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battle for bronze that s going on right now. we ll have that for you shortly. also, usa s ted ligety competed for his second medal today in the men s slalom competition where he faced skiers from australia and norway. we ll have those results, as well. and four-time olympian julie chu has been chosen to carry the u.s. flag and lead the team at sunday s closing ceremony. this morning she told nbc s lester holt what it was like to get that news. i don t even know how to express it. it s just when i first found out, i kind of stuttered. and i m not usually at a loss for words. so what an honor. and tremendous team usa effort here in sochi. and a great honor to be able to represent usa and hopefully my teammates really well. all right. a spoiler alert for you here. in the next few minutes, we ll be talking about events taking place that have already happened, as well. but have not yet aired. so you can this might be a good time for a bathroom break.
media any time now. the college football star who came out earlier this month will be answering questions at an nfl event. a former pro football star joins me with his thoughts. also, business as usual as new jersey governor chris christie at a town hall this week. nbc s steve kornacki will be joining me for answers . hello to you all. it s high noon in the east. 9:00 out west, we re glad you re here. welcome to weekends alex witt is off today i m tj holmes. a tipping point in the ukraine. trying to oust the president after he abandoned the capital in kiev. he has refused to resign. a ukrainian opposition leader has been freed. the ukrainian president described the events. the angry oh protest three months ago after the ukraine broke ties with the european union in favor of a bailout from russia. nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent, richard engel, has watched these events unfold in kiev. richard, hello to you, and are the protesters in charge in the capital now?
winter olympics, they are dominant in the tournament. there is one tiny silver lining, the players were in tears, almost all of them overnight in tears but this morning we found out that julie chu, you played on the u.s. team four times now and never won a gold medal, she will carry the u.s. flag in the closing ceremony and obviously it s an honor that she is enrapt toured here. a little bit of her reaction to getting the honor. it s completely humbling. i don t know what else to say. we have such an inspiring group of team usa athletes and to be chosen amongst all of them, it s unbelievable. i don t typically not usually speechless and my teammates were laughing at me because i was substitu stuterring away because i can t wrap my mind around it. i never dreamed this would happen. i m so proud of being a part of team usa. she s in her early 30s, the
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