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The hole we see today. >> i think interests have held parties. i think the white democratic interest held the upper democratic party in the anti-bell up period. there was horrible anxiety the supreme court, dred scott decision, there were seven democrats on that court that made that decision, the chief justice from the 1830s from maryland. and part of what led to the civil war was the anxiety -- and historian james oakes talks about this -- the fear of the scorpion sting, that slavery, if you contained it, it would end up killing itself. and that's what the democrats of that era were so cterri...

The hole we see today. >> i think interests have held parties. i think the white democratic interest held, upper case d, democratic party in the antebellum period. there was horrible anxiety the supreme court, dred scott decision, there were seven democrats on that court that made that decision, the chief justice from the 1830s from maryland. and part of what led to the civil war was the anxiety -- and historian james oakes talks about this -- the fear of the scorpion sting, that slavery, if you contained it, it would end up killing itself. and that's what the democrats of that era were so ter...

He lost control, of course, went into a pole, an unpadded pole. now there have been some type of wall erected there, and they will go ahead with the competition as scheduled on whistler mountain. you can imagine, betty, though that the competitors will head up there, the olympians will head up there with a great sense of anticipation and certainly anxiety, perhaps. >> yeah, no doubt. i wanted to ask you about that. i mean, are you hearing some trepidation from these athletes who are going to be competing on that same track today? >> reporter: we haven't spoken to them directly. the opening cer...