braun's a russian ladies' team denmark in style to complete the podium if european calling championship here in moscow. and a canadian in qatar start when they tie up with a man who is more than left his mark on the continental hockey eyes haven't done. so let's start with biathlon where russia has claimed silver in the women's pursuit race at the second stage of the world cup in whole foods in austria after the final shooting range there were three athletes mundelein annoying. and resigned to the who left it at approximately the same time the fate of the race was decided on the last one hundred meters of the track. by only three tenths of a second the finish line germany's north finished third three seconds behind the winner. curling now way sweden lost twice at the european championships in the russian capital as norway called out a narrow seven six victory in the men's final while the swedish women's team suffered a heavy two eight defeat by scotland russian ladies won bronze denmark in a confident way the two thousand and six european russia lost the opening but found their stride l

easier than in denmark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the plan and we won but as the game. now one man has played many times against all the cato teams kevin is this focus of our profile series this week the canadian captain of various our sonar has been busy blazing a trail in the league since he first arrived in kazakhstan in two thousand and eight but what other none has more. this man's name is karen delman he's a canadian gunner in europe's strongest league the kid. the three year old defenseman captains baristas to not easily beat many forwards in scoring goals and paul is he was born of all three all-star games and will make his fourth at the end of january twentieth twelfth having joined because of side in two thousand and eight down one was quick to stab his knee in the league the canadiens twenty goals and assists within his dad this isn't breaking the soviet and russian hockey record of scoring for his position and bringing him the best defensive in the war defini

denmark's darling polar bear cub opens his eyes for the very denmark's darling polar bear cub opens his eyes for the very first time. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and very request good morning to you. today we begin with one week to go. from bus tour to fresh tv ads, republican hopefuls are aulg out all the stops in iowa as they make their final campaign push. >>> nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a rough primary season, but the republicans are about to face their first official test. one week before the iowa caucuses, ron paul is leading the gop presidential pack. but it's still anyone's race. >> usually the iowa caucuses aren't completely defined until very close to the end. >> reporter: while rick santorum is hunting for votes -- >> you're not electing someone to cast votes. you're electing a leader. >> reporter: michele bachmann is getting ready to hit all of iowa's 99 counties. rick perry released a new attack ad. but it's aimed at washington. >> get a job like everybody else ba

in denmark, we're such a small country, in denmark we count feet, because we get twice as much out ofunt 40 feet, we know there are 20 people. once i counted 7 feet -- i knew there were between 3 and 4 people. [ applause ] well, thank you. you couldn't have done that with heads. anyway... mathilde nilsson was one of the loveliest young compostresses of the time in which she lived, of course. she measured 36-24-36. and the other arm was just as heavy. she was about 4 1/2 feet tall, lying down. mathilde nilsson fooled around one day at the piano and came up with this. now, this is not overpowering, but... mathilde nilsson thought it was delightful, so she wrote it down and she saved it in her safe. well, she saved it in her safe, and when she died, they found it in her safe. and then it was played again. and we are grateful to mathilde nilsson for this because... if mathilde nilsson hadn't given us this... we would never have had this. [ plays "shave and a haircut" ] here's an early american folk song -- 5:30 in the morning -- from the wild, wild west, rrrabbit. ♪ hyeh-hyeh hyah-hyah-hy

probably a friendly match against denmark in denmark then the thirteenth of may no. only if the season and in russia and the players get a week off then we will start on sunday monday. or friday night in moscow then we start again on monday to go to switzerland and then we have to find out when we will go to poland because we did not know. who play in the first match so we play now on friday night and also maybe. because we play three games in poland think i think it is better to stay than ever show. i mean. you can have your base in kiev still going to change the second to still be delighted with him and explain and explain to him that i think it is better for us to to stay in poland because if we play three games there and two games are washoe i think. and play a game there was a. that's not how the other three groups look so undoubtedly tag the group of death expect fireworks when the netherlands germany portugal and denmark battle for the two qualifying spots for. this very difficult of course for. all of them are very good teams and soul but we are looking forwa

denmark is second next to the netherlands. if you compare that with safety numbers, you see that in the netherlands, where we cycle a lot, not too many people on bikes got killed and it's just the other way around in it italy and the u.k. where people do not cycle but get killed if they cycle. and somebody can come up with the arguments that we have a lot of good bicycle infrastructure in the netherlands. that's true, but in england they are building a lot of bicycle infrastructure as well, but they do not get the people on the bikes, so for them that go it's still very dangerous. it's not only infrastructure, it's mindset, it's safety in numbers. all the contractors have to be aware that there are bicycliststs in the street as well. so if you have a lot of bicyclists in the street, all the car drivers see it all the time so they learn to negotiate wilt. was it always like this in the netherlands? it was in the early 1920's. this is not a picture of mine. i didn't make it. then we had the second world war and people from the u

made them on their denmark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the plan and we won. finally ever wanted to take part in a major sports tournament but maybe didn't quite have the athletic prowess for its well maybe you can take a look at this interesting the first ever world mind games a battlefield for intellectuals as their tester with a chess bridge many other activities beijing here the city which host the two thousand. for brains this time with a traditional opening ceremony to set the stage chess go bridge draw off g the five activities the competitors knowing on the normal gold would put them on the fast track to celebrityhood the games are televised certainly adding to the pressure russian chess world champion alexandra costin uke stating it is a great platform for her sport to gain works and maybe even become an olympic discipline in the future. and i chess very much and i've been playing chess is age of five so it's a biggest part of my life and i'm always been dreaming

to secure a one point lead but they eventually won it seven for a while second place germany did denmark did beat germany this upper class russia later on thursday the winner of that one will play in the final playoff. series just as everything didn't depend on our result we tried to follow the score in the germany denmark match we shouldn't have done that really as we had to concentrate on our game but we did keep an eye on it i thought the germans would manage to take the game into an extra and but they failed anyway the result made us happy that we've already imagine how to be the. boss of their team is very experienced as they have to focus on the match and produce our best when the tide break. it may be hard to believe but ski sensation lindsey volm has only no one her first world cup a vent on the home slopes the twenty ten olympic gold medalist topping the super g. standings in colorado where the event moved you to lack of snow when the french alps novell dizzier on the schedule in june two on seasonably temperatures meaning ladies moved to the men's bird of radon track in beaver

in this sleepy suburb 20 miles outside copenhagen is one of denmark's top maximum security prisons. >1859 and some of the walls are even that old. the wall is just built of bricks and concrete. like any danish house would be built. >> the 19th century prison houses hundreds of denmark's most dangerous criminals. >> we have terrorists, s, gang crimes. >> but the warden says that prisons in denmark are not at all like their american counterparts. here they focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment. >> if you go into a prison wing in any danish prison, you wouldn't feel more different than if you were in a danish school. >> still, nothing can take the place of freedom. no matter how comfortable the cell. and so on august 27th, 1991, 12 prisoners try to regain their freedom in a remarkable escape attempt. maurel peterson on duty that day says the prisoners were outside having their end of summer party. >> there were a lot of inmates in the yard that day. the attitudes were extremely well. >> the barbecue winds down and prisoners file back into their cells. a prisoner serving three and

scoreline while second place denmark did beat germany to set up a classic russian leader on thursday the winner about one will play in the final few often. played as everything didn't depend on our result we tried to follow the score in the germany denmark match we shouldn't have done that really as we had to concentrate on our game but we did keep an eye on it i thought the germans would manage to take the game into an extra and but they failed anyway the result made us happy that we've already imagine it and would be the silly will be wary of loss however their team is very experienced and we have to focus on the match and produce our best to win the type break. now it may be hard to believe but ski sensation lindsey vonn has only now one her first world cup a vent on home slopes the two thousand and ten olympic gold medalist topping the super g. standings in colorado where the event moved to lack of snow in the french alps nouvelle the zero on the schedule to two and sees the warm temperatures meaning the ladies moved to the men's birds all three dunhill trot in beaver creek fabio

as everything didn't depend on our result we tried to follow the score in the germany denmark match we shouldn't have done that really as we had to concentrate on our game but we did keep an eye on it i thought the germans would manage to take the game into next year and but they failed anyway the result made us happy that we've already imagine many and would be silly will be wary of us however their team is very experienced and we have to focus on the match and produce our best to win the breaker. probably lower now and the sport's governing body the f.i.a. has confirmed an unchanged twenty race calendar for next season even though there are still doubts over the grand prix in bahrain and america earlier this year the bahrain grand prix was first postponed and then cancelled following seven one rest situation remains volatile in the gulf nation college of new security concerns ahead of a close race while the organizers of the american grand prix have yet to prove their financial commitment not race of the year in texas in the event if the grand prix does go ahead it will be the first

back to denmark. >> like a test to see what they could do. >> it was a test.countries testing to see what kind of access they can get. can they go intercept information. they don't actually steal the information or maybe they do, but they put it back, so you'll never know that they saw it. >> so when people are saying, well, there has been a lot of skepticism, the drone is in tact, iran doesn't have the technology to intercept and it take it down. you're saying, well, maybe not, they may have figured this out. >> all that information is classified so we're not going to know. but there is always the possibility that communication that was telemetry of what was encrypted or intercepted in some other way. you always worry about that and you never know. >> schmidt allowed our cameras, the first ever look behind the scenes at new york's headquarters today. we talked about america's next great invent, the hottest new tech item and the china threat. >>> this morning the cameras were waiting so were the crowds. in the end, jerry sandusky, accused of preying on the boy

back to denmark. >> like a test to see what they could do. >> it was a test.f cybersecurity appears to be countries testing to see what kind of access they can get. can they go intercept information. they don't actually steal the information or maybe they do, but they put it back, so you'll never know that they saw it. >> so when people are saying, well, there has been a lot of skepticism, the drone is in tact, iran doesn't have the technology to intercept and it take it down. you're saying, well, maybe not, they may have figured this out. >> all that information is classified so we're not going to know. but there is always the possibility that communication that was telemetry of what was encrypted or intercepted in some other way. you always worry about that and you never know. >> schmidt allowed our cameras, the first ever look behind the scenes at new york's headquarters today. we talked about america's next great invent, the hottest new tech item and the china threat. >>> this morning the cameras were waiting so were the crowds. in the end, jerry sandusky,

he was born in denmark last month. and when momma polar bear could not produce milk, which is common in captivity, it was time for zookeepers to take over the job. >> without mother's milk, he would have died three days after he was born. and he took to the bottle straightaway. so it's been a success from day one. >> reporter: around the clock, tending to his every tumble and grumble, making sure his potbelly doesn't get in his way. at a hungry seven pounds now, he's doing great. those big fuzzy feet are a reminder that there's a giant bear in there waiting to come out one day, that will be 100 times his size, at a half a ton. calls to mind one other famous polar bear, yes, knut. the superstar of the berlin zoo who inspired songs and, of course, merchandising before becoming a little too enormous to snuggle. poor knut died in march of encephalitis, only four years old. but in captivity, these well cared for bears can live 40 years. it's believed there are only 25,000 of them left in the world. >> the sea ice melts and

probably a friendly match against denmark in denmark then the thirteenth. normally it's the season and in russia players get. started on sunday monday. or friday night in moscow then we start again on monday to go to switzerland and then we have to find out when we will go to poland because. when you play in the first place playing on friday night. because we play three games. think i think it's better to stay there never. going to ask you i mean. you can have your base in kiev. still be delighted with him and explain and explain to him that i think it's better for us to to stay in poland because if you play three games there. and play a game there. the war of words between two of world football's greatest ever players continues to rage diego maradona this time stating pele forgot to take his medication after suggesting neymar is better than lee and all messi sometimes striker neymar may not compute in terms of honors against messi but that didn't stop brazilian legend pele from labeling his teenage competitor it does quote a more complete player a was a co

the baby polar bear born at a denmark zoo and in his one month of life he'swinning admirers around theld thanks to intern internet video. doesn't get much more adorable than this. some call him unbearably cute weighing less than two pounds at birth when his mother couldn't produce milk, zookeepers stepped in around the clock tending to his every need. now he's a hefty seven pounds. there's a giant bear in there waiting to come out one day that will be more than 100 times his size at around half a ton. it calls to mind one other thing this baby polar bear, yes, the beloved berlin superstar who inspired songs and merchandising who eventually became a little too big to snuggle. he died suddenly in march at 4 years old. in captivity they can win 40 years and there are only estimated 25,000 polar bears left in the world. so zookeepers are giving him all of the care he can handle. what a job. to ensure that whether or not this guy also becomes a rock star of the animal kingdom, he'll be as happy as this for a long, long time. the polar bear that is melting hearts by the millions. michel >> h

curling now where russian ladies have won bronze at their home european championships and denmark in a confident way thirteen to seven their hosts were beaten by scotland in the semifinal smiting a danish test for the last ball in sport two thousand and six european champions russia lost the opening and but found their stride later on living by four points midway through come close eleven matters in the penultimate and the but the russians show their dominance by controlling the last one five nil living the final score thirteen seven and thought place wrapped up that was only the country's second of a piece of silverware into outside and will face scotland in that saturday's decider. he was pushed on the goal of a great i don't think the game turned out to be very tight we were confident how teacher they stayed focused and concentrated on the result and you'll be and so very happy to win the bronze medal. e.c.m.a. them and they didn't mark is a very experienced team and we expected them to fight until the end we kept in mind that we should battle even if the equalized we followed the

denmark's darling polar bear cub opens his eyes for the very first time. too cute. very good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. this is fis "first look" on msn. we begin this morning with one week to go. from bus tour to fresh tv ads, republican hopefuls are pulling out all the stops in iowa this week as they make their final campaign push one week from today. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a rough primary season, but the republicans are about to face their first official test. one week before the iowa caucuses, ron paul is leading the gop presidential pack. but it's still anyone's race. >> usually the iowa caucuses aren't completely defined until very close to the end. >> reporter: while rick santorum is hunting for votes -- >> you're not electing someone to cast votes. you're electing a leader. >> reporter: michele bachmann is getting ready to hit all of iowa's 99 counties. rick perry released a new attack ad. but it's aimed at washington. >> get a job like everybody else back h

he's a popular polar bear cub being cared for around the clock by a group of zookeepers in denmark.e's michelle kosinski with his story. >> reporter: from the dark frozen north comes quite possibly the kwutest, warmest, furriest creature with his tongue sticking out, that nature can manage to produce. >> right now, he's just a fine little ball. >> reporter: this happy little fellow was born in denmark last month. when momma polar bear could not produce milk, it's time for zookeepers to take over the job. >> without mother's milk, he would have died three days after he was born. he took to the bottle straightaway. it's been a success from day one. >> reporter: around the clock, making sure his potbelly doesn't get in his way. at a hungry seven pounds now, he's doing great. those big fuzzy feet are a reminder that there's a big bear in there that will come out one day. calls to mind one other famous polar bear, kanut, who inspired songs and merchandising before becoming a little too large to snuggle. he died in march of encephalitis only four years old. this well cared for bears can l

denmark, 18%, germany, 10%. and in the u.s., average in your country is 1%. the latest figures i've got. and as i've told you it's the average, 27%. but if you have a closer look and you look at short-distance trips then it's 34% on the bike and 15% of trims up to 10 miles we also use the bicycle. still a great share. and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of shola. over 50 october of of all trips daily made by bike. and for regional use of the bicycle. got some figures compared to a car. then you can see that schoolchildren use the bicycle very frequently for education. and still businessmen use the car a lot. and social recreational reasons. a reason for using the bike and shopping. we like to go shopping on our bikes. come to that later. and when it comes to gender. who's using the bicycle. i'm told that the netherlands is very typical on this. we have more women on bikes then -- than men. and the most intense users are girls from the age of 12 to 18 and that's easy to explain because i once was a girl of that

denmark, 18%, germany, 10%. and in the u.s., average in your country is 1%. the latest figures i've got. and as i've told you it's the average, 27%. but if you have a closer look and you look at short-distance trips then it's 34% on the bike and 15% of trims up to 10 miles we also use the bicycle. still a great share. and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of

on june eighth russia will play in one other friendly before the tournament and away match against denmark and shed your feb twenty ninth. and the main down spain have ended the year on top of the fifa world rankings the world and european champions reigning seed praying for a fourth year running with the netherlands and germany completing the top three there for russia twelve just behind denmark while wales with the biggest gainers of the year collecting more points than any other country to break back into the top fifty while at the other end american samoa finally moved off the bottom after recording their first victory last month after the straight defeat. another new xbox floyd mayweather has been sentenced to ninety days in jail for assaulting an ex-girlfriend the five division world champion admitting he did hate his former partner josie harris during an argument at their home last year may where there was also ordered to pay a two and a half thousand dollar fine and complete one hundred hours of community service the thirty four year old agreed to a plea deal meaning he will not ha

reverse obesity the only way to reverse that trend is to prevent it so it's the perfect timing for denmark to make big measures to reverse to reverse the trend and get in front of any escalating obesity numbers and i'll tell you what any survey around the world the best looking people always come up to be they must be doing something right robert what do you think about that i mean if they're taxing the best way of controlling obesity because we have many they're saying we should get out there in the front of the game here before it happens i mean there's so many countries especially in the industrialized west where we're behind the ball here i mean what's the best way of controlling it in for a lot of people saying that taxes are do it in it maybe because like i said it would alcohol and tobacco it seems to change people's behavior well here here's the deal and this is you know some coming from someone who's in the trenches you do not want to have a fat tax and this is why number one in order it's tax some of the you must identify what makes their product or food unhealthy so my big quest

one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> last night on "late night with jimmy fallon," jimmy talked about what remains after herman cain's recent departure. >> even though herman cain is suspending his campaign, he's launching a new website called thecainsolution.com. >> it's the only one that makes you click an "i'm over 18" button to enter. today is international anyone gentleman day. when people are encouraged to carry toy weapons and wear black masks. as i found out the hard way, my bank wasn't celebrating it. not good. >>> this is cool. microsoft is releasing a new xbox update that let's users control the device with its voices. as also reported, microsoft is making something that makes your new roommate hate you, a, brks, a, a, a, a, a, a. pause. xbox pause! >> tonight, jimmy welcomes actress sarah jessica parker, taylor swift. that's weekn

he's at the skandinavian wildlife park in denmark. he's being raised by humans because his mom didn't produce enough milk to feed him. there's a team working around the clock to keep him healthy. it appears to be working. he is more than double his birth weight from three pounds to now, there you go, seven pounds

been this way, because when those of us that fixate on these things think about the netherlands, denmark, all of these great countries, it is in their blood, they somehow mixed into the heavier and the bread and this way of life, this spirit must be in their blood. we can never learn this because we are from america and we weren't raised that way. i learned it is wrong. they have invested in the last 30 or 40 years. this was a great picture. the very center of the city. i believe this is the latest 60's. it is a seventeenth century old way house. this is where the ships would come in and check their goods before they went out to sell them. over the years, it began a public gathering square, public market, i believe there were be heading is there, all sorts of grand things in the public square. after world war two, in these days of the automobile encroaching and pedestrian amenities, it became a parking lot. right outside this beautiful building, a very central and community oriented face. this was, at the time, the highest of good that the government sought. i was shocked to find this ph

denmark and it's a customs lot facing. bill. 11-day before the give the ball to charles brown, jr. two. conversion is good. the third quarter, the panthers have an answer in mind. he rolls out and finds trenton. 23 yards to the 12th. they would get to the goal line. fourth down and going for it. they are stuffed. dunbar rolls from there. frederick douglass and middletown. all middletown tonight. they with the first state title. the list keeps looking for its first big championship. college football playoffs for towson today. the tigers reward is trying to stop the best quarterback in the fcs football. titres taking the field and ready to go. second quarter is tied at 10. he sold the run and threw it. tied at 17 at the half. third quarter is tied at 24. grant -- designed quarterback draw. 31-24. same score, back comes lehigh. he gets wide and into the end zone. tied at 31. back and forth all game long. the next drive is a one pop a fake and let it slide. look at it, write to you. 52 yards, 38-31 towson. it is tied at 38 per in un

siku is a 1-month-old polar bear being hand raised by zoo keepers in denmark. >> he's already takingy. >> is it possible? fathomable, visible that anything on the planet could be this cute? trying to roll around, getting a massage. and maybe his favorite pasttime, napping with his little tongue hanging out. but his name is siku, which means sea ice. the baby polar bear born at a denmark zoo, in his one month of life he's winning admirers around the world, thanks to internet video. doesn't get much more adorable than this. you can call him unbearable cute, weighing less than two pounds at birth, when his mother couldn't produce milk, zookeeper, round the clock tending to his every need, who could resist. now he's a healthy seven pounds, but those big, squishy feet say it all, there's a giant bear in there, waiting to come out one day, that will be more than 100 times his size, at around half a ton. it calls to mind one other thing this baby polar bear, yes, knut, the beloved berlin superstar who inspired songs. ♪ and merchandising, who eventually became a little too big to snuggle. kn