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Relationship. its not like brother and sister. its not romantic. >> reporter: they grew up just ten minutes apart in suburban michigan and have spent almost every day of the last 16 years together. six hours a day, practicing. classes at the university of michigan. their families grew close, too. but for their first skate together, it definitely wasnt love at first sight. >> i would say when they started out, they werent even really, like, friends. >> reporter: its impossible to say when exactly...

Failed to return after their dive on friday. a found floating on the manhattan side of the river has been identified as 55-year-old michelle sevoya. he was last seen partying at this new york nightclub on thursday. police say there is no sign of foul play. now to the 22nd winter games in sochi. two americans, charlie white and merrill davis have become the first americans to wind olympic gold for ice dancing. they were world champions last year and also in 2011. plus its not exactly the moment b...

Dyslexia affected her depth perception. and in charlie, she found a partner she could depend on. and so when they do a breathtaking lift, it takes just seconds, but its built on a lifetime of training and trust. >> its like the movement that youre doing has a mind of its own. and almost to a certain degree, you feel like you have some sort of magical power. >> reporter: a bit of performance magic charlie and meryl hope will not only win olympic gold, but some respect for their sport. >> charlie ...

Fastest snowboarder? he cant wrap his mind -- >> i like that, fastest. >> they do that. >> they can have fastest and thats all it should be. why? because you dont need judges. >> i agree. because judging reflects opinion. >> right. >> which is why you have multiple judges. because otherwise you would just need one to come to a conclusion. >> during the cold war the soviet bloc used to fix the ice dancing things so their people always won. until that gets corrected, and i dont see any sign that y...

Night, jim bob. good night, jim bob! >> and so it went. the veteran actor ralph waite has died. his agent talked him into doing a tv pilot to pick up couple of bucks in 1972, and that became "the waltons." and it ran for nine years with waite as the patriarch. in addition to his film roles, waite was an ordained minister. ralph waite was 85 years old. incredible pictures from indonesia tonight. more than 100,000 people are evacuating out of the way of an exploding volcano on the island of java...

Skated to ravels bolero and won a gold medal. 30 years have passed along with a lot of history. 100,000 people lost in the war there. and last night in sarajevo, torvill and dean skated as a pair again to the same song on the very same rink. we are told there was not a dry eye in the house. the folks who make mres, the incredibly filling, incredibly long-lasting u.s. military prepackaged meals ready to eat have come up with a pizza version. after years of trying. it apparently can last uneaten...

A mother and four puppies he hopes to bring home along with his medal. there were medals for some excited american women in the halfpipe too. bronze for kelly clark, and a stunner was kaitlyn farrington. the last snowboarder named to the team won gold. her overjoyed parents had financed her training and travel by selling livestock. >> by the time i moved out of the house, there was no cows left. they put everything they had into this. so now its really paid off, i think. >> reporter: and another...

Event, only the third time in winter olympic history. in figure skating, experts telling us the skaters are jumping farther than ever before. >> its unbelievably hard. theyre going through the air, three rotations, four rotations, and theyre landing basically on a butter knife. >> reporter: watch american pair skaters marissa castelli and simon shnapir. watch again. see how high she goes. keep in mind, hes 64". look, she rotates four times, barely landing it. were seeing moves rarely displayed i...

>> i like that. >> they do that. >> thats all it should be. >> why? >> i agree. judging reflecting opinion. thats why you have multiple judges. you just need one to come to a conclusion. >> during the cold war the soviets used to fix the ice dancing and ice skating so their people always won. and until that gets corrected and i see no sign you can eliminate that. >> if they dont fall, they land their spin and they do three. i dont know what i am talking about. then how does one win over the othe...

You still look out the window and be surprised? >> translator: every time the view from the window is different. each trip amazes me. the nature, the beauty, as you can see for yourself. >> reporter: a majestic view on a train once called the finest jewel in the czars crown. mary carillo, nbc news, moscow. >> that does it for us on this sunday night. thank you for being here with us. im brian williams. reminder, prime time coverage begins tonight at 7:00, 6:00 central. another reminder, full cov...