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Oh! oh! man! already a better run. this is where he had trouble in the last -- oh! >> geez! >> oh! man! >> those are the three medalists. >> those are the medalists! >> tough stuff. >> this is sochi. the weather is impacting the competition there certainly making our olympic athletes around the world a little concerned about conditions. that's not the only venue impacted by the unseasonable temperatures there. snowboarders saying the halfpipe is less than ideal for them. shaun white says the halfpipe isn't up to snuff and the problems have led to a number of falls and these poor conditions hav...

And she's beaming, huge story. women's hockey team, routed and srland, they play canada wednesday. the two best teams in the world, and they do not like each other. i'm on the bandwagon with that sport at the olympics. i also want to talk about shaun white. pulled out of the slopestyle to focus on half pipe. tomorrow he goes for gold. if he wins, three straight golds in the event, davis is trying to do the same in the 1,000 on wednesday. mentioning the slopestyle snowboard i don't know if you got to see sage kotsenburg and jamie anderson today, he's like sp spicolli, and she's this sweet perso...

Not performing. first of all, the sad news that billie jean king is not going to make it for the opening ceremonies because of her mother's illness, so she will not be part of that delegation. >> reporter: yeah. >> so that is sad. >> reporter: right. >> but the point will be made by brian and other well-known gay athletes as well. >> reporter: right. and that's in defiance, if you will, of russia's law against homosexuality, and it is sad that she will not be here, but the u.s. will -- there will be a u.s. delegation here, andrea. but i think really the big news coming out of the olympics toda...

Burke, a free-style skier. she died january 19, 2011, when she was practicing for the "x" games. she sustained a traumatic brain injury when she was on the half pipe in park city, utah. she had been training for the 2012 games and on the same half pipe in utah, kevin pierce, fell into a comb atook two years of intensive rehab to learn to walk and talk again. now, espn, which obviously televises the exnchs games issued a statement, saying in part, quote, we have worked closely on safety issues with athlete, course designers and other experts, for each of the 18 years of "x" games. still, when t...

thank you for much for being was. and joe bebe is back, contributinged for for "rolling stone." let's get right to it this mo morni morning. the investigation into whitney houston's death, her body is back in new jersey. they are refusing to say whether or not she drowned. they're waiting for the toxicology reports. in past cases, we know it could take weeks or weeks. he also won't comment on whether alcohol or drugs may have played a role in her death. >> look at a body and not know what the cause of death is. you might have a suspicion, but the person could have suffered a heart at...