good morning. cold war. russia and the united states in the top two positions following the men s figure skating short program. evgeni plushenko, the defending gold medalist, in first, thanks to his athletic quadruple jump, but evan lysacek, the reigning world champ, came in less than a point behind after a wonderful and artistic program. it s power versus grace, plushenko versus lysacek. game on for the gold today, wednesday, february 17th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television > and nbc-universal television > an we are here on a mountain,our homountain,our ho me. and let s start the day with a cheer for al roker, who has cleared the skies after a crisp, cool morning here in vancouver. thank you. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira. we ve actually had a cool night last night in men s figure skating, the best competition they ve had, one of the best ever. strongest group of men. and they did not disappoint last night. that s right. the russian, evgeni
good morning. cold war. russia and the united states in the top two positio following the men s figure skating short program. evgeni plushenko, the defending gold medalist in first, thanks to his athletic quadruple jump, but evan lysacek, the reigning world champ, came in less than a point behind after a wonderful and artistic prog program. it s power versus grace, plushenko versus lysacek. game on for the gold today, wednesday, february 17th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television > and nbc-universal television > an we are here on a mountain,our homountain,our ho me. and let s start the day with a cheer for al roker, who has cleared the skies after a crisp, cool morning here in vancouver. thank you. i m matt lauer. i m meredith vieira we ve actually had a cool night last night in men s figure skating, the best competition they ve had, one of the best ever. strongest group of men. and they did not disappoint last night. that s right. the russian, evgeni