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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? here's cnn's 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 to break through his jammed bathroom door. this picture has been re-tweeted more than 25,000 time...

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 let's 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 falling down in the rooms of one of the cnn colleagues and signs that ask you not to put toilet paper ...

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 they're 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? >> plays directly into that. there's a troubled image of the games. partially because of the gay righ...

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 leno's 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, justin bieber wasn't born. those were the good good old days. >> it was only right that billy crystal,...

President, first lady or vice president in attendance. in an exclusive interview with nbc's 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 on the olympics. by now, you have probably heard of the snarky and satirical twitter handle at sochi...