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Tragedy at the winter olympics hours before the opening ceremony. olympic organizers are saying that they are in deep mourning after a luge athlete was killed during a practice run. our cnn's mark mckay is in vancouver, and he is joining us live. mark, tell us what happened here. >> well, it was a tragic accident suzanne. on the final run of nodar kum kumaritashvili, the 21-year-old lost control of his sled, and he flew off and hit a unpadded pole, and cpr was administered, but he was taken to a local hospital where he subsequently died of his injuries. here at the main center in vancouver, an...

Overnight. is the president -- should he be very concerned about what happened? we will talk with a heart specialist and look at stents and what the recovery involves. and lindsey vonn, can the american skier recover in time to make it back on the slopes and compete in five events? she hits the mountain in about three hours from now for practice run. there's been a crime wave in north texas and the victims have been television screens. the people who own them. police say thieves have damaged television screens in nine different locations over the past few weeks. the suspects, as you can se...

By some of these athletes, david. >> chris, what about the status of lindsey vonn. is she getting a practice run in today or not? >> no, she's not. i don't know if we can show you but it continues to be very foggy on top of that mountain. in addition to, that david, it really got a lot of rain. they kept moving the time back and forth throughout the day. they finally within the last hour canceled the women's downhill practice. they had already canceled the men's run. in a lot of ways this is good news for lindsey vonn who suffered that very serious shin injury 11 days ago in austria. her husba...

Intensify. dr. rafael lopez steuart, thank you. a reminder vonn will try to hit the slopes in about a couple of hours for a practice run. we will keep everybody posted on that this afternoon and, of course, as far as the games themselves, nbc will air 835 hours of the 2010 games including up to 100 hours right here on msnbc. you can catch all the action beginning tonight with the opening ceremony at 7:30 p.m. eastern time. and you can also get olympic updates 24 hours a day at msnbc.com. millions of americans are still out of work and just yesterday the senate reached a bipartisan agreement ...

Time it take that run on the actual mountain she would be competing on monday. she did get on skis yesterday but took a short run off the area where the competition took place. nbc news learns lindsey vonn may be trying out a high-tech piece of equipment to deal with that bruised shin she got in a practice round in austria. it's something that goes inside her boot. they wrap it with hot towels and it conforms to her leg. when she's doing downhill, remember, she's skiing 70, 80 miles an hour it will take some pressure off that sore skin. we'll know more when she takes that practice run. andrea,...