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A memo written by the democrats on the House Intelligence Committee finally released. It depends the fbis Justice Department investigation about 40 trump adviser carter page. The president slamming the new memo as a total political and legal bust. Well get into that with chuck todd. Plus, students and teachers heading back to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for reorientation. A week and a half after a shooting killed 17 of this classmates and teachers. All of this as new reports shows several more sheriffs deputies remained outside the school as the gunman was on his deadly rampage. Well be live on the scene in parkland, florida, in just a moment. And later, well make a turn to our sunday sitdown with the oscars one week from today. We spent some time with best actress nominee Saoirse Ronan. Star of the movie lady bird. Born in the bronx and raised in ireland. And nominated for her First Academy award back when he was just 13. Made a name for herself in hollywood, even though its a difficult one to pronounce. It ranges from shesa rownan. Saoirse ronan shelli . Yeah. A one sunday sitdown with Saoirse Ronan later in the show. Lets begin with the release of the memo from democrats and House Republicans making the case that the fbi did not abuse its power when it conducted the surveillance of carter page. President trump speaks out overnight saying the finger should be pointed at president obama. Nbcs White House Correspondent Kelly Odonnell at the white house for us this morning. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, willie, the battle of partisan memos at the white house of the Russian Investigation took an unexpected turn late saturday. The president had used his authority to declassify the democrats memo then he quickly criticized it. But he also went a step further turning his attention to barack obama. President trump made sure the democrats newly unclassified Russian Investigation memo would not soak up all of the media attention. He called fox news late saturday and blamed russian interference on his predecessor. Obama was the president during all of this meddling or whatever you want to call it with russians and others possibly. But obama was the president. Hes the one that was supposed to take care of this. And he didnt. Reporter while President Trump did acknowledge election interference happened, he insisted he did nothing wrong. I had no phone calls. I had no meetings, no nothing. There is no collusion. Reporter his comments came just hours after the democrats rebuttal was made public challenging gop allegations of government abuse. Of the secret foreign Intelligence Surveillance court. Our memo gives more of the complete facts. Reporter the tenpage heavily redacted memo is a direct rebuttal to House Republicans allegations of partisan bias. When the Justice Department asked a fisa court to authorize surveillance on a former Trump Campaign aide carter page. Their trying to put the fbi on trial and indirectly put bob mueller on trial. Reporter democrats contend that the officials accurately told fisa court that Christopher Steele was hired by politically motivated u. S. Persons. And his dossier was intended to discredit trumps campaign. The president pounced. Fbi did not disclose who the clients were. The Clinton Campaign and the dnc. Wow. He denounced the democrats memo as a total political and legal bust, yet repeatedly told fox news this. With all is that being said, we have to come together as a nation. Reporter the president said that coming together idea a few different times in the context of moving past the russia investigation. And weve seen seeo much activi of late from the special counsel, its unclear when the country will be moving past it. But thats the president wants to go. Willie. Kelly odonnell, thanks. It will be another emotional day in parkland, florida, when students return to the school for the First Time Since the horrific mass shooting on valentines day. Learned share rivers deputies apparently remained outside the school while the gunman was shooting inside. Nbcs Maya Rodriguez is in parkland. Good morning. Reporter good morning, willie. Theyre calling it an orientation, trying to put students and parents at ease before classes start up again on wednesday, just two weeks after the shooting. Today, tentative steps towards a familiar routine. Im going to be with my family again. My high school family. Reporter freshman madison mersky, one of the several Stoneman Douglas students preparing to return to school. A little scared and without her best friend. One of 17 killed. Its been really hard for me. I lost my best friend last night. I just take it day by day. Reporter the Broward County School District tried to prepared students and their parents with a sunday orientation. Returning to School Without the pressure of having to go to class. Im not prepared to go back to school on wednesday. I dont know if anyones prepared. Reporter but new questions about the response to the shooting. Law enforcement sources tell nbc news several sheriffs deputies remained outside the freshman building where most of the shooting took place. It is not known why. The Sheriffs Office say police are making that claim and they are investigating. Nbc news clint van dant said previous Mass Shootings have taught hard lawsuits. Standard protocol across the country for Law Enforcement is if theres an active shooter in the school, its your job to go in and stop that person from killing. Reporter after the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas. Students are hoping its Strong Enough to return. Its been difficult. We all have to grow up a lot in the past week. Reporter there will be counselors on hand today here at the high school. This happening on the same day that the last shooting victim will be laid to rest. Willie. Thats going to be a difficult day. Maya rodriguez in parkland florida. Thanks so much. Chuck todd is nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press. Chuck, great to see you. The topic will be whether or not guns are any different and how this man got access to an ar15. I do want to ask you about Law Enforcement here. There were so many red flags, staggering how many warnings from this 19yearold in the last couple of years. Then the failure on the day by at least one sheriffs deputy go into the school. Its maddening. Its infuriating when you think this could have been prevented and 17 lives could have been saved . No, and i think it shows the gaps in so many of our laws from the Mental Health aspects of how do you deal with somebody who you know has Mental Health problems. What legal requirements do you have, what can you do there. But it also to me exposes the massive gap in the background system. There is no law right now, willie, that requires all of that information that was learned about nikolas cruz, all of the different tips. And none of that information was mandated to be put into the background check system. Right. Right. So, it exposes to me a lot of gaps there. And i think its interesting, the more failures that we find out about Law Enforcement, i think youre going to have people digging their heels on sort of two responses to that aspect. For some, its going to reinforce the need to have the become ground check system reinforced perhaps to lengthen the period of time it takes to get guns. And others that you cant trust Law Enforcement. So, i think in an odd way, its going to reinforce the arguments for folks on both sides of this debate. And background checks are part of the conversation, that youll be talking. Weve seen pressure on businesses like hertz, united, best western hotels have broken ties with the nra, or at least waived their discounts for nra members. These students have been incredibly effective and active and visible throughout this. But it does seem so far that the action is at the state level. Governor rick scott coming out with a list of suggestions, new laws put in place. The truth is, people said after sandy hook nothing changed. Well in the state of connecticut things did change. So is the state level maybe where the action is . Perhaps, although im skeptical that governor scotts reforms can pass the florida legislature. As its currently constructed right now. And the nra is opposed to essentially every one of this ideas he proposed on friday. And theyre actively calling their florida representatives to call their state representatives and senators to oppose governor scotts plan. So, well see what happens there. I can tell you this, i do think the boycotts and the success of them exposed how poorly the nra has handled their politics in all of this. Theyve shown very little empathy here. And i think thats what made it easy for the boycotts to succeed. Chuck, well be watching later this morning. Much more on the gun debate and whether parkland will spark change. On meet the press, republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania and democrat amy cl klobuchar. And officials saying a blockade would be an active war. President trump posed new sanctions targets the countrys shipping and trading activities. Members of high half 11 delegation attending todays olympic closing ceremony with new reports that the north may be open to talks with the United States. That closing ceremony takes place this morning. It was a dazzling spectacle to win the winter olympics. Events wrapped up on saturday with United States finishing in ninth place on the bobsled. And the shibsibs took to the size again during their bronze with the figure skating gala. See van ka trump as you see there has been there all weekend leading the delegation on team usa. Nbc choke to the pleds daughter exclusively. We have so much as a country we can learn from these incredible athletes. Spirit and unity and tenacity and grit. And sportswomenship. Im going to go with. So, really, they represent the best of american spirit. You can hear much more of nbcs interview with ivanka trump tonight on nightly news. And one final medal count. Norway dominated the winter games ending with 39 medals setting a new olympic record with that number. Germany, 31. Canada, 29. And United States in the top four with 23 medals at these games. And at least four premium have been killed after violent storms rolled through the midsouth this weekend. At least one of those deaths being blamed on a possible tornado in kentucky downed trees and power problems persist this morning. Meanwhile in the south and midwest, nonstop rain has caused severe flooding. Dylan, like me, back from south korea, with more on that wild weather. Good to see you on u. S. Soil. I know, you as well. Well refreshed, too, right . Yes. We did have very strong storms move through yesterday. There was this cold front that moved through parts of like arkansas and kentucky and tennessee. And as these storms moved eastward we did see that a severe line of storms produced four tornadoes and 60 reports of wind reports out of the storm system. So, as we go through the day today, this cold front will dont move eastward. You can see heavy rain extends right down to houston. We also have a wintry mix across central and northern new england. Where we will see perhaps icing in parts of massachusetts. And then New Hampshire and vermont, a few inches of snow. Roads will be dangerous in san jose is waking up to 40 degrees, but were still seeing some freezing temperatures in areas near the north bay, like napa at 29 degrees, santa rosa 36, morgan hill 38. Were slightly warmer than we were yesterday at this hour, but we can expect to see an increase in cloud cover into the afternoon. Were tracking an incoming storm system that could be bringing some rain as early as tonight into the start of your monday morning temperatures will remain in the mid 50s. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, straight ahead. The highs and lows of the week including a dramatic flagwaving win for the americans hockey game that always seems to stand in the way 6 the gold medal. And the story of an americanborn skier from hungary who achieved her dream. Plus, reports from our travels in south korea where they designed a giant robot that may soon impact all of our lives. So, are we going to see robots just up and down the sidewalk like this in the future . In a years time, i wouldnt be surprised. Actually id be surprised if they werent here. Its all coming up on sunday today. As we head to break, our photo of the week, u. S. Skiers young son joining him oh, manatees. Aka the sea cow oh theres one. Manatees in novelty ts . Surprising. Whats come at me bro . Its something you say to a friend. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. but hes got work to do. With a sore back. So he took aleve this morning. If hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Tylenol cant do that. Aleve. All day strong. All day long. And for pain relief and a good nights rest, try aleve pm for a better am. My gums are irritated. I dont have to worry about that, do i . Actually, you do. 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My brain is not firing on all cylinders. We get an excused brain absence. Our first high goes to a series of highs for team usa in the olympics. We have a little jet lag from our trip back from south korea. When people ask, where were you when the american mens curling team shocked the world to win gold . I will say, sitting in my bed watching on my phone. Thats the truth. With the king of sweden and ivanka trump in the building, team usa won its first gold medal in curling. Get that man some endorsement deals. The best part of the win is that mr. T called the team before the match and gave the guys a pep talk. Diddy tweeting his support. Big curling man. Its called the miracurl on ice. You are not buying that one. In the form of a wild gold medal shootout win for the womens hockey team over canada. The canadians won the last four, three by defeating the u. S. The team of randall and diggins won the United States its first gold in crosscountry skiing. They stunned norway and sweden by winning the womens team sprint. As they collapsed to the ground after crossing the finish line, diggins said, did we just win the olympics . Yes, jessie, yes, you did. A slow start week one for team usa. That second week was awesome. I love the stories, because theyre not big names you hear about. And then they come in with the clutch gold at the end. It was fun over there. It was an experience. And the flu. The fascinating, mysterious case of the american born skier competing for hungary. Shes not great at skiing. Such form. Thats exactly what you or i would do in the olympic halfpipe. Always putting safety first. Shes a 33yearold from california who competed for hungary because her grandparents are from that country. Her qualification, a complicated story. Its a combination of limitations on the number of athletes other countries can send, injuries to some other skiers and her strategy of competing at events with low participation so she earned enough top 30 finishes to qualify. It goes without saying, she finished the competition in a distant last place. I noticed you said thats how you and i would do that. You could do that. I would slide down on my butt. Can you get up on two skis . Yes. But she skied backwards. I couldnt do that. You could be an olympic athlete. Our next high to the oklahoma girl who deserves a gold medal in figure skating for her performance this week on the driveway. This is viral star Alexis Johnson trying to get the family trash can back up to the house from the street on an icy day. As you can see in the security video, her big sister had no problem. For alexis, the journey was just beginning. She just couldnt get any traction out there. Sliding in place for several minutes. She suffers a mandatory twopoint deduction whether she goes down. Hops back to her feet, eventually makes it up the driveway. She was fine. By the way, this happened on her 11th birthday. Happy birthday, alexis. I like how big sister, as big sisters will, sat back and watched. No problem. Was there traction on the sneakers . Maybe it was a shoe situation. Have to look at that. Alexis reminded us of another icy driveway of this winter. Remember this guy trying to get out to the car . Going for a ride all the way down to the mailbox. Just mission the mailbox. He was fine. Our final low goes to a new low in air travel. Thats saying something. If you think you have seen it all, try these tightie whities. Drying a pair of underwear on the overhead air vent. The woman held the damp drawers up to the air for a full 20 minutes. To make sure they were good and dry after an unknown underwear emergency. My guess here this is me giving her the benefit of a doubt, maybe theres a kid with her. Thats what i was thinking. Cant we throw that into a ziplok and take care of it later. We will not excuse that behavior. A sunday sitdown with saorse ronan. The koreanborn New York Times photographer whose job at the olympics stirred the emotions of a family torn apart by an old war on the peninsula. Head to facebook for a chat with me and dylan in two minutes. If youre anything like, your todo list just keeps growing. laughs desperately it never stops. Which is why the online financing application at carmax. Com is so convenient. Get some of that finance stuff out of the way from wherever you are, at the doctors office, karate practice or my favorite. Back at the doctors office. Knowing before you go means more quality time sewing a costume for the school play that is not going to look anything like a frog. Just a little headsup, mrs. Davis. Ha ha ha, yay kids bay bridge from emeryville good morning, it is 6 26 this sunday. Thank you so much for waking up with us. A live look outside at the bay bridge from our camera in emeryville, lights twinkling nicely this morning. No real cloud cover or fog to speak of. Thank you for being with us this sunday, im Vinnie Nguyen alongside screen nay with a look at that microclimate forecast. The good knew is you think were going to be warmer today than yesterday. A little warmer. A little warm6 about 3 to 4 warmer in some spots but right now still waking up to some 30s, 20s and 40s. Really its kind of like a wide range from the 20s to the 40s. 37 degrees in wood side and look at the rest of the bay area. Its 40 degrees in san jose but then when you look at napa its 29 degrees and San Francisco is 42. So really were definitely still feeling some of that chill, however, we are expecting a nice climb into the mid 50s, upper 50s in some zones and even some 60s. Another thing were going to start to see is an increase in cloud cover as we get to track that rain. I will talk about the timeline, is it going to get here in time for your monday morning commute. Well, you are going to have to tune in at 7 00 to find out. Just in time to mess up that commute. Thank you, vianey. We are following developing news in the east bay. In a rare move oakland mayor libby schaaf is warning undocumented immigrants that i. C. E. Plans to conduct an Enforcement Effort in the bay area in the next 24 hours. Mayor schaaf says she got the information from multiple credible sources about this impending i. C. E. Raid. She said shes sharing the tip publicly to protect immigrant families. Last night mayor schaaf released this notice sounding the alarm saying she believes it is her duty to give law abiding immigrant families fair warning when a threat appears immigrant. For dont open your door unless they have a warrant that is in your name. Remain silent and claim your right to contact a Family Member or your attorney. The warning from mayor schaaf comes as i. C. E. Agents have stepped up enforcement this year. Earlier this month i. C. E. Agents went after 77 businesses in Northern California in a n oe  nn workers. Firefighters are mfa taco bell rs are went up in flames yesterday morning at the fremont hub shopping center. The fire started just before 6 30. The restaurant was closed at the time so no one was 8ahurt. From spreading to nearby businesses. It was not the only incident at the fremont hub. A disturbing attack at a party supply store. Fremont police say a man sexual assaulted two women at this party city store saturday morning. It happened just before 9 00. Police say before the store opened a man with a gun went inside and held two women at gunpoint. He sexual assaulted them and then ran away. The women called police but the attacker is still on the loose. Coming up this morning on today in the bay, the Olympic Games wrapping up tonight with the closer ceremony. We will take you live to pyeongchang and check in with jay gray one final time. That plus we will have all of your top stories and of course vianey will be back with a look at our rain chances. Thats all coming up at 7 00. For now we will send you back to the today show with willie geist. I want to go where culture is. Were in connecticut. Or New Hampshire. Get into those schools anyway. Mom. You wouldnt let me pass it. Or the way that you dont work, youre not even worth state tuition christie . My name is lady bird. Actually, its not, its ridiculous. Call me lady bird. That is oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan starring in the movie lady bird nominated for best picture and next Sundays Academy awards. Ronan has been nominated for three oscars tying her with Jennifer Lawrence as the youngest actress ever to own that distinction. Her latest nomination is her lead role in lady bird thats been a darling of critics and favorite of audiences. Its nominated for five oscars. Ronans real life story isnt bad either. Born in america, raised in ireland. And alist stardom. Saoirse and i got together here at the palm hotel at the famed palm court for a sunday sitdown. I think your drink is ready. My drinks. Reporter Saoirse Ronan is a name to remember, even if youre not quite sure how to pronounce it. It ranges from sheshar rownan. Shelli. Shelli . Yeah. And then i went back and i saw shelli ronan, and i was like, thats me. That was going to be me. Lady bird is that your given name . Yeah. Why is it in get quotes . I gave it to myself. Its given to me by me. Reporter the 23yearold actress stars in the lady bird its a bittersweet story of a sacramento teen with a case of wonder lust. I think it came out just at the right time. We could have been star and Strong Female protagonists forever. Youre so infuriating. And stop yelling. Im not yelling. Perfect. Love it. Reporter at the heart of the film is lady birds complicated relationship with her mother played with laurie metcalf. I want you to be the very best version of yourself. Mom, this is the best version. Reporter did you have with your mom that push and pull . No. The loving push and pull. You didnt have that . We did. We had just pull. We have really a very, very special relationship. Shes always had a lot of respect for me. Shes given that respect as like a lesson meant that i gave that to her in turn. So, were always had a really great parent relationship. Reporter last month, saoirse thanked her mom while accepting a golden globe. Thank you, my mom is on facetime on someones phone, so, hi. Your mom loves lady bird . She loved it so much. Reporter dont let the accent fool you. Saoirse was born in the bronx to irish expats. When saoirse was 3, they moved back to ireland so she could grow up close to her family. When you went back to ireland, at what point did you pick up acting . Maybe 6 or 7, my dad was in a short film and they needed a kid to be in it. Hes like, can youer wi, will y it . And i remember on the set, he was talking. And i remember saying, shh, quiet, everyone on the set. I know the discipline of it. You sound like someone who might want to be a director . Yeah, ive always wanted to. I thought a while back, i loved acting. I got the cam card out. And i loved bringing all of this together to make one thing. Reporter saoirse landed small roles in Irish Television dramas before returning to america at the age of 11 for her 2007 hollywood debut acting alongside Michelle Pfeiffer in i could never be your woman. Youre a woman. Let the games begin. Reporter that same year, she landed her breakthrough role in atonement. The part earned saoirse her First Academy award nomination at 13 years old. It was like a summer camp. That was definitely when i thought, this is what i want to do, you know. I knew i cared. This is what i really believed, you know. Reporter hollywood kept calling, saoirse soon starred in films the lovely bones, canada, and budapest hotel. And then came the character it seems she was born to play. A young irish immigrant trying to find her way to america in the 2015 film britain for saoirse, the role was personal. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, id say i love you, too. Reporter and it earned her a second oscar nomination. When that script ended did you say, my gosh, this is my family, my life . Yeah, even just thinking about it i got quite emotional because there was so much of my parents and my country and new york that was in it. And all of these things that are like personal to me. And knowing that it was going to mean so much to immigrants. At the time, i only believed ireland. But when it came out to see the response in everyone, whether it was people who had left home or people in longdistance relationships even, everyone sort of could tap into this. Reporter it was during the press tour for brooklyn thatter that saoirse met greta gerwin. I remember skype. And we shared our love for each other. I love you, but i love you. And weve never met. This is weird. Reporter after production for lady bird wrapped last year, superstardom rose even higher when sheard d sheeran asked her appear in a video. And then saturday night live. Its actually saoirse. Sushi . Up next, a big actress in a small movie that has left an impression. I honestly thought that my teenage self has been seen and somebody else gets it. So thats really incredible to be a part of. Lady bird is in theaters now and the 90th Academy Awards where saoirse is nominated next week for best actress, saoirses date, who else, her mom. Check out the extras at today. Com sunday. And next week, were thrilled to say a sunday sitdown with black panther himself. Chadwick boseman. The star of the worldwide blockbuster that has everybody talking during the rise of his superdom. Dylan is back. I bet you wouldnt think i was going to get a saved by the bell. Im going to look that up. Lets take a look at what were going to see this week. The rain that weve been seeing all week long is going to finally exit. As we get to the middle of the week another round of heavy rain moves into parts of texas and arkansas and tennessee as well so that could contribute to more flooding. And by the end of the morning, but we are also still feeling those cold temperatures out there. 29 degrees in napa right now, oakland 36, hayward 37, san jose at 40 degrees and we can expect to see mostly dry conditions for today, the temperatures trend does show a nice climb into the mid 50s for San Francisco and we will be slightly warmer in some spots even hitting the 60 degree mark. As we head later into tonight we are tracking a cold front with an increase in cold cover and rain. I know its saved by the bell become look up the web extra. I was going to look up the reference saved by the bell. Lisa going crazy with that. I had a whole dance. Do you really . Next on sunday today, athletes have been the story in south korea over the last weeks, of course. But new robots being developed there may leave a more Lasting Impact on the world. Well give you a behi heres to first dates you look amazing. And you look amazingly comfortable. When your vneck looks more like a uneck. , thats when you know, its halfwashed, add downy to keep your collars from stretching, unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. So next time dont halfwash it. Downy and its done. Proud partner of the olympic winter games. For her compassion and care. He spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. But to help others, they first had to protect themselves. I have afib. Even for a nurse, its complicated. And it puts me at higher risk of stroke. That would be devastating. 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In our sunday spotlight, nbcs keir simmons takes a look at south koreas biggest project coming soon to america. Reporter one of the most advanced tech nations on the planet, south korea is often home to the very latest gadgetry. Virtual reality, face recognition technology. Here i am. Smart homes, smart robots. Like these cute little guys. And then theres this. Meet method ii. 30 feet tall, weighing in at 1. 5 tons and worth 8. 5 million. Hes powerful. So powerful that for safety, scientist has to limit his strength. Translator if the robot is much stronger than humans, people feel threatened. Reporter its the creation of this man who dreamt about building robots as a kid. And today, 100 million later that dream came true. Translator we wanted to make a tool that helps humans. Reporter they go into hazardous environments like Nuclear Disaster zones. This metal giant. Wish me luck. Is also the worlds first manned bipedal robot, that means you can drive it. Whoa, whoa, whoa. More on that later. What about something more my size . The robot carrying the olympic torch is ubo. Like climb out of vehicles, open doors and walk upstairs. So clever he won the worlds top robot prize in 2015. He can even navigate difficult terrain. Then hes going to take the next step . Right, exactly. Reporter thats amazing. Yeah, yeah. Caller youre usi reporter youre using ai . Artificial intelligence. Reporter robots like this might replace technology or construction. How long before a construction worker or emergency worker is replaced . I would think it would take five to ten years. Reporter and that worries a lot of people. So, are we going to see robots just up and down the sidewalk like this in the future . In years time, i wouldnt be surprised. Actually, id be surprised if they werent here. Koreans are very competitive, if they think they can advance Technology Faster than any other country they will do it. Reporter south korea has the highest robot density in the world. There are robot guides at the airport. And even robot fish. And during the olympics, robot skiers competed in their own get condition. Not surprising then that south korea is the first country in the world to introduce a robot tax. Back at the method ii lab, its the human thats in charge of the machine. Me. Makes me a bit nervous. A sense of power, its awesome. Right now, there are limitations with robot technology. Method ii is still taking baby steps. For safety. And ubo does everything very, very slowly. A future dominated by robots may be a long way off. Bye. But one day, well be needing a lot more of these marvelous macromachines. For sunday today, keir simmons, pyeongchang, south korea. That is utterly terrifying, keir simmons, thank you very much. Flex on next on sunday tod korean born photographer curving the mrishgs olympics is moved t in a place that holds memories. I cried. Tears, i cried in my heart. It was so touching. It was so touching. And later, a life well we are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. From scandalous romance, to ridiculous plot twists. gasping son . Dad we also know you can avoid drama by getting an annual checkup. So were partnering with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. Go, know, and take control of your health. It could save your life. Doctor poses dad cigna. Together, all the way. Todays closing ceremony at the loowlympic winter games was book end that saw north and south korean athletes marching together. It brought some to tears recalling the pain of a country torn in half generations ago. Yes reporter loolympic athletes train for years to compete for minutes and be immortalized for what happens in a split second. Such moments are captured by this photographer for the New York Times. Winnie the pooh. This is the picture he snapped when they rained down after hanyus skate. How did he get the shot . Its on the catwalk. Reporter by placing remote cameras above the ice and clicking at just the right moment. What do you like about figure skating . You can tell how much they want it, how much they want to show how much they are into it. Every move, every even fingertips, its so beautiful, the moments. Reporter its not just figure skating. He is shooting all kinds of l m olympic sports, the athletes and the spectators. This is one of my favorite pictures. Its probably the best bobsleigh picture i seen that doesnt have a bobsleigh in it. Im not taking picture of the sports. Im taking picture of the humans and people interest and the life. Reporter this is his eighth olympics and perhaps his most meani meaningful. He was born and raised in south korea before moving to the United States. He recalls delivering pizza in new jersey when the 88 games were happening in seoul. When i delivered the pizza, they were watching olympics. I was not. I promised myself that one day i will come to the olympics. Reporter he kept that promise. Now he is here in his home country where during the Opening Ceremony he watched athletes from south and north korea march together. How did you respond to that . I cry. I didnt tear down but i cried in my heart. It was so touching. Just to be able to witness them together. Reporter one of his favorite pictures shows leaders from both sides together in the stands. While they were talking, he start to laugh really happy moment. I couldnt believe that. Reporter walking away from these olympics, what do you take away . Rather than taking away, i leave my heart here. Reporter he will leave his heart but keep the treasured memories captured through his lens. Thank you very much. This week we highlight another life well lived. President Franklin Roosevelt called it a date which will live in infamy. For most of us the attack on pearl harbor is a dark chapter in a history book. For a select group of sailors it was the worst day of their lives. Jim downing was one of them. Had been the attacks second oldest survivor. He was a postmaster. On the morning of december 7, he was offed ship and on shore when the japanese attack began. The ship was on fire and sinking as he rush eed on board to help. He doused storage lockers to prevent further explosions. Its what he did next for which history will remember him. He hurried to memorize the names and last words of dieing men as many as he could. He later wrote letters to the families of those sailors sharing their messages and assuring the families their sons, brothers and husbands died as heroes. Downing later commanded a supply ship in the korean war before retiring in 1956 from the navy he had joined at 19. He later was a founder and face of the navigator, a worldwide christian ministry. Lieutenant jim downing who witnessed one of americas darkest days and preserved the memories of the fallen died last week at home in colorado springs. He was 104 years old. its league night . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Bowl without me. Frank. im going to get nachos. Snack bars closed. Gah ah, ah ah. Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Theres a Common Thread i see every time im in the field. While this was burning, you were saving other homes. Neighbors helping neighbors and strangers alike. This is what americas about. Sometimes its nice to see all the good thats out there. Bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. We close t we close with a look at whats next. On wednesday, the extraordinary students of the high school in florida. The building where the shooting took place will be closed. The Academy Awards will be held next sunday. The shape of water leads the way with 13 nominations and is considered the favorite for best picture. Watch the closing ceremony of the loOlympic Games tonight 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Thanks for spending the morning with us. A special thanks to our live studio audience. You were quiet but i felt your enthusiasm. One, two, three. I felt your love all morning. We will see you back here next week, including all three of you. Take a live look outside tran good morning, it is 7 00 this february 25th, 2018. Its sunday, take a live look outside, thats the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. Thank you so much for waking up with us this morning. Im vicky nguyen, vianey arana is here with a look at that microclimate forecast and the good news, were going to get a few degrees warmer than we did yesterday, because it was chilly yesterday. It was very cold, we even had freeze warnings in place in some interior valleys. This morning weve got that dew point running about 15 degrees warmer. Thats whats keeping us milder in some spots but despite not being in the freezing temp zone we are still in the 30s in the south bay, the peninsula 39, the trivalley a very cold 41 and the north bay 34 degrees,an