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To the olympics committee. also today, ski jumping and speedskating. there are some very important usa athletes to watch today as well including the man we've been talking about so much, that's apolo ohno in the speedskating category, along with shani davis and chad hendrick. we should mention if it does happen in the men's skiing, bode mill miller. and it's enough for any olympic junky to keep their day packed. >> i was talking with si, said if the skiing competition is postpone ed that is great news for lindsey valentiynindsey von. she said, keep the snow coming every day she can rest is goo...

At the flames in vancouver, this is the first full day of competition. we will get a preview of what to expect. the drama of the games, canada welcomes athletes and ski lights and songs spectacular. after a death, the games will go on but we have a report on that. snow shock. record weather below the mason dixon line. what's next? back home, we hear from president bill clinton after his hospital stay and he says how he felt something was wrong. good morning. welcome to msnbc saturday. a bright 7:00 on the east coast, 4 a.m. in olympic time. we begin with olympic headlines for you. the ol...

The olympic games have started. this is a live shot of the flames. it begins in vancouver after a spectacular opening ceremony last night. the olympic cauldron is now burning brilburn ing brightly. chris is with us with a good morning to you. this ceremony was also marked by very somber and special tribute. >> reporter: good morning, alex. i think a lot of people would agree the most emotional moment at the opening certainemony las night was when the remaining members were wearing arm bands and the 55,000 people erupted to show their support for the great tragedy they had been through yesterda...

When they were 4, 5, 6 years old. there was that level of excitement. this was not the kind of flashy ceremony we saw in beijing but a beautiful ceremony, emotional ceremony. we did see one technical glitch when they were trying to light the cauldron and we finally saw these four athletes including hockey great wayne gretsky was able to light it on the inside and went outside to light the one that will basically illuminate the harbor throughout these games. it's funny, alex, over the course of the time i ever a been here, since monday, the speculation on canadian television has been rampant. t...

The whole thing, what a pall to cast over the stadiums. overall, was there a sense of a job well done, did people get out of there, we're going to the olympics, it's over, under way, that is the olympic spirit after all. >> reporter: absolutely. vancouver has been preparing for this since 2003, canadians came from around and excitement building all week and everyone is just excited now today and for the next 17 days cometion will be under way. you could definitely feel the excitement in the air. people were cheering, excited and ready for these games to get under way. >> so are we in the studi...