Why winning in south korea would be special for her and her family. All that plus team usa makes history in snowboarding and luge. Lindsey vonn opens up about her longawaited return to olympic competition. And our home away from home. Our look inside to our road to the Winter Olympics. And the fun were already having in pyeongchang, today, monday february 12th, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the Olympic Games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang. This is how you make an entrance. We are here. We are here. Usa. Usa. Usa. Usa. Usa, we have members of team usa right here, actually. We have gold Medal Winners, silver Medal Winners. We have the bobsled team. You guys are awesome. They are helping us get the morning started off right. Yay. This is awesome. This by the way, this parade they just had going through, i dont know if you know this it goes through every night. Its called the su rang parade. We have the mascot up top here. We want to thank all of the wonderful paraders who came out for us. Yes. Were having some fun. Are you enjoying inging yourselves . Were going the talk to these athletes. We have gold Medal Winners, we have it all. This is where dreams are being made. The Winter Olympics are in two places the mountains of pyeongchang. And were on the coastal city. We have hockey skating, curling, all a few feet from where were standing. Every morning for the next two weeks, this is the place where all the gold medalists and silver and bronze medalists are going to come just like these athletes have come today. Were going to talk to all of them. Snowboarders. Jamie anderson. Red gerard. Our awesome bobsled teams are here. The whole figure skating team is going to stop by. We want to show you how they made their way to the podium. Craig melvin is across the way. Good morning. It is going to be an actionpacked time here in pyeongchang. Tonight, all eyes will be on chloe kim. Its been a good few days to be an american athlete. Some records have been broken. Some history has already been made. It is official. Jamie anderson is golden once again. Reporter Jamie Anderson electrifying the slopes winning gold in snowboard slopestyle. She is now a twotime gold medalist. Reporter becoming the first female snowboarder to win two gold medals. The wind is a huge factor. Reporter battling winds and dangerous conditions anderson beating her competitors who struggled with wipeouts and bailed on jumps. Honestly it feels unreal. I dreamed of this. And on the ice americans were bringing home the bronze in the team skating vente inging event. Leading, adam rippon. So solid. Reporter at 28 he the oldest olympic rookie to skate since the 1930s. How does it feel being the old guy on the ice . I love it. It proves that age is just a number. Im 11 and 10 years older than my teammates. And i said i can hang with the kids. As for the women, mirai nagasu made history. Wow. Reporter becoming the First American woman to do a triple axle at the olympics. The jump is 1 2 rotations and is considered one of the most difficult moves on the ice. Rounding out the competition, maya and alex shibutani, changing up their free dance routine and giving a moving performance set to coldplays paradise. Thats enough to win a medal. Reporter in his third winter games, the 29yearold taking silver in the mens single luge the first u. S. Medal ever in that event, ending a 54year drought for team usa. I had a rough last two years. And it shows,t ever these games, a comefrombehind win by red gerard. The 17yearold delivering an upset in mens snowboard slopestyle. Gerard was in last place, heading into the third and final run, then the colorado native catching air with a clean backside triple cork 440, four full rotations, landing him in first place. I cannot believe what just happened. That was enough for me to land the run. To get first is crazy. Reporter truly a sight to behold. Going back to the windy conditions 41 out of 50 runs ended in a wipeout or they just simply gave up. Heres a quick look at what we can expect tonight. We mentioned chloe kim. She is going for gold on the halfpipe. On the mens side shaun white is going for his gold in his signature event. Medals are being lended out in womens luge as well. And its a big day for short track, as well. Heres a first of many looks at the medal count. Norway in the early lead followed by canada germany, the netherlands and team usa. Savannah savannah . Hoda . Craig, thank you so much. Craig was talking about the hardware and the medals. We have one of the medalists right here. 17yearold red gerard. You were in deadlast as craig was saying. You went from last to first and you became team usas first gold in pyeongchang. How does that feel, honey . It feels pretty crazy. I dont have time for it to kick in. Ive been doing 24 hour media stuff. But its been a blast. Ive been doing interviews with so many people its awesome. It is incredible. The first two runs which werent your best. And the last run, you just totally nailed. Did you feel it in your bones . Were you ready and going, this is it . For chur. I i say when i come to contests i want to land a run. Its not up to me its up to the judges. I came all the way out to korea and i landed a run. Can we see the hardware . You have it in your pocket. Wow. Were you really born in 2000 . I was. You have been snowboarding since you were 2. Yeah. They built a rail in the backyard right . Yeah. We always have backyard set ups going on. Its so much fun after school having friends over and having barbecues and all that. Did your parents freak when you got the gold . You dont even though. Know. There are 18 gerards here. They were partying all day already. They were so psyched. My dad is a bigtime olympic fan. To see that i won the olympics he was the emotions for crazy for him. You won gold. You were the First American gold this year. And i love what you said in a News Conference before you were looking to have a mellow experience here at the olympics. I think its been more than mellow. I dont think i knew what i was getting into really. Yeah. Red, we love you. Guys we have red gerard here. Reds in the house. We love you, honey. Congratulations. You did great. Thanks so much. Also on a busy monday morning, we have another headline from here north koreas involvement in these games. Nbc senior correspondent, kate snow has that part of the story. Reporter from the Opening Ceremony when a north korean and south korean carrying the torch together. To a north korean orchestra. And to the north korean cheerleaders north korea is grabbing attention at these games, by design. The younger sister of kim jongun captivated for days sitting just feet away from mike pence. The south korean president invited to visit the north. Wroting, i hope pyongyang and seoul will get closer to the hearts of our people and the unification is hastened. The coach of the hockey team was skeptical when players were added to the roster. I felt it was being used to political reasons. Now that the girls are together im happy that were together. Reporter south koreans encouraged by the cooperation worry the world isnt seeing the whole truth. What is the part of north korea were not seeing here . Poverty and oppression. Reporter there have been sporadic protests here. For the u. S. Its complicated, fearing the north is trying to drive a wedge between the u. S. And longtime ally south korea. Vice president pence went to great pains to avoid the north korean delegation at the olympics. Tweeting the world cannot turn a blind eye to the oppression and threats of the kim regime. As poised as kims sister has appeared the world knows little about her. Her big brother is of having their halfbrother fatally poisoned. But the athletes are keeping a low provilefile. The north korean athletes are surrounded by security and minders. When a north korean soldier bolted across the Demilitarized Zone in november he was shot. This woman who fled north korea in 1997 say the athletes dont dare try to defect. They will have a public execution if they return to north korea. And his or her whole family will be sent to the political prison camp. That was kate snow reporting this morning. We have more to get to this morning, including news from back home. Theres new controversy over the resignations of two key white house staffers, amid allegations of spousal abuse. Reporter nearly a week has passed since the allegations against one of the president s most trusted aides, rob porter. And the white house and john kelly havent gotten their stories straight. The president , for his part like hes done is sympathizing not with the women who have come forward, but the men who were accused. This morning, the white house hunkering down trying to contain the damage from former top aide rob porters resignation after reports of spousal abuse. He is sympathetic towards women and victim officials domestic violence. Reporter thats not what the president has been saying. Appearing to side with porter rather than his accusers. Hes innocent and you have to remember this. Reporter the white house offering this explanation its come against him in the past. Reporter the president fuelling the firestorm, departure after a second staffer, a speech writer facing Domestic Abuse allegations. President trump tweeting, peoples lives are shattered and destroyed because of an allegation. Porters second exwife responding in time magazine. The allegations and falsely accused meant to imply that im a liar. Both porter and David Sorensen deny the allegations. With john kelly facing criticism for how he handled the problem, officials are standing by the fourstar marine general. John kelly is doing an outstanding job. The talk of the chiefs de departure is much ado about nothing. Reporter the president will unveil his infrastructure plan here today. But the proposal is likely a nonstarter even within the president s own party that doesnt have much of an appetite for another spending bill. Hoda back to you. Thank you very much. This morning, investigators are combing a snowy field outside moscow for clues in a crash of a russian airliner. All 65 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. Minutes after takeoff, the plane started to lose altitude and speed and vanished from radar. Security video captured the moment of impact. The pilots did not report any problems before that crash. The Trump Administration released a statement saying the u. S. Is deeply saddened by that tragedy. It is 7 15 now. Were in pyeongchang. We are all together. We have to talk about this weather. Al you had that thing out you carry. The kestrel monitor. It shows its about minus 10 windchill. The winds are causing problems as far as the ski slope situations. Heres why were seeing these winds. Theres a strong pacific storm. And the difference between the two has caused cold winds, up to 50 Miles Per Hour for the last weekend. The winds will subside tomorrow, and should drop down to 25 35 Miles Per Hour. And we look for them to pick up wednesday into thursday as a storm system increases, bringing the winds in at 40 or 50 Miles Per Hour. It will play havoc with the scheduling as far as the ski events are concerned. Closer to home rain in the atlantic coast. Snow in the rockies. Fire threat increasing in the southwest. But freezing cold through the good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Starting off with the clouds and a few showers. The last few showers moving through new jersey and delaware. This afternoon skies will clear for new jersey and delaware heads up to 48 degrees while the shore hits 50 degrees this afternoon. The Lehigh Valley already dry. Youll get some sunshine but the winds will pick up. Thatll keep chechltemperatures in the low 40s. Low 40s for the suburbs and 48 degrees for philadelphia. And gets colder tonight dropping below freezing. Is your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Just ahead ahead from pyeongchang, twice as nice. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson strikes gold for the secondstraight Winter Olympics. Were going to celebrate her and a few hundred of her friends. I like her moves. And she waited eight long years for this moment. Lindsey vonn opens um ss up about her long road back to the olympics. First, this is today on nbc. So much more ahead. Were going to talk to the figure skating team about their medal win. And the man behind the as you can clearly see the updates you made to your plan strengthened your retirement score. So, that goal youve been saving for you can do it. We can do this . We can do this. 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Temperatures will be in the 40s the rest of the day, but with the wind factor its going to feel like its in the 30s. And lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. On the sunday side just a little slow. Its pretty typical, though of this time. We are watching a few things, though. In new jersey the white horse pike in new jersey closed down with an accident investigation under way there, too. With the bridges we are on standby for an opening 7 20 for the taconypalmyra. Happening today attorney general Jeff Sessions will be in philadelphia interest the annual lincoln day celebration. Sessions scheduled to deliver remarks at the union league in center city early this afternoon. And well have another update for you in 25 minutes. Im dray clark. The today show continues in just a few minutes. Have a great day. Stepping into the unknown. It can be difficult to find the way. But with the compassion and security of Independence Blue Cross obstacles become openings. 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Snowboarder Jamie Anderson lights up the slopes becoming the first female snowboarder to win two olympic golds. On the ice, mirai nagasu jumps into history. Becoming the only American Woman to land a triple axle at the olympics. Searching for answers. Federal investigators looking into why a tourist helicopter crashed in the grand canyon killing others. You try in conditions like this you have to have special training and special people to handle the airc weinstein served. New yorks attorney general sues harvey weinstein, alleging the former movie mogul and his company forced workers to endure sexual harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Terrifying moment caught on camera. A truck carrying natural ghast bursts into flames in northern china, injuring two. And