dupont skipped the six nations in order to concentrate on playing sevens.'s andy murray says he's really happy to be ending his tennis career at the paris games. he's competing in the singles, and alongside dan evans in the doubles — and thinks in that, they have a chance of getting gold. he's been talking to our sports editor dan roan. a few months ago, when i was deciding that this was going to be the end, i was unsure about finishing and i was doubting whether i wanted to keep going or not. but, yeah, now that the time is here, i'm really happy. i love being part of the british team in the olympics and davis cup cup and stuff. i'm happy that this is where it's going to end. you had that surgery on spinal cyst. given your recovery from that, what are your realistic expectations for the competitions you've entered? i think realistically, to win a medal, the best chance will be in the doubles. i'm playing with dan evans. he's a very good singles player, but his game translates really well to doubles. we've been training really well together the last few day

aunt dupont must be the men's best rugby player in the world. —— antoine.gainst usa. but control is difficult to establish in seven. neither dupont nor any other frenchman could catch him. rants mean business. they won the grand final and will be determined to win a medal in the capital. but the americans were not willing to be backing dancers. they stormed the french again and put marcus over in the corner. if that didn't exactly endear them, that would make them even less popular at full—time. even the greatest show on earth needs a pantomime villain. of course winning the men's seven titles means finding a way to beat fiji, who have turned this sport into art forms. they scored 12 tribes in the back to back, sauntering into this game. terry kennedy especially in charge, the former seven player of the year scored the try against south africa. no—one carries the flag till friday, but here's a performance to follow for all irish athletes. it's notjust the rugby that has started. the men's football is also under way as 2020 silver medallists spain beat uzbek

1992, but began real expansion, which coincided with the 2014 coup d’etat, at the same time kargel and dupontincrease their investments through affiliated companies. after 2016, almost no one was hiding, although there was no open ownership, but nevertheless, traces of such companies as well, big companies and... accordingly their tentacles, like blackrock, monsanto, these famous transnationals, cargio, all this was present. who are they, the new masters of ukraine? don't think that this is some kind of faceless business. the key shareholders of all three agricultural giants are investment funds, black rock, veengard and black stone with a huge amount of finance under management, almost $20 trillion, equal to the gdp of the entire eurozone. these companies are in the business of managing. money from the world's largest investors, to put it into simple language, they are linings, thanks to which representatives of the us financial elite take their real wealth into the shadows. there is, for example, the rothschild family, according to the famous force list, their fortune is about 500 billion d

began real expansion, which is a coincidence with the coup d'etat of 2014, at the same time kargel and dupontalthough there was no open ownership, but... nevertheless, traces of such companies as well , big companies and, accordingly, their tentacles like black-rock monsanto of these famous transnationals had all this present. who are they the new masters of ukraine? don't think that this is some kind of faceless business. the key shareholders of all three agricultural giants are investment funds: black rock, vengard and blackstone with a huge. the volume of finance under management is almost 20 trillion dollars, the same as the gdp of the entire eurozone. these companies are engaged in managing the money of the world's largest investors; to put it into simple language, they are pads thanks to which representatives of the us financial elite lead their real wealth. there is, for example, the rothschild family, according to the famous force list, their fortune is about 500 billion dollars, but business publications attribute to them the ownership of as many as... trillions. at the same time, ac

not the ideal start for poster boy antoine dupont — who skipped the six nations for the competition.test scores, head to the bbc sport website. andy murray says it is the "right time" for him to retire from tennis after the paris olympics and he is "happy" with the decision. the two—time olympic singles champion confirmed yesterday that the games, where he will play in the doubles with dan evans, will be his final event. a few months ago, when i was deciding that this was going to be the end, i was unsure about finishing. i was doubting whether i wanted to keep going or not. but, yeah, now that the time is here, i'm really happy. i love being part of the british team of the olympics. yeah, i'm happy that this is where it's going to end. becky moody has been promoted to gb�*s dressage trio, following the suspension of britain's joint—most decorated female olympian, charlotte dujardin. the dressage rider had already pulled out of the olympics in paris after a video emerged which she said showed her "making an error of judgment". a warning — the footage you are about to see shows a hors

dupont added a fourth try in the final few seconds, in a 28—7 win at a packed stade de france.ch, with a try in the last seconds, to come third. fifa have issued a six—point deduction to canada at the olympic women's football tournament, after they were found to have flone —— flown a drone over new zealand's training session on monday. canada's head coach, beverly priestman, has also been banned from any football—related activity for a year — along with her assistant, joseph lombardi, and analyst, jasmine manger. fifa have also imposed a fine in upwards of £176,000 on the canada soccer association. the decision remains subject to a potential appeal before the court of arbitration for sport. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. the first gold medal of the games was won by the teenage duo from china in the 10m air rifle competition. reigning world champions huang yuting, who is only 17 years old, and 19—year—old sheng lihao beat south korea in the team event. a straightforward win for novak djokovic in the men's tennis. the serb, who's

antoine dupont�*s spectacular solo tap—and—go try capped off a successful night for france who are chasingst world record was sent earlier in the archery by a south korean archer. she achieved an incredible score, 694 from a possible 720. andy murray admits he �*ran out of time' after announcing he's withdrawing from the singles event at the paris 0lympics. his final competition before retiring and will compete in the doubles only. murray has won an olympic gold something novak djokovic is yet to do. and the 2a time grand slam champion paid tribute to someone who has now played his final competitive singles match. i heard the news about andy and i hope that he will have the best possible farewell and in his last competitive match here in the olympics for him and his country. he has been a legend, he is a legend of our sport and has been an important player for tennis. someone who won't be competing at the paris games is britain's three—time 0lympic dressage champion charlotte dujardin. she's been suspended after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse during a training sessio

antoine dupont�*s spectacular solo tap—and—go try capped off a successful night for france who are chasingst world record was sent earlier in the archery by a south korean archer. she achieved _ south korean archer. she achieved an _ south korean archer. she achieved an incredible score, 694 from a possible 720. andy murray admits he �*ran out of time' after announcing he's withdrawing from the singles event at the paris 0lympics. his final competition before retiring and will compete in the doubles only. murray has won an olympic gold something novak djokovic is yet to do. and the 2a time grand slam champion paid tribute to someone who has now played his final competitive singles match. i heard the news about andy and i heard the news about andy and i hope that he will have the best possible farewell and in his last competitive match here in the olympics for him and his country. he has been a legend, he is a legend of our sport and has been an important player for tennis. someone who won't be competing at the paris games is britain's three—time 0lympic dressage champion charlotte dujardin

this is antoine dupont, who since the rugby world cup, has learn to play sevens.d led to this night. france had not qualified in tokyo for the sport and in fiji, they beat the reigning champions. 69,000 fans here! hearts are exploding injoy. music: non, je ne regrette rien by edith piaf the first gold for france, dupont�*s greatest gamble. he left with no regrets. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, is at the bercy arena as excitment builds ahead of the women's gymnastics qualifying and further possible medals for team gb. well, there was excitement in the air here at the bercy arena as these fans gathering in the arena here get ready to get their first glimpse of simone biles in competition here in paris. she is, of course, a global superstar, the most decorated gymnast in history with seven 0lympic medals to her name, four of them gold. but remember, there was a time when we didn't know if we would see simone biles at an 0lympics again. after the trauma that she experienced in tokyo, she withdrew from the team events at those games, most of the individual e

the first gold for france, dupont�*s greatest gamble. he left with no regrets.news was reported at 9.50 this morning. a light aircraft coming down at a field south of york, more on that as we get it. our sports correspondent katie gornall is at the bercy arena as excitment builds ahead of the women's gymnastics qualifying and further possible medals for team gb. well, there was excitement in the air here at the arena as these fans gathering in the arena here get ready to get their first glimpse of simone biles in competition here in paris. she is, of course, a global superstar, the most decorated gymnast in history with seven olympic medals to her name, four of them gold. but remember, there was a time when we didn't know if we would see simone biles at an olympics again. after the trauma that she experienced in tokyo, she withdrew from the team events at those games, most of the individual events, after developing a mental block called the twisties that affected her spatial awareness mid—air. she took two years off competition after those games to focus on her

hosts france are through to the semifinals of the rugby sevens — antoine dupont�*s tap—and—go try sealingina in the quarters. they will play south africa, while defending champions fiji play australia on saturday. the women's football has also kicked off. there were wins for world champions spain and hosts france, while the usa opened their campaign with a comfortable 3—0 win over zambia in emma hayes�* first competitive game in charge. there has already been a world record set at these olympics in the archery witrh korea's lim si—hyeon shooting a new mark of 694 points out of a possible 720 to lead the way in qualifying for the women's individual event. meanwhile, the head coach of canada's women's soccer team has been removed from the role amidst the fallout from an alleged drone spying scandal. bev priestman voluntarily withdrew from their opening game on thursday, a 2—1 win over new zealand, but has now been suspended for the rest of the tournament, with assistant andy spence to take over. earlier this week, two canadian staff were sent home after allegedly using a drone to spy on new

dupont skipped the six nations in order to concentrate on playing sevens.time olympic singles champion will play in the doubles with dan evans in his final event. a few months ago when i was sort of deciding that this was going to be the end, you know, iwas unsure about finishing and was doubting whether i wanted to keep going or not. but, yeah, no, the time is here and i'm really happy when we play davis cup sand stuff i'm happy that this is where it's going to end. the hundred continues today and sees london spirit and southern brave battling it out in their opening game. in the men's competition, hosts southern brave cruised to a 7—wicket win. pacer craig overton grabbed a three—wicket haul in the first innings... before skipperjames vince's half—century helped the 2021 champions seal the deal and get off to a winning start. this competition is only eight games. you need to start well. it was nice today and hopefully we can carry that out next week. the inninus carry that out next week. the innings and — carry that out next week. the innings and how _ ca

they have brought in rugby union star antoine dupont for these olympics as they bid to break fiji's streaklds. and team usa have announced that us open champion coco gauff will be the female flag bearer for the united states at the paris olympics opening ceremony, joining four—time nba champion lebron james. the 20—year—old will be the first us tennis player to carry the flag, three years after she was forced to miss the tokyo olympics when she tested positive for covid. gauff is expected to compete in both the singles and doubles on the clay courts at roland garros. manchester city manager pep guardiola says he cannot be sure ederson will remain at the club this summer. the brazilian goalkeeper has been the subject of interest from the saudi pro league. guardiola said at the end of last season he still regarded the brazilian as his first choice goalkeeper, even though he chose back—up stefan ortega for the first leg of their champions league quarter—final with real madrid. speaking after his side's 4—3 friendly defeat by celtic in north carolina, guardiola said... "i'd like him to stay, b

if you have china, other than dupont, other than dupont, if you have china, you missed your quarter.> yeah. marriott too, lowering guidance. >> wasn't that something? soft u.s. but then lower china. i remember when they built up in china, david, china is -- can we just call it a disaster? do we have to hold back? >> you can call it whatever you'd like. starbucks, obviously, is getting a positive response. they did acknowledge elliott as a shareholder. they talked about constructive dialogue with elliott, which as our viewers know is probably the premier activist at this point in our markets. unclear where that goes, whether they end up with a board member or two. i'm told -- i believe that stake is a significant one, as much as $2 billion. >> yes. and i understand that it is -- that that's not just fatuous. that's real. >> and what, jim? what happens now? >> okay, here's what i think is the real story with starbucks, and it's a painful one, actually. they have -- the people who are already customers, in other words, the bottom of the funnel, are doing -- they're spending a lot of mon

dupont hitting a two-year high on better than expected q2 results and the chemical maker boosted its full-year earnings and revenue guidance. dupont had net sales of 3 billion in the second quarter and an increase of more than 8% from the proior quarter and aftr the dating app company posted better than expected second quarter revenue, revenue per payer also increased and the company said that monthly active user declines have stabilized. scott? >> pippa, thank you. that's pippa stevens. we are getting news on pershing square. it's a busy day. leslie picker has that for us. what do we know, leslie? >> that closed-end fund you and i have talked about several times now, pershing square is planning to withdraw the ipo of psus and that is the ticker symbol that would have been for the listed entity. bill ackman saying in a statement, quote, over the last seven weeks we've met with institutions and family offices, and while we have received enormous investor interest in psus, one question has remained would investors be better served in wait invest in the aftermarket than the ipo. this ha

antoine dupont�*s spectacular solo tap—and—go try capped off a successful night for france, who are chasingf a possible 720. andy murray admits he "ran out of time" after announcing he's withdrawing from the singles event at the paris olympics — his final competition before retiring — and will compete in the doubles only. murray has won an olympic gold — something novak djokovic is yet to do — and the 24—time grand slam champion paid tribute to someone who has now played his final competitive singles match. i heard news about andy, and i hope that he will have the best possible farewell in his last competitive match here at the olympics for him and his country. he has been a legend — he is a legend of our sport, he's been an incredibly important player for tennis globally. someone who won't be competing at the paris games is britain's three—time olympic dressage champion charlotte dujardin. she's been suspended after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse during a training session. it's something she's called an error ofjudgment that she's deeply ashamed about. the sport's go

postal service and then with dupont. now, in his nearly five decades of public service to our community, he's held a lot of titles. city manager for the city of millington. super -- superintendent for the town of arlington. representative in the tennessee general assembly. and airman first class in the united states air force. ed is also the proud husband to his wife, kay, and loving father, grandfather, and great grandfather. and also a special shout out to gracie. in 2014 ed announced his retirement service the town of arlington. that was just a false alarm. given his long history in millington, he couldn't refuse millington mayor's offer to be the new city manager. millington is also home to ed haley. today, today, he says he's retiring for good. he recently told the newspaper quote, aim not going to quit working, but i'm really retirin. it started in 1973 when ed accepted a job with shelby county government working in safety. he worked under the county's first ever mayor, roy nixon, who took office in 1976. and ed se

inspired by antoine dupont who came on at half—time with the scores level.aron grandidier nkanangset saw them take the lead, and he then scored two tries himself to send a packed stade de france into delirium, with the watching president emmanuel macron in the stands. earlier, south africa won bronze by beating australia. there were treacherous conditions on the streets of paris for the first cycling event of the games. the time trial. the rain has hardly stopped but australia's grace brown mastered the conditions over the 32.11 kilometres, finishing over a minute and a half clear of britain's anna henderson to take her first olympic gold. the world champion chloe dygert took bronze, less than a second behind, despite a nasty fall. belgiums remco evenepoel took gold in the men's race. the current world champion finishing 15 seconds ahead of italy's filippo ganna, and another belgian wout van aert took bronze. britain's josh tarling missed out on the podium by two seconds after an early puncture. china have claimed two golds so far to top the early medal tabl

grabs today, and i think there'll be a lot of focus as well on the rugby sevens, which, um, antoine dupont is competing, and they'll be hoping so much that he will finish the day with a gold medal around his neck. not a foregone conclusion, of course. they've got to navigate the semifinal first, south africa as well, but there will be an incredible atmosphere here in france if he is able to do that. and he said that would be the ultimate, ultimate goal. and there's no better feeling than that for him than winning an olympic gold medal. so a lot of focus on the rugby sevens tonight here. and a reminder you can follow the olympics in paris across the bbc. there is a special paris 2024 section on the bbc sport website and app where you can find live coverage of today's day one events in paris. find that bbc.co.uk/sport or on the sport app. to the united states now, and donald trump and his likely us presidential rival kamala harris have sharpened their attacks on each other, as opinion polls appear to show a tightening race. in a vitriolic, hour—long address at a conservative christian confer

the hosts hope rugby legend antoine dupont, who has already scored in the sevens competition, helps boostt star could be american gymnast simone biles — back after her struggles in tokyo and aiming to add to her seven olympic medals. i don't want to be down the road in ten years, look back and be like, "oh, i wish i would have tried." so now walking away from the sport, whatever happens happens this year, but at least i walk away and be like, "i tried." and with the first medal ceremony taking place for real this weekend, there is about to be much at stake for both athletes and organisers. this isn't just this isn'tjust a sporting mega event, with 10,500 athletes and almost 9 million tickets now sold, it is almost of huge geopolitical significance as well, with president macron hosting many world leaders and top business executives ahead of and top business executives ahead of an event which he hopes boosts his country's prestige and global image and helps win over what has been a relatively sceptical public, yet to be convinced by the value of this event and the cost, both financial and

led by their star player, antoine dupont, france beat fiji 28 points to seven in the final, in frontts — including gold in the women's four by one hundred metres freestyle relay. maryam moshiri is in paris. the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours and that rain has had an impact on some olympic events. the skateboarding, for example, has been delayed and also authorities who are organising the olympic games have actually said they're going to work out whether or not they should carry on with trials in the river seine. for the triathletes, who are, of course, competing on tuesday. they do promise, though, that the tuesday triathlon will go ahead as previously planned. so it's been a heady day of sport with many medals given out today. the excitement continues. parisians are very, very excited about what's going to happen today, but tomorrow is also a big day to watch. plenty of events to go, including 20 medal events which will happen on day two. we h

led by their star player antoine dupont, france beat fiji 28—7 in the final in front of 70,000 fans.he swimming events, including gold in the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay. australia's ariarne titmus also took gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle, beating 17—year—old summer mcintosh of canada into second place. maryam moshiri is in paris. well, the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours, and that rain has had an impact on some olympic events. the skateboarding, for example, has been delayed, and also authorities who are organising the olympic games have actually said they're going to work out whether or not they should carry on with trials in the river seine for the triathletes who are, of course, competing on tuesday. they do promise, though, that the tuesday triathlon will go ahead as previously planned. so it's been a heady day of sport, with many medals given out today. the excitement continues. parisians are very, very excited about wha

action is under way in paris but it's a disappointing start for the poster boy of the games, antoine dupontance draw with the usa in rugby sevens. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. footage has been made public of the olympic equestrian gold medalist charlotte dujardin repeatedly whipping a horse during a training session. the team gb athlete has been suspended by her sport's governing body and has withdrawn from the olympics, which begin this week. she called the incident an error ofjudgement. a dutch lawyer representing the person who filmed the video was given permission by his client, who's remaining anonymous, to provide it to the bbc. here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. this is the video that has rocked the sporting world. it shows a dressage star charlotte dujardin on foot, whipping a horse repeatedly during a coaching session. she says she is deeply ashamed of what is seen here, calling it completely out of character, and an error of judgment which does not reflect how i train my horses. it was taken several years ago, but surfaced this week. days before the sta

led by their star player antoine dupont, france beat fiji 28—7 in the final in front of 70,000 fans.n's 4x100 metres freestyle relay. maryam moshiri is in paris. well, the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours, and that rain has had an impact on some olympic events. the skateboarding, for example, has been delayed, and also authorities who are organising the olympic games have actually said they're going to work out whether or not they should carry on with trials in the river seine for the triathletes who are, of course, competing on tuesday. they do promise, though, that the tuesday triathlon will go ahead as previously planned. so it's been a heady day of sport, with many medals given out today. the excitement continues. parisians are very, very excited about what's going to happen today, but tomorrow is also a big day to watch. plenty of events to go, including 20 medal events which will happen on day two. we have rowing, badminton. we have skatebo

have begun the rugby sevens, and that means that the poster boy of these games for the french, antoine dupont and cheering him on and the french on. so i think a mixed picture, but i think we will see that enthusiasm grow once the opening ceremony starts, once the security operation around that specific area loosens up a bit and once the sport really kicks into place from saturday. katie gunnell. the world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents, as part of a project to protect the semi—aquatic mammal found only in australia. four platypuses have been released into the custom—built research centre at the zoo. yes, that is the plural, we have checked! it features multi—tiered streams, waterfalls, pools and earth banks. the facility will help researchers understand more about the species which is under threat from extreme weather and humans. since 1943, there's only been 23 platypus born in zoos. and a lot of those, we don't have today, a lot of them haven't survived. so for us to better understand how to breed platypus in a zoo environment is key to their surviv

grabs today, and i think there'll be a lot of focus as well on the rugby sevens, which, um, antoine dupontthis games for france, is competing, and they'll be hoping so much that he will finish the day with a gold medal around his neck. not a foregone conclusion, of course. they've got to navigate the semifinal first, south africa as well, but there will be an incredible atmosphere here in france if he is able to do that. and he said that would be the ultimate, ultimate goal. and there's no better feeling than that for him than winning an olympic gold medal. so a lot of focus on the rugby sevens tonight here. now, away from the sport. the french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted during saturday, a day after sabotage attacks on the high—speed rail network. 0perators say seven out of ten high speed trains will run today, with delays of one or two hours. while repairs continue on the three affected routes, investigators are analysing forensic evidence collected from at least four crime scenes outside paris. the french prime minister says police and intelligence services

huge pressure on antoine dupont�*s men and a match that all of france will no doubt be glued to.nes coming out of the sport, but let's look at some of the highlights of the opening ceremony. the olympic flame, which had been carried by a host of global sports superstars including rafael nadal, serena williams and zinedine zidane, was used to light a huge cauldron on a hot—air balloon that rose high into the paris sky. the culmination of the show included an emotional return of canadian icon celine dion — her first live performance for four years. she sang on a spectacularly illuminated eiffel tower for the first time since revealing a serious health condition. joining me now is one of the co—authors of the opening ceremony, leila slimani. it is an honour to have you in the programme and day after the event happened. how do you feel about it now? i happened. how do you feel about it now? , ~ , now? i feelvery excited, very ha - . now? i feelvery excited, very happy- i _ now? i feelvery excited, very happy. i received _ now? i feelvery excited, very happy. i received so - now? i fe

not the ideal start for poster boy antoine dupont, who skipped the six nations for the competition.s and latest scores, head to the bbc sport website. a great start for ireland too, beating south africa in pool a. tries from terry kennedy and jordon conroy were enough to cancel out an effort from selvyn davids at the other end. sinner knocked out of the quarterfinals that he was looking forward, he said the condition has gotten worse then said the team's doctors advised him to withdraw. in djokovic is now the top ranked player in the men's singles. the draw takes place on thursday with the first round getting under way on saturday. someone who will be there is andy murray. andy murray says it is the "right time" for him to retire from tennis after the paris olympics — and he is "happy" with the decision. the two—time olympic singles champion confirmed yesterday that the games, where he will play in the doubles with dan evans, will be his final event. a few months ago when i was sort of deciding that this was going to be the end, you know, i was unsure about finishing and was doubtin

whether it's antoine dupont or simone biles competing after tokyo, that's where i think all the focusnts a return to the olympics and all its glory. yeah, can't wait- _ olympics and all its glory. yeah, can't wait. one _ olympics and all its glory. yeah, can't wait. one of _ olympics and all its glory. yeah, can't wait. one of the _ olympics and all its glory. yeah, can't wait. one of the best - olympics and all its glory. yeah, i can't wait. one of the best vantage points in that city. and rohan, thank you so much. someone who won't be competing at the paris games is britain's three—time olympic dressage champion charlotte dujardin. —— dan rowan. —— dan roan. she's been suspended after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse during a training session — something she's called an error ofjudgement that she's deeply ashamed about. the sport's governing body, the fei, is now investigating with big questions around animal welfare. our sports news correspondent laura scott has been speaking to the organisation's president. we were very shocked and disappointed, but we will no

france have got superstar antoine dupont.ze in the diving, with yasmin harper and scarlett mewjensen in the women's 3m springboard earlier. a superb start for them. then in the cycling time trial, anna henderson came second, in a drenched and treacherous circuit. silver, behind a dominant grace brown of australia. hard lines forjosh tarling in the men's — he came 4th. and lots to look forward to later, with swimming semis and finals. and boxing. you can, of course, keep across all on bbc one, the red button and website etc. as well as the iplayer. that is it, thank you for watching. see you again very soon indeed. hello. the sunshine's a little hit and miss today. it was really quite sunny earlier on, but a weather front is approaching, if it hasn't reached you already. and that does mean a rather overcast afternoon and some outbreaks of rain. most of them shouldn't last very long, should be quite fleeting. now, here's the satellite picture and the radar — where you see the blobs of blue, that's where it's been raining. notic

antoine dupont, arguably the greatest rugby player of all time and made that huge decision to miss out on representing his country six nations earlier this year, because he said he's been dreaming of this moment taking part for the sevens team here in paris he's been holding up his end of the bargain so far. he has helped the french side. he didn't even qualify for tokyo three years ago into the semifinals. they'll take we call on south africa, had started to france later today, hoping to book their place in the final, the other semifinal be very hard for though fiji again, australia, fiji, the two time defending sevens champions, australia, arguably the team in form, but we always talk about the important the host nation of an olympic games, getting off to a great start this is the one that people are really putting their hopes on an if the atmosphere at the rugby 16 in, in 70,000 fans who've been attending the first round of matches ahead of yesterday's opening ceremony. are anything to go by. they will certainly be doing all they can to get to for their team on. but yes. you mention

as we spun out from dow dupont, you know, our big mantra was cash flow generation and being able to supportnd. we need to continue to build that capacity in plastics, get the margins with in our silicones business, bring those industrial solutions products to light. and when we bring that floor ebidta up and bring that mid-cycle from $9 billion up then that's going to give us the capability to be able to do that dividend raise in the future. >> well, when that happens and the fed's cutting your stock will be a rocket ship i think to go up very, very quickly. but jim, thank you so much for coming on the show. to me you're being paid to wait for the big turn. thank you. >> thanks, jim. >> that's jim fitterling, chairman and ceo of dow inc. if you think the economy's going to come back, mortgage rates are going down you get a very big gain. "mad money's" back after the break. >> announcer: coming up, you call the shots. a fast-fire "lightning round" is in the forecast. next. you are bountiful. your skeleton can support two times your weight. it's in your nature to stand strong. supplement your

. >> would you say leaking your opening statement dupont's bone news, and "washington post," several hours before you send ie as being political, yes or no? >> i have no idea how my statement got out. >> that is -- mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record articles by punch bowl news, political playbook "washington post," all done in 5:24 ms 6:12, a solid 304 hours before this committee got your statement. >> without objections ordered. >> is the secret service fully cooperating with our committee? >> yes. >> you say you are fully cooperating with this committee. on july 15th, this committee sent you a list of demands of information that we wanted. as the secret service provided this committee a complete list of all law enforcement personnel that where there that day? have you done that? >> i will have to get back to you on that. >> that is a no. have you provided video and audio recordings to this committee? >> i have to get back to you -- >> that is a no. you are full of -- you are being completely dishonest. >> mr. chairman -- we have to maintain

until today, france pulling off the shakur, breaking fiji's 17 match olympic winning streak, antwan dupont, the french rugby icon coming off the bench and lifting not just this team, but his entire in homeland with two tries, a legendary performance in front of home fans, chef's kiss in other news, fifa deducted six points from the canadian women's soccer team in group play at the games and suspended their head coach and others for one year over the drone incident in which they allegedly spied on their opponent, the defending olympic champs to tie to top group a alongside france. but now face a tough task to advance. out of group play with a point deduction, canada says it will be appealing the decision and in the pool, one of the most highly anticipated events of these games, the women's 400 meter free, featuring seven time olympic gold medalist american katie ledecky, canadian teen sensation summer mcintosh, and the defending olympic champs camp australian ariarne titmus, the so-called terminator, the australian defending her crown in dominant fashion, winning gold by about a full bodies

of eyes on the status of france where france home thing for their first olympic medal with antoine dupont, the rugby sevens team. they do have to get through their semifinal first against south africa, and then in the other semifinal, it's fiji. against australia, fiji, the two-time defending champions in this event it's australia, arguably low the team that have been informed, it promises to be an incredible night in the pool is being billed as the race of champion pan's three of the biggest names in women's swimming at the moment, three world record holders going head-to-head in the women's 400 meters freestyle. katila becky, seven time olympic gold medal winner, who was beaten in this events in tokyo three years ago by ariarne titmus. >> she though it has been exchanging well records in this event with 17 year-olds, summer mcintosh's over the last couple of years. this is a real moment we will see the three of them would go head to head. also, an emotional, you expect to return for us soma caeleb dressel, he's had a really tough couple of years tokyo talking about the pressure he was p

the ceo of dupont or that mom? so when we talk about the bills and the prosperity that gets made from here and who has to pay that, we need to understand a very simple economic concept called externality. externalities, the costs of pollution, the cost of poisoning that are not factored into the profit margin of a corporation that's actually wreaking havoc on this planet and when we talk about issues like climate change it is at its core an issue of externalities because exxon-mobile and all of these oil companies can afford to burn this planet to a crisp because it makes them a pile of money. now, administrator regan, i want to thank you because in the character attacks that you have experienced in this hearing, i know that you have spent your entire time and your entire federal-- >> thank you, your time is up. >> testing families from being poisoned. >> thank you. >> and i want to thank you for that. >> thank you. >> i'd like to recognize myself for five minutes. mr. regan. as part of the so-called inflation redu

reported to a low security facility in danbury, connecticut today to begin that for months sentence for dupontying a subpoena from the january 6 congressional committee, supreme court rejected his effort to delay what you are watching, right here. that is moments before you wanted to court today. and this was one of his final messages i'm a political prisoner of joe biden, the crop biden this down i'm proud of going to prison of a person we're amendment right to have my voice and my voice is going to be heard every day. >> and more importantly, their voices are going tonight's inside source as sam mangle, who is steve bannon's prison consultant who dropped him off today and sam, i should just note just for our viewers, donald trump did an interview just a few moments ago claiming that biden is going to pay a big price for steve bannon going to prison. >> i should note by nothing to do with what happened. it was because steve bannon defied that subpoena. but but on what we saw today steve bannon reporting to this facility that you arranged for him to actually go to in danbury, connecticut? i me

they beat the two time 0lympic champions fiji 28—7, inspired by antoine dupont, who came on at half—time. his break down the wing and pass to aaron grandidier nkanang saw them take the lead, and he then scored two tries himself to send a packed stade de france into delirium, with the watching president emmanuel macron in the stands. earlier, south africa won bronze by beating australia. there were treacherous conditions on the streets of paris for the first cycling event of the games, the time trial. the rain has hardly stopped but australia's grace brown mastered the conditions over the 32.1; kilometres, finishing over a minute and a half clear of britain's anna henderson to take her first olympic gold. the world champion chloe dygert took bronze, less than a second behind, despite a nasty fall. belgium's remco evenepoel took gold in the men's race, the current world champion finishing 15 seconds ahead of italy's filippo ganna, and another belgian wout van aert took bronze. britain'sjosh tarling missed out on the podium by two seconds after an early puncture. china have claimed two gold

. >>> check on shares of dupont.rials company behind products from building wraps to conserve lon body armor, dtop ad bottom line drops and in the water and medical packages business. 14% year over year increase in adjusted profits. raised its net sales in profit outlook for the year. this was, by the way, the first report since dupont announced plans to separate into three different publicly traded companies over the next year and a half to two years. >>> finish looking at shares of t-mobile u.s. up 2.5% beat on earnings and revenues helped by better than expected surscriber growth in customers that pay a bill post-paid and growth in fixed wireless and raised customer and cash flow guidance for the full year. shares up over 30% last 12 months. andrew, lots of earnings movers. back to you in paris. >> thanks, dom. appreciate it. >>> when question come back, the president of the u.s. olympic and paralympic foundation joins us right here on-set. talking about her organization's growth and what's ahead in l.a. four year

a friend travelling plans when dupont is one of the faces of these games, he's got a brilliant started. i tries the heist to get a spots in the quarter finals of the 7th tournament from the street with the united states and their 1st game and then they faced, you're going to fall showing his skills. he has to help his side to a 1912 when in front of the a 2000 and fence office down to one to time it 10 is go med list on the murray has withdrawn from the singles events due to injury. the 37 year old is retiring from the schools at the end of the games and how to withdraw for wimbledon, due to surgery, looks like pots and the doubles alongside down evans, what number one younique's, and it has all say withdrawal and due to comes to like to mexican athletes looking for the 1st for that countries 1st and then putting metal in women's boxing box. there was little support from promises and sponsors to that guy on. it has moved from mexico city, the boxing runs. and by the end of the doors, this is like the 17 year old comes from a family of mexican boxing champions, women champions. 2 she's

grabs today, and i think there'll be a lot of focus as well on the rugby sevens, which, um, antoine dupontthis games for france, is competing, and they'll be hoping so much that he will finish the day with a gold medal around his neck. not a foregone conclusion, of course. they've got to navigate the semifinal first, south africa as well, but there will be an incredible atmosphere here in france if he is able to do that. and he said that would be the ultimate, ultimate goal. and there's no better feeling than that for him than winning an olympic gold medal. so a lot of focus on the rugby sevens tonight here. that surround up what's going on in the sport but away from the sporting action... the french authorities say rail travel is likely to remain disrupted during saturday, a day after sabotage attacks on the high—speed rail network. but rail travel is likely to remain disrupted during saturday, while repairs continue on the three affected routes. investigators are analysing forensic evidence collected from at least four crime scenes outside paris. the french prime minister says police and

it was nil—nil at halftime at the stade de france, but an antoine dupont—inspired second half saw themlia stealing the first try to overwhelm them 31—7. fiji are going for their third consecutive gold in 7s. away from the games, england's cricketers have fought back on the second day of the third test against west indies. they were wobbling on 54—5 in reply to windies' 282, but 95 from jamie smith, half centuries from joe root, captain ben stokes and chris woakes just now, has seen them take a first—innings lead. they lead by 77 runs, 359—9. ferrari's charles leclerc will start the belgian grand prix on pole for the second year in a row, despite not being the quickest in qualifying. that was championship leader max verstappen, who dominated the wet track at spa. he put his red bull at the top of the timesheets by more than half a second. but because he's used too many engines this season, he's been given a ten—place grid penalty and will start from 11th. leclerc will start at the front for the first time since monaco, with the other red bull of sergio perez alongside him. lots more on

reported to a low security facility in danbury, connecticut today to begin that for months sentence for dupont defying a subpoena from the january 6 congressional committee. >> supreme court rejected his effort to delay what you were watching right here. that is moment before you wanted to court today. and this was one of his final messages i'm a political prisoner. >> joe biden, the crop by miss down i'm proud of going to prison ever first were no remember, right. to have my voice and my voice is going to be heard every day. and more importantly, their voices are going tonight's inside source as sam mangle, who is steve bannon's prison consultant who dropped him off today and sam, i should just note just far viewers. donald trump did an interview just a few moments ago claiming that biden is going to pay a big price for steve bannon going to prison. i should note by nothing to do with what happened. it was because steve bannon divide that subpoena. but but on what we saw today steve bannon reporting to this facility that you arranged for him to actually go to in danbury, connecticut? i mean,

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isn't just economic prosperity, there are people in organizations and companies responsible for this dupont 3m are two of the largest corporations that were responsible for pfast dumping in the united states, is that correct? >> yes. did they know the chemicals were costics? >> we believe they did. >> yet there are members of this committee that want to defend the quote, unquote, economic right for a company to poison its people, the american people, now when we talk about make prosperity, if you're a kid inpe the south bronx, if you are a mom in rural pennsylvania near a pfast trumping site, who comes ahead when you get cancer and have a medical bill to pay? who comes out ahead from that pfast dumping? the ceo of duhpoint or that mom? so when we talk about that bill and prosperity too gets made from here and who has to pay that, we need to understand a very simple economic concept called extranalities. the cost of pollution, the cost of poisoning that are not factored into the profit margin of the corporation that's actually wreaking havoc on this planet. when we talk about climate change,

meanwhile, antoine dupont said earlier in the year i'm not playing six nations for the fifteens becauseyself fresh for the olympics. now that doesn't usually happen. and so last night he produces a performance from the gods and suddenly even the french public weren't happy about this because they said, well, fifteens is more important than sevens at the olympics, but he comes on at half time. he makes an impact within a few seconds. he scores two tries, macron's up in the crowd, so he's loving it. and france win through by 28 to 7. so this is against fiji, who are a top side. and they were seven all at half time. and he made the difference. and it looks as if his decision to turn out for france at the olympics and we spoke about this as with anneliese say some individuals do see the olympics as the pinnacle of all sport. andy murray certainly sees his gold medals in tennis as more important than the grand slams he won, even at wimbledon. i mean, how long do we have to wait for that back in 2013? i'm not sure i agree with him, but, you know, it depends what what's in front of you. >> min

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