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. >> lindsey jacobellis in the lead. will she cross? she's going to take the gold. >> veteran lindsey jacobellis getting her second gold alongside nick baumgartner. the pair, the oldest american snowboarders, in beijing. as the u.s. men's hockey team delivers a stunning skating past canada for the first time in more than a decade as they keep their medal dreams alive. "today," saturday, february 12, 2022. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> welcome to "today." thanks for joining us this saturday. this weekend is a sports lovers dream. keep your slippers on and kick up your feet and enjoy. >> get your hot dogs and wings ready. super bowl lvi. kicking off tomorrow. the beijing winter olympics with the second week. we will talk to our all-star lineup. tom llamas and craig melvin with the weekend of sports here on nbc in a few minutes. we will talk to the oldest members of the snowboarding team who just won gold. that is coming up later. >>> we begin with the top story. the crisis in russia and ukraine. top officias delivering a blunt message. warning all citizens i

a gold started with losing gold 16 years ago. >> lindsey jacobellis is an olympic gold medalist.a true statement in 2000. 22, if not for a premature celebration in torino, italy. that would have been a true statement in 2006. i definitely have put. >> 2000, 6, obviously in the and have done a lot of s.ul searching to realize that that moment doesn't define me as an athlete as an individual, maybe not. >> but that moment has followed her for the past 16 years. it was the last time jacob ellis reach the podium at the olympics. until now it's an honor to have been, you know, representing the u.s. team for that amount of time as well. at the end of the day, like that's just our sport. there's so many and control the value variables. but that's the thing. lindsey jacobellis has controlled those variables everywhere else, including at the x games where she has 10 wins in snowboard cross more than any woman in history. now she's an olympic champion. and at 36 years old, the oldest american woman to win gold at the winter olympics. if it's. >> got to go to anyone. i'm so proud that she g

usa's lindsey jacobellis won the final. she has waited 16 years for redemption. of honour for a lindsey— this is a lap of honour for a lindseyjacobellis. oh, drogba! lindsey jacobellis. oh, drogba! jacobellis lindseyjacobellis. oh, drogba! jacobellis is down! look at her! ——, drama! _ up to now, that trick had cost her olympic gold. now at 36, she made the most of her last chance. in one of these games' most breathless sports, a clean run can mean so much. so let's get more on this — i am joined now by former team gb snowboarder, zoe gillings—brier. so how gutted will bankes be after that? she will obviously be really disappointed. it's the same people competing in the olympics as the world cup but there is so much more media attention and cute is involved in the olympics that that is the one you really want to do well on and unfortunately it didn't go her way today. —— media attention and kudos. silver cross is incredibly unpredictable, you never know what is going to happen, especially at olympics, she was the favourite coming today, she did write really well bu

. >>> plus snowboarder lindsey jacobellis winning the first team gold in beijing, but more heartbreak for mikaela shiffrin. and a big night for figure skater nathan chen, chasing his first gold. >>> the nfl commissioner on defense. the tough questions he faced about alleged racism in hiring head coaches. >>> the shooting at a high school in new york. the victims and the manhunt tonight. >>> the republican divide after the rnc called the capitol riot legitimate political discourse. what top house republican kevin mccarthy told nbc news exclusively today after mitch mcconnell called it a violent insurrection. >>> and chloe kim tonight defending her gold. our one-on-one. why she almost quit the sport, and what brought her back. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. less than three months after the omicron variant first started ripping through this country, sending americans scrambling to find n95s, more states tonight signaling those masks can start coming off in some settings as the door to normalcy begins to crack open in places that have had some of the toug

well, some 16 years after throwing the gold away, lindsey jacobellis had her redemption.ic gold. just casually grabbing a flag. but the day's highest flier came in the big air event. that's the norwegian flag birk ruud's holding in his hand. and it didn't seem to cramp his style. rarely has olympic gold been sealed in more patriotic fashion. no shortage of drama today. i can tell you that britain's farrell treacy has just been in action in the final of the 1500 metre speed skating. he did really welljust to get to the final but i can tell you he has just finished get to the final but i can tell you he hasjust finished outside get to the final but i can tell you he has just finished outside the medals. one other piece of news to bring you about the figure skating team event which took place on monday and won by the russian olympic committee. it has now emerged that the medals have not been officially presented yet because of what is being described as a legal issue by the international olympic committee. andy swiss, thank you. adele was the big winner at the brit awards la

well, some 16 years after throwing the gold away, lindsey jacobellis had her redemption.'s emerged the medals for monday's team figure skating, which was won by the russian olympic committee, still haven't been presented. the ioc are not giving details yet as to why, saying only that it's a legal issue. andy swiss, bbc news, beijing. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. they could have actual real snow in beijing this weekend. that would be a turn—up for the winter olympics! more snow in scottish mountains. this area of low pressure will swing its way and later tonight and more particularly into tomorrow, crossing scotland, not having major impact elsewhere. tonight we will see rain with mild conditions across the south. frost and icy conditions around as the wintry showers continue. into scotland in the morning the wind will ramp up. blowing around in the mountains and in the rush—hour wins will be 60, maybe 70 miles an hour. for the rest of us tomorrow morning, a scattering of us tomorrow morning, a scattering of showers for england and northern ireland.

>> reporter: lindsey jacobellis golde baumgartner, the oldest team in the year, flying to mix snowboardss. redemption for baumgartner. after the heartbreak of failing to qualify in singles. >> i wanted to prove to everyone what i wanted to prove two days ago, and i think i did that today. >> a big drive. score! >> reporter: the men's hockey team is proving they could be contenders here, two games, two wins, taking care of canada overnight, 4-2. later today on the ice, rhythm dance opens the figure skating dance competition. two pairs from team usa could be medal contenders. meyers taylor and kayla humphries take their competitive runs in the new mono bob event. then mikaela shiffrin back on the mountains. >> i got a feeling on my skis that i wanted, smooth and patient and still strong. >> reporter: her first in a few days of training runs for next week's downhill. yeah. let's get back to the hockey here for a second. you know, it has been 12 years. it is hard to believe, but i looked it up. 12 years since team usa men have beat the canadian team here at the olympics, so they did that ov

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you got to watch your partner, lindsey jacobellis, race her race.old and have been to four olympics, but you've been to four olympics. and you know, you were younger when you started. what was the actual moment of capturing that gold like? do you even remember it? >> yeah, i mean, i just -- when lindsey came out of the gate and she made a little bobble and went back to third place, and when that happened, i was like, this is going to happen because this was her experience. we've been in this game a long time, so we know how to race. we've just seen so much on the course that i knew she was going to draft the first girl, which was going to slingshot her into the second girl and there would be no stopping her. and that's exactly how the rest of the race played out. obviously you saw my emotions again. i'm screaming and losing my mind trying to cheer her down the hill. and when she came around that last turn and started to pull away from the girl, man, everything -- the tears, everything started to overwhelm me beagain. but this time it was happy tears

christine: what's fascinating, amna, about this is that it took -- for lindsey jacobellis, it took 16o finally get a chance to come back and win the gold that wasitting there for her when she made this kind of crazy move, kind of hot-dogging, celebrating a little too soon. we have seen that throughout sports. and when she did that back in torino in 2006, she lost the gold medal. and it was just kind of this classic blunder. and here she is, all these years later, winning that gold, finally. talk about perseverance, and just hanging in there, and figuring it probably wasn't ever going to happen, until it did. that's the kind of story that, you hear that, and even if you don't really care about snowboarding or whatever, you just kind of go, that is really great to see an athlete to hang in there that long and finally have the moment that she really deserved. nathan chen, it wasn't 16 years -- he's only 22 years old, but it was four years, four big years. and you mentioned his fifth-place finish in pyeongchang in 2018. but he was 17, yes, 17 in the short program at those olympic games. a

lindsey jacobellis won gold here in beijing, oldest snowboarder to win at 36, but her teammate could break that record. in just minutes, 40-year-old nick baumgartner competes in men's snowboard cross in next hour. this is his fourth olympics. golden day for team usa. just 24 hours ago we had no gold medals, now we have three. live in beijing, janelle wang, back to the studio. >> keep it going. thank you janelle. exciting night. thank you so much. >>> coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com. and trending bar is the olympics blog. latest headlines from beijing with pictures and video. >>> moving forward, a clearer picture on masking indoors. entire bay area will follow the state when it allows vaccinated people to take off masks indoors beginning next wednesday. every bay area except for one, that's right here in the south bay. nbc bay area's ian cull explains why. >> reporter: today laid out plans for what needs to happen in south bay to lift the mask mandate. not there yet, could take weeks. santa clara county will continue its indoor mask mandate past when most of the state goes

her name is lindsey jacobellis. this is her fifth olympics. she won silver six years ago, trying for another medal in every olympics since then, and today gold. very happy for the 36-year-old. now to another snowboarding star, chloe kim, the reigning gold medalist dominating the qualifying round. she blew everybody out of the halfpipe. she advances to the finals hoping for back-to-back golds. >> such a good halfpipe with great weather conditions. i'm almost just enjoying it more than thinking about winning gold. >> reporter: you can hear more on "today" coming up at 7:00 a.m. also you can hear from shaun white, also in the finals going for his fourth gold medal. i got a message from nick taylor of hayward. he's an alternate on the bobsledding team. he tested out of isolation, back-to-back negative covid tests. he posted his celebration video on instagram. look at that smile. i mean, he says he's been in isolation for a week and a half and he's done a lot of meditation and prayer to get through this time. his wife is elana meyers taylor, compet

so for us, lindsey jacobellis won gold yesterday at 36 years old. she is the oldest american woman to win a gold medal at a winter olympics and she did it 16 years after losing goal. justine. she celebrated too early in snowboard cross in torino, italy. in 2000, 6, the gold was hers. she lost it. and so now she was on that redemption tore she had not podium and is that a word making it work? she had not podium since 2000, 6 winning silver and now she wins gold. and it's the first gold medal for team usa at the beijing olympics. incredible story. >> i guess it was just still really hungry and really, really enjoyed how the sport was developing and growing. i just wanted to add keep that feeling of racing some days. i really don't like it some days. it's very stressful and aggravating in anxiety is through the roof. but when all comes together and for days like this, it makes it worth it. >> so just steen, lindsey jacobellis wins gold in her 5th olympics. again. she's 36 years old. now the question is, who's going to win the next gold medal for team u

lindsey jacobellis who's competing in her fifth olympics came in first place for the women's snowboard cross ahead of france and canada. this is the second medal for the 36-year-old. she won silver back in 2006. >>> and coming up, more from beijing. american mikaela shiffrin skids out of control again as she tried to defend her gold medal in the slalom. >>> and later -- ♪ how can we both become a verds of the person we don't even like ♪ >> adele gives a dazzling performance at the brit awards. this is the "cbs morning news." tackling tough messes can take more time than you have, but mr. clean clean freak delivers the power of a deep clean in minutes unlike bleach sprays, clean freak starts deep cleaning on contact with three times the cleaning power to break down tough messes in seconds it quickly cleans your home's toughest messes so, for a deep clean in minutes, get mr. clean clean freak available in easy to switch refills. get the cleaning power of mr. clean in a wipe to kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses. does your vitamin c last twenty-four hours? only nature's bounty does. immun

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it was a little delayed, but lindsey jacobellis, nathan shannon, khloe kim, that put an end to the gold beijing. and there's a chance the gold rush will continue tonight. shaun white makes his final olympic appearance in the halfpipe. he's looking to become the first person ever to win the same event 4 times in the olympic winter games. white won the men's half pipe in 2000, 6, 2000, 10 and again in pyeongchang 4 years ago. meanwhile, the pressure grows on micaela shift front after skiing out of both the giant slalom and the slalom. she's slated to race in the super g shiffrin came into the beijing games looking to become the first american alpine skier ever to win 3 gold medals in a career instead of celebrating. she posted back-to-back. do not finishes. that's the first time that's happened since she was 17 years old. with your olympic headlines, i'm jack a j. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> life is pretty uneventful on the trade deadline front. when you have the second best record in the league, only thing on the warriors minds today is getting a win against the new york knicks kron. 4

. >> reporter: able turned out to be the advantage for nick baumgartner and lindsey jacobellis, edging out competitors in mixed team snow board cross for a historic win in a new event. now the oldest americans to ever win gold at the games. >> us '80s babies out here looking younger than everybody. >> reporter: monobob with american gold medal favorite, alana meyer taylor taking to the ice. >> i'm beyond the stars and stripes, for it to say united states. >> reporter: action is picking up on the ice with zachary donohue and madison hubbell ranking third in rhythm dance, skating towards a medal as competition continues today. in beijing, liz mclaughlin, nbc news. >> bobsledding kicks off olympic prime time tonight, like you heard team usa's elana meyers taylor who was nearly sidelined by a positive covid test she's back. she's going to be competing. she's going to lead the olympic debut of monobob. she got some practice on friday, taking a few big hits along the way. monobob is a women only event where one woman drives a bobsled. you can see her compete at 5:30. >>> san francisco born i

reporter: it turns out getting older means getting faster, the story with nick baumgartner and lindsey jacobellis. >> it is gold for the united states. >> reporter: zipping past much younger competition to win the mixed snowboard cross. 40-year-old baumgartner is the oldest snowboarder to win olympic gold, 36-year-old jacobellis has two. their victory happening despite the team being royaltoned by sexual misconduct accusations made against head coach pierre foley. on friday, chythlook-sifsof alleged he made improper comments. chythlook-sifsof did not respond for comment. foley said i deny the allegations while u.s. ski and snowboard announced it was investigating. both baumgartner and jacobellis supporting their coach. >> my experience on this team has been wonderful. >> reporter: meanwhile pressure is mounting in the doping scandal that threatens the women's figure skating competition. there's still no decision on whether the russian star kamila valiyeva will be able to skate on tuesday and the medals she helped her team win early in the game hangs in the balance. the 15-year-old tested positive

lindsey jacobellis won the snowboard cross, becoming the oldest american woman to medal in winter olympicse of 36. her victory comes 16 years after she lost gold when she crashed just moments before the finish line. well meanwhile, the future of two of america's top athletes is all the talk heading into day six. here's cbs' jamie yuccas. >> reporter: it happened within five seconds. >> oh! no! >> reporter: three-time olympian, mikaela shiffrin, missed a gate at the top of the women's slalom, failing to qualify for the second time this week. >> it's unimaginable. >> reporter: after spending the next several minutes hunched on the slope while others raced by... >> that is heartbreaking. >> reporter: ...shiffrin was still processing what happened, telling a reporter, "it makes me second guess the last 15 years. everything i thought i knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality." but by this morning, support from fellow athletes poured in, including from her boyfriend, aleksander kilde, who posted, "it's a part of the game and it happens." shiffrin is expected to compete in three

. >> reporter: but tonight, jubilation for team usa, with lindsey jacobellis delivering its first goldmes in snowboard cross. an early celebration infamously costing her the gold in 2006. but today, redemption for the five-time olympian. >> it's an honor to have been representing the u.s. team for that amount of time. when it all comes together for days like this, it makes it worth it. >> reporter: and colby stevenson launching to the first ever silver medal in the men's freestyle skiing big air competition in its olympic debut. the 24-year-old fighting his way back into competition after a car crash nearly killed him in 2016. david, back to that team skating issue. details right now are extremely vague, but we could learn more about the situation in just a few hours, when the international olympic committee holds its daily briefing here in beijing. david? >> all right, you'll keep us posted for sure. marc marcus, thank you. >>> next here, to the tensions with russia over ukraine and a new round of diplomacy tomorrow. diplomats from russia, ukraine, france, and germany will meet in ber

lindsey jacobellis won her second gold medal of the games, finishing first, alongside teammate nick baumgartner of mixed gender team snowboard cross. in men's hockey, the u.s. beat canada 4-2, in a game that will play a big role in determining who wins their pool and gets a bye to the quarterfinals. checking on the medal count, the u.s. now ranks third behind germany and norway. cbs' jamie yuccas profiles an american who beat the competition and won a personal battle along the way. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: if they gave out gold medals for unbridled enthusiasm, it jessie diggins would have a boat load. whether hiking or biking, in the kitchen, or in the gym, she's a social media celebrity. >> surprise. >> reporter: but that's what happens when you deliver one of the signature moments of the 2018 winter olympics. >> here comes diggins! >> reporter: this week, diggins did it again, an american record, a bronze medal, and that all-american smile. what does click in your head for you to be able to just push at the very last second? >> i don't like having regret. i hate the "what if" game. so i like crossi

is first gold medal coming from 5 time olympian lindsey jacobellis in the women's snowboard cross. it's her first career gold and second overall medal team usa stars chloe kim and shaun white were in action and snowboard halfpipe qualifying. it was easy for kim finish with the top score after a great first run. it was a bit hairy for a white, though who needed to land his second run to qualify after falling on his first. what will be joined in the halfpipe final by 2 other americans. the news not as good from a killer shiffrin who for the second time in these games did not finish a race this time in the slalom. she is scheduled to compete in 3 more events. the news for figure skating where the ioc spokesman said there is a legal issue that is holding up the official medal ceremony for the team event. news reports suggest that an issue with the russian team which finished in gold medal position and coming up in prime time, nathan chen looks to finish off his gold medal destiny with the men's free skate. that's off of a wild wednesday reporting from beijing on that part. >> thank you

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lindsey jacobellis. fifth olympic games winning her first ever gold. gets redemption for a late fall in the 2006 games. uncontrollable emotion as you can imagine, isa, after crossing that line. inspiration for us. 36 years old. she is the oldest american woman to ever win gold at a winter olympic games. never give up. never give in. >> indeed. congratulations to her. i like that you ended on an upbeat note. thank you very much. >>> now a different sort of victory for one oliympics fan. former "saturday night live" star can't stop posting her unfiltered games. she was stopped because she kept getting blocked. p jones started a commentary during the 2015 games in rio. she has amassed a large social media following. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell will hold a state of the league news conference ahead of the week in the super bowl. he's expected to address allegations of racism in the league. goodell is said to have sent a memo to all of the coaches saying it's unacceptable. he met with civil rights leaders to discuss their concerns. 70% of nfl players

lindsey jacobellis won the snowboarad cross becoming the first woman to medal in olympic history at the of 36. her victory comes 16 years after she lost gold when she crashed just moments before the finish line. meanwhile, the feature of two of america's top athletes is all the talk heading into day six. here is cbs's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: it happened within five seconds. three-time olympian mikaela shiffrin missed a gate at the top of the women's slalom failing to qualify for the second time this week. >> it's unimaginable. >> reporter: after spending the next several minutes hunched on the slope while others raced by. >> that is heartbreaking. >> reporter: shiffrin was still processing what happened. telling a reporter, it makes me second guess the last 15 years. everything i thought i knew about my own skiing and slalom and racing mentality. but by this morning, support from fellow athletes poured in, including from her boyfriend, alexander who posted, it's a part of the game, and it happens. shiffrin is expected to compete in three more downhill events. on the first day of the

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lindsey jacobellis one gold in snowboard cross.ening, american snowboarder chloe kim will compete in the women's halfpipe final. she took hold in that event four years ago. nathan chen,he american figure skater, is a heavy favorite in tonight's free skate event after breaking a world record in the men's short program earlier this week. still to come, a divided congress finds common ground on post office reform and other major legislation. a sharp rise in murders of journalists in mexico prompts calls for change. a group of black scuba divers investigate the wreckage of slave ships. plus much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: so far, at least seven states announced this week they will lift mask mandates for schools. the timing of the changes varies considerably. it is clear by the end of march many school districts will no longer require masks. some public health experts and parents are concerned those

lindsey jacobellis nabbing the u.s. its first gold of the games in snowboard cross.edemption after an early celebration cost her the gold in 2006. now in her fifth olympics at 36, she's the oldest snowboarder to ever win an olympic medal. and a nail-biter on the halfpipe. shaun white in his fifth and what he said would be his final olympics wiping out in his first run while trying to pull off his signature move, the double mctwist 1260. sitting in 19th place, near the bottom of the pack, with only one more run to go, he needed to crack the top 12 to keep his medal dreams alive. with it all on the line the 35-year-old, the oldest competitor in the event smashing his second run, jumping to a fourth place finish. his teammates, chase josey and taylor gold joining him in the finals. and a promising start for chloe kim. nailing her qualifying round hoping to defend her gold from 2018, soaring past the competition in her first run. even an unexpected fall on her second not enough to knock her off the top of the leaderboard going into the finals. but it was heartbreak on th

its first gold medal coming from 5 time olympian lindsey jacobellis in the women's snowboard cross. it's her first career gold and second overall medal team usa stars chloe kim and shaun white were in action and snowboard halfpipe qualifying. it was easy for kim who finished with the top score after a great first run. it was a bit hairy for white, though, who needed to land his second run to qualify after falling on his first white will be joined in the halfpipe final by 2 other americans. the news not as good from a killer shiffrin who for the second time in these games did not finish a race this time in the slalom. she is scheduled to compete in 3 more events. the news for figure skating where the ioc spokesman said there is a legal issue that is holding up the official medal ceremony for the team event. news reports suggest it's an issue with the russian team which finished in gold medal position and coming up in prime time, nathan chen looks to finish off his gold medal destiny with the men's free skate. that's often a wild wednesday reporting from beijing. i'm matt barnes. >>yo

clenched gold in the mixed snowboard cross last weekend along with his 36-year-old teammate lindsey jacobellismination in the men's individual snowboard cross. this was his fourth winter olympics and his first olympic medal. nick baumgartner joins me now. welcome to the newshour. at first and foremost, congratulations and show us the blanket. you have a close by. nick: absolutely. we have an unbelievable, and i'm honored to bring this back here. correspondent: it is a thing of beauty. i want to ask about your journey to that in a second. take me to that moment, that moment you watched lindsay cross the finish line, and you knew you had finally won the gold-medal. in that moment, what did it feel like? nick: it was sweeter than it could have been, two days prior where i was showing lots of speed and i got eliminated. i don't know if i have another shot so there was a lot riding on that. people got to see me do a hard interview and emotions came out. i'm proud they came out because everyone got to see what we go through as athletes. when we got to sit there and watched her, there is no one bette

in particular i'm thinking of a snow board star lindsey jacobellis.e 2006 and she was in the lead and she fell ending up with silver. earlier this week talk about making amends. the now 36-year-old securing her country's first gold medal victory. this was in the women's snow board cross final, and now earlier on this day saturday in her fifth winter games, what does she go and do along with her partner, the 40-year-old nick baumgarner, these two with a combined age of 76 years winning the team mixed snow board and jacobellis edging out at the finish line. canada with a bronze medal. have a listen to this, though. >> i've been on this team for 20 years and nick's been on this team for 17. we are like a family, and we know the hard times, and we know how to pick each other up. and we can have empathy for those times when everything's hard or when you're going through an injury. so it just kind of all comes into play when you can push it all together and make it work for you. >> that's an incredible story. baumgarner and jacobellis had a combined one oly

lindsey jacobellis winning her first gold. in 2006, she settled for silver. finish line. inspiration for us all. 36 years old, the oldest american woman to ever win gold at an olympic games. >> in just four days, the bengals are going to take on the rams in the super bowl. after having never been before, this is the second year in a row a super bowl team gets to play on their home temperurf. cincinnati will actually be playing as the home team sunday. the rams sofi stadium is technically considered a neutral site for the game. >>> and this, annual super bowl event taking place this afternoon. commissioner roger goodell holding a news conference. the league deals with diversity issues and claims of discrimination. he released a memo saying the lack of black head coaches in the is, quote, unacceptable. john, cnn is there. we'll be on the ground through the big game keeping us up to date on all the latest. >> i expect goodell to be in full-on damage control when he holds that news conference. coy wire, good to see. thanks so much. >>> right about now you're hitt

clinched gold in the mixed snowboard cross last weekend, along with his 36-year-old teammate lindsey jacobellister a disappointing elimination in the men's individual snowboard cross. this was baumgarnter's fourth winter olympics, and his first olympic medal. nick baumgartner joins me now. nick, welcome to the "newshour". first and foremost, congratulations. show us the bling. i know you've got it close by. >> yeah, absolutely. unbelievable. it's just so amazing and i'm honored to be able to bring this back here. s. >> it's a thing of beauty and i want to ask you about your journey in just a second. nick, in that moment, you watched lindsey cross the finishline and you knew you had finally won that gold medal in that moment. what did it feel like? >> well, that moment i think was sweeter than it ever could have been, being what happened two days prior when i made a small mistake in the individual race where i was showing lots of speed and i got eliminated and didn't get to go to the middle east rounds. to me, for being my fourth olympics, i don't know if i have another shot. so there was a lot

you go back to 2000, 6 when lindsey jacobellis won silver in snowboard cross and back then we didn't really know what snowboard cross was. and to be honest, some people still don't know what snowboard cross is, but it takes a lot of talent. lot of skill. jacob ellis has that. she won silver 16 years ago should have won gold, but she got a little fancy at the end of her run. but guess what, 16 years later, she now gets that elusive gold medal. so with 36 years old, she is the oldest american to win a gold medal at a winter olympics. i don't know what else you can say other than wow. what a performance. >> that is insane. all right. so now let's talk about this comeback story. colby stevenson, silver in men's freeski, big air again, i don't even know what that event yeah, but but he came back from a car crash an amazing story. >> well, james, you're safe because it's a new event at the olympics. and so you're not expected to be a veteran yet, but if 20 years from now, you don't know what big areas that still a little bit sport. i'm gonna come back at you and by then you should have don

snowboard cross, fifth olympic games, lindsey jacobellis finally gelts her gold.gold in the olympic games. >>> chloe kim comes back in her debut on the halfpipe qualifying. she's had some difficulties through this. she talked about how difficult that was. >> i experienced something incredibly difficult to overcome, and it was just learning how to relive my life, just kind of becoming more accustomed to that, and i guess incorporating that into my new life was very challenging, and at that time, the only thing i could blame was that medal. but don't worry, i got it out of the trash. it's not in there anymore. >> she ha . >> reporter: she had actually thrown her gold medal in the trash. it's back, and she's ready to defend her title. we're rooting for her to do just that. >> if i had one, i wouldn't throw it in the trash. >> it's tough when it becomes a mental challenge at this point. mikaela still has a few days. coy wire, thanks. >>> how should parents navigate mask rules in schools? we'll have that coming up next. . ( ♪ ) this is how we shine. at zaleses. the dia

lindsey jacobellis is finally golden. sliding in the women's snowboard cross.on by team usa yesterday, skier colby stevenson added a fifth silver to the u.s. count, soaring to second in the men's big air freestyle event. and the first u.s. bronze of the games was captured by jessie diggins now the first american woman to win olympic medal in individual cross-country 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,

snowboarder lindsey jacobellis delivered the first gold for team usa at the beijing games. held on to an early lead to beat out for others in the women's snowboard cross finals. it took 6 days for the u.s. to snag a gold to go along with 5 silvers and a bronze. the 5 time olympian has competed for team usa since 2006. he said when she was 20. at 36. now she becomes the oldest american woman to win gold at the winter games in any sport. and that was the first. and since then, chloe kim of southern california, long beach, one in snowboarding as well. and nathan chen just tonight. yeah. picked up a go to golden figure skating for the men. we're on a roll go usa. and that wraps up kron 4 news at night. but the news continues at the top of the hour. coming up on kron, 4 news at 10. we finally know where all 9 bay area counties stand on. >> lifting the indoor mask mandate that expires next week. >> all but one will follow the state's guidance. and francisco's police commission is addressing the feud between. >> police chief bill scott and district attorney jason levine were discu

. >> snowboarder lindsey jacobellis still live or the first gold medal for team usa at the beijing games. jacob ellis held on to an early lead to beat out for others in the women's snowboard cross finals. it took 6 days for the u.s. to snag a gold to go with 5 silvers and a bronze. the 5 time olympian. jacob ellis has competed for team usa since 2006. and this is great because in 2000, 6, she was going to win gold. kind of did a show bowdie jump and fell had to take silver. so now 16 years later, she gets the gold at 36. she becomes the oldest american to win gold at a winter games in any sport. >> it was a very different path for the finals for america's snowboarding star, shaun white and chloe. kim, both california natives are defending olympic halfpipe champions. it was no problem for kim who cruised to first place in her qualifying heat, setting up a chance for her second straight gold. but not so easy for 3 time. gold medalist shaun white you he fell in his first run. but the 35 year-old rally to take 4th place in the qualifying round. you know, it sets up what is probably a final o

lindsey jacobellis won gold in snowboard-cross-- her first, after competing in four previous olympics american mikaela shiffrin was disqualified from her second event this week, after missing a gate in the slalom. still to come on the newshour: a divided congress finds common ground on post office reform and other major legislation. a sharp rise in murders of journalists in mexico prompts calls for change. a group of black scuba divers investigate the wreckage of slave ships. plus, much more. >> woodruff: so far, at least seven states announced this week that they will lift mask mandates for schools. the timing of the changes varies considerably, but it is clear that by the end of march, many school districts will no longer require masks. as amna nawaz tells us, some public health experts and parents are concerned those decisions are being made too quickly, without clear metrics for doing so. >> nawaz: judy, massachusetts is one of those states. governor charlie baker spoke today about the decision to lift mask mandates for k-12 schools there on february 28. >> given the extremely low

lindsey jacobellis took the top prize in the women's snowboard cross final after several near missescome real far but nowhere i'm headed ♪ >>> that's heather morgan, a self-proclaimed irreverent comedic rapper and crypto criminal. she's half of a couple under arrest for allegedly conspireing to launder stolen cryptocurrency. morgan and her husband each face up to 25 years in prison. >> no word on her rhyming crimes, though. >>> those are the 5 things to know for your "new day." more on these stories all day on cnn and cnn.com. don't forget to download the 5 things podcast every morning. go to cnn.com/5things. >>> in california, an 80-year-old retired nun sentenced to prison for stealing more than $800,000 from the elementary school where she was principal. she says she needed the money to pay off her gambling debts. cnn's nick watt has the story. >> reporter: john, brianna, mary margaret krupper, 80 years old, a retired nun, retired principal, long time principal of a catholic elementary school here in california, a woman who had taken a vow of poverty, sentenced to a year and a day

americans-- but there have been electric moments as well, featuring chloe kim, nathan chen, and lindsey jacobellis a few. and there's also a lot of attention on eileen gu, who was born in the u.s., but is competing for china, where her mother is from. for more on the games from an athlete's perspective, i'm joined by former speedskater apolo ohno. he is the most decorated winter olympian in u.s. history, with eight medals, including two golds. apolo ohono, welcome to the "newshour". thanks for taking the time. >> thanks for having me. >> reporter: how does the most decorated olympian of all time watch the olympics? can you kick back or are you screaming at the tv? >> i'm watching them the same way everyone else watches, when i'm on the road, in transit, flying, when i have access to consume this as mch as possible, i wake up in the middle of the night sometimes to watch the events live and i cheer and scream and cry and smile and shout at the screen like everyone else does. i think the difference now is i'm no longer obviously on the field to play, i'm on the opposite side, so i know what it feels

lindsey jacobellis and nick baumgartner winning in the mixed snowboard cross. jacobellis, 36 years old, and at age 40, baumgartner, the oldest american male snowboarder in olympic history. the win coming amid new allegations of sexual harassment and racism within the u.s. snowboard cross team. u.s. ski and snowboard now investigating allegations made by former olympian callan chythlook-sifsof. in an online post accusing head coach peter foley of sexual misconduct including taking photos of female athletes. she accused hagen kearney of repeatedly using a racial slur roughly eight years ago. both foley and kearney are representing team usa in beijing. foley denies the allegations, telling "the new york times" he was totally surprised by them. kearney overnight posting to instagram he's ashamed of using the slur back then in what he calls an act of utter stupidity but denies other allegations. u.s. ski and snowboard said concerns regarding kearney were dealt with at the time and appropriate action was taken. now, there is one more medal event for snowboarding in t

its first gold medal coming from 5 time olympian lindsey jacobellis in the women's snowboard cross. it's her first career gold and second overall medal team usa stars chloe kim and shaun white were in action and snowboard halfpipe qualifyyng. it was easy for kim finish with the top score after a great first run. it was a bit hairy for white, though, who needed to land his second run to qualify after falling on his first. what will be joined in the halfpipe final by 2 other americans. the news not as good from a killer shiffrin who for the second time in these games did not finish a race this time in the slalom. she is scheduled to compete in 3 more events. the news for figure skating where the ioc spokesman said there is a legal issue that is holding up the official medal ceremony for the team event. news reports suggest that an issue with the russian team which finished in gold medal position and coming up in prime time, nathan chen looks to finish off his gold medal destiny with the men's free skate. that's off a wild wednesday reporting from beijing. i'm matt barnes. >> so meanti

lindsey jacobellis winning 2 gold medals. people still remember her showboating back in 2000, 6, 2, reno when she lost the gold ended up with silver. you've got so many stories of inspiration of aspiration. that to me is what the olympics are all about. and yes, james, it would have been great if the curling team left with a gold medal now or any meddling all but that's what you strive for. and when you can achieve that greatness, even if you don't, even the person who came in last place skies is still an olympian. and that's something that's on the resume for the rest of their life. so that's what i love about the olympics. will i like that that i like. and then as you look back over the recent faurlin picks that you've been to now leave on a high note leave on a high note, which ones to this day still stands out as man. that was an remember that? >> forever. that's a great question, james. it's going to be rio because that was my first my first experience didn't know what to expect. i showed up you know, as they say, wide e