Harder to survive the bits of the cold winter in sports are as far as a coma the greatest schools his 1st one in the cage of more than 3 years his victory in 40 seconds could such a rematch against a man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as we begin this news hour in berlin where libyas warring sides are coming together in the latest International Effort to end years of civil war turkeys president. And his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have just met the 2 support opposing sides in libyas call flaked in are seen as key figures in bringing the fighting to an end russia backs warlords highly for half tall whose forces control much of Eastern Libya and who have launched an offensive to take tripoli in april turkey supports the internationally recognized government base in tripoli early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in. Last week. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the Nat
On reforms. And the bodies of. Board the passenger jet accidentally shot down by iran arrive home to a solemn ceremony in kiev. Is back in the cage after 15 months away and it takes him just 40 seconds to defeat the pope. Hello we begin this news hour in berlin thats where libyas warring leaders and powerful outsiders who back them are at a summit aimed at ending years of chaos and conflict so the chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting 12 World Leaders including the president s of Turkey Russia and france as well as the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson their priorities are to curb Foreign Military interference and solidify a cease fire or Russias Vladimir Putin met turkeys regift earlier on they back rival sides russia supports war lords. While turkey is helping the u. N. Recognize governments have to is fighting against their previous ceasefire efforts have broken down. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the National Government of accord
Michaela schifrin as she gets ready to hit the slopes in her debut. Could she walk away with five olympic gold medals . And why are russian athletes showing up in force despite being banned from the games. And the winds having major havoc on the competition. And going up . The hottest new sport, riding the escalator. Today, tuesday, february 13th, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Hey, everybody. Thank you for joining us. It is 7 00 a. M. , on a tuesday morning. 9 00 at night here at pyeongchang. You are looking at not only our awesome you, but terrific olympic athletes on the plaza. We have great members of team usa. Theres one member of team usa, that everybody is talking about. You want to hold your sign up . Her dad give me this one. I got it. Its chloe. She was amazing. And just moments ago, she got her gold medal. And look at her face, when they play our national
Of Elise Christie in the short track speed skating, today team gb began its search for that elusive first medal of the games with both mens and womens curling teams in action. Both teams won medals in sochi four years ago and both have begun well here. But the most spectacular action today came with a quite brilliant performance in the halfpipe from american shaun white as adam wild reports. He needs 95. 25 and a run of his life. In sport they say reaching the very top is tough, staying there are even tougher. In snowboarding that is true in more ways than one. This is true in more ways than one. This is shaun white, arguably the greatest sport has ever seen, saving his brilliant best the last to dramatically win his third olympic title. Im really proud to come out on top today and i am thankful for those guys honestly, because they pushed me to the point where i can do this kind of run. History of another sort in doors. If north korean skaters on south korean ice was significant, this
Corruption investigation of south africas president leads police to the home of one of the countrys most influential families. Rebuilding iraq kuwait pledges two billion dollars to help the country republic from years of conflict. Police recommend the israeli Prime Ministers indictment on corruption charges Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing will come of it. In sports sean whites makes snowboarding history of the Winter Olympics the american winning an unprecedented third gold medal in the hot spot events. Police in south africa have raided the home of a prominent business family with times to president jacob zuma three people were arrested and that comes a day after the Ruling African National congress ordered zuma to step down as the nations Leader Police sealed off the roads around the home of the gupta family in johannesburg with the area designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation over a corruption links to the family. Hes accused of being influenced by the group t