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speed skating team 2014 has been a rocky road or as they call it, an unzambonied rink.y medaled in only one event and the team is covering their asses by blaming the thing that covered their asses. evidently the team's new suit featured vents on the back of the suit designed to allow heat toes cape but allowed air to enter and create drag. everybody knows clothing always creates drag. which is why to get better mileage i always drive in the nude. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i put a little towel down. >> folks, it's not enough that we lost. now the netherlands coach jillert, i'm going go with enema-- , has attacked our speed skating team adding insult to injury and then adding [bleep] to both of those. jim? >> do you think that that was one of the reasons why the americans didn't do well, the suit. >> yeah, the suit was one of the reasons but not because it was bad, but because they believe it is bad. because the skating, you have to believe in yourself like american always do. american always believe that they're right, always believe that they're the best, yeah.

skates. team nether lands has 19 speed skating medals so far in these games, including four podium sweeps. that includes today's 10,000-meter race where the men of orange won gold, silver and bronze. 17-year-old emery lehman was the top u.s. finisher in tenth place. >> big crowd sending them off. >> reporter: after being delayed by fog, the men's biathlon resumed under rainy conditions. american tim burton was 21st in the 15-kilometer mass start. >> that's a good sign. >> reporter: nordic combine also kicked off in less-than-ideal conditions, with ski jumpers launching themselves into a rain storm. brothers taylor and bryan fletcher of the united states finished 20th and 22nd. it also poured on the two women's two-person bobsled teams free ski half-pipe, snow, it was just brutal out here. u.s. coach dan bylsma announced once again, l.a. kings goalie jonathan quick will get the start in goal for team usa. jessica and raj, i want to say one more thing about that speed skating team from the netherlands, they were a country in and of itself, they would right now be second in the medal standing

speed skating team and did a week of shows from vancouver. well, nation, i am going back to the olympics. (cheers and applause) is something i would say if they weren't in russia. (laughter) i can't do that. i can't do that. i can't learn russian. it was hard enough learning canadian. i mean, tore-on-to. tore-on-to. it's a tonal language. i just can't master it. but folks, i do know one man who can cover this gay threat like no one else, please welcome my old friend and long time colbert report producer, buddy cole. buddy, great to have you here. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: good to see you, my friend. >> great to be here, stephen. >> stephen: now buddy, folks, for those that don't know, buddy and i go way back. we met at theatre camp where he had an almost amazing gaydar. if you were gay, buddy would smoke you out. >> it's true. i covered-- uncovered every single gay man in camp, well, except for one. >> stephen: well, you'll get him one day. >> i certainly hope so. >> stephen: now buddy, i need you to go to russia to investigate the ga

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. >> reporter: a little more gold for the united states, but once again gold for the dutch speed skating team. they are so dominant, if they were a country in and among themselves, they would be second in the metal standings, the dutch speed skating team is the only thing in sochi raining more than the weather. you just can't beat the dutch on skates. team netherlands has 19 speed skating metals so far including four podium sweeps that includes today's 10,000 meter race where the red and orange won gold, silver and bronze. 17-year-old emery leeman was the 17th. after being delayed by fog, men's biathalon resumed. the combine with ski jumpers launching themselves into a rainstorm. taylor fletcher of the united states finished 20th and 22nd. the men's hockey team stayed indoors at the bolshoy ice dome preparing for tomorrow's semi final game. >> the importance of every play is magnified, so we -- those are the type of games that are fun to play in. >> reporter: to add to the fun against the czech republic tomorrow. and u.s. coach said that la kings jonathan quick will get the start in the net f

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this marks the first medal shutout for team usa in long track speed skating since 1984. only a silver in friday's short track relay prevented a total shutout for both teams. today is sunday. only two events, main events remaining. actually three. cross country, the men's 50 kilometers. we've got the final two runs of the four-man bobsled and we've got the gold medal game for hockey. canada versus sweden. unfortunately, we did not make it to the finals for that. coming up in about 15 minutes i'm going to show you a closely guarded secret that i have uncovered at olympic park. i have uncovered this mystery. i'm going to have that in about 15 minutes. reporting live from the sochi games, i'm janelle wang, back to you in the studio. >> good investigative work uncovering that. we'll find out about it later. thank you, janelle. >> uh-huh. >>> coming up next, president obama taking a big step on how to fight wildfires. the change the president wants ahead of what could be a very busy wildfire season. >>> plus, he's being called the osama bin laden of mexico. the world's top drug

team's new skin suits. trace gallagher is live in l.a. with the story. all right, trace, what are you going to tell us? >> well, junior underarmor says it's the fastest speed skating a problem. this thing was codesigned by rocky barton so should be aerodynamic. in the past olympics the u.s. speed skating team has won 19 medals. so far, they have not cracked the top six. "the wall street journal" quoting anonymous sources says bends in the back of the suit meant to dissipate heat are letting air in and creating drag but underwarmor is defending the suit saying, quoting here, multi'em teams and athletes have medalled leading up to the olympic games and have won olympic medals for their country during sochi competition in underarmor uniforms and products. maybe it's not the suit but the suits are perceived to be the problem because now they're going back to the old suit, and by the way, underarmor stop docked 2.5% in the past few days. >> there's another controversy. is the cold war back in after the u.s.-russia hockey game? >> they were up 3-2, russia in the u.s.-russia hockey game and they negated the goal because the post moved, and people said the ref needs to be

men's speed skating team changed uniforms today, but not the results.ome skaters raised questions about the mach 39 suits designed by under armour and lockheed martin. they suggested a vent on the back slowed them down. shani davis switched to his old suit, also made by under armour and still failed to medal. under armour says it's committed to giving team usa the best possible gear. >>> a russian skier had emergency surgery and tonight the ski federation says it was successful. ski cross racer was seriously injured on a practice run and crashed and fractured her spine and had a six-hour operation. tonight russian president vladimir putin visited her at the hospital. she is in critical but stable condition. >>> still to come tonight, jim handly joins us live from sochi. he's got reaction on the u.s.-russia instant classic from alex ovechkin and john carlson. and up next, amelia is back with two more chances for snow in the seven-day forecast. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in enterta

speed skating team failing to win a e medal in the olympics. say the problem may be their new high-tech suits. ♪ [ male announcer ] evenore impressive than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. co on in. [ male annncer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. >>> welcome back, everyone. mail carriers back on the job do today in charlotte, north carolina. they suspended delivery yesterday because of the ice storm. >>> the u.s. speed skating team is looking into whether their new high-tech suits may be to blame for their poor performances. underarmour made the skin suits specifically for the game. so far no american skater has finished higher than seventh place. >>> and jury deliberation continuing in the loud music murder trial in florida. michael dunn says he acted many self-defense when he opened fire on fourteens killing a 17-year-old. we'll keep you posted on that. >>> learn iing new information about the bullying scandal surrounding the nf

the speed skating team is ditching the suits that has been touted as the fastest in the world. >> someskaters have complained the suits are created drag slowing them down. they've received permission to go back to their old suits. >>> guess who is seth curry's biggest fans. it comes from the top! it's nba all-star weekend, folks, from new orleans. ,,,,,,,,,, or tim hardaway used . >>> nba warriors guard seth curry will start in sunday's all-star game mainly because his former warrior used to say he's got skills. tonight, curry got the biggest praise yet. >> he's the best shooter i've ever seen. i believe that. in terms of being able to, you know, off the dribble, get his shot off from anywhere that fast, best i've ever seen. he can shoot. his daddy could shoot, but he could only stay in one spot and shoot, right? >> president obama, how about that? meanwhile airson barns is the all-star festivities in the rising stars challenge. barns shot to the corner his team wins. the cardinals, they tore them apart. stanford wins 61-35. it was the first game since stanford was upset by washington.

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olympic speed skating team until the year 2022, despite recent controversy. last week we told you that the u.s. speed skating federation requested to switch the designer of the team's under armour suits because of the skaters' poor performance. the athletic gearmaker ceo said putting the blame on his company was unfair. >> we're going to put a new plan in place and come back in four years and in eight years, and america will hopefully be on the podium where it rightfully belongs. >> shares rose on news of the deal to $11.68. >>> shares of hewlett-packard reversed course after rallying on last night's relatively upbeat results. the company beat on both the top and bottom lines showing signs of turn around progress. but some analysts are now concerned about hp and whether it will be able to sustain that momentum. part of the worry has been a decline in the company's pc unit, but revenue increased last year and ceo meg whitman says demand is still there. >> the market is definitely getting better. and i think it's a couple of reasons. there is the windows xp refr

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underarmor ex tendsed its sponsorship contract with the speed skating team for eight more years. the deal comes after underarmor drew criticism from olympic athletes who were saying that the underarmor suits slowed them down at this winter's olympic games in sochi. and finally ukrainian opposition leaders join the nation's president in signing a peace accord to halt a deadly nearly three-month political crisis. those are the top headlines. back to you. >> thank you so much. let's get more details on that barnes & noble story. so, we've got this latest news involving barnes & noble. where is it likely toped up? >> i think it depends on whether this investor, which has been a barnes&noble shareholder, has the means to actually make this happen, if push came to shove. i think a lot of people viewed this as perhaps giving a little push to barnes & noble to think about its future. one part of the story is the offer for a controlling stake and then the other, which is presented as an alternative, is to take controlling stake in barnes & noble's nook business. on that front, if you thin

speed skating is big news in the country. as you can tell by the media throng awaiting her tree house the country's very proud of their speed skating team has all but one of their more than three dozen which olympic medals have come in speedskating. the majority in short track. they are. i shot track team. my motivations of the rest of the team and the czech team tries to get better because of them. use speed skating. there are so many good players in the war the school in the one is to hold command in order to move i think just the pit. this one. so that is her second consecutive olympic gold medal in the five hundred meters in caps off an incredible year for she dominated the world cup circuit. her focus now shifts to the next olympics in twenty eighteen will be held in her home country south korea as yong cheng will be the host of the twenty eighteen games. their biggest cctv soaked. indeed china now thirty one patients have the life from age seven and nine but flu infection in generate in the country so fun to see at these times to dump romans reports is a t4 new infections to west affected province in the country. its provincial ca

speed skating team to teach them how to appear just as straight as he is. and now buddy's in the belly of the beast, please welcome live from sochi buddy cole. buddy, my friend. (cheers and applause) buddy, i got to say it is good to see you. >> bonjour from russia, stephen. now you're joining us live from the heart of the olympics. >> that's right, stephen, i stayed here in sochi. i wanted to be sure i was still in russia when these segments about their anti-gay laws aired. >> stephen: that's very brave of you. >> yes, aren't i. >> stephen: now buddy the mayor of sochi says there are no gays in the city. can you confirm that? >> i can confirm there is at least one. >> that's my bloodhound, smoke them out, my friend. now you have met with any olympic-- olympians. >> actually last night at a cafe i met with one of those guise, you know the ones that ski and shoot. >> stephen: a biathlete. >> he is now. >> stephen: okay, good, all right. let's get right to it i sent you to investigate the rampant gay prop gandizing, what you have uncovered. >> why tell when i

speed skating team is trying to figure out why they haven't been successful.led before the games as a competitive advantage might be to blame. "the wall street journal" is reporting a design flaw that may be slowing down skaters. vents on the back of the suit are allowing air to enter and create a drag to keep skaters through the speed. the u.s. hasn't medaled yet. >>> the u.s. climbing to third place behind the netherlands with 12 medals. norway on top with 13. germany leads the gold medal count with 7 ranking fifth overall. >>> coming up on "morning joe" bill de blasio versus al roker. one man may be voted off the island. we are going to break down their feud. >> two school officials sing their snow day cancellations to kids. look at who stole my look. do you see it? "way too early" we'll be right back. [announcer] word is getting out. purina dog chow light & healthy is a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. with 20% fewer calories than purina dog chow. isn't it time you discovered the lighter side of dog chow. purina dog chow light & healthy. the st

long track speed skating team will go home without a medal, the first time that has happened, lester, in 30 years. >> all right. anne, thanks very much. >>> we have been reporting on the broadcast for several weeks about the water concerns in west virginia after the major chemical spill. well, tonight there is renewed fear and outrage after another huge environmental disaster, this time along the north carolina board were virginia. nbc's kristen welker has our report. >> i see this as a crisis. >> reporter: the concern was palpable last night at this town hall meeting. hundreds of residents demanded to know what has been done to clean up the coal ash spill polluting the dan river, which runs along the north carolina-virginia border into a lake where 12-year-old virginia roberts has spent much of her childhood. >> i am always at the lake so i don't want to get sick from the lake. i don't want it ruined. i've been there all of my life. >> reporter: three weeks ago a pipe that runs under a coal ash pond collapsed at a plant owned by duke energy company. coal ash is the waste produced fro

speed skating team has partnered with lockheed martin and under armor to design the mach 39. a suit more aerodynamic than anything seen in the sport before. in order to fly farther, u.s. ski jumpers practice their form in specially designed wind tunnels. but the real secrets may be held deep inside the snowboard and skier center of excellence in park city, utah. >> this is a little bit like mission control. >> this is where the united states works to stay ahead in the sports technology arms race. >> everything is feeding into this data base automatically, test results, training programs are submitted. diaries come in, or even medical alerts. >> reporter: from these data bases, these are designed for athletes like mogul skier hannah kearney, no matter where she is in the world. >> there are multiple people watching me, saying you're getting my diary? >> reporter: because in today's high-tech olympics, no detail is too small in the race to be faster, higher, stronger. kevin tibbles, nbc news, copper mountain, colorado. >>> and we'll look at other news today, the legendary publi

speed skating team, but then there was the next challenge, getting her family to sochi so they could watch her compete. that's when something really remarkable happened. and it's not like they live in grover's corners, they'd like to think that small town spirit is very much alive. we get the story tonight from nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: most every saturday you'll find raina smith cutting hair at bob's barber shop in melvindale michigan. if you hang around a little, the conversation inevitably turns to her daughter, jessica. >> she'll bring home at least a gold, i'm sure. ing right? >> reporter: jessica, a short track speed skater is competing in sochi. mom, dad and brother want to go too. the price, listen to this -- >> probably about $40,000. >> thank you. >> reporter: customers and townsfolk have been coming through with cash and encouragement. a spaghetti dinner at the legion hall, a raffle. at the ice arena. it seems like everyone in melvindale is pulling for jessica and her family. >> these are her very first pair of roller skates. she was one year old. >> reporter: not lo

under armour will remain "under" contract with the the u-s olympic speed skating team. despite complaints by athletes under armours high tech skin suits were not working out well at the olympic games, the speed skaters have extended the contract until 20- 22. investors cheered the move sending the stock $5 dollars higher friday. it's an honor just to be nominated....especially when you get a glamourous gift bag. oscar "swag bags" for nominees are reportedly worth more than 80 thousand dollars each this year. here's a peek at what's inside...trips to hawaii, japan and canada, a home spa system, and a home water filtration system. also included, more than 7 thousand dollars worth of upscale pet products. the people behind the scenes the hit netflix series "house of cards" are playing "real" politics. much of the show is shot in maryland.. and, this letter to the governor obtained by the washington post urges passage of legislation that would give the series more tax credits. without it, house of cards may consider taping elsewhere. maryland has spent more than $40 million

men and women's speed skating teams. >> this morning polina edmunds on the way to sochi. the 15-year-old tweeted throughout photo on her plane last night. of course she is flying first class. not only her skates but her homework as well. got to take it all. and these are what edmunds and all are striving for the olympic medals, designed to highlight sights around sochi, each weighs between 16 and 19 ounces. remember this, it's been almost a year since the massive meteorite streaked across the sky in russia. part was recovered from the bottom of a lake. on february 15, ten commemorative medals with tiny pieces of that will be given out. >> nbc bay area's own janelle wang is in sochi, covering what's important to us right here in the bay area. >> and when we're not on the air we have your complete olympic coverage on our website nbcbayarea.com. there you can sign up to get our olympic news letter to your inbox. click on the olympics tab, we also have photo galleries of our bay area olympians as well. that's nbcbayarea.com. >> gold medal meteorologist christina loren joins u

speed skating team complained that the companies high-tech suits or contributing to their bad performance. no one on the team meddled. they were expected to intend metals. the company signed a deal extending its sponsorship of u.s. speed skating for eight more years. it was due to expire later this year. under armour will be the exclusive provider of competition suits. we spoke to the cos week, this is an important relationship. >> we have had this relationship since 2011. we have had a great relationship. i want this to be perceived as anything other than trying to figure out what we can help -- do to help our athletes when. >> another ceo is getting a payday. he took him $14 million in compensation. this is his first full year of running the company. that is a 25% pay raise. he seemed to have earned. citi's profits went up. >> we have gone through a significant transformation of our company. we have taken it back to its roots. these are the things that come with it and what we can do for our customers. when we look at the exit out of the asset management business, we shed things that di

speed skating team. they will now provide suits for olympic competitors through the end of 2022. plank telling cnbc under armor became the scapegoat to the disappointing of the american team in sochi saying there is nothing wrong with its suit. >>> coming up. they may have had paved over a prehistoric site and now want to you want putt up a parking site, sort. do you wonder what your dog thinks of you, they might be able to understand. >>> welcome back to al jazerra america. i am del walters, these are your headlines at this hour. both the president and opposition now sign the deal negotiated by the european union. it comes in the wake of the bloody battles in ukraine on the streets. at least 77 people there are now dead. >>> venezuela's president is taking special stems to row tore order after grogan at this government december station there. president nicholas maduro sending added security to caracas and border towns. following a week of demonstrations protesting rising crime and unemployment. the national weather service believes four tornadoes hit illinois on thursday, all of

speed skating team and their worst showing in 30 years. why their apparel is getting the blame. >>> falling flame. video shows a mysterious fireball in the sky going viral this morning. experts are weighing in about what it might be. >>> work hazard. a reporter finds himself in the middle of a snowball fight on live tv. >> just not the face. not the face. >>> good friday morning. i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> and i'm john muller. happy valentine's day, everyone. >>> we begin with the punishing winter storm that won't quit. take a look at the radar. the storm is starting to make its way out but not before dumping several more inches of snow from washington, d.c. to boston. >> the storm is blamed for at least 21 deaths, most of which were traffic accidents. more than 7,000 flights have been canceled since the storm started. >> and the snow is on the ground. in the 49 of 50 states, only florida is snow-free. abc's tahman bradley reports from washington, d.c., where a second wave of snow fell overnight. >> reporter: mother nature's

that the game is on at the short track speedskating and the freestyle skiing events and the speed skating team without this one long. of course have had their first training session in sochi in order to adapt to the conditions on the ice shiner in canada where the first group to train in the morning. the two teams the role of father is on the arts and the men's five hundred mi to olympic record holder chiles hammond leads the canadian team while china's speedskating side twenty to cut with life without long long. you helped his side win three golds four years ago or a barca ankle in training before heading to sochi. the teams were looking to adapt to the ice to help get the competitive bids with the first event on saturday and the coaches of both sides were also hoping to find out a bit about the stages and their strategies for the strategies of their opponents teacher michael leigh on sea. it's almost time for the competition to start you thinking when is the coach didn't come on i will select your chain which is trying to know each other in the many resulting to enter the need to call and se

speed skating lose because of fashion. the excuse next in data dive. >> alcohol and a volatile relationship. our series of oscar nominated >> today's data dive goes the olympics, and the speed skating team are partially complaining their clothing, complaining that the underarmour outfits slowed them down. it's one explanation for the less than stellar performance. while the world loves to watch the competition, how many play in real life? curling an a butt of jokes. it looks like a house cleaning crew on ice. the conventional wisdom that it's not popular is wrong. more than a million around the world play, there's more than 15,000 curlers in 135 clubs in the u.s. america is home to millions of skiers, but not many ski jumpers. it started in norway, and is popular in nordic countries, not so much in the u.s. maybe not that many people want to fly into the air at high speeds. bob sledding got a boost in popularity thanks to the jamaican bob sled team portrayed in the movie "cool runnings", it's not big in the u.s. cross-country skiing struggle, and may be a reason that olympic ratings are down from vancouver. the tape delay doesn't help. most know who has won by the time it hits tv. >> ev

speed skating team has yet to even medal at the winter olympics in sochi. e beginning to blame their suits. their outfits, their uniforms for disappointing performances. but under armour is defending themselves. joining me now, rachel nichols, the host of "unguarded" here on cnn. she's live in sochi, russia, where she's been covering the games. and this speed skating story is something i've been following all day. the speed skating now responding to the uniform controversy saying, we're working with our athletes, coaches, trainers and equipment partners to figure out what we can do to produce better results for team usa through the completion of the winter olympic games. so it kind of makes you think that a change will be >> the executive director has confirmed a couple of reports saying that they have applied to the ioc to have the option to change back to their old suits. that doesn't mean that they're going to. the team has to vote on it and apparently different skaters have different opinions about just how much of a difference these suits have made both

that edge has become a frosty issue on the skating oval at the the u.s.mpics, and speed skating teamas not won a single metal, expected to win 10. landed somemor suit of the blame, engineered with help from lockheed martin and tested in win titles. the skaters loved it but then they stopped winning. >> we have had a relationship since 2011, working with the ted and athletes, with morris at u.s. speed skating, we have a great relationship. eyes on what this to be perceived as anything other than -- we are just trying to help our athletes win winning does not come easy. that was kevin plank on friday. over the weekend, the team dropped the uniform and opted for another suit from under armour used during the world cup. still, no medals. everything when you are not performing, from the training to the gear to the skates to the pillows you slept on the night before. it is all very fair, this is our business. i think we believe we have an incredible product that will help our athletes succeed and win. >> under armour knows the drill and it knows it has a good product. this is the second wi