there was that moment when you walk into the olympic stadium, where they' ve filmed the 1936 olympics. we see you looking around the stadium. how did you feel personally in that moment? >> i got chills. not only filming the scene, but beforehand, walking up to the stadium for the first time. on the day we were going to be filming that scene. walking in jesse' s footsteps, right up to those gates. i walked into an empty stadium. he walked into the stadium with 150,000 people. where i was able to make that connection and feel what jesse might have felt like, even if it was a fraction of that. karen: this movie is about the race for the gold, creating a level playing field. i have to ask you the topic of the day. do you have advice for the academy, producers, in terms of green lighting films like this, so we can see more people of color on the screen? >> i do not have advice. when you see a film like "race," like a film we made, it brings so much to light in terms of how we should be living our lives as people. jesse embodies what it means to be color blind, who just did things for the l

olympic athletes have competed while pregnant. there were five during the london games in 2012, including gold medalist kerry walsh jennings. >> we will be awaiting to hear what kind of steps are going to be taken to make sure everything is safe and secure. >> reporter: with women making ip half the american team, the count down to the olympics is on. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> a california utility company now says it has finally stopped the leak from a ruptured well that has been spewing massive amounts of natural gas into the air near los angeles, making people sick and forcing thousands of families from their homes in porter ranch. it's been leaking for nearly four months. invisible to the naked eye, but the giant cloud apparent in infrared images. the plug is a temporary fix, but if it holds, it will be cemented closed. southern california gas is facing multiple lawsuits and investigations over all this. >>> for the first time, nato is intervening in the massive refugee crisis sparked by wart in syria. it's deployin

some are now calling for this summer's rio olympics to be canceled. is on the scene in brazil with millions of tourists in rio for the start of brazil's carnival tomorrow ... and millions more expected this summer for the olympic games, controlling the zika crisis here is more urgent than ever. overnight, brazil's president saying the virus has gone from a "distant nightmare" to a "real threat." the government, scrambling to start developing a vaccine, but until one is ready, she says, mosquito prevention is their best course of action. now this morning - some doubting whether brazil can get zika under control by this summer are calling for the rio olympics to be cancelled. art caplan, director of medical ethics, nyu langone medical center: i don't know that it's up to doing the olympics and epidemic control at the same time. mosquitoes are a tough the us olympic committee tells abc news it is keeping a close eye on the situation and that team usa participants will be made "aware of the cdc's recommendations regarding travel to brazil." especially for

fortunately, the olympics are about six months away. so i believe that we have time to get some of our doubts and questions answered. >> reporter: the soccer teams will compete in areas even more vulnerable to zika than the olympic headquarters in rio. one stadium is near the amazon rain forest. another in an area where the number of zika cases are especially high. >> i don't think the soccer game should be so close to the rain forest where there's more mosquitos. i take my health very seriously. we all do. >> reporter: new research has found more evidence linking zika to babies born with microcephaly. and olympic athletes have competed while pregnant. there were five during the london games in 2012. including gold medalist kerri walsh jennings. >> we'll be waiting to hear what steps are taken to make sure everything is safe and secure. >> reporter: with women making up half the american team, the countdown to the olympics is on.

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doing the olympics and epidemic control at the same time. mosquitoes are a tough opponent. >> the u.s. olympic committee says it is keeping a close eye on the situation and that team usa participants will be made aware of the cdc's recommendations regarding traveling to brazil. especially for olympic athletes like michael phelps, whose pregnant fianc\e is among the most at-risk population. zika has been linked to a severe birth defect, microcephaly, when pregnant women get infected. while the u.s. women's soccer team is focusing on qualifying for the rio olympics, head coach jill ellis tells the dallas morning news the zika outbreak is concerning. so, how to fight this virus here in the u.s. and in the tristate and in new york city. joining us this morning, new york city health commissioner dr. mary bassett. and thank you very much, doctor, for joining us. so, is this the latest outbreak du jour? how serious is this? how worried should we be? >> well, here in new york city, we know that we have no zika transmission. all three cases that you

olympic committee c.e.o. scott blackmun tried to address questions and doubts in a memo to perspective olympians. he said the organization is working with the c.d.c. and infectious disease specialists to closely monitor the situation, but no matter the preparation, he wrote, there will always be risk associated with international competition. an official with the rio games told cbs news all rooms in the olympic village will be air conditioned, and venues will be inspected daily to remove standing water where mosquitoes might breed. the population of the mosquito that carries zika goes down significantly in the cooler, dryer months of august and september, when the games will take place. the main worry is the suspected link between the virus and microcephaly, an unusually small head at birth. that link has been strengthened within the past day by reports both in brazil and the united states. the virus has now been found in the placenta of mothers who miscarried and the brain tissue who died. i spoke with an of

. >>> olympics stars in clear water getting ready for the biggest sporting event. more than 400 world-class sailors are preparing for the 3 world championship regattas. now these will be the last major competitions before the 2016 summer olympics in reo da jannero. >> i have done a lot of sailing for the u.s. and the goal is to make it to the olympics and that's pretty much my driving force before anything to represent my country in reo. >> outstanding. the race will begin at 10:00 a.m. and you can watch the action

he won olympic gold in nazi germany. now a new film about jesse owens reminds us of the enduring struggle. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: decision 2016. this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers on the west coast. it is great to be with you on this saturday. voting day in two key presidential contests. let's get right to the republican primary. in south carolina, where the polls closed a short time ago. nbc news now projects donald trump will win that primary with what appears to be a decisive victory over ted cruz and marco rubio who are in a battle for second that is too close to call. >>> the other race today, the democratic caucuses in nevada where nbc news projects hillary clinton defeats bernie sanders. clinton able to hold back sanders's surge following his big win in new hampshire, his loss tonight complicating his path to the nomination. we've got it covered in both states tonight. we start with the race in south carolina. katy tur is there. katy? >> reporter: l

(end gfx) nats phelps especially for olympic athletes like michael phelps- whose pregnant fianc? is among the most at risk population. zika has been linked to the a severe birth defect, microcephaly, when pregnant women get infected. nat womens us soccer team while the u.s. women's soccer team is focusing on rio olympics, head coach jill ellis tells the dallas morning news the zika outbreak is "concerning." (keyable) sot adeline gray 22 44 58 there were mosquitos in the arena there were mosquitos on the mat, we did as much as we could as far as wearing long pants trk = 11 seconds three time world champ-- us wrestler adeline gray --returning from rio just days ago-- winning gold in an olypmic test event ...not letting the outbreak hold her back from competing this summer. sot adeline gray 22 42 02 i have a couple mosquito bites and the olympic training center is monitoring them. we're just hoping those mosquitos are not the ones infected lukas a trial date has been set for an akron man accused of killing his mother nearly two years ago. johnathan neunaber's court date is scheduled

fortunately, the summer olympics are about six months away. i think we have time to get our doubts and questions answered. >> reporter: the soccer teams will compete in areas even more vulnerable to zika than rio. one is near the amazon rain forest. another in an area where the number of zika cases are especially high. >> i don't think soccer being so close to the rain forest where there's more mosquitoes. i take my health very seriously. we all do. >> reporter: new research has found zika to babies born with microcephalus. olympic athletes have competed while pregnant, there were five during the london games in 2012, including gold medalest kerry walsh jennings. >> we'll be waiting to hear what steps will be taken to make sure everything's safe and secure. >> reporter: with women making up half the american team, the countdown to the olympics is on. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> a california utility company now says it's finally stopped the leak from a ruptured well that has been spewing massive amounts of natural gas into the air nea

some olympic competitors are considering whether to withdraw. they're aware of the warnings, that the zika virus can cause birth defects in pregnant women. but these local scientists say the current population of mosquito there's die out in less than six months and they want to make sure the next generation of mosquitos will not be carrying the zika virus. the attendees completely safe from the virus. that would be a wonderful win for us. we would be very pleased. >> then you would get the gold. >> yes, sir. >> chris gordon, news4. >>> wouldn't it be nice, we hope they make some head way. mystery solved. last week we told but that oil spill on the potomac river. now dominion virginia power is taking responsibility. you see the coast guard says all the oil samples collected from the site came from the 13,000 gallon spill as a dominion transformer station in crystal city. that sheen stretched eight miles along the potomac from reagan national airport down to the wilson bridge. it was first spotted last week. the environmental protection agency, th

. >> olympic games are under way in norway. the event is in lilyhammer. a former host of the senior winter games. despite the country's love of skiing, norways with forced to withdraw from the running to host the 2022 olympics. >> sporting events come and go, but not all of them leave anything true and lasting behind them. lilyhammer still has statues of medieval kings with skis. now lilyhammer will host the future with 17 and 18-year-olds from different countries taking part. they take part of national heroes who won gold here before this generation was born. >> it's how they talked about it, there was so much happening, people were cheering and they were outside and having so much fun. it's the whole experience. it's important to see not just the gold, for the youth olympic games, but to think i want to compete in the real olympic games, too. >> some of the sports are totally new such as monobogan. it's the bobsled with only one athlete instead of two or four. >> this has been the testing ground for new sports such as snowboarding which has gone on to b

the rio olympics begin seven months from now. instead of worrying about their fitness levels, some top athletes are worried about the zika virus. helped lead team u-s-a to a world cup victory in 2015. but solo tells sports illustrated because of the risk of zika, she would skip the olympics if forced to make the choice today. "i would never take the risk of having an unhealthy child. i don't know when that day will come for jeremy and me, but i personally reserve my right to have a healthy baby." zika is spread by mosquitos and has been linked to a birth defect that causes babies to have abnormally small heads. the virus could stay in the system for about a week. but once it has left the body, the cdc does not believe it affects future pregnancies. still, solo says: "no athlete competing in rio should be faced with this dilemna." some say solo will not be the last to reconsider going to brazil christine brennan, sports journalist: women are 40 percent closing on 50 percent of the athletes going to the olympics and almost all of t

that's inside brazil's nearly completed olympic park. he'so builder, or deloper. but someone for whom the making of this olympic dream means they will lose their own dream - their home. they won't give up their land - won't take the government's buyout. there are forms of pressure - the most common to cut the water. what water is here, is stagnant, and that could mean zika. (nick paton walsh) "this was once a lakeside paradise but now stagnant water brings with it the risk of mosquitoes, and the construction work has taken away so much of the greenery they used to know. and they are now the reluctant new neighbor of the olympic park." there are a lot of mosquitoes. (pedro) "i don't have fear of mosquitoes, i have fear of my major." he means the city mayor, whose office didn't return our calls. just outside the park's fence, luis heads one of fifty of whatas once five hundred families living here. this was our little corner, a paradise for us. (luis) "yes, they've been offered new homes, but won't leave their corner of brazil." and it's one - he shows us - where de

but i think this could really impact the olympics, and i think the olympics can be a real amplifyingect for spreading zika virus to other parts of the world, every part of the world. but what we need to do -- what the brazilian authorities need to do, and what the united states cdc and the world health organization needs to help them with is a very aggressive mosquito-control program, particularly running up to the olympics. now it will be dry winter season in brazil at that time, so there will be reduced mosquito activetive, but they will still be there. what is the worry is if there are zika infected mosquitos, and there are bound to be some, that will bite tourists, visitors, who will then go back to the northern summer where mosquitos are active. so it's not going to be postponed, but we need to be very aggressive at mosquito control. and also with public education. when people go down to rio, they need to know to wear long clothes, to spray themselves with -- with -- with insecticide, and stay in air conditioned locations. because these are very aggressive daytime biters, so car

fortunately, the olympics aren't today. so, we have six months. we have a little bit of time to figure things out. >> reporter: u.s. olympic committee ceo scott blackmun tried to address questions and doubts in a memo to prospective olympians. he said the organization is working with the cdc and infectious disease specialists to closely monitor the situation. but no matter the preparation, he wrote, there will always be risks with olympic competition. officials with the rio games told cbs news all rooms in the olympic village will be air conditioned and venues inspected daily to remove standing water where mosquitos might breed. the population of the mosquito significantly in the cooler, dryer months of august and september, when the games will take place. the main worry is the suspected link between the virus and microcephaly, an unusually small head at birth. that link has been strengthened both in brazil and the united states. the virus has now been found in the placenta of mothers who miscarried and the brain tissue of newborns with microcepha

have olympic dreams... nats taekwondo athletes from all over the world are competing at the reno-sparks convention center including usa junior national team member logan weber. logan weber, athlete"i love the fast pace, i love kicking, i love the sport." and weber has olympic dreams. "2020 is a huge goal and a huge dream for me. i am working very hard to get there and each step of the way and each tournament help me get to my goal." one athlete who has realized her olympic goal is 20 year-old jackie galloway. jackie galloway, olympic in the world and the top six automatically qualified so. " for you to say i am an olympic athlete, what does that mean to you? " i couldn't even put it into words, it is what i have been working my whole taekwondo career to go to the olympics. not just go and participate, to bring back a medal." nats matches last just minutes... and the action can be fast and intense nats seth wilson, coach & tournament organizer, "that chest protector will score body shots at one point per and

olympics is paying attention with the olympics just around the corner and they're speaking out. >> reporter. olympic committee announced its hiring two infectious disease experts to advice the 500 athletes hoping to compete in brazil. including soccer star hope solo. >> if i had to decide today i would not go. fortunately, the olympics are about six months away. so i believe we have time to get some of our doubts and questions answered. >> reporter: the soccer teams will compete in areas even more vulnerable to zika than the olympic headquarters in rio. one stadium is near the amazon rain forest another in an area where a number of zika cases are especially high. >> i don't think soccer should be so close to the rain forest where there's more mosquitoes. i take my health very seriously. we all do. >> reporter: new research found more evidence linking zika to babies born with microcephaly. and while olympics competed while pregnant, five in 2012, including gold medalist kerri walsh jennings. >> we will be waiting to hear what kind of steps will be taken to make sure everything is safer and s

you have 30 minutes. >> terror at the olympic games. the hundred hurt in a pipe bomb explosion. >> people are bleeding. people were crying. people were screaming. people were howling in pain. >> july 1996. a bomb explodes at the olympic games in atlanta, georgia. >> at about 1:00 a.m. police discover what they said was a suspicious package. authorities said the device appeared to be a pipe bomb loaded with nails and screws, designed to penetrate human flesh. >> at the time of the bombing, i was a supervisor on an intelligence detail during the olympics. by the time we heard about the phone-in threat, the device already detonated. >> the blast injured 111 people, and claims the life of one woman alice hawthorne, visiting the games with her daughter. >> on the scene, dr. john vogel a first-year hospital resident tried to resuscitate a female victim with the help of a nurse. >> she started doing chest compressions while i continued to mouth-to-mouth, but it was not successful. >> the bomb in centennial park was the largest pipe bomb in u.s

coming up on midday-- olympics - we'll introduce to one athlete who hopes to participate in the olympics and paralympics. be possible. we're back at --:-- on wavy news 10 midday i'm and i'm don roberts. thanks for staying with us. here's a live look at tower cam 10 at the skies over downtown norfolk. let's get the latest from meteorologist jeremy wheeler in the super doppler 10 weather center... this afternoon: scattered clouds. cool and breezy. highs: upper-40s. winds: nw 10-15 mph. tonight: mostly clear. cold. lows: upper-20s. winds: n 5-10 mph. saturday: mostly sunny. still cool. highs: upper- 40s. winds: n/nw the afternoon. highs will only be in the upper-40s because of a cool northwest breeze. tonight, expect mainly clear skies and lighter winds, so as a result, temperatures will dip into the upper-20s. a chilly start will give way to a chilly afternoon on saturday. even though we'll have plenty of sunshine, highs will be stuck in the mid to upper- 40s. sunday will be in the pick of the weekend - mostly sunny with temperatures back in the low-60s! we will hold off on any shower chan

. >>> you want olympic gold. "nightly news" begins right now. >> decision 2016, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. it's great to be with you on saturday voting day in two key presidential contests. let's get to the democratic caucuses where nbc news projected hillary clinton will defeat bernie sanders. clinton able to hold back sanders' charge that followed his win in new hampshire and complicating his path to the nomination tonight. the polls will close in less than half an hour in south carolina's republican primary where in recent days ted cruz has been closing ground with donald trump. we will go there in a our team is in place to cover it all. we want to get to the big story though out of nevada. nbc's chriskristin welker is in nevada. >> reporter: secretary clinton just finishing up her victory speech. her supporters chanting hillary, hillary throughout the evening. there was a lot of concern amongst her supporters she would lose this state. but this is a decisive victory. it will

>> my biggest dream in sports was to win an olympic gold medal.y dad is the biggest olympic fan you could ever imagine and when i was 10 years old i was watching the olympics and he would be wiping the tears off his face when a u.s. athlete would win a gold medal. i wanted so badly to give him that feeling. john: and you were favored. >> i was the number one ranked skier in the world. i won more consecutive world cups than anybody in the history of the sport and one inch was the difference. one engine train of italy was the difference between realize that 23-year-old dream for me. that was my first experience with major failure. john: and then you tried football and said some collegiate records but the ncaa turned you down. >> the ncaa wouldn't allow me to take endorsement money from any olympics here and we use that money to pay for our c-span's is traveling all over the world so without it becomes very difficult. after two years of giving up any endorsement opportunity i was broke. i wanted to go to my second olympics and i have to start accepti

that's what the olympics are all about. six months from now, those dreams will be put to the test in rio as the greatest athletes in the world assemble for the biggest sporting event on the planet. we can hardly wait. i'm bruce beck. news 4 new york. >> as we said, the 2016 summer olympics begin in six months count on us to bring you all the action on nbc 4. >> new tonight, former nfl star is sentenced to five years probation for tax evasion. last december the one time new york giants player admitted he didn't pay new jersey state taxes on his million dollar income in 2013. he now has five years to pay $56,000 or he'll face a year in jail. >> listen up, 10s of thousands of toys being recalled because they could burn kids. what parents need to check for. >> and caught on camera, a fight you never seen before. wait until you hear who police i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. we'r

will be going for its fourth straight olympic gold medal. >>> it was a another summer olympics eight decade ago when a young american caused a sensation that rey.verberates to this day. not only did jesse owens win four gold medals, but in doing sew made a powerful statement about race. this weekend, a new film opens about the life and types of jess imes of jesse owens. >> the fastest human of his day. >> reporter: this summer marks 80 years since jesse owens dominated the olympics. the focus of a new beyo be biopick called race. >> you want to win a gold medal? >> sure. >> reporter: his four gold medals stunned hitler. >> the competition was grand. i was very glad to come out on top. >> reporter: while his whcord breaking performance made headlines and him a household name in america, to many, owens was the wrong >> your friends will have to use the service entrance. >> reporter: the actor who plays him says the movie is much more than black and white. what do you want people to get out of this? >> look at him and say, if co- he could do what he did at a time and place where did he

so he used the system launched by the japanese olympic committee or j.o.c. it's called ossanabe. they typically get funding through sponsors, but an athlete certified by the j.o.c. receives job referrals. last year, 39 athletes found jobs, and the number is growing. >> we think we know strengths in japan, companies need to support athletes, in this sense, the program should play a key role. >> to take advantage of the system, athletes appeal to the firms. if they're successful, they get a salary and financial support for training. >> translator: i don't have to worry about money any more. i can concentrate on fencing. the system has had a very positive result for me. >> companies also benefit from the program. chida's firm uses his imagine and promotional material. >> translator: chida works hard in selling our products, we hope to make outstanding products, and promote them together. >> a different kind of program has got off the ground here, in this case, though, a large group of small to mid-size firms got together to support an athlete. their goal is to send in a native to th

. >>> the international olympic committee world today that all measures are being taken to fight the zika virus ahead of the games in rio. but u.s. officials are taking their own precautions as we hear from a star athlete casting doubt on whether she'll compete. the outbreak has led to an emergency appeal from top u.s. officials, health officials. as our rehema ellis reports. >> reporter: puerto rico could be the next hot spot for the zika virus, warns the cdc, testifying before the senate today. >> at some point we may well see tens or hundreds of thousands of zika infections in puerto rico. >> reporter: this news as the u.s. olympic committee announced it's hiring two infectious disease experts to advise the 500 athletes hoping to compete in brazil. including soccer star hope solo. >> if i had to decide today, i would not go. fortunately, the summer olympics are about six months away. to get our doubts and questions answered. >> reporter: the soccer teams will compete in areas even more vulnerable to zika than rio. one is near the amazon rain forest. another in an area where the nu

solo says the olympics should have a safe competition athletes alike. earlier this week, the u-s olympic committee says it has not advised athletes to reconsider competeing because of the virus. customs agents seize thousands of counterfeit hoverboards. these boards were passing through chicago -- agents found thousand counterfeit boards... these were seized because they don't fall in line with u-s safety laws... especially important now because of the number of hoverboards that have been randomly bursting into flames. hundred unauthorized hoverboards at the port of charleston. a tree-killing beetle makes it's way to iowa city. emerald ash borers tuunel through ash trees cutting off the trees water and nutrient circulation. the bugs have been a pest across the country -- but now they've been found on the university of iowa's campus. and students aren't very happy don't like the thought of walking doesn't such an urban area that needs trees in it to help the air around aspect kind of bothers me." the school says it plans to remove all the ash trees on ca

residents of one community are living in the shadow of the olympic park... and say that zika is the disease of the poor. reporter nick walsh has more. " " pedro is driving us to his home. that's inside brazil's nearly completed olympic park. he's no builder, or developer. but someone for whom the making of this olympic dream means they will lose their own dream - their home. they won't give up their land - won't take the government's buyout. there are forms of pressure - the most common to cut the water. what water is here, is stagnant, and that could mean zika. (nick paton walsh) "this was once a lakeside paradise but now stagnant water brings with it the risk of mosquitoes, and the construction work has taken away so much of the greenery they used to know. and they are now the reluctant new neighbor of the olympic park." there are a lot of mosquitoes. (pedro) "i don't have fear of mosquitoes, i have fear of my major." he means the city mayor, whose office didn't return our calls. just outside the park's fence, luis heads one of fifty of what was once five