over 50 years ago american sprinters tommie smith and john carlos famously did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968 bringing attention to the then plight of african-americans in the u.s. in recent years there has been a rise in political activism by athletes most notably call them kapur nick and megan rapinoe last august 2 u.s. athletes were placed on probation for 12 months for and since at the pan american games in peru considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics international olympic committee president thomas bach said previous protests had no effect and the mission of the olympic games is to unite and not to divide box cautioned athletes any kind of boycott for whatever reason he said against the submission of the olympic games and i was there to respect. the olympic games and by not seeing them. or their state for. political purposes potential violations of the new guidelines according to the i.o.c. would be evaluated by the athletes national olympic committee and the respective international sport federation disciplinary action will be taken on

ever since tommy smith then john carlos raised their fists at the 1968 olympics, the games have been political. now athletes are being told to keep their protests off the field this summer in tokyo. ♪ ♪ >>> good to have you with us. so, grief is turning into outrage in iran, and that is becoming a direct threat to the ruling elite. protests are spreading after the government admitted to shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet last week. authorities say it was an accident and they have apologized. but protesters have been heard chanting, we will kill whoever killed our brothers. and death to the dictator. a reference to supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. police have responded to the protests with tear gas and witnesses they have shot into the air to disperse the crowds. the plane was shot down after the u.s. killed iranian general qassem soleimani. president donald trump said he believes soleimani was targeting four u.s. embassies. but the president's allies have struggled to back up that claim. here was his defense secretary on sunday. >> was there specific intelligence the irani

john: carlos ghosn's basic case is he was the victim of what he calls the conspiracy, that top peoplein japan wanted to stop nissan being swallowed up by a foreign concern. hiho up in the japanese system does that conspiracy go? does it go up perhaps to the very t, would you believe? carlos: i don't personally think that the top level was involved, if this is your question. jo: in japa itself, the response was furious "carlos ghosn's one-sided j criticism of tanese justice systemas completely unacceptable," the authorities said. "by skipping bail, he flagrantly disregarded japanese law." but the basic reason he escape was sitting in the front row never taking her eyes him, his wife. he couldn' from her, he said.d john simpson, bbc news, beiru laura: before we go, let's remind you of the two big stories of the day president trump says iran appears to be standing down after tehran launched a series of rockets at u.s.asesn iraq. there were no reported injuries, ntbut the head of the joihiefs says he believes the strikes were meant to kill u.s. personnel. and the duke and ducss of sussex

. >>>> over 50 years ago, tommie smith and john carlos famoususly did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968. ringing attention to aberdeen ragons -- to the plate ofdeen african-americans -- bri nging attention to the plight of the african-americans in the u.s.. most recently, colin kaepernick and megan rapinoe did similar things. the mission of the lipid games is to unite and not to divide. bach cautioned athletes. >> any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against this mission of the olympic games. i asked them to respect the political neutrality of deal of the games by not using them as a stage for their political purposes. >> potential violations of the new guidelines according to the ioc would be evaluated by the athletes national of the committee and the respective international sport federation. disciplinary action will be taken on a case-by-case basis. athletes will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram. some athlete groups have criticized the new goals, calling it a criticism of rights and a double standard. they

christopher john carlo known as crypto dad if for his support of crypto currencies is launching a think tank to push the idea of digitizing the u.s. dollar giancarlo who left his post as chairman of the c f t c last year says the nonprofit digital dollar foundation will investigate converting the u.s. dollar into a fully electronic currency using block chain technology so with all of this i think we need to do a bit of a crypto classification one o one here kristie because i like to look at you as one of our key experts in this space so. this is been an issue with the crypto space for a long time so you see says that things are securities unless we say they're not securities now to see if you see chair says bitcoin theorem the other commodities but ripple well it could be a security it could in fact be a commodity so is crypto a commodity is it a security or is it something altogether different well i think it's really unfair to blanket all of crypto currencies under the blanket term of security until it's proven otherwise unless it's like have a trial by air a kind of basis i think thi

expression of these athletes but this says otherwise and it goes back to 960 you mentioned history john carlos tommie smith dichotic reason the 1st on the podium they were they were banished from the team and then just recently they were given back those medals and those wins that they had so it's i think they're going too far and i would agree and that my question is where does it stop because it's easy for them to say ok just don't do it at the medal ceremonies but you can still do it on social media or you can still do it in your own free time but then what happens when they come forward and they say oh wait a 2nd let's not do this on your social media either because that also reflects who you are as an athlete and so i think it's one of those things where you give an engine there's concerns that they will eventually take a mile and make it so much so that the police can't say anything i disagree i am actually in support of this because sometimes i want to turn on a sports game i want to turn on a movie something where it's not going to be political and for me that's been something that's k

that means demonstrations such as the raised fists of tommy smith and john carlos of the 1968 olympicsare now prohibited. there is no stated punishment for athletes who break the rule. but athletes are still allowed to express their views on social media and in their interviews, opening ceremony for the summer games is july 24th. >>> oklahoma city fans welcoming russell westbrook back for the first time since his blockbuster trade to the rockets. he played first 11 seasons in okc getting standing ovations and it was a special night there. chris paul who westbrook was traded for seen there dribbling through the defender's leg. paul led to a 113-92 win, but that didn't spoil what was a very special night for westbrook. >> the organization they do an amazing job of just making you feel home and i feel like i was home. i feel like i left everything out on the floor every single night and did what i could for the city. >> finally predators goalie done what many goalies dreamed of right here. grabs the puck, fires it all the way down the ice and into the empty net for the goal. only the 12th

arguably the black power salute at the 1968 olympics in mexico city it was sprinters tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists to protest against racism in the united states both athletes were suspended by their country not by the i.o.c. in 1906 to protest against having to represent a great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor wave the golden harp ireland forever a flag after receiving his silver medal at rio 2016 marathon silver medalist afraid least lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protesters in his home region of ethiopia earlier we spoke to sports journalist stuart ware who's covered numerous olympic games he says the new measures by the i.o.c. are a positive step but i think the i.o.c. is trying to say that actually their statement use the word sport is neutral and must be separate from political and religious or any other kind of interference i think that they're trying to make the focus of the olympics be on the sport on the competition not to allow any athlete to hijack it for their own political reasons i think you have to stress that oscillates are not be

princes tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists to take a stand against racism in their home country in 1906 unhappy at having to represent great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor waved the golden harp island forever flag after receiving his silver medal and there are 2016 marathon silver medalist at the cellar lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protestors in his home country of ethiopia for head coach of the united states men's soccer team says it was the right decision for perspire training camp in cats are the tamer instead training in florida the squad cancelled the castle trip due to the court developing situation in the region on thursday usa international was allowed to leave iraq says training camp and cats are saying he didn't feel comfortable. it was just a precaution and when you look back at it you know it was it was warranted now but i think when making the decision it was you know what's in the best interests of the players and you know we felt the need to change plans quickly made a lot of sense and we did so and now we're here with th

princes tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists take a stand against racism in the united states in 19 i 6 unhappy at having to represent great britain irish high jumper pacer conaway for the golden heart all and forever flying after receiving his silver medal and the real 2016 at marathon silver medalist of the seller lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protestors in his home country of ethiopia well sports rights just your way says despite the new rules some athletes will still find a way to make their voices heard athletes are not being god because when they're talking to the media they can take it over the like it's simply that they're not allowed to needle on or put a fist stop like the the 2 did in 68. i mean of course there will always be issues around the olympics but i think it's quite a good thing for the i.o.c. to be saying this is the 1st of all a sport and we want to keep it that way you know if you want to protest about racism in america do it in america or do it at the american embassy don't do it in the midst of. the olympic games which really ha

sprinters tommie smith and john carlos of raise their fist to protest against racism in the united states both athletes were suspended by their country not by the i.o.c. in 1906 to protest against having to represent great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor waved the flag of ireland after receiving his silver medal at rio 2016 marathon silver medalist face at least cross his wrists at the finish line in support of protests at his home in ethiopia or for more on this we're joined by sports journalist stuart ware who's covered a number of olympic games start we've seen political statements being made at the olympics in the past why is the i.o.c. putting this measure in place now well absolutely as you say this is been around for a long time but i think the. trying to say their statement use the word sport is neutral must be separate from political and religious or any of the kind of interference i think that they're trying to make the focus of the olympics be on the sport on the competition. and the athlete to hijack it for their own political reasons ok but do you yourself stewart be

john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. fugitive businessman carlosd there from japan last month to avoid trial for financial misconduct. the former nissan boss, who dramatically skipped bail, said he was prepared to face justice in lebanon if neccessary but that he would not return to japan. he has been talking to to our world affairs editor, john simpson. even though the lebanese courts have said he can't leave the country, carlos ghosn has lost none of his bounce. i'm free to receive my family, i'm free to see my wife, to live with my wife. these are all things which were forbidden when i was injapan. he's consistently refused to talk about his escape from japan by private jet, hiding in a box for musical equipment. even so, i gave it my best shot. it must have been a pretty unpleasant experience, mustn't it? i don't know, you should ask somebody else. have you ever been in a box? well, you have, tell me about it. that's what you think. come on, come on! if you had been caught, head down in the box, not much air... this is your interpretation but i

in pursuit with john walsh. 29-year-old fugitive carlos g kalindrez who is accused of trying to kidnap a woman from an apartment complex where she worked. he's never been found and on the u.s. marshal's most wanted list. >>> the city of oakland is the first city to band landlords to search the criminal history. landlords would not be allowed to ask potential tenants about their criminal history. it would also ban landlords from rejecting someone because of their criminal conviction. 49ers return to the practice field today. today will be the first full practice of the week. it will not be open to the media. the team will begin to install its game plan as they prepare for the chiefs. head coach kyle shanihan will address the media tomorrow. >>> workers at the hard rock stadium in miami are preparing for the big game -- for the big game as well. ground crews are tending to the new grass that was spatially grown for the super bowl. -- specially grown for the super bowl. and the city of miami to make sure everyone stays connected. >> when you go to use your phone it works. >> from the half

carlos ghosnlaims he is innocent of financial misconduct andme bjapanese presbyters and nissan for his downfall. johnsimpson reports. john: there was utter chaos as photographerand cameramen from around the world fought to get the first images of the men who had escaped so spectacularly from japan. in fact, though, carlos ghosn refuse to go into any job whatever about the way he escape from japan's con psy airport -- japan's con psy airport, although it seems clear that he was smuggled out in a packing case made for musical equipment. in beirut,du png document after document that he maintained prove his innocence, he was his old hyperactive self. the man, 5'6" tall,ho had been the tightening of the international carmaking industry also he is a hero to many lebanese journalists, and they applauded him again and again. to the japanese journalists in the audience, he was light and pleasant, though he could be quite pointed. carlos: what happened in pearl haor -- did you notice what happened in pearl harbor? younow? theou are asking me how did notice? john mostly he wanted to attack the japase legal syst

john's series of reports. just watch at cnn.com/globalenergychallenge. >>> carlos ghosn is a wanted man, but he's hardly layingow. more than a week after his daring and rather mysterious escape from japan, the former nissan ceo was out in front of the cameras giving a news conference in lebanon. he claims his arrest in tokyo and the charges of financial wrongdoing against him were all part of a plot to oust him as head of nissan renault. ghosn says he's not running from justice. he's fleeing injustice. >> i would be ready to stand trial anywhere where i think i can have a fair trial, anywhere, but the only reason for which if i was -- if somebody could guarantee to me, which was not the case of my lawyers. when i asked my lawyers many times, and they will tell you that in japan, will i have a fair trial, they were very embarrassed. they told me we're going to do everything for you to have a fair trial. and they kept saying this to me, which worried me a lot. >> after that news conference, ghosn sat down with cnn's richard quest for an interview and spoke more about his escape. >> the moment the plane is in int

threatening to shoot members of his former church. 79 john paul michelson wrote and delivered for threatening letters to holy trinity lutheran church in san carlos. the letters allegedly stated he would shoot members of the congregation this sunday. deputies never felt any guns at his home and would only say michelson had a personal dispute with the church. michelson is a pastor for the hope evangelical lutheran church in san mateo. >>> a mysterious and deadly illness has three jik major airports alert. live look at sfo where screenings for the coronavirus will begin four passengers arriving from wuhan, china. there are three direct flights a week from hope evangelical lutheran church sfo. the first expected to be screened tomorrow morning. jfk and new york began the first screenings there tonight. most of the po at a large seafood and animal market in wuhan. authorities say the virus probably spread from the animals. it's also related to the deadly sars virus that killed at least 700 people in china. so far, there have been 45 cases confirmed, and it has spread to thailand and japan , sparking a world health organization alert. public health of

bill faries on iran and anna edgerton on what john bolton's agreement to testify at my boot -- might do to the impeachment proceedings. in tokyo adding carlos the list of people they would agree to arrest. we heard secretary mike pompeo's remarks. did we learn anything? bill: secretary pompeo came out in his longest public remarks since the weekend and said the u.s. had confidence in the intelligence he used and the justification it had to target soleimani. he continued to say it is iran's regime which has taken the aggressive steps and the u.s. continues to be prepared to respond. it follows heightened tensions today as the head of ir

john simpson. hello. very nice to see you. thank you. even though the lebanese courts have said he can't leave the country, carlos ghosn has lost none of hisve with my wife. these are all things which were forbidden when i was injapan. he's consistently refused to talk about his escape from japan by private jet, hiding in a box for musical equipment. even so, i gave it my best shot. it must have been a pretty unpleasant experience, mustn't it? i don't know, you should ask somebody else. have you ever been in a box? well, you have, tell me about it. that's what you think. come on, come on, if you had been caught, head down in the box... this is your interpretation but i'm saying i was willing to take the risk. but he's still predictably bitter about nissan, the company he rescued and which he says conspired to have him arrested. i asked him about nissan's british operation in sunderland. it's suggested that there was a sweetener offered to nissan by the british government in order to persuade you to stay there and not move out, because of brexit. is that true? i don't think there was a specific amount of money which was on the table. but th

john simpson. hello. very nice to see you. thank you. even though the lebanese courts have said he can't leave the country, carlos ghosn has lost none of hisfamily, i'm free to see my wife, to live with my wife. these are all things which were forbidden when i was injapan. he's consistently refused to talk about his escape from japan by private jet, hiding in a box for musical equipment. even so, i gave it my best shot. it must have been a pretty unpleasant experience, mustn't it? i don't know, you should ask somebody else. have you ever been in a box? well, you have, tell me about it. that's what you think. come on, come on, if you had been caught, head down in the box... this is your interpretation but i'm saying i was willing to take the risk. but he's still predictably bitter about nissan, the company he rescued and which he says conspired to have him arrested. i asked him about nissan's british operation in sunderland. it's suggested that there was a sweetener offered to nissan by the british government in order to persuade you to stay there and not move out, because of brexit. is that true? i don't think there was a specific amount o

bill faries on iran and anna edgerton on what john bolton's agreement to testify at my boot -- might do to the impeachment proceedings. in tokyo adding carlos ghosn's wife to the list of people they would agree to arrest. we heard secretary mike pompeo's remarks. did we learn anything? bill: secretary pompeo came out in his longest public remarks since the weekend and said the u.s. had confidence in the intelligence he used and the justification it had to target soleimani. he continued to say it is iran's regime which has taken the aggressive steps and the u.s. continues to be prepared to respond. it follows heightened tensions today as the head of iran's national security council says the country is looking to inflict a historic nightmare on the united states. late yesterday, one of the key developments was the pentagon dispatching 2200 more marines to the persian gulf as part of amphibious assault group. it is interesting that the secretary, pressed on the intelligence, said a lot of intelligence was what he had already done. he had already attacked americans. that is an anticipatory self-defense. bill: the first reaction from the u.s. fo

john simpson. hello. very nice to see you. thank you. even though the lebanese courts have said he can't leave the country, carlos ghosn has lost none of hisse are all things which were forbidden when i was injapan. he's consistently refused to talk about his escape from japan by private jet, hiding in a box for musical equipment. even so, i gave it my best shot. it must have been a pretty unpleasant experience, mustn't it? i don't know, you should ask somebody else. have you ever been in a box? well, you have, tell me about it. that's what you think. come on, come on, if you had been caught, head down in the box... this is your interpretation but i'm saying i was willing to take the risk. but he's still predictably bitter about nissan, the company he rescued and which he says conspired to have him arrested. i asked him about nissan's british operation in sunderland. it's suggested that there was a sweetener offered to nissan by the british government in order to persuade you to stay there and not move out, because of brexit. is that true? i don't think there was a specific amount of money which was on the table. but the british government

carlos ghosn claims he's innocent of charges of financial misconduct and blamed japanese prosecutors and nissan for his downfall. our world affairs editor johnnd sent this report. it was chaos. everyone wanted a first glimpse of the international motor industry tycoon turned escape artist. i'm going to try, as much as possible, to answer as many questions as possible. this is the chartered jet that whisked carlos ghosn out of kansai airport in japan to istanbul. and these cctv pictures seemed to show him being shunted onto a smallerjet, which then took him onto beirut. but this, on the right, is apparently the box he was smuggled out in. he is 5'6". i did not escapejustice. ifled injustice and persecution. i was left with no other choice but to protect myself and my family. he endured, he said, 400 days of inhumane treatment, designed to break him. there's a 99% rate of conviction in japanese criminal trials. "it will get worse for you if you don'tjust confess," the prosecutor told me repeatedly. he thinks it was all a conspiracy to prevent his company, nissan, being swallowed up by foreign ownership. how high up in the japanese system does

john, same to you. >> thank you >>> an incredible escape from japan to beirut and who master minded it? carlos ghosn said it was his plan alone to escape from japan. phil has the latest details on this saga. phil >> this is the second time we have heard from carlos and there's been a number of twom developments over the last couple of days first of all, the pilots, turkey has arrested pilots who are suspected of being lyinked with mr. ghosn being flown out of japan. they have not been charged he did enter with a french passport which raises questions, didn't his attorneys have all his passports. police raided his home in japan looking for more clues and answers as to how he have able to get away. because he's heard a number of the immediate wra repomedia rep his wife orchestrated the whole thing, he said i alone arranged for my departure my family had nothing to do with it it's been a wild 13 months since carlos was arrested in japan he's lost leadership of nis is a, spent most of his time in jail or under house arrest we'll probably hear from carlos next week. that's the expectation int inter

sign stealing scandal his seen another big name lose their jaw carlos beltran step down as manager of the new york mets on thursday a bell john played for the houston asters during their $27.00 teen world series winning season which was under investigation the teen were punished by the m.l. be for using in on field camera to detect pitcher signs from opponents which is against the rules a report claim bell term played a pivotal role in the deception he'd only been the mets measure for 3 months in hasn't yet taken charge of a game the new orleans police department has issued an arrest warrant for n.f.l. football star o'dell beckon jr for allegedly slapping a security officer bike i'm jr was involved in this incident in the louisiana state team's locker room after this week's us college football championship footage posted on social media peers to show him hating the officer on the backside the 27 year old is a former louisiana state university player beck i'm jr is wanted on a simple a battery warrants there's one day to go up the 1st dakar rally to be staged in the middle east with carlos sainz and ricky brodbeck poised to ta

cannot kill a terrorist that is okayed for president obama and john kerry to get a nuclear deal and give them $125 billion. this is carlosflorida. my answer was no come and the reason i say that, from studying history, had our president taken action the way this took and taken out leader, many of the jewish people would've been safe. thank you. this is bob from pennsylvania. caller: good morning. irst i would like to say that am an actual democrat, not just pretending. anybody believe what he says, he says the intelligence found the greatest in the world, agree with number four, didn't agree with them on the directions -- on the russians or the saudi's. they were the deep state then. why does he agree now? host: this is john from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i bet you 90% of the people here did not know who this general was, and the president tells lindsey graham on the golf course about his actions, but will not tell congress read it really makes you wonder, and then he did not discuss any of this with any of our allies, which he should have done. he will ask them for help later on. a loose is really cannon. ther

the president says he would not stop john bolton from testifying but he needs to protect his executive privilege. life on the run is proving expensive for carlost $15 million or more, plus the $14 million in bail he posted in japan. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. hurtado.ana this is bloomberg. tom: two years ago, they did a panel at davos on the financial crisis in banking. i am trying to line up a panel on negative interest rates. we drive forward that conversation as we look to the meetings at the world economic forum next week with jim caron of morgan stanley. negative interest rates were not in textbooks. jim: no. what the world is realizing is we are getting closer to the reversal rate. that means you can lower rates up to a point and then things start to get worse. , in in europe and japan japan, the boj is talking about removing yield curve control, allowing the yield curve to steepen because they realize that credit is not impacting or getting to the real economy because banks are not able to transmit that under a flat yield cu

john normand stays with us. coming up, ready to name names and detail much more about the dramatic escape from japan, carlos ghosniana: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get to your bloomberg business flash. ubs is restructuring its banking business, with the swiss bank announcing a new chief in europe , the middle east and africa. three levels of management in the unit could result as many as 500 job cuts per last year, aston martin says profits slumped. highlighting the need of the company to attract new capital for a turnaround. battered by an industry downturn and uncertainty around brexit. the cars, by the way, are best known for being the right of choice for movie spy james bond. attempt an isp is a record breaker. it is the biggest bridge loan enter -- ever in the tech center. the ceo telling hp's board there should be no doubt about the company's ability to raise financing. in november, hp rejected xerox's initial offer. it says it was too low. that is the bloomberg business flash. tom? francine? francine: nissan says it will take appropriate legal action against his former chair, carlos ghosn. he f

john authers of bloomberg opinion. ghosn lands in lebanon with tales to tell and scores to settle. we will update you next. this is bloomberg. ♪ karina: this is bloomberg surveillance there is followed from carlosom japan. turkey has detained seven people, including four pilots. pilots seem to have taken him from japan to istanbul and then to beirut. one official said he was transferred from one plane to another inside a box. investor david einhorn rebounded from his worst year ever. following a 34% -- following a value oriented investing strategy that is the bloomberg business flash. tom? nejra? tom: a delicate conversation i was, bloomberg opinion columnist and expert on nissan-renault, an expert on the interesting path of carlos ghosn. i want to get away from the sensationalism. the last time i saw carlos ghosn, i was waltzing down madison avenue, and there he was with his wife, and we made light conversation. america? to is he stuck in lebanon now, or can he actually start moving around again and being a private citizen? chris: good morning, tom. i think the answer is he is not going anywhere for the time being unless he can be sure that he will not be in some way deported back to japan to