And others banned clothing, as well. At ski slopestyle, no jackets, and a rare medal sweep for the u. S. Men. We wont give away the placement. But one of them was gus kenworthy, who is getting a lot of tweets about four stray dogs, a mother and puppies he hopes to bring home with his medal. There was excitement for the women in the halfpipe, as well, bronze for kelly clark, and a stunner was kaitlyn fairi rrin farrington, the last snow boarder on the team. Her happy parents had financed her travel by selling livestock. By the time i moved out of the house there were no cows left, they put evething they had into this. Now it really paid off. Reporter and another stunner, the superstar, Yevgeny Plyushchenko pulled out of the singles competition because of injury. He had helped the russians win gold. I was shocked because i competed with him and have known him for enough years to know he was very tough. Reporter it was that kind of day to expect the unexpected at the winter games. It is f
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
Americas women grab gold and bronze. As the showdown in sochi looms, two of americas best skiers ever, bode and ted finally about to face off. And good morning, america. Boy, you see the snow on the lens this morning. Boy, a lot to celebrate in sochi for team usa today. Gold, silver, and bronze in mens slopestyle. Only the third time the u. S. Has ever swept the medals in an olympic winter games event. You said the winter games. It seems more like the summer games there. We want to look at the pictures right now. Look at that. You know a little contrast. A little bit. Were 61 over there, 30 here. And you well, theyre in tshirts over there. And matt gutman went for a swim yesterday. A little bit different. Lets get to the storm. Its socking so much of the east coast right now. A live shot just outside of philadelphia. That area could get more than a foot of snow today. Ginger zee is leading the extreme weather team. Shes got coverage up and down the coast, including philadelphia. Lets g
Im on the edge of glory and miracle on ice, part two. The u. S. And russia poised for an epic rematch. The american team, the underdogs, now hours before they take the ice, team usa reveals just how eager they are for the highstakes faceoff. Good morning, america. And good morning, america. Happy valentines day, everyone. Lets take a look at the u. S. Men getting their medals yesterday. It was such a clean sweep in slopestyle. There they are, joss christensen, Gus Kenworthy and nick goepper. They are stoked. Remember why they won the meda medals. Slope style. Great guys, too. Its always makes it easier to root had theyre that good. The story affecting millions over here right now. Look at this map. Released by twitter showing where the tweets include the word snow. So many people oh, thats the u. S. , i see it now. Thats the northeast, everybody. I see. Thats it. So many people needing help during the storm. This photo going viral of a firefighter helping a woman out of harms way and k
All of them are with us live as bronze medalist nick goepper has special valentines day message. And pushing our luck eight years after firsttime luge, al and i give it another shot. Spandex and all. One run to remember and another wed like to forget today, friday, february 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of 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 friday morning, im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone, im Savannah Guthrie alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. The event weve been waiting for is here. Your luge. Is it just me, in eight years, has the spandex gotten a little snugger . Thats not nice. You waited eight years for that line . Lets just say we had an interesting morning. Thats putting it mildly. Bit of an understatement. Well fill you in on that in a little while. Once again, the weather back home is our top story. What a mess. This b