now more than ever, the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. democrats may try to kick health care through a direct process without a vote through a process called deem and pass. if top democrats can t come up with the 216 yeas they need. but republicans are calling it a trick. dire warning. forecasters say one-third of the nation is at risk of historic flooding in the coming days and weeks. this morning, as the northeast slowly dries out, emergency crews are racing to get sandbags in place from north dakota to missouri. and, masters plan. tiger woods will make his highly anticipated return to golf at augusta next month. will he be welcomed back with cheers or jeers? will elin be by his side? and if so, why is she still not wearing her wedding ring today, wednesday, march 17th, wearing her wedding ring today, wednesday, march 17th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a wednesday morning. happy
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
back now with more of today on a wednesday morning. it s the 17th of february 2010. day six of the vancouver olympic winter games, and we have a special treat for our visitors this morning, especially the canadians in the crowd. let s bring out maelle ricker, who s the gold medal winner from tuesday s exciting snowboard cross finale. maelle, good morning. nice to see you. good morning. welcome! congratulations! come on, stand next to us here. we re going to actually talk to you in just a minute. can i just tell you one thing? i was at the canada hockey game last night, canada verse norway, and up on the screen before the game started, they went through your whole event and the place went crazy for you. wow. it really was great to see. yeah. you had a lot of hockey fans standing up and cheering for you. oh, that s amazing. so, congratulations. congratulations. we ll talk to her more in a second. also ahead, more on the battle for figure skating gold b
look at this right here! good morning. mounting men. snowboarder seth wescott does it again, moving from fourth all the way up to first to win his second straight gold in snowboard cross. while in the downhill, bode miller races to bronze to become the most decorated american olympic skier in history. two fantastic finishes, two big interviews for us today, tuesday, february 16th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. and if we re beaming a little bit more than normal this morning, it s because of two words seth wescott. man, we hitched our wagon to this guy s star a long time ago, and he has never disappointed us. last night he won his second straight gold medal in snowboard cross, and we are awfully proud of him. it was a spectacular race, just like he did in torino four years ago. seth actually trailed for much of the race, but then on one of the final turns,
look at this right here! good morning. mounting men. snowboarder seth wescott does it again, moving from fourth all the way up to first to win his second straight gold in snowboard cross. while in the downhill, bode miller races to bronze to become the most decorated american olympic skier in history. two fantastic finishes, two big interviews for us today, tuesday, february 16th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. and if we re beaming a little bit more than normal this morning, it s because of two words seth wescott. man, we hitched our wagon to this guy s star a long time ago, and he has never disappointed us. last night he won his second straight gold medal in snowboard cross, and we are awfully proud of him. it was a spectacular race, just like he did in torino four years ago. seth actually trailed for much of the race, but then on one of the final turns,