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Good morning. i'm john muller. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. here are some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." it's a tough start for team usa at the winter olympics. one alpine skier already suffering disappointment after a historic day on the ice and bobsled. our olympics update is straight ahead. passengers on the ethiopian airliner jet said they had no idea hijacking was under way. officials say the copilot took control while the pilot was on a bathroom break. severe turbulence aboard a united airlines flight left passengers hurt. the plane landed at ...

Conditions are downright dangerous. >> but games go on. canada, netherlands and norway followed by russia and the united states. our olympics update. >> reporter: what a day for the 29-year-old julia mancuso. she took the bronze medal despite less than ideal conditions due to a warm day on the slopes. mancuso dominated the downhill and in the slalom finishing strong enough to win her fourth ever olympic middle. >> i knew i had a shot after the downhill. the slalom is not my strength. i just knew i today ski and go for it and cross the finish line. i was quite surprised. >> reporter: the u.s. h...

It's fto cal ♪ time now for our olympics update. it's fair to call yesterday a gold rush for team usa, the reason why, well just check out the medal count. >> there it is. usa 30 medals total, three more than the chinese. same number of golds. japan hanging in there in third. that's quite a turnaround. >> yeah. >> the u.s. has been behind china. >> in the total and in the gold, yeah. now we are -- moving on up. one reason the u.s. took over the first spot in the medals count, michael phelps' victory over swimming rival, sunny's favorite, ryan lochte. phelps in the 200-meter individual me...