Mother made him do it. And an ice skating shocker. The 15yearold phenom falls as americas women are in the hunt for medals and the u. S. Mens hockey team makes quick work of the czech republic. Next up, o canada. And the bobsled bonanza. Two u. S. Teams medal in the same event as we say good morning, america. We do say good morning, america. Great to have josh here by my side. George is off today. Ryan smith coming in off the bench. Oh. Thank you very much. Youre not scared. No, josh taught me everything i know. Now were scared. Hey, you know, today is a big day for the american women in the hunt for figure skating medals over there in sochi. Big chills and spills there on the ice, all three Americans Still in contention. Yeah, a tough day for the mother country yesterday. Also, more gold this morning. If thats how you want it, one Winning Ticket sold in the 400 million plus powerball lottery. Numbers drawn wednesday night, 1, 17, 35, 49, 54 and the powerball, 34. Oh, so close. Someone
Yay hes with us live. And ladies night, the glamour event of the game. Figure skaters from the u. S. And around the world begin their quest to become queen of the olympic ice today, wednesday, february 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning here in sochis olympic park. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Now ted shred ligety with a great historymaking performance. Thats right. A lot of expectations on him coming into these games he might leave with a gold medal. Check that box. Its happened first time an american male has won the giant slalom. Congratulations to him. We have a lot to celebrate. A lot of Medal Winners live here this morning. Well get to all the action here in sochi in a moment. But we want to start with our top story. The deteriorating situ
Ukrainian president and the leaders of three of the top opposition parties agreed to halt the violence late last night, but street feeting is reporting between antigovernment protesters and police as barricades erected by demonstrators continue to burn in the heart of kiev. The truce came hours after the military promised an antiterrorist operation to restore order. At least 28 people have been killed in this weeks violence and today the Foreign Ministers from germany, france, and poland will travel to kiev to meet with both sides before an emergency meeting in brussels. Holly williams is in the ukrainian capital. She joins us by phone. Holly, it sounds like the situation there has deteriorated. Reporter thats correct. We are already seeing deadly clashes here in independence of kiev which has been occupied now for nearly three months. We have just witnessed ourselves dead bodies, protesters bodies. All of them appear to have sustained gunshot wounds apparently to the head and neck. Th
On the world of politics. Well start in with whats happening in florida and washington. That surge weve been talking been on that program on student activism, the fight against gun violence. Intel at the warehouse and in florida in tallahassee. I want to again with kristin welker. You have some support on the listening session thats going to happen this afternoon. Reporter thats right, halle. According to white house officials two dozen student and parents are with teachers are going to be meting with the president today talking about gun violence. This is going to include parkland students who have written letters to trump. Its beginning to be called a listening sessions but tease parents want answers. You heard trump mention he said hes directed the Justice Department to pass regulations that would ban bunk stocks, those are the devices that turn guns into semi automatic machines. They can fire off hundreds of rounds in just minutes. The fact check to that, halle, is the fact that wi
USA Bobsled and Skeleton inducted four into their Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 23 following the awarding of the two-woman and four-man IBSF World Cup winn