in this region, slovakia often stands alone, a flag bearerfor slovakia often stands alone, a flag bearernd, hungary, slovakia doesn't have a strong nationalist voice. rarely do slovaks feel that their country's interest and those of the eu's are at odds. u nless and those of the eu's are at odds. unless you are talking about migrant quotas. robert fico and his allies oppose them. translation: this union of prime ministers, he says, doesn't wa nt of prime ministers, he says, doesn't want was in communities created in their countries. but unlike poland, hungary and the czech republic, that is where the anti—eu rhetoric stops. in their logic, they are bringing slovakia to the heart of europe as it means economic benefits for the country and these are important for providing jobs, but also protecting people. unfortunately sometimes protecting means protecting migrants orforeigners. protecting means protecting migrants or foreigners. and forging a different future. new customers, it new investors. —— new investors. in the south, old injury —— industry left behind, car manufacturers, among the

another paper from slovakia, calls it an attack on democracy. they say the only way to protect democracy is to investigate and bring to justice those responsible. rochelle: in syria, there is not much optimism after russia create anit would evacuation corridor and impose a five hour daily truce. analyst: it is making the rounds in the illustrated arab press. there is a lot of criticism of russia. this shows moscow imposing its power in whatever way it can, through its u.n. veto right -- whether it is a peace treaty or de-escalation zones. moscow always finds a loophole to get its own way, is what this cartoonist says. another cartoonist has a more literal illustration. shows a doubt, representing the peace process in syria, they really on life support, more or less hanging in the balance now. press,e: in the written there has also been a lot of condemnation. analyst: let's show you this article. in this article, there is a sense of condemnation. there is also a sense of resignation. they say it is no suppressed the u.n. cease-fire was violated o

joining me on the phone now from some bochy a -- slovakia is be ata balogova. police believe the pair were targeted because of his reporting. can we confirm that? >> yes, the police suspect that he was murdered because of his reporting. obviously, he covered political group reduction in -- political corruption. one of his recent reports looked into a suspect in the italian mafia. basically, there are a lot of highly charged stories. it is interesting against the government actually offered him one million your -- euros to bring the killers to justice. it is obvious that the murder makes the political elite nervous. there is a lot of pressure from the journalistic committee -- community. brent: some of your colleagues worked closely with jan kuciak. how have they reacted? beata: they are in shock. the whole newsroom was very tense. they were very worked up. all major paper editors signed a statement which says that we are calling on the government to investigate his murder and not just like this under the carpet. we are calling them to look into the story. we wa

twenty seven year old investigative journalist and his fiance are found a shot dead in their home in slovakia. i burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the conflict in syria where russia has called for a daily pause in airstrikes on eastern huta president putin says the aim is to help civilians leave the rebel held on click of the move comes after the you when germany and france appealed to putin to use his influence with the syrian regime to enforce the truce agreed to by the u.n. security council over the weekend and tonight there is another development medics on the ground are accusing russia backed forces of using chemical weapons russia has denied the allegations calling it fake news. these are the images that observers claim proof of a chlorine gas attack that is killed at least one child infants still in diapers or among more than a dozen people being treated doctors say their skin and clothes a heavy with the odor of chlorine monitors say a syrian regime warplane dropped bombs carrying the toxic gas on a village in eastern guta on sunday. a cease fire is yet to

slovakia isa normalto killjournalists.untry? it depends on how the course of the investigation is going and whether this government will actually investigate this crime. if wheeler and the region, slovakia is still enjoying pretty wide freedom of the press compared to hungary, or poland where the ruling elite com pletely poland where the ruling elite completely suffocate the critical media. in slovakia, journalists can write freely but what happened shocked the journalists and scared a lot of my colleagues because they started asking questions, like whether they are really safe if they continue working on this or that story. before monday they didn't have to think about this question. a little bit of breaking news from washington. we are getting news that hope hicks, one of donald trump's longest irving h, has resigned from herjob as a white house communications director —— longest serving aides. according to the new york times, miss hicks says she's accomplished what she can do in her job in the white house. that is break

its having to go through lower courts for us police investigating the murder of a journalist in slovakia say he was probably killed because of his work investigating corruption twenty seven year old young kusa worked for a news website in his last report examined suspect financial transactions that were part of a political scandal last year both he and his girlfriend were murdered in a case that has shocked slovakia britain's opposition leader jeremy corbett has outlined a more flexible approach to immigration after bracks it compared to that of prime minister to resubmit he says that the labor party would guarantee permanent residence for european union citizens living in britain and the right to bring their families to join those this. parts of europe experiencing unusually cold weather here in germany temperatures dropped to their lowest so far this winter with a low of minus twenty seven point five degrees centigrade at the country's highest mountain indeed super spits you better wear long underwear in poland several people have died as a result of the cold it has also brought a rare

in shock twenty seven year old investigative journalist and his fiance shot dead in their home in slovakia. plus they are calling it the beast from the east temperatures in europe have plunged to record lows killing more than eleven people in poland and lithuania but also bringing scenes and snow to the capital in rome. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the conflict in syria where russia has called for a daily stop in airstrikes in eastern. president putin saying the aim is to help civilians leave the rebel held on clay and it comes after the u.n. and germany and france appealed to putin to use his influence with the syrian regime to enforce the truce which was agreed upon by the u.n. security council over the weekend in another development tonight medics on the ground are accusing russian backed forces of using chemical weapons some against children russia denies the allegation calling it fake news. these are the images that observers claim proof of a chlorine gas attack that is killed at least one child infants still in diapers or among more than a dozen people being tr

political scandal last year both he and his girlfriend were murdered in a case that has shocked slovakia. britain's opposition leader germany corbin has outlined a more flexible approach to immigration after briggs it then the prime minister theresa may he said his labor party would guarantee permanent residence for european union citizens living in britain and the right to bring their families to join them first pro independence demonstrators have clashed with cattle on police in barcelona while demonstrating against a visit by spain's king felipe and supporters of catalonia split from spain have criticized the monarchy for allegedly failing to pay enough attention to the region and promote political dialogue. and local people welcome teachers back to the school in florida where seventeen students and staff were killed in a mass shooting twelve days ago police officers carried out identification checks before drivers were allowed into the school this is spec that shooter of former student after school is facing multiple murder charges. turning to the war in syria now russia has called f

pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country or that the us culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists going to their me that's. the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police declared that he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. in case they could see x. grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. or wherever you're watching us from tonight i hope it's mormon toastie we want to leave you with images of europe in a deep free. earth a home for saving global india's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like ideas that protect the climate and

two officials close to slovakia's prime minister have resigned they were linked to organized crime in a report by the investigative journalist young who was found dead over the weekend a news website founded by published his unfinished final story today it investigates ties between an alleged italian mafia group operating in slovakia and the two top officials they are a former model who was appointed chief state adviser at the government office and the secretary of slovakia security council the to deny any links to the killings for for more now we're joined from slovakia's couple process. she's the editor in chief of the country's biggest daily newspaper smear spargo why exactly have these officials resigned. they resigned due to a story that the other media published after the death of mr sack and we felt that this way we can complete his or her and there was in most public pressure and and though they keep denying any links to the massiah they resigned and they all see shows lineis that they don't want to harm the prime minister that feat so mean and i asked of the culture minister

reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he ever could have imagined. at the end of last year russian president vladimir putin announced that he would start withdrawing troops from syria and russian airstrikes like those from the air base in the country's north where they played a major role in turning the tide in favor of bashar al assad's government forces and the total number of russian troops who have served in syria it remains unclear but in december russia's defense minister said that forty eight thousand soldiers have gained combat experience there since the beginning of the mission forty eight thousand the total number of russians who have fought in syria is likely to be much higher one reason is that russian mercenaries are thought to be fighting alongside syrian forces our correspondent emily sure when traveled to a small town in the ural mountains where a number of locals are said to have joined a private military company. it's about as far as you can get from syria and yet here in the russian town of kid people are waiting for news about sev

it's back to brian now and the central european nation of slovakia is in shock after a young journalist and his fiance were found dead in their home twenty seven year old young koos yack worked for a popular news website police believe he was killed because he was investigating corruption linked to top politicians as last reported examined financial transactions that were part of a political scandal. in his short journalistic career young had attempted to shine a light in some very dark places political corruption corporate tax evasion suspected italian mafia links to slovakia on sunday twenty seven year old coots and his fiancee were phone dead in their home and say brought to slava they had been killed by gunshots to the head and chest police said it was likely that murderers wanted to put an end to his probing. the motive of this crime is probably related to his investigative journalism activities we will assign all our money to this case. but in a conversation with t.w. former editor cast doubt on the police's willingness to get to the bottom of the case. unfortunately i ten months

daily troops will cost lives our correspondent in moscow for more also coming up a nation in shock slovakia confronts the reach of criminal networks after a twenty seven year old investigative journalist and his fiance are shot dead in their home. and a top german court is set to decide on whether to ban diesel vehicles in cities across the nation after emission levels were found to exceed new limits. plus an arctic storm dubbed the beast from the east slams into europe temperatures plunging to record lows killing at least seven people across the continent but also bringing snow. and in the bundesliga dortmund star marco royce grabbing and pearlie goal against hausberg but took the hosts hold out for a win. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start off in syria where russia has called for a daily five hour paulson hostilities that's a. specter to begin within the hour at nine am local time now this comes after the international community appealed to russian president vladimir putin to use his influence on syria to enforce a truce the ongoing bombing of the song play it has l

daily troops will cost lives or correspondent in moscow for more also coming up a nation in shock slovakia confronts the reach of criminal networks after twenty seven year old investigative journalist.

were responsible for an attack on the village on tuesday two senior government officials close to slovakia's prime minister have resigned in the wake of the murder of journalists young. and his fiance on sunday now his story about links between alleged italian mafia groups and people close to the country's prime minister was published today the article mentioned both people who resigned today the international olympic committee has confirmed that russia's olympic day and has been lifted with quote immediate effect despite two russian athletes failing doping tests at the piano showing winter games the country was reinstated after all remaining tests came back negative. i. competed is neutral the welcomed back is russians now the country's elim peak mean statements means the russian flag absent from pyong chan will fly again. in total the band lost in less than three months but the i.o.c. has moved on surprisingly welcomed by russians and in fact committee. none the less than yours to assure that issue today's decision of the i.o.c. is one of the most important for us because the russian olymp

they're going to face a familiar opponent, steve slovakia.the only team they beat in the final rounds. despite some early mistakes the team is feeling optimistic. >> i think we're still in a good spot. i think we played pretty well at times, and they scored some big goals obviously having a few there. >> they capitalized on there's. i think it's a couple or things but we've got to start capitalizing on chances. >> reporter: you're looking at the "today" show set. hoda is just here mingling in the crowd. i said earlier that sarah barels was going to perform, a crew member told me mat. turns out that's wrong. the women will play later this week. the men on the other hand it is win or go home for them. they play slovakia. >> the players got a day off yesterday and that could make a difference. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. all of these athletes they've got family in town. they had an opportunity to rest a bit. and trenton's bobby sen kwu naughty posted a picture of his baby jackson. how nice to sit back a bit. this is tremendous opportunity. but

this was a lady from slovakia, remarkably she was ok, she wrote again, but these slopes were barely suitedwe are absolutely on the limit of running this contest here. for britain's aimee fuller, this was an unexpected shot at the medals. with one run left, she tried to take on the win. she has gone huge! it was honestly like riding into a wind tunnel, absolutely little. it is not how i planned and howl tunnel, absolutely little. it is not how i planned and how i visualised for years of prep work to go into today, and i don't think it was a true show of women's female slopestyle, which is a real shame prosper. among the guests and the fall, one rider played the smart game, the usa's jamie anderson took the right amount of risk, a gold earned by concentration amidst a final clouded by controversy. things are more serene final clouded by controversy. things are more serene inside the ice rink. no weather problems here. the first three days have seen canada ceiling gold with brilliance synchronicity put up you often up against the elements, the medals go to those here who turned danger into st

close to his country's prime minister that story was published today in the wake of the murders slovakia's culture minister announced he's resigning. in mumbai the funeral has been held for iconic bollywood actress shred the couple or thousands of fans gathered to say farewell best skaters say betty it's true that he lost consciousness and drowned in a hotel in dubai over the weekend. and three astronauts have touched down safely in kazakhstan after almost six months aboard the international space station two americans and one russian were among the crew whose mission included research and equipment maintenance work a crew to replace the three men is due to lift off on march twenty first. well across europe temperatures have dropped to record lows over the last few days the extreme weather is causing problems here in germany for the thousands of homeless people forced to live outside humanitarian groups are doing their best to help. the cooled front hit fast and hard setting records thirty point five degrees below zero on germany's tallest mountain that soup. but low lying areas are also c

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political scandal last year both he and his girlfriend were murdered in a case that has shocked slovakia britain's opposition leader jeremy corbyn as outlined a more flexible approach to immigration after brags that that prime minister theresa may he said his labor party would guarantee a permanent residence for european union citizens living in britain and the right to bring their families to join them residents a role woke up to a rare blanketing of snow today as a cold front from siberia nicknamed the beast from the east swept across europe further north of croatia suffered severe disruption while in switzerland the big freeze created some interesting ice sculptures in lithuania however at least three deaths were reported in record low temperatures you're watching d.w. news still to come the bundesliga served up some sensational action on sunday desperate cologne went up against leipsic hoping to add three points as they battle to beat the draw will have all the highlights for you. but first after a week of silence the nigerian government has confirmed that one hundred ten girls are s

alusa's hockey team victory beating slovakia 2-1. next russian team.or the usa. there is a lot of potenmedals this kendis, diane. be an ex and hopefualm the medal count now -- t improves. >> norway they'regood. rmany is coming in second followed by can -- the netherlands and they're down at the bottom with eight medals the united states. >> we have a week. >> slow and steady. >>> mikaela shiffrin is likely resting after her performance today. apparently she really likes to nap. >> in call her sir naps a lot. this despite the fact that she sleeps about ten hours a night. >> wow. >> she says her bed is probably her most important possession. >> wow. i'll say. >> what is that like. >> her skis are probably pretty important. >> we haven't gotten tl week collectively. coming up the change cominghappy meals. >>> also ahead, the big hollywood breakup. why jennifer aniston and justin thoreau are calling itits. >>> later the sexual harassment scandal in the entertainment industry takes a new turn as a popular #stuffynose #nosleep #mouthbreather yep,ather. well

they played in the victory over slovakia. they face russia tomorrow morning. this is the first time since 1994 that the nhl has not sent any play tooers to the olympics. >> a big opportunity for these other guys. >> including ryan gunnederson and brian o'neil. >> nbc 10's matt delucia went back to their roots where they're regarded as legends and role models. >> reporter: for the guys on the holy ghost ice hockey team their goal is getting into college. thousands of miles away team usa is focused on getting a medal. >> it's kind of cool you have a connection with someone who's on the highest stage of athletics ever. >> reporter: that connection is 15 years removed from his high school days. team usa defenseman ryan gunnederson credits at least some of his success to his hockey games of yesteryear. >> black when i played there probably weren't as many players as now. so it gave me a chance to try some things and get more skilled. >> reporter: he remembers gunnederson as a stand out from the beginning. >> he celebrated what everybody else did. youed would have n

. >>> team usa defeated slovakia 5-1 in last night's elimination game. four men from new york and pennsylvania are now on the time. up can watch the game on cnbc at 10 past 10:00 tonight. >>> and as the athletes are done competing or have time for a quick break there's plenty to explore within miles of the olympic village. >> including the food. nbc10's keith jones is live in pyeongchang, south korea. you're getting a taste of the local culture. we can't wait to see this. >> reporter: sounds like my kind of assignment right here, right? we're at the olympic park. this is what's called the coastal cluster. there's hockey here and curling. and also speed skating here in the oval and figure skating. you know what, not to mention the sea of japan about ten minutes away. that's where we found a port unlike any we've ever seen. our nbc10 team went to jim and jim, a fish market where you'll find everything understand the sea from giant crab to giant octopus. we ran into this 12-year-old on the street. she was eating dried squid and rocking new york yankees shoe

and team usa highlights men's hockey team moving on to the quarterfinals team usa defeated slovakia 5 in last night's elimination game. >> dominant. >> i know. and four men from pennsylvania and new jersey are on the team. you can watch that game tonight at 10:00. >>> and while athletes are competing, they have a little more downtime to spend with the fans. >> nbc10's keith jones is live in south korea this morning. keith, what happened with a fan's once in a lifetime experience. we're dieing to hear about this. >> reporter: no question about it, vai and tracy, think about how cool of an experience it is for our crews here to talk with olympians and chat with locals. airelle who won a bronze in the halfpipe, wanted to give fans a chance. one pin, ask me anything. two pins, photo with me, three pins, hold my medal. she got a response from david wang. >> it's only worth three to mold that bronze. >> you can put it on? >> this is is an maze trade. >> here we go. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah! fly eagles, fly, let's go. thank you so much. >> i'm a broncos fan, but my dad's from

. >> reporter: the men's team returns to the ice tonight against slovakia.ack to you. >> fingers crossed for them. i really have my fingers crossed for the women next week. i think gold's within reach. hockey's been a huge part of the winter olympics for years. there's a new sport that we could see in a future winter olympics. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah. it's something we're quite familiar with obviously. there's one thing that's very different. let's see if you notice it right away. take a look at this. we're talking about snow volleyball. you heard me right. snow volleyball. the international volleyball federation held this exhibition match in south korea yesterday. they are hoping to convince the olympic committee to add this event to the winter games. prince albert of monaco even jumped in for a point or two. he's a member of the ioc. we'll have to wait and see whether or not snow volleyball becomes a thing at the winter games four years from now. >> i never knew there was a thing. >> reporter: interesting, looks wild. great sport, right? >> sur

eastern european countries like lot vs slovakia group particularly fast romania had the largest gdp expansion in the euro zone are in european union rather a growing seven percent compared to the same period in twenty sixteen. comes their warning that the crest should focus on investment and development rather than on tax cuts. beijing has hit back at donald trump after he threatened to impose tariffs or quotas on imports of cheap steel and aluminum. cheaply is announced to dumping. on tuesday criticized bilateral trade deal with south korea the china could face punitive measures it continues to damage us industry. experts say china could respond with sanctions its own on wednesday officials really stressed the impornce of an open trading relationshi. just look at this time and unilateral protectionist moves would harm the relevant countries and companies and damage the treat environment. it would have a negative influence on the momentum of the world's economic recovery. and so i want to reiterate that the essence of the u. s. chinese trading relationship is one of mutual benefits. the us an

valentine's day romance comes to slovakia with a new love bank. this weber's vault located in the town of funds goes do you have nixon contains one hundred thousand tiny drawers where couples can stored treasured keep sakes from their relationship instead of say stocks and bonds. the vault is part of a museum that's dedicated to a nineteenth century slovak romantic poet. we stay with the theme of love in many countries across europe the fourteenth of february is an important day for couples valentine's day is a chance to celebrate their relationship some couples go for dinner others exchange gifts with flowers and chocolates among the favorites there are many other options when it comes to wooing your lover we put together five weight and wonderful alternatives. five european romantic customs that you've probably never heard of. romeo and juliet shakespeare's star crossed young lovers but it's likely they never lived here and verona and juliet certainly never lived in this house or stood on this balcony which was built in the twentieth century but

last night they beat slovakia 5-1. tonight's game is at 7:00 on nbc sports network. also check out our three to watch. it's the section on our website. nbcbayarea.com. it's a daily update with the top three must-see event during our live olympics coverage. >> take a look at what happens when traffic lights go out in san francisco this. video from nbc bay area sky ranger and police called in to direct traffic. a power outage knocked out about 200 traffic lights. apparently the network that controls the signals went down. crews had to manually reset all the lights that turned off. at this hour nearly all the lights are back on. >>> a demand for bail reform prompted coordinated rallies statewide today including in san francisco and san jose. activists who gathered outside santa clara county's main jail claimed 70% of those behind bars have not been convicted. they are just too poor to bail themselves out. in sacramento today state attorney general javier basra will not appeal a federal court ruling abolishing high bail for those who can't bay. >> it's long past time to

the russians are the strongest on paper but just remember how the team lost their first game to slovakia surprise surprise and as we all know being the absolute favorites always means extra pressure and a chance to underestimate your opponent and just listen to what the russian hockey legend tretiak had to say about that. this is the easiest components him you think the game we will be easy. will fight tooth and nail the game will be really interesting. well this brings us to the tricky torrent system because if the only our team wins in this particular jazz match they will meet in a certain scenario team usa once again in the semifinal just like in the group stage that was when the russians won four to nothing but the stress and the tension during that game we saw several fistfights the american coach refusing to shake the hand of the russian counterpart and many other things i was there at the game and i could feel it among the fans there weren't really any scuffles there but definitely some looks that weren't quite pleasant i can tell you for sure and all of that was in the media the

and team usa's men's hockey team grabbed a victory beating slovakia 2-1.he athletes from russia this weekend. it was a rough day for the usa. not the performances it wanted, but there is a lot of potential for medals this weekend. kendis, diane. >> yeah, it's going to be an exciting weekend. hopefully we do well and hopefully the winds calm down. the medal count now -- >> hopefully that improves a little bit. >> norway, man, they're good. 19 overall. >> yeah. germany is coming in second followed by canada, the netherlands and there down at the bottom of the list with eight medals the united states. >> we have a week. >> slow and steady. slow and steady. >>> mikaela shiffrin is likely resting after her performance today. apparently she really likes to nap. >> in fact, her teammates call her sir naps a lot. this despite the fact that she sleeps about ten hours a night. >> wow. >> she says her bed is probably her most important possession. >> wow. i'll say. >> what is that like? >> her skis are probably pretty important. >> we haven't gotten ten hours all wee

this was slovakia's klaudia medlova. remarkably she was ok and rode again.hese slopes were barely suited for style. we are on the limit of running this contest. for britain's aimee fuller this was an unexpected shot at the medals. with one run left, she tried to take on the wind. it was like riding into a wind tunnel. brutal. it is not what i planned or visualised four years of prep work to go into today and i don't think it was a true show of women's slopestyle, which is a shame for our sport. amid the gusts and falls, one rider played the smart game. the usa's jamie anderson took the right amount of risk, the gold earned by concentration but a final clouded in controversy. things were more serene inside the ice rink with no weather problems. the first three days have seen the team competition and canada sealed gold with synchronised brilliance. in these games you are often against the elements but the medals go to those who turn danger into style. great britain have won the women's skeleton title at the last two games — and it looks as though teamgb are in

at expense of slovakia. two more in the third. the u.s. rolls, 5-1., czech republic in the quarterfinals. happens tomorrow night. updated medical count. norway in front with 28 total. and helping the american cause. u.s. with 12 total. back with more news after this. ♪ ♪ show me the olympic winter games ♪ ♪ like i've never seen before. ♪ ♪ xfinity x1, yeah, i always know the scor♪. ♪ triple corks in 4k... lookin' so sick. ♪ ♪ stream live on every screen, every win, every trick. ♪ ♪ 2000 hours of coverage, get your mind blown. ♪ 50 olympic channels, yup, you're in the zone. ♪ ♪ and if there's something that you want to see, ♪ pick up that voice remote and just say "show me..." ♪ experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the olympic winter games like never before with xfinity. proud partner of team usa. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard ro

after a disappointing loss in their first game, they'll get a second chance tomorrow when they play slovakiadiane. >> alex, a difference since 1994. this year we don't have the professionals playing for the men's hockey team. >>> back to mikaela shiffrin, if you think she's happy, you need to see her dad. >> yes, so here's jeff shiffrin celebrating his daughter's victory. he and his wife have been helping her train since she was just a toddler. >> so this is the first gold medal in the winter games so far outside of the snowboarding category. this also, by the way, was not mikaela's best event. her best event is just the regular slalom. this was the giant slalom so she still has that one. >> just getting warmed up. >> that's what i'm saying. let's take a look at the total medal count. norway leads in total medal, team usa is holding fifth place overall. germany has the most gold medals so far with eight of those. >> wow, i'll tell you, the u.s. has never finished worst or at least in the last couple of decades worse than second place in the medal count so we're not trying to make that happen

quite how no one was injured, especially slovakia's klaudia medlova, almost defied belief. crash landed. all of the 25 riders fell at some point, including britain's aimee fuller. the wind forced her to pull out of a jump on herfirst run, which meant on the second it was all or nothing, and agonisingly it was the latter. fuller finished 17th, but more importantly, intact. the conditions, she said, where simply brutal. it felt like i had a sailboat under my board. the wind ripped me sideways. there wasn't a chance i was going to land. so, yeah, devastated. amidst the chaos, america's jamie anderson kept her balance and her 0lympic title. 0rganisers felt it had been safe to start the final, but was it? the coaches and judges, they all have a chat together and make a decision at the top of the slope. i wonder what went on in that conversation, why somebody didn't say, let's postpone this. these biting winds have already blown the schedule of course. today's women's giant slalom had to be postponed, and with more high winds forecast tomorrow there could be more disruption. for

in a must-win game against slovakia. first period no score. u.s.a. on the attack.rry tonight, and there to get the second chance goal. third period now. his second goal of the night. u.s.a. wins 5-1. they scored more goals today than they did the entire tournament. bring on the czechs. >>> american brother and sister maya and alex took home a bronze last week in team competition and a bronze tonight in ice dance at the olympics. but the canadian dual of canada brought the house down. they skated to gold in the last competitive skate of their career, and they needed every point because the french couple was brilliant. the canadians one of the most decorated teams of all time as they won a gold in two olympics ago and a silver in sochi. congratulations to them. you were glued. >> i'm a huge fan. but the tweets out of canada are hilarious. canadians don't know what they want more, a gold for hockey or for them to start dating because it's a big controversy on whether or not they're a couple. apparently they're not, but they have so much chemistry and heat out on the i

spain in the united kingdom roughly spending fifty percent and the lowest is in switzerland and slovakia thirty percent the most common form of housing is flats according to the european commission about forty two percent of people live in flats twenty four percent live in semi detached houses and one third lives in detached homes now if you want to buy property in the most expensive areas in europe paris real estate will give you the romantic setting you are looking for coming in as one of the top cities in europe and if you want to view of the alps it will cost you geneva rings seconds london comes in at number one with one million dollars only given you about two hundred seventy square feet now in africa the real estate sector is continuing to develop sub-saharan africa. experiencing a surge in population growth more so than any other global reach m. and there is a growing recognition that the region's main cities are not properly equipped for modern warehousing space so the urbanization of the area is also driving real estate according to the new world wealth cape town in south afric

an investigative journalist and his girlfriend have been shot dead in slovakia in an attack police believe was linked to his reporting which focused on tax evasion bodies of twenty seven year old siac and his partner were discovered in their home by minister robert fico has condemned what he calls an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press and democracy and is off a million dollar reward. germany's ruling christian democrat party has overwhelmingly approved an all the coalition deal with the social democrats at its party conference in bubblin this means i'm going to muckle is a step closer to a fourth to a chance of the social democrats now have to approve the deal themselves results of that postal vote will be announced next monday. now if you've ever waited for a video web page to load on your phone faster more advanced five g. connectivity could be the onset and it's not just phones that stand to benefit from this companies at the mobile world congress in barcelona say self driving cars and connected homes will be transformed by the new wireless network charlie angela's been along

quite how no one was injured, especially slovakia's klaudia medlova, almost defied belief, as one afterint, including britain's aimee fuller. the wind forced her to pull out of a jump on herfirst run, which meant on the second it was all or nothing, and, agonisingly, it was the latter. fullerfinished17th, but, more importantly, intact. the conditions, she said, were simply brutal. it felt like i had a sailboat under my board. the wind just ripped me sideways. there was not a chance i was going to land. so, yeah, devastated. amidst the chaos, america's jamie anderson kept her balance and her olympic title. organisers felt it had been safe to start the final, but was it? the coaches and judges, they all have a chat together and they make a decision at the top of the slope. and i wonder what went on in that conversation, why somebody didn't say, let's postpone this. these biting winds have already blown the schedule off course. today's women's giant slalom had to be postponed, and with more high winds forecast tomorrow, there could be more disruption. for now, though, there will be relief

and investigative journalist and his girlfriend have been shot dead in slovakia in an attack police believed was linked to his reporting which focused on tax evasion the bodies of twenty seven year old could check and his partner were discovered in their home prime minister robert feature has condemned what he calls an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press and democracy and has offered a million dollar reward. the norwegian government says it will spend thirteen million dollars to upgrade the global seed vault on the tenth anniversary of the opening of the facility on the arctic island of. the vote was opened in two thousand and eight to protect the world's food supplies its and natural deep freeze containing samples of nine hundred thousand seed samples from all over the world the upgrade is to protect the facility from global warming the vote was required for the first time in two thousand and fifteen to replenish seeds destroyed in syria's war. material is gone you have no backup backup and then it's gone forever well that is the world's last is the last to get through to your boat