White shocker, the snowboarder makes the stunning announcement one day before the competition is set to begin. Well tell you what it is today, wednesday, february 5th, 2014. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today countdown to the olympic winter games with matt lauer, live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in olympic park in sochi. Matt, good morning to you, im Savannah Guthrie here in studio 1a. And dont make us wait any longer. What are we hearing from shaun white this morning . We have just received a statement from shaun white, hes giving to us first. And heres what he says, after much deliberation with my team, ive made the decision to focus solely on trying to bring home the Third Straight gold medal in halfpipe for team usa. The difficult decision to forego slopestyle is not one i take lightly. As i know how much effort everyone has
Not exactly how that happened. And never give up, from disappointment in london to redemption in sochie . Lolo jones trades the track for the bobsled to keep her dream alive. Shes with us for the first live interview since making the team for tuesday, january 21,2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On the west coast on a tuesday. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer alongside al roker and willie geist. When we came on the air at 7 00 a. M. East coast time. Be happy youre not on this side of the country that the hour because look whats going on. Thats times square. Snow is already coming down as it is right here on the plaza. Were about to gets whole bunch more of it, right . Even if you dont live in this area. For example, if youre trying to reach a federal office in washington, d. C. , theyre shut down. 2500 flights have already been cancelled and there will
Ukraine. Shots fired in an attempt to control the advancing ukrainian troops, coming back to their base. We have the top secretary of state john kerry touched down in ukraine this morning. Ukraines navy reportedly ordered to surrender or be stormed. Russia is on the wrong side of history on this. Deep freeze settling in. 45 outside of dallas was turned into a parking lot. Im going back the other way. I just want to go home. Today is primary day in several states. The most highprofile race is in texas. State senator wendy davis is expected to grab the democratic nomination for governor. It is fat tuesday, annual Mardi Gras Parade bourbon street already packed with partier s partiers. Bill gates once again is the richest person in the world with a net worth of 76 billion. National Corvette Museum has begun removing the eight corvettes that fell into a 40foot wide sinkhole. All that a couple of plows demonstrating what i ooh what i said hitting us. All right. There you go. 7 of 7. Can he
Trying to connect with her father. Now she tells her story. That and much more on cbs this Morning Saturday. Welcome to the weekend. We have a line up of guests. Hes going to tell us about his latest movie the face of love. Mike gordon taking a break as bass player. He is here in studio 57. A chef who traveled the world making unique dishes for his series of restaurants. We begin with breaking news. An International Search and rescue mission is under way right now for a Malaysia Airlines plane with 239 people on board, including three americans. The boeing 777 vanished between malaysia and vietnam where the South China Sea meets thailand. It took off from kuala lumpur two hours earlier. Setth is following the developments. Good morning. Good morning, the latest is they have been unable to establish contact with or determine the where abouts of this flight. The plane was supposed to land here in beijing well over 13 hours ago. For hours, the arrivals board read that flight mh 370 was de
Gloucester siblings Esme and Elijah Sarrouf are the fourth generation in their family to raise money to fight childhood cancer through St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.