Dramatic finishes yet. Gold, sill skprver and bronze a with us today, thursday, february 13th, 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. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. And im matt lauer. Alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. Were going to take a deep breath. We are not going to gloat because once again were in the 60s in sochi, but you want contrast . Take a look at this. Lets go back to our plaza in Rockefeller Center. Its 31 degrees there, snow is falling. It has been falling for a while, and thats just one of the scenes from a storm that is blanketing a large portion of the country. Yeah, this huge winter storm is todays top story. More than 560,000 customers are without power this morning. The majority of them in georgia and south carolina. And already the airlines have canceled 4,500 flights natio
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. President trumps team got more than one warning about Michael Flynn. The president s First National security adviser who was fired for lying to the Vice President. We learned today that after the election, president obama, who had fired flynn himself from an intelligence job, let president elect trump know that he shouldnt hire flynn. And today former acting attorney general sally yates told congress that she warned the white house that the russians knew about the lie to Vice President pence and could blackmail flynn. Heres jeff pegues. It was matter of some urgency. Om reporter sally yates said she felt compelled to inform the white house that President Trumps National Security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in late december. U. S. Intelligence had gathered intercepts of his conversations. Democrat dianne feinstein. So what
A turkish prison and in this video published on twitter you jail thanked his supporters but he expressed regret for the many jailed journalists hes leaving behind. Hello and welcome im mary and i havent seen its good to have you with us during. Security in the European Union after braggs it and transatlantic ties in the trump era those were the topics dominating a second day of speeches at the Munich Security Conference here in germany German Foreign ministers the goblin hill and british Prime Minister to resign may were among the leaders that took to the podium to outline Global Security challenges and their vision to fix them in the event is considered the most important annual gathering of Security Policy makers from around the world. Standing by for us in munich is mission to krishna our chief political editor. So the German Foreign minister is in my gob to get was the first leader to speak this morning and he expressed concern about u. S. Foreign policy under the Trump Administrat
Miles northwest of rio de janeiro. Some 200 people are missing. Secretary of state mike pompeo announcing hes heading to the u. N. Security council to gather support for the new government in venezuela. Juan guaido is interim president of venezuela. Take you down to my old neighborhood. Glor and Steve Hartman with a man transformed. When you hit rock bottom, theres only one other place to go. Glor good evening, im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with the end. The longest Government Shutdown in u. S. History is over. Before christmas, President Trump said he wouldnt sign any spending bill that did not include 5. 7 billion for a border wall. On day 35, the president gave in, agreeing to reopen the government temporarily without any new money for a wall. Roughly 800,000 federal workers who missed a second paycheck today will get backpay and their regular checks soon. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. I am very proud to announce today that we have re
It makes you feel calm, like reporter to see the pope . Yes. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. Five weeks after a budget battle put the brakes on the federal government, the wheels are slowly beginning to turn again. Its a process that could be temporary if congress and the white house cant agree on a Border Security plan before a new deadline in just under three weeks. Nikole killion has the latest. We have reached a deal to end the shutdown. Reporter one day after President Trump signed a bill to end the longest shutdown in u. S. History. The smithsonian museums will reopen to the public on tuesday. Reporter . Shuttered museums and parks planned to reopen as many federal workers breathed a collective sigh of relief. K im happy to go back to work. Reporter from this d. C. Popup kitchen to an air Traffic Control center in georgia. Im very pleased that my coworkers and i are going to be getting a paycheck finally. Reporter excitement mixed with doubt knowing the government will only b