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Games delegation. chris jansing is here with us tonight with a look at some of the americans we should be keeping an eye on. were going to hold you to each one of these. >> reporter: all right, we shall see. but in the meantime, you know one of the great thrills of every olympics is that something will happen that will absolutely shock us. something will surprise and amaze you. olympics, after all, are where champions are made. and here are just some of the americans to watch. there is a pervasi...

Finally, what if the u.s. olympic teams official yogurt never made it over here to be enjoyed by all those olympians? the yogurt is chobani, made in the usa, and there is a pallet containing 5,000 containers in refrigeration in newark airport, and its supposed to be here. the russians say they dont have the right type of customs certificate and dont have proof it meets their sanitary standards. the white house and at least one u.s. senator have intervened, pleading with the russians to not to be...

As we said, the health news tonight concerns women whose studies have shown are at a much higher risk than men of suffering a stroke as they get older. today for the first time, researchers are out with a list of risk factors that all women need to pay attention to regardless of age. we get our report on this tonight from nbcs tom costello. [ siren ] >> reporter: it happens every 40 seconds. someone in the u.s. suffers a stroke. among the greatest risk factors, especially for women, high blood p...

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Finally tonight, they are in the business of saving lives. that is, after all, what firefighters do. here in new york, the idea took on a whole new dimension for one firefighter, who went far beyond the call of duty. nbcs katy tur has our making a difference report. >> you could say john chippa has waited 66 years for this moment. the moment hes first meeting the man who saved his life. >> im feeling great. >> four years ago, he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called mds. without a bone...

Thats massive in olympics. and for winter olympics it is usually scaled back. this is the most expensive winter olympics of all time. russia is sparing no expense to try to make the games safe. >> lets talk about athletes. davis, the great speed skater who sometimes goes fast on the ice and gives bad interviews afterwards. is this finally the game where he becomes a big, huge star? >> he is still a private guy. he trains alone and does his own thing. it is interesting him going in trying to beco...

With just 15 days to go to the opening ceremony, the hunt continues around the olympic village for these women. the terrorist bombers who are on the loose and a poll reveals half of the americans, 50% here say they believe a terrorist attack at the winter games is very or somewhat likely. the question that has been posed is are the olympics worth it? let me read a piece of the column from the l.a. times. this is a part that jumped out at me. all this for what? this being the olympics. the good p...

Not. >> it was a moment of immense relief. i just dropped to my knees and started crying. >> reporter: unlike track and field, theres no stopwatch in skating. >> figure skating can look back over the past year and decide, who is the best we want to send over there? no matter who they pick, someone was going to go home very, very unhappy. >> reporter: u.s. figure skating says wagner got the top credentials of any of our female athletes. and while nagasu did inquire about the appeal process, said ...

International outcry from activists and athletes grows. gold medal winner brian boitano is one of the three openly gay athletes in president obamas olympic delegation. >> i wanted to represent the country. and so part of that and part of that commitment to doing that is speaking about my sexuality when i get there. >> reporter: doing that comes with a certain level of risk. the russian government has said the law will stay on the books. in his state of the union address last month, russian presi...

Finally tonight the title says it all. "lone survivor." the true story of a navy s.e.a.l. mission in afghanistan that went terribly wrong. now it is a new movie. lester holt talked with the real