between you and nathan?sor. i worked for him, i did a lot of translating work, and helping with organizing christian conferences in line with a mega. he is also, was kind of like my mentor. and, here in america, he was the only person with whom i could talk lithuania and. he was a friend. >> the defense attorney, said the state was making more of those spa visits, that was really there. >> would nathan be there with, you when you are having the waxing? >> he was there to drive me into pay for it. >> but he was not there when that was done, when the procedure was done? >> no. >> were you in nathan ever lovers? >> no. that's been asked of you many times. the police asked you about that, correct? >> yes that's right. in the answer is never changed hands? it >> that's right. >> his bottom line was this, the state never even came close to proving a sexual relationship. not even with the hundreds of hours of taped phone calls, that nathan made from jail, over his 16 months there. >> 1700 hours. a recorded telephon

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what's next for nathan chen after that? >> i'm not sure.hool and from there we'll see what's ahead. >> well, you've made your country and a lot of folks very proud. you want to watch that moment, that moment you dreamed of as a 3-year-old on the ice. standing atop the podium with a gold medal around your neck and "the star spangled banner" playing. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> nathan chen, olympic champion. congratulations. ♪♪ ♪♪ it's us. they treat us like family. run. get out! okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second. it's gig-speed wifi that's “mikaela shiffrin” fast. ok, that's fast! speed's cool, but does yours block threats? yup, even for these upstairs all-nighters rocking wifi speeds faster than a gig. can your internet do that? learn more about gig-speed wifi, or get started with xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for 12 months. click, call, or visit a store today. >>> this broadcast is presented by authority of the international olympic committee and may not be repr

nathan's perspective. >> a lot of people project what they expect from you in beijing. beijing and just, you know, as clichÉ as it sounds, just enjoy the experience as much as i can. >> by the way, it is not clichÉ, lot of athletes talk about they want to go to the olympics and have fun. >> five, ten years, i want to look back and say i loved it, enjoyed every moment. i don't want to go back and say i don't remember, i remember being stressed out. i am restructuring my thinking, win or lose, i will look back and be able to say that was a great experience. >> we hope he enjoys every moment. good luck to him. >>> a program note, new episode >>> right now at 4:00, beaten outside the 49ers game in los angeles. today the show of support for this bay area chef who is now in a coma. >> it's just a game. someone fighting for their life in the hospital right now. >> reporter: i'm scott budman a huge thumbs down for facebook. coming up, why investors fled the social network. >>> let the games begin. we're live in beijing as competition gets under way before tomorrow's opening cer

nathan chen proving he's golden. and what he told us more than a decade ago when he was just 10. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. news on inflation tonight. you don't need us to tell you you're paying more, but tonight, what these new numbers now reveal. >>> and the scene playing out on the busiest bridge in north america, from detroit into canada. and why u.s. automakers are being forced to halt shifts tonight. >>> but we are going to begin tonight with the pandemic. the nation turning a corner, but when it comes to masks coming off now, there are those who say it's about time, and others who are still asking, are we taking a chance here before we know for sure that we're in the clear? new cases are down nearly 70% since the omicron peak. hospital admissions down 40%. tonight, at least ten states have announced changes to their mask mandates. nevada the latest. the governor there lifting all restrictions, schools included, effective immediately. many parents across the co

>> nathan chen. >> just trying to put every ounce of power into the air. stay up as high as you can and then bracing your body for impact. i don't think that anyone that has tried figure skating can say that's not athletic. >> so this piece is called truman sleeps, also my free program from last season. because figure skating has to be done to music, almost every single skater throughout that competes at this level will be able to understand music quite well. >> nathan has almost a spiritual connection to this piece of music. you can feel it flowing out of his finger tips. >> i think when i was a kid and i started learning piano, it gave me a sense of i think are, timing and coordination necessary. >> wow! the choreography, the vibe, the way that he interprets his music is unlike any other. >> i'm trying to do my best to emotor to the music. i think a lot of it is unconscious. i would say that artistry is also quite athletic. even from the pure basic stamina. to perform through a whole four-minute program requires a lot of athleticism. if you can figure ou

and nathan is more than ready for a comeback goal line is. >> nathan chen is pushing boundaries. >> he'sat comes with it. just four years ago, at 18, he was a gold medal favorite in pyeongchang. but a disastrous short program left him with no chance to make the podium >> wow, what a major mistake there on the triple axle. >> your initial thought on what happened out there. >> it happens i guess, just got to move on from here. >> he still managed to make history, giving it his all in a stellar free skate and becoming the first skater to land six quads in a single program. >> the real nathan chen just showed up. >> our team was in the crowd cheeric him on. >> when you look now, do you think it was nerves or just like all that scrutiny and the spotlight? >> i was so focused on medals and things that were completely out of my control. >> chen seemed destined for olympic greatness ever since he first hit the ice. the salt lake city native started skating when he was 3, after his hometown hosted the 2002 winter games. he learned low to skate on a practice rink built for the olympics at just 10

how about nathan chen?right here >> just ahead, we're going to chat with the woman who made olympic history again. jessie diggins, yes just took bronze in the women's sprint we cannot wait to celebrate with her live. >> plus the major stars taking the winter olympics by storm that's if you can find them. we're going to tell you why everyone is eager to get their hands on this year's mascot. >> and today food returns to the plaza. we're going to learn the ins and outs of cooking with a wok. >> and we'll have a one on one with shaun white, plus an interview with figure superstar nathan chen, be sure to check out our streaming channel, today all day. >> mr. roker, how about a -- >> i worked my way through that. >> you always do >> power through kept going let's show you a look at your weather for today. some snow in northern new england. rain down through florida. mild in the plains and lots of sunshine out west. as we take a look at the next seven days in beijing, temperatures warm up on thursday 51 degrees,

. >>> and nanl nathan's night. after that world record shattering start >> there is the highest number that we have ever seen in a short program. >> figure skating star now on the brink of being crowned olympic champion with one more skate to go. today, wednesday, february 9, 2022 ♪ ♪ >>> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," with winter olympics. with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning everybody welcome to "today. it's wednesday morning so glad you started us with us as we begin our morning on olympic plaza. >> olympic plaza is definitely shaping up okay guys the olympics deliver emotional drama. and overnight, boy did we see plenty of it including team usa winning its very first gold of these games. >> yeah. it happened in snowboard cross the athlete 36 year old lindsey jacobellis amazing comeback story and we'll talk to her in a moment. >>> in the meantime the second time in 48 hours, heartbreak on the slopes for mikaela shiffrin. this time failing to

but nathan chien-ming not need a warmup.came out on fire, on his way to redemption after stumbling in 2018. >> what is it like for you to come out here four years after korea and skate as well as you just did. >> it's just wonderful to be here. i'm really happy to skate the way that i did. >> reporter: americans sitting in first place with the team medal on the line this weekend. >> back inside where i'm joined by stephanie. stephanie, more team usa members tested positive for covid. >> yes, that's right, lester. two of the men's hockey team have tested positive. they're in isolation here in beijing. this comes after the nhl decided not to send any of its players over covid concerns. lester? >> stephanie gosk in beijing, thank you. >>> beyond the athletes, one of the most high-profile figures at the opening ceremony, russia's president vladimir putin, who won strong backing from china's president in the standoff over ukraine. richard engel is in ukraine. >> reporter: as russia increases its military presence around ukraine,

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nathan chen and chloe kim celebrating unforgettable wins in beijing. we'll take you behind the scenes. >>> also here in santa clara county you have to keep the mask on. why? numbers across the bay area. >>> most of us prefer to keep private but is it, who is also getting a look at your pay stub? >>> good evening, all that glitters is gold tonight for team usa. you watched it right here on nbc bay area. youth night on the ice and slopes for team usa. figure skating star nathan chen glided to first olympic gold mef e halfpipe, chloe kim taking home her second gold. >> janelle wang is in beijing. what a night, you were there for all the action. >> reporter: i was, it was electrifying in here and i was nervous, but gold for nathan chen, had the skate of his life in the short program a couple of days ago and tonight's free skate. what a performance, the 22-year-old rocketed to the top to the song "rocket man," 22 points over second place japan, who also took bronze. first gold for men's figure skating since evan in vancouver and before that, brian boit awnn

one person waiting his turn on the ice team, usa figure skater nathan chen. >> really there are two nathanns competing, the athlete and the artist. one responsible for the jumps, the other for spins, but neither can win gold alone. >> because figure skating has to be done to music, almost every single skater out there that competes at this level will be able to understand music quite well. >> nathan has almost a spiritual connection to this piece of music. you can feel it flowing out of his fingertips. >> i think when i was a kid and i started learning piano it just gave me a sense of rhythm and timing and coordination, necessary characteristics from a skater. >> wow, the choreographer, the vibe, the way that he interprets his music is unlike any other. >> i'm trying to do my best to emote to the music, but i think a lot of it is unconscious. i would definitely say that artists are quite athletic from the pure basis of stamina, to be able to perform through a four-minute program with artistic drive requires a lot of athleticism. if you can balance the two, and i think that's something you

but nathan chen delivered in every single way that he was supposed to in that competition. >> nathan'ss. >> first time in three and a half years. >> tell us about his chances. >> he has a ton of quads in his arsenal. and sometimes he's in nathan's shadow but he's a world bronze medalist. and only one place behind him in the past lmpls and i think he will get on the podium. if he skates well, bronze. >> he's going to be attempting a quadruple axle. >> up him time for team usa because of this group of ruggs skaters. >> because of the russians. i think it is a sweep, one, two e, three, russia. four years ago the olympics in the women's event was won on a triple triple. and now these women are doing multiple quads. one skater is doing possibly four or five quads in her free skate. >> and they are teenagers, right? >> yes. >> the favorite is 15, joined by two 17 year olds. reigning world champion. and sasha is the most able with the quads but the other puts it all together. beautiful choreography, and style. amazing like huge jumps. >> what for names to watch for the u.s. women. >> mariah b

so you were on hand to see nathan chad dazel the judges. and when that 1st gold metal and men figure skating, tell us what that was like. yeah, i have to say it was an absolute privilege to watch them in figure skating today, especially someone of a nascent chen's character. i'm caliber 4 years ago and he on shag, he buckled under the pressure, he didn't even come away with the meadow this time around here and basing. he skated without a care in the world. he was just so effortless on the ice. as you said, he danced to rocketman by alton john and he really just blasted off, leaving his rival within a trail of smoke. it was really super performance near flawless, and afterwards he finished with a smile. i'm like 4 years ago and p on chang when he was massively disappointed. you mentioned the few spectators present it was it felt like a procession to be honest. they were applauding every move, clapping along with him. every magical moment here invasion, something to watch for sure. and we saw that he wasn't the only american to win a gold med

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nathan chen. [ cheers and applause it was insane.ween the -- between the six >> jimmy: and can you do any of the jumps when you are not wearing skates [ light laughter ] >> to a -- i mean, like, to an extent, yeah >> jimmy: i mean - [ cheers and applause this might be the first time we've had a gold medalist on the show i mean, would you be able to do a jump on our show >> sure, yeah. you could probably do an axel. i'll put this down really quick. >> jimmy: sure >> give this to you. >> jimmy: oh, i'll take it, don't worry about it yeah, i got this, don't worry about that >> so, yeah you could do like a single axel, where you step in, jump, rotate and land. [ cheers and applause but like - ♪ [ cheers and applause so, basically that's that. but we do that like, three times three. so we do the same thing but rotate three times and then do that on the ice. >> jimmy: i could try -- i could try one, but i -- you'd have to show me. >> please, please, i would love to -- i would love to. >> jimmy: slow motion, what do you do >> all right so t

nathan had a disastrous short program in pyeongchang.had an amazing short program in the team event here. but this team event is sort of practice. i don't know how to say this the right way. it's a medal event. it's not the individual event. and he knows that. we know that. everyone knows that. so, the question again, at the olympics is, what is going on between your ears? if -- if nathan chen, when it comes to the short program and the long program, is all good, all good in his mind, he is going to win. if not, look for japan to step up again. >> let's talk about snowboarder shaun white, a lot of attention on him, these olympic games. 36, he announced these games will be his last. but don't count him out. what will you be watching for? can he pull out a gold medal? particularly given, he will be competing against a lot of people who were inspired to get into this game because of him. >> yeah. i remember standing at the bottom of the hill in salt lake city and watching the americans go one, two, three, and ross power throwing a method ai

the star turned from figure skating fenom, nathan chen.he 22-year-old salt lake city native with a bedazzling and world record setting program. >> it's going to happen the way he wants it to happen and it was just so much fun watching him deliver the goods on his redemption olympics. i've said it a million times and i'm going to say it one more time, well, maybe ten more times. if nathan chen is on his game, he's unbeatable. >> the u.s. team's currently sits -- sit at four silvers, no gold, standing 17th in overall medals, far behind russia, which leads the count. >>> we begin with a cries in ukraine. today france's president continuing his whirlwind diplomacy by meeting with president zelensky one day after a five-hour marathon discussion with vladimir putin in moscow. here at home there are questions after the president's comments that a natural gas pipeline, critical to the german economy will not go forward if russian troops advance. >> you are not mentioning norstream two by name. don't you think if you were to spell this out, you cou

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. >> nathan hodges is standing by live in moscow. we begin this hour with melissa bell in kyiv, ukraine. macron meets with president zelensky. what can we expect from today's meeting, melissa? >> reporter: isa, the french president has landed here in the ukrainian capitol. he's looking to pursue what he believes was the progress yesterday in moscow. we've been hearing more from sources talking about the concrete steps that were achieved yesterday in moscow as a result of that bilateral meeting between the french and russian presidents, a meeting that lasted for more than five hours, isa. what they say is that progress was achieved on a number of points. first of all, what they say is that they've extracted from the russians a promise that there will be no further military buildup and that after those joint military exercises you just mentioned in belarus, the ones that have been happening all too close to kyiv for comfort, that at the end of the exercises the russian military will withdraw. that is an important concession. looking to

>> perhaps wanting to distract as well, nathan. ivan, let me go to you. we know that xi jinping has met with vladimir putin on many occasions. we have a photo to show how many times they've met because of their strong trade. >> there have been statements of support. they have not been resounding. china has said that russia has legitimate security concerns. in a joimt statement from the two foreign ministers of china and russia who met on thursday, the chinese side said, hey, russia explained the dynamics. ru russia/u.s., russia/nato relationship and china stresses that the principle of security is indid i visible. china understands and supports that. so it's ovg some support, but not all the way. china has never formally recognized russia's annexation of crimea from ukraine in 2014. it has its own ties with ukraine, for example. it has been expanding economic ties with russia. record numbers last year and it has as nathan pointed out, it has military cooperation with russia as well. it has not gone out and denounced nato. it's more couched. you have china

american nathan chen shattering records on the ice in beijing.erstar figure skating halfway to his gold medal as he seeks redemption after disappointment in 2018. tonight the return of usa snowboarders cloe ae kim and shawn white. one one-on-one. why he says this is his last ride. and as california grows the

nathan chen won a gold. that victory is being overshadowed somewhat by a new scandal.ance. a banned drug. the investigation is delaying the medal ceremony in the team competition which wrapped up days ago. joining me live from beijing is christine brennan, a sports columnist for "usa today." let's start with the fun and get to the controversy. nathan chen winning gold in men's figure statkating. talk to me about his road to getting there. he seems like an exceptional person beyond athletics. >> he's terrific. i've known him since he was a little kid. this is so well deserved and just a lovely thing to see. an athlete able to overcome defeat and it was just four years ago, kate, at the 2018 olympic games where in the short program, he was a medal favorite then as a teenager, and he finished 17th in the short program. 17th. it was terrible. had a great long program, and was fifth overall. it's been a story of redemption and coming back and with one goal, one purpose, to meet the moment to have the greatest performance of his life at the most important moment of his life.

s nathan chen. nathan, thank you so much for boeing with us.>> yeah, now that dwrm i'm back in the u.s., it's sunk in a bit more. >> you don't have your civil medals from the team competition because of the controversy over the russian doping. >> so, we had tried to fight for having the medal ceremony done at the olympics before the closing but we lost that case and from here, we're just trying to continue pushing forward as much as we can. i know evan has been an advocate for our team and sort of being the face of our team right now and from there, we're hoping for the best. this can take quite some time and i don't have concrete details quite yet but hopefully soon and we would love to get our medal soon. >> do you think this experience should lead to some change? should there be an age factor or another factor in the way doping is punished? >> i think the there a lot of different routes to take with different pros and cons. there's been conversation about the age increase for a period of time unrelated to the case. so, i think perhaps this m

nathan chen who placed first in the men's short program last night by several points.n's events keep an eye out for mariah bell, karen chen and alysa liu. >> very good. >> i know he said skating is popular now, but the way tara lipinski and michelle kwan had me in a chokehold? i grew up in san diego. there wasn't much ice around, but i thought i was going to be them. >> as long as you stick the landing. >> and that jacket! ♪ - i got a hunch, like me, your home means a lot. - i love my home. i love my family. - you want to have the grandkids over. you want to have the family over. you want to say, "this is my place. look, i'm right next to the water." - [narrator] call aag today and find out if a reverse mortgage loan can help you eliminate monthly mortgage payments, pay for living expenses, and even high-interest credit card bills. call the number on your screen. - how did you come across the whole idea? - i think dad thought it would be something that would help us in the future. - i sat down with my son who's a financial advisor, and he told me about reverse mortgage

stephanie gosk with more from beijing. >> the door is wide open for nathan chen. >> reporter: when nathan, the gold medal was his to lose. but he was not going lose it, not this time. >> gorgeous quad toe. >> reporter: the 22 landed his signature quads, all five of them with the confidence of a champion. by the end, that's what he was. >> the best skater in the world just brought it on the biggest stage. >> i never imagined not making it this far in my career. to make to it the olympics is just a dream for me. >> reporter: still to come, the women's individual competition. facing uncertainty with the news that russian superstar kamila valieva tested positive for a banned drug before the olympics, according to nbc sports. the drug, trimetazidine, is prescribed for heart disease, but medical experts say it could help increase stamina in healthy athletes. the ioc has not confirmed the details about valieva, instead saying the medal ceremony was delayed over a legal issue. russia won that medal in part because of the 15-year-old's performance. >> the best skater i've ever seen. >> they'll not

american nathan chen shattering records on the ice in beijing. the superstar figure skating halfway to his gold medal as he seeks redemption after disappointment in 2018. tonight the return of usa snowboarders cloe ae kim and shawn white. one one-on-one. why he says this is his last ride. and as california grows the list of states ending mask man dits, and the company slowing production and comes as the new subvariant even more transmissible omicron is spreading in the u.s. >>> a bridge partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates. the traffic nightmare. why the secret service rushed him out. >>> the ukraine crisis, what france's president said vladimir putin pledged to him and the reaction from the kremlin. the stunning letter from former pope benedict. why he is asking for forgiveness and the major shakeup for peloton. what it means for customers. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. team usa adding two more medals to its count in beijing with gold maybe in its reach finally after nathan chen

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all eyes are on nathan chen who could win gold tonight. he has an electric program. after his biggest rifle made an uncharacteristic mistake, he is in the driver's seat. >> steve patterson, thank you. >>> back home, super bowl lvi is just four days away, and at his annual news conference today, nfl commissioner roger goodell faced tough questions about allegations of racist hiring practices. here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: with the stage now set for the super bowl, today the nfl faces blistering headlines tarnishing the league's reputation. >> we're not doing a good enough job here. >> reporter: under scrutiny, commissioner roger goodell says the league will address long-standing concerns and a lawsuit filed by former head coach brian flores that the league's unfair hiring practices keeps minorities out of top jobs amid accusations of systemic racism. >> we won't tolerate racism. we won't tolerate discrimination if there are policies that we need to modify, we're going to do that. >> reporter: in a league where 70% of players are minorities, only three minority

nathan chen, he's a student at yale. he now officially does it all.o point out impressive in this as well, japan finished two, three, four. also want to talk about a repeat performance. chloe kim has done it again. team u.s.a.'s star defending her olympic gold in the snowboard halfpipe becoming the first woman to ever win two goellds i the event. how good is she, isa? she said afterwards she was playing it safe on the first of three runs. she had the worst practice of her life. she still scored a 94 playing it safe. the commentators said that's enough for gold. she doesn't have to go anymore. she got to see her family virtually afterwards. that was a big moment because they have been big and supporting her. she talked about her big win as a 17-year-old in her olympics debut, how much the pressure had gotten to her. she was asked about it after this big moment and that journey and coming to grips with feeling all of the pressure. >> after my last olympics i put that pressure on myself to be perfect at all times. that caused a lot of issues at home. i w

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which of course, is a far more nuanced in the ridiculous nonsense, the nathan reviling. but you know, if i were in the kremlin, say, when you, you said years ago that you wouldn't do it and you did this and that in this, in the me, it must be people on the problem must be exasperated. and then they keep saying, yeah, we can talk about, that's a really good point, but it doesn't seem to be get into the mix. i'm sorry. yeah. finish up. okay, so i mean, i think that's right, the address. and the fact is that the united states and nato said to the russian, hey, well, nothing was the right thing. okay, so baker sent this or whatever, but you didn't put anything. we didn't put anything in the right thing. so you are, you know, yahoo! but now, okay, it wasn't writing, now we want it in writing. so we want legal guarantee. if you don't provide us with legal ganges, then we will have to address our security concerns unilaterally. we try to go sheet with you try to work out some kind of a modus vivendi and use your yahoo, your preferred to do that. you want to just mess around wit

nathan hodges joins me from moscow. nathan, let's start with that letter that has been handed in now to the united states. we remember clearly russia reacting pessimistically i think it's fair to say to the u.s. proposal. do we know, nathan, russia's response or tone that might suggest what the conversation between blinken and lavrov later might be like? >> reporter: isa, the russians are pushing back on the sequence of events here with a senior russian diplomat saying to russian state media that this isn't the full answer or at least giving us a hint that it's not entirely clear basically that the russians have actually come back with a full or a comprehensive reply to the americans. last week we did get a bit of an indication of the tone with which the russian side has taken, the u.s. and nato letters that were sent last week with russia's top diplomat. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying they generally took a negative view of this. there may be some places, secondary issues where there's common ground or wh

figure skater nathan chen making history. the 22-year-old breaking a world record with the highest score in the men's short program. and david, nathan chen now eyeing the gold in the coming days. and the other american, mikaela shiffrin, has another chance to medal as she heads back to the mountains to compete in the slalom. both will have their fellow americans cheering them on. david? >> and we're cheering them on, too. marcus, thank you. >>> we turn now to the vatican tonight and retired pope benedict xvi asking for forgiveness now, but admitting no wrongdoing over his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. benedict responding to a new report commissioned by the german catholic church accusing him of mishandling four cases during his time as an archbishop. survivors of clergy abuse slamming him for not taking any personal responsibility. >>> when we come back here tonight, the murder suspect arrested in the investigation that led to the deadly no-knock raid that killed amir locke. >>> and tonight, starbucks accused of retalia

and us figure skater, nathan chen took home his 1st olympic gold medal. he delivered a rousing performance while skating to rocketman by elton john drawing cheers from the limited crowd of spectators ahead of the games. chan had a dominated by winning 3 world titles, and here he was able to land 5 quadruple jumps, living up to his nickname quad. king chin went into there is a free skate with a world record score from the short program and did abuse. sports correspond at jonathan crane is covering the games for us in beijing, and he joins us. i, jonathan, so you were on hand to see nathan chant dazzle the judges. and when that 1st gold medal and men's figure skating, tell us what that was like. yeah, i have to say it was an absolute privilege to watch the men figure skating today, especially someone of a nascent chen's character. i'm caliber 4 years ago and he on shag, he buckled under the pressure, he didn't even come away with a meadow this time around here and basing. he skated without a care in the world. he was just so effortless on the ice. as you sa

at the winter olympics and beijing joy for the american says nathan chan, rockets his way to gold was skating to alton. john, we speak to our 4 spun and up again and hopes are high. that cove at 19 won't steal the show as the berlin l. a film festival open today in the german cap, we will have a rundown of the festivals both anticipated fil ah, i'm assuming so much gun that's good to have you with us. russia is starting joint military drills with its neighbor, bella rose to date. nato says it is moscow's largest deployment to the former soviet countries since the cold war. the exercises come as tensions build over what some western countries fear our russian plans to invade ukraine. diplomacy is continuing, but the u. s. has criticized the new joint military drills as escalate tori. kiev says these are about psychological pressure. russia claims the forces will return to their bases when the drills finish in 10 days time. the u. s. is also deploying more troops to eastern europe as a show of solidarity. 0, bolstering nato's borders. on wednesday, u. s. troops arrived in south eastern

he, though, did win silver with nathan chen in the team event that wrapped up yesterday.happened tonight, nathan chen in first place right now for team usa. jason brown of team usa also had a personal best, but he sits in sixth place. his program is just technically not as difficult as the other skaters. the men's free skate where we will find out who will win the gold medal takes place wednesday night in primetime. now, medals were handed out today, including gold for a san francisco teenager eileen gu competing in the debut of free ski big air. the 18-year-old landed a 1620 for the very first time. she was born and raised in san francisco, but competes for team china. she has two more events and which she should and could medal in. eileen, her side gig, she's also a supermodel with campaigns for victoria secret, louis vuitton, gucci. she's attending stanford university this fall and wants to study journalism. we have a heartbreaking update to another san francisco athlete, alpine skier nina o'brien. she had a horrific crash yesterday during the giant slalom event. she p

nathan chen was known as the most dominant skater.time winning gold for team u.s.a. three-time defending world champ landed five quadruples in an action packed long program performance. he won by more than 22 points. the new world record was set in the short program. nathan chen, student at yale now officially can say that he is -- has won his first ever individual olympic medal. japan finished two, three, four. chen talked about his remarkable journey after the big win. >> truly i never imagined i would make it this far and going to two olympics and having the opportunity i did. i have to take a little more time to process everything. honestly at a loss for words right now but just very happy. >> and repeat. team u.s.a.'s chloe kim has done it again. defending her olympic gold in the snowboard halfpipe. becoming the first woman to ever win two golds in the event. how good is she, laura and christine? she said she was playing it safe because she had the worst practice of her life. she was feeling all sorts of self doubt. she still sco

nathan, let me start with you. these were the first significant comments we heard from president putin after several weeks now. he didn't hold back. what was your assessment, analysis of his comments? >> reporter: yeah, isa. it's important to be clear about what president putin's press conference was and was not. it was a long standing recital of grievances. that's the scrapping of arms control treaties and the stationing of missile control defenses in eastern europe, expansion of the nato alliance to include former members of the warsaw pact in the baltics. what he described in yesterday's press conference today about -- yesterday about u.s. and nato essentially ignoring russia's security concerns. here's what he had to say. >> translator: it's already clear that the fundamental russian concerns were ignored. we have not seen adequate consideration for our three key demands regarding nato expansion. the renuns seeation of the deployment, strike weapons at the borders and return of the bloc's order when the russia/

i was thinking about nathan chen's parents. they are not able to be there. >> yeah. >> they have dragged this kid to practice all these years. >> his mom would watch because they couldn't afford a lot of practices. >> what a good big sister you are. >> love it. >> thanks, janell. >> if you're keeping track of team usa's overall count. a spoiler aler. we'll reveal the count now as the music plays. >> be sure to look away from your screen if you don't want to see that and come right back or turn back around when you heart music stop. ♪♪ all right. come on back now. it's 5:90. a little later this morning california is expected to release its latest drought monitor and certainly there's no way the state will see any improvement. that's because more than a month now without rain during this very critical rainy season. this graph by bloomberg shows water levels in the state and how levels have fallen well below normal following the early season rain. if things don't change quickly california will enter its third year of drought. kari

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and at the winter olympics, last night american nathan chen's long program secured the gold medal in men's figure skating. defending gold medalist snowboarder chloe kim won the women's halfpipe. and tonight, three-time olympic champion shaun white will competing his final olympic event, the men's halfpipe, when he goes into the event and underdog against younger snowboarders from australia and japan. still to come on the newshour. what ending forced arbitration for sexual assault claims could mean for survivors. we take a deeper look at the latest victories and controversies in the winter olympics. a new exhibition showcases art made of unconventional materials plus much more. >> this is the pbs newshour, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: russian military drills that began today in belarus involve 30,000 troops and are expected to take place over 10 days. naval drills are also being conducted in the black sea. the exercises come as more than 100,000 russian troops surround ukraine and as crisis diplomacy continues, in mos

i welcome your offer more troops, ships and planes to nathan. an additional troops that you are deploying to poland showed allied so that the inaction the u. k. leads nate, those but europe in a stone. you contribute to nato's air policing and the aircraft carrier, h. m, as prince awaits, leads. nate, those maritime high redness force, all of this sense, a clear message that we will defend and protect all alice. we also have acted, diplomacy, right? the coast alliance with nato leaders working to get urchin, rochelle, to de escalate. i welcome your support to ukraine, as well as your recent contact with president putin and the visit the foreign secretary trust to moscow today. this morning i have sent the letter to foreign minister, lovegrove reiterating my invitation to russia to continue our dialogue in a cedars or meetings in the nato russia council to find the diplomatic way forward . we are prepared to listen to russia's concerns and the ready to discuss ways to uphold and strength from the fundamental principles of european security. then

before we go, can you talk to us about nathan chen's incredible performance? he finished first in the team short. getting the second highest score ever recorded. you're an olympic medalist skater. this is a good start for team usa, no? >> yeah, it is a great start for team usa. in the team event, they, um, performed and placed i think better than what they were expecting. i'm sure it is what they were hoping to do. for nathan chen, specifically, when he was at the olympics four years ago, a favorite for gold then but he was superyoung and now he is 22. i am talking act him like he is an old maiden but 22. more seasoned. he is prepared and for the last four years, he has been so fantastic, that for him to now do it at an olympic games because for a lot of the world, hike they saw him in 2018, now they are seeing him again. huge monkey off his back. i hope this sets the tone for the rest of his games and that when it is time for individual events, he is there, he is prepared, he is ready and he gets to skate even better. he was so good. like, you know, my toxic

and, at the winter olympics, american nathan chen's long program secured the gold medal in men's figure skating. defending gold medalist snowboarder chloe kim won the women's halfpipe. and the u.s. won the mixed team aerials in free-style skiing. still to come on the newshour: what ending forced arbitration for sexual assault claims could mean for survivors. we break down the latest victories and controversies in the winter olympics. a new exhibition showcases art made of unconventional materials. plus much more. >> woodruff: ten days of russia military drills launched today in belarus with 30,000 troops; naval drills also began in the black sea. all this as crisis diplomacy over 100,000 troops surround ukraine. all this as crisis diplomacy continued, in moscow, berlin, and brussels. nick schifrin starts our coverage in belarus, on the belarus-ukraine border. >> schifrin: with tanks, artillery, missiles capable of and its most advanced jet, russia's belarus military exercises, are the largest since the cold war. it's a display of military might, near the border with ukraine, and just a

tested positive earlier this week with covid and i sit down one-on-one with olympic gold medalist, nathan chen. this is "today in the bay." >> here we go, friday morning. getting you started with your day. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go, take us with you. we're broadcasting to your tv, but you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> let's get a live look across the bay area. take a look, a beautiful site that you can see from across the bay area this morning. it's going to heat up this weekend. >> it sure is. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. she's got a look at the strange warming temperatures. >> yeah, it's a little bit of a taste of spring in the middle of what should be winter, and we are going to have another day like that as fremont starts out with temperatures in the upper 40s. but then take a look at our afternoon temperatures, headed for the low 70s. and, yeah, we're not supposed to be that warm. we should be only in the low 60s for highs. we're starting out co