Luke Vargas

And finally, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are officially underway with the opening ceremony set for tonight.

That's Journal Sports reporter Joshua Robinson on the ground at the Games, who said that despite a potentially frosty initial reception, American athletes have a chance at history over the next few weeks.

Live coverage of tonight's opening ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

Eastern, ahead of a primetime encore.

And that's it for What's News for this Friday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer and Daniel Bach.

Our supervising producer is Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

Otherwise, have a great weekend and thanks for listening.

The end of an era as the U.S.

and Russia's final nuclear weapons pact expires.

Plus, a Democratic push to curb ISIS powers and fund DHS meets stiff Republican opposition in Congress.

And why Washington's best efforts are failing to stop the decline of American manufacturing.

It's Thursday, February 5th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

The last treaty controlling nuclear weapons between the U.S.

and Russia has expired, raising fears of a new arms race.

That's Journal national security correspondent Michael Gordon.