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we are going to brian shactman. he is there with the latest on the events. t the women's hockey match today. how was it when team usa beat finland? was it fun? >> reporter: very impressive. people have been asking about a vibe. are there a lot of empty seats? the place was 08% full. in terms of americans, family of the players. will were athletes of other sports there. a as a matter of factoring of fans. the finn fans were louder. any time they took the puck into tend that's loudest it got the entire game. finland is considered basically the third best team in the tournament with the united states and canada being the top would and the rivals for gold here. the finns have a goalie who is one of the best goalies to ever play usa collegiate hockey. played in minnesota. she was fantastic. the u.s. just got the balance. it was good to get out the jitters. they skipped the opening ceremonies to focus on this. stone who coaches harvard said we are here to win gold and came out gates with a good victory. >> that's pretty zarned exciting and glad for that victory so
we are going to brian shactman. he is there with the latest on the events. t the women's hockey match today. how was it when team usa beat finland? was it fun? >> reporter: very impressive. people have been asking about a vibe. are there a lot of empty seats? the place was 08% full. in terms of americans, family of the players. will were athletes of other sports there. a as a matter of factoring of fans. the finn fans were louder. any time they took the puck into tend that's loudest it...
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msnbc's brian shactman from the olympic park in sochi. thank you. >>> there are heightened security concerns at the olympic games this weekend following that hijacking attempt of a flight bound for turkey yesterday. just as the opening ceremony was getting under way, a 46-year-old ukrainian man who's now in custody allegedly tried to divert the passenger plane to sochi in an effort to get anti-government protesters in his country released. the games' organizing committee president tried to allay concerns by saying this -- >> we were aware about this incident. there were not any threats. i know that the ukraine and turkish authorities fixed the incident. >> don joins me now with more on this. looking back on this hijacking attempt yesterday, what does that tell you about the current atmosphere? >> certainly this hijack attempt came right on the heels of the dhs warning about the toothpaste bombs potentially being smuggled on airplanes. so obviously tensions are high. but kudos to the crew and the security officials on the ground. they got
msnbc's brian shactman from the olympic park in sochi. thank you. >>> there are heightened security concerns at the olympic games this weekend following that hijacking attempt of a flight bound for turkey yesterday. just as the opening ceremony was getting under way, a 46-year-old ukrainian man who's now in custody allegedly tried to divert the passenger plane to sochi in an effort to get anti-government protesters in his country released. the games' organizing committee president...
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brian shactman joins us now from olympic park. what is everybody talking about there?reporter: i have to be honest, and i don't think it's hyperbolic to say it felt like the olympic games stopped to watch the men's half pipe. shaun white fell in his first run, was in 11th place. the very last border to go in the entire event. a man born in russia near flawless. white had to be perfect and he was not. he finished in fourth place. he was trying to make history. so a tremendous disappointment for the americans and for shaun white. i also want to talk about some history being made tonight. women's ski jumping the first ever time at the olympics, sarah hendrickson droew the number on bid for the americans. unfortunately, none of the americans did medal. although the first ever medal in women's singles luge which is a good thing. a couple quick things for wednesday. sean davis trying to do what sean whis whaun white was not a. he has the 1,000 meters in sw sd skating. and a lot of people think julia mancuso has momentum to get another medal in the downhill. seriously, even t
brian shactman joins us now from olympic park. what is everybody talking about there?reporter: i have to be honest, and i don't think it's hyperbolic to say it felt like the olympic games stopped to watch the men's half pipe. shaun white fell in his first run, was in 11th place. the very last border to go in the entire event. a man born in russia near flawless. white had to be perfect and he was not. he finished in fourth place. he was trying to make history. so a tremendous disappointment for...
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could the spotlight brian shactman, could it turn out to be a good thing for the lgbt movement?a. really in a contemporary fashion, there's no doubt people are on the good side of history on this one and even american companies have stepped up and really spoke against the law. at&t, dow component spoke out against it in support of lgbt and devi did the same and chobani, and perhaps the reason why they are getting yogurt over to russia, how outspoken they've been about supporting the movement. >> russian authorities saying there was some sort of problem with paperwork with that -- >> reporter: yeah, right. yeah. >> let's turn to the games, opening ceremony tomorrow night, competition already under way featuring the debut of two new events today. you were up in the mountains. how did it go? >> reporter: awesome, shaun white wasn't in the slope style but it doesn't matter. they do qualifiers before because they give out the gold misdemean medal on saturday. and americans are involved in that. the energy in town here and up in the mountains changed decidedly overnight. there's more
could the spotlight brian shactman, could it turn out to be a good thing for the lgbt movement?a. really in a contemporary fashion, there's no doubt people are on the good side of history on this one and even american companies have stepped up and really spoke against the law. at&t, dow component spoke out against it in support of lgbt and devi did the same and chobani, and perhaps the reason why they are getting yogurt over to russia, how outspoken they've been about supporting the...
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brian shactman is joining me now.o we know about these suits and the way they were made, something about a vent? >> reporter: yeah. so lockheed martin, the defense technology contractor and underarmor got together and made this special suit called the mach 39, never tested in competition. and some of the complaints you're hearing about is a vent in the back that allegedly is -- giving some drag and slowing the racers down. so they all -- the long track skaters switched to the old suits and did so well in the world cup and world championships and didn't help the men today in the 1500. they didn't have anyone finish higher than seventh and shani davis didn't make the top ten. he was several seconds behind the leaders. and before the race, i want to have you listen to what one of the skaters had to say about it. >> to be honest with you, we're dealing with high-performance sport right now and thousands of vaerms we're dealing with. and i think what happened, unfortunately, is the media jumped on one variable. and they ha
brian shactman is joining me now.o we know about these suits and the way they were made, something about a vent? >> reporter: yeah. so lockheed martin, the defense technology contractor and underarmor got together and made this special suit called the mach 39, never tested in competition. and some of the complaints you're hearing about is a vent in the back that allegedly is -- giving some drag and slowing the racers down. so they all -- the long track skaters switched to the old suits...
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let me bring in msnbc's brian shactman. brian, hello to you. medal. did they seem to be up for the fight? >> reporter: unfortunately, tj, the answer is no. and it was -- i went to most of the game, so i watched it and i know hockey pretty well. they were down 2-0 going into the third period, all they needed was a couple bounces, but the opposite happened and they imploded losing 5-0 to the fins. and so there is no medal for men's hockey. they actually had two penalty shots early in the game. patrick kane took them -- not the famous tj oshie and missed them both and would have changed the momentum. they look tired. a great effort, but it really fell apart. they were just not as hungry or sharp as the fins, who have a fair amount of nhl players. but the one interesting note here, that the fins beat russia, knocked them out and knocked the u.s. out. who would have thought before the olympics we would say that neither russia or the united states would even get a medal. >> all right. that was tough. it's hard to get up after that game, losing 1-0 to
let me bring in msnbc's brian shactman. brian, hello to you. medal. did they seem to be up for the fight? >> reporter: unfortunately, tj, the answer is no. and it was -- i went to most of the game, so i watched it and i know hockey pretty well. they were down 2-0 going into the third period, all they needed was a couple bounces, but the opposite happened and they imploded losing 5-0 to the fins. and so there is no medal for men's hockey. they actually had two penalty shots early in the...
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nbc's brian shactman is live in sochi. brian, the u.s. had looked so good at the start of the tournament. >> reporter: i know. >> what happened on the ice today? >> reporter: milissa, they go 3-0 in the preliminary round. they were the hottest team in the tournament. and in 24 hours, they lose to canada 1-0. and if you watched the game, it wasn't even that close. they just didn't get a lot of chances. today, they had two breakaways given to them for patrick kane. they didn't get. they went down 2-0. in the third period, they got one good bounce and it's a tight game. and they just imploded and let the game get away from them. so it's 5-0. the truth is, they were so disappointed with the result against canada -- it's very difficult to come back the next day and play. whereas finland, they were excited about the chance to get a bronze medal. this is a team that knocked off russia. had a lot of momentum. if they have their starting goalie in their semifinal game against sweden, they might have even won that game. they were in a different min
nbc's brian shactman is live in sochi. brian, the u.s. had looked so good at the start of the tournament. >> reporter: i know. >> what happened on the ice today? >> reporter: milissa, they go 3-0 in the preliminary round. they were the hottest team in the tournament. and in 24 hours, they lose to canada 1-0. and if you watched the game, it wasn't even that close. they just didn't get a lot of chances. today, they had two breakaways given to them for patrick kane. they didn't...
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brian shactman joins me with the latest from sochi., karen. today is fun. no more security, we got to actually talk about the sports. and here is a name for you before, sage kotsenberg. shaun white, who we all know was a superstar in snow boarding, was a little nervous about the course. sage told me directly "it was sick." he aced it with flair and personality and the judges loved to. the other one i want to talk about is women's ice hockey. i spent some time with the team and they got off to an impressive start. they beat finland 3-1. finland considered the third best team behind the u.s. and canada. everyone wants to see the u.s. play canada in women's hockey. they had a few good bounces, scored a goal within the first minute and they sort of cruised from there. so some very good results from the americans today and of course we have a lot of events, bode miller and the downhill will be the event coming up. >> thanks, brian. up next, activism is effective, intergenerational and most importantly it's working. how north carolina's mora
brian shactman joins me with the latest from sochi., karen. today is fun. no more security, we got to actually talk about the sports. and here is a name for you before, sage kotsenberg. shaun white, who we all know was a superstar in snow boarding, was a little nervous about the course. sage told me directly "it was sick." he aced it with flair and personality and the judges loved to. the other one i want to talk about is women's ice hockey. i spent some time with the team and they...
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brian shactman, thank you so much. great stuff as always.ussia. >>> stay tuned to the networks of nbc, the 2014 olympics begin tomorrow. the opening ceremony takes place this friday, of course, you can watch it right here with us. >>> don't smoke them if you've got them on capitol hill. it's time for the poly side bar. several lawmakers want a ban of electronic cigarettes on capitol grounds, say there's no. while banned, some members, including house speaker john boehner smoke in their offices. >>> "house of cards "coming back for a third season, kevin spacey is a ruthless congressman trying to scheme his way into the white house. the first season grabbed nine emmy and four golden globe nominations. >>> secretary of state john kerry back on twitter, he wrote yesterday, it only took a year, but state department finally let me have my own twitter account, #jktweetsagain. >>> democrat harry reid and republican john mccain announcing their support of a government-funded study on brain injuries caused by boxing. both were amateur boxers as young
brian shactman, thank you so much. great stuff as always.ussia. >>> stay tuned to the networks of nbc, the 2014 olympics begin tomorrow. the opening ceremony takes place this friday, of course, you can watch it right here with us. >>> don't smoke them if you've got them on capitol hill. it's time for the poly side bar. several lawmakers want a ban of electronic cigarettes on capitol grounds, say there's no. while banned, some members, including house speaker john boehner smoke...
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. >> let's check in with nbc's brian shactman. you can hear how bitter all of us are.reat weather. >> if she were here, she wouldn't want to be here. >> exhucuse me? what was that, shactman? >> reporter: i thought you here the first day i was here. i had a bottom sheet and no top sheet. what would mika think about that? >> you don't think i can rough it? >> what would mika do? wwmb, make a bracelet. >> what was the thread count, brian? >> bring us up-to-speed. the ice dancing duo, new american couple that we are all getting to know a lot better now that they took the lead and bring home gold. >> reporter: yeah. it was a bona fide gray day for the united states yesterday. meryl davis and whaerl white the first americans to ever win gold in the ice dancing duo competition. judge for yourself as to how they did. >> the story of the legendary persian queen who captivates and entices the king with her story telling. in return, he rescues her life. coming up with their twizzle, beautifully timed to the music. >> reporter: they are amazing. i don't really know if i get some o
. >> let's check in with nbc's brian shactman. you can hear how bitter all of us are.reat weather. >> if she were here, she wouldn't want to be here. >> exhucuse me? what was that, shactman? >> reporter: i thought you here the first day i was here. i had a bottom sheet and no top sheet. what would mika think about that? >> you don't think i can rough it? >> what would mika do? wwmb, make a bracelet. >> what was the thread count, brian? >> bring us...
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brian shactman will be live at sochi to break it down for us.ing joe" sports is next. ♪ stand above me look my way you never loved me ♪ ♪ rain keeps falling ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. he was a matted messiley in a small cage. ng day. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com transferred money from his before larry instantly bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparing for retirement. that's
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brian shactman is in sochi for us this morning.ain the fog some of the worst you've seen so far. >> it's just nutty, thomas. thank you. here it was raining earlier and broken up and some clouds. i was up there this morning. it is so foggy you can't see 20 yards in front of you so they cancelled the biathlon and the snowboard cross and thousands of fans waiting for those events so they we don't know when they will pick up again. two men bobsled and u.s. men in second place right now and i'm super fired up for ice dancing tonight which i'm very excited about. a quick look at the medal count. netherlands in the lead with 17. 16 of those are from speed skating. the u.s. is tied with russia. if you take out the x-games, aerial skiing or snowboarding they would only have 7 and be tied with switzerland for eighth. kind of skewed there when it comes to the medal count. one in the traditional sport was super-g bode miller bgot a bronze. he is 36 and he got another medal in the olympics, i want to share a little bit of what happened because
brian shactman is in sochi for us this morning.ain the fog some of the worst you've seen so far. >> it's just nutty, thomas. thank you. here it was raining earlier and broken up and some clouds. i was up there this morning. it is so foggy you can't see 20 yards in front of you so they cancelled the biathlon and the snowboard cross and thousands of fans waiting for those events so they we don't know when they will pick up again. two men bobsled and u.s. men in second place right now and...