the ioc hosted an olympic esports event last year in singapore. they say it went well and our planning to talk more about it in paris and we'll look for an esports host city, raj. stay tuned. it's going to happen. thank you scott. the paris olympics, by the way, next month and you got to qualify to get there bni tomorrow. catch two weeks of olympic trials right here on nbc. it all be wh the swimming trials from indianapolis. you can watch it live on nbc bay area and peacock. speaking of sports, the sharks have stepped up to help a local food bank after seeing our report last week. we told you the second second harvest of silicon valley must leave its biggest storage warehouse. it's a 90,000 square foot building in san jose because of a looming rent hike. now, that means it's going to make it harder to store and distribute food. so today, the sharks foundation announced it is donating $56,000. the funds will go toward feeding thousands of families. now, the second harvest says the food bank is moving ahead with plans to operate out of its three rem

the ioc overall is half of the 53 million budget. but you'll remember to your point about what wada asked for when they did have the decency and answer question under note. they wanted three things, authority to investigate investigators, a client process and handle whistleblower. they got all three and a 63% increase in their budget to handle that there wasn't used in this case whatsoever. >> this case has nothing to do with the funding we're giving. >> i think absolute not. >> now, i also found out that if 2018 and 2019, coincidentally, china paid wada nearly $2 million more than their required annual dues payments, remember that? overpayment? >> unfortunately, i do. >> and that as we now learn, that was right before these doping investigations, that right? >> and even worse, $500,000 of that close to $2 million extra payments was specifically given, earmarked for investigations. and now knowing that they didn't open an investigation into these cases, i'm not suggesting-- i don't have evidence of a quid pro quo. >> you don't have t

talking _ never thought i would hear the ioc talking about love, you also mentioned love.— want love tonight. thank you very much to all of you. the final announcement of the 2024 national and provincial election results today, — and provincial election results today, in— and provincial election results today, in many ways represents a victory _ today, in many ways represents a victory for — today, in many ways represents a victory for our democracy as south africans _ victory for our democracy as south africans it — victory for our democracy as south africans. it also represents a victory — africans. it also represents a victory of _ africans. it also represents a victory of our constitutional order, but more — victory of our constitutional order, but more importantly it represents a victory _ but more importantly it represents a victory for— but more importantly it represents a victory for all the people of south africa _ victory for all the people of south africa we — victory for all the people of south africa. we have held another successful election that has been free

as for the ioc, it says the decision is about keeping up with the times.ith the creation of olympic esports games. the ioc is taking a major step forward in keeping up with the pace of the digital revolution and giving the gamers a chance to show their stuff like a physical sport. there is a lot of skill and dexterity and strategy that goes into playing games and competing in games, so having gamers compete in the olympics just further legitimizes it. th was scott budman reporting, and a reminder , nbc bay area is your home for erything olympics. in fact, you can watch the us olympic swimming trials beginning tomorrow night right here on nbc, bay area and peacock. all right, let's take you outside on this friday night, a live look in san francisco. the interesting story with warriors star klay thompson and instagram. stay with us. it's your time to cash in. so don't just play. stay... at northern california's premier casino resort. book your getaway now at cachecreek.com. player on instagram. that's what happens nowadays. athletes are doing it. klay thomps

the main start of the whole season, did not disappoint. since the international federation and the ioc allow only individual athletes to enter the planetary arena, respectively there is no chance for belarusians to prove themselves in team events due to spectator interest. all tickets for the final day of the synchronized swimmers' performance in kazan were sold out last week. some parents even came here for a week to cheer for our athletes, and it was very difficult for them to buy tickets, the organizers helped. great medal hopes were pinned today on this particular team, because sambo wrestlers have learned that from each forum they bring a suitcase no less than awards. total, anfisa kapaeva, tatyana motskoy, elena kupaova and two vladislav mardusevich and burt climbed to the podium, i really like the organization. i like that all the athletes live in the same complex, in the same village, this creates some kind of special atmosphere of celebration, sports, and you probably even feel less nervous because of this, because you see guys, belarusians from other sports and also you are c

russia has a long-standing beef with the ioc over the expulsion of russian athletes for cheating. >>orter: paris has invested billions to beef up security, facing challenges one of the reports says not seen since london, a 2012, from protests to cyberattacks. warning cyber criminals will be attracted to such high-profile events, and the chance to target the public with email phishing scams and suspicious links. >> these are things that we all should be aware of, and you know, hopefully we can all enjoy a fantastic paris games free from cyber threats. >> reporter: tomorrow here in paris experts including from the u.s. will gather for an annual cyber summit predicting a spectacular games and a wave of cyberattacks. lester? >> all right, thank you. >>> up next, why some major artists are scaling back their summer concerts, and could it happen to you? the price you pay is next. made my life a lot harder. but the picture started changing when i started on vyvgart. ♪♪ vyvgart is for adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-achr antibody positive. in a clinical trial, vyvgart

the ioc says it's been testing esports.ll take meetings in paris to talk about launching an olympics for gaming. the news came out today. we spoke to some gamers who say they are interested if the gaming community gets a say in which games get played, ioc says. it's also in talks to see who might be interested in hosting the esports tournament. and a reminder the paris olympics are just over a month away. it's getting really close. athletes are still trying to qualify to get there starting tomorrow. catch two weeks of olympic trials action right here on nbc. it all begins with swimming from indianapolis and you can watch live on nbc bay area and peacock, i'm so excited for that. it's so close. yes, but first, i'm really excited about the weekend because it's going to be a wonderful father's day weekend. and i think a lot of folks are just kind of doing backflips mentally here. yes. getting into your saturday and sunday, we've been working hard all week to get to that and look , we are being saved from hot one hundredths bec

the ioc admits, hey, this is us trying to keep up with the times. and yes, young people and these are skilled people and it's fun and it brings in a young audience. i mean, have you ever been on twitch? this is just an amazing thing that people love to watch. and if it works, i don't know how it would really differ from twitch, which is literally a place where you watch people play video games and that, i imagine, is what this would be. but i've been at some of these esports tournaments and yeah, it's people sitting down on screens, but there is an excitement and the crowd gets into it and it's fast paced and loud and yeah, sometimes violent. at least the games themselves. we don't know which games would be chosen, but there are all sorts of possibilities here, and this could really make the olympics louder and younger and more hip all at once. all right, well, we'll see how that goes. yeah, i know the youngins. at least my kids, they watch that once in a while. gamers, they love the commentary, the funny jokes. yeah, i can see it. you know, talking

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the ioc adopts as good standard practice?'s a if it's a good check andalance. >> the vetting reserve vetting or standards established? n investigations all doping control officers have to ut it's a full background check. here in the u.s. all of ours are safe sporttified. which is not the case around the world. you pass the background check and then you're off to the races, no pun intended. is there a continual follow-up for these peopl compromised because at the highest level way? >> for sure i couldn't speak to what happens around the world but there's evaluations of constant feedback andrection if there's minor conformity's that need to be dealt with but constan to make sure we've got the best people in the trenches doing that kind of work because that the first leg of the testing process if you have bad collections and give advanced notice then it's only as good as what you're going collect which athletes can find ways to defeat the system if they are advanced notice. >> i'm getting the signal that e has expired. i have so

all of this in an attempt to scare people away from the olympics games after the ioc banned russia from competing, only allowing in russian athletes to take part in the games as neutral athletes because of russia's war in ukraine joining me right now is john hall quest. he's achieved analyst at the google owns cyber security for mandiant with a deep expertise on global cyber threats, john, thank you so much for coming in. i was looking through the report from your company as well as the cnn reporting on this and could you just describe from your perspective, how do you describe the threat coming from russia against the games this time around well, you know what the reports report you discuss is really the disinformation space of this activity, right? >> this is essentially them creating these using the troll farms are all familiar with that also leveraging ai to create videos and content that essentially is designed to undermine the legitimacy of the games. >> strike a blow at, at french press d, right there at this case, trying to make it look like there's a real terrorist threat to th

celebrating this day is the anniversary of the establishment of the international olympic committee (ioche international olympic committee was founded in 1894 by mr. pierre de coubertin. and from that year on, this was a very important and special event because his goal was to promote peace and friendship and he used sports as the best tool to create unity and peace between the nation and the people of the world . i wish all my dears through sports, as the famous saying goes, as soon as possible this peace and friendship and this bond that should be established between the nations and all the people of the world and all the dear ones can benefit from this healthy lifestyle in which sports are incorporated . currently, our country's national team is 23 19 behind germany. if our colleagues provide us with the pictures, yes , you can see the performance of the german and iranian teams in the last match of the league of nations, which can be said to be a good year for volleyball. country. there was no loss after the 8th when we faced our opponents in the weeks we were first and second in the

president putin furious with france for its support of president zelenskyy and putin angry at the ioc. >> the olympics is just a great target is you are russia. russia has a long-standing beef over the expulsion of russian athletes. >> reporter: paris has invested billions to beef up security, facing challenges not seen since london 2012, from protests to cyber attacks. warning cyber criminals will be attracted to such high-profile events, and the chance to target the public with e-mail fp scam. this week here in paris, experts, including from the u.s., will gather for an annual cyber summit, predicting a spectacular games and a wave of cyber attacks. >> keir, thank you. >>> the addresses and phone numbers of michael cohen's wife and children have been published online. it's the most recent incident of so-called doxing of opponents of former president trump. cohen is mr. trump's former fixer and lawyer, and his testimony was central in the hush money case. cohen condemned the doxing, calling it sad and stupidity. mr. trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

so a lot of people are seeing this as sort of a strike back by russian cyber thieves against the ioc.eat intelligence unit reported. this threat or the first to report it. i know you got a chance to speak with them. what are they saying about this? they're saying that this is not the first time russia has tried to do this to the olympics, even in games that they have been a part in. there is always this sort of shadowy, dark web type group that wants to disrupt pretty much anything companies, shopping sites and certainly big events like the olympic games. this one is no exception, and there may be a little vendetta behind it because russia is not allowed to actually compete. like you just said. and so they're saying they're able to track this. in fact, the group apparently made sort of a mini documentary in the style of a netflix documentary. and what makes this story kind of unique is that this is cyber security tracking. i cyber thieves. so there are actually machines at work here putting these posts out there and creating these documentaries, these fake documentaries. one had actua

the ioc pointblank we have zero tolerance policy. what does that mean?cially in light these 23 chinese athletes that have tested positive on their drugt's a good pr. [laughter] honestly that's what so issue in the china issue. we have to stop the charade. if you're going to fight 2 inches like these two athletes give everything to beions for those of us are here to the fairness of the supportularly the olympic movement is a different arguably than pro sport. we have to win the battle. not just appearance that we are 40 tolerance for a lot ofesti example. we have to go out and try to win this for >> what is the relationship between wada and international testing agency they put a very flowery press release how paris. what exactly is that relationship out of the to collaborate? >> observer board seat on the international testing agency. they also oversee in the sports the international testing agency runs. they created and funds and hasn't governin the international testing agency. that said there an improvement on what was there before.olved hopefully in

i think the ioc is doing a good job. i'm surprised joe biden let them do it.hat almost everyone complaining about this will at some point be traveling on a private jet that uses far more energy and sets far more of a global climate crisis in order that anything we'll do during the course of the olympics to keep our athletes as cool as possible. >> mike: thanks for your time and analysis today. >> appreciate you all. have a good day. >> gillian: look at this. israel is marking what could be a major shift in the gaza war effort. how the battle is shifting and the increasing risk of a regional war now. plus this. [shouting] >> gillian: violence outside a synagogue in l.a. protestors attacking jewish congregants in front of the synagogue. stick around. va cash out loan at lower mortgage rates to pay off those high rate car loans. - it's apparent. not me. - yeah. nice going lou! nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back in to the dating scene. that includes having a smile you feel good about. fortunately, aspen dental specializes in dentures and

the ioc and paris 2024 did not immediately respond to inquiries, but officials have repeatedly told nbcthis family from washington state now live on a paris houseboat. they'll move to make way for the games. >> to compensate for moving our boat, they are giving us five opening ceremony tickets. we are so excited about the olympics. we just cannot wait. it is a once in a lifetime, one of my dreams. >> reporter: all eyes on the river today and i got a chance to speak to the paris mayor whose idea it was to have the swimming in the seine. she had to cancel her own swim to demonstrate it was safe just this week. she told me she still will dive in next month, before the opening ceremony. she is certain they're going to be ready, even the river. >> so exciting. keir simmons, thanks so much. stay with us for a second hour today. we have much more looking ahead to tomorrow night's debate, and how each candidate is preparing. plus, nbc news granted rare access to that troubled pier off the gaza coast. what the military is saying about this humanitarian effort that struggled to get aid to those w

and the thing is the russians have always gone after the ioc, the olympic committee. this has been a long-standing thing for many years. remember, they were punished for the doping scandal a few years ago. and now some of their athletes are being restricted because of the ongoing war with ukraine. so you can see why they would try to undermine the effort. >> but the key here is abby, they're denying it. we know for a fact that russia metal with our elections. we know that they metal with foreign affairs using ai propaganda all the time. hi, but they will never own up to it. and this is all part of their game. >> yeah. i mean, there they're going to deny that they're a part of something like this. but on the ai part of this, i mean that sounds a lot like tom cruise. it really does. and it just shows the perils. it seems of what is coming this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of what ai can do in these kinds of situations, totally, this is what disinformation experts have been warning about for years. and the thing to remember this first went viral on telegram, and th

ioc urged to help overturn french headscarves banner olympics.for their athletes , not athletes from athletes, not athletes from other countries. they can't display religious symbols, which includes headscarves. yes. human rights groups say the prohibition has left muslim athletes feeling invisible . and athletes feeling invisible. and that's quite a world. invisiblized surely it's the opposite, isn't it? now we can see more of you. yeah, you've been visible. this whole article is the opposite. >> i would argue when it starts going about gender, racial stereotypes and gender stereotypes. >> well, this is what the great thing about this argument, the argument against wearing a headscarves is also the argument against the ban on headscarves. theidea against the ban on headscarves. the idea that it is in some way forcing women to stick to a dress code is an argument being made from both sides. here isn't the point, though. the whole point. i mean, the french tradition is about secularism. and so therefore, when we think about religious symbols, they

nothing to do with the ioc. and make a decision on this. but they allowed the individual association. that's what they always do to make their own decision. the dutch clearly think there's no case to answer, insomuch as they think he has now done what he has to do. i'll give you a couple of quotes. he's met all the qualification criteria, whatever that means, following an intensive , following an intensive, professionally supervised trajectory, i'll just take you back ten years. do you remember the footballer chet evans, who was accused of rape and eventually acquitted completely when he was looking to come back after he came out of prison , after he came out of prison, before he was found not guilty. and the football league said they took the same stance as the dutch olympic committee. they said, you know, we are not going to intervene here. they recognise the gravity of what he's done, but they value reintegration and rehabilitation and they allowed clubs, to, you know , employ him if they wanted. know, employ

i mean, that's that's the difference between you and ioc . anyway, coming up, you and ioc.g and the queen. we'll bring you the with our royal correspondent, who >> good afternoon. britain. it's 10 to 3 now. racegoers and royalty are enjoying festivities at royal ascot today. >> yes, before arriving by horse and carriage, the king and queen wished fellow punters the best of luck in chasing the thrill of a royal ascot winner . a royal ascot winner. >> oh goodness me. let's cross straight to our royal correspondent and menswear aficionado cameron walker, who's enjoying the festivities and looking dapper while he does it. cameron, what's on today ? just cameron, what's on today? just look at the horse. >> thank you very much , tom. >> thank you very much, tom. well, a lot has been going on today. we've just had the queen anne stakes. the first race, a horse named sharon won that. the horses you may just be about to see in the distance. the other side of the parade rings where i am. they are racing in the coventry stakes, which is the next race that's happened happening even. bu

the future, but actually they've used it as their instruction manual and we saw this week that the iocwere not allowed to use during the olympics. that's called newspeak in 1984. it's really scary. what's shocking about the whole ai stuff as well is that we had the acid attack. >> i forget his name, and he didn't even get caught. i mean, yeah, abdul ezedi what do you think about it all? >> well, i have a friend. i do honestly, and he was beaten up by somebody and mugged by somebody that had started in sainsbury's. and he asked sainsbury's. and he asked sainsbury's for the cctv for the police. and they said no, they said they wouldn't do it. they police had to personally request it and then when they did, it was too many days later and they'd got rid of it. so i thought, what's the point in all this surveillance if it's not you? >> yeah, i completely agree. >> yeah, i completely agree. >> if you got bit, mine is, about a cow limping on and it's not actually darren. >> in surrey, in surrey, a police car was looking for a cow that had escaped. from where? it's meant to be, and it was hit

the ioc and paris 2024 did not immediately respond to inquiries, but officials have repeatedly told nbcnews the river will be ready. you are a long way from seattle. this family from washington state now live on a paris houseboat. they'll move to make way for the games to compensate for moving our boat. they are giving us five opening ceremony tickets. we are so excited about the olympics. we just cannot wait. it's. it's a once in a lifetime. it's one of my dreams. and all that is on the river this morning. guys, i got a chance to speak to the paris mayor today. she was the one who had the idea of swimming in the seine. she promised to swim first. she had to cancel this week. she told me she will swim next month before the opening ceremony. guys. oh. all right. kira. thank you so much. all right, well, here with more on what we can expect from the athletes, nbc olympics prime time host mike tirico, who is also going to jump in the river senne and do the backstroke right after the mayor. i'll be right in there, right after she comes out and is out for a week. we'll be right back. okay. w

going to have to be more careful this summer , partly more careful this summer, partly because the iocsent out a set of guidelines saying we were not allowed to use the words biological male, transitioned male . i mean, just every single male. i mean, just every single possible way that we could explain that the person in the race wasn't a female. they have removed their guidelines, have removed their guidelines, have removed us from the ability to be able to use those words. so i'm very much hoping that tim davie , and on our new head of davie, and on our new head of sport will say no, truth is really important that, we would like our journalists to be able like ourjournalists to be able to tell the truth so that people at home can know what is going on in the races. and i certainly will be trying to tell the truth, you know, as i always have, this isn't about keeping anybody out of sport. i want everyone to do sport. this is just about fair sport. this is just about fair sport. this is just about fair sport. this is just about protecting sport for young girls. you know, whether thati