And so that no one gets confused in anything, the best skater of russia, mikhail koleda , will demonstrate to us how this competition will take place, we will support mikhail with applause and see how this competition will be held, because since misha does not own a skate, but if not no one, then definitely not everyone on our team. So, mikhail, please, let us show you. Snake on one leg, guys, commands, let misha show the audience how to do it, great, three jumps on one leg, knocked down the bar, as you saw, misha, but minus one second, and that was not mikhail, mikhail completed this task cleanly, the teams are in position, we are starting our competition. The buzzer has already sounded, what are we waiting for . There are already knocked down bars, there is a touch and with a free leg, our singles men help return the Obstacle Course to its place. In principle, you can just run up and knock down absolutely all the obstacles, it will probably be very impressive, it seems to me that dan
Competed in russian, european and world championships, became a bronze medalist at the world cup. There have been olympics in your life, i participated in the olympics in turin, they say you have acted in films, yes, in three projects, and are you also familiar with television . At first she was a participant in ice shows, then she hosted programs. State your name, Anastasia Grebenkina. Hello, anastasia, hello. The theme of the game today is figure skating, so we are especially glad to see you here, a wonderful athlete, Participant International competitions, star of ice shows, anastasia, at some point you almost gave up the sport, tried to do business, didnt train for a year, what made you return to the ice, and how did you manage to come back to bigtime sports after a serious break . It could have been, of course, a great love for figure skating; i couldnt live without him. I breathed it, i was sick of it and couldnt imagine my life without it, so a year after i finished skating, whe
Paul stepped up to speak and did not stop. Here is abc News Reporter tarra palmery. Despite the best effort to kobl together a bipartisan budget deal, the price tag was too high for spending hawks. The Government Shutdown at midnight process. The man behind it rand paul held up the vote for hours. He took to the senate floor to voice objections to the growing deficit. I think the country is worth a debate until three in the morning frankly. Not all colleagues agree. The senator by objecting to the consent request will shut down the federal government for no real reason. Its one of the biggest spending bills since the economic stimulus in 2009. The deal includes billions for opioid treatment Disaster Relief and infrastructure opinion. And a boost to defense spending by 30 oh 0 billion over two years. Anticipating the showdown, the white house told federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown. Before midnight the minority whip told them to expect a vote between 3 00 a. M. And 6 a but that
But not without controversy. The battle over who carries the American Flag and the figuring skating flop overnight kicking off the games, were live in south korea for all the action. Right here on gma. Good morning, america. And so much excitement this morning, just moments ago team usa arriving at the olympic Opening Ceremony. And amy is there in south korea. We cant wait to talk to her in a little while. There she is waving back at you, amy. A lot of drama there and back here at home as well starting on capitol hill overnight. The government shut down for the second time in three weeks over a funding bill. It was forced by senator rand paul making a point about the deficit but lawmakers were able to scramble, strike a deal just moments ago. Mary bruce coming off an allnighter. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Weve never seen anything quite like this. Two Government Shutdowns in three weeks and there was a Government Spending bill on the table ready to go that could
Brings a first ever visit to south korea by a member of the norths ruling dynasty kim jong il and sister what is behind her diplomatic trip across the border. And skiers are falling hard for these slopes the all time mountains in northwest china are off the beaten track but tourists are flocking here now to the land where some say skiing may have been. Time sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the leader of the germanys the social democrats martin chill says he will no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future of grand Coalition Government or any other post in the new cabinet now on wednesday shows his party struck a deal with chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives shuls gave up at the Party Leadership and announced his intention to become foreign minister but that ambition drew a strong criticism from his partys members who must ratify the Coalition Deal in a vote chills said he had made this decision to ensure the success of the vote. And he said earlier i decla