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Village is at capacity. a day before the opening ceremony, a proud transformed south korea is ready for its latest star turn. the people here in pyeongchang are incredibly proud to have an event this size in their background, from the taxi drivers to the restaurant owners, they have rolled out the red carpet for their international guests. lester? >> a great introduction to this country, stephanie, thank you. still ahead, mystery deliveries. why amazon is sending some people packages they neve...

Tomorrows opening ceremonies, some events have already begun. nbcs miguel almaguer is here with a look at the competition about to take center stage. >> lester, americans at home will see a lot of familiar faces. lindsey vonn just arrived here in pyeongchang. shes one of 103 returning olympians, part of team usa. tonight the olympic torch is taking its final lap. the opening ceremony just hours away. four-time olympian luger aaron hamlin will carry the american flag selected by her teammates. >>...

Foods. finally, from pyeongchang, theyre the only married couple on team usa. a figure skating pair hitting the ice tonight who have overcome so much as teammates and as husband and wife to achieve their olympic dreams together. nbcs joe fryer now with their story. >> reporter: chris knierim and alex ka scimeca knierim are together at all times. >> those look tasty. >> reporter: or hanging out in front of a hot grill, their teamwork even extends to the pesky poppy seed wedged between chris tee...

Three days from the olympics and controversy swirling around figure skating. no stranger to scandal. critics now raising questions about whether the judging system is biassed. nbc news investigates. and have these students found the secret to being happy? its one ivy league schools most popular class ever. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. perhaps not since the last space shuttle flight in 2011 has there been such drama around a...

For anything and everything. officials say there is no threat here at the park, but security teams are dealing with another possible problem. a potential outbreak of norovirus has sidelined 1200 men and women who work these checkpoints behind me. the military is now stepping in. folks are trying to keep the athletes and public safe as the games get set to begin. lester. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. now to an nbc exclusive, at the winter olympics one of the biggest events is sure to be, figur...

But it was the russian skater who took home the gold. after she left the ice, she hugged one of the nine judges, a fellow russian, married to a leader of russias skating federation. one of two officials involved in her scoring. the south koreans filed a complaint, alleging it was rigged. but the international union dismissed it. dartmouth economist, analyzed more than 2,000 figure skating scores and found that the numbers show significant bias. >> pretty much every line item on the score sheet, ...

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Raised some expectations that maybe were seeing the first hint of a thaw in the heated relations that have gripped this region for so long. our team is on the ground and getting reaction. well have more this week on nightly news. well send it back to you. >> thank you. as you just heard from lester, north korea will be sending a delegation to south korea tomorrow to inspect the venues. it comes after the committee officially clearing the way for 22 north korean athletes to participate in next mo...

The cheerleaders are part of north koreas olympic charm offensive. bs involvement is being negotiated as part of the first talks between the koreas in two years. south korea is hoping the titente will jump start sluggish ticket sales for the games, which have been hurt by fears of war. these figure skaters are the hlly two north korean athletes who have actually qualified for the games, so the cheerleaders will dwarf the actual number of competitors. north koreas olympic delegation will also inc...

North korea is preparing a delegation of hundreds for their trip to the global stage. but only two of them are figure skating pair have actually qualified for the games. kim jong-un will use its soft power of culture, of music and sport in the olympics, to try to persuade the global audience his country is perfectly normal and just wants peace. here in south korea, theyre not convinced. >> weve been down this road before. weve seen north korea in cycles of peace offensive and provocations and th...