captioning sponsored by cbs and johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations. osgood: good morning. and happy valentine s day. i m charles osgood and this is sunday morning. today is d-day for lovers. this morning, we ll be taking a look at romance in many forms. to start with, we ll be exploring the mystery of what it is that attracts two people to one another. many would say it all comes down to having the right chemistry. increasingly science seems to back that up. tracy smith will be reporting our cover story. this is our marriage. reporter: from the joys of long-term marriage.. i m still physically attracted to her. reporter: to the animal attraction of a strip club. they actually looked at strippers? there s a whole lot going on beyond the conscious mind. reporter: love is sometimes less an affair of the heart than a function of the brain. i mean, we are an animal that is built to love. repor
are. a lot of them crazy dangerous. it takes about two minutes of watching to understand that winter olympians are not like the rest of us, well beyond their strength and endurance, they separate themselves through a stunning freakish level of comfort with high speeds, great heights and intense danger. what they re willing to do in the name of competition makes them so fascinating to watch. 90 miles an hour. five stories above the snow. two flips, three twists, land on a wall of ice. on skis and blades and boards. on snow and ice. in circumstances consistently perilous. winner athletes press against the edge of what s been done and strain to go one step beyond. while success can be exhilarating wescott with the goal! failure can be gruesome. in a training run, a norwegian somehow endured a crash that broke bones in his face and slashed his groin and stomach. you think you re going to be okay until it s pretty clear you re not. just days before vancouver, shaun w
follow christine and me on facebook and twitter. you can tune in every week for your mon your $$$$$. every monday through friday, 10:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific on cnn. cnn. have a great weekend. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, you re in the cnn newsroom. today is february 14th. i m fredricka whitfield. one day after the start after massive new allied offensive in southern afghanistan, there are civilian deaths. 15,000 coalition troops are trying to drive taliban forces out of helmand province. this is exclusive cnn video from today showing troops gearing up for the front lines in the taliban stronghold of marjah. meantime, their top commander, stanley mcchrystal, says he deeply regrets the death of 12 civilians killed by nato rockets that apparently missed their target. cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is live from washington. chris, will these civilian casualties be a setback for allied forces? very well could be, fredricka. first, let s tell yo
eric: right now we re out of time. fascinating. see what happens. liz, thanks as always. that does it for as you. jamie: great to have you with us today. we ll send you to washington. have a great day. thousands of nato and afghan troops are fighting resistant militariants. military officials are optimistic so far but it could take a month to achieve their goal in marjah. bic contai dick cheney and n haven t been shy about criticizing each other. the two vps are dishing it out today. is the obama administration giving up a major concession to keep the mexico u.s. border secure. all that and we re also live at daytona. i m shannon briem. america s news headquarters live at the nation s capitol starts right now. military officials say u.s. marines and afghan soldiers are now occupying a majority of the taltaliban stronghold of marjah. thousands of troops are fighting militants. they re facing sustained gun battles in streets littered with booby traps. it could take a
good morning. striking gold on day one of the vancouver games. the u.s. takes its first gold medal and claims bronze in the same event. we ll talk with two of team usa s gh-flying medalists when they join us live. oh, yes. apollo anton ohno on his way to becoming the most decorated american ever to compete in the games. we ve got the finish you won t want to miss. ready to race? american skier lindsey vonn gets a couple of days to recover from the painful shin injury as weather keeps her off the slopes again. will the extra time have her ready on race day? that s the big question, today, sunday, february 14th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m lester holt in vancouver where the first day of competition is complete at the 2010 winter olympic games. and i m jenna wolfe here in new york where the most exciting thing that happened so far is that i got to work on time. lester, you win.