>> brian boitano tells us how his life has changed. >>> thanks for joining us on this rainy sunday night. the storm is not finished. a flash flood watch is in effect for the north bay tonight until 9:00 tonight. >> there was lots of it today. unusually small rivers and streams are running high. the south bay finally getting a taste of the rain. this is a live look at downtown san jose. >> we have live team coverage. nbc bay area's monty francis is in sonoma county. and we have two meteorologists tracking the storm. jeff ranieri is looking at rainfall totals, but first we want to begin with rob mayeda. >> finally the rain has arrived in the south bay. it took about 36 hours for it to drop out of the north bay. the santa cruz mountains picking up about another inch of rain. you can see the rain still stretching into the north bay. and it's a the north bay counties tonight that will still see the flash flood watch in effect through about 9:00. that means localized flooding is still possible. which is precisely what we saw out in mill valley. and monty, we had some damage to storefronts in m

brian boitano joins me live in the studio.ood to see you, too. >> first of all, this may seem like an odd question this morning, but it came up this morning. you're part of the u.s. olympic delegation, but you've been stateside, it seems like, for the entire olympic games. why is that? >> we were there for four days. they have a delegation for the opening ceremonies, then they have another delegation for the closing ceremonies, and, hopefully, billy jean will be able to go to that. >> are you going to go back? >> i'm not, because i'm not on the closing delegations. >> does that strike you as odd? >> not odd, but, yeah, you would think they'd select one delegation and have them stay through the whole olympics. >> you wanted to stay, didn't you? >> i was torn. i did want to stay a little bit, but once the delegation leave, man, i better catch my ride back home. >> i would imagine this experience has been transformative for you in a variety of ways, you said you had no plans of coming out, why not? >> why had i not had plans to c

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brian boitano might anchor with me soon? >> i'm out of a job. when he gets back from sochi, i'm out of a job. >> we wouldn't trade you -- >> you would trade me in a second. >> and he would want to try weather, too. >> i would let him. >>> let's look at the snow totals from the past 46 to 48 hours. 17 inches, squad 12 and sierra tahoe at 11. they are continuously adding to this now. you can see the radar now across interstate 80 and highway 50. heavy coverage, treacherous conditions and change required if you're heading that way, you may want to think twice, sit in the traffic just be prepared for stop and go kind of traffic. live radar now shows wide-spread coverage of rainfall across the bay and i'm pinpointing some of the worst travel tonight in the north bay after we had the most rain recently. that's where it is continually happening from 101 and it's going to be wet all the way through tomorrow morning. let's get you outside of the sky camera network and it's been a mess on the road ways. traffic backed up and i won't even take you to this.

has three openly gay athletes, including tennis great billie jean king and skater brian boitano.scott shafer sat down with uc president janet napolitano. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> first of all, you are getting ready to go to sochi for the games. >> i am. >> what are your thoughts as you prepare to leave? >> i'm excited. i'm honored to be leading the u.s. official delegation. i'm fascinated by sochi. i've never been there so that will be interesting. and, you know, i want to go there, represent my country, represent my university, represent the team. >> you i think are the first nonpresident, vice president, or family member of the first family to head the delegation in about -- at least a decade, i know. is there a message in that? if so, what is it? >> well, i don't know. but i think, you know -- as the leader of the nation's largest public research university where openness and tolerance and intellectual achievement are celebrated and practiced every day, i think going to the olympics with the kind of delegation we have where you have athletes, you have openly gay athletes,

that includes brian boitano.e, he's in sochi now to send a message but at the '88 olympics he kept his issues to himself on the ice and on the medal stand. >> you really feel like everyone in america is watching, you feel like you are america. it's like weirdest feeling in a great way. you are filled with pride you feel like for that moment you are america. >> but it was, of course, a very different america in 1968. dr. martin luther king lad just been assassinated. racial tensions were at the boiling point. there was talk of political demonstrations of the '68 summer olympics, international olympic committee president issued a warning. >> i don't think any of these players would be foolish enough to demonstrate. i think if they do they will be promptly sent home. >> that year in mexico city, american sprinters tommy smith and john carlos won the gold and bronze medals repetitively in the 200 meters. on the medal stapped they went shoeless as nod to poverty. and as national anthem played, hung their head and rais

. >> we read brian boitano's book. you read that book.en charlie was young i used to read biographies and auto biographies to him. brian boitano's book. he probably doesn't remember. he was so young. he was 5 or 6. it really -- >> read me a story. >> read me that autobiography again. >> read a fairy tale. today is national fairy tale day. mommy's going to read you a story. >> it was quite a while after he learned to read. it struck a chord with me that his mom said that she let it be his sport. >> now everyone, charlie, when we look at you two, i know you guys, you have a platonic relationship. was there ever or could there ever be anything? america's rooting for that? make it work, okay? >> you know, i think we have such a unique relationship. it's really hard to define with sort of the way people look at us and, you know, we're blessed to have found each other at a young age. we've grown up together. this partnership is 17 years of our life, and we've spent more time together than we have with our actual siblings. >> but the way you hav

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the president appointed uc president janet napolitano and openly gay athletes including brian boitano to lead in the ceremonies. napolitano arrived wednesday and boitano says he is honored to be part of the delegation as an athlete and also openly gay. >> i'm so proud to stand with you, the country, your message and my fellow athletes who are out and i want to promote the message of tolerance, diversity and equality for everyone and this is a great opportunity. >> he's one of my favorites. fantastic figure skater. also you'll see that the google doodle is adding their voy to many company who is have spoken out against russia's policy a. rainbow graphic with athletes can be seen against the rainbow. also this, along the bottom of the google doodle a line that is part of the olympic charter. the practice of sport is a human right, every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport without discrimination of any kind. it really seems like that the united states message to russia. back to you guys. >> and for everything you need to know about the sochi games including a look at

including sunnyvale ace brian boitano.s always kept his sexuality private and separate from his skating career. >> i never kept that, i was never ashamed of it. i didn't try to hided it but it was a special part of my life i wanted to reserve for people close to me. >> that changed when the president chose him for the delegation and realized there could be no ambiguity who he was if he was going to sochi. google is one of the many companies sending a message. a bright rainbow representing all sorts of sports. many groups have said that they oppose russia's anti-gay laws, canada put out a psa. some proposed boycotting vodka. >> so many things. thanks so much. >> well, you can watch the opening ceremonies here on nbc bay area including the lighting of the cauldron. all the excitement starts at 7:30 tonight. >> seems every country tries to top each other. if you want to watch with a crowd, come to our nbc bay area viewing party. it's at stanley's restaurant inside sharks ice in san jose over on south tenth street. >> the othe

1988 figure skating gold medalist brian boitano, a member of the u.s. olympic delegation to sochi.ning us fresh off his trip to russia. we know you're just back within the last couple of days. wanted to get a sense of your experience and with so much focus on the security leading up to these games, how did it compare to the other olympics that you've traveled to? >> i thought the security was great. obviously being with the delegation, we had official security around us and also russian bodyguards, but traveling all around the city, there were no cars on the road. it seems like there were only official vehicles and there were literally security guards at every intersection at every point that a car would go through. it seems like the perimeter of where all of the venues are is really secure and it's actually taking a long time for the audiences to get through the security blocks. >> brian, obviously you were there as an american ambassador but also as a gay american. i'm curious, if you think the message of inclusion and tolerance was adequately delivered. if you think it resonated

today, just back from sochi, brian boitano tells wendy all about the winter olympics and his recent decision wendy's magical watch and win sweepstakes continues. and all of the latest juicy hot topics. now, here's wendy! [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause ]. >> wendy: yes! oh,

and brian boitano, an openly gay figure skater, in the calgary games, he's here as part of the presidential delegation as well. you don't have to read very carefully between the lines to see the message being put out by the u.s. delegation. they want equal rights. >> what the people of sochi are saying, this is their city and this is their country and their games, and are they irritated over all of the attention being painted on so many negative things versus the fact that they're trying to put on a celebration for the rest of the world? >> there's huge national pride here in russia, and the games are here in sochi. that said, legal people here in the area with the venues, they y have a real upheaval. houses have been knocked down, and compensation is not everything that the people expected it to be. when the torch was going through the streets today and i was there, the word pride was the one word that came out over and over again. so while the games are on, all of the worries about compensation and the upheaval that has taken place will go away, and they will concentrate on the sport. the

tomorrow, former olympic champion, brian boitano and my colleague, craig melvin a look at "news nationn the trial of the florida man charged with murdering unarmed teen average over loud music. a friend of the victim's family will join us live. >>> talk to the publicist of michael sam, the university of missouri all-american who is now on the verge of becoming the nfl's first openly gay player, the league says it's ready, but what about the teams drafting him? we'll talk about that. plus the ceo of aol in damage control mode after the firestorm he created when he blamed benefits cuts in part on two mothers with, quote, distressed babies, one of the moms he was referring to will join us live to talk about the phone call she received from the ceo who is apologizing. all that and more coming up on "news nation." ll. oh, well in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants and boots and pants♪ ♪and boots and pants... voice-enabled bill pay. just a tap away on the geico app. ♪ huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. yup, e

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>> candid answers from brian boitano in an exclusive interview new at 6:00. was the most watched television event ever. so, what's next? the upcoming winter games from sochi. where every second of nbc universal's coverage will be available on every device. on tv, online or streaming on the nbc sports live extra app. beginning february 6th, experience the winter games everywhere. welcome to what's next. comcast nbcuniversal >>> so exciting. tonight is the night. coming up on nbc bay area the opening ceremony for the 2014 sochi games. looking live at the port. quiet now because it's 5:00 in the morning. >> we have you covered from the bay area to russia. let's begin with jack. what's the theme now? what are we going to see? >> reporter: you're going to see pretty spectacular sights, learn a lot about the russian culture and see one, well, called a bit of a gaffe. there is one day in each olympics where the athletes take a back seat to the host city. tonight in sochi, the flame is lit, the athletes have been welcomed, and the games that have already started now

we've had peggy fleming, kristi yamaguchi, brian boitano, all bay area skating ledgendlegends. stephanie chuang joins u now. >> reporter: who better to ask than those going through the training right now hoping to reach olympic status in a couple of years. you'll see some faces that you haven't seen yet and what they think it is about the bay area that has helped them get so far. at just 15, san jose's own pl n polina edmunds is the latest of stars to emerge from the bay area. >> what a thrill to be on this journey with her. >> reporter: but you can bet that it won't stop with polina. karen chen feels that she's ready to put fremont on the map the way her role model did. >> i want to be just like her and i could do it as well. >> reporter: you can find the 14-year-old at the sharks ice rink in fremont practicing the craft she started at just 6. >> that was much better. very nice. >> reporter: and over at shark bites in san jose where polina practices, you'll find even more talent in rising stars like joey and michael casetti. they play competitive ice hockey for the junior shar

brian boitano is here.fficial u.s. delegation selected by president obama. talk about the delegation duties and all of that in a second. i'm curious to get your if sight, get us inside shaun white's head this level of expectation. you've been to the olympics before. you're expected to medal. you expect, your coach expects, america expects and then this happens. >> it was disappointing, but, you know what? at different levels of your life and different olympics, you have a different expectation for yourself. so when you're first going into the plips you're happy to be there. the second time you expect to get a medal. i think where shaun white is he doesn't have that hunger, he doesn't need to achieve. the medal level. but it's still disappointing. >> a lot of people don't remember, brian, you went back after 1988 you won the gold in one of the most wonderful performances but then in '94 you decided to go back. did you have winning in your mind. >> i thought that i had a chance to win as well. the reason i we

. >> reporter: the delegation included two openly gay former competitors, figure skater brian boitano and hockey player kaitlin caho. >> it's almost impossible to divorce the olympics from politics. we hope the games will be focused on the athletes and their accomplishments but it's not a bad thing to have discussions around the world about important issues. >> reporter: discussions about the antigay law are exactly what the head of the sochi organizing committee does not want to take place here. >> our president many times has said that everybody's guaranteed to be safe here. >> reporter: but safety is one thing, feeling welcome is another thing and with the gay and lesbian rights people saying they don't feel welcome. >> d.e.m. traeugs and propaganda are not allowed in olympic venues. >> reporter: all the action here will not be on the ice and snow. these have been called vladimir putin's games and that was evident in a strange way tonight. all of the people who lit the torch in the ceremony here were russian sporting heroes-- multiple gold medal winners, all except one, elina kubay

here in the u.s., i want to listen in on brian boitano. >> i signed on to the presidential delegationat we would be sending a powerful message. i thought it was such a powerful message that the president was deciding to send that i chose to come out as a gay man for the del brags. >> that's really beautiful. he comes out as a gay man because he's going to be part of the delegation, wants to send that message. it made me think of the mexico city olympics of john carlos, of them standing there and saying part of what we want to do is send a message. in that case they were sending a message back to america, that it was insufficiently egalitarian. in this case he's saying our country is more egalitarian. >> one of the last closets for gay people is the locker room. we could have either boycotted the games like we did in 1980 in response to the soviet invasion of afghanistan or like john carlos, actually attend and stage a political protest, which is illegal, but to stage a political protest to say, hey, this is who we are, we exist and we're human like you and we can actually compete like

delegation to the sochi games, brian boy tan kn boitano.n 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 factor. which should be scored higher or lower? in my opinion, i think yuna kim needed to be further ahead of everyone else after the short program because her component scores are too strong. that being said, she wouldn't have been able to make the difference and yuna kim would be an olympic champion again. >> what do you make of all of the outrage? >> i understand the outrage. the thing that i read online today was 90% of the 1.5 million are from korea. so that makes a lot of sense because they are standing up for yuna kim and it makes a lot of sense to me. >> one of the judges had been suspended for a year for trying to fix an event at th

among them, brian boitano. >> such a powerful message that the president was deciding to send, that i chose to come out as a gay man for the delegation. >> and then there's the question of personal privacy. after the russian deputy prime minister was reported to have said, quote, we have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day. russian officials moved quickly to assure visitors that is not the case and that the deputy prime minister's words were simply lost in translation. in new york, jonathan hunt, fox news. chris? >> jonathan, thank you. we have breaking news tonight from the u.s. state department. american missionary kenneth bae, held by the north korean government, has been transferred from a hospital to a labor camp. the state department is expressing deep concern about his health. he has been detained for more than a year after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for trying to overthrow the regime. >> now, an unsettling look at the future of terrorism. senior foreign af

i had a chance to catch up with brian boitano.everybody in russia knows i work here. everybody in america knows why we were named to the delegation. sometimes the things you don't say are more powerful than the things you do say. i think that everybody knows by seeing us what we stand for and equality as a word. >> reporter: now, of course, boitano knows rodnina from figure skating circles. he said he was surprised to learn of the racist tweet. he just learned about it from me and our conversation. he said it was not a topic of conversation among the u.s. delegation last night. i'm sure by this morning, it is. >> all right. let's talk about the other photo snapped by bobsledder johnny quinn. it has gone viral. we can see why. tell us what happened. >> reporter: yeah, it is funny. you heard about all of the sochi problems with the an accommodatio accommodations. one of them is people are locked in their rooms and bathrooms. johnny went to take a shower and tried to get out of the bathroom after the shower. he was locked in. he did

previous clients, christie yaum ma gu yamaguchi, brian boitano. >> they're excited, it's very excitingto see them advance and progress in skating, and to know you had a little part of that, pretty satisfying. >> reporter: very satisfying. harlick rooting from the bay area, hoping edmunds will be the latest winner to win wearing his boots. for support here in sochi, polina has her entire family here, her mother, father, two brothers, huge hockey fans as well, as well as a close family friend rooting her on. polina comes from russian heritage. her mother is 100% russian, born here in russia. first time she's been back in many years and polina's happy for her mother and hopefully celebrate her winning a medal here at olympic games. reporting from sochi, janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> so exciting. >>> back here in the bay, friends and fans plan to watch polina's performance live. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell at shark's ice near downtown san jose. this is where she does her training, bob? >> reporter: yeah, polina edmunds, 15-year-old, making olympic debut, scott, in over a coup

. >> these hold the mold for some of the most well known skaters in the world, brian boitano, nancy kerrigan, michelle can. christy yamaguchi has tiny boots, just a size four. >> what's really been fun about this is so much of my grandparents are here. there are patterns of their writings, my grandmother's writing. >> from skates from the depression era to modern stars, the family knows there aren't that many businesses like theirs left. >> it feels great to know that i'm carrying on the tradition and legacy that have been left for me by my dad and my grandpa and my great grandpa, all those that came before me. >> the secret to their survival, their edge is the collected wisdom and feedback from their olympic customers. aljazeera, san carlos, california. >> an wall street, stocks are edging higher in early trading, the dow up 70 points, a better than expected report on america manufacturing offsetting concerns about the economy. the dow is in positive territory again today. >> the bad winter weather giving wal-mart a chill, sales declined over the last quarter. the world's largest retailer f

previous clients include christie yamguchi, brian boitano, nancy kerrigan, all olympic medalists. >>hey come in and they're so excited, it's like christmas morning, you know? they want to get those new boots. it's very exciting. and to see them advance and to progress in their skating, to know you had a little part of that pretty satisfying. >> reporter: harlick rooting from the bay area, hoping edmunds will be the latest medal winner to wear his boots. polina edmunds has a big support system. her enfire family, mom, dad, brother, family friend. polina is of russian descent. mother was important in russia and moved over when she was a teenager. she hasn't been back in years. her mom's happy to be back home and hopefully a lot to celebrate after polina hopefully medals. she's been training for this her entire life. entire coaching staff, training staff, and choreographer from russia originally. a lot to celebrate here. take the ice a few minutes from now. top 24 advance to the long program, free program, which will take place thursday night. reporting from the sochi games, janelle wan

. >> among them, gold medal winner brian boitano who was part of the american delegation to the games by bringing a lot of attention and realizing that other countries like america are moving forward with this, are it brings attention to how they're not moving forward if they don't agree with this. we are america. we're moving forward. you can either come with us or we will leave you behind. >> boitano is convinced that the games will never again be held in a country that is proud of its prejudices. >> i truly believe that the ioc will never again choose a country to have the olympics in that doesn't have a good human rights record or a country that is not tolerant. >> earlier this week, vladimir putin inadvertently hugged a gay gold medal speed skater interest holland. >> we all get carried away in the magic and pageantry of the olympics. i mean, wouldn't it be great if that bastard did too? i mean, it would be. he put on a huge show. learned something from it. we're back now. thank you, harry smith with final thoughts from the roundtable. nicolle, we look how quickly things have mov

instead, he's sending three openly gay athletes, tennis star billy jean king, figure skater brian boitano, and hockey player caitlin cahow. the furor began last june, when russian lawmakers adopted a law they said was essential to protect the young. >> ( translated ): it outlaws the spreading of information aimed at forming non-traditional sexual attitudes among children, attractiveness of non- traditional sexual relations, a distorted perception of social equality between traditional and non-traditional sexual relations. >> brown: the statute sparked outrage around the world. in paris, demonstrators formed olympic rings, holding images of alleged human rights abuses in russia. and in sweden, 2,000 people gathered to sing russia's national anthem under rainbow flags. the video went viral on the internet. in response, russian president vladimir putin has insisted no athlete at the games will be mistreated. >> ( translated ): and of course, the olympic games will be held in full compliance with the olympic charter, without any discrimination on any basis. >> brown: but putin also raised hac

and, of course, brian boitano and other members of the u.s. delegation. they talked about their concerns about the law. >> just briefly back to security, you said you didn't feel much of a presence. they weren't checking your badges. is it the same or do you feel a little more tension? >> reporter: they are checking our badges. i want to make that clear. our credentials are scanned. but in terms of what we are used to in the u.s. in big events, you know, with a show of force, guns, rifles, you see them everywhere at major sporting events. nothing here. i have been here six days, i have not seen a gun. but i'm not saying that doesn't mean it's not secure, it's just a different kind of security. i found that surprising. but as i said, i feel very secure here. >> it is sort of a hidden security there. thanks so much. there are many security fears in sochi, especially after that dramatic scare in the skies right as the opening ceremonies kicked off. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross with the details on what appeared to be an airplane hijackin

the presence of brian boitano and caitlin kay how comes as a not so subtle protest against russia's harshi-moon came out and repeated that there needs to be tolerance for the lgbt community. is this a point that is important to bring home for these sochi olympics' tolerance to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender? >> reporter: well, i think the u.n. secretary general said it yesterday. the president of the united states has said repeatedly we are a country that respects universal human values like freedom of expression and diversity and tolerance. and athletes should be judged on their performance on the ski slopes, in the hockey rink, on the ice and not on anything else. and i think that's the message of the united states, that's the message of the world for the olympic games. >> reporter: and that's a message that seems to be sent as well with your delegation? >> well, as i mentioned, i think we don't have to send a message. we represent the united states. we have former olympians, we have leaders of government, we have myself, i lead the nation's largest public research university, t

and brian boitano who said by stepping off the plane with the u.s.. a new controversy i have to tell you, you discussed the anti-discrimination issues here. new controversy. one of the people who lit the name, a former figure skater and racism towards president obama in the past. we will have to see if that picks up and becomes an issue as well. the ioc did praise diversity as an olympic ideal in his speech that was considered a little bit of a shot at what's going on here in russia. interesting it see politics come in a little bit. >> rachel nichols, enjoy your time there. host of unguarded. coming up next, two words for you. justin bieber. and new photos. hanging out with pals p. diddy and rick ross in atlanta a couple nights ago. they were trying to figure out whether justin bieber should face felony charges. first, if you are a bookworm, the folks in amazon com biled a hundred books who said everyone should read them at sometime in their life. we will show you ten. all the president's men, alice in wonderland, alice monroe, i remember this one. a

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