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Helping superheroes fly. Good morning. Bombshell indictment. Special Counsel Robert Mueller announcing charges against 13 russians and three Russian Companies accordingterfere in t. President trump saying he is vindicated and his campaign did not collude with russia. Is he and his Campaign Team out of the woods . What about future attacks . We have every angle covered. Could he have been stopped . The fbi makes a stunning admission that it mishandled a tip about the Florida School shooter when a tipster warned about him weeks before the tragedy. The Florida Governor calling on the fbi director to resign as the president visits florida. Will anything be done to will anything be done to prevent the next one . Winter woes. Another big storm takes aim at the east coast with more than 35 Million People in the crosshairs from virginia to maine. At least half a foot of snow expected in new york and boston. Dylans tracking it all. All that, plus nathan chen with a comeback for the ages. He has it all. Dazzling on the ice, landing five quadruple jumps, an olympic record. Yes was it enough to win an olympic medal . Lindsey vonn misses the podium in her longawaited games. Unfortunately i just made a mistake and thats ski racing, you know. A virtual unknown takes the gold. And its beginning to look a lot like summer . Turns out the surprise sport of these 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 in pyeongchang, south korea. Welcome to today. Im craig melvin along natalie morales, nice enough to join us while sheinelle enjoys her day off back home and dylan dreyer. Missed you. Ive seen a lot of her around lately. Were olympic buddies. Tough day for the americans here. Really inspirational as well. Those performances by nathan and adam rippon, can i say, i want to give them big hugs. Theyre going to be here this morning. They are. Ill get to do that on behalf of everyone back home who wants to give them hugs. Team usa taking on the olympic athletes from russia on the ice in a few moments. Well have all the olympic action from here in pyeongchang in a few minutes. Lets get to the top story on this saturday morning. That is the bombshell announcement friday that special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 russians for interfering with the 2016 election. Shortly after the inindictment was made public, President Trump insisted that it clearly showed his campaign did not collude with the russians. Nbcs White House Correspondent Kelly Odonnell is near the president s florida who home. Kelly o, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, craig. The president pivoted away from calling the investigation a witch hunt or repeating that Vladimir Putin denied to him that he was involved in the interference. Instead he went on twitter to say that evidence shows that russians began this interference in 2014 before he was a candidate, to rye to claim the Trump Campaign was not involved. The president ignored questions about a sweeping new indictment in the russia probe hours after he had been personally briefed by the Deputy Attorney general. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. Reporter for more than a year the president repeatedly discredited the russia investigation. Not a story where they talked about collusion. There was none. It was a hoax. Reporter and mocked any suggestion that russia tried to help him. Have you seen any russians in West Virginia or ohio or pennsylvania . Reporter the government now says russians did come to the u. S. Under false pretenses in 2014. To begin collecting information for their 2016 interference. 13 russian nationals and three Russian Companies were indicted to promote discord and interrupt the american electoral system overall. Russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities, promote political campaigns and stage political rallies. Reporter the government says russian operatives posed as american activists with stolen or Fake Identities and used a u. S. Based Computer Network to conceal their real location. Part of their mission was to spread derogatory information about Hillary Clinton. The indictment also says they made contact with unwitting members, volunteers and supporters of the Trump Campaign. And emphasized unwitting. Theres no allegation in this indictment that any american had knowledge. Reporter the white house seized on that to make a much broader claim using trump favored all caps to say the investigation found no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, even though that assertion goes beyond the scope of this indictment. And in a separate development involving the former chairman of the Trump Campaign, paul manafort, who has been indicted, prosecutors told the court theyve identified additional banking crimes that relate to his past business practices, although theres no indication yet that theyve added any new charges to the indictment. Manafort says he was innocent of the charges. Craig, natalie . Kelly o donnell there for us in palm beach. Thank you. Nbc news justice and security analyst, matt, good morning to you. Good morning. This seems to be another time well use the word unprecedented, which comes around a lot it seems. But truly is a striking in history when you read through this 37page indictment. Its stunning, the efforts that the russians, that the 13 individuals named and the three companies underwent to undermine a democracy. Walk us through the significance of this indictment. This really was an historic moment for the Justice Department for the United States, in revealing a more sweeping plot to violate u. S. Election law and interfere in our election than anyone knew. We all knew about their activities on social media, but this indictment reveal ace plot that began earlier than we knew, was better financed than we knew at some point, over a Million Dollars a month in budget and extended not just online but to russian intelligence operatives coming to the United States to gather intelligence, recruiting people to attend rallies on the ground and even paying people to attend Hillary Clinton and protest. This was a sweeping conspiracy to violate u. S. Election laws and i think its clear this is just the beginning of muellers investigation and there will likely be further indictments to come. Matt, President Trump did not respond to some shouted questions yesterday at the white house, but he did take to twitter. And this is what the president tweeted yesterday afternoon. He said, in part, russia started their antiu. S. Campaign in 2014, long before i announced that i would run for president. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump Campaign did nothing wrong. No collusion. And, again, matt, President Trump for a long time insisted that the whole thing was a sham, was a ruse. Now it appears as if he is acknowledging that russia did, in fact, interfere with our election. What do you make of the tweet and of the president s apparent change of heart . The president continues to behave more like a defendant than a president with regard to this whole investigation. What you would expect a president to do is react not just about himself and about his campaign but what this means for the country and what the government he leads is going to do to respond. We havent seen that from the president. He has now finally at least dropped the idea that this is a hoax but were still not seeing leadership from him to tell the American People what were going to do to prevent this from happening in the future. We just saw this week the intelligence community, intelligence chiefs testify to congress that they believe the russian interference is not over, it will come again in the 2018 mid terms and likely in the 2020 president ial election as well. Matthew miller, so clearly a lot to be did he say sseminated. A lot to be looked at. The president is spending the weekend at his estate in flchlt before he arrived he stopped in parkland. The president met with victims and thanked First Responders as well. This, as outrage grows over an fbi tip about the shooter that the agency now admits it mishandled. Nbcs myr a. Rod rig ez is in florida where the memorial to the 17 victims continues to grow. Maya, good morning. Reporter good morning, craig. In addition to the tip that the fbi received the Sheriffs Office is revealing over the years they received more than 20 calls regarding the suspect shooter. All of this as this weekend more funerals are set for the victims. As family and friends say their final goodbyes to victims of Wednesdays School shooting a knife was stabbed in my heart. Reporter this morning the fbi under fire for its mishandling of a detailed tip in january, warning niklas cruz had a desire to kill. The caller provided information about nikolas cruz and the potential of him becoming a school shooter. The agency admits it did not follow up on the tip. Governor rick scott calling for the fbi directors resignation. That they failed us on this monumentous level is so heartbreaking. Reporter meanwhile the president spending the weekend in nearby maralago stopped by the hospital and the Sheriffs Office praising their response. Very sad Something Like that could happen. But the job the doctors did, the nurses, the hospital, First Responders, law enforcement, really incredible. Reporter but anger is building over how there could be another mass shooting at a school. We want to send a message to these politicians that they cannot allow this to continue. Reporter for debbie hickson, whose husband, chris, died in the shooting he wasnt just a hero on wednesday. He was a hero every day. Reporter the issue is much bigger. It isnt just because the fbi dropped the ball on that particular kid. Its happening all over the place. So, that is a huge problem. Reporter a problem nicole hawkley says shes trying to address through a sandy hook promise. She lost her son, dylan, in that shooting. This can be an incredibly isolating time even with all the support of the world around you and the compassion of the community, you can can still feel lost and theyre not. Reporter the angels you see behind me were originally set up in another nearby town to honor the victims of sandy hook. After what happened on wednes y wednesday, they were moved here to parkland. Craig and natalie . Wow it would be nice not to ever have to see those angels again. I know. Maya. Rod rig ez for us in florida. Thank you. The east coast is gearing up for another winter storm and tens of millions will see snow in the next 24 hours. Dylan is here to tell us what to expect. Its the weekend and its a fastmoving system is the good news. It wont have a huge impact on people trying to get around. Hopefully you can just stay home this weekend. The snow as the storm moves east rain snow line to contend with. For now we have winter storm warnings and advisories in effect. 35 Million People at risk for some sort of wintry weather. As we go through the day today, we will see this storm race out of the midwest, move through the ohio and Tennessee River valleys where it will produce a lot of rain. Once you get into western virginia, it turns over to snow. The snow will continue to fall, especially northern new jersey, north of new york city well see heavier bands of snow. Its gone by sunday morning. As for snowfall totals, again, that rain snow line will have a huge impact on who gets what. We will see a widespread one to three inches of snow. Just to the north of new york you will see 4 to 7, 4 to 6 of snow with higher amounts possible up across southern new england. This storm will move out by sunday so then everything will start to melt away. Well come back to you in a few moments for your national forecast. Now to the olympic action here in pyeongchang. Natalie mentioned a few moments ago, a bit of a disappointing day for team usa on the ice and on the slopes as well. Keir simmons has it all covered for us. Good to see you, buddy. Reporter great to see you, my friend. Natalie, nice to have you with us as well. Lindsey vonn returned to the slopes for her first olympic competition since 2010, falling short of land iing on the podiu. Nathan chen, after a disastrous olympic debut, proved himself capable of a recordbreaking skate. Lets get this Party Started, nathan. Reporter on the ice, it was a night of near redemption for american skating phenom nathan chen after a disastrous pair of falls in the Short Program, chen bounced back, turning up the heat on his competition in the free skate. Gorgeous quad lutz. And another quad toe. Reporter attempting six quad jumps, completing all but one cleanly. He now holds the record for the first man to land five quad jumps in olympic competition. Nathan chen is still the quad king. Reporter inspired performance earning him the highest score of the night but not enough to overcome his stumbles for a place on the podium. I tried to catch up points and win the long, a big accomplishment for me. Just onwards and upwards. Want to be on top of that podium some day. Reporter right behind chent, vincent joe, good enough for sixth place. And adam rippon, a fan favorite of these games, getting the crowd going once again with his trademark passion, but lacking more technical jumps, finishing tenth. I was just so proud of what i was able to put out there. To come away from this Olympic Games and skate three clean programs is more than i could have dreamed of. Reporter it was japans hanyu, who defended his gold from sochi with a near flawless skate. Amazing quad sal. Reporter a blizzard of winnie the pooh bears thrown to the ice from his adoring fans. Javier fernandez earning spain their first olympic skating medal ever. Lindsey vonn was looking for gold in the womens super g. Skiing a near perfect run for much of the course, the american went wide on one of the last turns. Whoa and almost down the side. Reporter the first racer down the mountain, she quickly dropped out of medal contention. You faced so many challenges, injuries, just the winds today. Good for you for competing, for going for it. Ive been waiting eight years for this. I didnt want to come to the finish and say i didnt try hard enough or i didnt push myself enough. I pushed myself as hard as i could. Unfortunately, i just made a mistake. And thats ski racing. Reporter czech skier ledecka was surprised herself. She showed up later in goggles explaining she had no makeup. We were there to see the czech take that gold. She stood after the finish line in stunned silence for a while. Lets take a look at the latest medal count. Norway is pulling away ahead here. Big news overnight, the u. S. Has fallen out of the top five. Here is what you can look for tonight. Ted liggety is going for his third in the giant slalom. Maame biney will take on the short track and the large hill for ski jumping, guys. Lot to look forward to. Dylan is back with a look at our national forecast. Yes and besides that storm thats producing a lot of rain through the middle of the country that will turn into the snowy evening and nighttime for the northeast, snow through the northern rockies. We could end up with several feet of snow in that area. We also have and weve got a combination of cold and mild temperatures across the bay area. Santa rosa, waking up to 36 degrees. Oakland at 42. Hayward, 45. And check out palo alto at 38 degrees. Now, even though were off to a chilly start, we are actually expecting to see pretty seasonal temperatures into the afternoon. Mild temperatures will begin to dominate shortly after your lunch hour by 11 00 a. M. , at 62 degrees. By 12 00, about 65 degrees. And by 1 00, 67 degrees. We are tracking a bit of a system that is expected to bring some snow to the Higher Elevation areas. Look who is in the house to morning, look whos in the house. Yea nathan chen is here. Well talk live to nathan after that major comeback on the ice. Im so excited. Plus a look back at an incredible first week of the 2018 olympic winter games. Has it only been a week . It feels like longer. First this is today on nbc. Were back on a saturday morning with the olympic version of the download. The look back at the thrilling week in pyeongchang. To victories to dominance from start to finish, it has been an olympic week to remember. Shaun white takes gold. Spectacular display of skill. Crushed the competition flying high in the history books with the epic final run. The return of the king. Shaun white become the first snowbordard snowboarder to take home another olympic gold. We have two words for you. Chloe kim. She conquered in her olympic debut. Bringing home gold for team usa. 98. 25. Chloe kim. The youngest woman ever to win an olympic snowboarding medal. The daughter of south korean immigrants, kim dug into her food cravings as her home and host country celebrated her. Finally down goes Mikaela Shiffrin. Mikaela shiffrin glided in the gold medal finish in the womens giant slalom. Gold for Mikaela Shiffrin in pyeongchang. Was unable to defend her title in sochi in the olympic event. And the First American woman to ever land a triple axel. Mirai nagasu stunning the crowd, her teammates and herself. It was and all easy for the americans in the Olympic Games. Oh, my goodness. This violent crash sent the japanese snowboarder to the hospital. The 16yearold escaped serious injury. A hush fell over the crowd when Emily Sweeney lost control of her sled. With a little help, she managed to walk across the finish line to a big round of applause. And the team that knits together stays together. We want to keep things lightheart lighthearted. No unnecessary chitchat. Instead of spins, slips and slides. The swedish snowboarding teams opted for knit and pearl to relieve stress. It is a team effort. Did they make that scarf . I want that scarf he had. They should sell the items. Team that knits together stays together. It calms your nerves. Still ahead on saturday morning on today, the special edition, u. S. Skater nathan chen here after landing that record six quads. And former olympic champion Scott Hamilton with the lives inspirational challenges. And the history on ice here in i m vicky nguyen with vianey arana with a look at your microclimate forecast. Thank you so much for joining us. I am vicki nguyen and we have a look at the microclimate forecast. We woke up to chilly temperatures. Yeah, we have some 30s out there. Current temperatures in santa rosa, 36 degrees. Napa, 36. Also cold along the peninsula. Palo alto at 30 degrees. Mountain view also in the 30s. San jose at 44 degrees right now. And oakland also in those 40s. Believe it or in the, today we are expected to be seasonal, which means around this time of year. Now we are expecting some clear skies. Well start climbing into those upper 50s by 10 00 a. M. In santa clara. By 11 00 a. M. , well be in the 60s and eventually topping out into the upper 60s. Lower 70s in some spots, and tracking a weather system that could bring the potential of possibly some showers to parts of the bay area. So i will, of course, go into more detail of the time line of that. Weve got stormranger up and scanning already. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Chinese new yr celebrations are underway in san francisco. [ gunfire ] Chinese New Year celebrations are under way in san francisco. Police say security will be stepped up for big celebrations, including next saturdays parade on the 24th with extra officers on the street. The office of Emergency Services is urging people who plan to ring in the year of the dog in the city to sign up for those special emergency text alerts. Most residents say thats probably a good idea. I think thats kind of good. Because, like, a lot of outsiders are coming to the city. Better to be prepared than not. You can sign up by texting lunarsf to 88877. Students rallied at uc berkeley, demanding action on daca. Dac, immigrants are here to stay yesterday students of all ages gathered with teachers and members of the Immigration Rights group. They Want Congress to reach a deal on behalf of socalled dreamers. Undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u. S. As children who are protected under the daca program. President trump set a march deadline to get rid of the program and bipartisan negotiations have so far failed to come up with a solution to save daca. This is a new Civil Rights Movement of, you know, young people coming out today, having rallies, marching, saying we want daca to stay, and we want a d. R. E. A. M. Act and we dont want any wall with our neighbor, mexico. Leaders say this was part of a Larger Campaign against Immigration Enforcement raids in Northern California. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, we will take you to the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea, where a local olympian tried to defy the odds by making the medal stand. Well show you how palo altos v vincent joe did on the ice. And vianey will be back with a look at the changes possibly in our forecast. Thats headed your way at 7 00. For now, though, we send you back to the today show. We are back on this saturday morning, february 17th, 2018. You are looking live at the u. S. Mens hockey team playing the olympic athletes of russia. That game just getting under way a short time ago. Coming up, there he is right there. We will introduce you to that guy. Jordan greenway is his name. He is making history in a big way here in pyeongchang. You got out on the ice with him . I did. It did not go well. Shut that one down. We will have more from the olympics coming up. Including a live interview with skater nathan chen. Cant wait to talk to him. Lets start this half hour with the check of the headlines. The stunning indictment by special Counsel Robert Mueller. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. Bombshell indictments. Special Counsel Robert Muellers team indicting 13 russians and 3 Russian Companies for interference on telection on social media and in real life. As the white house doubles down on their claim there was no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Paying tribute. Very sad. President trump visits members of the Florida Community rocked by the Horrific School shooting. A knife stabbing my heart. As outrage over the stunning admission that the fbi was tipped off about the shooter nikolas cruz, but failed to acts. They failed us. It is heart brabreakingheartbre 14 minutes into the spacewa spacewalk. Out of this world. Astronauts outside of the International Space station to fix the robotic arm. Slashing records. You get to decide. Black panther now on pace to top the february opening of all time. And coming up short. Lindsey vonn misses out on the medal in the super g during her return to the Olympic Games. Starts off with amazing quad. And yuzuru hanyu dazzles to defend his sochi gold. Almost everybody on their feet. Here comes winnie the pooh bears. Today, saturday, february 17th, 2018. Great day of action. Lets bring in u. S. Skater nathan chen. You saw the unbelievable performance in the free skate hours ago. Landing a record five quads. He attempted six. It helped him move up the leaderboard. Nathan is with us this morning. Congratulations. Thank you. Can i give you a hug . Everybody around me says they want to give you a hug. It started off rough this week. You attempted six quads. You landed five. You made history. What was the mind set going into today . Just put yesterday behind me. Every day is a new day. Honestly i want to enjoy my experience at the olympics. Savor the moments on the ice. Have as great a skate as i possibly could have. I did. You made us proud. Five quads. How much of that is motivated by what happened during the Short Program . I had nothing to lose at that point. I already made all of the mistakes in the Short Program. At this point, if i had a couple mover fal more falls, it would not change anything. When did you decide . I read you didnt tell him. I didnt. It was an idea. We thought about it for a while. At the end of the day, it was a game time decision. Im looking over at your family here off to the side. I know your mom was a big pusher. She said go for it. Definitely. She is always supporting me to push myself to the limit. Try the most difficult program. She knows im cape able of doin it. She supports that. You, when you were 7 years old, we have seen this clip a number of times. You predicted you would be here in 2018. You did it. Do you have a prediction for beijing in 2022 . 10yearold nathan is confident. I mean, i think so. Ill set my sights for 2022. Ill take it day by day. I have another competition coming up in a month and a half. Thats the next goal for me. Well move on from there. What will you leave feeling . How will you feel when you leave pyeongchang . I mean im so glad i was able to put out a program like that before i finished competing. I wouldnt want to have my olympic experience end with the two Short Programs. This is an amazing experience sdplch. Off the ice, what is your favorite part. The unity of the olympics. Getting together at meal times and everyone having a great time. It is amazing. I love seeing the cutaways on the couch with the two japanese and javier joining you. My phone was blowing up. Between instagram and twitter and texting family and friends. They were all cheering me on. The amount of support i got was incredible. That helped me. We applaud you. You made us proud. The comeback king as well as the quad king. Thank you. Well done. Safe travels. Coming up, we will talk to nathans teammate adam rippon. Dylan has another check of the weather. We have a fun crowd out here this morning. I love you, too, girls. Where are you from . Im from texas. Are you having fun out here . Yeah. What about you . Are you having fun . Yeah. Were all having fun. Lets take a look at the weather going on. It is really not that cold right here. Back in the pacific northwest, we are watching a storm system that will turn into a big snowmaker from montana and into oel idaho. We have winter storm watches and warnings. We could see up to 2 feet of snow. Wind advisories with winds up near 85 miles an hour. It will get dangerous if you are in the mountain passes. This is a mostly sunday storm and moving into monday. It will turn more into a rainmaker for the middle of the were waking up to clear skies. Heres a live look now over san francisco. Weve got a beautiful night lights out there, but its a little chilly in some spots, including the north bay. And yes, even the peninsula. Santa rosa right now at 36 degrees. Near palo alto, 38. Mountain view, 37. Down near the south bay, were in the 40s. Fairly mild at about 44 degrees. San francisco at 46. And our temperature trend does eventually climb into the upper 50s and upper 60s by the afternoon. They say it takes a village to raise an olympic athlete. Heres the village. Team nathan chen. Dylan, you will give us a tour of pyeongchang. You saw the sights and fun and beauty that surrounds us. You will get up and personal with some bats . 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From far away. But they honly see his wrinkles. Hes gotta play it cool to seal the deal. Better find a way to smooth things over. If only harry used some. Bounce, to dry. Yeah he would be a less wrinkly, and winning at life. Welcome back to pyeongchang. Were back with a fixture of the Winter Olympics. Olympian Scott Hamilton. He is actually calling his eighth Olympic Games. He tweeted his encouragement for nathan chen. I respect you. I admire you. I believe in you. Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow is up to you. Whether on or off the ice, scott brings expertise and enthusiasm for the craft and his love for individuals overcoming the odds. One, two, three. Scott hamilton defines his life by using his attitude to overcome. My first nationals, i fell five times and came in dead last. Humiliated dead last. Next year ill get them. Came in last again. His olympic greatness came at the sarejavo games in 1984. He is bringing expertise and optimism to a new generation. The Ford Ice Center in nashville, tennessee is a partnership with hamilton and the hometown Nashville Predators of the nhl. It is home to the Scott Hamilton skating academy. You are teaching kids to figure skate . Is this where you thought you would be 30 years ago . No. I had no idea where i would be 30 years ago. I was hoping to be alive. Hamiltons resiliency has been tested by struggles with cancer. 1997 rolls around. You get health news. Testicular cancer. When you heard that from the doct doctor, what goes through your mind . Fear. Extraordinary fear. I lost my mom 20 years before almost to the day i find out. The fear was unbelievable. You know, it is really a weird thing that happened. All that fear was instantly replaced with a sense of determination. You know what . I want to get back on the ice. I dont want this to be the end. I want this to be the beginning of something else. What began was a family. Meeting his wife tracy in 2002. Cancer wasnt done with him. Hamilton had three dyiiagnosis brain tumors. Scott, is it lost on you that you are a fourtime cancer survivor . To survive anything. I met my wife. Became a father. That wouldnt have happened without cancer. You know . I look at every one of these things in its own way is there is always something on the other side if we choose for that to happen. Already the parents of two children. Scott and tracy made another choice. Following the earthquake in haiti, the couple adopted two children tracy met while volunteering in the recovery efforts. They never left her side. After a few visits, she realized those are our children. The beauty and the battles for hamilton forming a balance. You got to treat the horrible things that happen in your life with the same respect and dignity that you handle the best things in your life. Were designed for struggle. Were better off. Were more in touch with who we are as individuals in the struggle much more than the good fortune. 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With less pain, i can do more with my family talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. Here comes the man, here comes the man, here comes the man here comes the man, here comes the man here comes the man live look at olympic park. Welcome back to pyeongchang on saturday morning. So many Inspiring Stories from the Winter Olympics. This one really caught our attention. An american bobsledder who trained to compete while he was in combat. He is one of the group of u. S. Soldiers hoping for gold on the bobsled track here in pyeongchang. Nbcs hans nichols has the story. Reporter Sergeant First Class nate weber is not the typical olympian. Before he pushed the bobsled, he had to train in sands of afghanistan. Weber prepared for the olympics deployed pushing military vehicles and sprinting down dusty roads and pulling anything he could find. He even worked out while under fire from the taliban. I get little pieces of metal hitting me in the arm and face. I need to go stand up against a wall. I need to not be out in the open. Then as i stand there, it hit me. My adrenaline gets going. I bet i could run really fast. You used the adrenaline of comb combat . Yes. For the 30yearold father of two girls, the road to pyeongchang has detours. One of the highest hurdles, finding shade in the scorching heat. It is 130 degrees out. You could not touch the bar. The biggest challenge for most olympic hopefuls is making the team. Weber dealt with the loss of his friend. Staff Sergeant Adam thomas on the battle field. I was tasked with bringing him home to his wife. That was one of the hardest things that i have ever had to do. Reporter before every practice, weber wears a reminder to keep his memory alive. I want him there with me on the top of the hill when we race. Reporter weber is joined by two others who traded their army camo for red, white and blues. Now, fine tuning their bodies for a different mission. What is harder . 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 fourman 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. 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Donttake an extra 15 offts day weekend sale or an extra 20 off when you spend 100 or more save on denim for the family fresh, new bath towels a healthy air fryer or a new piece of luggage. This weekend only at kohls. A live look outside. Yeah, thats the bay bridge from our camera on top of san bruno mountain. Twinkling lights looking absolutely gorgeous. Some of you will get a chilly start to the morning. Thank you so much for waking up with us. Im vicki nguyen alongside vianey arana standing by with a look at the microclimate roller coaster. Yeah its cold. Were all over the place. Hot, is it going to rain, is there going to be snow . We have everything going on right now. But look at the closeup of san francisco. Looking absolutely beautiful. One thing i think a lot of folks have not been missing is the fog. We have been waking up to nice, clear skies. Look at the temperatures. Santa rosa, 36 degrees. Napa, 37 degrees. And in san jose, it is a little bit on the mild cool cold side, 44. Thats why we talk about a roller coaster. San francisco, 46. And your temperature trend today is going to be seasonable, meaning well be right around the temperature were supposed to be this time of year. By 12 00, 65 degrees. 1 00, 67. And most spots topping out in the upper 60s. I am tracking a system, and the system is pretty cold, which means were going to get a chance of seeing some dusting and also some snow in some mountain areas. Tune in at 7 00 for that. Okay. Some february weather. Thanks, vianey. Celebrations are underway in san francisco. Police say security will be stepped p Chinese New Year celebrations are under way in san francisco. The familiar lines there in the street. Police say security will be stepped up for big celebrations, including mechanics saturdays parade on the 24th with extra officers on the streets. The office of Emergency Services is urging people who plan to ring in the year of the dog in the city to sign up for special emergency text alerts. Most say that sounds like a good idea. I think thats kind of good. Because, like, a lot of outsiders are coming to the city. Better to be prepared than not. You can sign up by texting lunarsf to 888777. The Police Department says it is anticipating a safe parade. Putting pressure on lawmakers, students rallied at uc berkeley, demanding action on daca. Daca immigrants are here to stay yesterday students of all ages gathered with teachers and members of the Immigration Rights group, bam they Want Congress to reach a deal on bam of the socalled dreamers. Undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children who are protected under the daca program. President trump set a march deadline to get rid of that program. Bipartisan efforts so far have failed to come up with a solution to save it. This is a new Civil Rights Movement of, you know, young people coming out today, having rallies, marching, saying we want daca to stay, and we want a dream act. And we dont want any wall with our neighbor, mexico. We wont take a wall. Leaders have said this is part of a Larger Campaign against Immigration Enforcement raids that have been happening in Northern California. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, we will take you to the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea, where a local olympian tried to defy the odds by. Well find out what he did on the ice. Plus, your top stories coming up at 7 00. For now, back to the today show. Good morning, bob shell indictment. New charges accusing 13 russians of interferinging of the 2016 investigation. President trump tweeting, the campaign did not collude with russia but does it . What about futures attack . Could he have been stopped . The fbi admitting miss handled the stipulates tips of the shoo got the call weeks before the shooter. Former governor called on the fbi director to resign. And lindsey vonn misses the podium. And adam chen gave it their all but came up a little bit short. Today, saturday, february, 2017. Live here welcome back in pyeongchang, welcome back, it is the last day of the lunar new year. This is a big day. I forget how to say it korean. Really . You said it that many times. They tried to teach me but it is very long. Who can help me out here. Happy new year. It is the year of the dog. It is a good year. Well have a celebration here on the broadcast, but, first we got a lot to get to this morning including an update on all the action here in pyeongchang. Lets start wi lets start in the over night developing in parkland, florida. President trump visited First Responders and hours after the fbi announced they botched the tip that was called in about the shooter. Could those tragedies could have been avoided. Maya rodriguez, good morning. Reporter a painful memory here that happened here on parkland on wednesday. It was another near by town in honor sandy hook victims but it was moved here in parkland after wednesdays shootings. Others are being planned for the 17 victims here. The defense attorney and the defense team for the accused shooter, 19yearold nikolas cruz says hell take a plea deal. He remains behind bars on 17 counts of premeditated murder. President trump stopped by the hospital to meet with victims and the medical personnel that treated them after the shooting. He stopped by the broward Sheriffs Office to thank them for their response. Marjory Stoneman Douglas high School Remained close this time. The school will announce when it will be reopened. Maya rodriguez, in parkland, thank you. Now to Robert Mueller investigating on three companies interfering with the election. President trump tweeting this proves no collusion but does it . Costello o donnel is following it all. Reporter the president has not spoken about this in part because he was in the setting of visiting those victims and First Responders related to the Florida School shootings. This is a stunning indictment. 13 russians and three Russian Companies were charged with defrauding the u. S. Government for interfering the 2016 election. The details of this are stunning. This is a well financed and organized operations where russians pretended to using u. S. Identities to be political activists. They hire americans to stage rallies and carry signs and to dress up and unflattering Hillary Clinton customs. They did in the discourse of the process. Much was to degrading clinton. This involves using social media but there was an in person component as well. The americans who actually were working with the russians did not know russians were behind it. They were unwitting participants including some of the Trump Campaign and supporters. The president did tweet this was an antiu. S. Participation. Natalie. Kelly odonell. Thank you very much. A bit of a disappointing day for team usa, keier simmons has the latest of that. Reporter good morning to again, over night, all eyes are on lindsey vonn, the skiing icon returning to the olympics for the first time but unfortunately coming up short. She pushed herself as hard as she could. Nathan chen, the 18yearold figure skater dazzled the crowd in pyeongchang after stumbling this week. Lets get this Party Started nathan. On the ice, it was a night of near redemption, nathan chen. After a disaster in the Short Program, chen bounced back turning up the heat in the free skate. Gorgeous droplets. Another quad toe. Attempting six quad jumps and completing all but one cleanly. Chen holds the record for the first man to landed five quad jumps. Nathan chen is still the quad king. He earned the highest score of the night but it was not enough to over come his stumble for a place on the podium. Right behind chen, vincent joe, good enough for sixth place. And adam rippon getting the crowd going once again, finishing tenth. I was just so proud of what i was able to put out there. To come away from this olympic game since skate three program, more than i could have dreamed of. It was japan hanyu defended his goal from sochi. Started off with an amazing quad south. That ended with a winnie the pooh bear thrown in the ice from his fans. Finally making her returns after an eight years abs sense, lindsey vonn was looking for gold in the womens sochi. Skiing o f a perfect run. She went right on one of the last turn. The first race down the mountain, vonn dropped out of contention and finishing tied for sixth. You faced so many challenges. I have been waiting eight years for this, i pushed myself as hard as i could. The 22yearold was racing on skis borrowed from Mikaela Shiffrin and showed up later in goings explaining she had no makeup. Reporter all right, are you ready for some good news. Lets take a look at the latest medal count. The u. S. Picked up another one with john henry taking silver in the thousand meters skating. Norway has dominated. Here is what you can look tonight. Well see the mens individual large hill for ski jumping, guys. His mother is hiding from pittsburgh and his mother is the woman that could be seen in the stance waving one of those terrible towels. Well, it worked. Thank you. This morning from our series breaking through today in honor of black history month, we are looking at young africanamericans who are breaking down barrier and making their mark. Team usa jordan green. He and his teammates are playing right now against the olympic athletes against russia. Jordan is hoping his pyeongchang debut will inspire young kids to follow in his footsteps. I love playing the game. The motto thats me and hopefully i am the first of many. Not a lot of folks who could say they represented team usa and here you are, part of black history now. It is a big deal. It is, it is. Jurordan greenway got the exciting news in december. He his dreams came true, a spot on team usa in south korea. How does it make you feel . I dont think it hit me yet but it is a special christmas person that i got. It maybe a little pressure coming but i will go and give my best effort. I continue to do what i have done to get me this far. Jordan represented the United States in three World Championships winning two gold medals. I have been fortunate enough to play for team usa and junior and championships, every time you put on usa sweater and represent your country, it is an unbelieverab unbeliev unbelievable. The 20yearold plays full, jordan towers on the ice at 65 and 227 pounds. My size helps out a little bit. You are like a giant out there among small people. Yeah. How does that translate to an advantage on the ice . Just, you know, create space on myself and get to the net and the harder areas and i just take up more space, it is harder to get around me you dont get pushed out around a lot. Not at ton, every once in a while. God, there is not a lot of people on the ice that looks like me. I think i always kind of know. It is not filled with a lot of africanamericans, you know . Jordan grew up in a small town of ken new york, near the canadian border. There is a rank of every two miles and everyone plays hockey and a lot of my friends play hockey so i grew up on skates at a young age and loved doing it. At 14, he wanted to go to a prep school to play hockey. He had to make a deal with his mom she told me she would help me get through all of it if i had my college paid for and was able to get an education. I oher all the credit because shes always helping me out and supported me. Ice hockey runs in the family. Jordans brother younger plays at the university of wisconsin. Whos a better player . I mean he plays defense . I just gave you an opportunity to say i am a better player. Thats the kind of guy you are. No, he does well. I think hes a great player. Oh god, this puck happens to be here, make sure you are rolling because it is only going to last five minutes. Back in the day when i used the play, i had this move if you heard of it, it was like who am i kidding . Let me tell you, this is hard. Am i gripping it right . Yeah, got the right knee bend there. Back and boom. Yeah, yeah. By being the first africanamerican on teen usa ice hockey, jordan is breaking through and hoping to inspire on tb i the ice. All of a sudden, you are becoming a role model. Thats kind of cool. It is an inspiration, i hope i can bring them motivation and inspiration. Hes a good kid. Already been drafted my the minnesota. His brother is also a College Player as well. And played boston. No, he plays . Wisconsin. Those guys are playing right now, at the russian team, they lost their first game but they win their second game. Fingers crossed. Dylan, lets get a check on the weather once again. Take a look at this crowd here. [ applause ] i love a saturday night in pyeongchang so lets take a look at what you guys can expect for your saturday night once it gets there. We are going to see this rain move from the midwest and spread eastward, it is a fast moving storm. By sunday afternoon, it is gone but in the meantime we have Winter Weather advisories and winter storm warnings. Up to 45 Million People are at risk for rain and snow. Thatll play a role in who sees what. We could end up with heavier snow falling across parts of pennsylvania and new york and into new england where we may end up four to seven inches of snow. And its clear outside. But its also very chilly in some spots. San francisco this morning looking absolutely beautiful. No fog in sight. Look at the current temperatures right now. Palo alto, 38 degrees. Napa, 37. And down near the south bay, still in those 40s. For today, we are still expecting another round of fairly mild to warm temperatures. Were talking upper 60s, maybe even some 70s in some spots, like santa clara. And then were tracking an incoming cold blast to the bay area. And thats your latest forecast, guys. Dylan, thank you. Coming up well talk live to adam rippon, hes going to tell us about his first olympic experience. Lets just say we know hes having a good time. Also, could snow volleyball but the newest olympic sports in 2022 . Well talk about that and more right after these messages. I played it and i loved it. If you could see your cough, youd see all the sickness youre spreading. Robitussin cf max. Nothing lasts longer and treats more symptoms for your cough, cold and flu. elevator bell ringing robitussin cf max severe. Because its never just a cough. Oh, its actually. Sfx short balloon squeal its ver. Sfx balloon squeals ok can we. 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Those with the silver medals investigation how they could have won gold but bronze medal picture not winning at all. Whats the aggony of the scae looking like 10 . Is 10 the best . I would think it is shaun whites reaction and tears and cries. Well never know. This is fun. Could volleyball be headed to the Winter Olympics . It is a summer sports, of course, a new exhibition had people talking and wanted to trade in the sand for the snow. I introduce you to snow volleyball. It is gathered here to showcase its game. Theyre wearing a few more thermal layer than usual. We have a snowball champion in the house right now. Miss natalie morales. I was at the house. It is amazing. It is such a fun thing. I dont know if it is ever going to make it to be an olympic sport. I am gamed and game on. You are a little short on the team though. I am a foot two shot. It was fun. There are pictures on instagram. Still to come. 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Youve got to get in i know what a bath is smile honey this thing is like. First kid ready here we go by their second kid, every parent is an expert and. More likely to choose luvs, than first time parents. Live, learn and get luvs 44 degrees. That is our camera in emeryville. Looking out at the bay bridge, just beautiful. A great day to be here in the bay area. Thank you so much for waking up with us this saturday. Im vicki nguyen. This is vianey arana, standing by with the microclimate forecast. And some of us were waking up in 30s. Yeah, believe it or not, its cold out there. And unfortunately, were actually only expecting to get colder. Today is going to be one of the last days were going to experience some mild to warm weather into the afternoon. But we have been waking up to these 30s and 40s. Santa rosa, 36 degrees right now. Palo alto, 38. San jose, 44. And morgan hill, 37. Now, as far as that temperature change, if you notice, were actually a little bit slightly warmer in some spots. But this is all going to change. As we head into tonight, and into tomorrow, im tracking an incoming system thats going to bring a cold air blast into the bay area. So which means that will drop our temperatures, our daytime highs down by 10 to possibly 15 degrees in some spots. So today were topping out in the upper 60s, low 70s in some spots. Tomorrow were topping out maybe in the 50s. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. So thats going to mean some snow for the mountains. So you want to tune in at 7 00 to find out how much. We have grown so accustomed to the 70s in february. So its hard to go back to the regular temperatures. Our roller coaster i was talking about. Vianey, thank you. Police say security will be stepped up forbi Chinese New Year celebrations are under way in san francisco. Police say the security will be stepped up for big celebrations, including the big parade next saturday. There will be extra officers on the streets. The office of Emergency Services is also urging people who plan to ring in the year of the dog in the city to sign up for special emergency text alerts. Most people say, yeah, thats probably a good idea. I think thats kind of good. Because, like, a lot of outsiders are coming to the city. Like, better be prepared than not. Especially with all the crowds. You can sign up by texting lunasrsf to 888777. The Police Department says it does anticipate a safe parade. Putting pressure on lawmakers. Students rallied at uc berkeley. They want action on daca. Daca immigrants are here to stay yesterday students of all ages gathered with teachers and members of the Immigration Rights group, bam. They want help for the undocumented immigrants brought here to the u. S. As children who are protected under the daca program. President trump set a march deadline to get rid of the program. So far, bipartisan negotiations have not come up with a solution to save it. This is a new Civil Rights Movement of young people coming out today, having rallies, marching, saying we want daca to stay. And we want a dream act. And we dont want any wall with our neighbor, mexico. We wont take a wall. Leaders said this was part of a Larger Campaign against Immigration Enforcement raids that have been happening in Northern California and elsewhere. And coming up this morning on today in the bay, we will take you to the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea. Where a local olympian tried to defy the odds by making the medal stand. Well tell you how he did. We are back on saturday morning on saturday, february 17th, 2018. It is nighttime in pyeongchang. A lot of people Milling Around out here in olympic park. One reason for the big crowd right now, u. S. Men claim olympic athletes of russia behind us. These are the people who could not get tickets. They got tickets to see us. Yes best ticket in town. Its free. Still to come in this half hour of today a really eye opening conversation i had with several south korean 20 somethings about their view of what it is like to have north korea at the games here in pyeongchang. There is so much to do here in pyeongchang. Especially when you take in the regions rich Natural Beauty. Ill give you a cool look of the fun to be had here. Spoiler alert. There are bats. You were in a cave . I didnt know there were bats in the cave until we were on the way out. Also, we are rolling up our sleeves and make a korean favorite. It is Fried Chicken. This is not the Fried Chicken you are used to and beer. First, lets bring in the most enthusiastic members of team usa. Adam rippon. He had quite a week in pyeongchang and incredible performance at the Olympic Games. Going home with the team bronze. Of a adam, good morning. Good morning. You are done. You get to celebrate. Im so excited to be here with you guys today. I actually came for the Fried Chicken. You are helping us with the cooking segment. Now you can have a drink now you are not competing. Now im not competing, i will do that. What is the week like for you . From the outside looking in, it would seem if you had the most fun of any olympic athlete. Is that an ak raccurate assessm . I would say i had the most fun of any human on the planet this week. I just had an anmazing time. The outpouring of support from the world and my friends Britney Spears and reese witherspoon. I love it. Everybody was talking about it. When you finish your performance today, we were all in tears. You were in tears and overjoyed. Six years ago, i didnt have a dollar to my name. I was living in my coachs basement. I worked my butt off every day. Ill work it out. Ill work really hard every day. I did that. This is like the celebration of all of that hard work. How are you able to let go of your nerves . I was telling you earlier, i had the flu and watching from my room. There is something relaxing watching you. I want it to play on repeat over and over again. It is i have a good dentist and thats all it is. Its tricks. It gives you the confidence. You told mike tirico you wanted a xanax and drink before each performance. I did. You didnt show that on the ice. Thats what i channel. You channel well. Thank you. Whats next for you . You are 28. Unfortunately in skating terms, that means, you know, elderly . Is that an overstatement . Im no nathan chen, but i dont know. Whats next . I think you will be with us at nbc and helping commentating. I could see us on the screen right now. Are you offering him a job . This looks like a pretty good fit. Natalie morales just said eyebrows on fleek. It is all about the eyebrows. You made our country proud this week. Thank you. Thank you. Great job. Adam rippon, everybody. Team hugs. Dylan, final check of the weather. Lets see what is going here in pyeongchang. Lets look at this week where temperatures are not going to get too cold. Look at the forecast along the coast. We will be in the 30s and 40s. Up in the mountains, wind doesnt look like it will be a factor until middle of the week. It doesnt look like it will be too bad. Wednesday i would say the worst day at 30 degrees. Other than that, it will be much better than it has been. Elsewhere across the u. S. , we are going to see the storm system produce rain down through tennessee and turns into a snowstorm for the northeast. Mostly later in the day saturday and into sunday morning. That will pull away. We could end up its cold in the bay area. 36 degrees right now in santa rosa. Napa, 37. Concord, 44. And check out oakland at 41 degrees. Through the south bay, san jose, 44. Palo alto, 38. And even though its cold now, believe it or not, were expecting even colder temperatures as we head into tomorrow. For today, the 24hour temperature change, not that big of a deal. About 2 degrees warmer in hayward. San jose, 3 degrees. And take a look at the temperature trend into the afternoon. And thats your latest forecast. Natalie, if we train him, he should read the tease. Go ahead. Dylan, thanks. You can keep going. Coming up next, dylan takes us on a tour of some of pyeongchangs adventurous spots. But first these messages. You nailed it. I get how light bladder leaks can impact life. So does poise®. From pads and liners that keep you comfortably protected, to impressa®, which helps stop leaks padfree. You have the freedom to own every moment. Get a free sample at poise. Com pain from chest congestion ycan make this. Dom when you have a cold,. Feel like this. Allinone cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the 1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. Tylenol®. 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There is so much more to see as i quickly found out. World class competition may be the main draw here these days, but visitors to pyeongchang quickly discovered this regions greatest asset is the natural beautiful. Hidden between the mountains, a treasure waiting to be discovered. Now this is the outfit i was looking forward to seeing. This is quite the adventure. This water is crystal clear. So this is the cave which means white dragon. Theres a bat on the door. Shortly after entering the cave, i realize this is not for the faint of heart. Tight is an understatement. Glad im small. Reporter the payoff is worth it. Its huge. How is this all created . Translator water discovered the rock tens of millions of years ago. Are there animals in the k s caves . Translator there are 50 million insects and bats. Bats . I dont know that. Translator come closer. Turns out we were surrounded. Lets get out of here. Lets go. Reporter next stop, pyeongchangs annual trout festival. What is special about trout and fishing in the area . Korean families enjoy fishing together. Ill go right down that hole. I see it. I see it. I feel like i fit in. I think i have something. Look. Hello, fish. That was so fast. Whats your secret . Im stealing techniques. I think i have one. What do i do . The first time i tried . Here it comes. Yay. I got one. Now what . I got dinner. Reporter we moved to the coast to the zip line. I am very nervous. Its a big drop. You sure this is enough . I dont even like bridges. I dont want to do it. Yay i did it. Yes took me a long time to go down that, but i want to say didnt you go ice fishing . A few weeks ago in minneapolis. How big was the fish you caught . That is the fish roker caught. Thats roker fish. You got skills. Mine was this big. Thats a bigger fish. Im willing to bet a handsome sum of money you did not catch that fish. I was out there for an hour. I caught that fish. I thought you were afraid of heights. It took me 45 minutes to go down. I was terrified. Coming up, my conversation with young South Koreans on what it means to them to have north korea at the winter games. But first this is today on nbc. At t has a network with thousands of bestinclass security experts. Which means. More of the eye balls you want watching the network. Less of the ones you dont. 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 thats the power of. Welcome back to pyeongchang. Where we are sitting, we are 50 miles from the border of north korea which has two dozen athletes. Participation is athletic and diplomatic. It was weeks ago that north korea decided to join the olympics. We wanted to know how South Koreans viewed their neighbors participation. Korea. A dramatic opening display. North and South Koreans walking side by side. Symbolism hard to ignore. Two countries and one flag and for a moment, peace. A change after decades long tension. Some younger South Koreans i met are skeptical. You prepare the dinner and put the table top on top and took credit for the meal we prepared. North korea did . Because it was so last minute. They just decided they wanted to come a month before. I sat down with park suyun and kim yungjun. All South Koreans in the 20s with the strong opinions about the neighbors to the north. A lot of korea members were rooted out because we had to put north korean team members in. And players on the ice to their cheerleaders in the stands. All eyes on north korea during the olympics. At times, a curious sight. For many here, an empty gesture. Promoting their dictator. The king. The emperor of north korea kim jong un. Even Media Coverage caring more about kim jong uns sister had for lunch and dinner and transporting from seoul and how much effort and what the south korean athletes or athletes in general put into it. South koreas Younger Generation is a politically active one. Last spring, they took to the streets that eventually ousted park hung hhae. This is all part of an effort to seek a diplomatic solution to the north Korean Nuclear crisis. Here as north and south competes together a together, the idea of one korea for many in the south is complicated. We try to achieve unification, it becomes a heavy burden to us. How do you view north koreans generally . We developed a different identity and affiliation. Because of that personally i dont feel connected. For su, she attended school in the United States, renewed hopes her country is not defined by the division. What do americans get wrong about this part of the workld . When they hear south korea or korea in general, are you scared . You think we overhyhype it . I dont think it affects the lives of the South Koreans on a daily nature like you assume. We are vibrant and energetic. Im proud of being one of the members of korea. They are also extremely proud of hosting the winter games. This was, of course, the third try for south korea. The young people i met were excited to have the world in their backyard. Fascinating conversation. Interesting to hear their perspectives. Coming up, look who will help us cook some Fried Chicken. Korean style. Adam rippon. Maybe he will be the next chef. Were making Fried Chicken and were making Fried Chicken and were making Fried Chicken and i can do more to lower my a1c. And i can do it with whats already within me. Because my body can still make its own insulin. And onceweekly trulicity activates my body to release it. Trulicity is not insulin. It comes in a onceweekly, truly easytouse pen. It works 24 7, and you dont have to see or handle a needle. 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If you need help lowering your a1c and blood sugar, activate your within. Ask your doctor about onceweekly trulicity. Fredget in, fred thing for his daughter. Even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. Fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain flings and that smell puts the giddy in giddy up. Thats because one gain flings pac has more freshness than a whole bottle of the other guy. Gain. Seriously good scent. This morning on today food we know kfc is kentucky Fried Chicken, but here it is korean Fried Chicken. We have austin who is the chef of the restaurant in seoul. We have adam rippon who is hungry. He is ready to sample. What do we need to know . Korean Fried Chicken is amazing. Best chicken i have had ever. Lets start. Whats this . Basically, we dont use batter. We use corn starch or potato starch. What are we adding in. Ginger. And salt. Little bit of salt. Pinch. Pinch of pepper. Mix it up. Adam has it in his eyes. And the corn starch miakes i lighter . And crispier. I never thought to make that. And fry it up. Thats it . Thats it. We use neutral oil. Vegetable oil. Really, really hot oil. Yeah. Got that going there. Once we fry it up, eight minutes at 160. It turns out like this. Very light. Very crispy. After you fry it, you let it sit. Let it sit. You fry it one more time. Why . It gets it crispier. And the secret is in the sauce. The sauce. The sauce. The secret gochigen. What . Gochigen. Fermented red pepper paste. This is a little spicy. It has a little kick to it. We will mix it together. This goes in the pan . Adam, you get in there. Make yourself useful. I sense a Cooking Channel show for you. Lets get this in. Can you put this in . Everything. This too . Yes. Dump it all in. Brown sugar. Red garlic. Can we get this at the regular grocery . Usually they sell it everywhere. You can go to your supermarket. You save these . Thats for the garnish. Look at you. That is the soy sauce . Right here. The vinegar. How long do we cook that . This is apple cider vinegar. You create a paste . Yes. Carmelizing. You have the sweet, savory and spicspicy. That will be delicious. This is here. It may be warm chicken, right . You want to try it. I have a feeling it will be cold Fried Chicken. Go ahead. There we go. Adam, you worked hard. Wait. Before you you put sesame seats on. I have been practicing. Go ahead. Ill take some as well. Great. Nice. There we go. Make it rain. Korean Fried Chicken is served with beer . Yes. Here are the beers. What beers . We have korean beer. That is delicious. We call this crihicken and beer. Congratulations. Thats your beer. Big cheers. Adam rippon. Tomorrow on sunday today, willie is sitting down with the backtoback Gold Medalist. She will open up about how winning gold has changed her life. This is delicious. I enjoyed having you here. Cheers my friend. Great being here. Enjoy your weekend. Coming up bay. A man suspected of homicide has a shootout with police overnight. We ll show you what led to his capture. Good morning. A man suspected of homicide has a shootout with police overnight. Well show what led to his capture. Also, well take you live to the Winter Olympics in south korea, where lindsey vonn made her comeback on the ski slopes, and a local ice skater tried to defy the odds. Plus, another dry and mild day in the bay area. Our vianey arana says wet weather is headed our way. Well let you know when. Thats coming up in just a few minutes. Who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. The time now is 6 59. Lets get you started this saturday with a look at the golden gate bridge. No fog in sight. Everything clear. Traffic wise. And its shaping up to be a beautiful if cooler day out there in the bay area. Good morning. Thank you so much for waking up with us this saturday. Im vicki nguyen in for kira klapper. Vianey arana has the microclimate. We talked about the roller coaster temperatures were seeing, but we are getting to seasonably cold february temps now. Yeah, today is the last day were going to see the 60s and 70s, and then we will bring back more february win her continue like temperatures. 44 degrees, the peninsula 42. The trivalue, a very cold 36. San francisco waking up to about 47 degrees. The east bay now, nice and chilly at about 41 degrees. Now, your temperature trend for today once again will be rather mild and fairly warm in some spots. So look at fremont. Fremont at about 2 00 will be maxing out, topping out into the upper 60s at about 69 degrees. If you notice in the icons, though, plenty of sunshine. So the sunshine isnt going anywhere for today. The highs will be into the 60s and upper 60s for san jose, 69. And near concord and antioch, also san jose, dont be surprised if we do end up hitting that 70degree mark. Today is going to be the last day for those mild, warmer conditions. Because this cold air blast is