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U.S. reveals North Korea cancelled meeting with Pence at last minute - Duration: 2:30.

We start with the meeting that never happened...

The United States has confirmed that Vice President Mike Pence was set to meet with

North Korean officials during his recent visit to South Korea for the opening of the Winter

Olympics.

That was before the regime pulled out, seemingly upset by the Trump administration's continued

hardline stance.

Kwon Jang-ho reports.

North Korea 'dangled' a meeting in front of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, before it

was cancelled last minute after Pence refused to soften his tone on the regime -- that's

how the vice president's Chief of Staff Nick Ayers described the meeting that could-have-been.

Ayers, speaking to the Washington Post on Tuesday, revealed that the CIA had received

word of North Korea's interest in holding a meeting during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics,

and that preparations began following President Trump's approval and ahead of the Pence's

trip to Asia.

The vice president was given a remit to convey the sincerity of Washington's hardline stance,

although not to open any negotiations.

But only two hours before their scheduled meeting time on the 10th of February, the

day after the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the North Korean delegation

called to cancel.

They reportedly expressed dissatisfaction over Pence's announcement a few days prior

that new sanctions were being planned on Pyongyang.

The North Korean delegation also showed disapproval of a meeting between the vice president and

North Korean defectors, as well as Fred Warmbier, the father of the U.S. student who died last

year shortly after being released from 17 months of detention in the North.

Throughout his trip to Asia, Pence repeatedly said he would fight against the North's attempts

to, quote, 'hi-jack' the Olympics with its propaganda.

A state department spokesperson confirmed the report, saying that although the administration

regrets the North's failure to seize this opportunity, Washington will not apologize

for calling attention to the regime's human rights abuses.

The vice president's office also said Seoul tried to assist by providing the Blue House

as a neutral location for the meeting, but the South Korean top office has declined to

comment.

It had been hoped that North Korea's involvement in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics would open

the road for dialogue with the U.S. as well as South Korea.

But the revelation of this failed meeting shows that there is still a long way to go,

before all sides are ready to sit at the negotiation table.

Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.

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Report: 180 Republicans Crush Liberals' Most Progressive Agenda In Midwest State - Duration: 2:52.

Report: 180 Republicans Crush Liberals' Most Progressive Agenda In Midwest State.

Combating the liberal agenda can seem like a near impossibility these days.

The Left controls the mainstream media, our nation's education system, Hollywood, and

Silicon Valley.

Add it all up, and that's a recipe for controlling the message and stifling opposing viewpoints.

However, strides can still be made when conservatives actually stand together and push back against

things they don't agree with.

And 180 Republicans in one Midwest state gathered together to decimated Liberals' most precious,

progressive agenda in one fell swoop.

From The Daily Caller:

Kansas GOP voted to pass a resolution Saturday that indicates the party will oppose all efforts

to surgically or hormonally change one's body based on the notion that the physical

form may not correlate with their identity (or identity of choice).

A committee of roughly 180 Kansas politicians (including delegates from each congressional

district in the state) passed the resolution, according to The Wichita Eagle's Sunday

report, which affirms self-perception does not and should not possess the gravity to

change one's biological sex.

The document opposes all surgical and hormonal procedures for identity alteration(s).

In recent years, the Left has been going out of its way to bring transgender issues to

the forefront.

The overriding message has been that the issue is as common as the sun coming up in the morning.

Reality tells a vastly different story, but liberals have never let small things such

as facts hinder the advancement of a topic they hold near and dear to their heart.

Any questions that may push back against that line of thinking are met with outrage and

indignation, and that makes it awfully tough for one to do anything more than throw their

hands in the air and walk away.

That seems to be the ultimate goal of the Left on this and countless other issues, but

headway can still be made when folks stand together.

Of course, any successes on that front will be met with further name calling from those

on the other side of the argument.

Equality Kansas doesn't see the move as one of love, however, calling it "an undignified

and crass assault."

When an opposing viewpoint is referred to as an "assault," it's quite clear that

serious problems are afoot with the debate as a whole.

If one can't defend their position without resorting to name-calling and baseless claims,

then there's a really good chance that they lack clarity on the argument that's dancing

around in their heads.

As the Kansas GOP has successfully demonstrated, common sense can ultimately rule out if the

urge to walk away while shaking your head is resisted.

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U.S. reveals North Korea cancelled meeting with Pence at last minute - Duration: 2:29.

Should it were to happen,...it could have been a major breakthrough.

Washington says Vice President Mike Pence was set to meet with North Korean officials

during his recent visit here in South Korea for the opening of the Winter Olympics.

That was before the regime pulled out, seemingly upset by America's continued hardline stance.

Kwon Jang-ho has our top story.

North Korea 'dangled' a meeting in front of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, before it

was cancelled last minute after Pence refused to soften his tone on the regime -- that's

how the vice president's Chief of Staff Nick Ayers described the meeting that could-have-been.

Ayers, speaking to the Washington Post on Tuesday, revealed that the CIA had received

word of North Korea's interest in holding a meeting during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics,

and that preparations began following President Trump's approval and ahead of the Pence's

trip to Asia.

The vice president was given a remit to convey the sincerity of Washington's hardline stance,

although not to open any negotiations.

But only two hours before their scheduled meeting time on the 10th of February, the

day after the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the North Korean delegation

called to cancel.

They reportedly expressed dissatisfaction over Pence's announcement a few days prior

that new sanctions were being planned on Pyongyang.

The North Korean delegation also showed disapproval of a meeting between the vice president and

North Korean defectors, as well as Fred Warmbier, the father of the U.S. student who died last

year shortly after being released from 17 months of detention in the North.

Throughout his trip to Asia, Pence repeatedly said he would fight against the North's attempts

to, quote, 'hi-jack' the Olympics with its propaganda.

A state department spokesperson confirmed the report, saying that although the administration

regrets the North's failure to seize this opportunity, Washington will not apologize

for calling attention to the regime's human rights abuses.

The vice president's office also said Seoul tried to assist by providing the Blue House

as a neutral location for the meeting, but the South Korean top office has declined to

comment.

It had been hoped that North Korea's involvement in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics would open

the road for dialogue with the U.S. as well as South Korea.

But the revelation of this failed meeting shows that there is still a long way to go,

before all sides are ready to sit at the negotiation table.

Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.

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GOLD! BC, Boston celebrate US Women's Hockey win - Duration: 0:42.

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Trump's solution to prevent US school shootings: 'Arm teachers' - Duration: 0:31.

The coach was very brave,

He saved a lot of lives, I suspect,

but if he had a firearm

he wouldn't had a run,

he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.

And this would only be obviously for people that are very adept at handling a gun,

and it would be it's called "concealed carry",

where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them,

they'd go for special training,

and they would be there

and you would no longer have a gun-free zone.

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Lawmakers suggest having the Rev. Billy Graham 'lay in honor' at US Capitol - Duration: 1:34.

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Olympic U S Women's Hockey Player Hilary Knight Says She Doesn't Believe in Dieting - Duration: 2:28.

Olympic U.S. Women's Hockey Player Hilary Knight Says She Doesn't Believe in Dieting

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Australia balances close ties to US and China - Duration: 1:46.

Australia and China are going through a rough patch in their relationship right now — and

the U.S. seems like it wants to make things worse.

Australia is one of four nations, including the U.S., currently considering a joint initiative

to compete with China's massive Belt and Road infrastructure spending.

The still-tentative project could help counter what the U.S. views as an attempt to project

China's influence across the globe.

This sort of project fits well with Australia's close security and ideological alliance with

the U.S.

But Australia also has over 100 billion reasons to steer clear of a trade fight with China.

China is Australia's No. 1 trading partner — the two countries exchanged over $123

billion worth of goods and services from 2016-2017.

And China's financial ties to Australia are only growing: Chinese investment in Australian

agriculture jumped from $300 million to $1 billion last year.

Trade with China has helped Australia avoid a recession for almost 27 years in a row,

but Australian lawmakers are growing cautious of the country's influence.

An Australian politician was forced to resign late last year due to his links to Chinese

donors and after he was recorded seeming to support China's controversial presence in

the South China Sea.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed a ban on foreign political donations

in response to China's influence.

And Australian lawmakers received a report in January about the Chinese government's

alleged attempts to infiltrate Australia's business and higher education sectors.

And the U.S. isn't likely to make things any less tense between Australia and China — President

Trump's choice for U.S. ambassador to Australia, Adm. Harry Harris, has repeatedly criticized

Chinese influence in the region.

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Trump's Had Enough Deep State Meddling, Slams "Judas" Jeff Sessions With 3 Brutal Words - Duration: 4:37.

Trump's Had Enough Deep State Meddling, Slams "Judas"

Jeff Sessions With 3 Brutal Words

President Donald Trump has reached his limit with former President Barack Obama's deep

state operatives meddling in our government.

Now, he's got three brutal words aimed directly at Attorney General "Judas" Jeff Sessions

that you don't want to miss.

Despite numerous government officials demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions resign

for his betrayal of President Trump and American patriots, he continues to provide a shield

under which deep state hacks like Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel

Robert Mueller can operate.

Trump's had enough of this crap and took to Twitter with his frustration.

According to Daily Caller, Trump let loose on Sessions on Wednesday, February 21, 2018,

in a tweet which said, "Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during

the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the

investigation?

Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?

Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation?

Ask Jeff Sessions!"

AG Sessions is the lynchpin to the deep state's complete operation.

If it weren't for the fact that Sessions recused himself from the Russian collusion

investigation, our government wouldn't be the laughing stock of the entire world right

now and corrupt people such as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, James Comey, Andrew McCabe,

Peter Strzok, and many more would be indicted for their crimes.

Many people suspect that Sessions is in some way compromised and won't un-recuse himself

because the deep state has some kind of dirt on him.

If this is the case, why can't Sessions do what he wants criminals in the U.S. to

do — pay the piper.

This isn't the first time Trump has hit Sessions with the ugly truth.

In July 2017, Trump's frustration reached a boiling point when Sessions refused to do

his job and investigate Hillary Clinton's illegal email server and the DNC corruption.

In one tweet, Trump wrote, "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position

on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!"

Additionally, President Donald Trump threw hot fire on Jeff Sessions during an interview

with the New York Times just a week before the July 25, 2017, tweet.

In that interview, Trump blasted Sessions for being deceitful and taking the job of

Attorney General with no intentions of keeping his promise to serve the American people first.

Sessions clearly chose to serve the interests of Clinton and Obama, which left millions

of Trump supporters infuriated with the former Alabama Senator.

"Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I

think is very unfair to the president," Trump said, during the New York Times interview.

"How do you take a job and then recuse yourself?

If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, 'Thanks, Jeff, but

I'm not going to take you.'

It's extremely unfair — and that's a mild word — to the president."

At that time, Trump also blasted Sessions for his testimony during Senate confirmation

hearings, saying that Sessions' failure to come clean about his "communications

with the Russians" was bad form.

"Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers," the president said.

"He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they

weren't," he added.

Here we are, more than a year into Trump's presidency, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller

is running rampant throughout Washington, D.C., trying to bring charges against anyone

he can, even if they had nothing to do with Trump's presidential campaign.

The ugly truth here is that this is exactly what Obama had planned.

This national embarrassment and complete debauchery taking place in our Department of Justice

and other federal agencies is the spectacle Barack Obama set out to create.

The "resistance" that liberals constantly talk about in regards to President Donald

Trump is exactly what is happening.

Trump has the power to fire Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, and Robert Mueller.

In my opinion, American patriots would respect him more for taking that necessary action

than if he were to wait for Mueller to attempt a bogus indictment or impeachment

what do you think about this?

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Trump's Had Enough Deep State Meddling, Slams "Judas" Jeff Sessions With 3 Brutal Words - Duration: 4:40.

Trump's Had Enough Deep State Meddling, Slams "Judas" Jeff Sessions With 3 Brutal

Words President Donald Trump has reached his limit

with former President Barack Obama's deep state operatives meddling in our government.

Now, he's got three brutal words aimed directly at Attorney General "Judas" Jeff Sessions

that you don't want to miss.

Despite numerous government officials demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions resign

for his betrayal of President Trump and American patriots, he continues to provide a shield

under which deep state hacks like Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Special Counsel

Robert Mueller can operate.

Trump's had enough of this crap and took to Twitter with his frustration.

According to Daily Caller, Trump let loose on Sessions on Wednesday, February 21, 2018,

in a tweet which said, "Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during

the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the

investigation?

Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?

Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation?

Ask Jeff Sessions!"

AG Sessions is the lynchpin to the deep state's complete operation.

If it weren't for the fact that Sessions recused himself from the Russian collusion

investigation, our government wouldn't be the laughing stock of the entire world right

now and corrupt people such as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, James Comey, Andrew McCabe,

Peter Strzok, and many more would be indicted for their crimes.

Many people suspect that Sessions is in some way compromised and won't un-recuse himself

because the deep state has some kind of dirt on him.

If this is the case, why can't Sessions do what he wants criminals in the U.S. to

do — pay the piper.

This isn't the first time Trump has hit Sessions with the ugly truth.

In July 2017, Trump's frustration reached a boiling point when Sessions refused to do

his job and investigate Hillary Clinton's illegal email server and the DNC corruption.

In one tweet, Trump wrote, "Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position

on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!"

Additionally, President Donald Trump threw hot fire on Jeff Sessions during an interview

with the New York Times just a week before the July 25, 2017, tweet.

In that interview, Trump blasted Sessions for being deceitful and taking the job of

Attorney General with no intentions of keeping his promise to serve the American people first.

Sessions clearly chose to serve the interests of Clinton and Obama, which left millions

of Trump supporters infuriated with the former Alabama Senator.

"Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I

think is very unfair to the president," Trump said, during the New York Times interview.

"How do you take a job and then recuse yourself?

If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, 'Thanks, Jeff, but

I'm not going to take you.'

It's extremely unfair — and that's a mild word — to the president."

At that time, Trump also blasted Sessions for his testimony during Senate confirmation

hearings, saying that Sessions' failure to come clean about his "communications

with the Russians" was bad form.

"Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers," the president said.

"He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they

weren't," he added.

Here we are, more than a year into Trump's presidency, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller

is running rampant throughout Washington, D.C., trying to bring charges against anyone

he can, even if they had nothing to do with Trump's presidential campaign.The ugly truth

here is that this is exactly what Obama had planned.

This national embarrassment and complete debauchery taking place in our Department of Justice

and other federal agencies is the spectacle Barack Obama set out to create.

The "resistance" that liberals constantly talk about in regards to President Donald

Trump is exactly what is happening.

Trump has the power to fire Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein, and Robert Mueller.

In my opinion, American patriots would respect him more for taking that necessary action

than if he were to wait for Mueller to attempt a bogus indictment or impeachment.

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Melania Trump's parents are about to become citizens permanent U.S. residents - Duration: 4:13.

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North Korea's trade deficit with China reaches US$1.7 bil. - Duration: 2:02.

The economic sanctions targeting North Korea may be starting to bite.

New data shows...

Pyongyang is selling less to its biggest trade partner, China.

Our Cha Sang-mi has more on the gloom that awaits unless the regime change its ways.

U.S. news website Business Insider on Wednesday reported that North Korea has fallen into

a one-point-seven billion U.S. dollar trade deficit with China, its biggest and most important

trade partner.

NK News, a U.S.-based website that provides news and analysis about North Korea, also

pointed out at contrasting trade figures.

While North Korea spent over three-billion dollars on Chinese imports in 2017,... it

only exported one-point-six billion dollars in goods.

The North's exports last year represent a dive from 2013 when it exported nearly three-billion

dollars in goods to China.

The slump comes after the UN imposed and pushed for "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang a year

ago by restricting its trade, especially on rare earth minerals.

Hinting at some alternative source of funding, questions rise over how Pyongyang manages

to operate in the face of such trade deficit.

According to experts, the culprit could be the dollarization of Pyongyang's economy,

where foreign currencies such as the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen are preferred

over its own banknotes.

"Actually North Korea's private marketplace has a lot of foreign currencies.

North Korean individuals also have some savings.

So the government is using this money to continue the imports.

But as soon as the cash dries out, imports will stop dramatically."

The expert also said that North Korea has been searching for profits in cyber- or crypto

market-hacking, but that activity, even when paired with other illegal acts, is not enough

to sustain the regime's economy.

As such, many experts are saying that North Korea's trade won't be blooming anytime soon

under the ongoing sanctions which were imposed following its sixth nuclear test last September.

Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.

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'Donut Boy' Thanking Every Cop In The US One Donut At A Time Makes His SoCal Stop - Duration: 1:01.

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Melania Trump's Parents 'Chain Migration' - Viktor and Amalija Knavs Are Permanent US Residents - Duration: 5:14.

The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United

States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar with their status,

but their attorney declined to say how or when the couple gained their green cards.

Immigration experts said Viktor and Amalija Knavs very likely relied on a family reunification

process that President Donald Trump has derided as "chain migration" and proposed ending

in such cases.

The Knavses, formerly of Slovenia, are living in the country on green cards, according to

Michael Wildes, a New York-based immigration attorney who represents the first lady and

her family.

"I can confirm that Mrs. Trump's parents are both lawfully admitted to the United States

as permanent residents," he said.

"The family, as they are not part of the administration, has asked that their privacy

be respected so I will not comment further on this matter."

The Knavses are now awaiting scheduling for their swearing-in ceremony, according to a

person with knowledge of the parents' immigration filings.

Questions over the Knavses' immigration status have escalated since Trump campaigned

for the White House on a hard-line anti-immigration agenda.

Those questions grew sharper last month, when the president proposed ending the decades-long

ability of U.S. citizens to sponsor their parents and siblings for legal residency in

the United States.

Trump has repeatedly blasted the long-standing policy as "chain migration."

In last month's State of the Union, the president called that process a threat to

Americans' security and quality of life.

Under his plan, he said, only spouses and minor children could be sponsored for legal

residency.

But immigration experts said such a path would have been the most likely method his in-laws

would have used to obtain residency that permits them to live in the United States.

Matthew Kolken, a partner at a New York immigration law firm, said there are only two substantive

ways Trump's in-laws could gain green cards: by their daughter sponsoring them or by an

employer sponsoring them.

The latter is unlikely, as it would require a showing that there were no Americans who

could do the job for which they were sought.

Both the Knavses are reportedly retired.

In Slovenia, Viktor Knavs, now 73, worked as a chauffeur and car salesman.

Amalija Knavs, now 71, was a pattern maker at a textile factory.

David Leopold, an immigration lawyer and a past president of the American Immigration

Lawyers Association, said the first lady's sponsorship of her parents appears to be the

only reasonable way they would have obtained green cards because the process currently

gives preferential treatments to parents of a U.S. citizen.

"That would be the logical way to do it, the preferred way to do it and possibly the

only way to do it under the facts that I know," Leopold said.

Foreigners can also petition for refugee status or other humanitarian programs, according

to the Department of Homeland Security.

A White House spokesman and a spokeswoman for the first lady declined to comment.

Melania Trump came to the United States from Slovenia in 1996 for several modeling assignments,

first on a visitor's visa and then a work permit.

In 2000, Trump self-sponsored herself for a green card based on her "extraordinary

ability" as a model, according to information Wildes previously released.

In 2001, several years after meeting Donald Trump, she received a green card that granted

her permanent residency.

She became a U.S. citizen in 2006, the year after she and Trump were married.

The Knavses have lived on and off with the Trumps in New York City for years and have

been seen frequently in Washington since the first lady moved into the White House last

summer.

Several years ago, their attorneys contacted the office of Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,

now the Democratic minority leader, for help checking on the status of their petition for

a green card with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to a person familiar with

the outreach.

Such efforts are not unusual and some congressional staffs, including Schumer's, have a dedicated

immigration case worker to handle such requests.

Schumer's office declined to comment.

In his State of the Union address on Jan. 30, Trump offered a four-point immigration

reform plan that he said "protects the nuclear family by ending chain migration."

"Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited

numbers of distant relatives," the president said in his speech.

"Under our plan, we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses

and minor children.

This vital reform is necessary, not just for our economy, but for our security, and our

future."

Trump underscored his position in a Feb. 6 tweet.

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NRA chief: Idea that armed security makes us less safe is ridiculous - Duration: 2:31.

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Saudi Arabia, China and Turkey join hands to block US move against Pakistan at Financial Action Task - Duration: 3:24.

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US women's hockey defeats Canada in shootout to win Olympic gold - Duration: 2:04.

The United States women's hockey team on Thursday defeated Canada 3-2 after a dramatic shootout

to win a gold.

The victory marks the U.S. team's first gold since 1998.

"I can't put it into words," defenseman Kacey Bellamy said.

"This whole year is for everyone that came before us.

This is for Julie Chu (former USA team captain) and for all our families at home, the schools

that we went to, everyone supporting us."

Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored in the first extra round of the first shootout tiebreaker

to cap off the victory.

Maddie Rooney stopped Meghan Agosta on her second try of Thursday's shootout to clinch

it.

Rooney stopped 29 shots in regulation and the 20-minute overtime.

Shannon Szabados made 39 saves for Canada, which had won four straight Olympic gold medals.

Marie-Philip Poulin and Haley Irwin scored in regulation for Canada.

The Americans won the inaugural women's gold medal in 1998, but had not beaten Canada in

the Olympics since.

Hilary Knight and Monique Lamoureux-Morando, Jocelyne's twin sister, scored the American

goals in regulation.

t was 2-2 after three periods and 2-2 through five shooters in the tie-breaker.

"It is everything for our country," U.S. coach Robb Stauber said.

"I am just so thankful for the outcome.

It was a thrilling final.

It was unreal."

It was the second straight overtime in the gold medal game for these two teams, but the

first shootout in Olympic women's hockey history.

The men have done it, most recently when Sweden beat Canada in 1994.

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U.S. Women's Hockey Team Wins Gold For First Time In 20 Years - Duration: 9:44.

U.S. Women's Hockey Team Wins Gold For First Time In 20 Years

The Olympics are nearing an end, but that doesnt mean the nail-biting competitions have slowed down.

Late Wednesday night, the womens Olympic hockey match aired in the United States and saying it was suspenseful is an understatement.

Canada hasnt lost since the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, whereas Team USA hasnt won a gold in womens hockey in 20 years.

In fact, the United States and Canada are the only two teams to ever win gold in womens Olympic hockey.

But early Thursday morning, the U.S. womens hockey team took home gold.

With a score of 2-2, the competition went into overtime.

At that point, it was clear the stakes were high.

Sudden death overtime sounds scary — thats because it is.

It adds 20 extra minutes to the game and only eight players are allowed on the ice — four Americans and four Canadians.

If the game is still tied after the 20 minutes is up, both teams compete in a shootout.

If you tuned into the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, this might feel like deja-vu.

Back then, fans watched nearly the same exact situation unfold.

Team USA forward Meghan Duggan reflected on the loss with Sports Illustrated.

Hindsight is 20-20.

You lose a gold medal and you say to yourself, 'What should we have done?' Had we won, it would have been different.

You say, 'We did everything right!'.

The team had a lot of time to think about what went wrong in that 2014 game.

But when it came down to it, the 2018 gold medal match was much different from the 2014 one.

Thats because the game went into a shootout after neither team scored a goal in overtime.

During a shootout, each team gets to take five shots.

And, to make things even more nerve-racking, both teams made two of the five shots and the shootout went into a sixth round.

Ultimately, Team USAs Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scored and Canada didnt.

According to the commentators, U.S. goalie Maddie Rooney was one of the major stars of the Olympic match.

At just 20 years old, she managed to block Canada from scoring for a long time.

Not to mention, much of the shootout depended on her ability to deflect the puck.

In fact, if she wouldnt have blocked Team Canada's Meghan Agostas shot during the shootout, the results could have been very different for both teams.

After the team won gold, she tweeted a humble we did it with a gold medal emoji.

Prior to the 2018 Winter Games, Team USAs Hilary Knight, who plays forward, spoke with TIME about how badly the entire team wanted this victory, especially after losing to Canada in 2014.

"When you go through heartbreak it changes you, she told the magazine.

This drive, this feeling inside your stomach, everything you do is focused on 'how do I bring a gold medal back to the United States?" Clearly, that focus and dedication paid off.

But winning an Olympic gold wasnt the only reason the womens hockey team absolutely shined this past year.

Members of the team also threatened to pull out of the world championships if USA Hockey didnt improve their salaries.

They claimed, according to CNN, that the mens team had better marketing and benefits.

An agreement was eventually reached.

Needless to say, both 2017 and 2018 have so far been monumental years for womens hockey.

Heres to hoping the team can turn this win into a streak.