the epic win, tweeting, i ll say it, holy cow. even this white sox fan was happy to see cubs rocking last night. ron mott is there. when does the celebration even end? it s a continuous celebration there for cubs fans. reporter: hey there, andrea. i m not sure the celebration even stopped. maybe people went home, took a little nap, a 60-minute nap and they re back out here. this is an extraordinary scene. this many hours after the cubs clinched their first world series since 1908. there are people coming from all over the city, bringing their kids and families, taking pictures. they want to see the three famed words on this marquee saying, world series championships. i m sure they ll leave it up because people want to memorialize this moment. they know no one who was alive the last time the cubs won the world series in 1908.
the audio just went off on the tv for a second. you have germany coming off that epic win against brazil, and so this is a game expected to be watched by about a billion people worldwide. there are hundreds of packed into what s a pretty small bar here on new york s west side. well, you know, obviously we know it s a huge sports event the world over, but something else that s very, very interesting about this world cup final is we have two living popes from each country playing soccer and obviously the popes aren t playing soccer but their teams are. are people well aware of that? are they talking about it at all? i haven t heard a lot of people talking about it. they re here to watch the game but it s interesting. pope benedict from germany, pope francis from argentina. pope francis tweeted about the game earlier. we haven t heard they will be watching it together or anything. but, you know, you have all sorts of backstories. a huge rivalry and a lot of
gerhard, have you ever done this before? ordering pizzas on a plane? not on a large scale, but i know some of my friends at frontier airlines have done it before, so i was not the first one to have done it. did you get to eat some yourself? hello? did you get to eat some yourself? you know what? unfortunately, i didn t have time. so everyone else got some pie, but not the pilot. you re a good man, captain. captain gerhard with frontier airlines. thank you. and now to this. germany s epic win against brazil in that world cup match. that s what you want to call it, 7-1. people are tears, shock, brazil fans left crying. others cheering through the pain of such an embarrassing defeat. the loss was so bad that even brazil s president said she
after an epic win yesterday over russia, the u.s. men s olympic hockey team beat slovenia today 5-1, so the team will advance to the quarterfinals. and it was a big day for team usa in the men s super-g. the pressure was on bode miller, so was he able to make up for it? we ll give you results in just a minute. and after a long back and forth, team usa speed skaters finally switched out their controversial body armor suits. all 39 players took to the ice saturday in the men s 1,500 meters wearing suits from their previous successful world cup season. but how much of a difference did it really make? we ll take a look at that. here we go with your spoiler alert. in the next few minutes, we re going to talk about some of the olympic events that have already happened but haven t been broadcast yet, so turn away or turn down the sound on your tv if you don t want to hear them. maybe you can all watch it tonight on nbc in primetime. let s get more on the games. we re bringing in nbc s ann
between a police officer and a man being followed for having a license plate that did not match his vehicle. the officer was not injured. police are now putting up road blocks to try to stop the gunman. we ll keep an eye on this and bring you developments as they happen. and now the deal that set off the rally. the details have stopped it. a day after stock prices soared around the world on hopes that europe had finally dealt with its debt crisis, they re back down to earth as we learn more about the breakthrough. blue chips on wall street are more or less flat. and the same goes for europe, though asia had a bit of a catch-up rally. speaking of asia, we find the head of the eu bailout fund that s set to grow to $1 trillion euros. it wasn t clear yesterday where the new cash would come from, but now it s more than clear that europe wants a big chunk from china. beijing isn t making any promises beyond ordinary trade and investments in european bonds. now, let s get back t