. >> 24-year-old natalie vasquez worked as a dental assistant in longmont, colorado, and natalie was very active member of the apostolic church, a denomination with very strict rules for women. ♪ >> basically, it's the strict teachings of the apostles. they have to follow very, very strict commands from the church leaders. in this church, they weren't -- women were only allowed to wear dresses. they couldn't wear makeup. they couldn't dance. they couldn't drink. they couldn't smoke. >> music, television, movies, all were forbidden. the church pastor, troy hancock, claimed to have a special relationship with god. >> he would point somebody out in the congregation and say i've just received a revelation that you need to give a thousand dollars to the church. i've just received a revelation that you need to give $300, and they would do it because, i mean, they're very, very faithful people. >> and troy hancock had a revelation for natalie vasquez too. he said that god wanted natalie to marry another church member, a 21-year-old house painter, matthew mirabal. >> he had this epiphany fro

and for more from sochi rejoin now bah correspondent natalie colony natalie please give this two ladies update on the seas visit the tombs of. well president she had a very busy thursday as just mentioned he met with lavender putin the president of russia. i have a huge gala dinner in his honor today like he's going to be meeting with chinese morning kelelly and sixty six athletes here from china all very excited to meet the president of course that didn't sit down with the ad short track speedskating team unfortunately of course without doubt one and was not here due to an ankle injury i can also be meeting with members of the skiing team of the s speedskating team and of course the curling team as well so i get everyone's very excited about meeting president xi and then that he's gotta get ready for the big grand opening ceremonies with south korea's to clean this place this evening. you mentioned those opening ceremonies and of course we're all looking forward to that this coming up. in fact in just a few hours. what more can you tell us about the preparations well this certainly be

i'm lester holt alongside natalie morales. erica is in new york and dylan is keeping an eye on the horrible weather in massachuset massachusetts. >> hey, ladies. i was at the hockey game last night, it of incredible, i am feeling the team spirit from head to toe. too much? even my fingernails. >> she will be regifting a lot of this. >> even my fingernails have the stars and stripes on them. so there you go. >> it's a good look and you might notice we are wearing jackets today. the balmy warm spell is slowly coming to an end, a little cooler today. >> ten degrees but we're not going to rub it in, dylan, don't worry. we do ahahave a lot to get to t morning. high hopes meryl davis and charlie white will bring home the ice dancing gold as they kick off their competition tonight. we'll meet their biggest supporters their moms who have been the driving support from mind their children's success. >> tonight's ice dancing event will feature another pair who keep it in the family brother and sister duo, alex and maya sh shibutani, i ha

natalie? >> i think address the privacy issues, make sure that's clear, make sure the advertising budget is nice and big so that you can again, increase volume, and i think especially for valentine's day, you know. >> we have one in. patrick? >> it strikes against the very nature of text messages which are meant to have a short shelf life. i don't doubt at all that some people are going to want to do this but like natalie said at the beginning, i wonder how many people and how often. if you found a way to maybe capture snapshots, that might be really cool. but if it's text messages, i'm out. >> we have one in, one out. i like the idea of the permanent aspect. that's a great selling point. i'm a little concerned about the privacy but tyler seemed to have a good response there. as long as he wraps that one up and make sure there are no legal holes, i think i'm going to be in as well. tyler, what's your reaction? >> i'm thrilled. patrick, i want to give you a textbook one day. i think you will be

but it looks like the justice system ran its course. >> natalie, i'm curious.e question, look, give than he said that, that attitude was conveyed. and that sound bite we just heard that he would have been more likely to shoot a black teenager than a white teenager. in that case how can self-defense hold? you don't know what he would have done. if he wouldn't have shot the white kid and he did shoot the black kid, right? >> motive is a part of the legal system. what motivates someone to act? in this case we've had the only person that advance dunn's self-defense theory was dunn. who was impeached on the stand by his own girlfriend. so how can you omit the reason and the motive of why he did what he did? and one of the theories is that it was because jordan dunn was a black teenager. it's very important. and i think that would a jury consider that and when the two -- the three jurors who were on the side of self-defense consider that, it had to play into some part of their psyche. whether they admit it or not. >> danny, what do you think about that? he felt more

let's go up to natalie. natalie? >>> good morning, everyone.fter an underground gas pipeline exploded overnight. emergency officials in rural kentucky says homes, cars and barns were destroyed by the blast and resulting fire. at least two people have been injured. the flow of gas to the pipeline has been shut off so officials will let the fire burn itself out. >>> the senate voted wednesday to extend the nation's borrowing limits. the vote allows the government to raise the debt ceiling until march of 2015. enabling the nation to pay its bills. president obama is expected to sign the increase. >>> newly released video shows a very close call at a dmv office near denver. police say a mother left two young daughters in her parked car monday. her 10-year-old girl apparently climbed into the driver's seat, got the car started and then crashed right into the waiting area. you can see a couple people getting out of the way just in time. fortunately, nobody was hurt by the child was cited for careless driving. >>> one of television's first and funnies

i'm lester holt alongside natalie morales. are keeping on top of everything non-olympic back in new york. >>> that's right, and coming up in this half hour, he is called alexander the great. for alex ovechkin, this is one of the biggest days of his life as he faces off against the united states right here in his home country. we're going to catch up with him. >>> then, figure skating turns to the ladies very soon. gold medalist scott hamilton will tell us who has a chance at bringing home the gold. >>> and later, the woman who gave up her coveted spot on the biathlon team for her twin sister got to see her compete here in sochi. we're going to talk with them live about their emotional reunion. >>> but let's begin this half hour in new york and an update on a little girl who captured a lot of our hearts last year. yaerk? >> all right, lester, thanks. you may remember sarah murnaghan's story. she's the 11-year-old girl whose parents fought a very public battle to change the rules on who could receive donor organs. sarah did rece

natalie?rench president tonight. he is newly single after a reported affair and breakup and long time girlfriend. he'll get a grand reception reserved for the closest allies. >>> both sides in the syria civil war resume their peace talks. some of the cities have seen some of the worst fighting. nbc's bill neely reports. >> reporter: daily life. daily deaths in syria's besieged suburb. the regime pounding rebel controlled areas. so this was a moment of hope amid war. a triumph of humanity. hundreds of civilians escaping the siege in homs that lasted for two years. ushered it by the u.n. and the red cross after a deal by the two warring sides. but they had to run the gauntlet. crossing 500 yards of no-man's-land. a terrifying final break for freedom. gun fire breaking the shaky cease-fire agreement. >> that agreement was violated. >> reporter: more than a thousand people have escaped. many are men of military age. the question -- will the regime arrest and jail them or worse? hundreds more want

natalie?pell binding finish to a county spelling bee in missouri. sophia hoffman and kush sharma duelled on stage. they will hold a rematch next month. >>> it is 8:07 right now. let's send it back to everyone on the plaza and al's special guest, i believe the mayor again. >> that's right. >> yes, indeed, natalie. we've got mayor bill de blasio. and we'll get this out of the way. we had a little chat about school closings and snow. and we both want the best for the school kids. >> that's right. >> and our city. >> that's right. and, al, look, i think together letting people know what's going on with the weather, letting people know how they can be safe. that's something we do together. and i want to let you know, we have a little snow coming up the next few days. so i'd like to actually join us, the sanitation department official hat. and if you'd like to come out and join us with snow clearers -- >> my dad was a bus driver and used to drive a snow-clearing bus. i'd love to do this. new york st

alongside natalie morales and al roker. with medal winners -- that's ted ligety, who took home gold yesterday. took home gold yesterday. we're going to talk to him about that record setting performance. >> but first we want to get to our top story this morning. >>> we're talking about violence intensifying in the ukraine overnight between police and anti-government protesters. richard engel joins us. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we are still overlooking the square that is in the center of this protest. a short while ago, we heard renewed gunfire. the death toll is continuing to rise. we've seen more injured being brought to field hospitals. there was supposed to be a truce in place, and both sides are accusing the other of breaking it. around :a.m. 9:00 a.m. in kiev, police retreated from position. in pursuit with the anti-government protesters, now advancing out of their fortified camp. we watched at least one policeman dragged away. the protests had been contained. suddenly they had broken out of the square and into t

many to natalie.is is the luge face. look at that face. i'm not sure exactly what that person is preparing to do. here's another one. >> wow. >> and finally -- is that our last one? that's it. we have two. >> looks like they had gas to me. >> let me see your faces as you prepare for action is this. >> that's our selfie. give our love to my mother and my grandmother are very old fashioned. i think we both are clean freaks. i used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] i've mastered the art of foot cleaning. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. [ carmel ] that drives me nuts. it gives me anxiety just thinking about how crazy they get. [ doorbell rings ] [ daughter ] oh, wow. [ carmel ] swiffer wetjet. you guys should try this. it's so easy. oh, my. [ gasps ] i just washed this floor. if i didn't see it i wouldn't believe it. [ carmel ] it did my heart good to see you cleaning. [ regina ] yeah, your generation has all the good stuff. [ daughter ] oh, yeah. fruit, with a cool finish.ration has all the good st

i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales.a nice stiff breeze, it's a little moist. >> moist? that's the worst word. >> that's a bad word. >> that's the worst word? moist is the worst word? >> i'm with natalie. >> we've already had this discussion once. >> if i put pound cake after it, that's pretty good. >> true. very true. >> see? >> what do you have? >> we're not talking pound cake. >> moisture, okay. >> the moist. >> ew. >> the moist? >> the moist. the moist. >> you're with me, right? that's an awful word. >> you know everybody's getting excited about back home? >> moisture? >> no, not that. we're hoping our folks back home are taking care of it, power ball. big power ball jackpot tonight. >> this thing's big. >> $400 million. >> yep. >> take the lump sum, $227.8 million. >> not a bad deal. >> it's going to get bigger, too. >> although they're saying, unlikely to climb much further because of the bad weather throughout so much of the country. >> oh, really? >> yeah. people hear $400 million. >> you'll go through moist just

natalie, other headlines of the morning?it was a frightening scene on monday where ten people were killed, many others were trapped after a building collapse. it happened at a resort where about 560 students were scheduled to attend a two-day college freshman orientation. south korean media reporting that heavy snowfall caused the collapse and more than 100 people were injured. >>> in bangkok today, one person died, and dozens of others were injured during violent clashes between demonstrators and police. demonstrateers have been trying to block government offices in major intersections in a bid to oust thailand's prime minister. >>> we have some incredible video to show you from inside a city bus as it crashed into a building in boise, idaho, last month. the bus was carrying eight passengers when it veered on to the sidewalk through several trees and light poles across two parking lots and then through a wooden barrier. now, it finally came to a stop when it smashed into a building. investigators say evidence shows the driv

good morning. >> good morning natalie.cked the flight in midair and diverted to switzerland. the captain left the cockpit to use the bathroom. his co pilot locked the cockpit door and took over the flight. the fighter jets you tried to force the plane to land. the pilot turned out of the window and turned himself over to police saying he was seeking asylum because he was fearing for his life. all you flights are back on schedule. >> thank you. >>> prosecutors will seek a new trial for the florida man charged with murdering an unarmed teen after arguing over loud music. the jury convicted him of three charges but couldn't come to a final agreement. >>> a carbon monoxide leak at a hotel sent nine to the hospital sunday. most were employees at the hotel near the international airport. the entire hotel was evacuated. all victims are expected to recover. >>> one of the internet's popular animals made real life debut this weekend. look at this polar bear cub born at the toronto zoo. he's going to enjoy canada winters just fine.

. >> 24-year-old natalie vasquez worked as a dental assistant in longmont, colorado, and natalie wasy active member of the apostolic church, a denomination with very strict rules for women.

natalie has more on that. >> hey, guys.is a really big deal in the world of sports this morning. a college football player headed to the nfl has revealed he is gay. willie geist joins us now with a look at why the announcement is so significant. as we said, this is huge. >> a big deal. one of the biggest stars the nfl perhaps to make history following on the heels of jason collins in the nba. university of missouri defensive end michael sam has now announced and revealed he is gay. the 24-year-old expected to be taken early round of the nfl draft come april is now poised to become pro football's first openly gay player. >> i came to tell the world i'm an openly proud gay man. >> michael sam from the university of missouri and a highly touted nfl prospect announced sunday that he is gay. >> i just want to own my truth before anyone breaks the story about me. >> sam broke the news publicly in interviews with the "new york times" and espn's "outside the lines." but something he told his fellow players last august before the st

we have the secretary of state natalie tenant who said this about an hour ago. >> one day we're holdhat the water is safe, the next day we hear that pregnant women should not drink it. it doesn't add up. quite frankly people are fed up, they are angry, and thigh are scared. i have families telling me that they are melting snow just to be able to give their children baths. >> reporter: also senator from maryland said this to start off the committee mitting at 10:00 a.m. >> yes, the reckless conduct of a private company, freedom industries was responsible for the spill and the failure to report properly, but our system needs to be adequate to protect against all contingencies, and it was not in this instance, so i think we need to look at how we can strengthen our laws to make sure that the public, indeed has safe drinking water. >> reporter: center rockefeller also said that regulation is soft in west virginia, that he is angry, upset and embarrassed at the situation. >> what is the current situation with regard to the water there? is it safe to drink? >> well, officials say it is saf

natalie is here with that. >> that's right. the story going into today's super combined, again the weather here, the nice weather. they actually moved up the start time, the downhill portion to avoid the afternoon sun. however, miller and ligety went later, and they said it did affect their performance. >> a tough morning on the slopes for american skiers bode miller and ted ligety as both failed to make the podium in the super combined. america's slopestyle skiers still basking in the glow of their medal sweep. joss christensen stunned the field taking gold. >> will he go for it? yes! and he nails it! >> gus kenworthy claims silver, and nick goepper landed bronze. the third medal sweep for team usa in the history of the winter games. the stage is set for a dramatic finish in the women's skeleton this morning with american noelle pikus-pace and katie uhlaender vying for gold. pikus-pace retired after placing second in vancouver. she's back cheered on by her family and second place going into the finals. >>> on the ice, the men'

natalie?>> me too. >> i got roker versus the wind. >> of course you did. so what does that mean, roker versus the wind? >> you stand up to adversity. you keep moving forward. >> that sounds like you. >> savannah's was right on. loyal, big heart. >> you feel bad about that quiz remark. >> brilliant. >> that is what's trending today. as we mentioned, you probably noticed, today is national wear red day. barbara streisand has dedicated herself to this cause. natalie recently caught up to her. >> that's right. barbara believes with her high profile comes the privilege about being able to speak out about inequality. she was staggered by the lopsided statistics when it comes to women and heart disease. she has spent a great deal of time and her own money trying to level that playing field. >> for me it's about gender inequality. in the last 50 years most of the research has been focused on men. ever since 1984 more women have died from heart disease than men. >> according to the american heart assoc

let's go back to natalie in new york right now. natalie. >> all right. thanks so much, matt. competition is getting underway now in sochi, the u.s. government has issued a new terror warning. officials are urging airports and airlines flying to russia to be on alert for anyone trying to smuggle ingredients for explosives in tubes of toothpaste or cosmetics. they say there is no specific threat and that they are just being cautious. >>> utility crews are working to restore power to more than half a million homes and businesses still without power this morning following wednesday's second winter storm of the week. most of the blackouts are in pennsylvania where freezing rain and falling tree limbs brought down power lines. snow plows are still clearing streets from michigan into massachusetts, and some states are reporting shortages of road salt with another storm now on the way this weekend. >>> three suspects arrested during the philip seymour hoffman death investigation were ordered held without bail after a court appearance on wednesday. a police official says phone records

i didn't get a chance to actually meet natalie face to face. speak on the phone for hours. so it was like we would be on the phone at 3:00 and get off, like, 5:00. i got to make dinner and get back on the phone. and i got a chance to get all of her background, like, natalie in high school. >> what i love about a mother for her children, it breaks your heart. and here you are going back -- you're going to do your own training now, six days a week for the next -- >> yes, very intense and i'm back in training. and hopefully i'll be able to compete this year. and my main goal now in gymnastics is another olympics. >> is there anything weird about turn on the tv, on lifetime, and seeing your life portrayed in a movie at the age of 19? >> yeah. it is so, like, crazy. insane. but also like an amazing feeling. i never would have thought i would have a movie on tv about my life story. >> we're excited. regina, you're so good in every single thing you do. >> thank you. >> you're really going to inspire a lot of little kids out there. make tomorrow better

ron, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning.the highest accumulations of snow from this storm, upwards of 14 inches. we're off to a good start in that regard. take a look, it's the dry, fluffy snow that piles up quickly. the concern to our south is they've got a little bit of a rain mix, so that's heavier stuff. the concern, of course, is power outages. now, the timing going forward, we're expecting heavy snow at a rate of 1 to 2 inches an hour through the lunch hour and perhaps beyond 1:00 or 2:00. then we'll start to see it taper off and then it will finally a. wing at 6:00 or 7:00 tonight. the evening commute we think will be a lot more manageable than the morning commute. natalie? >> we sure hope so. ron mott in westminster, massachusetts. thanks. >>> president obama is praising cvs pharmacies for announcing they will stop selling tobacco products by october 1st. >> they were anounouncing they will stop selling tobacco products by the 1st. saying it also sells money. >> suspected drug over dose of actor phillip seymour hoffm

natalie kotuby is joining us via skype from raleigh. you heard what the governor had to say.s your reaction? >> i -- honestly, i can see where he's coming from. i understand that emergency vehicles have to get through. however, i feel like he could be a little bit more compassionate for those of us who really didn't have any other option. i had many cars that were blocking my way. i thought it was the best thing to do rather than continuing to drive my car and potentially get into an accident and hurt somebody else or myself. i just thought it was best to get off the road. >> so you abandoned your car and you walked. and you got home. fortunately, you're okay, but your car is still stuck someplace on the highway over there, right? >> it is. i tried my very best to push it -- or to drive it quite far over, to keep it out of the way as much as i could, but hopefully it's over far enough so that if emergency vehicles have to pass through, they're able to. >> if it's towed, you heard the governor say and we heard a spokesman for the department of transportation in north carolina

natalie, look. there's only one treat left.re's only one treat left top give. >> watch as she gives it to the good puppet. >> who do you want to give a treat to? that guy? okay. >> so what does it tell you? >> they are actually, i think it tells us they're actually evaluating, what does -- who's deserving of what types of behave irin the world? and who's, you know, who do they feel warrants getting the benefits? >> and the babies take a step further. they don't just reward, they punish as well. here they're given a choice to take a treat away from a good or bad puppet. >> who do you want to take a treat from? >> almost 90% of the time, the babies will punish the bad puppet. >> is it possible this is coincidence? they're gravitating to a color of the shirt they like more, or where the placement is? >> good question. we switched the colors of the shirts. so for half the baby, the green shirted puppet is nice. for half it's the orange shirted puppets that's nice and we find over and over again it really doesn't relate to color of

. >> oh, no, natalie, look. one treat left. there's only one treat left to give. >> watch as she gives it to the good puppet. >> who do you want to give a treat to? that guy? okay. >> so what does it tell you? >> they're actually -- i think it tells us that they're actually evaluating who's deserving of what types of behavior in the world, and who do they feel warrants getting the benefits. >> and the babies take a step further. they don't just reward, they punish as well. here they're given a choice to take a treat away from a good or bad puppet. >> who do you want to take a treat from? >> almost 90% of the time, the babies will punish the bad puppet. >> now, is it possible this is just coincidence that they're just kind of gravitating to a color of of the shirt they like more or where the placement is? >> good question. we switch the colors of the shirts. so for half the babies the green shirted puppet is nice. for half the babies it's the orange-shirt puppet that's nice. what we find over and over again, it r

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i'm here with natalie. >> here we go. >> actually, when i was at the super bowl, i felt a little bit of sprinkle and the air started to get cold. and i was like, uh-oh, this doesn't bode well. >> lee miller in the control room, you're keyed into my ear. i'm hearing you go on. you are talking like a bird. no? well, who is that? >> mikey. >> who would that be? >> they're just chatting away. >> could it be willie? >> well, i can hear you talking to me. he said, i'm not keyed to you. >> there are voices in our head. >> this is what -- this is how the control room talks to us. and i keep hearing people talking. >> and you hear this when you're sleeping, too. >> i do. get off! >> maybe the little devil al that's right here in your ear. >> so willie is already in sochi. >> he's in sochi right now. we're going to check in in a moment. >> i hope you're not hearing voices too, willie. all right. we'll check in with you in a little bit. big game. you were at the big game. >> i was there. it was incredible experience.

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natalie?faced today for the first time since he was overthrown last week. speaking from russia, yanukovych denied he ordered the massacre of protesters before he was forced from power. he said he would not ask for military support. tension has increased in ukraine's creregion where gunme ceased control of the airport. >>> the main event at this week's cigar festival in cuba was a big ash-smoking contest. hundreds of cigar lovers puffed away carefully to see who could create the longest, unbroken column of ash. one woman smoked it down to a 1/2 inch stub only to have it as you see there fall there on her face. i don't know what the prize is. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to savannah, carson and al. >> thank you. i have to say, i gave my hat away. >> you did? >> because somebody wanted it. but my head is cold now. >> oh. >> thank you. live on the air. >> exactly. mr. roker? >> well, we've got a lot of folks who are cold here. but boy, oh, boy, we are watching that weather. making its way

natalie? >> kelly o'donnell in washington, thanks so much, kelly. >>> a plan by defense secretary chuck hagel to downsize the u.s. military is already coming under heavy scrutiny. the cuts would shrink our military to the smallest size since world war ii. under the proposal, the army would lose up to 80,000 soldiers, drones would replace the u2 spy plane. the military would install just 1% raises. but the plan is raising red flags among leading republicans and democrats. representative mchun of california says the administration is, quote, trying to solve the financial problems on the backs of our military. >>> the three women in cleveland who were held against their will for nearly ten years were honored monday night. amanda berry, jena dejesus. and michelle knight were presented by ohio's courage medals during the annual state of the state speech. >> no one rescued them. they rescued themselves. first by staying strong and by sticking together. and then by literally breaking out into freedom

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good morning. >> reporter: hi, natalie.the start. the storm is expected to intensify throughout the day. much of the city is already shut down. the department of transportation took unusual steps of asking employers to let their workers stay home today as the kansas city star said it appears no one wants to pull an atlanta. meaning being caught unprepared. colleges are closed. virtually all schools in the area are closed. temperatures are plummeting throughout the day and as this storm moves to the east, it's going to get bitterly cold here in this area. back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> the pilot of a small plane is being praised for steering his plane away from a ymca and a retirement home just before it crashed monday near nashville, tennessee. the pilot and all three passengers were killed. the plane missed the first approach to the airport and it was circling back for another try. the ntsb is now investigating. >>> the convicted four-time killer who escaped from a michigan prison sunday is become in custody. mi

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natalie is joining us via skype via raleigh. what happened to you, that the lee? >> well, i left work at about 1:00, probably only ten minutes after it had started snowing and i thought i would be good to go. my commute is only about 2.3 miles so i thought i had a little more time to get home than i did. i probably made it about a half-mile, not even, and decided to just abandon my car and walk two miles home. >> how was that walk? what was going on? >> well, there were cars all over the sides of the road. they were in the medians. a lot of people had abonn donned their cars. i probably passed about 20 of them. people were sliding all over the place. and i just don't think we were quite as prepared as we should have been. >> that must have been a difficult decision to leave the relative warmth of your car and start walking and just leave the car on the highway. right? >> right. i had debated it quite a while and called some friend to see what they thought i should do, and some friend had abandoned their cars as well. hopefully they're in one piece when we get back