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Weapon of war. President trump vowing this time there will be change as he faces criticism for suggesting one solution is to arm teachers. Were live at the white house. Remembering billy graham. Tributes pouring in from around the world for the beloved televangelist. This morning his son reflects on grahams life and legacy in his first interview since his fathers passing. All that, plus shiffrin shines. Mikaela shiffrin takes the silver in the alpine combined while lindsey vonn misses a gate and misses out on a medal. Owning the podium. Does he have the double 360 . Yes americans win gold and silver in the ski halfpipe and u. S. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson makes history with her second medal of these games, and they are all with us live, today, thursday, february 22nd, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Oh, everybody this is epic. Welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. On a tuesday morning, 9 00 p. M. Here in south korea. Guess who this is right here. Gold medal winning hockey players are in the house. Hi, you guys you know whats better than a gold medal . 23 gold medals. Thats how many are right here this morning. You guys want to watch the moment with us, the winning moment . Lets roll that tape because this was the showstopper. This was an epic, epic finish. By the way, you guys had a huge cheering section, mostly today show fans. I have to say lets just watch some more. We are so proud of you. We cannot wait to hear all about it. We are crying, okay. Were crying up in the stands with your families. Were going to come back and talk to you guys in just a second. First, Stephanie Gosk has a look at their journey to gold. Reporter listen, i dont know about the two of you but i watched that game with a pit in my stomach the entire time. What a way to end a 20year drought. What a way to win a hockey game. It was pure olympic gold. The United States wins gold reporter overnight an american victory 20 years in the making. The u. S. Womens hockey team coming full circle and grabbing the gold. Canadian jocelyn ripped off her silver medal. For the u. S. As a hardfought win. It all came down to a dramatic shootout. The arch rivals trading shot after shot, tied after five rounds. Then finally usas Jocelyne Lamoureux scored with some fancy stick work. Great move, great hands, great deception. Reporter canadas last hope. Megan augusta. She scored earlier. Must beat rooney. She is stopped the United States wins gold in pyeongchang reporter a huge save by american goalie maddie rooney. The u. S. Womens team euphoric, embracing each other on the ice. It was a hardfought win. After the first period, the u. S. Was on top 10 after Hilary Knight scored on a power play. Hilary knight setting up in front. We want to put the pucks in the back of the net and it always feels good to do that. Reporter but the u. S. Struggled in the second half. Scored on the deflection. She ties the game. Reporter haley irwin raising the stakes, tying the game 11. She scores. 21 canada. Reporter then just minutes later, canadas captain, marie felipe puland scored again. We endured so much, we persevered so much so theres so much character on our team. Reporter they did just that, Monique Lamoureux tying the game 22. Then 20 minutes of nailbiting overtime. The next team to score wins the gold medal. Reporter neither team able to put the puck in the net, forcing that epic shootout. The u. S. Womens hockey team hasnt won gold since 1998 when the sport debuted in nagano. They came close in sochi, but an overtime loss to the canadians left them heartbroken. Last nights incredible win sparked joy for american fans watching in the arena. We got the gold medal reporter in a little bit of karmaic timing, today marks 38 years to the day that the u. S. Mens team beat the soviet union in the little game we like to call miracle on ice. Guys, back to you and that awesome team. All right, you guys, the golden girls are here. They are fresh off their big win. Congratulations. Ladies all right, maddie, or as i like to say rooney, rooney, rooney. Maddie, you had the save of your life. I went up and saw your mom and dad who were up in the seats and they were you were sitting there, you had that you had to have that one save. You said something to yourself, i thought, before she came at you. What were you saying before that last shot . I kind of just was looking over at the bench and seeing all of them point at me just saying one more and were gold medalists. One more. Was the whole thing a blur, that last shot . It was totally a blur. After the celebration and everyone sprinting at me, it was an undescribable feeling. And the lamoureux twins, you each got a gold, one for each of you. What was the experience like . Its amazing, obviously. Jocelyn and i have a unique journey but to do this with these 22 other teammates, it honestly just leaves me speechless. The way we won i feel bad for our parents. It was definitely heartstopping. Hilary, you said when you were 5 years old and told your grandma im going to go to the olympics and im going to win a gold medal, just tell us what this feels like right here today. This is a dream come true. I wish you could be in the locker room to experience the power in this room. Its such an incredible experience to go on this journey with all these women. Look at you with that gold around your neck. It feels great. I have to say its like your ar archrival, the most epic game ever, down to the wire. Winning a gold medal is great. Winning it like this has got to feel incredible. It is the greatest honor of our lives right now, greatest honor of our lives. We fought hard, we put ourselves in a position to win a gold medal and we did it together. Were just so proud, so honored. Cant put words to it. I think when that moment happened, the place was so hushed when the shootout started, what did you guys say to each other to pump each other up, or what do you talk about in those moments . We had it. We had it. I looked up and maddie was smiling. Im like all right, our goalie is good. We were just so excited. We knew we had it within us and we were ready to go. I knew it was ours. You have a mix, you have veterans, and maddie, youve 20, right . I dont know how you handled that pressure. The support with all these guys. Yeah. You guys looked like you were just having the time of your lives on top of everything. How sweet was it to finally beat canada . Its just its an unbelievable experience to do that with this team. For womens sports and womens hockey, its indescribable. Im speechless. Just like you guys looked up to the 98 team, there are a whole bunch of young girls watching tv this morning saying i want to be just like these guys. Yeah. You had the coach on the mens team and all of us idolized them growing up and giving us our gold medals and how it all came full circle 20 years later. And 38 years ago the miracle on ice. Do we have another miracle on ice . I think its one for the ages. Lets call it. Miracle on ice. Ladies, we love you. Were so proud of you. You make our country proud. Congratulations thank you. Say hi to your moms and dads. Hi, mom and stick around, guys, well have a lot of fun this morning so dont go anywhere because i have your gold medal. We have so many more medals to tell you about. Athletes did great today for team usa and nbcs keir simmons is here with the highlights. Good morning. Reporter good morning. How about that hockey, hey, part of a stunning surge for team usa as these Winter Olympics near a close. Is there one last olympic medal left for the legend . Reporter up on the slopes, a monumental skiing matchup, lindsey vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin battling for gold, competing against each other for the first time ever. Shiffrin coming out on top, grabbing silver in the womens super combined. Yes, she does reporter a day after winning bronze in the downhill, her best discipline, vonn vaulted to the top of the leaderboard after the first round, but she shockingly skied off course during her slalom run. Lost some time and off she goes quickly. My downhill run was solid. It was nice to go out in that way. At least i was the fastest downhiller today and that means something to me. Reporter at age 33, the star skier has said this will be her last olympics, but is she now leaving the door open . We might see you again . I dont know. I really dont know. Maybe they can clean up my knee and it will feel better. I cant really predict whats going to happen in four years. Anything can happen. Reporter for shiffrin, who finished behind Michelle Gisin of switzerland, its her second games. I just tried to ski a solid downhill run and a solid slalom run. To have two medals at this olympics, its just thats crazy. Reporter for the men, american david wise grabbing gold in the mens halfpipe, throwing down a dominant run when it counted most. Down into the bottom, does he have the double cork 1260, yes. Reporter his teammate, Alex Ferreira, winning silver for a one, two finish. That is how you start your program here in womens big air. Reporter and finally american snowboarder Jamie Anderson making big moves in the big air competition, adding a silver to her medal haul after winning a gold in slopestyle earlier during these games. Typical Jamie Anderson style. Aint nothing but a thing on her way to another podium. Honestly im trippin. Im so grateful. I got a gold, i like silver, i like it all, a little yin yang. Double gold would have been pretty gangster but youve got to do your best and bless the rest. Reporter and with all those medals, team usa is hoping to crack the top three by the end of the games, but it looks like no one will catch norway at the top. Coming up today here in pyeongchang, figure skating wraps up with the ladies free skate and medals will be handed out in the womens ski cross. Come on, team usa, and thats coming from the british guy. Of course well have a lot more on the olympics in a bit but there is a lot more to get to, including the emotional debate over guns in america. The president and other politicians being pushed to toughen laws by students and parents who have experienced the pain of gun violence firsthand. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house with more on this. Hey, kristen, good morning. Reporter hi, hoda, good morning to you. School safety is again the focus here at the white house. The president will meet with state and local officials today to get their ideas about how to tackle the crisis of mass shootings. It follows a day of pain and protests here at the white house and all across the country with students, teachers and parents calling for change. Overnight, the outrage intensifying after last weeks Deadly School shooting. In florida late wednesday, students and parents demanding answers from lawmakers in a cnn town hall. Fred guttenberg lost his 14yearold daughter, jamie. Your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak. Look at me and tell me guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids. I absolutely believe that in this country if you are 18 years of age, you should not be able to buy a rifle and i will support a law that takes that right away. Senator rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the nra in the future . That is the wrong way to look first of all, the answer is people buy into my agenda. Reporter a spokeswoman for the National Rifle association also taking part. This individual was nuts and i nor the millions of people that i represent as a part of this organization that im here speaking for, none of us support people who are crazy, who are a danger to themselves, who are a danger to others, getting their hands on a firearm. Reporter earlier wednesday at the white house, more painful pleas to President Trump directly. Andrew pollacks daughter, meadow, was among the 17 killed in florida. There should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed it. And im pissed because its my daughter im not going to see again. Reporter students, parents and teachers demanding change, not just on gun laws butn making school safer, even discussing the controversial idea of Arming Teachers. And were going to be looking at it very strongly. Reporter the president with a list of notes in hand, including one reading i hear you listened intent tly. How do we not stop this after columbine, after sandy hook . Reporter meanwhile, some students protestedca tol and wh. Enough is enough. Reporter and across the country, school walkouts. In tallahassee, 100 Stoneman Douglas high School Survivors joined by thousands of other students marched on the florida capitol. We wont stop. Reporter and President Trump has indicated he may be open to measured legislative changes, including strengthening background checks and even pushing the age requirement to 21 to buy an ar15. Thats the weapon used by the parkland shooter. When the president floated the proposal of Arming Teachers on wednesday, there was some strong opposition to that idea in the room. Hoda. All right, Kristen Welker at the white house. Thank you. Also this morning, the tributes are pouring in and memorial plans are being made now for the reverend billy graham. The iconic evangelist died on wednesday at the age of 99. Morgan radford is inside grahams library in charlotte, north carolina. Hi, morgan, good morning. Reporter hi there, savannah, good morning. Were standing inside Billy Grahams childhood home. This is where he grew up the son of a dairy farmer. Inside these walls he actually had dreams of becoming a famous baseball player before he went on to become the most famous preacher in america. This is also where his body will lie in repose beginning next week as we expect to see thousands come to pray, to lay flowers and ultimately pay their respects. So far here in his hometown of charlotte, people have come by to say, look, when he spoke, you felt it. Another man told me yesterday that he had the power to make even a pauper feel like a president , which is telling given that he prayed with and counselled every single president since harry truman. Each of those surviving former president s as well as current President Trump and Vice President pence have been invited to the private burial ceremony that will be held next friday. 23 hou 2300 people have been invited and hell be laid to rest next to his wife, ruth, who died in 2007. This is where the public can come to view him in his casket. His social legacy hopes to live on. Back to you. Morgan radford, thank you. We want to mention coming up in our next half hour, the reverend franklin graham, Billy Grahams son, will join us exclusively and share his memories of his father. Another major story on this busy thursday morning, wild, wild weather back home. Hey, mr. Roker. Yeah, weve got a lot of heavy showers, thunderstorms, snow and ice a real mess. Flooding will be a big problem as well stretching from texas all the way into the northeast. Weve got snow, ice and rain. Right now weve got Winter Weather advisories for 39 Million People from texas to new york and all the way up into minnesota. Colder in the northeast, well see a mixed bag of precipitation. The upper midwest will see snow increasing as well. As you look through friday, upwards of 6 inches of snow from duluth back to watertown and weve got ice as well from texas all the way into the northeast. Were going to get to your local forecast its all popculture trivia, but it gets pretty intense. Ahh. The new guy. Whoa, he looks he looks exactly like me. No. Separated at birth much . We should switch name tags, and no one would know who was who. Jamie, you seriously think you look like him . Uh, im pretty good with comparisons. Like how progressive helps people save money by comparing rates, even if were not the lowest. Even if were not the lowest. Whoa wow. I mean, the outfit helps, but pretty great. Look at us. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Grab the umbrella. Rain is coming in and temperatures moving down. This afternoon, 43 in philadelphia. Cooler in the suburbs. Down to 40 degrees. Rain falling in new jersey, 44 degrees this afternoon at the shore. Wind and rain. And temperatures will be in the middle 40s by late this afternoon. The rain will drop the temperatures into the 30s for the afternoon in the Lehigh Valley. 42 later today in delaware. And that is your latest weather. Guys. All right, al, thank you so much. Coming up, the skiing stars of team usa, didusa, did we rea the last race of Lindsey Vonns storied olympic career . You know what, well ask her what the future holds for her because shes right on our plaza. And then Mikaela Shiffrin gets silver overnight, her second medal of these games. Guess what, shes going to be here live as well. First on a thursday morning, this is today on nbc. Still ahead, what a morning. The guys behind that exciting one, two finish in the ski halfpipe are on our plaza. Well talk to them. 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Havent seen a lot of showers in south jersey, just a few sprinkles, and northern delaware and northern New Castle County get something rain. Rain will be spreading across the area and colder air is spreading across the area. 40s north and west. Low 50s in philadelphia. And middle 50s in south jersey. Those temperatures will be slowly falling during the day as the rain moves in. Low 40s later on. If youre heading out the door, lets check the roads. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. Watching the vine street expressway and our cameras moving through center city now, pretty slow on the eastbound side because of this crash here just around the ben franklin parkway. So you can see they tried to move it out of the way of the eastbound side of the lanes there that are trying to get by on the highway. That means they pushed it in front of the ramp. Its backing off to the ben franklin parkway area and off the ramp. The eastbound side seeing big delays moving by, as well. Philadelphia Police Looking for the person who fired shots at a van killing the woman driver and causing the van to crash. Two other women and three Young Children were hurt in the crash around 8 30 last night near broad and grange. Another update in 25 minutes. You can stay update with our free nbc10 app. How much money do you think youll need in retirement . Then we found out how many years that money would last them. How long do you think well keep oooooohhh you stopped youre gonna leave me back here at year 9 . How did this happen . It turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. We have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. Lets plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. Prudential. Bring your challenges. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to pyeongchang. Its 7 30 on a thursday morning, but it is 9 30 at night and the celebration is just getting started. Gold medal winning u. S. Womens hockey team and, what, lindsey vonn . What are you doing there . Another olympic medalist and we are having a great time this morning. This might be my favorite day. Were going to have more with them and a host of other Medal Winners from team usa. First lets get a check of the other Morning Headlines back home and around the world. Demanding change. Your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak. Lawmakers from florida to the white house face families impacted by gun violence, including the most recent School Shooting in florida, as they demand swift action to change our nations gun laws. Should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed it and im pissed its my daughter im not going to see again. U. S. Embassy attacked. Breaking overnight, a man throws an explosive device at the u. S. Embassy in montenegro before blowing himself up as Police Search for possible terror ties behind the attack. Scary moment caught on camera. A ferry explodes at a mexican beach resort while unloading passengers. At least 25 hurt, including two americans. Luckily, everyone is expected to survive. In the clear. Thousands flock to northeast china to test out the worlds longest suspension bridge made of glass. And gold medal effort. An 11yearold girl slips and slides on an icy driveway in Oklahoma City proving balance on the ice isnt just for olympians. Today, thursday, february 22nd, 2018. That is adorable. Lets get back to the excitement here at the Winter Olympics. We just had a dance party with lindsey vonn, it was epic. She came to pyeongchang to compete 16 years after her first Winter Olympics at salt lake and she has proved shes got it. She took bronze in the downhill and dominated at part of the combined overnight. Did not go as well in the slalom but we are so happy to see you and so proud. Thank you. You came through for the u. S. Again. Congratulations. Thank you, guys, i appreciate that. This is your fourth olympics. I was saying to hoda what im loving about this, it seems like your heart is on your sleeve for this entire thing. Every time i look up youre crying, youre laughing, youre hugging. Youve got all the feels. I do. I couldnt even cry today because i was just tapped out. Yesterday i cried so much. I thought i was fine after the race and then i got up on the podium and just was i lost it. But it was so amazing. I knew that was probably my last time standing on the olympic podium. My heart hurt, it was just so amazing. Thats got to be such a tough thing. When i think of lindsey vonn, i think olympian and i think so many people do. We just had the entire Ice Hockey Team mobbing you. They were like oh, my gosh, its that lindsey vonn. That is amazing. But that is so much a part of you. I cant picture you not doing it four years from now. Thats the hard thing. Im trying to accept it. I mean who knows, maybe my some miracle my knee will feel better. You always leave a little wiggle room. And you know my theory, never bet against lindsey. I mean who knows what will happen in four years, its a long time from now. But im going to soak it in as if it were my last. Maybe its not. Maybe it will be, but ive given it my best shot and ive enjoyed it thoroughly. This has definitely been the most amazing experience for me in all of my olympic experiences because of how amazing the team has been. Not just alpine but as a whole. I feel so connected to everyone. I feel so much a part of it and a part of the olympic spirit. Thats why the olympics are so great. It warms your heart and makes you feel good inside, it makes you happy. Thats why im going to miss it. Well, you tore it up today on the downhill. I was watching. You were like vintage lindsey. And then yesterday did you like burn your skis . What happened there . Oh, yeah. Thats crazy. It happened to a couple girls. Yeah. Theres kind of an icy patch on the second gate and it happens sometimes, but my skis are done. You know, theyre theyre finished. Those are going in the trash can, unfortunately. I think thats why i just didnt have the speed on the bottom part of the course that i normally do. That was the section where i was gaining time on everyone in the training run, so its unfortunate, but thats a part of the sport, you know. Along with that bronze medal were the oldest athlete in this sport to medal. You keep breaking records even now. I mean, sure, its a record, i guess ill take it. Yeah, its kind of weird. I think for women, you know, we just dont have that longevity in ski racing because its so hard on the body and because eventually we want to start having kids and you cant compete and have kids at the same time. It just doesnt work. So i dont know, its crazy to think im the oldest alpine medalist. When you started, how old were you in salt lake . 17. 17 years old. A baby. Would you have even believed it if i had said to you then, youll still be doing this. In 2018 youre going to be in pyeongchang, south korea. No, definitely not. I would not have believed you. Its definitely been a much longer and more successful career than i ever could have hoped for so im beyond grateful for every opportunity. To be in my fourth olympics, its just its amazing. I couldnt be happier. But youre not like hanging up your skis and putting on your sweats and going on the couch because you are chasing a world cup title. You have 81 titles, 86 is the record held by a woman. A man. Oh, its held by a man. Im the best woman. Never bet against lindsey. Okay. So shes chasing the title. Theres only one guy that has more wins than i do. So i dont like the title best female or best male, i just want to be the best. Which you are. I think you are. I dont know. Its debatable, but id still you know, thats my next goal. Im going that and hopefully i n get close in the next season. We love you. Lindsey, thank you so much. Love you guys. Lets go back to the dance party. Were going to send it over to mr. Roker and get a check of the weather. Im still winded from it. Lets see what we have for your weather today. And its been, boy, so warm. We had a bunch of records set yesterday from new york city, newark, concord, new hampshire, syracuse, hartford, connecticut, and more potential records again today as the jetstream stays up to the north and southeast. So look for more record highs today stretching from raleigh down to tallahassee, tampa, and back over to jackson. As we move on toward friday, were going to see this weekend temperatures still fairly warm through florida, but chilling off, cooling off just a bit as you get into the central plains. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. Grab an umbrella. Rain is moving in, and the temperatures are coming down. This afternoon, well drop to 43 degrees in philadelphia. Even cooler in the suburbs. Down to 40 degrees. Rain falling in new jersey, 44 degrees this afternoon at the shore. Wind and rain, and temperatures will be in the middle 40s by late this afternoon. The rain will drop the temperatures into the 30s for the afternoon in the Lehigh Valley. 42 later today in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Guys. All right, al, thank you so much. Were going to have more from here in pyeongchang coming up. But first Billy Grahams son celebrates his fathers remarkable life. Were going to talk to him right after th are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec®. Its starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. a bushel and a peck by doris day laughing while other Insurance Companies just see a house, state farm sees the home youve worked really hard for. Let your inner light loose with one a day womens. 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Of course the news came out a few minutes later that billy graham had died. I kind of chuckled because my father said years ago, he said when you hear that billy graham is dead, dont you believe it for a second. He said ill be more alive than ever before. And hes in the presence of god, so we rejoice and were thrilled that his suffering is over and hes in gods presence. Reverend graham, as you think about your father and these last 24 hours, what is your defining image . Is it as a father . Is it as a preacher . What are you reflecting on . I just first of all, he is my dad and i loved him so much, but he was a man of god. The billy graham that the world saw on television or saw on the big screen was the same billy graham that we saw at home. He wasnt two people. He spent his life telling people about heaven, how to get to heaven. He wrote books on heaven. Now hes in heaven. And he would want me to tell everybody watching that if you put your faith and trust in gods son, jesus christ, that you can be in heaven too. And so my father is there and he would wish everybody watching will confess their sins and repent and believe on the name of the lord jesus christ. That would be what he would want everyone to know this morning. Your father had Boundless Energy over the years. He traveled from continent to continent. But how were the last several years of his life . He did very well up until about his 95th birthday. Then after his 95th birthday, he had a few setbacks healthwise. So for the last five years hes been hes been at home for the most part and confined to a wheelchair and his bed. But his mind was always clear. He never got foggy, never got where he didnt understand. He just couldnt hear very well, couldnt see. But you could communicate with him. I was with him sunday. I asked him a few questions and he responded to me. So he was mentally still very much alert. When you think about it, reverend graham, and you think about the success he had as a preacher and a deliverer of this message, what do you think it was about him and his delivery of the message that was so compelling and reached so many people . It was just god. God just for some reason touched my father and used my father my father was a very humble person. He never saw himself as a celebrity. He just always saw h farom mecklenburg county. But god for some reason just touched my father and blessed him. So the successes, he would want everyone to know that it was god that did it and not him. The tributes have been pouring in from celebrities to world leaders. How do you think your father would want to be remembered . He would want to be remembered as a preacher. I asked him when my mother passed away we knew what she wanted on her too mambstone so asked my father, daddy, what do you want on your tombstone . He thought about that and he said, preacher. So thats whats going to be on his tombstone, preacher. He changed a lot of lives over the decades. Reverend franklin graham, again, our condolences but as you said we know you are rejoicing this morning and were happy to have you with us. Thank you. Thank you. We are back with much more on a thursday morning, but first these messages. Jen, ive got questions. Boots or flipflops . Boot great. Smokey or natural eye . Ugh, natural. Good choice. How about calling or texting . Definitely calling. Puppies or kitties . Sorry, cats. Dry eyes or artificial tears . Wait, thats a trick question. Because they can both get in your way. Thats why it is superimportant to chat with your eye doctor if youre using artificial tears a lot and your eyes still feel dry. Next question. Guys, its time for some eyelove this is food made to sit down for. Slow down for. Put the phone away, and use a knife and fork for. And with panera catering, its food worth sharing. 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It will feel like 30s with the wind. Were following breaking news out of the Lehigh Valley. We have learn aid truck driver died when a beam crashed through the windshield of his truck in the Lehigh Valley tum la lehi valley tum last night. The tunnel has been closed since that happened. Well get you updated that and the other traffic conditions with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Jessica . Yeah, the tunnel is closed, and it also is affecting the p. A. Turnpikes northeast extension, the southbound side still shut down all the way from jim thorpe headed down toward allentown. Still seeing a closur. 95 southbound at 320. The blue route, too, off to the shoulder for now. You see one lane getting by. Huge delays headed south toward delaware. Youll run into that, too. Thanks. A reminder, nbc10 is your home for the winter games. You can download our free nbc10 app and see a preview of five things you wont want to miss during the game today. Join us every weekday morning from 4 00 a. M. To 7 00 a. M. Show me the olympic winter games like ive never seen before. Xfinity x1, yeah, i always know the scor. Triple corks in 4k. Lookin so sick. Stream live on every screen, every win, every trick. 2000 hours of coverage, get your mind blown. 50 olympic channels, yup, youre in the zone. And if theres something that you want to see, pick up that voice remote and just say show me. Experience nbcuniversals coverage of the olympic winter games like never before with xfinity. Proud partner of team usa. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, red, white and gold. She is stopped the United States wins gold in pyeongchang the u. S. Womens hockey Team Beats Canada in an epic shootout. A victory 20 years in the making. As Mikaela Shiffrin adds to an already huge day for the United States with a silver medal in the alpine combined. Well talk with her live. Plus, pipe dreams realized. Does he have the double cork 1260 . Yes americans david wise and Alex Ferreira take home gold and silver in style. Theyll swing by to show off their new hardware. And russian rivalry. Theyre considered the best figure skaters in the world. Now these two russian teams are going headtohead for gold. I feel like a little yes, your friend is competing here, but you must fight. The showdown thats set to heat up the ice, today, thursday, february 22nd, 2018. Yeah, landon, its dad over here at the olympics. Stoked to have you come over and support me. Cant wait to get home. Love you guys, see you soon. All you are grandkids and kids, we love you so much, we miss you. Everybody from alpine, utah, we love you hi, everyone. I want to give a shoutout to our small town of whitehall. Were here for our son cody in a bobsled event. Were the proud parents of Nicole Hensley and the u. S. Hockey team from denver, colorado, who just won gold in the womens ice hockey. Woohoo and welcome back to today. 8 00 a. M. Here in pyeongchang. Thank you for joining us. We are surrounded by the gold medal winning and heres proof, were looking at the hardware. We got gold here. Can i just say aint no party like a womens hockey party that is going on. Thats right. And weve got another party up there on the set. Weve got Mikaela Shiffrin. Were going to talk to her. She just arrived a couple of minutes ago. But first lets get right to your olympic news at 8 00, including that emotionfilled night on the ice. Team usa beating rival canada in a thrilling overtime shootout to win that. Nbcs joe fryer is here with a wrap of the days olympic action. Hey, joe. Reporter good morning, hoda. It was a huge day for team usa winning five medals in all, two of them gold, including that big win for the womens hockey team. It took three periods, plus overtime, plus a shootout, but they were finally able to avenge their biggest rivals. Moving in, she scores reporter with an epic shootout goal followed by an equally epic shootout save the United States wins gold reporter the u. S. Womens hockey team put a dramatic end to their canadian curse. This is the greatest honor in the world for our team, it really is. Its you know, we wanted to bring this back to our country. Weve played this game a thousand times in our minds over and over the last four years. We didnt care how we got it done, as long as we got these. Reporter down 21 in the third period, team usa scored a clutch goal. She scores reporter sending the game into overtime. When neither side found the net during the 20minute extra session, it all came down to a shootout. Jocelyne lamoureuxdavidson delivered the gamewinner with a move they called oops, i did it again. Ive seen it a handful of times and it usually works every time. Reporter its the teams first gold since winning in 1998, the year womens hockey made its olympic debut. It was also revenge for a heartbreaking loss to their northern neighbors in sochi. Fans traveled from the u. S. To cheer on their team in south korea. Im proud that we played well. We played hard. And we played to win. Whoo reporter back in the states, many stayed up late to watch. Many more doubles yet to come. Reporter in mens skiing halfpipe, david wise defended his 2014 olympic title with a dazzling aerial display. Down into the bottom, does he have the double cork 1260 . Yes i get to ski in front of the world. Im going to put on a show. Reporter wise edged out his highflying teammate, Alex Ferreira, who took home the silver. From style to speed, Mikaela Shiffrin was looking for her second gold of these games, this time in the super combined. Yes, she does reporter but she ended up with silver. Lindsey vonn also raced, likely her final olympic event. She had the fastest time in the downhill portion, but stumbled in the slalom. And off she goes. Reporter keeping her off the podium. She spoke earlier on today. Im going to soak it in as if it were my last. Maybe its not, maybe it will be, but ive given it my best shot and ive enjoyed it thoroughly. Reporter womens big air snowboarding, a new olympic event, came down to the last run. Final competitor for womens snowboard big air. Reporter austrias anna gasser jumping and twisting her way to a massive score. American star Jamie Anderson settled for silver adding to last weeks slopestyle gold. Puts it down clean. I got a gold. I like silver, i like it all. A little yin yang, you know. Reporter one more note about the womens hockey win, it happened 38 years to the day after the miracle on ice when the u. S. Mens team upset the soviet union in lake placid so perhaps its a lucky date for american hockey. Now lets take a look at the medal count. A big day for team usa puts them all alone in fourth place overall. There is still time to move up, but it looks like no one will catch norway at the top. Coming up today here in pyeongchang, figure skating wraps up with the ladies free skate and medals will be handed out in the womens ski cross. Savannah and hoda. All right, joe, awesome day for team usa, thank you. As he mentioned, Mikaela Shiffrin earned a silver medal for team usa in the alpine combined adding to the gold she got last week. Ive got to tell you, gold and silver look pretty good on you. Is there anyone they dont look good on . You wear it well. Thank you. How do you feel . Youve had a great olympic games. How would you size it up . Its been a whirlwind. Most of my well, three of my events were moved to different days because of the weather so sort of a mental challenge to overcome that and racing on different days than we expected. But yeah, i mean this is this is pretty insane. Pretty cool. Do you feel just light at this moment . Its over, you came, you did it. You must be just on cloud nine. Yeah, yeah. I came into the olympics a multiple medal threat and i knew that but i was also thinking on the plane ride over here, thinking i could literally walk away with nothing too. I could completely choke in every way possible. So to be here sitting with you guys right now and have two medals is really very like a relief but also just insane. In the super combined you had a lot of pressure on you for that second run. It had to be pretty perfect for you to get on the medal stand. So when you were just getting ready to go down, what was going through your mind then . Yeah, i mean actually i wish i had felt as not in the slalom as good as i felt today. My run wasnt perfect but it was definitely it was good. It was good enough to get on the podium, which is awesome. I think it was good. It was silver medal good, okay . The combined run, it was good. Im really excited. Its just so fun to see you and see you grow up. I can still remember Walking Around shopping for souvenirs at the olympics in sochi and you were just about to burst onto the scene. And here you are, now youre an olympic veteran. Yeah, thats weird. Right . Yeah, i dont feel like a veteran at all. Was it different this time, though . Did you feel like that experience in sochi helped you here . Yeah, for sure. The time that i spent i mean in sochi i always i felt like if i had because i was 0. 2 off the podium in the giant slalom and then won the slalom gold. But if i had been on the podium in the giant slalom i probably wouldnt have done as well in the slalom. Because of the hype and media, i was not prepared for it. Coming here i was like, okay, im racing in multiple events. We need to be on point with everything so i can do my best in each event. Now i can talk with you guys. You were on point. You packed 35 pairs of skis and i heard that was like a scaledback version of what you usually pack. Yeah. Why so many . Well, i use probably five pairs of skis per day for training and race days i have five or six pairs available that are all different tuning or different bindings. Do you have like these are my lucky skis or special socks that you wear . I try not to have im not super superstitious. No, i try not to do that because if i forget the socks or, you know, i wash them on accident you want to be ready. By the way, it was so fun watching you with the u. S. Hockey players. Its fun to watch all the athletes bask in each others glory so congratulations on everything. Were so proud of you. Thank you. Do you have another olympics in you . Yeah, probably. Im only 22. We hope. Thank you, hon. Thank you so much. We have a lot more to get to this morning. Back home tens of millions of americans are under a Winter Weather advisory or a flood watch. Al is here to tell us what to watch out for. It is a very changeable situation as we are even speaking to you. Weve got Winter Weather advisories for about 31 Million People and then also heavy rain is causing some flooding as well. So as we show you what weve got as far as accumulations are concerned, were talking about the upper midwest anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow and the ice also a big problem stretching from texas all the way up into the upper midwest and further east from indiana all the way into pennsylvania and parts of new york as well. Guys, its going to be really a changeable and dangerous situation well continue to watch it. Savannah. All right, al, thank you so much. Now to the emotional debate over guns in america. Senator marco rubio of florida was put on the defensive on wednesday by students, teachers and parents who are demanding action. At the white house, the president heard an emotional plea from School Shooting survivors. Nbcs chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has more for us from washington this morning. Hi, hallie, good morning. Reporter good morning. Expect these conversations to continue today on the gun debate because the president is hosting officials on the state and local level to talk about this. As we saw again overnight, these are conversations that are intense, they are emotional, and at times very heated. Overnight after days of student protesters making their case in the gun debate, the nra making its own. This individual was nuts, and i nor the millions of people that i represent as a part of this organization that im here speaking for, none of us support people who are crazy, who are a danger to themselves, who are a danger to others getting their hands on a firearm. Reporter a spokesperson for the powerful Gun Rights Group appearing at a cnn town hall in florida. It turned tense at times. At one point republican senator marco rubio in a Heated Exchange with survivors and parents of victims. Your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak. Let me explain what i said this week and ill repeat it. Im saying that the problems that were facing here today cannot be solved by gun laws alone. Senator rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the nra in the future . The answer to the question is that people buy into my agenda, and i do support the Second Amendment and also support the right of you and everyone here to be able to go to school and be safe. Reporter further north in washington, the president facing families, clearly anguished and angry. And im pissed its my daughter im not going to see again. Shes not here. King david cemetery, thats where i go to see my kid now. Reporter andrewparkland sho 9 11 happened once and they fixed everything. How many schools, how many children have to get shot . Reporter through their grief, determination. Sam zieff is a student at marjory Stoneman Douglas high school. Woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. And i dont understand how i can still go into a store and buy a weapon of war. Reporter it wasnt just parkland. They came from columbine, from sandy hook, determined to deliver a message to the most powerful person in america. You dont want to be me. No parent does. And you have the ability to make a difference and save lives today. Please dont waste this. Reporter the president , holding notes that read i hear you listened. Its not going to be talk like it has been in the past. Its been going on too long, too many instances. Reporter so what does happen next here . It depends on who you ask. Some folks want a pretty broad ban on semiautomatic weapons, but that doesnt seem likely. The president is already facing opposition for his suggestion that some teachers be allowed to conceal carry guns at school, but there are three pretty narrow options that could gain some traction when Congress Gets back here next week. Banning bump stocks, which lets semiautomatic weapons fire faster. Raising the age limit to buy an ar15 up to 21, and stricter federal background checks. Again, these are narrow potential options but you may see some movement on that next week. Savannah, hoda, back to you. Hallie jackson on capitol hill for us. Thanks, hallie. Coming up on this busy thursday morning from here in pyeongchang, the figure skating rivalry between two impressive russians that will be settled on ice tonight. Also ahead, a parade of Medal Winners including history making snowboarder and one of our favorites, Jamie Anderson, is here. Plus Team Usas Silver Medal Winners in womens bobsled. Elana and lauren are here. First the guys who grabbed gold and silver in freestyle skiing. 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Knowing before you go means more quality time sewing a costume for the school play that is not going to look anything like a frog. Just a little headsup, mrs. Davis. Ha ha ha, yay kids were back in pyeongchang and we are celebrating a huge day for team usa at the Winter Olympics. We are so thrilled. One of the highlights freestyle skier, david wise, repeated the gold medal in the halfpipe and Alex Ferreira took silver. Guys, congratulations. Thank you so much. Has it sunk in . I mean this just happened hours ago. You got your medals and here you are. Not yet, but being on here with you is kind of getting me hyped up. Maybe it will settle in soon. Is it feeling well, alex . I dont know. Im pretty elated. Im happy to be here. You had two runs. In the first two something happened with your ski. Did it pop off . Yeah. Something . Something wasnt right. Snowboarders, they dont have bindings that come off. Skiers, we have a lot longer lever attached to our foot so your bindings are supposed to come off for safety sake but i had two crashes where my skis came off for no reason. So it all comes down to one run. How do you handle that pressure and just knock it out. In haall honesty in guy empowered me. What i felt like was lacking in sochi we didnt get to put on the show that i felt like we wanted to. The conditions werent ideal the conditions today were amazing. Alex was landing some of the best runs ever done. Whether i did well or not, the sport put on a show for everyone. Alex, you were right there. You were in the zone. Did you feel that way when you woke up this morning . Did you think ive got it today. I felt pretty nervous but i just had a good feeling in my heart. I dont know, it just felt right. Did you feel calm . I felt pretty calm. Slept pretty good. I heard him tossing and turning. Weve been roommates all week. And you deviguys are really friends. I hear you have matching tattoos. What do they say . We got the pyeongchang symbol. Youve got two little ones who made quite an impression at the medal ceremony from people who didnt get to see it. Malichi stole the show. I think theyre here. There he is, hi, guys. And your wife, alexandra. How are you doing . Were really excited to be here. Alexandra, can you believe what just happened to your hubby, come on. Im very proud of him. Were all very excited for him and for alex. We love alex, hes our close friend. Were just so excited for america. Well, you guys made this country so proud. Gold and silver. Wowza. The moments standing there next to each other and you know its like youre waiting for the score and somebody is getting gold and somebody is getting silver. This trip has just been charm from the beginning. We went and got the matching tattoos when we first arrived. He and i got to walk in the opening ceremonies today. Weve been pushing each other in skiing for a really long time. So being able to stand up there together, it was a dream come true. I mean i won gold in sochi and that was amazing. Ill never ill never be able to match that first one. But being able to do it with a comrade with me and stand there together was unreal. Alex, your family is terrific. Weve been seeing them cheer you on in force so thank you both for coming to see us. Congrats, enjoy. Soak it. Lets get another check of the weather from al. Ive got new weather assistants, the u. S. Womens hockey team. First were going to show you the maps. Take a look at the today map and you can see theres a flood threat down through the Lower Mississippi river valley. Record highs banked into the southeast. Weve got snow out west. Its going to be very snowy up as we get into the upper midwest. Plenty of sunshine through the southwest. Spurgeon purr ing on w jun good morning. Im meteorologist, bill henley. Grab an umbrella. Rain is moving in. The temperatures are coming down this afternoon. Well drop to 43 degrees in philadelphia. Even cooler in the suburbs, down to 40 degrees. Rain falling in new jersey. 44 degrees this afternoon at the shore. Wind and rain and those temperatures will be in the middle 40s by late this afternoon. The rain will drop the temperatures into the 30s for the afternoon in the Lehigh Valley. 42 later today in delaware. Have a great day todays athlete to watch is sponsored by oreo. Cantmiss moments start with oreo. And this morning on todays athlete to watch, two of the worlds most electrifying figure skaters. This is going to be amazing. Both hail from russia and after unforgettable Short Programs, theyre almost certain to decide gold in ladies figure skating tonight. Its going to be epic, stephanie. Its going to be huge. Rivalries are what make sports so exciting and this is an epic one. Two russian teenagers who are widely considered the best female figure skaters on the ice today. They are on the same team. They even train together. But tonight, theyll battle each other for gold. Yevgenia medvedeva is 18 years old. Alina zagitova is 15 years old. Alina is the upstart who could take gold away. Off the ice these two russian figure skaters say its not about the competition. We are friends. We are girls, we are young girls. We can talk about everything to each other. On the ice its a different story. Every competition, i feel like a little war. Yes, this is this is sports. This is war. Yes, your friend is competing here, but you must fight. The big jumping pass, triple flip, triple toe. In the Short Program yevgenia pulled off a flawless performance with her signature combination of power and artistry. She set a record with her score. Up came alina, who has the hardest combination of the competition. So difficult going off the edge. After that triple lutz, very solid. She nailed it, breaking the record her teammate set just minutes before. Is it fair to say that right now alina is in yevgenias head . Yes, thats very fair to say. When i first saw yevgenia, i thought she doesnt miss, she doesnt make a mistake, shes perfect. What i didnt anticipate was that next was perfecter. You know . In womens figure skating, russia only has one olympic gold, won at the sochi games. They are expected to add another one here. The only question is, who will it be . One of the things that sets these young women apart from other skaters, and its something to look for tonight, they are so strong that they do some of their hardest jumps toward the end of programs. Guys, if they do that, it earns them a 10 bonus. Because youre on tired legs. So they are like if you can do that you get another 10 . Okay, thank you. Of course youll want to watch it live tonight on nbc. Still ahead, we have even more u. S. Medal winners. Theres so many to celebrate. First a check of your local news and weather. Good morning. Im tracy davidson. Lets get your forecast with bill henley. We are going to get steady, light rain. The temperatures have been coming down very slowly. We show the rain coming out of wilmington headed to philadelphia in south jersey, rainy day. Heavier showers due into the Lehigh Valley. Through it all, the temperatures are chilly. 45 fin the sub pushesurbs. Lets check the traffic with jessica. Since about 6 00, we had a disabled vehicle around route 23 that caused massive delays and backup. We havent recovered and went right into rhush hour. Still 20 minutes on the sk schuylkill. This house fire began burning just before 7 00 a. M. It appears the house on ivy lane is gutted but everyone inside got out safely. Ed palowski, mayor, expected back on the witness stand. Yesterday, he defended himself against accusation that is he sold his office to campaign downers. He is charged with fraud, bribery, attempted extortion, and lying to the fbi. Well have another update in 25 minutes. You can always stay updated with news, weather and olympic results on our free nbc 10 app. Thanks for watching. Shows every night this hiweweek after primetime coverage. 8 30 now on a thursday morning, 22nd of february, wd o. Were in pyeongchangs olympic park and, hey, theyre playing our song. We have got proud Team Athletes with medals around their neck. Elana Meyers Taylor and lauren gibbse bobsled. Not to shoobabby. Speed skaters took bronze in the team pursuit. This is the first womens speed skating medal in 16 years. Not too slouchy. Welcome, everybody, and congrats. Thanks. Lets start with you, elana, youre the veteran here. What does it mean to you . You got a silver . Any time you walk away the olympics with a medal for team usa, its an incredible feeling. This is no different. When you think about 16 years in the making, has that number sunk in for you guys . Yeah, to be part of it is so amazing, its incredible. Lauren, you were in sales a few years ago. Yep. Look at you now. I was sitting in a different kind of suit. Now i wear spandex. What did it feel like when you guys got the medal . It was incredible. Its heavier than i thought. The stage was amazing. My family and friends were watching. 17 people here supporting us. Wow. Weve got to come to our speed skaters. Hi, guys. A 16year drought and here you are in the team pursuit. What did it mean to be winning but to win as a team has got to feel so good. And long track speed skating is an individual sport so you dont get the opportunity to race as a team very often. So to be able to do it as a team just makes the win that much sweeter. It was a tight one. You guys watch that video . Yeah, it came down to the wire, thats for sure. Whos in front . Strategy. The Coaching Staff puts together a plan to help us execute the race to the best of our ability. Some people might have called you guys underdogs. Did you go in feeling that way . A little bit. We kind of had the underdog mentality in the fact that this was the second time we had skated together. Is that it . Ever. Yeah, because you need to practice, we would think. It was great because it was kind of low expectations too. Were just going to go out and skate the best we can. Like she said, the coaches and staff made the best strategy and it worked out. What did it feel like on that podium . That was just amazing. Its amazing. You guys made us all so proud. Thank you, guys. Congratulations. Congratulations. Were so happy. Al, lets get some awardwinning weather. I think we need to be on ice as well. Lets show you what we have, look ahead to your weekend. We start off with friday were looking at record highs continuing in the southeast, an icy mix in the northeast. A flood threat in the Lower Mississippi river valley. Saturday, strong storms in the midmississippi river valley into the ohio valley. Look for plenty of snow out west. And then sunday, sunday, we expect much milder weather in the east, still cold in the plains and the rockies. Look for the Pacific Northwest with snowy conditions. Plenty of sunshine through the good morning. Im meteorologist, bill henley. Grab an umbrella. Rain is moving in. The temperatures are coming down. This afternoon, we will drop to 43 degrees in philadelphia. Even cooler in the suburbs, down to 40 degrees. Rain falling in new jersey. 44 degrees this afternoon at the shore. Wind and rain and those temperatures will be in the middle 40s by late this afternoon. The rain will drop the temperatures into the 30s for the afternoon in the Lehigh Valley. 42 later today in delaware. Have a great day announcer todays medal count is sponsored by hersheys gold. Taste the gold. This is perfect. Were going to get a check of the medal count. Weve got Medal Winners right here. Im going to start counting their medals. Norway closing in on an alltime record but thanks to this ladies as well, team usa now sitting in fourth. That is pretty cool. Hoda. All right, al, thanks. Look who made her way up to our plazas for the second time during these games, our girl, Jamie Anderson. She just made history. She became the first female snowboarder to ever win two medals at a single Winter Olympics after capturing gold in slopestyle, overnight she grabbed silver in the debut of the big air competition. Look at jamie go. Welcome. Oh, my gosh. Thanks, girls. You just always seem to be having the best time. But the gold and silver got to help. That will make it even better. Definitely feels good. Yeah, tlahat was crazy today. Big air brings so much progression. When its blue skies and a perfect jump its hard to not have fun. And riding with all my friends. Thats why snowboarding is so fun. Were out there doing what we love freestyle, no set rules, you can do whatever you want and i like that. I think the sportsmanship and the way you guys love each other was so apparent when you watched that other woman get the gold and you walked right up to her, you wrapped those arms around her. Thats just the camaraderie that goes on in your sport . It is. And like genuinely im so happy for anna. She has worked so hard and actually has been progressing the sport insanely in the last few years, so to see her win today, like of course a teeny tiny part of me had wished i landed my last run, but in the big picture i was just so happy. Youve got to spread that love. You cant win it all. Youve got to balance out the gold, have a little silver. Its like the yin and the yang of the silver and the gold. Exactly. You never seem stressed. Here you are, at the absolute top of your game. Youre a competitor. But you always seem so zen. Yeah, chill. Whats your secret . I guess just a lot of practice, because sometimes im pretty anxious and stressed. But it just feels awful. Like i want to feel good, lifes too short. So i just listen to good music, i use a lot of, like, essential oils and im always drinking my tea with my organic gee in it, geed up from the feet up. Dont you hug a tree before you go on a run sometimes. Honestly i love trees, im not afraid of hugging any. But not necessarily. I just think having that state of mind and appreciation keeps the good vibes rolling. You make me happy every time i see your face. Shes doing a little dance. We love you, jamie. Thank you for coming to see us. Thanks for having me. Coming up next, one of the women behind another thrilling moment at the games. Well talk to the historymaking crosscountry skier kikkan randall. But first, this is today on nbc. Welcome back to pyeongchang. We are joined by one of the women responsible for one of the most unforgettable moments of the Winter Olympics. Kikkan randall and her teammate, jessie diggins, won an historic gold in the Crosscountry Team sprint, the countrys first gold and firstever medal by an American Woman in that sport. Guess who is sitting next to us . Kikkan, congratulations. Congrats. Thank you. Our hearts cant take this, okay. That photo finish at the end. You were there watching your teammate cross. What was that emotional moment like . Well, i had just skied a threeminute lap as hard as i possibly could so my legs were so full of lactic acid i could barely stand. Im there next to the swedish girl and were watching our teammates come down and we were screaming. I think i got an octave higher than she did but it was so close to call that i had to look at the scoreboard and see usa number one and i ran out and tackled jessie. Jessie would be right here with you but shes got another race and has to rest up. Theres so much history, never a gold medal in crosscountry. Never. No medal since the 70s. Yeah. A silver medal back then. Is all that history weighing on you, or are you just kind of like were doing the race in front of us . I think that history has motivated us. When i was a teenager and first getting involved in crosscountry skiing, i thought it was so cool that here was a sport that no American Woman had won an olympic medal. History was waiting to be written. I felt like if i worked at it hard enough and long enough, i would do it. I didnt think it would take five olympics. Its been a long journey. When we came into the race yesterday, what worked well for us at the World Championships was to go out, execute our plan, each fill our role. We knew if we did that, we could put together a great race and it ended up being gold. Youre setting an example for so many people. In addition to being an incredible world class athlete, youre also a mom with a little boy named breck. How old . Hes going to be 2 in april. Can we show you a tiny little clip . Take a look. Good morning, mommy. I just woke up, but i want to congratulate you. You had a great race. I saw it on tv. I saw your pink hair. I knew it was you. And i yelled, go, go. You were so fast. Oh, my gosh. Are you dying to get home to that little breck. Ive been away for three weeks and its been so hard. I cant wait to see him next week. You are such an example, though. Youre doing it all. Youre really doing it all. Its been cool to show that you can be an elite athlete. You can return to competition. I feel like im stronger than ever and i like to say breck is my best accomplishment is. He is. The gold medal is good but breck is adorable and you really are inspiring so many. Thanks. Give our love to jessie too. I will, i will. Well be rooting for her on sunday. Thanks a lot. Lets go over to al. Thats right, a little olympic birthdays. Weve got the olympic smuckers jars all the way lined up so lets start first off, happy birthday 100th birthday to sue gagliarti santa cruiz, california. Managed her own dry cleaning store for 50 years. Angelina searles, spending time with her six kids. Happy 100th birthday to charley craven, a proud grand dad, married to the love of his life for almost 70 years. Marie krause of surprise, arizona, is 106 years old. She and her husband owned a restaurant for nearly two decades. Harry grossman celebrating 100 years. This world war ii veteran is from encinitas, california. In addition to his big birthday, harry and his wife just celebrated their 75th anniversary. I want to salute you to your service and for you and your beautiful wife and their anniversary. And last but not least, happy 100th birthday to dorothy woodley, a world traveler from prairie village, kansas, has won multiple awards for cultivating roses. Everything is coming up roses for her. Dont forget if you know somebody celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary, let us know at today. Com celebrates. Ladies. Al, thank you so much. Guess what, its time to eat. Were going to show you some simply creative ways to jazz up a korean favorite. Were talking with ramen. First, this is today on nbc. How beautiful, when seeds we sow give free their fruit to hands below as thank you for the chance to grow pick your free yogurt at chobani. Com all right, were back with today food. If you think ramen is just a College Dorm Room staple, you havent had it here. Here in korea it is so much more. Here to help you elevate these noodles, this is austin kang. We are going to make some ramen noodles with a twist. Yes, i call this the hangover ramen, after a late night. So lets begin. Get your bacon. Al, they said bacon. Yes, bacon. And then you deglaze it with soju. Hair of the dog. And thats like a korean wine kind of. Yes. And then after that you add your mix, you add water, you add your ramen and then you add your little flavor powder. That comes in the packet, right . Yes. And then while thats cooking, we have our oh, this looks good. Korean dumplings. So we just pan fry it, three minutes each side and then it has that nice, crispy texture. Yeah. This segment is called sexy ramen. Thats what they told us. It certainly took a turn. So i have your ramen prepared already. So you just take the dumplings and put it right in the noodle . Yeah, yeah. This is amazing. So we have the egg yolk just to make it a little fancy. Wow. And thats just raw egg . Yeah, just to make it thick, nice and coated. And then weve got green onions and then a little spice. Okay. And you did that with just like packet ramen that we could find at home . Yeah, yeah. Thats amazing. And then we add napa cabbage. Now, i cant eat this delicately. You kind of just pile it in your mouth, right . Oh, so, you know, you can also go like this. What . Let me show you. This is kind of like a plate. So you get this and then you mix it, have it right here. All right, that seems complicated. Im just going to dig in. This looks interesting. Weve got beer, weve got soju, whats happening over there. Oh, thats good. That is so good. Spicy. Really good. What is this . This is called soju bombs. We celebrate. The olympics is almost over. And also gold medal womens hockey, all right. So shall we start . What do you do . We dont know what youre doing. Oh weve got to drink it, weve got to drink it. Drink, drink, drink, drink. That is tasty. Yum not bad. Austin, thats delicious. His restaurant in seoul, lm, right . Yes. You can find out all about these recipes at today. Com food. Soju goes right to you. Were back in a moment. First, this is today on nbc. Okay, we cant go without the olympic boost. Were doing it. This is a good one. I like this one. Earlier we showed you the u. S. Womens thrilling overtime win over canada in ice hockey to capture the gold medal. I think youd be hard pressed to find anyone in that arena who was loving the action as much as al and myself. We were screaming and cheer and yelling and freaking. All that celebrating didnt sit too well with one fan in our section. This is michael tobin. You can see hes less than amused by our enthusiasm. He tweeted this video and the caption was this. Clearly this canadian picked the wrong section to sit in. It was such a great look at his eyes. And guess what, here he is. Go usa. Oh, michael, youre right here. Oh, hey, guys. By the way, you and your fellow canadians could not have been nicer. Everybody is here. Yeah. Michael, you were a blast, by the way. Not only were you kind, you gave food and drinks to us. I did. But you guys did gangnum style and that actually prompted the video because i had my phone out. I was like what is going on back there. Savannah, we took the dance lesson. Did you know when you sat down that you had these crazy people sitting right behind you . Only when we were right there. Were actually moving to try to get closer to other canadian fans and all the canadian fans were in front of them. When i realized it was you guys. I got a text from my mom, where are you in the arena, who are you sitting with . Im like this is who im sitting with. We couldnt have had a better seatmate. It was pretty fun. So much fun. Wasnt that a blast, though . It was great. Congrats to you guys too. The canadians did really, really well. The medal standings have been great. You guys need to come to canada house. What happens over at canada house . We party like that. It stays at canada house. Exactly. Youll have to come see for yourself. See, its the olympic spirit. We love it so much. Countries coming together. Exactly. Are you having a good time . Yeah, my buddy and i went to rio and it was so much fun, thats why were back to cheer on canada. Thats part of it, to meet you guys and meet other countries. Michael, thank you. We love you. Love you too. I think i actually really love you. Wow. A Love Connection right here on the today show. Thats why i was offering food and drinks. You dog, you. I love it, i love it. We have figure skating, its going to be game on. Yes. Megyn kelly is up next. First, how about some memorable moments from our friends at getty images . Michael, what do you think . Not having it. Theres a Common Thread i see every time im in the field. While this was burning, you were saving other homes. Neighbors helping neighbors and strangers alike. This is what americas about. Sometimes its nice to see all the good thats out there. Bringing folks out, we have seen it in community after community. Good morning. Im tracy davidson. Lets get you updated on the forecast with bill henley. We started out dry but the rain is here. Light rain extending into south jersey through philadelphia and into the suburbs. There is a lot more of that on the way for today and the next few days. The temperatures are just updated. 48 degrees in philadelphia and falling. 43 degrees in the suburbs and 44 in the Lehigh Valley. Later today, 51 in delaware, down to 42 degrees. Breaking news in the Lehigh Valley. We have learned that a truck driver died when an electrical conduit from the ceiling of the lehigh tunnel crashed through the window of his truck. He is identified as 70yearold Howard Sexton of gloucester county. All southbound traffic is being diverted into the northbound tunnel. Lets get you diverted. Jessica boyington has that. Watching the schuylkill expressway, barely moving. We had an accident or disabled vehicle cleared out of the way. This is whats left over. 22 minutes on the westbound side from the vine to the blue route. Speeds are down. No surprise there. This is a little different. If you are trying to get there to bring a team. It is closed this morning and into this afternoon, it is closed because there is an hbo show filming there. Today in center city, red e redding Terminal Market is throwing an 1893 day extravaganza. Look for todays celebration to transport you back to our country a countrys victorian era. Download our free nbc app to see a preview of five things you wont want to miss. Megan kelly today is next. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody, welcome, im megyn kelly and we begin this morning with a huge win for team usa, taking the gold in womens hockey it was a nerveracking nailbiter, and this is a story of perseverance, grit and sheer determination. These women showed us the value of never giving up and never giving in. Nbcs own keir simmons is in pyeongchang with all the details. First of all, happy birthday, keir reporter someone told you, huh . A little ie