first ever jamaican bobsled team at the games. here we go. >> carrie russell, 4 x 100 relay champion for jamaica in the 2013 world championships in moscow. needless to say, that's some athleticism in the backseat. well-off t off the pace though. >> if you're saying to yourself, jazmine fenlator rings a bell, well, jaz competed for team usa and was at the last olympic games. finished 11th with lolo jones as her brakeman. jazmine has a jamaican father. >> sliding for jamaica. we love having the jamaicans in the field, leigh. it brings a little publicity to the sport. >> big time. the first official olympic run for team jamaica in women's bobsled is compete. as you can imagine, there is a lot of support here for them. the jamaican team comes in a little further down the order but is in the top 15. the original jamaican bobsled driver, dudley stokes, is here to watch them. there's the leader of the pack. elana meyers taylor and lauren gibbs. run two coming up here at the olympic sliding center. olympic . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ chatter ] [ beep

and jamaican bobsled team is making headlines once again this time the caribbean island is sending its first ever women's team to the one to turn one picks and beyond chang. i'm michel henery thanks for joining us. a declassified memo is driving a wedge through u.s. politics republicans are calling it proof of bias in government agencies democrats say it's misleading and intended to discredit the ongoing russia investigation this after donald trump allowed the release of the memo which accuses the f.b.i. and department of justice of abusing their power to spy on one of his aides during the election campaign for trump it props up his longstanding suspicions of the agency. president trump was back in a familiar role on friday at a meeting with north korean defectors he complained that the u.s. intelligence community treated him unfairly and said he authorized the release of the controversial memo the document had washington on a week but will it be the bombshell some republicans have been promising the memo drawn up by the house intelligence committee alleges anti trump that the f.b.i. s

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sled is called cool bolt the jamaican sprinter usain bolt coach curiosus hopes it'll be just as fast but i'm holding my breath this is worse than when i was a pop's. maker of pumps and already have a battle cry very. early. saying with the in him picks in the. international olympic committee says it may allow thirteen russian athletes to attend the games after their lifetime bans for doping offenses were overturned decided to hire a special panel to assess the athlete's cases on an individual basis now this comes after the court of arbitration for sport nullified the lifespans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday the i.o.c. will have to make a quick decision the game's of course imputing chang start in a week's time. for american football now and in sunday's highly anticipated super bowl clash five time champions the new england patriots will take on the philadelphia eagles thousands of fans have already descended upon minneapolis and the host city has been very active trying to keep fans busy before the big day. the super bowl is truly something for the census and this super

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leon bailey the founders legals first jamaican star on. the way through his first full season of late with look twenty year old has taken german football by storm the latest draft taking evidence. comes more. from. this may be one of the most personal goals are scored those things come like individually dose of the moment you know just happen. but how did it just happen let's take a closer look leave the bruising on the attack fairly cuts inside and find space in the books five metres in every direction and with a clear goal but as the defenders close in he still needs to produce something special to finish the job. to be something special himself choice with opponents almost it will apply to the seemingly ball some less back tracks. and a very swift pair of heels cooked at thirty four point eight kilometers an hour babies no school seven goals this season with his trusty pack he's also chipped in for the team cools with five assists. no one he's a defender's worst nightmare bloodbath diehard oscar vents is in a lose lose situation here if

terrible mistake by the defender but a cool finish from the jamaican. after the restart daily turned provider harvard's curly net in the second after almost missing the game due to dental surgery hamburg fans are getting used to this disappointment andrea handholding a goal that made her even more hamburg beaten to one that two hundredth home defeat in the bonders leg. over and goes incursion shellcode were determined to bounce back with a win against hoffenheim after several disappointing results that's seen them drop down the table from second the royal blues need to get back on course if they're to stay in with a chance of securing a champions league spot next season but all eyes were also on the rivalry between the born this league as youngest coaches shall because too many contests go and toughened your young man they've been friends since getting their coaching badges together at a desk outside holds a slight advantage and toughen him have actually never beaten shall go away from home a tight chill looked like. the characters couldn't be more diff

that's the biggest misunderstanding about reggae that it always sounds the same if you listen to the jamaican radio station you notice how varied the music is and i'm sure i didn't make one infuser just the moviegoing it's a gentleman from atlanta has been rewarded with a string of hit singles and albums his second album senator john ensign. cultist and the german record industry award for best newcomer. the two thousand full follow up confidence shot to the top of the german charts and sold a quarter of a million copies. but. the hits kept on coming two thousand and seven is another intensity to live it but the title promised. a few that i think i've helped records development in germany but if i hadn't someone else would have it's just the drawing room music that has to be discovered sooner or later and we had more. to learn auto whose father was a dickhead discovered the sound of reggae as a teenager in his practice record collection. eventually dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. in the late ninety nine she's he started building up or following for himself a day's fest

. >> reporter: white told us she was was the victim of a weekend fling gone wrong and her jamaican love interest asked her to bring back what he called care package of cocoa an spices for his family in new jersey. >> you had no idea what was in that? >> i had no idea. no idea. >> reporter: in this interrogation video recorded the night of her arrival. she said she thought nothing of it until they stopped her and found the stash. >> i'm kind of happy go lucky. >> reporter: stories like white's aren't all that unusual. here at our biggest airport or at the sea port nearby, leaders say drug seizures happen here at least once a week. >> a lot of times what we see here is somebody who night be taken advantage of or coerced. >> reporter: ed is the acting director for the port of philadelphia where his team has intercepted narcotics not obvious to the untrained eye. from drugs inside candy, sandwiches and soda cans to cocaine hidden behind the wood of a bed post, built into the soles of shoes, sewn into pair of underwear and hidden among the holy, inside these religious statues statues. it's c

the jamaican born star has even been considered for naturalization by the english national team his attacking threat has helped fuel laver cousens exciting form this season with forty three goals his side have the bundesliga third best offense especially impressing on the road. they haven't lost an away match since late september that run looks set to continue wescott there it's made it to nil soon after the restart that breaks defense as so often this season was disoriented. another kick in the teeth for this fan. but the bundesliga sold his side put up a late rally with until they had making it to one with twenty minutes left to go to a bit the bits the hope that kills. despite would in his teammates best efforts they were unable to grab the second goal and a valuable might be with fourteen defeats in twenty three matches their bundesliga status is under threat. thanks. wary but a kind of i'm not scared of you i knew what i was getting into and this is going to be a tough mission but i'm still convinced that we can do it. so it's clear that the last couple of years is still in the boys' hea

medal hole from sochi we're not even halfway through these games yet ok finally jot that now the jamaican women's history bumps. and they did do it is and it's right the story that yes jamaica has never had a team of course remember the male team in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight in the calgary flames inspired the film cool runnings and the jamaican women they were set to debut today but they've had a bit of a rout with the lady there on the right systems or curiosus from the both. arguments for the ball play federation she's threatening to take away the flight so it's all up in the air at the moment hopefully they will still be able to take healthy and good luck to them jonathan crean for most bosses thank you very much for being us all of the action from young child. away from sport on awareness of sexual violence in harrison to women is being filmed at butlins and your film festival the billy nona begins tonight it's the first international festival to take place since the flood of allegations of rape and sexual misconduct were made against the film producer harvey weinstein an

medal hole from sochi we're not even halfway through these games yet ok finally jot that now the jamaican women's history. and their debut is under threat what's the story that yes to make we've never had a team of course remember the male team in one thousand nine hundred eight in the calgary flames inspired the film cool runnings and the jamaican women they were set to debut today but they've had a bit of a rout with the lady there on the right systems or curiosus from the. arguments of the ball play federation she's threatening to take away the flight so it's all up in the air at the moment hopefully they will still be able to take healthy and good luck to them johnson cream from us bill says thank you very much for being us all the action from. he was indeed a news i'll have more news for you at the top of the is in half an hour from now i look forward to seeing you about. the. most. powerful documentary. drones about. down again. we take you to york's most famous no boundary just. this one tops them all europe's highest peaks. because the winter is at its best right here all of the m

. >>> and there's plenty of drama surrounding the jamaican women bobsled team. >> oh, you bet. they are hours away from starting practice runs at the games, but their coach has reportedly quit. >> drama. >> she says she owns the team's sled and she's threatened to leave the games and take her sled with her had. >> so not only did the coach quit, she wants to take the sled too. >> jamaican officials say that's not the case and the women will race when the competition begins. >> i just have this image of the tug of war going on -- >> my sled. all right. let's check the medal count, shall we? >> do we have to? >> norway's doing so good. 18. they're doing so great kevin durant is going to sign with him for it next olympics. >> germany is next. they are leading in gold medals with nine. canada comes in third and to the netherlands. thanks to their domination in speed skating and there we are fifth with eight medals overall. we're now in third, tied for third. >> slow but steady. we're getting there. >> are we though? >> not really. we have like a week to make it up. >> steady, come

know well out in front of his competitors in this final to take another gold ok but finally the jamaicana women's historic bobsled debut is under threat of what's the story here yeah this is a pretty frustrating story a big controversy because their coach a german sondra curiosus who won gold with germany and two thousand and six. has been pushed out of her role as coach by the jamaican bobsled federation she was dead demoted to quote unquote performance analyst which meant she wouldn't be able to go into the venue with the athletes or coach them during the competition and she has now said that she was the one who helped get them their new fangled sled and that she fact owns the sled and she doesn't want them to use the sled in competition and they've got to have some conversations to cool things down hopefully they will be able to solve this before tuesday when qualifiers start but this is it's a real shame after this feel good story following up on the one nine hundred ninety eight men's jamaican bobsled team you know the cool runnings legends this was supposed to be chapter two of tha

and this clip has echoes of the ‘cool runnings' film about the jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 winterot sure what the health and safety team would have to say about it. there are six nba games taking place. the new york knicks are trailing. philadelphia winning. they are currently eighth in the eastern conference. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. tuesday's weather is a wet, windy, and for some of us, rather wintry tale. the culprit — an area of low pressure swinging in from the atlantic that will bring some disruptive snow to the northern half of the uk. some wet and windy conditions further south. so here it is — this weather front pushing in from the west. a low—pressure centre to the north. the low itself will keep the winds up right the way across the british isles. the worst of the snow will be through the morning in time for the rush hour, sadly, across scotland with 5—10 centimetres possible across the highlands. but a good few centimetres possible through the centre belt, making for a dangerous rush hour. for northern ireland, pe

the exploits of the jamaican men's team at the calgary olympics in 1988 inspired a hollywood movie.parisons are inevitable. it's really honourable, to say the least, that 30 years later people are still singing their praises, and to say that we are along that same path of what people consider to be legendary is really humbling and it's an honour to receive. just over a year ago, seun recruited two team—mates who take it in turns to sit behind the driver. they knew nothing about the sport and its risks. after going to whistler, that's the fastest track in the world, it was like, ok, this sport is actually pretty dangerous. you know, like people can get seriously hurt. behind all the excitement, the fun, the global exposure, is a group of women who have no desire to be considered a novelty act. rank outsiders, yes, but they also want to be taken seriously in their bid to set a new benchmark for africa at the winter olympics. people didn't think we had a chance to make it to the olympics so i think when you talk about things like that, anything can happen and we are here to compete. th

the jamaican women‘s bobsleigh coach sandra kiriasis has dramatically quit her role and has threatenedg she owns the sled. kiriasis resigned after refusing to change roles from driving coach to track performance analyst, which would have given her no access to the athletes. thejbf has denied it will have to withdraw it‘s team which were due to be making their first appearance at a winter olympics. chris froome has defended his decision to return to cycling for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time tour de france champion began his 2018 season at the ruta del sol in spain today, despite an ongoing doping tribunal prompted by the test at last year‘s vuelta a espana. and froome insists he has a right to continue competing. i know i've done nothing wrong. that's my starting point. i know i've done nothing wrong. there is a process in place for me to be able to demonstrate that and that's what i intend to do. this is a process that a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of other riders have gone through as well and i don't see why i should have different treatment t

>> reporter: it was 30 years ago that the jamaican bobsled team slitd on to the scene inspiring the filmll when it came to bobsled? >> every single piece of this has been a huge learning experience. >> for me, it's day by day. >> i think so far, we've given it everything we had, physically, emotionally, mentally. >> reporter: a long way from their beginnings. is it true it started with a wooden bobsled and crowd funding? >> yes, we have a wooden bobsled that's named the mayflower. we dried to generate funds and it actually attracted outstanding sponsors. >> reporter: sponsorships and ad campaigns from companies like visa and under armour and dr. dre which have made these three standouts. what message do you think you give to folks who want to dream big? >> i think we have come out as being innovative. being able to be creative. >> here we go. green! >> oh! way to go. >> not as easy as it looks on tv. that thing's heavy. >> it was very heavy. but i let them do a lot of the pushing and i just jumped on the back. >> very smart. are they competitive. >> well, they're good enough to make it t

at london tops his international breakthrough came at the age of twenty eight with a remakes of jamaican artist only his track cheerleader catapulting him to fact. it shot to number one in the u.s. charts and in more than fifty other countries. he had a series of chart hits including remakes series and even his own original track of law. rights with other international artists including finland in twenty six states. his recent material has received the acclaim of earlier tracks but that's not what matters to him. the most important thing is to feel good about your i music or on songs that you think your music is great so you want to share it. becomes a number one hit isn't so important as as my goddess of upsets no mindset i feel like saying performs all over the world but his home is now on germany's baltic coast where he used to live. as millions of fans but love spending time with their own friends and family and his grandparents to. and i've read of these and when i return from these massive cities and that crazy lifestyle with all that information i can come here and why it's quiet

the jamaican women's bobsleigh coach has dramatically quit her role, and threatened to take the team'sowns the sled, the german resigned after refusing to change roles from driving coach to track performance a nalyst, driving coach to track performance analyst, which would have given her no a ccess analyst, which would have given her no access to the athletes. pj bfo has denied it would have to root for its team, which werejude to make their first appearance at a winter olympics. chris froome has defended his decision to return to racing for the first time since his adverse drugs test. the four—time told for petra kvitova france champion begins in spain. froome insists he does have the right to continue competing. this is a process that a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of athletes have gone through, a lot of other riders have gone through as well. and i don't see why i should have different treatment to all of them. they were always think in the meantime they got to the of their processes. there is a process that allows me to demonstrate t

years on from the cool running smoothly which marked the jamaicanmen‘s arrival in the olympic, the jamaican but what a fantastic night here at the sliding centre. germany taking gold but great britain ina germany taking gold but great britain in a very creditable and record—breaking eighth position. what a night and what an atmosphere there. david reporting from pyeongchang. brit billy morgan is into the final of the big air competition — scoring 90.5 on his second run. 7 points off the top score. the final takes place on saturday morning with morgan looking to make the step up to medal contention. it could be one of the performances of the games so far — the 15 year old russian skater alina zagitova set a new world record in the ladies short programme. the record actually tumbled twice as she beat compatriot evgenia medvedeva's earlier score, who is just 18 herself and looked favourite for gold. and there was a tearful goodbye from skier lindsey vonn who took bronze in the women's downhill in her last ever games. at 33, the american became the oldest woman to claim a winter olympics alpine

sarah: we have to talk about the jamaican bobsled debut on the women's side.t was much anticipated. matt: this was a story to follow up, but as chapter two to the cool running story of 2018 -- 1988 rather. their coach is a german gold medalist from 2006, reviews to accept a demotion from driving coast to technical assistance. she would have had no access to the athletes. because she helped them procure their high-tech sled, she is claiming she owns this led and is going to take the sled and not then -- let them race with it, which seems like a terrible position to be put in. she has a good relationship with the bob's letters themselves come -- the bobsletters themselves. -- sledders. sarah: it would be awkward to compete without a sled. she is not doing them a choice. matt herrmann from dw sports desk with the latest olympic athlete -- action from the pyeongchang. is that time of year, berlin's international festival known as the berlinale. it is 10 days of screenings, workshops and more. the opening film this year is wes anderson's dystopian animated feature

they did the jamaican bobsled team. they did the-- they performed cpr. they even played leap frog.they come up with this? - i mean, these celebrations were cool but they weren't as good as the ones that you and i used to throw down back in our playing days, bro. - oh, you mean the pepper and the parmesan? let's show 'em pepper and parmesan, here we go. pepper. - here's the salad. - [grunting] - do the parmesan. - [grunting] - eat that salad. [both groan] - pepper and parmesan crushed it. i'll tell you who else crushed it, the golden state warriors. they were absolutely dominant, cruising to an easy nba finals victory over lebron and the cavs. - speaking of the cavs, kyrie irving demanded a trade so he wouldn't have to play with lebron james, and that wasn't even the craziest thing he said this year. - one of the big stories out of all star weekend is the cavs' star kyrie irving believes that the earth is flat. despite years of science, kyrie honestly believes that the earth is not round. - kyrie, baby, how you gonna say the earth is flat when you basically spend 20 hours a day drib