we'll be cheering on jessie diggins.re's so many athletes that we are watching over the next two weeks, including ma ka me kale mikaela shiffrin. she is up on deck on monday. what are you watching for there? >> mikaela shiffrin, at the risk of hyperbole, and i've known lindsey vonn for a long, long time. it's not too much to say, that when her head is right, mikaela shiffrin is the very best female skier ever. and the question going into monday is, is mikaela shiffrin's head right? if it is, she will win. that's it, slam dunk. she is the best on planet ever that ever is or ever was. let's see if her head space is good. she's as good as gold. >> when you talk about those as good as gold, another game is nathan chen. we're going to see the women figure skaters for the first time today, as part of the team competition. nathan in his first event, the short program, had the best performance of his career. this in many ways is his to lose. he's the top guy we've seen. >> peter, i think the answer is yes and no. nathan had a di

. >> jessie diggins, delivering a landmark moment!ning america's first ever gold medal in cross-country skiing. just path to victory had been. >> i felt nothing i ever did was good enough. when i wasn't perfect, i would try to numb toes emotions and stress through my eating disorder, which was bulimia. >> reporter: it developed when jessie was a young skier in minnesota. >> when i heard my mom crying and realized that she was checking my pulse in the middle of the night, that was a real low for me. >> reporter: finally, the loss of her grandfather pushed jessie to embrace treatment. where do you think you could be had you not gotten help? >> i wouldn't be skiing. that's for sure. but also, i don't know if i'd be around, to be totally honest, because eating disorders take a lot of lives. >> reporter: now instead of a sponsor on her headband, she wears the logo for the emily program, the treatment center that helped get her become on track. >> i think eating disorders thrive in stigma and shame. and the taboo nature of talking about the

s jessie diggins winning battles on the snow and in life. cough sneeze sneeze... [ sneezing ] needs, plop plop fizz fizz. alka seltzer plus cold relief. dissolves quickly. instantly ready to start working. so you can bounce back fast with alka-seltzer plus. now available for fast sinus relief. my daughter has type 2 diabetes and lately i've seen this change in her. once-weekly trulicity is proven to help lower a1c. it lowers blood sugar from the first dose. and you could lose up to ten pounds. trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. it's not approved for use in children. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, changes in vision, or diabetic retinopathy. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. taking trulicity with sulfonylurea or insulin raises low blood sug

unfolded just this morning, ending team usa's first ever sprint medal in cross-country skiing >> jessie digginse us inside that moment for you. >> it's so special and so exciting because i really feel like this medal belongs for the entire team. it's taken so many people to give us this opportunity our coaches, our teammates, for generations, setting the stage and helping us get to this point. our volunteers and our families and loved ones i really felt the love and the cheering from back home, all the way from over here it's been overwhelming but in the best way. >> we just love watching you make history you did it four years ago. now you've done it again what did it feel like when you crossed that finish line >> well, to be honest, i actually wasn't sure that i had definitely gotten the bronze i was a little bit scared to celebrate because i wasn't sure. i didn't want to -- i don't know, i guess i was just scared to celebrate too early i was just in a it's a really challenging course but i love that. and i finished with nothing left and i was so proud to say that i definitely did that. >> jes

. >>> plus, we'll talk with olympic favorite jessie diggins about her hopes for a medal in the olympics stops by to talk about her new paramount plus film, "the that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday morning. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> reporter: positive takeaways: exuberant cross-country star jessie diggins, celebrating bronze.er classic women's hockey final between canada and u.s.a. the best battling for the love of their game. and john shuster's curlers who showed me firsthand how demanding this quirky game can actually be ( laughing ) as for me, i can't wait to get back home and out of this annoying restrictive, stressful bubble. but i am so very, very grateful to the other members of our small-but-mighty team, jack and randy, who helped keep me sane-- truly-- and warm, and often laughing throughout or month-long marathon. jamie yuccas, cbs news, beijing. >> cordes: her curling technique isn't bad. well, that's the news for this saturday. first thing tomorrow, "sunday morning with jane pauley." followed by "face the nation." margaret brennan's guests will include secretary of state antony blinken, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, plus the russian and ukrainian ambassadors to the u.s. for now, i'm nancy cordes reporting in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> live from the cbs bay

: the beijing winter olympics ends with an exclamation point for team usa cross-country skier jessie diggins fighting for the bronze medal. >> every last drop of energy went into that race. >> reporter: that silver capping off a 25-medal haul for the u.s. over two weeks filled with moments that moved and inspired us, athletes proving the sky's the limit and age is just a number with fierce competition and the power of a positive attitude despite missed medals and finish lines >> you kind of have to just laugh at it. >> reporter: crying is okay, too, after a run to end an era. >> i'm leave behind a whole lifetime in this sport and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of every moment. >> reporter: a tear-stained two weeks in figure skating overshadowed by a doping scandal ended on a lighter note with gold medalist nathan chen flipping out in an exhibition gala and vincent zhou stepping ban on the ice team usa says good-bye to beijing. liz mclaughlin, nbc news, beijing. >>> all right. let's turn to weather and turn to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman she's in for janessa webb this morning. how are t

. >> cross-country skier jessie diggins fighting for the final medal. >> every last drop of energy went that race. >> reporter: that silver capping off a 25-medal haul for the u.s. over two weeks, filled with moments that moved and inspired us. athletes proving the sky is the limit, and age is just a number, with fierce competition, heartwarming friendships and the power of a positive attitude, despite missed medals and finish lines. >> you kind of have to just laugh at it. >> reporter: crying is okay, too, after the retiring run to end an era. >> it's not about today, you know. i'm leaving behind a whole lifetime in the sport and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of every moment. >> reporter: a tear-stained two weeks in figure skating overshadowed by a doping scandal ended on a lighter note with gold medalist nathan chen flipping out in an exhibition gala and vincent zhou stepping back onto olympic ice after pandemic protocols forced him out of competition. another covid comeback for elana meyers taylor, finally a flag-bearer after missing the open ceremony for a cinematic close to her hist

we will show you what keeps jessie diggins motivated as we head into the winter olympics which begin this thursday. >>> well, the bay area is getting a shout-out from space. the twitter account issaboveyou tweeted this out yesterday afternoon. apparently international space station passed over us and headed toward the snowy sierra nevada. the shot shows clear views to lake tahoe and beyond. the iss above follows it around the orbit around the earth. >>> this snuck up on us. yes, the olympics begin this thursday in china. among those chasing more gold is cross country skier jessie dig ins. she admits to being obsessed with the sport and never doing anything halfway. it has led her to gold. >> when i push myself really, really hard in a race, my vision narrows. my lungs were burning. >> whatever she does, she goes in 110%. we look at each other and say, holy cow, where did she come from. >> here comes diggins! >> i couldn't move. my daughter's dream came true. >> first-ever country gold medal for the u.s. >> that's impressive. >> it is. what are we going to see in the next couple of we

while jessie diggins beamed as she got the silver medal she won just hours earlier. diggins leaving it all on the course. >> that was so hard, but it's so special. >> reporter: norway won that event and 36 others. the winter powerhouse topping the medal count. the u.s. finished with 25. under the glare of the global spotlight with expectations sky high, chloe kim did what she does best. >> that is guaranteed gold. >> quad flip to open. >> reporter: nathan chen simply dazzled. >> absolutely stunning. >> the best skater in the world just brought it on the biggest stage in the world. >> reporter: and erin jackson made history. >> erin jackson is into the lead! >> there isn't a lonelier place than standing center ice. >> reporter: we tried to make sense of a russian teenager's positive doping test, and said good-bye to an olympic legend. >> what a run he has had. >> i'm leaving behind a whole lifetime in the sport. and i'm proud of that. i'm proud of every -- every moment of it. >> reporter: after a fourth place finish at last night's team event, another veteran >> i get

. >> reporter: meanwhile this was the face of celebration as american, jessie diggins struck silver inmass start, a remarkable effort after she was hit with food poisoning a day before the race. >> i didn't know how i was going it to feel when i woke up today. i was surprised to feel like myself because you don't know until you start racing. and in a 30k, you really don't know. >> reporter: diggins received her second medal of the games at tonight's closing ceremony. the american flag bearer was bobsledder elana meyers taylor who was sidelined from the opening ceremony after a positive covid test. beijing celebrated in somewhat muted fashion before handing off the olympic mantle to milan, italy, which will host the winter games of 2026. but these games will likely be most remembered by two things. the restrictive but successful covid bubble, and the embarrassing doping scandal surrounding russia's camilla valieva. the head of the u.s. olympic and para-olympic committee sarah hirschland told us the whole mess, "ticked her off." >> those in an entourage, those who may be responsible for

and an ecstatic jessie diggins racing her way to bronze in the cross-country sprint. and four years after a disappointing olympics debut, u.s. figure skater nathan chen making history. the 22-year-old breaking a world record with the highest score in the men's short program. and david, nathan chen now eyeing the gold in the coming days. and the other american, mikaela shiffrin, has another chance to medal as she heads back to the mountains to compete in the slalom. both will have their fellow americans cheering them on. david? >> and we're cheering them on, too. marcus, thank you. >>> we turn now to the vatican tonight and retired pope benedict xvi asking for forgiveness now, but admitting no wrongdoing over his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. benedict responding to a new report commissioned by the german catholic church accusing him of mishandling four cases during his time as an archbishop. survivors of clergy abuse slamming him for not taking any personal responsibility. >>> when we come back here tonight, the murder suspect arrested in the investigation that l

. >> jimmy: yeah [ laughter and applause next up, is cross country skier, jessie diggins.r is, "what, picture? me i guess i could try to pose for a picture, i don't --" [ applause ] >> steve: breaking the ice >> jimmy: after that, there's figure skater, nathan chen >> steve: oh >> jimmy: his icebreaker is, "come, we haven't much time to save the world through the power of dance." [ laughter and applause ♪ come with me ♪ after that, we have ice dancers, kaitlin hawayek and jean luc baker their icebreaker is, "have fun figuring out if we're lovers, siblings, neither, or both." [ laughter and applause next is snow boarder, red gerard his icebreaker is, "want to know what tom holland would look like if he stuck a fork in an electrical socket [ laughter and applause after that, it's curler, john schuster -- yeah, we love this dude. his icebreaker is, "this is sheila sure you can take a gander, but don't you dare fall in love. [ applause ] >> steve: just breaking the ice, literally >> jimmy: these are just icebreakers. >> steve: yes. >> jimmy: yeah finally, here's curler, matt h

bronze of the games was captured by jessie diggins now the first american woman to win olympic medal skiing. our congratulations to all of the medal winners. also in sports, the super bowl countdown continues. a strange lack of hype between the game. guys you're running out of time. time for weather and let's go to meteorologist bill karins. bill, what do you got? >> we've got a little warmth and a little rain. not too much snow in the forecast. we'll take you to the weekend but starting in florida where it didn't feel like florida, cloudy and rainy. continues heading towards miami today. it's an umbrella day for naples and ft. myers, possibly even through the afternoon in miami. out west, temperatures are going to continue to be well above normal. this could be in the 90s in areas in los angeles, long beach, everyone getting ready for the super bowl. it almost feels like midsummer. today in downtown l.a., 84. we have the possibility of record highs in the west. this is not a one-day event, it's going to continue right through the weekend. how about the february thaw. d.c., 55 degree

and overnight, jessie diggins winning silver grabbing another historic medal. winning a distance ski medal for america and snagged a one in individual sprint. first-time american win for an american woman at the olympics. great to go out on a big medal like that, but it's no exaggeration to say these have been an olympics like no other from daily covid tests everyone in a hazmat suit practically and sanitizing robots that are everywhere. saw olympians from america take home gold. final medal count, hanging at 25 medals, 8 of them gold. an amazing experience and, of course, i can't believe you without one more shout out in to bin dwen dwen, favorite mascot. i finally got my very own bin dwen dwen. all is right in the world. dreams do come true, guys. >> so happy about that! you know what? you get the gold medal. you got the golden jacket. you are a gold medal. thank you, maggie, for everything. >> i texted her this morning and asked her to get me one of those. probably not going to happen. >> no. it took her three weeks. >> to get one for herself. >> she's not s

let's go to the mountain cluster cross-country, the skiing phenom jessie diggins wins silver, collapsing incredible. also winning bronze in the women's sprint early on during the games. her second olympics. she won gold from the sprint in pyeongchang. also, the last alpine event postponed from saturday because of gusty winds. the debut featuring michaela shiffrin. team usa had a strong showing, but just short of the podium. six events for her at the games. no medal in any but happy with the finish today. elana meyers history made history when she went to the podium with her teammate. she is now the most deck indicated black athlete, also the oldest american woman to win a winter medal at age 37. she will end her olympic journey as the flag-bearer of closing ceremony. this is it. we're wrapping up in beijing. we want to show you some highlights. me and my photographer, our favorite moments. my first, the athlete interview with our bay area figure skater karen chen of fremont, then meeting the usa figure skating team after they won silver in the team event, and checking out s gold medal af

jessie diggins continuing to blaze trails, taking silver. usa bobsledder elena myers tailer is an icon, legend of the sport even more historic, she is the most decorated black winter olympian ever and most decorated woman in olympic bobsled history. her bronze with teammate silva hoffman and silver in monobob gave her five medals overall. she talked about making history after spending a week in isolation after a positive covid test. >> this has been an incredible olympics, starting off in isolation i had no idea what was possible but fortunately i had a great team hobbled in me and hobbled that this was possible and i couldn't have asked for a better outcome or better olympics. >> elana meyers taylor was set to be flag bearer in the opening ceremony but forced to miss it due to covid, now she's been named flag bearer for the closing ceremony and will take in that honor. just like that, these beijing 2022 winter olympics come to an end, nearly 3,000 at least from 90 nations through extraordinary circumstances inspire and unite through sport a

with a mad rush at the finish, american jessie diggins finishes sixth, looking for her third straightd medal, jeannie anderson leads a group into the slope finals tonight after a qualifying round that included some big air and big spills. >> the course is really gnarly. the snow is challenging. the wind is pretty gusty. yeah, it is a really challenging course. >> reporter: the challenge wasn't too big for one of america's youngest olympians, 18-year-old cole mcdonald with a strong run, qualifying for today's moguls final. >> i didn't even expect it. i was expecting to make one world cup this year and call it a great season. >> reporter: it is a great first full day of olympic action for team usa. after practice runs, men's single luge takes their first two competitive passes. women's hockey battles russia, looking for their second win in beijing. the resilient u.s. curling mixed doubles team continues its run in the round robin competition. yeah, every four years it is amazing how curling really seems to catch on. everybody guess into the matches. it is a cool sport and fun to watch.

meanwhile, jessie diggins added one last moment of joy for team usa, crossing the finish line and then while doing a 30 kilometer race, imagine that. and pulled it out at the last second, exuberant from diggins. meanwhile, you know, looking at the overall medal count, 25 medals, fifth place overall, two better than pyeongchang in 2018, nowhere near norway, 37 medals for that country, 16 gold, shattering the record that they set about having the most medals at a winter olympics. now, everybody obviously looking toward paris, summer games in 2024. still, so much to celebrate for team usa, and really for all the olympians here in beijing. back to you. >> steve patterson, thank you for that. >>> that is going to wrap up this hour. i'm chris jansing. jose diaz-balart picks up breaking news coverage right now. >>> and good morning. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart and we begin this busy presidents' day with the latest on the crisis along the ukrainian border. the white house says president biden has accepted in principle a meeting with russian president vladi

spoiler alert, just airing overnight, early this tuesday morning, jessie diggins makes history for the u.s. she won bronze in the women's cross-country sprint individual. it's the first ever medal in the event for the u.s. so a big congratulations to her. team usa has yet to win gold, though, at these olympic games. last night in prime time, a preview of what could be a gold medal win. team usa versus team canada in women's hockey, the americans taking their first loss of the olympic tournament 4-2. it's the same matchup we expect to see in the gold medal game. hilary knight was born in palo alto and talked about the rivalry right after the game. >> it's definitely a point of emphasis, regardless of who is playing, you obviously want more players on the ice. looking forward to getting back to work. >> does it feel the same way. [ inaudible ] >> i think it's real. i think when we were playing for our countries, we absolutely cannot stand each other, so it's one of those things before we bring out the best in one another and that's why it's so beautiful and special. obviously we want to

including speed skating by out on its ski jumping the best chance for a medal for team usa is jessie digginscountry skiing ski app on and non metal event. action. 2 time gold medalist jamie anderson has advanced to the snowboard slopestyle final. her teammates, 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

hardware, bringing home a total of 25 medals, including a final silver for cross-country skier jessie diggins in the long distance 30 k after recovering from a bout of food poisoning. >> one of the hardest things i've ever done in my whole life. >> reporter: also gold medalist nature closing out his beijing run with a thrilling back flip in the final exhibition skating routine. >> he can literally do everything. >> reporter: chen among the nine u.s. skaters leaving beijing without silver medals in the team competition after losing their appeal for a medal ceremony in the wake of the valiyeva's doping scandal. snowboarder are chloe kim and speed skater erin jackson making history at the games with their gold medal feat. and shaun white closed out his olympic career with his final medal run. >> i was proud and honored. epoa final farewell to beijing and >> reporter: the world bidding a final farewell to beijing and looking ahead to the next winter games in itselfly in 2026. >>> so we have to talk about norway number 1 in the medal count. 37 medals overall, including 16 gold shattering the recor