Celebrate with her husband and kids after winning silver in the skeleton. Were going to talk to her and her family live today, saturday, february 15th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic winter games with lester holt live from olympic park in sochi, russia, and erica hill live from rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt here in sochi with natalie morales, erica hill and dylan dreyer back home. Were going to check in with both of them in just a little bit. We also want to tell you, that crowd back there, theyre like [ cheers and applause ] huge crowd theyre going to probably leave us in a short order to go over to that u. S. Versus russia hockey just across the way. Thats right. Theyre getting warming up for a rivalry. Were in the middle of the action for now, though, and we need to chant along with them, usa. Usa i cant wait well get right to todays top story. We are in the middle of several olympic ev
And red, white and blue bayou, a huge day for team usa on the ski slopes, with american bode miller attempting to become the oldest alpine skier ever to win an olympic medal. While the u. S. Mens hockey team is back in action, a day after that huge win over russia. Score thanks to a breakout hero, who has quickly become a household name. Ochie, ochie, ochie today sunday, february 16th, 2014. Good morning, welcome to today in sochi on a sunday morning. Im lester holt alongside Natalie Morales. Erica is in new york and dylan is keeping an eye on the horrible weather in massachuset massachusetts. Hey, ladies. I was at the hockey game last night, it of incredible, i am feeling the team spirit from head to toe. Too much . Even my fingernails. She will be regifting a lot of this. Even my fingernails have the stars and stripes on them. So there you go. Its a good look and you might notice we are wearing jackets today. The balmy warm spell is slowly coming to an end, a little cooler today. Ten
Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was the day after for much of the eastern seaboard, digging out from the latest winter storm. In parts of the northeast, snowfall topped two feet, and in the south, nearly halfamillion customers spent a third day with no power. The storm was also blamed for 25 deaths. Hari sreenivasan reports on the days developments. Reporter heaps and heaps of snow made a messy aftermath as the big storm moved on. Plows and trucks worked overtime to clear streets from the deep south, all the way to the northeast and new engla
Meanwhile, so many folks in the United States near wits end over the neverending attack by mother nature. Someone trying to get their driveway shovelled saying they lost two tickets to the caribbean in the snow. Poor things. And others taking it in stride. A man making a snowman, creative. That is very creative. By the way, she should learn about etickets. And this is red sox fans. And ron claiborne, biding their time until opening day. Big snow papi. And the storm and whats coming next in just a few minutes. Stay tuned. Big snow papi. We begin with the explosive partial verdict in the trial of a florida man over shooting a teenager over loud music. They found him guilty of attempted murder, but couldnt agree on the murder charge. Ryan owen has been covering the story from the beginning. We have the story from jacksonville. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, to you. The judge says hes never seen a group work harder. I was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. I have never
Hockey just across the way. Thats right. Theyre getting warming up for a rivalry. Were in the middle of the action for now, though, and we need to chant along with them, usa. Usa i cant wait well get right to todays top story. We are in the middle of several olympic events right now. So, here is what happened so far this morning. The americans failed to win a medal this morning in the womens superg. Austriana fenninger got the gold and Julia Mancuso came in eighth. And Eddie Alvarez was eliminated after separate crashes. There was a lot of action, though, last night from a roughandtumble night for mens figure skating to one of our favorite moments so far. Noelle pikuspace has that olympic medal she finally has it this morning, silvers never seemed so sweet. Oh, my goodness thank you, thank you, thank you so much 31yearold noelle pikuspace came out of retirement in the hopes of winning an olympic medal in womens skeleton. Friday, she did just that. And in one of the most memorable celeb