and american justin right mattie's took the overall title in the parallel giant slalom with russia's vic wild forth and among the women switzerland is patricio cooma made it victory number for the season ahead of japan's tomoko tacky and junia dome of its of austria to ensure overall victory in three world cup snowboard disciplines russia the capital and you cannot be happy enough to get those went out in the last eight. for well meanwhile russian olympic slopestyle hope alexey some would have made a surprise guest appearance at an extreme snowboarding event in moscow which brought together thirty of the brightest talents from across the country and michael braved the cold to bring us this report. well it's a crisp minus fifteen degree celsius here in north moscow and instead of being at home there's a bunch of snowboarders that come out here to show off their skills russian style and i'm here with the brainchild of the whole event the nice lynsey of please tell me why. you know better off. came about after the play russian video came out you might know the one where american basketb

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. >> reporter: mattie bowman is here, they are actually roommates. the three are favored to medal. david is a world champion. now they don't start practice until next week and competition for them begins on february 18. they are here enjoying it and wanted to make to the opening ceremony and a lot of their family will be arriving when they start competing in about 10 days. so everybody is really excited, adrenalin is pumping and we can't wait for the opening ceremony to begin. reporting live from the sochi games, janelle wang, bay area news. >> perfect. thanks so much. >> tonight's opening ceremony is going to be incredible. there are serious undertones. >> peggy bunker joins us in our studio with more. >> undertones indeed. russia infamous for anti-gay laws. the people that have been picked to represent the unby the president include companies like google standing up for gay rights. the message of tolerance from the united states to russia is clear. the president went ahead and chose exactly who would be attending the games. in an exclusive only here he sent a message this morning

and mattie bowman skiing in sochi for the u.s. friend and mentor sara burke who died two years ago in a skiing accident in utah. she says the dangerous nature of the sport is the part that she loves about it, given her courage and talent, the california native is one to watch in the upcoming sochi games. more news coming up after the break. guy 2: i told you you could build your own skillet. guy 1: i'm glad i got it while it's still around. with 30 ingredients to choose from, you can't go wrong. guy 2: yeah, i've never had a combo like this. guy 1: like i always say, you've got to try something new. guy 2: try something new? you've had the same haircut since seventh grade. waitress: hey, welcome to denny's. i wish i was made of money. i wish you were too. chances are, you're not made of money. so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. >>> okay. did you notice anything during the halftime performance at the super bowl, specifically the red hot chilly peppers? their guitars weren't plu

and mattie bowman on skis. a sweep in the men's ski slope style. >> oh, wow.here's a lot of emotion there. >> reporter: sochi made new heroes, like mikaela shiffrin, the youngest athlete to win alpine gold. said good-bye to others like shaun white and bode miller. at times the competition resembled the postman's creed, athletes delivering performances in snow, rain, heat. the snow held for julia mancuso in the super combined. andrew weibrecht in the super g. and ted ligety in a precise run to giant slalom gold. >> awesome feeling. >> reporter: there were problems that became social media punch lines. the faulty snowflake. tricky bathroom doors. and water the color of a bronze medal. but one picture posted by silver medalist gus ken worthy started an outreach program to adopt some of sochi's stray dogs. >> i fell in love with them and felt if i could do anything to help them, i really wanted to try. >> reporter: we say good-bye to rosa couture and the coastal cluster, to hockey heartbreak, and ice dancing delight. we say hello to memories that will have to last

government is weighing out plans to reform immigration policies and is meeting a wall of resistance with mattie saying the proposals violate key national ideals we explore that issue and more after the break. one going to the wall street superhero jamie the diamond drug goes wild. and the other corners the evil no good dick who refused to help bellow long-term capital management oh it's dick the gorilla fall booed. here to mediate this fight is hank paulson will he rescue this stage rumble in the wall street jungle with a seven or billion times out the audience shrinks yes the game is rigged. dramas that try to be ignored. stories others refuse to know. the faces change the world writes no. food picture. from around the globe. welcome back you're watching r.t. international and british couple are facing a desperate battle to avoid extradition to the u.s. caught in a legal tangle they told r.t. as to her cilia that they'd rather take their own life and be ripped away from their families one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policeman from scotland yard and i

land for mattie martin and this is perfect in the set so last week the state department released an environmental impact report stating that the southern leg of the keystone x.l. pipeline will have an insignificant impact on carbon. mentions but even if this report gives obama the green light to move forward of one group is refusing to allow the construction of keystone native american communities including the just released a statement entitled no keystone x.l. pipeline will cross lakota lands. nation as well as other tribes from oklahoma to oregon have banded together to plan on how they will take direct action yes it looks like obama now has america's indigenous community to worry about if he does approve this toxic project so if you believe that that's destructive pipeline has no business crossing their native american territory and join me and let's break the set. please please they are looking very hard to take the time. to get on the line that he ever had sex with that hurt but there are those. that believe. that. my next guest is someone who has shattered the two party monopoly after winn

over new internet controls the government claims the legislation will protect individual rights but mattie see it as a clamp down on freedom of speech demonstrators were also demanding their release of army officers jail last year for allegedly trying to stage a cool. some fourteen inmates mostly al qaida members have escaped from a prison and the yemeni capital sanaa after militants stormed the compound officials say at least eleven people including seven police officers were killed in a shootout no group has admitted to being behind the assault but yemen has been a target of numerous attacks by heiling militants in the past two years. officials in indonesia have ordered the evacuation of over sixty thousand people and raised the eruption alerts to its highest level after a volcano on job started sending plumes of smoke into the air three airports have been closed with ass covering planes on the ground the military has been called in help to get people away from the area and authorities are urging people to stay at least ten kilometers from the volcano. now after the break here and here n

give them your feedback if you like or russia's hockey team captain has tweeted his thanks to the matty fans have shown their support and we will of course be keeping you up to date on all the olympic action here on our team or national to stay with us. the g. twenty fourteen promises the ultimate in the exhilarating winter sports in our. journey and you see no way to make seven zero in on the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on. now russia is urging washington to ensure that a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. is given urgent medical treatment constantini are shank his health is critical but he has been refused access to a doctor or dislikes or chesky reports. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin you know. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experience and heart pain and was alm

matty brought home in the gold in the first ever freestyle half pipe. she dedicated her win who died during training in 2012, burke had been instrumental in lobbying the i.o.c. to add freestyle half people to these olympics. she was third after qualifying the with two highest scoring runs to her finish and helping team u.s.a. stay atop the medical count, with 25 including eight goals. after the game, team u.s.a -- >> they were inconsolable. >> that was two goals in the last three minutes of that -- they had that thing locked up. >> you know, they were playing to win early, they start playing not to lose, and that's what happened. >> this is canada's miracle on ice, the headlines coming up next. an eight year and fourwn year sentences. respectively for the crime, brian stowe a san francisco giants fan was let permanently disabled by the beatings. and those are the headlines. inside story is next, if you would like the latest on any of the stories covered just head over to aljazeera.com. we are borrowing again to buy stuff. didn't we get into big trouble

. >> mattie?> we should have any roads, we should have the government involved, but the question is,h who is building the roads? can we do maybe a public-private partnership where taxpayers canp make their investment back rather than giving a contract away to unions who support the politician who is asking to roads?he those are the kinds of questioe we should be asking rather than saying, what's no road or no highway? >> keep government small, soernm fewer of the choices are in the hands of politicians. >> i agree. >> don't use some notion that well, there will be someone a little head and a little behind to make important choices for us. someone in my analogy will have to build that road and it mightn be your owned -- >> why nascar tracks? or motorcycle makers? >> i'm not going to defend every single taxax break. but at least in government, john, those decisions are being made by people when were elected by the people. >> that would be great if that were the case. look what happened with obamacar

. >> reporter: britta's friend and competitor, mattie powman is here and getting her hair done as we speak. they are also roommates here in sochi. david weis and world champion is the favorite to medal. so a lot going on. they don't practice until next week and their event doesn't start until the 18th but they are here soaking it all in. a lot street begin kicking off with the opening ceremonies tonight. >> it looks like the pictures you're soaking it in as well. >> reporter: yes, i'm kind after fan of theirs. >> great. it's kind of cool to see our local favorites there. thanks so much. opening ceremony will air here on nbc bay area. matt lauer and meredith vieira will have full coverage starting at 7:30 tonight. if you want to watch with a group check out our viewing party. just meet down at stanley's restaurant inside sharks ice in san jose. it's over on south tenth street. >> the delegation hand piblged to represent the united states in sochi is the other part of this story. peggy bunker joins us with you details. >> good morning. it really is cool russia is quite infamous for ant

questions about how the case was prosecuted, particularly after jurors started speaking out, including mattiee lone member of the jury who was nonwhite. >> it's very hard to be one of the persons that had to deal with him being free right now, but just to know that in my heart, you feel that a person is guilty, but when it comes down to the law, they give you so much that you can work with. >> now a new book takes up inside the george zimmerman he map jury room and we're learning more about maddy, about her interaction with other jurors and about the potential missed opportunity by prosecutors in the zimmerman trial. lisa bloom is a "today show" legal analyst who covers the trial and also a legal analyst for avo.com. her new book, the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice, is in bookstores now. thank you so much for joining us. george zimmerman has sued nbc for defamation and the company strongly denies his allegations. this is a terrific book because you really take us inside something most people don't get to see, which is the process inside the jury room and how a juror experiences

this is mattie garcia a floral designer. thank you for joining us. keep working here.u're busy. what do you want to say to all the people out there thinking about going the budget route when they buy flowers for their loved one? >> well, i think they should come to citti's as soon as they wake up this morning because we are going to be really, really busy. lots of flowers going out today. >> reporter: got it. all right. you heard her. very busy today. if you want to make sure the delivery makes it to your location on time get your order in early. live in campbell, back to you. >> kiet, have you got your order in? 22 years of marriage. you should be good at this by now. right? >> reporter: let's see. no, i have been married 11 years and then we have been together for about 11 years. >> then you should be really good at it. >> 22 years together. >> reporter: you would think, right? but i'm -- i'm glad i'm here, let me just put it that way. [ laughter ] >> take them home. your wife will be happy. all right, kiet, thank you. >> yeah. >>> attending college we know is costly

. >> now juror b-29, only known only as matty was the only minority on the six-person all women jury.r the verdict, here's what she told you. here's what she said to me. >> but justice to know that in my heart, you feel that a person is guilty. but when it comes out to the law, they give you so much that you can work with, you know, it makes me feel worse the more i hear about george zimmerman. >> now, that's what she told me. but what she told you that was truly stunning of what was going on in the jury room, one juror, quote, knew more than we knew. from pretrial publicity, she knew from pretrial publicity that trayvon martin was a bad kid, was intentionally behind zimmerman, that he knew he was going to hit him, and that he planned his own death. lisa, none of these points were mentioned during the trial. how did this make into it the deliberations? >> it's really sickening. and it's really disturbing, reverend al. i opened the book with maddy's story. i spent a considerable amount of time with her. she and i are really friends now. she and i have a been texting the last couple of

two golds in freestyle ski and we have four strong competitors, including matty bohan, x games winner. unar kim, it will be hard to dethrone her, leading the women's, with a score of 74.92. she's trying to become the back-to-back gold medal women's skater since katerina wit. gracie gold is in fourth, 5.49 fnd italy's caro leana kostner. ashley wagner and polina edmonds are 6th and seven before going in to the long program. >> russia won 22 medals. second best in sochi, russia lost in hockey. the russians are eliminated from the men's hockey. they go medallist. after the loss, head coach incited the media to "eat me alive", hopefully they did not take him up on that offer. these are happier times for women's hockey, team usa and team canada. they had the upper hand, beating the u.s. 3-2, but beat the u.s. the last two times they met in the gold medal game. canada has not lost an olympic game of any kind since the u.s. beat them in 1998. game time for the gold medal match between team usa and team canada is 12 noon. >> syracuse went in ranking one and none. shoe ins to beat a 6 and 19 b

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