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
Airlines flying into russia. I threat over terrorism in sochi while the olympics are going on. Thats beginning right now on the kudlow report. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. Were live here at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and 4 00 p. M. Pacific. Even though it was a quiet day for the dow, still a lot of worries for the stock market in general. The economy, the weather. Sheila is joining me with the details. Good evening, sheila . Good evening, larry. Old man winter is striking again but first lets talk about the markets. Gains and losses ending the day modestly lower. The s p is off just three points. Some key Earnings Reports after the bell. Disney higher after handedly beating expectations. Thanks to hit films like frozen, different story for twitter slipping nearly 16 in the after hours after the very first Earnings Report as a public company. Headline numbers like sales and profits beat expectations but user growth was disappointing, up just 3. 8 from the
From severe depression long before he deliberately crashed a jetliner into the french alps, killing 150 people. Tonight, crews continue the tedious work of recovering and attempting to identify their remains, and allen pizzey has the latest. Reporter french investigators say the job of recovering human remains is nearly over, but they wont stop looking. 20 specialist troops will be sent up the mountain tomorrow to begin bringing down personal belongings, which will help with victim identification. Prosecutors on monday revealed that lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies and accused him of hiding his Mental Health problem from his employer. But in another twist today lufthansa admitted that Andreas Lubitz had told the airline about his depression when he resumed his Flight Training in 2009. The airline has now turned over email correspondence to investigators. Only a week ago, lufthansas c. E. O. Carsten spohr had said lubitz was 100 air worthy without any restrictions. Until
And lets go to vic lee. Were November Newsom will be ild weelding that. Another California Institution when they hear Something Like this, there is a figure on his hand. Lieutenant governor said just before this. Again we want to be about a hundred yards from the bridge where they held the ceremony, so just a little while ago, he will be speaking about 800 people gathered set the length of a football field from the building across westbound lanes. To the new eastern span in San Francisco bay area a banner the second event because. Gavin newsom is going to cut the chain. Lets listen to what the Lieutenant Governor is saying. Being represented at this moment for generations to dream big dreams z with that, id like to ininvite all of you to participate in a countdown then, be patient with me. As i the brave men and women who will be putting on gloves and putting on this good looking sunglasses. So together 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 woohoo there you have it. Lieutenant governor gavin n
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