it was russian supermodel irina shayk. irina, good morning.ve you here. >> hi, good morning. thanks for having me. >> you were smiling like a school girl when you walked in with that sign in front of the russian team. the crowd went crazy. describe what that moment was like. >> well, for me, it's a big honor to be here, first of all, you know, the olympic games, and finally, it's in russia. 2014 is our year. and to be part of the parade, athletes parade, it was a pleasure for me, you know. i was very emotional because i have to be elite and walk first and all the sports behind me. so, it was scary, you know. >> were you prepared, though, for the screaming and just the ovation? >> well, we did the rehearsal. i arrived six days before the opening ceremony, so we did rehearsal, we tried costumes, so we're kind of ready for it. but anyway, it was very emotional, and i was a little bit afraid. >> you grew up in a little town 1,100 miles east of moscow. and obviously, you've come a long way. how do you compare this honor to all the things you've don

. >> reporter: and the controversial choice of russian figure skater legend irina rodnina, to help light the olympic flame. last year she tweeted a photo shopped picture of president obama many kid racist. today the game ceo defended the role of the three-time gold medal winner. >> i want to stress that olympics is not about politics, and any political talks and discussions is inappropriate for the olympic games. >> reporter: and more bad news for russia since 1998, for the for the first time the host country failed to take home a medal of any come lore on the opening day of the games. brian? anne thompson high above us as day one is history. ann, thanks. >>> and topping the second straight day now, the pacific northwest is getting slammed by a powerful storm bringing torrential rain and record-setting snow. on the upside, however, is the need for precipitation of course during the history-making drought all the way to the south in california. we get our report tonight from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: thirsty for any hint of water, the west coast is finally getting what it needs. but i

monkeys and fields they were among the performance during the flashy pre ceremony at london's bow to irina. music legend prince who was in the midst of a string of protest concert dates showed up with his bands that the light go to sandy was called expertise in adults is to sing a baby moving. but it was david bowie who stole the show even without showing up sixty seven year old chloe who is enjoying a renee songs for this bust album than a decade the next day was named rich male artist of the year he was accepted by supermodel kate moss. she was and presented no doubt a job as new york race leads a representative on us. more small ones but we ziggy stardust outfits from the nineteen seventies as he read out an enigmatic speech from musician the xian. nikki huge ice dancer trout lake and its partner male babies have won gold in sochi becoming the first u s citizens to win any of the pair thickest eating events. if it's not a hand in china and talked about that hasty in pakistan. not only mean it's getting to sleep but that. on the tree in our careers. me and telling her so much to hide. we

under arrest well our correspondent english has followed me the developments for us here in moscow irina what we now this point is that it all happened very quickly what else is there what sort of information is available to us absolutely as a matter of fact we started tracking the story. from the very beginning until just about his arrest i would say maybe an hour an hour and a half has passed maximum basically forward to look at this timeline we're looking at a young man who is one of the senior students in this school who walked into the school building with apparently two rifles that's information according to the ministry of the interior and now the guard has walked him upon his request to one of the classrooms and after doing that he pressed the panic button so when this student was actually entering the classroom the police were already starting to to come. the building however this student did have a chance of unfortunately to wound. one of the teachers the teacher of geography who was in that classroom the teacher later died from he's rooms after the police have come down on the

and come a band that's the prince hubertus von hold and moving on to the russian bombshell that is irina sidr over recently she posed for a glossy magazine wearing just lingerie with her curling stone she's got lots of tongues wagging lots of people are looking forward to seeing her tonight of course she isn't just a pretty face but she is a celebrity here in russia of course and i would also be seeing other teams from around the world including great britain and the rest of the russian team so while three billion people might be watching the opening ceremony for the famous torch bearing other people will see it as a fashion and somewhat political statement regarding what people are wearing let's look forward to an excitement here is just incredible and to stay with us as we begin our special coverage of the gain some experience some change this evening. the g twenty fourteen promises we all committed an exhilarating winter forcing our team here to join us in our way i'm a criminal and i'm the last of our little news team for sochi twenty four take. on our team. and the phone call of was

russia's most celebrated athletes soviet hockey legend of the dislodged and legendary figure skater irina rodnina who shared home motions with. yes that girl is going mr spillikins it it seems is my destiny to do everything as a pair but it's a fantastic experience it's so great that we've been entrusted with such an honor i have these games will be extremely exciting it's always exciting at the olympics everything is brand new here the weather is beautiful and it's creating a festive mood for everyone especially the athletes and it's very important because the olympics has long been about so much more than just sports. but with security of titan sancerre we spoke to one marius star who knows all about keeping people safe steven seagal who is a friend of lead immigration and a martial arts expert believes people should feel secure other. i would agree with some of the folks who are saying that search is probably one of the safest places around right now and i think the world you know in all of the different countries that are participating in the olympics are all very concerned about tryi

but in a games mired with controversy, even before they began, the choice of russian figure skater irina rodina to help light the olympic torch last night caused a stir. back in september, she tweeted a photo of president obama that some considered racially offensive. it was removed. answering critics, the head of the sochi organizing committee said rodina's selection had nothing to do with politics. olympic champion, one of the most respected in the world olympic athletes. >> reporter: the t >> reporter: the torch-lighting ceremony brought cheers at this outdoor olympic viewing party, among them 19-year-old american morgan gandi. >> far better than i expected it to be. it's so much fun. the people here are awesome. they're friendly. everyone wants to talk to you. so that's just really cool. >> reporter: jim, not everybody is happy with the olympics or the perceived crackdown on dissent. while many people were watching the opening ceremonies, there were coordinated protests against russia's antigay laws. in moscow, police arrested many pro gay rights demonstrators who sang the national a

live here in moscow irina thank you very much indeed for that update and the uighurs some bossa to ukraine has been quick to react to the new violence there the statement reads we cando of progress in kiev sorry to see renewed violence that politics need to happen in the wrong order not from the streets and some more now this is when i joined line by moxley botha who is an international relations lecturer at moscow state university mark a very warm welcome to you all see very nice to see you here so the you are some boxer that actually america says politics should be decided in parliament not on the streets is that cheney a change of attitude of actually shoot from the you are still rules ukraine. no i don't really think so we have previously seen american politicians coming to the protesters. come rioters in the streets of kiev cheer leading them on and promising them american support we have also all heard the leaked song calls for the adventure sceptic phone calls between the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine and the u.s. assistant secretary of state swore european and in your asian affair

tretiak who is enjoying the games in sochi he left the olympic cauldron along with iconic figure skater irina rodnina in the opening ceremony and we asked him just how that felt. the limping flame go down in history for many years to come because it's a task is only given to the most popular the most worthy sportsman means the world to me because i'm representing the team of my youth the hokie team that is an. champion i feel out of all the players they chose me it's unbelievably beautiful here to see palm trees and snow i think these are going to be one of the best games of ever been held in my opinion a very good infrastructure was put together for the athletes here in sochi and everything is very compact the facilities are located conveniently close to each other no public transport is needed it's very aggravating when passes a late whereas here everything's very well put together and the athletes are satisfied commentated imprisons in the united states staying in the most favorable conditions of. but to solve tretiak is referring of course to the one nine hundred eighty winter olympics in

of course those rumors have been flying around for months now and nothing of the sort has happened irina but. there was relative calm before. before today can you tell us about that well the calm was achieved after it did seem for a while that there was a breaking point just a beginning of january. however the when the protests have started after a number of highly unpopular laws of war brought in however those role of those laws have been repealed. countrywide amnesty has been declared more than two hundred forty opposition activists have been freed from jail where they were put. in the protests. basically the government has made a lot of concessions towards those who are protesting and for the opposition but the opposition doesn't seem to be quite content with this yet again now that the protests to the protests seem to have been flaring up again and again the opposition leaders are calling on the country's government to step down and therefore they're also calling for early presidential and parliamentary elections. thank you very much indeed. and let's now bring in political analyst m

russia's most celebrated athletes soviet hockey legend vladislav tretiak and legendary figure skater irina rodnina she shared with us the emotions that she felt . years ago it would nice to see them it's all it seems is my destiny to do everything as a parent but it's a fantastic experience it's so great that the reeve been entrusted with such an honor i have these games will be extremely exciting it's always exciting at the olympics everything is brand new year the weather is beautiful and it's creating a festive mood for everyone especially the athletes and it's very important because the lympics has long been about so much more than just sports because that's you can find out everything else that's happening from our twitter team you can head over to our tease twitter feed where all of these sports sections all the various disciplines involved in the winter games are divided for you you can catch the tweets of all of your favorite athletes and of course from their biggest fans this was made so that you can follow all of the tweets that are hitting the internet as the games go on. the g

russia's most celebrated athletes so be it hockey legend vladislav tretiak and legendary figure skater irina rodnina she shared with us the emotions that she felt years ago it means to them it's it seems is my destiny to do everything as a path but it's a fantastic experience it's so great that the roof been entrusted with such an honor i have these games will be extremely exciting it's always exciting at the olympics everything is brand new here the weather is beautiful and it's creating a festive mood for everyone especially the athletes and it's very important because the olympics has long been about so much more than just toots. of course you can find out everything else that's happening from our twitter team you can head to our twitter feed we've got all of the different sporting disciplines of the olympics sort of sussed out for you on there and also the latest news out of saatchi they were created to help you navigate through the sea of tweets on the games of course tons of tweets filling the web as the games carry on so this will link you straight to those upcoming tweets from athlet

legendary figure skater irina rodnina who shared her of motions with. yes there is a girl it going with just the logic of its call it seems it's my destiny to do everything as a parent but it's a fantastic experience it's so great that we've been entrusted with such an honor i have these games will be extremely exciting it's always exciting at the olympics everything is brand new here the weather is beautiful and it's creating a festive mood for everyone especially the athletes and it's very important because the olympics has long been about so much more than just sports. so the winter games are in full swing both in the olympic park on the black sea coast and on the mountain slopes well let's find out what's happening in the balance already underway in sochi with our correspondent a pro sports how the pole nice to see it so well closely watching the speed races right now particularly abound and thus far as i understand one one race is underway right now as we talk tell us more about that. yes well it's going to be disappointment for birthday boy even s

her name is irina rodnina. she is a hero here.y and she had superimposed a banana on top of it. obviously the u.s. ambassador of russia condemned the act, but rodnina refused to apologize for this and she has this honor. the olympic committee was questioned about it and he said politics is not part of the olympics and it is no big deal. controversy number two, you may have seen during the broadcast an electronic snow flake was supposed to morph into an olympic ring and the presentation is a big part of the opening ceremony. it did not go right. at least that is what americans saw and viewers around the world saw. here in russia, they did not see that. the producer, when he saw the rings malfunctioning, he called to the control room and had them slice in rehearsal footage and that is what was broadcast on russian tv. if he says, that's no big deal either. his name is constantine ernst. take a listen. >> translator: no one normal person can be disturbed from the two-hour story about one unopened snow flake. this is a paranoid reacti

she told us it was an honor for irina shayk. >>s? n russia, 2014 is here. to be part of the parade, it was a pleasure for me. i was very emotional because i have to be elite and walk first. and all of the sportsmen were walking behind me. it was scary. >> overall let's take a look at the latest sochi olympic count. norway is on top with two gold, silver and a bronze medal. netherlands right behind them with one of each. team usa has so par picked up one gold medal and as you trust sweden picking up a silver. >>> dangerous road conditions in oregon leave something drivers spinning their wheels. >> roads are kind of bare and icy but nothing too bad. >> it has been sheer pandemonium around here. warmed up and glazed up. everybody that shouldn't be out here is out of here. >> dylan dreyer is here with our forecast. that was some slipping and sliding in oregon. >> looked like the suv was trying to pull the big tanker trucks. yeah. we did see a lot of snow in areas like portland and especially up into the mountains and we are also seeing a lot of rain in californ

. >> irina is a 3-times olympic champion. one of the most respected in the world olympic athletes. i want to suppress that olympics is not about politics. any talks is inappropriate. >> he said it wasn't political. the original tweet was deleted shortly after it was posted. she claimed to vice-president sent the image from american friend. >> in the u.s. another olympic flame was lit. >> 3, 2, 1. [ cheering ] . >> the olympic cauldron in lake placid new york was lit in honour of the olympic games in sochi. they hosted in 1980 and serves as a training facility. >> northern california is getting snow. a lot of it. it's great news for the ski resorts. sugar bowl is expecting 3 feet of snow in weekend and called on more people to work the slopes and open more runs. >> for more on the forecast. let's bring in the meteorologist eboni deon. >> we'll focus on the western u.s. that's where we are deal with rain and snow. this is where we'll see it, anywhere from washington to oregon. even south wards. we need it. the higher elevations will see the most snow. upwards of 7,000 feet. the snow

irina rodnina says the post was posted by hackers.bama family and apologize for not clearly stating earlier that i don't support the photos or racism in any way. >>> the olympic hopeful trapped in an elevator monday. he tweeted out this photo as proof writing the following, no one is going to believe this. why? this comes after he got stuck inside a locked bathroom on saturday and had to break his way through the door to get out because he didn't have any cell phone. he said he was in there for an hour and no one came to help him. who knows where he's going to get stuck next. that poor guy. >> at least this time apparently he wasn't alone. surprised he didn't bash through the door. canada had a gold and a bronze in the women's slopestyle this morning. the u.s. in fourth with six medals after wing silver in that event. the next medals in the next hour in men's and women's cross country. >>> shirley temple black, one of the most eye cop ik stars of -- iconic stars of the 20th century has died at 85. as a child star in the 1030s she may

irina is here to discuss with it with us and alison howard for concerned women for america.you. are you a millennial. >> i was until november of last year. >> just shy of a few months. >> i do. >> what are they looking for? >> i think millennials, many graduated at the height of the recession. there were not jobs. and so you're looking for self employment. something with flexibility, that provides economic security but really to shape your own destiny. >> alison, what are you looking for. are you a millennial? >> i am. i appreciate my peers valuing self employment. this age group of millennials is looking at a national unemployment rate more than double the national. so there's 25.5 million of us living at home. if you take a look at this study, it says millennials value things like travel and hanging with friends above homeowner ship and retirement savings. for me i think, what happened to work hard, play hard? you need funds to fund the fun you have. >> so what makes you different? why do you have that attitude? zblo i think i'm willing to sacrifice. honestly, i don't blam