we'll catch up with one of team usa's newest bronze medalists, matt antoine.y on the skeleton winning the bronze. >> i'll take you on a tour of the local spirits. >> okay. >> that's team spirits. i said the local spirit, vodkas here in sochi, tried six of them. i remember the first two and after that, it all gets a little foggy. actually i'm not a big vodka drinker. there is quite a range of tastes and quality. >> i love how you were patting your head. had to be pretty powerful stuff. >> it was kind of a burn that went down to my toes over a series of hours. we got that coming up and what else have we got coming up here? >>> we begin with a big night ahead for the dynamic figure skating duo of meryl davis and charlie white who have a lot of support aening lo the way from two very special people, meryl and charlie say they wouldn't be where they are today if it wasn't for their moms who have been behind them every step of the way. affectionately knowns the moms, cheryl davis and jackie white are as much a team as their kids, gold medal favorites, meryl davis an

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. >> reporter: 22-year-old antoine was arrested for kidnapping and murder about two months after sierra lamar disappeared in march. her dna was found, but her body was never found. the court case was stalled. he will return to court now that the grand jury indicted him. >> any kind of progress would be welcome because we've been waiting for almost 2 years now. and it's been really frustrating for the family. >> reporter: he never entereded a plea, but a law professor says that will change. >> he needs to come into court and enter a plea of -- usually it would be not guilty. and then the case gets set for later hearings and trial. >> reporter: the indictment removes the need for a pre-trial hearing and shows that the grand jury agrees with the district attorney's case. >> they didn't hear any evidence. >> if there is progress, that would be great. >> reporter: the grand jury also charged him with two violent attacks on two women in safeway parking lots in morgan hill in 2009. he will face the charges in court on thursday. >>> a north richmond man who held a relative as a sex slave was se

the only american to win a medal today was matthew antoine to took bronze.as sweet because he was told years ago that he would never make the u.s. team because he lacked the necessary talent. here is a look at where the medal count stands right now. russia is now in first place with 15 medals, the u.s. and the netherlands are tied. president obama says they will have king, who was supposed to be part of the opening ceremony, but she canceled when her mother got sick. >>> a southern california tv station helped give an eight-year-old by a valentine's day surprise he'll never forget. he thought he was getting a tour of the tv station but he got a chance to talk with his mom in afghanistan instead. >> reporter: we met with this eight-year-old and his grandparents in the lobby, while behind the scenes, engineers worked furiously to get things ready, wearing his mother's dog tags we gave him the grand tour. >> this is how we shoot the news. >> reporter: from cameras to live trucks, all the while in the back rumor fine-tuning. >> hello, my name is robert from san

. >> reporter: bronze, too, for head-first speed demon matt antoine in the skeleton. not bad for a kid once told he didn't have the right stuff. >> first time i tried it, i was told that i didn't quite have it and was sent home. i didn't quite believe them. i refocused. >> he is an olympic medalist. >> i guess it worked out okay. >> reporter: in the mountains, not warm weather but fog pushed the biathlon competition to tomorrow. still as competition heats up, russians stream into the olympic park. nothing, it seems, could dampen their enthusiasm, except, of course, this. >> score! team usa wins. >> to be able to beat them in a game that had a little bit of everything. just a great day for hockey for sure for team usa >> reporter: after beating russia, team usa kept its undefeated streak alive today, downing slovenia, 5-1. our friend and hockey analyst, eddie olcyk, warns it's still in the early days for hockey. with today's win, however, team usa is through to the quarterfinals. and, brian, for snowboarder jackie hernandez, she tweeted tonight that she was knocked unc

head-first speed demon matt antoine in the skeleton. >> i was told i didn't quite have it and was sent home. i didn't quite believe them. i refocused. >> he is an olympic medalist. >> i guess it worked out okay. >> reporter: fog pushed the biathlon competition to tomorrow. still as competition heats up, russians stream into the olympic park. nothing, it seems, dampens their enthusiasm. except, of course, this. >> score! team u.s.a. wins. >> to be able to beat them in a game that had a little bit of everything. just a great day for hockey for sure for team u.s.a. >> reporter: after beating rusha team u.s.a. kept its undefeated streak alive today, downi ining slovenia, 5-1. it's still early days for hockey w today's win, however, team u.s.a. is through to the quarter finals. and, brian, for snowboarder jackie hernandez, she tweeted tonight that she was knocked unconscious in that fall but she's still looking forward to the men's competition tomorrow. >> kevin tibbles, thanks, as always. and we want to look at a quick check of the medal count after this second weekend of competition now.

the only american to win a gold yesterday was matthew antoine.d the gold medalist from russia. it was especially tweet because he was told years ago he would never make the team because he wasn't good enough. >>> russia is in first place with 15 medals. netherlands and u.s. tied. >>> polina edmund arrives in sochi to compete. he was the runner-up last year. she was the last to arrive because she didn't compete last week. the 15-year-old says she did her jeometry homework on the flight. her teacher is giving her 3 weeks worth of assignments for the class time she will miss. her coach says she isn't able to train as much because of her school schedule. and the short women's -- woman's short program begins on wednesday. >>> still ahead, yelp is going to tell you how you can help your community. let's take a live look outside. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165.

antoine beat out friend john daly to grab the bronze in the final run of the men's skeleton race.e a look at the medal count: seven of the german's medals are goal. >> russia is tonne top. >> it's been an interesting winter games with a nice warm weather there of . >> coming up, an unsolved case drawing federal attention to a small texas town. >> eyes gone, ears missing. >> more on the investigation into alfred wright's death. >> south england got a small break in the weather. flood-weary brits are not quite out of the woods. floodwaters poured into windsor castle - queen elizabeth's homes. 17 homes north of london were evacuated when a 65 foot sink hole opened up. a cab driver died when part of a building collapsed on part of her parked car. >> and a report on how british authorities are preparing for more flooding. >> the weather in the u.k. changed for the better. the challenge for britain and london is how to take advantage of the weather in a 2-day period of better weather. what they are doing is shoring up defenses for a return of heavy inclement rain. the other challenge is

in men's skeleton, wisconsin's matt antoine took the bronze behind russia and latvia. week into the sochi games the host country russia has moved into the lead with 15. the nederlands and u.s. with 14 each. norway has 13, followed by german ayun canada with 12 each the kentucky derby prep season is upon us and that means that the spotlight was on golden gate field. that was the site for the 33rd el camino real derby. tamarando was coming up with hall of fame jockey russell baze. they nip dance with the at the wire. another hall of fame jerry hollendorfer was the trainer of tamarando, who is now in the kentucky derby discussion. >>> on the golf tour at rivera country club in los angeles, jim furyk will most likely not be the win,bur look at fert on the 4th hole. he just know how's to play this green. good thing he is on the line or this would go well past, but goes for a birdie. the leader is a guy who never led a tournament after three rounds. william mcgirt has a one-stroke lead trying to win for the first time on tour. >> that will do for this saturday night edition

. >> elsewhere, american matt antoine beat out his teammate and friend john daily to grab the broncs the skeleton race, the first since gold in 2002. here is what the medal count looks like right now. host team, russia, leading the way with 15. the u.s. and the netherlands are tied for second with 14 each followed by norway and germany. 7 are gold. >> that's tops in sochi. the superstars of the winter games reside in sochi, the old stars of the hard wood are gathered in new orleans where this year's all-star game is being played. i got to speak with march spears earlier, the nba beat reporter and writer for yahoo sports sports. i asked him would some players rather rest for a couple of days in the grinding season? here is what he had to say. >> talking to lebron james the other day, he said, hey, i certainly wouldn't mind sitting somewhere and just resting. once you get here and you get to be around the pageantry and adoring fans and realized you are one of 24 players that get to do this and then, also, with him being the face of the leagu league, you understand why it's imports to b

. >> thank you, antoine yes. >> time to see what's trending on al jazerra's website. >> the u.s. homeland security has backtrack odd a recent proposal. last week documents revealed the agency wanted a private company to create a national database of license plate information. information that is collected by cameras set up on things like toll booths police scars and traffic lights. but it's not just the license plate number is recorded it's also the date, time, location vehicle, when the picture was taken. accord to this proposal, immigration and customs enforcement planned to ute the data to pursue criminal immigrants but privacy advocates say it's an over reach the katherine crump an attorney with the aclu is happy to hear the government has backtracked but says it's still unexplained by the proposal was put forward and why it's been withdrawn. viewer lilith is skeptical saying. >> you can read more it the website america.aljazerra.com. >> thanks her mel. up next extremism up close, incredible access to the taliban. and examining injuries at the olympics, one sport you would ne

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in skeleton, matt antoine picked up a bronze medal. >> that's good news.o good news for team usa from the women's snowboarding competition. that's just been tough. snowboarding all around. we sort of feel like we own that sport. but we have our marquee girls, was it fay and lindsay, how did they do? >> reporter: yeah, and this is snowboard cross, which just -- if you've ever watched this event, it's insane. it's all these snowboarders going at once to go down the half pipe. they go over the slope style course. it just looks frightening. and lindsay, she fell during one of the heats, and fay, she finished fourth just out of medal contention. it was a disappointing day for the u.s. there. >> fourth is a tough place to be in. let's just talk quickly about the controversy of the speed skating suits. so the team ends up changing them yesterday. they went to the older suits. but did it make a difference? >> reporter: no. clearly it's not about the suits. we saw that last night when davis raced in the 1,500 meters and finished 11th. tod today, heather anderson ra

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antoine is waiting in new jersey on our lines for independents. good morning. caller: good morning.mind us that the french people have provided the majority of loans. there was a lot of people that came to the united states during the revolution. you, wetion i have for are such a liberal country. why is there such a blowback against gay marriage? -- it seems like havege percentage of homes private insurance in addition to the universal care provided. thank you for coming to the show. host: two issues that are very much in the news in the united states. how are they playing out in france? guest: there have been a lot of demonstrations in france on the issue of gay marriage. has push thatande issue very strongly. there has been backlash in france. country, socatholic it has been very emotional. a big debate with a lot of demonstrations. it is a tough issue also for france. as the caller said, it is a liberal country. host: on the health care front? guest: that is a crucial issue right now. in france, we have universal health care. the big issue in france is how do you afforded? when t