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And of course the first lady got involved. amy poehler, hillary clinton and of course you know average citizens demanding the return of these young women to their family. and it was a really powerful thing to witness of course. >> here is heres another one that here we go. they didnt want to show this one. this one is mildly amusing. this was, the #sochi problems. about the olympic games. and you see the message is who needs walls? >> yeah. i mean this is one of the humorous examples of things t...

Crab legs from a grocery store and suspended one game for publicly shouting vulgar language. in december winston was the subject of a student conduct hearing investigating allegations hed sexually assaulted a fellow student two years ago but the investigation did not find enough evidence to punish winston. olympics are not usually known by a hash tag but even before this years opening ceremonies sochi problems became shorthand for everything from shoddy construction to housing shortages for secu...

Rod for controversy. he was arrested for shoplifting and was suspend eed for shoutin vulgar language and a student conduct hearing on allegations he sexually assaulted a student two years ago but the investigation did not find enough evidence to punish winston. olympics are not usually known by a hashtag but even before this years opening ceremonies, sochi problems became short-hand for everything from shoddy construction to housing shortages to security concerns for russias first ever olympic g...

By a hashtag but even before this years opening ceremonies, "sochi problems" was everything from housing shortages to security concerns to shoddy housing. in the end, the event came off without any big issues. it had been 29 years since the kansas city royals made the playoffs. with this ball, a scrappy post-season run took them to game seven of the world series. unfortunately for kansas city fans, the only thing hotter than their team was giants pitcher madison baumgartner. the tapes released b...

Introducing cardioviva: your medication, the first probiotic to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels without a prescription. cardioviva. welcome back. im rachel nichols. there were a lot of subjects in the winter olympics. of course, the sochi problems, a running series of comical hospitality miscues. but as always, the stories that trumped them all belonged to the athletes. and i was thrilled to be there with them. ♪ youre not the hard core athlete type that were used to seeing. >> yeah...

By something called sochi problems. the twitter page has shown us some really outrageous things including an american bobsledder getting locked in his bathroom. so will the problems continue this week? heres cnns sports anchor rachel nickles. rachel? >> reporter: the venues here in sochi have been beautiful, but not always full of fans. the sochi problems with the run-up to the loum picks have been handled, but not one of them. johnny quinn took one of the most buzzed about pictures after he had...

Ended on a high note. no pun intended. >> and it was said that i have to tell you and it is going to show my age, that the last time i watched the "tonight show" bette midler was saying good night to johnny carson, and people loved leno, and he was number up with for a long time. >> and oh, yes, okay. >> and lets talk about sochi, and on the way, there have been a few distractions, and there is a twitter handle calling at sochi problems, and some of the pictures are hard to believe. curtains fal...

The covers. >> this is the safest bet they made in the world. betting on the olympic, mary lou retton on wheaties. you always like the olympic, always fun and feel-good. this time theyre not. a combustible combination of factors making this a troubled olympic games. >> talk about those. one is the country. russia. right? its stance again lgbt activists in the country. look at this poll. favorable rating of russia now about 41% from americans. 55% unfavorable. how does all this play into that? >>...

The hashtag sochi problems is being tweeted about 50 times a minute. so after 22 years, jay leno is going out on top. thursday night marked jay lenos final tonight show and in his opening monologue, he reminisced in how much the world has changed since he took over for legendary johnny carson over two decades ago. >> when i started hosting, marijuana was illegal and you could smoke cigarettes anywhere you wanted. 20 years ago, guys had to go to the newsstand for porn. when i started hosting, jus...

President, first lady or vice president in attendance. in an exclusive interview with nbcs bob costas. president obama dismissed the notion that his relationship with vladimir putin is ice cold. he says, in part, quote, my sense is that is part of his s the schtick wanting to look tough guy. we tend to smile once in a while. you can catch the interview tonight in sochi. it all begins at 7:30, 6:30 central right here on nbc. we will be staying on top of that right here on msnbc. one more note o...