. >> reporter: hickey freeman made a last minute pitch to sell a whole new batch of american uniforms before the flame is lit in london. the fallout has been so heated that even donald trump who tweeted burn the uniforms and harry reid are on the same team. >> i think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >> reporter: the u.s. olympic committee stands by ralph lauren and says it relies on private funding to support the team. many american companies that sponsor the games also make their goods overseas where labor is cheaper. it's considered too late to change the uniforms so in a way the athletes will represent both their country and the difficult issue of out sourcing. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. >>> the banking giant jp morgan chase today announced losses from a bad trade made by an employee nick named the london whale have now reached $5.8 billion. nearly three times the first estimate. that's one employee. the company also announced it's clawing back as they say two years' worth of pay and bonuses from several

they say they don't have time to get it done by next -- by friday even though hickey freeman says theyrs. right in she thud not be be like stock cars that have the advertisements, the commercial logos all over them. when you look at these outfits and google the image, google the picture of, you know a ralph lauren olympic, you know, outfits, there is a logo the size of a football on these things, you know, with the ralph lauren corporate logo with the guy on a horse wielding a polo. that's crazy. there is not a u.s. flag. there is not the words "u.s.a." there is just a giant ralph lauren corporate logo. >> its way bigger. everyone has seen the polo shirts that have the little jockey but this is bigger, like five times always big as the usual one. weird. >> so that they could be, you know, tens of millions watching the olympic ceremonies, they will see the logo so it will be on television. it stinks. it's awful. the united states 0 almost you pick committee are a private organize. they get to do what they want but these athletes are representing all of us. i think to turn our olympic at

shipped overseas, whether it's olympic uniforms being made in china when they could be made by hickey freeman in new york, made here in america. outsourcing is an important piece of america that we now have to deal with. and of course we have the additional problem that governor romney has made a fortune shipping jobs overseas. the american people care about this issue. we can sit here and point fingers at, boy, that's terrible, we're now going to have to deal with outsourcing. we should deal with outsourcing. we should have done it before. but we've had a little problem getting the legislation on the floor. i don't want to apologize to anyone for having a debate on outsourcing. senator stabenow has done a wonderful job on that, and we couldn't have a better senator to deal with outsourcing than her. because what we did in the stimulus bill, the american recovery act, is direct jobs back to michigan, detroit, other places, with what we did with batteries, billions of dollars there. instead of importing batteries, now we're making most of them here in america. what we did with governor romney,

shipped overseas, whether it's olympic uniforms being made in china when they could be made by hickey freeman in new york, made here in america. outsourcing is an important piece of america that we now have to deal with. and of course we have the additional problem that governor romney has made a fortune shipping jobs overseas. the american people care about this issue. we can sit here and point fingers at, boy, that's terrible, we're now going to have to deal with outsourcing. we should deal with outsourcing. we should have done it before. but we've had a little problem getting the legislation on the floor. i don't want to apologize to anyone for having a debate on outsourcing. senator stabenow has done a wonderful job on that, and we couldn't have a better senator to deal with outsourcing than her. because what we did in the stimulus bill, the american recovery act, is direct jobs back to michigan, detroit, other places, with what we did with batteries, billions of dollars there. instead of importing batteries, now we're making most of them here in america. what we did with governor romney,

shipped overseas, whether it's olympic uniforms being made in china when they could be made by hickey freemanin new york, made here in america. outsourcing is an important piece of america that we now have to deal with. and of course we have the additional problem that governor romney has made a fortune shipping jobs overseas. the american people care about this issue. we can sit here and point fingers at, boy, that's terrible, we're now going to have to deal with outsourcing. we should deal with outsourcing. we should have done it before. but we've had a little problem getting the legislation on the floor. i don't want to apologize to anyone for having a debate on outsourcing. senator stabenow has done a wonderful job on that, and we couldn't have a better senator to deal with outsourcing than her. because what we did in the stimulus bill, the american recovery act, is direct jobs back to michigan, detroit, other places, with what we did with batteries, billions of dollars there. instead of importing batteries, now we're making most of them here in america. what we did with governor romney,

a new york company hickey freeman says they will step up, make all the uniforms in time for the opening ceremony. >> to be clear for olympics. not just in general. >> legislation. they can't pass a budget. >> this is absurd. >> democrats don't propose a budget but legislation for that. >> i don't mind the joke about atlantic burned. not let t be burned because it's manufactured in china. >> burn it because they look ugly. the outfits are absurd. >> let me add. this where have these politicians been? are they not aware we have a manufacturing problem here in the u.s.a.? a lot of stuff is no longer manufactured in the u.s.? >> i'm sure if we look at whatever label is on it. >> charles krauthammer said last night he said get over it it's silly season all of our stuff is manufactured in china. that's the way it is. we demanded cheaper goods in this country. when $3,000 plasma televisions came out and we said we can't afford companies started making them at target and now you can go to target and buy them for 499. >> obviously should things. we should manufacture more stuff in the united sta