lester holt is covering this all day. lester, good evening. >> good evening, brian. the most medals the u.s. had won in a nondomestic olympics was 25 four years ago in torino. given the american strength in events still to come, some experts believe the u.s. could rack up another 10 medals here shattering that record before these games end. >> a hug straight air for shaun. >> with a full week of competition ahead, every one of america's most promising hopes and then some has already delivered. >> sometimes that pressure can get to you, and i think we've done a good job as a whole of sort of standing up and holding our heads high and wearing our usa on our back with pride. >> along with evan like sek, white, vonn, davis, onh omb ode. >> they're looets in the prime of their careers and they're mentally ready to do it. >> the american dominance is fueled by a strong showing in alpine events. >> once that momentum starts, everyone wants that more. >> that momentum includes the u.s.'s first medal in the nordic combined, and athletes who exceeded expectations like skier ju

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i'm at studio 1a, lester holt is in vancouver. coming up in this half hour the u.s. d team doing some things right. we're going to talk with them live, lester. >> and i'm so excited about these guys because, jenna, these were the fellow that say i got to ride with a few weeks ago. remember my bobsled run? they were it for real and in record time, amazing performance, gold medal, so looking forward to that coming up. >> they're going to invite you back to do everything for them because you're such a beacon of good luck. yeah, they were the world champions going into last night's run now they're the olympic champions for the first time in 62 years. we will talk to them coming up and talk about their historical medal run. looking forward to that. >>> also with friday's bronze in the short track relay, apolo ohno claimed his eighth olympic medal of his career. after that race i chatted with ohno in his first sitdown interview about being the most decorated winter olympian in americ history. >>> and then a little guy you have to see to believe. by little, i mean age and he

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. >> announcer: this is a special edition of "today" at the winter games with lester holt live from vancouver, british columbia and amy robach live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning. covering the final weekend of the winter olympics. >> i'm amy robach here in new york at studio 1 a. a major story unfolding in chile. a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in the middle of the night forcing people from their beds and taking cover. >> we are also hearing word of tsunamis. we should point out here covering this final weekend of the games, there was tremendous interest in what happened. we will visit with the athletes, but the big story will remain this earthquake in chile and the aftermath. >> they declared atate of catastrophe and early reports put the death toll at over 70. they fear the number will keep growing as daylight takes over and they can assess the damage and what they are facing. buildings have collapsed as far away as santiago, 200 miles from the epicenter. there have been 25 aftershocks from 5.2 to 6.9. the quake triggered a tsunami, warnings have been issued along the coa