coming up on r t the sochi winter olympics finally takes front and center the olympics have brought a record eighty eight different countries to sochi with athletes representing their home nations while kicking off the twenty four team global competition a look at the first day of the olympics ahead and you may remember him from his action packed films now steven seagal is focused on topics like u.s. immigration and international relations we'll get his take on those matters and much more in this r.t. exclusive. and our lawmakers overstaying their welcome in congress one politician says they are and he's pushing for a bill that would limit how long congressman can stay in the game we'll take a look at that and more later in the show. it's friday february seventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm all right david and you're watching r.t. america and we begin tonight with the commencement of the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics opening ceremonies just wrapped up not too long ago in addition to the athletes a russian history sequence was on display called welcome to sochi which feature

host: we're talking about the sochi olympics. lk to a former .lympian participated.si what is your olympic past? guest: i was in the competition in 2006. last caller made some really interesting statements, that correlates to my experience. i was televised a lot more significantly, more coverage due to my crash than i would have had if i had just finished all four runs. am definitely in agreement with her in terms of how our coverage is very reflective of ratings. my experience really does parallel well with the common of the last caller. -- the comment of the last caller. host: when did you train to become a luge racer? caller: i competed in the olympics at 21. i had a 10 year career. host: why did you decide to become a luger? -- the wayas not that things work with the luge, you are chosen as a child. you are chosen before you have a lot of experience as a luge athlete. they are searching for people who are gifted athletes and fit -- itsychologically into is a dangerous sport. there is a lot of speed involved. the skill happens

ecstatic like i said over that when trying to find things to do on this last olympic weekend and speaking of staying out during the sochi games u.s. t.v. host jimmy kimmel knows a way to do just that his prank inside the olympic village refresh the list of russian stereotypes bringing bears in bhola like those lower in rank and the u.s. media were there to wolf it down to camp as the details. comedian jimmy kimmel knew that the u.s. media would take the bait when he conspired with keep him from the u.s. lose team and posted a video of a wolf supposedly wandering the whole ways of her dorm in sochi but even the comedian could not a man. the scale of the media frenzy that followed the seventeen second clip shows a large canine as we walk past a wolf in the hallway and i'm not talking blitzer two shooting out from the door outside the olympic village i'm glad you're not in this hallway since got out of there there's a stray dog problem maybe they also have a straight wolf problem you've heard of the wolf of wall street how about the war of the olympic village the world. that's not the me from wall street or the movie thing

to socializing and partying in the various planning houses of the winter olympics it's gold medals with monta and drew's. sochi. the olympic games of course coming to an end this weekend but still much more to come do stay with r.t. for all the latest and our special coverage coming up on sunday for the closing ceremony. the g. twenty fourteen promises we call to make an exhilarating winter for another team here in germany and it's now a make the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on. and more news just ahead for you including school kids under surveillance later this hour how a u.s. initiative to gathering data on children as young as five years old has their parents up in arms. plus growing tension in the u.k.'s trade unions voice near our rage over new jobs and salary cuts are the reports on the stand off between the workers and the government attached to this place. you know there's a new game in town it's called the hunger games housing games was younger equals games. user on my website name perry going to phrase it was david cameron who invented the brutal game in which there ar

with the opening ceremony in sochi, all eyes on the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro. los is with the kato institute, good morning. >>. there are con kearns following massive protests last summer. will rio be another sochi? >> i think that the main concern when it comes to brazil is definitely infrastructure. we can see that happening already with the work preparations. brazil is hosting the world cup sporting event at the olympics this summer. this is olympics could be a disaster for brazil. both events were supposed to be brazil's coming of age as a global power, but what we see right now is it can be a global embarrassment. >> the thing that people don't seem to be explaining is why. why would the protestors in brazil want to embarrass brazil when it is going to be on the world stage? >> if we look at the cost of this sporting facilities that brazil is building, they are norm mouse. some of these stadiums are costing a fortune, built in parts of brazil where they will probably never be used again and brazilians are very heavily taxed people, it is one of the nation t

sochi. olympic games of course coming to an end this weekend but still much more to come do stay with r.t. for all the latest and our special coverage coming up on sunday for the closing ceremony. the g. twenty fourteen promises week ultimate an exhilarating winter for ninety eight here in germany and it's now a make the rest of our live news team for sochi twenty four take. on. added more news just to have for you here in r t international including school kids under surveillance later this hour how a u.s. initiative to gathering data on children as young as five years old has their parents up in arms plus. the growing tension in the u.k.'s trade unions voiced their outrage over new jobs and celery codd's a jury ports on the stand off between the workers and the government that's further spread. the. transit route. you'll best way to the heart of most. going to extremes all across europe rightwing anti e.u. parties and groups are gaining strength and in some cases respectability what accounts for t

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. >>> a spoiler alert as we take turn to the second to last day of competition here at the sochi olympicswe'll talk about results that have been widely reported. that includes a disappointing day for team usa. our chris jansing joins me now with details. hi, chris. >> well, today ends what has been a great run for team usa at these games.

sixteen and then a student won a bronze medal at the sochi olympics. this is the first medal of pakistan's national team in sochi games to score to fifty five point eight points after short and long programs despite the fact the dentist its performance in the short program was not that good. it was deftly one of the favorites to remind the dentist and was in the ninth place after the short program uses a height of japan won the gold medal winners canadian patrick chan won the silver president of sultan as a buy on behalf of the millions of cars that skinny people congratulated him to stand on the bronze medal of the sochi olympics. please let up a m to three program is the main stage. we always believed in venice he always makes good performances among programs he is the patron of our country he once again proves it that was an aunty happen instantly. yesterday he was in ninth place but i was sure that in the case with good loan program you'll be the malice of the sochi games i think you could have been in gold medalist staff at the eighteenth and i and

the start of the sochi olympics is almost upon us, and we don't know who will get the gold, but we do know that geopolitics could complicate the games. i asked henry kissinger to help us understand the violence next door in ukraine and whether russia might actually do something to stop it. i also talk to valery gergiev, russia's greatest conductor. ♪ >> and a close friend of vladimir putin about the games and about global concerns about russia's record on gay rights. ♪ >>> but we will start where president obama left off in the state of the union. inequality in america, just how bad it is, and is it fixable? i have a great panel to tackle all that plus janet yellen's first day on the job. >>> also, we're always talking these days about how we should learn from china, but china just took a page from new york. i'll explain. >>> finally, football versus football. who wins the tale of the tape? >>> first here's my take. after iran and the major powers signed op to a deal on tehran's nuclear program expectations were high. over the last week, they have fallen sharply as iranian officials h

being great and so happy that people got a story meanwhile the sochi olympics are being scouted by other major sporting organizations including formula one officials and a consultant to the premier racing brand have been judging the city and its authorities on the handling of the olympic games and judging by what they've been telling us they're pretty enthusiastic about seeing those race cars soaring around such. all you have to do is is his look around at the amazing effort and facilities that have been created for the olympics the same effort is being put in to create a world class facility for formula one and i think that it will be definitely one of the best facilities in the world when it's completed the passion is here the can do attitude is here and the willingness of people to succeed and i think this is key to the success of an e from the one project well between all of the cheering and sports visitors and afterwards alike need to unwind and relax and for fortunately sauti is not just the olympic host city but also the capital of the black sea nightlife parties martin enders has

they're trashing things the problems that that come up in every olympic games these were unique to sochi olympic stadium has always been accused of being an overpriced boondoggle that was constructed shoddily not ready until the very last second every single one that i can remember a media war against the saatchi olympics. taken to a ridiculous extreme my impression of fox news is that they're just sitting around the office and they go hey it looks like no one's russian to get to my right i'm going to go eat lunch. the fine is definitely queer spinning tiny flaws into viral sensations facts or actual sports reporting be damned. it's really kind of unpleasant to watch more to the point it's pretty counterfactual as well going so far as to say that the games are being held in the war zone as opposed to what's really a black sea resort. even though plenty of work went into security hysteria reigns the airwaves the threat of something bad happening in sochi well it's increasing by the day taking the fear of yes toothpaste to an extreme toothpaste containing explosive material it is terrifying all ri

latest wins put russia in second place overall in sochi so russian fans feeling ecstatic really had something to celebrate this friday night this final olympic weekend with lots of events to keep them entertained in the park and up in the mountains as well and speaking of staying entertained during the sochi games not just important for the russians u.s. t.v. host jimmy kimmel knows how to keep people entertained his prank inside the olympic village refresh the list of russian stereotypes that we've been hearing about ahead of the games bringing bears and goes lower in the rank and the u.s. media were there to wolf it down so to say i need to camp has more. comedian jimmy kimmel knew that the u.s. media would take the bait when he conspired with some from the u.s. lucia team and posted a video of a wolf supposedly wandering the hallways of her dorm in sochi but even the comedian could not imagine the scale of the media frenzy that followed the seventeen second clip shows a large canine as we walked past a room wolf in the hallway and i'm not talking blitzer to feeding out from the door outside the olympic village i'm glad you're not in this

welcome to the sochi olympic games. you don't just go through security once when you reach the venue but again and again. and dog sniffing dogs for bombs and many times your bags are physically checked for security after going through the games. some of the athletes come peting at the games admit they have a bit of the jitters. >> i'm really worried. i feel like us athletes will be safe but worried about my family. >> it's kind of in everyone's mind and we joke about it because that's how we deal with it. >> reporter: others are not so afraid including halfpipe skier david wise of reno, nevada. >> what i do for a living is more dangerous than anything i will experience in life. i'm not really worried and think it's the olympics and will go off fine. >> reporter: 100,000 police and security and army troops flooded sochi in the so-called ring of steel, 60 by 25 miles long, one side bordered by the black sea. hundreds of miles of fencing also surround the hotels and olympic venues. >>> s are watching everywhere with the he

let's go live to our tease a nice and now way keeping on top of all the latest from our olympic studios in sochi and isa eventually. it's the second day of the games and there's a very vibrant spirit here in the winter olympic capital this certainly an atmosphere of rivalry but first and foremost a very festive mood with everyone enjoying the spectacle i'm excited i'm having to figure skating this evening it all kicked off of course with a breathtaking opening ceremony on friday which saw a dazzling fireworks oh and a parade. national teams and the highlights of russian culture as for the competition so far norway tops the medal table blues athlete skiers and figure skaters are among those hoping to bag gold in the next twenty four hours but now cross lifeguards he is andrew farmer he's in the olympic class certain andrew a busy schedule there for athletes some great shows of sportsmanship there i understand. that's right at least the navy lympics spirit is alive and well after you hear this story sensually the russian team has given a very big helping hand to the germans their main rivals for t

sochi. latest on shaun white. he had a shocking announcement. all of the other things go on in olympic park. ate, next. >>> we talk about sochi. what about the slopes closer to our home? an you update on how the snow looks after the recent rain and more on the way. safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great deals the easy way. you do enough flying around. that's why we give you real big club card deals. right now, our largest jug of arm & hammer detergent is just $5.00. fill your water supply. arrowhead water is only $3.29 a case. and chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> shocking announcement from olympic snowboarder shaun white about his future in soapy, one day after an injury on the slopes. this, as the sun begins to set on another day in the olympic village. we count down to the start of the winter olympics. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we are seeing a flurry of last-minute activity and touches being done in sochi. they're being don

the host city for the olympic games. sochi can really set the benchmark and if you look at the concept of the olympic park. the. real unique concept to have all the ice sports in these one park together when you see the sports facilities to the olympic quidditch is. we can be very very confident that the fleet will have excellent conditions here during the games and the most important when you see that they're leaving you know walking distance from their competition when you can walk over. to compete or to train and all these state of the. us well thomas but the president of the international olympic committee saying that such he is ready to welcome the sporting world let's just get further reflection on the ceremony and be as a whole i'm joined now by david. travel writer and blogger as well first things first let's just get your reaction to what you've witnessed the ceremony respect and it definitely was i was very impressed you know i was lucky enough to sit through a dress rehearsal earlier in the week and then watch it on

live extra app gives you unprecedented access to every moment of nbc universal's coverage of the sochi olympics your tv. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. welcome back! even long after the seattle seahawks celebrated sunday's bring the broncos to work day, one super bowl controversy rages on. >> coca-cola, they're getting a lot of criticism. >> coke commercial also sparked controversy. >> possibly the most controversial super bowl ad. there was a boycott coke hash tag trending last night on twitter. >> on the internet, there's a lot of backlash. >> what happened? did janet jack sn open a coke can with her teet? if she could, i would like to see that. what toxic smut did coca-cola air to so bunch america's undergarments? ♪ for spacious skies ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that upset people? were they bothered by the dangerous levels of small? i will grant you if there were a precious moment figurine where an orphan handed a puppy to a kindly soldier titled i wuv america, it would be less sappy than that ad. but i'm guessing that wasn't the issue. >> the ad featured people from many ethnicities,

we look at the emerging stars, and some american favorites for gold at the sochi olympics.good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead, a look at the lives of adjunct professors. they carry much of the load of teaching our country's college students, yet many struggle to get by. >> we are not given any kind of benefits. no medical, no dental, no vision, no retirement, no family leave, no sick leave, nothing. >> ifill: plus, jay leno's second farewell to "the tonight show".

the olympic torch has arrived in the city of sochi, after a journey across the biggest country in the world. the opening of the winter games is just two days away. >> ladies and gentlemen, let me declare the 126th session of the international olympic committee open. thank you. >> reporter: but it seems like there is a lot more last-minute work to be done. as hoards of journalists arrive to cover the games, many discover their accommodations not yet ready. that includes members of our own cnn sports team. unfinished construction in sochi's olympic park. russia's organizing committee insists, everything will be completed in time. >> we're dealing with it. we're on it. so we apologize again for any inconvenience. thank you. >> reporter: mother nature may be harder to deal with. after several days of cold weather, there is a warm front on the way. but a sochi snow specialist says, he's got enough snow machines to compensate for warm weather. >> first of all, don't worry about the snow. snow will be guaranteed. >> guaranteed. >> yeah. >> reporter: some of the olympic athletes are impressed

host nation's first gold as the second day of the winter games wraps up in sochi but aside from the celebration of winter olympic sports the threat of something happening in sochi the western media dishes out an avalanche of criticism raising questions about whether the concerns and panic are justified plus in the week's other headlines. the u.s. assistant secretary of state has apparently been caught on tape trying to direct ukraine's political future and you know. at the same time what's a believed to be victoria nuland comments have also caused outrage in the e.u. with the german chancellor calling them unacceptable. and in switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration and a nationwide referendum. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our t.v. guide have you with us. now the second day of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics has brought the first gold to the host nation in team figure skating russian athletes delivered impressive performances and other events as well winning

quote i've been in three olympic games i remember tyrann and vancouver and nobody said something bad about vancouver enteron why you guys always try to find something bad in sochi so it's resident takes a look at some of the more bizarre stories u.s. media is actually reporting about going into the olympics check it out. it's one point you know lympics are about to kick off and so to russia we should all be excited to root for our favorite athletes right the problem is the american media hasn't bothered to even tell us who the hell those athletes even are instead the media is only focusing on really weird stupid stories for example all the mainstream outlets the new york times the huffington post fox news all of them they all just ran the same story that russia is blocking a shipment of chobani yogurt to the us the limpia eds as the times puts it yogurt industries political allies are outraged mind you all countries have very strict laws about importing dairy products for good reason the us is own international dairy foods association has a lengthy testing process for importing any dairy but for some reason the media has decided to be outraged that us the limpi

sochi winter games. now i'm a busy man so i'm not completely caught up on the olympic action. i've been tivoing them and last night i was thrilled to see the team usa gabby douglas clinched the all-around gymnastic gold. truly historic. yeah to go, gabby. america loves you. (cheers and applause) but i was excited to read that team usa has already won some huge golds in sochi like men's and women's slop slopestyle. i have noed where what that is. i assume it's for shiniest parka. folks, i got to say, these sochi games, these olympic athletes have accomplished the impossible. making me care about cross-country skiing. (laughter) and of course the games hold a pegs place in my heart because four years ago i saved the olympics. the united states ski team-- (cheers and applause) >> would never, would never have made it to the games if it weren't for my hard work and your hard cash. (laughter) i went with the team to vancouver and between us we won four olympic medals for skating and one oversized scooby doo for whack-a-mole. i don't want to get into who won what, it was a team effo

it has been a big sh shoe, security, at the sochi olympics. isten to what president obama said last week and what secretary of state john kerry told me today, what i'm sure there is not a rousing, go to the olympics, you'll be safe, it's go to olympics and you'll be as safe as can be expected at a very large sporting event right near a war where there are lots of terrorist threats. take repre cautions. good news but not reassuring. >> there's always going to be risk attached to large crowds, regardless of whether the olympics are in sochi or atlanta, as we sadly remember. difference here is the proximity of sochi to the caucasus, which is a sort of a hotbed of islamic militancy and a place where in a number of these caucasus republics they're fighting a low-grade civil war. before we knew about this threat, one of the things a lot of counterterrorism, perlts were talking about was less the idea there would be a terrorist attack at the olympics, which is a heavily secured area, but somewhere adjacent to in one of these republics, maybe 100 miles

that is during the sochi winter olympics. apparently there's a broader concern about a shoe bomb attempt, and that prompted the latest alert. >> lisa stark in washington. passengers can expect longer security line, with additional measures taken to search for hidden explosives. >> well, today it will be messy for many people, starting up to the north we are looking at a new storm system. this is different to the other storm systems we have seen, bringing the winter conditions. this one is also bringing severe weather with it. this is what we are looking at. this is the beginning of the storm. it will be a bigger one as we go towards the rest of the day on thursday. up to the forth we are looking at winter lake conditions, blizzard conditions, and it will continue towards ontario, as we go from thursday to friday. snow, how about 12 to 16 or 18 inches of snow. visibility coming down low. we'll see the wind at 50 miles per hour or -- minneapolis things will go down to minus 5 by the time we get to monday. it's not the lowest we

on monday was banned cars extends flag fifty two cover athletes will compete in ten sports at sochi olympics. a russian national team finished the parade as the host country traditionally close is this part of the opening ceremony the russian team is the biggest one at sochi olympics the program of the ceremony consisted of eighteen parts. the basic idea of the ceremony as the dreams of a little girl you both who sees russia and there is of russian history the schoolgirl isn't cosmonaut and wants to dedicate her life to sport the ballet performance based on the local stores novel war and peace was staged at the ceremony the decorations representing different regions of russia. it was quite unexpected for those who expected to see because socks and hear the sound of i like the culmination moment comes five snowflakes open to form the olympic rings. due to technical reasons the fifth ring did not open there were differing opinions about those who will like them and explain them in the torture was delivered in terms of my former world champion money show top of our pole vault of humanity surviv

it was an electrifying start to the sochi olympic games. ousands of spectators packed into fisht stadium to witness the opening ceremony and the largest gathering of countries ever in winter olympics history. it was a performance nearly seven years in the making. above the crowd, a young girl took us through russia's vast history. a 200-foot-long horse and carriage seemed to fill the stadium. dancers spun to the legendary music of "swan lake" and reenacted tolstoy's "war and peace," and a giant sickle and hammer symbolized the iron curtain. a few stumbles, a stray dog and one bear had many tweeting. despite the many issues surrounding the sochi games, there was only one major malfunction when the fifth olympic ring seen here failed to reveal. >> when you are thinking the weeks and months coming up to sochi that you would say that the only thing wrong at the opening ceremonies at the sochi olympic games would be a malfunction with a snowflake, that is a really good piece of news. >> reporter: the atmosphere behind the scenes at the stadium wa

national team as it stands delegation gave him going in stature as a present to the museum of the sochi olympics because the athletes say that the olympic village is close to the sports facilities the transfers did not take much time skating goals on twenty of one character that stands flag at the opening ceremony. the sportsman and coaches are cautious about the assumptions than forecast they talk about their favourite sportsman. the most was that the postponement is swimming. i can tell you which events are athletes can achieve success. i like simple diamond and the collection will go have a chance to win in skiing tennis courts and in skating and then a stand in figure skating. they're also good freestyle is in a team. our young short track athletes in the top eight strongest teams in the relay. it is also the good achievement is the stated that the focus of this big boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo says it is. i think our athletes can surprise as it was at the world cup when many people do not expect that we could get in. we hope for good results in individual races but a very good athlete such as i

an act of terror will have more details on that ahead and just one day until the start of the sochi olympics athletes representing nations from around the world are warming up before the events begin our report from the resort city coming up and the birth rate in the u.s. continues to drop are americans in a romantic recession or lancer that later in the show. it's thursday february sixth four pm in washington d.c. when you're a david and you're watching r t america. a former federal regulator is calling an april sniper attack on silicon valley's phone lines and power grid a terrorist act according to a wall street journal report it is all thought to be caused not by some glitch in the system but rather by an entire group of snipers who shot up a silicon valley substation for nineteen minutes last year the snipers knocked out seventeen transformers before fleeing the scene the incident took place the day after the boston marathon bombing which kept it out of course of the media spotlight now one former federal regulator is going public about the sabotage john while inhofe who is the chairman

in russia, the sochi olympics trigger an avalanche of new protests. from the u.k., benefits street -- documentary or demonization. and belgium, a small country with a big a be boom. the sochi winter olympics are getting under way, and yet another controversy is rearing its head. the slopes with the games are being held were once the ancestral homeland of this are cash and people, and sochi itself, their capital city. 150 years ago, the ethnic group was driven out by a brutal military campaign led by the russian czar and large numbers lost their lives. now, those scattered around the world say the olympic athletes will be skiing on mass graves. with the eyes of the world on sochi, the sarcastic ends are calling on the world to recognize the sochi games as genocide. folklore evening in the caucasus and russia, the master of ceremonies is battling against forgetfulness. he said most russians no longer know about how the czars conquered his forebears. the olympics could have been an opportunity to take an honest look at the past. >> these olympic games are

sochi still has almost nine hours before the olympics begin. besides, i've seen way worse, folks. up to the talk bathroom nightmare. had i was in vancouver, the hotel give me mini bottles of shampoo and conditioner, but no lotion. i had to use conditioner on my skin. and let me tell you, four years later, you'd be alarmed by the parts of my body that are still tangle-free. so if i can tough it out, so soi reporters, you can tough it it out. what's this? i've just been handing a breaking news bulletin from myself that says i will not be attending the sochi olympics. damn it! >> that's too bad, folks. i hear they'd almost finished the runway. the runway. molive garden's best 2 for $25 yet is ending soon! choose two melt-in-your mouth entrees, like new parmesan crusted chicken, 3 courses, 2 people, just $25 at olive garden! also enjoy weekday signature favorites, four classic pastas, now just $10! hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announ

live extra app gives you unprecedented access to every moment of nbc universal's coverage of the sochi olympicson your tv. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. >>> mark and florence unger appeared to have an ideal marriage. >> on the surface, they would appear to be the perfect couple living in an affluent community with two beautiful children, a beautiful house. but those who were in their inner circle, they knew that there were many, many problems. >> mark unger's issues with drugs and gambling had cost him his job. >> he was a pathological gambler. mark was an alcoholic. he was a drug addict. and this was affecting his personality. >> he spent as much as six months at a time in rehab. >> florence actually said at one point it almost seemed like rehabilitation had become his job. >> police also learned that florence had filed for divorce two months before her death, and had moved on to another relationship. >> there was evidence of a relationship that flo had become involved in. and this individual was a close friend of mark's as well. so it was a -- a difficult circumsta

despite the many issues surround the sochi games, there was only one major malfunction when the fifth olympic ring seen here failed to reveal. >> when you are thinking the weeks and months coming up to sochi you would say the only thing wrong at the opening ceremonies at the sochi olympic games would be a malfunction with a snowflake, that is a really good piece of news. >> reporter: the atmosphere behind the scenes was pulsing. the 230 members that make up team usa excited to make their big entrance. one powerful supporter of the team extended his well wishes friday to each and every athlete. >> we couldn't be prouder of you. and we can't wait to see what you accomplish in the next few weeks. >> reporter: a team of six brought the flame in among them marie that sharapova and the lighting of the olympic cauldron, a message to the world to let the games begin. and, yes, while i was watching all that went on, i'll be honest i was really look at the fashion of the night. for us ladies we want to do a quick recap of the winners and some surprises of last night's choices. germany certainly standin

i'm lester holt reporting for the olympic games in sochi. hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. and a reminder, primetime olympic coverage begins at 8:00, 7:00 central. from all of us here at nbc news, good night. >>> crews are repairing the lines after a ten-car train derailed and nearly fell off an elevated track. we'll also show you when service will be back to normal. >>> protests in venezuela getting more violent and deadly by the day. what angry students here in the bay area want the white house to do about it. >>> prlus, a huge security problem for apple. what you need to do coming up. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> i'm on terry mcsweeney. b.a.r.t. said the end is near for the mess in the east bay where a train derailed last night.

a little fact here for you, did you know the sochi olympics will cost $51 billion?was estimated at $12 billion in the beginning, four times that. sochi will cost more than every other winter olympics combined except for beijing. can you believe that? >> it is amazing. >> they better put on a good show. >> they better. >>> it's an exciting night. we have a new team member. we want to welcome in jerrod. >> welcome to n brks krrbc bay . nice to have you. >> thank you very much. a great time to be here. the 49ers, giants, as super competitive with the warriors and i'm happy to be back in northern california. i tell you, do we ever live in a sports world of what have you done for me lately other than right now? the super sonics were not 24 hours removed from winning the title and the big top pick in super bowl conversation, can they do it again in 2015? >> we really have an eye on what's coming, and that we don't dwell on what just happened. we will take this in stride and we'll have a big celebration on wednesday in town, and enjoy the heck out of it. >> we seen the eff

hello welcome to sophie and kill me sophie shevardnadze the sochi olympics are finally underway exceptional in many ways the games are talented by the international olympic committee as having the toughest anti-doping policy is ever at the same time there's a possibility political controversy may take attention away from the actual competition what is done with those who cheat for medals are the olympics a legitimate place for a political fight well we ask sir craig the vice president of the i.o.c. and head of the world anti-doping agency here and so. he refused to. treat the pressure isn't. that it is. what is the dark side. sir gregory he had of the world anti-doping agency welcome to our show always great to have you with us now the new doping coach takes effect in two thousand and fifteen on the sochi games aren't affected by it so what special procedures are in place for these particular games. while the about operate under the existing code which was agreed to five years ago by the. and you'll the conference tomorrow conference on doping in sport people are perfectly clear on the regu