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and usa gymnastics writing in a statement, quote, we share the feelings of shock and our thoughts arenity. >> alisyn, when i was in the courtroom for larry nassar's sentencing, and how can we forget this? and i was talking to the young women and everyone involved, they just kept talking to me about john gettard. and they said, there needs to be justice here. how many years ago was that? that was a few years ago. so cnn worked very hard to confirm that law enforcement was sort of gently looking at him at that point. it's taken up until now for these charges to occur and then, obviously, he wasn't taken into custody right away. he was allowed to turn himself in. and that gave him the time to do what he did yesterday. >> just horrible, jean. horrible on every single level. and of course, it does raise even more questions. thank you for reporting on this for so long for us. >> thank you. >>> now to another horrible story. a manhunt is underway this morning in southern california for the two men who shot lady gaga's dog walker and stole her two french bulldogs in the process. surveillance

programme: we'll hearfrom simone biles — who says she would not allow her daughter to be part of usa gymnasticsr sex abuse scandal. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome along to sportsday — plenty to come on the cricket in india and tennis in australia later in the programme — but we're going to start in scotland. as the first minister nicola sturgeon has called on football to — in her words — "make sure your house is in order" — after reports rangers players breached covid rules by attending a house party at the weekend. rangers issued a statement to say they were aware of the allegations and had launched an internal investigation. chris mclaughlin has this report. police were called to an address on this street in glasgow in the early hours of sunday morning. fixed penalty notices were issued to ten people. a number of those were understood to be rangers players. last night the club issued a brief statement saying they were aware and that an internal investigation is now under way. it that an internal investigation is now under way.— now under way. it has taken everything _ now under way.

. >> reporter: klein and her attorney who has represented more than 200 nassar victims, want usa gymnasticsnd the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee to be held accountable for the abuse. >> these people let this happen with nassar and geddert for money. >> reporter: in an interview with "60 minutes," olympian simone biles called for an invest investigation into usa gymnastics and the u.s. olympic committee to find out who knew what and when. >> we bring the medals, we do our part. you can't do your part in return? it's just like -- it's sickening. >> reporter: klein agrees and said she believes there is still abuse going on in usa gymnastics. >> what you can do is tell the truth. give us the ananswers. help us u understandd how thiss couldd in on his own because they had no indication that he would harm himself, tony. >> all right. thank you very much. a lot that's upsetting here, but one thing that comes to mind is that the victims will not have an opportunity for that public justice and closure they got with nassar. >> and they're still looking for a lot more transparency from the gymn

. >> reporter: that includes usa gymnastics, which this morning said it hoped the criminal charges would aly raisman also tweeted this, as a minor on the national team, i frequently had to travel without my parents under the supervision of usa gymnastics. the, quote, responsible adults including john geddert, marvin sharpe, steve penny, and larry nassar sharpe was a top gymnastics coach who also took his own life after being charged in the scandal. and steve penny, he was the former president of usa gymnastics, who was forced to resign those girls all want an independent investigation. they said they have not gotten it yet. >> the fact they're still uncovering this, you know, it's just shocking. >>> meanwhile, this morning, efforts to hike the federal minimum wage as part of president biden's covid relief package, the efforts appear to be doomed. a senate parliamentarian ruled on thursday that a measure mor than doubling the minimum wage to $15 an hour cannot be included because it violates the budget process however, in the private sector, costco announcing thursday it will raise its mi

this is the latest twist in a tragic tale that has torn usa gymnastics apart and sparked a global conversationger problem than any individuals, but a global, cultural problem. british 0lympian, jennifer pinches, started a social media movement last year when gymnasts shared their stories of alleged abuse. she is now one of 17 women claiming british gymnastics win at all costs mentality normalised psychological and physical abuse. i still think that gymnastics is the best sport in the world. and for every gymnast that wants to learn to fly, i want them to be able to do so in a safe and enjoyable way. and for every parent that wants to put their kid in gymnastics, i want them to know that they can put their child in any club in the country and they will be safe. the letter sent by lawyers to british gymnastics alleges abuse of children as young as six and includes... inappropriate use of physical force and physical assault. weight management techniques which caused eating disorders and bullying and intimidating behaviour. it outlines how the former head of the sport's governing body admitted the

the alleged offenses stretched from 2008 to 2016, to this point we have not heard from usa gymnastics that organization did suspend the coach during nasser's hearing for sentencing in 2018 he resigned a few days later shep >> jay gray, thank you. >>> how the texas disaster happened, one of the worst in state history. now there's new insite state lawmakers health two hearings, demanding answers from energy executives, questioning them about how they allowed million to lose power from a winter storm they knew fully well was coming. one of the executives admilted that the entire energy sector failed texas today we learned the power grid was, get this, 4:37 from total collapse that's according to ercot, the company that runs the grid ercot officials say, had the company not ordered controlled outages, the state would have been completely in the dark for weeks. ercot's ceo calling it a devastating event, but saying he stands by the decisions that were made. >> i feel a great deal of responsibility and remorse about the event, but i will continue to investigate and be investigated, but i be

nasser who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing athletes 3 years ago or get it was suspended by usa gymnastics in january 28th seen after being accused of abuse was get at seeing physician for approximately 2 decades and he was found sue have lied about nots hearing any complaints about nasa and us it just being charged with $24.00 crimes focused on quote multiple acts of verbal physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by the defendants against multiple young women well we've been speaking to sportswriter casper b. and he fears the kind of abuse that gets was charged with is widespread in gymnastics. it got the gold in him to gold and that's the biggest honor you can get so in in old janessa exports he was well well respected man also known as harsh but that was normal in many guidance of regions in the sport also utils known as as as a father and i femi man a good man for everybody well the things that were not in the big chair were us what happened behind the closed doors of course because there are such big things happen in usa but very soon and all the other counties gymnast's recognised what

guilty for sexually abusing hundreds of athletes 3 years ago while did it himself was suspended by usa gymnastics in january 2018 after being accused of abuse in terms of his links with the disgraced doctor was good team physician for approximately 20 years and according to the attorney general get a would reportedly neglect guidance for his athletes from doctors except that given by. all in total before taking his life he was charged with $24.00 crimes turnus now is the editor in chief of jim power sports magazine casper paying customer 1st of all how big of a shock is this latest news to the gymnastics world. would want to see from my you're here and i can tell you that jumpers very big. subjects improvements are already a big impact on the sport when you hear that no such thing happened. everybody is. because that ho much has us gymnastics reform since the larry scandal low. maybe ed i think a little explanation from journalism here and europe is. to understand something about the sport because. bitter towards a well respected coach and the sport it's a big thing when you have such great succe

guilty to sexually abusing hundreds of athletes 3 years ago while good at himself was suspended by usa gymnastics and generated 2018 after being accused of abuse in terms of his length would not disgrace doctor was a good team physician for proximity 20 years and according to the attorney general go to would reportedly neglect guidance for his athletes from doctors except that given by nasa while in total before taking his life he was charged with 24 crimes we've been speaking to editor in chief of jim power sports magazine casper being a day is the kind of abuse good that was charged with is widespread into an ast ix . it got the gold you know into gold and that's the biggest honor you can get so in in old janessa exports he was well well respected man also known as harsh but that was normal in many kinds of regions into sport also it was known as as as a father and then i femi man a good man for everybody well the things that were not in the big chair was what happened behind the closed doors of course because there are such big things happen and you was a but very soon and all the other counti

meanwhile, a former team usa gymnastics coach accused of sexual assault has died by suicide.fter he was charged with over two dozen sex crimes. he agreed to turn himself in to police but never showed up. he had ties to the disgraced dr. he's accused of abusing gymnasts under his care, he led the u.s. women's gymnastics team at the 2012 olympic games in london. twitter announced a number of new features, including super follow subscriptions where you can charge followers for bonus tweets, a newsletter, another allowed them to create or join groups based on specific interests. there's the stock in the premarket. it is up more than 2%. finally, lady gaga is offering a half million dollar reward for the return of her two french bulldogs. two thieves caught on surveillance video obtained by tmz of her dog walker being shot late wednesday night in los angeles, trying to defend all three dogs. a warning, this video is tough to watch. >> no! [screaming] [gunshot] cheryl: so the dog walker is in the hospital reportedly in critical condition. according to the new york post, the fbi is

meanwhile in usa, the former coach of the american women's gymnastics team — john geddert — has beenndreds of athletes. his body was found after he failed to surrender himself at a sheriff's office. the world race series, for electric cars starts in new season tonight, live on the bbc. 24 drivers will be competing for the formula e title over the coming year, and 7 of them are british, but unlike in f1 we are still waiting for first home grown world champion. first action starts in saudi arabia this aftermoon i have been in the car and if the light pops up you have to jump clear of the car so you don't get electrocuted. luckily, nothing went wrong. at what speed? if something goes wrong, you stop the car. not when it's moving! that's a different sport. 80 miles an hour! stop first. here's matt with a look at the weather. are you still chuckling at my stupid question? a lovely start already with a beautiful sunrise developing in kent. it is going to be like that across many parts at the moment but even though we have clear skies it is pretty cold. night—time frosts have returned. the

usa! >> alfonsi: ...but while biles was taking a victory lap around america, the indianapolis star newspaper exposed the darkest secret in gymnasticsaccused of sexually abusing gymnasts, some of them at the karolyi ranch, initially, biles remained silent, even with her mother, nellie. >> nellie biles: i would ask her explicitly about touching and inappropriate touching. and if that ever happened to her. she would deny it. and then she would want to leave the room. >> alfonsi: the stuff with larry nasser, your mom has said, you didn't want to talk about it at home. >> biles: oh my god, no. >> alfonsi: why not? >> biles: because it was so hard for me to even say it out loud, that i knew how hard, like, it crushed me. it would crush my parents. and i didn't want them to feel the same pain that i felt. because it was very dark times. >> alfonsi: two of simone's olympic teammates were among the dozens of women who publicly disclosed that nassar had abused them. in january 2018, on the eve of nassar's sentencing hearing, biles was ready to admit she too had been a victim. >> nellie biles: she was crying. and she said, 'mom, i have to tal

women's gymnastics coach john geddert committed suicide after being charged with human trafficking and sexual assault, among other crimes. christine brennan, long-time sports reporter for "usa today" has covered olympic sports for years and she joins me now. christine brennan, thank you so much for joining us. this is just another terrible turn in what seems to be a steady stream of all news coming from women's gymnastics. >> to begin to fathom this terrible, dark nightmare, this awful labyrinth of lies and deceit that these mean, larry nassar a name many know, in jail now, serve a 60 year term, federal prison, for his sexual abuse of so many of these women with potential charges and jail time to come, and now coach john geddert who harked hand in hand with larry nassar side by side for at least a quarter of a century, maybe more, in michigan, at this gym in lansing, michigan, and we're talking hundreds of young women who were sexually abused, and that's one of the reasons there was such joy in the gymnastics community when geddert was brought to justice with the michigan attorney general announcing massive charges and then, of course, the news that he died by suicide as ju