they became the first american in more than a decade to score a hat-trick and ryan miller made 17 saves. so many games, so little time. but these stars are used to it. >> you definitely feel it. it's like the n.h.l. schedule. you have three games. we know how to take the game off. >> they'll face the winner of the chubb lick in the finals. >> thank you. the amount of the electronic waste in the world is exploding. most is ending up in china. it's big business and a health hazard. >> shipped in from around the world to one of the main ports for solid waste, some of the millions of tops of scrap metal that china processes every year. among the valuable crap. e-waste from -- scrap. >> e-waste from laptops to mobile phones. in nearby villages, in this part of eastern china, evidence everywhere of the hazards caused by recycling toxic components. a government crackdown on unregulated processing forced recyclists to take refuge in concealed yards. a participation resource, but a pollution nightmare. it is a nuisance for those people unlucky enough to lie next to the port. >> translation: the

ryan miller was in net today for the usa and had 17 saves in the game.e belonged to phil castle. scores first goal of the game, a little over a minute into the game. usa is on top 1-0. kessel was not finished. second period with two goals in the game. going for the third. tap in off the rebound. a hat trick for the maple leaves star. usa cruises past slovenia 5-1 and move to the quarterfinals where they will face the winner of the czech republic and of the czech republic and dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and here's exactly how you'll get there. you'll work hard and you'll fall hard. you'll lose sometimes when you really should have won. you'll win sometimes when no one thought you had a shot. and you'll never, ever stop. we know this. because you're one of us. at citi, we believe in everyone's potential, which is why citi and evan are giving back to community sports programs to help fiuture athletes every step of the way. >>> a new era in late night begins tomorrow. >> that's right, jimmy fallon takes over "the tonight show" from

ryan miller stood tall in net giving the americans an automatic first into the quarterfinals. >> are you a different mindset when you go into these games? >> i think we just have to improve. teams are all great team. we have to just keep playing. you know, we have to play our best game. >> overtime is becoming a habit with the home team. slovakia gave the russians all they could handle in regulation. russia pulled out a win in a shootout to clinch second place in group a. the women's team meanwhile spent the day preparing for a semifinal matchup tomorrow. >> this is a big game for us. it's a big game for everybody tomorrow. so we're just going to stay in the moment and do our best tomorrow. >> they'll play against team sweden which upsets women's power house finland yesterday. >> another tough day for the women's curling team and experiences coming to an end. >> we have our last game matchup tomorrow against korea. our goal is to go out and finish stwro strong with a w. >> the men's curlers lost today, twice. officially eliminating them from play-off contention. so it's been a rough

ryan miller was on net today for the usa. he made 17 saves in this game.l. right around the defenseman, and that is your first goal of the game. just over a minute in. kessel had the natural hat trick. three goals in a row, including this one off the rebound. usa wins 5-1. they move on to quarterfinals on wednesday. against the win over the czech runner-up and slovakia. russia needed another shoot-out today against slovakia. kovalchuk provided the game winner. they advance to qualification play-offs against norway on tuesday. >>> all right. let's talk a little baseball. it's been a while since we said that. spring training is under way for the nationals, and this year's team has a different look and feel to it. mainly because of their first year manager matt williams leading the way as opposed to davey johnson. while the players are getting familiar with williams, he settled into his new role as the team's skipper. >> it's different. it's new. in my previous role of being the third base coach and infield coach, i had multiple roles, but nothing like this.

. >> reporter: he gets that nod over ryan miller of the buffalo sabres.in, temperatures here sunny and 60 in olympic park tomorrow. we expect to see more people in shofrmts can you believe that? welcome to the winter olympics. >> jack is reporting from sochi. by the way, will he bring back caviar or vodka for you? >> haven't thought about that but that's a great suggestion. >> thanks, jack. don't forget to catch snowboarder hannah teter in the gold medal competition. she's won gold and silver in the last two games. our coverage begins at 8:00 this evening. >> one young man who grew up in the south bay is trying to go for gold. taking center stage for ice hockey tomorrow, not for the u.s. but for team russia where he's been training for week. nbc bay area spoke with those closest to him. he comes from a family with deep roots in the short. history in our own backward. >> hall of famer, best of the best. >> muhammad ali. >> whose game is it? michael jordan's game? >> michael jordan. >> they are hockey royalty. >> his family moved to the bay area without muc

from the vancouver olympics ryan miller who was such an instrumental part of taking what was a very young usa side all the way and so close to beating canada four years ago but this u.s.c. team better a lot more mature they've got a lot of players have gained experience which is patrick kane two time stanley cup winner with the chicago blackhawks looking very impressive it's called the most goals so far off to the group stages netting fifteen and just conceding for phil kessel they probably got one of the form players so far in that solomon the toronto maple leafs forward had a great day in the season's break in the n.h.l. with his scoring is continuing and he was the first american trying to score a hand charades sense nineteen eighty when of course i was the famous miracle on ice victory of it's only union which america eventually wins on to claim gold in lake placid so some very big very interesting match ups coming out for team usa both in men and women cockle but the signs are locking what are some of the other events that we should be keeping our eyes on. well i like just to point o

ryan miller wears in his hockey helmet, he has a padding inside his mask. there's a couple of snow boarders wearing it in their helmet. >> do the hockey players worry this. >> they cap put it in their helmets if they want to. some players do that. we have been hearing more about various sports like hockey has concussions. they'd be wise to do that. the technology can clave off a run dreadth of a second. but that could be the difference between a gold medal and not meddling. >> thank you for your time and insight. it was interesting. time will tell if the new technology will help the athletes. at least it is thick. >> who thu. so sophisticated. coming up - more on the first medals handed out at the games. and what is old is new again. records are spinning again. it'spming a big -- it's becoming a big business. >> this is a nostalgic week for beetles fans as we look back on 50 years of the british invasion ♪ i want to hold your hand >> they made their first appearance on the edsul van show 50 years ago tomorrow. a plaque was unveiled at the jfk airport to mar

ryan miller making 17 saves, and the swined team usa -- sends team usa to the quarterfinals facing the chubb lick op sunday. it looks as if bode miller's career came full circle. he a one of the best skiers in america. he struggled until today. he became the oldest alpine skier to win a medal, a bronze nment super-g. it's a record for u.s. skiers. one skier in the world has more. despite tying for the bronze bode miller was disappointed with the run in the super-g. >> today was a struggle that emotionally felt like a true struggle. i thought i was skiing well enough to get a medal a lot easier if i skied the way i have been, without mistakes, or if, you know, my ability or whatever matched up with the circumstances better. the way it was definitely was a fight, a struggle. in a way, you know, that is is a little bit of a special type of achievement. >> bode miller was not the only men to stand on the platform. andrew weibrecht took home the silver with norway on top. >> it was a crash and burn for lindsay jacoby-ellis. she fell in the second to last turn of the women's snow board cross

ryan miller making his first start of a game. the w gives the americans an automatic spot. they'll mace the winner between the chubb lick on monday. we see it has a tendency to turn athletes into superstars. ask tj oshie, after his dom innocence in the team usa shoot-out. the 27-year-old is six meals from the cap aidan -- canadian border. >> this is called hockey town usa, warode produced seven medallists. as you learn from banners and signs, tj oshie and gg marvin are in sochi now. a big thin for a town with fewer than 2,000 people. >> everyone talks about tj and gg, look where they are now. the whole community is proud of them and what they have done. >> hockey is everything here. for decades people loved a game that is not nearly as popular in their countries as baseball and basketball. longer winters are a proud tradition. isolated locations play their part. >> it's a quiet place to live. not too much traffic. plenty of excitement at the local arena. bands fire up the crowd. the high school girls defend a 5-year winning streak. the coach says it helped to live in a hock

. >> reporter: he gets that job over ryan miller, the buffalo saber goalie who was the mvp of the 2010 winter games in vancouver. raj? >> very good. we're looking forward to the hockey, especially with patrick and joe from the shacks, thank you. >>> our very own janelle wang tweeted this picture from the speed skating finals. she said she's not going to give anything away until tonight at 11:00 but found herself sitting three rows away from "access hollywood" host billy bush, also raj's friend. we have gold medal fines in alpine skiing, figure skating, half pipe snow boarding and 1000 meter speed skating. >> stay with us for continuing olympics coverage. we're your exclusive home. you know that. we have an entire section dedicated to the sochi games at nbcbayarea.com. >>> another powerful storm in the southeast causing headaches for people here in the bay area. more than a dozen flights have been cancelled to the local airports and maybe more in the next 24 hours. nationwide, it's a mess. more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers, snow, freezing rai

ryan's sense oversight bond. >> entertainment commission. >> bayview citizens advisory committee. >> (inaudible). theodore miller >> james mccray junior building inspection commission. >> all right. >> do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration or purpose of evaluation and i will well, and faithfully discharge the duties about which i'm about to enter and during the time as i hold the office of for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations and thank you very much >> happy new year everyone. thank you (clapping) >> good afternoon, everybody let me please call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission at the 1:40 p.m. sfgovtv requires you to speak into the microphone otherwise the public can't hear our discussion. call roll >> commissioner president courtney.

ryan's sense oversight bond. >> entertainment commission. >> bayview citizens advisory committee. >> (inaudible). theodore miller >> james mccray junior building inspection commission. >> all right. >> do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration or purpose of evaluation and i will well, and faithfully discharge the duties about which i'm about to enter and during the time as i hold the office of for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations and thank you very much >> happy new year everyone. thank you (clapping) >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming he

ryan's sense oversight bond. >> entertainment commission. >> bayview citizens advisory committee. >> (inaudible). theodore miller >> james mccray junior building inspection commission. >> all right. >> do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic that i will bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration

olympics in london american swimmers ryan lochte and michael phelps had sort of a friendly rivalry going on is there something similar with ted ted ligety and bodie miller. i think it's very similar probably the biggest difference is at least from the u.s. public they don't have the same kind of attention on them but you know they generally competed as friends they train as friends off lympics circuit there's not a lot of attention on skiing and a lot of times they're out there on their own. there's nobody filming them or you know covering them in it's very casual you know until they get into these world class competitions you're a skier yourself skiing at the winter olympics is historically been dominated by austrians and the other alpine european countries were miller and legacy stand in the history of world wide screen. these two americans well that's all we tried to get into in the in the piece i did in the daily beast this week and then we did another one on this this young teenage skier mckayla shifrin and the story really is is that guys like miller first to start it is kind of you know a peer a mentor to ligeti these guys have kind of led a revo

ryan. he took his iphone to a rifle range. he blew it to bits. yes. in an apparent act of bitcoin love. matt millers here to talk about this. >> and iphone hate. who of us has not wanted to shoot at our iphone for a plethora of reasons? >> he posted the video on youtube and said he is doing this because apple removed the last bitcoin wallet from the app store. what does that mean? started usingt bitcoin, i was having trouble as change tong block work. that is where i used to store my iphone. a lot of people have very -- >> for people who want to transact in bitcoin and have iphones, there's no way to do it now from your phone? >> yes. interesting. i once went out for lunch and intended to pay for my lunch with bitcoin into my iphone battery died. when i got to whole foods, you have to have a working mobile phone. a lot of people have switched over to android because they have a great app. -- i keep mine on paper. have a great pie chart showing all of the bitcoin exchanges. -- mt. goxt mountain bloc has the largest share. areeople who have money stuck there. >> they're not allowing withdrawals. that