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
New clashes in ukraine. Police snipers are aiming their weapons into crowds of demonstrators. The opposition saying that 100 people have been killed since thursday. I will fight for the future of my children. We hold the Ukrainian Government responsible for dealing with Peaceful Protesters in an appropriate way. The government has issued a new warning for travelers and airlines. Parents could try to smuggle explosives on in their shoes. One winner of the huge 425 million jackpot. I wish it was me. Scores team usa moves on so the semifinals with a victory of 52. Ligety his giant slalom gold this is the night i wanted to win. Facebook with a 19 billion buy. The mobile messaging app called whatsapp, but is it worth it . One way being used to prevent flooding. Dynamite. Oh, that . Boston college has all of the players answer and syracuse is undefeated no more perhaps the best team in im thinking cbs this morning of course, you are. And all that matters. A lot of people ask me, you know, do
U. S. Government said Airline Security should be on the lookout for explosives concealed inside shoes and cosmetics. The details are still streaming in, and abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas brings us up to date on the very latest right now. Reporter tonight, Homeland Security officials are warning airlines that explosives hidden in shoes and other improvised bombs are an active, ongoing threat. Abc news has learned a new bulletin warns that terrorists are building shoe bombs, designing liquid explosives and explosives hidden in cosmetic containers to target commercial International Flights. No specific plot has been identified, but the new intelligence, developed from credible overseas sources, suggest that the terrorist bomb makers are fixated on these efforts. It certainly tells that you al qaeda is still fascinated with taking down planes. Recently had a toothpaste scare, now were going back to shoes. Reporter the new threat comes only two weeks after authorities warn