the first american man to win in figure skating since brian boitano in 1988. his mother, too nervous to watch in the venue. asking someone what am i nervous for? i have to do what i've done every day. you know, all week plushenko had been saying, if you can't land the quad, you shouldn't be able to win the gold. it was lysacek's mother who said, if you can only land the quad, you shouldn't win the gold. as i learned in beijing with michael phelps' mom and now here, i think you don't mess with the moms. >> that's good advice, too. we appreciate that. and michelle kwan is going to weigh in later about the performances last night. >>> now, juju chang has the other top stories for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, robin and george. wall street is reacting to a surprise move by the federal reserve. it's raising the interest rate that it charges banks for emergency loans. this won't affect rates on your mortgage or credit cards. but it is a signal that the fed is gradually scaling back policies that made cheap money available after the financial crisis

the years of brian boitano, you had gershwin played. something classic. exactly. just now, moments ago, you had one skater who skated to this. >> this kind of shocked the crowd. ♪ >> that is skater jimmy ma. he likes to shake things up. last year he did this to a medley by eminem. >> very nice, i think i could go with this. the crowd is, looks a little bit shocked by that. >> not singing along. >>> coming up, why alex trebek is taking a break from jeopardy, and what he's now saying to his fans. >>> and how fans of justin bieber will soon be able to get an up close and personal look at mementos from his formative years. >>> but first, here's a look at today's forecast. ♪ >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by febreze. i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn't just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days. (male #1) it's a little somethin

evan lysacek hopes to become the first american man to win gold since brian boitano in 1988. a razor-thin margin separates him from the skater from russia, evge evge evgeni plushenko. michelle kwan will bring us her olympic diary first, this morning. >> evan lysacek must know that tonight he is the united states' best hope for a gold medal. even though his coach, frank carroll, told him not to think about it. >> believe it or not, i'm not thinking about evan winning the gold. and i talked to him today. and said, don't even go there. you could be first, second, third. you could not even be a medalist. it's up to the way you skate and the way the judges perceive it. and you have no control over that. >> is evan physically and mentally ready tonight? >> he's physically ready, definitely. i mean, he trains so hard. nobody trains harder. he is relentless. and sometimes, i have to back him off from that. >> his mom says evan was like that as a little boy, relentless. >> he's like the opposite of most kids. you know? he's so driven. >> that's funny because i remember in practices, m

brian boitano, in 1988. canadian broadcasters said, maybe he would finally get his gold. and he did. >> bronze medalist, joannie rochette. >> reporter: joannie rochette skated to the podium for her medal. her father watching on. rochette said, i feel proud. and the result did not matter. it was a lifetime project for me and my mom. and we achieved that. boy, did she. so incredible to see her last night. and look at this. the canadian women's o hockey team apologizing this morning after champagne, beer, and cigars on the ice after they won their gold medal. we learned yesterday, that the german speed skater, he got the call for the 10,000 meter. his phone was off. >> so, he didn't get the call? >> reporter: he didn't get the call. but i was waiting. >> you were waiting. you have that phone on all the time. david, you have had so much fun. thank you so much. thank you. have a good weekend, david. >>> coming up, new questions about the deadly killer whale attack. we exami the video shot right before the attack.

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remember costumes like this one by brian boitano? it continued to build with the '90s with creativity in color and cloth. which brings us to today, when pushing the envelope if figure skating means pushing the limits. take yevgeny plushenko. here are some of his past outfits. he's hoping for back to back gold medals in vancouver. perhaps he'll try again to muscle his way through. then again, maybe not. u.s. skater johnny weir, known for his love of the dramatic, dressed as a swan in 2006. here in vancouver, weir said he received serious threats from animal rights activists after wearing fur on one of his outfits. he moved into the more secure olympic village instead of a hotel and he's dropped fur for his performances. in the end here it will be the technique that's judged on the ice. judging taste is a different matter. i'm david muir in vancouver. >> it true, it was hard to miss those costumes. now they're saying johnny weir has plans to open up his own fashion line. he wants to open up several stores and the woman who designs his