as shaun white soars into history in south korea. >>> shaun white, more than enough, white goes gold, shaun white soars into history in south korea. that's a live look at the olympic flame burning bright as team usa celebrates another gold medal win. news starts right now. good evening and thanks for joining us in primetime. >> not just about a gold medal but about his life journey, shaun white was born with a hair heart condition. had three surgeries as a baby. must be magical in south korea where you are. >> yeah everybody was thrilled what was going on. as you can tell around me the wind is crazy. the only thing crazier is shaun white first three time olympic snowboarding gold medallist. competition was stiff. he was trailing after the second run but white rose to the occasion like he does so many times, laying down a nearly perfect run in the competition he broke down in tears hugging his family after winning the gold which turns out to be 100th winter olympic gold medal won by the united states. >> i'm looking out at the crowd and there's the songs that came on and i took control

a gold medal for shaun white. in four short years he has become a global phenomenon. >> oh, and there it is. >> goal for shaun white. >> reporter: even after a small from the medal contention in sochi. >> the pressure on the two-time defending champion. >> reporter: shaun white wants back on the podium 12 years after that first time. >> whoa, nelly. he's done it. welcome to team usa, shaun white. >> reporter: we met up with white just a week before making the olympical team. i feel like i watched you grow up. i was watching when you were in turino, with your flowing hair. do you miss the hair. >> i see on instagram. i had good hair. >> you still do. >> it's there. it's happening. >> you need a little balance on this hand. >> i was on the plane, we're going pinkie. >> reporter: his quest for redemption nearly derails last fall after a terrifying training crash in new zealand. you're trying out a new trick. what happened? >> i had accomplished the one trick i wanted to do. let's get the last piece of the puzzle. and

i never really covered shaun white. even though i covered all these olympic games, never been around him. you could be the biggest shaun white fan on the planet and still, i believe, think that it's important to find t what this is all about. >> brangham: christine, i give it there are enormous commercial interests that want shaun white to remain solely an heroic hlete, but given the #metoo moment the country i ihaving, how this lawsuit got no attention before this point? >> i don't know. certainly, in sports, we know that there is adulation and there are fans, so are our people too interested in protecting the reputation of an athlet do we maybe not want to know? i think that something that happens with steroids in sports, when you go to the baseball game, do you want know or just enjoy the game with your family for a few hours. that's what sports is dealing with. i'm going to try to talk to some of the sponsors and i'm sure others will as well. this is the last thing they wanted is to hav conversation, but, again, sha

. >> shaun white has it. just need to see him put it away. >> reporter: that's when white who finished fourth in sochi showed what champions are made of. >> front side 12. perfect. that's the run he needed, and he put it down! >> reporter: throwing down back-to-back double cork 1440s to narrowly pull out a gold medal victory. >> and the score is in. it's the return of the king in the men's halfpipe. >> man, what can i say. it's my fourth olympics. three golds. >> reporter: the moment not without controversy with headlines resurfacing accusing him of sexual harassment. the former drummer said white sexually harassed her, sent her explicit texts and refused to pay her. white and the drummer reached an undisclosed settlement in spring 2017. after his big win, he was asked if that incident would tarnish his legacy. >> honestly, i'm here to talk about the olympics not gossip. and i'm proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me. and i think that stands on its own. >> reporter: from the slop

. >> shaun white has it. we just have to see him put it down. >> that's when the 31-year-old who finished a disappointing fourth in sochi showed what champions are made of. >> frontside 12, perfect. that is the run he needed and he put it down. >> reporter: throwing down back to back 1440s to narrowly pull out a gold medal victory. >> and the score is in. it's the return of the king in the men's half pipe. >> man, what can i say? this is my fourth olympics, three golds. >> the moment in and out without controversy with headlines surrounding a lawsuit accusing the the snowboarder of sexual harassment. the former drummer in white's rock band, bad things, says white harassed her, sent sexually explicit texts and says white refused to pay her. after his big win, he was asked if that incident would tarnish his legacy. >> you know, i'm honestly here to talk about the olympics, not gossip. and i'm proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me and i -- i think that stands on its own. >> from th

third gold medal for shaun white, the weather today, that the third gold medalfor shaun white, it is astounding. amazing. he has been having a battle with scotty james, the australian, for the last year. today he was pushed by the japanese rider. he should put it in his first run because he thought that was enough. the japanese rider overtook him so it all came down to the exciting last run. he did she reached tricks at the top. he is an icon. fantastic silver medal for the japanese rider. i had shaun white managed to stay dominant? he has taken time out after the olympics last time. he had a bit of a disaster there, he was in fourth. he had unfinished business. he is the most incredibly talented rider. he is always progressing the sport. the sport needs him, and we are worried in case that is the end. he has a loyal legion of fans. some of them pretty famous. david beckham said this. shaun white has lived a bit of the celebrity life. he has been in a couple of movies. his passion is snowboarding. he is a great guy, he knows these people and they are taking the time to show that they

sits in fifth place after shaun white picked up a gold in snowboarding. abc's alex stone has the latest. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning. it was quite a day here for the u.s. shaun white redeeming himself after a tough go of it at the last olympics. shaun white making history in pyeongchang becoming the first american male to win gold at three winter olympics. white continued the u.s. dominance in snowboarding scoring 97.75 to take olympic halfpipe gold and the u.s.' 100th gold medal in the history of the winter games. japan's ayumu hirano put the pressure on white taking the lead on his second run, but white answered the challenge. north korea's figure skaters received huge cheers as they took the ice for the short program and proved why they were the only north korean athletes to qualify for the pyeongchang games. two-time u.s. national champions alexa and chris knierim were the sole u.s. pair team at the olympics. the couple who began skating together in 2012 and married in 2016 were considered the underdog. although it wasn't their strongest

shaun white, chloe kim delivering. alpine skiing ran longer than we thought. we didn't get to the speed skating. the women's 1500 meters. that will come to you on nbcsn. the halfpipe qualifying will continue. live for you watching on nbc stations on the west coast and every within or nbcsc in 90 seconds. in the eastern, central or mountain time zone, local news is next. we're all back here together in 35 minutes for shaun white's second qualifying run in our

. >> and tonight we're with shaun white before his shot at redemption. >>> another tragic turn in this flu epidemic. a mother dies after putting off medicine because it was too expensive. tonight, why has the price of tamiflu doubled? and how can you get it for less? >>> and the superhero blockbuster making history tonight. the creative force and the stars share the powerful messages of "black panther." >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, from pyeongchang there is lots to report from here coming up. >>> but there is breaking news in oregon tonight. a climbing accident and a risky high altitude rescue mission under way right now for more than a dozen stranded climbers near the peak of oregon's 11,000 foot high mt. hood. a military chopper airlifting a critically injured victim to safety, as others desperately await rescue. nbc's blake mccoy now with late details. >> reporter: high atop oregon's mt. hood, a rush to rescue seven hikers after one fell more than 700 feet, unable to stop his fall. the rest hurried to his aid. wyatt peck started climbin

thank you very much. >>> an all positive news for shaun white. moments after clinching the gold, he was asked about sexual harassment allegations logged by a drummer in his band. >> you know, i see -- here to talk about the olympics, not gossip. so -- i don't think so. i am who i am. and i'm proud of who i am, and my friends love me and vouch for me. i think that's -- stands on its own. >> back in august of 2016, the drummer filed an amended complaint to a civil suit alleging white had sexually harassed her. for his part, white admitted to sending her sexually explicit and graphic images last february. the pair reached an undisclosed settlement. christine brennan, a cnn contributor and sports columnist at "usa today," has a cover story on usatoday.com if you want to read more. >>> israeli police saying there is sufficient evidence to indict the israeli prime minister. we'll tell you what benjamin netanyahu is accused of coming up. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, you

that's shaun white. when he won his first olympic gold in 2006, for perspective, fellow snowboarders gold medalist chloe kim and red gerard were just 5 years old. at 31, shaun captured not just gold but redemption after failing to medal in sochi. needing something outstanding in his final run to take the lead, white did a trick that he'd attempted just four months ago that left him with a gash and over 60 stitches. he secured a 100 to secure the united states its 100th gold medal in the history of the winter games. once his score was announced, white burst into tears. he was sobbing as he hugged his mom, dad, and other family there. he talked about that moment at a press conference moments ago. >> at the bottom, all those emotions hit me. i won, everything we'd been through, every -- you know -- dream i've had, trying to sleep last night, you know. and i'm like living that dream right now. so it's amazing. >> reporter: despite the pressure on the only two north korean athletes that qualified to be here o

best day of my life. >> in the men's half pipe. >> shaun white takes the gold! >> still overwhelmed by his win, perhaps this one was his sweetest of

abc's matt gutman in pyeongchang with new words tonight from shaun white. >> shaun white for the gold. >> reporter: a golden moment on the halfpipe for shaun white. >> will it be enough? >> reporter: that history-making third gold medal. but white stumbled at the post-win news conference when i asked about allegations of sexual misconduct involving a female member of white's rock band, bad things. shaun, over the past couple of days, the sexual harassment allegations against you by lena zawaideh have resurfaced. are you concerned that they're going to tarnish your legacy? >> you know, honestly, i'm here to talk about the olympics, not you know, gossip, so -- but i don't think so. i am who i am, and i'm proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me and i think that stands on its own. >> reporter: so, you're saying that the allegations against you are gossip? >> i think we're here to talk about the gold medal and the amazing day we had today. >> reporter: in 2016, lena zawaideh filed a lawsuit claiming white repeatedly sent her sexually explicit photos, and forced

olympics which offered glowing coverage of shaun white through the night, shaun white tried to clarify the gossip column. listen. >> i'm truly sorry i chose the word gossip, it was a poor choice of words to describe such april sensitive subject in the world today. i'm truly sorry. i was so overwhelmed with wanting to talk about how amazing today was and shared my experience, every experience in my life i feel like it's taught me a lesson and i feel like i'm a much more changed person than i was when i was younger. >> winning three gold medals is a great thing but these allegations against shaun white are very serious. and you've written about them and he can't avoid those questions and olympic committee shouldn't try to keep them separate because it wants to focus on the good things. >> reporter: you know how fast things move along, you've covered them as well. the u.s. olympic committee, snow diagno snowboarding people had time with shaun white, this story is exploding for a few hours in the olympic world, which it was. frankly they blew it. they did not have him prepared or he wasn't

then -- >> shaun white takes the gold! >> i'm sure you can tell by my reaction at the bottom of the pipe that this meant the world to me. and my family and my team. and doing it for usa again. >> reporter: during the news conference, white was asked about a 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former female drummer in his rock band. he said he wanted to talk about the olympics, not gossip. later on the "today" show -- >> i'm truly sorry that i chose the word gossip. it was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today. and, you know, i'm just truly sorry. >> reporter: on the ice, u.s. men's hockey lost its opening match with slovenia. the women who have won both of their games face arch rival canada today. husband and wife chris and alexa kne kneer knierim placed 15th and will skate again tonight. fierce winds postponed another day of alpine skiing. it's wreaking havoc on skiers and forced evacuations in olympic park. after two rescheduled races because of that wind, mikaela shiffrin m

shaun white, chloe kim delivering. alpine skiing ran longer than we thought. we didn't get to the speed skating. the women's 1500 meters. that will come to you on nbcsn. the halfpipe qualifying will continue. live for you watching on nbc stations on the west coast and every within or nbcsc in 90 seconds. in the eastern, central or mountain time zone, local news is next. we're all back here together in 35 minutes for shaun white's second qualifying run in our prime plus coverage. we'll have live the finish of the men's super combined skiing event. a lot to come. wherever you are, we'll see you shortly from pyeongchang. >>> right now at 11:00, few's fury the virus making records tonight. >>> no-fight club. a local school paying children to not hit and punch each other. and for the love of luge, a local olympician competing for the race of her life right now tells us she stumbled into the sport by accident. >> announcer: nbc 10 news starts now. >>> we begin with the search for three robbers who abducted a man and doused him with gasoline and set his car on fire.

last night it was a redemption for shaun white. his snowboarding convenient and halfpipe was one for the record books. he delivered a performance of a lifetime. it also happened to be team usa's 100th gold medal in olympic history. what a night for him. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. and if you saw that race, you were on the edge of your seat guaranteed. we were screaming in the newsroom because it just got so tense. this is his third olympic gold as you mentioned. four years ago in sochi he russ really upset he missed out on the podium, fourth place. he was almost there. he wanted to make a comeback and he did. >> shaun white for the gold! >> reporter: it was a make-it-or-make-it position. shaun white was in position. he went for it. at the bottom, an excruciating wait. then -- >> shaun white takes the gold. >> i'm sure you can tell by my reaction at the bottom of the pipe this meant the world to me and my family and my team. you know, you're doing it for usa again. >> reporter: during a news conference white was asked an 2016 sexua

a new scandal rocking the white house. >>> american snowboarder shaun white flying to victory overnight, making history with the 100th gold medal for team usa but now facing questions about past sexual misconduct allegations. >>> dramatic rescue. climbers trapped on mt. hood as the storm moves in. rocks and ice pummel them. they use a sled and helicopter to save the injured. >>> and an engine falls apart high above the pacific and passengers brace for an emergency landing. the investigation right now. ♪ 24 karat magic in the air >> and flynn with the win. the fluffy bichon frise charming the judges at westminster, taking top dog and now he's here live. only on "gma." ♪ back again >>> we do say good morning, america. great to have you all with us on this valentine's day and you know who was feeling the love last night, in like flynn. yes, top dog at the westminster kennel club. >> and he's a bichon frise, only the second time his breed has won best in show. 5-year-old flynn beat out nearly 3,000 other dogs for the award. he and his handler are here live. we'll see if we can get a wor

the big headline of the day was shaun white's win. social media flooded with congratulations and shout outs. one olympian has a good idea what it feels like. michael phelps said way to go, man. nothing like a good come back. redemption always feels great. while we are acknowledging. his wife nicole gave birth to their second son, beckett. now boomer has a brother. congratulations to the phelps. right now time to split you up. if you are mountain or pacific, we have more coming up or on shaun white's big run. the eastern and central time zone. we are back together in 35 minutes as coverage continues with more on shaun white and bode miller is in the house. how it will impact the chances to win multiple medals here. plenty more to come. see you in a little bit from pyeongchang. police promise they will find you if you were part of the chaos in center city after the eagles win. >>> then, hello hockey. team u.s.a. kicks off its fight for gold in just hours. and their hopes rest on four players from our area. >>> and flu follies. how you a

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team usa shaun white brought home another gold. white was looking for redemption after he failed foomedto medal sochi. >> this means almost more to me than my first olympic gold medal. i have devastated after sochi, and i had to put on this tough exterior that it didn't bother me. a and honestly i had to find a way to fall back in love with the sport. >> reporter: and white's gold medal right there was team usa's 100th in winter games history. happening right now a pennsylvania luger is competing and sliding down the track at almost 90 miles per hour. and i'm going to tell you at 6:45 how his daredevil ways aren't adjust confined to the track. >>> new video shows while most of philadelphia respectfully celebrated the eagle's super bowl win, a few people did cause trouble during the super bowl celebrations. this morning police hope to catch the people giving birds fans a bad rap. they ransacked stores and even stole and damaged property. and in some cases the fans are screaming right into the camera about stealing secrete seens and

we started covering shaun white in 2006 in the torino games. he is back in a big way, looking for redemption following the 2o he competes in the half pipe where he hopes to win his third goal in four olympics. americ newest daryling is chloe kim from southern califo the 17-year-old wowed everyone she talked about the moment she receiv medal. take a look. >> i was trying so hard to hold the tears back. i can't cry right now. i worked so hard on my >> 17 and we will see her for many years to come. chloe kim grew up in southern she wa a snowboarding prod ijy french as the old saying goes, the olympi has the agony of defeat emily sweeney slashing in her final run violently hitting her head a back on the lower wall. frankf after a few minutes, she wa able to get up and walk away. she did finish in last place. our coverage continues and our logon and join us and watch the game. >> back here, santa clara city counci claimed the counci are trying to silenc him after he spoke with nbc area about the impact at levi stadium. live at levi stadium. i unders

. >> shaun white. >> he makes his own perfume. >> does he? >> shaun white made history again. they were asking is he too old to come back? wait until you see his golden moment next. [ clock ticking ] what can a president do in thirty seconds? he can fire an fbi director who won't pledge his loyalty. he can order the deportation of a million immigrant children. he can threaten an unstable dictator armed with nuclear weapons. he can go into a rage and enter the nuclear launch codes. how bad does it have to get before congress does something? on thousands of hotels, cars and things to do. like the occidental at the xcaret destination for 32% off. everything you need to go. expedia. everything you need to go. ♪ (buzzer) ♪ olly. >>> shaun white is the man. the snow border pulled off a gold medal comeback in the men's halfpipe. he was holding an early lead. then he slipped to second. everybody was like, no, here we go again. in sochi, white finished fourth. he turned it around on his last run. coy wire has the "bleacher report" live in south korea wearing his mom's coat. i can't

. >> shaun white advances to the men's halfpipe final with a near-flawless run. we'll talk to the snowboarding legend as he looks to become the first three-time gold medal winner tonight. >>> her time. all eyes on skiing sensation michaela schifrin as she gets ready to hit the slopes in her debut. could she walk away with five olympic gold medals? >>> all that plus why are russian athletes showing up in force despite the country being banned from the games? >>> and the winds having major havoc on the competition.

now back to you. >>> let's talk a little bit about shaun white. he revealed on the today show this morning that he has his sites on competing for a medal in skateboarding at the 2020 summer games in tokyo. and of course there's a return to the winter games set for beijing in 2022. when white, by the way, will be 35 years old. olympic gold medal dreams are over at least for now for washington, montgomery county sherk. he and team usa hit the luge this morning and came in eight am place. he said just getting to compete in pyeongchang was a thrill. >> those runs were amazing. we came into the olympics and all we wanted were two clean runs because in training and the previous training camps we've had here our runs were a little off. but tonight two clean runs, that's all we could ask for. it was great. >> six miles, good attitude, we like it. he tells us he's already looking ahead to the 2020 woirnt olympics in beijing. >>> nbc 10 is your home for the 2018 winter olympics games. you can download our free nbc 10 app to learn about team usa and all the

olympic history and we got shaun white still coming up and he could break the century mark. >> comes around back-to-back 1080s. >> 17-year-old chloe kim owned the half i'm getting so far ahead after her first run that the gold was hers. then teammate. >> it's such an honor to just represent the u.s. and the country and my parents emigrated from. >> this is qualifying. >> reporter: on the men's side four time olympian shaun white delivered near perfect scores in his qualifying runs setting him up as the one to beat going into today's medal race. >> emily sweeney crashed hard in the womens' single medal event. >> i'm sorry, that's how it ended. >> reporter: and erin hem lynn finished six. ted ligety finished sixth and shawnee davis and maame -- a lot of disappointing news as well. we're hoping for much better news today and it could come with mikaela shiffrin as she takes to the sha lom. we just learned a few minutes ago that weather is playing tricks on us. again her event has also been z-lad by an hour while they figure out the wind situation and yesterday, raj, they had to really al

shaun white digs deep for his third olympic gold medal. and roger federer is two wins away from regaining the number one spot for the first time in 5 years. thanks for watching. cristiano ronaldo has become the first player to score 100 champions league goals for the same club. he brought his tally to 101 for real madrid, scoring twice in their 3—1 win over paris saint germain in the first leg of their last 16 tie. 0ur football reporter john bennett was watching. brilliant 3—1 win from real madrid. very open, could have gone either way and real madrid showed a lot of character to make a comeback because it was psg who took the lead. rabiot with a goal on 3a minutes, picked up the ball unmarked. 0ne nil to ps6. toni kroos rot down in the penalty area, this giannou ronaldo stepped up, a landmark goal. second half chances, good saves from both goalkeepers but ronaldo was clinical. a crucial goal and then marcelo made it 3—1. all of the talk was about a mark, but it was an marcelo who scored the crucial goal and he celebrated with zinedi

shaun white sustained athletic success. you can't deny it. when he won his first olympic gold in 2006 fellow u.s. snowboarders chloe kim was 5 years old. it was his mind holding him back. he failed the medal in sochi and attempted a new trick in practice that sent him to the hospital to get over 60 stitches in his face. he said that may him question why he is still competing. question answered. something spectacular on the final run to win gold. when he secured that gold it was also the 100th gold medal in the olympics for team usa. white burst into tears and sobbing as he hugged his mom and dad and family members. he talked about that emotion after the win. >> at the bottom, all of those emotions hit me, i won and everything we've been through, every -- you know, dream i've had trying to sleep last night, you know, and i'm like living that dream right now. it's amazing. >> men's hockey underway in pyeongchang with no nhl players since '94. the u.s. stormed to a 2-0 lead. one goal from jordan greenway the u.s. a first african-american player

white won one gold before this one another one but . if we look at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other elim pick champions like like mark spitz hussain bolt even bruce now caitlin jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does pen's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but that's probably not a high enough profile to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings to this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retire

perfect score. >> shaun white. shaun white! >> oh, how delish is this little baby? scott, which medalist created this beauty. >> lights, camera, "access." >>> right now on "access," lindsey vonn meets the press and breaks down. >> and the olympic flame is lit. the opening ceremony airs tonight on nbc. >> but, scott, the real story is lindsey vonn. she's 33 years old. she is the greatest female skier of all time and having her final olympic games in south korea brings her career full circle. >> it's really hard for me not to cry. i just -- i want so badly to do well for him and i miss him so much. ♪ >> a far cry from her steely game face, lindsey wipeder

white won one goal before this one another one but if we look at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other lympics champions like like mark spitz hussein bolt even bruce now caitlin jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does penn's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but that's probably not a high enough profile to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings to this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retired from the pool. and how do some of these folks it mu

you've seen this, shaun white, with that unbelievable halfpipe run, cementing his place as one of our greatest olympians ever. gold medal, two practically perfect runs. he's now the first snowboarder to win three gold medals at the winter games. somebody who's had a front row seat to all of it is chris jansing in south korea. i am beyond jealous. i wish we could trade places. >> wish you were here. >> thank you. i hear it's really cold, though. white's dad, this was an amazing moment. he said he's never seen his kid cry like he did last night. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, look, shaun white came here with something to prove after finishing off the medal stand four years ago. but boy, did he do it in spectacular fashion. the greatest run, hands-down, of his life. he did it when he was in second place, so he had really to pull off something incredible. as you've said, now, the most awarded snowboarder of all time. the only one with three gold medals, in addition to that, that was gold medal number 100 for team usa across all winter olympics. and he did it against the hot younger kids. he's

white won one gold before this one another one but if we look at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other lympics champions like like mark spitz hussein bolt even bruce now jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does pen's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings to this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retired from the pool. and how do some of these folks it must be difficult i mean i shouldn't say they're kids

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shaun white crushed it in the half pipe. he won his third gold medal after failing to make it to the podium in sochi. >> white later apologized for waiting to the last run to boast out his tricks. it was quite emotional because it was great to see. >> next to an american who's been skiing since he was two and became the youngest ever winner from the x-games. >> he had had to battle back from near death. >> reporter: hurdling down a half pipe, skiing upside down in midair, bagging six x-games medal, those are some of the easier things that wallace has braved in his short life. >> skiing saved my life and it was my get away. >> an infection that took him to the brink of death. he primed for a podium finish in pyeongchang but as this 22-year-old knows more than most anything can happen on the mountain and off. >> it happened, it sucks but you have to adapt into an older version at a young age. >> his life looked great and ski jumping girlfriend, raised here in the mountain town of aspen, colorado. so far, so bushy but when he w

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. >>> and big snowboard anded by wind gives shaun white a win at the olick picks. good morning from studio 57 news lead quarters here in new york. good to be with you. >>> this morning six of seven climbers stranded on mt. hood are safe from the mountain but sadly someone who fell 7,000 feet yesterday has died. it's more than 11,200 feet high, notorious for its treacherous conditions in warm weather, thousands climb it each year. hena doba is here in new york with more. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. emergency crews responded to separate incidents at the hogback area. while one climber was airlifted to a hospital and died the others are safely off the mountain after a complicated rescue and falling rock and ice. a half dozen climbers stranded on oregon's mt. hood since yesterday afternoon have been rescued and brought to safety. a seventh, though, seen receiving cpr from fellow climbers died at the hospital. officials say he fell between 700 and 1,000 feet down the mountain. >> they changed the location where they're at. they still have ice and ro

shaun white's gold medal win one of today's top stories from south korea. garvin thomas told us about it last night at 11:00, he is still in pyeongchang for us right now. this morning the other big story is certainly the wind. >> garvin, fans had to be evacuated overnight. scary time. >> reporter: exactly. marcus and laura, there are two things i want to show you, first this big building behind me. remember when i gave you a tour of the super store, that's basically a big tent. that had to be evacuated when the winds kicked up because the olympic organizers were afraid it was going to fall down. the other thing i want to show you, this, our phones were blowing up in korea yesterday with emergency alerts, once translated they said heavy wind, seek shelter. we have some new video to show you from overnight to give you an idea of just how crazy it was at least down here in the olympic park. there was debris flying everywhere, tents and fences toppled over. if it was this bad on the coast imagine what it was like on the mountains where they postponed yet more s

red, white and gold. >> double twist 1260. >> shaun white delivers the run of a lifetime to become olympic champion for a record third time. >> it's the return of the king in the men's half pike. >> his goal doesn't come without controversy. we'll talk to him live. >>> brutal conditions, strong winds force olympic park to close and several events are postponed, including mikaela shiffrin's debut of the slopes. >> oh, we want to race. >> as nasty falls and frightening crashes leave their mark on these games.

he had a perfect 100 last month yeah, shaun white is back. he is threw qualifying and the finals -- he is through qualifying and finals are tomorrow. look at the medal count. norway leading the way with 9, and the united states with six total. we are back with more news after this. i was in my third tour in iraq when my vehicle was hit by an ied. i looked down and i knew i was out of the fight. but playing for team usa has been a second chance to represent my country. i get to show my children and the world that, yeah, i might have been knocked down, but i'm up, and i'm honored to be able to represent the flag. comcast is grateful to all who have served our country, and we're proud to bring the 2018 olympic and paralympic winter games home to everyone. a palo alto native takes the ice. so does a speed skater with local ties. we )re live overnight in south korea with results. plus: a "shipping label" warning before your next online buy. that )s tomorrow - 4:30 to 7. check out her tweets. chloe kim wasn )t just hungry fr gold... she was actuall