Those of the top stories we wil be covering for you. Time for some german glitz and glamour. The 64th Berlin Film Festival is underway. The latest from the red carpet. Thoughts and prayers are with the family of actor Philip Seymour hoffman. His funeral is to be held this friday in new york. First, lets head to russia where the Winter Olympics are officially opening in sochi this friday. Security is incredibly high some 40,000 security personnel are keeping watch. World leaders will be absent from tonights opening president barack obama, david cameron, and anglo Merkel Angela merkel will not be in attendance. Of some 6000er athletes and team members will come for 98 events. Some competitions are already underway. William hildebrand reports. , the festive atmosphere flags, patriotic songs, dance. The resistance of pride. It took seven years to get to this point. The hard work is done and it is time to celebrate. The Olympic Games helped our city. There will be more tourists. You have se
Slopestyle. This has never been at the olympics before. You see these look at those guys fly. Up to 25 miles an hour. So beautiful. And Team Figure Skating, yes, i said Team Figure Skating kicked off for the first time both men and womens teams you see all competing together for a group gold medal. Russia in the lead right now. All right, the home folks have something to cheer right now. Also, of course, it is the biggest winter games ever. Almost 3,000 athletes competing from almost 90 countries. Thats awesome and 90 is it 98 events . Amazing, 98 events, cannot wait for womens figure skating to start. Robin, i dont know about you. Im right with you there. Lets get right to our gma olympic headquarters in sochi. Abcs amy robach is there at our olympics desk tracking all of the action. Good morning, amy. Thats right, good morning, and before i get to all of the action ive been practicing all morning long because i want to say something. [ speaking russian ] good morning, america. In rus
The allfemale group held hands. They came to prominence because of a lesbian kiss. A passenger demonstrated the flight be diverted to sochi. On the same days as the olympics. Companies say they intend to higher more folks. The job markets is weak. For a second straight month expectations. This job report is an indication that the American People are struggling. Ladies and gentlemen, the beatles. Sunday marks 50 years since the four young lads came to america, changing music and pop culture forever. Every sunday night, Al Jazeera America presents. Award winning films telling stories. She doesnt wanna come as someone who was manipulative. Revealing secrets. Information became our most powerful weapon. Taking chances. Everyone that was involved in the clandestant movement, had a code name. Each week, a new eye opening experience. Now theyre going to go to jail. Al Jazeera America presents. Remarkable documentaries does going green simply cost too much . The European Union has the world re
More fast coming up tonight. How is the day going to end . We go to power lunch for some clues right now. Halftime is over. The second half of the trading day starts now. And indeed it does. President obama unveiling his plan it stop gun violence. With sweeping changes to gun laws. What they would mean for the gun industry and for owners. And more trouble for boeing 787 dream liner. Is it becoming a nightmare . New problems and the stock getting slammed today. Japan airlines grounding all of its 787s after an Emergency Landing. Smoke detected on that plane. Will more carriers do the same . And lululemons stock down. The street not happy with its outlook but yoga retailer ceo said her guidance has been misunderstood and she will join us exclusively to explain. My partner, sue herera, is at the new york stock exchange. Hi, sue pz president obama unveil be his plan for tougher kbun gun control, including banning military style assault rifles and tougher back ground checks. Some have to ha
The popular shopping district has become a virtual ghost town. Brown secretary of state Hillary Clinton logged nearly a million miles visiting more than 100 countries in the last four years. Ray suarez examines her legacy. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a preview of sundays big game. Nprs mike pesca joins us from new orleans, site of super bowl xlvii. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown for the second time i