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The bigger question, why arent they doing everything they can. doesnt sound like they are with what were doing. bill: 25 minutes to the hour. spoilers today on winter olympics, plenty to share from sochi. merrill davis, charlie white winning gold in ice dancing. they have been skating since they were kids. 17 yearsing to. together. nicely done. six more days remain. so, knock on wood, throw salt over the shoulder, do whatever you can, right? fingers crossed. medal count now. tight race, usa and ...

A steel cage: death match of midsize sedans. the volkswagen passat against all comers. turbocharged engines against...engines. best in class rear legroom against other-class legroom. but then we realized. consumers already did that. twice. huh. maybe thats why nobody else showed up. how does one get out of a death cage? vo: hurry in and lease the 2014 passat s for $189 a month which includes a $500 bonus. its been a banner 24 hours for team usa in sochi, led by ice dancer meryl davis and charl...

The first time in more than six decades. the weather continues to be a factor here. thick fog in the mountains forced several events to be rescheduled. nbcs chris jansing back with us with all of it tonight. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. lets start with those ice dancers. i saw them after they skated tonight. what do you say to your partner of almost 17 years after winning gold? charlie white told meryl davis simply i love you. and although they are not romantically link...

The vancouver games, when he was a wax tech preparing athletes boards. bronze in the two-mans bobsled, that ended a 62-year u.s. drought in that event. looking at the medal count, u.s. and russia are tied each with 19 medals, but germany is winning the gold race, if you want to look at it that way, they have eight. heres whats on tap for today. womens alpine skiing, mens snowboard cross and ski halfpipe, womens bobsled, including lolo jones, speed skating and mens and womens hockey. on the heels...

Fog, today, torrential rain that has made some of the snow courses a little bit treasurer rous. but that did not stop american alex die bold. take a look. his bronze is what olympic stories are made of. for the vancouver olympics in 2010 when he didnt make the team as a boarder, he worked for the team as a wax tech. in sochi, test an olympic medalist. and his teammate, trevor jacob is a warrior. he didnt medal, but he competed. he finished despite what he believes is a broken ankle during the se...

A historic day on the olympic podium. for the first time ever, american gold in ice dancing. charlie white and meryl davis rocked. they partnered since they were children, trained in detroit. they were nearly flawless, finishing with record high scores. coming in second, a team from canada who also trained in detroit. white and davis helped bolster the united states medal count, 19 in total, tied for the overall lead. for every athlete, the only difference for u.s. figure skater, ashley wagner, ...

Road and crashed. the driver was charged with driving drowsy. those are our top stories on tuesday, february 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> morning, everybody. im john muller. >> and im marci gonzalez. you been keeping up with the olympics on your nice, long weekend? >> i have. how about you? >> ive been trying to get into it now. ice dancing, a good girly thing i can follow. i understand it is bad when you fall, good when you dont. >> those women who do events l...

>> put it on the calendar and hope. and now the olympic games. two americans blaze their way into history with their speed, their strength, and, yes, their twizzles. matt gutman is right there. >> reporter: perhaps no athletes shattered an olympic record while appearing as joyous as meryl davis and charlie white. >> its incredible. i cant imagine being up here with anyone else. >> reporter: the fred astaire and ginger rogers of ice dancing, becoming the first pair to win gold for the u.s. in t...

Devastating effect but i think the kerry campaign appreciated all of their messages. no presidential campaign wants all of the money to be outside of their control and that is what these efforts do. >> plus they wink, wink, dont talk. politicos mike allen, thank you very much. coming up, they have done what no american ice dancing duo have done before. the record setting performance from meryl davis and charlie white. >> they twizzle. >> "morning joe" sports is next. theres this kid. coach cal...

The u.s. has struck gold. meryl davis and charlie white became the first ice dancing team to take the stop spot at the olympics. they performed a flawless routine and recorded the highest short dance score, highest free da dance score and highest overall score ever posted. some canadians are furious. their team finished in second. and a columnist wrote a scathing article the suggesting the competition was rigged. bill, did you watch? >> i watched the night before. i didnt see the finals last nig...