ask tj oshie, after his dom innocence in the team usa shoot-out. the 27-year-old is six meals from the cap aidan -- canadian border. >> this is called hockey town usa, warode produced seven medallists. as you learn from banners and signs, tj oshie and gg marvin are in sochi now. a big thin for a town with fewer than 2,000 people. >> everyone talks about tj and gg, look where they are now. the whole community is proud of them and what they have done. >> hockey is everything here. for decades people loved a game that is not nearly as popular in

and tj oshie was september up to battle. he has four goals out of six times, that was the winner. >> it's something you dream about going into shoot outs and imagining. it feels good. it's not like we were focussing on tomorrow. to get the win was big. it doesn't mean much. it's exciting, fun, we have a job to do here. >> elsewhere - american matt antwon grabbed the bronze in the fourth and final run. he's the fourth to medal. here is where we sit. the u.s. and the neth tied for second. followed by norway. they are doing well in sochi. >> very impressive. we'll talk about the snowball. an 800 pound snowball causing damage in portland oregon. there are other photos. they made the snowball. they lost control and the run away snowball rolled foo a dorm, impacting a bedroom wall. the students have been upset and felt awful about it but have not been punished. >> how would you do that? >> you would think they'd know it could cause problems. have a good night. >> you are watching al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz with the head

the game went eight rounds into a shootout when tj oshie, who plays for the st. blues finally drove in the winning goal for team usa. after the game, john carlson gave the first reaction off the ice. >> it was a great game. not for us, but it was a good effort by both teams. so we're looking forward to playing tomorrow. >> reporter: how tough was it to play the u.s. and lose today? how much pride was on the line here? >> yeah, it was a great game. both teams played well. but we're going to play tomorrow, so -- we'll bounce back. >> reporter: what was it like to play your first olympics against russia here in russia? >> it was great. obviously a great result, tough game. >> reporter: could you feel the pressure they were feeling in there, in that arena? >> i don't know. i thought they played well too. i don't know if they were feeling too much pressure. obviously, you know, the home team, they've got everyone behind them here. and we did a good job taking that away as much as we could. >> reporter: john carlson there, celebrating tonight. team usa are back at it t

as you learn from banners and signs, tj oshie and gg marvin are in sochi now. a big thin for a town with fewer than 2,000 people. >> everyone talks about tj and gg, look where they are now. the whole community is proud of them and what they have done. >> hockey is everything here. for decades people loved a game that is not nearly as popular in their countries as baseball and basketball. longer winters are a proud tradition. isolated locations play their part. >> it's a quiet place to live. not too much traffic. plenty of excitement at the local arena. bands fire up the crowd. the high school girls defend a 5-year winning streak. the coach says it helped to live in a hockey mad town. >> do you have the backing, the coaching, the available ice time. do you have the tradition. is it possible, can you believe in it. i think we have the right environment. henry bouche, it would agree. he won silver with team usa in 1982. at that time he got a message from his home up to, half a world away. . i remember getting a telegram from everywhere in the world. it was six feet

tj oshie scored the winning goal in a shootout in overtime. he scored four times in six tries.spoke about the incredible moment and what he was thinking about right before it. >> what was going through your mind at that moment? >> what do i do next? there's a little panic in there. i saw the replay. it looks like i wasn't shaking, but i was underneath, and really happy the last one went in. >> that was an awesome game, wasn't it, bob? you said you watched it. >> amazing, i tell you the thing about it. when they have penalty kicks in soccer, for example, there's a big, hung net, and there's a goalie. and it's pretty easy to get a ball in. when you're trying to shoot into a hockey net, it's a very small area, and these guys are very, very good, these goaltenders. these guy did four of 6, and the last one, he did it almost in slow motion. had the guy completely confusioned. >> had to feel good to beat the russians on their own turf. >> maybe not be a miracle on ice, because it was amateured against professionals, but interesting aboutotia. there was a picture on twitter with some

american oesh scored -- tj oshie soared the game-winning goal. u.s. 3, russia 2. host team, russia is in the lead in the medal count. u.s. and netherlands are tied on second. those are the headlines. "america tonight" starts right now. gooech and thanks for -- good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen, and you're watching "america tonight," the weekend edition. we start with california, running dry. the northern part of the state is seeing some showers,

eventually, in the eighth round, tj oshie scored to win the game for the united states. now, both teams couldn't make it in the medal round and meet again, alex. i do want to tell you, tj oshie, born in washington state, played high school hockey in minnesota, college hockey in north dakota and professional hockey in st. louis, missouri. the guy is america. and he's obviously trending on twitter. >> yeah. well, and to include the fact that the president just tweeted out something and named him by name, and, of course, congratulations to the rest of the team. that's kind of cool. what about the other things on for usa today, usa team? we have julia mancuso. talk about that. >> reporter: yeah, well, julia, the super g. so the super giant slalom in between giant slalom and the downhill as the speed of the town hill, but more turns. i will tell you about 60% of the people in the field here did not finish, okay? they were off the course. so whoever says the weather isn't a factor, who knows if the course was too tough or what. but julia did make it down. she finished in eight

tj oshie was the hero, he had six shots on this one for the americans but like the nhl internationalt the same player to take multiple shots after three rounds the st. louis blues star fired six times foot americans netting four of them and that included the game winner. >> it's something you dream about going in tool shootouts and imagine as a kid. it feels great right now. but, you we are focusing on tomorrow knew. to get win tonight was big. it's exciting and fun but we still have a job to do here. >> elsewhere, american matt antwon beat out his team freight and friend john daly to grab the bronze in the fourth and final rounds of men's skill top race , the first medal since 2002 in the skeleton for the u.s. camille stoke has had the best winter olympic than any other polish athlete today. winning his second gold of the soap eve olympics in the large hill ski vent six days after taking home a gold in the normal event. his two goals equal the amount poland had in every olympics from 1924 to 2010. >> thanks, jess. >>> and the spotlight is on more than just sports at the winter games

tj oshie keeping u.s. alive with an unprecedented four goals in the shootout. >> three times between the legs? >> yeah. i was trying to change things up and kept say seeing a bit of the same stuff. >> reporter: this is what people want to see when they show up at the olympics. >> reporter: but there would be no triumph on the ice like two time gold medal list davis today. the suit designed to reduce track but of the event the u.s. skaters voted to dump the new suits with the trustier ones. it didn't help. davis finished 11th in the 1500. disappointment is matched by the disappointment in russians by the refs. a lot of continue row versecy over that goal that was allowed. they played with a lot of heart tonight. dav david. >> thank you. halfway through the games to the tall lay board. the u.s. is now tied for second in the medal count overall russia still leading. >>> we turn at home to two separate storms. a blizzard delivering a new round of fierce wind and heavy snow. and the storm in the north west and

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tj oshie, the pride of tiny warroad, minnesota. population 1,770. >> scores! >> reporter: oshie clinched the american nailbiter over russia yesterday in the unprecedented eight-round shootout. round after round oshie looped in toward the russian goalie flicking it in four times for the win. his quotations like "the american heroes wear camo" have become twitter trends. and his team again tonight winning, steamrolling slovenia 5-1. also winning tonight, the u.s. bobsled two-man team, racking up the second and third fastest times in their bmw sled during today's two heats. bobsled team coach brian shimmer offered me a tutorial. >> they've got to be from 0 to 30 miles an hour in less than five seconds. pushing. >> reporter: that's the easy part. the hard part? getting in. another big bobsled moment will come later in the week when johnny quinn, who is famous for busting down his bathroom door, use all that braun to barrel down the course for team usa. david? >> see if his technique matches the one in the bathroom. matt gutman, thank you. >>> one more note from so

tj oshie is the new star. coming from a small town in minneapolis, boasting more than its fair share of olympic stars. we go there. >> they call this hockey up to, usa. since 1956 warrowd produced eight olympic hockey stars, seven medallists. as you learn from banners and signs, two. tj oshie, and gg marvin are in sochi. it's big for a town with fewer than 2,000 people. >> everyone talks about tj and gg and look where they are now and what they are doing. the whole community is proud of them and what they there done. >> hockey is everything here. for decades people loved a game that is not nearly as popular in their country as baseball. longer winter is a proud position. isolated location plays their part. >> it's a quiet place to win. not too much traffic. that's all there was to do when i started. >> plenty of excitement at the local arena, as high school bands fire up the crowd. high school girls are defending a winning streak. >> do you have the backing in do you have the coaching, the available ice time?

tj oshie scored the game-winning goal. u.s. 3, russia 2.s for the medal count: >> those are the headlines. "consider this" starts right now. >> a man who could become the n.f.l.'s openly gay player could face a backlash for coming out. >> why did a zoo cut up a giraffe in front of kids. >> are major failures in life not a bad thing. >> the high price of face. models abused in their entry. hello, i'm antonio mora. here is more of what is ahead. >> i am a gay

tj oshie scoring the winning goal. >> the medal count: >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" starts now. gooech and thanks for -- good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen, and you're watching "america tonight," the weekend edition. we start with california, running dry. the northern part of the state is seeing some showers, it won't be enough to help the state-wide drought emergency. it could pour for the rest of the year and it wouldn't be enough. the before and after pictures from above shows how severe the situation is. snow-covered peaks are brown bare mountain tops. what a difference a year can make. this weekend president obama is spending the week in california to meet with farmers in the hartland, offering 160 million in relief aid. as "america tonight"'s chris brewery reports, the lack of hydration is forcing ranchers to make tough choices. >> for frank, the most devastating drought in memory means hard choices. >> his grandfather started the farm, but now he is calling a family meeting as to whether to sell most of the herd. >> we'll g

tj oshie scored the game-winning goal. u.s. 3, russia 2. as for the medal count: >> those are the headlines. "consider this" starts right now. >> a man who could become the n.f.l.'s openly gay player could face a backlash for coming out. >> why did a zoo cut up a giraffe in front of kids. >> are major failures in life not a bad thing. >> the high price of face. models abused in their entry. hello, i'm antonio mora. here is more of what is ahead. >> i am a gay man and happy to be one. >> courageous young man. >> he's a good football player. >> large studies of breast cancer is casting doubt on the effectiveness of mammograms. >> the upside of down, why failing is the key to success. when you fame, fail smart. >> a zoo in depp mark is under -- denmark is under fire after deciding to kill a giraffe. >> back stage there are a tonne of people back there. >> a lot of girls are anorexic are 14 years old. we begin with michael sam. the college football star's public declaration that he is gay three months before the national football league's draft

but the social media world blew up during the game and especially over the star of the game, tj oshie. 900,000 tweets about that game. that's crazy the people or up that early. >> i think 2000 was you. >> i think you are right. over and over. it was insane. his twitter following almost doubled. even the president of united states sent a tweet saying congrats to them. you know it's barack obama when it says bo at the end. some tweets without that are not from him just so you do know. in his post-game press conference he was asked about being called a hero after the game and his comment was the real heroes where camel i am not one of them. now he is just a legend. he is doing everything right. now there are some t-shirts out there. he is now america's hero. we will have much more trending stuff coming up later. >> coming up, a new poll reveals issues facing illinois republicans. >> and in sports it's crucial minutes down the stretch of the nba all-star game. be good morno northwestern was riding high. since then things have turned sour. they lost on sunday. it's now three losses in a ro

beat the host team 3-2 in an epic battle for the ages decided in an 8-round shootout with american tj oshi the hero. unlike the nhl, rules permit a shooter to take multiple shots after three rounds when you go to the shoot out and the activelies blues star fired six times for the americans. he netted four of them and that included the game winner. a kid, feels great right now. like i said, we are focusing on tomorrow now. it doesn't mean much without the wind tomorrow. it's exciting, fun. we've got a job to do here. >> for us, it was a really big win and i think everyone did a good job, so we are going to go enjoy this win tonight. it's onto another one tomorrow and got the to shift our focus to tomorrow. >> elsewhere, american matt antoine beat out his teammate and friend john daily to grab the broncs in the skeleton race, the first since gold in 2002. here is what the medal count looks like right now. host team, russia, leading the way with 15. the u.s. and the netherlands are tied for second with 14 each followed by norway and germany. 7 are gold. >> that's tops in sochi. the superstars

tj oshy scored four times in the shootout including the winter in olympic hockey, the same player can shots after the first three rounds of the shootout. cam fowler and joe pavelski scored the two u.s. goals in regulation. this was group play. the u.s. is 2-0 with one game to play tomorrow. >> it's something you dream about going to shootouts and imagining it as a kid. it feels great. we're focusing on tomorrow. >> there was a lot of buildup to this one. for us to play in front of their home crowd and we knew the type of game it was gonna be. but we as a group, i don't think we're comparing it to anything. we're gonna enjoy this win tonight. it's on to another one tomorrow. >> another medalist for the u.s. in men's skeleton. matt antwan took the bronze. it's the first u.s. medal in skeleton in 12 years. >>> one week into the sochi games, the host nation has taken over the medal lead. they have 15 followed by the netherlands and the u.s. with 14 each. norway next with 13. followed by germany and canada with 12 each. >>> it's prelim season as we get closer to the time for the kentucky d

tj oshie scoring four goals for the win. then sage pull ofg a jump in the finals he never even tried before. >> when i landed, i was like, what just happened. i can't believe i just did that. >> americans dominating the x style game events, even sweeping slopestyle skiing np mikaela shiffrin dominating slalom, youngest ever in the event. some argue vladimir putin is the biggest winner, with a public relations extravaganza that cost his country $50 billion. matt gutman, abc news, sochi. >> with all of the competition in the books, here is a look at final medal count. russia, the host, finishing on top with 33. they also had the most gold, with 13. >> the usual suspect we told you about last week. norway, canada, netherlands and germany. hats off to the russians. all the talk about security concerns, all the talk about sochi not being ready, they were definitely glitches. >> sure. but they pulled it off. >> a heck of an olympics, wasn't it? >> yeah. last winter games, u.s. came out on top. the most medals at 37. this year only

. >>> tj oshie was selected because of success in shootouts. he tweeted thisust a few hours ago saying very humbled by everyone's support for my teammates and i. another tough task at hand today. looks like oshie is becoming a household name at the white house. the crowd loves him and the rest of the team. president barack obama tweeted congratulations to oshie and his team saying never stop believing in miracles. >> wow. >> we could see more scenes like this in the week to come. this is an early morning watch party in arlington as team usa took on russians. there could be a rematch. the gold medal game is one week from today. you were making fun of me yesterday. that's the result of that. they started eed at 7:00 in th morning. they had a great game to watch. >>> we're getting a look at what you won't get to see watching the games in sochi. it's the behind the scenes. thousands of reporters, producers and engineers from around the country. >> huge operations. the place they spend theirwork day is impressive. janelle takes us inside this huge h

decathlon medallist on the tj oshie, the humble guy wins big.romise, qe3, earnings per share, will not be mentioned on this program. ♪ tech's king and we start this hour with one of the biggest names, amazon, look at the stock $350 a share. it's down 12% this year. and peaked above 400 and down since then. charles, has amazon peaked? >> it's got problems, they've missed the street. wall street is looking for, 4.23. months ago they were looking over $5. that's huge. ubs upgraded in october from neutral it to buy and downgraded it last week back to neutral. everyone's turning against them. maybe this free ride just growing the top line without anything on the bottom line, maybe that's coming to an end. stuart: you're saying, maybe, yeah, they peaked at 400 back to it a new normal of 350 or whatever. charles: the bottom liie they're going to have to start showing earnings. stuart: ooh, a novel idea. another technology play for you. gt advanced. now, they make that sapphire glass for the screens for the the iphones, or phones and tablets generally.

patrick kane took them -- not the famous tj oshie and missed them both and would have changed the momentum really fell apart. they were just not as hungry or sharp as the fins, who have a fair amount of nhl players. but the one interesting note here, that the fins beat russia, knocked them out and knocked the u.s. out. who would have thought before the olympics we would say that neither russia or the united states would even get a medal. >> all right. that was tough. it's hard to get up after that game, losing 1-0 to canada and to fight for a bronze, that's a tough one. ted ligety, did he have better luck on the slopes? >> reporter: you know, i feel like there is a spoiler alert, because we have been spoiled with good results and we're not getting many today. he was in sixth place after his first run, did not finish his second run. so a dnf for ted ligety. of course, he had his gold in his best event, the giant slalom. he wasn't favored to win a medal here, but there was some hope he had some confidence and could really pull something off. so he did not get a medal in that particular race.

american tj each i score oshie'. that's all for now, i am morgan radford, stay tuned we look forward to seeing you again at 6:00 a.m. eastern. >> maman bashir alex niev camila karamova di dai jin peng pan sunatillo i am sorry if i pronounced your name wrong. >> it was not a choice for us, for the children to come here.

. >>> tj tweeted this out a couple of hours ago saying i'm very humbled by everyone's support for my teammates and i. oshie is becoming a household name at the white house. president barack obama tweeted a congratulations to oshie saying never stop believing in miracles. >> we could see more scenes like this in the week to come. this is cell phone video of an early morning watch party in arlington. it was yesterday as team usa took on russians. u.s. and russia could face a rematch. the gold medal game is one week from today. >>> we're getting a look at what you won't get to see when watching the games in sochi. it's behind the scenes where thousands of reporters photographers, engineers gather from all over the world. >> where they spend their work day is actually very impressive. janelle takes us inside this huge home away from home. >> reporter: it's a city within a city. the ibc, international broadcast center. down every long hall that seems to never end, you'll find journalists buzzing around. 11,000 journalists from all over the world working the sochi games, many working day and night, 24 hours a da

oshie and gigi marvin, who we are just so proud of. and tjshoot up against the russians i must say i enjoyed a lot. i tweeted at him about it. [applause] so we spent some time over the last few weeks on hockey, but i'm not here to talk about hockey. either way, i cannot play hockey. [laughter] i grew up in hawaii. we do not have hockey in hawaii ass but admitted -- [laughter] helping create new jobs and new opportunities for every american. we are at the moment when our economy is growing. our businesses have created about 8.5 my new jobs the past four years. unemployment is at the lowest it's been in over five years. in minnesota it's lower than it's been in six and a half years. [applause] and by the way, come you got a great governor who i served with in the senate, mark dayton, is helping to make that happen to. [applause] so in a lot of ways things are looking up here but in some ways the trends that have been battering middle-class families for a long time have gotten even starker. because those at the top are doing better than ever, wh