Showers over for now but tracking a cold night and more chances for rain in the forecast tomorrow. Coming up. And someone wanted a 19yearold dead. Live with a murder mystery. The caps final face elimination and knock off the penguins on their home ice. Now going to join you. Gauging excitement. But carol has reaction to the big win. Im running out of red dresses. Reporter everyone is excited tonight. Caps dont just have another game, dont just extend the series but new life. Nice to capitals. Thats how we knew you could play. Didnt look good. Trailing pens, ten minutes away from eliminated but third period response changes everything. Three goals. Highlight when building erupts, Alex Ovechkin lights the lamp. Ten goals in elimination games. He knows how to bring it but ovi says the goal that turned tide was Nicholas Backstrom earlier. Thats when he knew. We start to believing and we start play the way we are capable of playing. And the goal was huge obviously. I think we played well. S
Mary bono mack and steven holcomb. We have so many people coming up. It is thursday, november 2. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, everyone. Our starting point this morning, developments happening now in cairo. The u. S. Embassy there is closed. No one is being allowed in or out as we speak. Embassy Officials Say protesters are blocking the entrance and clashes are happening near nearby. Reza sayah is nearby for us. Whats happening . Reporter there is no indication protesters are targeting the u. S. Em wibassy b it was closed as a precaution. These are protesters who clashed with police. These are the troublemaking elements, the teenagers, young men, the 20somethings who for the past four days vo thrown red sox, debris, molotov cocktails at police. Police responded by firing teargas, stun grenades. Some Police Officers have been throwing rocks as well. Some of the clashes have been inching toward the assembly which is a couple of blocks from tahrir square. Four hours ago t
Thats just the beginning. And the snowflake screw up. That closed the most expensive olympics ever. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. In just a few hours we could see the beginning of the biggest transformation of the u. S. Military in decades. According to the New York Times defense secretary chuck hagel will propose a reduction so wide and so deep it would create the nations Smallest Army since world war ii. The proposal sure to fuel debate in congress signals a changing world and americas role in that world. Barbara starr live at the pentagon for us with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. A lot of people say oh, goodness its going Smallest Army since before world war ii but look at it this way. In 70 Years Technology has advanced to the point, the pentagon simply doesnt need, they say the number of people that they had 70 years ago during world war ii. Look for hagel to make cuts across the board, to proposed c
metal table. the race came down to this heart pounding sprint. a dramatic ending as alexander crossed the finish line .7 a second ahead. a one-two-three sweep for team russia. on the bobsled track russia piloted the four man team to the pop of the podium. russia clinching the lead by less than a .1 of a second. the race marked a historic victory for team usa as well. stephen holcomb stirred the americans to bronze securing the place by .300 of a second. the 33-year-old becoming the
stephen holcomb served in the utah national guard for seven years before leading the four man team to bronze. he also took home another bronze medal in the two man bobsled. america s other two man team consisted of army sergeant nick cunningham and dell robinson. sergeant cunning ma amhamcunningham robinson and fyt is part of a soldiers athletic program. congratulations to our soldier athletes and the olympians from team usa. february is black history month. next on taking the hill how the military was ahead of its time and that the battle for desegregation.