apt metaphors for the perpetually uphill story that in the 1988 calgary olympics delighted the world,r became the basis for a comedy film classic. >> gentlemen, this is a bobsled, sort of. >> reporter: but it has not necessarily been all cool runnings for the real jamaican team. they failed to qualify for the last two olympics and they have struggled to find sponsors. when i caught up with the team in december during qualifications times were lean. >> the thing is, we are one of the most famous teams throughout the world but the most poorest team, ever. >> reporter: after clinching a spot in sochi, the team revealed they didn't have enough cash to afford the trip. the reaction was immediate. within days, fans and supporters raised more than $100,000 for the jamaicans. the outpouring was incredible, the money raised in such a short amount of time. what do you think was behind it? >> people want to see the jamaican team. >> reporter: finally, after a year of reactions, the jamaican flag was raised above the athlete's village. and while here in sochi they are soaking up the flames of the

this of course is not the same team that took calgary by storm back in the '88 olympics.he one thing, they only managed to qualify a two-man sled at this time. still their arrival here in sochi created a fair amount of excitement over their legacy and the obstacles they overcame to get here. it was questionable whether the jamaican bobsled team would qualify for these games, and barely a month ago it was an open question whether they could even afford to fly here. >> it's been a long flight. >> reporter: they arrived here hours late. a missed flight connection and missing luggage, including some critical equipment. apt metaphors for the perpetually uphill story of this team in a sunny climate that in the 1988 calgary olympics delighted the world, and later became the basis for a comedy film classic. >> gentlemen, this is a bobsled, sort of. >> reporter: but it hasn't necessarily all been cool runnings for the real jamaican team. they failed to qualify for the last two olympics and they have struggled to find sponsors. when i caught up with the team in december during qual

old canadian sydney's west winds again when someone better than his on the helmets won silver in calgary in nineteen eighty eight it was difficult to be one of the cross that finish line in the impressive fifteen minutes in six weeks twenty three seconds. john is christopher derided by the numbers of margins. yet we always did yesterday. but you knew i could think of the trip. i do go and yet still noticeable switzerland's daddy and mummy assessed a surprise victory in the ministry of the new book about living with twenty seven year old made his break on the lawn social climate. when justin monica's have that sweet the final straight but that isn't really a complete and cost about one o eight twenty four seconds ahead of the total marketing job to get away he would extend into about a little disc with the cats. as a bonus love like you've read a list of ideas. rina hill. due to his success in the winter and it was particularly popular spring thoughts were seated in the rescue and go shitting myself accountable the second amendment's precise up that late. when my father point one hits in

there are also delays, a legal calgary by the employer until after the union vote. so it will spe up the elections. all of this is manet to make it easier to organize the company d make the union. >> look. th bottom line is management has the advantage. they have the upper hand. they always have that's the whole history of the labor relations. >> it depends on your skill. few want to work at wal-mart the rest of your life, management has something over you. if you have a skill that you can mark, no, it doesn't. >> that's union membership declined to the degree it has. it can't be bosses strangleing their workers. what's accounting for that? >> there is sa wide variety of movement, from the move away from the traditional industry that they dominated and on and on. we can discuss it for a long time. >> one major reason. it talks too much to work here. unions have grimp driven up. as a person that loves unions, they put the automobile business basically out of business. >> and airlines. >> you know it did. why are jobs moving out of san francisco? thousands of jobs? >>

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

alexander of that skin used to hkin, iceight -- ovetc hockey team under pressure: first goal since the calgary olympics since being a unified team. kin expects the experience the russian team to whether the pressure. >> who hosts the olympic games probably have the most pressure and i am pretty sure we are in the same position like canada was four years ago. but i am pretty sure we have the we can handle the pressure. i am pretty sure everything will be fine. as soon as we are going to step on the ice, we are going to think about the game and how to win the game and not about pressure and all kind of stuff. >> the russians will make the first appearance on home ice on wednesday when they take on slovenia in the opening preliminary group game. in case you haven't noticed, it's a sellout. beating -- on penalties. down with 14 minutes to go, scored twice in two minutes. win. the biggest shock of the evening came and cannes, [indiscernible] makes a penalty in the first half of extra time. last-minute strike. viewchange is about people making no changes and tackling the world's biggest issues. can

the night in question in the one dash "the hour of peril" lincoln was accompanied not by a squad of calgary put a resourceful young woman but traveling companions but that was only part of the pinkerton plant. earlier that night one of his bet insinuated himself into a meeting of the conspirators in baltimore. one ballot was marked read to mark the assassination -- the assassin so nobody knew who drew the red ballot so in this way the id of the audit patriot would be kept secret until the last possible moment. soul of the dice was stacked as it emerged instead of a single bet ballot there were eight. in this way each of them believed he was the solo that losing his nerve no problem. of one of the the certain to strike a fatal blow. and as pinkerton explains it was a good plot audacious, a simple, efficient. it was a capital plan in much better conceived than the one that finally succeeded for years after it is a good plan but it needs a better plan if it will be foiled and pinkerton and had a strategy that his many years of service as a railroad detective could put into practice. after a mo

. >> reporter: julia munoz competed in two winter olympics, calgary and albertville. he says the opening ceremony represents goodwill among all nations. >> put away all the thoughts of all the training you've done, set the day aside and respect it for what it is. a day of honoring the world's athletes in one single location. >> reporter: and for the next couple of weeks you better believe these fans will be glued to nbc watching these olympics. live in san jose tonight, george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >>> be dlu gloued to our continuing coverage. tomorrow, coverage starts at 2:30 in the afternoon. get the updates on nbcbayarea.com. >>> back to our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the strong system of storms. we're asking you for our personal forecast. tell everyone, jeff. >> please listen up. let's get a look here. over the past 24 hours, major rain across the bay area. north bay hills with the highest 2 to 3 inches. last time this much rainfall, way back on december of 2012. what does the radar look like now? a small break in the north bay right now. hea

and four years later in calgary and he just says russians need to show more fights on the ice. doesn't matter where you start are you going to be so. i hope this case . where you go to the game the next level. is here for friends to be locals. or because he has the charisma of the russian character. but of course it was an action on the short track as well where russia really have been exceeded all expectations but only won one medal or previously before the games it was way back in one thousand nine hundred two c.i.a.'s but with the import of big town who change allegiance to skate russia two years ago he really has in seoul a new confidence in this russian side of course picked up a gold medal in the one thousand meters and going to go out have picked up a silver as well and they have their head coach sebastian kroll really has been talking about how much confidence for don has given because of russia they were talented but were lacking at times money and also there quite a few more events to go in especially the five hundred meters which is big surround specialist events and

. >> reporter: jamaica's bobsled team famously broke the ice at the 1998 winter olympics in calgary. their improbable story inspiring the movie cool runnings. >> say hello to the first jamaican bobsled team. >> reporter: given the tropical setting, they have been training hard in rather soft conditions. but the jamaicans road to sochi wasn't all sand between their toes. they were broke, unable to cover equipment and travel costs, and captain winston is one of the oldest. how old are you? 47 years old. and once the jamaicans got here, the equipment didn't. causing the team to miss a precious day of the practice. >> nothing that they put in front of us is going to bar us from getting what we deserve. >> reporter: reunited with the luggage, they were at the opening ceremonies. bobsledding is no joke. i learned that firsthand from the u.s. olympic coach. the two-man bobsled doesn't start until next sunday -- so i did my part, helping the guy known as megawatt keep the competitive edge. they qualified by being the top 30 team in the world. in 2002, they were 28th in fact olympics. i asked

it was the first time in calgary. ever since i studied french i wanted to go to france, and intoingano -- nagano because the japanese culture was different to the west. >> quite the journey for you. thank you for joining us and providing perspective. the opening ceremonies for the winter olympics around the corner on february the 6th. >> maybe is a good idea to remake the movie. i'd do that. >> ice fishing is not an olympic sport. it is popular in the winter. some icefisherman in minnesota will face the hardship of not having their beer delivered by drone. the f.f.a. got wind of it and shut down the party. faa rules do not allow that. amazing stuff. beer delivered to you on your ice fishing trip. that's it for us. headlines are next. >> you are watching al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz with the headlines. serious peace talks on pause, no end to the fighting. reports of airraids and barrel attacks, and a claimer of hope. hundreds of people evacuated near damascus. united states assured ukrainian protesters of thei

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the super-g was introduced in calgary. austria winning eight of 24 medals.tria with the gold and the bronze, germany the viel ver. the highest -- silver, and the highest finishing american came in eighth. >> here is the medal count: >> now, former n.f.l. safety is out on bail after being charged with raping two women and california. now, in each case prosecutors say sharp met the women at a club or party, took them to his hotel, gave them a shot of alcohol, laced with a drug, with each woman passing out. an alleged victim said she woke up in the middle of the assault and tests confirmed sharper's d number of axe. if convicted he could face 30 years in prison. >> now, ted wells report investigating the miami dolphins bullying scandal was made public. results back up jonathan martin's claims that he was harassed. >> according to wells investigation, martin was not the only tart. the report said that an assistant training were hor asked and incogneat scro was not the only instigator. dolphins beat chris perkins, and he weighed in on the report, and the future o

. >> reporter: jamaica's bobsled program famously broke the ice at the 1998 winter olympics in calgaryobable story inspiring the movie "cool runnings". >> say hello to the first jamaican bobsled team. >> reporter: an instant underdog given their country's tropical setting, the jamaican bobsled team has been training hard in some rather soft conditions. but the jamaicans' road to sochi wasn't all sand between their toes. they were broke, and captain winston watt is one of the oldest athletes in the game. 45, 30 years old? how old are you? 47 years old. once they got here, their equipment didn't, causing the team to miss a precious day of practice. >> we're going to show them nothing they put in front of us going to bar us from getting what we deserve. >> reporter: fun guys, for sure, but bobsledding's no joke. i learned that firsthand from u.s. olympic coach brian shimer. the two-man bobsled doesn't start until next sunday. so i did my part, helping the guy known as mega watt, keep that competitive edge. matt gutman, abc news, sochi. >> got to love it, right? by the way, the two-man bob

to be clear, this is not the bobsled team that took calgary by storm. and at 28, brakeman marvin dixon has a better memory of the movie than the actual '88 team. >> i can't get my helmet on. >> for me, to be from jamaica, to come here and do this, i always think, you know, that's crazy, you know what i mean? ice? we are a tropical country. >> and while here in sochi they're soaking up the smiles and fame that comes from their "cool runnings" legacy, they don't want their appearance here to be seen as some sort of movie nostalgia tour. >> cool runnings! >> and at 46 years old, winston came out of retirement to lead the team. >> i'm not just coming to sochi because i want to be here, but i'm here to compete as serious as just like the germans, the russia. >> the jamaicans have climbed a lot of mountains to earn their place back in the olympics, hoping it's all downhill from here. and there's the jamaican flag, flying in russia. >> it is. prettiest color here. >> bobsled competition kicks off tomorrow. >>> and up next here, one of my favorite assignments s

and finally to the 1988 winter games in calgary and a guy that typified the clucky underdog athlete.erer, turned ski jumper. the world knew him as eddie the eagle. >> he was wearing hand-me-down boots and coke-bottle glasses. edwards tried anything and everything on that mountain. >> unbelievable. he didn't win any medals. he came in a spectacular last place but won the hearts of the world. there were even reports at the time he was afraid of heights. >> he said, would i be doing this -- exactly. >> some great moments there. >>> coming up, remembering funny man, sid caesar. >> we'll be right back. ♪ .. ♪ see what's new at projectluna.com man sid caesar. paws off pal. [ female announcer ] new charmin ultra soft is so soft you can actually see the softness with our new comfort cushions. plus you can use up to 4 times less. enjoy the go with new charmin ultra soft. ♪ >>> he was the king of comedy for generations. sid caesar, making people laugh through their tv sets, has died. >> caesar paved the way for so many comedians and set the tone for shows we watch even today. here is abc's dav

the skipper beat calgary >>: you must be written for stanford if you thought it was a fun game. >>: or1 team in the nation and then they came out in l.a., last night. >>: it's funny how that can happen although stanford did come close to beating arizona. >>: they didn't get killed by arabs on another boat tied. in the way everyone's happy. you could be happy because they're both tied. >>: stafford could as easily begin to rise on a first. >>: i know in college if there was players entered. it can come down to one player on the court but in the nba you have to have five to do have this strange lakers calves game than doubled for players. the coach said he didn't know what to do. he was considering stand in his injured player on the courts. >>gary: 's funny. you believe a guy who's filed out on a game. one of the province franchises and the lake the lakers. they may be no. 1 overall private sector to the boston celtics but what a mess. >>: instead mess. what's happened to my electors, what about the seahawks. do we need to look at of parades. the >>: there were thrown out scandals. >>: t

. >> frank and i one time -- one time i hosted with him the late night calgary olympics.it's not simple. >>> as promised we have shots for every medal. we had six yesterday. today there are seven. >> i'm bummed about shaun white. he came in fourth place. he did not medal. tremendous pressure on this guy. we're going to talk to jenna bush hager a little bit. she was at the race. >> it's hard to watch him. every interview there was such build up, build up, build up. you can imagine when standing there getting ready to go what's rattling in his head. >> yeah. he's such a champion. he's going to be just fine. the new kid, is it ipod? >> he's adorable. he came off top. he's got great hair. he's a joyful guy. he won the gold. >> he's happy. >> so any way, did we mike a ridiculous -- you did hoda said you'd take a shot for every medal we get. >> here's the thing. this is the way we worked it out. of seven, six are water. one is not. it's like russian roulette. we don't know which one. you moved them around? >> i did. you ready? >> pick one. i'll pick one too. not that one hoda.

wondering, i know you were, about the jamaican bobsled team who everyone fell in love with -- >> back in calgaryyou booby trapped me like that. i'm upset. i'm going on record saying i'm upset. >> i know we called this nbc news, but's be h let's be hones >> here is good news if you're a dog owner. if you own a dog, it makes you more sociable. because this is what the university of chicago study found. number one, you stop and talk to people. >> i just did my 100 happy days thing. we were going to show it yesterday. i don't know if we still have it. i was out walking in the snow, look for something that makes you happy. and it has been hard to find, lately. and then you either post it somewhere, 100 days and called #100happy days. went out on a walk with some friends and there was -- do we have it? we don't. it was -- there. it was a bulldog named rosie. i thought it was -- it -- found out it was rosie. i said molly, but it was rosie so i made a friend. i would have never -- >> there is something, when you see a dog owner walking their dog, it just -- there is something warm and fuzzy that comes o