the last time jamaica qualified in salt lake city in 2002. his age will not hold him back, he says. >> i am 46. me, i looklook at like i am 26. so age is just a number. >> the team needed financial help. fans donated more than $120,000 online in two days. jamaica is not expected to win a medal, but the team embodies the spirit of the olympics. taking part is everything. >> anything that put my heart on edge. i like to approach this olympics as the underdog. >> jamaica bobsled team. sochi 2014. here we come. >> well, we have got breaking news. sad news. actor philipning seymour hoffman has been found dead off an apparent drug overdose in new york. he was 46. police are investigating the incident. hoffman best known as a character actor in movies like the talented mr. ripley took the best actor award in 2006 for capote. he had struggled with drug addiction in the past. sad news. "the journal" will be back at the top of the hour. don't go away. >> the week began with signs of progress in ukraine's political crisis. after talks with opposition le

wanted to be a part of jamaica bobsled team were going to say thanks to the world support we've had this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdogs so just watch us a long way from home with you in the country proud on the. side from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi there's also been a lot of negative coverage of course in the western media everything from criticism about the state of the hotels to straight up claims that the games are being held in a war zone and face imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissed all that there was an echo of the past. oh no hello during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development unfortunately as we see now occasionally there are throwbacks to these policies every so often so when russia demonstrates a positive development it's clear that the appearance of new powerful play

want to do to be a part of jamaica bobsled team are going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to see is thanks to mr putin for putting this on and the russian people for volunteering to doing this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog so just watch us. meanwhile in washington lawmakers security warnings about the winter games one republican congressional went as far as to claim he's never seen any greater threat in his lifetime i was honestly it's insulting who don't appear to share his concerns so five rethinks been amazing it's running like clockwork and everything's just going really really well there hasn't been any problems as of as of today my parents have been a little bit worried they just might just just be careful what you do and really wear the uniform when you have to you know when you don't need it just be a bit half of the security is like really so it's better than we thought it would be at a really g

wanted to be a part of jamaica bobsled team are going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to say is thanks to mr putin for putting this on and the russian people for volunteering to doing this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog so just watch us. meanwhile in washington lawmakers security warnings about the winter games one republican congressional needs i went as far as to claim he's never seen any greater threats in his lifetime i was asleep don't appear to shadow. so five rethinks minimizing is running like clockwork and everything's just going really really well there hasn't been any problems as of as of today my parents have been a little bit worried they just might just be careful what you do and really wear the uniform when you have to you know when you don't need it just be a bit half of the security is really good so it's better than we thought it would be i had a really great time here and i have nothing

. >> running is a national obsession in jamaica. by the farm out of the recent doping scandal has left even aspiring athletes feeling his has fallen under suspicion. >> i do realize more pressure. people have been saying i am on drugs but that's not true. i am running too fast, at the very early age, i have been training very hard. >> it's been painful for jamaican make cans to watch national heros like former world record holder abeer in front of cameras to explain why he tested positive for banned substances. >> but most elite fleets have supported their fellow colleagues. there's no question that the reputation of jamaica's elite athletes have been damaged. while some are angry over the doping scandal, many believe that jamaica has been unfairly targeted. >> world olympic championship shelly an frasier price was so angry over management of the crisis, that jamaica anti-doping agency, she threatened to go on strike. in november,. >> it has been a trying time for us. we are not the only country that faces this problem. so i think i

many believe that jamaica has been unfairly targeted. world and olympic champion was so angry over management of the crisis by the jamaica anti-doping agency, she threatened to go on strike, and in november resigned. >> it has been a trying time. but we're not the only country that faces this problem. so i think it just comes with the territory. >> reporter: but the former head drug tester is very concerned the anti-doping authorities still haven't learned their lesson. >> we have to show the world that we are in fact who we say we are. we are the best, let's prove it. and i'm really hoping that we are doing drug testing out of [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the new executive director told al jazeera it will meet its commitment to carry out at least 300 tests annually. but also admitted that only two tests were carried out in december, and only 11 in november. back on the track, michael isn't slowing down. he knows he has a lot to prove, not only to himself, but to his country and the world. >>> well there are three days to go until sochi a

there's no question that the reputation of jamaica elite athletes has been damaged. while some are angry over the doping scandal, many believe that jamaica has been unfairly targeted. we are not the only country that is faced with this. and so i think it just comes with the territory. >> but the country's forminger head drug testser very concerned the anti-doping authorities still haven't learned their lesson. we are in fact are who we say we are. we are the best, let's prove it. back on the track, michael isn't slowing down. >> the sochi games will see an increase number of anti-doping tests with 2,453, expected to be carried out. that's around 300 more in vancouver three years ago. from next year on wards we can keep it for ten years and during that time, analyze them at any time, if we have intelligence that may have been cheating. >> . >> in a sport by. pass across scanned may yeah and russia. this is ice hockey put on a rink, with a bam instead of a puck. lit be demonstrated at the sochi winter games and could become an olympic game in time for 2018. >> for brag

jamaica, here you come! here we go. ha ha! good job. all right. >>> making news in america this morning -- coming out. a star athlete on his way to becoming the first openly gay nfl athlete. new reaction overnight from his fellow players. >>> weekend winners. team usa brings home the gold in sochi. we have your complete breakdown of the olympic games. >>> a tense moment on the basketball court spills over into the stands. the player is talking about what happened as he learns his punishment. >>> wild race. forget sochi, there's another competition in the snow you've just gotta see. >>> good morning. we begin with a bombshell in the sports world. a top nfl prospect has declared he's gay. >> missouri defensive lineman

we have it buy ice to get cool down in jamaica. but we are different, and we are very gifted here to be the chosen ones to be here to compete for our country in the winter sports. >> you've had a few problems here. your equipment didn't arrive when you did. has i turnt turned up? if it doesn't what will you do? >> what we do, we have lots of people here who love us. so everyone here in the village, they were so polite for us, want to lend us uniforms, stuff like that. our uniform, our baggage was left back in new york, we think, because our flight was delayed and because they had bad weather in new york. and we have to reroute it. in jfk we should have landed. we were rerouted to philadelphia. so that's where our bags got left back. but no we have gotten them so we are back on track. >> excellent news. have you had any good wishes from usain bolt? he's a good friend of mine. has he been in touch to wish you guys luck? >> we have yet to hear from usain. that would be a great, great thing for us to hear from the star of the jamaica.

we have it buy ice to get cool down in jamaica. but we are different, and we are very gifted here to be the chosen ones to be here to compete for our country in the winter sports. >> you've had a few problems here. your equipment didn't arrive when you did. has it turned up? if it doesn't what will you do? >> what we do, we have lots of people here who love us. so everyone here in the village, they were so polite for us, want to lend us uniforms, stuff like that. our uniform, our baggage was left back in new york, we think, because our flight was delayed and because they had bad weather in new york. and we have to reroute it. in jfk we should have landed. we were rerouted to philadelphia. so that's where our bags got left back. but no we have gotten them so we are back on track. >> excellent news. have you had any good wishes from usain bolt? he's a good friend of mine. has he been in touch to wish you guys luck? >> we have yet to hear from usain. that would be a great, great thing for us to hear from the star of the jamaica. so i'

wanted to to be a part of jamaica baltic sea. i say thanks to the at the world sport week that this is that when the best tag games and i've seen in that and it's a great day great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here represent jamaica where you're from another log on at all. just watches them away from home it in the country proud moment. aside from the high spirits and praise folding them into solitude is also to make a good cover to coast in the west immediately think of criticism about the state of the hotel to straight up claims of the games they held no bowls and place them in the threat of terrorism. russia's president dismissed all that that was an echo of the pops they shone through in the cold during the cold war era there was the so called containment policy. this one was called as he was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development. unfortunately as we see now occasionally or their own throw backs to these policies every so often it's the one russia demonstrates a positive development i

. >> and the original bobsled team in jamaica has a link here. >> and he helped to get them to the games. he talked to news4's kristin wright and remembered an olympic moment that launched a hit movie. >> reporter: the city of warrenton, and population 9,000. it is smalltown virginia, unl e unlikely place to find an olympic tale that is gold. >> i don't think that you could ever experience the emotion ever again. the flag bearer is dudley stokes. >> reporter: george fitch is the mayor of warrenton, and the 65-year-old former state department employee has stories and the one he perhaps tells best is about kacalgary, 1988. that is him in the cowboy hat walking in opening ceremonies of the '88 winter games. >> the walk, itself, is magical. >> reporter: fitch lived in jamaica while working for the government and he fell in love with the country and the people. adventurer, he h organized the famed jamaican bobsled team that ip spired the blockbuster movie "cool runnings" and he spent his life savings, and the underdogs captivated the world. >> and about 35,000 people screaming to go jamaica.

want to be a part of jamaica bobsled team are going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to see is thanks to mr putin for putting this on and the russian people for volunteer and in doing this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog saw just watch us well aside from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi there has been an awful lot of negative coverage in the western media everything from criticism about the state of the hotels to straight up claims that the games are being held in a war zone and face an imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissed all of it as simply an echo of the past. sure but in a whole during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development and unfortunately as we see now occasionally there are through backs to these policies every so often when russia dem

wanted to be a part of jamaica bobsled team are going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to say is thanks to mr putin for putting this on and the russian people for volunteering to doing this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for that to make a team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog saw just watch us a long way from oh but they're in the country proud of they now aside from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi has also been ongoing a blow to negative coverage in the western media everything from criticism by the state of the hotels to straight up claims that the games are being held in a war zone and face an imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissed it although it's an echo of the past. in a whole during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development unfortunately as we see now occasionally there are through backs to the

wanted to be a part of jamaica bobsled team are going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to see is thanks to mr putin for putting this on and the russian people for volunteering to doing this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for that to make a team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog so just watch us well aside from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi has also been a lot of negative coverage in the western media course everything from criticism about the state of tells to straight up claims of the games of being held in a war zone to face an imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissing all that was an echo of the past. well in the whole during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development unfortunately as we see now occasionally there are through backs to these policies every so often so when russia demonstrates a positiv

jamaica returns to the games. they just completed their third run and finished 29th place overall, sadly, not good enough for them to progress any further in the competition. >>> axle was expected to be one of the stars of the games, after failing to win a medal has opted to quit sochi early. he has pulled out of the giant slalom wit gaming of allergies d fatigue. >>> now football's world governing body appear happier with one of the unfinished stadium projects in brazil. describing the world up venue as fantastic. they have been told that the stadium is 97% ready and should be finished in march. it's deep in the amazon rain forest and they may pause games if the weather gets hot. >> if the referee feels that the heat is too high, we'll make sure that the players are not in danger and make sure that they can still play and drink, it is--we have played in beijing at the olympic games at noontime. it was very, very hot in the stadium, and the games took place, and they played for 90 minutes. >> real madrid are level

see what we're doing throughout the world and how the world loves us i know a lot of young kids in jamaica want to to be a part of jamaican bobsled team we're going to say thanks to the world support we've had and another thing i'd like to see is thanks to mr putin for putting this on in the russian people for volunteering to do this this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica who are here coming out of the underdog saw just watch us. well aside from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi and there has also been an awful lot of negative coverage in the western media everything from criticism about the state of a hotels to straight up claims that the games are being held in a war zone and face an imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissed all of it as a simple echo of the past. sure but in a whole during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development unfortun

how do warm countries like jamaica do the winter olympics. >> when i was growing up, the only thing i saw of the winter olympics is news claims. in the summer they show the games, but during the winter olympics - i think over the years things changed, especially with the advent of warm weather countries. in the winter olympics they are watching more of it. >> this was ground breaking in 19188. you set the tone. what other sports besides bob sledding do the people love to watch. >> the last olympic games we had a competitor in the skicross. because of what we are fed skiing would be the next one. when we were competing as an athlete. what events were popular in the village. >> here is the thing. we are fans of each other. and so as you walk around the village, he is a figure skater or he is a skier. we go around and get a chance to meet each other. generally speaking that's the only time the olympics games has a boxer in the same place as a figure skater. >> were you shocked by some sports you had never heard of? >> yes, curl, the rock and a sweeping of the broom was interests to watch

libyans are out celebrating others are unhappy with the experiment in democracy and that is next and jamaica and bobsledding team and we will have the latest from sochi. ♪ hello again and the top stories on al jazeera, the commander of syria's main opposition fighting force saying he was chief of the free syrian army and supplys and weapons are key for the dismissal. swiss police are questioning a pilot who hijacked his own plane in geneva and the airlines copilot had the flight to rome after his colleague did this and no one with was hurt but caused chaos for others. the president ordered expulsion of diplomates and antigovernments had a fifth day of demonstrations in caracus. four people have been killed in a tourst bus bombing on the border of israel and a cc-tv recorded this when it happened and three koreans and one egyptian died and tourists are in the hospital with injuries and no one claimed responsibility for the attack. the trial of three al jazeera english journalists is to begin on thursday and 20 people charged and having links to a group and greste and fahmy and mohamed had b

. >> jamaica's anti-doping commission says it will drug test athletes. it plans to run as many as 300 tests. six jamaicans failed the test. a dozen were carried out in november and december. several athletes threatened to strike, calling the accusations of the don'ting untrue. >> there are concerns about the readiness of the summer's world cup in brazil. in the last 24 hours, there has been widespread power outages impacting 6 million people. the country has been criticised over the power cid. energy officials say heat is blamed for the outages, but insists the country will be ready when the world cup takes place in june. no mother nature is not letting up. it's one snow storm after another, causing havoc all the way to massachusetts. the storm shut down cities and schools and continues to be a burden on the travel industry. look at this. this south-west airlines jet got stuck in a snow drift on tuesday. after another round of snow, the region is in for another snow storm. you are looking at colombus circle. this is near central park. there's about six i

it's people want to see jamaica team out there, you know, and they miss the jamaican team. >> finally, after a 12-year absence, the jamaican flag was raised above the athletes village. to be clear, this is not the bobsled team that took calgary by storm. for one thing, they only managed to qualify a two-man sled this time. driver winston watts' first olympics was 1994. and at 28, brakeman marvin dixon has a better memory of the movie than the actual '88 team. >> i can't get my helmet on. >> for me, to be from jamaica, to come here and do this, i always think, you know, that's crazy, you know what i mean? ice? we are a tropical country. >> and while here in sochi they're soaking up the smiles and fame that comes from their "cool runnings" legacy, they don't want their appearance here to be seen as some sort of movie nostalgia tour. >> cool runnings! >> and at 46 years old, winston came out of retirement to lead the team. >> i'm not just coming to sochi because i want to be here, but i'm here to compete as serious as just like the germans, the russia. >> the jamaicans have climbed a lot

i love that jamaica is in the running! [ cheers and applause ] i love usa, but i'm going jamaica all the way for the bobsled team. the jamaican bobsled team says their luggage never arrived when they landed in sochi. which got weird when they asked the guys how much was missing, and they said, oh, about 4 grams. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ hey, macarena! [ laughter ] that's it. do it again. that's it. that's the song. ♪ [ mumbling ] hey, macarena! ♪ that's the dance. [ laughter ] >> steve: coming in at number 42. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: here's some local news, we're going to try to get back to the monologue. i don't know what happened. yeah. >> steve: don't worry about it. >> jimmy: because of record amounts of snow, new york city is running out of salt for melting the ice on roads and sidewalks. which is why today, the mayor urged new yorkers to keep their cell phones handy so they can video people falling. [ laughter and applause ] you okay? you all right? that's right. new york city is running out of salt for icy r

. >> kingston, jamaica would be our sister city. because of the flavor and vitality. this is not a joke video, a real video from the country of jamaica about, of course, the olympics, their bobsledding team. take a look at this. ♪ run the track ♪ run the track ♪ make room on the ice ♪ start out feeling nice ♪ you do we do it right ♪ to the right >> now, any country that puts out that as their official video gets big ups, obviously. and yet some of the articles in scientific america, you talk about how bobsledding is also one of the most dangerous sports. you talk about how speed is one of the key issues, key risk factors. and you have reference to micro-morts, a way to evaluate these different sports and risk lethality. >> micro-morts is a great unit of what is the chance you're doing to die. it's one in a million chance you're going to die doing it. >> but there's a chance. >> the average american chance of having an unnatural death sometime during the day, getting hit by a bus, something like that is one micro-mort. every day we have one micro-mort. >> t

people want to see the jamaica team out there. you know, they miss the jamaican team. >> reporter: finally, after a 12-year absence the ja in a khan flag was raised above the athlete's village. while here in sochi, they're soaking up the smiles and fame that come from their cool runnings legacy, they don't want their appearance to be seen as some sort of movie nostalgia tour. at 46 years old, winston watts came out of retirement to lead the team. >> i am not just coming to sochi because i want to be here, but i'm here to compete as serious contenders. >> reporter: the jamaicans have climbed a lot of mountains to earn their place back in the olympics, hoping it is all downhill from here. and there is the jamaican flag, flying in russia. >> it is, one of the best, and the prettiest color here. >> again the jamaican bobsled team competes tomorrow here in sochi, we will be following all the action. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from the olympic games in sochi. i'll see you tomorrow morning

nagin was accused of accepting more than $500,000 in payoffs including first class trips to jamaica and manhattan in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts and he was found guilty on 20 of the 21 counts against him. each charge carries a prison sentence from 3 to 20 years. sentencing is scheduled for june 11th, until then, he is on home confinement. >>> to an nbc news exclusive. alleged nsa leakerer snowden may have obtained that information when he swiped a password from a civilian colleague using trickery. what happened was the colleague entered his password on snowden's computer and he didn't know but snowden was able to capture it. it says a civilian employee was unaware of snowden's contentions but he failed to imply with security voks so that clearance was revoked and he has resigned. the memo also reveals two people barred from accessing nsa facilities and active duty member in the military and a contractor. they have been, quote, implicated in actions that may have aided snowden. >>> day six of the winter olympic games in sochi and six gold medals are up for grabs in

jamaica currently sits in dead last. nearly 4.5 seconds behind the record-setting pace of russia. two american teams, neither finished in the top ten. so we move onto the medal count where the u.s. is tied for second place in total medals with 16, four of them gold. the netherlands is on top with 17. germany has 12 total medals but has the most gold. seven in all. now let me give you a look ahead to what you can watch today. catch this in primetime tonight. you'll be able to see the women's alpine skiing, speed skating and bobsled while the men's coverage is going to focus on freestyle skiing. be sure to tune in for that. >>> fellow students at the university of missouri are showing their support for openly gay nfl prospect michael sam. all right. so sam receiving a standing ovation at halftime of the missouri/tennessee basketball as they celebrated their cotton bowl victory. the s.e.c.'s defensive player of the year is expected to be chosen in april's draft. if he is chosen that will make the nfl's first openly gay active player. there were a number of missou students with their

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course is that you make an old sled team and they are up next on our previous hearings temperatures in jamaica are hitting thirty degrees celsius in the moment this though the country's bob sleigh team is preparing for the winter olympics and the u s state of wyoming. where is a more suitable temperature closer to mine is fifty every day. this tool gives you the least important than making it a creepy. he has wanted his team qualified for the games that other nations had to withdraw from the tomb and bought the pants want to parse the last time to make a qualified at salt lake city back in two thousand and two he says his age was told that. the six year low scrape by. if you look at me and my twenty six. so it exists in all three of the team needed financial help to compete at saatchi fans responded by donating more than one hundred twenty thousand dollars online within two days. to make up are expected to win a medal in the event. but the team embodied the spirit of the olympics. take heart is everywhere. the thing that my heart is too i'd like to apologies olympics. debate on thursday and fe

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makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team in all of the you know across all obstacles and for our courtship. not to concentrate on the obstacle that we pass concentrate on we're here in sochi also to look forward to today we have the resumption of figure skating and ice dancing and even though russians may not win this one it is a russian who's been coaching the favorite she might not have heard of the name of marino. she has been training the favorites of canada and america and they are fully aware how much she is help them achieve success we've been very fortunate to you know work with some of you know the russian talent and ice dancing you know we take from marina's wave and we feel very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history of ice dance and the per day you intend to be to the canadians but we should not discount the russian interest in this that's led by a bit over and sylvia of so do you look out for them we are just over halfway aren't we at

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makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is the jamaica team the all of the you know across all the obstacles that we're for. not to concentrate of the obstacle that we're possible we concentrate on we're here in sochi. where the figure skating regimes today with the russians might not win it it is a russian who is trying the favorite she may not have heard of marina but she has been coaching the canadians and the americans who are hotly tipped to get gold and silver and they openly admit that without her help they would not have had the success they've achieved. we've been very fortunate to you know work with some of you know the russian talent and ice dancing you know we take from marina's wave and we feel very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history of my stance. and the canadians look out for virtue and moir no say we shouldn't discount the russians of the provence we'll be going for them today so you know we are at the halfway stage of these olympics and i'm pleas

makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team in all of the you know across all obstacles and we're for. not to concentrate on the obstacle that we pass but we'll concentrate on we're here in sochi also to look forward to today we have the resumption of figure skating and ice dancing and even though russians may not win this one it is a russian who's been coaching the favorite she may not have heard of the name of marino do it but she has been training the favorites of canada and america and they are fully aware how much she is help them achieve success we've been very fortunate to you know work with some. you know the russian talent in ice dancing you know we take from marina's we've very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history and i stand . on the day you intend to be to the canadians but we should not discount the russian interest in the said that's made by and if so do you look out for them we are just over half way are these olympics russia just how

the movie cool runnings say lose retelling of the true story of jamaica's bobsled team could perhaps resonate here in sunny salt but i've always wondered how do they get the shape of the track to be the way it is and also how do they get it so smooth while i found the answer today and it takes manpower to actually call out of the shape of the track and once that's done this big baby here comes into action and what it does is it works sort of like a vacuum machine so it's something up all the ups the thighs off of the track and then smooth stood over the causes of for us in russia to have three upward slopes which help to slow speed and keep athletes safe but competitors can still clock up to one hundred and thirty five kilometers an hour and getting to try to level takes a few calming tools and educated confidence i wasn't making my way all the way to an olympic track without testing my carving skills so i dig in. and this is how we get the tracks native. well it could kill it really isn't as easy as it looks so you really need men like a here who know what they're doing has been tra

look at the cold front trailing almost toward eastern cuba and jamaica right now. a couple of systems here. this one in the midwest is going to follow that. it's this guy i'm looking out here coming from bismarck, in toward iowa. doesn't look like much but there's the snow in iowa. this is tracking toward the southeast headed right toward the ohio valley and the mid- atlantic. so we're going to see this system here tonight into overnight into saturday morning. look at the snow still cranking here up into maine and areas of canada, back into new york state. quite a system we were dealing with yesterday. showing you the futurecast on this. we'll be watching the system coming in from the midwest. a couple of snow showers well north of us but no real problems here today. tonight the clouds thicken up. we'll take you to midnight. might even start as a little bit of raindrops or sleet pellets but as it gets a little colder, here comes agent bit of snow overnight into tomorrow morning. rain south. in the mountains, got a ski weekend planned, going to be some real good con

jamaica finished last. thick fog won the way in the 15 k men's biathlon and snowboard cross competition and try again today. on the ice, the u.s. women's hockey team is assured at least a silver medal after beating sweden 6-1 in the quarterfinals. their rivals the defending gold medal champions team canada also advanced defeating switzerland 3-1. the two north american teams will meet in the final for the gold on thursday. alphonso van marsh, cbs news, sochi, russia. >>> 4:43. and new bill in kansas would change the rules for spanking children. why supporters say it's crucial to push the measure through. >> and a u.s. olympic medalist will have to wait a little bit longer to make his return home to the united states. the good deed that now has him stuck in russia. when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 4:45. a disturbing scene was caught on surveillance video in massachusetts. watch as a man comes up from behind and sucker punches another man knocking him to the ground. it happened last weekend on a busy s

the movie cool runnings say to use retelling of the true story of jamaica's bobsled team could perhaps resonate here in sunny sochi but i've always wondered how do they get the shape of the track to be able way it is and also how do they get it so smooth while i've found the answer today and it takes manpower to actually call out of the shape of the track and once that's done this big baby here comes into action what it does is it works sort of like a vacuum machine so it's suck up all the absence ice off of the track and then smooth stood over the causes of for us in russia to have three upward slopes which help to slow speed and keep athletes safe but competitors can still clock up to one hundred and thirty five kilometers an hour here and getting to try to level takes a few calming tools and educated convents i wasn't making my way all the way to an olympic track without testing my carving skills say i dig in. and this is how we get the tracks to native. so it really isn't as easy as of looks so you really need men like a here who know what they're doing have been trained to do what

a couple of highlights that i noted brian, being in there, one, the jamaica bobsled team got a great cheer. their gear finally showed up and they're ready to go. and then of course when team russia walked into the building, the roof came off. >>> and kevin tibbles starting us off. >>> as the big scare had arrived as the opening ceremony was under way, that a man had attempted to hijack this commercial jetliner and ordered the pilots to fly it here to sochi. while it now turns out he may have been in an altered state and there never was a bomb on board it speaks to the hair trigger in the entire region. richard engel has that story tonight, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, imagine if the plane had had been diverted to sochi during the opening ceremony while the world is watching, a stadium full of vips and don't forget this entire area is full of anti-aircraft missiles. but in the end it was averted. as spectators filed in to the opening ceremony few had any idea a hostage drama was under way. that a hijacker was trying to divert a passenger plane their way. a turkish b

also go to school special coming up a net fifteen minutes finding placing any team in the quran as jamaica spoken and full strength team i sent one to fourteen promises. now i make every now and the west apartment was clean this up to twenty four. on the box swensens to have jeopardized its axis to the eu mom can't for the sake of tapping number of immigrants coming into the country. the mule which was still quiet as before and what is. i was again still held agreements with muscles and sees this account can cripple us switzerland voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as was a potential exit from the single european market now the so called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss people's party which wants strict quotas on the warners for switzerland to essentially abandoned its free movement of people treaty with the eu supporters don't mean to talk to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents as undercutting local workers and an important service as our opponents might argue that immigration

go out sport special coming up in fifteen minutes time including an interview with big cool runners jamaica's popular bobsled team. the g twenty four gene promise the recall to me in the exhilarating winter garden are. here to join me and he's in no way a make over now and the rest of our look at news team for sochi twenty four take. on art. switzerland my have jeopardized access to the e.u. market for the sake of carrying the number of immigrants coming into the country the new law which will install quotas for foreign workers goes against long how to greens with brussels. and a report. what's real and voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss people's party which wants quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigration is driving up rents that is undercutting local work

the movie cool runnings say lose retelling of the true story of jamaica's bobsled team could perhaps resonate here in sunny sochi but i've always wondered how do they get the shape of the track to be the way it is and also how do they get it so smooth while i was on the onset today and it takes my college to actually call out of the shape of the track and once that's done this big baby here comes into action and what it does is it works sort of like a vacuum machine so it's something up all the ups the thighs also the track and then smooth stood over the causes of for us in russia to have three upward slopes which help to slow speed and keep athletes safe but competitors can still clog up to one hundred and thirty five kilometers an hour here and getting to try to level takes a few calming tools and educated converts i wasn't making my way all the way to an olympic track without testing my carving skills say i dig in. and. and this is how we get the tracks native. well you know it really isn't as easy as it looks so you really need men like seeing a hero who know what they're doing h

makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team all of the you know across all obstacles. for our courtship. not to concentrate of the obstacle that we pass but will concentrate on we're here in sochi also to look forward to today we have the resumption of figure skating and ice dancing and even though russians may not win this one it is a russian who's been coaching the favorite she may not have heard of the name of marino. she has been training the favorites of canada and america and they are fully aware how much she is help them achieve success we've been very fortunate to you know work with some of you know the russian talent and i stand saying you know we take from marina's wave and we feel very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history of my stance on the intend to be to the canadians but we should not discount the russian interest in this said that's led by the put over and some of the if so where do you look for them we are just over half way are we

makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team in all of the you know across all the obstacles that we're four or courtship. not to concentrate of the obstacle that we possible will concentrate on were here in sochi. but also today a figure skating regime through the ice dancing and although. russians aren't so when this one it is a russian who's coaching the favorites you may not have heard of the name. but she is the one that's training the canadians and the americans who are hotly tipped to take gold and silver and i fully appreciate the help that she's given them in achieving success. we've been very fortunate to you know work with some of you know the russian talent and ice dancing you know we take from marina's wave and we feel very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history of my stance. and there may models are of course the canadians a virtue moir but i shouldn't discount the russians but over. there competing again today and this competition incide

police officers can also be extremely friendly to send awesome when it's quiet before the funds may jamaica anticipate that the olympics the twenty oh eight opening so when this was a fun event was a policeman can even make you smile. i know i think if i have taken on going opening act from sochi other games have just begun and there's already banned security scare upm and tried to hijack a flight to the russian city where to buy passengers turkish authorities sent an f sixteen fighter jet to escort the plane to its armoury during scheduled destination eleven says campbell the forty five year old man claimed he had a bomb and appeared under the influence of alcohol. the pilot and crew tricked him into believing the plane had indeed that landed in sochi until he was detained by turkish authorities that era the rescue passengers say about the event. it said in russian you want to get to sixty with olympics taking place in the city was caring of bowman would load up often that you return to the seat and didn't get top three alice mother. we left from the reduced its a special forces against sn

makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team be all of the you know across all obstacles that we do for our courtship. not to concentrate on the obstacle that we possible will concentrate on we're here in sochi. also to look forward to today we have the resumption of figure skating. so you even though russians may not win this one it is a russian who's been coaching the favorite she won not have heard of the name of marino but she has been training the favorites of canada and america and they are fully aware how much she is help them achieve success. we've been very fortunate to you know work with some of you know the russian talent and i stand saying you know we take from marina's wave and we feel very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history and i stand. on the pair they intend to be to the canadians but we should not discount the russian interest in this that's led by and. do look out for them we are just over halfway aren't we at these olympics russi

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close watch of their lives because we're checking with you throughout the evening very quickly over jamaica ball to say that you my job is not just going to be as it cutting how is it going to i mean. it's we're going to cross a lot of parts of. the international you continue our live coverage with kevin back to to you. you know logan well let's get down to the serious side of these olympics we need to talk about of course security that's what's on everybody's lips and in everybody's mind when it comes to such a big event as these olympic games you're not going to be overzealous and cautious the regretful end of the day from what i know russia was well aware of how serious the situation could be from the very beginning right now apparently different levels of officials in the organizers of the games right up to vladimir putin over a shoulder himself or all involved in this meeting that they say security here is first everything in their power is being done to go into the safety of all the athletes and all the guests. well what's the point of revealing security measures what we're hearing is

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