Traffic Jams, Bad Weather, Security Concerns: It Must Be The Olympics
Torchbearer 072 Gemma Flaxman carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Southend-on-Sea in heavy rain.
It’s 10 days until the London Olympics kick off, but the bellyaching about weather and traffic is already in full swing.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the Boston Globe’s Olympics reporter, John Powers, about the pre-Games griping.
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