2024 Paris Olympics officially underway following opening ceremony

The 2024 Paris Olympics are officially underway. Thousands of athletes traveled down the Seine River on Friday and witnessed the lighting of the Olympic torch. CBS Saturday Morning co-host and CBS News and sports correspondent Dana Jacobson joins from Paris with more on Friday's opening ceremony and a look at some of the new sports debuting at the Games.

[scratchybongvt]

Proposal to LA:
Please host the opening ceremony in a 26-lane highway.

[ajbico]

The announcer on the opening called South Korea as Democratic People's Republic of Korea which is the Official name for North Korea. South Korea is Republic of Korea.

[MobMom]

We will not be watching the Olympics ever again!

[cmayo]

Why aren't they showing the video of it? Describing it is really crazy-must not have the rights to broadcast the event!

[Kalypsi]

Axelle Saint-Cirel singing the National anthem was EVERYTHING 💙🤍❤️

[bm]

From every art they can show, they choose Last Supper and makes joke like this?!!

[jocelyndecastro]

Hello! Can you show us? Not just tell us? This is not radio, you know! Thanks.

[잇프피]

하나님을 두려워하지 않는 사람들의 모습을 아주 잘 표현한 쇼였지. 문화유산과 건축물은 너무나 아름답고 자랑스러워 할만 하지만… 그 외 모든 것들은 진짜 세상이 망해가는 모습을 아주 잘 표현함

[lours]

“They call it the City of Light..”. Well, in French it is called “La Ville Lumière” (City of Light), referring if originally to the security innovation of 17th century street lighting, but soon after and more profoundly to the thinkers, the philosophers or the ‘Lights’ of ‘The Enlightenment, ’ because it was largely a movement based in Paris in the 18th century.

[Ro_CketEh-vrnm]

I was so happy, for once we didn't wait 3 hours for the athletes to arrive in line in a stadium

[johngage]

Good grief. It was the Montgolfier brothers' balloon and I'm pretty sure it was the in the illustration most of us saw in second grade. Not a helium balloon, but a hot air balloon made of paper.

[malo]

we're talking about the same show that i saw cbs sends miss weather cheesy. that's what needed to be saidCompliments to the French people from America, from an admirer of a culture that still places value on "Culture". Sport too is part of that family, along with Arts, Literature, Music, etc. The ceremonies were such a wonder to behold. I am hoping for competition that is respectful of winners and non-winners equally. It is the spirit of participation that stands before anything else.

[lynetteray]

Beat be uncomfortable in the rain than passing out in 50C heat!

[jenniferbarnes]

Who cares about the rain. I live in the desert. I wish it would rain here. It's 110° here Daily😂

[Tater_Poutine]

Lol I thought the Tower lighted at night was a copyrighted image, can they show that O.o

[miningcontainer-sv]

will swimmers really race in the river?if so, that must be the most excited part

[kouroukoukana]

La Montgolfière est gonflée à l'hélium surtout pas à l'hydrogène (risque d'explosion avec la flamme en dessous).

[andreabonanno]

The Olympic ceremony showed how much our society has fallen.. it’s sad actually and depressing

[NightimeInDeepSpace]

I'm starting to think islam is right about the west from the mockery that was on display.

[edlovelovins]

Hmmmm, I've been watching the Olympics since I was a child, I have never seen anything like this before. The Olympics in Frence is Zero. C'est horrible!