vincent zhou: of course. robert: on "asian pacific america," we focus on asian-american and pacific islander issues. give me an idea here. how important a role model was kristi yamaguchi in terms of for ice skating for male and female young skaters? vincent: names like kristi yamaguchi and brian boitano are probably some of the most recognized sports figures around the bay area, and debbie thomas too. i mean, every--almost every skater in this area looks up to them, is inspired by them and what they do. for me, it was both kristi and brian. i grew up watching their performances and their competitions at the olympics. and i mean, just seeing those dreams way over all of our heads. and for me to be here performing with kristi and, you know, working with brian, and getting closer to those dreams is quite amazing. robert: is being--kristi being of asian descent as well as ice skating being such an international sport, did that make it something easier for you to relate to in terms of entering as a sport, or? vinc

figure skater vincent zhou says he and his family logged 800 miles a week driving to training sessions in southern california from their home in palo alto. >> but all the hard work and demands are paying off for zhou, who at 17 is the youngest member of team usa, as he showed us last night in the men's free skate with a breakthrough performance that landed him a sixth-place finish. here's another look at zhou's full performance from pyeongchang. >> here is the next american to etake the ice. yes, the world junior champ in 2017. that is not that long ago, making that jump up to the senior level. last year he was second best at u.s. nationals, this year the bronze medal, earns a spot, and he is in 12th place. very good in the short. and there's his mom, fay, and mirai nagasu, who we will see in the the ladies' event. ♪ >> this is a five quad jumping passes planned in this free program, two lutzes, a flip, a toe, and a sal. >> speeding into the the first quad lutz. >> oh, gorgeous. ♪ >> another difficult quad right here. >> same exact mistake as in the short program. beautiful quad. ♪ ♪ >

vincent zhou is a remarkably mature, soft spoken 17-year-old. if he were really nervous i'm not sure we could tell. he tells me he's very excited. we have new video to show you of vincent practicing here in pyeongchang. now he told me about once a day here there's a moment, something that happens that slaps him in the face and remind him he's at the olympic games. in those moments it's fun but can be overwhelming. he has a job to do and that's to stay focused. >> things are feeling pretty good. i'm feeling a little bit stronger than i felt at nationals. here i feel i have more confidence especially my ability to do clean programs. >> reporter: vincent, as you may recall, came in third place at the national championships held last month in san jose earning him the spot on the olympics team. vincent does a lot of big jumps and if he nails those he could post a big score and surprise people f. anybody has any questions about vincent or any of our other local athletes, we will fire up a facebook live. we'll ask any questions you have, what's it like

. >> tonight all eyes will be on bay area native vincent zhou making history for his olympic debut. >> this morning american mikaela shiffrin is a gold medal winner, winning five medals in ski events. pretty exciting. good morning to you and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get back to the 2018 winter olympics in just a second. first we want to check with your traffic and weather this morning. kari, this was a nippy day. >>> it's another cold morning and some very dry air. that makes it feel even more chilly out there as you get ready to head out the door. we're going to start with some low 40s for the south bay and peninsula. we're about where we were yesterday and we'll continue to see the temperatures falling a few more degrees until sun rise and our high temperatures today warmer than yesterday reaching up to 65 degrees in napa. 66 in san jose. and today in livermore, 63 degrees. mike, you have a traffic alert? >>> i do. most of our bay. most of our drivers and viewers will notice no problems right now. but i'll take you pretty far up to

times that, 134 students per acre. >>> now to the olympic games in pyeongchang, the bay area's vincent zhou has a lot to be happy about after last night's performance. first a little history for you. zhou is the first person ever to perform a quadruple lutz in olympic competition and to land it. zhou says he skated well but not great. he is in 12th place and will be back on the ice again tonight. of course, we are all rooting for him. >>> here is the latest medal count, norway leading the pack with 19 medals, germany 15, canada coming in with 13, netherlands taking home 12 and the u.s. has eight medals. our coverage continues in 30 minutes when garvin thomas joins us live from pyeongchang. remember, nbc is your home for the 2018 olympic winter games. >>> thursday night football a big thing. football fans will soon have a new way of watching thursday night football. that company that's fighting for the rights to stream the games. >>> we will tell you what city lyft is trying out it's version in. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that mone

we'll be watching intently, especially for vincent zhou. it's his olympics debut tonight. yes, he says he's a bit nervous. this is video of one of his final practice sessions in pyeongchang. the soft-spoken 17-year-old says it continues to hit him daily that he's actually at the olympics. he adds while it can be overwhelming, he's just trying to stay focused on his performance. >> i think things are feeling pretty good. i'm feeling just a little bit stronger than i felt at nationals. >> we are rooting for him. he is not really considered to be a medal threat, but he could surprise a lot of people if he has a clean skate. >>> alpine skier mikaela shiffrin, did you see this last night? she's back in action today after winning gold yesterday in the giant slalom. she's competing today in her strongest event, which would be the slalom. and take a look at this show of support. soldiers in kazakhstan staging a flash mob to root on their fellow arm serviceman competing in the olympics. the soldiers formed, as you can see right there, the olympic rings. kazakhstan has won a bronze

palo alto vincent zhou making his debut at the olympics. we have video of vincent practicing in pyeongchang. he has to remind himself he's at the olympics. it can all be overwhelming. he's just trying to stay focused on this performance. >> i think things are feeling pretty good. i'm feeling just that a little bit stronger than i felt at nationals. i felt pretty good at nationals, but here i feel like i have a little more confidence especially my ability to do clean programs. >> palo alto and the bay area is rooting for you. not considered to be a medal threat by the experts but if he performs this program cleanly he could surprise a lot of people. >>> raj, where do we stack up on the medal count? right now norway leads the way with 17, followed by germany and canada. the netherlands is fourth, followed by the u.s. like you said, team usa has eight medals, five of them gold japan rounds out the top six. you don't have to miss a moment of these olympic games, if you're away from the television just go to our website and watch our live stream

all the latest from pyeongchang as "gma" talks to vincent zhou. on making history at the games. >> good morning, america. we want to thank you for joining us this sunday morning. we'll start with the latest developments in the horrific school shooting in parkland, florida. look at the images from an impassioned rally on saturday. students who survived the massacre spoke out in favor of gun control. one sign reading, as you can see, make it stop. >> also this morning we're hearing for the first time from the family who took in the alleged shooter nikolas cruz after his mother died. they have a story to tell about a depressed young man who they say showed no signs of impending violence. >> president trump is weighing in with an in send air tweet slamming the fbi for missing the signals and accusing the agency of spending too much time on the russian investigation. >> martha raddatz and matthew dowd standing by. we begin with adrienne bankert in parkland. adrienne, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan and paula. we're here at the memorial. there

of the stories of the winter olympics so far has been the performance of american ice skater, vincent zhouth in the single skating short programme and became the first person to land a quadruple lutz in any olympic games at the age ofjust 17. i feel like ifeel like aged is not i feel like aged is not really play that big of a role in my experience here, just because i'm 17 does not meani here, just because i'm 17 does not mean i get special treatment. i am still here to skate and to do my job. my teammates kind of as a baby, i don't really appreciate that because i'm not one but they will get to know me. to place sixth amongst the best figure skaters in the history of figure skating was incredible, it was better than anybody expected from me, it was better than i expected from myself. it was such an honour for my name to be there with the great names. they are at the top of the sport and i am making my way up there too. it is so incredible, it is an honour. there is so much more pressure and expectation that the olympics because it is the olympics, every four years, and it is the defining

going to air vincent zhou's entire free skate during our 4:00 show at 4:17. >> women in the short track skating. only the top qualify. fan favorite for team usa, maughmaame biney. finished last in the heat. bid for medal was over. two other americans also failed to advance. also making her olympic debut, castro valley's kendall wesenberg. discovered skeleton, was curious and after a dare from sibling tried out and made it. finished 17th. pleased with debut in pyeongchang. >> proud of the runs i put together today. still not the way i wanted to put it down but two runs i'm proud of. wish i hadn't dug a hole yesterday. >> live coverage of the olympics continues at 5:00 p.m. men's giant slalom, u.s. skier ted liggetty competes. 33 years old and father, ligety has accepted a leadership role on the u.s. alpine ski team. 5:00 and ligety at 5:15. men's free ski final, men swept it in sochi. and short track finals, looking to knock off south korea. men's 1,000 and women's 1,500 meter events. coverage on nbc bay area. if you're away from your tv tune into our app and watch it live stream. >>> fo

night's men freestyle figure skating performance and the performance of the americans, especially vincent zhou. he tells our garvin thomas this is just the beginning of his olympic career. >> this is only the start. this is only the start, guys. you've heard it here first. >> reporter: at the 2018 pyeongchang winter games vincent zhou exceeded everyone's expectations except perhaps his own. skating the two best programs of your life and the sixth place finish would be a head line for many skating careers. vincent, however, plans for them to read like a footnote. >> i hope to be one of the greatest of all time and that's no easy feat to accomplish. >> reporter: not every athlete leaves the games feeling like vincent does, kendall westin berg's 15th place had her on the verge of tears. >> last night was tough. >> reporter: moments later surrounded by 25 friends and family who had traveled her to cheer her on the smile was back. in company like this it's hard not to keel like a winner. >> she's here. she's top 20 in the world. that's all that matters. i mean, it's the one race of the season that

vincent zhou was never expected to medal. this was the chance for the youngest member of team usa to learn the ropes. but boy did le he deliver and overachieve. two clean programs, winding up in sixth place. knowing he did something special, he dropped to his knees when the music stopped. >> i finished the pose and it was such a release of emotion and pride andd a feeling of accomplishment. >> reporter: now to the third member of team usa and the one who garnered the motion attention here in pyeongchang adam rippon. he finished 10th but he's happy with his performances and the bronze medal he took home in the team competition this week. up to the mountains and a super star in skiing made her debut, lindsey vonn did not like how things turned out for her. she misjudged the final turn in the super g and lost just enough time to land her off the podium. she's not finished at the games yet, she's just getting started. she has two more events including the women's downhill and that's something we're all going to be glued to the tv

then we will talk with vincent zhou of palo alto, a junior men's world champion skater who also has some

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vincent zhou talking about his rivalry with fellow american nathan chen.t of "andi mack" is live in times square. and they're here to say -- >> all: good morning, america! >>> once again, we say good morning, america. great to have cecilia vega here with us. everyone is so excited. >> it's a holiday. >> yes. >> excite sflpg that's why the president of abc news was here. presidents' day. oh. also here, laurie metcalf. she's going for oscar gold with her role in "lady bird." she has a tony. she's a multiemmy winner. who knows? >> amazing. that one i did see. of course, we're so despited for the "roseanne" reboot. we'll see what it was like to be on that set 20 years ago. >>> first, the students calling for major changes after the florida school shooting. back to add rerienne bankert. these students are taking their cause to washington. >> reporter: that's correct. they're using their heart ache to fuel this movement that as you mentioned is going all the way to the nation's capital. they have named their campaign never again. after the shock of losing 17 liv

. >> reporter: behind chen, vincent zhou. adam rippon getting the crowd going with his trademark passion, but lacking more technical jumps. finishing tenth. >> i was just so proud of what i was able to put out there. to come away from the olympic games and skate three clean programs is more than i could have dreamed of. >> reporter: it was japan's yuzuru hanyu who defended his gold from sochi with the nearly flawless final skate. that ended with a blizzard of winnie the pooh bears. and javier fernandez earned spain the first medal ever. and her return to the slopes, lindsey vonn was looking for gold in the women's super g. skiing near perfect run for much of the course, the american went wide on the last turn. >> almost on the side. >> reporter: the first racer down the mountain, vonn dropped. >> you faced so many challenges. injuries and the winds today. good for you for competing and going for it. >> i have been waiting eight years for this. i didn't thwawant to say i didn try hard enough. i pushed myself as hard as i could

vincent zhou completes the first ever quadruple lutz of the winter games.tating four times before landing on the opposite foot. he is in 12th place ahead of tomorrow's free skate competition. walking to the ice he told himself remember to breathe. >>> here is the latest medal count. norway has 19 medals. the united states has eight medals, including five gold. >>> we won't be skating on backyard ponds in the coming days. but things are changing. let's talk to rosemary orozco about that. >> i think we got some weather in arizona. >> spring training weather. >> joe fonzi is down at spring training. and hopefully, they got a good workout and the rain avoided the area. >> reporter: i'll give you that in one second. first i have to congratulate you on the description of the quadruple lutz. you could be an ice skating analyst. >> i've been working on it for a good week. >> move over dick button. you're moving in. >> bye, bye, see you later. >> reporter: but to answer the weather question, yes, we were told that it was in the 80s for a couple of months before we g

. >>> a bay area athlete made olympic history. 17-year-old palo alto figure skater, vincent zhou becamehe first person to land a quadruple lutz. he jumped and rotated four times before landing on the opposite foot. he received his highest score of the season. first to land that quad. he is in 12th place ahead of the free skate competition. he told reporters he was telling himself, remember to breathe. >> breathe. >> and he did. he did. >> and here's the latest medal counts. norway leading with 19 medals followed by germany, netherlands, and canada. and then the u.s. with eight medals, including five golds. and south korea is getting the first medal. so there they are hosting the games. and it's exciting and they finally got their first gold ever. >> reporter: and the skating is phenomenal this year. >>> our time is 5:54. a month after the city of san francisco dropped columbus day. what a group of italian americans are working on and the upcoming deadline. >>> and a former friends star is splitting from her husband. now there are rumors that jennifer aniston could rekindle an old romanc

vincent zhou talks about doing what no one else has done and what he plans to do next.s and the weather coming up at 7:00. >>> what a performance, mo nature could not hold her back. she is a force of nature. jamie anderson golden once again. >> that is jamie anderson winning the olympic gold medal in the women's slopestyle competition here in pyeongchang, south korea. it was the second consecutive gold medal in the event for the 27-year-old california native. and she did it you heard it there in windy conditions described by some experts as the worst they've seen in a major competition. some said after the event the event should have been postponed. one said she just wanted to sit at the tom of the hill and cry. anderson's win four years ago in sochi made her a star. a second gold here in pyeongchang makes her a legend. jamie and i got together on a cold fight here for a "sunday sitdown." >> jamie anderson owe dominant. >> jamie anderson looking smooth. >> returning to the top of the olympic podium was even harder than jamie anderson thought it would be. ♪ with temperat

i do want to call out two other team usa competitors, we had adam rippon and vincent zhou were both incredibleanding ovations, and i was proud to be an american in the stand. >> great reporting from south korea, amy. how about that performance, though, six quads. that was incredible. >> from john-henry krueger. >> no, he was speedskating. >> freddy krueger. >> sorry about that one, everybody. >>> coming up on "gma," if you're tired of winter -- >> i am. >> yeah, see, you live in miami most of the time. >> i'm still tired of it. >> okay. we can help you freshen up your home for spring and how you can breathe life into your space without spending big pucks. without spending big pucks. feel the power of theraflu expressmax. new power... ...to fight back theraflu's powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms... fast. so you can play on. theraflu expressmax. new power. the things we do rising before dawn. sweating it out. tough to do it all. but we can always find time to listen to great thinkers and explorers whose stories take us places our hamstrings can't. all we have to do is listen

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figure skater vincent zhou.also there has his teammate, newly minted bronze medalist openly gay figure skater adam rippon. when the subject turned to his controversy with the vice president, mike pence, things got a little emotional. now, in an interview last month the openly gay rippon had harsh words for the vice president when it came to lgbtq issues. the vp responded that rippon was misinformed about his position and it went back and forth. as the games began rippon said he didn't want to talk about it anymore because he didn't want it to be a distraction. when asked today he did say something positive has come out of all of this. >> i've gotten so many messages and it's -- i could even get emotional thinking about it, but like i've gotten so many messages from young kids like all over the country that my story has resonated with them and it's incredibly powerful, like this platform that you can have at the olympic games. >> reporter: rippon said -- i want to get this quote right -- he didn't want his olympi

. >> reporter: you know what, palo alto's vincent zhou gets to keep, the first person to execute a quadruple lutz in an olympic competition. he felt he skated well but could have done better. pointswise it was his best short program of the season. good enough at this level for 12th place and, again, the men get together tomorrow for -- or tonight in prime time, it's always tough keeping track of the time differences here -- tonight in prime time for the free skate and a gold medal on the line. you see that back there, that's the "today" show set behind us. we are going to go spy on them as they broadcast to the east coast, we will do it on facebook live. come on over to garvin thomas nbc bay area and we will peek in on them. >> we will make sure we share that, garvin. >> when they are on at 7:00 a.m. this time we will look for garvin in the background. >> make sure you go and -- >> hi, mom. >> thanks, garvin. >>> our web team as well we have a full team behind the scenes, they are putting together three reasons to watch every day. read about the day's big olympic events and when to watch the

meanwhile, another american turning heads. 17-year-old vincent zhou, the youngest member of team usa, lutz jump at the olympics. >> oh, there it was. clean. >> first one in history. >> wow. >> making history. speaking of, our friend in 1984, olympic gold medal winner, scott hamilt hamilton. he is a contributor on "olympic ice," the daily live show. do you like that club song? >> adam is just adam. i've known him since he was a tiny little kid. >> come on. >> he is just so much fun. >> would scott hamilton have skated to that? >> savannah. i'm going to tell you right now, exactly what i'm going to do. he's a blast. i love adam. >> we'll talk to him in a minute. we have to talk about nathan chen. i was there. it was crushing. we had so much high hopes for him. >> yeah. you know, we'll talk about him in more detail tomorrow. but you know, i've known nathan since he was 8 years old. and he's been -- every level, just win, win, win, win, win, win, win. and just the progression was just almost like a spike. and then, he came here. and for the first time, i saw a human being. it was almost m

the men's competition will start with nathan chen, adam rippon and vincent zhou. in the always entertaining snowboard cross as well, guys. >> all right, craig, thank you so much. >> lots to look forward to. >>> coming up, some new insight into north korea as we dur the dmz. first these real energy... harnessed from the earth. nature valley. ifwhat would it say?ash tag 80% glowing 50% freckles no matter your skin type, all skin deserves gentleness. that's why dove is sulfate free. the #1 body wash recommended by dermatologists. (phone) maddie... you have everything you need right inside you. 9 out of 10 u.s. olympians grew up drinking milk. it's got natural protein and balanced nutrition to help your kids grow strong and milk life. but one blows themisturizer all out of the water. hydro boost from neutrogena®. with hyaluronic acid to plump skin cells so it bounces back. neutrogena® us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. becaus

team usa's youngest competitor vincent zhou cleanly executing this triple-to loop. >> oh, it was clean! >> reporter: the 17-year-old is now the first ever to land the this tricky move in winter olympics history. >> boom. holds on the that. >> reporter: and fan favorite adam rippon igniting the crowd with his dazzling routine ending his performance on the ice with a roaring ovation. but there was heartbreak on the mountain for team usa. >> lindsey jacobellis trying to hold on for bronze. >> reporter: four-time olympian lindsey jacobellis placing fourth after this dramatic finish in snowboard cross missing her shot at her first medal since 2006, when she won silver in her olympic debut. and mikaela shiffrin, fresh off a thrilling victory in the giant slalom. >> you know there's nerves. there's always going to be. this is the olympics. >> reporter: feeling extremely sick just moments before speeding into her first run. feeling the frustration of coming in fourth. >> mikaela shiffrin looking for another gold, no. >> reporter: just 0.08 seconds shy of medaling for team usa in the women's sl

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basically ends his hope of medaling he came in as the only undefeated male skater of the year vincent zhouiled his quadruple lutz, for the first time ever in. >> ali: history. four rotations from the outside of one foot to the outside of the other foot adam ripuppon, a much better skate. he collapsed with joy. here is how the program looks as short program windes up. rippon comes in seventh. zhou12th and chen, 17th. they are not done. they are going to have the free skate. between that and mikaela shiffrin and lindsey jacobellis. we were getting spoiled when the u.s. was dominating in men's and women's snowboard. i don't know if you are done watching basketball but there has been a lot of activity i know you will want to see. >> one game tomorrow, i will have to come back to domestic viewing at 4:00 tomorrow is andrew -- not to digress did he arrive safely >> reporter: he is on the ground >> did you pick him up at the airport? >> reporter: seoul is about three hours away >> you were too busy >> reporter: i'm talking to you. he is in a car hopefully, he makes it here before the end of "squa