the return of live sports. >>> u.s. officials are clearing out the american consulate in chengdu, china. beijing ordered it closed after the u.s. shut down china's consulate in houston, but this diplomatic standoff is also creating an unlikely photo-op. cnn's david culver reports. >> reporter: the closure of a u.s. consulate in chengdu has become a tourist attraction. this street, quite quiet. you can see now a crowd, a lot of people with their cell phones out, just wanting to pass by to see what exactly is going on. and really not much. a lot of security, a lot of police have cordoned off the area. they're making sure they keep people moving along. but they're stopping, taking pictures. this gentleman here, one of many, trying to snap a photo. >> showed us a highly unusual scene there with so many lookie-loos. this is much more than a spectacle. let's turn to the serious political issues at hand and the first question has to be will u.s. officials actually be out by the deadline? >>...