. >>> evan lysacek joins us. he won the gold medal fair and square, but the runner-up is still griping. is there a new cold war heating up over this? >>> but first, is the american government broken? if so, who can fix it? can anyone solve the problems that can kill this country? are they bigger than a political person can solve? all next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. we begin with two distinguished american governors. in minneapolis, governor tim polente, and the governor of new mexico. we'll start with governor polente. governor, the five senators, including the new senator from massachusetts, scott brown, the vote expected tomorrow could pass. good idea, governor polente? >> i don't personally agree with that because i don't like that particular bill and the approach they took with it, but for those individuals, they're doing what they think is right for the country and that's something they have to decide for themselves, and we'll see whether it makes a positive difference. >> larry: were you

evan lysacek in men's figure skating, a surprising well deserved medal last evening.he u.s., salt lake city was the last u.s. olympics that our country hosted, obviously, 2002. there was a great push to win medals going into the 2002 games. and in some sports like in orderic combined that the u.s. has never done well in traditionally, i think that push to 2002 has carried over. and the results are still being seen now eight years later so that is part of the reason i think the u.s. is doing so well. >> you mentioned the figure skating. i know that your favorite competition, every winter olympics. that was quite a shoot-out last night. and i gather that some of the sniping, fighting, what have you has spilled over and continued. >> it has. you know, the eastern bloc and the western bloc, the cold war is still alive and well at the figure skating venue. i know i have said that before. it is true. it was 9 russian plushenko, the defending olympic gold medalist coming back specifically to try to win a second gold medal and in his way evan lysacek, 24-year-old american, fr

. >> reporter: working with lori nichol who works with evan lysacek, flatt is perfecting her style. >i want in the program, in competition. >> reporter: and she's already delivers here in vancouver. >> that was an outstanding performance. >> reporter: a young woman with a bright future on and off the ice. donna friesen, nbc news, vancouver. >> she might just be an overachiever. there is a fair amount of that going around in these games. don't forget nbc olympic coverage tonight in primetime starting at 8:00, 7:00 central. speaking of overachieving, it's not too early to tell you about a special series of reports we'll bring you next week in the post olympic period about how you can achieve your personal best to achieve fitness, health and a better life all next week here on our broadcast. that is our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you, as always, for being with us. i'm brian williams reporting from vancouver. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> evan lysacek with the skate of his life! >> and there it is! oh!hing it till the end and he's got ear gold medal. >> lindsey vonn into the lead by more than a half seco. >> this means everything to me. >> korea may sweep this! no, korea wipes out! unbelievable! >> absolutely extraordinary bad luck for julia mancuso. >> just give us a sense of your emotions finishing fourth. >> oh, man. >> a lap and a half and apolo ohno in trouble. and apolo ohno takes down two brothers and a country to get back. it's apolo's seventh. >> the fans are kind of excited, don't you think? >> bode miller has the gold! >> he scores! >> the skate and the moment is much more than the competition. >> into triple toe loop. >> yeah! one of the greatest olympic performances i have ever seen. >>> the aftermath, incredible damage after the earthquake in chile, one of the most powerful quakes in history. the latest on the tsunami warnings that spanned the globe. >>> a dishonorable act. a woman abducted in arlington, assaulted, seriously injured. why a marine is now under arrest, a

when i think of figure skating, i'll think of evan lysacek. it's been incredible. love for the sport. >> i'm sure it was exciting and emotional to be there. thank you, my friend, for being our eyes and ears up the every single day in aruba's a nice day. i mean, how do you people get anything done? you're in a meeting, and you say, "the fourth-quarter report is -- wow, what a nice day!" and everyone agrees, and the meeting's over. i mean, how do you do anything? well, it is a nice day. yeah. it is a nice day. there! see, i had no idea what we were talking about. oh, look, a crab. >>> juju and i are leaning over this way again because the crowd was so great to come out inhis weather. bye to george and sam. tomorrow on "good morning america," bill and kate will continue our coverage of this historic storm. have a good weekend, everyone. >> live, and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >>> good morning. it is a the clock 56. some school closings and delays to test a bomb -- pass along this morning. let's get a look at traffic and weather. >>> 395 northbound has heavy