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Here is something else we found. ♪ so this is the french ski team doing their version of "thriller." kind of rocking it. and then theres this. ♪ okay. french biathletes trying to channel michael jacksons smooth criminal but hard to be smooth when youre on that surface. they do a good job, too. these are the things were looking out for on a friday morning. well, did it lead to any decisions on how to move health care reform forward or is it just at this point about reconciliation? were going ...

>> i think shes frankly one of the brightest guests on the show. >> and willie geist in vancouver there with the headlines there. >> and willies one of the brightest guests we have on the set in vancouver. >> absolutely. >> not right now im not that bright, i can tell you at this hour. ill get to it, let me give you one quick headline before you get back to your conversation, guys. some controversy on the american ski team. lindsey vonn, the superstar, the golden girl, the "sports illustrated" c...

Super g or super combined as well but julia mancuso, also a silver in the downhill. she also earned a silver in the super combined. so a lot of good news coming out of the ski team. and there was a surprise on the slopes yesterday. alex, with andrew weibrecht of course he came away with the bronze as well. so a lot ahead. weve got the mens super combined comes up tomorrow, it was rescheduled from earlier in the week. thank you very much, michelle franzen. well talk with you again and get more ...

Youre looking at pictures from just a couple of hours ago, right here in downtown, vancouver. the olympic torch finally arriving in the city of vancouver, where the caldron will be lit tonight for the opening ceremony, 7:30 eastern time here on nbc. some news yesterday and more from downhill skiing in that womens team, weve been talking about lindsey vonn yesterday. but stacey cook took a hard spill yesterday. it looks worse than it was. she was airlifted to a hospital, just as a precaution. but...

Skiing events are taking place at a lower elevation at cypress mountain. its simply too warm. the temperatures in the upper 30s today. for the most part of last week they were in the 40s. its tough to keep snow from melting at those temperatures. what theyre doing, theyre helicoptering snow down from higher peaks to where these events are going to start taking place this weekend. there are dump trucks being used to move snow around. theyre doing what they can to try to keep those competition run...

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Hampshire. they were training with the u.s. ski teams development team. they were off course steting off an avalanche. we were told they got caught in it but the four others were able to ski out in time. the young men were buried in about 12 feet of snow. reports from that area do say there was an avalanche alert in the region because of heavy snowfall recently, but i am told it is not uncommon for the skiers to go off course when they are not working on their racing to do back country skiing. i...

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