Last minute excitement at the winter games. Look at the mishap on the bobsled track. This is the violent nature of bobsledding. This morning, america races for the top spot in the overall medal count with the closing ceremony just hours away. You notice, theyre warning this morning about the color yellow, and yet we have a huge yellow sign here, and our script this is morning, they have givenus ton yellow paper. We are fearless. They are not worried about our immune systems. Good morning. Also up, the return of the dreaded polar plunge. Wheres the countdown to spring clock . Its frozen. We had a bit of a thaw. Fit 64 in washington, d. C. On saturday. But bad news, get ready for another polar plunge into the northeast and the midwest. How bad . Well bring you that forecast couple. Thats in a few minutes. But a silent killer as an upscale maul. The manager of this restaurant is dead, and dozens sent to the hospital, including some of the First Responders who arrived to help people. Offic
The Canadian Hockey Team again shatters our dream of winning gold. But an american teen becomes the youngest american slalom champ in history. We have the latest from sochi. And good morning, everybody. Much of america dealing with extreme weather right now. A really noosety mix of twisters, high winds, and flooding rain. Check this out. This is lightning hitting a sky scraper in nashville. Look at this. A towering pine tree crashing on to a house in atlanta. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Some 600 storms in the last 48 hours. Well get the forecast if a moment. We kick off with Marci Gonzalez in laguardia airport. Scene of massive delays overfight. I can attest. I arrived at 11 00 last night. Didnt get a lot of sleep before the broadcast. Reporter oh, thats painful dan. You were one of many. Thousands of flights delayed yesterday. Here in new york, travelers held up for more than two hours because of fog. Elsewhere, all kinds of problems blamed on a mixed bag of extreme weather. This mo
Yamaguchi give us their best guesses. And the historymaker. Ted ligety the only american skier with two gold medals, and one race left in sochi. Not before he hangs out with us, today, thursday, february 20th, 2013. 2014. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live in olympic park in sochi, russia. Welcome to today and sochi on a thursday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. With Medal Winners thats ted ligety, who took home gold yesterday. Took home gold yesterday. Were going to talk to him about that record setting performance. But first we want to get to our top story this morning. Were talking about violence intensifying in the ukraine overnight between police and antigovernment protesters. Richard engel joins us. Reporter good morning, matt. We are still overlooking the square that is in the center of this protest. A short while ago, we h
Firearm obviously in defense of his life and his partner and shot in the direction of the suspect, striking the suspect. He was pronounced dead at valley medical center. When alicia gomez stopped to pick up her daughter she feared the worst. When i pulled up i said god, no, you know, it was right in front of the apartment complex. I didnt make contact with my daughter and i was scared for her safety. Reporter investigators are questioning the two University Police officers. Another alarming point, there is a student Daycare Center across the street from where the shooting happened. No one else was injured in this incident. Now, there should be a fluid communication between University Police and the San Jose Police department because the captain at University Police and the chief used to be employees Police Officers in the city of san jose. Im damian trujillo. Nbc bay area news. Thank you. There are tense moments in san jose across town as police gathered at a culdesac. Our chopper was
18yearold american Mikaela Shiffrin skis her way into the record books, becoming the youngest woman ever to win olympic gold in the slalom, but not without a big scare along the way. And shes here with us live to talk about her win for the ages today, saturday, february 22nd, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic winter games, with lester holt live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a very special split edition of today on this saturday morning, our final broadcast from sochi. Im lester holt. Erica, jenna and dylan are holding down the fort in new york, a sight for sore eyes. Great to see you guys. What a win in the slalom for Mikaela Shiffrin. Ive got a feeling there are plenty more olympic medals in her future. She is coming up just ahead to talk about her incredible run. Plus, were going to talk to the men of the u. S. Short track Speed Skating