INTERVIEW – STEVE KASTENBAUM – Correspondent in Pyeongchang, South Korea – updated us on the Olympics

• Team USA’s Lindsey Vonn took the bronze medal in what is likely her final Olympic downhill. The Czech Republic eliminated the United States men’s hockey team with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals. In women’s figure skating, the American trio of Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen and Bradie Tennell struggled with early mistakes in each of their programs. A 15-year-old Russian is now in the lead. The White House says Vice President Mike Pence was ready to meet with North Korean representatives during his visit to the Olympics last week, but North Korea canceled at the last minute. The U.S. State Department says Pence would have used the meeting to emphasize U.S. concerns about North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and regrets North Korea’s “failure to seize this opportunity.”