Else as we reveal some of the secrets of the opening ceremonies. Who will light the cauldron . Now just hours away. Good morning, america from russia. Came crashing in good morning, america. The games are up and running even before the opening ceremonies and what a night of firsts. So many new events we havent seen before. Lets everybody take a look at slopestyle. This has never been at the olympics before. You see these look at those guys fly. Up to 25 miles an hour. So beautiful. And Team Figure Skating, yes, i said Team Figure Skating kicked off for the first time both men and womens teams you see all competing together for a group gold medal. Russia in the lead right now. All right, the home folks have something to cheer right now. Also, of course, it is the biggest winter games ever. Almost 3,000 athletes competing from almost 90 countries. Thats awesome and 90 is it 98 events . Amazing, 98 events, cannot wait for womens figure skating to start. Robin, i dont know about you. Im ri
South korea are accusing the crew and captain of murder as they go on trial. Plus. Im phil in london on the hunt for art. There is a big exhibition heading this way and this is roughly what its going to look like, find out why, later. Welcome to the program, iraqi rebel fighters have taken control of all of the Northern Province according to the speaker of parliament. Government buildings have been seized and the provinces largest city of mozel of 2 1 2 thousand prisoners freed there and we have the latest in baghdad and this is a startling admission by the speaker of the house and deeply embarrassing for the government. Reporter that is absolutely right, the man who is president of iraq was very critical and said the iraqi army simply disbanded and abandoned their positions when the fighters came into mozel and the iraqi army simply couldnt do their job properly, willing to do their job properly in the face of what was going on. Now, its interesting, his brother is the governor of moz
The worst. Jennifer donelan is live in northeast washington with an important detail to try to prevent flooding. Yesterday we saw a lot of apathy. Today, a lot more concerned. This time of year, this is the major problem. We have leaves all over the place and we have storm drains and these leaves in the storm drains mean we will have clogged drains. In college park, pepco crews were ahead of what may or may not be a power blowout from Hurricane Sandy. I am very concerned about it. Pepcos presents down the street was welcome. I am concerned for the children. Pepco said it had already begun preparations ahead of sandys arrival. 400 outside contractors are already in the region trying to improve reliability. Pepco said they are adding to their personal in case theyre needed. And the extra workers will be on duty this weekend. Frustrating flooding such a massive problem this summer, d. C. Water sent a number of crews today to check the source system. They also hit trouble spots in every cl
New week after your holiday weekend. And it begins with a new stretch of storms from nebraska to maine, targeting 65 million people. At least a dozen tornadoes already deployed against iowa yesterday with a kind of savage beauty. Bold lightning strikes in wyoming from the clouds overhead to the city below. And at this hour, a new build yum of storm cells on the way, as abcs linsey davis starts us off, right now. Reporter no rest for the weather weary. Watch as this tornado thrashes across an iowa field, as another round of Severe Weather invades the state. Theres like a whole tree up there reporter even the storm chaser who captured this twister admits he was caught offguard. If i hadnt been there and see it with my own eyes, i would have thought that it would have been a fairly strange event, just because the storms werent expected to be that large. Reporter 13 reported tornadoes in central iowa yesterday alone. Like the one that literally turned mary nielsens life upside down in a ma
Against humanity. And four men are convicted for the gang rape and murder that caused nationwide protest. Coming up the race is on to be president of the international liolympic committ would the world record holder in pole vault make the leap to the top spot. Syria is supporting a russiabacked proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control. Rebels have called the Initiative Lies of the regime and just to buy time. Barnaby phillips is in moscow for us, james bays is at the un, kimberly is in washington, d. C. , and omar is here the turkish border. But first this report. Reporter as countries cue up to endorse a plan to place chemical weapons under international control, the immediate threat of u. S. Strikes is subsiding. A solution, perhaps, which would allow syria to take off of its weapons and put it under inernational control. Have you had a conversation with president putin about that . I have. And my intentions out there this process has been to ensure that the