Good night. See you tomorrow. Most dominant in olympic history unbeliable. Aevnn right now at 11 00, tears and drama on the ice and some bad blood off of the ice. Were live at the u. S. Figure skating championships in san jose with the controversy behind the scenes. Good evening sfwhangs for joining us im jessica aguirre. Im raj mathai. It all came down to tonight, the last chance to prove themselves on the ice and earn the invite to south korea. The team wont be announced until tomorrow morning but the standings arent sitting well with one bay area skater. Garvin thomas has the exclusive. The olympics are in 35 days from now, t but the controversy in full swing zbli. Reporter by the time you get to this level, you know what you signed up for but then its up to the judges. Tonight one skater might be on the outside looking in. The skating is over. The drama is not. After the ladis Free Skate Program at the 2018 National Figure skating championships, three skaters wore medals and a four
The back deck and to the deck of neighboring homes. Five townhouses were touched by the flames. It was so cold outside that all the equipment froze. Montgomery county fire says it was 9 degrees with a wind chill of negative 5. This fire cost about 1 million in damage and left 20 people without a place to call home this morning. Were continuing to follow breaking news this morning out of prince georges county. You see right there, this car nosedived into a sink hole which formed early this morning by a water main break. This all happened on 52nd avenue and emerson street in edmonston. The car was toe etowed away and thankfully, the driver is doing fine. Derreck ward is live with another water main break in hyattsville. What are you learning out there . Reporter you can look at this scene here. Route 214 near the intersection of hill road. Theyre dealing with a 12inch water main break. Fortunately, its only affected one customer. Not fortunately for that customer but it could be worse. Y
Vianey, thanks. Well, it was a night of tears and drama on the ice and some bad blood off of the ice. We are live at the u. S. Figure skating championships in san jose where the womens olympic team was just announced. The Team Includes fremont native cocai karen chen along with mirai nagasu and bradie tennell. Today in the bays Garvin Thomas has our exclusive coverage. You were at that announcement this morning. Take us through it. Reporter well, kira, figure skating has a reputation for having a lot of drama attached to it and throughout this u. S. Championship, that has been no exception, leading right up to that announcement this morning. Of course, the focus around here is on karen chen, who came in third in the figure skating in the competition, which didnt necessarily guarantee her a spot on the olympic team. She did not know about that until 11 30 last night. She said she got a text message letting her know she was being nominated to the u. S. Team. She said she literally scream
Local athletes are in the spotlight in south korea as we are live right now taking a look at the olympic burning flightily there, the flame you can see there. This is monday, february 12th. Monday morning here. Monday night there. Thats right. Good morning to you and thank you for joining us on this monday morning. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Were going to get to mikes traffic and karis weather in just a moment. First we want to bring in Garvin Thomas who has been hard at work in south korea. A really big night or day i should say. Reporter thats right. We have some local athletes we are following. We will tell you about those in just a moment, but first i want to bring new video in overnight. The winds whipping through pyeongchang, it has been so bad that organizers have had to postpone two alpine events. Hopefully that wind wont effect the two local athletes coming up next to compete. We will have their stories in just a bit, but first back to you. We can feel somewhat
Gone. Flights grounded amid tragedy at the grand canyon. A Birthday Celebration turns deadly. What caused a chopper to suddenly go down . And the american snowboarding phenom going for gold. Oh, ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed history. Chloe kim about to take the world by storm. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, from pyeongchang where the mountain winds have given athletes something to contend with. Tonight the wind appears to be at the back of team usa picking up momentum and more medals with a big evening ahead and perhaps more golden reach for the women on the snowboard halfpipe. The first full week of competition underway featuring surprising moments from the american team. Our Stephanie Gosk is covering it all. Reporter for a snowboarder, whipping winds, the worst enemy. Taking a toll on womens slope stipe, first with a delay, followed by a string of blown runs. Of the 25 competitors only 5 completed their first run without falls. But