olympic committee knew. >> why has the united states olympic committee been silent? >> reporter: according to a spokesperson for the usoc today buendorf never told anyone else at the usoc about the e-mail because he was told not to share it. the e-mail was labeled highly confidential and usa gymnastics had told the u.s. olympic committee the fbi was handling things. >> i represent close to 30 little girls who were, you know, young teenagers, who were molested after they received that e-mail. >> reporter: emma ann miller was treated by nassar in 2016. >> i'm possibly the last child he will ever assault. >> reporter: even though nassar has pleaded guilty and already been sentenced in two cases, in a radio interview today his attorney shannon smith questioned whether the 265 accusers were actually molested. >> there is a huge part of me that does not believe that every one of those girls was victimized by him. >> reporter: nassar later distancing himself from his own lawyer saying the attention should be on the statements of these victims. kate snow, nbc news, new york.

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for clean sport the better we're all going to be. >> the americans were speaking as the united states olympic committeesess system of the winter olympic. >>> let's check in with lauren casey who i think has got good news maybe seeing the sun eventually. >> yes. >> slowly but surely starting to see improvement. look. you can almost see the entire skyline of center city philadelphia. the low clouds lifting up. the rain coming to an end and drier air slowly building in. our temperature right now 46 degrees. winds out of the east at around 7 miles per hour. still have wind chill impact feeling like 42 degrees. had temperature grading across the area today chilly in the poconos a high at 39 degrees. we're in the upper 40s in philadelphia. but across portions of delaware, high temperatures topped in the middle 50's today and right now temperatures hanging out generally in the fours for most of us. we're at 46 degrees in allento allentown. 46 in reading. 48 degrees right now in wildwood with those winds out of the north driving in this drier air but we still do plentiful moisture at the surface because of tha

the entire board resigned at the directive of the united states 0lympic the directive of the united states olympic committee, it is ha rd to olympic committee. the impact, it is hard to tell. i talked to a very prominent women's sports advocate, a former 0lympic sa, who said she does not care who is on the board or she does not care if usa kelley gymnastics is certified or decertified, she cares about the policies that will be put in place to protect the athletes when this shakes out. —— usa gymnastics. to protect the athletes when this shakes out. -- usa gymnastics. the problem seems to be, many problems, there were too few people with how to do anything about it. the structure of rules has to change. no doubt about it. usa gymnastics is kind of in tatters right now. they have lost all of their sponsors, not all of them, but they have lost major sponsors. now they have lost their board and they have a new president and now they have two somehow rebuild. i have talked to people who have said even if they put the most perfect policies in place right away, sponsors are going to wa nt place right away, sponsor

olympic committee, talk about how they're comprised and have there been controversies within these committees and bodies? >> i think it works relatively well. i'm an ncaa liaison to the united states olympic committee. i visit in colorado springs and watch how they organize themselves. and they give enough freedom to the individual sports, like figure skating or skiing, for example, to allow them to pursue their own mission while creating an infrastructure of high-performance excellence, in terms of having a high-performance center in colorado springs, providing sponsorships and overall guidance. i think -- look, it's a business, right? if you win 121 medals in rio, your business is doing pretty well. so i think that not only do we have the best athletes in the world, i think we have the best organization in the world. typically in sports, the team that's most organized will win. so i feel that this has done well. and mind you, we've got some interesting u.s. athletes coming up. shaun white in the halfpipe. lindsey vonn, who i think the premier event will be the figure skating and the downhill runs. for the united states to see lindsey vonn come back from injury, the most successf

. >> of a letter from united states olympic committee to not use the name anymore. come to the attention you're operating restaurants under the name olympic provision. however we request you ultimately discontinue unauthorized use of the federally protected mark olympic. we came up with that name because we were in the olympic mills building, an old cereal mill building. >> in the northwest there's tons of companies with the name. >> you don't own the word olympic. if anyone owns it, the greeks own it. how do you own olympic. >> we were baffled. initially we figured there was a way around it. >> i had called my taken and, you know, we might not deal wit. he said you do realize they can come and seize all your profits from prior years and your assets. i was like, okay, that's out of the question then. then i was like, we'll fight it. then my attorney informed me that no one has ever to date been successful. these are people with a lot more money than our company have tried to fight this and not won. the chances are too slim. >> at this point the brother an sister tea

united states. international olympic committee president praised the athlete i have you have shown how a sport bridges people together in our very fragile world. >> was joined on stage by olypians including the famous shirtless cross country skier and american skier lindsey vaughn, who goes home with the bronze metal. the us finished the disappointing fourth in the overall metal count, blue were thrilling moments, like sean white's clutch gold metal performance, cross country skier jessie snatching the golds when she crossed the finish line about half a ski ahead. us women's hockey team ending 20 year old medal drought after dramatic shoot-out against canada. and the us mens' curling sweeping it way to america's first ever gold in the sport. south korea waived good-bye to the game as the olympic torch was extinguished, marks ending but also a beginning as the worlds begins for the next winter olympics in beijing. dana jacobson, "eyewitness news." >> the time 4:42. >> katie here with another check of the forecast. so sort after blah weekends, gray, and dzhokharly. >> sort of? oh, my god, if i have to w

united states. international olympic committee president thomas fox praised the athletes. >> you have shown how a sport people together. in our very fragile world. >> was joined on stage by olypians the cross country skiier, and american skier linsey vaughn, who goes home with a bronze metal. the us finished disappointing fourth in the overall metal count, but thrilling moments like sean white's clutch gold metal performance, jessie snatching the golds when she crossed the finish line about half ski ahead. the us women's hockey team ending 20 year gold medal drought after dramatic shoot-out against canada. and the us men's curling team sweeping its way to america's first ever gold in the sport. south korea waived good-bye to the game as the olympic torch was extinct wished, marks ending but also cents a beginning, as the world prepares for the next winter olympics in beijing, in 2022. in pyeongchang south korea, a dana jacob jacobson, for cbs-3 , "eyewitness news." >> up next, we will show you who won celebrity big brother. >> eagles star jason kelce back in his mummers finest he is, more of yesterday'

usa gymnastics, united states olympic committee, msu, they need an investigation. >> reporter: raisman blasted the olympic committee. >> we have to get to the bottom of how this disaster happened. if we don't figure out how it did, we can't be confident that it won't happen again. >> reporter: nassar's third and final sentencing hearing continues today. he pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual abuse at a gymnastics school in michigan. he faces a minimum of 25 to 40 years. that's an top of the sentencing he has received. the testimony from accusers in that hearing is likely to continue into next week. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> on this busy friday morning, there's a lot of questions tied to a shooting in a middle school in los angeles. four students and a staff member were injured, and a 12-year-old girl taken into custody. now, police are calling it an accident. steve patterson is in los angeles. he has the latest information overnight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. overnight, police saying this school shooting was not an attack, and instead, are charact

meanwhile, the united states olympic committee has apologized to victims and has commissioned an independentnvestigation. all board members have resigned on the orders of the olympic committee. >>> now, to big news that could impact your bottom line. citigroup plans to refund $330 million to customers after overcharges for interest. jo ling kent has more on all that. >> reporter: good morning. citigroup is coming forward, admitting it made a major error and accounting flaw in how they calculate the interest or the apr. that could mean that 2 million customers could be receiving about $200 in refunds each, later this year. this morning, one of the world's biggest credit card companies admitting it overcharged some customers for as many as five years. citibank promising to refund 2 million of its credit cardholders. $190 per customer. citibank issued a statement saying, we should have identified these issues sooner and are taking every action to provide refunds as soon as possible. >> i think it's ridiculous that this bank owes people that amount of money. >> i'm skeptical of banks anyways. >>

is far behind several other countries in the overall medal count, the united states olympic committeees everything they need to be successful. one of the people expected to add to that total, mikaela shiffrin. we have news in this morning to us. she will not ski in wednesday's downhill final. why? her big event, the super-combined moved up to thursday because of weather concerns. too much skiing back-to-back. she will not be in the downhill wednesday. she will focus on the sup super-combined and will try to win gold on thursday. norway running away with this thing. actually on a record pace right now for a winter olympics. team usa, down in sixth place. as we look ahead to the action on nbc tonight, we have the finals of ice dancing with three american couples in contention there. the two-man bobsled and the women's halfpipe in freestyle skiing. another busy day here in pyeongchang. >> all right, willie geist. willie, thanks. >>> let's talk to one of the team usa winners. nick goepper grabbed silver in the ski slopestyle final.suspen. when you went into the last round, people weren't

the united states olympic committee receives no federal funding.privately funded and a lot of athletes rely on corporate sponsors i was lucky to have incredible companies like coca-cola and ralph lauren behind me but i paid a lot of money to train year over year over year. >> does that mean debt or where did the money come from. >> not necessarily debt but when it ended after three years unsuccessfully, and with no medal in sochi, therefore, not being able to reap the financial benefit of success at the olympic games, it was tough pill to swallow. >> what happens. do the sponsors kind of then just drop you? that must be extremely difficult after having been at the absolute sort of peak of where you can be. >> it's difficult anyway it's difficult standing on the podium and then stepping down and knowing you probably will never experience that personal high again in your life. i'm trying i'm trying to find that in business but it's such a private victory which to me superseded the public finding that again is hard i'm opportunity to have had the back

is far behind several countries, the united states olympic committee tell saying in a statement, it isthing they meed to be successful. >> one other people expected to add to that, mikayla schifrin will not ski in the downhill final, because her combine moved up to thursday because of weather concerns, too much skiing back to back. she will not attend wednesday but will thursday. norway running away on a record base for winter olympics. team usa down in 6th place. on nbc tonight we got the finals of ice dancing with three, american couples contention there. so, hoda, a van fa, another business day here in pyeongchang. >> all right willy. thank you. >> let's talk to one of the team usa medal winners. nick in the ski slope finals. congratulation. this was so expenseful. when you went into that last round, people weren't even considering that you had a chance of medaling, you went in there got a run and got yoursel. >> it was an amazing down. i put it down on my last couple of runs at least, but to really put all the pressure on myself and liu it down to the third one was something i wasn

state- sponsored doping. but, the 28 athletes could compete, if the international olympic committee agrees. the united states charged today that syria is still making and using chemical weapo. unnamed trump administration officials made the accusation in various news accounts. atey said it is, "highly likely" yria's president bashar al wsad kept a hidden stockpile of chemicpons after agreeing to give them up, in 2013. the stream of syrians and others nseeking political asylum europe dropped last year, for the second year in a row. the european union's asylum agency says nearly 707,000 people in all applied for the special status, down 43%. syrians made up the largest 98ngle group of applicants, with more tha00. in myanmar, new evidence today that the military and buddhist supporters massacred rohingya muslims. the associated press reports it confirmed at least five mass gres. time-stamped cellphone video shows the remains of one village burned to the ground. human bonewere found in pools of acid, used to prevent identification. in seoul, south koa today, a top u.n. official said there must be a reckon

united states and neverland. now the international olympic committee is still considering allowing russian athletes to march under their own flag at the closing ceremony that's despite a russian curlers being stripped of a bronze medal do you two doping alexander. tested positive for mel dhoni him while competing in the mixed doubles alongside his wife the court of arbitration for sport confirmed his disqualification from the games he had been competing as an alum pick an athlete from russia after the country was banned by the i.o.c. from sending an official team following a state sponsored doping scandal he and his partner insist he did not take the drug and were not spiked and this was not done by accident says we're not five year old children and do not put everything on our mouths we watch our bottles. we feel a great responsibility to our fans to everyone who supported us to our relatives to our coaches to our delegation first of all because we are completely sure that these medals are clean you know we came here for them have been preparing for a long time so went through a lot and it is very insulting when

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olympic committee apologized to larry nassar's victims. >> the olympic system in the united states failed these athletes. and we are part -- we are part of the olympic system in the united states. >> more than 250 women and girls say they were abused by the former olympic gymnastics team doctor. two senators and 18 olympians called on scott blackmun, the ceo of the u.s. olympic committee, to resign after allegations he mishandled reports of nassar's abuse. the committee chairman larry probst defended blackmun overnight. >> we think he did what he was supposed to do and did the right thing at every turn. but, again -- >> two separate house committees will investigate the u.s. olympic committee's role. >>> the dow is trading higher this morning after the index suffered its second worst point drop ever. yesterday, it fell more than 1,000 points. the worst point drop in history, nearly 1200 point, happened just on monday. the index is down 10% from its record high on january 26th. that officially puts it in correction territory. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here at the table.

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participate the decision of the olympic committee not to listen to the decision of the court that was a very wrong and political move from my point of view and sad that the united states will be there to could be the fee for world cup soccer tournament we would welcome everybody who are qualified. as a bank you're. joining me now to go through some of the week's headlines is author professor matthew goodwin he's a senior fellow with the u.k. and russia back to chatham house think tank amongst others and he's a former member of the u.k.'s working group on anti muslim hatred his most recent book brics it's why britain voted to leave the european union is out now matthew thanks for coming on i know for it's actually boris johnson giving a speech today on breaks it what is this fast headline let's go straight to yes absolutely this is george soros i want buffed out of politics well i think there's been a bigger.

olympic committee. and you could tell at that time during the cold war still the russian olympic team was entirely controlled by the government. unlike the united states almost no government involvement, which i think is correct. they systematically use the olympics for political purposes and this doping issue is simply something that is carried on even after the soviet union collapse. i'm appalled by this result by the arbitration panel. i think the international olympic committee is correct not to simply bend over to it. but, honestly, they made a mistake in allowing any russian athletes to compete. if you think the state itself in russia is responsible for the doping policy, you have to send a clear sthal. you don't allow any individuals to compete. >> martha: that's a great point. if they know they are going to compete under this neutral flag and the russian flag won't go up. the anthem won't go up and obviously an embarrassment in their pride but you make an excellent point. >> maybe they can join the joint korean team. [laughter] >> martha: in terms of another story that i want to talk to you, about chuck hagel the former defense secretary under

committee is set to be established in the united states to investigate how claims against u.s. gymnastics team dr larry nasser overlooked a bipartisan group of u.s. senators want the u.s. olympiccommittee and usa gymnastics to be examined. to spend the rest of his life in prison for abusing young female gymnasts in these care over a period of two decades the reprehensible actions of the so-called doctor have been exposed yet there are still so many questions that remain why was this disgusting man allowed near our young female athletes when there are reports that the use some leadership knew about the sexual abuse allegations it stay in the state some go to some basketball information for you le bron james made an incredible overtime play for the cleveland cavaliers in the n.b.a. on wednesday deep into overtime with a score tie that one hundred and thirty eight each james pulled off a verse above the beater against the minnesota timberwolves it helped the cavaliers to a one hundred forty one hundred and thirty eight a victory the kids through have won just seven of their past twenty games finally with something to celebrate. james harden and the used in rockets are certainly n

this direction and he, work wth international olympic committee have, for months, trying to see if there was some way to make this happen. the united statesump administration has really not been on board on this. they have been much more hostile, much more threatening. i'm not sure who is right in this situation. all i'm saying is that the south koreans have won in the sense that they got what they wanted. they ended up with a north korean -- north koreans agreeing to march with the south koreans under a combined banner. remember, the last time you had an olympic games in south korea, the north koreans not only didn't participate, not only did they boycott, they actually tried to sabotage them and basically perpetrated terrorist attacks weeks before the games. >> on a plane. >> right, with the plane. here you have a situation where they have completely changed course. they're on board. they're marching with them. and the sister of kim is -- this is a hunl deal. this is a family dynasty. in many ways she is the second most important person in the country. >> do you think any of the president's overtures or belicose rhetoric factors in to t

participate the decision of the olympic committee not to listen to the decision of the court that was a very strong and political move from my point of view and sad that the united states will be there could be to the fee for world cup soccer tournament we would welcome everybody who are qualified. as a bank you're. joining me now to go through some of the week's headlines is author professor matthew goodwin he's a fini a fellow in the u.k. and russia back to chat about a think tank among others and he's a former member of the u.k.'s working group on anti muslim hatred his most recent book breaks it why britain voted to leave european union is out now matthew thanks for coming on i know for exactly boris johnson giving a speech today on breaks it what is this first deadline let's go straight to yes absolutely this is george soros i want buffs out of bricks it politics well i think there's been a vigorous debate in the last week in british politics lots of commentators columnists saying that they feel that this is interference from abroad and they have been charges of anti-semitism and all kinds of things been floating around social media i think the end of the day this

united states. and for me, i know that i'm going over there to work hard and put in the effort that got me this far. >> and of course we will all be pulling for him. the u.s. olympic committeediverse winter olympics team the u.s. ever sent to the games. next wednesday you can watch jordan greenway and the men's hockey team take the ice and go to cnn.com for more of jordan's story. >>> listen, take a look at your screen here. that is an israeli fighter pilot bailing out after coming under fire in the skies over syria. we'll tell you what happened, stay close. there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ ♪ on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. burning, of diabetic nerve pain, these feet... loved every step of fatherhood... and made old cars good as new.

united states is the friendliest political relationship committee think it's impact in the athletes from america that are currently in south korea to have such kind of political tension in that neighborhood as they are competing for olympic-mail, and i think that you may carry some of that with you when you go to the games, but athletes have been -- these olympic athletes have been spending their entire lives learning to focus and drawnout everything you can change, but not relative to their pursuit at the moment. i think that combined with the electric atmosphere of the olympic games is going to be the last thing on their mind when they step on the lines. eboni: read gerard, name has become a phenomenon, the first to put up on the middle board as you point out winning gold in snowboarding. a very young guys still in his teens. how is that going to change based on fear-based eugenics. in two olympics? >> yeah, when you win an olympic medal, you are thrust into a position of influence and you're able to do lot of things but that at a lot of olympians have gone on to impact their regional communities, national communities, and the nation as a whole. i think you've got a whole lot going for them and that he is so john and h

olympic committee says the suspicion of doping remains. >> there is also some political symbolism at these games. north korea is sending its ceremonial head of state, and the vice-president of the unitedtes will also be in attendance there. >> let's talk about all of this, and paula hanncock is in pyeongchang. a lot of symbolism on dislay ahead of the games. what is the significance of north korea sending its ceremonial head of state to the winter olympics in south korea? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it is a very high-level delegation that's going to be come headed up by kim yong nam. the north korean leader doesn't travel outside the country. he hasn't done as far as we know since he took power. this is a significant delegation that will be sent. there may be others that are added to that delegation as we go along. i want to introduce now our cnn sports analyst christine brennan, also columnist for usa today to talk about north korea, to talk about the olympics. first of all, i have to mention this is your 18th olympics you're covering. >> just a few of them. it's thrilling to be here, 18 in a row and this is obviously one of the most important especially as you mention because of no

olympics committee. >> yeah, just another illustration of them pushing back on international order. and the irony our president gets in a major fight with a close partner of the united states in mexico yet continues to purr 15sue a friendship and partnership with vladimir putin despite these negative things calls into question his judgment on foreign policy and his definition of the american national interests. >> and, rick stengel, there's more evidence of the diminishing of the state department's role. reporting out of istanbul when secretary tillerson was meeting with erdogan and they continue to attack the kurds, the syrian kurds who are u.s. allies on the ground there that, in fact, he did not have a state department turkish speaker, interpreter there. he was using the foreign minister to interpret three hours of negotiations. your reaction to that from your experience at the state department? >> yes, it's really just extraordinary and an extraordinary mistake in judgment dealing with a country, even though they're a nato member, they're often an adversary. they think we're working with the kurds and occur the kurds of being a terrorist group. just a very big lapse in

united states, so they need to look at that and change everything, because, obviously, larry's a monster. so a monster was able to create their policies that are still in place right now. >> reporter: days ago, the olympic committeeired a law firm to conduct what they call an independent investigation, and to who knew what about the abuse, and when, but raisman is skeptical this investigation will go far enough. >> this should have never, ever happened, you know, if one adult listened or had the character to act, we would have never met him. >> reporter: now she's revealing for the first time that the man who coached the 2012 gold medal olympic team known as the fierce five, might have known about the abuse years before it was reported to usa gymnastics, the olympic committee, or the fbi. >> we would talk about it amongst ourselves and one of my teammates described in graphic detail what nassar did to her the night before, and the coach was in the car with us, and he didn't say anything. i don't know what he did or didn't do from there, i know he did not ask us any questions, but that just is why we need the full independent investigation to really get to the bottom of who knew about this. >> this was 2011? >> ye

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olympics committee to make this happen, to have north korea join the games. they paid for their expenses. ed qualification requirements to get them in. the vice president has a thelenging task because united stateses not have diplomatic relations with north korea. no american official wants to be seen as appeasing north korea in is --y, because if it with its human rights record and deploying nuclear missiles. diplomacy is the only realistic way out of the current standoff. so i hope that if not the vice president, someone on the american side, probably career diplomats, will take the opportunity and meet with someone in the north korean delegation to the olympics, maybe not the highest members, but someone, and start some sort of conversation. ultimately, this will be resolved by talking, not by firing missiles or fire and fury. host: you say this will not be solved by fire and fury. guest: we hope. host: is there a real opportunity here to improve relations with north korea, given the fact that there has been very heightened rhetoric on both sides? is that even a possibility here? guest: the state of relations is hopes the only direction they can go from here is up. i think what is happening a