>> tatiana >> without a question? >> yes >> what is it about tatiana that you look up to? >> she's won gold medals. >> tatiana is after more than gold when she arrives in russia. in a country where the president vilifies american adoptions, she'll be exhibit a for their defense. when you went back and stopped at the orphanage, was it hard to look at the kid and realise they don't have the opportunity. >> the only thing that is sad is knowing the adoptions between americans and russians stopped. it makes me sad. kids are born every day. you don't know who'll end up next. >> people know that she was in an orphanage being being placed with this american family. she'll be something to watch. it could send a message. >> i think that's the point. to send a message that, "i am alive, i'm well and having a disability and being adopted helped me me who i should be." tatiana was born for a reason. she is a gifted athlete. she's a gifted academic student and, you know what, maybe she can show them that it's worth it to let kids be raised in a family. >> adam may, tonight , baltimore,

tatiana was born for a reason. she is a gifted athlete.he is a gifted academic student and you know what? maybe she can show and say, it's worth it to let kids be raised in a family. >> adam may, "america tonight," baltimore maryland. >> good luck to her. the paralympics in sochi will begin on march 7th. >>> when we return, there's much more to it. a haitian teacher, why his school was inspired to generosity by an "america tonight" viewer. bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> now on "america tonight," never heard anything like this. a surprising very surprising happy ending. last year on our series on haiti and its roir from tha recovery m that 2010 earthquake, soledad o'brien reports, here's the original story. >> today, aid agencies say approximately 300,000 people in port-au-prince still live in deplorable conditions in camps. families crammed into tiny shelters made out of tarps and scraps of wood. this one called camp 54

councilmember tatiana cast, star laura absent, denise present, harriet wong, absent. roland wong absent, starta absent. >> thank you. the next item is reading and the approval of the agenda. i would like to first make a motion to amend the agenda. seeing as we have a lot of speakers to listen to today, i would like to move the directors report item no. 6 to follow item no. 9. item no. 5 to follow item no. 9. any objections to the amendment? >> no. >> okay. thanks. you can read it now. item 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limit to 3 minutes. >> item 4, information item: report from cochair idell wilson. item 6, information item. life with dialysis. councilmember kostanian will lead a pregnancy and information hearing on the challenges of daily living for individuals who are kidney dials dependent. presentation by dr. eli we'll from the national kidney foundation. public comment is welcome. you'll a

como para residentes, no hay que estar pendiente si la tarjeta del residente aun esta vigente >>para tatianaotra patria >>tener orgullo de tener voz, votar y escoger al presidente de estados unidos,eso para m>qst in honor >>los que participan en el programa ahorran el abogado, los preparan para uno de los momentos más difíciles, la entrevista de juez de inmigración >>ya esta en su país nátalo los restos del prisionero setenciado hace unos días, a acatla'n. >>cientos de motociclistas protestan en calles de caracas, ya que el gobierno quiere disminuir el horario para circular por las calles com plano contra la violencia >>y decenas de vuelos cancelados ,viviana ávila con el reporte >>condiciónes peligrosas en carreteras del país, el hielo provocó decenas de accidentes en kansas city ilinois e indianana no se salvan del peligro, la nieve no para de caer, en chicago conductores trataban de desenterrar los carros >>dicen que es importante que el carro agarra más fuerza cuando lo ponen en la uno o dos, pero hay que hacerlo con mucha precaución >>las condiciónes estan mal, los choferes conduce muiy

in 1960, archaeologist tatiana proskouriakoff provided an answer. her discovery launched a revolution in maya studies. for three decades, proskouriakoff had been drawing archaeologically based reconstructions of maya sites. the grand maya ruins were interpreted as vast ceremonial centers, the sites of elaborate rituals. carved monuments were thought to portray maya priests and gods. the extensive inscriptions carved on them were thought to have no historical value. but here in piedras negras, guatemala, the dates on the monuments struck proskouriakoff as very curious. several of the stelae at this remarkable site bear scenes like this. footsteps lead from the base of the stela up along a ladder, then disappear into a niche, to reveal a seated figure. was this a maya god ? on stelae like this, proskouriakoff noted two prominent dates. the first was always followed by this glyph. the second, between one and three decades later, was followed by this glyph. the pattern of the dates together with the scene depicted led to a startling hypothesis. perhaps

tell me about the inspiration for the victim in the latest novel, tatiana? >> there was a dominant figure in political reportage up to about six years ago, in the form of anna plutkovska. she was known for her commitment to the truth. >> and she was murdered in 2006. >> and murdered in 2006. and still a dominant figure in terms of how much you're willing to commit to of yourself to tell the truth. she told the truth about the children in beslan, she did so at the war in chechnya. and in other instances where she knew that she was putting herself in harm's way. and accepted the fact that she would probably die, pursuing the truth . >> your work is full of mortal challenges to your characters. terrible things befall them. they are constantly dealing with tais terrible injury and challenges. and the rest of it in light of what you invented for your novels did it change your perception of that stuff, experiencing it yourself? >> wanted to experience that sometime back i created a hazard for my character, arketyrenko in which he had been shot mountain head and pa

tatiana: ¿cuÁl es tu puchi...? >>debido a mi trabajo le he provocado problemas matrimoniales.

thank you very much for having me today and a special thank you to tatiana for inviting me. i have worked with dialysis patients since i started my career in social work. i actually started working with dialysis patients in the bronx new york. most of the patients seemed to struggle with similar psycho social issues, stress, poverty, under achieving education, under employment and at that time i thought perhaps the issues can be explained because of the environment of north bronx, new york. then i continued with my work with dialysis patients and started to see the same thing from all economic backgrounds. there were family and brothers and sisters on dialysis. i think and dr. wiel started to say about this that is what is unique is the average person with this disease doesn't necessarily look sick. some of their catheters are covered with clothing. it's wonderful to have these technologies with dialysis. but those modality will be replaced at 10-15 percent of kidney function. you are not getting 100 percent. even though they are getting these wonderful technology with great

. >> reporter: tatiana is viktor jr.'s sister and another ice hockey player. says they were born with it in their blood. >> at the newly opened restaurant a stone's throw from their home there's the tikhonov player. he believes viktor jr. in the olympics will inspire more local young players >> i grew up in california so obviously i have a lot of california rooting me. >> you'll always have these professional guys who come in to make their money and they are doing their job an doing it well and having like local guys born and raised here. >> real nice and special to have someone from other to be playing in. >> i'll be rooting for russia, absolutely, all the way. >> but the biggest cheerleader of them all for viktor jr. won't be here on the couch with the family. >> he was a great coach and great father. >> their father passed away up expectedly just last august. >> probably screaming up there right now. he's going to be shouting and cheering, and, yeah, i think heaven will go crazy rooting for russia. >> and, of course, stay with nbc bay area for continuing co

evidence of secret from school illegal transfers the material included a list of tenements such as tatiana john avail. he was beaten up like a knife attack is in december last year and a store full of christians and the prophets the local ukrainian channels for field goals including a massive country mansion on the construction and the safety of stethoscope and overlooking the back seat like a residence a deconstruction has destroyed anything to trees and wildlife habitats. well the treetops to be worth about two million dollars were found to separate locations which may belong to the sound of the impeached president. and it has welled up as ukrainians his average salary is five hundred dollars month when del the taxes pizza been squandered on yanukovich is entertainment the discoveries come as the eu continues to discuss emergency financial aid for ukraine to raise short term funding its estimate to the country needs about thirty five billion dollars to supply two thousand and fourteen two thousand and fifteen. a russian court has handed down prison sentences of up to four years for peopl

medal in the figure skating event at the halfway stage of the payers competition maxime trunk of an tatiana vol of result the overall standings the event concludes on wednesday the world and european champions put in a thoughtless display to the delight of the home crowd to firmly put themselves in medal contention and my trunk of well documented tempestuous nature they put their success down to a special working relationship. i was familiar with some of. my city gemini and like seem to believe so we get along just fine. when we first started skating together i told her tiana that more than half of what people say about my personality is probably true and she told me she could get along with pretty much anyone finally said whatever people say about my or someone else's personality figure skating is a sport and what my. matters is the result doesn't matter what my personality is like some would say about a coach for example he's insufferable the most important thing is my training in my performance and the medals i win who cares if i'm a difficult person like well trying. already have gold m

chinese and also a bit later on we'll get another glimpse of the figure skating stars maksim and tatiana. they've already won team gold and our favorites for the pairs event which does get underway this evening it's also worth noting that they are world and european champions despite only being together for three years and despite. famous bad temper so what is the secret of their success over such a short space of time or maybe just maybe it could be written in the stars i was familiar with some of what seems to treat. my zodiac sign is gemini and lexeme is a libra so we get along just fine. when we first started skating together i told her that more than half of what people say about my personality is probably true and she told me she could get along with pretty much anyone. whatever people say about my or someone else's personality figure skating is a sport and what matters is the result doesn't matter what my personality is like some would say about a coach for example he's insufferable the most important thing is my training and my performance and the medals i win who cares if i'm a

tatiana and maksim won the gold medal in pairs while teammates [ non-english language ] took the silver. alfonso van marsh, cbs news, sochi, russia. >>> everybody should be anticipating 24-hour snow and ice event. >> it's 4:42. coming up, the crippling winter storm moving from the south now up to the northeast and this morning new england is bracing for more than a foot of snow. >> and that's a whole lot of money in that hole. the sinkhole that swallowed up some pricy pieces of history. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, without power in the south because of the snow storm. it's the same scene as two s ago...snappe >>> "snowmageddon" part 2 slamming the northeast. hundreds of thousands are without power in the south because of a snowstorm. two weeks ago it snapped power lines and icy freeways, turning into parking lots. cbs news reporter susan mcginnis reports from snowy washington, d.c. >> reporter: the crippling winter storm that pounded the south has moved north more than a foot of snow in the northeast today. >> we have already seen significant impacts from this storm. powerful nor'easters on the board

seen a number of sporting breakthroughs and record breaking results russian figure skating stars tatiana also sharyn maxime trunk all set a new world record with their sort program their flawless skate received eighty four points seventeen points the highest ever score and another record was sealed on ice by nineteen year old japanese figure skater against the ohio new became the first man to ever break one hundred points in the short program that speed skaters span kramer broke his own world record in the five thousand meter race storming to gold in just six minutes and ten point seventy six seconds while great britain set olympic curling records the ladies' team demolished the u.s. by seven points margin never seen before at the winter games are looking forward to some more record breaking athletes ahead and when they're broken you of course will hear about them right here from our team for now back to moscow. thank you and. your studio of course right about hard over the winter olympics and right here on our team the national we've got everything you want to hear from the game's new i

certainly in viewers all over the country have their hopes pinned on the figure skating today the duo tatiana all the cells are and maksim time called have already made history in the paris short program with a record score and they're hoping to re-establish russia's traditional dominance in the sport but there's plenty of other action on its way in our farmer is keeping up with all of that he now joins us live from the mountain cluster andrew what's happening on the slopes we're hearing there's been some worries about the weather. well that's right and he might be able to see that the sun is a beating down on my back as i speak and that's prompted concerns about the possibility of melting snow but organizers have insisted that everything is fine and all events will go ahead as shai jewel today and that's included the women's downhill which produced an absolute classic we've seen a dead heat between slovenia seen amazing scenes dominate the sand and that means they will both walk away with a gold medal and that has never happened in this event in the olympics before but coming back to the wea

very tough but also today will get another glimpse of the figure skating stars maksim trying coffin tatiana they've already won gold in the team event but they are the favorites in the pairs which begins today it's also worth saying they already world and european champions despite only being together for three years and despite maxine's famous bad temper so how did they manage to achieve all this success in such a huge space of time just maybe it's written in the stars i was familiar with some of the axioms traits besides my zodiac sign is gemini and lexeme is a libra so we get along just fine works because when we first started skating together i told the tiana that more than half of what people say about my personality is probably true as she told me she could get along with pretty much anyone fine whatever people say about my or someone else's personality figure skating is a sport and what matters is the result doesn't matter what my personality. it's like some would say about a coach for example he's insufferable the most important thing is my training in my performance and the medals

gold and silver medal in the pads event now the gold medal went to the world and european champions tatiana dollars as. of now they had the lead at the halfway stage after they put in a world record performance in the short program on tuesday evening and they followed that up on wednesday with another remarkable and fullest display in the free program to secure the gold medal and they were clearly visibly overcome by the emotion of it all at the end of their performance which raised the roof inside the iceberg skating palace the more their team mates could send you still by the federal claim of came in second so it was almost a clean sweep for russia germany got the bronze but these medals that i added to the gold that russia have already won in the figure skating they secured gold in the team event over the course of the weekend and with this gold and silver is very much seems that in terms of figure skating russia very much the nation to catch. well elsewhere there was bitter disappointment for american athletes on day five and one of the biggest stars of these games one of the biggest at

tatiana and maxim are in the lead, hold on off the preskate. the russian pair?hey are stunning, incredible. >> beautiful to watch. >> america's chance for a three-peat. shani davis, what do you think? >> shani took bronze in this last year, but shani is the man. and until he gets dethroned, you have to say he's the guy. >> made a little history in the process, too. >> yeah. three straight. three-peat on the line here in a few minutes. >> you like his 1,500 meter chances saturday? >> well, let's see if he can get through the 1,000 first. >> one medal at a time. >> one at a time, al. >> it was a question they wrote for me! i'm sorry! >> one at a time. great to have you here again. >> thanks, guys. >> catch all the action tonight at 8:00/7:00 trcentral here on nbc. back in a moment. >>> welcome back to sochi on an absolutely beautiful night made more beautiful by the presence of william bush. >> lay it on thick. >> our dear, dear friend. what are you doing out here today? >> bode miller went out to the mountains was going to do a little sampling. next thing you kno

been attacked. 136 journalists have been attacked on the square including investigative journalist tatianabrutally beaten on christmas day. when investors rather incredibly claim was a victim of road rage. one of the most outrageous xamples has been the case of activist demetri who has -- was abducted for eight deas before being left in a city outside of kiev during which he was tortured by his can'tors who tried to force him to say he was an american spy. the heroism, madam speaker, of the ukrainian people persistently demonstrating struggling, risking themselves for justice and dignity, is deeply inspiring. he witness of so many clergy is a powerful reminder of the spiritual values that are at stake. just last thursday i had the high honor and privilege of meeting in my office with patriarch of the ukrainian orthodox church and another patery ack of the ukrainian catholic church. these brave and holy religious leaders are deeply concerned for the faithful and for the whole ukrainian nation and alarmed by the potential for even worse violence, perhaps even civil conflict. one patriarch sa

too harsh, made a little bit sweet because we use wheat for it which gives the sweetness. >> and tatianaational airport. the plane took off about an hour ago from sjc headed to honolulu, but returned soon after takeoff because of some sort of unspecified emergency. we don't know what. 140 people onboard, including the crew, all landed safely. nobody hurt. we'll continue to watch it. >>> nearly nine million pounds of beef from a bay area company have been recalled. federal inspectors say the meat came from diseased and unsound animals that were not properly inspected. no reported illnesses have been tied to products, which were produced last year. for more information, you can visit our website, nbcbayarea.com. let's check weather and christina. >> well, we've got a good-looking day shaping up. finally going to see a return of the 60s. 61 degrees is the forecasted high along the peninsula. 62 degrees in the south bay and 60 degrees in san francisco, with plenty of low cloud cover at least until about lunchtime. most of those clouds will be left over, kind of hugging our local mountains. t

the russians, tatiana volosozhar and maksim trankov completely dominating the event with the highestal for the russians because listen to this statistic. they won the gold medal in this event at every single olympics. from 1966 to 2006. then they were completely shut out last time in vancouver. so tonight, the couple performs again in the long program. it's not just about them winning. it's about redemption for the entire country when it comes to this event. which brings us to tonight's highlights beyond the pairs figure skating. four-time olympic medalist shani davis of the u.s. competes in the 100-meter speed skating men's. women's downhill tonight. i don't want to spoil this, if you go on google, you can see the outcome, but there is a very exciting outcome when it comes to the downhill. there's a tie, believe it or not. very rare in olympic history. women's halfpipe in snowboarding. we'll see whether or not the snow conditions are any better there. and then the luge doubles as well. remember, you can watch on cnbc tonight curling, as always, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. during the wint

tatiana and maxim. i love this one. the expression on their faces.t all she's got for team usa and her childhood friend with her at every turn. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> another gorgeous shot here from olympic park. gorgeous. well, for any athlete, just getting to the olympics is an amazing feat. to compete for your country three times is rare and special. >> yes, it is. natalie met one athlete here at the top of her sport for more than eight years, but is competing in sochi for much more than a medal. >> emily cook is no stranger to the olympic games, competed in torino and vancouver. and tonight she'll be jumping for gold in what may be her final olympic event. >> with this jump -- >> going to make that olympic team today as she hits her landing. >> emily cook solidified her spot as an aerialist for team usa. >> crowd going nuts here. >> tonight this high-flying daredevil is set to jump at her third olympic games. >> how do you think you are different as an athlete now versus your first olympics? >> i've had a lot of things come at m