Well hear from them. And hockey heroes with the win heard round the world. Team usas dramatic shootout over the russians. Goal team usa wins. And you were lucky enough to be there. Two of the teams biggest stars are here live today, monday, february 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from olympic park in sochi, russia. Take a look at that shot from the biathalon center. Here in sochi, the temperatures and fog will accompany some. Here is a live shot of the same area of rosa khutor in the mountains. As you can see, you cant see much. Good morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. I dont have nails now. We have two stars of the game. T. J. Oshie and Jonathan Quick here live this morning. We all went there and we were out numbered by russians, 2001. That foosball game is in sudden death overtime as well. Meantime, bode miller is in the recor
Congress. We start this morning with president obama yesterday at fort hood at the Memorial Service there following the mass shooting last week. We want to hear from veterans role is the what government playing in your postwar transition . Ears is how we will divide the lines. Iraqi and afghanistan vets, call us at 20258538 80. Veterans of other wars, 2025853881. Conversationthis at facebook. Com cspan. Heres what president obama had to say yesterday in fort hood, talking about the countrys returning veterans. [video clip] we must honor the men by keeping our troops safe, not an open battle but here as well. We can never eliminate every risk, but as a nation, we can do more. To help counsel those with , to keepalth issues firearms out of the hands of those who are having such deep difficulties. Muste military, we do everything we can to spare others this pain. By doingonor these men more to care for our fellow americans living with until illness, civilian and military. Today four ameri
Resuming debate we left off yesterday. Let me try and give a summary of what this is all about. This is all about getting our fiscal house in order. This is all about prioritizing hardworking taxpayer dollars. This is all about doing in our generation what we need to do to make sure the next generation has a secure future, a debtfree future. So thats why we are bringing a budget to the floor and thats why we are making those difficult decision, and thats why we are advocating for these important reforms. In much of the 20th century, a lot of programs were created. A lot of laudable goals were established. But now in the 21st century, i think we have learned a thing or two about how we can better accomplish and abelieve some of these goals such as Retirement Security. Because the way these programs were designed nearly a generation ago, they are now going into bankruptcy in this generation. And if we allow that to happen, then we will pull out from underneath those who depend on these p
Hard over the last two years. So there will be significant challenges of not going forward. The a10 sole usefulness is being of close support, discounting capabilities in Forward Air Control roles. While there are without question other assets that can perform the cas mission, none can do so with the same maneuverability of the a10. Could you give us your sense from an Army Perspective as whether or not the air forces decision to stand down the entire a10 fleet is in the best interest of the National Security . So as we talk to our sell jo soldiers, they will tell you that they support and have been getting great support from the a10 aircraft. A lot of it has to do with the visual deterrence that it provides lowflying visible both to us and the enemy itself and the exacts that it has. So the a10 is a great host air support aircraft. The Close Air Support aircraft. However, as weve done in afghanistan, there is an amount of missions being followed by other platforms such as the f15s and
There are new fears today that russia may be planning an invasion of ukraine where tensions raise in protests and protests have seized government buildings there. Jeffrey posted satellite images on twitter saying they are proof of a build up near the ukrainian border. Reporter the government in kiev says that they do have intelligence that is agent provocateurs who are orchestrating these up risings. They have made arrests of russian citizens inside their territories who have plans to further destabilize the situation. This goes in line with what is going out of the United States government. Speaking in front of the commission for security in corporation for europe said that there is little doubt moscow is behind the disruptions. The evident is overwhelming that this was a very carefully orchestrated well planned, well targeted, well coordinated effort. I dont think that we have any doubt that the preponderance of evidence indicates that here. Secretary kerry and foreign minister lavro