And american skier ted ligety wins gold on the slopes in sochi at this hour as bode miller comes up short and bows out of the games. This youth minister takes home gold on the halfpipe, the secret good luck charm from his wife and this morning we go oneonone with americas new skating sweethearts only on gma. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. And what a morning it has been for ted ligety. Taking gold for america in the giant slalom just a few moments ago. Becomes the First American man to win two olympic gold medals in Alpine Skiing. Terrific. And bode miller had a knee injury in his first run. Remember he sat out all of last season because of a knee injury. He has just bowed out of saturdays event. This could very well be his last olympics and, again, five olympics, six medals for bode miller. I hope its not the end for him. Me, too. Congratulations. He wouldnt want to go out that way. Right, exactly. Then also coming up, american medalist david wise winning the gold in
Yamaguchi give us their best guesses. And the historymaker. Ted ligety the only american skier with two gold medals, and one race left in sochi. Not before he hangs out with us, today, thursday, february 20th, 2013. 2014. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live in olympic park in sochi, russia. Welcome to today and sochi on a thursday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. With Medal Winners thats ted ligety, who took home gold yesterday. Took home gold yesterday. Were going to talk to him about that record setting performance. But first we want to get to our top story this morning. Were talking about violence intensifying in the ukraine overnight between police and antigovernment protesters. Richard engel joins us. Reporter good morning, matt. We are still overlooking the square that is in the center of this protest. A short while ago, we h
Yay hes with us live. And ladies night, the glamour event of the game. Figure skaters from the u. S. And around the world begin their quest to become queen of the olympic ice today, wednesday, february 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition today at the olympic winter games with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from olympic park in sochi, russia. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning here in sochis olympic park. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Now ted shred ligety with a great historymaking performance. Thats right. A lot of expectations on him coming into these games he might leave with a gold medal. Check that box. Its happened first time an american male has won the giant slalom. Congratulations to him. We have a lot to celebrate. A lot of Medal Winners live here this morning. Well get to all the action here in sochi in a moment. But we want to start with our top story. The deteriorating situ
Referring to. A different statement earlier in the week saying he was willing to relax his stance on the issue. Is there any part of the law that you might be able to change that would accommodate those people that contribute to society, have been lawabiding, have kids here. Would there be any room in your mind or because i know you had a meeting this week. I had a meat with great people. Great hispanic leaders. There certainly can be a softening because were not looking to hurt people. We have some great people in this country. We have some great, great people in this country. Were going to follow the laws of this country. Nbcs katy tur is covering the trump campaign. Trumps opponents have a little policy whiplash here. Trump says he hasnt pivoted or softened his position on illegal immigration. Youve been talking to the campaign. Help us make some sense of this. Donald trump said he was softening. There could be room for softening and then last night said it was a hardening. The camp