brought up. i m skeptical of the evacuation plan. when we made plans for the president, i have been to russia a couple times. they are detailed, layered plans. understanding, drawing up agreements between the defense department and the russian defense. these aren t just ad hoc plans. my feeling is, god forbid something were to happen, a lot of assets we have waiting to evacuate people are not going to be granted access because the russians are going to be looking to avoid embarrassment and additional international coverage from the united states rescuing their people from a lacking russian security response. i m not too confident in that plan. what do you think about the u.s. snow and ski board snow board and ski teams, they have hired a private security firm to bulk up security. good idea? i think it s a good idea.
they wanted a local jury, they say the entire country has heard about this case and they feel they have just as good a shot as any here in mr. sandusky s home town area. martha: boy david that is striking how many on that jury have a very close relationship with the school and as you say, pretty much everyone in that community has some kind of tie to penn state. what about the defendant, have you seen him arriving yet this morning? a short time ago, he arrived, about ten minutes after 8:00, the trial is underway, the opening statements, and i had the chance to look mr. sandusky in the eye as he entered the car of his attorney. there is a gag order but nevertheless i still asked him the inoccuous question how are you doing this morning and he looked me in the eye, kind of shrug like doing okay, not many words and then walked inside the courthouse for the start of his trial. earlier we also saw a significant amount of evidence being brought into the courthouse by the prosecutors, among
the legitimate protesters. the u.s. is still on top. here s a look at the medal standings so far. the u.s. added another gold thanks to seth wescott. he won the men s snowboard cross. that s kind of like motocross with a ski board. bode miller took the bronze for the only other american medal of the day. mark mckay live in vancouver. so the u.s. versus russia is an epic battle no matter what the sport but in olympic hockey it holds a very special place in the hearts. reporter: it sure does. that s on track tonight as we look ahead to this day at vancouver. but i love your description of snowboard cross. motocross with a snowboard. let me show you wescott s race. you want an exciting race if you have an exciting sport and we had it certainly yesterday on cypress mountain. seth wescott came here as the defending olympic champion but he had to fend off one of the members of the host nation,