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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 a case by case basis athletes however will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram some ethnic groups have criticized the new rules calling it a violation of human rights

a player megan rapinoe called the best in the world is making a new home at kings meadow.just a minute in. and it was out of character. reading have been called the "comeback queens" this season, and as another strike came in, it was overshadowed seconds later at the opposite end by reading's grace maloney storming out of the net to take out sam kerr. not the warmest welcome to english football. but sam kerr wasn't dwelling on it. a cheeky back heel assist to another player, who was composed enough to get it around the keeper and equalise. it is a taster of what's to come from their new partnership. in the second half, sam kerr just missed out on finishing. chelsea annoyed with this stunner of a goal. erin cuthbert made sure she was there to cement this when. chelsea want to win back the title. ——this win. sam kerr, by time up, had no goals, but they will surely come. we have had good link ups in training and it showed on the pitch today. a few chances to get them in the net, but it is herfirst game. i'm looking forward to what she can do for the club. well, it might take

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and the president and megan rapinoe went back and forth a little bit on twitter. at attention and didn't do anything that would be seen as untoward by the i.o.c., and yet she still had an incredible voice last summer, which means athletes will still be able to give their opinions, especially in the midst of the u.s. election, which is, i think, the backdrop that all of this is set against. >> so why would the international olympic committee rule out protests of any sort except allow comment on social media, any interviews, news conferences. so obviously if any athletes want to protest in any way, they will make their comments known well and truly in these interviews and news conferences. talk to us about the possible fallout from that. >> this is very similar to what happened in the past. in 2014 a sochi olympian spoke out about vladimir putin's antigay propaganda law. she did that in press conferences and other ways, but she didn't protest visibly on the medal stand when she was part of the u.s. team, bronze medal in figure skating. so we've seen this before. i t

i'm talking about megan rapinoe. it really spoke to me, when she said the following in her speech at the world cup victory at the parade. she said, this is my charge to everyone here. every single person who agrees and doesn't agree, it's our responsibility to make this world a better place. i couldn't say it any better, so let's get to work. thank you. good luck to you all. thank you.

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 point to support of a joint north and south korean team at the 2018 magellan base as an example of pushing politics at the games. amid rising political tensions worldwide, will athletes abide by the new rules? we will have our answer on

of course i'm talking about megan rapinoe.applause] it really spoke to me when she said the following in her speech after the world cup victory at the parade. she said, this is my charge to everyone here. every single person who agrees and doesn't agree, it's our responsibility to make this world a better place. i couldn't say it any better. let's get to work. thank you. good luck to yourselves. thank you. [applause] >> they are asking you to tear up all of the ballots across this country on your own initiative. take that decision away from the american people. and i don't think they spent one minute of their 24 hours talking to you about the consequences of that for our country. >> more of the opening argument from the president's legal teen when the impeachment trial continues in the senate. watch live coverage today at one p.m. eastern on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org/impeachment and listen on the free c-span radio app. .. >> the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind. with c-span's campaign 2020 brought

dominated the international stage and made generational stars out of their players like mia hamm and megan rapinoerican men have never seemed to rise to the level of soccer superstardom. >> soccer's so huge in the states, right? but we don't have a ton of these international superstars. why do you think that is? >> a lot of our best athletes generally are in other sports. but i think it is to say things are changing. there's already players playing in germany and now playing here. i think we're going to see a lot more in the next couple years. hopefully, you know, doing similar things to this and playing in the premier league. and i think it's definitely a good time for american soccer. >> reporter: which makes christian truly unique. >> in sports oftentimes we remember the first. christian pulisic, he is the first. pulisic going to chelsea for over $70 million, that is a watershed moment for the american soccer player. >> reporter: there's all these fans looking down at you. do you ever feel extra pressure being the american out there? >> i don't really think of it like that, to be honest. i don'

years, there has been a rise in political activism by athletes, most notably colin kaepernick and megan rapinoelast august, t two athletes se placed on probation for 12 months for incidents at the pan-american games in peru, considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics. the international olympic committee president said that previous protests had no effect and the mission of the games is to unite, not divide. he cautioned athletes. >> any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against the mission of the olympic games, and i ask them to respect the political neutrality of the olympic games by not using them there as a stage for their political purposes. correspondent: potential violations of the new guidelines according to the ioc, would be , evaluated by the national olympic committee and respective sport federation. disciplinary action will be taken on a case-by-case basis. athletes, however, will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram. some athlete groups have criticized the new rules, calling it a violation of human right

it is b, megan rapinoe, soccer store and lgbq activist. >> i'm the pink haired one and i declare myself yawn. how about something else, thanks. >> now back to our countdown. >> the president almost surely will be impeached. >> impeachment. >> the democrats have been trying to impeach president trump since he became president and now they finally got him on a phone call with the ukrainian president. apparently, he asked for a favor. >> the white house released what they are calling a rough wtranscript of this phone call with president zelensky of ukraine and president trump. >> he said, hey, can you do us a favor? but the democrats say, can you do me a favor? i need help winning my next election.ou >> the ukrainian president is like, i will work on my english. it's hard to do but i will learn more english. hey, that's great.d i've got another call. >> absolutely perfect phone call to the new president of ukraine. that was a perfect call. >> the only times i want to hear the words "quid pro quo" again is if i am watching "law & order: svu." >> the american people didn't understand what th

. >> erika: claro, pero si hablamos con los mejores tenemos que hablar de lionel messi y megan rapinoeente fÚtbol que lo quieren aquÍ, este mundial a travÉs de telemundo tambien fue el gran mensaje que estas jugadoras buscaron igualdad de pago, y que las mujeres podemos jugar mejor que los hombres. >> erika: la verdad es que muchos decÍan que no, y miren le dieron tremendo golazo y lo pudieron disfrutar por telemundo. >> y lo que espera en este 2020. >> erika: bueno seÑores hasta aquÍ los deportes, pero vamos a hacer una pequeÑa pausa, enseguida van a conocer al boxeador que rompe corazones, brandon lee figueroa que trae su historia de superaciÓn. y ¿jimena quÉ nos traes, el chef estÁ contigo o ¿no? >> comadre, ahÍ como estÁ el chef, tÚ al rato me vas a ayudar a preparar este caldo de cÁmara ron que estÁ bueno y ayuda a agarrar energÍa, es para la resaca la cruda porque hoy habÁa mucho de eso. >> para los que nos levantamos tambiÉn aunque no tengamos resaca. bucal do de camarÓn y mucha sazÓn eso es lo que hay aquÍ en "un nuevo dÍa" "un nuevo dÍa" ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> adamari: miren que cosa bu

the clear megan rapinoe, the best in the world, making a new home at kings meadow.aracter. reading have been called the comeback wins this season, and as another strike certain more that, it was overshadowed seconds later at the opposite end by reading's grace maloney storming out of the net to ta ke maloney storming out of the net to take out sam kerr. not the warmest welcome to english football. but sam kerr wasn't dwelling on it. a cheeky back heel assist to another player, who was composed enough to get it around the keeper and equalise. it is of what is to come from the pair posed by a new partnership. in the second half, sam kerrjust missed out on finishing. chelsea got annoyed with the stunner. erin cuthbert made sure she was there. she cemented the win. sam kerr was my time was up, she had no goals, but they will surely come. we have had a good viewing gaps in training and it showed on the pitch today. she can get on the end of the sea. sadly few chances to get them in the net, but it is his first game in the week. i'm looking forward to what you can do for

soccer star megan rapinoe recently appeared on the cover of "sports illustrated" wearing a dress andng a sledgehammer >> a dress and a sledgehammer or as lesbians call it "business casual." [ laughter ] >> seth: a black conservative running for congress is describing himself as a quote liloving, pro-life, un owning, politically incorrect black man. >> or if that's too long, you can just go with "incorrect black man. [ laughter ] >> seth: the new movie "star wars: the rise of skywlaker" features a lesbian kiss >> and for most woman, so does college. [ laughter ] >> seth: facebook has developed an app that uses facial recognition software to identify people >> and it really works take it from me, leslie jones. [ laughter ] >> seth: true story? >> true story. sorry, facebook. you tagged the wrong person. [ laughter ] >> seth: the united methodist church announced they will be splitting in two, and one half will now allow same-sex marriage >> the other half will have a terrible choir hey, seth. what do you call a straight choir? >> seth: what? >> seth: hmm [ laughter ] >> hey, seth >> se

megan rapino has endorsed elizabeth warren and judge judy has endorsed michael bloomberg.tly, classic r&b singer, anita baker, through her support behind presidential candidate andrew yang. when that happened, one of my writers, amber ruffin, ran into my office and said, "we have to do something about this. and i said, "i'll be honest, amber, i don't think that it's that big of a story. but i am not a well-respected boss [ laughter ] so please welcome amber-nita baker [ cheers and applause m♪ ♪ with all my heart i love drew baby you float my boa and you get my vote ♪ ♪ my vote is for you bab never leav cause i believe ♪ ♪ in this yan sweet yang he was not in the debate he's still doing great ♪ ♪ andrew yang yang gang ♪ >> seth: yeah, just sorry. real quick, amber, how quickly afyod yowrite this song? >> i wrote it as i read the tweet. [ laughter ] ♪ you know you're o the right path when your candidat loves math ♪ ♪ there's no stronger vot i could cast i do not car if you bowled dead last ♪ ♪ you got to know he's the bes we could get ♪ ♪ we need mor poc candidates oh the sw

megan rapinoe taking center stage in france., equal pay! >> simone biles made history, becoming the first female gymnast to land a triple-double during her floor routine for team usa. 15-year-old coco gauff went on a magical run at wimbledon. becoming the youngest player ever to advance to the round of 16. 2019 gave us a lot to remember. the st. louis blues going from worst to first. more champions. highs and lows. and the unexpected. as we said good-bye to some of our favorites who stepped away from the game. trevor ault, abc news, new york. >> all right, i understand most of that. >> that was like gold for sports fans. >> i know, they loved it. i loved it too, some good storylines in there. so we can't wait for 2020 in the sports world. >>> coming up, remembering the queen mother of new year's eve. >>> and where were you back in 1999? >> high school. >> we're opening up the abc news vault straight ahead. >> where were you in 1999? opening up the news vault. ew. right? that's why febreze created small spaces. press firmly and w