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>> jeff: tonight first sunday in sochi. an event the olympics have never seen before, mixed results for americans at the games today. a storm soaks parts of california with up to 11 inches of rain. will it end the worse drought in decades? what is making veterans sick? we speak with families waiting for a new report on toxic dust in iraq. and carter evans on the chris dorner case one year later. >> corner to corner in a cabin right now. >> a look back at a dramatic shoot-out from a reporter in t...

Dont miss our flight. of course, the flight might be canceled when we get there. >> reporter: service is slowly returning, and a train showed up offering the popkins hope theyll make their flight. >> we measured a foot and a half in our backyard. >> reporter: others simply gave up on machines and relied on manpower. >> its really good. when youre done, youre not facing a drive home. you just walk through your front door. >> reporter: this massive burst of moisture stretched along the west coast ...

>> reporter: and more bad news for russia since 1998, for the for the first time the host country failed to take home a medal of any come lore on the opening day of the games. brian? anne thompson high above us as day one is history. ann, thanks. and topping the second straight day now, the pacific northwest is getting slammed by a powerful storm bringing torrential rain and record-setting snow. on the upside, however, is the need for precipitation of course during the history-making drought a...

>> reporter: the 20-year-old from park city, utah won it with one trick he had never tried before. the 1620 is a helicopter twirl which involves spinning four and a half times. hannah kearney, a 27-year-old from norwich vermont, grabbed the bronze in the womens moguls. she won gold at the 2010 winter games. americans are in fourth place in the medal count after the first day of competition. but in a games mired with controversy, even before they began, the choice of russian figure skater irina r...

>> reporter: when the difference between first, second and third can be just a hundredth of a second, the u.s. olympians hope their investment in technology will place them at the top of the podium. if you want to hit top speed, who better to ask than the people who make fighter jets. the u.s. speed skating team has partnered with lockheed martin and under armor to design the mach 39. a suit more aerodynamic than anything seen in the sport before. in order to fly farther, u.s. ski jumpers practi...

Finally tonight, getting here. its tough to put into words what it means to these olympic athletes. well see it on their faces later tonight. that is if they look out from behind their phones while they record it all. and yes, they say getting here is half the battle. but for those who get here and then have to go home because of fate or tragedy or injury or all three, that is a heartbreaker. it has already happened to one member of team usa. and chris jansing has her story tonight. >> reporter:...

>> it was really cool standing at the top today. it felt like the olympics for sure. >> reporter: but thursday, just seconds into her moguls warmup, a terrible crash. as she was carried off the mountain, she says she knew the games were over for her before they began. and with the innocence of that young girl who wanted to represent her country for so long, she asked her parents, am i still an olympian? did you think you were not? >> i dont know. i just didnt know for sure. i felt like i had to ...

Downhill course proved to be amazing. the final jump including the american laurenne ross so high, officials stopped the practice to make changes. >> it was incredibly dangerous but probably a good decision to shave it down a little bit. >> reporter: as for karly shorr, her face held the story, a good first run until a fall on the last jump. the second run? success. and one more note from the mountain. five-time olympic medal bode miller posted the famous training run in the mens downhill today....

But she has more self-belief maybe than any teen around here. teen sensation mikaela shiffrin is just 18 too. one of the youngest champions in alpine skiing ever. >> she is the bomb in alpine skiing. >> bode miller is a bad boy veteran. >> he could either blow himself up or win the whole thing. >> reporter: want an epic rivalry? look no further than womens hockey. >> i think were ready to go, were more motivated than ever. >> reporter: and this team really does not like the canadians, at least o...

Its been interesting to see how its developed and changed over the past few days. >> reporter: many competitors have criticized the sochi course for being too risky-- even by the sports own death-defying standards. white had injured his wrist training on it this week while a norwegian boarder had broken his collarbone and another from finland sustained a concussion. white himself had had a bad fall at a slope style event in california last month. he doesnt want another one. anyway, whites prime ...