and music from naughty boy featuring sam smith. with cleto and the cletones. and now -- why not, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. it's balanced budget sunny and warm despite the fact that most of the rest of the country is frozen, waiting for queen elsa to perform an act of true love to warm people up. it's called a storm of historical proportions. states of emergency have been declared in virginia, maryland, georgia and south carolina. it is so cold right now, they actually had to break florida after the map. to use it as an ice scraper for the rest of the country. so goodbye nan anda and papa. thousands of flights have been canceled. power is out in hundreds of thousands of houses in north carolina and georgia. but when you look at the instagram pictures of icicles hanging off of tree branches, it makes it all worthwhile. bob costas was out of commission again tonight because he has pink eye. mott laer had to fill in for him. he said my eyes are blurry and watery and becomes so sensitive that even in dim light constantly is

nathan fillion and abbie cornish and music from naughty boy and sam smith.much all day and all night for the next week and a half. that means we have a lot of jokes to come up with for you. we find ourselves in a situation like this, from time to time, we will outsource some of our joke writing to a company in india. they do very good work. and now might be a good time to see if they have any good olympic jokes. hello? hello? >> thank you for calling pajama grama. ask us about the midnight fantasy baby doll set and the pink hoodie footie. my name is jennifer. how can i help you. >> jimmy: jennifer? no, i'm not calling for the footie hoodie. i'm calling for some jokes. >> hey, mr. jimmy kimmel! i am so sorry. >> jimmy: that's okay. >> how exactly is it hanging? >> jimmy: it's hanging low, thank you. >> we are all very excited about your big tonight show debut. >> hey, that's the other jimmy. >> i'm sorry. my fumblest apologies. he doesn't know his jimmys. >> jimmy: i was hoping you guys had some jokes about the winter olympics. >> of course. of course, we hav

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nathan fillion will be here, as will abbie cornish and we'll have music from naughty boy featuring sam smithwe'll unveil the cover of the new sports illustrated swimsuit issue, and have music from sage the gemini. join us for those shows, too. i told you earlier about an new store that popped up in here los angeles this week called "dumb starbucks." no one knew who opened this store until yesterday, when a young man named nathan fielder released this video. >> hi. i'm nathan fielder, president and founder of dumb starbucks. a brand-new coffee experience located in los angeles, california. by adding the word dumb, we are legally allowed to use the coveted name and logo because we've fulfilled the minimum requirements to be considered a parody under u.s. law. we have a fulmen ewe, including all your favorite starbucks items. many of you probably know me as a comedian, but this is no bit or joke. this is a real business i plan to get rich from. but i need your support. our flagship store is located at 1802 hillhearst, california. come in and get a free coffee on me. just say nathan sent you. >>

fillion, abbie cornish, alex pettyfer, and music from sage the gemini and naughty boy featuring sam smithnd if you're here -- if you have tickets for the weezer cruise, the -- [ cheers and applause ] that begins loading in the back. all the way from england to go on a weezer cruise in florida. [ laughter ] and i didn't believe it was real, but i looked it up online, and sure enough, it is. [ laughter ] five days with weezer. four weezer concerts. that's a lot of weezer. yeah. [ laughter ] our first guests tonight met 20 years ago at an audition for a movie called "before sunrise." nine years later they re-teamed to make the follow-up "before sunset." and last year they reteamed to make "before midnight" which earned them an oscar nomination. "before midnight" is out on dvd and blu-ray. please say hello to ethan hawke and julie delpy. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? thank you for coming. i know you guys were at the oscar luncheon. >> nominee luncheon. it's very important. >> jimmy: what goes on at that thing, by the way? >> craziness. madcap wild -- >> jimmy: you get pretty wild? >> y

sam. the all-american defensive end who could make history as america's first openly gay nfl player. now meeting with the very teams that could choose him. ryan smith now. >> reporter: today the nfl combine. football showcased for promising prospects. michael sam ready to focus on football. >> i just wish you guys will see me as michael sam, the football player, instead of the gay football player. >> reporter: speaking out for the first time since his interview with espn's chris connelly, sam said he knew he did the right thing. >> i didn't have doubts. i wanted to get my story out there. >> reporter: so far he's gotten support from teammates like l'damien washington. when asked if he could do what sam did, he said, oh, no, that takes some guts. he's more man than me. a standing ovation at a basketball game. >> i love my fans. what they did this past weekend was amazing. i wanted to cry, but i'm like, i'm a man. >> reporter: sam says he ready for the road ahead. >> i have been in locker rooms where all slurs have been said. i think a little naive and uneducated. as time goes on, everyone will adapt. >> reporter: in meeting so far with nfl teams, th

sam before he is on an nfl roster. anne-marie? >> indeed. susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, sub. and there's been a lot of positiveness after the announcement. super bowl malcolm smiththere's no room for bigotry. it takes courage to change american cull tuj. deion sanders writes i applaud missouri de michael sam for the bravery. i pray he gets to play the team he loves. attorney general eric holder says that same-sex marriages will be recognized to the greatest extent possible under the law. the move affects how same-sex couples are treated in bankruptcy cases, prison visitation rights, survivor benefit, and the league right to refuse to testify to incriminate a spouse. >>> at the olympics the olympics strikes gold in a brand-new event while the u.s. continues to rack up medals on the slopes. adriana diaz takes a look at the sunday winners and what's ahead. good morning, adriana. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this is the first time women's figure skating is an olympic event. the russia took the inaugural event. the 31-year-old wowing him for his performance. he got a congratulatory handshake from russian president vladimir putin. american ashley won saturda

prospect michael sam told the world he's gay, another openly gay athlete makes history. john henry smith the details. >> in a sense jason collins made history twice. first, he became the first openly quay player to sign a contract to play in a major american pro-team sport. hours later collins became the first openly gay man to play in an n.b.a. game. he checked in at the 10:28 mark of the second period. collins and his team the brooklyn nets led by nine. collins played 11 minutes in all collecting two rebounds, no points and a steal and 108-102 win. the nets signed him to a 10-day contractor after a search for a big man. here is collins after the game. >> i understand there is significance. but at the same time there are other athletes, you know, robbie rogers, michael sam, male athletes who are active. all of us, you know, it's about being athletes, going out there and winning and competing, playing hard. it's just - that's what it's about. well, the winter olympics are over. three medal events on the final day of competition. we start with the one event that had the most positive outc

bottom of the screen, we are joined by an expert panel to talk about this, sam from s&p capital iq, here on set sandra smithnow. i'm going to start with you, sam, you are the data guy. based on the data, how goes january goes the rest of the year. do you buy into that, and should the little guy? >> well, i do buy into it. the old saying that i first heard from the stock trader's almanac is as goes january, so goes the year. i think there's correlation with causation, unlike the super bowl theory, because it really is a measure of investor behavior. their optimism toward the new year. i think investors are a lot like dieters, and they look to january as a new beginning. and if it's a bad beginning, they don't have a lot of hope for the full year, and since world war ii whenever the market was down in january, the average 11-month price change was a gain of only 0.1%. and, basically, it rose almost as frequently as it declined. so it just adds to the overall uncertainty. ashley: it does. but, sandra, this has happened in the past when we go back over several years. people who jumped in then got some very, ver

sam came out on sunday a number of n.f.l. stars and publicly declared their support super bowl of bowl and m.v.p. balcombe smith for example. tweeted out there's no room for bigotry in american sports it takes courage to change the culture dozens of other players' executives tweeted out similar messages of support are definitely homophobes in the n.f.l. like the rest of society league is growing more accepting of sexual abuse the unnamed executive who said otherwise the sports illustrated should be ashamed of himself in large part for refusing to even put his name on his own statement this definitely is definitely the best. and the very very ugly the copenhagen zoo the zoo is under fire today for killing a healthy male giraffe and feeding it to the lion it's yes that actually happened check it out to. copenhagen zoo chose to euthanize. healthy male to wrath so what void inbreeding but then the animal was dismembered in front of an audience that included children and fed to the zoo's lions animal activists started an online petition to save mario but the zoo said it had no place for him and its giraffe herd and i thought den

sam gets a chance to show the nfl he has ability. as a defensive end. as defensive end i have end and linebackers work out in indy. that's sports, i an john henry smith> thanks, john henry smith, the u.s. government shot down has laid immigration hearings for thousands of people. the chief immigration judge told his staff that more than 37,000 cases have been pushed back and some won't be heard until 2015. most cases involve immigrants being held in attention senters and those in asylum. >>> maria von trap has died. the family escaped from he are austria was the inspiration for the hit musical the sound of music, she died of natural cause on his tuesday at her home in vermont. >>> so many many are asking what's up after what's app servers went down on saturday. the company tweeted service was restored and apologizes for the outage that lasted more than three hours, the smart phone messaging application is being bought by facebook for $19 billion. ceo mark zuckerberg predicts the current 450 million users will now grow to 1 billion in a few short years. thanks so much for watching al jazerra american i am morgan radford live in from new york city. "in

sam. takes courage for where he is in his career and where we are as a league. i applaud him." super bowl mvp malcolm smith is no room for bigotry in american sports. it takes courage to change the culture." the scout, assistant coaches, folks in charge of player personnel, executives is not so positive. "sports illustrated" granted anonymity in return for honesty. one of them, nfl player personnel assistant told "si," "in the coming decades or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's man game. to call somebody a gay slur is still so common place." cameron, first question is, i want to get your response to the anonymous quotes in the "si" article making the rounds today. what do you feel when you hear that? >> i feel sad for the person who said that, actually. you know, i think we have a problem here in that there's a really vocal minority and they get so much play in the media. i've had just an outpouring of texts, calls and e-mails from friends of mine, colleagues of mine that work on the team side, whether it be scouts, front office guys, guys on coaching staffs. th

sam announced he is gay. and in russia, the question remains, is this a temporary period of detente or will the cold war on gay rights return once the public games are over? nbc's harry smithex marriage an equal rights for gays and lesbians took a few more steps to becoming a national reality last saturday. >> i will formally instruct all justice department employees to give lawful same-sex marriages full and equal recognition to the greatest extent possible under the law. >> thank you. >> reporter: while proponents applauded, opponents were dis y dismayed. america is changing. and changing quickly. michael sam, a star football player from the university of missouri, came out this week. i heretofore unthinkable act for a player with pro potential. >> i'm michael sam. i'm a football player. and i'm gay. >> the fact that his teammates all knew and this was an open secret for so long is what really blew me away. >> oh. >> andy cohen is the host of bravo's watch what happens live." >> it seems like in missouri he was judged for how he played on the field, which is exactly how it should be. >> which is more than i an measure of tolerance. it's acceptance. >> i'm 45. i grew up n

sam yagen. the olympic race for social media gold. when it comes to youtube use, there's already a clear winner. "countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. ♪ ♪ sandra: good afternoon, everyone, i'm sandra smithliz claman. it's the last hour of trading, stocks seem to be shrugging off this deep freeze and also some disappointing economic and corporate data, all the major averages trading in the green as we enter this final hour of trading. the fed says factory production fell .8% in january, ending five straight months of gains. online sites getting punished after reporting a bigger fourth quarter loss, shares have been down. helping push the s&p 500 up, however, biggest gainer there, cliff natural resources. it's charging higher after announcing a new ceo and beating earnings estimates. shares, like i said, best performer in the s&p today, up more than a buck. and if you're growing sick of hearing about the on again/off again courtship between joseph a. bank and men's wearhouse, throw a third name in, eddie bauer. joseph a. bank has agreed to buy eddie bauer for $825 million in cash and stock, but it does not mean an end to the acquisition chatter. joseph a. bank says it could back out of th

. >> reporter: after sam came out in interviews with "the new york times" and espn, many players expressed support on social media. including super bowl mvp malcolm smitho tweeted, quote, there is no room for bigotry in american sports. it takes courage to change the culture. saints linebacker jonathan vilma talked about the prospect of a gay teammate. >> i think that he would not be accepted as much as we think he would be accepted. i imagine if he's the guy next to me and, you know, i get dressed naked, taking a shower, the whole nine, and it just so happens he looks at me, how am i supposed to respond? >> reporter: former vikings punter chris kluwe says he thinks it cost him his job. >> i think there are players that are reluctant to come out. i think it's something that's changing with time. >> reporter: michael sam could test the league. his credentials include first-team all-america, s.e.c. defensive player of the year and team mvp. but a spot in the nfl is not guaranteed. >> you talk about a very good player. but you can't be naive, and i'm sure there are some teams who are very high on him, who at this very moment are kind of weighing, do we re

sam's move is helping some players. he's seen as a role model, where there was none before. >> when shaun smith swam for the university he never doubted his ability to finish a meet or break a record. as a gay man he kept his image preserved. >> i get my gay lifestyle secretive and tried to be a swimmer and police the identities so there was no crossover. >> during his senior rear his secret surfaced. >> i was dating another swimmer on the team. he was not closeted. he was tired of keeping up with my lives and told more and more people. >> his last year was disrupted. he graduated, becoming a swim coach at the university, but the enterm battle was present. halfway through his first year he stepped away. >> i quit, because i needed to catch up on allowing this other identity to mature. >> smith knows who he is but has not forgotten the journey. members of the l.g.t.d. believes 5% are out, 4% are pressured to be silent. >> the biggest thing an athlete has to decide is postpone being their full sell. there's pressure to conform. >> smith used his experience to help others cope with their identities. >> i knew that there wer

smith is here, good morning. >> strong opinions both for and against the announcements and reactions are pouring in about the announcement by nfl prospect michael samay. they have run it from the must respect to cowboy quote there goes the nfl message. bullying victim jonathan martin tweeted hats off to you michael sam, that takes guts and washington tweeted i'm so tired of who gay and who not i could care less. the nfl issued this response, quote, we admire michael sam's honesty and courage. michael is a football player, any player with ability and determination can succeed in the nfl and look forward to welcoming and supporting michael sam in 2014. former nfl player wade davis who came out after his playing days says this message will help sam's transition into the league. >> i think it just reaffirms his true trust in what the nfl stands for. i think often times we imagine the nfl of being an homophobic place but it's something i have known for a very long time but it's not. the players are used to being in places where players from different races and different classes and different religions and transcending the fears and saying they are my br