Else as we reveal some of the secrets of the opening ceremonies. Who will light the cauldron . Now just hours away. Good morning, america from russia. Came crashing in good morning, america. The games are up and running even before the opening ceremonies and what a night of firsts. So many new events we havent seen before. Lets everybody take a look at slopestyle. This has never been at the olympics before. You see these look at those guys fly. Up to 25 miles an hour. So beautiful. And Team Figure Skating, yes, i said Team Figure Skating kicked off for the first time both men and womens teams you see all competing together for a group gold medal. Russia in the lead right now. All right, the home folks have something to cheer right now. Also, of course, it is the biggest winter games ever. Almost 3,000 athletes competing from almost 90 countries. Thats awesome and 90 is it 98 events . Amazing, 98 events, cannot wait for womens figure skating to start. Robin, i dont know about you. Im ri
Slopestyle. This has never been at the olympics before. You see these look at those guys fly. Up to 25 miles an hour. So beautiful. And Team Figure Skating, yes, i said Team Figure Skating kicked off for the first time both men and womens teams you see all competing together for a group gold medal. Russia in the lead right now. All right, the home folks have something to cheer right now. Also, of course, it is the biggest winter games ever. Almost 3,000 athletes competing from almost 90 countries. Thats awesome and 90 is it 98 events . Amazing, 98 events, cannot wait for womens figure skating to start. Robin, i dont know about you. Im right with you there. Lets get right to our gma olympic headquarters in sochi. Abcs amy robach is there at our olympics desk tracking all of the action. Good morning, amy. Thats right, good morning, and before i get to all of the action ive been practicing all morning long because i want to say something. [ speaking russian ] good morning, america. In rus
Stormy weekend. We desperately need this wet weather. Its also dangerous on the roads. Chp extremely busy tonight. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight with two meteorologists tracking the wind and the rain. Our reporters are also with us. They have the latest conditions and how it will impact our weekend. Lets begin with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. Were tracking the rainfall totals. Impressive. Over the past 24 hours, 2 to 3 inches across the north bay hills. Sebastopol 3. 14. A lot less for the south bay. Theres a lot more rainfall on the way. Well get a look at the radar now. A small break in the north bay but a heavier batch developing offshore beginning to move into the peninsula, san mateo, palo alto and eventually into san jose over the next 45 minutes. So by this weekend, the subtropical plume of moisture continues to feed right into the bay area and rainfall totals will be getting even heavier for tomorrow. So, with that said, flood concerns are with us. The highes
Instead of making the usual preseason training camps to Europe with the U.S. ski and snowboard team, Corning, 24, was silently making progress toward attending fire fighting academy a new interest he hopes to pursue once his professional snowboarding days have died away.
Perched high above skiers and snowboarders spectating down below, Silverthorne’s Chris Corning stared down Copper Mountain Resort’s 70-foot big air jump and prepared to lay down a run that would qualify him into the final.