s mckayla schifrin the reigning olympic world and world cup champion is one of the biggest draws for the upcoming winter games in. the twenty two year old was crowned u.s. slalom champion in twenty eleven aged just fifteen and former olympic gold medalist bode miller believes she already ranks among the greatest ever alpine skiing yeah i mean mikael is a favorite of mine all the time i think she's maybe the best serious i've ever seen male or female she's you know so balanced dynamic intense and focused so for me i think she's got a chance in any event she's used i would say it's likely she wins two golds i would say outside shot of five medals and i think probably her best maybe three or four of them are gold if shifrin makes hurtling down mountainsides at breakneck speed look effortless she owes it to hard work as much as talent the american also believes confidence in our own ability is key to success i tested myself more which is a huge piece of it going into races just feeling like when i'm nervous and i'm like trying to get and i have to trust that i know what i'm going to do s

olympic aspirations don't come much more nailed on than in the case of usas mckayla schifrin the reigning olympic world and world cup champion is one of the biggest draws for the upcoming winter games in chiang. the twenty two year old was crowned u.s. slalom champion in twenty eleven aged just fifteen and former olympic gold medalist bode miller believes she already ranks among the greatest ever alpine skiers yeah i mean mikael is a favorite of mine all the time i think she's maybe the best serious i've ever seen male or female she is you know so balanced dynamic intense and focused so for me i think she's got a chance in any event i would say it's likely she wins two golds i would say outside shot of five medals and i think probably her best maybe three or four of them are gold if shifrin makes hurtling down mountainsides at breakneck speed look effortless she owes it to hard work as much as talent the american also believes confidence in our own ability is key to success i tested myself more which is a huge piece of it going into races just feeling like when i'm nervous and i'm trying

now, nick schifrin speaks with the author of a new book that charts israel's campaign of assassination decades. >> reporter: the sacred jewish text, the talmud, includes the verse, "if someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first." that is also the opening quotation in ronen bergman's new book, "rise and kill first," a detailed history of israel's campaign of targeted killing. ronen is the national security correspondent for israel's leading newspaper, "yedioth ahronoth," and a contributing writer to the "new york times." thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for inviting me. >> schifrin: you write what is effectively about a centuri' long campaign by people before the state of israel, the israeli intelligence and the israeli military about assassination. to be frank, i read there and i'm a little uncomfortable with some of the details reading it and i imagine some others are. you point out in israel for many people what might be a source of shame elsewhere is a source of pride in israel. why sit a source of pride? >> not because people are murderers or encourage mu

has eleven years on form she's undefeated from three races in two thousand and eighteen schifrin will have an unlikely teammate in chiang aaron jackson only took up speed skating four months ago after dominating inline skating she's a three time roller sports athlete of the year but she surprised herself and everyone else in milwaukee by qualifying for the olympic five hundred meter race next month she's the first black woman to make the u.s. long track speed skating team. fans of the cleveland browns n.f.l. team have held a parade to celebrate what they call a perfect season a perfect season of losing that is the browns lost each of the sixteen games throughout the regular season just the second team in n.f.l. history to do so and despite temperatures minus twelve degrees celsius several thousands of fans gathered at the team stadium a series of floats including coffin traveled around the ground in the shape of a zero to represent their unwanted achievements but i have season tickets i've been down here for every game i'm just a way to say man when you have a building wrong it's not

here's special correspondent nick schifrin. >> reporter: today in vancouver, the u.s. reunited an old alliance: the countries that waged war against north korea 60 years ago. the u.s. and canada are hosting a summit that u.s. officials hope unites the west to target north korea economically. >> let me be clear, we will not allow north korea to drive a wedge through our resolve of our solidarity. >> reporter: the u.s. has long said north korea's missile and nuclear programs are funded mostly by illicit revenue. washington hopes to deprive that revenue with more effective sanctions. secretary of state rex tillerson also said he wants to use allied navies to interdict north korean missile parts. >> reporter: back on the korean peninsula, the north and south are focused on diplomacy, and continuing their first direct talks in two years. the north has restored a military hotline. and the two countries will field joint teams in next month's winter olympics in south korea, possibly including women's ice hockey. ♪ ♪ and the north could be allowed to send its best known music g

so, as nick schifrin reports, an already-complex battlefield might soon become more so. >> reporter:the turkish, syrian border, the turkish military appears ready for battle. they're amassing tanks, and firing artillery into syria. today turkish media said a hospital was targeted and destroyed. this is syria's northwest corner, controlled mostly by kurds. these are the same u.s.-backed kurds who helped liberate former isis headquarters raqqa. the u.s. wants to convert them to a 30,000-strong stabilization force. but turkish president recep tayyip erdogan told a raucous rally, the u.s.-backed group was a grave threat. >> ( translated ): a country that we call our ally insists on forming a terror army along our border, despite all our objections, warnings and well- meant advice. do you think a terrorist organization formed along the turkish border has a target other than turkey? >> reporter: the u.s. insists the force poses no threat to turkey. but the u.s. will support them for years, as part of a long- term military commitment designed to prevent isis from returning, says secretary o

victory in the women's slalom in slovenia in what was her seventh win in eight races the result schifrin level with swedish great in the last denmark for the number of well cup wins before the age of twenty three. now competitors have tackled extreme but beautiful scenery in the second stage of the dakar rally is the fortieth edition of this annual event and sunday's racing took the cars quads bikes and trucks on a two hundred sixty seven kilometer loop it started and finished in the previous city of pisk zero with some tough sun genes to tackle along the way frenchman cyril dupré won the stage to take the overall lead in the car category and that's all the sport from a phenomenal later thanks to you be launching the al-jazeera news hour with the cell rob i'll have more news on the other side of the break to let thanks very much for your time and your company. senator. john you are on the. african heads of states and governments will gather. for the states assembly of the african union where the goals set out say in twenty seventeen minutes rewind returns with brand new episodes updating

american teammate lindsey vonn who is the most successful female skier of all time at just twenty two schifrin has eleven years on vonn she's undefeated from three races in two thousand and eighteen now shifrin will have an unlikely teammate and chang aaron jackson only took up speed skating four months ago after dominating inline skating she's a three time road a sports athlete of the year but she surprised herself and everyone else in milwaukee by qualifying for the limpid five hundred meter race next month she's the first black woman to make u.s. long track speed skating team. fans of the cleveland browns n.f.l. team have held a parade to celebrate will they cool a perfect season a perfect season of losing that is the browns lost each of their sixteen games throughout the regular season just the second team in n.f.l. history to do so and despite temperatures in the minus twelve degrees several thousand fans gathered at the stadium series of floats including a coffin traveled around the ground in the shape of a sea of. prey didn't go down well with cleveland's manual but he tweeted don't cal

clinched victory in the women's slalom in slovenia in what was her seventh win in eight races result schifrin level with swedish great in the last denmark for the number of world cup wins before the age of twenty three. now compared says have tackled extreme but beautiful scenery in the second stage of the dakar rally is the fortieth edition of this annual event and sunday's racing took the cars quads bikes and trucks on a two hundred sixty seven kilometer loop it started and finished in the peruvian city of piss coke with some tough sun jeans to tackle along the way frenchman cyril dupré won the stage to take the overall lead in the car category. and that is all this for for now back to mariam in london and i'll be thank you very much joe if the news hour but i'll be back in a moment with much more of the day's news a full round up of the top stories coming up i shot in a couple of minutes. june nine hundred sixty seventy six days that redrew the map of the middle east is record of victory of the israeli army in that war or the greatest tragedy in the history of islam fifty years later al-ja

you might see a chloe kim or mykala schifrin, the youngest at sochi.o thrill us all. >> hoda kotb. >> what a year for hoda already. february 8th live on the networks on nbc. that's your "pop start" today. >>> remember the bbc interview when robert kelly's daughter came in during the -- >> there it is. there's the kid in the background there. >> the second one. >> wait for mom. >> yeah. >> that brakes sound. >> and he's talking about nuclear war. we think we've maybe found our new bbc dad moment. this time, it happened to a berkeley film historian live on al jazeera. >> it hit the box office -- >> that's my child. excuse me. >> he can come in. it's not a on the program, too. okay. he wants to be part of this. >> hi. >> excuse me. as you point out correctly, hollywood has never been afraid to be outspoken. thank you very much for having us. >> bye. >> bye. >> that's daniel smith-rousey. his 5-year-old son was there. and he was hoping his son would sense he should never be on camera. >> i like the kids are never deterred that they're on tv. >> using dad h