Legend as he looks to become the first threetime gold medal winner tonight. Her time. All eyes on skiing sensation Michaela Schifrin as she gets ready to hit the slopes in her debut. Could she walk away with five olympic gold medals . All that plus why are russian athletes showing up in force despite the country being banned from the games . And the winds having major havoc on the competition. And going up . The hottest new olympic sport, riding the escalator . Well explain. Today, tuesday, february 13th, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Hey, everybody. Thank you for joining us. It is 7 00 a. M. , on a tuesday morning. 9 00 at night here at pyeongchang. You are looking at not only our awesome crowd, but some terrific athletes joining us on the plaza. We have great members of team usa. Theres one member of team usa, that everybody is talking about. You want to hold your
The plane just jolted and then it just started to shake. Everyone freaked out. See what happened as passengers were told to brace for landing. At the winter games, shaun white strikes gold as team usa marks a special milestone. Overnight, the top dog is crowned at the westminster dog show. See the breed that scored a rare win. And a good wednesday morning to you all and were going to start things off with the Domestic Abuse scandal at the white house. The fbi is now shooting down some shifting stories from the trump administration. The white house has been struggling to explain the time line surrounding the departure of former aide rob porter, who is accused of abusing his exwives, and now the director of the fbi contradicting the white house. Abcs Kenneth Moton is following the details right now from d. C. Good morning. Reporter good morning, guys. White house staff secretary rob porter handled the most sensitive information. We now know the white house continued to employ the top tru
And the superhero blockbuster making history tonight. The Creative Force and the stars share the powerful messages of black panther. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone, from pyeongchang there is lots to report from here coming up. But there is breaking news in oregon tonight. A climbing accident and a risky High Altitude rescue mission under way right now for more than a dozen stranded climbers near the peak of oregons 11,000 foot high mt. Hood. A military chopper airlifting a critically injured victim to safety, as others desperately await rescue. Nbcs blake mccoy now with late details. Reporter high atop oregons mt. Hood, a rush to rescue seven hikers after one fell more than 700 feet, unable to stop his fall. The rest hurried to his aid. Wyatt peck started climbing with the group, but turned back. The slopes were extremely steep and icy. And you couldnt if you were to slip and fall, you couldnt dig your ax in and stop yourself. Youre just going to keep
And, the winter ympics heats up. U. S. Snowboarder shaun whitema s history while addressing questions of Sexual Harassment. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, supported by the rockefeller supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds mblt pressing ps skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And des. Loping countr on the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Ank you. Woodruff its been a day of highspeed headlines, top
Helping superheroes fly. Good morning. Bombshell indictment. Special Counsel Robert Mueller announcing charges against 13 russians and three Russian Companies accordingterfere in t. President trump saying he is vindicated and his campaign did not collude with russia. Is he and his Campaign Team out of the woods . What about future attacks . We have every angle covered. Could he have been stopped . The fbi makes a stunning admission that it mishandled a tip about the Florida School shooter when a tipster warned about him weeks before the tragedy. The Florida Governor calling on the fbi director to resign as the president visits florida. Will anything be done to will anything be done to prevent the next one . Winter woes. Another big storm takes aim at the east coast with more than 35 Million People in the crosshairs from virginia to maine. At least half a foot of snow expected in new york and boston. Dylans tracking it all. All that, plus nathan chen with a comeback for the ages. He has