hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom," and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, world leaders in a full-core diplomatic press this week trying to prevent war in ukraine. the i.o.c. meets face to face with chinese tennis star following her disappearance from the public eye. a shocking crash in the snow

for an american favorite. also, state of emergency in ottowa, canada, as an anti-vaccine truck approaches stretches into week two paralyzing the city center. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, it is a critical moment in the standoff at the russia/ukraine border. macron is set to meet with his counterpart vladimir putin in the latest effort to diffuse tensions. u.s. president joe biden will hold talks with german chancellor olaf scholes at the white house. multiple officials say russia has 70% of the troops and equipment it needs for a full-scale invasion. new satellite images show russian deployments in belarus. both countries are expected to

hold joint exercises starting thursday. but images show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from the exercises, and close to the ukrainian border. here is how the white house describes the threat. >> we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow or it could take some weeks yet. he has put himself in a position with military deployments to be able to act aggressively against ukraine at any time now if they choose to go down the path of escalation instead, it will come at enormous human cost to ukrainians, but it will also come we believe at real strategic cost to vladimir putin. >> the eighth shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday. it called it 80 tons of plus

solidarity. ukraine the downplaying the threat. the foreign minister has urged people to not believe in what he called apocalyptic predictions. correspondents are standing by in moscow. first let's go to melissa bell in kyiv. good to see you, melissa. as diplomatic efforts go into overdrive with the french president heading to ukraine tuesday, kyiv is desperately playing down the threat. what is the latest on all of this? >> reporter: that's right. we've been hearing on sunday from a presidential aide to president zelensky saying, look, they are preparing for all the possible scenarios that might come, but they don't believe that russia -- ukraine, that is, don't believe russia is taking critical steps towards a full-scale invasion, even though they continue to work with partners preparing for all eventualities. that's something we've heard a lot from ukrainian officials, both on and off the records the last couple of weeks. they are preparing for the worst, but still hoping for the

best. and after all, a military buildup and threat from russia are something they have learned to live with over the course of the last years. on the other hand, what you've heard over the course of the last few days from american officials briefing both european partners and american lawmakers, has really been the most dire assessment of the threat posed by russia so far. particularly, when you look at those satellite images of what's happening over the border in belarus, rosemary, where those military exercises have already been held, the first phase has been held. the second phase is to begin later this week. as a result of those joint military exercises, you've seen large movements of russian troops across the border into belarus. and according to those satellite images, some going very close, getting very close to the ukrainian border. not just fighter jets that have been positioned in airfields, but where there have been not just equipment moved, but en campments of tents placed close to the border and 15 kilometers

near the ukrainian border. we have also seen a lot of movement, and according to some analysts, some of those elements of the battalion tactical groups have been positioned there. so that is, of course, of extreme concern and is what is behind those dire assessments from american intelligence. those satellite images just part of the picture. what we've seen over the course of the weekend as well is large amounts of military hardware and personnel being moved, according to videos that have been posted online, showing large movements towards belarus. the united states has warned they believe that up to 30,000 russian troops will be in the country over the next few weeks. and, of course, that is of extreme concern. clearly no one knows including the united states what is in the mind of vladimir putin whether or not he intends to invade. but the point about those troops and that hardware is that the belarus border is at its closest point, just about 100 miles from kyiv. and it would be extremely easy from that point, should an invasion be launched, to take the ukrainian capital, rosemary. >> that's right. and, nathan, president macron is

about to meet with president putin just a couple hours away interest from that in an effort to find an off ramp. what are the options here and, of course, the expectations? >> reporter: yes, rosemary. all eyes here on moscow ahead of president macron's visit. we've been watching russian state television which is a barometer of thinking just to get a sense of the mood ahead of the meeting between macron and putin. while the russian state tv loves to mock, for instance, yesterday on main news show, they were spending time making fun of uk prime minister boris johnson. they have been complaining a lot about western coverage of crisis in ukraine with the foreign ministry spokesperson, the russian foreign ministry spokesperson saying all the drama surrounding ukraine was the effort to spoil the olympics. the tone about macron, on the other hand, has been quite respectful, and we know from read-outs from the french side

that putin sees in macron a quality inter locutor. he's had two phone calls with macron, so there is a flurry of activity on his end, a series of conversations. he does have a fairly tall order, as melissa pointed out. there is going to be an effort to see if they can get some kind of headway when it comes to restarting the diplomatic talks, both the normandy -- minske talks, that is one thing he faces. the other is to see if he can come away with any kind of concrete evidence of a de-escalation on the russian side. but the bigger picture question is whether macron can make any headway on long-standing grievances. those are about the expansion of nato in eastern europe after the end of the cold war.

the station of things such as missile defense assets in eastern europe, and these grievances are long-standing. putin has been very open about them. last week he basically said that he felt that the west -- the u.s. and nato have essentially ignored russia's security demands. so clearly the west and russia remain very, very far apart. so we'll be looking for any kind of progress forward on all of those fronts today. rosemary? >> we'll see if any kind of agreement can be reached at this juncture. melissa bell, nathanage hodge, many thanks to you both. appreciate it. day three of the winter olympics is underway in beijing, but it's not just the olympians in the spotlight. we now know chinese tennis star peng shuai met with the i.o.c. president. she refused to comment whether she was speaking under duress during the meeting. she made headlines after

accusing a top chinese official of sectxual assault, then disappearing from public view. then skiing superstar mikaela shiffrin suffered a devastating blow during her first event, crashing out during monday's giant slalom run. cnn's world sports patrick snell is here in atlanta with more on day three of the olympics. first let's go to steven jiang who joins us live. good to see you, steven. what have you learned to establish the true well-being of peng shuai? >> reporter: well, we know thomas bach and she had dinner at the olympic club in beijing on saturday. the two talked about their common experiences as athletes with peng saying she would visit several events and he invited her to visit switzerland, and she said she would after the pandemic was over. he said the sexual assault

conversations did not come up during their dinner conversations and saying it was not up to the i.o.c. to, quote, unquote to pass judgment whether there should be an investigation into the allegations or whether or not she was speaking under duress. more interestingly, she actually only for the second time since the whole saga began, spoke to a foreign media outlet. the highly respected french publication known for its tennis coverage just a few hours ago. now, during that hour-long interview, she again denied making any sexual assault allegations against former vice premiere li. but she did appear to acknowledge a year's long affair with him, saying her personal problems, her love life problems should not be mixed with sports and politics. she also did seem to acknowledge she wrote the original post, saying she deleted herself after it attracted worldwide attention because, quote, unquote, i wanted to. she also confirmed that she

personally wrote back to the head of the women's tennis association which, of course, has suspended all tournaments in china because of concerns over her safety, again insisting she's safe, well and free during this whole time. and she said she had never really disappeared. so, all of this, of course, is happening in a time when the worldwide attention is really not stopping or even subsiding. just a short while ago, we actually spoke to one of the french reporters who spoke to her and he told us at least on-site during the interview, there was no overt effort to censor her, but he did say she looked a lot more relaxed, talking about tennis than when she talked about the allegations when she just became more tense and choosing her words a lot more carefully. probably not unexpected, but still showing how as long as she is still here in china, there will be a lot of doubts over whether or not she was speaking freely.

rosemary? >> indeed. and we'll continue to watch this story very closely. and, patrick, you've been watching the winter olympics very closely yourself. what are the main highlights so far? >> reporter: hi, rosemary, great to see you. nine gold medals up for grabs. medals apart, i do want to start with the biggest talker so far on the day, one of the biggest names of the games in china, the u.s. superstar mikaela shiffrin transcends the sport of skiing. here's what happened. the defending olympic champion crashing out of the women's giant slalom during her very first run, would you believe. just to remind our viewers, she is a two-time olympic gold medals. she came sliding off her keys down the course dubbed the ice river. she appearing not to be hurt after the slip, causing her to miss a gate midway down the course. understandably expressing her disappointment, vowing to maintain a positive attitude

through it all. shiffrin, the second skier. she was not alone out there to crash out during the first run. the italian competitor, the 5:00 racer down, wiping out there. shiffrin still has a chance to really focus on the four more events remaining. on wednesday she'll be competing in the slalom, the women's super g available to her as well. tuesday, the 15th of february is the women's downhill. and also the women's alpine combined as well. now, another name drawing plenty of attention at these games is the russian olympic committee figure skater camilla valieva, just 15 years of age. quite incredible. the teen becoming the first-ever woman to land the quadruple jump at the winter olympics, securing a gold medal for herself and her team this sunday. a really historic achievement at the gold medal and team event it's the second gold so far at these games. what a moment in winter games

history. and a short while ago, we can tell you the swiss competitor winning gold, this was in the men's downhill skiing final, finishing with a time of 1:42:69. and how about this for an achievement. the 41-year-old french skier yohann clary winning silver. clary becoming the oldest medallist ever in the sport of alpine skiing, meyer, the 2014 medallist at the sochi games taking home the bronze. we are also learning on this busy, busy monday so far, rosemary, the canadian snowboarader max, this is another incredible story. winning gold in the men's slopestyle final. really great and here's why. he missed the entire 2018-'19 season after undergoing treatment for hodge kin lymphoma. apparently completing chemotherapy in late 2019, and returning to action. really remarkable achievement for him. the chinese snowboarader took

home silver. just 17 years of age. and that victory giving the host country its first-ever olympic medal in snowboarading. but great story lines everywhere you look so far this monday. really compelling ones. we're following it all, every step of the way. >> absolutely. and some incredible images there. fun to look at. patrick snell, steven jiang, many thanks to you both. appreciate it. coming up on on "cnn newsroom," a covid restriction stretches into a second weekend. we'll have the latest ahead. more than 900,000 are dead in the u.s. from covid-19, but some americans say they're ready to accept that the coronavirus is here to stay and get on with their lives. that's ahead. iption copays as low as zero dollars? ♪ so you won't have a medicare in the world. ♪ fill your medicare prescriptions withth walgreens

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>> reporter: the protests here against the covid-19 measures started in ottowa, but have spread right across the country. sunday was much quieter than saturday, but you still had hundreds of tractor trailers and other trucks and thousands of people spread out from one side of the country to the other, demanding an end to those covid-19 restrictions. now, this started out adds a truckers protest. they were against vaccine mandates to actually cross the border into the united states. but this has turned into so much more. people saying that they are fed up with the mask mandates, the vaccine mandates, the lockdowns, the health restrictions. they just want it to end. it's a minority, but it is a very vocal minority. and here in ottowa, it has really taken this city to a point where the mayor and police chief are worried that they just can't handle it any more. city of ottowa has declared a state of emergency, but i really want you to listen to the police chief here when he spoke this weekend about the city.

take a listen. >> the oath of office that i and my officers swore were never intended to deal with a city under siege, a threat to our democracy, a nationwide insurrection driven by madness. there is no concrete plan for such a scenario as is described. >> reporter: they are categorizing this as an occupation now. ottowa police say they will begin enforcement with police enforcement across the country are keeping an eye on this city and seeing if, in fact, protesters do decide to finally leave or if this will continue to spread, a contagion really, right across the country. paula newton, cnn, ottowa. about 3 1/2 million people are now under a strict lockdown in southwestern china. that move coming after officials detected dozens of preliminary

positive covid cases during mass testing on sunday. nearly all businesses are closed and public transport in the city is shutdown until further notice. people are only allowed to leave their homes to get groceries or take a covid test. and australia is moving to welcome back visitors starting february 21st, fully vaccinated travelers from around the world will be allowed into the country. australia has been closed to most travelers for about two years, and with 80% of eligible adults in the country fully vaccinated, australia is hoping the relaxed border controls will bring a much needed boost to the tourism industry. members of the u.s. congress will hold a moment of silence monday for the more than 900,000 americans who have died from the coronavirus. covid-related deaths have been steadily rising in the u.s. over the last seven days, while cases have continued to fall.

64% of all u.s. citizens are now fully vaccinated, according to the cdc. but despite that, more than one in five people have been infected with covid-19 in the united states. for more on this, i am joined now about dr. scott miskovich, president and c.e.o. of premiere medical group usa, and also a u.s. consultant for covid-19 testing. thank you, doctor, for talking with us. >> sure, rosemary. >> so, it has to be said, that number -- i mean, it is truly shocking. 900,000 americans dead from covid-19 since the start of this pandemic. and while cases are trending down in many parts of the country along with hospitalizations, deaths are still averaging more than 2,000 a day, and yet a recent monmouth poll shows 70% of americans think it's time to accept covid is here to stay and get on with their lives. what would you say to those people? >> well, rosemary, we're going to pass a million and we're

going to pass a million, you know, within the next couple months. that's for sure. what i would say to them is it's in your hands. it's in everyone's hands right now to make a big difference by being vaccinated, and now being boosted. and i do believe these people need to look at the fact that we are still really in the middle of this pandemic. we have just gone over the crest of the pandemic. look at how rapid omicron has spread. and for people to let their guard down, you and i talked about this before. i blame it on political leaders for saying the wrong things and not being truthful, and the truth right now should be told to the people. keep your guard up. get your booster. get your vaccination. save those masks because we just went over the crest. most of us do believe we are going to see the end, but we also know we will see some more variants. so communication, trust in

government, that's the big key. >> important advice there. and former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says governors want clearer guidance on when mitigation efforts should be rolled back in various states to give people some hope. so, what would be a useful set of metrics to use for this, do you think? >> well, some of the things we've always looked at is a number called the percent positivity. and percent positivity is definitely coming down now. but in general, it's probably still on average across the country 15 or 20%. we want that number to start getting below 5%. that means 5% or less of every test taken in the country is positive compared to times when we were at 30 or 40. now, there's another metric that we look at, and that's the total number of people who are testing positive per 100,000. the standard epidemiology number is below ten, with the arrow

going down ward. there is some push right now to say with so many people having been infected and with some percentage of our country, as you just stated, already boosted, you know, 65 to 67%, depending on which study, those are the numbers and those are the statistics we look at. so i'm very disappointed in leadership. that turned to hospitalizations and said that's our key. we need to look at how much the disease is spreading and the angle and decline. >> you said 60% of the population has received two covid shots so far. 20% still haven't received their first shot. can those unvaccinated folks ever be convinced, do you think, or do we need to just accept that an 80% vaccination rate in this country might probably be the best we can do, even as other nations have been able to edge closer to the 100% rate?

>> rosemary, you and i have been talking about this for 16 to 18 months. and since the vaccines have been brought on and we know that studies have basically said that 15%, plus or minus, depending on where the state is, will never get vaccinated. so i don't believe we're going to cross over that line and, you know, it's coming true with a plus/minus 2 or 3% with some of those studies. we've also talked about the fact that, you know, austria, that's one of the ways you'll get everybody vaccinated. but as your prior piece showed, look what's going on in canada right now where there's protests. and i don't think the united states has the tolerance or the political will or our court system will allow there to be force vaccination. so, you know what, that is what's going to happen. what does that mean? it means there still will be pockets of outbreak, and it still means that those people

will be susceptible as other variants come through. so i don't -- i think 20% is probably about where we're going to get to. >> unbelievable. politics has made it very difficult, of course, in this country particularly. dr. scott miskovich, thank you so much for joining. appreciate it. >> thank you. any time, rosemary. >> thank you. and still to come here on cnn, how french president emanuel macron heads off a military conflict in ukraine with a diplomatic to moscow. meantime germany's president says he is not doing enough to help allies. we'll explain. ness side... ...i'm feeling a little lost. quicickbooks can help. an easy y way to get paid, pay yoyour staff, and know wherere your business stands. nenew business? no problem. success starts with intuit quickbooks. everyone remembers the moment they h heard... “you have cancer.” how their world stopped

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in the coming hours, french president emanuel macron is expected to meet with russian president vladimir putin in moscow in an attempt to de-escalate the ukraine crisis. and u.s. president joe biden will hold talks with germany's chancellor at the white house. olaf scholes has signalled a willingness to deploy more troops to lithuania to support nato. all of this is happening as new satellite images show russian forces gathering strength in belarus. it's raising fears that a russian invasion of ukraine is imminent. >> the noose is being prepared. it's around ukraine now as we speak. these are dangerous times. time is of the essence. this is the largest invasion in europe since world war ii. the time frame as jake sullivan mentioned, is closing in. >> and for more on this we want to turn to cnn's jim bittermann who joins us live from paris. good to see you, jim.

so, president macron leading the charge in this diplomatic effort. what's expected to come out of his meeting with the russian president? >> reporter: kind of an audacious move injecting himself into the process, trying to de-escalate the situation. he said he's going to have three objectives. he said this through a spokesman at the palace who basically said that they're going to be looking at trying to de-escalate the military situation. that will be the toughest according to the spokesman. he is going to re-renovate the minsk agreement so they can talk to the separatists in the east. and finally, to give moscow an idea of the new rules for cohabitation as president macron put it himself in an article in the local newspaper here yesterday. basically to give moscow an idea of the new rules of cohabitation, living together with nato and europe. so, it's a big agenda that's going to take place in a very

short period of time. basically macron is only going to be meeting with putin today. he comes with a mantle of being the part of the european presidency, and also with the idea that he's already talked to president putin some 16 times in the past. this will be the 17th meeting today. and he comes with the extra added sort of authority of having talked to now more than a dozen western leaders before arriving in moscow. rosemary? >> the world awaiting eagerly to see what comes of this. jim bittermann with the latest there live from paris. appreciate it. well, the german chancellor's visit to washington comes as he faces fierce criticism at home and abroad over his lack of leadership in this crisis. critics say olaf scholes needs to restore the country's credibility in this visit. fred pleitgen explains some of the reasons why germany has been on the side lines. >> reporter: as russia continues

amassing troops at ukraine's borders, the u.s. and its allies have stepped up deliveries of defensive weapons to key i have including armour piercing anti-tank missiles. notably missing nato partner germany. only offering 5,000 helmets for the ukrainians facing russian tanks. >> translator: the german government has said very clearly that we will not send any lethal weapons or arms deliveries to conflict areas because we do not want to fuel these conflicts further. >> reporter: but germany is coming off a record year for arms exports. the top client, egypt despite its difficult human rights track record. ukraine's ambassador to berlin says he's not happy. >> they need to reconsider and really start helping us with the weapons of a defensive type which we need right now. >> reporter: some nato countries are questioning just how reliable an ally berlin is when

it comes to confronting russian aggression, especially after the head of the german navy recently had to resign after saying vladimir putin deserves respect. when dealing with russia, germany is still haunted by its past, says the german marshal fund in berlin. >> they're afraid of sending weapons to ukraine and those weapons being used against russians given the number of russians that were killed during world war ii. let's be honest. there were huge amounts of ukrainians that were victims during world war ii. >> reporter: millions of ukrainians were killed as hitler overran the ukrainian part of the soviet union, nearly the entire jewish population there wiped out. but germany also has hard economic reasons for going soft on russia. its dependence on russian gas and the pipeline, the $11 billion undersea link between the two countries. while berlin recently claimed

the pipeline was a purely economic project, at least now the government says a russian invasion of ukraine would have an impact. >> translator: if there is renewed aggression, we have the full bandwidth of measures including nord stream 2. >> reporter: the u.s. urged them to use nord stream 2 as leverage to deter moscow. now the state department says if russia invades the project is dead. >> if russia invades ukraine, one way or another nord stream 2 will not move forward. >> reporter: currently the germans are very much moving forward with nord stream 2. in fact, a german subsidiary was just found trying to speed up certification here in europe. all this as berlin says it remains firmly in the u.s.'s corner and says that it will support massive sanctions against russia if there is a further invasion of ukraine. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin.

joining me now is cnn political and national security analyst david sanger. he is also a correspondent for "the new york times" and the author of the book the perfect weapon. always great to have you with us. >> great to be with you again, rosemary. >> so, two u.s. officials now warning that russia's president putin has 70% military capabilities in place at ukraine's border, poised and ready for a possible full-scale invasion, and intelligence suggests that could happen within a day or two. what is your reaction to that news? >> well, i don't think that the majority of the analysts i've spoken to think that mr. putin would act while the olympics in china are still underway. they could be wrong, but if you think about it, once the sanctions are invoked by the

west, assuming that they are, the most important ally that putin will have will be the chinese. and so anything that takes the images away from the olympics and all that xi jinping has riding on it i think would be a little risky for him. he also doesn't fully have the force that he seems to want to put in place. they are together down by crimea in the east, and he certainly could easily invade any moment in that russian-speaking area where he wouldn't run into much resistance. but the force isn't fully in place yet in the north where he's been assembling in belarus and elsewhere. so i suspect there is a little time for diplomacy here. and, in fact, president macron of france is going to see him tomorrow, which is why president biden was speaking by phone with

macron earlier on sunday. >> so, let's talk about that because that surge for diplomatic solution is continuing, of course, as you mentioned with france's president macron spearheading the effort, talking with president putin again in the coming hours. how likely is it that an off-ramp can be found when the u.s. and nato are refusing to bend to russia's top demand, preventing ukraine from ever being a part of nato? >> you know, you'd think there would be some space, rosemary. and the fact that as president biden said himself at a news conference two weeks ago, ukraine isn't going to be admitted to nato any time soon. in fact, i think you could probably say probably not any time in the next ten, maybe 20 years, which would be putin's political lifetime. and certainly president biden's. so you could imagine a space for that if that's what putin really

wants. but it may not be all that he wants. he, of course, has talked about ending ou ending all of the eastward expansion of nato. he talked about getting the troops out of the soviet block that joined nato. and clearing weapons from europe. if that's really what he wants, i think it would be a hard no. if it's just about getting -- making sure that ukraine stays out of nato, i would imagine there is some room there. >> we'll see what happens there. and, of course, germany has been unwilling to this point to send ukraine weapons, a matter of concern for nato allies. what might that signal and what do you expect president biden will say to the new german chancellor when they meet in the coming hours, given germany relies so heavily on russia's natural gas? >> well, we heard one of the messages earlier today from jake

sullivan, the president's national security adviser, who basically said if there is an invasion, one way or another, the nord stream 2 project, the pipeline that would route around ukraine and go directly from russia to germany, will be killed off. it would probably help the new chancellor if he said those words himself. there is a sense among the other european allies that germany is the most wobbly on the question of what sanctions they would put in place. and many of them are missing, angela merkel, the former chancellor who, of course, was usually the one to rally most of europe. and that's why macron is stepping into that, to that role. but i think it's going to be really difficult right now to hold the allies fully together

if the russians do just a partial invasion, a cyberattack, stage a military coup, the conditions that would hold germany and others into the midst of nato on the sanctions would probably have to be a full-scale invasion. >> david sanger, thank you as always for your analysis. appreciate it. >> great to be with you, rosemary. a royal surprise comes out of queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee. coming up on "cnn newsroom," how the woman who was once at the center of royal scandal could be britain's future queen consort.

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the platinum jubilee for britain's queen elizabeth is being overshadowed by a surprise announcement. the queen gave her blessing for prince charles' wife camilla to one day be called queen consort.

as cnn's max foster reports, not all of her majesty's subjects are on board with the idea. >> reporter: prince charles led tributes for his mother in what he described as her remarkable 70-year reign. he also said he was honored that elizabeth used her jubilee message to say that she wanted camilla, charles' wife, to be known as queen consort when charles becomes king. it's seen as a reward for years of public service from camilla, but also an endorsement of the kind of monarchy that charles is trying to create. camilla is still a divisive figure. some people still blame her for the divorce of diana and charles. this is what a few brits had to say about the news. >> i don't think some people will be too happy with this decision. a lot -- it's before my time, but a lot of people who grew up with diana being the next queen effectively, they feel like she was wronged by the royal

institution, and her abuse and subsequent what happened after the divorce and all of that. so i don't think a lot of people will be too happy camilla has got this role. >> that's great and everything, but i think the royal family is an establishment. it's the respect of the british people have for it might be lost just because there's been so much scandal surrounding charles and camilla's life, you know, with the death of princess diana, et cetera. >> reporter: we didn't see the queen on what's called accession day because it doesn't just mark the beginning of the queen's reign, but also the end of her father's reign, and her father's death. so she always spends it privately in the sandringham estate in the country side. the time for celebration will come later, culminating in a four-day holiday weekend centered here at buckingham palace. max foster, cnn, london. pope francis is urging european countries to welcome migrants. the pope has previously tried to call attention to the migrant

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hash tags criticizing the 19-year-old gained millions of views on chinese social media in just hours, while it looks like at least one hashtag was censored, the backlash highlights just how much pressure many chinese olympians are under. and she seemed stressed during her final team event, falling again and bursting into tears after her performance. it's just so tough. and zu isn't the only u.s.-born athlete competing in these olympics for china. freestyle skier eileen gu is from the u.s. and is skiing for china china, her mother's home country. >> let's get this started now. >> reporter: she's fierce and poised to win at the winter olympics. move over, elsa, there's a new

snow queen. >> i'm from san francisco and i'm a skier. >> reporter: her mom was born in china and eileen decided to compete for china. >> my family is supportive. i come from a long line of engineers. it definitely wasn't expected and i don't think anybody thought that i would become a professional ski eer or athleten general. >> reporter: the skiing, horseback riding piano playing prodigy has already been admitted to her dream school, stanford. she's modelled for louis vuitton, he iestee lauder. she's the poster child for snow sports in china starring alongside chinese actor jackson yee in an official beijing promo being played through china. she said her decision to compete for china instead of the usa stems from a strong

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