diners can sample a taste of nagano. fried prawns colored in bread crumbs, or panco imported from japan. the chief chef oksana said she began preparing three years ago. >> translator: we wanted guests to come for the olympic games to know how hospitable sochi and our people can be. with our special menu. >> reporter: this is most dish at this restaurant, it's called rainbow trout jumping hill. it's bent, and shows off quite well on the plate. rainbow trout are a local delicacy. she only serves fresh fish. she bakes them with lemons to give it the refreshing taste. >> translator: i want everyone to know just by looking at it that this is an olympic dish. >> reporter: customers give the dinners a great score. >> translator: it makes me want to put on skis and jump off a mountain, too. >> reporter: the russian city is now getting the world's attention. people here are trying to make sure the meals they serve are top olympic quality. nhk world, sochi. >>> cold weather is once again forecast for wednesday in many parts of jap

in each of the reach of the northern japanese alps is in northwestern nagano prefecture. he registered in the last friday's grand each is a village where some twenty people resign call owen. terraced fields spread beyond the village of mountain slopes that level in rock retaining walls built most were created during the battle here. which was sixteen oh three to eighteen sixty eight. they are still used today in their original forms. taking care of one particular thing is the key to maintaining these terrorists the us. single waterway has been dug into the steep slope of the mountain behind. us actor called ciara waterway called the owl a nice loose was built by hand at the end of the indo period. for about one hundred fifty years and even now. this slows as the film the important role in securing water to the villages patties. you know she months in korea has been farming in on me for over sixty years. every year he spends several days manually feeling in cracks and gaps that have developed in the waterway . the after all the repairs have been completed. this tuesday. it

every gold medal game since 1998 in nagano has come down to u.s. and canada.won the inaugural game in nagano but canada won every single one since then including the 2010 gold at vancouver. the american women say the past is the past. >> this is our moment. it's it new think about what happened in the past and not to think about okay, maybe if i'm young, what will happen in the future but what can we do tomorrow. that's what we're focused on and so excite we'd earned our slot in the gold medal game. it's time to try to earn a gold medal. >> we worked four years for this one moment. 60 minutes of hockey left for us to achieve our dream. >> reporter: okay. you can see the game live on nbc bay area begins at 9:00 a.m. up on the slopes look out for the half-pipe free skiers. the women's turn today. david wise won on tuesday. we're keeping our eyes on maddie bowman and kamel sigourney. they come in 1 and 2. they are 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

and one point about for the cars were stuck on a road in nagano prefecture i remember spending four days in a traffic stop. i didn't really do have such heavy snow in this area. i thought the idea was to get them to the gem by suffer. the crews have set up shelters offering food and water transport ministry officials say they were hoping to reopen all national highways by monday morning. but snow plows were blocked my vehicles stranded or simply abandoned along the road. government officials say they will consider revising the lawn so authorities can go away vehicles and times of disasters. people in the southern part of britain have been putting up with record amounts of rainfall they got some relief as storms. he's on sunday but forecasters say more flooding may be on the way. heavier rains have been drenching wales and the southern be in southern england since late last year the rainfall in january was three times as heavy as normal and the heaviest since people started taking records in the two hundred fifty years ago people in about one hundred fifty thousand households lost power a

caught up with american ski and gold olympic medalist or from the nine hundred ninety eight nagano games picabo street to ask what she thinks about such as venues and facilities. i think it's wonderful it's beautiful here i looked at it on google google earth before i came and i thought wow i hope it's this beautiful from the ground is the air and it has been it's lovely it's people have been friendly it's feels very secure and sochi itself is a very beautiful location i've gotten to put my feet in the black sea been a lot of negative publicity in the media how all the athletes getting on together we don't know if they're great the athletes' village is phenomenal their food has been great their rooms are big you know there's been a lock in the bathroom here and there in an elevator episode here and there but honestly all in all the athletes are really happy the thing they're the most happy with is their venues and their competition space it's the first olympics i think that i've seen where all of the athletes at every venue are happy with the level of difficulty and the level of preparat

federation president and you've got another judge who was kicked out for a year for cheating at the nagano olympics. there's your answer. >> reporter: and today, more disappointment for yulia lipnitskaya, the 15-year-old russian rubberband some saw as a top gold medal contender. she was in fifth place after falling on the final jump of her short program. her toe seeming to slip out from underneath her after takeoff. she just can't recover. today, she fell again, crushed by the olympic pressure cooker. and falls brought disappointment for the americans. for the first time since 1936, not a single u.s. medal in men's or women's figure skating. on another rink today, more heartbreak. >> there we go! >> reporter: just two months after the u.s. and canadian hockey teams brawled in a tune-up game, today the americans saw the gold slip away in a sudden-death overtime. their rivalry going to the white house. president obama betting the canadian prime minister a case of the beer that the women would win. tomorrow, a shot of redemption when the u.s. men take the ice against the canadians. >> all rig

russian wins tonight, and you've got another judge who was kicked out for a year for cheating at the nagano olympics. there's your answer. >> reporter: american gracie gold placed fourth. today american mikaela shiffrin is among the favorites to win the women's slalom. j.r. celski goes for the gold in the men's short track speedskating. kirit radia, abc news, moscow. >> after today's events there are just ten more golds to be handed out at the sochi games. >> all right. the current medal count, the united states remains at the top, and here's a fascinating fact going into the final days of the games. 63 nations, they still haven't won a single medal. all right. we've got to share the wealth there, i guess. >>> food prices on the rise. will ground beef soon cost as much as steak? >>> and hero of the day. a woman revives a baby on a busy highway. the story behind this powerful image. >>> road rage caught on camera. what started this nearly deadly encounter at a gas station. encounter at a gas station. >>> welcome back. wall street and silicon valley are still buzzing about facebook's purchase

and then tara lipinski who won gold in nagano at the age of 15, exactly 15 years ago. of course there is our local gal, 15-year-old polina edmunds. she hopes to follow in her exact same footsteps. >> i think it's so sweet. i mean, it just makes me remember when i was younger and growing up and skating and looking up to kristi yamaguchi and she was my idol. it's weird to hear i'm someone's idol. she is a firecracker and it's her first olympic experience. >> you're back commentating. what is that like for you? >> i'm so recently removed from the olympics, i was planning to compete here. and, you know, i had to end my career because i thought it was time and going to leave to it the young ones. but it is hard to sit in that booth and feel like you need to be on the ice competing or warming up. and i have woken up several times in a cold sweat, i'm late for practice! it is a different experience, 100%. but i'm so honored to be a part of the nbc family. and we're really in a position where we can educate america on what figure skating is now and who these people are. >> joh

the last tie in olympic skiing happened back in 1998 and nagano when a super-g medal was shared. >> well, there are six medals to be handed out on wednesday, including in the first of the nordic combaned competitions. that's where athletes showed their skills. austria's wolfgang linger will defend a luge tubal. the men's 1,000 metres speed skating competition. russia are the favourites in the free skates. >> after shaun white's fourth-placed finish. toura bright of australia goes for gold in her event. the women's ice hockey competition conditions, taking on canada. canada are the olympics champions, they or the usa won every gold medal since women's hockey joined. >> the two sides had a brawl. they played each other last year. >> i think, you know, like i said when we played them, it was an intense game. both teams are about sticking up for team-mates. it happens in hockey. it was a case of emotions blowing over, both teams sticking up for their players and the scrum. it will be a close game. intense. >> the reigning olympic ladies figure skating champion is on her way to defend a title

>> ooh, how about nagano in 1998. >> jessica? >> i don't. i pass. >> you get a free pass. >> yes, norway. with temperatures 8 to 28 degrees. now that is a very cold winter olympics. >>> thank you, jeff. let's get to sports. >> he knows. >> he knows everything. >>> it's going to be hot in scottsdale coming up soon. pitchers and catchers don't officially report until tomorrow with the first workout set for saturday. but that didn't stop some early arrivals from getting down to business today. building strength for those awkward baseball movements like running to the next station, always a part of early fundamental work. brap doon crawford one of the participants, and it's never too early to step into those cages and start swinging the stick. >>> on olympic hockey ice, the overall favorite, team canada eventually slapped its high-powered offense into gear. shay weber and jamie benz scored. while the san jose sharks on the squad made their presence felt as well. >> it took a little while to get going against norway before they pulled off a win.

ever since i studied french i wanted to go to france, and intoingano -- nagano because the japanese culture was different to the west. >> quite the journey for you. thank you for joining us and providing perspective. the opening ceremonies for the winter olympics around the corner on february the 6th. >> maybe is a good idea to remake the movie. i'd do that. >> ice fishing is not an olympic sport. it is popular in the winter. some icefisherman in minnesota will face the hardship of not having their beer delivered by drone. the f.f.a. got wind of it and shut down the party. faa rules do not allow that. amazing stuff. beer delivered to you on your ice fishing trip. that's it for us. headlines are next. >> you are watching al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz with the headlines. serious peace talks on pause, no end to the fighting. reports of airraids and barrel attacks, and a claimer of hope. hundreds of people evacuated near damascus. united states assured ukrainian protesters of their support. john kerry met with opposition supporters in munich. demonstrations conditioned with protesters c

hear from an american gold medal winner from the nagano games. us. on the day she arrived in london. someone set up a bogus hotspot, stole her identity and opened some credit cards in her name. but she's not worried. checking her credit report and score at experian.com allowed her to better address the issue... ...and move right in. experian. live credit confident.™ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good around ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. >>> the olympic flame burning in sochi. the competition for the winter games winding down. tonight in prime time, ted ligety looks to pick up his second medal during the slalom. also a ukrainian skier fails a drug test. she posted positive for an illegal substance. an italian bobsledder also failed doping tests earlier this the week. they have been waiting since the games began. team usa speed skaters finally make it to the podium, winning the silver in the men's 5,000 meter short track relay yesterday. and friday

she won four olympic medals including a gold medal in nagano with the women's u.s. hockey team.me will soon be reaching olympic park and lighting this cauldron and like i said two days ago that we heard reports that a russian gymnast will light it. we hear that is vladamir putin's girlfriend. she did win a gold medal in 2004. we'll have to see what happens. you can see behind me since the last hour, picking up a little bit. people are filing into olympic park. it's going to be exciting night here. >> i can't imagine. it's got to be filled with excitement there. >> right there where janelle is. tremendously exciting. of course you can watch the olympic ceremony here on nbc bay area including the lighting of the olympic cauldron, all of the excitement at 7:30 right here on nbc bay area. >> and tonight nbc bay area will host a watch party in sharks ice at stanley's restaurant on south tenth street. rob will emcee that event. >> the delegation hand picked by president obama to represent the united states is the other part of the story. peggy bunker is talking about that this morning

the two best teams have won all of the gold medals in the olympic competition start get in 1998 in nagano and my guess is they will be seeing each other again for the gold medal in about a week. terrific and a great step forward for women's sports. this is not the way it looked in '98 or moving on to 2002. this is a quick, fast, crisp game and take look terrific out there and i think women's sports took a big step forward as canada beat the u.s. >> ifill: let's talk ant women'sski jumping another big deal. >> this is the super bowl for women's sports. the mens have the super bowl and the world series and the n before. a final. for most women, the best you can do at the olympic games. should be no surprise we see the west female athletes at the games, soccer, swimming, in the summer games and here at the winter olympic, many sports. a new sport, women's ski jumping. it took a while and they had to sue the vancouver organizing committee four years ago. they are the johnny apple seed for the sport. lindsey van, not vaughn, who was competing is really the face of this pioneering effort. unfor

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the neat thing about that team, robin, they won the first olympics in nagano in '98.hey haven't won since. they've lost to canada in the last three olympics. canada, three olympic gold medals coming in, that is the big rival. everyone knows that. they're confident, they're loose. they remind me of our soccer team. they're having fun, laughing wherever they go. so it's good to see that they're playing so well >> that is reminiscent of your team, how you all really approached every match you went into. give us an overall feel, julie, of team usa over there in russia, how they're feeling, how they're doing, what's going on with them. >> all the athletes i'm running into at the main press centre, they're saying things are going well. they love the village, the mountains. the mountain resort. they've been raving about. i think you see the kotsenburg results. sage kotsenburg. not ever expected to win a gold. we pull gold out of that for team usa. with five medals, sitting in second place, i think they're in a good spot right now. >> and five medal events today. julie foudy,

for example, you have a ukranian judge who was suspended after the nagano olympics for allegedly helping fix judging of the event. another one of the judges here, i ruined that name, from russia, happens to be married to head of the russian figure skating association. there's the inference that perhaps they were, you know, leaning towards russia in this event. i am sure this controversy is far from over. >> i'm sure you're right. ivan watson, many thanks. >>> turns out, there is no wolf of sochi, we were duped. on wednesday, kate hanson posted a video to her twitter account, wondered if a wolf was wandering the hall of her dorm. thursday, jimmy kimmel announced she was joking, they were in it together. kimmel's people constructed a fake dorm hallway in los angeles and had someone release a domesticity indicated wolf to complete the trick. she didn't even tell her teammates about the prank. >> kind of laid low. i started hearing people talk around the building, security started freaking out because there was technically a breach with athlete safety. kind of went crazy over here. >> certai

and another judge kicked out for a year for cheating at the nagano olympics.e picked to win the slalom. and jr celski goes for gold in the short track speed skating. kirit radia, abc news. >> for every story of glory, there are these agonizing stories like the skater who some say got robbed. and the women's hockey team, we had it in the bag, so to speak. >> hopefully redemption with men's hockey. >> and the canadians, congrats to them for an amazing comeback. >>> the postal service super secret list of next year's stamps is leaked. accord willing to "the washington post," on the list for 2015, apple co-founder steve jobs, singers james brown, elvis presley and johnny carson. the elvis stamp 21 years ago was the postal service's best seller ever. and just announced for this year, jimi hendrix and janis joplin. cool stamps. >>> playing games on the one-dimensional computer games is getting boring, you may want to go old school, like you, playing the pinball machine. >> played a ton of that in college. you can get your hands on one, literally, if you show up in l

. >> it's been since 1998 in nagano that the u.s. women won a gold in hockey beating canada.wdown. the big rematch the girls were hoping for, usa versus canada. can our american women do it? their moms certainly think so, and, josh, i'm thinking you think so too. >> you're darned right. listen, i love our canadian viewers, but today, sorry, you're going to have to enjoy silver. here we go, tory johnson. "deals & steals." lots of savings to get to. barely enough time. >> okay. >> so log on right now. goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! because this stuff goes. >> okay, first up, dr. dennis gross' amazing, amazing skin care line, a variety of packages, four of them for you to choose from. and one of my favorites is the glow pack, which it's a little bit of a swipe across your face for exfoliating and it leaves a little self-tanner, hence, the name glow. lots of choices starting at $54 slashed in half, 27 bucks. really good deals. >> nice. next up. >> crest teeth whitening, this new product came out just this month so it is brand new from crest. these are strips that stretch for cu

the americans won the gold medal in nagano first time it was played.anadians won the gold medal in 2002 in salt lake city and as you mentioned, in vancouver in 2010, and both times they did it against the americans. the interesting thing here is the cade canadian team won 16 consecutive american hockey games. there's bad blood between the two teams. last time they played this was a fight which is very unusual in international hockey. these two teams are definitely the two favorites. >> also for women's hockey. but anyway, let's talk lo lo jones. when does she start competing with the women's bobsled team? >> i think that for lo lo jones i think you would have to say that the prospects are not particular particularly bright because she is in sled number lee. justine will be her driver. they only raced together three seasons. the competition for lo lo is stiff and american audiences are so familiar with the from ustrition and the heartbreak that she has had in the olympic games. i think that it is going to be something of an uphill struggle for her. >> i

debuted at the nagano winter games and really came into its own in salt lake city and now it's an olympicare my sweepers? ♪ so, how does it work? well, two teams of four different people take turns pushing that 42-pound block of granite known as delivering the rock, sweeping the stone. down 146 feet of ice. scoring in curling is a lot like bocci, you want to get the rocks inside the target, what they call the house. the center of the target right here is known as the button. and for each of your stones or rocks that you get closer to the button than your opponent, you get a point. so, for this go, yellow would get two. red would get none. on the ice, the rocks tend to curve or curl. often on purpose for strategic advantage. all this frantic sweeping creates heat which helps propel the stone down the ice. there's a lot of calories burned, believe me, and the university of ottawa says your heart rate can go up as much as 200 beats a minute because you are doing this a bunch of times, my heart rate is right around 160 and i've only done this a couple of times. come on, baby. that is a good t

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i thought it was great when the nhl allowed the players in 1998 go to nagano and it was a weird yearleaned it up, by 2002 everything was rolling again. i thought the hockey in 2010 in vancouver was the best quality of hockey. the quality of hockey here is phenomenal. i think the nhl is out of its mind if they pull out of the olympics. i really do. i understand what the problem is here, too, because they haven't been treated the way they want to be treated, some of the muckety-mucks, number one, and number two, some of the owners feel we don't want to shut the league down for three weeks and lose that revenue. but i think the olympics do more for the national hockey league than anything! it's a different thing, it puts these guys on display, and i think they're out of their mind if they don't come to the olympics in 2018 and beyond. >> reporter: 1980, miracle on ice, those were amateurs those americans. >> right. >> reporter: facing off against what were professional soviet players. >> right. and the guys were amateurs. >> reporter: do this day are we still getting dividends from that

this is pretty crushing and they've been so close since they won the gold in nagano in '98.were broken. >> back to where we started. i would imagine these games for you, bob, after all the preparation, have been some of the most challenging and frustrating that you've covered. i hope when you look back at sochi ten years from now, you don't only think about what happened to you in terms of your eyes. >> i was just grateful to you and meredith for filling in and for holding my end up for six days when people worked so hard. they work those 20-hour days, plus, i had latvia in my luge fantasy league and that didn't work out either. just a complete wash out. >> what did you think of the staging of the games? >> they did a good job. all of the political differences aside, we have to keep in mind, the political backdrop. the suppression of human rights, what's going on in ukraine, these are putin's games, make no mistake about that, but within that, having said all that, the venues have been terrific. lodgistically, things have run well. all the athletes say they've had a good tim