and a performance h along the potomac riverfronts. designs call for a new garden on the south grounds. the kennedy center won't completely be revamped. planners want to keep as much of the original design as possible. >>> for the first time in the winter olympics, athletes are already competing a day before the opening ceremony in sochi, russia. you're looking live at the medal plaza. >> beautiful. jim handly with more on problems organizers are having. >> reporter: good morning to you once again. you know, the sounds you hear through the night, it's not music, not fireworks yet. it is still jackhammers, hammers drilling, trucks, too, getting a workout around the clock. not enough hours in the day here still in sochi, with the deadline fast approaching on friday, the infrastructure for visitors and media still a work in progress. some journalists, especially in the mountain cluster, complain of substandard conditions. some with credentials have been turned away from unfinished hotels or checked in to unfinished rooms. some rooms were