norway pulled out because of this list of demands made by the ioc.applauded for pulling the pin. >> well, oslo probably is going to -- oslo is going to set a trend. the ioc is about to embark, finish up, if you will, a reform to the bidding process in december that are supposed to make it easier for cities, less owner rouse for cities to make bids for the olympic games. the list of demands that the ioc makes is a bit of a legend, it's half true, half false. but the ioc does make some requirements on the host cities to carry out in terms of accommodations, transportation, but they don't ask for red carpet treatment. they don't ask for car jar. they don't ask for special lanes for olympic visitors to travel around the city. so you know there is a bit of a miss perception exactly how much the ioc wants out of the cities. at the same time there's a great obligation on the part of the city that's selected. >> so wasn't a 7,000-page list of demands made by the ioc as reported by the norwegian media including free mobile phones, that kind of stuff. >> that

. >> reporter: what does it mean if the marine corps declares ioc? >> it's a sham. >> reporter: tom christy is a former high-ranking pentagon official. he was the senior advisor to the secretary of defense for the testing of weapons. the sham as christy calls it is a decision by the marine corps to declare its version of the f35 fighter plane ready for combat, or in military speak, ioc. >> the program has been embarrassing and they are just at the point to say we're going to take whatever we get. >> reporter: a recent assessment by the pentagons own director the office christy once occupied, has identified safety problems with the marine's f35,

ioc members fear falling energy prices could hut the budget. the human rights record is also a concern. >> we're very concerned about the suppression. freedom of peaceful assembly freedom of organization freedom from torture and freedom from this. >> reporter: in the 1950s it was the winter spot venue. they haven't been very successful in the winter olympics. these teenagers plan to reverse kazakhstan's olympic fortunes in 2022. >> translator: yes, i can win the olympic games and bring back to my country the first and hopefully not the last gold medal. >> translator: certainly it would be good. it will be prestigious. it means everything would come to kazakhstan. it would be good for us. everyone would be proud of kazakhstan. >> reporter: they now just hope that the ioc members take the leap and vote for them on friday. >>> the homeless 9-year-old philippinefilippino boy has been flooded with donations around the world after a photo of him went viral on the internet but daniel cabrera is not unique. we report on the plight on the many young chi

in the end the ioc decided to go with the sure fire bet in beijing. shown they could host the olympics before. but a lot of people that follow the olympic movement closely actually had almaty amade of beijing, but you had four members that were from china, and that perhaps swayed the voting. >> i think there is the view that the bidding process is actually a bit flawed. >> i would say for starters they need to reorient the relationship that they have with potential host cities. lowering the cost which they have made some motion to do and rethinking this idea that host cities are on the hook for all expenses that go overbudgeted budget. we saw the implosion of the bid in boston and the sticking point was the major did not want to sign a host city agreement that put the city on the hook for the overbudget costs. they need to think about the costs of the olympics and make real deal movement to lower the costs of the games. and if you are a major violator of human rights you just shouldn't be allowed to host the olympics. >> i wish we had more time. thank

that statement from the ioc.ecause i want to show what happened at the 1968 mexican games, which a lot of people will remember. i think we have a picture of tommy smith and john carlos, just raising their hands. and they were punished for that. they didn't say a word. and that was considered by the ioc a sort of political demonstration. they were not stripped of their medals. but their credentials were taken away. they had to leave mexico city. what is the ioc going to consider a political speech in this case? >> i have no idea. but also in the olympic charter, the principles are anti-discrimination. and it is very clear, what we're asking them to do, the athletes, is to follow the charter, you know, follow your own charter. and principle 15 is to educate about various cultures. and i'm sorry, i come from a culture of free speech. so it is really absurd. we won't know until we get there. >> let's assume that the situation was where there is a gay, an american athlete who is gay and who is married, wins or doesn't

we did not get them from the ioc. that reason, there will be lingering, disturbing questions as to whether beijing '22 winter olympics were in fact complicit in uighur forced labor. >> reporter: the ioc standing by its due diligence study when asked by cnn thursday. >> none of our products, none of the production took place in xinjiang nor any of the input or raw materials come from that region. >> reporter: despite the ioc's very public reassurance, so murky are xinjiang's supply chains that companies from china and elsewhere and customers like the ioc could be relying on uighur forced labor whether they know it or not. jake, anta has been on a shopping spree in recent years. they now own more than two dozen athletic brands, including famous north american ones like wilson. all deny any ties to forced labor, but this has both the clothing brands and their customers struggling to navigate the unknowns in supply chain, especially, jake, when transparency of places like here in china is constantly in question. >> david

what would it take for the ioc prove? >> base in our discussions with the ioc, they are very open to coming back to the united states. we have made a sincere effort to become much more active and engaged in the global olympic movement. we have tried to be at the table when decisions get made and contributions have to be made to various projects. i think the time is right for the u.s. to compete to host the 11 games. for us -- the olympic games. we want to make sure there is a compelling reason for the ioc to look at our bed and say that will make the world better. it will make the city that hosts the games better. it is so important that we not spend huge amounts of money that wouldn't otherwise be spent on the olympic games. it is one thing to spend it $10 billion on every structure, if you were going to spend $10 billion on infrastructure because it's in the city's best interest. because they need a new railroad, new streets, things like that. but we can't do is put ourselves in a situation with the citizens of any city

>> that's really the question on the part -- up to the ioc and world aquatics. there are alternatives. they can make other events, qualifying events, if they really wanted to do something they could make an event in israel or a special event for the affected athletes. instead, they're clamming up and not telling anybody anything. >> you've had no response from the ioc at all? >> right. and not only have i had no response, but there are several journalists who are now following the story who have done real work trying to get to world aquatics, trying to get to ioc, trying to get to the israeli olympics with no avail. >> eric spitz, thank you so much. we appreciate it. we should note that we also reached out to the ioc, and they did not respond to our request for comment. eric, good to see you, good luck to your daughter. >>> google just settled a lawsuit for hundreds of millions of dollars, and you might be able to get a piece of that. stay with us. >>> in the "money lead," you could be in for money from google. well, not much. but money's money. roughly 102 mill

so does the ioc have any credibility on this?s track record is spotty. i am old enough to remember the 2014 sochi winter olympics and thomas bach -- the ioc president then -- standing side by side with russian president vladimir putin defending russia's human rights records. and weeks after the games, russia invaded and annexed crimea from ukraine. even more egregious, we learned later that russian intelligence agencies were running a sophisticated doping scheme. doping russian olympic athletes at the games, right under the eyes of the ioc. when it comes to this situation, the ioc, in its defense, says it's engaging in quiet diplomacy. silent diplomacy. and it has managed to have two calls with peng shuai. they say they are going to try to meet with her face to face. but keep in mind that the ioc is partnered with the chinese government right now, very closely. and it is in their interest for the upcoming beijing winter olympics to be a success. they do not want to embarrass the chinese government. >> right. and i mean, even meet

the ioc handing out this single image sunday of a 30-minute video call between peng, ioc president thomaso respect her privacy. an ioc official on the call said i was relieved to see peng sh b buy was doing fine. some suggest their concern is not peng but profits. the ioc statement fails to mention peng's explosive allegations three weeks ago that one of communist leaders sexually assaulted her. unlike the ioc, the women's tennis association prepared to pull hundreds of millions of dollars in business out of china demanding direct communication with peng, unmonitored, sun censored. the wta selling cnn this video does not change our call for a full, fair, and transparent investigation without censorship. >> the history books look back at this time, they will say the wta, what an incredible master class in humanitarian leadership, the right way to do it, to call china on its abuses and the international olympic committee sitting there as they always do basically doing nothing. >> reporter: which some say makes the ioc complicit in the apparent silencing of a tennis icon who dared into speak

brand, sponsors, and the image of the ioc. they realise things are not going according to the ioc schedule, and are blaming rio. they are reacting to this by blaming the ioc, saying this is a colonialist perspective on the way things happen with brazil. the criticisms happen every time the olympics happen, every time the world cup happens. it's part of the existential conditions. delays, cost overruns, security concerns. when the ioc comes out and says these things, they are reflecting their own desires for the city, and not attending to the demands that we have in brazil, which is to have better schools, hospitals, transportation and san tags. if the ioc is complaining, or saying in the international media - brazilian cities have 30% sewerage coverage, then they are talking about something we have a conversation about. when they complain about the canoeing and swimming venues, that's a discussion that a lot of brazilians are not interested in having. >> they are blaming brazil for the ebb and flow of a worldwide event. profes

people can go to the ioc's website.point that they can't change the internal workings of any nation, but what they are free to decide is where they hold the olympics and what the ioc is free to decide going forward, given not just russia's actions on the international st stage, but nonetheless, russia a consistent violator of the spirit of the olympics. so if they wanted to do something, instead of saying well, we feel badly for the athletes and everybody does because they're exploit d, and letting them compete under a euphemism, they ought to consider banning russia from the summer games in paris and winter game to follow. for years and years and much of the international community applauded it, they kept south africa out of the olympics because of its apartheid policies. certainly russia's transgressions rise to a level where they could be banned for a considerable period of time. >> another country whose transgressions rise to that level, saudi arabia. a key u.s. ally. horrible human rights record. they tried to spor

she's also the most decorated of the ten ioc president.she won seven olympic medals and was twice the 200 meter backstroke champion, taking gold in athens and beijing. coventry will be in office for at least eight years. her first games will be the winter games in milan in february and then, of course, the big one, the summer games in los angeles in 2028, a time in which she will have to work with president donald trump, some of whose policies could impact the games. but it does feel like the dawn of a new era for the ioc. for so long, they've been accused of being out of touch and rather spineless when it comes to dealing with the challenging issues of the day. but this does feel like a new, young, fresh era for the ioc. back to you. >> yeah. exciting times. well, thanks for joining me here on cnn newsroom. i'm isabel rosales in atlanta. we have more coverage on the heathrow airport closure coming up after this break. >> have i got news for you is going strong so far, but we need new games. what have you got? >> how about balls or no ball

the ioc is not sure that is the best move. they don't want to admin sports without women's sports, women's sports without men's sports. from the united states alone the committee standpoint, we would like to see women's softball in the games. they don't have the world series. they don't have that premier championship that young women athletes can aspire to after their ncaa championships. i think that is a great question, but i think the ioc has decided for the time being they want the best athletes in the world coming to the olympic games, not something else. in baseball, that wouldn't happened. >> a follow-up question. it points out you have been involved in the rescue of women's softball and wrestling as olympic sports. wrestling made it, softball did not. why do you think the olympics committee doesn't want to consider softball, and what are your thoughts about this? i realize you just touched on that, you may want to elaborate. >> i think the ioc does want to consider softball. in that context, they can only add one sport.

the ioc's advice, drink more water. linsey? >> james, thank you. >>> and now to the urgent hunt for suspects after the terrifying scene at washington national stadium. a night at the ballpark turning into chaos. the sound of rapid gunfire from outside forced the game to come to a stop. three people outside the stadium wounded. d.c. metro police are looking for this car, believed to be involved in the shooting. elizabeth schulze is in washington. >> reporter: tonight, the search for suspects in the shooting outside washington, d.c.'s, nationals park is under way, after gunshots sent frantic crowds fleeing and taking cover. d.c. police trying to find this vehicle they say was involved in the shooting near the stadium's third base gate. >> padres put three more on the board. [ gunshots ] 8-4. >> reporter: in the middle of the sixth inning saturday night, rapid gunfire echoing across the stadium, halting the nationals/padres game. >> into the nationals dugout to get away. into the padres dugout now, too. >> reporter: some fans runn

a lot of the people who sit on the court set on the ioc, making it not any kind of body at all.wined that it is hard to see anything real getting done. lisa: as the bureaucracy of the sport, has trouble dealing with that, we have seen what is happening with the skaters in that they are all pushing the limits. the second place finisher, as you mentioned, landed five quadruple jobs. i'm going to ask you, what do we know about what that is doing to skaters' bodies and the sport just going to far, too demanding on the skaters at this point, for their own physical health? stephanie: that routine -- he landed five quads, the same number as the man's -- men's champion, a wild statistic if you thing about the difference between the male and female bodies. part of the problem is once these girls' bodies mature into women's bodies, they cannot generate the force required to land these jobs. they have the wrong muscle-to-fat ratio. that also sets up really backward incentives in that if your goal is to create skaters who can do the sort of incredible rotations, what you want our children a

>> the ioc brought in their own specialists in terms of construction.they were put on a yellow warning, and threatened by the then president with taking the games away, but they had to employ many more people and go overbudget to get everything ready on time. the worst example was back in 1976 when the stadium wasn't even open in montreal. so there's the real specter that everybody doesn't want to revisit. and there is so much riding on these games in terms of merchandising and television broadcasts around the world. so it is one of those things that you cannot afford to fail. >> and of course the world is already looking at brazil because it's hosting the world cup in just a few week's time, but that could be a negative as well, couldn't it, because of course, the attention is all focused on that. >> well, it is, only twice in recent history have we had a city and a country hosting the olympic games and the world cup in quick succession, mexico did it, and then germany, but it sounds trivial but there could be problems. football is like a religion in b

the ioc held a moment of silence on monday, a low-key event held at the olympic village for about 100esn't do justice for the wife of israeli fencer andrew schwitzer, killed in the attacks. on the phone from tel aviv, israel, is his widow, who's been fighting on a moment of silence for years. thank you for joining me this morning. let's talk about what happened last night before the entrance of all the athletes, there was a moment of silence held for victims of war and also a memorial wall, but no specific mention again of the munich 11. do you wish that you had been asked to contribute to this memorial wall? >> well, you know, we are of course very, very disappointed that, again, the ioc gives in to terror. because you know, they told us that all the arab delegations, 46 of them, they would threaten a boycott if the 11 murdered israelis would be remembered. but you know, we only stood at a minute of silence when we spoke, and with us, many, many other people in the stadium, and you know, also those who supported our request, they came along. all these years we have been fighting by o

the ioc has a rule you can't discriminate. they've been asleep at the switch.es. sponsors will be under pressure to cancel their sponsorship. a lot of things we can do short of boycotting. >> you can't move the games six months before they start. that would be like having the world series, the super bowl and world cup organizing them in seven months and having them run for 14 consecutive days. it's impossible. >> you can't have the exact same games somewhere else but could move a cut rate version in norway. >> you could move them. >> we're talking about people's safety and human rights. these are not -- >> it also doesn't help russia. it doesn't help russian gays. >> yes, make that point. >> sorry for jumping in. >> you know, we're -- i think that -- ioc to protect the athletes. athletes have to be protected. a boycott is not going to help. >> let me distinguish two things. there is concern about actual gay athletes in russia during the olympics being arrested for the law. in fact, the sports minister said, of course, if they violate this law, if they propagand

a senior ioc member in february said that moving the games was, quote, unquote, silly.sed the possibility that it might be moved. the ioc might itself realize it's under pressure and so, therefore, the momentum is toward a boycott or toward moving the games to another country. >> bret: you know, we had a recent fox news poll and one of the questions dealt with the president's approval rating. specifically on china. and if you look at those numbers, they're pretty abysmal. way under water. 55 disapprove. 28 approve. is this administration being too soft on china, especially after that virtual back and forth, that summit if you will with president biden and xi jinping? >> i think so, bret. also, what we have seen is directionless policy. now, at the climate summit, cop 26, i think the administration wanted to obtain china's cooperation. they are willing to give up a lot as john kerry the climate czar has said. at that biden virtual summit president biden did not raise the origins of coast. we are talking 773,000 americans who have died from this disease. he didn't raise i

the ioc has boggled and poorly handled this issue. a learning moment -- teaching moment for ioc as well in terms of choosing countries in the future and ensuring we don't put our athletes and don't put sponsors of ioc in these situations. i hope more sponsors are going to speak out. i hope ioc is going to be clear directive and speak out and i hope a number of athletes from this country and around the world will show their support for the lgtb community in russia. >> thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. >> such a year for you. >> it has. >> happy new year to you and your family in arkansas. >> thank you. you as well. >> we'll be right back. stay with us right here on "andrea mitchell reports." ♪ the only downer? my bargain brand towel made a mess of things. so goodbye so-called bargain brands, hello bounty basic. the affordably priced towel that's an actual bargain. watch how one select-a-size sheet of bounty basic is 50% stronger than a full sheet of the bargain brand. it takes a strong towel to stretch a budget. bounty basic.

if the ioc does that, i really don't see how the ioc will be able to continue to function beyond thosempics. >> that's right. you're absolutely right, lawrence. i mean, the reality is here that what we're beginning to see above and beyond the protests and the outcry around this issue are now, you know, motions by governments beginning to speak out. the reality is today we saw the united nations come out with a statement basically denouncing the anti-gay laws in russia. so we're going to begin to see this pressure not only from the united nations but from leaders all across the world to put pressure on the ioc and actually, quite frankly, other olympic committees across the world to deal with this issue and to deal with it in a meaningful, constructive way. >> jim mcfarland -- no, david mcfarland and jim bozinski, thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. >> my next guest is going to be lewis black. but that's going to be coming up after the rewrite tonight. and john oliver is in the rewrite tonight in a big way because he has rewritten the future of "the daily show

back to the point you had at the ioc was a video call.al lunch, nothing like that. how can you ever be sure that her appearances aren't staged if she isn't allowed to leave china completely on her own free will and speak publicly? >> listen. there are lots of countries where you can't easily leave the country and so forth. so, i -- i think a lot of that is speculation. i mean, what we have is -- is hard evidence as we can have and feel. these are people who are -- you know, they've dealt with athletes and dealt with pressure. they know -- they can tell whether somebody's behaving under duress or not. and their -- their unanimous conclusion was that she was fine and she just asked that her privacy be respected for the time being. the other thing you mentioned earlier is i don't know that she withdrew anything she said. what she said was taken off whatever the platform was. >> actually, head of the world tennis association received. didn't share with anybody. but then, he saw it reported in chinese state media. >> well, i -- i -- i have no

would the ioc consider that a political act? >> i doubt it.ages of people are gay, of populations, they have been gay. we had athletes compete across time. it is not a matter of concern for the ioc. we believe sports belongs to all people. the games there can be no discrimination during the games or part of the games. we are absolutely opposed to that. the problem men are looking at as we look at the game. i for one don't expect the russian authorities to enforce their hateful laws against any of the people that you bring in there for the olympics. for those couple of weeks. but they will enforce them during that very same time throughout the country against people who aren't protected by your olympic umbrella there. >> one of the things we hope the olympic games brings is a better standing to all people. people in the country will see what is happening in sochi and celebrating human excellence. they can be celebrating human excellence. we have to appreciate humanity and its variations that. 's what makes it so important. and having the games

ioc, global. we're talking politics. that's it today for "dr. nancy" join us at noon eastern tomorrow and up next "andrea mitchell reports" andrea live in geneva. hello, andrea. >> hi, dr. nancy. what an exciting day and what an exciting day for rio and what a huge blow for chicago and, indirectly, for the president and first lady after they made that overnight flight and last-minute bid. let's go right away to copenhagen and jim maceda. jim, bring us up to date on how you think this decision was made. clearly, it was an attempt to give south america its first opportunity, first opportunity to host a global games for the olympics. >> it was that, andrea. no one didn't do anything wrong. chicago didn't make any mistakes, no one thinks. this was a four-horse race and it went into a two-horse race. we thought it would be rio and chicago, but chicago just came up short. rio has a lot going for it. most of all, it has the geopolitical card to play. it played it dramatically. and every occasion the rio team would hold up this map. the map of the world

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will face further financial scrutiny so for example the likes of ioc president thomas bach and blato to be labeled politically exposed persons and if you define that it means people that could be abused for money laundering and in a practice terms it means banks can look at where their money is coming from and demand the source of the money and not saying they have done anything wrong but the record is not great and eight committee members found guilty of corruption and banned in the last few years and of course if this law had been in place then then those individuals would also face criminal charges. >> does it go fur enough joe to stamp out corruption? >> well, i think the lawmakers here are brought in and certainly hopes it will go far enough and the reason it is brought in because politicians and swiss public felt the corruption allegations damaged the reputation of switzerland abroad and this part of really widespread legal movements that have tried to stamp out corruption in switzerland, having said all of that fifa and ioc, if they don't like the laws put in place and they ca

the ioc will also stud eau the report in regard to the olympic games. if any infringements or their group should be established, the ioc will react with its usual zero tolerance policy. the u.n.'s human rights chief is warning that violence in burundi can escalate into an ethnic conflict. he is calling on the international community to take immediate action toa void that, but the foreign minister has down played the situation saying that the country was calm. he cautioned against imposing sanctions. a third term was won and warned the opponents to are disarm or face tough police action. a day after that deadline passed, nine people were shot dead by unknown gunmen in a bar. the u.n. security council has been discussing the arrest. >> reporter: united nations and african officials say burundi could be descending into full-scale violence and language that somehow described as reminiscent of the rwandan violence in the capital has been continuing on an almost daily basis after the president of the country set a deadline for people to give up their illegal

the ioc did hold a moment of silence on monday, a low key event held at the olympic village. enough for the widow of the israeli fencing coach murdered in that 1972 attack. she spoke with cnn this morning. >> we are of course very, very disappointed that again the ioc gave in to terror. because they told us that all the arab delegations, 46 of them, they had threaten a boycott if the 11 murdered israelis would be remembered. we spoke to the president of the ioc just two days ago and explained to him, gave him all kinds of options. we said you cannot stand in front of thousands of young athlete, you cannot just disregard it. and if you want to inspire a generation, which is the motto of your olympics, tell them let us not forget what happened to munich so that this will never ever happen again. >> last night bob costas who is anchoring the olympic coverage called out ioc for refusing the moment of silence and also paused for 12 seconds during the entrance of the israeli athletes. mitt romney spent several days there and was criticized for several missteps including comments ab

the ioc is obviously saying enough is enough.ey should have said this eight years ago with the russians who have been cheating their brains out and getting a way with it and keep coming to the olympics even though they are not supposed to be, at least their flag, anthem, and the name of the country but this is what the ioc deserves, john, when you keep letting russia get away with things, it -- you have this explosion that is now threatening to just take over the entire olympic games. but the ioc is now saying what it believes that she should not compete and that is a very big deal. >> it is a huge deal. during the olympics, to have the ioc say that potentially the biggest star of the entire games shouldn't get to dpcompete. how are other athletes reacting to this at this point, and the fact that it is a minor involved here. how does that impact the investigation? >> right, john, and that actually as i am sure people are are saying yeah but she is 15. i am saying that as i am reporting this, and trying to break the news. she is 1

the members of the ioc are good people i like to think. they also have to be responsible people for what might happen. the other thing here is, the ioc is giving an international platform to putin. we need to learn from history. in 1936 the berlin olympics happened. three years before that hitler came to power and began this gradual campaign of horror against the jewish people, and he got legitimacy throughout the word, he got more power, he got that status and that's precisely what we're giving putin with the olympics being held there. >> in the past there's been talk of boycotting for different reasons. we tried that once. >> it won't work. >> and greg lew gain this who was a victim of that boycott, gay athlete, doesn't want to see a boycott. this is a different idea. this is -- >> right. >> look, vancouver has the facility. they've used it already. >> right. >> for exactly this. just a couple of years ago. just dust it up, it's ready to go. you say in here in your piece today something that's directed at nbc, the sponsors, everybody inv

instead the ioc will let each of the 28 federations for different sports decide which russian athletesmay compete. ioc chief batch said an-- bach said an athelete should not suffer from a system in which he was not implicated. the vote came after a investigation confirmed pervasive doping of athletes from russia in winter and summer sports from 2011 to last year. any russian athlete previously sanctioned won't be allowed to compete. the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency who had been calling for a complete ban said the ioc decision is a significant blow to the rights of clean athletes. >> finally after months of speculation, yahoo has been sold. verizon communications, the largest wireless carrier in the u.s. has agreed to buy yahoo's internet business and land holdings for $4.8 billion. verizon is expected to announce details of the sale tomorrow. yahoo pioneered the internet search engine business and was once valued at more than $125 billion. but the company struggled amidst the rise of google and facebook causing yahoo's ad revenue to plunge. stay with the newshour starting tomorr

and they said she had passed the strict drug test of the ioc in london. so yes, the chien nenese feel te being unfairly singled out. they feel if it had been a michael phelps or another swimming sensation, we wouldn't be talking about it. it would have been fabulous news and yet in this case, it's cheating. >> i think i was encouraged, and i said this to our guest tonight by the reaction of the chinese over here in london to the other scandal involving the badminton teams, one of whom was the china team, where they deliberately lost to avoid meeting some of their rivals in later stages. the cheen nies were very quick to come down on this thing. it wasn't in the olympic spirit and endorsing the decision to suspend and throw them out of the games. how has that gone down in china? is it being seen as a sign that china really has changed? they are now prepared to play by the rules of the olympic games? >> yes, it is one of the top trending topics, especially in the micro blogging sites here. and indeed, most of the people who were posting were supportive of c

there are numerous members of the ioc present here tonight.t important, welcome to the 209 national association members international and national association. naturally to our executive committee, vice presidents, and members, to the confederations present here as well to the honorary members, to the [ inaudible ] of [ inaudible ] to the members of the democratic core. to our partners to the major representatives, to all of the guests and finally to you all, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends friends, you will agree with me these are unprecedented and difficult times for fifa. the events of yesterday have caused a long shadow over football and over this week's congress. actions of individuals bring shame and humiliation on football and demand action and change from us all. we cannot allow the reputation of football and fifa to be dragged through the mud any longer. it has to stop here and now. i know many people hold me ultimately responsible for the actions and reputation of the global football community, whether it's a decision for the host

that is the ioc's approach. we have not had to as an ioc send people like this in before. have been struggling to get them to understand the problem. testaments are starting this year. and yet in the test department there are two people working. >> now rio's olympic organizers are downplaying this warning saying everything will be ready on budget on time. >> yeah, we'll see. more on the challenges facing rio two years from the olympics and just weeks away from the world cup. >> reporter: rio de janeiro says they will deliver excellent games within the agreed time tables and budgets. now, they didn't go into particulars but say there is good news on the launch of the park. that is a sore point because eight events we' s will be play there and yet construction has not started. this is not expected to quiet critics. the ioc's john coats says that rio is in a worse condition than athens was. in fact, they sent a local envoy to work alongside the officials saying that was an unprecedented step to help to speed things up. now, at the time the mayor welcomed the special envoy. bu

i think it's against ioc rules. >> it's a tough call and you know, unfort flunately, the ioc not following own charter and in their charter, principal six is anti discrimination against, you know, the entire olympic movement is about not discriminating, and here they are being very select in what their -- what they are enforcing, and they have come forward to say that they would take action toward those athl e athletes who do demonstrate and it's really unfortunate that the ioc is not living up to, you know, they are talking the talk but not walking the walk. >> so you would not wear a rainbow flag or wave one or make a statement while competing? >> oh, i probably would. i would get a rainbow speedo. >> a rainbow speedo. i'm not sure if they make them, but you can probably have one made. thanks, i appreciate. >>> richard served as white house senior advisors dealing with the issues. what do you make of what is happening in russia right now and the idea of a boycott? >> it's a big story and will probably be the biggest international gay rights story we've seen, and i think we have to keep a

ioc secretly asked london to step in. did ioc says nothing has changed. >> there's absolutely no plan for london. as an alternative. there's absolutely no plan b. we, the ioc, the international federation, and the organizationing committee and the three levels of government have to work together and are working together to deliver the games. >> rio de janeiro! >> just five years ago a very different picture in rio. but a series of delays forced olympic officials to bring in extra monitors to speed up preparations. >> we haven't had to as an ioc send people in like this before. we have been struggling to get then to understand the problem. are test contaminants are starting this year and yet in the test event department there's two people working. >> the more immediate concern is the upcoming world cup due to kick off a month from now. planning for the event has been plagued by massive infrastructure problems, cost overruns and allegations of corruption. the government has spent more than $11 billion getting ready. money s

. >> reporter: what does it mean if the marine corps declares ioc in 2015? >> it's a sham what it means. >> tom christie, from 21 to 2005 he was the senior advisor to the secretary of defense for weapons. the sham he says, is whether the marine corps should declare ready for combat or in military speak, ioc. >> the program has been embarrassing and they're just at the point to say you know we're going to take whatever we get. >> do you think that this plane is combat-ready? >> no, absolutely not. that combat capability is years away in my vote. >> reporter: the f 35 is the most expensive weapons program in american history with an estimated price tag of $1.4 trillion. it's also been one of the most problematic beset by safety reliability and performance issues ever since the first f 35 rolled off the assembly line in 2006. >> they are producing what 40, 50 airplanes a year? to me that's full scale production. that's a tragedy i think because god knows what we're going to have to do to fix all these aircraft. >> reporter: nonetheless the pentagon plans to eve