>> brian boitano tells us how his life has changed. >>> thanks for joining us on this rainy sunday night. the storm is not finished. a flash flood watch is in effect for the north bay tonight until 9:00 tonight. >> there was lots of it today. unusually small rivers and streams are running high. the south bay finally getting a taste of the rain. this is a live look at downtown san jose. >> we have live team coverage. nbc bay area's monty francis is in sonoma county. and we have two meteorologists tracking the storm. jeff ranieri is looking at rainfall totals, but first we want to begin with rob mayeda. >> finally the rain has arrived in the south bay. it took about 36 hours for it to drop out of the north bay. the santa cruz mountains picking up about another inch of rain. you can see the rain still stretching into the north bay. and it's a the north bay counties tonight that will still see the flash flood watch in effect through about 9:00. that means localized flooding is still possible. which is precisely what we saw out in mill valley. and monty, we had some damage to storefronts in m

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. >> when olympic medalist brian boitano announces the win of great garlic cookoff. >> the crowd goes wild! >> see the moment he real someins g. >> i think they should have gotten steve harvey. >> question got nickolly christian breaking down the best. >> see the day to make this mom's the best day ever. >> yes! >> now, we all know when you mess with the bulls, you get -- >> yeah. >> guess what happens when you put your own shoulder deep inside of a crocodile. >> why would you do that? >> this guy is sure he's got it all down. almost like he's trying to clean the esophagus of this crocodile. >> his left his watch. >> maybe. >> ah! the crack cocodile is just wait for the right moment. >> yeah! >> i don't know, it's just that his shoulder has basically come level with the front of that crocodile's jaw. >> he decides to chow on down. >> the thing let go quickly. >> he didn't want to eat the man. he just wanted to cook the man. get your hand out of my mouth. >> more like out of my stomach. >> what are you doing, man. >> i like this, like ah, ah. >> finally, the guy is okay. >> once again

kristi yamaguchi, brian boitano. todd eldredge, kimmie meissner and john and sinead kerr, all superstar olympians turned undercover "gma" agents. >> i think i probably look good. >> hey. >> mission, don a disguise, join a group lesson and convince a rink full of skaters this is their first time ever on the ice. >> you guys just have to make it into the blue coned area. come into the blue circle. you guys want to be in the middle. >> which direction would you like to spin? >> reporter: the venue bank of america's winter village at bryant park. >> one gentleman asked is that his first time on the ice. she said, i think it is. >> good job. wow. beautiful. >> got to hold back when you're trying to do some things. definitely a challenge. >> i had no problem with it at all. just comes natural. >> the thing about if you're on a scooter enyou'll push back behind you. there you go.

. >> brian boitano is making his life as a gay man public. >> you're no pushover. if you had president obama's cell phone number, what would you do? >> i would actually thank him. >> surfed every day and partied every night and just on repeat. >> now, 16 years after winning olympic gold, he's grown up. >> what's a big party night for you guys now? >> yeah, exactly. it's amazing how the definition of a party changes as you get married and have kids. >> here is raj mathai. >> we have the opportunity to go behind the scenes with some of the most dynamic people in the country. bonds, boitano and michael bower. with bonds, there's no such thing as orange and black, instead, gray. the exclusive interview with the giants legend. >> awesome. i feel like, alive. >> alive and well for perhaps the first time in his adult life. a man who thrilled the country for so many years is also the man who's still villainized by so many. >> looking back on it now and all the negative stuff that happened, do you feel like you were unfairly target the in all this? >> a little bit, yeah. su

. >> we're at table with san francisco chronicle's" mike bauer and brian boitano talks candidly about coming out. a decision project by president obama. >> did you at all feel blind-sided or at all betrayed by the president?

who's the next brian boitano to come from this event? i mean, we hope to see our newly crowned champions represent team usa and of course win a gold medal. how amazing would that be? robert: that would be. and again, as you say too, it's not just the financial impact, it's kind of the exposure that the whole area gets. john: yeah, to be able to have san jose--we'll have san jose downtown ice in the circle of palms just like this, this spectacular setting where folks would come, stay, enjoy the sport of skating, and then obviously what san jose has to offer. i mean, the weather, the hotels, the restaurants, great safe city. but we're just thrilled to partner with prudential us figure skating championship for a third time in san jose. that's a testament of northern california, the clubs, and the support for figure skating. robert: it's really going to be a great event, and it's going to be great for the south bay and the bay area. john, good seeing you. john: thank you so much. robert: congratulations on bringing the event here. john: than

we're talking about brian boitano. well, coming up, he's going into the kitchen to cook for us. >> he's a chef. >> and he has some golden recipes. >> sounds good. >>> first, we want to remind you about the chance to go behind the scenes here at grouse. just head to our website, todayshow.com, and click on "today in 360." you can see what we see live during the broadcast. and today, by the way, is the last day that this 360 camera thing is going to be available. so, for all the stalkers out there, go and logon now and check us out now. >> it's a demographic we're really trying to impress. >> exactly. >> we are leading in that group, by the way, no question about it. >>> meanwhile, before we go any further, let's bring in "today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager in. >> hey, jenna. >> jenna had one of the hottest tickets in town last night. she got to go to the halfpipe. jenna, good morning. >> yes, good morning, guys. i did. i got to go to the halfpipe last night, had the hottest ticket in town. i got to inter

. >> we're at table with san francisco chronicle's" mike bauer and brian boitano talks candidly about coming out. a decision project by president obama. >> did you at all feel blind-sided or at all betrayed by the president? -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ ♪ >>> at home with olympic gold medalist brian boitano, the sunnyvale product who lives in san francisco gave us a rare glimpse into his personal life, a personal life that became very public after president obama named him to the olympic delegation earlier this year. >> how long has it been 1988, help me with the math? >> '88, who is counting for god sake, 26 years. >> 26 years since striking gold and building t

brian boitano is my cohost. we'll have olympic champion ekaterina gordeeva here, world champion yuka sato, and jeremy abbott, ryan bradley, to name a few, and some of the olympic hopefuls, karen chen, who is our current united states ladies champion, polina edmunds, who's another local skater, and vincent zhao, who is an up and coming, probably will be at the olympic games as well, and is a local skater as well. so we're thrilled to have this incredible cast of skaters. maia and alex shibutani will also be part of the cast. they are the current us ice dance champions. robert: this is a who's who. kristi: pretty much a who's who in skating, competitive skating as well as professional skating. robert: and for you, we also mentioned earlier that it's the anniversary of winning olympic gold. kristi: we won't say what anniversary. no, it's been 25 years, so it's a big year, and it's hard to believe, but i'm getting back on the ice once again, skating with my daughter, emma. so it's just, it's nostalgic, i guess, to g

boitano for the brian boitano youthscape program. i met brian casually over dinner, and he told me he's been helping sfusd students for the past 20 years. and i said oh, what do you do? for those of you that don't know who mr. boitano is, i have some talking points. mr. boitano is a three-time olympian, three world titles, two pro-am titles, four u.s. national titles, as well as the olympic gold medal. mr. boitano has been inducted into several halls of fame. -- that's -- that's it? [applause] >> president cook: he is also an accomplished -- he has an accomplished t.v. career which included him having won a prime time emmy award and -- and he starred in the nutcracker on ice. for the past 15 years, he's toured with champions on ice around the country, headlining 25 national tours. brian's book, boitano's edge, inside the world of figure skating, after its third publishing is one of the best selling figure skating books published. and what he's been doing with sfusd students, he founded youth skate, which is a project to introduce san

boitano. the event could raise up to $200,000 when the final tally is in. >>> a trampoline park opened in the presidio. these house of airs has a giant bouncy area made up of 42 trampolines. it's called the matrix. >> looks like fun. >> seems dangerous. >> this is the adult version of the bouncecy houses. there is a spot for gymnast, snowboarders and other athlete in training. it costs $14 for the first hour but the business warns you are jumping at your own risk and you have to sign a waiver beforehand but to me, that's $14 well spent to take all the kids, say jump, keep jumping, jump a lot. >> seems like a head injury waiting to happen. it gives me flashbacks to dodgeball from 7th grade. >>> one is the sides of a bagel, the other the size of a

brian boitano joins me live in the studio. good to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> first of all, this may seem like an odd question this morning, but it came up this morning. you're part of the u.s. olympic delegation, but you've been stateside, it seems like, for the entire olympic games. why is that? >> we were there for four days. they have a delegation for the opening ceremonies, then they have another delegation for the closing ceremonies, and, hopefully, billy jean will be able to go to that. >> are you going to go back? >> i'm not, because i'm not on the closing delegations. >> does that strike you as odd? >> not odd, but, yeah, you would think they'd select one delegation and have them stay through the whole olympics. >> you wanted to stay, didn't you? >> i was torn. i did want to stay a little bit, but once the delegation leave, man, i better catch my ride back home. >> i would imagine this experience has been transformative for you in a variety of ways, you said you had no plans of coming out, why not? >> why ha

. >> that's right, brian boitano skating spectacular. it was so much fun, because we got to skate to the live music of chicago, and we did some of their classic hits as well as some of their holiday songs from their new album. and because we filmed on the notre dame campus, we had 500-piece marching band, notre dame marching band come in for a couple songs. so much fun. >> and you rounded up all of your favorite colleagues. who else is performing? >> we have a cast of 12 olympic and world great skaters. and because we filmed on the campus of notre dame, we got to wear the irish's football uniform, so we did a football number. it was really hard getting those uniforms but worth it. so it was great. >> you doing football. >> i know, right? >> you did a lot of other things, including a cookbook, a show on the cooking channel. >> yeah, i'm doing a cookbook for this coming year so i'm testing all of the recipes, keeping really busy. and then i'm performing in four other of the pandora nbc skating series. so that's really been great. tomorrow

. >> before beyoncÉ there was boitano. 24 years ago, brian boitano the bay area gold medalist was a super bowl headliner. >> it's winter ma'amic! >> in 1992 super bowl 26 in minneapolis featured a winter eolympics team. brian boitano and dorothy hamel skated on platforms topped with fake ice, glycerin-sprayed halftime. >> and my friends didn't know. i said it's the super bowl halftime show, and they said really? then they looked it up and said this is hilarious. >> and the moment they had an entertainment change. heart. the year after this happened, we got this. >> super bowl 27, michael jackson. >> wow. that's a big leap. >> that's a big leap up. >> the nfl hasn't looked back since. when you see those big names at super bowl 50, you know who to thank. >> and it's because of you brian boitano, that we got beyoncÉ. >> it's awesome. i will take credit for that. it was in the master plan. >> he doesn't have the heart to watch his own halftime show, but he still remembers his lines. >> hi everybody. i'm brian boitano and i'm dorothy hamel. come on and feel the cold. it's winter magic! ♪ co

. >>> also, brian boitano joins us. he's the figure skater who's joining billie jean king in russia where they are protesting the treatment of gays. >>> and whether you drink like a democrat or republican, you are what you drink at least politically. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ we're gonna be late. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ >>> here the good news for president obama's poll numbers. they can only get better. the president starts 2014 with his approval rating upside down. according to "huffington post"'s pollster trend line, just 41% approve of mr. obama's job performance versus 54% who disapprove. now, that's basically a complete reversal from a year ago shortly after the election when the president enjoyed a healthy positive rating. the two lines crossed in may and they haven't come close since. we'll be right back. she keeps you on your toes. you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be

brian boitano, debi thomas, peggy fleming and rudy galindo. he won the competition in 1996 his hometown. >> i won't tell you how old i am because people already know. but 60 years ago, you do the math. >> counting kristi yamaguchi from treatment, the five olympic medals. is there something in the water making his champions flex. >> i think so. olympic gold medalist brian boitano says the south bay has a lot of nice things and remembers trading with dozens of other skaters by 30 in the morning. >> i think it's very competitive atmosphere and people who would get better and better and push each other. >> you have good coaching and dedicated skaters, to get good results. >>> they had easy access to practice rinks haven't made it easy to come back. i have dozens of olympians living nearby doesn't hurt either. >> this something you didn't win the support of the alumni from the start. >>> and attention from fremont will continue the tradition. the 12 -year-old competed in the novice ladies category and won gold. >> was it like to have that pressure

. >> so evan lysacek is the first american since brian boitano in 19 8 in calgary, canada, to win the gold in men's figure skating, despite what must be disappointment for plushenko. that's the first three-time winning medalist since 1932 and daisuke takahashi of japan becomes the first japanese man ever to win an olympic figure skating medal. we'll go back out to pacific coliseum for the medal ceremony and perhaps enter views. we're waiting for that. so we can tell you about this in the meantime. earlier we showed you canada's narrow escape against switzerland at canada hockey place. i misstated the exact sequence of the win. four years to the day after switzerland upset canada in torino, the swiss gave the canadians all they could handle. it went to a shootout. we showed you crosby scoring the winning goal. he's carrying the hopes of a nation on his back. the game ended when martin brodeur stopped the final swiss shot. the final score, canada, switzerland 2. the host nation breathes a sigh of relief. a defeat would not have eliminated canada or any other team with one defeat in this

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. >> before beyoncÉ there was boitano. 24 years ago, brian boitano, the bay area gold medalist, was a super bowl headliner. >> it's winter magic! >> in 1992 super bowl 26 in minneapolis featured a winter olympics team. brian boitano and dorothy hamel skated on platforms topped with fake ice, glycerin-sprayed halftime. >> and my friends didn't know. i said it's the super bowl halftime show, and they said really? then they looked it up and said this is hilarious. >> and the moment they had an entertainment change. heart. the year after this happened, we got this. >> super bowl 27, michael jackson. >> wow. that's a big leap. >> that's a big leap up. >> the nfl hasn't looked back since. when you see those big names at super bowl 50, you know who to thank. >> and it's because of you, brian boitano, that we got beyoncÉ. >> it's awesome. i will take credit for that. it was in the master plan. >> he doesn't have the heart to watch his own halftime show, but he still remembers his lines. >> hi, everybody. i'm brian boitano, and i'm dorothy hamel. come on and feel the cold. it's winter magic!

. >> so evan lysacek is the first american since brian boitano in 19 8 in calgary, canada, to win the gold in men's figure skating, despite what must be disappointment for plushenko. that's the first three-time winning medalist since 1932 and daisuke takahashi of japan becomes the first japanese man ever to win an olympic figure skating medal. we'll go back out to pacific coliseum for the medal ceremony and perhaps enter views. we're waiting for that. so we can tell you about this in the meantime. earlier we showed you canada's narrow escape against switzerland at canada hockey place. i misstated the exact sequence of the win. four years to the day after switzerland upset canada in torino, the swiss gave the canadians all they could handle. it went to a shootout. we showed you crosby scoring the winning goal. he's carrying the hopes of a nation on his back. the game ended when martin brodeur stopped the final swiss shot. the final score, canada, switzerland 2. the host nation breathes a sigh of relief. a defeat would not have eliminated canada or any other team with one defeat in this

and applause ] >>> brian boitano. brian, happy new year. we're back with much more on a wednesday morning. but first, your local news and weather. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> code morning. i am sarah caldwell chesapeake bay at the kids plan to release the new restriction proposal -- chesapeake bay advocates plan to release the new restoration proposal on today. it is in response to a presidential order issued earlier this year. the state senator says that the changes are critical to >> now let's take a look at the forecast with tony pann. >> after a cold start, we will climb into the mid-thirties this afternoon. the clouds will be thickening up, but we should stay dry today proposed mostly cloudy by later this afternoon. high temperatures between 33 and 38. on friday, newsday, a light mix of rain, sleet, snow, or something in between. should not be a big problem on the roads. >> we will have another update at 9:25.

>> sunnyvale product brian boitano tells us how his life changed since president obama named him to the sochi delegation. >>> we're watching a flood advisory for most of marin county where we have accumulated upwards of 4 1/2 inches of rainfall on the valley floor. temperatures are going to be cool. it's going to rain just about all day long. and we're watching some areas of flooding on your local highways including 880 at broadway and oakland. that's one area to avoid. we'll tell you the other areas when nbc bay area news comes right back. ♪ [ man ] yo buzz! drop that beat! remix! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ ♪ you got that medley crunch ♪ go! go! buzz! ♪ go! go! go! buzz! ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crunch, crunch! ♪ clusters, flakes ♪ that medley crunch, crunch! go! ♪ ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ hey! you got that medley crunch ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ hey! you got that medley crunch ♪ good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and

. >>> brian boitano came out as gay and kind of thumbing his nose at the russian government. he's been appointed to be in the russian olympic delegation we will look closer at that. >>> j.p. morgan chase is limiting the use of debit cards for people who shopped at target during the security breach. chase customers who shopped at target between november 27 and december 15 now have debit card daily limits of $300 for purchases, $100 for cash withdrawal's. some shoppers decided to forgo the cards altogether and use cash. >> i used cash today specifically because i heard about this and i needed to buy something so i didn't want to risk using my card. >> target says computer hacking thieves stole payment card data from as many as 40 million target shoppers. the ceo says there's no indication pin numbers have been compromised but is urging shoppers to watch charges closely. >>> tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for health care coverage by the new year. there are last-minute changes from the white house. president obama says some people whose policies were canceled can qualify for

you know, the fact that we've got folks like billie jean king or brian boitano, who themselves have been world-class athletes that everybody acknowledges for their excellence, but also for their character, who also happen to be members of the lgbt community, you should take that for what it's worth, that when it comes to the olympics and athletic performance, we don't make distinctions on the basis of sexual orientation. we judge people on how they and m, both on the court off the court, on the field and off the field. and that's a value that i think is at the heart of not just america, but american sports. >> watch all of president obama's end of the year press conference today at 10:35 a.m. eastern here on c-span. now the senate intelligence committee hears testimony and questions about nominees for positions in the c.i.a. and state department. witnesses include caroline dianne krass, nominee for general counsel, who currently serves in the justice department, and daniel bennett smith, nominee to lead the state department's into rowe of intelligence and research this. uns about two hou

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what would brian boitano, as a contributor to the food network magazine. welcome back. >> thank you. >> congratulations on your new success now as a chef. this has to be a lot of fun for you. >> i'm having a blast. i can't tell you. it's so much fun. >> did you always cook? >> i cooked after i couldn't start eating, after my competitive career, i always loved to cook and i got together with friends, who loved cooking. they would always come to my house, and we would exchange recipes. so it's always been a passion of mine. >> we asked you to come on today to cook up something hearty, winter-like. people will be in watching the usa/canada hockey match-up. >> i have a special thing for that. this is a short rib stew. so basically i have short -- you like short ribs? >> i do. i had some the other night, in fact. >> basically, i've taken the short ribs and i've browned these. i seasoned them with salt and pepper, dusted them in flour, browned them in a little olive oil and set them to the side. now we'll get started on adding -- you want to add the onions. >> j

brian boitano getting ready for tonight's short program. he likes the chances in terms of the ratings for his show on the foot network. doreen, back to you. >> we're rooting for him. thank you, raj. >>> finally some snows out there, too. look at our temperature right now. 35 but overnight tonight, temperatures again will be below freezing. great art. there's the d.c. igloo. here's how it looked today. 15 inches more snow. over 200 inches for the season. how can it be so cold? here's the temperature anomaly around the world over the last couple of days. there you can see -- but look at across the high arctic. greenland, again, even up into hudson say, temperatures 15 degrees above average. sometimes the patterns do have to really get extremes. temperatures over the next few days still below average for us. the next chance for storminess coming along about monday. could be a mix or even some rain. back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> that's our broadcast for now. "nightly news" coming up next.

brian boitano joins me now. very controversial games. >> yeah. >> a lot of talk about security and other issues. the fact that they seem to think in sochi that homosexuality doesn't exist. we saw the mayor of sochi, no, there are no gays in sochi. when in fact there are gay nightclubs you were appointed by president obama's agency to represent them, and a few days later you came out. i was born and raised with these competitors that told me the restrictions in the country were like that. i couldn't believe it then, i think they still resonate to that direction. >> when you were asked to go and remember your country did you have any qualms about going there, knowing what the reception is likely to be? >> i did. when the president asked me to be on the delegation i didn't really realize he was sending the message of diversity and tolerance. when i read the press release i realized i had to make a statement myself. i knew i had to make a statement and make it official to go to sochi because i really wanted to stand

has three openly gay athletes, including tennis great billie jean king and skater brian boitano. scott shafer sat down with uc president janet napolitano. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> first of all, you are getting ready to go to sochi for the games. >> i am. >> what are your thoughts as you prepare to leave? >> i'm excited. i'm honored to be leading the u.s. official delegation. i'm fascinated by sochi. i've never been there so that will be interesting. and, you know, i want to go there, represent my country, represent my university, represent the team. >> you i think are the first nonpresident, vice president, or family member of the first family to head the delegation in about -- at least a decade, i know. is there a message in that? if so, what is it? >> well, i don't know. but i think, you know -- as the leader of the nation's largest public research university where openness and tolerance and intellectual achievement are celebrated and practiced every day, i think going to the olympics with the kind of delegation we have where you have athletes, you have openly gay athletes,

brian boitano might anchor with me soon? >> i'm out of a job. when he gets back from sochi, i'm out of a job. >> we wouldn't trade you -- >> you would trade me in a second. >> and he would want to try weather, too. >> i would let him. >>> let's look at the snow totals from the past 46 to 48 hours. 17 inches, squad 12 and sierra tahoe at 11. they are continuously adding to this now. you can see the radar now across interstate 80 and highway 50. heavy coverage, treacherous conditions and change required if you're heading that way, you may want to think twice, sit in the traffic just be prepared for stop and go kind of traffic. live radar now shows wide-spread coverage of rainfall across the bay and i'm pinpointing some of the worst travel tonight in the north bay after we had the most rain recently. that's where it is continually happening from 101 and it's going to be wet all the way through tomorrow morning. let's get you outside of the sky camera network and it's been a mess on the road ways. traffic backed up and i won't even take you to this.

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. >> reporter: brian boitano has always kept his private life private. he is currently in italy, but sent out a statement that he is gay. he said, quote, first and foremost, i am an american athlete and proud to live in a country that encourages the diversity, openness and tolerance. i hope we can remain focused on the olympic spirit which celebrates the achievement of sports. russia laws have raised questions about what could happen there. president putin promises gay athletes will not face discrimination in sochi. >> it will be interesting. >> it will be. not the first time we've been making statements. some are saying that president obama must send another message to putin. how about edward snowden? he's sitting over there. not happy about that either. so the relations with -- or bad relations with russia go beyond just this. >> for sure. when you have the world as your stage, at that point, so much attention on the olympics, it's not a bad time to have your point heard. >> point taken sports is next. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> no kobe. n