last friday you may have seen a clip-on mayor ed lee on n s nbc and when they asked what he was going to ask president obama to get into priority tiger's water. we're extremely excited. and now the implementation at the water program. we are he w we have a total of 31 water stations and half of those are installed at the city hall's. it was a terrific opportunity for young people to get the explore for what the puc does and how to reach out to young folks. and the 6 hundred and 40 member is the context of the mayors commitment to hire 6 thousand young people over the summer so we partnered with the mayor's office. we're in the agricultural pilot program that's scheduled to open next fall this is the first of the seats that's looking at the second try sects on the puc property that can be used for secondary use. there's one in the fall we're working with supervisor avalos office. we have 19 professional service contract and overload million dollars of discolors over the next 5 to seven years with private firms. those are resources we wouldn't have been agriculture to leverage. during t

. >> nbc, hosting the olympics,>>s bob costas works for nbc.rt f because everyone is saying thisk is going to be the no show olympics. people won't tune in.his so they're doing everything they can oo make it look less corrup, more peaceful, putin is a peace keeper. he's playing the corporate game. but i agree when he reads that, he's got to be thinking, am i reading something i would beeads saying? i don't think so. i agree. i think he's just reading some of the political arm of nbc says read this 'cause we got toding smooth this over. there are terror threats. there are threats of hotels falling apart, corruption. issues with where they stay on gay marriage.ap they're trying to down play allo that stuff and make it look liky a peaceful, fun games. >> so is nbc some kind of russian -- >> there is some things he said about his crackdown on gay he rights. he didn't gogo completely in the bag with putin.plet however, costas' opinions are not why you hire a costas. the only person that knows thatt is costas. talk a bit about obama, talking about ru

ford, for example, -- 70's nbc stover away -- stole her away. she has been a floor reporter at the national convention. >> let's change the pace a little bit, mr. vice president. >> served as a panelist on two presidential debates. served on presidential campaigns and through seven presidents. >> you sound surprised? >> i am surprised. >> she had a first row seat to history. >> we have i'm compton on the scene -- and compton on the scene. be a florida to plane. >> she is on the phone from nebraska. can you hear me? >> yes, peter, i can. >> what are you doing in nebraska? >> we did not know where we were until we landed. president bush is here at the home of strategic command. >> she was their only broadcast reporter. >> we knew that one of the most trusted journalists were on air force one. on that reporting to keep america safe. like?t was it what are you talk for a spell? >> i think the striking thing about today is -- >> and is most proud of what she has done off-camera. she mentored young women. and she raised four children. >> she has prove

i want to swing over to the white house where nbc's kristen welker s kristen, what's interesting hereof our sort of main foreign policy priorities right now hinge on russian cooperation. that could be nuclear deal on iran, it could be some kind of resolution to the situation in syria. and there is a sense, i would love to know your thoughts on this, this white house has been a little more hesitant in and around certain issues because russia is such a major player in so many areas. certainly the white house feels like they have been -- they have to and must comment on this, given the situation over there. but one would expect that they are gonna thread a fairly careful line here, given the other priority at hand. >> well, i think that's absolutely right. and that has been a big criticism of this white house, of this administration, that they haven't been strong enough, that the president hasn't been strong enough on some of these foreign policy issues when you luke at a case like syria, for example, where he sort of walked up to the brink of taking military action and then decided to p

we'll meet the cover models, but first, this is "today" on nbc. s swimsuit issue. >>> all right.ow. the ladies are with us this morning from los angeles. ladies, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> oh, not only do you pose in unison, you speak in unison. we love it. some people call getting the cover of the swimsuit issue like the oscars of modelling. how excited were you when you found out, chrissy, was this a career maker? >> just to be in the issue in the first place was kind of just absolutely massive for me, so to get the cover, totally unexpected, did not think it was going to happen. oh, my god, i have not even seen this stuff. this is crazy. i'm still in shock from it, and this is massive and it's great to share with you, also. it's really exciting. >> well, nina or lily, this is the first time i can remember we've had to use one of those we're a little bashful about this ribbons to cover a piece of the cover. what do you think of the photograph? do you think it pushes the envelope a little far? >> that's actually the first time we've seen that cute little bow. >> th

ford, for example, -- 70's nbc stover away -- stole her away.national convention. >> let's change the pace a little bit, mr. vice president. >> served as a panelist on two presidential debates. served on presidential campaigns and through seven presidents. >> you sound surprised? >> i am surprised. >> she had a first row seat to history. >> we have i'm compton on the scene -- and compton on the scene. be a florida to plane. >> she is on the phone from nebraska. can you hear me? >> yes, peter, i can. >> what are you doing in nebraska? >> we did not know where we were until we landed. president bush is here at the home of strategic command. >> she was their only broadcast reporter. >> we knew that one of the most trusted journalists were on air force one. on that reporting to keep america safe. like?t was it what are you talk for a spell? >> i think the striking thing about today is -- >> and is most proud of what she has done off-camera. she mentored young women. and she raised four children. >> she has proven that you can be incredibly successfu

a civil rights attorney tells nbc bay area that the officer overreacted. b.a.r.t.'s police chief has ordered an investigation and stands by his officer saying th passenger was asked several times to comply before that taser was used. the passenger was arrested. he is a parolee with a warrant out. >>> a big storm is on the east coast, but the flight delays stretch here to the bay area. more than 117 flights have been canceled or delayed today. tomorrow might be the same situation. 6,000 flights were canceled nationwide. that could mean the end of a dream for a san francisco teenager trying to get to d.c. for a kung fu tournament. >> she could miss the event. it's pretty sad. >> the airline says they can't leave until sunday. a lot of travelers are in the same boat. so far san jose and oakland airports have been minimally impacted. >>> in sochi, we're approaching the halfway mark of the game. team usa with 12 medals. today's clean sweep in the ski slope style event helping the americans. >> one major letdown, and one shocking announcement. >> it was a new day in russi

i was against comcast merging or acquiring nbc because now about three dozen other cable netwo s networksa cable provider, you better have the olympics. so if you're not comcast, you've got to pay nbc comcast or comcast nbc for the rights to the olympics and comcast can charge whatever they want. they have to pay themselves the same thing by law but they are taking out of their right pocket and putting it in their left pocket. that's anti-competitiveness, as far as i'm concerned. >> is there evidence, has there been studies that when these mergers happen, especially when it comes to, say, comcast and nbc universal, that that has definitely resulted in prices going up and consider service going down? >> one of the things we did because i was objecting so hard was to put conditions on this. so we haven't seen that necessarily yet. we can't prove that. but they haven't complied with a lot of the conditions that the fcc put on it. i gave you an example that will relate to you. cnn is a cable network news. it's what it is. >> yeah. >> there's a thing call neighborhooding. you know what that is

in an interview with miller -- an interview that miller did with nbc, afterwards, is also getting strong reaction this morning. news4's angie gf will have more coming up at about 5:45. we have stories line and on our news app. there's the olympics tab. we will push alerts about any results. download it from the app store or google play. >>> on this president's day, there's plenty to see and do in the day ahead. coming up, where you might find -- where you might want to take advantage of some free events and why some of us may have places to be today. >>> from bad to worse. right now more of the county or the country, rather, is digging out from heavy snow. how this year's harsh weather could affect millions of people for the rest of the year. >>> and there's no miss taking, it is a cold winter morning here in washington. more snowflakes on the way. it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, and knocking it out of the park... it's getting in the zone... it's keeping on your toes... on

nbc to take over "late night." grooming his witty pop culture references, spot-on impressios,s and famous friends.a reported $5 million a year. during the day, fallon writes books, plays pitchman. even won a grammy for best comedy album. fallon wrote this song, donated his proceeds to fisher house to help military families. he's hoping for more laughs on the "tonight show" but the business of being jimmy fallon is no laughing matter. and stay right here because coming up next in a "cnn newsroom" hear from a man who knows fallon's comedic craft better than anyone, his former snl costar horatio sanz. >>> at 2:00 p.m. i'm going to be joined for solutions for income inequality. >>> he said this is the most unequal of the major industrialized societies. not just in income but in opportunity. >> plus, why an outspoken member of the top 1% wants more money to equal more votes napts also coming up at 2:00 p.m. on our all new "your money." "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> it's u.s. versus russia right now in men's olympic hockey and age old rivalry ren back no 1980s chl. >>> brace yourself because anot

nbc 4 starting at 7:30. >>> coming up in our 6:00 hour, news4's jim handly sat down with team usa's flag bearer.hat he says he went through -- what he says went through his mind when he found out he would be leading his team during the opening ceremonies. >>> 4:37. new rules about what you can take in carry-ons this morning following terror threats surrounding the games we told you about yesterday. the tsa says most aerosols, gels, powders, and liquids will not be allowed in carry-ons for passenger who are flying from the u.s. to russia. it is a temporary ban for the next 30 days. this comes after a warning from u.s. intelligence saying terrorists may be trying to smuggle explosives in to russia in toothpaste tubes. >>> you can follow the latest out of sochi any time with your smartphone and our nbc washington app. there is an olympics tab, and we will push breaking alerts to you. just download it on the apple app store or google play. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray has competition in his re-election bid. the challenger who could give him a scare on election day. >>> also ahead, trying to get the l

s. tonight does mark a moment for nbc and jimmy fal lon as he will be the sixth host ever of "the tonight>> meet the parents. going to meet me. >> on "saturday night live" was his start, late night was his warm-up. jimmy fallon takes center stage bringing the show back to its new york roots, his new set will be the same "30 rock" studio where "the tonight show" spent its first two decades. >> it doesn't get bigger than "the tonight show." this is the job of your lifetime. >> do you feel pressure? >> a little pressure. more excitement and i don't want to you know, i just don't want to ruin something that means so much. i don't want to screw it up. >> boy, the passing of the baton feels different this time with jay leno. tune in for tonight show starring jimmy fallon after the olympics and our late news. next week jimmy will be back at the regular time of 11:35. >>> back now to our coverage from sochi. bob costas returns to the anchor desk. he has been out for six nights while he recovered from a terrible eye infection. he had hosted 157 straight prime time broadcasts for nbc back to 1992.

it's an exclusive interview with nbc's bob costas and the president stresses the u.s.'s coordination with russia. >> i think the russians have an enormous stake, obviously, in preventing any kind of a terrorist act or violence at these venues, and they have put a lot of resources into it. we're in constant communications with them, both at the law enforcement level, at the military level, at the intelligence levels. >> all of this, of course, is happening on the backdrop of the opening ceremony, set to begin in less than an hour. our own chris jansing is live in sochi for her seventh olympic games. chris, what is the latest that officials there are telling you about this security situation? >> well, let me tell you first what's going on on the ground and if i sound out of breath, it's because i've been running here. i can tell you with the opening ceremony about to get under way, we've seen a noticeable step-up in security, the lines are starting to get long. up until this point, things had seemed to be going much more smoothly, but now is the first time they'll have to

it's an exclusive interview with nbc's bob costas and the president stresses the u.s.'s russia. >> i think the russians have an enormous stake, obviously, in preventing any kind of a

s. you can catch all of the excitement here on nbc bay area at 3:00 with the women's biathlon. >> prime time at sate clock t gold medal finals in ice dancing, men's free style aerial skiing and men's ski jumping. men's snowboard cross t men's biathlon are pushed back until tomorrow. there is so much fog. >> you could see it was completely socked in so probably a safety issue there. not necessarily the case here in the bay area. you said fog. >> yeah, we have patches out there but really not enough to where you need to add extra time for the drive. and of course you cup that will with the fact it's a holiday and you should be okay. look at this, a red, white and blue start to the day. very, very pretty here in san francisco. we're getting the same pretty sky over the south bay. east bay looking good, this is where you find low clouds, over oracle arena. you can see we're at 57 degrees as a result of that limited sunshine at lunch time. 59 in the heat of the day. you know what, it's going to be pretty nice. mild and sunny for presidents' day. i've been telling you about free events. it's

nbc 4. >> join danella for that in a few minutes, and tomorrow morning, news 4's barbara harrison will join us with her sit-down with a living legend. talks with bobby mitchell who was the first african-american to be hired by the redskins. barbara will give us a sneak peek tomorrow morning on news 4 today at 9:00 a.m. and join us for her living legends special on nbc 4. >>> right now in russia, team usa is on the ice in a big hockey match-up. the party happening to cheer on the home team. plus, the country showing a powerful presence at the games. >>> and what road crews are up . fast forward 22 years, i own several restaurants in northern virginia. >>> it's an olympic-sized faceoff right now in sochi. taking you there live here at olympic park where the olympic torch is burning nice and bright. right now, the u.s. men's hockey team is taking on russia. and, of course, the russians have the huge advantage of having russian fans cheering them on. and you can make a few new friends this morning, as well as team usa hockey takes on russia. the wilson tavern is hosting a watch party right this

nbc sports. >> we have a lot are former owe lichi i limpian s owe lichians workin with us.we won't tell you who won. >> no, i think actually we're going to see all of this tomorrow how it unfolds but there was an advantage on the sports side. >> we can tell you there was no vod vodka drinking, maybe after. >> we kept it clean. >> tomorrow on "today." what's that? >> it would the bedazzling on t uniform. >> we looked like we were about to do some motorcycle act. >> team uniform i guess. >> i don't know who came up with that one but. >> we were inspired. anyway, we'll have that for you tomorrow on "today." meanwhile we leave you with some of the highlights from sochi and some of the olympicss here today. ♪ . >>> new this morning, a nation reacts to a controversial case of a florida teen killed after an argument over loud music. a jury failed to reach a decision. now the man accused is facing backlash. why lawyers say this case isn't over yet. >>> it's the winter that won't go away. we're track more chances of snow moving in right now. >>> hey everyone. good morning. i'm richa

nbc weather center. that gives you an indication of how powerful the storm system s. your future cast, we stop the clock at 1:00 p.m. showers lightening up. then a wave of moisture overnight. you'll notice in the seven-day forecast more rain on the way as of next week. now mike has a deadly crash he's following g. morning. >> it's horrible news we report that in addition to the dangerous conditions, i'm not saying this is weather related because we don't know that for a fact but the conditions are that you have to exercise a lot of caution. look at this shot. the bay bridge toll plaza we're starting to see a build. typically friday shows a later build. rainy overnight, has caused a lot of problems through the area. this the ponding and puddling. we'll watch for reports of flooding. we have a deadly crash west 24 at 580, right this at the interchange. all lanes reported blocked by a deadly crash. that's all i know about the vehicle. we don't know what was involved or what caused it but it's causing a huge backup off 24 westbound slow out of the conditions. it's going t

nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. you know the storm has moved on. here is a live look over san francisco where all that remain s few clouds. jeff is tracking the rainfall totals for us. boy, did they vary. >> you can see on this map you want to focus on the orange and the red. that's where the highest totals were accumulated right up in the north bay. rain anywhere from 7 to 12 inches including santa rosa back into napa. overall totals are stunning. one of our high is 21 inches. back here towards napa also 12 inches. head into the south totals were a lot less. anywhere from one inch to two inches in concord. the reason we had so much less in the south bay, rain shadows set up. get the moisture piling in. all that rain gets sweeped out across the mountains. there's not too much left here once it makes it over. let's focus on the good in napa. over two months of rain in four days. that's now bumped up our average to 41% of average. in february, we should have over five inches. january and february we should have over 10. we picked up 11.3. great news there. we're tracking another storm system. we'll have more on

s the gold in the first snowboarding competition. and that class has been sending olympians pennies for years. >> you can catch excitement this afternoon at 3:00 on nbc area. >> we have men's and women's cross country skiing. >>> in prime time tonight, gold medal finals for men's halfpipe, women's slopestyle skiing, and the pairs short program in figure skating. >>> one person you will not see tonight, during or prime time broadcast is bob costas. it has been widely reported he has been dealing with a really annoying eye infection for nearly a week. >> yeah, it's gone to both eyes, unfortunately. keep up on everything going on in sochi at our website. you will find bios about local athletes and janelle wang's blog. >>> a change about the details and a ceremony to honor the new name sake. >>> and a man finds out today how long he will spend behind bars for holding a relative captive for more than ten years. >>> good morning i'm christina loren. we made it through intense rainfall this weekend, and in a few hours we'll have more. we'll sort it out when we come right back. ok, it's time to set the record straight. covered california is how californians

s disney building lit up to read, thanks, jay. that's really nice, bill, to have that. that's right across the street from nbc there.ding. he can see that. >> when you cross over, you appreciate someone, great legacy, great career. >> you're right. >> i'm sad now about jay. it didn't hit me until now it is official. >> absolutely, the end of an era. we wish him well. you know he'll do something. he's not going dark. >> stand-up, he loves it. >> we'll have to see that. >>> well, i'm alex witt. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. [ woman #1 ] why do i cook? because an empty pan is a blank canvas. [ woman #2 ] to share a moment. [ woman #3 ] to travel the world without leaving home. [ male announcer ] whatever the reason. whatever the dish. make it delicious with swanson. paws off pal. [ female announcer ] new charmin ultra soft is so soft you can actually see the softness with our new comfort cushions. plus you can use up to 4 times less. enjoy the go with new charmin ultra soft. >>> leading the news, in the boston globe, scott brown rents out auto mail list to spammer. a

nbc's bob costas. president obama dismissed the notion that his relationship with vladimir putin is ice cold. he says, in part, quote, my sense is that is part of his s the schtick wanting to look tough guy. we tend to smile once in a while. you can catch the interview tonight in sochi. it all begins at 7:30, 6:30 central right here on nbc. we will be staying on top of that right here on msnbc. >>> one more note on the olympics. by now, you have probably heard of the snarky and satirical twitter handle at sochi problems. that's what it is called. as of this morning, it has gained more followers than the official winter games twitter account. it has garnered more than 186 followers in just three days and the hashtag sochi problems is being tweeted about 50 times a minute. so after 22 years, jay leno is going out on top. thursday night marked jay leno's final tonight show and in his opening monologue, he reminisced in how much the world has changed since he took over for legendary johnny carson over two decades ago. >> when i started hosting, marijuana was illegal and you could smoke cigarettes anywhere you wanted. 20 years ago, guys had to go to the n

nbc washington app. >>> it's a cold morning in the region. then there's a chance of flurries. >> we are not cheering on the weather. 'sdarn cold out there. winds were brutal last night. how's it going now? you're outside right? >> reporter: you bet you. still five to six inches deep in shady spots. a cold morning. temperatures plummeted overnight. this is the view from the toir camera looking down to the southwest. the national cathedral on the right-hand side. blue skies southbound. our reston camera, high cloudiness coming in north a west. that's part of this clipper system racing to our north today. it will be close enough to bring clouds and at least a chance of couple of snowflakes and snow showers from points north and west towards the mason dixon line. temperatures now out the door weather in the 20s with a bit of a wind chill. later this afternoon, into the mid-30s. there's a chance of snow flurries, yes. with temperatures above the freezing mark, nothing sticking to roads. flurries ending 7:00 to 8:00 tonight. be ready for a cold day tomorrow temperatures in the teens. there's a snow chance tuesday morning. m

offence for example in the u s person found guilty of a cyber attack would be charged in accordance with the computer fraud and abuse act. in another tennessee document obtained by nbc it was also revealed that the housing units activities are not just limited to computer network protection but that the unit has used cyber tolls to engage in computer and phone jamming for each e mail accounts and conduct false flag operations. ensure your command had been freed from prison after serving twenty one years behind bars for crimes they didn't command thirty nine year old anthony are vile and thirty seven year old three full senate where arrested in nineteen eighty two for a triple murder. but new dna evidence suggests they did not commit the crimes and twenty thirteen dna evidence from one of the victims was linked to a and murder that happened in new york in nineteen ninety nine starbucks and wilson were already behind bars than that crime occurred. yet all was just eighteen and wilson on the fifteen when they were accused of murder. now both claim for a planned attack this place and into separate interview rooms and co worst false confessions from the two teens who wer

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nbc universal's coverage of the sochi olympics, now on your tv. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. college. and now, sre having to gi >>> the popularity of those csi television shows has stirred up interest in forensics in college. and now, instructors are having to give students a reality check of sorts. kiet do shows us how they're separating the fact from fiction. >> what do you think, dave? >> blunt-force trauma to the back of the skull. >> reporter: for 14 seasons, the csi shows have delivered body bags full of drama and glamour. solving crimes in 43-minute episodes. which brings us to this class at san jose state. today they're collecting fiber evidence. it's designed to be so boring, so anti-hollywood that it weeds out all the wanna-bes. after 300 episodes, the so- called csi effect in the courtroom is well-known. it's where real-life jurors have sky-high expectations of crime fighting. but take a look at the enrollment. it shot up tenfold over just four years. dr. lee gives incoming freshmen a reality check. >> i tend to ask the student what they know about their interest. and if it's generall

ms nbc, the entire progressive movement is going on and saying it's a great thing that will will be 2.3 million less people participating in the workforce. 's million people less working in the workforce it's 7.5 or 10 million people whose hours will be cut back by ten hours, 20 hours a week. >> when they passed obam care, they said it would create 4 million jobs. we now have a minister of propaganda and very allied groups around it that are basically here to tell us up is down, right is left, black is white. it's astonishing. >> this was orwell yan endeavor because they were caught flat footed to see an economist trying to spin things when it's a little intellectual integrity on the part of an academic >> you know what's telling, lou? >> yeah. >> as recently in august in 2003, white house economists and independent economists allied with the administration like david cut letter of harvard were arguing this labor force participation rate would not decline as a result of obamacare because it didn't decline in the case of massachusetts in romneycare. we now learned that's not care. obamacare is different than romney care in its effect on the

nbc. men's and women's team pursuit speed skating finals. men's biathlon relay, men's s much colorado expects to get in tax revenue from marijuana sales, and that's just in the first 18 months of being legalized for recreational use in that state. you got to wonder, are other states going to want a piece of that green? reporter for "the coloradoan," trevor hughes. thank you for being here. that is a lot of money. and is this now going to have an impact on other states? they look at that number and everybody is drafting legislation trying to get the pot legalized in their state. aren't they? >> you know, it certainly seems that way. the money that's flowing into colorado right now, i bought pot the other week as one does in a store now, and it was $20 a grah gram. i paid $7 in taxes for that and i got a receipt and that money went to the tax man for enforcement and all kinds of different testing and anti smoking campaigns for marijuana. but you've got to think there are other states looking at this and saying, wow, that is an awful lot of money. that is a lot of cash chan

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nbc news, the netherlands. >> happy update. >> yes. >> i know. chorus of oohs and ahh,sen everywhere. our "love your selfie" catwalk, but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> 8:46 with more of our "love your selfie" series. look who we got up early today. >> people work on fridays. fascinating. >> join the conversation with what we're calling our catwalk of confidence. >> that's right. we have invited some people we've profiled all week to rock what they've got. and you know who else is with us? "today" style editor and bobbi.com's bobbi thomas. she did surprise us when she stripped down. >> she did. i remember. >> with a group of her posse. and they were talking about body image. we remember that very, very very well. so does carson. >> i watch it often. >> come on. creepy. no, you know, i think a lot of people were surprised when i'm known to talk about fashion, beauty. but the idea is that you really have to love what's under the dress because so many people use clothing to hide behind. and if you don't love what's under the dress, you can't control that second layer.

s there and skills. >> i would have been screaming. >> how do you not get hirt hurt there. >> yes. >> thank you. and for now you can turn on the breaking news alerts on our nbcashington app, and we will send you the news from the games. >> and the weekend is upon us, and we have news about the snow? >> well, a teeny bit, a you mow the pretty snow that you are walking around and the snow starts to fall and you say, that is nice. >> and we are veterans now. >> and we are up there with the buffaloes in new york. >> well, we will show you what is happening outside and not a bad shop, but this is happening earlier in portland, oregon, a place that does not see a lot of snow. they were shutdown there, and we will continue to bring you the scenes across the country. the country is in a deep freeze. ever reri state, every state except for florida now has snow somewhere in the state. isn't that amazing? that is absolutely amazing, and you are wondering what about, hawaii, doug? yes, the tall mountains, and they get snow out there, too. and for us, 41 degrees with the winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour, and cloud cover across the region, but friday was a good

s big ger every year. it's cannibalizing everything. join look at it from a revenue, a ratings standpoint, the most watched thing in the country is sunday night football on nbcthat's not football is the pregame show, sunday night football pregame show. it is -- there is something about it that somehow at a time when audiences for everything gets smaller and smaller, football gets bigger. why? >> it's striking this chord. the media day which is universally seen as this joke draws more interest than any baseball game. has anyone said to you, unless yourself a red sox fan, what are you doing for the world series? coming over for a world series party? that never happens. i was reading a study that says the worth of the olympics went down because some summer games were against some nfl preseason games. so to your point, this thing is gigantic. i just think that this week in new york, it's almost as if new york city today up to everything that was the nfl and said we're not going to get taken over by this. we're a pretty huge city. we're not indianapolis. >> as a player, for me it's the access. fans want to be everywhere. you know, when the guy is getting his ankl

s confrontations. in late january, and they escalated again over the past week. up to 50 people have been reportedly killed, including police and protesters. nearly half in the last 24 hours alone. nbc'shief foreign correspondent richard engel has been on the ground in the middle of the fighting. he has more on the streets of kiev. >> reporter: chuck, just last night in this square, there was talk of a truce, that the riot police would be withdrawn and promised not to invade the demonstrators in the square. and this morning, that seemed to be in the works. buses showed up to take the riot police away, and as they were pulling back from their positions, the protesters advanced on them. they started throwing molotov cocktails and moving out of their fortified camp in the center of the square. then, things got very ugly. the police under attack, started opening fire. according to witnesses, snipers were even used, and then the injuries started to pile into makeshift clinics. we personally saw at least three people killed, all of them demonstrators, and dozens of people wounded. >> the government has evacuated the parliament for fear it would be overrun. the defense ministry is warning it

s&p and nasdaq this morning. coming up later this hour, netflix agreeing to pay nbc universal parent comcast for faster speeds forre how this could change the landscape for content providers. there could be a lot at stake for verizon in the wake of netflix/comcast deal. here's what they told our david faber. and just days after the messaging service bought by facebook, a live report from the mobile world congress in barcelona. >> meanwhile netflix and comcast, as carl just mentioned, striking a deal to improve streaming for comcast broadband customers. quite a surprise move, but no doubt an impactful one. to discuss it cnbc's julia boorstin joins us to break it down. >> thanks so much, kelly. that's right. this deal aims to be a win/win for netflix and comcast giving subscribers of both service better quality service addressing concerns that netflix customers suffered from slowing broadband speeds from comcast as well as verizon. with the deal netflix and comcast will cut out the middleman. netflix paying comcast to establish a direct connection to the internet provider improving the infrastructure to make data t

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s&p down 0.44 percent. >> we are seeing data overcome or i should say overshadow the big deal, of course, today that being comcast bid, the parent of nbcr time warner. i'm standing right by the time warner booth here. we want to just point out that it's up just over 7%. it's down a little bit from the open. now trading $145, of course, comcast bid four time at $158.58. as david pointed out the markets are lower today on concerns of the retail sales numbers for january, lower than expected. also the december numbers revised downward. that prompted barclays to come out and actually cut its esmeat for fourth quarter gdp growth and expecting to see growth 2.2% in fourth quarter down from its previous estimate of 2.6%. despite that data we are seeing yields in the ten-year climb a bit. they are off their lows. they've actually rebounded a little bit below where they were yesterday. still rising a little bit. one thing we're watching today is the yen. because we've seen strength in the yen, and keep in mind strength in the yen is typically correlated with weakness in the markets, that's one of the factors at play today, again, despite the go

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nbc. >>> well, if you know one thing about us, you know we love to eat. >> makes us happy. here in sochi, you can find some great food if you know where to go. >> that's right, 2008'sut also food from around the world. today, willie geist and i are going to be eating our way around the olympic park. >> let's do it. >> let's go. >> this is melt of cheese. it's got potato. >> i guess the potato is just like the iconic goes with everything. good, really good. >> yeah. >> and next -- >> we're combining both of the swiss dishes right now, breaking all the swiss rules. switzerland, we're impressed. >> very impressed. >> all right. what's next now? >> so next we're going to do the russian style crepes. and you can either get a dessert kind filled with chocolate or jam or they have something with caviar or ham and cheese. they're kind of like pancakes, but thin pancakes kind of like the french crepes, my grandma makes the best ones. >> i'm impressed. >> thanks. >> i have no idea what you just ordered, but i'm impressed. >> i just got the plain chocolate. >> just straight up pancake full of chocolate. >> are you ready to try tease? >> these? >> i am. >> it's like an envelop

nbc 4. this morning, athletes are expressing concern about one of the newest events. news4's jim handly joins us live from olympic park this morning. what one of team usa's biggest names has to say about. good morning. >> reporter: good morning it you. good afternoon from our perch high above olympic park. you mentioned sean white. he's the most recognizable name, face, and hair in the olympic games for americans certainly. he had a test run at the controversial course. here's video of the brand new olympic course and event in the mountain cluster. he jammed his left wrist. a norwegian athlete broke his collar bone and had to drop out. some said the course is like jumping out of aid build egg. a female -- a building. a female snowboarder suffered a con suggestion. here's -- concussion. here's what sean white had to say. >> any time you step on a course, there's a certain amount of danger. there's a certain element of risk that you're putting yourself in for. i don't know. maybe this course might have more than others. we're trying to figure it out. that's when it's about, get