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And free style skiers. shaun white was tops again in men's half pipe amidst nine u.s. medals to come from the hills of cypress. >> i'm so happy. it's unbelievable. i'm just happy i was here, happy i was able to win for the u.s. and make it a historical day. >> reporter: statements were not just made on snow, but also on the ice. with the men's and women's hockey teams each earned silver. evan lysacek won america's first gold medal in men's figure skating in 22 years. >> this is my moment. it's the moment i've been waiting for for my whole life. i can't help but to think that it's destiny. >> r...

What will be some of the most lasting images, do you think. >> i think the whole two weeks, a wonderful winter games. a great jobment i think that shaun white is one of the faces i'll remember a snow boarder, on the half pipe and personified the games themselves. a good time and a kid ott there dominating for america. and evan lysacek, the male figure skater, who beat the heavy favorite from russia. he was paying for 71-year-old frank carol, michelle kwan's coach and he beat him. a lot of controversy. and one thing was curling, anytime i was watching television, curling was on and the united s...

Boitano in 1988 and hannah teeter of vermont took home silver in the half pipe. kelly bright won the bronze behind australia's torah bright. so here's your total medal count. u.s. leads with 18. six gold, five silver, seven bronze and followed by germany, norway, canada and france. >> we're doing ok. all right. listen. a year ago at c-pac, the conservative political action conference they hold once a year and have down in washington, ever since the days of nixon, last year, they were pretty glum because the stimulus had just passed. it looked like barack obama was on line to get through health...

Spun out. and so where to then? they sided to go upside down like we just saw and i don't know where they'll take that. the pipe's bigger now than it was eight years ago. they're going up higher. it is more dangerous. as we have seen, but we were asking shaun about that last night and he said, you know, he pulled out the t ee eed about t thinking about already. it's changing frequently and that makes it exciting. >> we hear he says he's planning to be back in four years. >> nice to see him. he'll only be 27 which is a little bit old for the half-pipe but, you know, it will be fun to see him ba...

Willie geist, i'm sure that inspired everybody there in vancouver. thank you so much. we'll look for your reports on "morning joe." thanks a lot. >> all right. reminder to everybody. live more action today. lindsey vonn, the crier, gold medal winner hits the slopes trying for a second gold and evan lysacek head to head with russian plushenko in men's figure skating. zbo, lysacek. hannah teter goes for the gold in snowboard half-pipe. tomorrow chuck will be joined by a man who may know more than he does. still to come, who should watch wall street? words of a uber regulator. will it work? w...