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Basic necessities. west virginia ranked dead last. >> wow. all right. time now for some winter olympics and who knows what today holds after major drama yesterday. >> let's start with the schedule. first to the slopes. 18-year-old mikaela shiffrin is among the favorites in the women's slalom. she was fifth in tuesday's event. and j.r. celski is back for more short track speed skating in today's 500 meters. he was fourth in the 1500. and u.s. men's hockey team is in the semifinal against canada. the winner plays either sweden or finland sunday for the gold. >> yeah, that follows the epic usa/...

Clenched the gold in the halfpipe skiing. a brand new event at these games. the 23-year-old from nevada soared to a commanding lead after his first run. wise fell on his second run. but the first run was good enough for the win. conditions were just as bad for the men's snowboard cross. that didn't stop alex deibold from taking third. deibold was a wax technician for team usa in vancouver four years ago. now a bronze medallist. >> the hard work i put in and sacrifices i made over the last four years, to win a medal is just the icing on the cake. >> reporter: lauryn williams and lolo jones are ...