focus on this. be here without my mother and my father. the day after i left them when i was 14, i just took off. kids, make sure you always listen to your mommy and daddy. >> at some point in time you have to take what your parents say and learn from it and go forward. if you have a dream and we kept telling him, your dreams will come true if you do this, you do this, you do this. he bought into the program. that's when his life changed for the better. >> yeah. christine, we got to watch part 1 last night which drops a week from wednesday. i'll tell you what, it was pretty awesome. to see young shaq, how he grew up, he was clumsy. familiar with his huge frame early on to what he became is pretty awesome. i'm excited for parts 2, 3 and 4. >> i love how he's honoring his parents so much. his mom seems amazing. i want to hear more from her how

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day it is. guess what? there is a loser in arizona and there's a winner. cnn projected democrat katie hobbs defeat the kari lake in the high stakes governor's race. a major win for democrats. plus -- >> i think that this election was the funeral for the republican party as we know it. the republican party as we have known it is dead. >> a republican civil war breaking out on capitol hill after all of those midterm losses. why mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are both facing heightened criticism today. >> in prayerful consideration. former vice president mike pence making clear she considering running in 2024 and making his moa most scathing comments about january 6th and president trump, all while donald trump is about to announce his presidential run tonight. >> and katie hobbs defeated kari

lake. lake one of the most prominent defenders about donald trump insurrection. campaigned on election lies and they lost. that includes two other high-profile election deniers in the same state. republican senate nominee blake masters and the secretary of state nominee mark finchem. now, hobbs characterized her win as a victory for democracy. lake on the other hand is -- arses know b.s. when they see it. apparently true, since voters rejected her and so many other liars. obviously, her tweet is the b.s. here. there is no evidence of fraud. there's no evidence of wrongdoing. it is a grist so many americans rejected at the ballot this year. republican liz cheney taking credit after the projection telling kari lake you're welcome after lake sarcastically thanked

her for backing her opponent. kari lake told a legion of john mccain supporters they could go to hell. tonight they returned the favor. hobbs now set to become the fifth female governor in arizona's history. this morning control of the house still undecided but republicans still plan to hold their internal leadership elections to pick a speaker nominee. that will happen today. kevin mccarthy has officially declared his bid for speakership and already returning into pretty stiff headwinds and a republican civil war clearly breaking out in the senate between leader mitch mcconnell and florida's senator rick scott. je jessica dean joins us live from capitol hill. what do you got? >> reporter: good morning. start in the house first, where the election will be held today, the vote will be held today. you have a current house minority leader kevin mccarthy

running to be speaker, should republicans take the house. not the situation he thought he'd find himself in now. by now they thought huge majority in the house, control declared. none of that has happened yet. certainly a different situation than he thought he would find himself in on this day. he held a closed-door meeting yesterday with republicans trying to bolster support. you only need a simple majority. doesn't have to get to that 218 number today. that's in january when they reconvene and formally elect a speaker. just have to get that simple majority. faced stiff headwinds, though, poppy. especially from the house freedom caucus, and we know that andy biggs from arizona is mounting a longshot challenge to him, but it's not uncommon for someone to run and fall short. happened to nancy pelosi, went on to be speaker, paul ryan also, went on to be speaker.

he's expected to fall short of the 218 but again, just needs the simple majority. >> talk about rick scott, mitch mcconnell and minority leadership and what that will look like. the two obviously disagreed even publicly when it came to how to fund their candidates this election cycle. talk about how, is it a chance rick scott to challenge him for that, take that? >> reporter: again, at this moment in time today, again a longshot chance. rick scott, he hasn't committed to that. we'll listen to him talk about that in a second. we did see senate minority leader mitch mcconnell in hallways and doesn't often say anythingin the hall weays other talk a lot, asked, does he have the votes, he says, of course. for him to say that in front of reporters, in the hall way, very intentional, but here's what rick scott was saying. >> what is our plan? what are re oning on, stand for

what are we hellbent to get done? you know, there's no plan to do that. the leadership in the republican senate says we know you cannot have a plan we're just going to run how bad democrats are and actually then cave into the democrats. so -- then now they want to rush through an election. a lot of people, you know, have called me to see if i'll run. here's my focus. we still have to win georgia. i'm not taking anything off the table. >> reporter: poppy, delays to delay that election as well, scott mentioned there. at this point, again, scheduled for wednesday. bottom line, republicans aren't where they thought they would be. when that happens a lot of blame around and everybody wants to blame everybody else. >> like this. right? jessica, thank you. former vice president mike pence delivering his strongest criticism yet of his former boss and talking about his own actions during their four years together in office. pence also asked if he plans to

run in 2024 and he weighed in on what a third trump presidential run could look like. >> do you believe that donald trump should ever be president again? >> david, i think that's up to the american people. but i think we'll have better choices in the future. >> one of those choices could be pence himself. live in west palm beach, florida, where trump is expected to make an announcement tonight. first, on this interview by pence, what are the highlights and what stood out to you? >> reporter: this really was, as you said, furthest we've seen pence go. before this, all we heard from the former vice president was that former president trump was wrong in what he believed pence could do on january 6th, but he went into so much detail in this interview. pence even condemned that tweet the former president sent that said that mike pence doesn't have the courage that needs to be done. the tweet sent in the middle of all of the violence on capitol hill as it was unfolding, as

advisers around pence believed it added fuel to the already volatile situation. pence saying he believed that that tweet and that trump had endangered him and his family, but, kaitlan, it's not that surprising we start to see the former vice president ramp up this rhetoric. particularly as it seems as though he and the former president are on a collision course in 2024. i want you to take a listen to what pence said when asked about whether or not he'd run for president. >> will you run for president in 2024? >> we're giving it consideration in our house. prayerful consideration. >> do you believe you can beat donald trump? >> well that would be for others to say, and it would be for us to decide whether or not we'd want to test that. >> reporter: now, one thing to remember here, if pence decides to run in 2024, he is going to have to thread a needle very carefully. because all of the advisers i've

talked to, who are around pence say he wants to be the trump policies without the baggage. wants to get those trump voters and not go too far against the former president, kaitlan. >> yeah. stood out to me in that interview trying to justify some of the people there on january 6th. talking how they were misled what was going to happen that day. we know you're in palm beach, a lot of movement there later. we'll check back with you. thanks so much. be sure to join jake tapper with a live cnn town hall with the former vice president tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern only here on cnn. talk about all of this in the republican party. it appears to are fractured in both the house and senate as the gop continues to wrestle with what went wrong with the midterms. republican senator josh hawley of missouri went as far as to call the party dead. >> i think that this election was the fawnuneral for the republican party as we have known it. as we have known it the republican party is dead and voters made that clear.

this is a referendum on the republican party as we've known it since the 1990s and i think a pretty resounding verdict. why i say we need to think about the future. i like a lot of what president trump did as president, talk about that there, but we neat a conversation about core convictions to the party, and clearly this party is going to have to be different. we're not going to be a majority party in this country rnts took him seven years, at least, to come to that conclusion? the same lawmakers adamant ly raised his fist in solidarity with trump supporters who had not yet swarmed the capitol on january 6th. of course, later seen running away from the mob that attacked the capitol and then you know -- not going along with certifying the election. now it is not clear who hawley sees as a part of this dead party, but when asked whether he supports trump running from 2024, hawley said, i'm not going to give him advice.

he'll choose to do what he's going to do. so joining us now, cnn political analyst republican strategist and former senate candidate joseph pinion. hello to you. need a shovel? i mean -- good morning. >> what the hell is he talking about? >> yeah. really not clear. that's kind of the issue here. right? clearly wants to position himself as a lazarus for the resurrection of the republican party but the repudiation the republican party got in this election was the trumpest denial wing he championed in the senate. what's he talking about? really does he want everyone to forget that? introduce a new tradition? his mode, but the trumpest wing in the party got the hard-core brushback pitch. not -- he's implying. >> yeah. >> so did it take him, you know, talking crap about john mccain, talking about the former president, you know, what he says about women, how he treated women. you know, grab them by the p, to

impeachment, to -- what took him so long. what the hell is he talking about? what is he talking about? >> i don't think he's talking about president trump and i think personally i'm inclined to agree with him. that it is senate leadership turned the republican party into a gangrene caucus. i think reality is that when you look at what happens down in d.c., seems to appear that winning was not the priority nap there were other priorities separate from making sure that we taking back the senate and -- >> explain to me what you mean by the senate? >> i think reality if you look where the money went. for better and for worse, talking about nancy pelosi, talking about mitch mcconnell, the argument for keeping them around has always been, they bring in the dough. it appears the republican party wasted a lot of that dough. i think that there is an inclination to believe that we can lay all the burdens at the feet of president trump, a

separate conversation certainly, they're going to be gathered in mar-a-lago having a conversation about him moving forward. >> you're saying this is about money? >> look, i think -- there's what voters believe and the actual business of winning elections. i think there is an argument to be made there are voters who have grown tired of the trump brand. that brand of politics. talking about an election, we had a 41-year high for inflation. talk about an election we had crime in many places, in many cities going rampant. i think there was an opportunity to be more successful than we were. >> there was an opportunity, but that opportunity did not materialize, and i don't think money's the issue here. right? $17 billion spent on this election. the issue isn't the money. >> again, not always how many money you have, it's how to you spend it. >> said also because quality of the candidates who were running. that's why trump is facing part of this reckoning. trump didn't backed candidates who did not perform well. >> an argument you made some of those candidates may have been

undermined by the very republican party that took money from the people of the party who believed in president trump and that message. >> what do you mean by that? curious. what do you mean by -- put meat on the bones. >> meat on the bones if you believe what happened in harizoa blake masters, that's right. look at our own race in new york. go back to two years ago. democrats spent $75 million in a state of kentucky trying to beat mitch mcconnell. they spent over $100 million in south carolina. why? not because they were necessarily bullets and would win, because they understand cash is fungible. on basic level what happened? out popped two senate seats in georgia, one in arizona. we do understand where you spend the money and how you spend the money certainly has impact on our politics. >> i hear you. the argument you made, democrats basically wasted their money in kentucky and south carolina. by the way, they did. >> i'm not saying -- opposite to

the contrary. politics levers. both parties have the levers. fifth option, deplete the other side of the resources they need to compete. so when democrats were able to deal what republicans haven't figured out, go on offensive, inflation where the other side does not want to be on defense. you present opportunities otherwise might not exist. >> joe, you ran a campaign to unseat chuck schumer, senate majority leader once again had on the program yesterday. he won, and now he may get 51 seats. >> right. >> see what do you think they did wrong? >> look, i think -- >> from our perspective be clear. the republican rnc did not spend money in new york -- >> e interviewed talked a lot about new york, republicans did well. i'm talking about -- let me just finish. >> a lot of dark money from republicans poured into new york. i don't think that -- >> i don't want -- >> millions and millions of

dollars. >> off track what i was asking you about the senate. >> right. >> they not only got the seats in arizona and nevada but they might get the seat, retain the seat in georgia. what do you think chuck schumer did wrong on that throng? >> i don't think he did anything wrong. contrary. able to shifts $15 million out of state in those last 30 to 45 days because he latitude to know that republicans were not going to force him to hold his feet to the fire here at home. easy to have a conversation about what is impact of trump on our politics, certainly. there's ample evidence to be said certainly states, talking about arizona, talking about georgia, where that brand of politics is not going over well with the electorate, but i think -- >> again, talking about josh hawley, are you guys realizing that? kaitlan is right on with this. it's the quality of the candidates that do not -- quality of the candidates are a direct reflection of the person at the top of the party, the

person who's calling the shots, that's donald trump. so, look. you're talking about money on the chart it's trump -- money -- and then the people who actually vote for trump. so money is not the problem. >> using a lot of this money. >> trump has plenty of money. >> trump did not use a lot of his money to support -- i actually want to get your perspective on the leadership fight happening now. there are efforts to not have mitch mcconnell be the republican leader isn't the senate. don't seem successful. doesn't really have a successor. mckacarthy is having a much mor problem in the house. tiny majorities people openly running against him, people saying he doesn't have the votes to be nominated to be leader of the house today? >> the problem is does he get 218 in january? looking unlikely. calling republicans on the hill, saying, look. mccarthy is not a beloved figure and herding a lot of different cats in this party. >> you're kidding?

>> a great line yesterday, said, look, narrow dysfunction majority mccarthy is cooked. either getting ousted or gelded by the nut cass caucus. charlie sikes at the bull works saying that. the problem. can anyone hold this coalition together and get 218? not andy biggs and the freedom caucus. mccarthy probably has best shot, but a caucus seems to turn on self. even paul ryan knows that. >> should mccarthy be house speaker? >> members of the house would make that decision. >> if you were a member of the house what would you decide? >> great question. >> the plan would have to be, how are we going to make, what's the plan to grow that caucus come 2024? the results were underwomening to s to -- underwhelming. new york, able to be successful. lay that success at feet of the individuals able to have one of the most successful court cases to render what was one of the worst cases of gerrymandering we've seen by either party occurring in the state of new york remedied in the courts. there is more --

>> by the way, i agree with you. democrats got greedy and put forward a crazy map and republicans righteously -- republicans pushed back, but if that's your position, do you think republicans overreach in ohio in florida, in texas? i was here republicans championing the cause redistricting in new york and never hear it for the other states. >> either you're against gerrymandering or you're not. >> you're against it? >> we need fair maps across the country. >> right. god bless you. >> around make sure we have a robust democracy that functions. listen to the wordshawley's mou of trump inch, not talking about a convenient leg for mitch mcconnell to try to pin his hopes on. end of the day we have to have a real conversation as a party. what i think the senator is talking about. the people that lead this party betrayed the people entrusted them with their money, betrayed the people that put their trust in their hands. that's the -- i think that's

the -- of course. be very clear pup have a republican party spends millions saying chuck shoop sir destroying america and doesn't spend a dime to defeat chuck schumer, no the actually being genuine. >> or know chuck schumer's going to win re-election. >> 13 points. >> and i'll -- the man won by -- >> vote six years ago, 1.5 before that, and -- >> yeah. >> again, to my former argument, there is an argument to be made that by not spending money against a man who controls the purse strings. not just his own campaign cash but also the -- >> let me hear -- >> in was an opportunity that was lost, that hurt kari lake in arizona, lost candidates in colorado, hurt those candidates in new hampshire. the fact we had so much -- >> joseph, hang on. you're missing the point here. i don't care how much money you put behind those people again, what kaitlan said.

it's the candidate quality. masters -- >> i'm quoting the -- not my own -- senate minority. >> lies about what happened between the election. 2020. lies about what happened january 6th and other candidates down the line. i don't care. put millions of dollars behind that. people rejected them, this whole idea about money is b.s. and deflection. hang on. and i think josh hawley is delusional, and people are following, if you continue to follow in the footsteps and the thinking logic of josh hamwley, the republican party, if you believe that's what he's saying, the republican party is dead as he actually said is right. >> we have to leave it there. >> appreciate that. straight ahead, cnn exclusive. rye russia delayed announces retreat from kherson, ukraine, until after the midterm elections. >> fascinating. crushes setback, sad, in the fight against alzheimer's. why this experiment many treatment appears not to be working.

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is it right? that russia waited until after the midterms? >> reporter: yeah, poppy. biden was more than hinting at something there. right? u.s. intelligence officials believe the kremlin made this decision very purposefully, that they wanted to wait to announce the formal withdrawal, formal retreat of russian troops from the city of kherson until just after the midterm elections were over to avoid giving biden, by extension, the democrats a boost. interesting for a couple of reasons. first, obviously, they believed voters could be swayed by such an announcement. kind of misunderstands what voters in the u.s. actually care about. but the second, of course, is that they still believe that a gop-controlled congress a gop-controlled administration, even is better for their interests. they did not want to give and do anything that could have given biden and democrats an advantage in the election. of course, a retreat from

kherson, very strategic, important city thsouthern ukraine is very humiliating for the russians. a big, big defeat for them. when they were discussing timing of making this formal announcement, going on tv, having senior kremlin officials parade this announcement, according to u.s. intelligence officials it was discussed the midterms needed to be a factor in that conversation. no formal assessment that was the only consideration at play. realities on the ground at play. could no longer sustain their presence there. an interesting win into their efforts to influence u.s. policy. >> a fascinating window into it for sure. great reporting. thank you. this new data shows lung cancer survival rate sup 21%. why the odds are still much lower for communities of color. we explain. also this -- >> the room is for the victims. the victims -- >> for the first time we are seeing how uvalde's acting

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so this was a global stud they looked at about 1,900 patients given a subcutaneous injection of a drug called, say this, gantaneraclav, tackles amyloids in the brain and tries to remove them. it didn't show significant reduction in cognitive decline and also did not show promise in terms of amount of amalloyd able to remove from the brain. disappointing, roche, drugmaker expressed disate appointment and hope it adds data to the field which we see a lot of setbacks in terms of these alzheimer's drugs. >> i'm wondering and so many at home, why is it so hard to find an effective treatment for alzheimer's? seems to be the one that's hardest? >> it really is and haven't had a new drug until 2003. even that was surrounded with

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all right. with her victory in nevada senator catherine cortez masto ensured democrats maintained control of the senate in one of the closest watched races in the country. cortez masto was considered one of the most vulnerable democrats. we spoke to her about beating those odds. here's our conversation. >> obviously, your race, you

were considered the most endangered incumbent democratic senator, but with your victory, you helped democrats hold on to the senate, and defy these republican expectations about the senate. what was the refgmessage you th voters sent by re-electing you? >> you know, i'm third generation nevadan and grew up in this community in this state. my family, hard-working members of the community here, and i think it's what i know, just getting out and talking to voters. to me, it's all about working families. making sure we're fighting for them always, and -- i think that's an important message for so many people to understand in nevada. people are looking for individuals that know what their struggles are, that are willing to fight for them that they know, they trust. they trust their values ps principles, know their background and for me it was easy to get in and just talk to people. that's what i loved about it.

the opportunity to talk with hem and listen to their issues that matter to them and let them know that i understood, because this is my background, my family grew up here, and i'm willing to stand with them and fight for them every single day. >> one of their biggest issues, of course, inflation. gas prices, rent prices higher in nevada than almost anywhere else in the united states. what is your plan, now that you are re-elected to have this democrat lick-controlled senate address inflation in a way that makes a difference to your voters? >> you know, nevada. we were so hard-hit by the pandemic. right? at the height of the pandemic, 30% unemployment and gotten that down to less than 5%, but there's still absolutely what i hear from not only nevadans but my own family and i see it when i'm grocery shopping or filling up my gas tank. we still have the high prices. that is a priority. lower the costs. lower gas prices. to make sure we have housing that people really can afford, whether rentals or first-time

home buyers. we still have housing prices that are too high. there's work to be done, and my focus and my legislation already is around lowering continuing to lower those costs. you know, we've done it already with the inflation reduction act and that gave me the ability to talk about how we can work together and show that we can get it done, if we just put our heads together and we work together -- you know, i think end of the day it's for everybody to focus on lowering these costs and that's what i talk to nevadans about. we lowered health care costs around prescription drugs and first time cut the cost of insulin. we were lowering energy costs for so many families and homeowners, but there's more work to be done. and nevadans get that and looking for somebody that really understands those issues and is willing to stand up for them and take that fight to washington. >> another issue seemed to be top of mind for them was abortion. do you think abortion helped pull you over the finish line in

this race? >> well, i can tell you as i went around the state talking to nevadans it was kitchen table issues but absolutely repeal of roe v. wade a concern for nevadans. yes. nevada is a pro-choice state. nevadans, voters, decided in 1990 to codify roe v. wade in this state, and there was outrage across the state from so many -- not just democrats. republicans, non-partisans, women, men, everybody that i talked to were just outraged and want to protect the right of women in this state, really, to make that decision themselves, and leave that as a decision for women, their doctors or whoever they decide, but it is an important decision of pro-choice for women to have the freedom that so many nevadans believe in. >> you're also the first latina senator. with your relee l-election, was latinas that helped stop that

republican red wave? >> here what i know. i grew up in this community and our latino community is thriving and growing beautifully. and they come out to vote and are looking for somebody that really understands. that understands the issues that matter to them and it's no different than the other families. it's a good-paying job, right? a roof over their head. access to health care they can afford. safe communities. want to make sure their communities and their children are safe. a community, you can't take for granted have to show up and have conversations. to me, this is my community. to get in and talk to them about my values, my grandmother from las cruces, mexico to nevada in the '40s when my father was only 4 years olds. they wanted a better life, worked hard and no different than families here incredible entrepreneurs or want a better life for their kids as well.

>> do you think democrats are doing enough right now with o outreach to that community, as important as you said it is? >> ke we can't take any communi for granted but have to follow-up and engage and talk to them, listen to the issues that matter to them. you know, people forget in nevada. we also have one of the fastest growing api communities. i have a large filipino population here and it is important we're always talking and engaging and listening to the issues that matter to them and let them know who's going to stand for them and fight for them and their families. >> cnn called the race saturday night. obviously a major projection given what it signified for democrats. have you heard from your republican challenger adam laxalt yet to concede the race? >> no, i have not. >> do you expect you will hear from him? >> it's going to be up to adam.

>> up to adam. obviously, former president trump recently came to your state to endorse adam laxalt. do you think that visit turned any voters off of adam laxalt and had them vote for you instead? >> you know, i can only tell you, as i was talking to so many nevadans, i was proud to have not only support of democrats but many republicans who had courage to come forward and support me, and non-partisans. so i was just honored to have just that diverse support from so many nevadans across the state. >> my last question for you. i know you're heading back to washington soon. there is a lot to do there and a lame duck period before january. do you want to see action on the debt ceiling in this lame duck period? >> i will tell you absolutely. like every other family, we have to manage the budget and we should, but there is, there are a number of issues just talked about lowering costs for

families, high gas prices, housing. i'll tell you the other thing i have talked about. this idea that we should be doing something to ensure that dreamers and tps recipients, so many already in our communities, front lines central workers of the pandemic that are entrepreneurs and want to be a part of our communities, put them on to citizenship and still have strong borders, i know that, address drug trafficking and weapons trafficking and human trafficking over the border. we can still focus on strong borders and fix the immigration system that gives people dignity. talking to colleagues trying to get something done. so important for so many families. >> yeah. we'll be watching closely to see what the senate does when it comes to immigration. senator catherine cortez masto, you just won and helped democrats hang on to the senate. thank you for joining us and spending time with us.

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no . welcome back to the 2022 world cup. begins sunday in qatar and putting host nation's hostile treatment to say the least of members of the lgbtq community and other minorities front and center. on the same world stage, criminalized in qatar and same-sex relations could face up to three years in prison. a recent report from the humans rights watch details several cases of gay team in qatar subjected to severe beatings and forced into conversion therapy.

qatar denies all of this, but the united states men's national team is one of several countries showing support for the lgbtq community using a rainbow logo at the team's practice facility to bring attention to all of these human rights abuses. we note because of rules u.s. team can't wear that badge during the actual game. also fifa forbidden dpenmark's team saying, equality for all, saying it's too political. david beckham is facing hard and important questions about his role as ambassador for this world cup. listen to this message for beckham from the openly gay british comedian joe liesack. >> you're the first premier footballer to speak openly about your gay friends and married a spice girl, gayest thing a human being can do, but now it's 2022.

and you signed a reported 10 million pound deal with fifa to be ambassador of the world cup. a choice. end your relationship with fifa i'll donate my own none charities that support queer people in football. however, if you do not, at midday next sunday i will throw this money into a shredder just before the opening ceremony of the world cup not just the money but also your status as a gay icon shredded. >> hmm. >> begin this conversation with our colleagues co-host of "cnn newsroom" nobilo. threw jokes in, comedian, spice girls et cetera. a really serious message and i wonder if it's echoed throughout the uk and if beckham is hearing it? >> in sentiment, a prominent comedian and politically engaged who speaks for many within the uk. boycotting, attendinged world

cup in qatar and also mentioned that if he did shred the 10,000 pounds he had there in that video that would about crime in the united kingdom because it's illegal to deface or shred currency and money, and he said it didn't matter, because whatever punishment he might receive would pale in comparison to the punishment that those who were open homosexuals would have to be subjected to in qatar. there is definitely this growing backlash and concern that we're seeing in the country, and foreign secretary here as well has been on the receiving engd of that. in fact, an openly gay lawmakers asked in parliament why he was going to qatar. he said needing to ensure security of those there. maybe an argument he thought would due. >> as poppy read the lead-in to this talking about rainbow flags and symbols. i mean, it's lip service. it's going to take a lot more than that when you consider the

treatment of the lgbtq community, punishable in prison and killed often, too bad have -- it's illegal. look on the screen. what lgbtq, members of this community face there. it's just, you know -- it's a tough thing, because -- beckham is supportive in some ways. trying to be supportive, they say, but it comes off as sort of hollow and lip service unless something is really done. unless they really take a stand. >> yeah. football, like most sport, meant to be universal. the whole idea of the world cup is to bring people together. i was at an england rugby game saturday and horrified the fifa responded. not just david beckham. they should be boycotting this, not just flying out with planes with a rainbow on it, as you say, or the logo of the u.s. team, for example. although a lot of people are praising that as well. they're trying to defend other footballers, support the lgbtq

community, but they're not actually going to have much impact on what's gawk on in qatar. but then, you know, the governor ministers in each country are struggling with it. they are saying go over there and act as you would in a liberal nation, you're asking them to go over there and break the law. it's a sensitive matter. i think fifa has a lot to answer here, because they're the ones that set up the situation by giving the world cup to qatar. >> yeah. the other issue at hand, of course, treatment of migrant workers in qatar. a big thing they've talked about. how is qatar responding to this influx of criticism they're getting ahead of this? >> i think inevitably, backlash. it's looking like statistically unmodern nation. isn't it? >> uh-huh. >> even last week the qatari ambassador to fifa referred to homosexuality in an interview with a german broadcaster as damage in the mind. as you rightly mentioned, the

punishment for homosexual activity in jail and under sharia law, stoning to death literally. there is real concern in this country and other liberal nations that those who are attending, the teams, but also the government representatives, that they might say they're trying to engage and encourage their values in that country, but is it really right to do so and give more credibility to this country and the system? >> yeah. quickly, a statement in. statement from the world cup of qatar supreme community. fifa cup a tournament for everyone much like prevention editioning of the tournament. every welcome to guenard 2022 regardless of race, background, religion, sexual orientation or nationality. public displays of affection are not a part of our society. while everyone is welcome, what we expect in return is for everyone to respect ou