minutes for a local news update. join us at 9:00 for the lat goonchlgts. let the games begin. the 21st olympic games officially under way. following an opening ceremony filled with canadian pride, pageantry, and one noticeable problem. they may be experiencing something of a mechanical failure here. a touching tribute to the luger who died in a tragic training accident just hours earlier as fellow olympians prepare to begin racing on a track some consider to be too dangerous. today, saturday, february 13th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games with lester holt live from vancouver and amy robach live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to today on saturday morning. you are looking live at the permanent olympic caldron located just outside the international broadcast center in downtown vancouver. good morning, everyone. i m lester holt up on grouse mountain, j