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>> so there you have it, the tale of two julias, or yulias. as for vladimir putin, he didnt just visit the house, he also dropped by the holland house and he gave a hug to a speed skater who won a medal that speed skater happened to be the first gay athlete to win a medal at these olympic games. >> the russian army is also on board. kevin tibbles here with us tonight. one more note, a couple of weeks ago we brought you the inspiring story of the canadian skier gold medallist at the last olympi...

Oh, somebody out theres saying, now i get it! take beano before and therell be no gas. finally tonight, the word of the day is vois snowboard slang. all over the sochi slopes and the internet. as they jump-start these games with a jolt of new energy and new words. abcs matt gutman is back with the crispy details. >> reporter: when sage kotsenburg launched over this jump, he landed right in americans hearts. with the trick, he never tried before -- ever. >> all right, here goes nothing. i just ...

>> russia hasnt won an olympic title in skating since 2006. that changed today when team figure skating ended and the host country claimed its first gold at these games. the man who pushed them over the top, 31-year-old yevgeny plushenko, the individual gold medalist from 2006. team usa took bronze. as meryl davis and charlie white wowed the audience with an arraign of spins and lifts. in snowboarding slope style, the u.s. did even better. 23-year-old jamie anderson from south lake tahoe, califo...

And i just had to visualize and trust and really believe that i could land that run i wanted to. and to remember to have fun along the way. >> jeff: that means a clean sweep for the u.s. in this new event following sage kotsenburgs win in slope-style yesterday. the highlight of kotsenburgs run, this extraordinary turn through four and a half rotations. in downhill skiing in a surprise today bode miller did not medal. he looked great in training yesterday, on a course that is the longest in olymp...

>> susan saulny in alexandria, virginia. susan, thank you. and now to the olympics in sochi tonight. the american snowboarder this evening and her victory. and the precious thank you she delivered right after. jamie anderson, winning in the womens snowboard slopestyle competition, wearing that gold medal on the podium afterward, her arms in the air there. and there was someone else she was cheering for that got our attention. also tonight, some disappointment for the american team, as well. u....

As don dahler reports tonight, it was a long climb to the top of the ramp. >> just getting here to the top of the mountain has been an olympic size struggle. it took a lawsuit against the international olympic committee. but ski jumpers lindsey van, sarah hendrickson and jessica jerome won the right along with female athletes from 11 other countries. the i.o.c. argued ski jumping was simply too dangerous. the women jumpers repeatedly found themselves responding to the idea that jumping would inj...

Hometown, who anderson calls her "spirit grandmother." >> shes the sweetest. i think mid 80s, and she made it all the way out here -- and to the course. >> reporter: those jumps so huge, the worlds best snowboarder, shaun white, last week called them too intimidating and withdrew from the competition. it wasnt much better for bode miller, the superstar of the downhill. today, downcast, finishing eighth. those racers clocking in speeds of over 80 miles an hour. there to cheer on u.s. athletes lik...

>> 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...

Welcome to "world news." tonight, the breaking news. the mudslides and the avalanche in the west. a major storm system barrelling through all weekend. the young woman buried under the snow. the frantic rescue effort that followed. while in the east, a tour bus flipping this sunday in the snow. and the forecast, the next storm about to hit the south. the highway horror caught on tape. the driver who couldnt believe what she was seeing. another driver going the wrong way down the highway, the aw...

>> reporter: how do you do that in an olympic final? >> i dont know. thats my thought process. >> reporter: organizers suggested they do know why some of the venues look so empty, despite statements that 92s are of tickets were sold. a lot of people, they suggest, are showing up late. >> russians like to come to the event not prior by as close as possible. >> reporter: figure skating is drawing crowds and photos of ashley wagner went viral, one after her performance, the other reacting to her sc...