russia's black sea coast resort of sochi is busy working towards the twenty fourteen winter olympic games the city is preparing for an event that would welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors from all across the world and when they arrive they'll be greeted by the faces of the games sochi is olympic volunteers. there are hundreds of volunteers lined up to take part in sochi twenty fourteen but it's not to say that some of got a bit of a head start and i'm about to meet two who got a taste of the real thing at london two thousand and twelve. constantine and christina were among a very select few chosen to head over to the u k. just in the last year they had to become division between. russia and russia have. a centrist. group of us from socially. it was a competition with skills to check our skills and. skills and personal qualities and they learned plenty of things that should be of great help for the sochi games but has. no problem. with. stand we saw that. we saw the competition with their. dance floor. by twenty feet seen there could be up to twenty five thousand volunteers ready to

volunteer movement in sochi isn't just about the olympic games many of the people here want to serve their community and leave a lasting legacy and i'm here to see. what they're up to. in the sort of the high school a group of young people are preparing for a generation's for peace conference. set up by prince faisal of jordan it's an international organization dedicated to developing youth leaders. and peace building is being run by philip and pavel who are putting together a whole days of activities. everyone's must before trump's initial press conference where the organizers are hoping to get the g.s.t. message across to the media. and to teach people skills conflict before these buildings they should know that the dialogue is taking the truth to respond and this is what generations will please teach them what these guys will still be working during the olympics with the some of the stuff that some of them will get. and once the local press is rolled in. and his ideas for the next few days. they get. more. fixed because they look at. the following morning we were split up into thr

and the olympics under control. but then -- 9/11. >> -- billowing into the sky. >> there's smoke everywhere. >> unspeakable sorrow and a very real fear of terrorism at the olympics. >> it's a time for us to make sure that everyone in the world recognizes that we don't stop as a nation, that the characteristics of honor and courage, sacrifice and devotion, which is represented by the olympic athletes, is a message more important today than perhaps ever before. >> over the next five months and with the help of some money from the federal government, security was beefed up. and the games began. >> we had about 2,500 athletes that came in, did the parade of nations, walked all the way around. >> it was a great moment for him, i think. as one political pollster in utah said at the time, mitt romney could walk on water at that point. >> but not everyone agreed. >> mitt and i often had disagreements about how or what we thought the games were about. and i wasn't on his team, so to speak. >> it's a gold medal day for utah.

short break our special report on the volunteers getting ready for the two thousand and fourteen olympics on the russian city of sochi. the world of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. wealthy british style. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on r g m in sochi to know your city in europe and the hosts of the twenty fold see which are the pictures. thank you. so much. thank you the. dog days are. no fridays it. takes. up no. sudsy it's so. long as. it came. to. a sacred place rising out of the waters of the lake the long ministry is home to one hundred fifty orthodox monks mostly younger than thirty five and they've come from many different places and backgrounds to live in isolation here spiritual life it takes up many hours on the road to becoming a monk requires both hard work and religious tele cation. alexei wants to become and has cattle as part of this preparation. how

the two since down to magnus from boat has been unbeaten the multicultural crew led by three time olympic champ. and two time americans killed when a yoke in schuman has won every race they've taken part in collecting plenty of course records on the way over the drive to achieve more is always there everybody knows that in front of us it is another step and only the best of the best can go all these products that and this is the biggest motivation after diminishing in the minutes rainy and for two years two thousand and thirteen will present new challenges and he's man enough see zooming up the danes in the heart of london and the chance to taste victory and then america's cup which will be held in california but what about in the other the sport's most prestigious commissions devotion race they have all the balls the same for the next and that's not our way of doing because we want to be personalized even in that technology not just in the team on strategy we are investing a lot in the technology and this is the future of say will seem cheech it is also about developing new conditions as

borders to jim and the stars of slopestyle the discipline which will make its debut at the sochi olympics in twenty fourteen and the hosts think they have the potential to reach the podium if we lay the foundations now and prepare thoroughly for the olympics where chances to perform well at the winter games being at home will help us and the results from previous competitions make us optimistic what is this took just over a year to shoot in chile canada the no way there alps and russia this particular views enjoy dropping tricks a perfect ingredients for an extreme sports movie but behind the scenes snowboarding remains extremely dangerous that. is why i made a mistake and flew off a cliff a very high speed when i saw that i was flying with fifty meters below me that was impressive i fell to sleep that night obviously there are different styles in different locations. from free riding in the alps to be forming tricks in the streets of moscow in helsinki it's all about snowboarding killed the russians can boast any major achievements in the sport so far with fifteen months to go until the

a lot of the olympic federations within russia come here regularly the main pluses is that they can train outdoors all year round and breathe fresh air without having to treat an. indoor complex says as this is the case in other russian cities where the temperature is much colder. building stadiums and sports complexes doesn't come cheap the city bus and on the region are lucky but they are receiving a lot of state funding. the sums may be large. these training facilities will be used by hundreds of finds of mine women children and this legacy will ensure the future schools but for some on russia the means borrowing which of them goofy totty fashion. finally to the latest from such a as roman culture ad looks at merion has set to host russia's first ever winter olympics and the news of the coastal cluster of the such a winter games will submit put to the ultimate test built from scratch along with the supporting infrastructure but in fact park is now looking more like the final product than ever the iceberg skating palace is the next in the back setting to go on trial when it welcomes the

now from the past to the future with the advent of the winter olympics and the twenty eighteen while cup stadium construction in russia has become a hot topic the country is undergoing a huge building program to get the venues ready and fun friendly such van cortlandt reports. russians in a period of transition to decades there was a lack of funding both only not the pitch however this is all changed as the country will host two of the biggest sporting events sort of the next few years the winter olympics and football's world cup until see football club's commercial director believes this is a fantastic opportunity for russia it's fantastic to see the. investment in infrastructure is a really big step change that will really develop the experience firsthand so it's fantastic see fantastic see the world cup coming to this part of world as well attendances a sporting event especially in moscow don't tend to be about heine tersely a number of facilities around dated or via arenas can often be difficult to get to two to moscow traffic. the weather also doesn't help with temperatures ofte

by the time the olympics game, she ran the olympic torch into salt lake city.w much progress physically she had made. >> though up for the 2012 run, ann wasn't sure she was emotionally ready after that failed presidential campaign in 2008. >> i told mitt four years ago, i would never do this again. i said never again. never again. this is it. this is too hard. this is too difficult. it takes too much out of you. never again. however, i'm 100% committed. >> she was the one that said i had to do it. >> when he announces his candidacy in june, 2011, romney is crystal clear about his reason for running. >> barack obama has failed america. and in the campaign to come, the american ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a clear and unapologetic defense and i intend to make it because i have lived. -- i have lived it. >> in 2012, clearly romney is running as a mr. fix it so it plays more to what he considered his strength. >> these are conservatives who looked at how to get the primary going. >> though he's picked as the early favorite, his front-runner statu

and that means that the shore one hundred percent to become volunteers of the twenty fourteen olympics going to itself. you know you're a volunteer and i think it's a feeling the love that i gave. around half an hour later blood was finished and in confident mood they asked about my previous experience. my previous experience in team building things like that. so what had. a little experience there was no problems. it's questions so confidence that yes i'm calling the yeah i'll be wearing the volunteers i hope so it's my dream it's going to take a while to fill all the available spots but those who are hoping to be selected a really getting into the spirit of things the olympic bowl and tim movement in sochi isn't just about the olympic games many of the people here want to serve the community and leave a lasting legacy and i'm here to see and feel what they're up to. in the so she high school a group of young people are preparing for a generations for peace conference. set up by prince faisal of jordan it's an international organization dedicated to developing use leaders and peace bu

at the olympics.everyone was on romney's team. >> i will agree he was a different cat than what people on beacon hill were used to. i think that's probably a pretty good thing. >> i got better over time. i know i made mistakes in how i dealt with others in the legislature, but we started off pretty well. >> then, two years into his term, he set his sights on something bigger, something that would mean a legacy. health care. >> he had not had a major achievement that he could point to as some big political success in a future campaign. he needed something to say i had done this and it was a big deal. >> romney decided to push for health care to cover everyone in the state. but that meant mandating most residents to buy health insurance. >> the governor felt that it would be wrong for the economy and wrong for our business sector to impose a mandate on employers, to require them to provide insurance to their employees. but he felt it very important that people take responsibility for their own health ca

and the olympics under control.owing into the sky. >> there's smoke everywhere. >> unspeakable sorrow and a very real fear of terrorism at the olympics. >> it's a time for us to make sure that everyone in the world recognizes that we don't stop as a nation, that the characteristics of honor and courage, sacrifice and devotion, which is represented by the olympic athletes, is a message more important today than perhaps ever before. >> over the next five months and with the help of some money from the federal government, security was beefed up. and the games began. >> we had about 2,500 athletes that came in, did the parade of nations, walked all the way around. >> it was a great moment for him, i think. as one political pollster in utah said at the time, mitt romney could walk on water at that point. >> but not everyone agreed. >> mitt and i often had disagreements about how or what we thought the games were about. and i wasn't on his team, so to speak. >> it's a gold medal day for utah. >> ken bullock, no relation t

. >> and it's called the food olympics. track and field meets lots of food. and let me tell you, the puking really, really, really starts to happen in this event. >> that is awful. >> kayakers can come across crazy stuff. check out this video. p.j. of kayaking. going along this river here. he notices something right there on the bank. it's a sheep. >> that she is stuck in this wat. ee up on the grass. that's where the sheep is trying to get back to. it's too steep there. so this kayaker is trying to give this guy a hand. he goes over there first. he didn't want to kayak and give up safety, but the sheep is not happy. plan b is get the sheep down the river where this kayaker knows is a road that the sheep can easily take back to dry land. >> no. no. not that way. >> but it's not so easy. you can see he is grabbing him by the back of the neck and trying to get him to go down stream. he gets pretty close right around here. kind of a spot where it looks like the sheep might be able to make it. i feel like his back legs are getting stuck in the mud. poor guy doesn

and the olympics under control./11. >> -- billowing into the sky. >> there's smoke everywhere. >> unspeakable sorrow and a very real fear of terrorism at the olympics. >> it's a time for us to make sure that everyone in the world recognizes that we don't stop as a nation, that the characteristics of honor and courage, sacrifice and devotion, which is represented by the olympic athletes, is a message more important today than perhaps ever before. >> over the next five months and with the help of some money from the federal government, security was beefed up. and the games began. >> we had about 2,500 athletes that came in, did the parade of nations, walked all the way around. >> it was a great moment for him, i think. as one political pollster in utah said at the time, mitt romney could walk on water at that point. >> but not everyone agreed. >> mitt and i often had disagreements about how or what we thought the games were about. and i wasn't on his team, so to speak. >> it's a gold medal day for utah. >> ken bullock

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now is fifteen months ago until the winter olympics two hundred fifty sochi twenty fourteen shops have opened across russia selling official goods to help boost profits and the olympic spirit is alive charles has more. november the fourteenth marks yet another milestone for the sochi twenty fourteen organizers as the official winter games stores are opening their doors for business across russia olympic merchandise have become an integral part of the games experience by for the athletes and spectators and usually had to have to profit to the post the fact sheet we're proud that where you're in the unique opportunity here for the russian customers and the russian citizens to be closer to the game in a bill to take charge of the future games already now. by the games time it will be a great year a sow's a store different scale and. with the rain show that would sell for about five salt and talking about there in your way expect that the license then. let's say directional or. an activity it will bring us at least so the three zero million dollars and these are just some of the arts and s

. >>> and olympic athletes from northern california were honored tonight in santa clara.they were the guest of honor at a congressional reception for northern california olympic athletes, among those being honored, marty malloy, who won a bronze medal. >> everyone is there cheering for you with all the american flags. at that moment, you just feel so proud, and it is a moment i'll love forever. >> we're having a great time so i'm glad to be invited. >> also kelly crowley showed off her four olympic medals tonight. not bad. listen to this, she competed in two olympic games, in athenss and london, she won two goals in swimming before switching to cycling. she picked up two bronze medals for that. and take a look at this, president obama having fun with a member of the women's gymnastic team, silver medallist, mckayla maroney. he imitated her not impressed look. the look was captured at the ceremony in london and quickly went viral. and many in the nbc bay area came to the safeway stores today to help with the annual "end hunger now" food drive. in just one day they collecte

and talking about good looks here in the capital a host of russian female olympic gold medalists what the running track and the swimming pool for the catwalk as they took part in moscow fashion week which of important reports. say they're only going to speed star may seem glamorous they try to stay in five star hotels but in reality most of their lives has been training in a far from a curious fear it was a real treat for a group of elite russian sports women who get to shake their swimsuits believe as great a part of fashion week however if an entirely asian girl is a free time olympic champion she found it was just as nervous take into account as competing in the needs biggest sporting competitions i was really nervous today as i walked out onto the catwalk perhaps even more so than when i'm competing thankfully everything went well but i just had this fear that i might fall down as we're not that used to modeling the event it was an associate year vision for time lympics and going swimming gold medalist she's reached the peak of her sports it's always had an interest in designing c

the international olympic committee plans to choose the winner in september next year. >>> thousands of people turned out in taipei, taiwan on sunday to show their enthusiasm for yoga exercises. a company that offers yoga courses in taiwan and hong kong organized the event. it attracted about 7,400 participants. they unfurled their mats in front of taiwan's presidential office. >> translator: i find yoga really relaxing. it helps to keep my flexible. >> it's a sure sign that yoga is gaining popularity among taiw taiwanese people. >> time to check the weather conditions around the world. she'll tell us about people in northern japan dealing with wet weather today. >> right, strong gusts, hail and some thunderstorms are in store in northern japan. we have a couple of systems that are going to be impacting the region throughout the day. waves had high in the western seaboards, about 4 to 5 meters. dangerous waves and severe conditions, so really do be aware of the sudden weather and changes. across much of the southern half of this country including tokyo, we're looking at sunny weather

our special report on the volunteers of the upcoming two thousand and fourteen olympics in russia this is art. the sun rises over what seems like analyst forest but here in new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. bloggers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy the forests or nets in our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander someone in ca has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right dir

a host of russian female olympic gold medalist swapped the running track now a swimming pool for the catwalk as they took part in moscow fashion week which of important reports. say their only edge as a sports star may seem glamorous travel stained five star hotels but in reality most of our lives has been training in a far from a curious therefore it was a real treat for a group of elite russian sports women to get this one suit. as they took part in fashion week however if an entirely asian guy has a free time and pick champion she found it was just as nervous taking to the catwalk was competing in the needs biggest sporting competitions i was really nervous today as i walked out on to the catwalk perhaps even more so than when i'm competing thankfully everything went well but i just had this fear that i might fall down as we're not lucky as to modeling the event was a deny squareness to see here you're my favorite reason for timing and pick synchronized swimming gold medalist she's reached the peak of her sports it's always had an interest in designing clues that is a dream come t

. >> the five donuts together look like an olympic symbol. >> i don't believe he even considered this. >> meet the woman who jumped through hoops to make the rings. >> this is crazy. oh, my goodness. >>> and this is just another monday morning in brussels. when cheerleaders take over, not everybody is a fan. >> we got to send them our like dolphins cheerleaders. i could watch them watch paint dry, thank you. >>> i'm showing you a video of two incredible animal rescues, and it all involves human brute strength. the first one is henry the pig, he's an 800-pound yorkshire pig. >> many could on, henry. >> can i ask who just left the giant pit the size of an 800-pound pig in a barnyard. >> people are starting a thermal project and henry got in there. what you're looking at are fire hoses and they're filling in the hole with firewood so henry can climb out. >> 800-pound, i'm not surprised they're trying to build steps for him. >> he said if he gets out of the hole, get out of the way. >> the steps do work. >> oh! >> now a second guy is in the hole trying to push him out and finally, henry m

after winning the gold medal at the olympics. he said he started thinking about this routine.hink he would be able to pull it off this quickly. >> so he didn't do this at the olympics to get a gold medal? >> no. >> next time he goes it's going to be like -- >> yeah. >> i have a feeling that all the other gymnasts are going to see the youtube video and none of them are going to sign up. there won't be anybody in the 2016. >> mounting fail number one. [ laughter ] >> mounting fail number two. ♪ ♪ >> florida-based prankster vitaly is at it again, walking around the beach with an exterminator suit on, telling people he's spraying for dock roaches, but he ends up getting some of the spray on them. >> whatever it is, i don't want to get sprayed with it. >> why? >> i'm chemical-sensitive. i'm an organic person. >> of all people to play the prank on he had to go for the organic dude. >> i'm an organic person. >> people do get very upset. >> toxic! >> don't spray it on my face, man. >> i'm just killing cockroaches. >> i'm surprised he didn't get punched. >> he just did. >> i asked you

the picture of a president and young olympic athlete this going viral. teenager credited with saving her mother's life this past weekend. thanks to a cpr class. and concerns over a possible ground in vaegs vasion of the g strip are growing. we'll bring you the latest there. us railly and palestinian militants, trade fire concerns of of a ground invasion mount. >> for the fourth straight night. palestinians are bracing for what could be a deadly evening of israeli air strikes and drones. the fear on everyone's mind, has to circle around a possible ground invasion. what that means. israel has amassed thousands of soldiers on the border. palestinians are nervous. and an ominous sign that a ground invasion is imminent. officials are meeting with the head of palestinian factions in cairo. trying to secure a commitment from these factions to cease all hostilities and rocket fire into israel. from an israeli perspective. that is a game changer. it potentially means two of israel's largest population centers are now within reach of palestinian rockets. >> we hav

the runner's next goal, beating olympic champion usain bolt's record. he looks terrifying. >> he's 1/2way there. >> yeah, he only has like a million miles to go. >> and back pain for the rest of his life. >> solid point. >>> time now for an early look at stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. this morning, president obama travels to new york city to witness firsthand the devastation caused by superstorm sandy and to thank first responders for their efforts. the president toured new jersey's storm-struck coast earlier this month. some of the superstorm's victims are still without power two weeks later while others lost everything. >>> a holiday tradition in manhattan today, when macy's herald square unveils its 2012 christmas windows. >>> and it's a historic day for us here at the national broadcasting center company. it was on this day in 1926 the nbc radio network debuted with 24 stations. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch "

i'm sure you all recognize katie ledecky the gold medalist from the summer olympics. she just completed her first high school swim meet since winning the gold. we'll talk with her right after this. >>> welcome back. i am live in bethesda at scone ridge school and joining me a very -- stone ridge school and joining me olympic gold medalist katie ledecky. she just wrapped up the first meet of the season with stone ridge but katie i want to smart we first talked -- start we first talked to you in august when you came back from the olympics. hard to go back to being a normal teenager? >> not at all. everybody at school has been really great and really excited and i've just had a blast returning to school life. >> you had tons of people waiting for you at the airport when you got back but that first week of school -- were you kind of that celebrity walking down the hall and now they're like she's just katie now? >> i guess it was a -- it was a tad different but once we got into the swing of things and i answered some questions for them. >> i got to say tonight was the mist

the british, our number one ally by criticizing their handling of the olympics. david cameron said, mitt romney has achieved the impossible, united every party in england against him. >> john, what are the criticisms even on left about president obama, there's been some frustration, whether his debate performance or someone a leader with great oratorical skills, his vision for the country on his own policies, health care and what it went through are somewhat lacking. do you think that explains in part why the election is so close? >> of course, i mean look, it's tough to compete with bill clinton in that field. i think the president is very inspiring. and i think all of the things we don't show in the movie, the closed door meetings he has with panetta where he says put bin laden at the front of the to do list, he plays things close to the vest. and i think there's an element of perhaps he could be a better smoozer, a guy who says whatever needs to be said to get things done. i think he's fairly principled. in terms of the decision to green light the raid, i thin