olympic committee. so it wasn't actually what a suggestion until in fact that suggestion wasn't docked it has been put forward by fancy bears and picked up by the media as being that i don't think is actually correct i don't think that water we're pushing entirely for a ban i think was pressure on water to the to push for a ban of russia but i don't think that pressure was coming in certainly from water as france you does suggest so if you think u.s. sports officials actually played a significant role in the scandal i mean do you think it's possible that water could actually take over the i.o.c. . no i think that i think that's frankly cloud cuckoo land i mean you know i don't know that i think that what the u.s. olympic committee wants it and they clarified this in the same e-mail if you read the actual evidence transceivers hacked in syria they don't mention this in their in their sort of statement. they actually clarified what the u.s. wanted was an independent testing with r.t. and when the i.c. sai

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de janeiro olympics in 2016. be a gender hijacking possibly from the north korean. there could be some sort of demand that the north koreans are going to make —— agenda hacking. it seems the goal is the dprk getting into the olympics. the goal is that they will do everything they can and can't do to make sure that that happens. there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after it hit a cargo ship. chinese officials say the vessel is in danger of exploding. one body has been recovered but 31 crew members are still missing. the sanchi had left port in the persian gulf, bringing 136 thousand tons of oil east. it passed through the malacca straits and was heading up the east china sea to south korea when the collision happened. robin brant reports from shanghai. since saturday night, the fire has burned. dark black smoke feeding off the cargo of almost a million barrels of oil inside the sanchi. the intense heat and the threat of an explosion is hamper

just how much will be decided in february. >> i made the olympic team. i'm going to the olympics. like i'm gonna be an olympian. that's something i've dreamed up and i can't believe i'm say this now because i have earned it. and that itself is amazing. zblrge >> reporter: the ladies competition may be over, but the men's ramping up as we speak. all eyes in the nation on nathan chen, the favorite. but also in the bay area, we're looking at vincent joe to see if he can match karen with a spot on the olympic team. we'll let you know how that turns out tonight after the football game. >> thank you. and we wish them well. garvin is headed to socket futh for us. we will have more on the action at the sap center coming up. some olympians are creating some buzz outside the sap center today. we'll explain in about 15 minutes. >>> a big day for marijuana in san francisco. approved retailers have started selling it for recreational use. people lining up to do what until now has been illegal. how's business? >> reporter: i can tell you right now there is a line halfway down the block. there i

they wa nted successful winter olympics.ut a lot of conservatives here and internationally, the trump administration will be looking to hear about that because he had sent in the past even though he wants to engage north korea more, they do need to deal with this issue. that wasn't really discussed yesterday. interestingly, the south korean delegation brought it up briefly at the north korean delegation did not engage. how do they get over that? that is the big stumbling block. how on earth do they move forward? there are two stumbling blocks. both sides are two stumbling blocks. both sides are very pleased. they sorted out the olympic issue. they also touched on humanitarian issues. families divided by the korean border, people who have not seen family members for decades, talking about a reunion to them. we also had the reopening of them. we also had the reopening of the military hotline. the two stumbling blocks will be the economic and nuclear issues. they are linked. the north korean regime is subject to very tough econ

we have a very good relationship with south korea i would love to see it go far beyond the olympics absolutely just probably time will get involved but i like the idea to dealing with the olympics that should be between those two countries trump statement echoed comments made on friday by north korea's main ally china the chinese will surely be delighted that their hopes of korean olympic cooperation are likely to be fulfilled we hope that all relevant parties on the korean peninsula issue will seize upon the opportunity of the winter olympics to meet each other halfway to the correct path of peacefully solving problems through dialogue and make realistic efforts to alleviate tensions on the peninsula. it's good news too for the international olympic committee security concerns have been one reason behind sluggish ticket sales they'll be hoping the sudden thaw in the peninsula will lead to a deluge of interest in the games. ski jumping procedures for his tournament has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips stock was untouchable over the first three stages and

well i suspect it will be more than just about the olympics but i do suspect that the olympics will be the big thing that the north koreans will want to talk about it's a real opportunity for the north koreans to be on the world stage they don't have much chance to do that for lots of reasons you must report the difficult relationship they've had with much of the world for a long time and will want to make the most of that opportunity. i think the south koreans will be wanting to explore different ways they can lower tensions and i think it is a very important opportunity and a welcome one between the two sides but i also think that one or two meetings in the run up to a winter olympics next month they're not going to achieve everything so i would get my hopes up too high the biggest thing i would want out of this is that there be further talks to happen after the olympics are held but it's still a first meeting is better than none yeah i think that's the view of many of us that something is better than nothing but in the grand scheme of things i mean with how the relationship has been

the olympics. do you think this momentum between your two countries that has legs beyd the games? >>well, i should tell you an english saying that goes a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. we just began to talk with north koreans, and it might be too earl to reach any kind of conclusion like the one you just presented. >> all right. so it's still -- that's still a work in progress. because as you know your japanese counterparts say, beware the north trying to cozy up while trying to buy time for their inevitable program. >> well, there can be many ways of looking at the north korean intentions. but if we look at the situation very objectively, as i indicated at the beginning of the program, the security situation on the korean peninsula, might be slightly better shape say than about a month ago because we have just begun to engage the north koreans in a dialogue. >> it's really important, and everybody clearly is very concerned about what happens and what transpires, particularl

i personally, and also korean people, really hope that this successful pyeongchang olympic games willeakthrough, this stalemate of korean situations, so i really hope that pyeongchang olympics will make another move, make another peaceful move. even if that were the case, the problem would be what happens next. just after the olympics, we need to return to our kind of original and normal position, which is to demand the denuclearisation of north korea, and put the maximum pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. so the two delegations just sitting down to talks. there is a certain level of confidence that there will be good results in terms of the winter olympics. kim jong—un has said he was willing to send a delegation, and the south korean president has said he feels the winter olympics could be a groundbreaking chance to de—escalate tension is on the korean peninsula. but if that does happen, it is thought the two sides will go on to talk about other issues like in the korean issues, things like divided families, people who haven't seen family members for up to 70 ye

thank you very much so will north korean athletes take part in the winter olympics next month in south korea both countries have agreed to discuss the question next tuesday it could pave the way for north tween athletes to attend the upcoming games the first formal talks between the north and south in over two years. the host city for the winter olympics is just eighty kilometers from the de-militarized zone that separates the two countries. on the ninth of january officials from both sides will meet at the truce village of parliament in twenty fourteen the two nations were able to reach an agreement here ahead of the asian games in incheon with north korean athletes crossing the border to take part. and it looks as though another deal could be on the cards according to the country's i.o.c. delegate speaking at beijing airport said that north korean participation will probably happen there's even a possibility of the two countries marching under the same flag as they did at the two thousand and three university summer games in south korea while some experts and officials have gone as f

lizzie arnold is the olympic champion, my goodness! bella fourgb olympic champion, my goodness!es are winning more major medals now than at any point in history. so there is every chance that the bjorn chang 2018 and south korea could be britain's best ever games —— pyongchang. one of britain's best multi—medal prospects is elise christie, she will compete in three events. since the last games she's become a world champion but is looking to put her in thick demons firmly behind her after a devastating sochi 2014. they've gone down! i can't believe she's been penalised again! it has been tough, i cannot even describe how hard it was. i suffered a lot after it in my life, in my normal life too. i had a crash at the games, the korean girl was taken out and i received a lot of online abuse and death threats from the south koreans. it changed me as from the south koreans. it changed measa from the south koreans. it changed me as a person, a lost —— i lost a lot of confidence from that but since then i've had a turnaround. she's the first british woman to win a short track world title

but now the olympic break through.e are taken outside pyongyang, a source of pride for a country trying to present a new and modern face to the world. while most are believed to live in poverty, this appears to be a get away for the north korean elite. and now it's one of the sites where north and south korean athletes will train to compete in the olympics under a united consider reason -- korean flag. they will also have a hockey team. >> translator: i'm overflowing with pride and i believe from this opportunity the whole world will envy us. >> reporter: we sat down with the executive secretary of north korea's olympic committee and part of the delegation that negotiated with south korea. are there any concerns about combining some of these teams so close to the olympics? >> translator: hockey is a team sport that needs to train together. however, we are the same people who share the same language, same culture and same blood. >> reporter: on the face of it, there is nothing to suggest this period of olympic detente w

olympics.t's a start, a big start. if i weren't involved, they wouldn't be talking about olympics right now, they would be doing no talking or it would be much more serious. if something can happen and something can come out of those talks, that would be a great thing for all of humanity. >> that is president trump speaking to reporters at camp david yesterday. he also said that he is open to talking with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> north korea has accepted south korea's effort to have talks this week. the first contact between the two countries in more than two years. >> president trump said the talks would not be on the taken if he had not taken what he calls a firm stance on north korea. >> all through his first year in office, he has taken a lot of different stances when it comes to north korea starting when he said he would be open to meeting with kim jong-un and that was back in may. >> rocket man is on suicide mission for himself and for his regime. north korea best not make any

head and shoulders above the competition reigning champion and olympic gold medalist camel stock was king of the four hills again after winning the first three stages the pole was equally impressive in bischof softened he set the longest distance in the first round and held his nerve on his final jump to ensure victory again. that gave him the grand slam and kept one of the most dominant for hill's performances in years. it was a really good competition for me the chance wasn't perfect today but i did my best and can i say thank you for one team team colleagues team coaches because they they've been working so hard and i'm. after germany's best type is a coward fighter crashed out of the tournament in the third stage is countryman and that is bellinger stepped up with a strong performance to claim second place for the tournament. he was followed in third by norway's and does fine and the. former astronaut john young has died at the age of eighty seven u.s. space agency nasa hailed him as a pioneer young's trailblazing began the one nine hundred sixty s. and he was part of the first m

that's beyond the olympics -- take it beyond the olympics.e have a good relationship with south korea. i would love to see it go beyond the olympics. and at the appropriate time, we will get involved. i like the idea that they are doing with the olympics. that should be between those two countries. >> mr. president, did you ask the white house counsel to ask attorney sessions not to accuse himself? president trump: the story in the times was off, but everything that i have done is 100% proper. that is what i do. i do things proper. i guess the collusion now is dead because after when you are -- one year of study, there has been no collusion between us and the russians. there has been collusion between hillary clinton, the dnc, and the russians. unfortunately, you people don't cover that much. the only conclusion is between hillary and the russians and the dnc, and any other questions? >> in what way was the new york times story? president trump: off? president trump: you will find out, but the story was off. >> do you stand by attorney genera

they'll also be sending a joint women's ice hockey team if the international olympic committee approves. also on the program. a meeting of chancellors but was there a meeting of minds on st sebastian colson germany's angela merkel have been trying to find common ground on the divisive issue of migration political correspondent will tell us how much progress they made. and catalonia is parliament reopens gearing up for further confrontation with the spanish government could lawmakers defy madrid once again invoke this man exam played a college pushed back into power. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us north and south korea have agreed to march under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics it's a small step towards less tension in the region but it won't be the first time the two koreas have marched together at the two thousand and three world university games they entered the stadium under the so-called korean unification flack and since two thousand they've also much together at three some of the picket. at the. at the tal

there were talks prior to the 1988 olympics, the last time the olympics were held in south korea. there were also talks before other olympics. in fact, the north korean and south korean teams walks ceremonies opening both in sydney and in athens. venueympics has been a for inter-korean dialogue before , but there is a great deal of isertainty as this dialogue related to the missile program. host: what can we expect out of these talks? what is the best case scenario that will come out of the? guest: the best case scenario is they will create a gap for it to happen without a problem for created aa while also space for diplomacy to occur on the broader issues affecting north and south korea, and potentially even giving a window for north korea and the united states to actually talk about the key issues -- the nuclear program and the mitchell program -- missile program. host: what things could possibly go wrong? the model of u.s. forces in korea is tied because of that concern that things could go wrong very quickly. of course, the primary possibility is that north korea would do some

north korea says it will send a team to next month's winter olympics in south korea as the rival neighbors speak for the first formal talks in more than two years. fully back to boil watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead the race is on to prevent a potential environmental disaster off china's eastern coast where new brainy an oil tanker is on fire plus we meet the nigerian migrants forced to return home from libya who aren't giving up their dreams to get to europe and under investigation finance launches a probe into u.s. tech giant apple for deception over its i phone. thank you for joining us north and south korea have been holding their first official meeting in more than two years with a few diplomatic breakthrough as pyongyang says it will send a high level delegation to next month's winter olympics in the south senior officials from both sides met at the de-militarized zone in on with john on the border tension has increased since the last round of talks in twenty fifteen with north korea rapidly. accelerating its nuclear and missile programs well here's what's come out of th

olympic committee to explain the move. it is very sad if there is no direct proof of guilt the i.b.u. tested human numerous occasions and never tested positive for a banned substance. earlier they had of the international olympic committee has said that the committee wants to invite so-called russia's clean athletes and in such a way somehow encourage new young generation of sportsmen of from country but the biggest concern is that many of those who were not invited are in fact representing these very young a new generation mr barch mentioned and another concern is that they sneeze just two weeks before the games start to it actually means that the chances are very low that sportsmen could fight for their right back to you you know it is definitely a disappointing day for those are the two are not going to be going after having never doped in their careers maria with the latest on the thing. just a little bit more to update you on the i.o.c. the recently released information on why some russian ark leads have been excluded

since 2000 they have marched together at three olympic games. am joined here to my far right by a korea expert from berlin, and next door to me on my right our sports correspondent. welcome. i want to start with you. we have been talking about this now since the news came out, but i will ask you again, why is north korea's leader using the winter olympics as an opportunity to reduce tensions or to have it appear that way? hannes: the most important reason for that is both -- north korea was very much isolated due to the sanctions and other provocations. even north korea needs direct communication for implementing foreign policy. talking to south korea is the first step, and talking to the u.s. which is the ultimate aim. brent: it is. we talked about the sports part of it. this is not the first time we have seen the two koreas use sports to bridge divisions. alima: and what makes this so unique is this is the first time we will be seeing a unified korean olympic team. i have been stressing this the entire day, the emphasis is on olympics. in the

the winter olympics may be a coverfor kimjong—un, a winter olympics may be a coverfor kim jong—un, aent excuse for him to step back from the brink, but in the south, any chance to talk is better than the terrifying alternative. few could disagree with that thought. earlier we were joined few could disagree with that thought. earlier we werejoined by south korea's ambassador to the uk and started off by asking him what is the long—term goal of what has just begun. the us and korea have the same view that we can not accept a nuclear armed state. and also we wa nt a nuclear armed state. and also we want to preserve the verifiable... but they give nothing in order to come to the table and the fear is pyongyang is trying to drive a wedge between seoul and washington. pyongyang is trying to drive a wedge between seoul and washingtonm they try to drive a wedge between they try to drive a wedge between the us and korea, they will fail because we maintain very close collaboration and coordination on a daily basis at every level. as i said, we have the same goal and the same approach. so the d

and the exclusion of many clean russian athletes from the upcoming winter olympics triggers an outcry in the sporting world. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us and the turkish president has announced a plan to extend his country's military operation against kurdish forces in syria turkish troops are currently fighting the y p g an african and well now be advanced to mung beach an area controlled by u.s. backed kurdish fighters. operation we've launched remember all of branch. of terrorist successfully underway starting from members we will continue for when we games which are being played along our borders and we will cleanse our region completely of this trouble. what we're hearing from the turkish president is that he will now extend his military operation in northern syria to include the town of man bridge which is around one hundred kilometers to the east of afrin which is where for the past few days the turkish military has been battling it out with syrian kurds who are backed by

how do you hold a winter olympics in an area with barely any natural snowfall?nd out how china is preparing to stage the games in 2022. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am here in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in beijing, where china's government has introduced new restrictions on the import of foreign waste — much of it dirty or hazardous. the country has been importing large amounts of waste plastic and paper every year from europe, japan, and the united states to be recycled. it's estimated that china accepted 51% of global plastic scrap imports in 2016. but the new ban, ordered by the beijing government, is about to stop most of that, and it could have a significant impact on recycling industry worldwide. robin brant reports from shanghai. china has been recycling for decades. he's made a living out of bashing, breaking up, and disassembling. he's been doing it for five years. it's hard work, he tells me. tiring. but he's not a green warrior. he does it because there's money in i

national poll vote champion testing positive for doping prior to the rio olympics. joins us in the studio with the details now so what are they claiming to have dug up here the activists have found an email exchange and it is supposedly between the people from the canadian olympic committee and also on another canadian sport fourteen which is responsible for sport ethics in the country and the emails reveal some of what allegedly was happening behind the scenes of canadian sport around the rio olympics and you won't be impressed because it looked like attempts to play down an anti-doping rule violation and also. quickly. trying to do some quirky damage control so here's the athlete to the center. well it's all about the case of former hold champion shawn barber in prior to the olympics he tested positive for cocaine but instead of being thrown out of the olympics after several and tarnal disciplinary proceedings and cat of the for the pole vaulter was allowed to go moreover for a while this case was hidden from the international olympic committee the c o c was not p

look, right now, they are talking about the olympics. it's a start. if i were not involved, they would not be talking about the olympics right now or it would be much more serious. he knows i'm not messing around, not even 1%. he understands that. at the same time, if we can come up with a peaceful and good solution, we are working on it with rex, a lot of people, if something can happen and something can come out of those talks, that would be great for all of humanity, for the world, very important. okay? yes, sir? reporter: do you plan on involving yourself in republican primaries? president trump: yes, that is one of the reasons i believe my poll numbers have gone way up. you'll have to explain that to me someday. but i will tell you, actually, they have been explaining it, but they want me to be involved and we will be very involved, in fact, not only with the senate, also with the house. reporter: and protecting incumbants? president trump: protecting incumbents and whoever i had to protect. we have to have more republicans. with that being said,

twenty fifteen the red meetings expected to focus on north participation in next month's winter olympics in pyongyang chung so always been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether that lead to any real progress with joining us from seoul is our correspondent kathy no that's a kathy who exactly is in these delegations on what's been happening so far. well there are five members on either side led by the south korean unification minister on the southern side and his north korean counterpart on the other side so in effect the two men in charge of into korean relations they've also brought along their deputies as well as representatives in charge of sports and culture and the olympics and there was seems an upbeat mood going into this meeting the north korean leader of the delegation said that he said it said that he thought it would go well he also said he came to the meeting today all wanting to give their brother in high hopes of invaluable results as the first president of the year and the south korean unification minister cho said that he the excuse me the

the olympic winter games jong chung dialogue and understanding.on are hopefully opening the door to a brighter future on the korean peninsula. given the long divisions between the two koreas, it is probably over optimistic to hope that real peace is just around the corner of the cooperation here and the contact the two countries will have at next month's olympics might, many hope, lead to more talking and wider agreement. british tourists travelling to jamaica are being advised to stay in their resorts after a state of emergency was declared around montego bay. there's been a surge in gang—related violence in the area. every year, around 200,000 britons visit the popular holiday destination, as nick davis reports. for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, to's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect and protect their dignity and safety of all. most of the touri

>> definitely the olympics.n't put into words how happy i am for now. >> reporter: she won't be joined by ashley wagner, an olympian who was visibly upset with the judges' scores. >> i'm furious. >> reporter: wagner tweeted as an athlete i'm allowed to be mad, adding, congrats to the lovely ladies in your team. you've got me in your cheering squad now. redemption after she was left off the sochi team despite a top three finish at nationals. >> beautiful triple flip, triple toe. >> it made me a stronger person and i wouldn't be here today if that hadn't happened to me. >> reporter: 18-year-old nathan chen who dazzled the crowd with his five soaring quads is making his olympic debut. >> i think nathan chen is ready for the olympics. >> i want to be standing on top of the podium at the olympics. >> reporter: he's an early gold medal favorite. >> you have nathan chen that's the face of skating going into the olympics. >> reporter: also olympic bound two selected despite finishing fourth. >> i'm incredibly grateful f

that's that every olympic games there has been some safety concern.ika virus at the summer games in rio and threats of terrorism at the sochi games in 2014. they said they attended those games and felt safe, so they have no doubt they will feel safe again this time. garv garv garvin thomas. >>> he'll be bringing us live reports from pyeongchang throughout the olympics. >>> a week from now new england and philadelphia will be going at it in the super bowl lii. today the eagles arrived in minneapolis. whoa, where are they taking that plane? temperatures were hovering in the teens so they pulled the plane into a hangar to keep the players nice and warm. patriots are going to be flying to minnesota tomorrow. it's a good thing the game is going to be played in a dome, because as of now it's supposed to be 10 degrees on super bowl sunday not counting that windchill. don't forget the super bowl is going to be right here on nbc bay area. coverage lasts essentially all day with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 in the afternoon our time. that is next sunday. >>> the

to host the country's first olympic and paralympic games some of these slopes closed. for the event across town finishing touches are being made and people are looking forward to the opening ceremony in february. i'm excited and a bit nervous that i'll be able to watch such a big event taking place here. it's been such a long time since i. have learned it's a good opportunity to promote the country and especially this area. it could also be a chance to improve into korea relations north korea has recently said it may send its athletes to take part in the event something south korea says it welcomes but security concerns over the north's nuclear weapons development remain organizers however say this isn't the first time a huge sporting event is held against the backdrop of heightened tensions but of course again safety and security are part of all of the olympic games and so it's a part of our preparations that we do but every other olympic committee has also had the same measures in place so we're working to ensure that everything is in place in time for the games. but

the olympics it's like 36 days out. february ninth in opening ceremony. >> tuesday is the big day for the rain. and we're talking significant rain. >> it looks significant at this point. we're thinking once we get to next tuesday, one to two inches possible. widespread throughout the bay area. get the calendars ready for that. we'll be updating you on possible changes. we'll rewind a little bit take a look at friday forecast and you see the .10 to .5 inch possible. best chance north bay and coastline. dry this woekd. >> just to dispel all rumors there is no earthquake weather. >> not at all no. >> thanks for watching us here. have a great evening. >> see you at 11:00. bye-bye. woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. fir

will also be sending a joint women's ice hockey team if the international olympic committee is also coming up another terror attack in northern nigeria a suicide bombers killed at least ten people and it looks like it could be both. plus a meeting of chancellors but was there a meeting of the mon. courts and germany have been trying to find common ground on the divisive issue of migration did they succeed. good to have you with us tonight the two koreas are taking a step that many hope will lead down the path of reconciliation in the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea representatives met today and agreed to march under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics they also agreed to send a joint women's ice hockey team if the sea approves a small step towards lessening tension but. will be the first time to the two koreas have marched together at the two thousand and three world university games they entered the stadium under the so-called korean unification flag since two thousand they've also marched together at three olympic games. i'm joi

meanwhile preparations for the olympics are well under way.it of what was going on, but we we re little bit of what was going on, but we were interrupted by a helicopter. here are some of the police preparations ahead of the opening ceremony. this team is tasked with keeping world leaders and athletes safe at events being held just 15 miles from the north korean border. in this scenario, terrorists have taken over a venue. the taken over a venue. the main threat to the pyeongchang games was at one point thought to be from south korea's neighbour. but as talks between the two sides progress, the threat level has lowered. translation: we have formed an all—out readiness posture to respond to all kinds of threats, but now the north korean athletes are participating i expect the threats to go down. we are mobilising 13,000 police officers around we are mobilising13,000 police officers around the country. as for the equipments, we are mobilising our armoured vehicles and other state—of—the—art technologies, such as the drone detection equipment, th

and north korea on the minds of our local athletes going to the olympics. the one thing many of them say is making them feel better about the safety of the games. >> a new storm moves closer as we head through tomorrow morning. i'll have the time line on this and where over three-quarters of an inch is possible. that's in nine minutes. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. ♪ ♪ >>> well, the olympics is in two weeks and the excitement is growing and just like all of the games, the competition promises to be thrilling. >> it should be, but there's also a real concern here, a political concern since the host city pyeongchang is so close to nort

russia's olympic committee has condemned the list of its cleats allowed to compete in the winter olympics it's a russia's most prominent sportsmen and women have been excluded the total number of those allowed to go to south korea next month has been reduced from an initial five hundred person squad to one hundred and sixty nine athletes are sports minister is the mounting justice for the competitors. we will stand for the interest of all our athletes reassure their clue we haven't had any claims in terms of. the list doesn't include russia's most prominent athletes it's actually could be disappointing move but actually there is no surprise we heard about russia's leading athletes not invited to the games in pyongyang this february several days ago and now the country's olympic committee just confirmed it among those who did not receive the official invitation there were expecting that our top ranking athletes the country's major hopeful such as six time olympic champion in short track skating victor on a cross-country skier city to go for two thousand and fourteen olympic gold medalist.

the russian hacking group fund see baz is claiming that the canadian olympic committee positive doping test of its national poll champion prior to the rio olympics early my colleague discussed the details with. well it looks like an eyebrow raising e-mail exchange supposedly between the people from the canadian olympic committee and also their national body that is responsible for sports ethics some pretty disappointing tactics in there it looked like attempts to play down an anti-doping rule violation and some corkey damage control around the summer olympics in rio and here's the athlete at the center of this what can you tell us about him well it's all of the case of the former pole vault champion from canada his name is shawn barber prior to rio he had tested positive for cocaine but instead of being thrown out of the olympics after several and turned all disciplinary proceedings with that in canada he was allowed to go and moreover this case was hidden from the international olympic committee for a while to see u.s.c. was not permitted to disclose sean sue wish and prior to or duri

the other problemm is, the olympic team, the gymnastics olympic team, is chosen by committee.t is not chosen by the scores they are awarded at the below the trials. they do have olympic trials, but a committee makes the decision. youhe message is clear that don't ruffle feathers or maybe you will find yourself off the olympic team. it goes even further down than that, as a judged sport, maybe somebody does not want to ruffle feathers of a judge who might be judging a mid-level gymnastics meet. it is a situation where a lot of these gymnastic club owners, they are small businessmen. they did not want their clubs associated with child sexual abuse, so coaches are often just fired and told to just go away. and some of them went from club to club to club and continued abusing little girls. juan: mark, could you talk about how you came on to this story? because your investigative team, as often happens in investigative projects, was looking at another aspect, more how coaches were abusing athletes, then suddenly, someone came forward and changed the direction of your investigation?

their way olympics two years ago have come to light following we have a. right. to. put themselves on the line they didn't accept it or reject it. so when you want to be president. some want to. it's. considered to be for us as a what before us three of the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. first sip. a new leak from the fancy bez hacking group obtains by r.t. has raised questions about how doping cases were handled during the rio olympics in two thousand and sixteen talks about the meaning behind these documents so new leaks about the summer olympic games twenty sixteen and remember during before and after rio the russian doping scandal was all over the news and that was when the and hire russian track and field team stayed home because of the band's well one i.o.c. e-mail exchange that we however can not confirm is real was about therapeutic use exemptions or to you now correct me if i'm wrong but is that when athletes are allowed to use banned substances for medical purposes yes if you're an athlete and you're sick and this case

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best looking group that raises concerns over how i don't think cases were handled during the rio olympics in twenty sixteen. thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow. the u.s. has urged turkey not to attack syria's african region and focus on fighting isis instead that's according to the state department spread person has in now it we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort don't want them to engage in the violence but we want them to keep focused on isis we're talking threatened armed intervention in the kurdish held african region after it emerged the u.s. was planning to work with kurdish fighters in establishing a so-called border force in syria boche following and grows fierce reaction washington seems to have backtracked on to senior regional correspondent what does the it explains. turkey isn't kidding around day after day it is pulling more tanks and more missiles more troops to the syrian border this is the pregnant to a new war a war within the u.s. led coalition should. now america's acknowle

raises concerns over how doping cases were how little during the rio olympics in twenty six days. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me karen good to have you with us this hour. washington is downplaying its support for the kurds amid threats from turkey of a military attack on kurdish positions inside syria and korea is furious over what it sees as broken u.s. promises to stop backing syria's kurds i think the original correspondent mind has more turkey isn't kidding around day after day it is pulling more tanks and more missiles more troops to the syrian border this is the premiere you get to a new war a war within the u.s. led coalition should. now america's acknowledged it's established an army of terror along our country's border it's up to us to drown this army of terror before it is born. one of the reasons is america's new army or border force which is what it was originally the u.s. led coalition told us in this letter that it was establishing a border security force an army of kurds that would patrol the border with turkey now that is preparing t