good morning, golden boy canadian skier, alex bilodeau, makes his country proud, winning canada s long sought, first gold medal on home soil. so, what s he going to do now? he s talking to us live today, monday, february 15th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning, day four of the 21st olympic winter games, i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. and i know it s early here. but you won t regret getting up, because your new national hero, alex bilodeau, will be joining us in just a moment. think this guy had a good day? there he is, just a couple of yards from us right now. we re joined by ann curry and al roker. this is the guy who put an end to the drought. it s been so talked about. the canadians had never won a gold medal on home soil. they didn t do it the previous two times the olympics were hosted here in canada. he put an end to that yesterday, with a stunning run in the men s moguls. i was
light the olympic flame. i got to sit down with the man himself over the weekend. you ll hear great insight into the cloak and dagger secrecy that kept the identity of the final torchbearer hidden from everyone but a handful of people. my interview with wayne gretzky in just a few months. once the flame was lit, the united states got right down to business in competition. apolo anton ohno won the first medal of these games on saturday night when he snatched a silver in the 1500 meter after a pair of south koreans collided ahead of him clearing the path for a medal. he was in fourth place at the time, looked like he was going to fall just outside metal contention. ohno won his sixth olympic medal tying speed skater bonnie blair for the most by a winter athlete. hannah kearney pulled an upset saturday night. she s from vermont but her mother is canadian. kearney saying afterwards being half-canadian, she just pretended all those cheers for canada were for her. how about a sil
good morning, golden boy canadian skier, alex bilodeau, makes his country proud, winning canada s long sought, first gold medal on home soil. so, what s he going to do now? he s talking to us live today, monday, february 15th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to today on a monday morning, day fo of the 21st olympic winter games, i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. and i know it s early here. but you won t regret getting up, because your new national hero, alex bilodeau, will be joining us in just a moment. think this guy had a good day? there he is, just a couple of yards from us right now. we re joined by ann curry and al roker. this is the guy who put an end to the drought. it s been so talked about. the canadians had nev won a gold medal on home soil. they didn t do it the previous two times the olympics were hosted here in canada. he put an end to that yesterday, with a stunning run in the men s moguls. i was in
yes. the morning after, a live look outside right now. a blanket of snow historic snowfall accompanied by punishing winds. this morning we have live team coverage, we ll tell you whether the worst of the blizzard is over and when your street might be cleaned. with so much snow and nowhere to put it many of you are off again today. the federal government is closed for a fourth straight day. the d.c. government is closed as well. all local schools are closed today. metro runs only underground. dulles airport just re-opened at 6:00 a.m. however many flights are still cancelled so you will want to check with your airline before heading to at the airport. ronald reagan washington national airport remains closed. bwi airport is open this morning. the first flight is expected to land at 8:30 but there will be a loof cancelations this morning. check with yourirline online before you head to the airport. we understand that most of the airports or all of the airports inur area ha
good morning. the big dig. residents all along the east coast trying to recover a day after another massive blizzard slams the region, shattering annual snowfall records in cities like d.c., philadelphia and baltimore. and now more bad weather just might be on the way. nuclear nation? iran s president announces the rogue nation has enriched uranium and is now a nuclear state, as hundreds of thousands mass in the streets of tehran. and will she or won t she? all eyes on american skiing sensation lindsey vonn, battling that serious shin injury. will she compete at these games? she ll get her first chance to practice on the slopes of whistler mountain, today, thursday, february 11th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today in vancouver on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m ann curry. matt s taking the day off, preparing to host tomorrow night s big olympic ceremony, but back at home, it is no celebration, meredith. as y