a lot of national pride about the way these games have gone so far. they feel like they ve been successful and we are just a few days away from the closing ceremony on sunday. ari? indeed. msnbc s chris jansing, thank you as always for your reporting. reporter: sure. now i want to tell you a thing you might want to read today. it is from the economist, a report on new research that finds an economic benefit to regulations to combat climate change. researchers compared labor market results in counties that had cut air pollution under a 1970 law to counties that didn t. people in the counties with the regulations made about $4,000 more in income after you control for other variables. interesting piece of the economic puzzle. that is up on our facebook page. you can let us know what you think. head to facebook/jansing.
one fall on the triple axel. you see how difficult it is if you re just a normal viewer. also, of course, a big night for team usa women s hockey taking on rival canada for the gold. reporter: this isn t just a rivalry. i don t even know what the word is to describe the competitive spirit between the two of these teams. they don t like each other. let s start with that. there have only been four previous gold medals given out in women s hockey. usa won the first one, canada has won the next three, particularly a very heartbreaking loss for the americans four years ago in vancouver. and they have made it very clear that they re out for revenge. half of these players are actually in vancouver pop those who weren t on the team in vancouver have been talked to, told about it. this is a team that wants to win. this is going to be a very aggressive game tonight. and i think there is a lot at stake here between the usa and canada, ari. i think people are definitely pumped up for that. it
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way behind me. one more note about women s bobsled, ari. lolo jones, who there was some controversy about her coming in late in the game to be a pusher for usa sled number three, they came in 11th. but silver and bronze for team usa and bobsled. yeah, and just briefly, i know you ve been tweeting some of the photos and the reaction from the russians. how are they dealing with some of their team s losses? reporter: yeah. men s hockey, i mean, we talked about this a few days ago. this was really how they stake these games. these games are going to be successful by winning gold. they didn t even make it into the medal round. and we ve heard from some of the various team members. one of my favorite, and i felt terribly for him, the goalie said, i ve got empty inside pap lot of people have been talking act what the coach had to say, basically suggesting that he is going to be eaten alive as a result of this loss and that he wants to be i mean, they are devastated by this loss. however