the scene of a tragic death yesterday, has now been modified and has been reopened. officials have built a retaining wall where the crash occurred. and they insist the luge track is safe. a 21-year-old from the former soviet republic of georgia was killed when he was thrown from his sled into his an unpadded steel pole. eight people are dead, another 33 wounded in a terror attack in india. it happened today near new delhi. witnesses say explosives were packed in a bag and left at a busy eatery. this is the most significant terrorist incident in the area in more than a year. india pla . two massive rogue waefz swept dozens of people off a california see sea wall today. look at that video, tossing them into the beach and into a stage and several booths there. unbelievable. at least seven people received broken bones. others were being treated for bumps and bruises and witnesses say the huge wave pushed all the way from the beach to the stage. one woman was swept away by the
reportedly up for tenure. the olympic luge track in vancouver has been modified following the death of a luger during a training run on yesterday. officials have built a retaining wall where the crash occurred. a 21-year-old from the former soviet republic of georgia was killed when he was thrown from his sled into an unpadded steel pole. this is we are the world. do you see that? 2010 for haiti. almost everybody who s anybody is singing in it, even m.j., michael jackson. guess what? we re going to show it to you, video in our 7:00 hour right here on cnn. the first lady, michelle obama, is fighting mad. she says american children are facing an epidemic of obesity, and she wants it to stop. this week she launched an initiative. it s called let s move. she took specific aim at fat-filled school lunches. president followed her lead by creating a federal task force to come up with a course of action.
larry: tragedy today at the olympic games even before they started. a luge slider from the country of georgia killed when he veered off the track at a very high speed and hit a pole. you ll see video of the incident, but because it involves a death, and out of respect for the victim and his family, we ll not show the moment of impact. first we ll join with mark mckay who is in vancouver with the latest developments. is the luge dangerous? it s quite dangerous, larry. these competitors come down at 80, 90 miles an hour, and that s what was happening today. the final luge run, the final training run at the whistler sliding center for 21-year-old nodar kumaritashvili of the republic of georgia. just as he was reaching the finish line, he lost control of his sled, was propelled off the sled into a steel pole, an unpadded steel pole. cpr was administered immediately.
unpadded steel pole. cpr was administered immediately. he was taken to a local hospital in whistler where he died of his injuries, larry. larry: weren t there complaints about how fast the luge in vancouver is this year? there were a number of complaints all week long, larry, leading up to the training runs. a number of competitors from around the world and a number of countries not necessarily complaining, but some have said this is the fastest track in the world. the investigation by the international olympic committee is currently under way. the actual german designer has come out and said perhaps safety modifications will have to be made before the olympic competition begins, but with that investigation under way, we do not know where that will go. the men s luge competition here at the vancouver games, larry, begins tomorrow. larry: does the luge have a history of accidents? there have been a number of accidents not fatal accidents in this sport.
zero gravity flights for teachers. i m suzanne malveaux, and you re in the situation room. tragedy strikes the winter olympics, just hours before opening ceremonies a luge athlete was killed. mark, how did this happened? a tragedy, for sure, 21 years old nodar kumaritashvili, from the republic of georgia, he lost control just before the finish line, came off the sled, slammed into an unpadded steel pole adjacent to the track. cpr was administered. he was taken to a local hospital, where he subsequently died of his injuries. the international committee president spoke with the media,