. >> jenna's got more on this in the orange room. >> orange is the new red. we painted the orange room red in honor of heart awareness month and hoping to raise as much awareness as possible. you like my chair? >>

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meredith vieira became the first woman to solo anchor olympics prime time television coverage. do it again tonight. >>> the u.s. speed skating team is claiming a wardrobe malfunction. they say their suits are putting a drag on their times and we'll show what they're doing to correct that in our next half hour. >>> so another storm system is ramping up. at least 146,000 are still without power across georgia, north carolina and south carolina. this from the last winter blast. mean time, more than 1,000 flights cancelled today. so for more, let's go to the weather channel, meteorologist kate parker, who is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. once again, hi, kate. >> reporter: yeah, alex. i'm here at harrisburg, pennsylvania, where the snow has been falling all morning long. and it's really just insult to injury. most of the snow you see around me now, these drifts, these are created from the last two storms. they have been digging out for a while here in harrisburg and they have been working hard to to keep up with the snow that keeps accumulating. these areas were clear earlier this mo

he's doing primetime and meredith vieira a few moments ago said she's filling in for costas tonight.beginning of next week. >> it's a contact thing. >> once you get conjunctivitis, it takes a while to get over it. >> he sounds just like bob. he sounds fine but the light, the bright light, it's difficult to read for him. >> sensitivity. i've had it myself before. it's a bear to get rid of once it's there. okay. >> i travel home tomorrow. so this is our last olympic chat. >> no way. >> oh, wow. >> one to ten? >> brian sullivan will be here next week along with michelle. >> look forward to talking to him. have a safe trip back. >> when you watch those -- you just -- you watch those moves and how high they are up in the ear with skis on their feet. you know how when we get a little air, just the feeling in the pit -- >> yes. >> to get air like that i need to be on the chair lift. that's the only time my skis are off the snow. >> and to keep your skis parallel as the wind wants to blow your legs apart, unbelievable. >> it just is frightening. they practice with swimming pools and those bi