complaints were leveled at the time was that i did go to the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is controlled so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples had been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise that the vials might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching no biting them there so the fact that these accusations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the present is given that the presidential election is just over one hundred days away and that starts just one month after the big. i think of the winter games so that's essentially sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the election ok so where does the united states come into this well putin sees this as an answer by the u.s. for the allegations that russia interfered in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election sort of an eye for an eye reaction

and no complaints were leveled at the time was that into the future just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the are you see we handed over all those symbols to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is control so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples have been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise the voyles might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching old biting them there so the fact that these accusations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the president's is given that the presidential election is just over one hundred days away and that starts just one month after the beginning of the winter games so that's essentially sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the election ok so where does the united states come into this well putin sees this as an answer by the u.s. for the allegations that russia interfered in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election sort of an eye for an eye reaction

complaints were leveled at the time was that i did go to the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is controlled there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples have been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise the voyles might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples here's. scratching no biting them there so the fact that these accusations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the present is given that the presidential election is just over one hundred days away and that starts just one month after the beginning of the winter games so that's essentially sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the election hooten sees this as an answer by the u.s. for the unproven allegations that russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election sort of an eye for an eye reaction and that's made possible by the fact that the i.o.c. the international olym

tampered with however putin highlighted the fact that when those samples were sent off just after the sochi olympics when they were sent to a lab in switzerland they were received and no complaints were leveled at the time was ready to go the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is control so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples have been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise the voyles might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching no biting them there so the fact that these accusations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the present is given that the presidential election is just over one hundred days away and that starts just one month after the beginning of the winter games so that's essentially sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the election ok so where does the united states come into this well pu

tampered with however putin highlighted the fact that when those samples were sent off just after the sochi olympics when they were sent to a lab in switzerland they were received and no complaints were leveled at the time was due to the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is controlled so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples had been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise the vials might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching no biting them nations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the present is given that the presidential election starts just one month after they began to sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the. u.s. for the un proven allegations that russia interfered in the us presidential election sort of an eye for an eye reaction and that's made possible by the fact that the i.o.c. the intern

complaints were leveled at the time was that i did go to the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is control so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples had been stored there for two or three years and only then did questions arise that the vials might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching no biting them there so the fact that these accusations are emerging again right now isn't a coincidence in the present is given that the presidential election is just over one hundred days away and that starts just one month after the big. the winter games so that's essentially sort of encouraging a really tense climate in the run up to the election who sees this as an answer by the u.s. for the un proven allegations that russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election sort of an eye for an eye reaction and that's made possible by the fact that the i.o.c. the international olympic co

after the sochi games in 2015 he came out as gay — the first athlete in his event to do so — and wast. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss went to meet him. just hoping that my story serves as encouragement for people who are in the closet in sport. of anything i have done in my life, the thing i am most proud of is coming out and doing it the way i did it. in the frenetic world freestyle skiing, gus kenworthy standalone. the world number one and also the openly gay competitor. when he won silver at the sochi 0lympics competitor. when he won silver at the sochi olympics in 2014, kenworthy had not revealed his sexuality. behind the celebrations, he says he felt deceitful, guilty and even considered quitting for fear of what his sport would think. your whole sport is based around your image and your persona. your social media followers and all sponsors and... just the way you portray yourself. i did not want to throw that all away. and her friends and people in the industry say homophobic things. we used to have snowboarders at events calling us faqs and whenever anything was bad, beat

games and twenty forty one of the alexander has also been stripped of his sochi gold medal. if get any bad off the first athletes to be sanctioned after a review of evidence into state sponsored doping at the games the international olympic committee is investigating twenty eight cases it will decide on the issues overall. in december. and his reminder of the top story u.s. president donald trump has responded to the new york truck attack by calling for a change to immigration law also said he would consider having the suspect sent to the guantanamo bay detention center as an enemy coming. up today more of the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site. of the. they are the hope of many of. these monks are rebuilding what the military spent years destroying we really are something like the teachers of the people. three miles. three stories three ways of changing everything. the power of the monks in fifteen minutes. because they don't know where they start to divide the country to new zealand where they start to divide the language. blood will flow for.

his firing came after an unidentified employee made allegations of sexual behavior that began at the sochi alan thicke's in 2014 -- at the sochi ago, the nbcts news chairman sent the following note to our organization. on wednesdayues, night we received a detailed report about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer." how do you reconcile that? said the complaint was the first against matt lauer ever, but the article said that women complain that the network but nothing happened. jonathan: just hours after the news broke about matt lauer, garrison keillor was fired from minnesota public radio. the former host of "the prairie home companion" claimed that his him touching from the bare back of a woman who he immediately i and she thought she had forgiven him. michelle: aat resigning after he faces sexual harassment allegations. is accused of touching several female staffers. conyers has returned to detroit, saying he fears for his family's safety. jonathan: now the flight fiasco for the holidays, thousands of flights could be canceled after american airlines gave too man

five more russian competitors from the 2014 sochi winter olympics have been banned for life over anti—doping trunenkov and aleksei negodailo, both members of the gold—medal winning four—man bobsleigh team, as well as biathlon relay silver—medallists ya na romanova and olga vilukhina who also won another silver in the seven and a half kilometre event. the latest bans bring the total number of russian athletes suspended from the games for life to 19 this month, with the ioc annulling results following widespread doping and tampering with samples of russian athletes during the sochi games. nowadays there are marathons all over the world. from the biggest cities, to remote deserts, there's no shortage of races out there. but few are as tough as the one we're about to show you. running around a glacier in the coldest place on earth has to be one of the hardest challenges out there as holly hamilton reports. for most of us, running a marathon isa for most of us, running a marathon is a big ask. but for some, the distance is only part of the challenge. with temperatures dropping as low as —30, this

when he won silver at the sochi olympics in 2014, kenworthy had not revealed his sexuality. quitting, for fear of what his sport would think. your whole sport is based around you image and your persona. —— your whole sport is based around your image and your persona. it's like, your social media followers and your sponsors and just the way that you portray yourself and ijust didn't want to throw that all away. i had just heard friends and people in the industry say homophobic things. we used to have snowboarders at events, call us skier fags and anytime anything was bad at a contest, whether it was the weather or the course or thejudges, it was, "this is so gay, that's so gay," all these things, so i wasjust like, "oh, my god, that's not what the words means." i was like, "what are they going to think when they realise that i actually am gay?" and you came out. yeah! and what was the reaction you got? it was crazy. the reaction when i came out was the opposite of what i expected. i posted the cover and i tweeted it it and it was just like my phone stopped working, it was goi

unidentified employee came forward on monday with claims of inappropriate sexual behavior that began at the sochi olympics in 2014. n-b-c- says that was the first complaint they ever receieved about lauer.. but the variety article -- reporting this morning -- that several women told them they did complain to executives at the network -- but nothing happened. just hours after the news about matt lauer broke - another shocking departure. garrison keillor, fired from minnesota public radio. companion claims his firing stems from an incident when he touched a woman's bare back while trying to console her. he says he immediately apologized and thought she had forgiven him. meantime, an attorney for congressman john conyers says the lawmaker has no plans to resign as he faces sexual harassment allegations. this - despite growing pressure. the 88-year-old, accused of inappropriately touching several female staffers. conyers has returned home to detroit-- saying he fears for his family's safety. he says he'll come back to d-c when he thinks it's safe again. new overnight.. president trump is lashing out

was due to the switch just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the on you see we handed over to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is control so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples have been stored there for two with a. a years ago and only then did questions arise when the violence might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples he's been scratching or biting them there but. he also went on to call for the anti-doping system in the sports world to be improved overall adding that these suspicions really really do disturb him given that it's sort of mixing politics with the olympics and that really goes against what the games are meant to stand for absolutely jacqueline vega thanks for those details but sports not the only field where russia is under pressure it seems the u.s. justice department has ordered all to america to register as a foreign agent by monday if the broadcaster fails to do so its bank accounts could be further is that the controversial legislation was adopted mo

comes after an unidentified employee made claims of inappropriate sexual behavior that began at the sochi olympics in 2014. just hours after the news about matt lauer broke - another shocking departure. garrison keillor, fired from minnesota public radio. the former host of a prairie home companion claims his firing stems from an incident when he touched a woman's bare back while trying to console her. he says he immediately apologized and thought she had forgiven him. developing now in the district-- a 7 on your side i-team investigation. students... getting a diploma - while missing months of class. now we are hearing more from the whistleblower behind the investigation... and the school's response to her claims. nathan baca has more. following our investigation-- mayor muriel assuring parents that district officials are doing everything they can to fix this situation. we set up a hotline for parents to call us with any issues happening in their children's schools. you can find that number - and all our reporting on the ballou investigation abc-7 news app. happening today-- the destruct

the woman who prompted this firing said it started during the winter olympics in 2014 in sochi. today co-anchor savannah guthrie and hoda kotbe were upset. >> i don't know the answer to that. but i do know that this reckoning that so many organizations have been going through is important. it's long overdue and must result in workplaces where all women, all people feel safe and respected. as painful as it is at this moment in our culture and this change had to happen. >> it did. it's a very tough morning for both of us. i've known matt for 15 years and i've loved him as a friend and as a colleague and, again, just like you were saying, savannah, it's hard to reconcile what we are hearing with the man who we know who walks in this building every single chairman andrew lack said the woman's complaint represented a clear violation of our company's standards. the accuser's attorney says that nbc took action less than 24 hours after hearing the complaint. the "today" show is one of the most popular and lauer's firing came as a shock to so many viewers. we're going to stay on top of th

know yet if this resignation would mean that we are abandoning the geneva trog to the advantage of the sochi or a stand trial and we are abiding by russian rule to set the stage for i mean a political settlement it's no doubt that the fight against die is nearing to an end and the war is practically over and every party is getting ready to go into the negotiation table it's the time now to drop a political settlement now that the syrian opposition and particular ash and see is i mean in front of this china and it has already suffered a lot of divisions and its turn and division the syrian opposition in large i mean we can. understand right and now there are i mean facing this challenge you will because they lost militarily but they have the chance to win diplomatically to have their seats and to make their voice here negotiation table to be part of the political settlement in a way that will i mean. sure that's right can i generated because i'm not clear are you saying that the agency despite losing many of its key leadership figures still has. a certain amount of leverage if you like still

great britain look set to win a bobsleigh bronze medal — from the sochi winter olympics almost four yearsr doping — including two from the four man bob. with two russian crews from 2014 now affected by doping bans, pedning any appeals, the british crew should be promoted to third. ten triathletes have been chosen to compete for england at next yea r‘s commonwealth games. the event on the gold coast will feature paratriathlon for the first time, while alistair brownlee, who had been competing in the longer ironman events, will defend his title. the challenge of it is really motivated. i'm not worried about the sprint distance or to heat. the time frame is tougher, coming back from injury, and basically having four months to prepare for it. that is much more of a challenge than the other issues. but i'm very motivated. i've always enjoyed setting tough goals. i will try my best. now there's not a lot left for andy murray to achieve on the court, three grand slam titles, two olympic gold medals and a davis cup trophy. he's still aiming to return to the court next year after an injury hit sea

multimillion dollar contract after another employee filed a complaint about what happened during the sochi games. the situation reportedly continued after the games. the today show began with a statement from lauer read by savannah guthrie. >> there are no words to express my sorrow and pain and regret to the people who i have caused harm to. some of what's being said about me is not true, but there is enough truth about these stories to make me embarrassed and ashamed. >> they published allegations by additional women. variety reported he allegedly dropped his pants in front of an employee. in a separate investigation, a woman told the "new york times," lauer quote sexually assaulted her in his office in2001. >>> now congressman hospital. reports say the 88-year-old democrat is being treated for stress. he is facing sexual misconduct allegations. both nancy pelosi, and speaker ryan called on conyers to resign. >>> john mccain said he would support that $1.5 trillion tax reform bill. the republicans are revising the measure to appease deficit hawks. senate leaders would like to see a vote

is currently investigating some of the allegations against russian athletes from the sochi games in twenty fourteen and so far they have removed two medals from russian athletes both from the skiing events now the athletes in question have said that they will appeal those decisions and their lawyer has described them as being a scandalous the i.o.c. is also due to decide next month whether or not the russian team will be able to participate in the next winter games in twenty eighteen. ok let's get the views now of the house of capital sports on moscow's capital f.m. . good evening eleanor just listening to that report there we must remember that this shouldn't shouldn't really be seen as an isolated case because there's been a lot of pressure put on the i.o.c. in the run up to making their decision. so i mean they are caught up in this war with the idea the international national organization is grouping of they say outliers like you do you are. you card and so on that are trying to take over the world. water association our own deal you see during a v.o.c. so russia our own forces caught

is currently investigating some of the allegations against russian athletes from the sochi games in twenty fourteen and so far they have removed two medals from russian athletes both from the skiing events now the athletes in questions have said that they will appeal those decisions and their lawyer has described them as being a scandalous the i.o.c. is also due to decide next month whether or not the russian team will be able to participate in the next winter games in twenty eighteen. excuses and embarrassment to appear to be the order of the day for some of the world's wealthiest people and companies come in the wake of the leaking of a massive trove of financial files the so-called paradise papers have exposed where the richest are hiding their money and how they dodge paying taxes. well let's have a closer look then at that list and as you can see there's a whole host of famous companies and faces in the paradise papers the u.k.'s queen elizabeth here is there she's got millions of pounds from her private estate invested in the fund in the cayman islands another familiar face next to h

because it was just a few months following the sochi olympics acting on the instructions of the i.o.c. we handed over all those samples to elysium laboratory which is essentially under what is controlled so there were no complaints whatsoever on receiving those samples so the samples had been stored there for two or three years without any danger questions arise with the vials might have been opened or simply been doing with the samples has been scratching no biting them then. putting went on to call for the anti-doping system to be improved in general in the sports world and added that the suspicions really do worry him given the fact that it's putting together and mixing in politics with the world of sports which is really the exact opposite of what the olympic games are meant to stand for ok thanks for those days house us aussies jack in vegas thanks for coming in. first sport's not the only field where russia is under pressure the u.s. justice department has ordered all to america to register as a foreign agent by monday if the broadcaster fails to do so its bank accounts could be

the giro twice before, the last time was in 2010 when he was disqualified. nearly four years after the sochire russian athletes for doping, including two from the four man bob. with two russian crews now punished after ongoing hearings by an ioc commision into allegations of russian state sponsored doping, it should promote the british crew into a medal position. john hardie has been given a three—month suspension following a scottish rugby union investigation into gross misconduct. it's believed the investigation centred around alleged cocaine use by the scotland and edinburgh forward. the ban means that hardie won't be available to play until mid—january. and 10 triathletes have been chosen to compete for england at next yea r‘s commonwealth games. the event on the gold coast will feature paratriathlon for the first time, while alistair brownlee will drop down from the ironman distance he'd switched to after the olympics, in order to defend his title. the time frame is a little bit tougher, coming back from the injury and basically having for months now to prepare for it, that is much more

as for the participation in the sochi conference this is a conference that has been proposed and there is no date for it we haven't been told about its goals we don't know who is the reference of this conference there is no description for it nor a composition for this reason we say we are getting ourselves ready to go to geneva our aims to accomplish the alternative of bashar assad's regime this is our job no less than that and this will take time. some a binge of a joins us from the turkish city of near the syrian border it was a long deliberation what happened in riyadh what happens. like everything that we see in syria this was bitterly divided from the very beginning we had groups coming in which represent the fighters we had groups representing the syrian national council we had high negotiations committee and we had independence and on top of that we had groups from moscow and cairo these are two parallel platforms that operate in these two cities and represent syrians there so it was a big discussion there was a lot of deliberation this news conference which you just heard actu

is having talks with his counterpart vladimir putin in the russian city of sochi where the war in syria is expected to be high on the agenda it is the fourth meeting between the two leaders this year before flying to sochi and one dismissed suggestions by the u.s. and russia that there can be no military solution to the war in syria saying if that were true the two countries should pull their troops out. there as for a challenge joins us live now from the city of sochi roy they've already met what four times this year these two men why is this latest get together taking place. you know you can accuse them of ignoring each other can you they have met multiple times they've also spoken multiple times on the phone essentially they are trying to rebuild a relationship that has taken a battering in recent times two years really of turmel started when the turks shot down a russian warplane over the turkish syrian border pretty much exactly two years ago now following that's the russians put in place a whole host of restrictions embargoes etc on turkish goods and services and. citizen movement

is currently investigating some of the allegations against russian athletes from the sochi games in twenty fourteen and so far they have removed two medals from russian athletes both from the skiing events now the athletes in questions have said that they will appeal those decisions and their lawyer has described them as being a scandalous the i.o.c. is also due to decide next month whether or not the russian team will be able to participate in the next winter games in twenty eighteen. excuses and embarrassment to appear to be the order of the day for some of the world's wealthiest people and companies too it comes in the wake of the leaking of the massive trove of financial files the so-called paradise papers have exposed where the richest the hiding their money and how they dodge paying taxes. trillion dollars. offshore and this means that hundreds of billions of dollars worth of taxes go uncollected and you end up with what i would call apartheid but the billionaire class escalating we know this and meanwhile the poverty levels are continuing to rise because people are being gouged they

jack the reason these forces from geneva and change it into sochi to take their sortie now the problem is that in sochi they are going to invite about one thousand or more from syria and from outside but they will invite more people. who are supporting russia than opposition who started the revolution in the first place so i think this conference we only. malling to avoid the international legitimacy decided by the united nations they did that before by the way we invest and they separated the military track from. diplomatic. help by pressuring military groups to attend actually groups didn't have and you know they just attended to witness what was and the whole thing was devised by russia and iran but have a long and how are you as cynical when it comes to the russian plan of money would you make of the russian plan or if it's just a plan to push russia to the front of everything that's happening in syria the man but syria is just part of the big game that's happening in the middle east and on not only in the middle east for russia the main thing is to build an anti american coalition

both "the new york times" and variety magazine reported the incidents with the staffer began at the sochi olympics. they go on to report additional cases of sexual misconduct by lauer including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. nbc reported today, because of the seriousness of the accusations, together with information that it may not be an isolated incident, nbc decided to terminate lauer's contract. >> nbc is absolutely reeling. >> media reporter broke the story for "the new york times." >> you really can't understate how big a deal this is for nbc. today is the franchise. matt lauer is their biggest star. it finances a lot of their news division. >> i have a sickening feeling of deja vu. >> just last week, cbs this morning, co-host, charlie rose was fired. after "the washington post" revealed eight allegations of sexual misconduct at his pbs sponsored talk show. cbs news independently identified four women at cbs who also say rose acted inappropriately. >> we are very excited to be celebrating you, matt. >> lauer, a 59-year-old married father of three was the longest

sort of the sochi lama get the other day as m. is used for them and because of the market the book orton's with them. with the center for constitutional rights so we've got these weavers down here worried about we also why don't we do what is that i ask quite plainly is who are these people and to be combatants and they hesitated said no we have no evidence to show that they were enemy combatants and i knew. when i ordered wants out i'm up close to zero that it would be difficult and complex. i did not like going to countries and asking you to do something that we as a government were unwilling to do because it was a missile system was that it was not nothing in the being going to. push a little no that struck at them true enough pushing them. i turned my phone i never checked my messages and their last email from st and telling us that the government planned to have a pellet scored to us thank god. thank you. mr i make it. last yes i am a victim of manipulation between politicians held in guantanamo are a number of al qaeda and t

the war in syria is nearly over the three presidents meeting in sochi now it's time to rebuild the shattered country of lady may putin thinks a plan he's been pushing for weeks now is gaining momentum to do it. i am satisfied by the fact that the presidents of iran and turkey have supported an initiative to hold an all syrian forum a congress of national dialogue in syria the kremlin driven initiative aims to bring a broad spectrum of syrian government opposition and civil society groups to sochi in early december to plan for the country's future. and join me in calling we have all talked about oppositions all three countries have spoken in favor of convening this congress of national dialogue. but the president has been telling putin he won't accept a kurdish group linked to the p.k. k. being there and turkey's president still seems lukewarm on the idea. let me agree with president putin and he said we need to build on the momentum achieved as we talked together with mr rouhani we agreed that we need to extend our ties in all the areas. even less enthusiastic is the syrian opposition group

>> the complaint dating back to the 2014 sochi olympic the behavior continued in the workplace. there are now other allegations. three more women nbc news have come out in allegations against matt lauer. >> yeah. >> shock of what transpired this morning was clearly evident as you just saw thanks for joining us at 5:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. it's not just lauer's team they work closely with that are stunned. again and again every day people are asking something. not matt, too. here's a guy many happily started their day with. >> we just learned this moment ago just this morning. as i'm sure you can imagine, we are devastated and we are still processing all of this. >> visibly shaken savannah announced her bosses at nbc just fired her friend and her today show co-host matt lauer. she read a statement from andy lack saying in part on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. lack went on to say, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at nb

cross-country skiers have been banned from the olympics for a wife after being found guilty of doping at the sochi games in twenty forty one of the skiers alexander level has also been stripped of his gold medal. and. are the first athletes to be sanctioned after a review of evidence into state sponsored doping at the games the international olympic committee is investigating twenty eight cases in togo that will decide on russia's overall participation in blank in december. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day have to see of the. climate change. waste. pollution say. isn't it time for good news eco africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference he can win for the magazine d w. given. that what they're going to. have. since the autumn of two thousand and fifteen on sand to cheat a global icon of resistance to tyranny has had the fate of myanmar in her hands thank you. chris struggle against the military junta lasted thirty years she spent more than half of them under house arrest survived assassi

russia's president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart are one are meeting in the russian city of sochi for talks focusing on the situation in syria the ties between moscow and korea suffered amid the conflict in syria particularly after turkey shot down a russian warplane in twenty fifteen but today putin said relations are quote restored practically in full recently the two countries agreed on cooperating to deescalate the fight the meeting in sochi follows a joint statement by putin and u.s. president trump last week where they committed to achieving a peaceful solution in syria. well tonight rescuers are scrambling to help earthquake victims on the iran iraq border more than four hundred people are dead in iran alone thousands more have been injured or left homeless the seven point three magnitude quake struck around thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of halabja was laid on sunday in iraq at least seven people have been killed hundreds more were. injured. first the sudden shaking. and then the panic. in minutes lives reduced to rubble when the earthquake hit i was lying in my bed

it was russia's moment to shine, but evidence of state-sponsored doping at the sochi winter olympics continues to leave the state on the country's sporting character. russia's hopes of covering its name suffered a blow today. the world anti-doping agency thinks not enough has been done something wants access to the moscow lab suspected of being the hub of its doping operation, weres said senior figures involved in a cover-up. mainly political rather than normal procedure. i'm not sure that either of them are, but that's a different argument. but they haven't been fulfilled. reporter: but russian authorities insist they are continuing their anti-doping reforms. >> we're doing all of our best to progress among the whole of russia. intervention, education, result management. just under three months to go until the winter games begin in south korea, russia's have are ruled out of taking part. the final decision is due in mid-december. but the international olympic committee must also make its decision, ruled that will leave a sporting superpower out in the cold. richard conway, bbc news.

the allegations surfaced eleven months ago during the sochi twenty fourteen olympics no one could have imagined that anything like this would happen to us three years later it feels as though we've been living on the volcano for past eleven months this situation has thrown this balance both psychologically and physically it's very hard to keep training not knowing what will come next whether you'll be disqualified or not when i learned the news i burst into tears i called the president of our federation i told her we are not at fault she replied i know but there is nothing we can do. to return to catalonia now here on the program where on saturday rival crowds marched and boss alone over amid deep divisions over the region's independence movement thousands took part in a unionist march under the banner catalonia is spain it's the latest in a series of pro unity rally since last month's referendum which was branded illegal by the spanish government meanwhile a group of pro independence activists gathered denouncing widget's crackdown on their movement. now in his new show here on our c

congress bringing together government and opposition representatives speaking at talks in the black sea resort of sochi president vladimir putin said he believed the new sanctions been reached in the syrian crisis but he warned that achieving a political solution would require compromises from all sides russia and iran are major allies of syria's president bashar al assad who made a surprise visit to such a on monday turkey back some syrian rebel groups well let's cross live to royal challengers who is in such and has been listening in to the press conference that those leaders just gave what else do they have to say really. what is interesting listening to what they are saying about this congress which is being planned a national dialogue congress it's being called putin has been talking about this for a few weeks now trying to get this idea off the ground essential he what he wants to happen is for all different representatives of various parts of syrian society to come together here in sochi in a week or two's time and hash things out really basically talk about the future of syria how we can get th

russia vladimir putin said that syria now has a real chance to and its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks going across live now to head trying to insult the for us he's been following the trial lateral talks it's been quite busy at what's the significance of this meeting. good evening to you from saw it she with syria now almost becoming completely terrorist free or ice or free i should say was the syrian president bashar al assad suddenly showing up here and saw on monday we were all curious to find out what was going to be decided and what was going to be said when the likes of assad rouhani aired on a ride today on wednesday they were smiling as they met the russian president vladimir putin and all of them looked very determined before the camera men were asked to press the off buttons and leave the room. the leaders confirmed their assessment of the syrian conflict has and a new stage. of constant fighting is now over and time has called for a new settlement opportunities. much that we. do not scale military actions against terrori

russia vladimir putin said that syria now has a real chance to end its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks. as been following the trial lateral talks for us. with syria becoming almost completely terrorist free or eyesore free i should say we were all curious what is going to be decided and what was going to be said when the key regional players the leaders of turkey and iran type word on the house and ronnie arrive and saw archie we saw happy faces as they were meeting the russian president vladimir putin all three leaders looked quite determined and when the camera men were asked to press their off buttons and leave the room we heard the leaders confirm their assessment the syrian conflict has entered a new stage the era of active fighting is over and time has come for a new settlement opportunities that we. do not scale military actions against terrorist groups in syria are coming to an end i'd like to note that thanks to the efforts of russia iran and turkey we have managed to prevent the dissolution of syria stop it from being capt

when he won silver at the sochi olympics in 2014, kenworthy had not revealed his sexuality. d think. your whole sport is based around you image and your persona. it's like, your social media followers and your sponsors and just the way that you portray yourself and ijust didn't want to throw that all away. i had just heard friends and people in the industry say homophobic things. we used to have snowboarders at events, call us skier fags and anytime anything was bad at a contest, whether it was the weather or the course or thejudges, it was, "this is so gay, that's so gay," all these things, so i wasjust like, "oh, my god, that's not what the words means." i was like, "what are they going to think when they realise that i actually am gay?" and you came out. yeah! and what was the reaction you got? it was crazy. the reaction when i came out was the opposite of what i expected. i posted the cover and i tweeted it it and it was just like my phone stopped working, it was going so crazy. i got calls from people, other people in the industry who had joked about things, called me ga

really frank of course ng side elissa middle east analyst and door first told us that the while the sochi summit was a vital step towards the escalation in syria washington doesn't pay to have of the plans. it's extremely important because the three main forces which have prepared the ground and pave the way for and then to this dramatic war which has been ongoing for seven years we are hearing about mattis that is the american defense minister saying that the americans have to stay in order they have changed and they shifted the goal posts and this time it's not fighting eisel but simply to stabilize the whole area they're talking about preserving their military presence shoring it up and building it up in both countries that is in iraq and also in syria under the excuse of stabilization when we can clearly see that it is in that interest to weaken the central government to ensure that they can use it to bolster and intense and consolidate that influence to reassert that i thought a general store their power in this vital area. google has been caught secretly collecting location data fro

according to nbc some of the misconduct reportedly started when lauer was away covering the sochi olympicack in 2014. and tonight, tmz posting 2006 clip of lauer commenting to then co-host meredith veiera as she was leaning over. >> nice weather. beep bending over like that. it's a nice view. >> forte loyd's page six had reports of lauer's conduct with co-workers but today nbc says it's the first official complaint they had against their star anchor. >> whenever we would get scoop or any stories pertaining to nbc news or the today show, they went to the end of the earth to protect matt lauer regardless of what it was. >> reporter: accusations come just days after lauer hosted the macy's thanksgiving day parade and since the news broke the new york times is reporting that two more women have come forward with similar claims against lauer. >> new tonight, some of the those claims not only include sexual harassment but now include sexual assault according to the new york times. tonight no comment from lauer on his dismissal. lucy? >> all right, thank you much, chris. >>> another notable medi

is currently investigating some of the allegations against russian athletes from the sochi games in twenty fourteen and so far they have removed two medals from russian athletes both from the skiing events now the athletes in questions have said that they will appeal those decisions and their lawyer has described them as being a scandalous the i.o.c. is also due to decide next month whether or not the russian team will be able to participate in the next winter games in twenty eighteen well earlier i spoke with the sports columnist who believes that russia has been caught up in a crossfire between the i.o.c. and water. they are caught up in this war with the international national doping organizations grouping of the outliers like you know the us. you cut and so on that are trying to take over the world the water association our own deal you see during the v.o.c. they've been going kind of around the laws like outsider basically around the laws and using a lot of kind of nasty p.r. as well and of course they have some very strong backing but ultimately it's basically a corporate takeover so

both "new york times" and "variety" magazine reported the incident which began at the sochi olympics. they went on report additional cases of swul misconduct by lauer, including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. nbc reported today, because of the seriousness of the accusations, together with information that it may not be an isolated incident, nbc decided to terminate lauer's contract. >> nbc is absolutely reeling. >> reporter: media reporter jim rutenberg broke the story for "the new york times." >> you really can't understate how big a deal this is for nbc. "today" is the franchise. matt lauer is their biggest star. it finances a lot of their news division. >> i have a sickening feeling of deja vu. >> reporter: just last week, "cbs this morning" cohost charlie rose was fired after the "washington post" revealed eight allegations of swul misconduct at his pbs-sponsored talk show. cbs news independently identified four women at cbs who also say rose acted inappropriately. >> we're very excited to be celebrating you, matt. >> reporter: lauer, a 59-year-old married fa

i mean if we really didn't mean that the allegations surfaced eleven months ago during the sochi twenty fourteen olympics no one could have imagined that anything like this would happen to us three years later it feels as though we've been living on the volcano for past eleven months this situation has thrown us of balance both psychologically and physically it's very hard to keep training not knowing what will come next whether you'll be disqualified or not when i learned the news i burst into tears i called the president of our federation i told her we are not at fault she replied i know but there is nothing we can do. scotland's former first minister has launched his new talk show on r.t. alex salmond was slammed in the press for joining the channel with headlines such as these but he is confident that he made the right decision. are you not afraid of been hosts in the rush of the program taking into consideration all the publications. haven't disappeared the question i thought it might be from the sun the daily mail but a bit on the other side i'd a quick scan through the. russia to