in skating and in life, nothing has come easily to ashley wagner. last month, she fell twice at nationals, mouthing i'm sorry for her mother and making the team on a controversial decision. >> i'm at a loss for words right now. excuse me. >> reporter: she was back in familiar territory. the comeback trail. ashley was just five when she first laced up. the daughter of an army officer who was always moving from germany to alaska and beyond. >> nine times in ten years, moving around was really tough on me. i was painfully, painfully shy as a kid. >> reporter: so wherever she went, skating became her sanctuary. >> she loved the ice the moment she stepped on it. i think it has been her passion and consistent best friend. >> reporter: after 13 years of training ashley was favored to make the 2010 olympic team only to have it all slip away on a missed jump. she wanted to quit. >> to come so close to your dreams coming true and not really achieving it is devastating. >> reporter: but the survivor in her kicked in so ashley decided to take a huge risk and mo

she is fighting for this program. >> she went out in fourth place. >> ashley wagner in tears. >> yet 18-year-old gracie gold. despite her disappointing performance, wagner was still selected for the u.s. olympic team and now has a chance to redeem herself in front of the world. >> what do you tell yourself before you step out on the ice for a big competition? >> well, for me, i'm an army brat. you're on a teacher's salary and army man salary. so we didn't have money, so my dad told me don't be a wimp. we can't afford anything else, don't be a wimp. and i think that kind of worked out for me. >> it's this fortitude that keeps ashley coming back for more after a career of near misses. she even calls herself the almost it girl. >> do you feel this is potentially your moment? >> i think i've worked hard the past four years and i'm ready to have my moment and i'm ready to totally shed that almost girl image. >> almost it girl to it girl. >> yeah. hopefully. >> been such an interesting road. so ashley's in it, gracie gold is in it. this is, you know, the big event that we've been waiting f

ashley wagner in sixth, polina edmunds in seven. it went totally like that. o it's really amazing what is blossoming now in the american ladies figure skating. >> do you think either gracie or ashley or polina has a chance? >> well, you look at sotnitkova, anything can happen on the podium. >> that's why they skate the free skate program. >> when you look at yulia, she struggled along. the last olympics -- now there's a new love and vitality. any one of those skaters, if they return to their past habits, anything can happen on the podium. anything can happen on the podium. >> and for yulia lipnitskaya, she was so good and then she had that fall. >> when you're a pole vaulter and you go like that, you're probably not going to get over the bar. that's what happened to her. when i see a skater and they're devastated and go -- i go, oh, they're done. she got off the ice and she was so angry. she was like so angry, she got off the ice and she's like i want to get back on the ice now! she was such a favorite for her to go out in the short was unexpected. but the way

and look at the faces of ashley wagner. not everybody is giving what they feel they deserve. >>> and more this morning about the wonky bathroom doors holding the athletes captive. >> good morning, america, i'm johnny quinn. >> college star marcus smart going one-on-one with a fan. >> that's disgusting behavior. >> another case of bad athlete behavior or more complicated than that? >>> motherly advice. >> i pull him close. i don't know if it would be advice as much as action. >> michelle obama about straightening out justin beiber. what the first lady would say to the bad boy pop star. >>> and cool runnings part two. the jamaican bobsled team on track, trading sand for ice and living the olympic dream. >> we're very hungry. >> their strategy for taking home the gold. >> from abc news, this is "good morning america," sunday, february 9th, 2014. from new york, dan harris and bianna golodryga. >>> good morning, everybody. we've got lots of breaking olympic news for you. but before we dive in, a spoiler alert. if you don't to wa

hash tag ashley wagner face. >> you got to watch out.e coverage around the clock you can also visit our website nbcbayarea.com and the upper left corner you see an olympic tab which will get you into our special olympic section. let's check in with christina. not as bad as it's been the last couple days. >> no. you know what, it was great we had the olympics on all weekend so people could enjoy. we had some great world class television. you probably were stuck inside. especially areas to the north of the golden gate bridge. we accumulated massive totals upwards of a foot of rainfall. we'll talk about that coming up. thanks for joining us this morning. and every weekday morning. part of our family and temperatures are chilly throughout to start. we've got a nice day shaping up. a return of the 60s now after a week's worth of 50s as highs, getting a taste of 63 in the east bay, 62 in the south bay, san francisco at 60. today's one of the cooler days, your seven-day forecast tells the story. a little warming trend headed our way as we head

. >>> and ashley wagner arrives in sochi, and she is ready to go for the gold! >>> ah, here is a look at a russia before dawn. this is the sochi coastal cluster featuring the olympic park. you can see the black sea glittering in the background there, and glistening backdrop for the come petition that begi thursday. >>> and as we speak, u.s. olympic athletes are arriving in sochi. >> and today, one of the most talked about athletes, the figure skater ashley wagner landed in russia and begins her journey. and dianna russini is here. >> she grew nup a military family and moved around, but settled in alexandria when she was 10. and attended west potomac high school, and this gregarious and talented skater is determined to prove that not only does she belong, but she is the best figure skater in the world. >> i never go into the event to say, oh, fourth place is great, but no, i'm here to take names and be remembered. >> reporter: she has left the united states and left behind any disappointment. all that matters now for the west potomac high graduate ashley wagner i

ladies will skate, for team usa ashley wagner of southern california. pressure is on the 22-year-old who fell twice last month in boston and placed fourth. some say she should not have received a spot on team usa. wagner disagrees. >> i'm extremely competitive. i'm an athlete through and threw. i'm here to get a pledmedal and remembered. >> 15-year-old polina edmunds will not compete in the team event. she has arrived in sochi. her individual event is still two weeks away. winter games are like the biggest ever. 98 events total. so much they had to add another day of competition which begins tomorrow. janelle wang, nbc bay area. >> it's dinner time there. what are you eating? is it all russian or american? what are you doing? >> reporter: i actually went out to the farmer's market yesterday, ate a bit of russian food. we're working nonstop, i'm eat at commissary, free, all you can eat, 24 hours a day. i haven't had much time to eat but the food there is good. iman joying that. i'm well fed. >> keep your strength up like the athletes. >>> inspiration thr

ashley wagner fell not once and got seventh. the judges are anonymous.e get two scores lumped together. we don't know who scored what and ashley wagner has said this has got to stop. we've got to get rid of the anonymous judging. >> the judging changed in 2002 after the blowup in salt lake city. they made the judging anonymous and then they started scoring each individual move in a different way, giving it points. what people are saying is that adelina sotnikova had a more complicated routine. some people are saying it was just athleticism. the sport is losing popularity in droves now. >> in the ioc, they are trying to hide behind -- >> what are they saying? >> nothing is wrong. we're not going to do anything about this unless a formal complaint is made. as of now, a formal complaint has not been made. kostner got third for italy. >> it's a reality when we think about it. we know that they see numbers dwindling in terms of -- >> the fans are tried and true. are we getting more fans and does it compromise the future of the sport? >> that's exactly what as

the committee says there's no scandal but team usa's ashley wagner says the results left her speechlessfelt personally cheated when she came in seventh behind some skater who is had fallen during their programs. this morning, wagner gave a more diplomatic response to the "today" show. >> i think the ladies in the top three, absolutely hands down belong in the top three. i don't question that. i think that the system is too opaque. it's not clear enough to the audience and it needs to become more fan-friendly so we can get a wider fan base. i think we need to get rid of the anonymous judging. >> for more on this, i'm joined by olympic gold medalist and a member of the u.s. delegation to the sochi games, brian boy tan kn boitano. mill a million people have signed an online petition. who do you think won last night? >> you you know, jake, it's such a mathematical equation that it comes down to component scores which are the skating skills and choreography versus the technical skills. yuna kim and adelina sotnikova are more technical and sotnikova brought more technical expertise and risk f

and ashley wagner says she feels gypped. >> reporter: ashley wagner saying that she felt gypped and wantsus judging of figure skating and says that perhaps the scores for the two russian figure skaters in this event were higher because of the formation of the judges and the nationality of the judges. is there any truth to it? or is she just sounding out sour grapes? perhaps some of the questions out there are, why was the fifth place finisher, who was a russian at the age of 15 years old, how come she did so well when she actually fell on her rear end in the middle of her routine? or the first place finisher who came in first place and did a funny hop and almost fell in the middle of her routine? i am not an expert in figure skating. i'll be the first to say that. some of the experts are divided on this. they are saying if you had a technically more difficult routine, you could have more of a margin for error, carol. you've got a ukrainian judge who was suspended for a year in the olympics for allegations of basically rigging the judging and perhaps that's where some of this controversy i

her teammates include ashley wagner and gracie gold. polina's the youngest, age 15, sophomore at archbishop plans to skate the same programs she did in u.s. championships in boston last month which land her a silver medal and spot on the team. polina is a virtual unknown to judges and some say she should have waited for the next winter games but the confident disagrees. she's been training for this moment her entire, young life. >> i don't want to be four years older and not as good as i was four years back. and have been held back for that. i'm happy they gave me my shot. i can't wait to prove myself at olympic games. >> reporter: 30 ladies take the ice today. here's team usa. polina edmunds skate 12th, gracie gold will skate 22nd and ashley wagner, 27th. now biggest competition, champion yuna kim of south korea and mao asada of ajapan and russians have their phenom, lipnitskaia. top 24 advance and skate tomorrow in the free program or long program, as you call it. rooting for polina. she's got a big support system here. but she's got

we spoke with wagner about all the buzz. >> reporter: ashley wagner was the two-time u.s. darling. but then she fell twice at last month's nationals. and wagner had to be squeezed onto the team for sochi through a controversial process that involved her replacing another skater. she seemed to redeem herself by sating strong -- skating strong in the team competition. but the judges didn't agree, scoring her low. there was so much controversy over your appointment to this team. after the team competition in the olympics and you skated so well, you tweeted, i belong here. what was that experience like and how did it change how you felt about being at this olympics? >> there's nothing more frustrating than having someone try to take away your own accomplishment. there are band wagon bands that come along every four years, and they missed what i did over the past four years. unfortunately that was taken in an aggressive tone. i'm here to stay and put out a performance on the ice and really deliver. >> reporter: they had your face after your performance, which was great and your

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnerlike hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah. everybody knows that. did you know there is an oldest trick in the book? what? trick number one. look-est over there. ha ha. made-est thou look. so end-eth the trick. hey.... yes.... geico. fifteen minutes could save you... well, you know. >> president obama is not attending the olympics but he has a message wirnishing all ofe athletes well in sochi. joe biden says there's no reason not to run for gres. . >> when lock up producers travelled to the correctional facility in illinois he walked through tone of the nation's mot historic buildings, the friction between staff and inmate seems every bit as old. >> during our shoot, our disruptive new inmate had just been removed from his cell and was being taken into segregat n segregation. our cameras were there as they attempted the transfer. first a brief stop to do paperwork. >> don't mitt had he man, for

that's ashley wagner, gracie gold. of team usa's brightest stars in what is a big day ahead already for the american team. >> no question about it. wagner and gold set to take the ice today in figure state scathing. high stakes for both of them. also that 15-year-old phenom who could be the biggest challenge. >> yulia lipnitskaya and your south korean champion. not enough medals in this event. not enough medals. >> awesome power. >>> also, and i'm not just saying this because you're right here, ginger, but we've had enough, okay? >> oh. >> so we decided -- >> first time i heard that. >> it's summer. it's summer so we're doing summer games today. >> 40 is summer at this point. >> oh, yeah. >> so we have a little -- >> wait. this is our next olympic challenge. >> we have a little beach volleyball court set up. i do mean little. >> i had no idea how little i meant. those are actually lifeguards from jones beach, a beechl here in new york. >> how do we compete? oh, i guess we'll get into it. lara, that's to come. >> no fol

gracie gold finished fourth and ashley wagner finished seventh. don't want to watch a sport where you fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean. she talked to savannah earlier. >> i think the ladies belong in the top three. i think the system is too opaque. it's not clear enough to the audience and it needs to become more fan friendly so that we can get a wider fan base. >> in women's ski half pipe, maddie bowman bringing home a gold. at 20, she's the youngest american to win gold in sochi. >> i don't think it's possible to put this into words. i am so happy. it's crazy. >> the americans have won five of six gold medals awarded in the new skiing event. later today, the final women's ski competition of the games. mikaela shiffrin going for the gold in women's slalom. team usa women losing the gold medal to the canadians in a heartbreaker. the canadians rallying for two golds in the final minutes to tie the match they won in overtime. u.s. and canadian men face off in the semifinal game today. a rematch of the 2010 olympic gold medal

also looking for another shot at redemption will be figure skater ashley wagner. skater kind of controversially picked for the team after finishing fourth in the nationals. at the team conference she also placed fourth. she was not a happy girl. check out that face. shebd be the mckayla maroney. went on to win the bronze. wagner just tweeted about it. quote, i'm an olympic medalist, thank you to my team. also huge thanks to our fearless leader charlie white who led us to the bronze. i like that face. very expressive. >> 1,000 words contained there and none of them good. snowboard-eze it great prach kotsenburg, the first american to win gold. actor jason patrick opens up about his custody battle. tune in tomorrow morning starting at 6:00 a.m. which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td

>> ashley wagner after she got her score. clearly, she thought she could have scored higher but some salty language she appeared to say afterwards that tvo said people were rewinding the broadcast more than other. they compared to look by comparing it to michaela's not impressed face from the london games. her expression is hashtag ashley wagner face. cut the girl a break. >>> coming up, don't mess with starbucks. the coffee giant is fighting back after a spoof. we'll tell you what is behind it. >>> keeping open spaces public, the new ally entering the fight to keep a popular beach open. legs up! legs up? legs up! legs up! legs up! verizon has free tablets and free phones. get here anyway you can. good job! free tablets. free phones. on the best network. only at verizon. get tablets like the verizon ellipsis 7 free. and when you trade in your old smartphone, you can get the samsung galaxy s4 free. or the droid maxx by motorola free. plus get a data plan with unlimited talk and text for as low as $45. this week only. getting f

. >> the two others competing are gricie gold and ashley wagner. >> wagner fell twice in the national championships last month in boston. placed fourth. some say she should not have gotten the spot, but she disagrees. >> i'm extremely competitive, i'm athletic through and through. i'm here to get a medal. i'm here to take names and be remembered. >> as for polina, she will have to wait two weeks to compete in the individual event. >> billie jean kind will not be participating. she has been very outspoken in her opposition to her anti-gay laws. she thanks president obama for the opportunity and said this morning it is important for her to be with her family in this difficult time. >> we now know who will carry the u.s. flag in the opening ceremonies. announced just hours ago, a nordic skier will carry it. he is the first to compete in six winter olympics. >>> you can go over to nbcbayarea.com to find out more. >>> happening right now, a big crash shut down a major street in san jose about 6:30 this morning. a big rig hit a traffic signal poll. it is a pretty busy area there. this is ne

and ashley wagner will skate tomorrow in the singles event for the u.s. strong showing could help team usa get back on track, and give wagner a chance to prove that she deserves to be at the olympics. >> this is making history, and you know, it is an opportunity to gain another olympic medal and something we didn't have in figure skating so i'm incredibly honored the be a part of the event. >> and an amazing feat for the luge. this is a luger going 70 miles per hour, and he falls off of to sled and slides down the course, and then he makes an amazing save. he flips back over and gets back on the sled to finish the run. absolutely incredible. 70 miles per hour he is going, and i can't get sick of looking at that. but guys, the ashley wagner, the ladies singles skater there has the best record, and many people feel she has something to prove after finishing fourth place in the national championships, and she calls herself a vicious competitor, and no sweetness on the ice for her. >> and you think that the luge guy has done it before, because that is some mo

day two all eyes were on ashley wagner, the american who place fourth, she pulled off a solid performance in the short program. >> getting off the ice in that short program i felt like i could be my normal spicy self and come off with my head held high and in boston it didn't feel like that so much. >> on sunday the lady's and men's free skate and skating fort women gracy gold the national champion and brown competing for the men. u.s. now in third up from 7 after last night's performance. the first gold was awarded in slopestyle and sage from iowa took home the top prize won the first ever olympic gold medal for slopestyle snow board a new event to the olympic games. >> i'm like dad, he answered the phone, he's like whaaaaat, everyone was there and it was like the coolest moment ever hearing their voices. >> unfortunately our local guy chad from tahoe did not play. hannah kearney won the bronze and a pair of talented canadian sisters took home gold and silver. medals in downhill skis will be awarded also slopestyle snow board for women. we have jamie anderson the favorite to win the gold

figure skater ashley wagner. she was under so much pressure to perform.at least? >> she is but she made a face. she gets off the ice, is all giddy and looks at her score and is not so giddy anymore. ashley is under tremendous pressure to produce because she came in basically fourth with the de facto trials and she got put on the team anyway. then she changed her program and she was like do i belong here, do i not belong here, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. >> alan. >> go ahead. >> the score that she got, was it warranted? was it a fair score? >> reporter: well, the score that she got -- the most important thing about that score is it's ten points lower than julia lavrentieva of russia. that's what matters, alex. >> you're looking forward to tuesday, you say. what's going on then? >> a really big day for two important reasons. women are going to make ski jumping for the first time. that's big. second of all, shaun white goes down and flies at the halfpipe. don't miss it. >> okay. that sounds good. can i say one thing too. i've been reading all your artic ar

skater ashley wagner came on strong.s program, gracie gold scored second in the women's free skate. >> this is magnificent. >> reporter: achieving a personal best while establishing her position as a strong medal contender in the upcoming individual event. her strong performance followed up by davis and white who delivered once again for team usa. >> this program got better and better as they went on. >> reporter: earning the highest free dance score ever recorded, and helping team usa bring home the bronze. >> and we have eight members of the u.s. skating team with us now. ashley wagner, charlie white, jeremy abbott, jason brown and the pairs team. good morning, bronze medalists. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so skating is an individual sport. was it fun to compete as a team? was it a bonding experience, ashley? >> absolutely. we've all participated. it was fun for us to go out there and work toward this common goal. >> it was amazing. one thing we noticed in the flower ceremony was that vladimir putin came over

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnerike hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. adding thousands of products online every day. from hard hats and goggles. to tools and cleaning products... to state of the art computers, to coffee to keep you fueled. from the sign over the door to the boxes to get it out the door. yes, staples has everything you need to launch your big idea. except your big idea. so when you get an idea, we're ready with everything else. staples. make more happen. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. >>> offenders at pendleton juvenile correctional facility serve anywhere from six months to several years behind bars. 18-year-old offender, charles taylor, has been locked up for a year. >> i started selling drugs. started selling drugs hard. and figured only way i can eat is to rob somebody. so i go around robbing people. selling, selling coc

and ashley wagner will skate 27th. biggest competition is reigning olympic gold medal champion yuna kim. queen kim yuna and mao asada. russia has yulil alilipnitskaia. she ran into joe pawelski. both competing today here in sochi. it's wednesday, joe pawelski takes ice against the czech republic for team usa at 9:00. polina takes the ice an hour from now at the iceberg. janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so excited. >>> sharks ice near downtown san jose. this is where polina does the ma majority of her training. our own bob redell out there on the ice this morning. a watch party. bob's going to have a live report, a report in a couple of minutes. we will be right back. >>> at 6:13, a look at today's top stories. right now, police in the ukrainian capital of kiev taking back ground from thousands of angry protesters. the death toll has climbed to 26, including 9 police officers. another 250 people were hurt. the protesters are rebelling against ukrainian president who wants the country to reunite with russia. >>> nine

and even american skater ashley wagner weighed in. i saw a lot of very nice and decent landings compared to the russians who botched a landing. people don't want to watch a sport where you fall down and score above someone who goes clean. more than 1.5 million people have signed a petition asking for an investigation on this. does this have legs? >> reporter: i think it has a few legs. people get excited about figure skating. they want to know the right person won. this gets technical. it's a question of who is on the judges panel. how much an element is worth. what a jump does. when you have somebody like ashley wagner saying she's not quite sure the scores were right that's a big deal. she was talking about it earlier on the "today" show. our columnist has been all over that issue. people will talk about it. they want to know it's a fair and square competition and that crowd went crazy last night and the people we're talking to, insider skating officials said that had undue influence and talking about judges on that panel hugging ru

some 230 athletes to sochi including two from virginia, skier ashley caldwell and figure skater ashley wagner. the games run through february 23rd. >> two ashleys. >>> a lot of you told us you were frustrated with metro and the announcements that are often so hard to hear. >> and we are listening. one woman got off at the wrong stop because she couldn't understand what they were saying. find out w >>> a safeway store in northwest d.c. that had been shut down by a mouse infestation has reopened. we were at the piney branch store yesterday as customers saw that sign warning of an imminent health hazard. since then the store has cleaned up and passed reinspection today. >>> remember this metro intervention monday, riders talking to a cardboard cutout because wmata refused to show up to do an interview? now the wusa9 metro investigation that sparked the social media uproar continues. >> investigative reporter russ ptacek tests metrorail's speaker system. metro didn't like what russ found, but from the avalanche of tweets and e-mails it seems he might have hit a nerve with some riders. >> reporter

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnerhotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. >>> i feel michael dunn has a minimum of 20 years on one count. another 20 years on another count. another minimum 20 years on another count. he's got to learn that he must be remorseful for the killing of my son. >> the father of jordan davis talking about michael dunn. very similar parallels here. a 17-year-old young black teenager minding his own business, playing a bit of music a little too loudly. and an older man coming over, poking his nose in, where he hadn't been asked to, making false assumptions, and shooting him dead and not being convicted of murder. what's going on here? is it a florida issue? or a cultural issue? what is it? >> well, a lot of people suggest it's a florida issue. when you look at tot mom and zimmerman, and now this i get it. but the thing about florida, they are the only state that have cameras in the courtroom no questions asked. so we see what's happening in the courtroom. at least zimmerma

imagining the places that i'd be able to go travel to. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnertake some time for yourself at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. (meowright on cue. (laughs) it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, no wonder it's the only one cats ask for by name. >>> visits provide many inmates a glimmer of hope for the future, but for david scritchfield, it's a sight he may never see. >> i fell for a staff member here. she got fired. this is paula, the love of my life. i can't even have visitation. >> well, i met him while i was working at the penitentiary, and he was one of my patients. he is a real smart one, smart alec, funny guy. i was too. i was feisty right back to him, and so we just started messing around, joking around like that. i think that's what our playfulness with each other is what got david and i to start a friendship. >> as the old saying goes, you can't help who you fall for. you know? >> david and i had known each other for seven months when we finally

. >> and the olympic controversy, how did a skater manage to beat ashley wagner and yuna kim. >> well, it is going to be talked about, but her e performance was great, but it was simpler. >> and we will be joined from sochi to break it down. hello, i'm alex witt, and we will start with news from ukraine. a deal has been signed to hope p hopefully end the deadly violence in ukraine. under this deal the ukrainian president says he will have early elections and bring power to the protesters in the government. this comes after meetings with the european union leaders and representatives from russia. we will go to london with amon who is following the deal. what do you know about the deal that was just signed a short while ago? >> that is correct. in fact, it is confirmed that it is signed by the opposition. we are learning more about it. as you mentioned there, one of the more important notes is that the president yanukovych will form a national unity government and hold the elections no later than december of 2014, and the next several months burk more importantly in the short term, the

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnerike hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. i'm saving a ton of time by posting them to my wall. oh, i like that one. it's so quick! it's just like my car insurance. i saved 15% in just 15 minutes. i saved more than that in half the time. i unfriend you. that's not how it works. that's not how any of this works. [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote isn't how it works anymore. with esurance, 7 1/2 minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. ay to go.e to the modern world. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] [laughs] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. find a certified financial planner professional who's thoroughl

the gold belongs to 18-year-old gracie gold and also ashley wagner.cing some fierce competition. reigning olympic champion yuna kim arrived yesterday. and she hopes to give them t crowd a happy, happy time with a gold medal performance. most of the competitions slogged through wet snow, he skied through the wet snow. the event is essentially a head-to-he r coat slid across the finish line but came up one-tenth of a second gold. here's a look at your medal counts. the united states and netherlands are tied at the top with 20 medals each. norway, russia, and canada, wel, they all round out the top five. anne-marie? >> alphonso van marsh in sochi. thanks a lot, alphonso snowboarder sage cause toscosted david letterman how he won. >> i tried a trick i never tried before and that put the nail in the coffin. >> is that the best way to win is do a trick you've never done it before? >> i don't always recommend it but it worked out for me. >> it was the first ever gold girn for slope snow stile at the olympics. when we return, sweating the s.a. tmts. new studi

imagining the places that i'd be able to go travel to. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagner for yourself at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. life with crohn's disease ois a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps come back? what if the plane gets delayed? what if i can't hide my symptoms? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisinfo.com to get your complimentary q&a book, with information from experts on your condition. ♪ aflac, aflac, aflac! ♪ [ both sigh ] ♪ ugh! ♪ you told me he was good, dude. yeah he stinks at golf. but he was great at getting my claim paid fast. how fast? mine got paid in 4 days. wow. that's awesome. is that legal? big fat no. [ male announcer ] find out how fast aflac can pay you at aflac.com. >>> joining me now, nick confessore, political reporter for "new york times" on the billionaires if politics beat

figure skater, ashley wagner, the recent bumps have been very public. judge's scores following her performance in sochi. this photo went viral online. rachel nichols asked her about that and more. >> reporter: heading into this year, ashley wagner was the two-time u.s. figure skating champion and she was expected to be america's darling at this olympics. she fell twice at last year's mantle. then it was handed to gracie gold and wagner had to be squeezed on to the team for sochi through a controversial process of her replacing another skater. she seemed to redeem herself by skating strong in the team competition held at the start of these olympics. the judges didn't agree, scoring her low. one of the many things we discussed when i caught up with her here in sochi. >> there was so much controversy over your appointment to this team. after the team competition in the olympics, you skated so well you tweeted, i period belong period here. how did it change how you felt about being at these olympic sns. >> there is nothing more frustrating than having someo

you got the triple axles, the american's gracey gold and ashley wagner. this is a packed field and it's going to be fantastic. >> brown: i'm going to give a brief spoiler alert. i want to ask you about a couple standout athletes. there's the overall incredible performances by the dutch speed skaters and then there's skier who won the giant shalla slalom. >> yes, there was a tie and the first woman to ever do this since 1972. and she was the overall world cup champion last year. she is definitely on top of her game at the exact right moment. and the dutch, my goodness they're winning almost every medal in speed skating, especially every medal that the united states is not winning. the u.s. is having a terrible olympics in a venue that they usually dominate from bonnie blare to eric hiden, dan jansen people in the past. it's the dutch running those medals now. no surprise, the arena is often served with orange which is of course the dutch national color and the orange is just dominant at these olympics. >> brown: finally off the ice and the slope the pussy

imagining the places that i'd be able to go travel to. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnerome time for yourself at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. ♪ we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? $500,000. maybe half-million. say a million dollars. [ dan ] then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. ♪ i was trying to like pull it a little further. you know, i was trying to stretch it a little bit more. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. [ man ] i looked around at everybody else and i was like, "are you kidding me?" [ dan ] it's just human nature to focus on the here and now. so it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ ♪ >> when hank and marcus demoted me, it was hard, but he's

ashley wagner looked visibly tense. nerves that fell away as she danced. an incredible comeback. >> the nerves really hit me. being an olympics, that began to sunk in. >> this was her before and after the mark. and a stunning performance by a 15-year-old russian. >> wow. >> she's a wonder. >> it is slope style. >> the biggest star of these games so far, 20-year-old american snow border sage katzenberg. >> that right there, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do it. >> making high-pressure jumps. >> when i landed, i was just like what just happened? i had no clue. it was like i blacked out when i landed. >> but so laid back. >> he's chewing gum in an olympic final. >> winning the first gold of the games for team usa. the first time that's happened since 1952. there has been one small little glitch. the men's downhill was delayed by 15 minutes after how can i put this, the gondola got stuck. but there's no stopping the excitement. there's ski jumping, more team figure skating. lots more to come today. >> and there's music that started just as we went on the air

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagner hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. on expedia you canyou're book any flight, car and hotel together to save even more. plus, get an extra $100 when you build your custom trip. expedia, find yours. probably wasn't talking about dollars. pretty much everybody wants to keep those. ♪ most car insurance companies know this -- because they keep yelling about it. only they don't say how they're saving those dollars. ♪ but esurance was born online, raised by technology, and majors in efficiency. when they save, you save. so you can keep your dollars. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. >>> something to keep on eye on out of norfolk, virginia, today. a federal judge there today said she would rule, quote, soon, on the constitutionality of virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. if the ban is struck down, it would make virginia the first state in the south to have marriage equality. that alone makes that case worth watching, but consider also that the lawyers

imagining the places that i'd be able to go travel to. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagnertake some time for yourself at hotels like hilton and hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. >>> as soon as i was aware of the fact that there was a problem, which was when pat foye's e-mail came out, i had my staff say, go find out what's going on over at the port authority. why are they fighting with each other over this? and what happened? >> governor chris christie of new jersey taking questions this week on a local radio station in new jersey, adding a whole new thing to what he has said publicly before about the bridge incident in new jersey. now saying he sent two of his top-level staffers, his chief of staff and his chief counsel over to the port authority to get the bottom of those bridge lane closures as soon as he found out about them in early october. why is this the first time governor christie has mentioned that he did that? and if his top two staffers did go investigate at the port authority on his orders, right after the bridge lane closures happened, what did they fi

ashley wagner not agreeing with the score for her short program during the team figure skating competitiontter many compared her expression to gymnast kayla's, not impressed face, from the london games. >> do we have to do that? they're very attractive young women. >> our prime time coverage starts at 8:00. the gold medal final and men's mogul skiing. >> you got it all in. >> there. >>> on our broadcast here tonight, wild ride. new concerns about one of the most popular events at the olympics. some athletes are saying the course is just not ready. now organizers are scrambling to fix it. >>> plus, another big day for an american olympic champion. >>> what now after a college football star reveals he is gay and says he wants to make history in the nfl. tonight the reaction to a potentially game-changing announcement. >>> state of emergency tonight. they're taking no chances in atlanta because of what happened the last time it snowed. this time they say they will be ready. >>> and private lives. what one of hillary clinton's closest friends wrote about one of her darkest hours. and now the a

will need a strong showing from ashley wagner tomorrow to revive the team's hope for a medal. >> plus slopestyle qualifiers, a great day for northern california. jamie anderson finished second and karly schorr finished fourth. they can skip the semifinal round and go to the finals. >> charles guldemond and ryan stassel will compete for a spot in the finals. >> good luck to them. san jose's polina edmunds won't compete until later. >> she is training 1800 miles away in munich, germany. the 15-year-old tweeted out these pictures yesterday. one from her training session and another doing a little sight seeing. >> good for her. there is an outpouring of support for edmunds especially where she trains. >> tonight nbc bay area will host a watch party inside sharks ice at stanley's restaurant on south tenth street. our rob mayeda will emcee that event. stay up to date. you can get updates to your inbox signing up for our olympic news letter. you click on the sign-up for sochi news. >> it's 4:50. still ahead jay leno passing that tonight show torch to jimmy fallon. his emotional and heartfelt

these three ladies looking to top the podium for team usa. 18-year-old gracie gold, ashley wagner and our own polina edmunds from right here in the bay area. >> she's 15. she goes from her classes in san jose's high school to competing on the world's biggest stage. >> she will skate the same program she did in boston last month. her performances there landed her a silver medal and a top spot on the olympic team. at a young age, polina unknown to judges and some say she should have waited for the next winter games to compete. but the confident sophomore strongly disagrees. she's been training for this moment her entire, young life. >> i don't want to be four years old somewhere not as good as i was four years back and have been held back for that. i'm really happy that they gave me my shot and i can't wait to prove myself at the olympic games. >> getting a ton of support from the bay area. right down to her boots, made in san carlos. previous clients through kristi yamaguchi and nancy carkerrigan >> slated to skate 12th. watch it on nbc sports network. if you want to catch the other fa

. >> reporter: the usa's ashley wagner wants changes to the anonymous judging system. >> if you give a certain skater a mark, you need to be able to put your name and your reputation on the line for it. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. struck gold on the mountain, 18-year-old mikaela shiffrin winning the women's slalom. >> you wish you could win every day. >> the youngest skier ever to do so. no surprise to her father, jeff. >> when you have confidence you can do it the nerves don't get to you as much. >> reporter: these games have heart. the skiers who cleaned the halfpipe offered this tribute to canadian sarah burke, who died in a training accident two years ago. american maddie bowman won the gold medal in the skiing halfpipe, the event burke fought to get into the olympics. >> well all try to aspire to be here. i think it will take all of us to fill her shoes because they were so big. >> reporter: and after losing in the team events tonight, it is official. the u.s. long track speed skating team will go home without a medal, the first time that has happened, lester, in 30 years. >>

>> and what about the ashley wagner? did you see her face?e new mean me and then she lip synced. she looked at that. she had that same face as the bronco fans had. they're like this is -- is it too soon around here? >> it might be. >> she had the same face as samuel l. jackson. you heard about that? too soon? >> one of the hardest things about going to sochi is apparently you got to be thirsty because the water is just ugly. >> have you seen the water? oh, man, talk about what can brown do for you? >> huggy lowdown, the sochi remix, you are the man, sir. >> black doctor, thank you very much. i appreciate it. we'll be back with some more of the sochi remix, baby, sochi. hey, that was good. what did he call you? >> never you mind. >> what can brown do for you? that was funny. >> you've done worse. thanks for staying up celebrate now at h.h. gregg's presidents' day sale. save up to 7n0% o select furniture and mattress sets storewide. plus, with every furniture or mattress purchase $1an997 d up...you'll get a samsung galaxy tablet free. all with

american figure skater ashley wagner. you can't -- you can't forget this face.he skated yesterday. >> she's happy apparently, right? >> she did well. >> honestly, i think she skated really well. i think she's been unfairly targeted. >> all right. "way too early" starts right now. >> hey, what's up, jonah? >> jimmy, nothing much. things have been a little crazy lately. _#live lavita loca. >> morning joe _#living lavita mocha. no coffee no worky. congrats on your oscar no, ma'am nation, _#wolf of wall street. >> _#wrau, baby, -#my wife. >> _#yeah, baby. >> _#my money on my mind. >> hey, guys. _#been done. >> _#where whatevs. >> _#haters going to hate. _#i'm over you dog. >> twitter talk takes over the tonight show. must see of brian and lester. _#special cameo appearance. snap chat, look out. what's app is eegd your lunch and joining the cool kids at the facebook table and doing it for billions. the mind-blowing deal. then the truce fails. deadly violence between kiev and police in protesters after the stalled diplomatic talks. this is "way too early." ♪ >>> hey,

ashley wagner in seventh and pall ian a in

gracie gold finishing fourth, ashley wagner finishing seven. paulinea edmunds. this one was in russia. >> ah. dah. dah. dah. so ever since shaun white's slipup team usa has dominated on the halfpipe. american maddie bowman soared to glory on a night where the sport paid tribute to the late canadian freestyle icon, sarah burke. france swept the podium in the men's ski cross event. the real close call came in the quarterfinal. the swiss winner not pictured in this photo finish, he stayed on his feet after the racers ahead of him wiped out at the finish line. he was followed by the russian skier in the yellow bins bib and then the swede in red. >>> we go off to the medal count. team usa in the lead, 25 total medals. eight of those are gold. russia's two behind in the total count and one behind in gold. norway on top in the gold medal count with 10. as we take a look at the day ahead of us, we mention the gold medal game in men's hockey. we have women's alpine skiing and both men's and women's speed skating. >>> all right. so now we take you back state side for coll

ashley wagner. and of course, polina edmunds, who took silver in nationals. they have some big competition, though. >> absolutely. returning olympic champion kim from south korea, and she's looking as great as ever. and then the silver in vancouver, she's been working really hard the last four years. and i feel she looks absolutely amazing here. if she can land that triple axl which no one else is doing, that could give her the edge. and then the hometown girl. >> the 15-year-old who is like a gold medal favorite for russia. she is amazing. >> she is amazing. 15 years old, and the emotion and the composure she brings to the ice is really incredible. beyond her years for sure. but she'll definitely have that hometown crowd behind her, i think that kind of puts her in gold medal contention. but it's going to be tough. whoever makes the least mistakes. >> we have a 15-year-old phenom, too, polina edmunds. does she have a shot? >> i think she does. i'm absolutely throwing her in the mix. we have our own 15-year-old, too. she's from san jose. and she's going to wo

weekend trip to kind of reset makes me a better athlete. [ male announcer ] be a weekender like ashley wagner hampton. book now at hiltonweekends.com. [ chainsaw whirring ] humans -- sometimes life trips us up. sometimes we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... [ thump ] to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move into a new house, or add a car to your policy. personalized coverage and savings. all the things humans need to make our world a little less imperfect. call... and ask about all the ways you could save. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> how many saw the hologram? oh, yeah. it was a great idea. apparently still haven't worked out all the kinks. i guess they had some sort of intergalactic glitch. >> intergalactic? >> yeah. show what happened the first time they