yes, andy mcdonald — of your body so much. yes, andy mcdonald is _ of your body so much.ur body so much. yes, andy mcdonald is a legend _ of your body so much. yes, andy mcdonald is a legend in - mcdonald is a legend in skateboarding, i don't use that word lightly. but he is in a phenomenal athlete. if you look after your body in state. the thing to bear in mind is that a lot of skaters are having fun and they are doing amazing things and i am so dedicated. and they are phenomenal athletes. but it is about having fun as well. that's absolutely at the heart of what skateboarding is. and i think that probably enables you to keep going longer. probably enables you to keep going loner. ., , . probably enables you to keep going loner. ., .,, , . ., probably enables you to keep going loner. ., , .. ., longer. how optimistic are you of medals for _ longer. how optimistic are you of medals for team _ longer. how optimistic are you of medals for team gb _ longer. how optimistic are you of medals for team gb in _ longer. how optimistic are you of medals for team gb in paris? - long

and andy mcdonald california. and andy mcdonald his name is. and he is 50. so it's incredible.o he's he's the great british skateboarding team. no word of a lie. a girl who's 16, a girl who's 15 and andy, who's 50, who turns out he's one of the world's greatest skateboarders and has been he's won medals at the x games. i mean, we didn't expect to be talking about this, but, he's so successful and he's he's got, i think his father was born here, so he's he's lived in california all his life, lived the skateboarding life. so we're like, welcome. of course, you're british. so he'll be competing for britain. well, there you go. >> you're never too old. >> you're never too old. >> that's the definition of a cool dad right there. just. >> isn't it just. just walking everywhere with his skateboard takes the kids to school. the thing is, they walk and he goes on the skateboard, so. but anyway. >> well, maybe that would be a bit embarrassing. >> well, there's not some else going on, a lot a few bits and pieces and of course, not least the british grand prix at silverstone, which i'm you

listen, we've got, andy mcdonald is probably a name that you're not familiar with. no. and skateboarding. did you skateboard when you were a kid, martin? i bet you did, didn't you? >> i stopped after the first time. i almost broke my neck. >> yeah, i was the same. yeah, i was, i had one go and then that was, i had one go and then that was it. now. now, andy is, although he's american, he's got. you see where i'm going with this? he's an american. he's got a british father, which then means he can skateboard in then means he can skateboard in the olympics. now, the different thing about him is that he's 50. i mean, he is a legend. i know it's he's. you've looked. there's three people. >> take the risk. >> take the risk. >> we've got three people in the olympics, two girls, one of 15, one of 16. and andy, who is a 50 year old man. but he's a true legend of skateboarding. so he's decided to compete for great britain. so he's in california, and we're going to speak to him in about 25 minutes, which i'm ridiculously excited about. oh that's fun. yeah, i think it'll be great.

there we are andy mcdonald due to go in the skateboarding this evening.l it's been postponed as a result. so that will now take place on monday instead. so rather than the 14 gold medal events that were taking place today, we're now down to 13 already and we're only still quite early on in the morning, but elsewhere, in the hockey team, gb are currently playing spain. spain ranked eighth in the world, england are ranked second. of course it isn't england, it's team gb. well, that is a good sign for them. and the last time i looked, it's currently ongoing. i'll just check with my cameraman. is it still nil? nil correct. it is still nil nil in the hockey . so we'll see how the hockey. so we'll see how that goes. of course this is just the early stages but there's a good chance for the men. they're really pushing because the last time the men won an event won a medal in the hockey, it was i think it was around 20 years ago or so. it was a long time anyway, so they'll really be looking to do. well, plenty of other opportunities for goals. i mentioned earlier

being the second, sky brown is going to go again on sunday, but tomorrow we're going to be seeing andy mcdonaldpool, but he's a bit of a legend in the sport. he's got 23 x games medals, the most of anyone ever. he's also the first man to ever skateboard through the white house. so a very interesting chap. it's his 51st birthday on wednesday of next week , so let's wednesday of next week, so let's keep our fingers crossed that not only can sky brown do very well, but that andy can do well in the men's. there is so much to look forward to, not just this weekend , but over the this weekend, but over the coming days. we have got so many incredible athletes . you've incredible athletes. you've heard. remember me speaking to mark foster earlier about our potential in this olympics in tokyo ? we took home 64 medals. tokyo? we took home 64 medals. there were 22 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze. now the games before that in rio 2016, that was our best ever performance with 67 medals on the table. there is big hope that we can perhaps beat even that in this games. paris. of course, being the closest thing to a

we've got the oldest ever skateboarder in the olympics, we've got andy mcdonald.eresting fact for you. he's the first person ever to skateboard through the white house in 1999. he also has the most ever medals at the x games, so we have high hopes for andy tomorrow. but those are just a few of the incredible things we'll be seeing here in paris in the next 24 hours. i'm sure it's one that many people will want to be watching , one that many people will want to be watching, i'm one that many people will want to be watching , i'm sure. to be watching, i'm sure. >> sophie, thank you very much indeed. >> greatest show on earth the olympics. all kicks off tonight, but let's hope that those that sabotage of the high speed rail routes is fixed because it's holding a lot of people back, especially in london. delays on the eurostar already. >> so do be careful if you're travelling to paris. >> yeah, but no, it should be quite something i mean, if you, if you're going, it will be amazing to be there. the atmosphere and it's when you get in the olympic village and all that.

about the men's skateboarding, you weren't particularly hopeful for our candidate in the men's andy mcdonalding to go in the women's skateboard street final. now sky brown of course. she took the bronze medal at tokyo 2020. our youngest ever medallist for team gb. so lots of people are going to be have their fingers crossed for sky today that she can pull it off in the skateboarding. perhaps it will be she that takes the first gold medal for us in these paris olympics. so lots to be watching. lots of action for team gb today and lots of people will be excited to try and get. we've got bronze, we've got silver , lots of people going to silver, lots of people going to be excited to see if we can cunch be excited to see if we can clinch that first gold medal today. >> oh, it's so exciting. i'm so jealous of you. sophie. after the opening ceremony, which was was long and wet and not the best thing ever. what's the atmosphere like in paris now? i just can imagine the excitement of, you know, i was at london 2012, obviously, but what's the atmosphere like that? what are people are saying? are peop

you pick somebody else, andy beshear, josh shapiro, somebody else becomes the vice president will act would later get acclimated they think where's the president? i'm sorry mcdonald's analogy. >> i thought why don't up from draft through rise he gets off the price gap in new him. he listed i think it's a much if somebody can visualize her as the president and she is the president i think it makes the argument much more difficult for people to discount her. >> i think you've moved somebody up. if i was running the democratic party. that's what i'm hearing. >> now, what i am hearing is the operative thinking on the hill democratic leaders who are forcefully trying to get rid of joe biden. they see a kamala harris is the only path. and that's how they seem yes. she is on the ballot. >> and what's taken a lot of work to get certain people to understand the roots of this party. to your point let me just say this as we leave blocky we introduced this segment, crisis in the biden white house republicans united. >> it's a love fest here though ocoee we, don't even know who the president is going to be on the democratic side. so baby, enjoy what, whether you worried, we beg