as nbc's mike tirico explains, the four-time olympian is dedicating her races to someone close to her>> reporter: lindsey vonn has stared down formidable mountains thousands of times. >> i don't have any fear. and i always attack every course 110%. and i never give up. >> lindsey vonn into the lead by more than a half second. >> reporter: it's the reason she's won 81 world cup races. >> but it's also put me in the nets a couple of times. >> reporter: it may also be the reason she's been sidelined. >> she is down. >> reporter: again and again. >> lindsey vonn goes down. >> reporter: missing the sochi olympics after re-injuring her knee just before the games. i brought a list. >> okay. should i be worried? >> reporter: broken left arm. >> oh, god. >> reporter: acl tear, mcl tear, concussion, fractured tibial plateau in your right knee, broken right arm, a bunch of sprains, bruises and lacerations and good old wear and tear. >> yep, that about sums it up. those are all healed. everything feels great. >> lindsey vonn. >> reporter: it's been eight long years since she last raced in an olym

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yuzuru hanyu, the gold medalist, mike tirico. >> 66 years, last time back-to-back.t look at the medal count presented by samsung. norway running away a little bit. bit of a shakeup after the men's free skate as japan goes gold and silver with hanyu and uno. the u.s. is tied for 7th with 8. quite an evening, including the headline there at the figure skating. what we saw with alpine. which was incredible. >> she had run one world cup super-g race in the last five months and shows up in the olympics and out of nowhere after all the folks who everyone thought would win had run, she puts up a time just good enough to win the gold. that's why the olympics are so special. you saw is on so many different levels this evening. there's more olympic coverage ahead. if you're in the eastern and central time zones, it's local news time. out west, you'll get slopestyle skiing. in 30 minutes, everyone is back together. there are americans contending for medals there. we'll leave you with a look at the most memorable images from week one with the help of carrie underwood. see you i

we'll send it back to the studio and mike tirico. >> okay, great stuff there, that lee sangho medal for south korea, the first the nation has ever won on snow. and because they're going to get a medal for women's curling, they'll get to 14, the most medals they've had. and the leddet ska story, becoming the first women to win medals in different events, one on snowboard, one on skis, incredible stuff. that's the history we just saw. earlier, we saw medal history in the first olympic alpine skiing team event. norway winning the bronze there, they have 38, the most ever at the olympic winter games, breaking the u.s. record of 37 in vancouver in 2010. the united states medal count up to 22 after a silver for kyle mack of west bloomfield, michigan, and the men's big air final. if you want to catch the primetime again, it comes your way in seconds. in the mountain and pacific time zones, it's local news and, then the encore of the primetime show. in 26 minutes, the u.s. men's curling against sweden. the gold medal game, the biggest night in u.s. curling history. enjoy all of that and we'll s

you will see inter fviews with r with mike tirico and katie couric. think she will be a superstar across the board. >> rebecca lowe, so many to watch. thank you. of course, nbc is your home for the olympics. tune in for team figure skating and the always thrilling men's downhill. it all beginning at 8:00 eastern and 5:00 central. we will have more from pyeongchang. for now, back to sheinelle in new york with the stories. >> craig, thank you. >>> back at home, more turmoil at the white house where another staffer resigned over domestic violence allegations. he strongly denies. white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. unlike rob porter, white house officials say the second individual did a job that did not require security clearance. assigned to an office on environmental quality here at the white house. he previously worked for the republican governor of maine. new overnight, the second white house staffer is out after allegations of domestic violence abuse. speech writer david sorensen. during an

check out the video we posted talking about the olympians and wishing our friend mike tirico luck. we are looking at cooler temperatures for the weekend. 64 degrees. 70 is perfect but what would be even more perfect if we got some rain but still none of that. >> there was some debris on the roadway around skyline. on your road toward half moon bay it has been cleared from the chp report. that's where this activity happens. there's a crash that should be cleared. no slowing. castro valley looks great. we do have one issue. there was a pipe or pipes reported right around potrero. that should be clear. it's still 14 minutes down to the slowing off the berkeley curve. that's the bay bridge toll plaza. we have all these lanes. they're ready for the metering lights. >>> a lot of folks up and about. 5:20. up next on "today in the bay" an all new security warning this morning. warnings about cyber attacks as the winter olympics get under way. >> and the biggest names in nbc news making their way to korea. this beautiful sunset on instagram. the time now is 5:21. >>> 5:23 right now. all new

mike tirico loaned out.ormances pree team usa ous shaun white reclaimed his olympic halfpipe title in a thrilling competition. we everything riding on one run, back-to-back, and white was overcome with emotion when he saw his score. white's gold was the 100th all time for the united states at the winter olympics. from the icon to the young guns, 17-year-old chloe kim became a star when she more than lived up to the hype by winning gold in the ladies halfpipe at the olympics. chloe's dad a fan holded a handmade go chloe sign. all of those days driving her to the mountain paid off. chloe became a star tweeting about food mostly. she tweeted during that gmold medal competition, quote, i wish i finished my breakfast sandwich and now i'm getting hangry. she went out and won the gold medal. and another, adam rippon, skated well. finishing tenth. rippon's exuberance on the ice has won millions of fans. among those oscar winner reese witherspoon tweeted. >> and he was inspired. there's so many emotions when i step o

posting a video for our friend, mike tirico wishing him good luck. that's on facebook. we're looking at this forecast that will cooling off. san francisco low 60s for the weekend. mike, you are still tracking the crashes happening in the east bay? >> i am, kari. this time a couple different crash sites. i told you about the one in pleasanton and the livermore area. we know about that 484 and no injuries. it should be clearing soon. the rest of the bay shows an easy drive outside of the one i'm going to show you here. highway 4 shows the slowing you would expect westbound. pittsburgh into bay point. look at that heading further east. you're down to one lane. state route 160 over into the north bay. here it's northbound 680. we do have a crash reported there. southbound is the build. this crash on the northbound side is off to the right shoulder so furthest away from the opposite traffic and not presenting a distraction. over here now just about a half hour from highway 4 down to the slowdown through richmond and berkeley and, of course, the berkeley curve. all the traffic

last night he met mike tirico. he's @garvinthomas.ceremony is saturday. >> don't forget to join us. >>> at 5:55. the expert who headed the independent investigation into the oroville spillway dam collapse says he's worried other dams could be at risk, too. >> john france set down with our investigative team to talk about what the failures at oroville means for all of california's dams. here is stephen stock. >> long-term systemic failure, that's what the group of independent scientists and engineers says led to that spillway collapse at oroville a year ago but what worries the leader of that team the most is that similar problems could lead to failures at other dams. >> we in the report identify that there really is what we call a systematic failure of dwr as the owner. >> john francis' concerns about what happened at oroville dam last february were outlined in this 584 page independent forensic report which criticized the decisions at california's department of water resources that france' team said less to oroville's failure. >> now

mike tirico is supposed to be a a wonderful guy. do you know him?t he's supposed to be a fabulous guy. super nice, incredibly knowledgeable, so i'm excited to work with him. >> jimmy: i love the opening ceremony too. >> isn't it fun. >> jimmy: it's heartwarming. i always stand up for our country in my living room. >> and so -- you do? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah! i'm proud. >> are you going to have like a a viewing party to watch the opening ceremony? >> jimmy: i don't have friends. i have no friends. i'm going to be by myself. i'll be tweeting. >> i think it's going to be really fun. because it's so much pomp, and pageantry. and it's a chance for the host country to really kind of show off, and show their national pride. >> jimmy: have you been doing research? >> i have. i mean jimmy, i have these binders like that big. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so i'm going to be doing a a lot of reading on the plane, and i've been trying to do some, as well. >> jimmy: well, i wanted to help you out a little bit. i wanted to play a quick round of olympics two truths and

. >>> and we're going to talk to mike tirico this morning. >> how do you do these hours every day?9:00. my body is done. >> we're happy to have you. the excitement of chloe kim's gold is keeping us awake on this late hour. >> at the end of our show, chloe and her dad came to see us. they're on their way here. chloe was great, typical 17-year-old. and i asked, have you eaten? she said, no, i'm still hungry. she had the gold locked up and threw down as good a run as you'll ever see. >> cherry on top. >> shaun white is crushing it in the prelims. what do you expect to happen? >> gold in 2006. gold in 2010. off the podium in 2014. he came to our studio before. he is in a great place. he had a run that qualified for the finals and he wanted to do better. >> i was watching this live. it's a qualifying round and all these guys are trying to one-up and outtrick one another. >> it's like a competition broke out. a lot of these guys are inspired by shaun white. he set a bar for them, he's an industry. >> everyone is waiting for the pairs in figure skating to get going. >> the pairs event is

we talked to katie couric, who is co-hosting our coverage alongside mike tirico. >> good morning. >>g past you, must think there's an olympic o athlete. >> i'm telling everyone, savannah, i'm on the curling team. and they believe me. >> you blend. you totally blend. this is your fourth time hosting an opening ceremony. i mean, how does this compare to those in the past? and go ahead and tell us everything about it. >> well, i'm really excited. it is my fourth time. it's my seventh olympics, you guys. so, i just doing these opening ceremonies because they're such a unique combination of art, music, history, culture, all wrapped up by the host country and presented as a gift to the world. and then, you, of course, have the added addition of some of the best and brightest athletes living their dream. as you both know, you've covered opening ceremonies before. it's really pretty magical. >> you've got to practice all those names. have you got djibouti down? >> by the way, hoda, i know you stole my joke. you stole my joke when you did the opening ceremony. what country is next, bob? what,

. >> you told mike tirico you wanted a xanax and drink before each performance. >> i did. >> you didn'tu channel well. >> thank you. >> what's next for you? you are 28. unfortunately in skating terms, that means, you know, elderly? is that an overstatement? >> i'm no nathan chen, but i don't know. what's next? >> i think you will be with us at nbc and helping -- commentating. >> i could see us on the screen right now. >> are you offering him a job? >> this looks like a pretty good fit. >> natalie morales just said eyebrows on fleek. >> it is all about the eyebrows. >> you made our country proud this week. thank you. >> thank you. >> great job. >> adam rippon, everybody. >> team hugs. >>> dylan, final check of the weather. >> let's see what is going here in pyeongchang. let's look at this week where temperatures are not going to get too cold. look at the forecast along the coast. we will be in the 30s and 40s. up in the mountains, wind doesn't look like it will be a factor until middle of the week. it doesn't look like it will be too bad. wednesday i would say the worst day at 30 degrees