just around the olympics? or after the olympics? but it's an interesting sign if one were to think of this as progress, that the two countries are talking to each other. and playing with each other on the level of a sports competition. you know, the opening ceremonies, as you know, they're interesting. all the countries walk in with their flag. the first country that walks in is greece, the ancient mother and father of the olympic games. then every country comes in. it will be interesting to see when the democratic people's republic of korea will enter the stadium, what kind of response will there be? when the koreans -- the koreans, by the way, south koreans are very proud people. i've been to athletic events just two years ago, in cuonzo, south korea. 11,000 athletes under the age of 26 competed. they do an excellent job organizing and hosting these games as they have with the seoul olympics. you may remember they staged the fifa world cup with japan, together. so they have a long history of actually being very highly organized fo

. ♪ olympics. more action on the ice -- >>> right now on nbc bay area news, continuing coverage from the olympics. more action on the ice, u.s. speed skater with smile and fierce determination begins her quest in pyeongchang. >> incredible support and teammates. >> bay area athlete makes olympic debut in one of the toughest and most nerve racking sports. >> news starts right now. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm -- wang. pyeongchang where we begin. the olympic flame burning. >> more than a week in. gina kim is in pyeongchang. team usa's quest for gold. >> 22 points to make up. >> reporter: he didn't win a medal but figure skater nathan chen something no other has done. first attempt six quad jumps in competition and first to land five cleanly. gave him highest technical score ever recorded. >> honestly i was a little bit over it after the short program. okay, tomorrow is new day. i have to finish what i started but no expectations for myself. >> fifth place after ranked near the bottom the day befor

but there are so many ways to enjoy the olympics this year. in fact, this is the first winter olympics to be broadcast live in virtual reality. or as men buying virtual reality goggles put it, "yes. the olympics are totally what i am going to watch with these goggles." yeah. [ laughter ] "cross country skiing. get the kids out of the room!" [ laughter ] there are 15 different sports in the winter olympics, and sometimes it can be very hard to keep track of which is which. that might be because some of their names don't really do a good job describing what the sport is. so here to rename some of the winter olympic sports, please welcome the hosts of "desus and mero" on viceland, desus and mero! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: always nice to see you. desus and mero. >> we're here. >> jimmy: thank you. >> we're back. >> jimmy: thank you for being here, guys. are you ready to update these names? >> yes! >> let's do it. >> let's do it, bro. we are millennials. we like to rename things that are already named. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, here

you said, i would love to but i want to stay at the olympic village with my pals and have my olympic experience. >> i'm going to tell you, my friends and my teammates were there for me through all of my eve events. and i owe it to them to stand by their side and be there for them during their events. that's so important because, you know, i'm so, like america's sweetheart now. i came here an athlete. and i am representing my country. and to do that to the best of my ability, i have to be there for my teammates. just wait five days. >> and then you're in? >> you're ready? >> then you're totally in. can we see this medal? >> i believe you need to try this on. >> you said your neck was getting sore because it was heavy. >> hoda, just rub it just a little. >> let me try this on. >> how many people have tried it on? >> i have been passing it out to literally everybody. do you want to hold it? it feels so good. >> it does. >> adam, how would you accessorize that? >> probably with that necklace you're wearing. something that, you know, rea y ly clacks and clings it. >> you have so many peop

news live from berlin south korea officially kicks off the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics are about to see pictures here of the olympic stadium and chang with the opening ceremony lit up tonight but not everyone in the mood to celebrate the final ruling bars dozens of russian athletes from the competition. also coming up this olympics brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of the north east ruling dynasty kim jong wants to search what is behind her diplomatic in-depth across the border. the u.n. calls for an urgent ceasefire in syria as fresh government are strikes pounded rebel held areas where ports say the civilian death toll has risen to at least two hundred twenty. i'm sorry so much going to thank you for joining us the opening ceremony of the twenty third winter olympic elim fixes not went away in south korea south korean president hu j. and declare the two thousand and eighteen winter games open with fireworks going off over young chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries entering the sold out stadium during the opening ceremony

run two coming up here at the olympic sliding center. olympic . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ chatter ] [ beep ] all systems go. ♪ each year, 40,000 kids come into the world at a sutter hospital. and here in northern california, each one of them has the potential to do something amazing. we're proud to be able to care for them from their very first day. sutter health -- proudly caring for northern california. >>> hope you enjoyed that first run of women's bod slebsled. the second to come. also, more figure skating in the ladies' short program. women's alpine skiing downhill, one of the favorites. lindsey vonn there. on her helmet, d.k., honoring her grandfather who passed away in november. he was a korean war vet. vonn herself was till yell you skier, she's stubborn, with an all or nothing approach. it's gotten her an olympic golden medal, but also a collection of scary crashes and devastating injuries. in what is likely her final olympic downhill tonight, don't expect vonn to hold anything back. >> the mentality that allows me to win is t

site of the olympic winter games. the olympic dream of one american downhill skier here in pyeongchang began on a hill in his family's backyard. actually it began in 1961 when this grandfather went out back and started cutting down trees to make a ski slope for his kids. it's still there today. on our "sunday closer," nbc's kristen dahlgren is there are when ryan siegel take's sport's biggest stage in south koreaing it will be with a much smaller hill on his heart. when i think of mountains churning out olympians, this is not what comes to mind. >> it's definitely small. it's what we lack in vertical terrain we make up with it in our racing spirit. >> reporter: we caught up with ryan in cochrans. a step of a slope in one of the most storied history. built by mickey cochrane, a former school teacher who in the 1960s had a dream. a ski hill in his backyard. >> you just come home from work, go out and start cutting down trees. by february of the next year, he had built it. >> reporter: he added lights. and after school,

bruce tasker is delighted. is their best winter olympic games. bruce tasker is delightedm is their best winter olympic games. bruce tasker is delighted. it is starting to sink in more than it was. i think the ultimate would be holding that medal should they reallocate them in the next one will feel proud of our achievements. this is not the ideal scenario because there are so close to the start of there are so close to the start of the games and are ready feels that the games and are ready feels that the narrative will be about russia and doping rather than what is happening on the field of sports. disappointing but we will see how this plays out. the club have suspended henry, our sports correspondentjoins us. the club have suspended henry, our sports correspondent joins us. what exactly has been said today? this stems from an e—mail that was allegedly sent by tony henry to a players agent and a senior west ham official in which he outlined the clu b official in which he outlined the club did not wish to sign any more african players. the dail

summer olympics. they put skateboarding in there and i'm thinking how incredible if i could go for the summer olympics it would be a dream come true to compete in skateboarding in tokyo and then make a real big decision if i want to continue on and go to the china games. >> wow. >> so i got big plans. >> you've got a lot to think about. congratulations. >> congratulations on your gold metal. 100th for the usa in the winter games. appreciate you being here. >> thanks, cheers. >>> we've got a lot more ahead this morning. including, our trip to the dnc this morning, but first, these messages. you have more power at your fingertips than entire generations that came before you. but it's not really about what technology can do, it's about what you can do with it. we are living in the future we always dreamed of. we have mixed reality that changes how we see the world, and ai empowering us to change the world we see. so what will you do with it? ifwhat would it say?ash tag 80% glowing 50% freckles no matter

olympic athletes from russia. that is the official title of the 169 athletes who have arrived to compete in this month's pyeongchang winter olympics as so—called winter olympics. there was a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented system manipulation of the anti—doping system at the 2014 sochi winter olympics. of whistle—blower from the head of russia's collaboratively revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for a clean ones. today, the issue was reopened, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. were unanimously found the evidence put forward by the ioc to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. this does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that case, due to insufficient evidence, the appeals upheld. as a consequence, the cleared athletes have had their lifetime bans revoked, sanctions and old and individual results the achieved in sochi reinstated. the ioc expressed both

well it's doubtful that any games have been profitable since the los angeles olympics in one thousand nine hundred four so cities as alex pad listen to it all and not of my head the whole time alex is right now cities pay a lot because they have to build facilities and the huge costs are associated with these giant white elephant facilities that the i.o.c. demands that cities build and the benefit to cities is going to be primarily from whatever tourism dollars that they would get for people visiting the areas where the games take place. ok and so if you look at this upcoming olympics what do you think that they should expect in terms of you know how much they're going to spend i mean it seems like it's going to be as extravagant as as ever professor. oh it is they've they've built the main arena where the opening ceremonies and a lot of the premier hockey and skating events are going to take place that was one hundred million dollars and they're going to knock that facility down after the olympics are over so that's basically one hundred million dollars for a facility that's going to

olympic athlete from russia. that's the official title of the 169 athletes who have arrived to compete in this month's pyeongchang winter olympics in south korea as so—called neutral athletes. it is a result of last yea r‘s neutral athletes. it is a result of last year's international olympic committee ban on russia that followed a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti— doping system at the 2014 sochi winter olympics. a whistleblower from the head of the anti— doping laboratory in russia revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for clean ones. but today the court of arbitration for sport has reopened the issue, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. the arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence moved forward by the ioc in relation to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. this does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that ca

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the olympics here in korea. the next olympics in japan. the next olympics after that is in china. it he's like an olympics in texas, then, in mexico, then in canada. but of course, there will also be great athletes. tokyo's bright lights are beckoning america's best runners, swimmers and gymnasts. the summer of 2020, set to rival pyeongchang's drama in the snow and ice. skateboarding and surfing will burst on to the olympic stage. in tokyo's skateparks, the young and their parents are already, as they say, stoked. what medal would you win? >> gold medal. >> reporter: why do you like skateboarding? >> it's fun. when you achieve something, it makes you happy. >> reporter: the trademark efficiency, the japanese are on schedule, with tokyo 2020 merchandise on sale. in part, that's because they've done this before. a place where old meets new is where tokyo describes itself. and for the 2020 olympics, as well as introducing new sports, they're building new venues, in a city that last hosted the games back in 1964. as a young man back then, professor shimata, worked as a translator. wha

next at 4 right now at 4: olympic diplomacy -- on the ♪ >>> finally tonight, from the winter olympics, three women on an unlikely journey from the heat of houston to the cold of pyeongchang to make history as the very first olympic bobsled team from an entire continent. here's rehema ellis. >> reporter: seun adigun has been a runner for as long as she can remember. in 2012 she represented nigeria at the summer olympics never expecting to be back six years later at the winter games. this was your crazy idea. >> i know. i come up with the craziest ideas. but they're crazy to me to even agree to come be on board. >> reporter: her crazy idea? teaming up with engozy onwumere and akuoma omeoga to take their speed off the track and into a bobsled. the three texans with nigerian roots quickly became a trifecta of enthusiasm, energy and sheer joy. they set a lofty goal -- to become the first ever african bobsled team in the olympics. nigeria's a country that's not associated with cold, ice or snow. >> right. correct. >> reporter: and living here in houston i don't normally think of a place tha

rodchenkov and say this ban will continue and these olympic games and future olympic games and less you leave our main witness alone. after all, he's testified, given affidavits, submitted evidence, has been corroborated. i think that's the least they can do is make a phone call. what has the ioc done? nothing. they sat by and watch this abort behavior and done not a a singe thing to stop the russians -- aboard. so let me ask you a question. do you think that embolden the russians when they act in this way and that one stops in? you tell me. because according to press reports, assuming they are true, russia responded by retaliating against the ioc and wada, right? according to press reports they hack the computers. delete the confidential documents and some russian government officials have promised to impose sanctions on ioc members and wada executive in retaliation for the ban. does that sound like behavior that deserves its place among other nations upholding olympic ideals? in the midst of all this, funny twists and turns of this case, no one would've guessed what would happen next.

te of the olympic winter games. the olympic dream of one american downhill skier here in pyeongchang began on a hill i his family's backyard. actually it began in 1961 when this grandfather went out back and started cutting down trees to make a ski slope for his kids. it's still there today. on our "sunday closer," kristen dahlgren is there are when ryan siegel take's sport's biggest stage in south koreaing it will be with a much smaller hill on his heart. when i think mountains churning out olympians, this not what comes to mind. >> it's definitely small. k iner terrain we make up with it in our racing spirit. >> reporter: we caught up with ryan in cochrans. history. a in one of the built by m ho in the 1960s had a dream. a ski hill in his backyard. >> you justwork go out and start next year, he it. >> r wo m ifit wool,he cocwe annnd her raced in t olympics. annd in 1962. s@ve have trained here. e? >> reportetermination,mickey's p n's ski area is a nofi more of cochran's dreams. america. skiing was and mom and dad

out of your world there at the olympics. "the washington post" reporting that mike pence was supposed to meet secretly with north korean delegates there in pyeongchang. but that meeting, they say, was derailed when north korea pulled out just hours before it was supposed to happen. savannah? >> all right. worlds colliding, hallie. thank you so much. >>> turning back to the winter olympics. it's been a successful day for team usa. craig is covering it all. >> hoda, savannah, great to see you. at the beginning of the morning, lindsey vonn was back on the medal stand after what was likely her last olympic downhill run. that was the story we were all talk about. then, came the surprising gold medal in an unexpected sport. a dramatic finish in women's cross-country skiing. the u.s. squad of kikkan randall and jessie diggins, edging sweden for gold in the team sprint. the down-to-the-wire gold was the first medal in cross-country skiing history. >> we know good things can happen. >> i gave it everything that i can because when you

olympic excitement. the 2018 olympic winter games officially under way with an opening ceremony that wowed the crowd and the world. south korean culture on full display with thousands of athletes marching in the parade of nations. team usa athletes proudly sporting the red, white and blue. and athletes from north and south korea coming together in a show of unity. today, a surprising offer from north korean leader kim jong un to the south koreans hours after his sister sat behind vice president mike pence. the two never talking. now with the opening ceremony in the history books, it's time for the world's befst athletes to show what they're made up with the first medals won and the olympic competition shifts in high gear in pyeongchang, south korea. today, saturday, february 10th, 2018. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games. >> welcome to a special edition of "today." thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. i'm craig melvin in pyeongchang, sout

olympic style. garvin thomas is in pyeongchang with the special menu inside olympic park.k. >> reporter: hello again from pyeongchang, south korea. inside the olympic park. and you know one question we're getting asked a lot from folks back home, how is the food? this is align for the concession stand. and whatever it is, these people are certainly willing to wait a while to get it. once they get to the front, they get a choice of western or korean food. on the korean menu are du dumplings, steamed or fried and a spicy rice cake. if that's too adventurous, there's grilled chicken on the western menu, along with instant noodles. and if that is too adventurous, there's a mcdonald's where you can get a hamburger meal in a building shaped like a hamburger meal. a coke will set you back three bucks, a beer only $4. still, a lot more olympic coverage up ahead tonight after olympic coverage on nbc bay area news. we'll get you up to date on everything that happened, including how your northern california at

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vianey was talking about the 2018 winter olympics under way. the live olympic flame. the first day of full competition and local athletes will be in the spotlight. jr sellski will compete on the short track. joanne reid from palo alto will compete in the biathlon. and jamie anderson and bryce bennett will hit the slopes. the first gold medal winner of the olympic has been won this morning. charlotte kala won the ski thereon event. jessie diggins got if i hafifth. her finish is the best-ever olympic finish in a skiathlon for a u.s. woman. this comes after an amazing and historic opening ceremony in pyeongchang, of course. jay gray is live for us this morning inside olympic park at that -- in those freezing temperatures vianey was just showing us with a look at the olympic ceremony and preview of what to expect today. hey there, jay. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kira. and you're absolutely right. it was an incredible display last night. tucked away in the mountains of pyeongchang, a bit of olympic history that now is spilling over and on to the world's political stag

basic training or olympics? >> i would say basic training is harder. >> i would say training for the olympics. here, there is no one to tell you to do it. >> one thing they all agree on? >> we always pump each other. we are going back and forth. >> reporter: their comradery is similar to another olympic bobsled team. "cool running" accurate? >> i have not seen an egg yet in my decade in the sport. >> picking up a four-man bobsled and carrying it your shoulders? not happening. >> reporter: they hope their military background will help win hardware for team usa. for weber whose deployment kept him away from the family, he plans to fly his girls to south korea and plans to look for them after he crosses the finish line. for "today," hans nichols nbc news. >> they compete next saturday. >>> up next. adam rippon put his heart on the ice. adam is still smiling this morning. we cannot wait to talk to him about what his first olympic experience has been like. i can tell you, spoiler alert, he is enjoying it. first this

yuzuru realizes he's gone back-to-back at the olympics. >> two-time olympic gold medalist. >> to stay where he has to fend off the revolution of the quads, the revolution of figure skating in so many ways. and to be so superior about the entire process. wow. >> you know -- >> bow down to hanyu. >> you know what it means to him, obviously. how do you think he'll take this and soak it all up sf. >> it's so hard to say. he works so hard. he will show up at 5:00 a.m. for a practice for a show on a sunday and he'll train as if it were the olympics. he's prepared for this. he's trained for this. he's one of the happiest people i've ever met. so this will put him over the moon. >> popular, too. all the other skaters out here. you travel around and they love that guy. yuzuru hanyu, the gold medalist once again. shoma uno makes it one-two for japan and javier fernandez is able to earn that medal for spain in men's skating here. he gets the podium for the first time. nathan chen made it interesting, didn't he? goes out early, makes a huge comeback. gets five of the quads, posts the number and a

my dad is a big-time olympic fan. to see that i won the olympics he was -- the emotions for crazy for him. >> you won gold. you were the first american gold this year. and i love what you said in a news conference before you were looking to have a mellow experience here at the olympics. i think it's been more than mellow. >> i don't think i knew what i was getting into really. yeah. >> red, we love you. guys we have red gerard here. red's in the house. we love you, honey. congratulations. you did great. >> thanks so much. >>> also on a busy monday morning, we have another headline from here north korea's involvement in these games. nbc senior correspondent, kate snow has that part of the story. >> reporter: from the opening ceremony when a north korean and south korean carrying the torch together. to a north korean orchestra. and to the north korean cheerleaders north korea is grabbing attention at these games, by design. the younger sister of kim jong-un captivated for days sitting just feet away from mike pence. the

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may effect some of the olympic events. we'll look at that in the next half hour. >>> big news coming up. chloe kim lived up to expectations in a big way. >> she just walked in. >> oh, my god. >> hello. >> hi. >> good morning. >> get in there. >> we're going to talk to chloe. >> this just happened. where is your medal? >> first, this is "today" ♪ >>> coming up, i think we've got this. >> we got it. >> and chloe is here to celebrate her gold medal. we're also going to hear from mikaela shiffrin ahead of her first ski here in pyeongchang. one thing she wants you to take away from her story. away from her story. >> you know that your dad gave ♪ ♪ away from her story. >> you know that your dad gave ♪ ♪ ♪ thmakes them part of a heart-healthy diet. but these oats have an added bonus. they're ready... now. wow. that's fast fiber. ♪ dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter

or that some of the people whose fate is being determined here are reigning olympic champions. movement does not consider me an athlete who deserves to be a part of it without even providing an explanation i've never given a reason to doubt my honesty and my integrity. the games in korea are to be the first in my career together with my partner we've been working towards this olympics for many years and it was my cherished dream. i was shocked to lympics my dream and i was working towards this goal throughout my entire sports career i've given no reasons to doubt that i'm clean. so to put it very mildly cass and the i.o.c. don't see eye to eye the court clear for russian athletes but olympic officials can't be bothered and this issue ation has almost put the to organizations on the brink of a conflict the secretary general who i've spoken to has denied any crisis but see for yourself due to insufficient evidence the appearance of held the sanctions and notes and their individual results achieved in such reinstated who these kind of decision is she streamlet disappointing these

in the winter olympics. if memory serves me right i think he came in sixth in the men's. >> you are into it. >> yeah,y1-= he was great. >> yeah. >> amazing. >> well, it's cold there, it's going to be somewhat south korea-like here at times. >> trying to get you acclimated. temperatures dropping in the 20s in parts of the bay area. by monday night and again tuesday night the reason why we will have a freeze warning up for parts of the bay area. how about a view from pyeongchang. we are seeing somewhat more mild conditions there. a high of 40, that's almost a heat wave compared to the single digit temperatures we saw to start the winter olympics. the 20s they are seeing there we will get a taste of that tomorrow night. right now 57 degrees in san jose, we will see a few showers later on. emeryville gusty, 55 degrees, temperatures around the bay area today 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday's highs and right now just 54 degrees around san francisco. so for tonight, 30s to low 40s for lows, even san francisc

to join jeff ranieri for "the olympic zone." takes us behind the scene with everything going on in south korea and then our primetime coverage begins at 5:00 live here on nbc. hello, jeff. >> hello. >> we'll all be watching. >> see you in a few minutes. at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't... more experts preventing security issues & less security threats impacting our customers. more of a highly secure network with more security products available for further protection & less per month than comcast for business internet. switch to at&t internet for business. more & less - that's the power of &. i we worked with pg&eof to save energy because wenie. wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladi

my dad is a big time olympic fan. so to see that i won the olympics, he was -- i don't -- the emotions were crazy for him. >> you won gold. you were the first american gold this year. and i love what you said in a news conference before. you were looking to have a mellow experience here at the olympics. i think it's been a little more than mellow. >> i don't think i knew what i was getting into, really. so -- yeah. >> well, red, we love you. you guys, we've got red gerard here. we love you, honey. congratulations. >> thank you so much. thank you. >>> also, on a busy monday morning, we've got another big headline from here. north korea's involvement in these games. nbc's senior national correspondent, kate snow, has that part of the story. >> reporter: from the opening ceremony, when a north korean and south korean carried the olympic torch together to a north korean pop orchestra holding concerts. and those mysterious chanting cheerleaders. north korea is grabbing the world's attention at these games by design. kim o-

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news live from berlin kim jong il and sister arrives for south korea's winter olympics it is a first ever visit to the south by a member of the ruling kim dynasty is her trip across the border a sign of a song or just a political ploy we'll go live to. a song all about politics the olympic stadium glitters in a brilliant show of light for the opening ceremony of the twenty third of the winter games. a race against time after the earthquake in taiwan rescue crews try to locate a family trapped under this hotel but aftershocks make it dangerous work. also coming up wall street drops again and world markets follow the dow jones now down more than ten percent from its january high it is officially a market correction. plus can a new campaign get gregg's that we were in britain behind a second referendum we talk to a passionate remainer behind that question. i'm sorry someone's got to go to have you with us a high level north korean delegation has arrived in south korea ahead of the opening ceremony for the winter olympics now this delegation includes kim jong that's the sister of north k

disqualifications which is what you had now with the beijing olympics and the london olympics they they passed the test at the time for many different countries and then to retest in ten years later or nine years later and they fail and so this is like a warning to athletes and their trainers who want to dope you can get away with it the day of the olympics but down the line you may lose it so i think that was that appeared to be a good sign. but again when you have a very complicated cheating system such as the russian government used replacing pool you know going to because what the russian russian system did they picked out like three dozen athletes and said you're probably going to do well in sochi give us a clean sample. now they give the clean samples they hide them away freezer and then they started giving them a cocktail they call that the duchess cocktail and i which combined. steroids with alcohol i actually found the most amusing detail was that this duchess cocktail for the men the steroids were mixed with vodka for the women they were mixed with their move so the athletes a

we have olympic coverage and jeff is up next with the "olympic zone." don't go away. ♪ ♪ >>> tonight on the "olympic zone," teenage short track sensation is set to make history in pyeongchang. >> an astounding performance by a 17-year-old! >> and she couldn't have done it without his help. >> my dad put his life on hold in order to let me start my life. >> plus, is it the best way to learn about a place is to eat your way through it. >> award-winning chef david chang takes a tasty tour of the olympic host country to discover the secrets of korean food. and -- these athletes don't just represent team usa at the olympics, they do some every single day as soldiers in the u.s. army. >> how do you balance training as an athlete and a soldier? >> i think you fin t

they're like you made the olympics. i still have to qualify. >> reporter: meanwhile a horrifying crash on the huge track. emily sweeney losing control of her shred around curve nine, then careening all over the track. ten minutes after the crash sweeney walking toward the finish line battered, but not suffering from any broken bones. >> reporter: going back to chloe kim for a minute, her gold is the 99th for team u.s.a. in winter olympics history. not to jinx him, shaun white could perhaps pick up number 100. here's where the medal count stands right now. norway at the top of the medal board. the united states, sitting in the fifth spot. big events on schedule tonight. shaun white going for the gold in the men's half pipe. mikayla schiff frin making her debut participating in the slalom. you can see it all here live on nbc. >> thank you craig. >>> and we're going to talk to mike tirico this morning. >> how do you do these hours every day? we are wiped out. it's 9:00. my body is done. >> we're happy to have you. the exci

randall is the only olympic mother here. and diggins competing in her second games, winning the first-ever women's gold medal for team usa in cross-country skiing. the pair nabbing the top spot in the team event. in the final stretch of the race, team usa had fallen into third place. but not for very long, chasing down their opponents with grit and determination. diggins sprinted to the end, first overtaking norway. then, crossing the finish line with just 0.19 seconds ahead of sweden, collapsing on to the ground, winning america's first-ever medal in ladies cross-country. >> i looked over at the scoreboard and saw united states number one. i let out a big scream and tackled jessie. and she said, did we just win the olympics? yeah. >> reporter: an unexpected and historic victory that has shaken up this olympic games. >> and jessie and kikkan are with us now. ladies, we were watching this in our newsroom earlier. people were screaming, shouting. we could not believe you did it. it was amazing. how did it feel? >> amazing. ama

it's my fourth olympics. three golds. >> reporter: the moment not without controversy with headlines resurfacing accusing him of sexual harassment. the former drummer said white sexually harassed her, sent her explicit texts and refused to pay her. white and the drummer reached an undisclosed settlement in spring 2017. after his big win, he was asked if that incident would tarnish his legacy. >> honestly, i'm here to talk about the olympics not gossip. and i'm proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me. and i think that stands on its own. >> reporter: from the slopes to the ice where it was a great day for the u.s. women's hockey team clobbering their russian competitors, 5-0. >> and fired. and they score! the champ gets it home. >> reporter: team usa looking for revenge today when they play canada after the heart-breaking gold medal loss to their rivals in sochi. in figure skating, a valentine's love story for chris and alexa knierim. >> they are living out the moment they've been w

and as far as what happens next terry the winter olympics the pair of winter olympics take place in march on the international parity paralympic committee has still cuts a ban on russian i think they would only have about thirty thirty five competing as neutrals. that's the athletics federation also still has a ban on russia so russian athletes won't be competing in the indoor championships in birmingham next month what happens next all depends on what russia does next whether they actually accept state sponsored involvement in this type of program because until now they've just blamed a few individuals that's the crucial question for them now very interesting jonathan krane from d.w. sports thanks. a cyber hacking group has infiltrated germany's foreign and defense ministries and stolen sensitive data sources say a hacking group with alleged links to the russian government has broken into the government network the attacks were apparently discovered in december but only became public today there's been no official comment on the incident. or for more let's bring in our political correspo

the soviet union organized an alternative olympics called the friendship games. and in certain sports you could compare of the times of course there was no drug testing apparently on either side but but they already did this once before thirty four years ago and so the idea was to you know say while the olympics is going on we're going to use the venues that were used for the sochi olympics and you know we're going to show our our athletes are great you don't have to watch those athletes at the real impacts. but if now it's possible that russia could do very well at the contract games and one of the you know subtle stories as nothing to do with doping at all is men's ice hockey men's ice hockey for the last five olympics the national hockey league has allowed its players to compete in tournaments have been fantastic because these players who were always playing for money are suddenly playing for their country and it's been a great experience this year the national hockey league owners. said we're not allowing our players to play period don you can't go you kicked

it isa olympics. —— herand ivanka trump. it is a major propaganda showdown between north korea and the us say here in pyeongchang with the olympics in the background. there is a small problem, for south korea, that some in this delegation, including a senior north korean figure is subject to un sanctions including a travel ban and assets freeze. if he is allowed into the country, south korea is technically in breach of sanctions. they are trying to work that through with the security council at the moment. thank you for updating us on these latest developments in pyeongchang. stephen was talking about military parades there and north korea, we will have more on that later in the programme and how president trump wa nts to programme and how president trump wants to plan his own in washington. for now, looking at another story coming from the american capital. senators have announced a two year budget deal to avoid a repeat of the shutdown last month. the agreement could increase of government spending by hundreds of millions

an olympic record. but was it enough to win an olympic medal? lindsey vonn misses the podium in her long awaited return to the olympic games. >> i just made a mistake and that's ski racing. >> as a two-sport athlete, a virtual unknown takes gold. and it is beginning to look a lot like summer? turns out the surprise sport of the olympics is volleyball. why some are hoping the summer game becomes a winter staple. today, saturday, february 17th, 2018. ♪ >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games. live in pyeongchang, south korea. >> and welcome to "today." thanks for joining us on saturday morning. i'm craig melvin alongside natal natalie morales who is joining us. dylan dreyer is here as well. >> good to being back with you guys. >> good to have you back. >> we missed you. i have not seen you in a while. >> we have seen her. tough day for the americans here. although, really inspirational as well. performances by nathan and adam rippon. i want to give them big hugs. they will be here this morning. i'll

athlete to win a meddle in the singles luge during the sochi winter olympics, now when the olympics get underway tomorrow, pictures and texts and social media will be flying around the globe. and right now pyeongchang has one thing that no place on earth has and that is the fastest internet known to man. all of that thanks to a bay area company. let's bring in our business tech and with this high speed story of the winter olympics. >> raj, a bay area tech giant is using pyeongchang as a test site with olympics who are prolific with social media. they want to see how well the gadgets work with the latest super high speed connections. the olympic village is rapidly filling up. but not just with the world's best athletes. also with gadgets. amid all of the training and unpacking, pyeongchang has become the fastest place on earth when it comes to wireless technology. >> the demand is huge. >> reporter: intel, which wrapped the headquarters with olympic log oez is providing the speed, and this woman is in charge of what she calls the 5-g experiment. >> and you can take 5-g and see how it is

have a good week and enjoy the olympics. everybody from stephen both test hollywood suspects every proud american first of all i'm just george bush and honored to do so this is my buddy max famous financial guru just a little bit different. in your windows with all the drama happening in our country and have fun every day americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american. despite its turbulent history deceive us union has dominated international sport however this was not about the numbers of those champions from the. sort of. run on the charts number. the more moved there with the been bored me just remember if your review of the describe. your workers she was the first to be reserved for your wardrobe the first sign of your lympics scene with nine hundred fifty two with some good seats of ifas concentration camp prisoners and from slime soldiers. maybe even that's good for me here with your shoes because you are much more of an issue for me because you're more than a foot you're in for the month a

she's already an olympic gold medalist. she took care of that in sochi, but now mikaela shiffrin is looking to make her mark in several events here and leave no question that she's one of the best skiers ever to compete. mikaela shiffrin is a once in a generation talent, the best technical skier in the world. >> you're seeing the best slalom skier not only this year but in history. >> the secret to the 22-year-old's success -- unbelievable focus that extends from her training to the starting gate. >> i take myself to a completely other place than this race. and then, once i feel like i've completely cleared my head, then i let myself come back to it. and then they're like, ready, go. then i'm like, yes, i'm ready! let me go. let me go now. >> she grew up in colorado on skis at age 2. >> mikaela's doing her post olympics ice skating performance. >> there you go! >> by 16, mikaela was ready for the world cup circuit. her mom, eileen, put her nursing career on hold to join her daughter's coaching team. >> she's 100% all-in. an

dot com coming up sean stone presents part two of his interview of the winter olympics doping scandal with the president of the international society of olympic a story as david wallechinsky and redacted slightly camp but it was watch less to discuss the roller coaster of inequality on wall street stay tuned and watch a little. here's what people have been saying about rejected the navy seals exactly it's the law in austin the only show i go out of my way to run you know what it is that really packs a punch at least yampa is the john oliver of harvey americans do the same we are apparently better than the blues nothing better to see the people you never heard of love redacted tonight not the president of the world bank so. i'm going to write me seriously send us an email. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money killian a loan has been spending to twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else going to because i

you said, i would love to but i want to stay at the olympic village with my pals and have my olympic experience. >> i'm going to tell you, my friends and my teammates were there for me through all of my events. and i owe it to them to stand by their side and be there for them during their events. that's so important because, you know, i'm so, like america's sweetheart now. i came here an athlete. and i am representing my country. and to do that to the best of my ability, i have to be there for my teammates. >> that is awesome. >> just wait five days. >> and then you're in? >> you're ready? >> then you're totally in. can we see this medal? >> i feel like you both need to try this on. >> you said your neck was getting sore because it was heavy. >> hoda, just rub it just a little. thank you. >> let me try this on. >> how many people have tried it on? >> i have been passing it out to literally everybody. i go back out here, here you want to hold it? it feels so good. >> it does. >> adam, how would you accessorize that? >> probably with that necklace you're wearing. >> yes, exactly. >> so