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Ten more children have died in this flu epidemic, getting worse. tonight tips for stopping the spread to your kids. and the american golden girl from sochi. looking to dominate again. >> yes, im ready! want to go, want to go now. >> mikaela shiffrin on the secrets to olympic glory. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening from pyeongchang, south korea, where the olympic flame burns brightly as we head into the first weekend of competition of the 2018 winter games. the spec...

Congress passed it in the wee hours of the morning. the bill is set to balloon the deficit over a trillion dollars. another wild day on wall street. volatile swings ending with a late rally just before the closing bell. the dow finished up 330 points, though even with todays gains, the market has still posted the worst week in about two years. we turn our attention once again here to pyeongchang and one of the brightest stars of team usa. shes already an olympic gold medalist. she took care ...

Mikaela is always looking for ways to improve, including learning german, spoken in so many of the countries where she competes. at home she shows off her unicycle talents, a skill she learned as a child to help her balance and become a better athlete. now, shes a medal threat in four events and ready to spin her goals into gold. mikaela could actually compete in as many as six events here in pyeongchang. and shell be the flash going down one of these mountains around us. still ahead, deadly e...

Hopes and dreams on olympic glory. nbcs stephanie gosk starts us off tonight. ♪ >> reporter: it was a celebration of south koreas remarkable modern-day transformation and its history. 1200 performers together with a high-tech light show wowed the opening ceremony crowd. but the seating arrangement took many by surprise. vice president mike pence and his wife karen sitting right in front of the north korean delegation. kim jong-uns sister, kim yo-jong, just feet away. she shook hands with the s...

18-year-old phenom struggled with his signature jumps. >> i think it was a little bit in my head and just let that get the best of me in the program. >> reporter: chen will have another shot next week. skier lindsey vonn with dog lucy at her side has waited eight years to come back to the olympics, after an injury kept her out of the sochi games. this time she brings the memory of her grandfather who served in the korean war and died just last year. >> i know that hes going to help me, and im go...

Rights. tonight figure skating heats up the ice with u.s. champion nathan chen making his olympic debut. but the chase for gold has already started. >> day one, yeah, really excited. >> reporter: sibling curlers matt and becca hamilton from wisconsin brushing past the competition knocking out a victory in a preliminary round against russia. first ever mixed doubles match at the olympics. >> go usa. >> reporter: shaun white says hes ready for redemption after finishing fourth in sochi. >> im feel...

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Bickner, casey larson, and mike glasder are making smiths dreams come true. >> i missed out in the 88 olympics, and then when i got into coaching in 1989, i said some day, id love to coach somebody to the olympics. >> reporter: and possibly more on the way. hunter gibson has been jumping since he was five. so they thought it would be funny to throw the five-year-old kid down the ski jump? t yeah, i guess so. ve reporter: hes 16 now, and pointing toward a future olympics. >> not many people can s...

>> 150 feet. >> reporter: scott smith is a ski jumping coach and president of the norge ski club, founded in 1905 by some norwegian immigrants who must have wanted to spice up chicago winters. see, i dont think of illinois as being particularly alpine, you know, like mountains. doesnt that go with ski jumps? >> um, not always. >> reporter: they built the ski jump, and the jumpers came. the clubs annual competition was held this past weekend, and thousands of fans showed up. fritz gohl was one of...

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