many of these companies are following the same playbook as the ioc.y are citing the olympic charter. they are hiding behind a you and guiding principles on business and human rights. i want to be clear here, there is nothing fighting with these principles. they do not represent international law. they are truth list. it is a significant pivot by many of these american companies to little longer -- their focus being on advancing american virtues and principles to others around the world, now there is a pivot too many of them saying we are headquartered in the united states of america but we are big global companies. they are hiding by the un's guiding principles on business and human rights. that kind of approach, what the u.n. lays out is solely an aspirational vision for corporate behavior. unfortunately, it has also been manipulated by china. when you look at the role of china at the u.n. and how they are co-opting the u.n. goals and principles, that is all being eroded by beijing and other authoritative regimes. it is a way to protect themselves fr

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

the ioc is out of control.eir tax-exempt status. we've got to get the money out of the hands of the ioc. they've proven they are gangster and will deal would deal with anybody for the cash. okay? they're not can have athletes best interest at heart. i'm a little concerned, i saw craig melvin on msnbc walk into get his testing look like a spaceship. can we trust china to them to tell me if i'm positive or not? i don't trust anything they tell me. how do i know they're not taking some athletes out of the game so theirs can do better? editing is on the table. everything is on the table. the ioc only has its own backside to protect. i don't care what they say. look in the food, it's too late. you can join us can bring in like fresh laundry meals for these guys? no. gavin newsom scooped it all up. >> right. and the ioc is complicit in all of that. in addition to these athletes playing such a phenomenal price for this o2 is nbc with abysmal ratings. the games are on pace to be the lowest rated will be games in histor

very little is being said the ioc today.jing, in the united states, specifics as well, unsubstantiated, uncorroborated by the ioc or some of the other agencies involved, so let me tell you what we do know. the medal ceremony for the winners, the silver place and bronze placemat is —— medallists is welcome in the team figure skating event, has not happened. it looks like there isn't going to be any likelihood of that happening soon. the roc, the flag under which the russian athletes are competing, they won. the americans came second, the japanese third, the canadians forth. that medal ceremony hasn't happened yet. we do know because the international testing agency, the ita, has confirmed that some kind of investigation is ongoing it has not named the person who it had rules in place, especially with regards to minors, people under the age of 18, and it doesn't name those people. so we know an investigation is under way. thirdly, because we heard from mark adams, a spokesperson for the ioc, the international olympic committee

as least they talk about it and the ioc understands. something the ioc created, if you don't have russians here, you don't have russian doping and you don't have concerns about the medal ceremony. it's all intertwined and it is something so unfortunate because athletes should be here just for the opportunity to compete. they are the ones that are losing out here, they're the ones that have to deal with this, and the adults in the room obviously failed them completely. >> it's great to see you again, christine. thanks for staying up for us. >> thank you, kate. >>> former president trump says once again why he tried to keep these visitor logs from investigators. that's next. the megasheeeet with three tis the wrinkle fighting ingrgredients. to make my vision a reality. i have to take every perspective, and see clearly from every point of view. with my varilux progressive lenses i seamlessly transition from near to far. and see every detail in sharp focus. when you see no limits, there are no limits. book now at your local essilor experts

kennedy: the ioc holds them hostage.to compete at the very highest level and if they want to do well and gain sponsorship to make money capitalize on this, they should be able to, they have to go along with it. they have no choice. >> maybe our government can lean on them except our government is run by the joe biden administration. kennedy: thanks to the communist chinese banks and everything else. kevin, they are obviously sticking it to athletes in different countries but what do you think the chinese delegation, do they have better living standards and food right now? >> they absolutely do. and you are right to hold the ioc for all of this, they are the accountable party for horrible conditions athletes find themselves in when they test positive for covid. i compare that to the images out of the great hall president xi jinping and dictator having all the dignitaries on him with this massive dinner and you compare that to the fire fest meal presented to the covid positive athletes and you can totally see the differenc

. ., is an even bigger problem for the ioc. ., , ioc.entered despite the fact that she is underage. but is there something a little bit fishy about the fact that the positive drugs result, only came out in the last ten, 14 days while the olympics are on? instead it would've been way easier to drop kamila valieva at the games hadn't started. if the results and come back in december when the test was done. the and come back in december when the test was done-— test was done. the test was done i understand — test was done. the test was done i understand around _ test was done. the test was done i understand around the _ test was done. the test was done i understand around the 25th, - test was done. the test was done i understand around the 25th, 26 . understand around the 25th, 26 of december. it was a competition test from a competition run in st. petersburg. the anti—doping organisation that if they have any concerns that they wish to flag up to the analysing laboratory that this case it needs to be dealt with as quickly as possible. it w

they that there they are forced under labor conditions, brainwashing, forced sterilization and the iocllowing what i'm calling the genocide game can go forward as a stain on the olympics and i'm disturbed that these games take place in the shadow of concentration camps. glorifying the ccp and normalizing their genocide is simply unacceptable. and putting us olympians in jeopardy as they travel to china is unacceptable. american athletes who have ever spoken out against the ccp or who speak out against the ccp while in the country could face arrest and up to life in prison. we cannot turn a blind eye to the ccp without properly preparing our athletes for the dystopian reality of china. i supported the diplomatic boycott because it's a way to stand up for american values that without being ashamed of our athletes. we can root for team usa without giving the ccp propaganda opportunity and victory to spread lies and whitewash their crimes. and if our olympians speak out against the ccp's atrocities the state department should ensure that they are protected . and just as jesse owens showed

i blame the ioc. the ioc never ever should have given the games to china. have gotten so big and such a big financial responsibility the host country that there's just not too many countries that can host the games anymore. this woke world we live in what we have to do it in china, there's a billion people there. we have to cater to them, it's the same thing of the economy is doing and businesses are doing going over there. and it's a shame. it never should've gone to china in the first place because of their inhumane ways of treating their people and that has to change. we have the games in 2028 here in los angeles. it'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few years. >> harris: just a really quick question about that because of always been curious about this. why can't we come up with our own international olympic committee type of deal? if these people at the ioc have so much power and are only willing to give it to countries i can spend so much, that's going to put in the hands eventually of our enemies. we know that. two of them getting toge

if the ioc deflects the pressure _ breaks my heart.ts to put the onus on the athletes?— rights to put the onus on the athletes? ,, ., , ., , , athletes? i think obviously there are so many _ athletes? i think obviously there are so many diplomatic - athletes? i think obviously there are so many diplomatic issues i are so many diplomatic issues happening coming from many different countries but i feel like it's time for them to stand up for what they believe in because they have a few has a huge platform and there are so many young kids who idolise them and are in their footsteps so i feel like maybe 50 to champion of the human rights and stand up for what they believe in and stand up for what is right and notjust keep being silentjust because they have so much money and businesses involved. ., , involved. there have been the diplomatic— involved. there have been the diplomatic boycotts _ involved. there have been the diplomatic boycotts but - involved. there have been the diplomatic boycotts but i - involved. there have been the i dipl

you had ioc president thomas bach, u.n.ecretary january antonio guterres, who had his own one-on-one meeting, thanking him for his hospitality, talking about cooperating on challenges like the covid pandemic, like climate change, calling for more vaccines for the african continent. and then raising the human rights issue which has been at the heart of a diplomatic boycott led by the u.s. and countries like canada and australia, the uk. the u.n. secretary-general putting out a statement that included this line, quote, the secretary-general also expressed his expectation that the contacts between the office of the high commissioner for human rights and the chinese authorities will allow for a credible visit of the high commissioner to china, including xinjiang, which has been at the heart of the diplomatic dispute with countries like the u.s. accusing china of effectively committing genocide in xinjiang. china vehemently denying it. and the presence of a uighur, ethnic uighur athlete, lighting the olympic cauldron in the open

i don't think the ioc should grant these countries the right to host if they have human rights issuese country or stances against lgbtq+, you should get to host the games. beijing will be your last competition. i know you have many strings to your bow. do you know yet what life holds for you after beijing? i don't. i wish i did. it's the end of a chapter which is kind of scary but i think the excitement is it is also the beginning of a new chapter and whatever it is i do, hopefully, will not be something where i am scared of getting hurt, which this has been. i've been writing some random essays that i would like to spend some time continuing writing that and i want to take acting classes and continue to try and hone that craft because it's something i'm excited about and keep auditioning and i guess, who knows? i guess it is difficult to ask this when you are kind of fighting a bit of a battle to make sure you are 100% for beijing, but provided you do get their ioo%, what are your hopes out there? to win the olympics? are you not supposed to say that? everyone is always so coy about

and who should hold the ioc accountable? some key questions there.anter freedom. he joins me. plays for the boston celtics and is a human rights activist. enes, i think this is your third time on this program. always good to have you on. do athletes have a responsibility to speak out on these issues in your view? >> thanks for having me. i think athletes have a huge platform to not just talk about the problems in america but around the world. now because of social media and everything, there are so many young kids that are out there watching us, and idolizing us. we need to educate them. and i feel like athletes important role in this, and yes, i feel like they need to speak out about injustices having. while we are talking right now, there is a genocide happening. >> a genocide that the chinese government has repeatedly denied. as we pointed out in our for the record there, many governments across the globe have said that what they are doing is genocide. last year the mlb moved the all-star game away from atlanta over a georgia law that infringed in

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

how should the ioc respond to this?, we keep -- we hear these stories, allison, it's never ending. i mean, the stories that athletes come up with from all different sports over the years about how they tested positive. now, of course, it's so hard to attack a 15-year-old. none of us should do that. we're not doing that. but clearly the people around her need to be held accountable. the ioc for many years has not taken full responsibility for things like this, pushing it to the cas and it's time for them to step up and do something and what they did do in not having the athlete be able to accept their medals during these olympic games was just horrendous and it's just terrible. you heard from some of the athletes, one of the american figure skate ers, who came in 1h place after the short program saying, she's been clean, she's 25 years old, she's been doing it the right way and i think for the athletes what have been doing it the right way, this is like a punch in the gut. >> now, valiyeva is skating under the russian ol

is that the role of the ioc? dick: it is one of the aspects of the many roles that the ioc plays.uai is a three-time olympian, so she is part of the olympic family. and if she is in trouble or in need, the olympic family will be there to support her, and has been, and has, in fact, been one of the principal contacts between punctuate and the rest of the world, so i think that is something that the olympic movement should be proud of and we should continue to support former olympic athletes like her and the current olympic athletes who are competing in beijing after lots of uncertainties and concerns about the covid virus and the ability to train and the ability to travel. i think that ioc, though it has dealt with some of these issues -- should be commended for the rate has dealt with some of these issues. yvonne: i have to wonder, human rights has been one of the issues that has marred these winter olympic games. you are setting to see some of these chinese athletes almost being the center of the geopolitics as well, almost like a double-edged sword if you are a chinese-american.

the international olympic committee, ioc, deciding there will be no medals or award ceremony for thepetition until the investigation of the doping case is complete. >> every single woman, instead of being asked about her prom, it's going to be, what do you think about kamila valiyeva? their olympic moment is being robbed and that is a sports tragedy. >> reporter: valiyeva's test sample was taken by the russian anti-doping association on december 25th at the national championships in st. petersburg. but her positive test results were not reported until february 8th, after she'd already competed in the olympics twice and won gold in the team event. the testing company suspended her that day, but immediately reversed the ban the next day. >> she was still practicing and still, from what we understand, had her accreditation still at the games. if they truly provisionally suspended her, all of that should have been taking away. >> reporter: monday, the court of arbitration paving the way for her to compete. >> the charter have decided to let miss valiyeva continue her competition in the o

athletes notice and are starting to wonder does the ioc have their back.cp there is a lot to watch for in these olympics. -- we will see. there is a lot to watch for in these liv-ex. rishaad: thank you very much. ok, some strong messaging coming out of two european central bank's. let's get the first word news. >> yes, boe has raised its key interest rate in a bid to contain inflation and is on course to top 7% this year, despite nine policymakers supported a 20 five basis point increase, four members voted for a 50 basis point hike. after announcing the decision, the governor tempered expectations with more aggressive policy moves. european central bank president christine lagarde is no longer ruling out an interest rate hike this year in a pivot towards tightening. she delivered hawkish comments, citing record inflation, after keeping asset purchase plans and other measures unchanged. that has led investors to bring forward ecb action, with some analysts expecting the first rate hike in september. >> there was unanimous concern around the table of the go

obviously, as you mentioned, the ioc disagrees. that's why the ioc who's in charge during the olympics is leading an appeal for sport in switzerland. in its own statement they say it hopes to see a quick decision made by the court before next tuesday. that's when valiyeva is selected to compete. if no decision is reached we can see her continue and that could be quite controversial. as for the medal still, the ita also specifically pointed out that's a separate, even more thorough prosthaes could potentially take longer. conceivably we may not see a medal ceremony for the team event during these games. isa, coy wire just spoke with nathan chen who is part of the u.s. team. he said the medal ceremony is always such a special part of the olympics. he still hopes they get to share their special moment with the team this time around. >> we'll hear from coy a bit later in the show in about 30 minutes or so. of course, this drama really is just so much drama for a young girl who's only 15. worth bearing in mind. steven jiang, appreciate

the ioc saying they wouldn't be drawn on that speculation.'t say which organisation was handling this matter. theyjust called for patience and said it would be resolved as quickly as possible. meanwhile the athletes who were involved in that team event and others who were involved in future competition have been back in competition and training, but the issue here is that some of the medallists from that team event are due to be flying out of beijing and as yet they haven't got their medals. around 150,000 people have signed a poeition calling defender kurt zouma to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. two cats of zouma's have been taken into the care of the rspca. it comes after videos emerged on social media showing the 27—year old hitting, dropping and kicking one of them. the club says the french international has been fined "the maximum amount possible" with the fee being donated to animal welfare charities. 0ur correspondent matt graveling has the latest from outside the london stadium. west ham say that an internal investigation into the

but experts say when it comes to china, money talks. >> the ioc hasn't backed off, the brands haven'toff. it's too big a market. they want access to the chinese economy and the chinese consumer. >> what do you think china wants to achieve at these games, what is the aim here? >> first to be a success. it shows to the developing world that china's model of development is successful, and they want to win. i think that's also worth saying. they really want to do really well at the olympics. >> reporter: as athletes and officials from all over the world arrive in the chinese capital for one of the world's oldest sports traditions, a reminder of what these activists are up against. >> i think it is going to be a very tough journey. >> reporter: and the pressure these world class athletes will face beyond their quest for gold. >> our thanks to abc's britt clennett. >>> i can't believe the olympics start on friday already. >> yes. so soon. and china tried to keep politics out of the game, but it doesn't seem to be happening. of course, we want to support all the athletes working so hard. >>>

and we keep talking about ioc, and the propaganda. but also, people misunderstand us, especially the athletes, they have a huge platform. so i feel like i wish one of them would come out and say enough is enough and i'm gone. but it is what it is. and like you said, like everyone said, i'm not going to give one minute of my time to watch anything over the next few weeks. >> laura: speaker of the house nancy pelosi, she made a comment about the athletes. watch. >> i would say to an athlete, you are there to compete. do not risk incurring anger of the chinese government because they are ruthless. i know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there. i respect that, but i also worry about what the chinese government might do. >> laura: isn't this quite something? she admits that they could put themselves in danger by speaking about anything other than maybe the competition. and yet, we are all supposed to say, isn't this great everybody is in beijing? it is a constant dissident, it doesn't make any sense tho

the ioc, as christine rightly said, they're in bed with the chinese government, playing ball. up to the wta to hold firm and not go back to china. if they go back to china with their tournaments, of course, which they have many of them over the last years and supposed to have a lot more, they're going into the tiger's den because china will eat them alive. the only recourse now for the wta and i hope they do this, kate, is stay strong and don't go back to china for professional tennis tournaments. >> look, christine, could this be a tipping point or a watershed moment because you guys are right, the wta is the only one who has stood up in this entire thing. >> absolutely, kate. i mean, a master class in leadership. not just sports leadership but humanitarian leadership, as patrick has said. obviously, all these many weeks now we've been talking about this very sad and difficult story and, you know, i think there's a positive here. always trying to look for a positive. the spotlight is shining very brightly on china because the olympics are here, so be careful what you wish for

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. >> bill: if you want to point the finger look at ioc.irst city, beijing, that has been awarded the summer and the winter olympic games. >> dana: yeah. makes you wonder, hope it doesn't happen again. >> bill: ioc. >> dana: giving me the side eye, everybody. >> dana: and caitlyn jenner will join us and have more with lauren green coming up here. now this. the white house is ready for possible covid vaccine approval. kids young as six months old, many parents raising questions whether or not they really need it. dr. marc siegel next to sort out the facts for us on that. my win, i chose safelite. they replaced the glass and recalibrated my safety system. that's service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ no one deserves the american dream of homeownership more than veterans. at newday, you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos. already own a home and need cash? with the newday100 loan, you can get up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments $61

but it does not end with the ioc . china has been hypocritical in these games., too, like the ioc, have been say we need to keep politics out of the olympics. it was not that many years back when china itself was boycotting the olympics. they did in 1980, the moscow games because of the invasion of so is in afghanistan and also the 1964 olympics in tokyo. finally, the united states is quite hypocritical in this instance as well. you have the biden administration that has carried out a diplomatic boycott against china and these olympic games joined by very few number of countries, i might add, but many people are looking at the u.s. wagging his finger china and say, hey, what about of who's invited in a guantanamo bay tortured and time again, waterboarded time and again? what about those kids in cages at the border? what about the unquestioning support for israel as they carry out an apartheid system against palestinians? well my friends would point out what is happening in china right now, we're seeing crimes against humanity happening as defined in the rome sta

it's a lost cause with the ioc at this point, the games will go on.about the money at the end of the day. that to me is what's driving this whole thing, and at the end of the day, somebody, someone's going to have to step up and do something because clearly as the former ambassador to china said on this network about an hour ago, they do not care what we in the west think. they don't care, and by having that person light the torch was just a slap in the face to all of us. >> before i let you go, patrick, the sports world in the united states has been rocked by this discrimination lawsuit brought by nfl coach brian flores, what do you think about this whole thing? >> i think it's extremely probl problematic and if you look at the assistant coaches in the nfl, i believe there are 15 coordinators that are african-american, six gms that are african-american, if you take the nfl side, there's coaches in the pipeline, at the moment there's one african-american coach right now in the nfl. so from the larger perspective, this is a huge problem. of course each

it was a blatant and cruel failure of the ioc to allow that to go forward.t: let's take a call from washington, pennsylvania, on the independent line. hi, peter. caller: hi. i agree with the callers who compare this to the 1930's when the olympics were held in berlin. our governments and those in power seem to feel that the human race has evolved or is going to evolved, always have -- evolved, all we would have to do is get together and things would change. then nothing has changed. it is still the truth. the major change is wealth is the root of all evil. the holy scriptures is what i believe in, and it is god-breathed. our leader of the house of representatives said we should keep quiet. our athletes should just shut up . this is not going to work. it's not going to work and i am sorry. i feel very sad about this whole situation. host: thank you, peter. minky, he mentioned the money. what do you say to sponsors of the olympic games? guest: i think just a little background for our listeners, the olympics are financially supported by a program called the top

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

overruled, the ioc was overruled by the court of arbitration for sport.re skater the world has ever seen, but when she went on to compete in the long programme that pressure had clearly got to her and she collapsed and the reaction from her coaches was very strange, to say the least. the decision of the story will go on. those who want sanctions may be imposed but the bigger issue is frankly what to do with russia and the ongoing problems of doping will stop they'd already been sanctioned and i think the ioc is going to have to review again what happens there.— is going to have to review again what happens there. yeah, moving awa from what happens there. yeah, moving away from that _ what happens there. yeah, moving away from that controversy, - what happens there. yeah, moving away from that controversy, what i away from that controversy, what performances really caught your attention at the games, really stuck out for you? attention at the games, really stuck out for you ? t attention at the games, really stuck out for you?— out for you? i think it prob

well, despite the assurances that you just mentioned from the ioc, we have seen through their actions ioc will pick the chinese authorities and work with the chinese authorities to the detriment of the athlete. so what i've seen with peng shuai was enough to make me scared for my team—mates who are over in beijing. and my advice to them is to put their heads down and focus on their competition, and to stay silent. and it pains me to say that, but i'm scared for their safety. and noah, what are they saying to you in response when you have given them the advice? are they choosing to stay silent? what have they said to you about what they're planning to do while they're there? the athletes understand the situation, they've been briefed extensively by the us olympic committee and by the us state department. they know the risks, they've been told to get burner phones and rental computers because they know they've got no digital privacy over there. so they're not naive, and i don't think you'll see any athletes speaking up. and i actually hope not, because of the risks that athletes face. b

so instead of suspending her, the ioc, the victim, is now being more victimized by putting her back onhe world is looking at her, 15, the psychological damage to this young girl let alone what they're doing to protect the lack of integrity of the sport. every single athlete that deserves that podium is being robbed of it and that is why we need sponsors and the governments to stand up to support athletes and demand reform from all of these organizations. >> yeah, and when you -- >> it is no longer acceptable. >> when you say they doesn't have a choice, do you think she knows that she was doping? is this a situation where it is possible that she was fed something, given something called a vitamin that was, in fact, this drug? >> we've talked to whistleblowers and former and current athletes of russia and the word is you're either part of the system or your out of the system and being part of the system is your required to take prohibitive substances. so yes, she's part of the system and been involved in the system and she's a 15-year-old child but part of the system and i think that is

has the ioc decided about those specific medals?er: the ioc says there will be no medal ceremony for that team event in which the russian olympic committee took gold. team usa took silver. those athletes will not be able to step on a podium with their friends to collect that medal. japan took the bronze. those athletes will leave these games empty-handed. the ioc has asked the international skating union to ask for an extra competitor to participate in that free skate for reasons of fairness. if valiyeva finishes in the top three, no modal ceremony will take place for that event either, not even a flower ceremony at that venue which would be exceedingly unfortunate for the skaters in that event who have worked their entire lives for this moment. >> a lot of confusion. this decision has received a lot of pushback worldwide as well. coy wire, thank you, as always. >>> the ambassador bridge, the busiest international land border crossing in north america is fully open this morning after authorities cleared out covid mandate protests wh

the chinese tennis player peng shuai has said she met with the ioc president, thomas bach, on saturday in beijing. during herfirst western media interview with the french newspaper l'equipe, peng shuai said she never accused anyone of sexual assault and she'd deleted her social media post that appeared to make such a claim. the well—being of the three time olympian became a matter of global concern when the allegation first emerged in november. our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell has been following the story — he gave me his assessment of this latest development. this seems to me to be yet another attempt by the government and the ioc playing along, to somehow put an end to this furore. now they've chosen a media outlet, i don't know if they've deliberately chosen someone who's not particularly across the issue, or why they chose that french media outlet, but they haven't asked her — like, for example if she says, "i wasn't accusing this former senior party figure of rape, of sexual assault", well, what were you accusing him of? that question was not asked. now this is crucial l

people need to understand the reality is ioc is in the same bed with china.ll of these athletes, while you're in china, please, you know, have one day and go visit the concentration camp. see if you're able to go to china ever again. just please. take a moment. also, if you're going, that means you're part of the problem and part of the propaganda. china is going to use you for their own propaganda. it's unbelievable how people can't see that. >> martha: what you've done to put slogans about this and messages on your sneakers when you play would not be allowed according to the rules. we've seen how many people put political slogans all over things in this country. they're not going to let them do that in china. here's a uighur american activist who is concerned about his sister in china. watch. >> these olympic games could be stained with the slave lay wore of my people. could have my own sister's forced laborer. they have condemned millions of uighur people. today the conscious of the world and the humanity are being tested. >> martha: you say you'd like the

well, thank you for having me filter the ioc's _ having me filter the ioc's politically neutral positionaligned with belarus, and when it comes to china they have always been very silent and chosen to remain neutral. but in the face of a genocide and atrocity crimes that are occurring in the uyghur region, they cannot be neutral, they have to speak out when there are human rights concerns that are happening in the context of the games. meanwhile, china has been trying to rebrand xinjiang as a winter sports hub throughout the games. yes indeed. this _ hub throughout the games. yes indeed. this is _ hub throughout the games. yes indeed. this is why it is even more important for the olympic committee to address these issues that human rights groups and many people have brought up to their attention. we have actually met with the international olympics committee senior officials on two occasions and raised very concrete demands specifically regarding labour rights, regarding the procurement of olympic merchandise that might be tainted with uyghur forced labour and they have failed to address

of course, it's alphabet soup, ioc, caf, on and on it goes. someone who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, 15-year-old, all very sympathetic that the adults in her life obviously betrayed her, and abused her but she tested positive and now she's going to compete in the olympics and that is a devastating blow to these games. if you can't trust what you're watching or believe it's true, then why do you watch? it's a true, a scandal of massive proportions. she's going to be competing and as you mentioned, no medal ceremony. which the ioc decided, kate, and i think that tells us a lot. they think, at the end of the day when all of this is examined, another cast ruling in five or six months, whenever, that it may well be that they'll determine, issuthat she'll be disqualified because of her positive drug test. >> patrick, as a former olympic coach, what are you thinking about with this news today? quite frankly, for all of the other skaters? >> that's all i'm thinking about, actually. it's great to see christine again. she's working

were overruled, the ioc was overruled by the court of arbitration for sport.e is by far the greatest figure skater the world has ever seen. figure skater the world has everseen. but figure skater the world has ever seen. but then when she went on to compete in the long programme, the pressure had clearly got to her and she collapsed, and the reaction from her coaches was very strange, to say the least. the story will go on as to what sanctions may be imposed, but the bigger issue, frankly, is what to do with russia and the ongoing problems of doping, they had already been sanctions, and i think the ioc will have to review again what happens there.— will have to review again what happens there. yes, moving away from that controversy, _ happens there. yes, moving away from that controversy, what - from that controversy, what performances really, you know, caught your attention at the olympic games, really stuck out for you? olympic games, really stuck out foryou? i olympic games, really stuck out for ou? ., olympic games, really stuck out for ou? ,, , .,,._ for

nbc news has been able to independently verify them in the ioc will only say that the metal ceremony was delayed by a legal issue. this gator is considered to be the best female skater in the world in her performance was seen as the key to the performance first-place finish. we did we talked to sports medicine doctor at stanford test more about the drug and with 15-year-old olympic athlete would be taking it. >> it can actually improve their endurance. they can allow this to do an activity for a little bit longer. with less workload to their heart. and because that is something that is more, it's illegal essentially, it's known as a banned substance. >> russia was then from the 2016 olympic scepter report that the government funded athletic doping for years. in the threes and the russian athletes are allowed to compete in beijing, but not under the russian flag. they have to do the russian olympic committee. today, the russian figure skating media has not been suspended and is practicing normally. >> data brokers are scooping up workers paystub information in bulk. you can see what t

the ioc only found out last week. the court of ash strags has been meeting behind closed doors for hours. an announcement expected less than an hour from now. >>> cnn's world sports patrick snell joins us on the latest on the games. let's head to the very latest on this doping scandal. steven, this is about the future of the games. it's also about a gold medal that she has already won. so what are the details? >> well, john, the ioc just clarified a few key points about this case at a press conference, saying that decision from the arbitration is going to be narrowly focused. it's only going to address this technical and procedural issue, whether or not she can compete on tuesday. it's not going to draw conclusions on whether or not she has committed a doping offense or whether -- what's going to happen to the russians scope medal from that team event last monday, just one day before her positive test result returned. now that, the fate of those medals according to the ioc is going to be determined by a separate more

there have been meetings between her, virtually, and thomas bach, the president of the ioc, and there been an indication that he would meet with her when he came to beijing for the olympic olympics and an ioc spokesperson said that that meeting will, in fact, take place, but we may not learn very much about what happens during this meeting. lis listen. >> you'll appreciate that we're not going to release details through the media of that meeting, but the meeting will take place. and as the president very eloquently said, we would talk with her and it would be up to her to decide what would and wouldn't be said. >> the ioc salespokespeople say they want to respect what peng shuai would be comfortable releasing to the public. but he argued that there seemed to be an argue to cover that up. back to you. >> and ivan, staying in beijing, president xi was again having high-level meetings and a banquet, even. take us through who he met and what might have come out of it? >> this was a banquet in the great hall of the people in beijing, where there were a number of heads of state and other to

the ioc should be accountable to athletes so that athletes never feel like they are even being askedlieve in. noah, thank you so much _ values they believe in. noah, thank you so much for— values they believe in. noah, thank you so much forjoining _ values they believe in. noah, thank you so much forjoining us - values they believe in. noah, thank you so much forjoining us on - values they believe in. noah, thank you so much forjoining us on the l you so much forjoining us on the programme. former us cross country skier who competed at the 2014 whimper 0lympics skier who competed at the 2014 whimper olympics in sochi. thank you for your thoughts. you have been watching newsday. stay with bbc news for all the latest global headlines. thanks for watching bbc news. hello there. it's been mild for the time of year, for the last few days. thursday's also another mild day for most of us. quite a bit of cloud around once again, but i think we should see a little bit more sunshine into the afternoon. and it's going to be breezy, as well, i think a windier day today than what we had on a wedn

should the ioc be doing more to protect, essentially, these children?w children to be at the -- to compete at the world stage, the pressure out there is immense, and you're dealing with margins of error that separate gold and bronze that are just almost intangible in those differences, and so that pressure alone, i think, is incredible. you know, i think you've got a problem. and you saw this in women's gymnastics where sometimes athletes are heitting their pea at a very young age so how do you put those athletes in a position with the support that they really need to thrive and be successful in a healthy way? and that, i mean, usa gymnastics has just come full circle trying to figure that out and it's been a long five, six years trying to reright the ship, so to speak, and i think figure skating's starting their journey now and they need to figure it out because she is a kid. >> let's talk about mikaela shiffrin. crashed out of the third event now. she says that she feels like a joke, and you mentioned gymnastics. after what we watched with simone bile