Traci Mumford

Savannah Guthrie, who's an anchor on NBC's Today Show, is one of the most-watched morning TV hosts in the country.

She was set to play a key role in the network's Winter Olympics coverage, but pulled out after her mother's disappearance.

And finally, even though the Olympics haven't officially started, a handful of the competitions are already underway.

That today, right at the very start of the very first event of the Games, the lights went out.

Here we go.

The outage didn't last long.

A little cheer goes up.

After only a few minutes, the curlers were able to get back at it with their brooms.

But it was a live-action hiccup for Italy, which is hosting the Games and has faced questions for months about whether its facilities would be ready.

The big show will get underway tomorrow with the opening ceremonies when the Olympic torch will be lit in Milan.

Those are the headlines.

Today on The Daily, an inside look at the unfolding crisis at The Washington Post, where hundreds of staffers were let go yesterday.

You can listen to that in The New York Times app or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Traci Mumford.

We'll be back tomorrow.

From The New York Times, it's The Headlines.

I'm Traci Mumford.

Today's Wednesday, January 14th.

Here's what we're covering.

In Minnesota, six federal prosecutors have resigned over how the Justice Department is handling the investigation into the deadly ice shooting in Minneapolis last week.