skier bryce bennett, snowboarding star jamie anderson. >> terry, here is the best part. you can watch it go down right here on nbc bay area. >> jam-packed evening. these events are just the tip the of iceberg. nbc's liz mclaughlin joins us from beijing and, liz, you have some good news about bob sledder alana meyers-taylor. she has been in isolation after testing positive for covid. >> that's right, terry. she has just been cleared to compete after two negative tests, which is really good for team usa's medal prospects because she is a three-time olympic medalist in that bob sled event. now some medal events have already started here. the host country of china getting their first gold in a new event this yeah, mixed team short track speed skating but the header, so far, the nation with the most goals at 2 is norway. the country -- the most -- the winningest country, i will say, in the history of the winter olympics. >> norway grabbed the first gold of the games taking the top spot in skiathlon. jessie diggens, who won the first gold for the u.s. in 2018 came up sick. ame

tonight, you saw jamie anderson win two back-to-back goals in snowboard slopestyle.he's advancing to finals. also competing in big debuted in pyeongchang. tonight on primetime on nbc bay area, you watched the opening ceremony, a beautiful production at iconic bird's nest. ceremony was shorter because of covid and cold temperatures, like 16 degrees. fewer performers but dazzling use of technology and light lasers for special effects. alpine skier and lake tahoe athlete posted this event. u.s. athletes arrived, dropped off gear, went to opening ceremony. exhausting day but magical moment. white house did not send dignitaries because diplomatically boycotting the games because of human rights abuses in china but there were dignitaries, including russia's president vladimir putin and china's blet train, it's so smooth, now going probably 150 miles per hour, going in tunnel and we're live. there is cell service on this rain even when you're in the tunnel. show you amazing video we shot going up to the mountain cluster. one is yanqing, 45 minutes away. other cluster is far

jamie anderson. this is her third olympics. she's got two style. yesterday she finished ninth after not sticking all of her jumps. her teammate did win silver. i spoke with her from athletes village. >> not the finish you wanted today. i'm sure you have so much to be proud about. and you have another event to look forward to. big air. tell me what's going through your mind. >> yeah, honestly today wasn't like super ideal. obviously. not being able to land a run. but that's snow boarding sometimes you can land it. pull it together. and sometimes you just can't. it's tough. and comes down to so many variables. but i'm really happy for the girls that were able to put runs down. >> she's looking forward to snow board big air. next week. she won silver in that in pyongyang. she had a lot o and a silver. and just got engaged a couple weeks ago. it's one of our favorite athletes to interview. she's so positive. all about light and love. good energy. positive vibes. she's a real inspiration and role model to all the snow borders for team usa. i did get an

also keeping an eye on tahoe resident jamie anderson, perhaps the greatest female snowboarder of all time. she begins her final run tonight. here's tonight's lineup on nbc. as we said, women's short program begins at 5:30. you can watch chen compete there. at 7:00 p.m., the downhill run for men's alpine skiing. if you would like to watch the slopestyle filings with jamie anderson, you can watch that on usa network or online at nbcolympics.com. >>> vets swim free. a group of veterans took to the water to help raise awareness but a new law in san francisco, what you need to know to get involved in this. >>> and the big game is coming and you can even make some money just by watching. we'll tell you about a dream job offer for super bowl fans. >> i'll take it. >>> outside right now we are seeing a lot of mid-60s, on our way to widespread 70s and the seven-day forecast, how warm it will get before the weekend when we come right back. and work up a sweat. and you're going to need some energy. lots of energy. 5-hour energy...for every workout. ♪♪ care coalition, it's so good to see you all

jamie anderson is a medal contender in the women's big air competition. anderson won silver in the event in pyeongchang should be looking to win her 4th career olympic medal. she was favored to win gold in slopestyle here in beijing, but finished 9th julia marino, who won silver in beijing in slope-style will also compete. each athlete gets 3 runs with the 2 best runs combining for a total score. and mckayla shiffrin takes the slopes again and women's downhill. the alpine skiing star did not finish in her first 2 events and then finished 9th in the super g shiffrin said it was a big relief to finish the event. ellis colby stevenson and alex hall will all have shots at medals in men's slope-style because of the winter weather. the competition was pushed back. so qualifying runs will begin tonight. lots of action to catch tonight. that is the latest here at the winter olympics. i'm marielena balouris. >> so here's a look at where things stand right now in the medal count right now, team usa in 3rd place with 16 medals total, 7 gold. norway leading the pack w

snowboarder, jamie anderson easily grabbing a spot in the finals, as she tries to add a third-straight gold medal to her name. shaun white making it official, these games will be his last. team usa taking to the ice in first place, after a spectacular skate from nathan chen. but setbacks overnight. several u.s. athletes testing positive for covid, putting their olympic dreams in jeopardy. a day after a thrilling opening ceremony officially kicked off the games. the excitement is only growing today, saturday, february 5th, 2022. ♪♪ >>> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the winter olympics, with peter alexander and kristen welker, live from rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. peter, it's great to be with you in olympic headquarters in new york, where we will be broadcasting for the next two weeks. >> this is the closest we'll get to walking in an opening ceremony. it's 15 degrees. it feels like we're participating in the winter games today. >> it feels like we're on the ski slopes. we're bundled up. we w

turn off your tv if you don't want to hear this, and some events happened, and jamie anderson failede here in beijing, but her teammate, eileen gu did advance. so a lot of action here in this very cold beijing. it snowed all day yesterday, it's about 20 degrees, very windy, and i will warm up by sending it back to you folks in the 70s at the nbc bay area studios. >> just looking cold looking at you. thank you so much. >>> make sure you are signed up for our olympics new letter, and you will know what events to watch for and an update on the bay area athletes. click the link on the website to sign up. >>> and then the 49ers hit by a ransomware attack. it disrupted its corporate i.t. network. so far the cyber criminals have not publicly asked for ransom. the 49ers notified law enforcement and hired help. they said we have no indication that this incident involves systems outside of the stadium. >>> the mask are coming off. governor newsom said starting wednesday you can take your mask off indoors if you are fully vaccinated. masks will be required for public transit, indoors at schools

that's at 5:00 on usa network and south lake tahoe jamie anderson at 8:50 p.m. >>> the agency responsibletreets and sidewalks clean has hundreds of openings for jobs. during a supervisor hearing, the public works department explained it has 500 vacationances. 300 of those operations are just in the operations division. many of those positions are not full time and only filled for a specific project, but at least one supervisor says he's concerned to see so many open positions at a time when the city is having a hard time keeping the streets and sidewalks clean. >> we need to dive on this and improve this. >> we are either using overtime to make sure we get the work done or we're doing a big hiring push rid now to get the vacancies filled as we're emerging from the pandemic. >> the supervisor says a working group will be put together to reduce hiring time and focus on filling those positions and something many say are tricky with so many places looking to hire right now. >>> happening now, oakland teachers, parents and students are rallying outside of city hall. you can see it there. this

two-time medallist and snowboarad favorite jamie anderson who finished 9th place in the slopestyle eventbeijing blamed her falls on mental struggles. and last year simone biles fueled conversations about the importance of mental health when she withdrew from some gymnastic events in tokyo. jamie yuccas spoke with several current olympians who shared their personal battles. she has the store any beijing. >> reporter: michael phelps and naomi osaka are some of the big name athletes who changed the game when it comes to mental health. now here in beijing, the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee is working to focus not only on physical health, but mental health as well. the right heae oreak or >> after my last olympics, i put the pressure on myself to be perfect. i would be sad and depressed all the time. >> reporter: two-time gold medallist and snowboarading superstar chloe kim is one of the many athletes this year prioritizing mental health just as much as the physical. >> we are athletes, but we're human first and we need to take care of ourselves as humans first. >> reporter: nathan ch

. >> reporter: two-time defending champ jamie anderson finished ninth. all that emotion was right at the surface. >> reporter: is this heart breaking for you? how would you describe it? >> yeah, it's pretty, like, devastating. i'm only human. some days i can pull it together and some days i just can't. >> disappointment for downhill skiers today as well. the men's downhill postponed because of wind. strong gusts when skiers are in the air can be treacherous. the event being pushed to monday. inside where the weather is not the issue, it was a tough day for the u.s. figure skaters and the team competition. they started the day in first place but fell to second. karen chen stumbling on her first program and vincent coming out of a quad early. >> i don't think anybody wants to let the team there but the pressure is there. >> reporter: you felt it today? >> i felt pressure. i've been practicing well so that helps when go time comes. >> the star on the ice. the 15-year-old teen-age phenom is a runaway favorite for individual gold. and zoe grabbed new zealand

you're going to see jamie anderson performing tonight in slopestyle. i are headed to the mountain that is furthest away. it is usually a four-hour drive, but we are taking the bullet train and we'll be up there in 50 minutes. >> wow, that is fast. and janelle, i know medals haven't been given out yet. some competitions have already started. you should know that the medal count, they're going to start giving them out tomorrow, some of them? >> reporter: that's it. right now the medal count shows zero. some preliminary events, qualification rounds. but biathlon, speed skating, men's moguls are going to have medals handed out tomorrow. you can watch it all here on nbc bay area. >> a lot of fun. thank you. >> we love that you're there, all bundled up, too. thank you so much. >>> we've got layers on here in california, as we take a live look outside. it is a pretty cool start across the bay area. clear skies out there, where the clouds give us that blanket this morning. kari has a look at our forecast. >> yeah, we're looking ahead to the weekend where you m

jamie anderson, who was looking for her third straight olympic title in this event ended up finishing ninth. that was her worst finish in a league competition since 2005. in the past hour, the russian olympic committee going 1-2 in the men's cross-country skiathalon. alexander bolshunov picked up the flag, and denis spitsov winning the silver. the roc now has four total medals, but norway still leads with two golds. and it was norway that won the medal count in 2018 in pyeon pyeongchang. >>> finally, the u.s. women's hockey team will be back on the ice against switzerland later today after shutting out the russian olympic committee 5-0 on saturday. team usa, 2-0 so far and is trying to win back-to-back gold medals at the winter games for the time ever. >> the pressure of winning a gold is understanding what this gold medal meant to so many other people that were outside of this room. and that's when you start, you know, thinking, oh, like this is so much bigger than ourselves. and man, could we have a huge impact on the u.s. >> reporter: when you see that gold being hung on someone's

american snow boarder jamie anderson has begun her quest to make olympic history. the 31-year-old could be the first snow boarder ever to qualify for three. >> my mother is like there's nothing to prove, enjoy, but i think deep down of course everyone going there wants to win the do their best, and for me to win three medals would be absolutely insane. >> olympic gold medalist snow boarder sean white confirming in a press conference a short time ago this will be his last olympic games. just incredible longevity. and, you know, at some point you knew it was going to come to an end but he confirmed it moments ago this will be his last. >> really an end of an era there. so just quickly looking ahead then for the day, what are you expecting? what are the big highlights you're going to be keeping an eye on? >> you've got some speed skating going on as we speak. those are all fun competitions to watch. and the biathlon is going to give out a medal today, later today. if you want to tune into one event later today it might be the biathlon. always fun to watch those guys s

but american jamie anderson is one of them.straight olympic gold in the same event. she just got engaged. we asked her ahead of the games what it would mean to win it all again. here she is. >> i feel so proud of everything i've done. you know, my mom always says there's nothing to prove, just go enjoy. but i think deep down, of course, everyone going there wants to win and do their best. for me to win three medals would be absolutely insane. >> now, let's talk about kai owens. she was born in china bnd never talked to her parents. she was found at times square and found. with the love and support of mom and dad, she's become one of the best -style skiers in the world. i asked her about the games in china. >> i was left with a note with my birth date, and that's all. being adopted from china, it touches my heritage. it's where i was born. to be able to go back to china, it feels so full circle >> how do you embrace your chinese roots? >> it's taken a long time but my parents have done an incredible job of teaching me and helpin

jamie anderson, looking for her third straight olympic title in that event, ended up finishing ninth,er worst finish in elite competition since 2005. u.s. skier kai owens hopes to compete after injury. the 17-year-old was born in china but was abandoned in a town square. she was adopted at 16 months old by a colorado couple. they helped her become one of the best freestyle skiers in the world. kai spoke with coy wire. >> i kind of was left with a note with my birth date. obviously 2004. and that's all. being adopted from china, china is my heritage, it's where i was born. to be able to go back to china, it feels full circle. >> how have you embraced your chinese roots? >> it's taken a really long time, but my parents have done the most incredible job of teaching me and helping me realize that being adopted, it's an amazing thing. and i found a lot of gratitude in it. so that's how i've copied with it. >> the men's downhill is supposed to be going on as we speak, but high winds in the mountains postponed it for the day. they're going to try to run it again tomorrow. >> all right, thank

coming up later on saturday, women's snowboard slopestyle final where the american jamie anderson isking to win a third straight goal in the event. she just got engaged. now, she's looking to make even more history. and we asked her what it would mean to win another gold. >> i feel so proud of everything i've done, and, you know, my mom raised us like this, nothing to prove. just go enjoy. i think deep down, of course, everyone going there wants to win and do their best. for me, to win three medals would be absolutely insane. >> reporter: it's going to be fun, i will be there to see it in person. and i'm sure we'll be talking about it later with you, kim. i was mentioning the temperatures. it's minus 7 fahrenheit. that's about minus 22 feels-like temps here in the mountains. i don't know if you can see my breath, my lips are starting to get numb as the night goes on, i'm sure. >> being canadian, i've lived for years so i feel your pain. coy wire, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >>> well, just ahead as the u.s. passes more than 900,000 covid deaths, we look at whether it's ti

a hot streak, three americans who made it to the finals of slope style snowboarding including jamie anderson, back in beijing defending back-to-back gold medals. if she wins another gold this year, she'll be the first snowboarder, man or woman to win three consecutive gold medals taat the olympics. she told abc she's feeling more pressure because she did so well in the past two years. but she says with that experience she's gained wisdom and said she felt calm and collected. we'll definitely be watching for her, wishing her good luck to win gold as well. we're also following team figure skating. that is going on right now. we saw nathan chen's epic performance. he got his highest score ever in the short program, helping usa start on top. that competition is still going on as well. guys? >> the games just getting under way. thank you. >>> turning to school lunches, which are about to get healthier. the usda has announced new school nutrition standards restoring rules that were relaxed during the trump administration. starting in the 2022 academic year, the biden administration will require sc

. >> reporter: tonight all eyes on jamie anderson. she's hoping to defend her two back-to-back olympic golds in this event. we caught up with her before she headed to the games. >> it feels really good. it's like the best natural high you can ever get when you're able to perform under pressure. >> reporter: and, guys, if jamie does win the final, she will become the first snowboarder ever, man or woman, to win three consecutive gold medals at the olympics, whit. >> maggie, for people who don't know you personally, you're like the happiest ray of light, sunshine, person that we know and we were just talking about how perfect it is for you to go cover the olympics for the first time. tell us what the experience has been like so far. >> reporter: i mean, it's been incredible. i know i'm very energetic all the time, so just imagine me at the olympics, whit. we're trying to go to every single event we can and we keep hearing these are olympics like no other. obviously we're in a bubble, covid protocols are paramount all the time but there'

action. 2 time gold medalist jamie anderson has advanced to the snowboard slopestyle final., julia marino and hailey lakeland are also among the final 12, who will go for gold. still to come, the u.s. women's hockey team will take on russia in its second game of these olympics. there are troubles canada already 2 and oh, after destroying finland, 11 to one and figures getting action will resume later tonight in the team event, the women's short program will come first followed by the men's free skate after the first day, the u.s. have the lead and are in good shape to win a medal. those are the headlines for your saturday reporting in beijing. i'm matt barnes. >> he's got his beanie on. it's very clearly pretty cold out there for the winter olympics. dave, it's pretty we've got ourselves a california winter going >> well, yeah, and won't even feel much like winter for the week ahead. we're almost marching into springtime like weather, of course, minus a chance of those showers going on. kind of some shredded stratus off to the distance, a bit from half moon bay to really get

provides a decent protection from the strong winds out on the course and when asked, snowboarder jamie andersonure inside team usa snow gear. >> our jackets all have a lucky rabbits foot v. >> volcom make the jackets and they do all come with a lucky rabbits foot in the front pocket and the charm is dedicated to the u.s. snowboard team, that risks everything and a chance to reap the rewards. of victory on the biggest competitive stage in the world very thoughtful. they put that in there i don't know if it is working. do you have a lucky rabbits foot. >> i don't know if the lucky rabbits foot is still a thing. >> certainly not good for the rabbit >> and finally let's wrap this up with good old olympic tradition trading pins this goes back nearly a hundred years. athletes like to trade pins from their home country with others from all around the world. a sign of international friendship and over the years has become >> i just came back from opening ceremony and that is where the majority of the action happens >> and then we got georgia, brazil, cribbia, canada, canada. switzerland. czech republic

team usa has over 200 athletes here, 30 from california, including our own jamie anderson.'s from south lake tahoe. she's going to be performing in prime time tonight competing in slopestyle snowboarding. she's already won two back-to-back golds. she's hoping for a third in these winter games. reporting from beijing, i'm janelle wang. marcus and laura, back to you. >> we will be rooting her on. if you didn't manage to catch this morning's opening ceremony, don't worry. nbc bay area certainly has you covered. we are re-airing the entire thing start to finish at 5:00 and 8:00 tonight. >> quite the show there. very beautiful to watch. >> very cool. >>> 7:21 this morning, and it's time to get a look at the forecast before you head out. mike is going to look at the commute coming up in just a bit. kari, let's talk about the weather today, starting out nice and cool this morning. >> yeah, that's a nice way to put it, nice and cool, because in some spots it's been freezing this morning, and we're waking up to a clear sky, just a hazy view as we look across the bay into san francis