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the long awaited and long delayed summer olympic games officially begin a few hours from now. but the director of the opening ceremony, well, he won t be running the show. he was abruptly fired yesterday, the fourth olympics official to be forced out. we are live in tokyo where the games have already been postponed of course for a year because of the pandemic. and covid continues to cast a shadow over them. for the first time, olympic events will be held without spectators in most venues. and only a fraction of the 11,000 athletes scheduled to play will parade in the opening ceremony. the u.s. will have one of the larger presences with about 200 athletes. as the clock ticks down, covid cases keep ticking up. about 20 athletes have so far tested positive and have been