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a shot of a predawn los angeles. welcome to the fourth hour of "morning joe." it is 6:00 a.m. out there on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. here in the east. i'm jonathan lemire alongside the bbc's katty kay. we're happy to report that msnbc contributor mike barnicle is joining us for the hour. we're in for joe, mika, and willie. catty, a lot of headlines to get to in this hour. >> the biggest one got mike off the ice rink earlier. >> landed a couple triple axels and came upstairs and -- >> i'm sort of disappointed he's changed out of his outfit, but there we go. >> and took the gold medal ...

Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that the phenom's free skate Sunday was less a competition and more a coronation. After starting his program with a textbook quad axel — a jump only Malinin has landed in competition — he doubled a planned quad loop, fell on a quad lutz and doubled another planned quad. Malinin finished with 294.35 points, well below the world-leading score of 314.66 points he had at the Grand Prix Final in December.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that the phenom’s free skate Sunday was less a competition and more a coronation. Even though kings sometimes fall down. After starting his program with a textbook quad axel — a jump only […]

For athletes from both koreas, there are also new threats. analysts say there are signs of new activity at the site where kim's regime produces nuclear fuel. >> north korea did wonderful triple axels and smile diplomacy at pyeongchang but in reality they've been working over time on nuclear and missile programs and the fear is and the expectation is that north korea will conduct more tests of long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles. >> and u.s. officials and outside analysts are specifically worried tonight about the next big phase of kim jong-un's weapons program which could come withi...

Japan also made history as the first woman who land three triple axels in competition ever. usa's jeret peterson landed his signature hurricane in the aerials competition. meanwhile on the slopes american johnny spillane took silver and teammate bill demong won gold in the men's nordic combined. he will be the flag bearer in sunday's closing ceremonies. >> i'm a little nervous. >> and the usa women's hockey team won silver after losing to canada. the canadian women, though, later apologized for being seen drinking alcohol and smoking cigars for nearly 30 minutes on the ice during their celebra...