tahoe's own maddie bowman the first ever gold medalist in women's half-pipe. >>> lake tahoe's maddie bowman flew from the half-pipe to the top of the body yum in the debut of the free ski half-pipe. >> she dazzled and came away with a gold medal. janelle wang joins us in sochi. janelle, you talked to maddie, i understand, a couple hours ago. >> reporter: i am so happy for maddie. she deserves this. she's always solid on the half-pipe. this is the free ski half-pipe which made its debut in these olympics, basically what shaun white does but on skis, you know, reno's david wise won on tuesday, this time south lake tahoe's maddie bowman for the women. i just spoke to her one on one. >> it was so real. it was like did that really happen. >> you have always been very consistent on the half-pipe. i never have seen you flub at all. you just rock it. how do you stay so focused and consistent? >> thanks. i don't know. i just try to go out there and if i do it right i won't fall down. i'm going to try to do that and have a good time at the same time. >> you have some rough conditions practicin

you spoke to maddie this morning. >> reporter: i know, i did. i'm so happy for this young lady.d so hard for this moment. and lake tahoe area free skiers dominate in this sport which made its olympic debut, it's basically what shaun white does in the half-pipe but on skis as you remember, david wise from reno won on tuesday, today it's maddie bowman. she gets her gold medal in a couple of hours. i spoke to her one on one. >> it was so real last night. i woke up this morning like did that really happen? >> you've always been very consistent on the half-pipe. i have never seen you flub at all. you just rock it. how do you stay so focused and so consistent? >> thanks. i don't know. i just you know, try to go out there and if i do it right i won't fall down. have a good time at the same time. >> you have some rough condition this is week practicing. i've seen some of your pictures t snow t sleet, the slush. but pretty good day yesterday? >> yeah. the weather was great. they did a great job with the pipe and i don't think we could have been happier with the conditions we had last nig

what did you get out of your interviews with maddy?i started the book with her story because she took a lot of heat for that interview you just showed. people said you were in the jury room. if you did not like the outcome, you could have done something about it. and you can do something in a book that you can't do in a three minute tv segment and that is tell the complete story. maddy was pulled out of her life, thrust into the jury against her will as all jurors are and she had a very difficult time and i reveal in the book the kind of different treatment that she got. she was demeaned and belittleded by the five white women. >> do you think that was part of what it was? we weren't sure whether maddy was black or hispanic. does it really make a difference? >> some people are very strong and some people are less strong. there is no question when we're talking one person of color and everybody else is white, that person can get worn down. and i think that's what happened in this case. although i want to add that there were three our wh

oh, maddy, you don't know how to talk. to bring her dog in for nine hours on a weekend because she was lonely. maddy wanted to bring in her 3-month-old infant, and she was denied that on the ground that supposedly the child could talk. >> wow. >> there was a deputy stationed outside of maddy's hotel door. she thought is that just a coincidence, or is it because i'm the only nonwhite juror? the same kinds of questions that people of color have to ask all the time when they're followed and asked by law enforcement. >> there was a deputy outside her door, but there wasn't outside of the other jurors' doors? >> correct. that's right. >> wow. i mean, you write a lot about race in this trial, that at the root of this entire case is, quote, unspoken fear that african americans are criminal, that fear is often armed, locked, and loaded. and so the body count continues to rise in an atmosphere of lawlessness. was race a part of this trial whether the prosecution wanted it to be or not, lisa? >> there is no question about it. the de

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maddie has become my friend.the time even today, because she bears the weight of trayvon's death on hers shoulder. i have the top six errors that they made in this case. they did just a terrible job. i don't know any other way of saying it. i was trying to be charitable, but they bunkled the case. they asked questions in closing arguments instead of connecting the dots. no prosecutor ever does that. they didn't put on expert witnesses who are begging to testify on the scientific evidence. they didn't prepare important witnesses. there's no excuse for that. in this case, this was a high-profile case of the they should have been more resources, not fewer. >> was it a pure case of incompetent, or was there some reason why they performed so poorly? >> that's the ultimate question. and i think i really want to leave that to the reader of my book to come to their own conclusion. in my opinion it was not intentional, but i think they never believed in this case. i think they also had the same attitudes that trayvon mart

maddie bowman winning the first ever olympic medal in halfpipe skiing. maddie bowman said she was just trying to have as much fun as she could. i guess it worked out for her. i spoke to her moments ago from sochi. great to see you. congratulations. love to see the gold around your neck. how does it feel to win a gold in an event in its olympic debut? >> it's awesome to come and represent, you know, our sport for the first time on this world stage, but to walk away with the gold is incredible. i still can't believe it. >> something magical about watching you. you're obviously having a ball out there. you are famously telling everybody you're just having fun. your mom telling you to just have fun. how do you put aside the nerves that have plagued so many of the world's top athletes out there? >> it was nerve racking. there's a lot of buildup to the olympics. at the start, i was just like, okay, i'm going to ski, and i'm just going to have fun and just focus on what i have to do. and, whatever happens happens. i can only control so much. >> i have to ask yo

this is by maddie bowman. look at the fog. you can see why they were postponed. >> i know they are using fans. >> the light wind that helped the fog develop. we don't have that fog so it's interesting you get that dend moisture and condensation. we're in the 40s, headed to the 60s. about 63 along the peninsula, 65 in the east bay, 59 degrees in san francisco. now, stick around, i'm going to be with you every 15 minutes all the way throughout the "today" show. and we're talking about showers in the forecast in days you may have missed it. >> time 6:59. big night ahead on nbc. bob costas is back. during prime time coverage of the olympics. he was out for the past six nights battling an eye infection. >> which went crazy on twitter but he's feeling better. jimmy fallon becomes the sixth host of the tonight show in 60 years, this will air at midnight after the oaks and our late news. simy will be back at the regular time of 11:35. >> we're back at 7:25. with a live local update. >> have a great day. >>> good morning, breaking news

. >>> maddie bowman was golden today, winning gold in women's halfpipe skiing. was dazzling. >> i don't know if i thought it was going to happen. i know me and everyone out there hoped and dreamed that it would happen and it did. and it's unbelievable. >> all these stories from the olympians are incredible. she started skiing on her second birthday at tahoe. bowman and polina edmunds will be on the "today" show tomorrow morning. we invite you to go to our website, nbcbayarea.com and read the blog and find the latest olympic updates and profiles on our local olympians at nbcbayarea.com. >>> we have breaking news to share with you right now coming out of san jose. police investigating a homicide in east san jose at the intersection of pine ridgeway and clayton road. >> let's bring in george kiriyama who joins us from the scene. george, what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: well, police out here right now blocking off pine ridgeway. detectives are at a home on the 3500 block of pine ridgeway, investigating the city's eighth homicide of the year, telling us a m

maddie bauman of the united states became the first winner of the half pipe. she produced the best two runs in the finals to take gold. france won a silver and japan claimed bronze. lyon maintained their unbeaten record this season. they opened the scoring in the first half. they enjoyed the best position, but it was lyon who had the biggest threat. danny scored his first goal for eventis. they got the lead in 60 minutes. eventis is one of 18 who parachuted into the knockout stage. befored dangerously stoppage time. is poised at the liberty stadium. there was a good chance after the break. best toad to be at his deny ashley williams. petrov beat his former team 1-0. they missed a great chance to be a deadlock. there were nine minutes left to play. giants, barcelona, have been charged with tax fraud. -- statesecutors that they usedim multiple contracts and financial engineering to understate their tax liability. --y have denied long wrongdoing and say they will send her presented to court to defend themselves. and france tried to make its on friday. they won bo

be on the lookout for maddie as they go for gold in the free ski half pipe. they are each other's biggest competitors but they're also best friends and roommates in sochi. our prime time coverage starts at 8:00 and features several gold medal finals. in addition to the half pipe and women's freestyle skiing, there's ladies figure skating and the men's freestyle ski cross. >> we'll be on our couch or on our chair watching the olympics tonight. with all these once in a lifetime moments happening at the olympics, there's also a once in a lifetime moment in our own backyard. garvin thomas joins us with our bay area proud series. >> reporter: one year clemson beat the preseason number one north carolina. rich says that was fun, but what happened on the court this is is past friday, well he says that was special. parents send their kids to a school like oakland bishop with the opens they'll one day be ready to land the perfect job. lucas cortez's parents don't have to hope. this 17-year-old senior has found his perfect job right here. for the past four years lucas

american maddie bowman won the gold medal in the skiing halfpipe, the event burke fought to get into the olympics. >> well all try to aspire to be here. i think it will take all of us to fill her shoes because they were so big. >> reporter: and after losing in the team events tonight, it is official. the u.s. long track speed skating team will go home without a medal, the first time that has happened, lester, in 30 years. >> all right. anne, thanks very much. >>> we have been reporting on the broadcast for several weeks about the water concerns in west virginia after the major chemical spill. well, tonight there is renewed fear and outrage after another huge environmental disaster, this time along the north carolina board were virginia. nbc's kristen welker has our report. >> i see this as a crisis. >> reporter: the concern was palpable last night at this town hall meeting. hundreds of residents demanded to know what has been done to clean up the coal ash spill polluting the dan river, which runs along the north carolina-virginia border into a lake where 12-year-old virginia roberts

americans have dominated the new x games sports in sochi, and maddie bowman won gold in the first ever women's halfpipe. and the women ended their day on the podium. two american teams on the podium tonight, how awesome. >> it's so incredible. we wouldn't want it any other way. >> reporter: for the first time taking two medals, silver and bronze in bobsled, thrilled, though a few still itching for gold. >> i can't end on those runs. i will try to talk everyone to coming back with me. >> reporter: are you coming back? >> we'll see what happens. >> i wouldn't mess with her. >> you see them here, you will see me here. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> reporter: and our nominee for photo finish of these games, check it out. right before the ski cross quarterfinal finish, a big crash. three racers go down and slide over the line. it was the russian in the yellow bib that was ruled the runner-up. and so brian, just incredible finishes happen to be your thing, today was your day at these olympics. >> unbelievable. chris jansing, thanks for all of it. >>> still ahead for us tonight, what's in the water. we

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jamie anderson with ralph lauren gear and brit ta and maddie. here is a cool shot. team usa approaches for the parade of nations courtesy of nick cunningham, our broadcast by the way, begins at 7:30. our janelle wang is in sochi with the sizable nbc crew. she is tweeting and blogging on nbcbayarea.com, you can find it at the top of our home page labeled janelle's sochi blog. follow her@janelle wang. >> let's get our microclimate forecast. a lot of rain. >> yes. rainfall has picked up even over the past 10 minutes with the doppler radar scan we're showing rain in all quadrants of the bay area, north bay, south bay, peninsula, the east bay. it has been nasty across santa rosa to petaluma. 101 is a mess. reduced visibility, water kicking up and we're seeing the same thing here for the tri-valley, also on 680, from concord down to pleasanton you hit it. also here from oakland down to hayward. in the south bay it's spotty in nature but enough water on the roadways, again that it's getting kicked up on the cars and drivers have to slow down a lot. speaking of slow, heavy,

american maddie bowman soared to glory on a night where the sport paid tribute to the late canadian freestyledium in the men's ski cross event. the real close call came in the quarterfinal. the swiss winner not pictured in this photo finish, he stayed on his feet after the racers ahead of him wiped out at the finish line. he was followed by the russian skier in the yellow bins bib and then the swede in red. >>> we go off to the medal count. team usa in the lead, 25 total medals. eight of those are gold. russia's two behind in the total count and one behind in gold. norway on top in the gold medal count with 10. as we take a look at the day ahead of us, we mention the gold medal game in men's hockey. we have women's alpine skiing and both men's and women's speed skating. >>> all right. so now we take you back state side for college hoops. north carolina hosting number five duke. duke on top. the second half jumper from leslie mcdonald gives the tar heels the lead. north carolina keeps that rally going from there. they pull off the upset at home beating rival duke 74-66. that's also their eight

and california's maddie bowman took home the only gold for the day for team usa.fpipe skiing event in history. here's look at the latest medal count. usa stays on top with 25 medals. russia is on top with 23 medals. the netherlands, norway, and canada round out the top five. and, tanya, the big events here is on the ice team usa takes on canada in men's ice hockey. the winner of that game moves on to the gold medal final on sunday. >> very exciting. can't wait. alphonso van marsh in sochi. thanks, alphonso. >>> and the nba's biggest star left the court bloodied and battered last night. lebron james scored 25 points last night but was forced to leave the game in the fourth quarter when he came crashing down on a dunk attempt. the good news for miami, james passed the concussion test and the heat won, 103-81. >>> and when we return, a baby stopped breathing. what drivers in miami did when they heard the screams. eam. we have a situation. what? we're out of dunkin'. emergency backup. one taste, and you'll understand. enjoy dunkin' donuts coffee anytime. pick some up

. >> from the ice to the slopes, maddie bowman will go for the gold in a new free style half-pipe. qualifications and finals will be today. the women's half-pipe one of the events airing on -- in prime time tonight on nbc bay area. we also have gold medal finals in ladies figure skating and the men's free style ski cross. >> there are lots of people on ski week in the south bay. so traffic may be lighter this week. >> you know, we have been expecting. that we did see lighter for tuesday, then wednesday came and we had slowdowns all over so kind of soup to nuts. the bay bridge toll plaza we had a report of a car with both doors open. i think someone was looking for more cash to pay the toll. that happens when you look for the change under the seats. smooth approaching the maze. coming across from the north bay no problems, through the north bay an easy flow including 37 between novato and vallejo. antioch, no real slowing but a blip, that yellow is just starting. back to you. >> still ahead, new developments in the high profile case of injured giants fan bryan stow. what we learned

. >> a stop on the "today" show the youngest gold medalist of team usa, maddie bowman. the 20-year-old south lake tahoe native won the first gold medal in freestyle ski. >> you can catch the excitement here at 3:00. >> then in prime time 8:00, gold medal finals in women's slalom skiing, the women's 1,000 meter short track, the 500 feeters in the men's short track, and the 5,000 meter relay. plus the semifinals in the team pursuit of men's speed skating. >> what are we going to do when the olympics are over? enjoy the weekend. it's almost upon us. >> you know what we've got? the giants. >> there you go. >> oh, yeah. don't forget our hometown heroes. 49 degrees in san francisco, take you outdoors, show you what it look likes on the golden gate bridge. pretty nice start. a little patchy low cloud cover. not a lot though. by lunch time 64 degrees in the city so a great day to make outdoor lunch plans if you have that luxury. 63 at 4:00 p.m. temperatures are going to start to drop like a rock once that sun starts to set. you've got that beautiful clear sky. it's going to be

competition since others on the other when freestyle skiers to take turns down the path my neck and maddie bowman and the first gold medal in the event's relax hill of sand steal a week the silver and diane allen township and the bronze one as nice as she still can't believe what she's done. in lay on it since they stuck to the full moon the games just as i had to practice. do read my performance these tiny tim was one of the best in my car yet. and then i come to mind i'd be happy that i knew she would do it. i was her members one. her performance went with me. think i listed something new other team had done in olympic history the sale to the competition with out her awesome with eleven victories in all the defeated defending champion sweden six thirty in the final. the british beat the swiss six five in the bronze medal match athletes from norway at winning a lot of hard way and he did so again in this point the dominate its nordic combined four athletes from each country make a single jump from the ski hill and based on skis over twenty kilometers. we just finished the job pushing thir

when we somehow assorted to maddie and to send to africa. but i refuse to tease and french police he hasn't shared during all this sharing of the burden off the west and while that would be a being the state. because then you know when we'll get to this is also the western us. who wants to impose their rule in every window out. we are off a c grayling the email he says his own job and we reacted. because we have to do because terrorism. come come come even to cross check me out let's listen to a profit on its exact and get your reaction to barack obama speak in short while ago during a press conference was postponed. i have two daughters. and they are both gorgeous and wonderful and i would never choose between them. and that's all i feel about. my outstanding european partners. all of them. our wonderful in their own works. now it deserves to be a serious moral question was what i do believe is is that the us. french alliance as it has never been stronger and. the levels of cooperation were sitting across a whole range of issues. it is much

rolling down the beat sweden's six three it was a suite for friends in the men's ski cross finals and maddie bowman grabbed the steep path like final the first time that of events has ever been staged at the live baits. where did the friday's events now also the guidance of course the going to apply is the makeup of the days when the chances of the time to get all metals to die. other she pretty good will start on the shore check the ice for china's grabbed four medals already. the ladies one thousand meter goes later tonight. the general along with and fishing are to be that when the general authority won a medal she won gold in the five hundred. so they'll be looking to medal there. there's three chinese men involved in the five hundred. that's me on when how trends can you read silver in the fifteen hundred meters along with dodgy and we should also mention the men are in the five thousand meter relay. they will try to grab a cold there but canada is the favorite also the men's curling team is playing right now against sweden in the bronze medal match. they're losing one nothing that's af

that perhaps that that's all we've got time for that of its anti semites full you'll insights that maddie mountain house is a fellow at chatham house think tank in london. she actually has a comment piece coming up on the chatham house website if you'd like to check that out tomorrow and she's also a professor at sea was to university and parents at school for this edition of the interview on constant care the more. moon. them win and all. i do. i go it is it is. he lived you. check the then she'd turn into modern destruct intelligence this was stated by the president of salt not survive the security council meeting in auckland on the president received a heads of both houses of parliament the prime minister to present a security bond for strength for agencies and others at his residence the performance of the national security strategy was discussed in a large meeting. for muslims voted for. when will i took

country's regions and over a dozen cities local administration offices were either seized or stormed and maddi feel the country is under the threat of civil war policy or has more on the ukrainian divide. this is the regional administration building event at sun card skin western ukraine where at the till a week ago the regional governor had his office but as you can see just liking kiev's there's now a giant barricade surrounding the building with snow tires and planks of wood radical and and he russian this is the heartland of nationalism where antione common sentiment runs deep and that's the way an italian and her comrades want to keep it the twenty nine year old entrepreneur has been here since the building was overthrown she says work can wait this is more important moolah which is supposed to have no president bush is going to have you know call which but with the opposition as fragmented as it is that tully is the first to admit no yanna coverage could well mean an alkie whitney bishop along with the problem is that we don't have any person to replace him and we will need to take someo

hussein had not been paid by the government and a biased buying scheme and hundreds of thomas and maddy outside the justice ministry on monday. they claimed that payments are less every month old that you have got this policy has called them maureen is the law says and the protest is a seeking to have a caretaker prime minister in the skillet. then down to make way for an interim appointed government it's a unnecessary for them to fight graft. and so on monday a small explosion in the capital injected six bp has as one of the city's protest sites to look them on see it straight into the safety that he was opposed by an improvised bomb the giant crime. so this will participate in the anti us mini tree trail for the fun side the trail with scott on tuesday and last thirteen days time it was sent to seventeen judges who we are participating in the delivery of humanitarian aid including courts nation project aid and medical aid and a victory magically change is on the trail with him all about four thousand times so choose and nine thousand u s showed its troops from the singapore japan sout

and get maddie got to offer the russian deputy prime minister around the table to see if they could actually bring some pressure to bed break the ice move that also lives. but unfortunately very little headway was made the disagreements between the americans and the russians married on the ground here. and a few games of the manga does this report. i filed that it makes clear. the daily killing in syria according to the observant rethink human rights is higher now than it was before the peace talks in geneva but on the way. many of the fatalities in st from shrapnel. the barrel homes dropped from helicopters this is on the bearish side social media video of an edge barrel bomb attacks in the rebel held damascus suburb of diarrhea. around a table in geneva the united states and russia pledged help for the stalled peace talks between the syrian government and opposition meaning the piece predecessor remains in chinese. with the un mediator told now acknowledges fame yet he is a possibility. sir your daughter is putting out onto the fence. of coz fall of the united nations is concerned we were

the power brokers of new york will be eating maddy banks seven days a week. >> it is the 1980's all over again. really,ou must really, really be picky about the roles that you play because it took a long time for you to come back to a sitcom. >> yeah. i did a couple little things in between. rl" that icalled "pea thought was really cool but it did not work out for longer than that. but yeah, you know, for a long time they were not even doing multi--cam shows. now it is back invoke. it is the best job ever. here i am working with the best people. really, relaally. working with kirstie alley. she is just such a nut job. i mean, she is. you know. you have seen her on anything, she is just like she is. she is a wonderful person. tavis: you say it is the best job ever. i got a sense you were talking not just about the show but about the format. why is it the best situation ever? >> first of all, you are doing a show in front of an audience every week. so you are rehearsing five days, and then you put it on at night. and you got an audience immediate satisfaction like you're doing the show in

think you know it's unfortunate he said that and he obviously felt that at the time but the down maddie's are sure to kill people off all the way and now that's why you think i would agree if we're going to kill it. yeah so yeah why would i keep things like between take note of all that we are gifted not to far but it's simple to understand two to three days as we said to shoot an episode you watch an episode that runs forty four minutes so out of that it plays a big percentage of the time there's way of being ourselves a very small percentage of that scene she's told you are a big supporter of the secular bible right i am. it is a dead heat to divert this well it's a dichotomy to me were they talking about the mobilization or were they talking about individuals i think they were talking about individuals only because i think i mean why mention it's not it's a much more well if it's mentioned but but again i think if we look at the basis of just what this country has been built on and where we are. in relation to other countries in the in the on the planet there's something to be said abo

they just released a secret file from portuguese authorities with the details about the resort where maddieished in 2007. they have three prime suspects who targeted people the same night she was taken. >> a rare polio like symptom leaving them with paralyzed limbs. state health officials have been investigating since the doctor requested testing for a child with paralysis back in 2012. a virus is associated with a respiratory illness and linked to a polio like disease was detected in two states. so far none of them were reported. >>> stories that inspire you and start your week off right. >> a decade's old confession inspire ago group of oklahoma elementary students. kesha henry has more. >> it is kind of hard living with something that you did wrong. >> with the mouths of children and someone who was loved once 56 years ago. >> a while back i received a letter in the mail. >> the principal read this letter to her elementary students a life lesson began to unfold. >> i was there in 1958 and in the afternoon they would pass around cartons of regular milk. >> they could take a carton of milk

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tonight in prime time we're going to see maddie bowman in the finals of the free ski halfpipe.an and sigourney are each other's biggest rivals. i was glued to the tv this morning. i watched that dramatic hockey game, team usa and canada. >> reporter: oh, you could get punched in the gut there. stars and stripe versus the maple leaf. we saw this matchup fwhies vancouver. our friends from the north came up with victories both time. tonight the u.s. women's team had the first crack at redemption. usa, canada, gold medal final, overtime, sound familiar? only this time it was the women, the result was the same. the final three and a half minutes, and then lost in overtime when a power-play goal was scored. the canadian women score the gold. it was switzerland over sweden. the men's hockey team is preparing for its own rendezvous with the great white north. they'll take on canada tomorrow. >> we're not to the gold medal yet. that's where we want to get to. so our focus is on canada. >> reporter: earlier in the day members of team usa had a less intense moment, taking a picture with t

maddie bowman is an interesting character.ones she says she has a sports spirit animal, she calls it a pi pizzly bear. >> what would you be john? >> i would go with pizzly. >> good to have you. >> good to be here. >>> have you seen this -- look at this. people, that's a wolf. there's a wolf wandering around her hotel. look right there in the hallway. >> we know sochi has a problem with strays. it's possible it could be a hybrid of some kind. we'll look at that again and figure out if it's a wolf. >>> finally a doss of cable outrage. >> it's national outrage folks. a new ranking out by a company called mercer of north america's top livable cities. here they are. top five. vancouver, ottawa, toronto, montreal and san francisco. >> i'm sorry. >> do you notice about the top four there? >> they're not here. they're in canada. at least one of them, rob ford is the mayor. don't get me wrong, we love gordon. four of the five are in canada? isn't it cold there? are turtle necks that comfortable? north korea is the city that never sleep

maddie bowman, who has been skiing since 2, at the ripe old age of 20 winning gold. the youngest american to win gold. >> boy, i tell you what, the look on her face last night. of course, crazy day in sochi. that finish to the women's olympic hockey final, canada taking down the u.s. women in gutting fashion. and raising the stakes, if you could, even higher today as the u.s. men now prepare for their semifinal against canada. that puck will drop in just a few hours. fair to say these will be in seats for that. >> you got it. >>> first, we want to get to the severe weather. a storm front wreaking havoc from illinois all the way to alabama and it is on the move. >> it is. we are looking at a current radar, so you can see the impressive lightning strikes all the way from virginia really down to the florida panhandle. severe thunderstorm watch from tallahassee up through western south carolina. so we've got a lot to talk about this morning. but look what happened just hours ago in alabama. northern alabama we've got ft. payne, pictures of twisted semis some thrown on to

we're keeping our eyes on maddie bowman and kamel sigourney. they come in 1 and 2. also best friends and roommates here. and they say they are each other's support system. if the other was not here they would be devastated so. we are cheering them on. again, in about a half hour from now, san jose's polina edmunds takes the ice. her family just right here. we interdo youed them and they are taking pictures in front of the iceberg before they head in to watch their daughter. i'm janelle wang, "today in the bay." >> what a memorable trip for them. i know every day in the olympics is a big day. today is a really big day. with hockey and we've got polina. pretty cool. >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. we've all been cheering on from the newsroom. >> you know what, especially you, laura. she's a big fan. we're not just pretending because we have the olympics on nbc. we really love these athletes. what is so cool about living in the state of california you hear about these athletes in the winter games who live at beach. got to love the search and the s

know you need to follow them the schools the difficulties that come to the corporation break loose maddie and central african republic a new growth for the first time all of african troops french speaking african troops but the older they coming from cumberland from double fold in cool that the point is that you need to fund its troop units will take with them because they were not used to be deployed my back so you need quick with that trained them and this is the objective of the african union to be able to deal with it the crises in africa with african troops and we've seen a decline in december to february of six thousand troops. the two major achievements. five years ago it was impossible so we stopped in due process in africa. david brown we saw in eastern congo a few months back that there was his rapid reporting their response unit that was put in and helped oust rebels there. he's the us prepared to help launch such an initiative for the central after the. this radio is on supporting the efforts of the african union led his force supported by satirist and senators supported it. a

we're keeping our eyes on maddie bowman and brita sigourney.are each other's biggest competitors but also best friends and roommates here. and they told me it's the other one wasn't here they would be so lonely without them. so they are also each other's biggest support system. so a big day here for northern california athletes and a big night for hockey. i just -- the famous white sochi bear. i have not seen the bear in two weeks and i'm leaving. i'm going after the bear and taking a picture. okay. bye! >> get the bear. >> we can't wait to see it. she's really gone. >> stay on this. as she jumps the sidewalk thing. >> can't wait to see. >> chasing that bear. >> the u.s. men's hockey team gearing up for a showdown of their own. >> it's a rematch of the gold medal game, americans looking for payback after losing four years ago in sudden death overtime. features three san jose players. jo pavelski against his nhl teammate patrick marlow and mark vlasic. >> you can check out our website to find out all of the cool things that are going on at the o

. >> maddie bowman took home the first ever olympic gold in women's freestyle skiing half pipe.he scored an 89 on her first run and no one could match it. france took home the silver and japan the bronze. >>> this is russia's first gold medal in women's figure skating today, dethronie inine ining kih korea. gracie gold, she had the best american finish with fourth place. >> close. >> here's your current medal count. the u.s. is leading with 25 and russia has 23. the dutch, norway and canada round out the top five. >> norway. >> joining us now from sochi is mike wise, sports columnist and my colleague from "the washington post." what happened to the u.s. women? they were up 2-0 in the third period. >> this is one of the most heartbreaking ends to a hockey game, to any sporting event i've ever covered. they were ahead two goals with over three minutes left. canada scored another time. 2-1, now with about 1:26 left, canada pulled its goalie. the u.s. shot down the ice. they literally hit a post. missed the goal by probably two centimeters. canada goes to tie in the final minute wit

gold, russian figure skater adelina sotnikova claimed gold in front of the home crowd and american maddie bowman won the women's free ski half-pipe. a report out today challenges the u.s. military's efforts to prevent psychological problems in its ranks. the institutes of medicine-- an arm of the national academy of sciences-- concludes there's no proof that the efforts actually work. the report says, quote: it also finds that "programs are flu season is hitting young and middle-aged adults har hard-- harder than usual, the cdc said those 18 to 64 account for two-thirds of all cases, twice the norm. they also make up more than 60% of flu-related deaths. it may be due partly to a surge in swine flu which tends to affect that age group the most. news surveys a pair of new surveys out today raised concerns about the global economy. chinese manufacturing declined for a second straight month, while european industrial activity remained slow. meanwhile, stocks rallied on wall street with word that u.s. manufacturing is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. the dow jones industrial a

that was good look, maddy. >> i'm blinded by the sun.e camera guy wouldn't like that. >> sometimes you know, you're producing things right at the moment and it's a bad idea and i just ate up all my time to do the weather so all of this was a big fail. [ laughter ] [ buzzer ] thank you so much for that. >> leave it at that and update us later in the show. >> speaking of the hallmark card. thanks, rick. >> thanks rick for the non-weather weather. >> warmer than what people thought it was going to be. >> rick, let's get it out to it brian now who is in times square covering the super bowl for us. hey, brian kilmeade. >> how is it going? guys, i'm sitting here with a man that is the reigning super bowl champion for another 30 hours. john harbaugh you and your ravens won it all last year. here you are in a business suit. i know you would much rather be on the field with your cap on. >> stretch it out as long as we possibly can. >> i appreciate you being here coming up from baltimore to be with us. first of all, the experience. you you are up

my ears say that's reasonable the study of maddie was said that. well what we're good at getting back from the minors sanctions relief is. they're sending us our own money what four point two billion dollars out of a hundred billion dollars. unbeknownst to us. i mean this is not a sanction least soul through honey has to deal with the hardliners is very difficult. and i think that we should keep them space and we should not answer this question always optimistic or pessimistic we have to be realistic. and i tried to find a way out of these unnecessary crisis that has been tested for ten years and it was a pressie this year as was just express cover of this harassment to go all that is watching the colts watching its progress in the princesses that. they need the sanctions have worked and indian dancing up and that sanctions in a sense it gives too much room for maneuver to tehran on the issue of its nuclear program. i mentioned when i took it easy. spending hasn't snowed in at the moment that the overreaching by doing any work on it restock. as far

thanks for the great work of maddy hunter. as we have expanded. and we have expanded contracting goals for these small businesses. and we have increased the state contracts for women owned forms and transfers by nearly 60% and an increase of 1129 contracts with more than $120 million. in the metro east, african american businesses and workers help to build a new veterans memorial bridge over the mississippi river, which we will soon dedicate. they are getting the job done. modern bridges, modern highways, railroads, and a sound infrastructure is critical to a strong economy. in the last five years the illinois job program have invested more than $31 billion in infrastructure. in this is supported more than 400,000 jobs. thanks to these investments we have constructed the morgan street bridge and we are building this in 2013. including the expressway and the quantities and construction is underway on a new circle interchange to relieve congestion on the eisenhower kennedy expressways. after years of deadlock, we are moving forward on our plan to bu

. >> the american maddie bowman has won gold. >> can you put this moment into words for us? >> i don't think it's possible to put it into words. >> governor christie facing criticism for the slow trickle of sandy relief funds. >> my house is still broken. >> las vegas police need help to solve a case of road rage that left a pedestrian hospitalized. >> oh, that? >> oh, my goodness! >> and he's down. >> and he is down. is that blood? >> he got hit in the nose. >> a real close encounter with a moose caught on camera. >> oh, you're a mean little dude. >> and all that matters. >> a 13-year-old girl scout in san francisco is turning into an online sensation selling her cookies right outside a marijuana dispensary. >> after 45 minute she had to call for reinforcement cookies. >> on "cbs this morning." how would you describe the relationship or rivalry with team canada? >> no holds barred and a great game. >> this is the most americans have wanted to see canadians beaten since they sent us justin bieber. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. ♪ >>>

. >> american maddie bowman secured the women's first gold in free-ski halfpipe after david wise won curling event, the women of canada reign supreme over sweden to claim their fist ever second curling gold. the move improved cap da's gains to 7-0 matching the olympic gain without a cross. norway remain at the top of the medal board going into day 14 with the usa in second and germany in third. >> now, u.s. futures indicating a slight bounce on the u.s. markets on the open. not a big one, though. and they call it a flat to a very slight bounce as we've seen on our european markets here on today's session. >>> still to come on the show, the luxury grounds are lost as caring to a certain extent as gucci sales slump. we hear exclusively from the firm's executive. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] first the cookie at check-in... then a little time to kick back. earn double hilton honors points with the 2x points package and be one step closer to a weekend break. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. doubletree by hilton. are you still sleeping? just wante

and i am going to be there for charlie and maddie and evan and alex, i'm going to be there cheering them on. and i just can't waiting to to other events. i was there for the u.s.-russia hockey game. >> that was good! >> so proud of the team. they were incredible. >> yeah. all right. well, have a great time. you're far from the seniors, only 19 years old. we're going to see a lot more of you, i just know it, jason brown. thanks for talking with me. >> thank you so much. thank you. i hope so. >> for sure. >>> and here's a look at the latest medal count. the netherlands and russia at the top both with 14 medals. team usa and norway with 13. germany rounding out the top five with 12. >>> here's what's topping news now for you. workers at a volkswagen plant in tennessee voted against joining the united automobile workers union. the close, 712-626 vote marks the set back for union makers in the south. volkswagen didn't oppose the evidence, leading organizers into the plant to make their sales pitch. >> between the two institutions, volkswagen and the uaw, i know of not one incident of any aggr

joining us now is cnn's contributor aaron maddis. is this under handed as some claim? opponents is not new. what is new here or what is a delicate balance is the fund raising part. the problem for the nrcc or the consideration that has to go into this, or any other campaign, would be is it really worth it? are you going to really raise any money off this and is some of the bad publicity or the controversy, the simple fact we are having a conversation about it now, is it worth it? it is important to remember that this is not something that is just for republicans. this is a tactic that democrats and republicans have used in the past. >> okay, so let me ask you this, if they go to the site and they don't read the fine print, the onus is on us for not reading it through. we donate our money and not realizing it went to the nrcc. at what point or kevin's point does this not scream fraud to somebody? >> i don't know if it constitutes fraud. if you look at the web site, it says clearly nasty things about the candidate on the web site. we all click on little acceptances all t